It was announced this week that award-winning viral sensation, Jude York will be joining 7-time ARIA award winner Wendy Matthews at the upcoming Whitsundays Songwriters Festival which is due to take place next month.
Jude’s song ‘Monaco’ is climbing the international charts with a staggering million streams in its first week and Whitsundays Songwriters Festival organisers say they are thrilled to welcome him to the line-up.
“Jude’s clarity of his artistic direction will serve as an inspiration to local songwriters attending our workshop and having witnessed his Queensland Music Awards performance live earlier this year, we know Whitsundays audiences are in for a magical experience when he takes the stage at our Concert and Conversation event,” said festival co-founders Karen Jacobsen and Francesca de Valence.
Jude will join the professional faculty as part of the Emerging Songwriter Workshop on Saturday, October 12, mentoring aspiring songwriters to develop their works.
He will also perform alongside other outstanding artists in a Concert & Conversation event at Whitsunday Sailing Club that evening.
Growing up rurally with an opera-singer mother and jingle-writer father, it seemed inevitable Jude York would create his own musical world.
In 2022, Jude debuted with a unique cult-favourite performance in Australia’s national round for Eurovision, before releasing viral hits, ‘Mr Porcelain’ and ‘Cashew.’
With breathtaking vulnerability, Jude quickly garnered a fanbase of like-minded misfits, a community solidified by seeing him live on tour throughout Europe supporting Dean Lewis and later on his own headline tour of Australia.
The Songwriter Festival is in its third year and provides a brilliant opportunity for local songwriters to learn from professionals.
Limited places are available for this one-day workshop and for more information and to apply for the workshop, head to whitsundaysartsfestival.org
WHAT: Whitsundays Songwriters Festival
WHEN: 10-15 October
Award-winning viral sensation, Jude York will be joining the Whitsundays Songwriters Festival this year. Photo supplied
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