Bello Winter Music 2017 by Red Square Music

Street BELLO

Parade Sunday 9th july

11am - corner of Church and William Street

FREE EVENT

Play a musical instrument and Interested to take part?

Email: info@bellowintermusic.com

Sponsored by KOMBU

C O N T E N T S

*Subject to weather and pending approvals.

A MESSAGE FROM THE MAYOR I am pleased to extend a very warm welcome to everyone who is attending the third Bello Winter Music festival. We are proud to host four days of awe inspiring performances, here in one of the friendliest and most beautiful locations in the region, Bellingen. With a stellar lineup of performers planned, this year’s festival will build on the success and experience of the previous two events where the town was buzzing and the venues came alive with music. It is wonderful that Bello Winder Music is showcased through our local venues in partnership with local business to maximise economic benefits for our town which is one of the reasons that it has been so warmly embraced and attended by both our local and the broader community. If you are a visitor to our region I encourage you to take the time to explore further afield as our shire has a lot to offer. Take a drive up the mountain to the picturesque town of Dorrigo or head to our coast and the towns of Mylestom and Urunga. For details on scenic drives, arts and crafts, trails or local markets drop into our Visitor Centres or download our Discovery Apps for the latest on other events and attractions. See you at the festival! Cr Dominic King

FESTIVAL DIRECTOR’S WELCOME Welcome to the third annual Bello Winter Music; jam packed with four days of music, workshops, street performance and more. Crossing the Tasman Sea to join the Bello line up are the pioneers of dub & bass, Aotearoa’s Salmonella Dub who are celebrating 25 years of pushing musical boundaries. Other headliners include balladeer Joe Pug (USA), Ben Ottewell, who continues to carve out an impressive career outside UK band Gomez, Melbourne’s Tinpan Orange, and highly dance-able African group The Senegambian Jazz Band. Also appearing is Jo Jo Smith (50 years in Music celebratory concert), Mama Kin + Spender’s collaboration, Husky’s Opening Night Gala set, and the Bello LeaF - Learning Festival – proudly sponsored by Bellingen Solar Depot. We are honoured to have Bellingen bred Jack Carty as the 2017 Festival Patron. He’ll be very busy over the weekend - performing, mentoring and speaking. Don’t miss the very special debut performance of his upcoming album with a full string section. If you run into Jack at the festival, be sure to thank him for his incredible efforts. Being Festival Patron is a big job and contributes greatly to the community spirit of the event. For the first time, we will present a free concert on the outdoor stage in Church Street on Saturday morning, and a New Orleans style Street Parade* on Sunday morning. Both events are kindly sponsored by Kombu Wholefoods. 2bbb radio will once again be broadcasting live over the weekend. For updates listen to 93.3fm or 107.3fm, stream online from 2bbb. net.au. Bello Winter Music is a ticketed event and takes place in various venues throughout Bellingen. Inevitably, some performances will be more popular so to avoid disappointment, please arrive early to ‘must see’ events. If you do miss out on an act, chances are there is another great show next door. Please remember to respect the town, drive carefully, park in legal spaces, and keep the noise down when leaving your last gig. Most importantly have a great weekend. Glenn Wright Director *Subject to approvals and weather.

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SALMONELLA DUB (NZ) Salmonella Dub are excited to join the bill as one of the headliners for the 2017 Bello Winter Music festival. Formed 25 years ago in Christchurch NZ, Salmonella Dub have rightfully been called the pioneers and originators of a unique Pacific style of dub/drum ‘n’ bass/reggae/ hip hop and groove based rock. Acts such as Fat Freddy’s Drop, Scribe & P Money, Shapeshifter, Cornerstone Roots, Kora, King Kapisi as well as the new wave of Australian acts like Budspells, Rastawookie, King Tide, Red Eyes, and The Strides can all thank Salmonella Dub for paving the way to opening Australian ears to an alternative music scene that was largely populated by house influenced dance music or straight guitar rock. The Dub come armed with their world famous, heavy hitting horn section. Be prepared for a serious dancefloor experience with this phenomenal live eight-piece band celebrating 25 successful years in the biz! This one’s not for the faint hearted.

Sat 8th 10:30pm Memorial Hall

HUSKY After a year-long absence from Australian shores, Melbourne band Husky return with a swag of stories, a driving new single ‘Late Night Store’ and the exciting news of shows at year’s end. ‘Late Night Store’ is taken from the duo’s forthcoming third record, due for release next year. After relocating to Berlin in late 2015, Husky Gawenda and Gideon Preiss wrote ‘Late Night Store’ upon their recent return to Australia. The duo’s natural ability shines on ‘Late Night Store’, though sonically they’ve added visceral new colours to their palette. A striking blend of guitars and keys are propelled forward by a steady groove, whilst Husky’s vocal floats along effortlessly; his poetic lyrics creating a twisted and fantastical story that also feels strangely relatable.

Thurs 6th - Opening Night Memorial Hall

JOE PUG (USA) A singer/songwriter whose songs offer an updated version of the country-folk archetypes that Bob Dylan and John Prine made famous, Austin’s Joe Pug’s rise has been as improbable as it has been impressive. After dropping out of college and taking on work as a carpenter in Chicago, he got his musical start by providing CDs for his fans to pass along to their friends. This unorthodox promotional strategy resulted in the EP selling over 20,000 copies. This led to a string of sold out shows, including performances at huge festivals such as Lollopalooza, The Newport Folk Festival and Bonaroo and a record deal with Nashville indie Lightning Rod Records (Jason Isbell, Billy Joe Shaver).

TINPAN ORANGE Tinpan Orange are one of Australia’s most revered lo-fi folk trios. Led by the unmistakeable voice of Emily Lubitz alongside her brother, guitarist Jesse Lubitz, and multi-instrumentalist extraordinaire Alex Burkoy, their critically acclaimed album, ‘Love is a Dog’ was nominated for The Age Music Victoria Best Folk Album 2016. With its razor-sharp melodies and cinematic string arrangements, it was lauded ‘a strikingly assured album’ by Rolling Stone Magazine. After touring Europe in 2016 with The Cat Empire, the band return to Germany and France in early 2017, followed by a string of Australian shows in March including appearances at Panama Festival, Yackandandah and Nannup Music Festival. They return to play Bello Winter Music as part of a national Australian tour in June/July.

Fri 7th 8:00pm Memorial Hall Sat 8th 4:15pm Memorial Hall

Fri 7th 9:30pm Memorial Hall

BEN OTTEWELL (UK) Ben Ottewell (UK) will again traverse this great land, belting out tunes from the Gomez songbook and his stunning solo releases, ‘Shapes & Shadows’ and ‘Rattlebag’. As a singer and lead guitarist in rock band Gomez, Ben Ottewell is well known for his unmistakable voice and talent for blistering and inspired guitar work. Rolling Stone declared, “Gomez’s not-so- secret weapon is Ben Ottewell.” And as GQ Magazine once wrote and anyone who listens can attest, “[his] voice is not of this world.” Ben Ottewell’s acoustic guitar and harrowing vocals are truly mesmerising. “He kept us entertained with some stellar song choices but it was his unique and frankly powerful voice that left us all leaning in and wanting more.” -The AU Review

BEC SANDRIDGE A nomadic pop/punk logomaniac, Bec Sandridge has a guitar swagger reminiscent of St. Vincent, and the delivery of new wave icons like Deborah Harry and David Byrne. Her most recent single ‘High Tide’ has landed high rotation on triple j and was a fan favourite on her recently wrapped Australian tours alongside The Rubens and Highasakite. The last six months saw heavy airplay on triple j and community radio, a myriad of shows including main support for Montaigne and Cub Sport on their national tours and a standout appearance at BIGSOUND. Recent festival appearances include Festival of The Sun, Fairgrounds, Secret Garden Festival, The Hills Are Alive and Mountain Sounds Festival, and now Bello Winter Music!

Sat 8th 2:45pm Memorial Hall Sun 9th 3:00pm Memorial Hall

Sat 8th 8:45pm Memorial Hall

MAMA KIN + SPENDER From heart-stopping ballads to percussive beats steeped in soul, Mama Kin + Spender is the love project that had to happen. Drawing on the musical synergies of two long-time friends, collaborators and mischief-makers, Mama Kin + Spender is both urgent and stirring, seeping into the cracks where binding harmonies and the power of the voice reside. The duo traverse the spectrum of sound from tender to stomping, where brooding raw guitar tears at the heart while drums and percussion give primal force. From dark to light, inward to outward Mama Kin + Spender is a bewitching collision of alchemy, harmony and percussive wizardry.

