60+ ACTS 14 VENUES • OPENING NIGHT TICKETED THE REST IS FREE
10-20 JUNE 2021
ANGIE MCMAHON • BLACK CAB • JOELISTICS • QUEEN P FREYA JOSEPHINE HOLLICK • KEE’AHN • JESS RIBIERO MAPLE GLIDER • MERPIRE • JUNE JONES • DJ PREQUEL + MORE
MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR OF MARIBYRNONG “The live music scene here in the west is alive and well. Musical talent is at the forefront of our thriving calendar of festivals that gets people in the City of Maribyrnong out and about – even in the cold winter months. Nothing proves this more than the bumper line up featured in our West Set 2021 Festival. You’ll be spoilt for choice with over 60 events on offer across nine days, nearly all of them free and open for the whole community to enjoy. I encourage you all to rug up and get out there and support our local venues and enjoy all that this brilliant festival has to offer.” Cr Michael Clarke Mayor of Maribyrnong City Council
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welcome TO WEST SET 2021
The magic of live music is back so come celebrate with West Set – a curated program of diverse performances throughout Footscray. Acclaimed singer songwriter Angie McMahon heads a line-up of more than 60 acts set to reignite Melbourne’s West. There’s something for everyone to enjoy including indie, hip hop, alt country, glam rock, grunge, Irish fiddle, Gypsy swing, jazz, folk, pop post punk, grunge, guitar heavy blues, traditional African drumming and contemporary music. With all venues within walking distance from each other and Footscray Train Station, you can enjoy multiple acts in one night. Welcome back the live music scene in Melbourne’s west with West Set! West Set is performed on traditional lands of the Kulin Nation. We offer our respect to the Elders of these traditional lands, and through them to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples past and present. 1
Baby Snakes Bar : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 30 Chambers St, Footscray 10-20 June Wed–Fri 3pm–1am Sat–Sun 1pm–1am
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Baby Snakes is this year’s official West Set Festival Club! Located in the heart of Footscray and a five minute walk from Footscray Train Station, this unique and contemporary upstairs bar is the perfect spot to meet up before you enjoy a night out on the West Set circuit - or for when you’re not quite ready for the night to end. Enjoy a line-up of local artists and DJs accompanied by a very drinkable wine list and a spicy Szechuan-eggplant sanga! @babysnakesbar
Venue has limited accessibility.
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day 1 west set launch westsetfestival.com
Baby Snakes : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 30 Chambers St, Footscray Doors 6pm
DJ JOEY LIGHTBULB Lightbulb plays disco, indie, funk, hip hop, old school R&B, house, techno, rock, ambient and snake-charmer spaghetti western boom-bap.e
ABOUBACAR DJELIKE KOUYATE & KOFI KUNKPE ‘Griot moderne’: singer, musician, composer, teacher and collaborator. Aboubacar Djéliké Kouyate shares his Malian musical heritage, culture, stories and traditions in new and diverse ways. Kofi Kunkpe is a Ewe master drummer and multi-instrumentalist from the Volta Region of Ghana. t artists
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Hotel Westwood Bandroom : : : : : : 28 Napier St, Footscray Doors 9pm
JAZZ PARTY Jazz Party is a loose collective of jazzbos playing a slippery mix of jump blues, boogie, and rhythm n blues á la New Orleans. Kicking off the first night of West Set we invite you to Jazz Party’s first show of a two week special West Set residency.
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ANGIE MCMAHON
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ticketed event
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MAPLE GLIDER
28 Napier St, Footscray First show: Doors 6.30pm Second show: Doors 9pm Tickets $38 via westsetfestival.com
ANGIE MCMAHON
Angie McMahon is the twentysomething heroine you can relate to and root for; the star of her charming, honest songs about life, love, and comfort food. Having filled some of Australia’s most revered venues, her debut album Salt is stocked with raw, honest anthems that have enraptured fans, charts, media, and the Melbourne music community. Her music ranges from punchy rock to whispering ballads, but hums with the humanity and authenticity of a true original. #westset
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MAPLE GLIDER A singer songwriter with an over plucked acoustic guitar and deftly weighted piano chords, Maple Glider shares vignettes of her life; growing up in a restrictive religious household, falling in an out of love, interstate and international relocations, the new perspectives travel can bring along with the alienation of being away from the familiar.
