12 – 22 OCTOBER 2017 WWW.MUSICFEAST.COM.AU
OPENING NIGHT
The Red Dusty Road A Celebration of 40 Years on the Road with Bunna Lawrie and Coloured Stone Join us as we launch Darebin Music Feast 2017 with this very special event, celebrating Australia’s premier Aboriginal band, Coloured Stone. Formed in 1977 by lead singer and songwriter, Bunna Lawrie, Coloured Stone combine rock, ska and reggae with a unique Aboriginal sound incorporating traditional instruments such as clap sticks, didgeridoo, bundawuthada (gong stone) and traditional language. Originally from Koonibba, South Australia on the Nullarbor Plains, they are now recognised worldwide, having performed at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, Womadelaide, Big Day Out, Woodford Folk Festival, Barunga Festival, Rainbow Serpent Festival and many, many more. Joined by past and present band members and some very special guests, including Shane Howard, Kutcha Edwards, Bart Willoughby, John John Miller and Yung Warriors, the band will take you on a musical journey spanning 40 years. From Black Boy to the Sea Shepherd song, from 1977 until 2017, this is history in the making.
CLOSING PARTY
The Reservoir Stomp Thursday 12 October 6pm – 11pm Darebin Arts Centre Cnr Bell Street & St Georges Road, Preston
Full $30 Concession $25 Group 6+ $25 Bookings (03) 8470 8280 or www.musicfeast.com.au Bookings essential. Transport Bell Station, Bus 513
An after party curated by Hannah Donnelly (Sovereign Trax) will follow the concert, featuring a deadly line-up of Indigenous DJs and performances.
Image courtesy of the artists
To close out this year’s Darebin Music Feast, the Preston Reservoir Bowls Club will once again throw open its doors for the biggest suburban shindig of the year: The Reservoir Stomp. It’s an event run by locals for locals…and anyone else that’s ever been too afraid to venture beyond Bell Street to attend a gig. The Stomp celebrates Reservoir’s diverse talent base, with more than 20 of its finest exponents of funk, soul, salsa, garage, honky-tonk, hip hop, dance, comedy and indie rock. To top it off, this year’s Stomp will host the Grand Final of Reservoir’s first ever local talent quest – REZ FACES – judged by a celebrity panel, plus there’ll be barefoot bowls, food trucks and drinks at 1970s prices. This was the smash hit of Darebin Music Feast 2016 – be sure to book early! THE FAUVES, DAMIAN COWELL’S DISCO MACHINE, EMMA DONOVAN & THE PUTBACKS, QUARTER STREET, PUGSLEY BUZZARD, SAINT JUDE, MCs RANDY (Ricketts Lane ABC TV) and EMMA PEEL (PBS FM), MURRAY WIGGLE & WALLY MEANIE’S BUBBLEGUM MACHINE FEATURING MEMBERS FROM THE SPAZZYS, DAVE GRANEY & THE CORAL SNAKES and THE MEANIES, PLUS: BARRY DICKINS, OUTER URBAN ZONE 2 CREW, THE MEESEEKS, REZ FACES TALENT QUEST AND MORE.
Sunday 22 October Midday – late Preston Reservoir Bowls Club – 75 Leamington St, Reservoir
Full $27 Concession $20 Group 6+ $25 Children under 18 $15 Children under 10 Free Bookings (03) 9481 9500 or www.musicfeast.com.au Limited tickets available at the door. Transport Reservoir Station, Bus 553
Image courtesy of Brooke Penrose
AMPLIFY 2017
Mana Mana is a live music event that emphasises queerness and First Nations people. ‘Mana’ means ‘spiritual power, authority, prestige’. By handing the mic to emerging musicians who are queer / femme / non-binary / First Peoples / Pasifika / people of colour, this event empowers these young marginalised people to reclaim their mana. Ultimately, this will be a celebration of resilience, and one hell of a party! Curated and produced by Daisy Catterall under the mentorship of Bexx D (LISTEN).
This event was produced through AMPLIFY, Darebin Music Feast’s new Event Producer Mentorship. A targeted professional development opportunity, AMPLIFY seeks to address inequality in the music industry by supporting and amplifying lesser heard voices. Each year, AMPLIFY will offer a targeted group of Darebin-based, early-career music event producers access to mentoring and the opportunity to program and produce a feature event as part of Darebin Music Feast. In 2017, AMPLIFY was open to early-career female, trans and/or gender non-conforming music event producers who live, work or study in the City of Darebin.