Sat 8th 5:45pm Memorial Hall Sun 9th 1:30pm Memorial Hall (with the The Spangled Drongos)

VAUDEVILLE SMASH “I’ll be damned if Vaudeville Smash aren’t the most mind-blowingly refreshing live act to emerge from Melbourne since God knows when.” (Lachlan Kanoniuk, Beat) Vaudeville Smash return with new single, ‘Laura’ - a song about a wild, untamed man-eater and the men who welcome the imminent heart¬break. Laura is the first taste of The Gift, the band’s sophomore album which evokes visions of Cameo, Midnight Star and the Gap Band and encompasses almost two years of writing, recording and touring. Made of three brothers and two mates, no other Australian band sounds like them. An explosion of funk, flute, sax, synth and groove, the dance floor is packed at a Vaudeville Smash gig.

Fri 7th 5:00pm Memorial Hall Sat 8th 7:15pm Memorial Hall Sun 9th 8:30pm Golf Club

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30/70 30/70 are a Melbourne Hip-Hop and R&B family delivering signature hypnotic grooves drenched in love, weed, meditation and spirituality. Expressions of the cosmos and spiritual riches channel through their music to take you on a journey into the dank delirium. O.G. beat disciples Ziggy Z, Hazy Hicks, Chaser and Thomas keep it tight in the rhythm section while Allysha Joy stays liquid smooth grooveing over jazz, hip-hop live beats like they’re on some Roy Ayers tip, unfolding, creating, evolving…… 30/70 is the soundtrack to your nights of desire, an honest expression of music and love.

RADICAL SON Effortlessly crossing genres from soul to hip-hop and beyond, Radical Son is a standout vocalist and songwriter like no other. His often poignant lyrics chart a course from hopelessness to healing; mercilessly deconstructing what is and forever imagining what could be. Radical Son’s music and stories are always guided by his Indigenous heritage from the Kamilaroi nation of Australia and the south pacific nation of Tonga. As a vocalist, Radical Son has a unique ability to deliver as a soul singer, rapper and spoken word artist. This natural dexterity defines his earned place and presence in the contemporary musical landscape. The back-bone of Radical Son’s stories continuously urge our human spirit to approach life with love and compassion.

Fri 7th 11:00pm Memorial Hall Sat 8th 8:45pm Diggers Tavern

Sun 9th 7:30pm Memorial Hall

ARCHER

COURTNEY MARIE ANDREWS

BUDDY

Archer is an old time sing-song man. He works the fruit picking rounds, sits under the sky a lot and drives a car if he has to.

At just 16 years old, Courtney Marie Andrews left home in Arizona for her first tour. She travelled up and down the West Coast, busking and playing any bars or cafes that would have her. Soon after, she took a Greyhound bus for four nights straight from Phoenix to New York to do the same on the East Coast.

Buddy is a five-piece melodic indie band from Los Angeles. The singer, also named Buddy, often tours and performs solo and will be doing so in Australia this June/July, including at Bello Winter Music.

He has toured widely across Australia and internationally, playing many major festivals and supporting luminaries such as Martha Wainwright, Pokey Le Farge and CW Stoneking. Despite this you might find it hard to catch him. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll appear off a road somewhere and sing you a few songs and then continue off into a forest leaving you wondering if it was a ghost story or a dream.

Fri 7th 9:30pm Brewery Sat 8th 2:00pm Cedar Bar Sat 8th 6:15pm Brewery Sun 9th 4:30pm Federal Hotel

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For a decade or so since, Courtney has been a session and backup singer and guitarist for nearly 40 artists, including Damien Jurado. She never stopped writing her own material, though and picking up admirers like Jurado and Ryan Adams along the way, she has quietly earned a reputation as a songwriterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s songwriter.

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The solo shows are acoustic -based, more stripped down versions of the indie folk songs that appear on the recordings. In this setting, they are more intimate, melancholic, and quieter versions in nature than the full band version.

Fri 7th 9:15pm Cedar Bar

Sat 8th 7:00pm No.5

Sat 8th 5:30pm Diggers Tavern

Sun 9th 5:45pm Cedar Bar

LUCIE THORNE EPIZO & HAMISH BANGOURA STUART (WEST AFRICA)

MILES & SIMONE

Lauded for writing “some of Epizo is a multi-award winning the most simple and beautiful musician and a true multi-insongs you will hear” (The Age), strumentalist. Epizo Bangoura Lucie Thorne has earned her is internationally acclaimed for place as one of Australia’s most his clever mastery of rhythm striking contemporary song- and rare dexterity. Epizo plays smiths. With eleven releases not only the traditional percusto her name and a prodigious sion of his native West African touring schedule, Thorne country, Guinea, but also a continues to carve out an ex- wide variety of western instrutraordinary creative career. ments such as Balafon (AfriReturning to Bello in duet with can xylophone), Kora (African her longtime collaborator, Harp), Goni (African Guitar) as legendary drummer Hamish well as congas, piano, bass, guiStuart, the pair conjure “exqui- tar, violin & saxophone. sitely impressionistic… poetry in motion” (Rolling Stone Mag- Thurs 6th Opening Night azine). Memorial Hall

Heartbreaker alt-country duo Miles and Simone weave their lonesome seaside lullabies and ballads with restraint - two sublime voices, catchy melodies, poetic lyrics and hilarious banter. The duet are currently recording their third record with acclaimed producer Dan Luscombe (The Drones, Courtney Barnett) who promises to draw out the darkness and grit from the pair’s sweet and mournful love ballads. Slated for release in June 2017, the pair will tour the EP nationally through July.

Fri 7th 7:45pm Cedar Bar Sat 8th July. 1:15pm (w/ Jo Jo Smith) Memorial Hall

Fri 7th 7:30pm St Margaret’s Hall Sat 8th 1:00pm Workshop - Youth Hub

Sat 8th 5:00pm Cedar Bar

Sat 8th 5:00pm Golf Club

Sat 8th 6:30pm Golf Club Sun 9th 4:00pm St Margaret’s Hall

Sat 8th Midday Workshop -Diggers Tavern Sun 9th 9:00pm No.5

Sun 9th 5:30pm St Margaret’s Hall

THE TESKEY GREG BROTHERS SHEEHAN

THE STRIDES

Forming in 2008, The Teskey Brothers are a band that makes you feel more at home than the hot drifting smell of rosemary bolognese, or collecting your own eggs from the hatch down the hill. Why? Because they are family, and once you are in the audience, so are you.

Fronted by roots man Ras Roni from Barbados via London, Fijian MC LTL GZeus and Sierra Leonian ragga powerhouse Blaka C, The Strides deliver a musical experience that is as powerfully explosive as it is authentic.

Legendary musician Greg Sheehan has long been regarded as one of the finest percussionists in Australia, yet ‘percussionist’ doesn’t really do justice to the kind of musician he really is. A pioneer of contemporary rhythm in Australia, and with his propensity for experimentation & exploration on all sorts of instruments – tuned and un-tuned, man-made and earth-made, he is firmly in the realm of Australia’s great musical innovators. Greg is widely regarded internationally as a leader in this field as a performer, recording artist and teacher.

The Strides music faithfully builds on the foundations of classic roots reggae with a hiphop edge, forging a sound that brings together modern dance hall, dub beats and reggae-pop. The Strides have forged a truly global sound melding a diversity of cultures and instrumentation under the one universal consciousness.

Sat 8th 10:15pm Diggers Tavern

Sat 8th 10:00am Workshop - Golf Club Sat 8th 4:30pm St Margaret’s Hall

Sat 8th 7:00pm Diggers Tavern

Sun 9th 6:00pm Memorial Hall

Sun 9th 7:00pm Golf Club

Sun 9th 9:00pm Memorial Hall

The Teskey Brothers are an important affirmation of something we have always loved and something we hope to never loose – home, soul, rhythm, and blues.

Fri 7th 8:00pm Golf Club Sat 8th 4:15pm Federal Hotel

HUSSY HICKS

JUZZIE SMITH

TULLARA

Hussy Hicks have a unique musical approach that spans many genres - from boisterous blues and roots, to contemporary folk fortified with delicious vocal harmonies; alt country inspired tales from the road to 80’s style power ballads. Expect lots of interactive jamming, killer guitar licks and soaring vocals, an approach that has seen them on stage in jams with everyone from Michael Franti and Edward Sharp to the Indigo Girls.

A true musical virtuoso with a style that is bluesy/folk/Country mixed into a world of its own. Juzzie gives performances that are marked by an amazing ability to play guitar, harmonica and percussion at the same time using all of his body. It seems Juzzie is at home holding anything that makes a sound, and he combines this with a real rhythmic talent and a raw, warm vocal style. The result is truly engaging, mesmerizing music that makes you want to move and leaves you feeling inspired.

