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The Jungle Giants Friday 8 September

UV boi Wednesday 25 October

Lloyd Spiegel Friday 24 November

AUGUST 2017 Tuesday 8th 8.30pm Ross Sermons Wednesday 9th 8.30pm Billy Whitton & Jamie Taylor Thursday 10th 8.30pm Dave Wilson Band Friday 11th 10pm Boil Up (Reggae & Funk) $10 Saturday 12th 10pm Hobart Funk Collective $5 Sunday 13th 2.30pm The Great Anticipators 8.30pm Peter Hicks and the Blue Licks Monday 14th 8.15pm Quiz Night Tuesday 15th 8.30pm Cody Gunton Wednesday 16th 8.30pm The Rants Thursday 17th 7pm The Clubhouse with Steve Hughes $20pre/$25door 9pm Hui & The Muse Friday 18th 10pm Benson + Kwame $15pre/$20door Saturday 19th 10pm Geoff Allan & Hammond Band Sunday 20th 2.30pm Hobart Record Fair + BYO Vinyl DJ Session 8pm Hobart Reclink Community Cup - Official After Party

Monday 21st 8.30pm Billy Whitton Tuesday 22nd 8.30pm G.B. Balding (Finger Pickin' Blues) Wednesday 23rd 8.30pm Keith Hall Blues Band Thursday 24th 8.30pm Tim & Scott Friday 25th 10pm Lincoln le Fevre & The Insiders + The Sleepyheads $15 Saturday 26th 4.30pm Cool August Blues (Free Event, Finishes 1am) Sunday 27th 2pm Hot August Jazz Festival (Free Event, Finishes at Midnight) Monday 28th 8.15pm Quiz Night Tuesday 29th 8.30pm The Sign Wednesday 30th 8.30pm The Darlings Thursday 31st 8.30pm Dean Stevenson and Dave Wilson (4 letter fish)

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instruments and even the lighting cues have been designed to replicate those seen in real Queen concerts. Making the show extraordinarily authentic is the close consultation of Peter Freestone, Freddie’s best friend, biographer and constant companion for the final 12 years of his life.

ALL’S FAIR IN RECORD FAIRS

Samuel Marshall is a songwriter that has been sedulously working away in the outskirts of Hobart for the past few years.

He has fronted multiple outfits during this time, ranging from acoustic-pop through to tech-metal (Orin, Gnarwhale, Ropes, Hollow Vessels). This wide array of influences has found its way onto his latest album, Passed Me By, the first offering Samuel is set to release under his own name. Passed Me By began with Marshall sifting through hundreds of tidbit ideas and phone memos, choosing those of which had a spark and spending the following months fleshing them out into complete songs. The ten tracks cover themes of identity, lust and existence and musically traverses landscapes ranging from heavy rock and dark pulsating electro through to abstract acapella, 8-bit/acoustic and pop-funk numbers Sam will launch his album at The Grand Poobah on Friday, August 11, supported

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MAGICAL QUEENS The ultimate Queen tribute show, Queen: It’s A Kinda Magic, will be performed at the Derwent Entertainment Centre on Saturday August 12, and the Princess Theatre in Launceston on Monday August 14 as part of a 15-stop nationwide tour.

The show recreates Queen’s 1986 World Tour concert and features the band’s greatest hits performed live, along with a few obscure tracks that die-hard fans will truly appreciate. It’s huge success has been attributed to its attention to detail; everything from the costumes,

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Who doesn’t love actual, vinyl records?

Everyone does. Old fogeys do, young hipsters do, the umm.. other people do, too, I guess. On Saturday August 19 in the Barrel Room at Saint John Craft Beer in Launceston, there’ll be a good old fashioned Record Fair! 1000’s of quality records from locals, interstate sellers, private collectors and record stores, and it all kicks off at 2pm. You can even spin a few tunes of your own in the BYO Vinyl DJ Sessions! Hobart isn’t missing out, though! It’ll be happening all over again the following day in the Beer Garden at The Republic Bar and Café. For more info, hit up Facebook and search for Record Fair.

