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ANBC Peak Hill Regional Busking Championships 2019 – The Winners!

Congratulations to all the winners at the ANBC Peak Hill Busking Championships 2019!
The standard of performance this year was outstanding!

Open Category:
Champion & 1st Place: Alex Eldred -$1,000 + Rising Star Trophy
2nd Place: Bradley Edwards – $500
3rd Place: Nelli Heinzel – $300

Secondary Category:
Champion & 1st Place: Hannah Dunn – $500
2nd Place: Gracey Denham-Jones – $200
3rd Place: Imogen Hill – $100

Primary Category:
Champion & 1st Place: Annabelle van Wyk – $200
2nd Place: Gemma Ellis – $100


Special Judges Awards: – $200 each:

Best Local Award: Artie Wright
Best Instrumental Award: Ceol Darado
Jazz Music Award: Hannah Dunn
Acoustic Music Award: Rodney Jackson

Encouragement Awards: – $50 each sponsored by Allan & Leslie Spencer

  • Sid Pohorille
  • Chelsea Irwin
  • Shyanne Irwin
  • Robert Osbourne
  • Aden Gudeon

People Choice Award: Hannah Dunn – $500


ANBC National Grand Final Qualifiers for 2019 –

The three Age Category Winners, Alex Eldred, Hannah Dunn & Annabelle van Wyk qualify for the ANBC Grand Finals in Cooma NSW 16 November.

2019 Peak Hill Regional Championships – Australian National Busking Championships

Nicole Rosser - ANBC Peak Hill Open Champion 2018

Nicole Rosser – ANBC Peak Hill Open Champion 2018

Peak Hill NSW will be hosting the Peak Hill Regional Championships – Australian National Busking Championships™ on Saturday 14 September 2019.

The Australian National Busking Championships™ is an Australia-wide network of busking festivals. The ANBC celebrates the rich diversity of Australian Music & Street Performance Culture. Through out the year, Regional Championships will be held in towns all over Australia culminating in the National Grand Final which is held in Cooma NSW on the 16 November 2019.

Download Peak Hill Entry Form here: ENTRY FORM PDF_2019 Peak Hill AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL BUSKING CHAMPIONSHIPS

Download this additional form for larger groups: GROUP MEMBERS LIST FORM_PEAK HILL 2019

Calling All Buskers:

Thousands of dollars in cash prizes will be up for grabs at ANBC Peak Hill Regional Busking Championships. Peak Hill is one of the regional towns that have joined the ever-growing network of ANBC busking competitions around Australia. Dates for 2019 so far are:

  • Stanthorpe Qld – 23 March
  • Kilmore Vic – 13 April
  • Narooma NSW – 25 May
  • Noosa Heads Qld – 8 to 9 June
  • Peak Hill NSW -14 September
  • Gundagai NSW – 26 October
  • Cooma Regional Championship & ANBC National Grand Final – Cooma NSW – 16 November (please note change of date)

The Prizes – Thousands of Dollars in Cash on offer:

There are generous prizes for 3 Age Categories, Open (Adult), Secondary (High School Age) and Primary (Primary School Age). Plus lots of other awards such as Peoples Choice Award, Best Band, Country Music, Blues Music, Jazz Music, Classical Music, Folk, Indigenous, Community Based Music, Youth Encouragement, Most Innovative, and Ability Award (for buskers with a disability). Solos, Duos, Groups, Ensembles, Choirs are all welcome. There has even been a prize for non-musical Street Performance such as poets, mime, jugglers, magicians and dancers.

The winners of each of the 3 Age Categories will qualify for the National Grand Final in Cooma.

Prize winners Peak Hill 2018

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Tones And I – Number One

Congratulations to Tones And I!

From ANBC Busker to Number One in the Aria Charts!
Tones And I, aka Toni Watson, performed at the ANBC Noosa Busking Championships in 2018. There she was noticed by Oz Bayldon, the director of Noosa Come together and the Gympie Music Muster. Oz predicted a huge future for this new talent and he invited her to perform at the Gympie Music Muster. She was then discovered by triple j Unearthed and the rest, as they say, is history.

