Bess Atwell Announces Headline Australian Tour 2025
The Brighton-based singer-songwriter is playing both headline shows and festival stages this March.

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UK folk artist Bess Atwell has announced she’s performing a run of headline and festival shows this March.
This will be Atwell's first tour of Australia, with the singer-songwriter locking in three intimate headline gigs in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane alongside festival appearances at WOMADelaide and Port Fairy Folk Festival.
Aussie fans finally get the chance to hear Atwell perform tracks from her critically acclaimed second album, Already, Always, along with tunes from her most recent release, last year’s Light Sleeper.
Atwell’s Australian tour begins at Sydney’s Oxford Art Factory on Thursday, March 6. She then performs at WOMADelaide in Adelaide on Friday, March 7 and at Port Fairy Folk Festival in Port Fairy on Sunday, March 9 and Monday, March 10, before wrapping up her tour with headline gigs at Melbourne’s Howler on Wednesday, March 12 and Brisbane’s Black Bear Lodge on Friday, March 14.
Tickets for Atwell’s headline shows go on sale Friday, January 17 at 8:30am local time via Destroy All Lines. Those keen on securing tickets early can do so by signing up for the pre-sale here, with those tickets available on Thursday, January 16 at 8:30am local time.
Tickets for WOMADelaide and Port Fairy Folk Festival are on sale now via the websites of the festival.
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Beginning her musical journey learning how to perform Taylor Swift songs, Bess Atwell found herself obsessed with music after attending a Johnny Flynn gig with a friend.
It didn’t take long for Atwell to begin writing her own music, releasing her debut album, 2016s Hold Your Mind, at the tender age of 19. She followed this with 2019s Big Blue EP before receiving high praise for 2021s Always, Already. Released during lockdown, the album catapulted Atwell to stardom in the thriving British folk scene and has garnered over 28 million streams on Spotify.
Her most recent release, last year’s Light Sleeper, deals with Atwell coming to terms with her recent diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Produced by The National’s Aaron Dessner, a review by The Guardian stated the album “manages to combine the hazy languor endemic to the Lana Del Rey era with the left-field precision of Julia Jacklin, creating a body of songs that transcends sad-girl truisms.”
Catch Bess Atwell at WOMADelaide at Botanic Gardens in Adelaide on Friday, March 7. Tickets on sale now via womadelaide.com.
Bess Atwell 2025 Australian Tour Dates
Thursday, March 6 – Oxford Art Factory, Sydney
Friday, March 7 – WOMADelaide, Botanic Park, Adelaide
Sunday, March 9 & Monday, March 10 – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy
Wednesday, March 12 – Howler, Melbourne
Friday, March 14 – Black Bear Lodge, Brisbane
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