The Megaphone Project Saturday 21 October 6pm – midnight Northcote Town Hall – 189 High St, Northcote
The Megaphone Project is an interactive, site-responsive installation that explores sound and physical play. A field of striking red megaphones collect people’s voices that then return unexpectedly via a custom wireless network. Weaving through the field of megaphones, the audience creates a lively world of private and public broadcast that is all of their own invention, assisted by artist David Wells.
Full $15 Concession $10
The Megaphone Project is created by Darebin artists Madeleine Flynn and Tim Humphrey. It has toured extensively nationally and internationally for the past decade, including The Kennedy Centre, USA; New Vision Arts Festival, Hong Kong; ANTI Festival, Finland; Sonica, Glasgow; and Sydney Opera House, with audiences of over 120,000 people. For its Darebin premiere, the artists will collect sounds unique to the city, including contributions from local musicians and students in the Woiwurrung language program at Thornbury Primary School, resulting in a sonic snapshot of the City of Darebin.
Bookings (03) 9481 9500 or www.musicfeast.com.au Limited tickets available at the door. Transport Tram 86, Stop 31
Anyone can contribute a short audio excerpt. Visit musicfeast.com.au for submission details.
Saturday 14 & Sunday 15 October 12pm – 5pm Bundoora Homestead Art Centre – 7 Prospect Hill Dr, Bundoora Tuesday 17 October 7am – 12pm All Nations Park – Separation St, Northcote Thursday 19 October 11.30am – 4.30pm Henderson Park – Watt St, Thornbury Friday 20 October 2pm – 7pm Northcote Town Hall, Civic Square – 189 High St, Northcote Saturday 21 October 8am – 1pm Preston Market –Cramer St & Mary St, Preston Free Bookings not required
Image courtesy of the artist
Photo: Pekka Makinen
Darebin Music Feast Songwriters’ Award Grand Final
Darebin Live – Open Access Program
The Darebin Music Feast Songwriters’ Award is an annual songwriting competition that seeks to recognise, showcase and promote the talents of local songwriters. This year, the 10 finalists will perform for our esteemed judges Peter Farnan, Sophie Koh and Kutcha Edwards at the Grand Final. Who will take out the trophy and an amazing prize package including $2000 cash, studio time and heaps more? Past winners of the Award include Jordie Lane, Sal Kimber, Ben Mason, Brooke Russell and Charm of Finches. Who will be discovered this year?
Free Bookings not required
Featuring eleven days of non-stop music, the Darebin Live – Open Access Program celebrates Darebin’s amazing live music scene! From rock, folk, hip hop and jazz through to Balkan, big band and Brahms, Darebin Live sees community music groups and emerging local talent perform alongside touring international acts. Take a journey through Darebin’s prestigious live music venues or experience unique pop-up shows in unexpected spaces.
Transport Tram 86, Stop 31
Whether you’re a shoe-gazer, a toe-tapper or a full-blown bodyshaker, there’s something for everyone!
Hosted by much loved local musician Neda Rahmani and featuring special guest performances from past winners Brooke Russell and Dan Flynn, this is an evening of the great songwriting talent that has made Darebin the beating heart of Melbourne’s music scene.
Thursday 19 October 7.30pm Northcote Town Hall, Studio 1 – 189 High St, Northcote
Thursday 12 October – Sunday 22 October Various locations throughout Darebin For full details visit www.musicfeast.com.au
With thanks to APRA, 3KND, Head Gap, Nao Anzai at Reel to Real Mix Master, Rolling Stock Recording Rooms, Implant Media, The Push, Echo Tone Guitars and the Northcote Business Association.