Fun fact – the last Australian female to do this was Delta Goodrem in 2015.

https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/entertainment/music/newcomer-tones-and-i-becomes-first-female-to-top-aria-charts-since-2015-20190802-p52da4.html

Dance Monkey has over 1,600,000 views on YouTube > https://youtu.be/q0hyYWKXF0Q

ANBC Noosa Regional Busking Championships 2019 – The Winners

The Inadequates – ANBC Noosa Open Champions 2019

Congratulations to all the winners at the ANBC Noosa Busking Championships 2019!
The standard of performance this year was outstanding!

Open Category:
Champion & 1st Place: The Inadequates -$2,000 sponsored by Hutchinson Builders
2nd Place: Niq Reefman – $700 sponsored by Bendigo Bank
3rd Place: Sooroheon Kim aka Cobb – $300 sponsored by Bendigo Bank

Secondary Category:
Champion & 1st Place: Finley Geach – $500 sponsored by Gympie Terrace Pty Ltd
2nd Place: Chandler Jay – $300 sponsored by Gympie Terrace Pty Ltd
3rd Place: Sari Abbott – $200 sponsored by Gympie Terrace Pty Ltd

Primary Category:
Champion & 1st Place: Emmagen Rain – $250 sponsored by Bank of Queensland – BOQ
2nd Place: Frank & Louis Martin – $150 sponsored by Gympie Terrace Pty Ltd
3rd Place: Kiana Jazz Smith – $100 sponsored by Gympie Terrace Pty Ltd

Band Award: The Sandflys – $500 sponsored by Arrow Wood Products

Special Judges Awards – $200 each:
– Novelty Award: Twinkie Nana aka Fiona & Viena Huang (sponsored by Boom Shankar)
– Male Vocal Award: Murray Lloyd (sponsored by East Coast Insurance Brokers)
– Rising Star Award: Jacob Clarke (sponsored by Noosaville Business Association)
– Female Vocal Award: Malia Stirling Music (sponsored by Noosa Boathouse)
– Country Vocal Award: Lily Grace Live (sponsored by Pelican Boat Hire Noosa)

Other Awards:
– JamPot Studios Award: Malia Stirling – 3 hour Recording
– Special Encouragement Award: Shayla & Zach – $100 sponsored by Allan Spencer

People Choice Awards: (all sponsored by Arrow Wood Products)
First Place: Lily Grace Live aka Lily Peters – $500
Second Place: The Inadequates – $300
Third Place: St Teresa’s Concert & Stage Band

Gympie Music Muster Prize:
2 x 4 Day Passes – selected by Oz Bayldon, Music Director of the Gympie Music Muster
– Emmagen Rain
– The Inadequates

ANBC Narooma Regional Busking Championships 2019 – The Winners

The Australian National Busking Championships in Narooma were a huge success.

Here are the results:

The Winners ANBC Narooma 2019Download
Fretz & Reedz took out Best Band

The Australian National Busking Championships are having a huge 2019. With Regional Championships in Stanthorpe Qld, Kilmore Vic and now, Narooma NSW successfully completed here are the the remaining events for 2019:

â–ºNoosa Heads Qld – 8 to 9 June

â–ºPeak Hill NSW -14 September

►Victor Harbour SA – 6 October

â–ºGundagai NSW – 26 October

â–ºCooma Regional Championship & ANBC National Grand Final – Cooma NSW – 16 November (please note change of date)

Potent Soap won the Rising Star Band Award & The Open People’s Choice Award

ANBC Stanthorpe Busking Championships 2019 – Results

The Inadequates - Stanthorpe Open Champions, Peoples Choice Award Winners and Best Band

The Inadequates – Stanthorpe Open Champions, Peoples Choice Award Winners and Best Band

ANBC Stanthorpe 2019 was a huge success. The support from the businesses in Stanthorpe was amazing! The crowds of people that came to watch were a record high. And the quality of the performances was first class.

