NGV Friday Nights Australian Greats

Superstar provocateur Amanda Palmer, breakout talent of the Memphis music scene Julien Baker and Latin GRAMMY-nominated electro-pop artist El Guincho are among the musicians featured in the next series of NGV Friday Nights, kicking off at NGV International on 11 November 2016.

Tony Ellwood, Director, NGV, said, -The National Gallery of Victoria is pleased to offer an eclectic program of live music that will complement our two major summer exhibitions: David Hockney: Current and Viktor&Rolf: Fashion Artists. The combination of after-hours exhibition access and diverse live music acts has made Friday Nights one of the most popular programs on the NGV calendar.'

Australian artists in the summer line-up include seminal 1990's pop band Custard, Melbourne singer-songwriter Sarah Mary Chadwick, Sydney indie rock band Dappled Cities, experimental quintet Tangents, ARIA Hall of Fame inductees Models, voice of TISM Damian Cowell appearing as part of Damian Cowell's Disco Machine (With Tony Martin), and award-winning blues and country six-piece Cash Savage and the Last Drinks.

The New Year will see performances by emerging post-punk stars Gold Class, lo-fi Brisbane trio I Heart Hiroshima, creator of lush synthesiser soundscapes Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith (USA), psychedelic jazz-infused experimentalists The Comet is Coming (UK), deft wordsmith and multi-instrumentalist Olympia, underground danceworld legends NO ZU, London-based electroverts PVT and ARIA Award-winning rockers Dave Graney -n' the Coral Snakes.

Along with headline acts performing in the Great Hall, NGV Friday Nights includes after-hours entry to major summer exhibitions David Hockney: Current and Viktor&Rolf: Fashion Artists, DJ's in the NGV Garden, talks, and access to food and bars.