23 year old Australian singer/ songwriter Tullara has quickly developed a reputation as one of the country’s brightest up and coming performers. Unafraid to delve into very honest and universal emotions – from heartache to hope, triumph to tears – the intricacy and percussive finger tapping wizardry of Tullara’s guitar playing (not to mention the power of her voice) will leave you wanting more.

Fri 7th 9:15pm Federal Hotel Sat 8th 11:30am Diggers Tavern Sat 8th 8:30pm (duo) No.5 Sun 9th 4:30pm (duo) No.5 Sun 9th 8:30pm St Margaret’s Hall

Fri, 7th 9:15pm Diggers Tavern

Sat 8th Midday Festival Market Place

Sat 8th 10:00am Workshop - Cedar Bar

Sat 8th 8:00pm Golf Club

Sat 8th Midday Qudo Japanese

Sun 9th 10:00am Golf Club - Workshop

Sat 8th 5:45pm Federal Hotel

Sun 9th 1:30-2:30pm St Margarets Hall

Sun 9th 6:30pm Diggers Tavern

BELLO

YOUTH mentorship

Bello Winter Music 2017 gives young musicians a head start with it’s 3rd Youth Mentorship Program EACH SUCCESSFUL APPLICANT WILL BE PAIRED WITH A MENTOR -AN ESTABLISED ARTIST ON THE 2017 FESTIVAL LINE-UP. Becoming a professional musician is a lifetime journey and it’s often the guidance, advice and lessons learnt from those already in the game that prove most valuable. The skills and experience gained is rewarding for all involved, and the bond between mentors and winners last well beyond the festival.

Winners will receive a rehearsal session with their mentor A twenty minute performance at the festival (with their mentor backstage) The opportunity to watch their mentor perform from backstage And weekend passes to the festival

2017 bello

ENTRIES OPEN WED MARCH 29 AND CLOSE FRI JUNE 2

winter music youth mentorships will be awarded in the following categories VOCAL SINGER SONGWRITER BAND 15 YEARS & UNDER

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SARA TINDLEY JACK CARTY HUSSY HICKS BEN WILSON

APPLICATION, FULL TERMS & CONDITIONS AND FURTHER INFO ONLINE AT:

www.bellowintermusic.com

The Bello Winter Music Youth Mentorship is proudly sponsored by the Bellingen Shire Council, and supported by the Bellingen Shire Youth Hub.

LEBRATING

YEARS OF MUSIC

JO JO SMITH

A N D

J O Y

Jo Jo Smith began her Musical Career in New Zealand back in 1967 - an inspirational performer generous of heart, soul and musicality. This year, 2017, Jo Jo celebrates 50 years in the music industry. Steeped in groove, jazz funk and soul, and sprinkled with good humour, her material ruminates on love, life and mortality. Jo Jo has toured extensively abroad over her many years of performing. “Jo Jo has been a shining light amongst a talented bunch of musicians involved in our festival. She drops jaws and melts hearts at every performance.“ (Colin Thompson Bendigo Blues and Roots Festival Victoria Australia 2015) No one leaves a Jo Jo Smith performance untouched by her vocal ability, natural warmth and magnetic stage presence.

Fri 7th 6:15pm No.5 Sat 8th 1:15pm Memorial Hall Sun 9th 4:15pm Cedar Bar

THE SENEGAMBIAN JAZZ BAND (AFRICA) Featuring an internationally renowned lineup that traverses The Gambia, Senegal, Ethiopia, Ghana and Australia, the Senegambian Jazz Band channels over eight thousand years of African musical traditions, transporting the power and beauty of these ancient sounds, rhythms and melodies to audiences across Australia. A fusion of kora-led melodies, striking percussion and complex drum rhythms connected through deep bass and complemented by soulful sax and scintillating guitar solos. Fronting the seven-piece band is the phenomenally talented Amadou Suso, known widely as the ‘Jimi Hendrix of the kora’ and is a direct descendent of the world’s first kora player, Koriang Musa Suso. The Senegambian Jazz Band brings Afro jazz, deep world music beats, and funk, fused together to create some truly awe-inspiring rhythms and melodies.

Fri 7th 9:00pm St Margaret’s Hall Sat 8th 11:00pm Golf Club Sun 9th Midday Memorial Hall

UKULELE DEATH SQUAD The Ukulele Death Squad are pushing the boundaries of the small four stringed instrument. With their own uke style, blending Flamenco, Mexican and Folk, and a string of sold-out debut Adelaide Fringe shows under their belt, the squad will warp your perceptions of ukuleles one nylon string at a time.

MADELINE LEMAN & THE DESERT SWELLS

Madeline Leman and the Desert Swells are a high-energy Americana surf band that are hard to define and easy to love. Their combination of 60s surf, 70s pop and Americana twang will take you on a wild ride that you won’t want to get off.

THE LONG JOHNS The Long Johns come together to play spooky country with that old timey swing, peppered with the spiciest of flavours to deliver songs of hope, loss and hauntings. The Long Johns hit the trails with the stagecoaches blazing delivering the debut single Clubfootin’ which found them on the road to Woodford Folk Festival to excite and delight crowds many times over. Not a bad start for a band who played their third show on a packed Woodford stage!

With high energy, mad thumping rhythms and outrageous solos, the squad will quite literally blow your minds. Enter at your own risk.

Madeline captivates audiences with lush vocals and stories of strong females, lonely lovers and vengeful vixens. Madeline Leman and the Desert Swells are fresh new outfit not to be missed!

Fri 7th 10:45pm Cedar Bar

Fri 7th 6:30pm Golf Club

Sat 8th 5:30pm No.5

Sat 8th 7:30pm St Margaret’s Hall

Fri 7th 7:45pm Federal Hotel

Sun 9th 1:30pm No.5 Sun 9th 6:30pm Brewery

Sun 9th 2:00pm Golf Club Sun 9th 8:15pm Diggers Tavern

Sat 8th 9:30pm Golf Club Sun 9th Midday Federal Hotel

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KING CURLY

Fri 7th 7:45pm Diggers Tavern Sat 8th 6:00pm St Margaret’s Hall Sun 9th 1:30pm Federal Hotel King Curly is contemporary Australian songwriting at its finest, voiced through a highly original, loose and sparse style of instrumentation aptly termed “Garage-Cabaret”. Their work is a refreshing anomaly on our musical landscape. The gentle music of “King Curly” is born of the desire to right wrongs and to punish evil. In that respect, his spiritual forefathers are Robin Hood, Batman, Moses etc.

LADYSLUG Fri 7th 6:15pm Federal Hotel

Sat 8th 9:00pm St Margaret’s Hall Sun 9th 9:00pm Federal Hotel

Ladyslug; spawned amongst the mist of Cuban cigars and honey in early 2016, are the melting pot of nu-jazz and eclectic soul that you have been waiting for. Carving soundscapes with enough jazz to take home to yo’ mama, they have been labelled “multi-dimensional freaks” and traverse a plethora of genre, era and influence. Ladyslug’s sound is a curvaceous navigation between the chaos and the calm.

GOLD MEMBER

Fri 7th 10:45pm Federal Hotel Sat 8th 9:15pm Brewery Sun 9th 3:00pm Diggers Tavern

Sydney’s mintest electro-skank -hop duo, Gold Member, transitions from modern hip-hop infused verses to its infectious 80s pop-style chorus. Gold Member presents Az on guitar and vocals and gung-ho Gus tearing up the turntables. Az’s space-sauce vocals keep the listener fixated while multi- instrumentalist Gus Goldie brings the electronic flavours.

HELLO TUT TUT

Thurs 6th Opening Night Memorial Hall Fri 7th 10:45pm Diggers Tavern Sat 8th 3:00pm St Margaret’s Hall Sun 9th 8:00pm Brewery

Come on a journey with vagabonds and jovial gypsies as Hello Tut Tut bring their unique high energy blend from the Balkans and beyond to Bellingen. Be mesmerised by their Klezmer quirk and Eastern European antics. Their emotive and theatrical performances will lead you through times of dance and celebration.

LEAH SENIOR

GUYY & THE FOX

SARA TINDLEY

Leah Senior’s music falls into a dim wallpapered room sitting delicately between the rock’n’roll and old time folk records. The blinds are drawn and the songs are covered in a fine layer of dust yet there is sunlight peaking through the gaps, a silver lining to a dusky tone and a sense of humour behind the tragedy.

Award winning, international touring, duo Guyy & The Fox have been mesmerising thousands in the Middle East, South Africa and Australia.

