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You am I
You Am I are without doubt one of Australia’s all-time essential rock n’ roll bands.
More than two decades on from their first album release, You A…
You Am I are without doubt one of Australia’s all-time essential rock n’ roll bands.
More than two decades on from their first album release, You Am I have not only had one of the longest and most successful recording careers in Australia, but are also without doubt one of our most loved live bands. 2020’s Lives Of Others debuted at #2 in the ARIA charts, 31 ARIA nominations with 10 wins, 3 #1 records, 2 Platinum and 3 gold records, 5631 shows and 4 very close band members with rock and roll to burn can’t be denied their place as Australian Rock Royalty.
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Jet
Originally hailing from Dingley in Melbourne, Jet quickly conquered the world after forming in 2001, selling more than 6.5 million albums globally a…
Originally hailing from Dingley in Melbourne, Jet quickly conquered the world after forming in 2001, selling more than 6.5 million albums globally and securing almost 10 x Platinum certification in Australia and Platinum in the USA and UK for their 2003 debut album “Get Born”
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The album produced a string of classic singles in “Are You Gonna Be My Girl”, “Rollover DJ”, and “Look What You've Done” and netted the band 6 x 2004 ARIA awards. Both “Are You Gonna Be My Girl” and “Cold Hard Bitch” peaked at number 1 on the US Modern Rock singles charts and propelled the band to the top of festival bills and charts around the world.
Jet’s follow up album “Shine On” followed in 2006 and was rammed full of another collection of melodic rockers including, “Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is”, “Bring It On Back” and “Rip It Up”, and achieved platinum status in Australia on the back of stand-out headline shows around the world, and an unforgettable Big Day Out run in 2007.
2023 marked 20 years since the release of their debut album ‘Get Born’. To celebrate Jet Embarked on their first band shows in 5 years, playing Get Born in full, re-visiting the incredible tracklist that won them fans right across the world – including such timeless tracks such as Are You Gonna Be My Girl, Look What You’ve Done, Rollover DJ and Get Me Outta Here. Songs that sound as invigorating today as they did 20 years ago.
Reflecting on the album, Nic Cester said, ‘Get Born was a rare and unique moment of total planetary alignment where we somehow managed to capture lighting in a bottle.’
In November 2023 Jet received the honour of being the 2023 ARIA Hall Of Fame Inductees.
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Something For Kate
Something for Kate need no introduction. Keanu Reeves gave them the nod, David Bowie invited them on tour, they’ve been a household name for over twe…
Something for Kate need no introduction. Keanu Reeves gave them the nod, David Bowie invited them on tour, they’ve been a household name for over twenty years and their reputation for cerebral songwriting and blistering live shows has only strengthened over the course of an illustrious career.
With over a million copies sold of their critically acclaimed back catalogue, the band have amassed 11 ARIA nominations, 16 entries in triple J’s Hottest 100, taken out numerous awards for Best Live Band, Best Male Vocalist, Best Album, Best single from Rolling Stone Magazine, the Australian Music Industry Critics Awards,The Age Newspaper, Triple J to name just a few –as well as a legion of loyal fans dedicated to whatever the band does next.
Since debuting in 1996 with their singular deconstruction of indie-guitar rock, Something For Kate have gone on to bend the musical landscape to their will, becoming a critically-acclaimed Australian institution predicated on sticking to their guns.
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The Cat Empire
Aussie icons The Cat Empire catapulted into 2023 with a fresh new line-up of band members, with Felix Riebl and Ollie McGill continuing on the legacy…
Aussie icons The Cat Empire catapulted into 2023 with a fresh new line-up of band members, with Felix Riebl and Ollie McGill continuing on the legacy, while preserving the vibrant energy and exhilarating musicality that fans adore.
In August 2023, they released their tenth studio album Where The Angels Fall, which was met with great acclaim, debuting at #5 on the ARIA Charts, charting at #1 on the AMRAP Metro Charts for three consecutive singles, and receiving wide national media support across television, radio, and press.
In 2024, they embarked on a massive 40-date worldwide tour across the UK, including Glastonbury Festival, Europe, and North America, before returning home for a string of sold-out orchestral performances with Australian symphony orchestras in Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Hobart, and Perth, selling more than 25,000 tickets nationwide.
