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50,000 celebrate the music of Queensland at SLQ

By Administrator | 20 September 2013

We've extended Live! Queensland band culture until 17 November, following the huge popularity of the exhibition program.

There have been over 50,000 visits to the Live! program, and the extension will enable many more to share and remember Queensland’s musical story.

Through live performances, exhibitions and events, Live! celebrates the way music has connected Queenslanders from the 1850s to today.

Music brings us together and allows us to express our identity as individuals, or as members of groups and communities. Neuroscience tells us that music is often the key to unlocking memories and invoking emotions. We’re drawing on this idea and using music to tap into memories and help create new ones, and what better way to enliven the content at State Library than through music and performance?

As part of the extended program of events, the popular Sunday session performances will continue to showcase local bands, and budding music photographers can develop their skills at a workshop with leading rock photojournalist Dane Beesley on 28 September.

A new addition to the exhibition spaces is a visual archive of the Livid Festival from October 5, Australia’s first alternative outdoor rock music festival.

Discover new talent at the Live! open mic night on 18 October, or sit down with two emerging deadly brothers, Jonathan Jeffrey and Skotti Hunter on 5 November.

Queensland greats The Gin Club and The Stress of Leisure will be performing at 4Senses on 15 November, a multi-sensory experience making live music accessible to everyone including people who are deaf and hard of hearing.

Visit Live! Queensland band culture at State Library of Queensland, South Bank until 17 November.

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