On Sunday August 20, the 2nd annual Hobart Reclink Community Cup will be fought out between the Van Diemen Dogs and the Ramonas at Queenborough oval, Sandy Bay. Gear up in your team colours and come on down for a fun family day out, with live music, children’s activities, food and beverage stalls and, of course, the big match between Hobart’s music and community radio icons. With the original Reclink Community Cup in Melbourne undoubtedly one of the most anticipated events on the football, music and charity calendars – Hobart Reclink Community Cup will be sure to follow suit with stellar lineups for entertainment, players, and personnel coming soon. The Reclink Community Cup celebrates Australia’s dynamic music and community broadcasting sectors all whilst raising funds to help Reclink Australia provide sporting and art opportunities for disadvantaged Australians - www. communitycup.com.au.

CIDER AND STRINGS Out of the concert hall and into the cider house. The strings of the TSO perform Piazolla’s tango-inspired Four Seasons of Buenos Aires and Corelli’s searingly beautiful Christmas Concerto. After sellout performances in Hobart, TSO Live

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RED HOT BLUES The Keith Hall Blues Band has played all across Australia, bringing their unique style to stages wide and far. On Friday August 25 they’ll be bringing their inimitable selves to the stage at The Duke in Hobart. Keith will be featuring his absolutely rocking new album The Thrill with his fantastic 6 piece band and special guest, our own Kartika Franks.

On the eve of Cool August Blues and Hot August Jazz, kick your musical weekend off the right way at The Duke! Tickets are $20 pre-sale to reserve for dinner or for the show only at the door on the night!

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Sessions come to Willie Smith’s Apple Shed. Grab a Cider. Drink in the Music. Do it all on Saturday August 19. Starting at 8pm (doors open at 6:30pm), there will be food trucks, cider and apple pie on site.

Tickets are $30 and are available via the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra website www.tso.com.au/concerts/livesessions/.

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OVER THE CROON Lock up your mums, the boys are back in town with a third brand new Big Band Show! Coinciding with the launch of their debut album of live recordings from past shows, this year’s show is bigger, brighter and “Croonier” than ever. CROON are backed by the sensational Matthew Ives and his Big Band, and now flanked by six gorgeously talented Croonette dancers.

You’ll be transported from the humble streets of Hobart to the bright lights of Hollywood via Las Vegas and Broadway.

More swooning, more crooning and more dancing, it’s a show like no other. With special guest star performances each night, Hollywood to Broadway promises something for everyone no matter what your age or fancy. Don’t miss it. Featuring Andrew Colrain, Colin Dean and John X, and special guests including Di Richards and Nicole Farrow, tickets are available now from theatreroyal.com.au.

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Fresh from a 15 date European tour supporting Xavier Rudd, and on the eve of a run of dates with Josh Pyke, Kyle Lionhart announces his biggest headline tour to do date to promote his new EP Eleven and Two. Kyle’s organic fanbase continues to swell on the strength of his captivating live performances and solid set of self described ‘sad folk bangers’.

Hailing from NSW’s Byron Bay, Kyle Lionhart was a standout busker on the streets of the surf town, and quickly built his reputation from playing on the pathways to playing alongside some of the best in Bluesfest and Splendour in the Grass. Tasmanian gigs alongside Josh Pyke include Launceston Country Club on Friday August 25, and at Wrest Point Casino on Saturday August 26.

Or to catch a bit of solo action, he’ll be at The Bridge Hotel in Forth on Friday

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In a statement recently issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Bulie Jishop announced that “After a series of high level talks and hundreds of Diplomatic Cables, we can confirm Client Liaison will be flying the Australian flag overseas in what is their first World Tour.”

Celebrating the international release of their critically acclaimed debut album Diplomatic Immunity, the ‘A Foreign Affair World Tour’ will reward audiences with Client Liaison’s biggest production yet.

But before the jet-setting, globetrotting megastars head off overseas, they’ll be heading around Australia, giving us a sneak peak of what the rest of the world can expect. They’ll be playing one show only in Tasmania, and it’ll be at The Odeon Theatre in Hobart on Saturday September 2. Tickets available via Oztix.

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Tickets for both gigs are available now via www.musicglue.com/boo-seeka/tour.

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Triple j’s journalist extraordinaire, Tom Tilley is back in Hobart for the start of September on tour with the best dressed guys in the business Client Liaison.

