The Gold Sounds Music Conference is a four-day event designed to bring together the Victorian Regional and Melbourne music communities, featuring panels, workshops and networking events and a dedicated Youth Program.
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2022 Program & Tickets
Central Victoria’s biggest music conference returns for its second year from 13-16 October.
Held on Djaara Country in Castlemaine, the conference sessions cover a myriad of topics and play host to an extraordinary array of music industry professionals including artist managers, booking agents, musicians, academics, activists and more.
Gold Sounds is supported by APRA AMCOS, Australia Council for the Arts, Community Media Training Organisation, Creative Victoria Green Music Australia, Music Victoria, Regional Arts Victoria, Support Act, VMDO and more. The Youth Program is supported by Mount Alexander Shire Council, The Push and local FReeZa groups.
The 2022 Program is out now, and tickets are now on sale.
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History
Held as Victoria was emerging from lockdown in late 2021, the Gold Sounds 2021 was delivered as part of Music Victoria’s Regional Music Development Program.
Featuring keynote presentations from Jen Cloher and Liz Stringer, as well as a dedicated venues day, workshops on Access & Inclusion delivered by Dallas Woods, Eliza Hull, Simona Castricum and The Push, the 2021 event focused on community and mental health, alongside songwriting workshops and a youth program.
The inaugural event attracted more than 100 people from the music industry and community across the weekend, and won the Mount Alexander Shire Council Community Event of the Year.