BWF presents

Pig City

Tue 3 May 2022

Andrew Stafford + Yumi Stynes

Metro Arts

Brisbane as a Storied City

#Performances

Tue 3 May 2022 - 7:00pm

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#About the event

Duration: 60 minutes

Through its music scene, Pig City tells the story of Brisbane in the late 20th century, a time when music and politics often stood toe-to-toe. Writer, broadcaster and one-time Channel V presenter Yumi Stynes talks to Pig City’s Andrew Stafford about the book and the scene.

6:45pm doors open for a 7.00pm start.

First published in October 2004, Pig City has been described by the Sydney Morning Herald as "an instant classic of cultural history". A musical, cultural and social history of Brisbane during and after the Bjelke-Petersen years, it was turned into a key event of the 2007 Queensland Music Festival, highlighted by the first performance in nearly 30 years by the original lineup of the Saints.

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#Artists

Andrew Stafford

Andrew Stafford is a freelance journalist and the author of Pig City, a book about Brisbane, and Something to Believe In, a music memoir. His journalism appears regularly in the Guardian, The Age, The Sydney Morning Herald, Griffith Review and more.

Yumi Stynes

Yumi Stynes is a broadcaster and author, currently on-air with the wildly popular ABC podcast, 'Ladies, We Need to Talk' which unpacks taboos and sexual health issues in bold and sometimes life-changing ways. She co-hosts a national radio show on the KiiS FM network called The 3pm Pickup which you've probably heard if you've been in a car between 3 and 4pm. One of her books, Welcome to Consent, was recently named the New York Public Library's TOP 50 books of the year. Her classic guidebook, Welcome to Your Period, has been in non-stop reprint since it first came out and has been translated to around 20 languages including Russian, Japanese and German. The book based on the podcast 'Ladies, We Need to Talk' came out late last year, and this year, Welcome to Your Boobs was published.