After playing a mean bass guitar for the boys at the Odeon, Tom will pack his usb and swing over to the Grand Poobah to keep the party going. With after parties happening at both the Odeon and Poohbah following the Client Liaison show, make sure you write off any Sunday lunches with the family. Entry for the Poobah with Tom Tilley is $15 + b/f from www.moshtix. com.au, while the after party in the Odeon with special guests will be free entry.

The ever adventuring Naoko-powered wonderbeast of Japanese sugar coated rockin’ fun Shonen Knife return o Australia for the fourth time in 30 years since their debut visit to this far away land on the Big Day Out back in 1997, where they also played a string of shows together with Rocket from The Crypt. Now travelling in their 36th year of being, nearing on 1200 shows and 18 studio albums, they never tire of the energetic rock’ n’ round! With original member Atsuko back on the bass, joining Naoko and latest drummer Risa, after the past year touring latest album Adventure through Japan, UK, Ireland, US and Canada, they finally venture this way again! You’ll be able to see them at The Republic Bar & Café in Hobart on Saturday September 30, with support from Babylon Howl.

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All roads lead to the Junction next month, with the Launceston festival taking over Prince’s Square and fanning across the city from September 6 – 10.

Spanning across music, visual arts and performance, this year’s event will focus on Tasmania’s homegrown artists. For tickets and more program information head to the festival website www,junctionartsfestival.com.au.

Tasmania has become home to a bunch of unique cultural events in the Australian arts and music calender and as well as plenty of associated acronyms. Mofos are now a common fixture in the streets of Hobart and are even being sighted as far as Launceston. They have now been joined by Fopos, that particular breed of music lover that has a love for folk punk music, who will be descending on Hobart in October for their own music festival, HOBOFOPO. There will be seven gigs over four days with 30 folkpunk acts from all around Australia plus American act AJJ (formely known as the Andrew Jackson Jihad), occurring in and around Hobart over October 5 – 8.

Keep up to date on Fopo happenings at www.facebook.com/hobofopo.

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All aboard the musical express, as British India travels 35 spots across the country in support of their sixth studio album, Forgetting The Future, released on September 22 on Liberation Records.

What’s different this time round is for the first time for the band to work with an external producer in the form of Holy Holy’s Oscar Dawson. “We were tapping into the same ferocity you feel when you first start writing songs,” vocalist Declan Melia says. “Just going for it, getting songs out without overthinking them, fast and hard. The way I see it, the sound is futuristic but it’s still raw.” See the Indian express train rocket through Tasmania on Friday October 6 at The Republic Bar in Hobart and Saturday October 7 at Club 54 in Launceston.

The Angels are back with a new album Brothers, Angels & Demons. Forty years on from the release of their self-titled debut The Angels, the band has proven to be one of the most enduring hard rock acts in the Australian music scene. One reason for their longevity has been doing what they do best - playing live and to prove the point they will be touring the album around the country in the coming months. Tasmanians will have two opportunities to see the band showcase their classic hits mixed with new material and rarities when they play The Country Club in Launceston on Friday November 3, followed by Wrest Point on Saturday November 4. Tickets from www.tixtas. com.au.

SILVER SCREEN STRINGS Music and the movies have always gone together. Intergalactic battles, pirate ships storming the high seas and ferocious games of Quidditch are fine enough on their own, but sound a whole lot better when there’s an orchestra giving them a bit of extra oomph. And what’s a love scene without romantic strings surging in the background? Music fires up your imagination, takes you into the action and unleashes your sympathies.

On Thursday September 7 at Federation Concert Hall in Hobart, the TSO will be performing some of their favourites, and some of the most memorable pieces from films such as Star Wars, Jaws, Chariots of Fire, Out of Africa, Thunderbirds, Pirates of the Carribean, Spiderman, Superman, and many, many more.

In celebration of their highly anticipated album Never Too Soon, bonafide touring veterans Boo Seeka have announced a series of national tour dates. Kicking off in Sydney in early October, the tour will hit 15 cities across Australia and will also mark the band’s first ever New Zealand appearances. Eager fans will have the chance to experience the band’s fresh sound live in action, including latest single ‘Turn Up Your Light’. There are two stops in Tasmania. On Friday November

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STILL CALL AUSTRALIA HOME A NEW SOUTH WELSHMAN BY BIRTH, ALT-FOLKSTER KIM CHURCHILL HAS SINCE BECOME A TRAVELLING BARD, HEADING OUT ON LONG TOURS, BOTH NATIONALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY, TO PROMOTE HIS WARES. HIS LATEST ALBUM, WEIGHT_FALLS IS OUT AUGUST 25 AND WILL BE QUICKLY FOLLOWED BY A HUGE AUSSIE TOUR. AND THEN, WHO KNOWS? ONE THING IS FOR SURE, HE WON’T BE MOVING ABROAD.

