Perth Music

The Next Big Thing Finals are on this weekend!!!!

That’s right the lucky 16 metro semi-finalists are playing two huge nights at Perth’s best venues this weekend!

If you haven’t been to an NBT gig yet, or you have been following the comp like a hawk, everyone knows now is the most exciting time of all, when the final 16 battle it out for only 4 places in the Next Big Thing state final!! For some dreams come true, for others hopes are dashed, but for Perth original music lovers a beutiful new world of amazing talent is opened in two fantastic shows and it’s all on this weekend!

The lucky winners who have gone through to be the Next Big Thing Semi-Finalists are….

Semi-Final 1 - Friday July 21st at the Rosemount
Russian Winters, Mink Mussel Creek, 75 Laydown, Fear of Comedy, Love in an Ambulance, The Birkenhead, Trash Madonna and the Neon Angels & Love You Not.

Semi-Final 2 - Saturday 22nd July at Amplifier
Nix, The Bullet Holes, Hoopers Store, The Colours, Streetlight, 8 Ball and Munchie Man (featuring Nic Reid), Matt Irvin, New Lost City

Then of course the following weekend culminates in the regional semi-final and
the state final!!!

Regional Semi final, Friday 28th July, Swan Basement North Freo
Theresa Hillhouse (Karratha), The Flaming Sheilas (Albany), Tangled Thoughts of Leaving (Mandurah), Gemma Stacey (Margaret River), The Second Rule (Bunbury),
MJ (Esperance), Bartlett (Geraldton)

STATE FINAL: Saturday 29th July, The Rosemount
Featuring winners from each semi final.

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