From intimate gigs to it-girl extravaganzas, huge raves to shoegaze. RISING’s back with a massive music program in the heart of Naarm from 04—15 June.
Sometimes you want to be right there. Catch beloved it-girl Suki Waterhouse in the neoclassical cosiness of the Athenaeum. Jessica Pratt conjuring cracked-and-gorgeous folk dreams. Soccer Mommy speaking to your innermost indie heart. Portishead's Beth Gibbons, with her bewitching new sound, spiralling up into Hamer Hall. It’s time to get up close and personal.
Epic is a state of mind. Pete & Bas were two cockney gents in their 70s, rapping about T-Pain. Then they were rapping with T-Pain. Now they’re rocking the mic at Max Watt’s. Day Tripper trips again, with DIIV, Annie and the Caldwells, Tikiman and so much more. Japanese Breakfastis sparkling for the masses in a big PICA show. Marlon Williams performs with a whole Kapa Haka group. Epic is also a time and a place. Be there.
An evening with Suki Waterhouse
Catch beloved it-girl Suki Waterhouse in the neoclassical cosiness of the Athenaeum, where she’ll showcase her new album Memoirs of a Sparklemuffin with her full band.
Beth Gibbons
The queen of yearning, Portished's Beth Gibbons, brings her solo debut LIVES OUTGROWN to RISING—a dark and sun-dappled journey coils inside Hamer Hall.
Jessica Pratt
Melbourne Recital Centre
$69—79
Spare, beautiful, mysterious. Jessica Pratt only needs her nylon-stringed guitar and a mic to envelop you in a dream. She's playing in the acoustically honed Melbourne Recital Centre.
Soccer Mommy
Nashville’s grunge-pop queen is heading to RISING, set to flood the place with feeling under the Forum's night-blue ceiling.
Day Tripper
Day Tripper trips again. A massive day party of live music, performance and art. With DIIV, Annie and the Caldwells, Tikiman, Chapter's End of an Era party, and so much more.
Marlon Williams
Melbourne Town Hall
$89—109
Marlon Williams performs his sublime Māori-language album for the first time in Australia, with The Yarra Benders and Kapa Haka group. Blending country, bluegrass and pop with traditional Māori rhythms.
Black Star
It’s the third-eye vision. Five-side dimension. Brooklyn’s indie-rap icons Black Star are blazing into town for the first time ever. Heading to PICA for one night only.
Suki Waterhouse (PICA)
After her intimate show Athenaeum on the sixth of June, Suki is gathering all the mirrorball and doing an extravaganza at PICA the next night.
Japanese Breakfast
Moonstruck indie fans, unite. Japanese Breakfast is bringing her widescreen indie sound to the big stage at PICA for her first Melbourne/Naarm show in eight years.
Pete & Bas
Pete & Bas were two cockney gents in their 70s, rapping about T-Pain.Then they were rapping with T-Pain. Now they’rerocking the mic at Max Watt’s. Burberry silk on the neckwear. Flows that’ll fold you like a deck chair.
First Frequency : FEAT. RONA., DJ PGZ & MORE
A Blackfulla Dance Music Experience. Join RONA., DJ PGZ, and Kalaji for First Frequency. Three visionary First Nations artists, journey across Country, from expansive desert to the urban underground, for a meeting of music and storylines.
Blockbuster
The Land of the Five Rivers comes alive in Fed Square for a massive celebration of Punjabi art, food and Pakistani music that’s free for all ages.
New Rampant Optimism Roadshow
Ned Collette, Leah Senior, and Michael Beach make dreamt up the New Rampant Optimism Roadshow. A rollicking revue-style show that brings some shoot-from-the-hip levity to the often intense but dark songwriter show experience.
Mount Kimbie
The pioneering London duo have plugged back in their guitars. Bringing a fuzzed-out new suite of electronica-tinged post-punk to the Forum.
