The Brunswick Music Festival has been held annually in February-March since 1989 and is one of Victoria's premier music festivals and a major multi cultural event for Australia. The festival is an integral part of a statewide circuit of visual, sporting, culinary and performing art celebrations held in the early months of the year - during Australia's summer and autumn seasons.

Home to the Festival is the City of Moreland, one of the most culturally diverse communities in Australia with 35% of its residents born outside Australia and with many languages other than English spoken in the home. Cultural activities have produced a vibrant artistic community with a growing emergence in the last decade. This influx of artists continues to shape and change the cultural life of the City. Amidst this colourful backdrop, the Brunswick Music Festival has emerged, bringing world music to our doorsteps!

In its 21st year the Brunswick Music Festival is ready to rock Moreland! "Brunswick Music Festival gets better each year and 2009 will be phenomenal. Big talents, great shows and a huge party - what better way to forget the heat and revel in the vibe of Brunswick. Brunswick Music Festival encapsulates an important part of our city - great music, great food and a great community getting together to celebrate where we live," Mayor Lambros Tapinos "We've got a Grammy Award winner, Festival sweethearts, hot Louisiana swing, frailing banjo genius, a Chilean heart throb, Australian legends, special events and more, always more, at the 2009 Brunswick Music Festival," Festival Director John McAuslan. Read more The Hot Tickets……Peter Rowan, The Topp Twins, Red Stick Ramblers, Old Man Luedecke, Nano Stern, Broderick Smith and the Brewster Brothers Trio Ones to Watch….Fireside Bellows, Conundrum, Duck Musique with Sally Dastey, Tonchi McIntosh, Patrick Davies. Performed in the City of Moreland at Town halls, Performing Arts Centres, Pubs and Clubs and Arts Precincts. Featuring more than 70 shows and over 85 individual performances. BRUNSWICK MUSIC FESTIVAL CONCERT DATES Thursday 12 - Sunday 20 March 2009 ORDER YOUR PROGRAM AND TICKETS ON-LINE brunswickmusicfestival.com.au Booking office and on-line tickets operating from Monday 19 January

The festival embraces in its programming several major community celebrations, including the free Music for the People Concert at the Coburg Town Hall (Saturday afternoon) and Sydney Road Street Party (Sunday), which is held on the weekend prior to Victoria's Labour Day long weekend in March as a signal for the beginning of festival celebrations. The Sydney Road Street Party is a free community event attracting in excess of 70,000 patrons.

In addition to the incalculable cultural and artistic benefit to the community, the economic impact of the Brunswick Music Festival and Sydney Road Street Party is calculated at bringing more than $2.5 million into the Moreland Community.