Sara Tindley returns this year with a fearless new album, ‘Wild and Unknown’. Performed as a duo with Michael Turner (The Drift, Spikey), the album was produced by Nick Didia (Bruce Springsteen, Powderfinger, Pearl Jam) at La Cueva. Their collaboration germinated twelve wry, insightful tracks narrating the turbulent life Tindley’s endured since her last album, Time (2011).

The duo has become well known for their enthralling performances, with the combination of Guyy’s deft guitar work and The Fox’s fierce and beautiful playing style spawning an absorbing show of soaring violin over guitar. From huge instrumentals and acoustic duelling to haunting ballads, Guyy & The Fox’s music will leave you spellbound.

Leah’s album “Summer’s On The Ground” recorded in a rickety abandoned hall reveals a haunting storyteller, Rolling Stone saying “this is insular music, akin to eavesdropping on someone else’s prettily conFri 7th 6:15pm veyed thoughts”.

Diggers Tavern

Fri 7th 9:15pm No. 5 Sat 8th 3:30pm Cedar Bar

Sparkling with the resilience and artistry we’ve come to expect from a songwriter of Tindley’s calibre, Wild and Unknown sings away the bruises of her recent brush with mortality.

Sat 8th 7:45pm Brewery

Fri 7th 7:45pm No. 5

Sat 8th 10:45pm Cedar Bar Sun 9th 5:00pm Brewery

Sun 9th 1:15pm Cedar Bar

Sat 8th 12:30pm Brewery

BEN WILSON

LOW DOWN RIDERS

THE NINTH CHAPTER

Combining the intimacy of folk with the energy of bluegrass, Ben Wilson’s sound is a well revised, trans-Atlantic marriage of genres. Wilson delivers thought provoking original songs with well-honed skill, making for a captivating performance from an energetic young songwriter.

Born and bred in Sydney’s inner west, the Low Down Riders are a five piece band inspired by the musical gumbo that is New Orleans street music.

The Ninth Chapter has established itself as one of the must see live acts in the country. Delivering the perfect amalgam of heavy groove and funk undertones, TNC brings the good time vibe with an open invitation to anyone keen to join them.

With a sound that wouldn’t be out of place in the bars of Frenchman street, horns that weave a raucous melody over A member of the notorious the top of a rhythm section Button Collective, Wilson that chugs seamlessly like a draws on a broad spectrum of steamboat down the Mississippi and lyrics that tell tales of experiences. happiness and heartbreak in the true storytelling tradition of the south.

It’s always been about more than music for The Ninth Chapter. It’s about lifestyle. It’s about good times amongst great people. That’s always been the goal and it resonates through their music and live performance.

Fri 7th 5:00pm Diggers Tavern

Fri 7th 5:00pm Golf Club

Fri 7th 9:30pm Golf Club

Sat 8th 2:45pm Federal Hotel

Sat 8th 2:00pm Brewery

Sat 8th 10:30pm Federal Hotel

Sun 9th 7:15pm Cedar Bar

Sun 9th 6:00pm Federal Hotel

Sun 9th 4:30pm Memorial Hall

FRIDAY 7th JULY MEMORIAL HALL

FEDERAL HOTEL

DIGGERS TAVERN

GOLF CLUB

Vaudeville

Kaya Boom

Ben Wilson

Low Down Riders

Guyy & The Fox

Madeline Leman & The Desert Swells

5pm 5:30

Smash

6pm 6:30

Jack Carty & LadySlug Gus Gardiner

7pm

w/ The Satellite Strings

7:30

8pm Joe Pug

8:30

The Long Johns

King Curly

The Teskey Brothers

9pm 9:30

10pm

Tinpan Orange

Hussy Hicks

Tullara

Gold Member

Hello Tut Tut

ST MARGARET’S HALL

CEDAR BAR

NO.5

The Pitts Shanteya Sali Family & Jo Bracewell Circus The Coconut Kids

Jo Jo Smith

Mandy Nolan

Epizo Lucie Bangoura Thorne & Hamish Stuart

Sara Tindley

The Senegambian Courtney

Marie The Ninth Jazz Band Andrews Chapter

Leah Senior

BREWERY

Mat Brooker

Little King

The Barkers Vale Brothers

Archer

10:30

11pm 11:30

30/70

The Shake DJs

F R I D AY

S A T U R D AY

WORKSHOP: Primitive Fire Making

St Margaret’s Hall 8:00-9:00am

Winter Yoga

north side of Lavenders Bridge 3:00 - 4:30pm

WALK: Edible and Medicinal Weeds Maam Gaduying 9:00-10:00am

Loving Kindness Meditation

St Margaret’s Hall 9:15-10:00am

WORKSHOP: Native Plant Propagation

Maam Gaduying 3:00-4.30pm

Forum Bello’s local energy future - Renewable by 2030? Memorial Hall 9:30-11:00am WORKSHOP: Eco-Arts Watercolour Workshop The Stables 10:00-11:00am

Sali Bracewell

Peter L Barry

Qudo (Japanese) 5:00 - 6:00pm

Purple Carrot 11:00am - 12:00pm WORKSHOP: Introduction to Gumbaynggirr Language. The Stables 11:30am-12:30pm

Tullara

Qudo (Japanese) 12:00 - 1:00pm

Geoff Turnbull

Sultrio

Little Red Kitchen 6:30 - 7:30pm

Little Red Kitchen 1:00 - 2:00pm

Shanteya & Jo

Gelato Bar 2:00 - 3:00pm

Sultrio

HYDE 3:30 - 4:30pm

Ukulele Death Squad

Geoff Turnbull

S U N D AY Winter Yoga

Cedar Bar 8:00-9:00am WALK: The Magic of Bellingen Island Maam Gaduying 9:00-10:00am

Turtle Forum

Cedar Bar 9:00-10:00am WORKSHOP: Morning Meditation Loving Kindness for the Planet The Stables 9:15-10:00am 'Waste Not Bello' forum - weaning Bellingen off single use plastic Memorial Hall 9:30-11:00am

Matthew Engerer

Purple Carrot 10:00 - 11:00am WORKSHOP: Digital Storytelling Get your message heard! The Stables 10:00-11:00am Become a PlanetSaver The Stables 11:30am-12:30pm

Mat Brooker

Qudo (Japanese) 12:00 - 1:00pm

Sali Bracewell

Little Red Kitchen 12:30 - 1:30pm

Walrus & The Carpenter Gelato Bar 2:00 - 3:00pm

Tyler Nakoa Parkes HYDE 3:30 - 4:30pm

SATURDAY 8th July MEMORIAL HALL

FEDERAL HOTEL

DIGGERS TAVERN

GOLF CLUB

ST MARGARETâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S HALL

CEDAR BAR

NO.5

BREWERY

8am 8:30

9am 9:30

10am 10:30

11am 11:30 Conversations

12pm 12:30

w/ Seth Jordan

SOAR

Hussy Hicks

1pm

JuiceBox 1:30

Celebrating 50 years of

Jo Jo Smith

2pm

The Stained Daisies

Little King

2:30

3pm 3:30

Ben Ottewell

Ben Wilson

4pm 4:30

5pm

Joe Pug

The Teskey Brothers

5:30

6pm 6:30

Mama Kin + Spender

Tullara

Vaudeville Smash

Then Jolene

Dose Guise

Dancing with The Star

Courtney Marie Andrews

7:30

8pm

9:30

The Brothers

Lucie Thorne & Hamish Stuart

The Strides Juzzie Smith

8:30

9pm

The Coconut Kids

Epizo Bangoura

7pm

Bec Sandridge

The Coconut Kids

30/70

10:30

Salmonella The Ninth Dub Chapter

The Teskey Brothers

The Vegetable Plot The Daughters of The Rum Rebellion

Hello Tut Tut

Greg Sheehan

King Curly

Madeline Leman & The Desert Swells

High & Lonesome

Archer

Leah Senior

Miles and Simone The Barkers Vale Brothers

Jack Carty

LadySlug The Long Johns

10pm 11pm

Workshop Workshop Body Percussive Percussion Workshop w/Guitar w/ Greg Tullara Sheehan Acrobats for parents & children Youth Sohum Mentorship Women's Choir

The Senegambian

Jazz Band

Yhan Leal

Titan Sky

Eastern Brown

Tyler Nakoa Parkes

Luke Escombe

Low Down Riders

Walrus & The Carpenter

Dustyesky Ukulele Death Squad Archer Buddy Guyy & The Fox Hussy Hicks (duo)

