Echuca Moama Winter Blues 2022

Wednesday, July 27, 2022

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July 28 to 31, 2022

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July 28 to 31, 2022

Great to be back for Winter Blues It takes a twin-town to make a festival, and after two years in hibernation, the Echuca-Moama Winter Blues Festival is back this weekend and raring to go.

The festival committee has been working hard with a group of volunteers to bring the event back from 2019.

People have been helping the festival come to life from all corners of the community: Rochester Mitre 10 provided the materials for the timber guitar blanks and, the Echuca Men’s Shed cut out the guitar shapes. The Echuca Library staff ran a school holiday program for kids to paint

the guitars, and are helping to distribute them around town to be displayed in the windows of local businesses.

Volunteers will also be staffing the Winter Blues merchandise tent outside the Port Ice Creamery all weekend, and if the cold weather keeps up, winter warmers will be selling like hotcakes.

Hopwood Gardens rotunda will ring out the blues on both Saturday and Sunday

and the Kids Space Marquee at the park will be fabulous to keep all members of the family entertained and be sure to check out the ice sculpture before it melts.

So, what’s happening at the festival?

The Songwriter’s Studio kicks off the festival with a two-day workshop for around 40 students coming from as far away as Geelong. The students will perform at Radcliffe’s on Friday evening

July 29, a must for all, especially parents and friends.

There will be music at 1895 The Royal, the American Hotel and the Shamrock Hotel on Thursday evening from 6.30!–!7pm, and the Echuca Racing Club will also feature a winning combination of racing and music. Blues magic will be on show all weekend around the twin-towns, be sure to check it out!

WINTER BLUES AT THE RACES FRIDAY 29TH JULY ECHUCA RACING CLUB GATES OPEN 11AM

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SWEET FELICIA THE HONEY TONES 12PM  1.30PM JULIAN JAMES 2.30PM  3.45PM PETE CORNELIUS 4.15PM  5.30PM

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July 28 to 31, 2022

Line Up Looks Great

Some big blues names are coming to town for the festival this year.

Hut will operate in Little Hopwood Street as the Winter Blues stage and will have live music through Saturday and Sunday.

Don’t miss out on our young local talent at the Homegrown Stage on Murray Esplanade on Saturday sponsored by Riva Fab. It will feature a big line up of young musicians, including some well-known local faces.

is a total of 22 stages operating, including multiple in-town venues such as hotels, clubs, cafes, the Echuca Library, and the MV Mary Ann. Out of town venues The Gunbower Hotel, The Falcon Hotel, the Echuca Racing Club and Cape Horn Winery have artists coming to perform at different stages throughout the festival.

The Closter’s Group Howlin’ Wolf

48 blues bands will provide music across venues in the twin-towns starting your weekend early on Thursday night, and continuing all day Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, culminating in the highly anticipated wrap party on Sunday night at Radcliffe’s from 6pm. This is the festival’s only ticketed event, and it is already a sell out!

