Music

A blend of original compositions and jazz standards from the 1950s and 1960s hard bob era.

Beetle Miyela creates a sonic world for viewers to reside in, combining ambient textures with ethereal vocals and experimental instrumentation.

Lively beats and jazzed-up soul. Dancing is a given.

Improvised jazz quartet connecting the spectrum of contemporary sound making with the fluid, anything is possible momentum of free jazz.

Manipulation of sound using tape loops, field recordings and multiple instruments to create continuous, dense and blurred textures.

Singer, songwriter, guitarist. Karai has been delivering captivating performances from a young age. Powerful vocal range and agile guitar skills in abundance.

Icelandic poet, Svavar, crafts haunting folk music that explores grief, hope and redemption.

Funky-arse band with electric keys and a horn section. Motown, gospel and jazz sprinkles.

A melting pot of like-mined musicians, plumbing the depths of jazz and groove.

Ben's one hell of a singer/songwriter. Occasionally he’s one of our musicians-in-residence. Who knows what he'll play. Something new, probably.

Indie-folk songstress that has been captivating audiences across the UK.

Heavy groove and psychedelic soundscapes from this local modern jazz/neo soul collective, drawing inspiration from the likes of Robert Glasper and Yusef Dayes.

Gus is a Hobart icon. With his quartet in tow, expect ballads, hard swingers, cookin' bebop and the occasional waltz.

Dark RnB, alternative pop and house music from this self-confessed cynic/dreamer.

Globe trotting Ty will mesmerize you with her vocal prowess.

Ecstatic improvised violin and synth.

At the request our mystery act, this local ambient fringe-dweller is making their debut under this moniker.

You won't want to miss it.

Solo acoustic and electric guitar instrumentalist.

Lively, early folk music from this duo who will be performing together and also taking to the stage with solo performances.

A chaotic Fleetwood Mac meets a mystic Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Screech plank blues.

This freshly hatched group is serving up heavily bird-inspired dream/jangle/post-rock/pop.

Assembled from members of local Hobart outfits; 208L Containers, Max Crotch, Nice House, Huskees, and A Swayze’s and the Ghosts, SHEEPWATER brings bent out of shape folk music for the future.

Obdurate is the performance art project of Will Troiani, a mathematician, composer and drummer whose work merges rigorous logic with raw emotional expression. Blending progressive metal, ambient electronics, and experimental visuals.

Something along the lines of free-folk ambience meets film-noir soundtrack with a side of outsider blues. It’s improvised, that’s kind of important.

This local 17 year old indie-pop phenom brings their energetic live show to the Mona lawns. Guitar, live looping and a powerful set of pipes.

Two-piece melodic sludge.

Infamous local jazz hip-hop collective.

Lutruwita-based singer songwriter who spends her time touring, making billypots of beans, drinking tea and capturing field recordings. The dream.

Hannah uses her original style to capture listeners and take them on a soulful journey from their heart.

Commanding an arsenal of hardware synths, drum machines and samplers, Graziano channels years of experience behind the decks, and countless hours on the dancefloor, into a high-energy live electronic performance.

Mermaid ghosts, assertive Ukrainian grandmothers and traditional Peruvian grooves all feature.

As danceable and as provocative as a band in 2026 should be.

A bunch of salty sea dawgs, playin' music and led by a mad cap'n.

Minimalist synth pop duo writing songs about science, psycology, people and time.

Pop, rock, and psychedelia. Swirling contours of the Cocteau Twins with the melodies of The Go-Betweens.

Improvisation, but make it brutal. All the flavours. the pretty, the ugly, the classical, the prog, the sludge.

Berlin-based sound artist with an anthropological background. Expect improvisation and plenty of introspection.

An expert tickler of the ivories, Louise is joined by first-call Hobart jazzers Hamish Houston (bass) and Tom Robb (drums) for some originals and old faves from the jazz songbook.

Jungle inspired synth performance.

Embodying tectonic tensions and sonic exploration, Franck is a multifaceted composer gracing our shores.

A musical duo that refuses to be boxed in. Sporting a debut single exploring the idea of the 'perfect person'.

Folk rock sporting an extensive repitoire of original compositions.

Marrying the music of Malawi and South Africa. Kwela, Mbube and Mbaqanga with Flamenco, Samba and High Life.

Unity is love. Follower of Rastafarian philosophy, King B-Fine, is joined by Afrikaya Band, and together, this 12-piece afro beat ensemble will deliver uplifting soulful grooves.

Big grooves, stabbing horn lines and catchy as hell vocals from a nine-piece partnership of fatherhood and friendship.

Singer/songwriter and swampy bluesman. Slide guitar in abundance.

Hard to define. If you're a fan of rock, honky tonk and songs about chickens, then you're in luck.

Mixing influences from blues, soul, pop, classic rock, and a little country, Justin O’Garey puts all of this into a high energy, fun and entertaining performance.

Smooth swingers, gentle ballads, and frenetic up-tempo standards, delivered in an 'interactionist' style.

Guitarist and performer taking you on a bluesy, jazzy, country-ish, Spanish-ish, gypsy-ish, musical jaunt of originals and interpretations.

Local (ex-Brisbane) rockers who believe people go to see bands to have a good time.

The Hillbilly Goats are hitchin’ up the wagon and rollin’ into town. Bringin’ a boot-stompin’, washboard-slappin’, banjo-blazin’ hoedown with them.

Eat. Pray. Shoegaze. Coral Sculptures' music swirls through a haze of ethereal layered vocals with a loping, shoegaze pulse and melodic technicolour basslines.

Wielding his selmer-style guitar, Cameron weaves vibrant tales of authentic manouche jazz.

Created with artists from India and Europe, this cross-cultural collaboration, features compositions for violin, sarangi, and tabla. Drawing inspiration from different genres including Polish and Indian classical traditions.

Afro-Cuban music.

Maverick songwriter/producer Jethro crafts beguiling, off-kilter recordings moored by pleasing melodies and spools of 24-track instrumentation.

An international musical collaboration between Réunion Island and Australia; a powerful and intimate encounter between four female artists from the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific. Their music blends the traditional Maloya of Réunion Island with contemporary Australian sounds.