Citizen, Touché Amoré, Movements Heading To Australia For Inaugural New Bloom Fest In March 2024

A new alternative music festival is hitting our shores in March 2024: Australia, meet New Bloom Fest, our latest alternative rock and punk music event.

The inaugural event is headlined by American rockers Citizen – touring Australia for the first time since January 2019, with favourites Movements – who recently released an excellent new LP, Ruckus and accompanied Boston Manor on their Australian tour this year, and Touché Amoré, who last visited devoted fans down under in July 2017.

Joining the international heavy hitters are pop-punk outfit No Pressure, alt-rock band Fleshwater, and shoegaze duo Soft Cult. Stellar local acts also fill the line-up, including Eat Your Heart Out performing at the Brisbane date, Amends in Sydney, Born Free in Melbourne, and more. You can check out the entire line-up below.

Citizen released their fifth album, the groovy Calling The Dogs, last month. Following their brilliant 2021 album, Life In Your Glass World, both LPs track the band as Mat Kerekes's voice remains smooth as butter, Eric Hamm pulls dirty bass lines straight from 2015, Nick Hamm’s guitar is catchy as hell, the ballads are resonant, and the upbeat songs are funky. Citizen can now make you dance, as well as mosh and have a cry in your bedroom.

New Bloom Fest will hit the East Coast of Australia in March 2024, beginning at the Fortitude Music Hall in Brisbane on Friday, 15 March, followed by the UNSW Roundhouse on Saturday, 16 March, and Melbourne Pavilion on Sunday, 17 March. All dates are strictly 18+.

The Early Bird pre-sale begins on Monday, 6 November, at 5 pm local time – you can sign up here to gain access to those tickets. The general sale starts on Wednesday, 8 November, at 10 am local time, with tickets available via the Destroy All Lines website.

As the promoters say about the event, New Bloom Fest is “A festival overflowing with exceptional fresh talent from the alternative and punk scene at home and abroad”; they also encourage punters to “come and join the first-ever NEW BLOOM FEST in 2024 – this is an event not to be missed.”

Destroy All Lines & triple j Short.Fast.Loud Presents

NEW BLOOM FEST 2024

CITIZEN

MOVEMENTS

TOUCHE AMORE + NO PRESSURE

FLESHWATER + SOFTCULT

FRIDAY 15 MARCH - FORTITUDE MUSIC HALL, BRISBANE (18+)

WITH BLINDGIRLS, EAT YOUR HEART OUT, BAD NEIGHBOUR & SUNBLEACHED

SATURDAY 16 MARCH - ROUNDHOUSE, SYDNEY (18+)

WITH NO BRAINER, AMENDS & PEACE RITUAL

SUNDAY 17 MARCH - MELBOURNE PAVILION, MELBOURNE (18+)

WITH BORN FREE, BETTER HALF & POST HEAVEN