RISING is on from Wed 4 to Sun 15 June in the Melbourne CBD
RISING is Melbourne/Naarm’s winter festival. This year’s program includes Portishead’s Beth Gibbons, English electronic and post-punk outfit Mount Kimbie, singer-songwriter Jessica Pratt, indie pop romantic Japanese Breakfast, actor-come-indie pop musician Suki Waterhouse, folk and alt-country songwriter Marlon Williams, indie rocker Soccer Mommy and plenty more.
Find the complete music program for RISING 2025 here.
We’ve got double passes to give away to several shows, including Day Tripper, RISING’s festival-within-a-festival that features DIIV, Bktherula, Mount Kimbie DJs, Tikiman and Richard Akingbehin, Chapter Music’s End Of An Era and plenty more, and First Frequency, a Blackfulla dance party at Melbourne Town Hall led by RONA. and DJ PGZ.
Yasiin Bey – who performed two shows for RISING 2024 – will be back in town for Black Star‘s Naarm debut, Bey’s pioneering 90s hip hop project with Talib Kweli. We’ve got a double pass to see them at PICA.
Songwriters Ned Collette, Leah Senior and Michael Beach are behind the New Rampant Optimism Roadshow, a revue style concert with guest appearances from US indie rock legend Thalia Zedek, Dirty Three’s Mick Turner, and Chris Abrahams of The Necks. That’s happening at the Athenaeum Theatre and there’s a double pass to give away.
Find all of the competition details below and read about RISING 2024 here:
READ: Day Tripper review – HTRK, Yasiin Bey make inaugural Melbourne event one to remember
READ: Evian Christ review – tension and release at Melbourne headline show
READ: Tirzah review – London musician underscores sonic experimentation at debut Australian show
- Win a double pass to RISING’s Day Tripper festival feat. DIIV, Bktherula, Mount Kimbie DJs + more – competition now closed
- Win a double pass to First Frequency feat. RONA., DJ PGZ + more – competition now closed
- Win a double pass to see Black Star (Yasiin Bey and Talib Kweli) at PICA – competition now closed
- Win a double pass to the New Rampant Optimism Roadshow feat. Ned Collette, Leah Senior and Michael Beach – competition now closed
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RISING: Melbourne
Wed 4 to Sun 15 June – Various venues, Melbourne/Naarm VIC
To explore the full RISING program head to rising.melbourne
Beth Gibbons review – emotional immediacy at Portishead singer’s Melbourne show
