Christina Aguilera sings at the 2001 MTV Movie Awards in Los Angeles.Credit:AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill
The 17-day live music program takes place across Victoria,from November 24 to December 10,and will include performances by UK singer Jessie Ware,Swedish DJ Eric Prydz,A.B. Original,Melbourne-based rock band Amyl and the Sniffers,UK-Indian musician Jai Paul and Peter Garrett among more than 60 events.
Australian Music prize-winners King Stingray,from Northeast Arnhem Land,will headline a First Nations line-up at Hamer Hall,including Tasman Keith,Emma Donovan,Uncle Bart Willoughby,and the Kulin Nations Songwomen.
A Taylor Swift tribute show at Northcote Theatre presented in partnership with Clementine Ford will feature performances by Clare Bowditch,Alex the Astronaut,Kate Miller-Heidke,Em Rusciano,Lisa Mitchell,Emily Wurramura,and Sophia J. Smith.
Bowditch,who is also a board member of Always Live,said the program was “years in the making,and will continue to grow” with international acts and local acts.
Clare Bowditch,Briggs and Pirritu are on the Always Live line-up.Credit:Justin McManus
“The second year up and running now,after many years of planning and stalling during COVID,and this will be the biggest music festival in the whole of Australia ... thousands and thousands of people coming to our state,so we’re pretty proud,” she said.
Victorian rock band Cosmic Psychos will celebrate their 40th anniversary with three performances in Castlemaine at the Theatre Royal,and Tones and I will curate Music in the Park,featuring the Cat Empire,the Veronicas,Budjerah and more in Mornington.