Ability Fest has just dropped a red-hot line-up for 2023, where acts like Hilltop Hoods, Sampa the Great, Meg Mac, BROODS, Alex Lahey, Telenova, and Deathrays will take to the stage to celebrate the universal power of music.
Ability Fest will return to Naarm/Melbourne’s Birrarung Marr on March 25, 2023, and revellers can party the day away against sweeping skyline vistas in the spirit of diversity and inclusivity.
A not-for-profit event, Ability Fest is Australia’s first all-accessible music festival and one of the leading torchbearers for inclusive events, using music as a platform to normalise disability. Organised by the Dylan Alcott Foundation and Untitled Group, Ability Fest has hosted some of the biggest names in the industry and raised just shy of $500,000 to help young Australians living with a disability fulfil their potential through the foundation's grant program.
The Ability Fest venue is specifically designed with infrastructure that caters to people of all levels of ability, with elevated platforms and ramps, Auslan translators on stage, a dedicated sensory area, accessible toilets, guide dog accessibility and more.
The festival will be held across two stages, and festivalgoers can also expect to see acts like Mashd Kutcher, PARIS, dameeela, Linda Marigliano, Tyson O’Brien, Juno Mamba, Latifa Tee, Mulalo and Tiff Cornish.
“I’m so proud to see the path Ability Fest has already paved for inclusive events across the country," says Dylan Alcott. "First and foremost, our main priority is to create a kick-ass festival that happens to be accessible. And that’s something I think we’ve achieved since launching in 2018."
General Tickets are on sale at 12 pm on January 24 and start from $89. Find out more here.