In 2025, they released their tenth studio album Bird in Paradise, debuting at #2 on the ARIA Charts and marking a return to a more organic, “live in the room” recording style, capturing musicians playing together in real time.
The Cat Empire toured Bird in Paradise across North America, Australia, Europe, and the United Kingdom from June through October 2025. Highlights included a sold out show at the 3000 capacity Troxy in London, appearances at Calgary Stampede, Winnipeg Jazz and Ottawa Blues Festival and a sold out shows in Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth.
In May 2026, they released Live at Sydney Opera House with Sydney Symphony Orchestra, capturing the energy of their acclaimed orchestral performances as they prepare for their national encore tour across Australia from August 2026 to January 2027.
They also performed in Vancouver for the FIFA World Cup, marking their 20th show in 20 years at the Commodore Ballroom and announced their first tour of South America in over a decade for this November.
Looking ahead, The Cat Empire are currently working on new original music scheduled for release later in 2026.
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John Butler Trio
John Butler is an icon. One of Australia’s most prolific independent artists, Butler is a political activist, environmental warrior and a master of s…
John Butler is an icon. One of Australia’s most prolific independent artists, Butler is a political activist, environmental warrior and a master of stringed instruments, deep grooves and openhearted lyrical reflections. More than a humble singer-songwriter: he is a musical revolutionary.
With his unique grasp of melody, soul and anthemic pop choruses, the ARIA award winner’s deft musicality has kept him on our airwaves for more than 20 years, with hits such as ‘Zebra’ and ‘Better Than’, not to mention his swag of platinum records, and the trademark instrumental epic ‘Ocean’, which has amassed more than 65 million YouTube views.
His latest album, PRISM, Season Three of his Four Season roll-out - which includes an album of meditations (Running River) and a fully instrumental album (Still Searching) – reclaimed Butler’s classic groove-laden force, again topping the ARIA Australian album charts and seducing fans globally as he toured from North America to the UK, Europe and across Australia and New Zealand.
For PRISM, Butler formed a ferocious new band including original JBT drummer Michael Barker, Ian Peres on bass/keys and Michael Boase on percussion. The live sound is immense, injecting an unbridled energy into the PRISM anthems and bringing the much-loved classics a renewed fervour. The gents are truly on fire.
The year ahead promises another jam-packed schedule of international touring as Butler’s music continues to traverse the globe, taking his high-octane live show to audiences worldwide, reminding fans why he is considered one of the finest singer-songwriters and musicians in the world today.
Comedians
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Brett Blake
The man, the mullet, the legend.
A whip-smart, high-spirited stand up who has performed widely across Australia .His unpretentious look belies a vu…
The man, the mullet, the legend.
A whip-smart, high-spirited stand up who has performed widely across Australia .His unpretentious look belies a vulnerability and willingness to explore complex issues on stage. His material runs the gamut of living with dyslexia to truck licenses, and he is the only comic who physically built some of the venues he has performed in. Brett’s audiences have been growing as much as his second-hand motorbike collection – exponentially.
It is par the course for him to sell out entire seasons at comedy festivals and venues around the country.
In 2025 he was nominated for Most Outstanding Show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival for Little Turd.
Brett has also been seen on the 2024 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala, Question Everything, Spicks and Specks, and Guy Montgomery’s Guy Mont Spelling Bee
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Celia Pacquola
Celia Pacquola is a chameleon – a stand up comedian, writer and actor who springs effortlessly between stage and screen and has become one of our bes…
Celia Pacquola is a chameleon – a stand up comedian, writer and actor who springs effortlessly between stage and screen and has become one of our best-loved and most in-demand performers in any genre.
TV audiences would know Celia from her appearances on Spicks and Specks, Utopia, Dancing with the Stars, and Have You Been Paying Attention? (as the program’s most regular guest) and more.
Internationally, Celia has been a guest on Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Chelsea Lately and The Rob Brydon Show.
In 2016, Celia co-created, co-wrote and starred in the smash hit comedy Rosehaven with Luke McGregor for ABC-TV. Over the show’s five seasons, she won the 2017 AACTA for Best Performance in a Television
Comedy, was nominated twice for Most Popular Actress at the Logies, as well as two AWGIES and numerous further nominations.