Across the festival map, there

Thursday 1PM

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2AM

Julian James (solo) 7 - 9:30pm

1895 The Royal

Sammy Owen Blues Band 8:30 - 11pm

American Hotel

Frank Sultana 6:30 - 8pm

Shamrock Beer Garden

Pete Cornelius Band 8:30 - 11pm Phil Para Band 11pm - 1:30am

Shamrock Bistro

Friday 11AM

12

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1895 The Royal

Jesse Redwing 4 - 6:30pm

American Hotel

Sweet Felicia 12 - 1:30pm

Julian James & The Moonshine State 2:30 - 3:45pm p

2AM

19 Twenty 10pm - 12:30am

Dan Dinnen and Shorty 8 - 10:30pm Collard Greens and Gravy 6:45 - 8:45pm

Stormhorse 9:15 - 11:15pm

Sammy Owen Blues Band 6 - 8pm

Henry’s Bridge Hotel

Electric Blues Collective 8:30 - 11pm Nick Charles 6:30 - 9:30pm

MV Mary Ann

Frank Sultana 6 - 8:30pm

The Odd Captain

Songwriters Studio 4 - 6pm The Hoodoo Men 3 - 5pm

Paul Buchanan’s Voodoo Preachers 7 - 9:30pm Phil Para Band 5:30 - 8pm

Escolita Soul 10pm - 12:30am Spoonful 8:30 - 11pm Bag O’ Nails 11pm - 1:30am

Shamrock Bistro

Star on The Wharf

1

Pete Cornelius Band 4:15 - 5:30pm

Gypsy Bar

Star Hotel

12

Checkerboard Lounge 8 - 10:30pm

Gunbower Hotel

Shamrock Front Bar

11

The McNaMarr Project 6:30 - 9pm

Echuca Club

Shamrock Beer Garden

10

Kings & Associates 7 - 9:30pm

Caledonian Hotel

Echuca Racing Club

9

Rambal 6 - 9:15pm

Anna Scionti 3:45 - 6pm

Jarrod Shaw 6:30 - 8:45pm

Andrew Farrell 9:15 - 11pm

Jules Boult & The Redeemers 5:15 - 7:45pm White Lightning 5:30 - 7pm

Benny James & The Blue Flames 8:15 - 10:45pm 7:30 - 9pm

Shane Pacey Trio 11:15pm - 1am

Fools 9:30 - 11pm

CHECK OUT THIS STELLAR LINE-UP!!

Band info Friday 29th July

The McNaMarr Project – 6.30 – 9.00pm

Saturday 30th July

Lloyd Spiegel (Solo) – 2.00 – 4.00pm Sammy Owens Blues Band 6.30 – 9.00pm

Sunday 31st July

Heavy Medicine – 2.00 – 4.00pm

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July 28 to 31, 2022 Saturday 10AM

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1895 The Royal Bistro

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2AM

The McNaMarr Project 5:45 - 8:45pm Jake Fry 3:15 - 5:45pm

1895 The Royal Bar

Stormhorse 11am - 1:30pm

American Hotel Beechworth Bakery

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Jules Boult & The Redeemers 12 - 3:15pm