“I love travelling and I love exploring the world” Churchill says. “I’ve had amazing times in Canada and Europe, but the more I see of the world, the more I realise how beautiful Australia is. These days, the longer I’m away, the more excited I am to come home, to explore the nooks and crannies of the East and West coasts, and Tassie, it’s all exciting now. I can’t imagine myself ever relocating.”

“I was quite lucky being a soloist for the first six, seven, years; I made enough money busking for international tours. A sense of adventure got me over to those places...I definitely feel that pull.

I love going there, but I’ll always love coming back to Australia. It may be a small piece of the pie, but it’s home. What I learn from the intense years of travelling is that that sense of home is important. You start to get a bit wayward and lose track a bit if you don’t have somewhere to anchor to. There’s a good deal of touring to do in Australia, it’s a nice market, I love touring Australia. We have Triple j, who give us great support, help us build a show that will compete internationally. Even as an industry, albeit a small one, it’s quite a powerful industry.”

Churchill’s more recent output has been of a decidedly less strictly folk flavour than, say, 2014’s Silence/Win album; he explains that it was an arduous yet ultimately rewarding process creating this new album, and the new sounds that came along with it.

“Since the last album- I toured that for a long time, eighteen months to two years- I started working on an album where I did consciously

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move into an area that was a bit darker, more of an electronic influence. I worked very hard on that album for about eighteen months, got all the way to mastering, spent a huge amount of money and time on it...before deciding to push it aside and start from scratch. The issue was that I was trying to push my sound in a direction; it works when it’s an inspiration thing, you just do it because it feels natural, it’s where your muse is trying to take you, as opposed to a conscious move.”

“What I did after that was, basically, my record label said I should remix the album, but with the money I realised I could just record a new album. I said: ‘I’ll have the album for you in a week’. I wrote all these new songs. I sort of, in this week, became very, very inspired by Garage Band: I’d never used anything digitial like that, chopping up guitar parts, all of that allowed me to write songs in a different way. Layers of vocal harmonies and drums. Creating the whole world myself, digitally maneuvered. It was written in a week, it happened very fast and frenetic.”

“The direction changed more than I ever could have come up with myself. I was doing sixteen-hour days; occasionally in your life, you

have these moments where you understand everything, just for a little bit. I was trying to make the album something it wasn’t. It was incredibly liberating, I sat down to write and they came so quickly, they were honest and true and fun.”

This might make Churchill sound like a madcap perfectionist, but he insists it comes in waves.

“I seem to oscillate between a perfectionist and whatever the converse is (laughs).” he explains. “I consider myself an over-thinker, that’s a dangerous trait to have. The anxiety of perfectionism can be quite dangerous. With Weight_Falls, I was putting that anxious side of it down, just being confident and not worrying, it’s nice to connect with that sometimes.”

Even after the dizzying tour ahead of him, Churchill makes no promises of laurel-resting.

“I was in the studio just last week laying down some new songs! The album I scrapped, I might return to that. For me, I like to pretty much be constantly busy. I like to continue to work and make music and continue to write, especially.

I dont think I’ll have a break...maybe a week or two….(laughs)” LISA DIB

Kim Churchill plays Friday October 6 at the Waratah Hotel in Hobart and Saturday October 7 at the Royal Oak Hotel in Launceston. Weight_Falls is out August 25.

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words and the melodies and then Oscar and I do it all from there.’

