Square Up

Celebrating Melbourne’s resilient artists, and live music’s unique ability to connect, heal, and unite, The Operatives are proud to present the world-debut of SQUARE UP. In the first of its kind performance, the ground-breaking collective have once again joined forces with Melbourne’s most essential musicians, dancefloor igniting DJs, visionary visual artists and pulling together a staff of passionate crew to push the boundaries of Australia’s live music scene in a multi-genre.
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At Melbourne’s premiere live music venue The Forum, on Friday May 14th, revellers will witness SQUARE UP — a custom-built and uniquely designed stage that allows for overlapping and collaborating of multiple artists at any one time — an all new way for artists to collaborate together on the fly and in a live setting, the stage will be additionally brought to life with an original visual and laser show. The first showcase of its kind, the experience is set to singularly showcase 100% Victorian artists — on one of Melbourne’s most iconic stages.
█ The SQUARE UP Line Up
Showcasing the diversity in Melbourne’s world-class music scene, the SQUARE UP line-up boasts soul, hip-hop, RnB, Grime, dancehall, jazz, house, techno, drum n’ bass and more across its soundtrack. Set to feature Victoria’s most exciting new musical talent artists across all backgrounds, featuring CALD, LGBTQI and First Nations artists, SQUARE UP is the first change for many of the artists to perform off-screen since 2019 and a welcome return to an iconic dance floor for —
🎤 Artists
Akosia
Amin Payne
Billy Davis
Blush’ko
c000kie
Dallas Woods
Diem
Denzel M
Emma Volard
Fly Boy Jack
Fraksha
Hancoq
Ijale
Invictus Quartet
Jaal
Jaydean
Jordan Dennis
Khiarra
KYE
Sophiya
That Kid Maz
Vetta Borne
Yung Shogun

🎧DJs
Swerv
Kaira Cuvee
Nam

🔆 Visuals
Isaiah Morris
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