Dustyesky

Guyy & The Fox

Sara Tindley

Mat Brooker

Gold Member

SUNDAY 9th JULY MEMORIAL HALL

FEDERAL HOTEL

DIGGERS TAVERN

GOLF CLUB

ST MARGARETâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S HALL

CEDAR BAR

NO.5

BREWERY

8am 8:30

9am 9:30

10am

Workshop Juzzie Smith

10:30

11am 11:30

12pm 12:30

1pm 1:30

2pm 2:30

STREET PARADE proudly sponsored by KOMBU WHOLEFOODS The WORKSHOP Senegambian The Long Miles & Simone

Jazz Band

Johns

Onstage banter

Mama Kin + Spender

King Curly

Geoff Turnbull

(with The Spangled Drongos)

3pm 3:30

4pm

Ben Ottewell

South Arm

Gold Member

Workshop w/Luke Escombe

Laughing and Healing with The Blues

Youth Mentorship Madeline Leman & The Desert Swells

6:30

7pm

The Ninth Chapter

The Teskey Brothers

Archer

Low Down Riders

Radical Son

Rear Wheel Drive

8:30

9pm The Strides

9:30

10pm 10:30

11pm

The Coconut Kids

LadySlug

Sara Tindley

Jack Carty

Greg Sheehan

Madeline Leman & The Desert Vaudeville Swells

Smash

Katie Crane

Ukulele Death Squad

Brothers

Lucie Thorne & Hamish Stuart

The Brothers

Hussy Hicks

Titan Sky

Dustyesky

Bread Barkers & Butter The Vale

Dustyesky

Youth Mentorship

Tullara

7:30

8pm

Juzzie Smith

Epizo Bangoura

5:30

6pm

The Yhan Leal Vegetable Plot

Youth Mentorship

4:30

5pm

Sali Bracewell

Jo Jo Smith

Buddy

Ben Wilson

The Daughters of The Rum Rebellion

Hussy Hicks (duo)

Shanteya & Jo

Mat Brooker

Miles & Simone

High & Lonesome

Guyy & The Fox

Ukulele Death Squad

Hello Tut Tut

Transport to and from the festival BUSWAYS operates a number of services to Bellingen from Coffs Harbour via Toormina (ROUTE 361) and from Nambucca Heads via Valla and Urunga (ROUTE 358). There are no BUSWAYS services on Sunday so a festival bus will operate in their place. For information go to

www.busways .com There will be a Festival bus operating at the close of the event each day. It will depart directly opposite the Memorial Hall and will service Urunga, Sawtell and Coffs Harbour (Coffs Train Station and Coffs Coach Terminal). Tickets are $10.

Incoming festival bus timetable (Sunday only) Coffs Harbour Coach Terminal – 9:30am Coffs Harbour Train Station – 9:45am Sawtell RSL – 10:10am Urunga bustop (cnr of Bowra & Bonville st, near Foodworx) – 10:40am Bellingen 11:00am

Outgoing festival bus timetable (Daily) Friday - 12:15am Saturday 12:15am Sunday 10:15pm.

HIGH & LONESOME Sat 8th 12:30pm Cedar Bar Sun 9th 3:30pm Brewery

High and Lonesome are a local three-piece who play traditional, old-Timey and mountain music - mandolin, guitar, banjo, fiddle and harmonies. Think of a porch: simple, raw, exciting. The journey from day to night. The joy and sorrow. Grab a pint and a partner, this is fun and authentic.

THE COCONUT KIDS Fri 7th 6:00pm St Margaretâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hall Sat 8th 2:00pm Golf Club Sat 8th 8:45pm Federal Hotel Sun 9th 4:45pm Diggers Tavern

Infectiously fun, The Coconut Kids defy genres to create French-influenced world folk using ukulele, brass, bass, keys, violin, mandolin, percussion and powerful vocals. Their unique sound will have you dancing one minute and in tears the next.

MANDY NOLAN

Thurs 6th Opening Night MC Memorial Hall Sat 8th 6:30pm Cedar Bar

Small town show girl Mandy Nolan is not afraid of milking the sacred cow. With 30 years of stand up comedy under her belt, Mandyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s humour is sharp, honest, sometimes self depreciating, somewhat outrageous but never cruel or pretentious. In full flight this girl is a force of nature!

SHANTEYA & JO Thurs 6th Opening Night Memorial Hall Fri 7th 5:00pm No.5 Sat 8th 2:00pm Gelato Bar Sun 9th 6:00pm No.5

Shanteya and Jo are a Bellingen based independent folk duo whose soulful voices and transporting guitar lines interweave their stories through an organic blend of harmony and percussive breakdowns. Typically their song writing explores their love for nature, travel and the core emotions evoked by their personal experiences and relationships.

CONVERSATIONS SETH JORDAN

with

Featuring JO JO SMITH / JACK CARTY / TIM SILVERWOOD Sat 8th 11:30am Memorial Hall

Bello-based music journalist, festival consultant and radio broadcaster Seth Jordan takes to the stage on Saturday morning for conversations with Jo Jo Smith - celebrating 50 years in music, Jack Carty - the Festival Patron and Tim Silverwood - co-founder of the Plastic Bag Free NSW campaign.

DUSTYESKY Sat 8th 5:00pm Brewery Sat 8th 9:30pm Cedar Bar Sun 9th 2:15pm Brewery Sun 9th 3:30pm Golf Club

They are hairy, they sing in Russian but they don’t speak the language, and they love vodka. Mullum’s mighty men of Russian chorale ‘DUSTYESKY’ are getting prepped for a return to the Bello Winter Music stage. Much has happened since the lads’ debut at the Mullumbimby Music Festival in 2014, having since performed at Byron Bay Falls Festival, Woodford Folk Festival & Bello Winter Music to name a few...

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WALRUS & THE CARPENTER Sat 8th 3:30pm Brewery Sun 9th 2:00pm Gelato Bar

Walrus and the Carpenter are a heavy folk band based in Mullumbimby. The unique songwriting and vocals of Matthew Engerer form the backbone of the band. Their unique sound is guaranteed to keep the audience captivated and wanting for more so be sure not to miss out.

THE BROTHERS Sat 8th 3:30pm Golf Club Sun 9th 7:00pm St Margaretâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Hall

The Brothers, from the Congo and Eritrea to Coffs Harbour! An abundance of fresh and vibrant harmonies, killer dance moves and youth to boot; their joyous music has been written for everyone. Get ready to be uplifted by this dynamic seven-piece African boy band!

THEN JOLENE Sat 8th 7:15pm Federal Hotel

2016 was a great year for Then Jolene, releasing their debut self titled album and playing festivals and tours along the east coast and beyond. With a unique, bastardised take on olâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; time bluegrass, a true genre reflection is difficult to refine. With a new fiddle player and a swag of new songs, a sophomore album is expected in 2017.

EASTERN BROWN Sat 8th 1:00pm No.5

Awash with folk and country undertones, Eastern Brown delivers a captivating and quintessentially Australian performance. With songs paying homage to stories of both now and yesteryear, Eastern Brown cuts to the chase with simplicity. A breath of fresh air for complicated times.

MAT BROOKER Fri 7th 5:00pm Brewery Sat 8th 10:15pm No.5 Sun 9th Midday Qudo Japanese Sun 9th 7:30pm No.5

Winner of the 2016 Australian National Busking Championships, Mat unleashes an intoxicating fusion of flamenco and global sounds. Armed with only a flamenco guitar & stompbox, you’ll be surprised how much noise and beauty six strings can make. Discover why he was called the “Jimi Hendrix of Spanish Guitar”.

SALI BRACEWELL Fri 7th 5:00pm Cedar Bar Sat 8th 11:00am Purple Carrot Sun 9th 10:00am No.5 Sun 9th 12:30pm Gelato Bar

Teetering on the edges of vulnerability and strength, Sali’s vibrato vocals soar atop her sensitive, warm and dynamic piano playing. Folk in it’s authenticity, Classical in it’s emotiveness and Pop in it’s lyricism, her music meanders, unhurried and haunting, through these spheres, conjuring an ambience that is both relaxing and uplifting.

THE BARKERS VALE BROTHERS

Fri 7th 8:00pm Brewery Sat 8th 6:30pm Cedar Bar Sun 9th 3:00pm No.5

Combining the ancient traditional sounds of Bluegrass and Old Time Music with laconic, provocative songwriting and dry banter, these two brothers from Northern NSW are slowly but surely developing a cult following on the Australian folk festival circuit. Be sure to ask them to explain the exact geographical location of Barkers Vale.

LUKE ESCOMBE

Sat 8th 4:00pm No.5 Sun 9th Midday - Golf Club - Workshop Soaked in the spirit of the old bluesmen but with a lyrical style born of the hip-hop age, Luke Escombe’s music is raw, earthy and funky. An award-winning songwriter, speaker and storyteller, he takes his audiences on a captivating journey full of humour, insight and surprises. A rare gem.

