Local & Vocal applications for 2024 are now closed. Visit the link below for event details.
Local & Vocal 2024
We are on the hunt for North Queensland’s best up-and-coming musicians to play at the region’s biggest young and emerging music event, Local & Vocal!
Successful artists will get paid a professional performers’ fee to play a Saturday night gig (Saturday 20 April) at one of Australia’s top music venues, Tanks Arts Centre, and will also receive a full video recording of their performance.
If you're under 25 and creating original music as part of a band, duo, solo singer-songwriter, rapper, stummer, drummer or even turntablist, seize this opportunity to make your mark!
The program includes a full professional development day (Sunday 14 April), where you’ll get one-on-one time with the Tanks tech team, BTS tour of the Tanks, industry workshops and rehearsals on the Tank 5 stage with full tech support. Industry leaders, QMusic, will also host a music biz workshop with musicians on the day of the main event.
Selected by a panel of industry professionals, Local & Vocal unlocks pathways to further opportunities, including the chance to feature at Cairns Festival's Introducing... event on the Esplanade Main Stage, as well as other paid local gigs.
This program is all about YOU developing your skills and making it in the music industry.
*You must also be available to attend the professional development/ rehearsal day to be considered.
Image credit: Superboy at Local & Vocal 2022