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OPENING NIGHT CONTINUED
ticketed free events
DJ SOJU GANG
Hotel Westwood Bistroteque : : : : : 28 Napier St, Footscray Doors 8pm FREE tickets via westsetfestival.com
QUEEN P
The South Sudanese Australian rapper and poet (aka Piath Mathiang) blurs the line between hip hop, pop, RnB and electronic with her darting flow, impenetrable rhymes and journey towards self-assurance.
DJ SOJU GANG
Trading her spot on the dance floor for a spot behind the decks, with deep roots in 80s/90s Hip Hop, rnb, and everything party, she’ll have you dancing. westsetfestival.com
QUEEN P
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MALESH P South Sudanese Hip Hop Artist manifesting an incredible, high energy stage presence.
Kindred Studios : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 3 Harris St, Yarraville Doors 7pm FREE tickets via westsetfestival.com DJ ELLE SHIMADA
JOELISTICS
Joelistics draws on themes of Asian ghost stories, time displacement and sonic surrealism traversing leftfield beats, krautrock and traditional Chinese and Indian music.
DJ ELLE SHIMADA
LANEOUS
Intertwined with feminism, cultural curiosity and a political mindset, Shimada utilises the power of music to cultivate a dance-floor-activism that is inclusive, honest and raw.
JOELISTICS
World-class guitarist, vocalist, composer and visual artist.
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POLLYMAN
28 Napier St, Footscray Doors 7pm
Corner 90 : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
POLLYMAN
90 Hopkins St, Footscray Doors 7.30pm
Delivering power-pop hooks and retro looks, with defiant and polished song writing and performances.
THE SEBEN BROTHERS Melbourne based band playing Congolese music including Rumba and Soukous.
IZY Slinky, futuristic soul music with raw old-soul sensibilities.
Andrew’s sets are part conjuring act, part act of persuasion: a composite of timing and compositional balance.
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ANDREW TILL
202 Barkly St, Footscray Doors 9pm
DARCY MCNULTY AND THE FOUR LOVERS DARCY MCNULTY
Deep south jazz and everything inbetween.
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TENDER BUTTONS
TENDER BUTTONS A dreamy wash of bittersweet pop hooks, shimmering synths and a synergy of acoustic and 808 backbeats.
BLACK CAB
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Kindred Studios : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 3 Harris St, Yarraville Doors 8pm
BLACK CAB
DJ STEVE WIDE Legendary host of ‘Far and Wide’ on 3RRR.
Black Cab’s sound ranges from psychedelic krautrock to driving electronica.
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day WAY SHIT
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Hotel Westwood Bandroom : : : : : :
28 Napier St, Footscray Doors 7pm
HYDRA FASHION WEEK
LOVE SHACK STUDIOS SHOWCASE
WAY SHIT
Garage punk three piece from the western suburbs.
EDITH LANE
Hotel Westwood Bistroteque : : : :
Five piece post-genre rock. Jazzy cyber punk.
FOOTSCRAY GYPSIES
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World music community orchestra with a repertoire focusing on klezmer, gypsy and balkan music. FOOTSCRAY GYPSIES
EDITH LANE
HYDRA FASHION WEEK
28 Napier St, Footscray Doors 7.30pm
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Hotel Westwood Bistroteque : : : : 28 Napier St, Footscray Doors 7pm
ALMA ZYGIER Bringing an American Songbook repertoire to the 21st century.
XANI Drawing parallels with Camille and Björk, violinist Xani creates visceral, earth-borne sonics that transcend genre.
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THE HACKETTS
XANI
THE HACKETTS
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Single Launch Blues and happy-rock “Power-hits” that reflect life experience and humour.
Q&A WITH THE HACKETTS
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3/154 Barkly St, Footscray Two performances over dinner 6pm-9pm
202 Barkly St, Footscray Doors 7.30pm
RUBY JONES
DANIEL ZISIN
Psychedelia-steeped sonic palette that pulls the heat from your fingertips and toes.
A jazz pianist and vocalist bringing a soulful blend of smooth vocals and swinging piano. DANIEL ZISIN
Dinner reservations: smallfrenchbar.com.au
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LORETTA MILLER
A mixture of cosmic cowgirl, Rock n Roll and lonely road soul.
