Melbourne Festival’s 2011 line-up features an impressive array of musicians from Japan, USA, Iraq, Syria, Democratic Republic of the Congo, China and New Zealand. For ITMers of a certain ilk, there’s a night of particular interest on Saturday 15 October, when the Forum hosts performances from noise art crew Black Dice, rapper Aesop Rock, Arab-American rappers The Narcicyst and Omar Offendum and Congo-tronics masters Konono No.1.

You can head over to our buddies at FasterLouder for a full rundown of who’ll be at the festival, or get out the diary and start planning your October…

Melbourne Festival shows at The Forum:

Friday 7th October – MONO (Japan), Wintercoats (Australia)
Saturday 8 October – Black Dice (USA), Lucky Dragons (USA)
Friday 14 October – Okkervil River (USA), Roller One (Australia)
Saturday 15 October – Aesop Rock, Kimya Dawson ft Rob Sonic & DJ Big Wiz (USA), The Narcicyst (Iraq), Omar Offendum (Syria)
Friday 21 October – Konono No.1 (Democratic Republic of the Congo), Bachelorette (New Zealand)
Saturday 22 October – Jello Biafra (USA)

Melbourne Festival shows at The Toff in Town:
Sunday 9 October – Sulumi (China), Qua (Australia)
Wednesday 12 October – Lucky Dragons (USA), Geoffrey O’Connor (Australia)
Sunday 16 October – Will Sheff (USA), Jimmy Stewart (Australia), Mike Noga (Australia)
Wednesday 19 October – Bachelorette (New Zealand), Rat Vs Possum (Australia)

Melbourne Festival shows at Meeniyan Town Hall:
Saturday 15 October – Okkervil River (USA)

Melbourne Festival at The Sidney Myer Music Bowl:
Saturday 22 October – Songs From The Hard Road Concert