ALI BARTER HAS QUICKLY MADE A NAME FOR HERSELF AFTER THE SUCCESS OF HER DEBUT ALBUM A SUITABLE GIRL. I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO SIT DOWN WITH ALI TO CHAT ALL ABOUT HER TOUR, INSPIRATIONS AND BEING A FEMALE MUSICIAN IN MAN’S WORLD. Ali Barter has been in the game for a minute, after releasing her debut EP Trip, Barter won triple J’s unearthed competition in 2013. Since then Barter has been producing and refining her sound, releasing several magical EPS including Community in 2014 and AB/EP in 2015. Barter is no stranger to the Australian music scene and continues to bless us with beautiful vocals and songs. It has been a busy year for Barter, with a series of successful headlining gigs throughout April and May. Now Barter has announced a second tour for this year, including a Hobart show this time around!

Earlier this year Barter released her debut album A Suitable Girl, which has quickly gained positive acclaim and praise. Barter says that this album was created in much the same way as previous Eps with Holy Holy’s Oscar Dawson, however she was lucky enough to collaborative with a number of other incredible artists.

‘I wrote a few of the songs overseas with other writers and then I did a couple by myself and did some collaboration with Australian artists like Bertie Blackman. Basically, what usually happens is that I record all my music with Oscar Dawson, so I bring all my music to him and we flesh it out. It’s kind of the same song writing process every time, I write the songs, the

The album is a homage to riot grrl bands of the 1990’s with soft yet powerful vocals contrasting with a grunge pop sound. Barter does not hold back with unapologetic lyrics and a raw reflection on how it feels to be a female in a man’s world. Although Barter’s reflect this view on society, she believes there has never been a better time to be a female in the music industry.

“I do believe that in the world we live in a man’s domain, but I also believe that that is changing. I’m on my way right now to go play an all-female festival so there’s heaps of us girls playing music. I think there are a lot of women playing music and it’s great. I think it’s a great time to be a woman in the music industry.”

It is not uncommon to hear about female musicians being forgotten when discussing music history, but when Ali Barter noticed that her University was not teaching her about any of the incredible female artists who have lived she took it upon herself to research them and so The History Grrls was born. Barter frequently makes posts on her social media accounts about various incredible female musicians to share with her followers. The posts are in-depth histories showcasing the incredible talents of a wide range of female musicians from Lauryn Hill to Annie Lennox. The series also has an accompanying Spotify playlist under the same name.

Barter also created a zine to accompany her debut album, showcasing even more of her inspirations. A zine is a handmade magazine and was a very popular way to spread the riot grrl manifesto of the 1990’s. Instead of a manifesto, Barter’s zine looks at other artists, books and numerous things that inspire Barter and her work.

“The History Grrls I started after I studied music at Uni and I realised six weeks into the course that we weren’t learning about any WOMEN. So I wanted to research female musicians for myself and then wanted to share it with people. So that’s why I started The History Grrls and as for the zines I wanted to do a little something to go with my album, just a little fun thing. So it’s kind of like a homemade zine about stuff that inspired the album and stuff that inspired me and other women who have inspired me!”

Barter has steadily been producing music for the past couple of years and doesn’t plan on stopping anytime soon! It’s a great time to be an Ali Barter fan as she plans to “be recording another album by the end of the year”.

Barter and crew will be playing at the Republic Bar in early September and it’s a real treat for Hobart fans since it has been sometime since Barter has played there. Ali ensures it will be a fun set and as always, a good time.

“Lots of fun! We are so excited to play Hobart because we didn’t get there on the last tour, we’ve never played a headline show there and it’s going to get super rowdy! We like to get rowdy so just come along and have a good time!”

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WANDERING STAR HE’S BEEN CHASED BY A NAKED MAN ON A SWEDISH STREET, ALMOST KILLED BY A HORSE, FALLEN DOWN STAIRCASES, THOUGHT HE WAS IN DENMARK WHEN HE WAS IN SWEDEN, FINED ON THE EURAIL AND ROCKED UP TO THE WRONG AIRPORT ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION. SO FAR HOBART TROUBADOUR JED APPLETON’S CAREER HAS TRAVERSED A STAGGERING ARRAY OF CONTINENTS, HEARTBREAKS AND MISADVENTURES AND HE’S ONLY JUST GETTING STARTED. Your music career started when you were super young, can you tell me a little bit about how growing up in small towns and playing in church bands progressed to such a prolific and conspicuously non religious solo career?

I think that playing in church for eight years definitely influenced me spiritually in the sense of making sure that everything I was singing was honest. Leaving the church was definitely a big change in my life. What was I gonna sing about now? And it lead obviously to travel and love and heartbreak and everything that comes with life.