Victoria Hotel : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
43 Victoria St, Footscray Trivia starts 7.30pm Bookings via westsetfestival.com
From chilling invocations of the occult to blistering garage guitar riffs, it’s soon obvious this is no ordinary pub quiz. #westset
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LORETTA MILLER
PUMPY’S PUB TRIVIA
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10-20 JUNE 2021 THU WEST SET LAUNCH
Festival Club -
Doors 6pm
JAZZ PARTY
Hotel Westwood Bandroom
Doors 9pm
ANGIE MCMAHON MAPLE GLIDER
Hotel Westwood Bandroom
1st show 6:30pm 2nd show 9pm
Kindred Studios
Doors 7pm
QUEEN P SOJU GANG MALESH P
Hotel Westwood Bistroteque
Doors 8pm
SAT POLLYMAN
Hotel Westwood Bistroteque
Doors 7pm
SEBEN BROTHERS ANDREW TILL
Corner 90
Doors 7.30pm
TENDER BUTTONS BLACK CAB DJ STEVE WIDE
Kindred Studios
Doors 8pm
DARCY MCNULTY & THE FOUR LOVERS
Sloth Bar
Doors 9pm
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Babysnakes DJ JOEY LIGHTBULB JUNE ABOUBACAR DJÉLIKÉ KOUYATE & KOFI KUNKPE
FRI
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JUNE JOELISTICS
DJ ELLE SHIMADA LANEOUS
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IZY
60+ ACTS 14 VENUES OPENING NIGHT TICKETED THE REST IS FREE TUE LOVE SHACK STUDIOS
day 1-5 Hotel Westwood Bandroom
Doors 7pm
Hotel Westwood Bistroteque
Doors 7.30pm
WED DANIEL ZISIN
Small French Bar
Two shows over dinner 6-9pm
JUNE ALMA ZYGIER
Hotel Westwood Bistroteque
Doors 7pm
PUMPY’S PUB TRIVIA
Victoria Hotel
7.30pm
RUBY JONES LORETTA MILLER
Sloth Bar
Doors 7.30pm
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SHOWCASE JUNE WAY SHIT EDITH LANE HYDRA FASHION WEEK FOOTSCRAY GYPSIES
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XANI THE HACKETTS
WEST SET FESTIVAL CLUB - BABY SNAKES BAR Wed–Fri 3pm–1am, Sat–Sun 1pm–1am
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day 6-9 THU VAN WALKER
Victoria Hotel
Doors 7pm
VICTORIA UNIVERSITY SHOWCASE
Kindred Studios
Doors 7pm
JUNE JONES DJ KAYAANZ
Pride Of Our Footscray
Doors 7.30pm
ANITA LESTER
Littlefoot Bar
Doors 8pm
FENN WILSON
The Cheeky Pint
Doors 8.30pm
JAZZ PARTY
Hotel Westwood Bandroom
Doors 9pm
ROB SNARSKI & SHANE O’MARA JUNE STAV
Hotel Westwood Bistroteque
Doors 7pm
KEE’AHN EMILY LUBITZ ALLARA DJ HIP HOP HOE
Kindred Studios
Doors 7pm
COOL OUT SUN
Hotel Westwood Bandroom
Doors 9pm
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SAT CRAIG DERMODY
Hotel Westwood Bistroteque
Doors 5.30pm
Kindred Studios
6–7.30pm
JESS RIBEIRO FREYA JOSEPHINE HOLLICK COOL SOUNDS
Hotel Westwood Bandroom
Doors 8pm
MERPIRE BIGOTS DJ BERKAY METE
Kindred Studios
Doors 8pm
SUN COUNTERWEIGHT
Counterweight Vinyl
From 12pm
JUNE MUSIC IN EXILE
Bluestone Church Arts Space
Doors 1.30pm
SOLOMON SISAY & SAMSON GOSSAYE VALANGA KHOZA DUO MARK FERRIE’S INSTANT NOODLES
Jambo Bar & Cafe
Doors 4.30pm
CLOSING NIGHT PARTY DJ PREQUEL
Baby Snakes Bar
Doors 6.30pm
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DAN KELLY
JUNE PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT PANEL
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STREET PARTY
SHOWCASE feat. AJAK KWAI CHIKCHIKA DJ SOHPIE MCALISTER
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JUNE JONES
thurs 17 Pride of our Footscray : : : : : : : : : : : : : 48 Hopkins St, Footscray Doors 7.30pm
JUNE JONES
ANITA LSTER
June combines incidental details of hard-won femininity–clean shaves, laddered tights–and evocations of a hazardous world and the necessity of finding and expressing fierce, fathomless love within it.
