Youth Group

Formed in 1998 in Sydney’s inner-west, the 2004 album Skeleton Jar really started to spread the word about Youth Group, and the skill and depth of the extraordinary songwriting turned listeners into true believers. Scoring four and five-star reviews, it also made fans out of Death Cab for Cutie’s Chris Walla, who invited Youth Group on tour with them in the US. 

Youth Group gained the attention of the hit drama ‘The O.C.’ music director, who featured the band’s song ‘Shadowland’ and their version of ‘Forever Young’ on the show. World-renowned LA label Epitaph signed the band to their roster for the US/Europe without ever having seen them play live! In 2006, Youth Group supported Coldplay on their tour of Australia.

The band went on to release two more acclaimed albums, 2006’s Casino Twilight Dogs, featuring crowd favourites ‘Start Today Tomorrow’ and ‘Daisychains’, and in 2008 they released The Night Is Ours. 

Frontman of Youth Group Toby Martin is a lecturer in Contemporary Music at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and the band is keen to make you feel Forever Young at Manning Bar! 

Find Manning Bar, Manning House (A23). 

4 pm – doors open – bar and kitchen open
5.00 – 6.15 pm Jordan Raskopoulos and TheatreSports™ curated by Jim Fishwick
6.45– 7.15 pm 2023 Battle of the Bands winner - Chiara Kovac
7.30 – 8.30 pm Youth Group 
8.45 – 9.45 pm Art vs Science! 
(timings subject to change)

PURCHASE TICKETS VIA USU TICKET SITE
$15  Alumni, current University of Sydney staff, and students
$25 General public