Here are the results: Winners – The Results ANBC Stanthorpe 2019

This year’s event was run by the good people from the Apple & Grape Harvest Festival

Felicity Kircher - Stanthorpe Secondary Champion

Felicity Kircher – Stanthorpe Secondary Champion

Stanthorpe State Primary School Choir - Primary Champions

Stanthorpe State Primary School Choir – Primary Champions

ANBC Kilmore Regional Finals 2019 – 13 April

Kilmore, Victoria is the latest town to join our ever-growing network of the Australian National Busking Championships™.

STOP PRESS:

And the Winners are…

Winners – The Results ANBC Kilmoe 2019

Kilmore Market
The Kilmore Busking Competition is a new event created by the Rotary Club of Southern Mitchell (Victoria) and the Kilmore Art Society. Our inaugural Regional Championship will be held on Saturday 13 April 2019.
Our aim is to promote performance art to provide a performance and exposure pathway for emerging artists whilst also supporting the visual arts via the Kilmore Art Expo which will be held 12 -14 April 2019.
Kilmore is Victoria’s oldest inland settled town (Violet Town beat us by being gazetted first!) and has a fabulous history dating from the late 1830’s. Kilmore Historical Society are also on board and will be conducting some street tours on the day. Booking for events will be available 30 January 2019.
Kilmore main streetKilmore is located approximately 65 km north of Melbourne and is very accessible to Melbourne performers. Travel from central Melbourne is about 1 hour 15 minutes. The Championships will be held between 10am – 3.00pm. Three judges will be roaming on the day. However, the public will also be voting on their favourite performances. Winners in all categories – Primary, Secondary, Open & Peoples’ Choice will be announced at the Finals Concert held between 4pm – 6pm. Venue to be announced. There are also a number of $200.00 Judges Awards for performances that may not fit into the major categories.
We are so excited about the Busking competition! In November we joined with the Australian National Busking Championships™ which are based in Cooma. This means the winners of our Kilmore Championships can go on to compete nationally.
Buskers can perform for votes to win cash prizes and also for cash tips. We will be encouraging visitors to bring cash as well as cards to support performers. It’s going to be a great day out!
Watch this space for more info.
Download Entry Form here: Entry Form Busking Kilmore 2019
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ANBC Stanthorpe 2019 – 23 March

Australian National Busking Championships™ Returns to Stanthorpe in 2019

Saturday 23 March

Download Entry Form – All Welcome: Busking Stanthorpe Entry Form 2019 (1)

Haystack Mountain Hermits

Haystack Mountain Hermits

Stanthorpe will again be hosting a regional competition for the Australian National Busking Championships™ in 2019. This event will be Stanthorpe’s fourth annual event and it will be all happening on Saturday 23rd March.

This ANBC Stanthorpe Busking Festival has proven to be a winner for Stanthorpe, bringing musicians and street entertainers from all over Australia. It’s always a fun-filled family day with a huge variety of free entertainment on display. Local businesses and supporters generously provide prize money for the buskers and the local economy is enhanced by an increase in visitor numbers.

In 2018, the Stanthorpe winners Haystack Mountain Hermits (open category) and Felicity Kircher (secondary age category) went on to take out the top awards at the ANBC National Grand Finals in Cooma NSW. ANBC Director Allan Spencer said “these Stanthorpe champions went up against the very best performers from six other ANBC regional finals from all around Australia. It was a credit to these wonderful musicians and a proud honour for Stanthorpe, because it was the Stanthorpe competition that gave them their chance at the nationals”.

The regional busking festivals are designed to not only celebrate and reward the best performers but also to encourage everyone, young and old. The Australian National Busking Championships™ is now in its eighth year and has provided a great stepping stone for performers wanting to get into the entertainment industry. The Stanthorpe committee for 2019 is excited about continuing as hosts and is providing friendly encouragement to people of all ages and abilities to have a go and share their music or street performances with others.  

The 2019 event will be a perfect mix of music for Stanthorpe with busking during the day and finishing in time for Sounds in the Vines at the Stanthorpe Showgrounds from 4pm.

Buskers interested in participating in the 2019 South East Queensland Busking Championships in Stanthorpe can contact president@appleandgrape.org or telephone 0400 750 351.

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