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After an enormously successful debut in Japan in 2020, Snow Machine is thrilled to expand to the premier alps of Queenstown, New Zealand for four snow-filled days of music and adventure across September 8th – 11th, 2021.

A fully curated destination festival, attendees will be treated to days on the slopes interspersed with aprés events on Coronet Peak and The Remarkables, before retiring to the main festival arena in the village in the evenings.

In partnership with NZSki, this edition will be headlined by none other than plunderphonic legends The Avalanches, alongside the most trusted cabin crew Flight Facilities and platinum soulful-house producer Hayden James. With sets at Glastonbury and Coachella listed on their resume, iconic festival mainstays The Presets are sure to heat up the frosty nights.

Sharing the stage will be acclaimed producer duo Hermitude, infamous time-travellng DJ Hot Dub Time Machine, chart topper Illy, New Zealand locals Sachi, indie/folk luminaries Boy & Bear, returning multi-platinum rappers Bliss N Eso, legendary dance-pop pioneers Sneaky Sound System, as well as Late Nite Tuff Guy, Yumi Zouma, Owl Eyes, Kinder, Tina Says, Tori Levett and host Jimi the Kween all flocking to the fields for the multi-day, experience based festival.

The heavyweight lineup will play in front of Queenstown’s infamous peaks providing the most idyllic backdrop. Considered one of the adventure capitals of the world, festival goers are invited to immerse themselves in optional additions of heliskiing, jet-boating, bungy-jumping and sky-diving.

CEO of NZSki Paul Anderson is delighted to host the New Zealand edition of Snow Machine, saying “We’ve seen how successful Snow Machine was in Japan and are excited to welcome Aussies over the ditch for the New Zealand version when the trans-Tasman border has opened. Being so close to Queenstown, our mountains are the perfect location for festival goers to hit the slopes before heading downtown to enjoy what is an impressive line-up of artists.”

Snow Machine is an all-in-one ticket offering a variety of accomodation options, a full four day festival ticket as well as a full four day lift pass.

With a travel bubble incoming and only a three hour flight from Sydney/Melbourne/Brisbane and under two hours for Auckland locals it’s a no brainer for travel suppressed revellers.

SNOW MACHINE
Wednesday 8th – Saturday 11th September
Queenstown, New Zealand

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featuring

THE AVALANCHES
FLIGHT FACILITIES
HAYDEN JAMES
THE PRESETS
HERMITUDE
HOT DUB TIME MACHINE
ILLY
SACHI
BOY & BEAR
BLISS N ESO
SNEAKY SOUND SYSTEM
LATE NITE TUFF GUY
YUMI ZOUMA
OWL EYES
KINDER
TINA SAYS
TORI LEVETT
and your host
JIMI THE KWEEN
along with TOM TILLEY and HUGO GRUZMAN’S FIRST BASE mountain aprés stage

Melbourne Music Week is delighted to announce nine exciting new additions to its extended summer program.

Melbourne Music Week has once again teamed up with The Push and the Australian Music Vault to stage an all-ages alcohol, drug and smoke-free music event that will take place at Sidney Myer Music Bowl on Saturday 20 February featuring Skegss, Ruby Fields, King Stingray and The Vovos as part of the Arts Centre Melbourne’s Live At The Bowl music season.

Each Monday night in February, two iconic Melbourne music venues will program Happy Mondays – A Live Music Residency also at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl. This month-long program in partnership with Arts Centre Melbourne channels the spirit of a classic Melbourne residency with some of the best local artists as selected by loved venues such as The Old Bar, The Tote, Bar Oussou and The Evelyn. Catch Cash Savage and The Last Drinks, The Meanies, Sui Zhen and more instantly recognisable local legends.

Anti Fade Records returns with a second Melbourne Music Week–Extended  night for 2021 at Max Watts, showcasing some of the finest punk bands Australia has to offer – Constant Mongrel, Primo!, EXEK and Alien Nosejob.

Born in the basement of the Mercat Cross, Melbourne Techno Collective has run events all across the city over the last 18 years. Join them on Friday 19 February as they celebrate ‘18 Years of Techno’ with Monolith Live, Craig McWhinney, Matt Radovich and more, at iconic Melbourne party venue, New Guernica.

The Immigration Museum’s courtyard will come alive with art, music, performance and food, after hours on Friday 26 February for Summer Courtyard: Metamorphosis. Enter a fantasy world where anyone can be anyone, as the Immigration Museum debuts two new exhibitions Atong Atem’s To Be Real for PHOTO2021 and Becoming You: An incomplete guide.