2016 Award Winner, Brooke Russell. Photo: Nicole Cleary
For full program details visit www.musicfeast.com.au Lake Minnetonka. Photo: Eric ‘Chowie’ Chow
Going Green Darebin Music Feast is committed to delivering an environmentallyfriendly event. This program has been printed on 100% recycled paper (please recycle after use!) Travel green and leave your car at home. Look for the public transport options listed in this program, or visit musicfeast.com.au to download the full Darebin Music Feast Green Travel Guide. Access Darebin Council welcomes people of all abilities to participate in Darebin Music Feast 2017. Look for the access symbols throughout this program, or visit musicfeast.com.au for more information. Darebin Music Feast and City of Darebin thank our 2017 Sponsors & Partners:
Media Partners
Event Partners
Darebin City Council acknowledges the Wurundjeri people as the traditional landowners and custodians of the land on which Darebin Music Feast takes place, and pays respect to their Elders past, present and future. Every endeavour was made to ensure the information in this guide was correct at time of printing. Please visit www.musicfeast.com.au for further program information and to double check event details.
Monday 16 October
Saturday 14 October
Program 2017 Thursday 12 October
10.30am
High Street Bells Choir – Sing With The Bells’
Northcote Uniting Church - Chalice
7.15pm
Preston Symphony Orchestra – Open Rehearsal
Preston City Hall
Bundoora Homestead
8pm
Open Studio Cajun Dance Party
Open Studio
True North Dance Alliance
Edwardes Lake Park
8pm
Northcote Social Club
Wind It Up – free live music every Monday at NSC
Northcote Social Club
She Folk – Songwriters in the Round
Yarra Banks Jam
Bar 303
I Can’t Keep Quiet Expressive Women
Northcote Uniting Church - Chalice
11am
O’Stranger-Tang! – Improv Song and Rhyme
Open Studio
12pm
Melbourne Ukulele Festival
Croxton Hotel
12pm
Melbourne Ukulele Festival
Tago Mago
12pm
The Megaphone Project
12pm 1.30pm 2pm
Choral Feast !!
Salvation Army Thornbury
8pm
2.30pm
Melbourne Mass Gospel Choir Presents the Songs of The Staple Singers
Thornbury Theatre
8.30pm
4pm
Quadrifid
Farouk’s Olive
5pm
Nitida and Band
Open Studio
5.30pm
A Night of Women @ Lentils
Lentil As Anything
6pm
The First Baboon Civilisation (trio)
Wesley Anne
6.30pm
Melbourne Ukulele Festival
Croxton Hotel
7.30pm
Dandelion Wine, Garden and Sangara
Northcote Uniting Church - Chalice
7.30pm
Melbourne Mass Gospel Choir Presents the Songs of The Staple Singers
Thornbury Theatre
Wednesday 18 October
7.30pm
The Band Who Knew Too Much
Open Studio
8pm
8pm
OPA! Bato and OPA! Seko
Farouk’s Olive
Shipwrecked – Fiona Claire, James Bellew and Tracy Bell
8pm
Tim Easton (USA) + Weeping Willows + Jimmy Dowling + Josh Seymour
Tago Mago
8.30pm 8.30pm
8pm
Tim Solly + guests
Wesley Anne
The Red Dusty Road: A Celebration of 40 Years on the Road with Bunna Lawrie and Coloured Stone + After Party
Darebin Arts Centre
6pm
Rat Child
Wesley Anne
8pm
Wendy Rule
Bar 303
7.30pm
Tago Mago’s Opening Night Party featuring Maggie May, Steve Smart + more
Tago Mago
8.30pm
Custard
Northcote Social Club
8pm
Kickin’ The B at 303, Hammond Sessions: Buttered Loaf
Bar 303
8pm
Lake Minnetonka
Open Studio
8pm
Think Thursdays: Josh Kelly Trio
Think Thornbury
9pm
Balkan Jam
Farouk’s Olive
6pm
The Band Who Knew Too Much @ Open Studio Sat 14 Oct, 7.30pm
Wendy Rule @ Bar 303 Sat 14 Oct, 8pm
Custard @ Northcote Social Club Sat 14 Oct, 8.30pm
Sunday 15 October 12pm Josh Kelly Trio @ Think Thornbury Thu 12 Oct, 8pm
Bohjass @ Bar 303 Fri 13 Oct, 8.30pm
Beautiful Moana @ Bar 303 Sun 15 Oct, 7pm
Friday 13 October 6pm
Fat Cousin Skinny
Wesley Anne
7.30pm
Peter Marjanovic and Byzantine Blue Balkan Dance Party!
