Michael Ward

Raised on the salty coastal swamplands of Stratham in regional WA Michael has spent decades performing live music around WA and Australia. The acoustic singer songwriter delivers his fusion of alt country, gritty blues & roots with a supercharged energy whenever he’s on stage. His love of touring and performing live has seen him currently elevated to one of Perth’s most prolific touring artists.

Michael has performed at many festivals including Perth Muster 2024 (Morgan Evans), Wangaratta CMF 2024 & 2025 (Lee Kernaghan), Hoodoo Guru’s, Onslow Solar Eclipse Festival 2023 (The Waifs & Eskimo Joe), Country by the River Festival 2023 SA (Wolfe Brothers, Travis Collins, Sunny Cowgirls, Jayne Denham), Summer Swells Festival Perth (Caravana Sun, Jordy Maxwell), Fremantle Beer Festival 2024 (Sneaky Sound System) Headlining the Kalamunda Live Music Spring Festival 2022 – 2024, Alice Springs Finke Desert Race Festival, Mandurah Country Music Festival 2022 & 2024 (Adam Brand, Casey Barnes, Travis Collins, Amber Lawrence), Cowaramup Sundowner Festival 2023, Pinjarra Festival 2022 – 2024, Close 2 Home Festival 2022 Mt Gambier (Taylor Henderson, Phil Stack) as well as touring with Katy Steele (Little Birdy), Steph Strings, Andrew Swift, The Audreys & Gaudion.

The dedication to his music, live shows, touring and promotion has also resulted in Michael receiving nominations for the 2025 WA Country Music Awards for Male artist of the year, Alt Country Single of the year and Open Songwriter of the year.

“Love the energy and musicianship”

Perth Blues Club 2024

“A 45 minute set of high octane Country rock originals and the occasional cherry picked cover thrown in. It was music that got you thumping and bumping… Michael’s infectious energy drove the set flying on top of some damn fine rock country”

Gidgestock Music Festival 2024