Celia hosted the rebooted comedy improvisation series Thank God You’re Here, which made a smashing comeback on Network 10 in 2023 and 2024 and appeared in the supernatural drama Playing Gracie Darling for P+/ Netflix.
Fresh off starring in the feel-good Dog Park for Matchbox/ABC, Celia’s newest festival hour – Gift Horse – has taken out the trophy for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s Most Outstanding Show — one of the most globally coveted awards in live comedy.
Comedy Act
Ivan Aristeguieta
Hola, I am Ivan Aristeguieta – an award-winning stand-up comedian, writer and performer, AKA the ‘Maracas from Caracas’, originally from Venezuela, S…
Hola, I am Ivan Aristeguieta – an award-winning stand-up comedian, writer and performer, AKA the ‘Maracas from Caracas’, originally from Venezuela, South America, or as Aussies call me – ‘Mexican’. I get it, we all sound the same.
For 10 years now, I’ve lived in Australia – living amongst you, observing you, learning about you, and now I make a very good living taking the piss out of you. I am a true blue, dinky-di Venez-stralian. Nah, she’ll be
right! (Who is she by the way?).
You may have seen me on the telly or online, performing at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala (2016-2026), as well as the Just For Laughs Montreal Comedy Festival, or as guest panelist on shows including Have You Been Paying Attention?, The Project, The Weekly, Hughesy, We Have A Problem and The Living Room.
In 2016, my Australian immigration experience was fictionlised in a short form series, Lost in Pronunciation (ABC iView), which I co-created, co-wrote and performed in.
In 2021, my live show, Pinata, was nominated for the biggest award in Australian comedy – Most Outstanding Comedy, at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, and I have released three full length comedy
specials to date, Chorizo Sizzle (ABC iView), The Fourth Floor and Happy Papi, which was recently released on Paramount+.
I am also a trained cook, food technologist and brewer. I’m a loud and proud food nerd. During the pandemic I created and hosted the online sensation, About This Much – Live, a ‘follow-along’ cooking party where I
bring my kitchen to yours, via Zoom. When I’m not performing, I’m probably making my own chorizo at home.
Fresh Comedy Host
Stewart Bell
Stew has been performing comedy at clubs and festivals in both Tasmania and interstate for the past 10 years, as well as producing and hosting Fresh…
Stew has been performing comedy at clubs and festivals in both Tasmania and interstate for the past 10 years, as well as producing and hosting Fresh Comedy in Launceston, bringing some of the best acts in the world to town. In this time he has also performed several solo shows, as well as supported some of the biggest names in Australian comedy.
Celebrity Chef
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Adam Liaw
Adam is one of Australia’s most in-demand media personalities, writers and broadcasters. He is the author of ten cookbooks and has variously hosted a…
Adam is one of Australia’s most in-demand media personalities, writers and broadcasters. He is the author of ten cookbooks and has variously hosted and produced a range of documentary, food and entertainment television and audio programs including The Cook Up with Adam Liaw (SBS), Good Food Kitchen (Nine), Destination Flavour (SBS), Tomorrow Tonight (ABC), Who The Bloody Hell Are We? (SBS) and How Taste Changed the World (Audible).
He is the author of ten cookbooks, the #1 recipe writer for Good Food, a weekly columnist for Sunday Life magazine, and summer columnist for The Guardian.
He is also an experienced non-executive director in the arts, non-for-profit, education and diplomacy sectors and currently serves as Chair of Sustainable Screens Australia and as a board member of Asia Society Australia, the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (TMAG) and The Australian Father’s Day Council. He is co-Managing Director of i8 Studio, a television production company based in Sydney. Adam is a former lawyer and executive of The Walt Disney Company (Japan), where he served as a director and the Head of Legal and Business Affairs (Asia Pacific) for Disney Interactive. At Disney Interactive Adam was a member of the executive management team responsible for the delivery of Disney’s digital products across China, India, Korea and Southeast Asia. Notable projects include Disney’s first corporate acquisition within mainland China, and the establishment of Disney Mobile Japan.
Adam speaks native English, fluent Japanese and conversational Mandarin Chinese and French, and holds the degrees of Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Bachelor of Science from The University of Adelaide.