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SEE OUR SAFETY MEASURES
ACT 1: WAVENEY YASSO
Waveney is a Brisbane based singer/songwriter and a proud South Sea and Aboriginal descendant.
After graduating from WAAPA (Perth) in 2014 she moved back home to Brisbane to pursue her career in the arts and has been creating, performing and travelling professionally since then.
Her achievements include performing with world renowned Pub Choir (2016 to current), Yothu Yindi and the Treaty Project (Brisfest 2018), Songs That Made Me (QPAC 2018) TEDxBrisbane 2017/18; touring her original musical with Queensland Music Festival; Have You Ever Heard A Wombat Sing? (2014/15); singing her original music and the national anthem to an internationally televised audience for the 2012 NRL Allstars game; Performing at Island Vibe Festival 2017/18; Performing/writing in her duo Black Salt; Working as a mentor with Creative Tracks 2016-18.
Waveney is dedicated to preserving language, songlines and history through art. When away from music she is actively working within communities to maintain culture, language and connection to country.
Find Waveney Yasso on Facebook, and Instagram.
ACT 2: THE BEAMISH BROTHERS
The Beamish Brothers is a rising duo of multitalented siblings whose motto is to turn “politics into pop”. Their latest single, “Nature”, an anthem for self-empowerment and environmental awareness, made waves earlier this year when it became a runner-up to represent Australia in Eurovision, with a snippet teased on live national TV.
It’s this fearless attitude which the brothers duo brings to every song they write, promoting concepts such as mental health and LGBTQ+ rights in a way that’s effortlessly authentic to their own experiences. Most recently, the brothers were awarded grant funding from Arts Queensland in support of their next single, which sees the brothers call out corporate greed.
Having opened for Tia Gostelow, toured Japan and South Korea, performed on the main stage at the Empire Theatre (Toowoomba), Hidden Lanes Festival and most recently the National Live Music Awards at The Triffid, the brothers are no strangers to the stage. It’s at their shows where you can find their growing fanbase singing their songs back to them, a playlist of handcrafted tracks with over 400K streams (all of which were recorded, produced, mixed and mastered by the brothers in their home studio). Today as they gear up to release an anti-capitalism bop in January, The Beamish Brothers is carving out their own unique careers in a landscape where discussing ‘the big issues’ is needed more than ever.
Find The Beamish Brothers on Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, and The Beamish Brothers Website.
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