She has worked alongside some of Australia’s finest talent including Bert and Patti Newton, Doug Parkinson and most recently, Rhonda Burchmore!Ĭlosing Saturday night in style is two Australian music legends in Brian Cadd and Russell Morris. Taking the party over next is sassy entertainer, Franky Smart (aka Claire Walters), a graduate of the QLD Conservatorium of Music with a Bachelor of Music majoring in Jazz. They hand the stage to fellow Brisbane musicians Fat Picnic, a soul-reggae festival favourite who promise to get the Saturday night party started! The two brothers, who used to join their opera-singing mum on stage as kids, have gained international acclaim for harmonising with fresh songwriting ideas that celebrate their signature acoustic style. Local contemporary vocalist and songwriter Kent Dustin then takes to the stage, before the brother-sister led five-piece Fibonacci Band.įrom 2pm on Saturday Brisbane’s alt-pop Beamish Brothers take over. The multi-instrumentalist was awarded a coveted spot in the Big Sky Girls Songwriting program in 2018 and won the USQ Get Songwriting prize in 20.
Saturday opens with talented young Toowoomba indie-pop music maker Maggie Elyse. The euphoric single ‘Exactly How You Are’ landed at #18 on triple j’s Hottest 100 of 2017 and their national tour with San Cisco saw them play the biggest venues of their career. Their fifth record ‘GOOD MOOD’ debuted at #6 on the ARIA chart and received ARIA Award nominations for Best Cover Art, Best Producer and Best Engineer.
The single ‘Strangers’ is just shy of 12 million streams and she has launched her new album of lush pop landscapes and danceable 80’s influences called, ‘Chrysalis’.Ĭlosing Friday night is super-hot band of the moment – BALL PARK MUSIC in their Festival debut! The multi-award winning Brisbane band and Triple J favourite has produced five albums with the last four consecutively debuting in the top 10 of the ARIA charts. Then it’s Mackay-born Tia Gostelow who burst onto the scene in 2018 with her debut album ‘ Thick Skin’ which won the Queensland Music Award for Album of the Year and was a Triple J feature album. After his 90-minute set, Brisbane indie pop rock band The Jensens take to the stage. A festival-favourite, they have just launched their second album, ‘ Hammer & Blush’ after dropping singles including the explosive new dancefloor filler, ‘ Paper Walls’.
Opening on Friday 10 September is 22-year-old Toowoomba singer-songwriter, James Ryle who is well known and followed locally. “It’s with great excitement that we can announce the updated ALL QUEENSLAND line-up for the Festival of Food and Wine, to be held from September 10 to 12 in Queens Park,” said Chair of the Toowoomba Regional Council Environment and Community Services Committee Cr James O’Shea. “This year we are excited to welcome incredible Queensland music makers who have created some of our country’s music moments, as well as more local musicians than ever before, in a wonderful three days of celebration!”įESTIVAL OF FOOD AND WINE 2021: THE MUSIC PROGRAM While Sarah Blasko, Grace Knight, Wendy Matthews, Richard Clapton and GANGgajang now cannot make the trip north to Toowoomba because of border closures, the three day line-up stars 18 incredible bands. Headlining the three day feast of food, wine and music in just two weeks from September 10 to 12 is the critically acclaimed and multiple ARIA-nominated BALL PARK MUSIC who will feature Friday night, while on Saturday night legendary music makers BRIAN CADD and RUSSELL MORRIS will perform an epic tribute to Australian rock and then on Sunday, superhot Queensland music makers BUSBY MAROU and XAVIER RUDD will perform. Hear that? It’s the sound of music lovers all over Queensland celebrating the news that an epic all-Queensland music line-up will star LIVE ON STAGE at this year’s Festival of Food and Wine at the Toowoomba Carnival of Flowers!