Fuse Festival
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Fuse 2011 Poster
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| Genre | New Australian Music |
| Dates | mid-February |
| Location(s) | South Australia |
| Years active | 1996-present |
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Fuse is an Australian Music festival and Music Business Conference held annually in the South Australian capital of Adelaide in February. The Fuse Festival features keynote addresses, panel discussions, round table discussions and the opportunity to meet with the industry elite from the Australian and International Scene that Fuse have brought to Adelaide.
In 2011 Fuse will run two open showcase nights on 16 and 17 February, and conferences will run on the 17th and 18th during the day. On the final night Fuse is teaming up with the Adelaide Fringe Opening night, curating the best of Australia's new emerging artists.
Fuse is a not-for-profit, largely government funded event through Arts SA with a focus upon deriving outcomes for all those who attend the conference. It’s a platform to learn from industry professionals and to showcase your band.
Fuse Festival first ran as Music Business Adelaide in 1996 as an industry development conference. Initially based loosely upon the South By South West model for Music Conferences, Fuse has proven to become an important source for knowledge and industry contacts.
In 2006 the move to house Fuse Festival within the Adelaide Fringe organisation was instrumental to the development of the event. Significantly, the Adelaide Fringe's mission statement includes a desire to 'encourage, support and assist independent artists in the development and presentation of their work' complimenting every aspect of the Fuse Festival.
In 2008 Fuse focused on Audience Development, covering Festivals, Touring, Social Networking, Promotion and Media and Publishing.
In conjunction with Fuse Festival, South Australian Film Corp announced an initiative to help support South Australian based musicians and South Australia film makers to collaborate.
Explode is held to herald the beginning of the Conference. It’s a celebration and a time to network for the delegates and the conference attendees. 8 bands are selected from around Australia to play, in 2008 Nova and Triple J held competitions to allocate the 2 remaining slots on this bill. The winners were, respectively, The Transatlantics and Eva Popov.
Ignition was the open showcase for the Fuse Festival. Bands could register to attend the conference and play a show.
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