Baker Boy, King Stingray, R.3.B to kick off Dream Aloud music festival

A red-hot line up of established and emerging talent including the likes of Baker Boy and King Stingray will take the stage in Cairns this weekend.

The Dream Aloud festival will debut at Munro Martin Parklands this Saturday with a powerful mix of emerging and established indigenous artists. (back row) Balla Sound Killa of R3B, Kee'ahn, Moses Warusam and Tracy Rusch of Djawarray, (front row) Jacob Paulson of JK-47 and Elijah the Profit and T.R.U.T.H.H from R3B will all perform at Dream Aloud on Saturday. Picture: Brendan Radke

From the likes of Baker Boy, King Stingray and Bumpy, to hot local acts R.3.B and JK-47, Dream Aloud music festival will have something for everyone at Munro Martin Parklands on Saturday, October 5.

The inaugural Dream Aloud festival is part of the Queensland Tropic Trails partnership with Shine on Gimuy.

Local musician Proffit from hip bop band R.3.B said performing at Munro Martin Parklands was a “full circle” moment for the band, whose elders would meet on the grounds.

“It’s going to be very special to us. Can’t wait,” Proffit said.

“This is easily the biggest thing we’ve been part of and to be in this park specifically, I think it’s awesome.”

While Proffit said artists would be watching the show from the sidelines, he was eager to get in with the crowd.

“I probably want to be out in the crowd with everyone else watching the show, not hiding back there,” he said.

“These are our people, the Cairns people. We gotta be out there with them.”

R.3.B, who have been on the Far North music scene for 15 years, blend English, Torres Strait Islander Creole and Cairns Indigenous languages in a unique mix of hip hop and reggae tunes.

“It’ll be something they’ve never seen before, very original. We don’t know what to class our music, it’s hip hop and reggae and nothing out there like it,” he said.

Queensland Tropic Trails kicked off on September 28 and will run until October 13.

Originally published as Baker Boy, King Stingray, R.3.B to kick off Dream Aloud music festival