DJ KAYAANZ Kalyani Mumtaz is a Trawlwoolway musician, curator, and DJ living in socalled Melbourne on Boon Wurrung and Wurundjeri Lands. Venue has limited accessibility.
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Littlefoot Bar : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 223 Barkly St, Footscray Doors 8pm
ANITA LESTER
Melbourne based singer-songwriter described as Nick Cave and Mary Magdalene’s love child.
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Victoria Hotel : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
The Cheeky Pint : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
43 Victoria St, Footscray Doors 7pm
231 Barkly St, Footscray Doors 8.30pm
VAN WALKER
FENN WILSON
If Dylan was born 20 years later and grew up fraternising in Collingwood bars, he’d sound like Van Walker – Beat Magazine
Think George Ezra with Nick Cave’s early song book.
Kindred Studios : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 3 Harris St, Yarraville Doors 7pm
VICTORIA UNIVERSITY SHOWCASE Fresh original sounds from VU Music Agency artists Meraki Minds and Theodore Kidd in the new revamped Kindred Bandroom. Featuring students from the acclaimed music courses of Victoria University. #westset
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Hotel Westwood Bandroom : : : : : : 28 Napier St, Footscray Doors 9pm
JAZZ PARTY Second show of a two week special West Set residency. @westsetfest
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COOL OUT SUN
fri 18
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Hotel Westwood Bistroteque : : : : :
Hotel Westwood Bandroom : : : : : :
28 Napier St, Footscray Doors 7pm
28 Napier St, Footscray Doors 9pm
ROB SNARSKI & SHANE O’MARA
COOL OUT SUN
STAV STAV
Bilingual folk-pop artist bluring lines between singing and spoken word.
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ROB SNARSKI & SHANE O’MARA
Afro-funk powerhouse composed of N’fa Jones, Sensible J, Nui Moon and Lamine Sonko.
Smooth and sultry, velvet-voiced troubadours.
EMILY LUBITTZ
Kindred Studios : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 3 Harris St, Yarraville Doors 7pm
KEE’AHN
With a name coming from the Wik people, meaning to dance, to sing, to play, Kee’ahn honours her ancestors with lush melodies and words of heartbreak and healing.
EMILY LUBITZ Charismatic and ethereal lead singer of, and songwriter for, critically acclaimed indie-folk band Tinpan Orange.
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ay 7 ALLARA
Lose yourself in a swirl of sound as one woman creates a sweet tangle of electric bass, double bass and looped tones.
DJ HIP HOP HOE
ALLARA
Amplifying the voices of the dispossessed her first love is hip hop, but expect the unexpected as she spans genres, decades, moods and sounds.
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sat 19
day COOL SOUNDS
Hotel Westwood Bistroteque : : : : : 28 Napier St, Footscray Doors 5.30pm
CRAIG DERMODY [SCOTT AND CHARLENE’S WEDDING]
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DAN KELLY
CRAIG DERMODY
Front bar storyteller who sings about real life drama/comedy, aspirations, failures and coming to terms with it all.
DAN KELLY A multi-dimensional storytelling sing-along adventure with fuzz guitar solos.
Hotel Westwood Bandroom : : : : : : 28 Napier St, Footscray Doors 8pm
JESS RIBEIRO Award-winning folk-country with rhythmic and evocative lyrics, conjuring images that are dimly-lit, but nonetheless electric.
FREYA JOSEPHINE HOLLICK
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COOL SOUNDS Indie guitar-pop outfit notable for their guitar-lick interplay and hook laden melodies.
FREYA JOSEPHINE HOLLICK
JESS RIBEIRO
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Leading the new country renaissance, Hollick’s music is saturated in the sounds of desert rock and cosmic country, inspired by the likes of Ann Peebles, Allen Toussaint and Gene Clark.
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sat 19 west set profes development pa Kindred Studios : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
3 Harris St, Yarraville Panel Runs 6–7.30pm
PUTTING WESTSIDE ON THE MUSIC MAP
Are things ch ch ch changing? Can we change things post COVID in the music industry for the better, or are things just harder than ever? How do you stay agile, be ready to rock n’roll and keep your mental health in check when the cash ain’t rolling in and you’re working three jobs to make ends meet? Can you just be an awesome musician, or does creativity need to take on another meaning in this post COVID climate? It’s a hot mess but with a creative head and heart, who better to figure it out then the artists and creatives driving the industry?
