More Global Promoters, Managers For Bigsound

From North America are Ali Hedrick of The Billions Corporation, Brad First of SXSW, John Kastner of Canadian Music Week, Julia Willinger of Q Prime, Adam Lewis of Planetary Group, Matt Hickey of High Road Touring, Chris Porter of One Reel / Bumbershoot and Grace Jones of Grandstand PR.

Other global names include Martin Elbourne of the UK’s Glastonbury and The Great Escape, Reggie Ba Pe III of China’s DJ events Sonically Transmitted Disease, Anuj Gupta of Indian management-booking agency Only Much Louder and Mike Harounoff of the UK’s Transgressive and Rockfeedback.

The Australian and New Zealand contingent include Peter Noble of Bluesfest, Andrew Stone of Chugg Music, Rebecca Young of Artist Voice, Maggie Collins of Fans Creative Management and Claire Collins of Bossy Music. Neil Finn and The Church will do keynotes, while other musicians are L-Fresh The Lion, The Bedroom Philosopher and Ruby Boots.

Previously announced were Tom Windish and Avery McTaggart of The Windish Agency, Kevin French (Paradigm), Chris Sampson (Bonnaroo), James Minor (SXSW), Jamie Wade (X-Ray Touring) and Michelle Cable (Panache Booking). “When we say BIGSOUND means business, we mean it,” programmer Nick O’Byrne said. “Whether it’s labels, publishers, live bookers and more, we’ve got some of the most important players in the global music business here to see the best new music and join in the discussion about one of the most dynamic industries on the planet.”