YHAN LEAL Sat 8th 10:00am No.5

Sun 9th 11:45am Cedar Bar

Born the son of Colombian poverty; reprised a migrant under Australia’s burnt sun; raised by an angelic mother in wilderness scrub, the youngest of four brothers. Yhan Leal didn’t walk the path of a modern nuclear family, seeking freedom from hardship. Scorched, his eyes and heart opened to a new way of living.

THE DAUGHTERS OF THE RUM REBELLION Sat 8th 1:30pm St Margaret’s Hall Sun 9th 8:45pm Cedar Bar

Gleny Rae & Ilona Harker are onstage at last, spinning a musical tale of the three female bushrangers who once roamed colonial Australia. Gleny’s character Madam Ironbark robs from the rich and gives to the poor, while Ilona’s creation, Lady Moonlight is a duplicitous siren seducing men then robbing them of everything.

KAYA BOOM Fri 7th 5:00pm Federal Hotel

Funky grooves with a rich rhythmic grounding, music to dance and cry to. Heartfelt songs and stories new and old. Kaya Boom brings together raw emotion and soulful sounds of pain and love. Upbeat jungle beats to move you.

TYLER NAKOA PARKES Sat 8th 2:30pm No.5 Sun 9th 3:30pm HYDE

Bellingen based singer/songwriter Tyler Nakoa is a story teller. Having spent most of the last decade on the road, his songs tell tales of the mountains and the moors. Along with fellow musician Holly Mae prepare for haunting harmonies as these two showcase a range of songs from Tyler’s new album: Throw Your Stone.

The BELLO LeaF (Learning Festival)

We are pleased to present our third Bello Learning Festival. LeaF workshops, forums, and tours will cover a rich array of eco-learning topics, presented by nine organisations on behalf of the Bellingen Shire Learning Alliance (BSLA) – a network of 14 local sustainability-focused groups. LeaF is proudly sponsored by Solar Depot Bellingen and runs from Friday to Sunday of the festival. LeaF events are part of the festival program and free to ticket holders. Non-ticket holders are welcome to join (space allowing) by donation at the event. Visit the BSLA tent in the Market Park to learn more about LeaF events or the BSLA and affiliate groups. We are excited to introduce our first ever “LeaF Patron”! Environmentalist Tim Silverwood will participate in events throughout the festival to share his story, meet festival goers, and inspire us with his passion for reducing human impacts on our oceans and planet. An avid surfer, Tim became alarmed at the increasing threat plastic poses to the planet, co-founding the organisation ‘Take 3 for the Sea’ in 2009. They aim to reduce plastic pollution through education and participation by asking people to simply take three pieces of rubbish when they leave the beach…or anywhere! Tim is a Boomerang Alliance spokesperson; a consultant to government/industry; the 2014 NSW Govt Green Globe Sustainability Champion; and a founder of ReChusable, providing reusable alternatives to disposable products.

FRIDAY

Tim’s story is entertaining and inspiring, reminding us that anyone and everyone can be a change-maker. His visit to Bellingen is timely as the BSLA launches its “Waste Not Bello” campaign – to wean Bellingen off single-use plastics.

WORKSHOP: Primitive Fire Making Fri 6th 3:00 - 4:30pm

Meet on the north side of Lavenders Bridge Have you ever wanted to make fire just using sticks and skill? This is your chance! Wilderness Mentors Tyler Parkes and Holly Mae, who have made primitive fire from Australia to Canada, will guide you in the spirit of matchless fire making. Brought to you by Centre for Ecological Learning. $10 fee for materials. REGISTRATION ESSENTIAL at cel.org.au. This workshop has booked out in past years so get in early!

SATURDAY

FRIDAY

WORKSHOP: Native Plant Propagation Fri 3:00-4.30pm at Maam Gaduying

Get your hands dirty! Join Natasha English from Bellinger Landcare Inc. and Barbara Moore, longtime Never Never Creek Landcarer, to learn how to propagate your own Lomandra to plant on your creek/river banks and protect your riparian land in the future. Learn how to propagate other native species, when to use seeds vs cuttings, and how to prepare them. You can take home your own pot. All materials provided. Brought to you by Bellinger Landcare Inc. More info at bellingerlandcare.org.au.

WORKSHOP: Winter Yoga

Sat 8:00-9:00am at St. Margaret’s Hall Winter Yoga explores poses that support and strengthen your lower back, neck, spine and nervous system. Winter is a time for slowing down and looking internally, a time for restoring your kidneys, adrenal glands and nervous system. Teacher Emma Hohnen will help you experience yoga that is both reviving and nourishing; the perfect start to your festival day. Bring a mat or a towel if you can. More info at cel.org.au.

Sponsored by Solar Depot Bellingen

KATIE CRANE Sun 9th Midday No.5 Katie Crane is a guitarist and singer of Old Time High Country Blues. Katie’s intricate fingerstyle guitar playing and strong mountain vocals have been well received by audiences around the Mid North Coast and mountains. She writes and interprets tunes from Doc Watson, Blind Willie McTell, Elizabeth Cotton and Mississippi John Hurt.

GEOFF TURNBULL Fri 7th 10:45pm No.5 Sat 8th 1:00pm Little Red Kitchen Sun 9th 1:30pm Diggers Tavern

2017 is set to be an exciting year with a tour of Amsterdam in June/July and a seventh album release and Australian tour in September. Geoff will also be continuing guitar and ukulele tuition at local Bellingen schools and submitting his thesis looking at the effects of our environment on mental health.

MATTHEW ENGERER Sun 9th 10:00am Purple Carrot

After many years of busking around the globe, Engerer’s voice has developed into a strong, rough yet emotional one that really grasps the attention of the audience. His song writing will take you on a journey of love, war, joy and perhaps the occasional tear.

REAR WHEEL DRIVE Sun 9th 7:30pm Federal Hotel

From Bellingen, Rear Wheel Drive is a five-piece indie rock band influenced by The Rollings Stones, The Ramones, Iggy & The Stooges, PJ Harvery and Nick Cave. They bring a set of original authentic rock’n’roll sounds that are sure to get you moshing on the dance floor. Expect vintage analogue sounds from purist rock enthusiasts from Phil Vockler (vocals), Steve Coates (bass/guitar), Mark Oliver (guitar/bass), Christian Fisher (drums), Victoria Lewis (vocals/violin).

DOSE GUISE Sat 8th 2:30pm Diggers Tavern Drums, bass, guitar and sax. All the necessary ingredients for a funky brew, without going overboard. In the nine months since its inception, Dose Guise have had: • 0 driving infringements • 3 rehearsals (almost) • all charges dropped • 50+ gigs • many lost golf balls

BELLINGEN AFROBEAT ENSEMBLE Sat 8th 2:15pm Festival Market Place

The Bellingen Afrobeat Ensemble’s Supercharged polyrhythms send audiences into a tribal trance. Huge bass drums make sound waves visible to the naked eye. Dancers and drummers unite and delve deep into a journey of earth wisdom. The groove is infectious and permeates the soul. You simply cannot miss this group!

SOHUM WOMEN’S CHOIR Sat 8th 11:30am Cedar Bar

Sohum Women’s Choir is a Bellingen based all female, 25 voice choir. Collectively, Sohum sings the beauty of the ‘feminine’ through a rich and varied repertoire of world music, folk songs, social commentary and songs of love and peace. More than just a choir, Sohum brings women together through the joy of harmony and song.

CHAOS MAGNET

Sat 8th 3:00pm Festival Market Place Sun 9th 3:45pm Festival Market Place

The supersonic, intergalactic brass band Chaos Magnet have escaped high security space prison on their home planet and landed right here in Bellingen. These highly trained space warriors play songs from this planet and their own, while juggling, dancing and telling the story of their daring escape!

TITAN SKY Sat 8th 11:30pm No.5 Sun 9th 1:00pm Brewery Since the release of his debut self-titled EP New Zealand born Bellingen local, Titan Sky is tearing up the Bello scene with his searing hot vocals and lush string picking. Blending folk pop songwriting with fresh beats and electronic sounds, you’re sure to be tapping your foot and humming all the way home.

SULTRIO

Fri 7th 6:30pm Little Red Kitchen Sat 8th 3:30pm HYDE

Dazzling, sophisticated and sublime harmonies. Think redhead, brunette, blonde, glamour, gowns and bling. Sultrio performs their own sultry/sassy arrangements of well-known songs such as ‘It’s Raining Men’, ‘Poison Ivy’ and ‘Under the Boardwalk’. Prepare to be captivated by their perfect harmonies, onstage presence, and feminine wiles. Sultrio is glamorous, vampish, and entrancing.