Open Studio
8pm
Dirty Lopez and His Sax Mambo
Farouk’s Olive
8pm
Riflebirds & The Woodland Hunters
Wesley Anne
8.30pm
Bohjass ‘Silent Scream’ Album Launch + Slipper
Bar 303
9pm
Mick Daley’s Corporate Raiders + Jimmy Dowling + guests
Tago Mago
LEGEND Ticketed event
The Megaphone Project
12.30pm I Can’t Keep Quiet - Shaking The Tree
Bundoora Homestead Northcote Uniting Church - Chalice
Free event
No alcohol
Pay as you feel / By donation
Baby change facilities
Participatory event
Hearing loop
18+ only
Wheelchair accessible
18+ unless accompanied by a parent or legal guardian
Wheelchair accessible with assistance
Kid friendly / All ages
Companion Cards accepted
All Nations Park Separation St, Northcote Bar 303 303 High St, Northcote BK Opera 523 Plenty Rd, Preston Buck Mulligan’s 217 High St, Northcote Bundoora Homestead Art Centre 7 Prospect Hill Dr, Bundoora Croxton Hotel 607 High St, Thornbury Darebin Arts Centre Cnr Bell St & St Georges Rd, Preston
Tim Pledger Quartet @ Farouk’s Olive Sat 21 & Sun 22 Oct, 5pm
At The Hop with Bobby and the Pins @ Northcote Town Hall , Sat 21 Oct, 2pm
Saturday 21 October 8am
The Megaphone Project
Preston Market
9am
Crate Digger Record Fair
Preston Market
1pm
Georgia Brooks Swingtet – Swing Dance Party Open Studio
2pm
At The Hop with Bobby and the Pins
Northcote Town Hall - Studio 1
7am
The Megaphone Project
All Nations Park
6.30pm
Tago Mago Special Festival Open Mic
Tago Mago
5pm
Tim Pledger Quartet
Farouk’s Olive
7.30pm
Peanut Noir Musical Comedy Variety Show
Bar 303
6pm
Mana
Northcote Town Hall - Main Hall
6pm
Zoë Fox
Wesley Anne
6.30pm
Darebin City Brass Annual Cabaret
Preston City Hall
Tago Mago
7pm
Decibels Artist Showcase
Reservoir Community and Learning Centre
Julien Wilson’s ‘Beeforchicken’
Bar 303
8pm
Copperhead Brass Band & Jam Jar
Wesley Anne
The Schadenfreude Club
Open Studio
8pm
OPA! Bato and OPA! Seko
Farouk’s Olive
8pm
Polaris + Belle Haven + Deadlights + Daybreak
Northcote Social Club
8pm
The Good Minus + Mijo Biscan + Joel Checkley
Bar 303
8pm
Hello Tut Tut – World Music Dance Party
Open Studio
9pm
Intoxica + Claire Birchall & The Phantom Hitchhikers + guests
Tago Mago
Thursday 19 October 11.30am
The Megaphone Project
Henderson Park
4pm
Decibels Indie Acoustic Session
Reservoir Community and Learning Centre, Youth Lounge
6pm
Danny Ross
Wesley Anne
6.30pm
Life Is A Song
Thornbury Theatre
6.30pm
The Taste of India: Folk Feast 2017
Darebin Arts Centre
7.30pm
Darebin Music Feast Songwriters’ Award Grand Final
Northcote Town Hall Studio 1
8pm
Kickin’ The B at 303, Hammond Sessions: Cookin’ On 3 Burners
Bar 303
8pm
Miss Colombia and The Electropical Orchestra
Open Studio
Sunday 22 October
8pm
Pete Lyrebird + guests
Wesley Anne
12pm
The Reservoir Stomp
8pm
Soundtracks for Imaginary Films featuring Ladie Dee, Claire Birchall, Michael Plater and Ill-Gotten Booty
Tago Mago
Preston Reservoir Bowls Club
1pm
The Royal High Jinx – Gypsy Balkan Final Feast Fiesta
Open Studio
Shock Octopus EP Launch with All Truism
Farouk’s Olive
1.30pm
The Orbweavers – Album Launch with Biddy Connor + Dave Williams
