VMDO announces beneficiaries of SXSW Austin 2024 Export Assistance program
[ID 2: An orange square tile with a white opaque SXSW arrow logo in the background. In white large writing at the top, it reads, ‘SXSW Austin 2024 Export assistance Artist and Manager Recipients.’ Below this in white text and underlined are two columns labeled ‘artists’ and to the right their corresponding ‘managers’. Below the artist column reads, ‘Alexander Biggs, Alice Ivy, Anna Smirk, The Belair Lip Bombs, Bones & Jones, Elle Shimada, Folk Bitch Trio, Forest Claudette, Girl And Girl, Ivoris, Keenan Te, Miss Kaninna, Sui Zhen and Sycco.’ Under the manager list is reads, ‘Sabrina Robertson, Zac Abroms, Self-managed, Dan Rayburn, Will Stoeckel, Aakanksha Side, Alastair Burns, Zach Hamilton Reeves, Simone Ubaldi & Andrew Parisi, Self Managed, Cam Noble, Ali Tamara, self-managed and Summer King.’ In the bottom left corner are the VMDO, Creative Victoria, and Music Victoria logos in white.]
Published 13 February, 2024
VMDO are pleased to reveal the beneficiaries of the recently-announced SXSW 2024 Austin Export Assistance program.
The program offered to assist in one of two ways. Applicants had the choice of receiving a $1000 cash contribution towards their journey, or undertakinga pre-festival campaign with US agency Marauder, who were hired by VMDO to assist VIC bands and/or managers with awareness and industry outreach in the lead-up to SXSW.
The beneficiaries (and their managers) are:
Alexander Biggs (Sabrina Robertson)
Alice Ivy (Zac Abroms)
Anna Smyrk (self-managed)
The Belair Lip Bombs (Dan Radburn)
Bones & Jones (Will Stoeckel)
Elle Shimada (Aakanksha Sidhu)
Folk Bitch Trio (Alastair Burns)
Forest Claudette (Zach Hamilton Reeves)
Girl And Girl (Simone Ubaldi & Andrew Parisi)
Ivoris (self-managed)
Keenan Te (Cam Noble)
Miss Kaninna (Ali Tomoana)
Sui Zhen (self-managed)
Sycco (Summer King)
To be eligible, either the act or the manager had to be a resident of Victoria. Good luck to all in Texas!