Footscray's totally free West Set Festival has revealed its 2022 lineup with a great mix of international and local talent across October this year.
West Set Festival is back for its fourth iteration in 2022, taking over a range of venues across the City of Maribyrnong across Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from October 14 – 30 this year.
Chee Shimizu, Birdz, POOKIE, Black Jesus Experience, Amaru Tribe, Parvyn, DJ JNETT and more will headline the live music program, which also features internationals like Jamie Tiller (UK), Belda (India), and Eden Burns (NZ). As always, all the live shows will be free of charge.
West Set Festival 2022
- West Set Festival has revealed its 2022 lineup with Chee Shimizu, Birdz, Pookie and more
- The totally free live music program will take place across the City of Maribyrnong
- It’s happening on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays rom October 14 – 30 this year
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It’s a great opportunity to discover Melbourne’s west; the festival venues will include local recording studio and bandroom Kindred Studios, music school and shop Chasing Sound, along with pop-up venues Las Palmas and Railway Reserve, all located on the traditional lands of the Kulin nation.
The amazing lineup is courtesy of partnerships with Kindred Studios, the Melbourne International Jazz Festival, multi-disciplinary studio ThinOzone, and local tastemakers and curators Finding Figaro. West Set 2022 will be part of On The Road Again, a Victorian government initiative to support the return of live music events across Victoria.
One of the aspects of this year’s festival we’re most excited about is the pop-up venue Las Palmas, which will turn the Footscray Library forecourt into a 19450’s inspired Latin/Cuban-styled jazz bar. City of Maribyrnong are aiming to give attendees a first-hand taste of the myriad cultures that call west Melbourne home, with Ethiopian cafes surrounding the library on Barkly street.
“One of our performers, Solomon Sisay, works and performs in a little Ethiopian café just 500 [metres] from here and you can often hear the sounds of Ethiopian jazz filter out the back and through Footscray on Saturday nights – I really like that and wanted to have this pop-up venue do the same,” says Paul Shea, Maribyrnong City Council’s coordinator of festivals and visitation.
West Set Festival 2022 program
Friday 14 – Sunday 30 October 2022
All Shows Free Entry
Venues and times:
Railway Reserve – Fridays 5-11pm
Kindred Studios – Saturdays 6pm-late
La Palmas – Saturdays 6pm – 10pm and Sundays 11am – 2pm
Chasing Sound – 7pm-10pm (Saturday 22 & 29)
Melbourne International Jazz Festival – Las Palmas
Black Jesus Experience
La Influencia
Solomon Sisay
GP Saxy Ensemble
Kidstruments Live! By Playable Streets
Finding Figaro – Railway Reserve
Jamie Tiller (UK)
Chee Shimizu (JPN)
Eden Burns (NZ)
Adriana
Darcy Justice
Belda (IND)
POOKIE (Live)
DJ JNETT
Colette
Zjoso
Diimpa
Daniel P
Noise in my Head
Kindred Studios
Birdz
Rum Jungle
Solidarity Sound System
Placement
Seaweed on Sticks
ThinOzone – Las Palmas
Amaru Tribe
Chikchika
Parvyn
Iaki Vallejo
Seble Girma
Christina Melkamu
The Seben Brothers
Vanessa Estrada
Alcides Neto
Synthotronica
Los Cojones
Chasing Sound
Sam Chasman Trio
Paula Maki Trio
For the full program and more information visit westsetfestival.com