Northcote Social Club
Dandelion Wine @ Northcote Uniting Church Chalice, Sat 14 Oct, 7.30pm
Mayfield @ Open Studio Sun 22 Oct, 7pm
The Royal High Jinx @ Open Studio Sun 22 Oct, 1pm
2pm
Lost In Louisville
Open Studio
2pm
Paul McManus & The Mayblooms
Wesley Anne
2.30pm
The Boîte presents ‘Rhythms of Life 2’ with Alárìíyá and CaribVic Steel-band
Northcote Social Club
4pm
Cimarron
Bar 303
2pm
Fake Sibling
Wesley Anne
4pm
Maggie May
The Thornbury Local
2pm
Sunday Strings & Song
5pm
Parlour Opera – A Night of Seduction
BK Opera
Northcote Town Hall - Studio 1
5pm
The Houndlings + Dan Dinnen
Open Studio
3pm
Buck Mulligan’s Whiskey & Jam Session
Buck Mulligan’s
6pm
Pérolas
Wesley Anne
3pm
Songcatcher: A Tribute to Appalachian Music
Tago Mago
7pm
King River Rising + Beautiful Moana
Bar 303
4pm
Bar 303
7pm
The Delvenes + Ruth Hazleton
Tago Mago
Josh Johnstone + Wally Howlett & The Chest Hairs + Tim Woodz & The Dirty Shoes
8pm
Blunderbuss – Break Fast and Mischief
Open Studio
5pm
It don’t mean a thing, if you ain’t got that swing!
Open Studio
5pm
Tago Mago’s Closing Night Party featuring Riflebirds + Ruth Hazleton + guests
Tago Mago
5pm
Tim Pledger Quartet
Farouk’s Olive
6pm
Alister Turrill
Wesley Anne
7pm
Mayfield
Open Studio
7.30pm
The Hip Streets + Miles Henry Trio
Bar 303
VENUES Alcohol served to 18+
Tuesday 17 October
Hello Tut Tut @ Open Studio Sat 21 Oct, 8pm
Edwardes Lake Park Edwardes St & Griffiths St, Reservoir Farouk’s Olive 711 High St, Northcote Henderson Park Watt St, Thornbury Lentil As Anything 562 High St, Thornbury Northcote Social Club 301 High St, Northcote Northcote Town Hall 189 High St, Northcote
Northcote Uniting Church – Chalice 251 High St, Northcote Open Studio 204 High St, Northcote Preston City Hall 284 Gower St, Preston Preston Market Cramer St & Mary St, Preston Preston Reservoir Bowls Club 75 Leamington St, Reservoir Reservoir Community and Learning Centre 23 Edwardes St, Reservoir
Salvation Army Thornbury 704-710 High St, Thornbury Tago Mago 744 High St, Thornbury The Thornbury Local 635 High St, Thornbury Think Thornbury 800 High St, Thornbury Thornbury Theatre 859 High St, Theatre Wesley Anne 250 High St, Northcote
9pm
Miss Colombia and The Electropical Orchestra @ Open Studio, Thu 19 Oct, 8pm
Johnnie and the Johnnie Johnnies @ Open Studio, Fri 20 Oct, 9.30pm
Lisa Crawley + Herriot Row (NZ) @ Wesley Anne, Fri 20 Oct, 8pm
Friday 20 October 2pm
The Megaphone Project
Northcote Town Hall Civic Square
6pm
Bob Hutchinson
Wesley Anne
6pm
You Can’t Be What You Can’t See: Confidence Open Studio in the Music Industry
7.15pm
THROTTLE
Northcote Town Hall Studio 1
8pm
Lisa Crawley + Herriot Row (NZ)
Wesley Anne
8pm
Sansonus + Karate Boogaloo + Uncomfortable Science
Bar 303
8.30pm
Joyride
Northcote Social Club
9pm
The Beat Taboo + The Vibrajets + guests
Tago Mago
Johnnie and the Johnnie Johnnies
Open Studio
9.30pm
Quadrifid @ Farouk’s Olive Sat 14 Oct, 4pm
She Folk – Songwriters in the Round @ Northcote Social Club, Sat 14 Oct, 1.30pm
Cookin’ On 3 Burners @ Bar 303 Thu 19 Oct, 8pm