In 2022 Dots+Loops Nonstop returns bigger and better than ever, taking over The Tivoli for a 7-hour celebration of Australia's most exciting and adventurous post-genre artists.

Singer-songwriter Jo Davie fuses grace and fire in the first of two sets collaborating with artists from Dots+Loops’ Performance Fellowship program. Cellist Nick Photinos [USA] makes his Australian solo debut with Origins, a set whose program spans Haiti to Iran, the United States to Australia. Meanjin’s Nozomi Omote combines percussion, children's toys and retro game consoles in a set that ranges from quirky to ethereal to tongue-in-cheek, featuring a new work by our Composition Fellow Jen Hankin. In a special collaboration with our First Nations partners Cre8tive Nations, their artists Poji and Deline Briscoe are joined by players from string orchestra Ensemble Cherubim for a performance featuring newly commissioned arrangements. Naarm’s Rubiks Collective join forces with local artists for a riotous set featuring Holly Harrison’s off-kilter sensation Lobster Tales and Turtle Soup. Chinese-Australian musician Mindy Meng Wang 王萌 and electronic producer Tim Shiel oscillate from breakbeat to minimal house influences and laid-back dub and pop sounds, underpinned throughout by both traditional and avant-garde sounds of the Chinese guzheng. Dots+Loops’ Performance Fellows return to the stage alongside Pat Carroll for a winding and expansive performance exploring left-field techno and house, followed by the explosive Meanjin debut of Lost Few’s Unfuror, a visceral experience inhabiting the spaces somewhere between experimental electronic music and immersive installation artwork. Bringing some serious party vibes, the night will be strewn with pop-up drag and cabaret performances hosted by local queer dance party aficionados Shandy, with DJ Sweaty Baby bringing the dance floor to life with his signature eclectic mix of disco, house, pop, and hip hop.

Alongside this musical smorgasbord, slip into an otherworldly experience like no other with an immersive VR art gallery – 100 VR headsets available for audiences to explore an exhibition of virtual reality artworks curated to accompany the music lineup, including a new commission by local artist Taana Rose.