SET TIMES*

7:00pm - Doors open
8:00pm - Maina Doe
8:30pm - Interval 
9:00pm - Yaya Bey 

*set times are approximate and subject to change.

After a run of critically lauded releases, R&B shapeshifter Yaya Bey will make her hotly anticipated Australian debut.

The New York-raised vocalist muscled into the public consciousness with early releases The Many Alter-Egos of Trill’etta Brown and This Too, before cementing her smooth neo-soul meets funk sound on 2020’s Madison Tapes.

A sly and versatile vocalist, Bey’s lyrical themes are entirely her own, weaving political commentary, humour, grief and sex into indelible songs.

Signed by pioneering UK label Big Dada in 2021, Bey released her breakout album Remember Your North Star the next year. She followed up with Ten Fold – ranked among “The Best Music of 2024 So Far” by Pitchfork – an album exploring the death of her father with stunning and generous intimacy. 
 
Onstage, Bey is a force of nature – as testified by her recent NPR Tiny Desk concert, which charts a tapestry of emotions in just 16 minutes. Don’t miss this chance to catch a true original in her element.

With singular grace and flair, Yaya Bey [transforms] grief, insecurities, and depletion into a full embrace of life. Pitchfork 

Bey’s latest album…further solidifies her position as one of R&B’s most promising rising stars. Rolling Stone Australia

Supporting Yaya Bey is Maina Doe. 

A seductive melancholy defines ODIWAMS (onedayitwillallmakesense), the extraordinary debut EP of Sydney artist Maina Doe. The musician reconfigures the experimental and elegaic sounds of R&B and soul, transforming them into something entirely her own. ODIWAMS is characterised by its duality of lightness and darkness, its evocations of duelling feelings such as hedonism, solitude, and serenity. “It’s my music buffet, take what you can from it,” says Maina Doe.

Since 2019, Maina Doe has been lauded for her singles, receiving support from BBC Radio, Vice, Notion, Soulection, Rinse FM and Vogue, among others. She has performed support slots for the likes of Masego, Winston Surfshirt, and Tkay Maidza. Last year, she made her headline debut at a sold-out show at the Sydney Opera House for festival VIVID LIVE.

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