Finally, critically acclaimed Spunk Records signed Floodlights will illuminate the Toff on Saturday February 27 with their honest, catchy rock music that melds ‘80s alternative rock with ‘90s New Zealand jangle-pop.

Tickets for these newly-announced shows are on sale from midday on Tuesday 19 January, with the exception of Summer Courtyard: Metamorphosis and all Sidney Myer Music Bowl shows, which will be on sale Thursday 21 January.

The nine new events will run alongside the already announced Rebel Yell Work Out Live, which will arrive at The John Curtin on Saturday 30 January. This aerobics workout is paired with the pulsating techno soundtrack of her latest album ‘Fall From Grace’ and will up heart rates in more ways than one.

Tickets are also selling fast for home-grown and worldwide exported punk royals Clowns, who are back for their first hometown Melbourne show in nearly two years at 170 Russell on Friday 19 February. Supported by These New South Whales, it’s gonna get sweaty in the safest way possible.

Limited tickets remain for a handful of previously announced shows including Baker Boy at the Melbourne Recital Centre, iconic rock musician Adalita playing the Grand Organ at Melbourne Town Hall, and an audio visual exploration with Melbourne producers Ara Koufax and iconic DJ and academic Simona Castricum at the Capitol Theatre.
 
Spanning three months, from December 2020 until the end of February 2021, and featuring more than 300 events, Melbourne Music Week–Extended was the first music festival to return to Melbourne, pioneering Covid-safe music gigs for Victoria.

Melbourne Music Week–Extended is delivered by City of Melbourne, and thanks its valued partners for their support, including the Victorian Government, Ticketek, oOh!media, Beat, 3RRR and PBS.

Visit www.melbourne.vic.gov.au/mmw for tickets and to view the #MMW program.

Quotes attributable to City of Melbourne Lord Mayor Sally Capp:

“We’ve been working closely with some of Melbourne’s iconic venues to safely welcome music fans back into the city because the sector is critical to bringing the buzz back to our city.

“Melburnians have missed live music and have really got behind this extended event to support our incredible local talent, venues and promotors. We’re pleased that these shows have been popular with some sell-out crowds and limited tickets remaining for the rest.

“Melbourne is the live music capital of the world. Our live music sector normally contributes $1.7 billion a year to Victoria’s economy and creates 42,000 jobs. As one of the hardest hit sectors as a result of the pandemic, it has been critical for us to bring live music back to the city and support this industry.”

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In Brief:

The sell-out success, Synthony, comes to Melbourne for the first time for a ‘One Night Only’ epic outdoor show! The ultimate celebration of the last 30 years of Dance Music, Synthony is a unique collaboration between Orchestra, DJs, live vocalists and feature musicians.

The super-charged and energetic Synthony will showcase the biggest dance anthems from icons such as: Avicii, Eric Prydz, Fatboy Slim and Basement Jaxx to name just a few, backed with the full might of a 60+ piece Synthony Orchestra.  The show is stacked with iconic stars from across the Australian music spectrum playing their global hits including: Miss Connie (Sneaky Sound System), Ilan Kidron (The Potbelleez), Jenny B (Corona), Mobin Master, Andy Van (Madison Avenue / Vicious Records) and Mark Dynamix.

With an epic backdrop of visuals, lasers and a state-of-the-art sound system, it’s a magical, uplifting, hands-in-the-air dance party like no other.  An energetic show from the outset, this is not an Orchestra as you know it.  This celebration of Dance Music is more than just a show, it takes the audience on a nostalgic journey back through their most memorable dance music experiences.  Track after track, fans are taken down memory lane and will celebrate dance music that is embedded into their subconscious.

Synthony’s New Zealand shows (since 2017) have been attended by ‘Sold Out’ audiences (as well as its debut into Australia in Brisbane, 2019).  After successful shows across New Zealand (over the last few months, including a sold-out show at Spark Arena, Auckland) and the orchestral extravaganza’s first outdoor show at the magical natural Amphitheatre of the Bowl of Brooklands (New Plymouth), the tour will expand to Melbourne this April, as part of the: ‘Live at the Bowl’ Summer series at the ‘Sidney Myer Music Bowl.’

Synthony Australia will include some of Australia’s Dance Music’s favourite Artists, who are also behind some massive hits, such as:

Miss Connie (Sneaky Sound System) – ‘Pictures,’ ‘I Love It,’ ‘UFO,’ ‘Kansas City’ and more..

Ilan Kidron (The Potbelleez) – ‘Don’t Hold Back,’ ‘Hello,’ ‘Junkyard’ and more.. 

