Blindly Led Youth ready to rock the Northcourt

Get ready to rock Orange! This Saturday, talented young local musicians will be joined by their Sydney peers for an evening of live rock n roll in the Orange Northcourt.

Orange City Life has previously introduced readers to young musician and vocalist Matilda ‘Tzzy’ Taylor, who was voted Popular Champion of the global ‘Hit Like a Girl’ drumming contest in the under 13 age group.

As a result of the competition, Tzzy won a scholarship to the School of Rock Sutherland, who have now collaborated with Orange City Council and the PCYC to bring the ‘Beach to Bush and Back Youth Music Festival’ to Orange.

“Bernie, the owner of School of Rock Sutherland was talking to Dad and they thought it would be a good idea to have a concert here and then return back to Sydney,” said Tzzy, who will be performing with exciting up-and-coming local band Blindly led Youth.

Blindly Led Youth have been playing together for the last two years, coming out of the PCYC’s band program. They have won praises for their appearances at local rock institution 4 on the 4loor and other local gigs. But this will be their first time on a festival stage.

“Yeah it's exciting,” said bass guitarist Jack Herbert. “We've done a few outside gigs at school out on the oval on the special occasion days, but this will be different to have a big crowd.”

Joining Blindly Led Youth on the line up are fellow local bands Fusion — playing everything from jazz to punk to rock, and The Objections — who formed two years ago over mutual love of music and the Artic Monkeys.

Headlining the Beach to Bush and Back Youth Music Festival is the five-piece progressive rock/metal band Gravity Stone, hailing from Western Sydney.

Gravity Stone have won both the Penrith and the Illawarra Music Foundry’s battle of the bands competition. They have also been selected to headline the Campbelltown Fishers Ghost Festival and other events such as the Sunset Sounds-Rock edition for Campbelltown Youth week.

Students from the School of Rock Sutherland and School of Rock Macarthur will also be putting their talents on display.

The Beach to Bush and Back Youth Music Festival will be held in the Orange Northcourt from 4pm to 10pm Saturday 29 February.