SOAR

Sat 8th 11:45am Federal Hotel SOAR are a bunch of five small town lads making a cool racket of fresh indie rock that journeys from chilled out beats, to infectious pop. With trumpet, bass, guitar, keyboards drums and a relentless need to play live they have earned a reputation as a young band with a solid live show.

LITTLE KING

Fri 7th 6:30pm Brewery Sat 7th 1:00pm Diggers Tavern Little King’s first independent release was recorded under the watchful eye of Alex Gooden (Evermore, Bluejuice) at Myrtle St Studios in Sydney. With influences like Fat Freddy’s Drop and Chet Faker, their sound is a fusion of dub reggae, hip-hop and pop-electronica with clever melodies and catchy hooks creating a cocktail of musical tastiness.

JUICEBOX Sat 8th 12:30pm Golf Club JuiceBox are 100% organic, certified, medicinal funk. James Brown meets Bob Brown in a funk fusion, which is infectious and memorable. If you agree that dance is a medicine then take a dose of JuiceBox. JuiceBox are a local act not to be missed at this year Winter Fest.

THE SHAKE DJS

Fri 7th 10:30pm Golf Club Sat 8th 10:45am Youth Hub - Workshop

The Shake DJs is a collective of vinyl junkies who share a combined DJ experience of over 70 years. Known for their discerning taste for rare underground electronic music, with continuous nods to their oldschool heritage, The Shake DJs come together to share their love and put on one hell of a party...

THE STAINED DAISIES Sat 8th 1:15pm Federal Hotel

The Stained Daisies were born when Jayden Hebbard met Daniel Tuite in their home town of Grafton and realised they shared a love of blues music and Rockâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;nâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Roll. The boys have since written an impressive calendar of songs together and made a reputation for delivering high energy pop rock shows.

SOUTH ARM

Sun 9th 3:00pm Federal Hotel

South Arm are a Bellingen based six-piece who play originals mixing elements of Alt Rock, Folk and Blues for a vibrant and edgy musical and lyrical expression. With vocals, two guitars, keyboards, flute, bass and drums, this collective will move you both physically and emotionally.

THE PITTS FAMILY CIRCUS

Fri 7th 5:00pm St Margaret’s Hall Sat 8th 10:30am St Margaret’s Hall - Workshop Sat 8th 11:15am Festival Market Place Sun 9th 10:15am Festival Market Place Be entranced by spectacular acrobatics, sword swallowing children, baby balancing, human pyramids and more! From humble beginnings 15 years ago as a duo act doing a small street theatre shows, The Pitts have now toured the world seven times and grown into a charming family circus with three young children!

ROUNDABOUT THEATRE Roaming

Roundabout Theatre create fun roving acts and tailored performance installations for arts, cultural, music and children’s festivals and community events. Their distinctive performing style combines improvisation, clowning, tableaux and circus to create delightfully idiosyncratic displays of human frailties, delusions and aspirations. With elegant costuming, elaborate props and carefully crafted back-stories, the result transports captivated crowds of all ages into a mischievously absurd parallel universe.

THE VEGETABLE PLOT Sat 8th Midday St Margaret’s Hall

Sun 9th Midday St Margaret’s Hall

The Vegetable Plot is an award-winning musical feast for kids, families and foodies, serving up earthy grooves, fresh tunes, colourful characters and some truly rotten puns. Once described as “Tom Waits for kids”, this soilful bunch will ensure you never think about roots music or vegetables the same way again.

Bello

Good Food Guide CEDAR BAR

Great coﬀee, huge selection of beer & wine, plus delicious quick meals. Vego & Gluten free options. 8 Church Street, Bellingen Festival Hours: Open all festival 9AM til late

www.cedarbar.com.au 02 6655 1001

THE PURPLE CARROT

Regional, Seasonal, Food With Love 105 hyde street Bellingen (up the top of town) Festival Hours: Thurs 8am-9pm / Fri & Sat 8am-10pm / Sun 8am-8pm

www.facebook.com/thepurplecarrotrestaurant (02) 6655 1847

THE GOLF CLUB

Home of Bello's best value meals! 1172 Waterfall Way, Bellingen Festival Hours: $8 lunches & $10 dinners with late night kebabs and pizza's on the deck Fri, Sat & Sun Nights

www.bellingengolfclub.com.au (02) 6655 1312

PERFECT PIZZAS

Bellingen's Tastiest Pizza! Shop 2, 82 Hyde St Bellingen Festival Hours: 11.30am ‘till late each day of the festival

www.perfectpizzas.com.au (02) 6655 2022

LITTLE RED KITCHEN

Pizzas Created Fresh To Your Order. Check out our newly renovated space! 111 Hyde St, Bellingen Festival Hours: Open for lunch and dinner each day of the festival.

www.facebook.com/Little-Red-Kitchen (02) 66551551

AMELIA FRANKLIN

Warm up by our ﬁreplace and enjoy a cup of orgasmic coﬀee. Vegan & People friendly! 84-90 Hyde St. Bellingen Festival Hours: 6am - Night owl late

www.ameliafranklin.com.au 1300 720 799

QUDO

Sushi Coﬀee Sake 121 Hyde St, Bellingen Festival Hours: Fri: 11:30am-8:30pm Sat & Sun 8:30am-8:30pm

www.facebook.com/Bellingen-Qudo-Cafe (02) 6655 9757

DIGGERS TAVERN

Family friendly and set in the heart of Bellingen, our tapas bar and grill oﬀers a modern twist on Spanish and Italian cuisines. 30 Hyde Street Bellingen Festival Hours: Thurs: 11am – 3pm & 5pm – 9pm Fri & Sat: 10am – 10:30pm / Sun: 11am – 10pm

diggerstavern.com.au (02) 6655 0007

FEDERAL HOTEL

Award winning modern Australian Cuisine from a classic Australian pub. Recipient of the coveted SMH Good Food Guide 'Two Schooners Award 77 Hyde St, Bellingen Festival Hours: Thur-Sun 10am daily till Midnight

www.federalhotel.com.au (02) 6655 1003

HEARTHFIRE

Organic sourdough bakery and restaurant, making everything from scratch using local ingredients. In the Laneway between The Federal Hotel and The Emporium, Bellingen Festival Hours: Mon- Fri 7am–5pm W/end 7am – Late arvo

www.hearthﬁre.com.au 02 6655 0767

GELATO BAR

Winner of the Best Gelato, Best Sorbet 2016 - Royal Easter Show. Also serving delicious food, coﬀee, cakes & music. 101 Hyde St, Bellingen Festival Hours: Thur - Sunday 10am - 6pm

www.bellingengelato.com.au (02) 6655 1870

THE GREEN GROCER

Freshest local food and produce at an aﬀordable price. 58-60 Hyde St, Bellingen Festival Hours: Cafe will be open Sunday 11am-2.30pm. The cafe will also trade Fri/Sat nights 6-9pm

(02) 6655 0846

BLACK BEAR CAFE

Breakfast & Lunch under the trees. Enjoy Bellingen's lovely street atmosphere, with a great Campos Coﬀee and sample some of the shire’s best produce. 7f Church St, Bellingen Festival Hours: Open Tues to Sun for Breakfast and lunch from 7.30am

www.blackbearcafe.com.au

(02) 6655 1947

POPLA

'Its easy to follow our beliefs in organic and sustainable practices with all the amazing local quality produce' 2 Oak St, Bellingen Festival Hours: Thur & Fri 5pm till late Sat 12pm till late Sun 12pm till 4pm

www.poplabellingen.com/coming-soon (02) 6655 0846

HYDE

HYDE Bellingen is set in one of the town’s most historic buildings. A great place to sit and relax , serving quality coﬀee and cake, as well as on trend homewares & clothing. 62 Hyde St, Bellingen Festival Hours: Thur-Sat 7am-5.30pm Sun - 7am-2pm

www.facebook.com/HydeBellingen2454 (02) 6655 0015

BELLO

WORKSHOPS

PERCUSSIVE GUITAR w/ TULLARA Sat /10:00-11:00am CEDAR BAR

An exploration of alternate guitar techniques including tapping, body percussion, & a variation of open tunings to broaden your understanding of the guitar & its endless possibilities. Workshop will be run by Tullara Connors, and breaks down the techniques behind her unique guitar style. Best suited to intermediate guitar players, participants should bring their guitar.