Jenny B (Corona) – ‘The Rhythm of the Night,’ featured vocalist for J.K, Nevada, Culture Beat and more..

+ more to be announced. 

Hosted by: Mobin Master – ‘Show Me Love,’ ‘Get Away With It,’ ‘Lights Out’ and more..

Support by: Andy Van (Madison Avenue // Super Disco Club) and Mark Dynamix

It’s no secret that 2020 has been a tumultuous rollercoaster for event promoters.  The Synthony tour was due to be announced just days before New Zealand went into Level 4 lockdown and the future of the tour all of a sudden became awfully uncertain.  Shows across Australia, Asia, and the U.S were in the pipeline for 2020.  Months of preparation and negotiations with Artists, Venues and Sponsors were all dashed and the team behind Synthony, had to rebuild the program all over again.

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Duco Events Promoter Rachael Carroll says she’s incredibly excited to bring the show back to Australia and hold the first outdoor show at the iconic ‘Sidney Myer Music Bowl’: “Given the circumstances, it’s amazing to be able to bring this show to the music hub of Australia – Melbourne and have our show at the ‘Sidney Myer Music Bowl.’ We know as soon as Melbournians see this show, they’ll be coming back year after year.” 

The show will be run in a Covid-safe environment set up by the Arts Centre Melbourne, that will include socially spaced tables and seats and innovative private decks for groups of up to 6 people.  Carroll stated: “The Covid safe set up at the Bowl, is an incredible innovation by the Arts Centre Melbourne.  We are going full throttle with this show, so fans can expect an amazing high energy experience in a socially distanced safe format.  After everything Melburnians have been through, we can’t wait to put on this epic dance party for them!”

The Synthony show has only been possible thanks to the support of the Restart Investment to Sustain and Expand (RISE) Fund – an Australian Government initiative. “We certainly would not be putting on this show without the RISE funding support from the Australian Government and support from Arts Centre Melbourne.  These partners have given us the confidence to invest, take risks and put on events, that will see some Artists and suppliers secure their first job and income after a very long break in event activity,” said Carroll.

About Synthony

Founded in 2017 by DJ and producer, Erika Amoore and fellow Kiwi David Elmsly, Synthony sold out its first ever show at the Auckland Town Hall to a packed house and unprecedented reviews.  The show’s creation brought together key New Zealand talent, with Peter Thomas, conductor and music director of the Auckland Symphony Orchestra believing in the unique concept and enlisting the services of Ryan Youens, an arranger with hundreds of professional credits to his name, including film scores for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and The Desolation of Smaug.

After sold-out events at Auckland Town Hall in 2017 and 2018, Duco Events, a major event promoter with a 16-year track-record, purchased the concept with an ambitious long-term vision to expand the event from one city to multiple venues and cities across the globe.  In 2019, they took the show to Brisbane, Australia and also sold out five shows across NZ later that year.  Over six shows, four Orchestras and hundreds of musicians played to over 14,000 fans in 2019.

In 2020, Synthony staged its biggest ever NZ-wide tour, supporting the live music industry’s recovery post COVID19.  Synthony returns to Australia this April for its first outdoor show at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne with other Australian cities to be announced, followed by other international markets.

About ‘Live at the Bowl’:

A festival for our city

Spend days and nights in the open air enjoying the best live acts in Australia.  From January, the iconic ‘Sidney Myer Music Bowl’ will host a festival like no other, featuring an all-local program of music, comedy, family-friendly events and more.

Sing, cheer and applaud as your favourite Artists return to the stage.  Enjoy delicious food and drinks with friends and family.  Share a socially distanced dance under the stars as we reconnect with our city, the arts and each other.  Welcome back to your Bowl.

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2021 DATES & LOCATIONS:

Saturday 23^rd January, TSB Bowl of Brooklands

Friday 12th February, TSB Arena, Wellington

Saturday 20th March, Horncastle Arena, Christchurch

Friday 16^th April, Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne

More Australian dates to be announced….

TICKET DETAILS: 

Eager dance music fans around Melbourne will have one hand in the air and one hand on the mouse, hovering over the ‘Buy Tickets’ button as the tickets are released on: Thursday 21st January – 12pm AEDT.  With a ‘One Night Only’ show and restricted numbers, fans will need to get in quickly to secure their spot.

All tickets are available through: www.synthony.com

VIDEOS:

2019 Synthony Grand Finale at Wellington’s TSB Arena WATCH HERE!

Darude – ‘Sandstorm’ performed by Synthony WATCH HERE!

Fisher – ‘Losing It’ performed by Synthony WATCH HERE!