In just one week, Brisbane will be transformed into Australia’s music capital as the annual BIGSOUND 2010 event takes over the city’s creative heart, Fortitude Valley.

The largest annual event of its type in the country, the three-day sold out BIGSOUND 2010 conference will hear from some of the world’s leading music industry figures, and see 60 of the country’s finest artists performing across the Valley as part of the public BIGSOUND Live festival.

BIGSOUND 2010, an initiative of peak industry body Q Music, is proudly supported by the Queensland Government through a major sponsorship by Trade and Investment Queensland and through Arts Queensland.

Visit www.bigsound.org.au for full event details.

BIGSOUND 2010 CONFERENCE SPEAKERS…

Michael Azerrad – author / journalist (USA)
John O’Donnell – Odfellows Publishing / Cold Chisel management (AU)
Michael Gudinski – The Mushroom Group of Companies (AU)
Dave Faulkner – Hoodoo Gurus (AU)
Ed Kuepper – artist (AU)
Brian Ritchie – artist (USA/AU)
Rae Harvey – Crucial Music (AU)
Peter Jesperson – New West Records (USA)
Morgan Lebus – Domino Recordings & Publishing (USA)
Tom Windish – The Windish Agency (USA)
Andy McGrath – ATO Records (USA)
Johnny Beach – Bowery Presents (USA)
Victor Van Vugt – producer (AU/USA)
Robert Forster – artist (AU)
David Hirshland – Bug Music (USA)
Colin Roberts – Big Life Management (UK)
Brett Williams – Monotone Management (USA)
Jake Stone – Bluejuice (AU)
Jen Long – BBC (UK)
Shin Fukuzumi – P-Vine (JAP)
Adam Holt – Universal Music New Zealand (NZ)
Dan Koplowitz – Friendly Fire Recordings (USA)
Catherine Bottrill – Julie’s Bicycle (UK)
Luke Bevans – Universal Music Australia (AU)
Ben Salter – The Gin Club (AU)
Brett Oaten – solicitor (AU)
Bernard Gallbally – Mana Music Australia (AU)
Carney Nir – Secret Service Digital (AU)
Stuart Coupe – Laughing Outlaw Records (AU)
John Mullen – Dew Process Recordings (AU)
Crystle Fleper – Fasterlouder.com.au (AU)
Dave Clayden – tour & event manager (AU)
Gary Mandel – SSB (UK)
Glenn Dickie – EMI/Stage Mothers (AU)
Jesse Barbera – Fans Group (AU)
John Kenny – Kenny and Co Solicitors (AU)
Paul Curtis – Valve Records/Consume (AU)
John Zucco – The Right Profile (AU)
Justin Cosby – Inertia (AU)
Lars Brandle – Billboard Magazine (AU)
Stephanie Carrick – triple j (AU)
Mark Kneebone – Isaac Promotions (NZ)
Megan Reeder – Secret Service/Dew Process (AU)
Michael Nieves – Sugaroo (USA)
Simon Winkler – 3RRR (AU)
Natalie Bell – Milefire Management (AU)
Ben Preece – Mucho Bravado (AU)
Sabiene Heindl – MIPI (AU)
Tim Steward – artist (AU)
Shayne Locke – Cowbell (AU)
Steph Harmon – The Brag (AU)
Leanne de Souza – Buzz Office (AU)
Stephen Green – SGC New Media Marketing (AU)
Tim Levinson – Urthboy / The Herd / Elefant Traks (AU)
Chloe Walsh – Press Here Publicity (USA)
Joel Carriere – Dine Alone Records / Bedlam Music Management (CAN)
Ross Fraser - Sony Music Australia (AU)
Tak Furuichi – JVC Victor Entertainment (JAP)
Mark T Grose – Skinnyfish Music (AU)
Mathew Coyte – Rolling Stone Australia (AU)
Rod Kukla – American Recordings (USA)
Tim Dellow – Transgressive Records (UK)
Simon Lewicki – artist (AU)
Jonas Woost – digital music consultant (GER/CAN)
Andrew Stafford – author (AU)
Richard Kingsmill – triple j (AU)
Benji Rogers – Pledge Music (UK)
Steve Bell – Time Off (AU)
Noel Mengel – The Courier-Mail (AU)
Ford Englander – Sonicbids (USA)
Tim Kelly – Universal Music Australia (AU)
Dave Schenk – Easterfest (AU)
Michael Taylor – Island Records (AU)
Paul Barclay – ABC Radio National (AU)
Darryl Bailey – EMI Music Australia (AU)
Bernadette Ryan – manager (AU)
Gary Seeger – Centrifuge Music Publishing (AU)
Haydn Johnston – Peer Group Media (AU)
Jackson Walkden-Brown – solicitor (AU)
Cary Caldwell – SxSW/The Great Escape (NZ)
Michael McClung – NZ on Air (NZ)
Simon Moor – Sony/ATV Music Publishing (AU)
Bill Hauritz – Woodford Folk Festival (AU)
Cathy Oates – manager (AU)
Evan Davis – Village Sounds (AU)
Katie Noonan – artist (AU)
Lawrence English – Room40 (AU)
Lee Parsons – Ditto Music (AU)
Darren Sanicki – Darren Sanicki Lawyers (AU)
Danny Tseng – B1-Media (TWN)
Megan Washington – artist (AU)
Brett Murrihy – Artist Voice (AU)
Paul McKessar – CRS Music Management (NZ)
Tony Cowper – Liberation Music (NZ)
Dan Condon – Time Off (AU)
Craig Spann – AMIN (AU)

