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The Queensland Music Festival (QMF) is a series of musical events staged in a number of locations in

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, Australia, usually around late July, every second year. It is financially supported by the

Queensland Government The Queensland Government is the democratic administrative authority of the Australian state of Queensland. The Government of Queensland, a parliamentary constitutional monarchy was formed in 1859 as prescribed in its Constitution, as amended f ...

through Arts Queensland, the

Brisbane City Council Brisbane City Council (BCC) is the democratic executive local government authority for the City of Brisbane, the capital city of the state of Queensland, Australia. The largest City Council in Australia by population and area, BCC's jurisd ...

, the

Australia Council The Australia Council for the Arts, commonly known as the Australia Council, is the country's official arts council, serving as an arts funding and advisory body for the Government of Australia. The council was announced in 1967 as the Austr ...

, and a wide range of other partners. It brings new innovative musical experiences to the far flung communities as well as major cities of Queensland. Since its inception, Queensland Music Festival has grown from a biennial state-wide festival of music, to a creator of annual festivals and events, producing over 800 live music experiences for the 2019 Festival. By its geography, length, participation and attendance, Queensland Music Festival is the largest live music festival in the world.

History

The festival began as the Brisbane Biennial Festival of Music in 1991 with Anthony Steel as founding artistic director who also directed the 1993 festival. Nicholas Heyward served as CEO in 1995 and 1997 with Jonathan Mills and Richard Mills as artistic advisors. In 1999, Claire Booth was appointed the Executive Director, the festival was renamed the Queensland Biennial Festival of Music and the program was extended to include regional Queensland. The artistic director was Simone de Haan in 1999, and

Lyndon Terracini Lyndon William Terracini, OSI (born 1949), is an Australian operatic baritone and from 2009 to October 2022 artistic director of Opera Australia. Early life Terracini was born in 1949, the oldest of four children born to Shirley and Vita Terr ...

from 2001 to 2005. He was succeeded in 2007 by Paul Grabowsky – when the festival was renamed to Queensland Music Festival – and

Deborah Conway Deborah Ann Conway (born 8 August 1959) is an Australian rock singer-songwriter and guitarist, and had a career as a model and actress. She was a founding member of the 1980s rock band Do-Ré-Mi with their top 5 hit "Man Overboard". Conw ...

in 2009 and 2011. James Morrison was artistic director for 2013 and 2015.History
Queensland Music Festival Katie Noonan was appointed in 2016 and was Artistic Director for 2017 and 2019. In 2019, a piece commemorating the re-discovery of a once thought extinct Night Parrot was commissioned for the festival.

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Queensland Music Festival
Music festivals in Australia Festivals in Queensland 1991 establishments in Australia Music festivals established in 1991

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