BODY PERCUSSION – WITH GREG SHEEHAN Sat / 10:00–11:00am GOLF CLUB Join one of Australia’s premier and most innovative percussionists as he demonstrates the rhythmical and physical art of body percussion. Internationally, regarded as a leader in his field, Greg is a master of rhythm and is a life-long teacher and student of the beat.

ACROBATICS FOR PARENTS & CHILDREN w/ THE PITTS FAMILY CIRCUS Sat /10:30-11:30am St Margaret’s Hall Come and learn the basics of doing acrobatics with your children. After years of watching folks being begged by their children to be tossed around just like they saw in the show and then refusing or dropping them on their heads, we thought it was time to pass on some of the techniques we have used over the years.

ANNIE MITCHELL – Songbirds of the Forest – Choral workshop Sat / 10:45–11:45am

Songbirds of the forest is a choral workshop for singers of all ages and abilities. This workshop will explore singing in 4 part vocal harmony, building a vocabulary of jazz chords, and singing in jazz and Latin rhythms.

ELECTRONIC MUSIC PRODUCTION w/ BIZ FROM THE SHAKE DJs Sat / 10:45–11:45am Youth Hub

This is an opportunity for the individual to learn how to compose, engineer, and master their own compositions using programs such as Ableton, logic, and Garageband.

PARADE DRUMMING WORKSHOP – W/ DAVE SANDERS Sat /11:45–12:45pm. Youth Hub, Courtyard Dave Sanders (SCU educator) and Hamish Stuart (Australian drumming icon) will present an introduction to parade drumming.This 1 hour workshop will be hands on for drummers and percussionists. We will learn and rehearse the rhythms and parts in preparation for the Bello Music Fest Street Parade on Sunday. Bring you own drum or hand percussion.

AFRICAN DRUM & DANCE W/ EPIZO BANGOURA Sat / 1:00–2:00pm Youth Hub Epizo Bangoura is one of Africa`s leading percussionists born into a family of Griots, a highly respected and honoured community of musicians, storytellers, and keepers of their ancestral traditions and customs. A true living memory of Africa, join Epizo for a masterclass in his culture through his songs, music, dance and legend.

HARMONICA WORKSHOPS w/ JUZZIE SMITH Sun /10:00–11:00am GOLF CLUB Here is your chance to play the coolest instrument in the world. Fits in your pocket and can sound like a steam train. Learn with Juzzie how to make the harmonica your musical friend for life. Harmonicas will be available before workshop for $20 (if you have a Key C Diatonic Blues harp bring it along)

ONSTAGE BANTER w/ MILES AND SIMONE Sun / 12:00–1:00pm Diggers Tavern As well as being very talented musicians, Miles and Simone are actors with vast experience in theatre, television writing and performance. Their onstage banter and storytelling is an important aspect of their live shows. In this workshop they explain their approach to the space in between the songs and workshop techniques in how to develop your own.

LAUGHING AND HEALING WITH THE BLUES w/ LUKE ESCOMBE Sun / 12:00–1:00pm GOLF CLUB

Award-winning Blues-comedian and health activist Luke Escombe teaches you how to use the simplicity and power of the 12 bar blues to enhance your life, improve your health, express your frustrations and make people laugh. Ideal for beginners or anyone interested in learning about the blues or songwriting.

46 Travelling to Bellingen:

Steer Breath Testing (MEMORIAL HALL)

Bellingen is approximately halfway between Sydney and Brisbane, and is less than 30 minutes from Coffs Harbour. Coffs Harbour airport has Virgin and Qantas flights daily. *A Bus timetable listing transport to and from the festival can be found on page 26.

Festival patrons are encouraged to visit STEER while at the festival for a voluntary breath test before driving home. The STEER Team offers information about standard drinks, the rate individuals process alcohol, and suggest safe transport options.

Getting around the festival: The venues of the festival are all within a short walk, however for fun we have the Magic Bus on Saturday and Sunday providing fun rides around the festival precinct. Free for festival patrons and a gold coin for others. The Magic Bus will regularly pick up form the showground, providing a funky ride to the festival.

Accommodation: The official Camping Village for Bello Winter Music is at the Bellingen Showground. For Bookings and full details on camping or for a full list of other accommodation options in the area, head to www.bellowintermusic.com as well as :

www.bellingenaccommodation.com.au

Ticketing Tickets are available online at www.bellowintermusic.com or at the Waterfall Way Visitor Information Centre 29-31 Hyde St, Bellingen Exchanging E-Tickets for Wristbands:

Bring your printed E-Ticket for scanning and exchange for your wristbands at the festival ticketing office:

Opening Night - Bellingen Memorial Hall (35 Hyde St),) or ANAM CARA (23 Hyde St) on Friday from 1pm, or Saturday & Sunday from 8am.

Online and Social Media Facebook www.facebook.com/bellowintermusic.com Instagram @bellowintermusic Tag us: #bellowintermusic #bwm2017 For more information: www.bellowintermusic.com | 02 6684 6195

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adults $198 / youth $80 / child $50

adults $125 / youth $52/ child $32

thurs 6th: ADULT $55 / YOUTH $28 / CHILD $16 FRI 7th: ADULT $62 / YOUTH $28 / CHILD $16 SAT 8th: ADULT $78 / YOUTH $32 / CHILD $18 sun 9th: ADULT $78 / YOUTH $32 / CHILD $18

adults $125/ youth $52/ child $32

adults $230 / youth $110 / child $60

DAY TICKET

Tickets are available online at www.bellowintermusic.com or at the Waterfall Way Visitor Information Centre 29-31 Hyde St, Bellingen *Each ticket purchased incurs a 1.5% credit card charge and a $1.50 booking fee per ticket.

fri +sun

sat +sun

adults $140 / youth $56 / child $34 A Youth is 12-16yrs A Child is5-11yrs Under 5yrs is free

Phone credit card bookings: Call Red Square Music on 0266846195 (9am-5pm weekdays) Exchanging E-Tickets for Wristbands: Bring a printed copy of your E-Ticket for scanning and exchange for your wristbands at the festival ticketing office: Bellingen Memorial Hall (35 Hyde St) on Opening Night from 4pm, or ANAM CARA (23 Hyde St) on Friday from 1pm, Saturday or Sunday from 8am. *Youth and Children tickets do not provide access to Diggers, Golf Club or Federal Hotel after 10pm on Friday or Saturday nights. At all times when attending these venues Youth and Children must be accompanied by a responsible adult. Under 12Ęźs must be in the company of a responsible adult at all times. Under 18Ęźs must be in the company of a responsible adult when attending the licensed venues. All those attending the Bello Winter Music 2017 are required to comply with the legal rights and codes of each venue of the festival when attending that venue. This includes dress regulation of the licensed clubs. Festival ticket holders will be required to sign in at the Golf Club which will cover signing in for the duration of the festival.

THANK YOU

BELLO

EST. 1889

A very big thank you to everybody that worked on producing the festival, including our wonderful volunteer team, and their coordinator Emma Belcher. Also thank you to Mayor Dominic King, Michael Grieve, Catherine Tait, and the staff at Bellingen Council, The Bellingen Chamber of Commerce, and to each and every commercial, educational and media sponsor. A big thank you to our venues and venue managers. A special thanks to everybody that made the Youth Mentorship possible, including Dean and co at the Youth Hub. To the amazing Lisa Siegel, and all the wonderful organisations that make up the BSLA. Also to the Bellingen Showgrounds, in particular Paul and Rhonda. Most importantly to the performers who actually put on the shows, thank you! Finally to every person that again took the leap of faith and purchased a ticket, and in doing so supported our vision and joy in presenting original live music.

C OV E R I N G B E L L I N G E N , U R U N G A , D O R R I G O , M Y L E S TO M , R A L E I G H , R E P TO N

GENERAL MANAGER / YOUTH MENTORSHIP: Maggie Quirk PROGRAM MANAGER: Kate Atkinson FESTIVAL MUSIC PATRON: Jack Carty SPONSORSHIP / MARKET & DECOR MANAGER : Alexandra Mann ADMIN, VENUE / YOUTH MENTORSHIP / PRODUCTION: Nin Haggith NATIONAL PUBLICIST: Clare McGregor LeaF FESTIVAL COORDINATOR: Lisa Siegal TICKETING: JEN DJULA

PROGRAM DESIGN / LAYOUT: Jamcracker Creative ARTWORK: Michael White WEBSITE: Jean Eric Mamet VOLUNTEERS COORDINATOR : Emma Belcher VERY IMPORTANT PERSON: Richard Atkin WORK EXPERIENCE GUY: Glenn Wright

BELLO WINTER MUSIC Ph 02 6684 6195 www.bellowintermusic.com

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