{"id":10801,"date":"2012-08-06T14:58:20","date_gmt":"2012-08-06T04:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/?p=10801"},"modified":"2013-01-08T22:13:19","modified_gmt":"2013-01-08T11:13:19","slug":"16th-annual-queenscliff-music-festival-2nd-artist-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/2012\/08\/16th-annual-queenscliff-music-festival-2nd-artist-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"16th annual Queenscliff Music Festival – 2nd artist announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Queenscliff Music Festival hits Olympic heights with their\u00a0second lineup announcement\u00a0for 2012.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Not since the lighting of the Olympic flame in London has there been so much anticipation for a single three-day event, running\u00a0November 23rd, 24th and 25th!\u00a0<\/strong>Requiring more clandestine negotiations than a Flag Bearer reveal at the Opening Ceremony, it\u2019s time to unveil those garish uniforms and step out on the Parade of Nations \u2013 \u2018cause the\u00a016th Annual Queenscliff Music Festival\u2019s Second Lineup Announcement for 2012\u00a0<\/strong>is finally here!<\/p>\n

First up on the winners\u2019 podium for QMF are\u00a0Mia Dyson, The Fauves\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Jordie Lane.\u00a0<\/strong>Packing a compelling voice and bluesy picking, Mia Dyson brings a brand new album – the stark and soulful \u2018The Wonder\u2019 (due in August) – to delight Queenscliff festival-goers. The Fauves are firm crowd favourites and self-appointed \u201cbest band in Australia\u201d, still scooping 6 out of 5 for album reviews after all these years. That\u2019ll come in handy for our medal tally. Critically acclaimed singer\/songwriter Jordie Lane shrugs off his Nudie suit (he just played Gram Parsons in Grevious Angel) to thrill audiences with his particular take on folk and alt-country music in the best locale the surf coast has to offer.<\/p>\n

High performance funk & soulsters\u00a0Deep Street Soul\u00a0<\/strong>will join Triple J favs\u00a0Loon Lake,\u00a0<\/strong>indie-infused soul from\u00a0Ngaiire\u00a0<\/strong>and scorchin\u2019 garage rock duoJackson Firebird\u00a0<\/strong>will bring the Athlete\u2019s Village party atmosphere to\u00a0 a head in Queenscliff.\u00a0Money For Rope, Lloyd Spiegel,\u00a0<\/strong>and the delightfully-namedButterfly Boucher\u00a0<\/strong>(from\u00a0Missy Higgins\u2019\u00a0<\/strong>band) are all set to time-trial with punk rock Eurodiscovites,\u00a0The DC3.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Medalling with honours will be swamp rockers\u00a0Howlin\u2019 Steam Train<\/strong>, and that slice of badass called\u00a0Kira Puru & The Bruise\u00a0<\/strong>alongside\u00a0Halfway To Forth<\/strong>(banjo-driven brothers of Diesel).\u00a0Keshie\u2019s\u00a0<\/strong>high-vibing happy music, raucous blues rockers The\u00a0Joe Kings, Tom Richardson Project\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0The Bakers Digest\u00a0<\/strong>will surely bring down the stadium.<\/p>\n

Add to the mix, the following outstanding musical athletes:\u00a0Juan Alban, Sweethearts, Shaun Kirk, Wishful\u00a0<\/strong>(Paul Kelly\u2019s\u00a0<\/strong>daughters),\u00a0Luke Legs & The Midnight Specials, Lily & King, ukulele lady Al Parkinson, Alister Turrill, Catherine Sanzaro & Izzy Losi\u00a0<\/strong>(2011 QMF Perpetual Scholarship Winner),Jamie Pye, Inertia Brass Band, Yirrmal and the Yolngu Boys\u00a0<\/strong>(Gurrumul\u2019s\u00a0<\/strong>kin),\u00a0Tides of Welcome\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Tane\u00a0<\/strong>(2011 QMF Busking Competition Winner) and you have a medal tally worth crowing about.<\/p>\n

Medal Winners already announced to date on the QMF list are:\u00a0Missy Higgins, The Cat Empire, Gurrumul, You Am I, Something For Kate, Baby Animals, British India, Ian Moss, TZU, Owl Eyes, Diesel, Emma Louise, Shannon Noll, The Beards, Clairy Browne & The Bangin\u2019 Rackettes, Electric Empire, Kind Cannons, Pinky Beecroft & The White Russians, Chase The Sun, Ruby Boots, Kingswood, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard and All The Colours.<\/strong>
\n55 acts, 150 performances across 5 stages in the festival precinct as well as on the \u201cQMF Family Express\u201d historic train and music stages in the towns unique and beautiful venues – The Queenscliff Inn, Vue Grand Hotel, Lombardys on Hesse and Stoked on Hesse.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n

For those living on the Mornington Peninsula, the Sorrento-Queenscliff Ferry is offering festivalgoer\u2019s a great deal \u2013 take your car on the ferry to the Festival and your friends ride for free.<\/em><\/p>\n