Nick Charles 10 -11am

Rambal 2 - 4:30pm

Jarrod Shaw 11:30am - 12:30pm

19 Twenty 1 - 1:45pm

Collard Greens and Gravy 5 - 7:30pm

Spoonful 11pm - 1:30am

Rattlin Bones Blackwood

2:15 - 3:15pm

Lloyd Spiegel (Solo show) 2 - 4pm

Caledonian Hotel

Sammy Owen Blues Band 6:30 - 9pm

Aaron Pollock 11:45am - 1pm

Anna Scionti 10 - 11:15am

Campaspe Library

Pete Cornelius Band 8 - 10:30pm

Cape Horn Winery

Anna Scionti 2:15 - 4pm

12 - 1:45pm

Shane Pacey Trio 4:30 - 7pm

Broderick Smith 1:30 - 4pm

Echuca Club

Kelly Auty & The Extraordinary Gentlemen 7:30 - 10pm

Nick Charles 1:30 - 3:30pm

The Falcon Hotel

Heavy Medicine 1 - 3:30pm

Gypsy Bar

Dan Dinnen and Shorty 4 - 6:30pm

The Hoodoo Men 11:45am - 2pm

Henry’s Bridge Hotel

Phil Para Band 2:30 - 5pm

Dan Dinnen

Hopwood Gardens

Benny James & The Blue Flames 10pm - 12:30am

Escolita Soul 5:30 - 8pm

The Lachy Doley Group 8:30 - 11pm

Paul Buchanan’s Voodoo Preachers

10:30am - 1pm

1:30 - 4pm

Matt Katsis 11:30am - 1:30pm

MV Mary Ann

Jules Boult & The Redeemers 7 - 9:30pm

Matt Katsis 2 - 4pm Jarrod Shaw 1:30 - 4pm

The Odd Captain

Jesse Redwing (solo) 6:30 - 9pm

Julian James & The Moonshine State 12:30 - 3pm

Andrew Farrell (Piano Wizard) 3:30 - 6pm

Jesse Redwing 12 - 2:30pm

Shamrock Beer Garden

Nardia 6:30 - 9pm

Kings & Associates 3 - 5:30pm

Sweet Felicia 9:30pm - 12am

Lloyd Spiegel 6 - 8pm

Werewolves 8:30 - 11pm Bag O’ Nails 11pm - 1:30am

Shamrock Bistro

Wayne Jury 1 - 3pm

Shamrock Front Bar

Darcy Ramage 3:30 - 6pm

Aaron Pollock 6:30 - 8:30pm

Rattlin’ Bones Blackwood 9 - 11pm

Checkerboard Lounge 4:15 - 7pm

Star Hotel

Creek 12 - 2:30pm

Star on The Wharf

Bill Barber 11am - 12:15pm

WBF Stage Little Hopwood St

Backwood Creatures 3 - 5:30pm

White Lightning 12:45 - 2pm

Paul Buchanan’s Voodoo Preachers 10:30pm - 1am

7:30 - 10pm Electric Blues Collective 6 - 8:30pm

19 Twenty 9 - 11pm

Frank Sultana Blues Band

2:30 - 3:45pm

Sunday 10AM

11

12

1

2

3

4

1895 The Royal Bistro

6

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11PM

Nick Charles 3:30 - 6pm

1895 The Royal Bar

White Lightning 11am - 1:30pm

American Hotel

Aaron Pollock 11am - 12pm

Beechworth Bakery

Escolita Soul 2 - 4:30pm

Heavy Medicine 2 - 4pm Jarrod Shaw 2 - 3pm Broderick Smith 1 - 3:45pm Julian James (solo) 1:30 - 3:30pm

Campaspe Library Cape Horn Winery The Falcon Hotel

Jake Fry 1 -2 pm

Gypsy Bar Gunbower Hotel

Jesse Redwing 11:30am - 1:30pm Darcy Ramage 11:45am - 1:30pm

Henry’s Bridge Hotel

Gospel in the Park 10 - 11:15am

Lloyd Spiegel 5 - 6:30pm

Ian Collard (solo) 12:30 - 1:30pm

Caledonian Hotel

Hopwood Gardens

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Checkerboard Lounge 12 - 3:15pm

Dan Dinnen 3:30 - 4:30pm

Frank Sultana 2:30 - 5pm Kelly Auty & the Extraordinary Gentlemen 2:30 - 5pm Creek 2 - 4:30pm Pete Cornelius (solo) 2 - 4pm

5 - 7:30pm

Frank Sultana 6:30 - 9:30pm Wrap Party 6 - 10pm

MV Mary Ann

The Hoodoo Men 12:30 - 3pm Rambal 12 - 2pm

Shamrock Beer Garden Shamrock Front Bar Star Hotel Star on The Wharf WBF Stage Little Hopwood St

Andrew Farrell (Piano Wizard) 11am - 12:15pm

Matt Katsis 12:30 - 2:45pm Kings and Associates 12:30 - 3pm The McNaMarr Project 12:45 - 3:15pm Anna Scionti 12:45 - 2pm

19 Twenty 2:30 - 5pm Rattlin’ Bones Blackwood 3:15 - 5:30pm Collard Greens and Gravy 3:30 - 6pm The Lachy Doley Group 3:45 - 6:15pm Backwood Creatures 2:30 - 3:45pm

Blu es 28 TO 31 JULY 2022

Shane Pacey Trio 5:30 - 8pm Andrew Farrell 6 - 8:30pm

Electric Blues Collective 8:30 -11pm

Join us at The Caledonian Hotel this Winter Blues Festival Weekend

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Phil Para Band 8:30 - 11pm

Nardia 5:30 - 8pm

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Shuttle buses

$5 cash per person one way.

Friday evening: (Outbound)

Buses will operate from 8pm until 2am. The departure point is from the bus bay outside Henry’s Bridge Hotel, dropping off at the designated stops listed.

Saturday: (Inbound and outbound) Pick-ups will commence as follows: Moama 1 & 2 and Echuca 1 Runs Will run on the hour, every hour, between 12!noon and 8!pm.

Echuca 2 Run. Will run on the hour, every hour, between 12.30!pm and 8.30!pm Drop off and departure point is from the bus bay outside Henry’s Bridge.

Sunday: No shuttle bus service

Shuttle bus pick up and drop off points

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July 28 to 31, 2022

A look back at the last Winter Blues weekend

Bonnie Kay and the Bonafides.

Electric Blues Collective.

Bill Barber.

Performing this year

Performing this year

McNaMarr Project during the 2019 Winter Blues Festival.

Three Kings.

Jimi Blues Machine.

Performing this year

8 Ball Aitken.

Photos: Cath Grey

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