Savannah in the Round is proud to announce its first artist lineup for the 2025 festival, bringing an exciting array of Australian talent to Queensland’s Tropical North. With an outstanding list of legendary performers and rising stars, the festival stage will be lit up in October this year by the sounds of rock star James Reyne, country icon Kasey Chambers, legendary Daryl Braithwaite and so many more.
Port Douglas Carnivale will welcome an exciting new addition to its 2025 program, with the team behind Savannah in the Round curating a weekend of live music and entertainment at Rex Smeal Park. Running across three days from 23-25 May, the Savannah Sounds Port Douglas program, presented by Douglas Shire Council and major sponsor Newsport, will kick off with a Friday night party, followed by a headline music event on Saturday, before wrapping up with a locals’ day on Sunday.
A one-of-a-kind live music event on the Great Barrier Reef. Part of post-Cyclone Jasper recovery efforts, and celebrating the community heroes of Tropical North Queensland, the day featured performances from Sheppard, Lee Kernaghan, Max Jackson and Kairos Kin. Watch it for yourself!
A one-of-a-kind live music event on the Great Barrier Reef. Part of post-Cyclone Jasper recovery efforts, and celebrating the community heroes of Tropical North Queensland, the day featured performances from Sheppard, Lee Kernaghan, Max Jackson and Kairos Kin. Watch it for yourself!
A one-of-a-kind live music event on the Great Barrier Reef. Part of post-Cyclone Jasper recovery efforts, and celebrating the community heroes of Tropical North Queensland, the day featured performances from Sheppard, Lee Kernaghan, Max Jackson and Kairos Kin. Watch it for yourself!
A one-of-a-kind live music event on the Great Barrier Reef. Part of post-Cyclone Jasper recovery efforts, and celebrating the community heroes of Tropical North Queensland, the day featured performances from Sheppard, Lee Kernaghan, Max Jackson and Kairos Kin. Watch it for yourself!
The Hindley Street Country Club, the world's greatest cover band, is on the road and making their way north to Savannah in the Round. An awesome experience, and playing everyone's favourite songs, they're hitting the Savannah stage on Sunday, 13 October.
James Dein visited the crew at Triple A radio to share what to expect at Savannah in the Round, and recognise just how far the event has come over the last five years.
Amidst a challenging landscape for the music industry, Tropical North Queensland’s beloved country music festival, Savannah in the Round, continues to shine a light on the kind of positivity and resilience that persists. Today the festival shares news of its exciting year of growth in 2024, plus the renaming of and program for its main stage.
Cairns' hottest ticket just turned up the heat with Australia’s rising star and darling of country music, Max Jackson, confirmed to headline the 2024 Ladbrokes Cairns Amateurs Ball. Fresh from playing at Nashville’s iconic CMA Fest, Max announced today from Tennessee that she is thrilled to return to the region to headline the Amateurs Ball before heading to Savannah in the Round Festival as Festival Ambassador in October. Max is also set to activate her Savannah status with a promotional performance at Mareeba Rodeo on July 13.
Tropical North Queensland’s favourite music festival, Savannah in the Round, has completed this year’s line-up with the addition of Nashville-based artist, Tyler Hubbard. Hubbard was first introduced to the world as half of country music duo Florida Georgia Line, where as a performer and songwriter, he sold millions of albums and has two Diamond certified songs. As a solo artist, Hubbard put out his debut self-titled solo album in January 2023.
Savannah Sounds on the Reef was the ultimate music-meets-nature event; with performances from high-end Australian artists Sheppard, Lee Kernaghan, Max Jackson and Kairos Kin, over 100 of the country’s local heroes were given the rare opportunity to boogie on the Great Barrier Reef.
An intimate gig, dubbed ‘Savannah Sounds on the Reef’, will be staged on the Great Barrier Reef to increase awareness of this year’s ‘Savannah in the Round’, a country music event with growing acclaim hosted in Tropical North Queensland. Supported by the Australian and Queensland Governments as part of post-Cyclone Jasper recovery efforts, 'Savannah Sounds on the Reef' will bring together high-profile Australian artists including Sheppard and Lee Kernaghan.
Savannah in the Round has bolstered the already-epic lineup for this year’s festival, announcing the arrival of Kip Moore and James Johnston. Last visiting Australia and New Zealand for his sell-out 2023 headline tour, which included an epic headline performance CMC Rocks, Kip Moore’s southern charm is as smooth as ever. With fans craving more of the genre-blending songsmith, this highly anticipated return is sure to blow roofs off arenas and theatres across the country.
For James Dein, live music is in his blood and he would rather be up front and centre to get a real sense of what the punters experience, plus the sound and acoustics are way better there. Savannah in the Round is his inspired creation, aiming to bring some of the best local and international acts to the region over several days, but it's been the years of experience and expertise, trials and tribulations, putting on shows and events that have allowed him to do this.
American and Canadian stars set to join Aussie Legends Jimmy Barnes, Kasey Chambers, Daryl Braithwaite, Kate Ceberano, Don Walker, Beccy Cole, Adam Harvey, Brad Cox, James Johnston, Casey Barnes and more at Savannah in the Round 2023!
Jimmy Barnes, Kasey Chambers, Daryl Braithwaite, Kate Ceberano, Don Walker, Beccy Cole, Adam Harvey, Brad Cox, James Johnston and Casey Barnes Lead Massive First Announcement.
Following a massively successful debut, Australia’s most exciting new music and camping festival Savannah in the Round officially returns to Tropical North Queensland in 2022, featuring a line-up packed with the best country, rock, roots and pop acts from Australia and overseas.
The numbers are in as 11,000 people head to Tropical North Queensland with 2022 dates announced & international headliner teased.
Rain, hail or shine, Savannah is 2021s GOLDEN TICKET!
An exciting late addition to the festival’s genre-bending Friday Night lineup, Lime Cordiale’s unique brand of indie pop joins forces with country, blues, roots and rock supplied by the likes of Brad Cox, Casey Barnes, Busby Marou, The Wolfe Brothers, Shannon Noll and Southbound, offering festival-goers a live sample box of top quality Aussie entertainment they won’t find anywhere else! Having just announced the biggest national tour of their careers, Lime Cordiale will now be adding Far North Queensland to their travel itineraries, as they make their way north for one of Australia’s biggest 2021 music events - Savannah in the Round.
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Savannah In The Round announced their inaugural Savannah In The Round music, camping and cultural festival taking place on October 1-3, 2021 in Tropical North Queensland at a successful Summer Series launch event this month.
