Lost City: Experimental festival finds home in West End
An experimental “musical journey” will land at Lion Arts Factory in May, curated by one of Adelaide’s leading underground music festival operators.
Lost City founder and organiser Brad Cameron says this year’s lineup will be “pretty eclectic” featuring a range of different genres, with the festival the biggest thing he has done in “10 years”.
“Back in 2012, 2013 and 2016 I organised three events with the name Lost City, and I just felt that maybe it was time to do something again in that interesting festival format,” Adelaide-based Brad tells CityMag.
“Even though some of the music is quite different it’s still cohesive, where attendees and people performing alike can see, hear and experience something they haven’t experienced before.
“It’s designed as a musical journey that can shift between genres.”
Brad is no stranger to presenting Adelaide crowds with experimental and alternative music, having been one of the founders of Ancient World in the city’s West End.
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He has specially curated this year’s Lost City lineup to showcase a diverse range of local and interstate musicians to create an experience seldom seen in Adelaide.
Adelaide’s own ambient trip-hop artist Georgia Oatley, whose debut album A Pastoral was 2025’s most played release on Three D Radio station, will take centre stage fresh off a supporting performance to De La Soul at Pirate Life’s 11th Birthday.
Iranian-born singer Maryam Rahmani, who recently played at this year’s WOMADelaide, will perform with a traditional Persian 118-stringed santur instrument.
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Also on the lineup is TJIKK, an experimental electronic project from artist Margie Jean Lewis, who blends field recordings from natural and industrial landscapes with live instrumentation.
Brad says the music will also be accompanied by “unique visuals” by visual artists Jayson Haebich, Joe Fuchsen and Liam Somerville aka CAPITAL WASTE.
“There will be dance and movement elements along with our three dedicated live visual artists,” he says.
Surrealist alt-pop trio Plastiq will be joined by “film and effects guru” CAPITAL WASTE to blend “apocalyptic visuals” with the trio’s distinct sonic approach.
Three Melbourne-based artists including DJ-duo sleep d, sound artist and live coder Nū, and percussionist R. Rebeiro, will also travel to feature on the nine-hour event.
As the night progresses, the lineup will shift to electronic music, with local DJ’s Mel Lake and Ed Temple on the decks to finish the program late into the evening.
Brad tells CityMag that the response from the community has been “very encouraging”.
“A lot of people have been very interested, and I’ve gotten people from interstate that have got in touch to say they’re coming over for the show,” he says.
“If I could do something multi-day or if I want to do something again in six months or a year then it might have different genres and different artists involved.”
Lost City will take place on Saturday, May 2, at Lion Arts Factory, with tickets currently on sale.
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