Press Play Presents

Press Play is a boutique booking agency and tour promoter. Based in Melbourne, we book some of the most successful and respected local and international artists all over Australia and New Zealand. In addition to booking bands, we also curate festivals and produce live streamed music content. At Press Play we work closely with our carefully curated roster to achieve creative touring opportunities and assist our clients with all aspects of live performance booking. We are focussed on long term career development and offer marketing and promotional support. Press Play's founder Sean Simmons began touring international acts in 2015 before expanding the agency in 2020 to include booking local artists. With more than 25 years of experience in the music industry, Sean has worked as a musician and for organisations such as Premier Artists part of the Mushroom Group, FM & PBS FM. OUR ROSTER: Local: Cash Savage & the Last Drinks | Black Cab | Mick Harvey | Freya Josephine Hollick | New War | Amaya Laucirica | Died Pretty | Mick Thomas | Weddings, Parties, Anything | Kim Salmon | The Scientists | The Audreys | Hugo Race | Truckload of Sky: The Lost Songs of David McComb | Pop Crimes: The Songs of Rowland S. Howard | Blackeyed Susans | Rob Snarski | Ben Salter | The Gin Club | Cookin’ on 3 Burners | Harry Howard & the NDE | The Triffids | Bones & Jones International: Lydia Lunch | Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds | Mudhoney | SWANS | The Bush Tetras | Jonathan Bree | James Chance & The Contortions | The Monkeywrench | Gemma Ray | Steve Poltz | Mo Kenney | FARA | The Langan Band | Sally & George | Wolfmanhattan Project | Poly Rythmo Orchestre.