The MONA FOMA 2014 lineup has been announced, with the jewel of Tasmanian’s music festival calendar revealing a diverse and eclectic range of artists for its music programme.
Hosted by Tasmania’s acclaimed Museum Of Old And New Art, the annual Festival of Music and Art has roped in an impressive list of musicians and bands to spill their creativity out across Hobart from Wednesday 15th to the Saturday 19th January 2014.
The MONA FOMA 2014 lineup features more than 200 artists, three orchestras, and as organisers tease “a dancing robot, a free-styling philosopher, prog-punk space opera, morning meditation, black metal with violins, gender liberationists, ambient electronica, string quartet protest music, a Krautrock pioneer, bluegrass Bach, improvised pipe organ, and the usual Bacchanalian nightclub mayhem of Faux Mo. Oh, and lasers. You know there will be lasers.”
Highlights of the five-day program include neo-pop maverick Ngaiire performing with the Australian Art Orchestra, electronic eccentrics Matmos, saxophone prodigy Colin Stetson (an on/off member of Bon Iver and Arcade Fire), former Battles frontman Tydonai Braxton, ex-Czars stars John Grant, and self-described “purveyors of turn-of-the Nineties Business-class Australiana”, synthpop duo Client Liaison.
Also on the MONA FOMA 2014 lineup is prolific Bad Seed Mick Harvey, performing Serge Gainsbourg numbers live, the delightfully quirky Perch Creek Family Jug Band, brutal technical metal locals Psycroptic, eclectic electronica act Roland Tings, 11-piece Bollywood-via-Australia ensemble The Bombay Royale, famed UK electronic duo The Orb, the mighty jazz power of Sun Ra Arkestra, and an audio/visual treat from the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra performing with animation masters, Pixar.
MOFO’s after-hours festival club, Faux Mo is back again for 2014, providing a late night destination after the lights go out at with a series of different acts and unique performances.
MONA FOMA 2014 will experience a slight venue change as well, skipping across the Port of Hobart and headed to the Macquarie Wharf, known as MAC1 and MAC2, for the first time this year.
The eclectic program was curated by none other than Brian Ritchie (of Violent Femmes and The Break), along with senior curators Nicole Durling and Olivier Varenne, the MONA FOMA 2014 lineup continues the festival’s award-winning history (claiming a Helpmann Award in 2012) and designed to be “all over the place. On purpose.”
“Music is around us everyday, everywhere, whether we want it or not. Some people are lucky to find ‘their’ music to play or for listening at least once in their lifetime,” says Ritchie. “Others are not so lucky. MOFO is a curatorial gambling operation that aspires to increase your odds by widening options.” But with an impressive lineup, the MONA FOMA 2014 bill is one with a wide winning margin.
Festival tickets for MONA FOMA 2014 are just $99 (+ b/f or $85 concession), on sale from Monday 28th October. Individual tickets are available for select shows. `
MONA FOMA 2014 Lineup
ANSGAR WALLENHORST
ASTRONAUTALIS
AUSTRALIAN ART ORCHESTRA with NGAIIRE
AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA QUARTET
CHRIS THILE
CLIENT LIAISON
COLIN STETSON
CONRAD SHAWCROSS: ADA
FAUX MO
JOHN GRANT
KIM MYHR & KJELL BJØRGEENGEN
MATMOS
MICK HARVEY DOES SERGE GAINSBOURG
MORNING MEDITATIONS
ORQUESTA TÍPICA FERNÁNDEZ FIERRO
PERCH CREEK FAMILY JUG BAND
PIXAR IN CONCERT WITH TASMANIAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
PSYCROPTIC
ROBIN FOX
ROLAND TINGS
SLAVE PIANOS & PUNKASILA with MICHAEL KIERAN HARVEY & RACHEL
SARAWATI
STRIBORG
SUN RA ARKESTRA
THE BOMBAY ROYALE
THE JULIE RUIN
THE ORB
TYONDAI BRAXTON: HIVE
& MORE TO BE ANNOUNCED
MONA FOMA 2014 Dates, Tickets
15th – 19th January, 2014
FESTIVAL PASS: $99 / $85 concession or parent with child
ON SALE MONDAY 28 OCT
Australian Art Orchestra: $35 – $65
Australian Chamber Orchestra Quartet: $40 – $55
Pixar in Concert with TSO: $29 – $89
Faux Mo door sales: $30 / $20 (with concession or Festival Pass) per night
Paper is OVER. Buy your tickets online.
http://www.mofo.net.au/
