TRANSGENRE Volume III, Free, All Ages, Sat 23 May, Unibar, Adelaide

12:00pm, Sat 23 May, 2026
UniBar Adelaide, SA

TRANSGENRE – the largest grassroots initiative celebrating trans and non-binary voices in Australian music – is making its South Australian debut with TRANSGENRE Volume III. Free and all-ages, the festival’s biggest edition yet features a STACKED lineup of local icons!

SUNSICK DAISY
OSCAR THE WILD
PLACEMENT
STORMY-LOU
PITY LIPS
EMERAULD
PEARLY STARS
KILLED BY CUPID
THEMPATH
CYBERFAE

On top of all that, TRANSGENRE Volume III will feature stalls hosted by queer and trans artists/makers, a community resource hub, all the merch you could ever dream of, and a licensed bar and kitchen!

Proudly presented by Feast Festival, and supported by the Department of Human Services.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrdWIk585oE

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"Artist-owned platform" is a phrase worth being specific about.

There's a version where founders hold equity, artists upload through the same interface as any other platform, and "ownership" is a marketing claim.

The Pack is not that version. Platforms accountable to members don't restructure payment terms to improve margin in a difficult quarter without member approval. They don't pivot away from unprofitable communities to chase better demographics.

Decisions that affect artists require consent from artists. Democratic governance is slower than executive decision-making. It requires real communication, tolerance for disagreement, and accountability when things go wrong.

We consider this a structural feature, not a problem to be solved. It's democracy in action. If you work in cooperative governance, social enterprise, or the cultural sector and want to understand how we're building this - I'm happy to chat.

https://crowdfunding.startsomegood.com/thepackmusiccoop

#CooperativeGovernance #SocialEnterprise #DemocraticBusiness #AustralianMusic

We're only at 4% of our $45,000 goal.

I've been in the arts sector long enough to know that 4% is not zero, and that campaigns like this are not decided in the first month. But I also know that they are decided by people who share them, and talk about them, and back them when they can.

You don't have to be wealthy. You don't have to be in the industry. You just have to think that musicians deserve to be paid fairly for the work they do — and that a better infrastructure is worth building.

From $25 you get three months of free streaming at launch, and the knowledge that you helped build something that didn't exist before you did.

Share this. Back it. Tell someone.

https://crowdfunding.startsomegood.com/thepackmusiccoop

#ThePackMusic #MakeMusicFair #Crowdfunding #AustralianMusic

A few figures that have shaped how we think about The Pack's potential to change the music industry. Australia's recorded music market: $717M in 2024. Streaming subscriptions: $509M of that. Federal government music funding: approximately $18M....

The Pack's conservative low-adoption scenario - 30% of a 5M TAM at $9.99/month - generates $152.84M annually in combined direct artist payments and sector development. That's a significant multiplier on current government funding, in the low scenario.

At medium adoption (3M subscribers), the multiplier reaches eight times. At high adoption, thirteen. Projections are projections - they describe what the model produces at a given scale, not what scale will be achieved. But the structural logic is sound.

The government won't fund us… so we're asking our community to help us raise $45,000 to finish it. https://crowdfunding.startsomegood.com/thepackmusiccoop

#ImpactInvestment #CulturalPolicy #AustralianMusic #SocialEnterprise

Let me tell you about $300.

$300 is what the average independent musician earns from streaming in a year. Not a bad month - a year.

For music played daily in cafés and cars and bedrooms and workplaces across the country.

Douglas Adams once wryly observed that the major difference between something that might go wrong and something that cannot possibly go wrong is that when something that cannot possibly go wrong goes wrong it usually turns out to be impossible to get at or repair. The architecture of major streaming platforms is a little like this.

The Pack is built outside that architecture. 70 cents of every subscription dollar goes straight to the independent Aussie artists YOU actually listened to this month.

We're crowdfunding to launch. Help us get there. https://crowdfunding.startsomegood.com/thepackmusiccoop

#ThePackMusic #MusicIsWork #IndependentArtists #AustralianMusic

Bachelor Girl just released a new version of their classic hit Treat Me Good with Jessica Mauboy and it's really good

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSqzMOwlRSM
#music #nowplaying #australianmusic

Something happens in a room when the music is local and the person behind the counter knows who made it.

Music that was previously texture becomes something you can have an opinion about, follow up on, go to the gig. The music stops being wallpaper and starts being part of the experience.

The Pack's business subscription will make that available to any business that plays music — and to ensure the artist is fairly paid for it.

There are approximately 100,000 businesses in Australia with OneMusic licensing. For $50/month, a Pack business subscription means the music in your venue generates direct payments to local Australian artists.

We're also building direct artist tipping, venue-specific playlists, and patron participation features. We're crowdfunding to build this. Can you support us?

https://crowdfunding.startsomegood.com/thepackmusiccoop #SupportLocal #LocalBusiness #AustralianMusic #HospitalityIndustry