QUEENSCLIFF MUSIC FESTIVAL 2010 : Line Up Announcement

Queenscliff Music Festival

A sleepy, seaside fishing village gets its loudest wakeup call yet as Pikelet helps launch the first of the line up and some exciting new developments for the 14th annual Queenscliff Music Festival.  

The first round of artists for this year's Queenscliff Music Festival have been revealed with the 2010 Queenscliff Music Festival line up set to deliver over 80 acts presenting 150 performances in 13 venues across Queenscliff on the weekend of 26-27-28 November.

Direct from three years of staging large scale concerts in Macau and ten years at the USA's Telluride Blues and Brews Festival, New Festival Director, Michael Carrucan, has added a new stage called The Crossing Stage, and ensured everything kicks off on an ultra high note with The Lighthouse Stage opening a day earlier to encompass the Friday night.

In an epic summer weekend event that engulfs the whole of the town, Queenscliff Music Festival is set to encompass all types of music - blues, roots, rock, pop, soul/groove, classical, jazz, country, folk, world/reggae and acoustic - accommodating the tastes of young, old and everything in-between, in unexpected venues.

This year's Festival will be no exception with a line up which includes the following artists and shows:

• RocKwiz Live

• Kate Miller-Heidke

• John Williamson

• Little Red

• Colin Hay

• Washington

• The Black Sorrows

• Ash Grunwald

• Mark Seymour

• Shawn Mullins

• Kaki King

• Sally Seltmann

• The Vasco Era

• Mary Gauthier

• Vika & Linda

• Gareth Liddiard

• Katie Noonan & The Captains

• Dan Kelly's Dream Band

• Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

• Public Opinion Afro Orchestra

• Mick Thomas & The Sure Thing

• Pikelet

• Many more names will be added over the coming weeks

One of the highlights of this year's 14th Queenscliff Music Festival is the QMF Express - the festival-on-a-train, departing from the grounds every hour with four artists performing in four different carriages. It will give punters a chance to enjoy a great, chilled-out experience as they travel up and down the coast of the peninsula to live tunes.

Whether enjoying great music on the QMF Express, sipping on a bevvy at The Crossing Stage, watching the sun set over The Lighthouse Stage or saying "Gday" to the presenters in the Triple R tent, the ambience of this ever growing Festival makes the world feel like your oyster. Because just when you think you've had enough of the music, you can always cruise down Hesse Street and wander through the markets or fill rumbling tummies at the many food stores designed to feed the soul as well as your hunger cravings.

Not too shabby!

Queenscliff Music Festival runs from 26th to 28th November 2010 - For More info Visit : www.qmf.net.au