This experienced panel of local music industry experts includes:
N’fa Jones
Cool Out Sun - Independent artist
Freya Josephine Hollick Independent artist
Rhiannon Atkinson-Howatt (Merpire) - Independent artist
Sweetie Zamora
Head of Labels & Promotions Remote Control Records
James Young
Venue Owner - Yah Yahs, Hotel Westwood and Cherry Bar
DJ Berkay Mete
Local DJ and Producer
Moderator - Zoë Radas
JB HIFI Stack Magazine Editor westsetfestival.com
MERPIRE BIGOTS
sional nel Kindred Studios : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 3 Harris St, Yarraville Doors 8pm
MERPIRE
Sydney singer/songwriter Rhiannon Atkinson-Howatt creates hauntingly beautiful melodies with intricate harmonies.
DJ BERKAY METE
BIGOTS
DJ and producer hailing from Istanbul mixing Anatolian and Middle Eastern flavours with his own electronic music.
Melbourne-based indie-pop duo influenced by the twee sensibility of Belle and Sebastian and the playfulness of Ween.
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west set closing night Counterweight Vinyl : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
Bluestone Church Arts Space : : : : :
32 Chambers St, Footscray 12pm onwards
8A Hyde St, Footscray Doors 1.30pm
COUNTERWEIGHT STREET PARTY
MUSIC IN EXILE SHOWCASE
AJAK KWAI
DJS SLEEP D ANIMALS DANCING DJS DJ MOOPIE DJ LQ DJ STORMN NORM DJ COLDPAST DJ C1 + SPINX
Ajak Kwai’s music is inspiring and soulful, infused with funky afro-beats representing the depth and richness of her South Sudanese roots.
CHIKCHIKA Playing innovative sounds that pay homage to the traditions of East Africa. CHIKCHIKA
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SOLOMAN SISAY
sun 20
DJ SOPHIE MCALISTER Cosmic deep house, sassy disco sizzlers and polyrhythmic clicks of broken-beat.
DJ PREQUEL
AJAK KWAI
Jambo Bar & Cafe : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
Baby Snakes Bar : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
195 Barkly St, Footscray Doors 4.30pm
30 Chambers St, Footscray Doors 6.30pm
SOLOMON SISAY & SAMSON GOSSAYE
BABYSNAKES CLOSING NIGHT PARTY
Solomon Sisay is a world-class musician who shot to fame in Ethiopia with Axumite Band. Together with producer and keyboard player Samson Gossaye, they will take you on an Ethiopian Jazz Journey.
DJ PREQUEL Prequel’s DJ sets combine a love of Detroit House music, a keen crate diggers ear, a desire to challenge audiences and a genuine enthusiasm behind the decks
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VALANGA KHOZA DUO
Combining the European jazz of flutes and saxes with traditional Limpopo history.
MARK FERRIE’S INSTANT NOODLES
Ethiopian grooves combine over supple, hypnotic loops of jazz-like improvisation. #westset
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satellite events Don’t miss out on these great satellite events taking place in Footscray venues during this year’s festival (visit westsetfestival.com for latest updates).
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DJ RELAXATIVE
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Littlefoot Bar
223 Barkly St, Footscray 9pm–1am
EVEN + 12 IMPERIAL LEATHER SAT
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Hotel Westwood
28 Napier St, Footscray 8pm-11pm Ticketed event
Littlefoot Bar
223 Barkly St, Footscray 9pm–1am IMPERIAL LEATHER
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DJ TLJ
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Littlefoot Bar
223 Barkly St, Footscray 9pm–3am late night special
DJ COLLETTE Littlefoot Bar
223 Barkly St, Footscray 9pm–1am
SATURDAY NIGHT
12 PARTY-DRAG + SPECTACULAR Of Our Footscray 19 Pride 9pm–1am Venue has limited accessibility
DJ RELAXATIVE
SAT
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DJ BIG BAO
DJ COLLETTE
FRI
Love Your Local aims to celebrate and support the iconic local businesses that put Melbourne’s inner west on the map. From little to large and from creative to culinary! You name it, the west has it all. Loveyourlocalmari.com.au is your guide to discover the west and what it has to offer!
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