Safe In Sound Festival 2025

Safe in Sound Festival 2025 (SIS), presented in partnership with Liquid Architecture. Curated by SIS Artistic Director and acclaimed experimental artist Robbie Avenaim.

This two-day celebration of experimental music embraces difference, creativity, and community. Featuring an intergenerational line-up of artists performing new collaborative works, from artists with mixed abilities, to children, to stalwarts of Melbourne's experimental scene, Safe in Sound is an all-inclusive sound world where hierarchies dissolve and every voice matters.

For over seven years, Safe in Sound has brought intimate concerts into people’s homes, making experimental sound part of everyday life. Safe in Sound is now back in the public arena at Brunswick Mechanics Institute, with performances spanning delicate improvisations to wild sonic adventures.

Featuring: The Outhear Collective: Robert Seamons, Lindsay Sutherland, Chase Klingenspor, Ella Quintal, Elijah Augustine, Dale Gorfinkel, Mathew Larsen, Carolyn Connors, Karina Utomo, Alessio & Danilo Dilettoso, Antony Riddell & Brendan Walls, Lakshan Standke Jain, Jim Denley, Esther Tuddenham, Allanah Stewart, Astred Meurer, Jay Euesden, Mia Alexander, Nick Ashwood, Joe Talia, Max Cheevers, Fred Leone, Steven Hagiliassis and Mat Watson

Master of Ceremonies: Stuart Flenley & Marlo Mitsak

DAY ONE - SAT 1 NOVEMBER
4.30pm - THE OUTHEAR COLLECTIVE Soulful vocals, synths, drums, guitars, sometimes all at once. A wild, collective experiment in sound, joy and chaos. Out Hear mentors artists with disabilities, fostering access, improvisation and collaboration at Glenroy Community Hub. 

5.15pm- MATHEW LARSEN, CAROLYN CONNORS, KARINA UTOMO
A genre-defying vocal trio bringing together avant-garde theatre, extreme metal, and dada absurdity. Expect pure intensity and unexpected beauty.

6.35pm - ALESSIO & DANILO DILETTOSO
Long-time Safe In Sound collaborators return with robotic percussion, ecstatic energy, and joyful chaos.

7.05pm - ANTONY RIDDELL & BRENDAN WALLS
Surrealist humour meets metallic resonance. A chaotic symphony of tension, invention, and absurdity.

DAY 2 - SUN 2 NOVEMBER
4.30pm - LAKSHAN STANDKE JAIN
13-year-old sonic experimenter blending turntables, vocals, and musique concrète textures.

5.05pm - JIM DENLEY, ESTHER TUDDENHAM, ALLANAH STEWART
Sound, poetry, and improvisation intertwine in this trans-individuated collaboration.

5.55pm - ESTHER TUDDENHAM, ASTRED MEURER, JAY EUESDEN, MIA ALEXANDER, NICK ASHWOOD and JOE TALIA 
A six-artist ensemble weaving drone, voice, percussion, and organ into an immersive sound field.

6.45pm MAX CHEEVERS
Percussive noise meets solar energy in an electrifying, eco-sonic performance.

7.35pm - FRED LEONE, STEVEN HAGILIASSIS, MAT WATSON 
A powerful convergence of Butchulla song, darksynth, and deep ritual sound.

MC: STUART FLENLEY + special guest MARLO MITSAK
A mix of humour, theory, and the unexpected, holding the chaos together with charm.

Safe in Sound is generously funded by Creative Australia and hosted by Next Wave at the Brunswick Mechanics Institute.

The festival is also supported by Jolt Arts and Out Here.

More info: www.safeinsound.com.au