Bobby Alu

11am Doors Open
12pm  Animal Ventura 
1pm   Bobby Alu 
3pm Event Finish

If you ask Byron Bays Bobby Alu what his music sounds like, hell tell you how he hopes it makes you feel: like you have your favourite drink in hand, sipping as the sun sets on a balmy evening thats laden with the promise of adventure.
In an ideal world, hed follow summer around the earth, in his endless quest to nail that feeling in his songs.

For Bobby its all about letting the music decide where it takes you - creatively and physically - and following the threads of curiosity large, small and often strange. Its playing ukulele with old friends at the local market in exchange for a box of vegetables, because how weird is it to improvise along to people buying bananas at 7am on a Tuesday? Its going to Ghana with just a hunch and a WhatsApp number to track down the rhythms that lit up his heart. Its touring the world for five years as Xavier Rudds percussionist, learning how to be in service to the vibe of a room, and how to make the jump to being an international performer in his own right. Its honouring his Samoan heritage through sharing the stage and releasing an EP with his mother to connect with the language of her homeland. Always, its about being open to discovery: if you choose music, you choose it all.

To keep it tropical is to simply keep things in perspective. Despite tropical themes also being an overtly literal part of Alus life, the mantra is also his super-power as a musician. Since the beginning, he has chosen to spread positivity, without glossing over the hard stuff; invitational and expressive, it has brought his global audience a sense of community.