Laneway Festival is returning to Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney in 2027, and JMC Academy students are all hands on deck to help pull it off.
Five years running, and JMC’s partnership with Laneway is back bigger than ever! And we are so excited to join forces once again.
Back Again in 2027
Since 2023, JMC Academy has been part of something special with Laneway Festival, and it's been a highlight on our calendar ever since. The partnership gives our students real opportunities to perform, work, and network at one of the country's biggest music festivals, and we couldn't be more thrilled to be welcomed back again in 2027.
Laneway Festival is a sold-out national tour, drawing crowds of over 200,000 and headlined by leading international artists including Chappell Roan, Charli XCX, Role Model, Geese, Olivia Dean, Raye, Wolf Alice and Clairo (just to name a few). This cultural phenomenon hasn’t strayed too far from its roots, just grown a lot!
The festival’s story starts back in 2004; founder’s Jerome Borazio and Danny Rogers opened a bar in a Melbourne laneway, the bar a place for musicians to share their sound, and soon the crowd had spilled out into the laneway behind the bar. People singing in the streets, strangers stopping to listen and just like that, St Jerome's Bar had sparked a festival.
Where Our Students Come In!
A lot goes into bringing a festival as big as Laneway to life, and our multi-skilled students impress us every time. There are more roles than one might think: across artist liaison, festival builds, live camera broadcast, live sound, visual design, and even playing on the lineup itself. Wherever the action is, you'll find a JMC student in the thick of it. You might have already spotted some of our past performers, Ruby Canon, Worm Girlz, Maybe in May, and Violet Harbour.
We Hope to See You There!
Our partnership with Laneway has become something our whole JMC community looks forward to, and for good reason: real stage time, real industry connections, real opportunity. Come find us at the Laneway Festival in 2027.
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