BIGSOUND LIVE ARTISTS…

Washington
Children Collide
The Vasco Era
Boy & Bear
The John Steel Singers
Parades
Ernest Ellis
The Gin Club
Hungry Kids Of Hungary
Bridezilla
The Jezabels
Katie Noonan
Bonjah
The Wilson Pickers
Last Dinosaurs
Halfway
The Checks (NZ)
The Holidays
Amos the Transparent (CAN)
Stiff Gins
Georgia Fair
Fire! Santa Rosa, Fire!
Perry Keyes
Dubmarine
The Cairos
The Melodics
Ball Park Music
Artisan Guns (NZ)
Young Revelry
Richard In Your Mind
Eagle & The Worm
Oh Ye Denver Birds
The Naked And Famous (NZ)
The Optimen
Pikelet
The Medics
Melodramas (UK)
Guineafowl
My Fiction
The Transients
Big Scary
Disco Nap
The Honey Month
The Delta Riggs
Daniel Lee Kendall
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Deep Sea Arcade
Jinja Safari
Metals
kyü
Love Connection
Kimbra
Edge Of Colour
Ruby Frost (NZ)
City Riots
The Foreign Objects
Knives At Noon (NZ)
Loon Lake (triplej Unearthed winner)

Follow BIGSOUND online:

Twitter @bigsoundsummit || www.facebook.com/BIGSOUNDmusic

This article is from Qmusic

In a week where you thought the music of Brisbane could not be more well represented, Brisbane Sounds in partnership with 4ZZZ FM Radio are pleased to announce the very first Brisbane music pop-up shop which will be open free to the public from Friday September 10 until Sunday September 12 in the TCB building of Brunswick St Mall, Fortitude Valley.

The Brisbane music pop-up shop will combine the elements of a mini Brisbane music museum as well as a chill out zone where delegates and punters can rest up on comfy couches and take in a slice of Brisbane music history, during the visual and aural extravaganza that occurs during the week of Bigsound and Valley Fiesta.

The Brisbane music pop up shop will showcase a visual explosion of colour and noise and will feature a selection of rising Brisbane bands, classic Brisbane poster art, lyrics, interactive displays and interesting facts about Brisbane music combined with film clips, live to air crosses with 4ZZZ radio and a 300 strong diverse mixtape of memorable Brisbane tunes from Kev Carmody and Billy Thorpe to Butterfingers and Violent Soho that will be sure to get you moving.

Brisbane Sounds will also be launching Brissounds, which will be Australia’s first gig guide App for IPhone and which aims to become one of the most comprehensive and user friendly gig guides in Brisbane and Australia. The launch of the App will take place on Friday 10th September at 7pm in the pop-up shop.

Brisbane Sounds is calling on Brisbane artists who are keen to perform in this unique space to get in touch with the Brisbane Sounds team at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Brisbane Sounds & 4ZZZ Radio Presents
The Brisbane Music Pop Up Shop

Friday 10th September- Sunday 12th September
TCB Building
Brunswick St Mall
Fortitude Valley
Hours of operation
10am- 10pm

For more information, press ops and all other enquiries, please contact:

Blair Hughes
Managing Director
Brisbane Sounds
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0400071882

The hype builds for Festival of the Sun ’10 – as the punters eagerly save their pennies, and places in the car are shot-gunned for the road trip to Part Macquarie– one tiny detail remains, TICKETS. Tickets go on sale from 10am on September 1st, and with only 3000 tickets available they’re going to go FAST.

With local and international acts as big as Xavier Rudd, Regurgitator, Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings, British India, Calling All Cars, That One Guy, Dallas Frasca, The Gin Club and many more upcoming and breakthrough artists, this year’s FOTSUN is set to be the biggest yet.

Located a stone’s throw from Town Beach in Port Macquarie, its laid-back atmosphere, intimate vibe, and BYO allowances, makes FOTSUN a one-of-a-kind music festival experience. Held over December 10th and 11th, FOTSUN is the perfect weekend away to air out the tent, stack the esky and get out and welcome summer with your favourite bands.

This year there is only one ticket release, so to ensure your place, beachside at the FOTSUN stage, be sure to grab your tickets bright and early on September 1st!

Event details are as follows:
Festival of the Sun is an 18’s + event and children under 10 are free accompanied by an adult, BYO rules still apply, strictly no glass. General admissions tickets go on sale from 10am, September 1st for $145 + BF per person and include two nights free beachside camping. Various on-site cabin accommodation/ticket packages are available in conjunction with Sundowner Breakwall Tourist Park.

For more information on Festival of the Sun 2010/ticket purchase www.fotsun.com
Facebook: Festival of the Sun | Twitter @fotsun

For media inquiries or to interview an artist, please call Leigh Boin or Jaala Mills at umm.. pr on 02 8399 0411 or 0408 112 945.

Its that time of year again when the Brisbane's Fortitude Valley turns into a Fiesta full of colour, music, food, fashion and art.

Artist featured at this years fiesta are:

Valley Fiesta line-up 2010

THE JOHN STEEL SINGERS
YACHT CLUB DJS
HERMITUDE
TOM THUM (Tom Tom Crew)
LAST DINOSAURS
SPOD
SEJA
LOVE CONNECTION
ROCKETSMITHS
EAGLE & THE WORM
PARADES
BALL PARK MUSIC
JINJA SAFARI
DISCO NAP
FERGUS BROWN
DAN PARSONS
DEAD SHADES
COURAGE
POLAROID FAME.

The full schedule will be published this Friday August 20.

For all the event info head to http://www.valleyfiesta.com