For its tenth year of delivering the nostalgic, the boutique, the rock, and the roll, Airlie Beach Festival of Music (ABFoM) has upped the ante, capitalising on its status as QMA 2022 Festival of the Year to bring an all-star selection of acts to the coastal town it calls home.
In a decade of performances at the festival, there have been few set lists as stacked full of talent. There’s too many to choose from, but these are the must-see performers at the Airlie Beach Festival of Music 2022:
The Animals
Travelling direct from The House Of The Rising Sun, The Animals – the British band and Rock Hall Of Famers who topped the American charts in the ‘60s – are the premier performers at this year’s ABFoM.
Featuring original members John Steel and Mickey Gallagher alongside Danny Handley and Bobby Ruiz, The Animals are set to deliver a performance worthy of a festival celebrating a decade of bringing live music to the heart of the Great Barrier Reef.
Playing their greatest hits including House Of The Rising Sun, We Gotta Get Out Of This Place, and more, they’re the ones to watch at this year’s celebration of music.
Eskimo Joe
Representing Australian rock royalty at ABFoM will be Eskimo Joe, 35-time ARIA nominated band who have only been surpassed in the metric by Silverchair, Powderfinger, John Farnham and Kylie Minogue – they’re in good company.
Eskimo Joe’s juggernaut song Black Fingernails, Red Wine spent a monster 62 weeks in the ARIA Top 50 Chart, and their single, Foreign Land, brought home two APRA Awards for Most Played Rock Song on Australian Radio and Best Rock Song Of 2010.
John Stevens
Musician Jon Stevens – with his new album Starlight, and a brand-new single titled ‘Hold On’ – will bring the rock back to Airlie Beach.
Stevens is recognised as one of the most talented rock musicians to emerge from Australia in recent memory. The once lead singer of major rock acts Noiseworks, INXS, and Dead Daisies has had a career that’s only gone from strength-to-strength.
