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 an author and broadcaster working on Gadigal land. She got her start as an interviewer when working as a music reporter on the Foxtel station Channel [V] in the year 2000. She still talks music when taking a shift on national music broadcaster Double J.

Right now she can be heard on the hugely popular ABC podcast 'Ladies, We Need to Talk' - currently in its eighth season talking about taboos around women's issues.

Her groundbreaking books co-authored with Dr Melissa Kang include this year's ABIA Winner for Book of the Year for older Children, Welcome to Sex. The Welcome to series of guidebooks have sold over a quarter of a million copies and been translated into 14 languages.

When it all gets too stressful, Yumi has a food podcast called 'The 5 Minute Food Fix' where she laughs with dear friend and cookbook editor/publisher Simon Davis while giving recipes, hacks and tricks for busy people who love food.