Community
25 January, 2024
Music festival next weekend
MUSIC lovers will converge on Warrnambool’s Civic Green next weekend for the inaugural Ignite Music Festival.
To be held on Saturday, February 3, the festival will showcase the talents of more than a dozen bands and performers from across the region.
Festival organisers ‘Convict Class’ are over the moon with the chosen acts and the diversity they will bring.
“We are so proud to have jumped in and put this all together, we have so many different styles and music genres on the day that there is literally something for everyone,” Convict Class band member Shane Stenhouse said.
“We will have rock, blues, metal, hip hop, country, punk, easy listening and alternative”.
Organisers are hoping to make this an annual event and to see it grow each year.
“We really want the community to get behind this all-ages event and check out the exciting talent we have within the south west region,” Shane said.
The line-up includes local heavy metal legends ‘The Ascended’ who have toured Australia and internationally, ‘Convict Class’ who will tour parts of England and play the biggest punk festival in the world in 2024, and ‘Whipwerm’ who will be unfortunately playing their last show.
Local blues legends, ‘Eddy and the Exciters’, Joe Gardeners new project with the Renovators, Timboon’s finest girl rockers Lisztomania, new country music sensation Michael Honan and the talented boys from Hip Crack will also be there.
Upcoming Warrnambool trio The Connection Revue, recent Warrnambool Showdown winners West Grid and local hip hop artist Prosper are all set to shine.
Tess O’Connor’s acoustic set and magical voice will also keep audiences entertained.
Food and drink will be available on site, however, organisers are also encouraging people to support nearby businesses.
The event will run from 12 noon until 10pm.