To me that seems like a different sort of religion.

Heartbreak as a religion?

Heartbreak is a big part of it. Fortunately and unfortunately being a travelling full time musician kind of already does the work for you.

You don’t have to really search for the heartbreak or the love ‘cause you’re always out and about.

You don’t go in to relationships knowing that you’re gonna write about it but you end up doing it anyway.

You’ve just released your single ‘Love you like I do’ and you have this massive gig coming up on the 5th of August at the Peacock Theatre, then a one off show in Melbourne. Are we gonna hear some sneak previews of more new songs?

Yeah it’s gonna be broken up into three parts.

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we’ve been doing with the band with old and new songs but it’s a lot bigger and I get to run around and jump up and down and be a goof ball.

You toured Europe relatively young for a solo performer, did you notice an evolution in your song writing on your return from Europe?

On the first European tour I did I actually picked up a Bob Dylan album for the first time and that definitely changed me. I had a lot of time to listen on the road and I did a lot of shows, playing in 3-4 bands a night and trying to write as well. It was so satisfying. I definitely felt older coming back. I was 17 and I’d just turned 18 on the flight back. I got stuck at a couple of airports, nearly killed by a horse, fell down a staircase, etc etc. Crazy stuff happened. It was great.

So is there a pull to Europe or do you think you’ll always base yourself in Tassie?

I don’t think I will. I’ll definitely retire here but I feel like I’m gonna spend the next 5-10 years touring and getting to know the world and living in different parts of it. Maybe falling in love in a different country and stay there.

If you’re lucky enough…

If I’m lucky enough yeah!

You released your self titled album in 2016 and said at the time that’d you also created two concept albums. This alludes to a large body of work floating around in your head. Anything special about to be set forth into the world?

Lately songs come to me on a day I have spare and if I start writing one song I’ll make sure that I keep writing a bunch of new ideas cause I know I’m in writing mode so I get four or five ideas for songs with a verse and chorus leave it for a day then come back, put it in the computer. Then I’ll make another verse and play the song in my head, then I record demos on my laptop and maybe take it into the studio to do other demos.

Sometimes I’ve been writing in the studio and sometimes just in my bed when I wake up with melodies in my head rather than playing guitar.

And poetry too.

Do you often start a song with a poem and draw the melody around the prose?

Sometimes, probably a fifth of the songs I write begin as poetry and the other ones would be spontaneous. They come out in five or ten minutes- real quick. And some I’ll work on for a couple of days and if that’s not done then I just leave it because I don’t think it’s right.

What would you like to see more of in the music world?

I would love to see more brave honesty. When I listen to music, I wanna hear someone telling me something with a lot of passion. I don’t see a whole lot of passion in a lot of live music these days either ‘cause I feel like a lot of people are trying to be cool or trendy. And every time I’ve been onstage feeling cool or trendy I’ll look at myself later and think that’s ridonculous. Just be yourself y’know. That’s the most rewarding show you can ever do.

I started writing again just as I was recording the 2016 album and since then I’ve recorded and written so much material. An album’s such a big thing to release these days so I need to go step by step and make sure it’s right. I feel like at the end of this year I’ll start looking releasing an album next year. Hopefully if industry allows I’ll do a triple album cause I’ve got so much material I wanna get out.

And what would you like to see less of in the music world?

How does the writing process unfold for you?

‘Love you like’ I do is out now.

Less pointless talk I guess. Less ramble about doofing in clubs. Essentially I’d like to see less bad songwriting. [laughs] AMANDA VAN ELK

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DESERT SONG WANDERER MARK OLSON, FORMER FOUNDING MEMBER OF ALT COUNTRY LEGENDS THE JAYHAWKS SPEAKS WITH AMANDA VAN ELK ABOUT LIVING IN THE ISOLATION OF A CALIFORNIAN DESERT COMMUNITY AND HOW A UNIQUE RECORDING TECHNIQUE HELPED PUT THE HUMAN SPIRIT BACK INTO THE RECORDING PROCESS ON ‘SPOKESWOMAN OF THE BRIGHT SUN’.

Can you tell me a little about the inspiration behind the title of your 4th solo album ‘Spokeswoman of the Bright Sun’?

Once I dreamed that my grandmother was speaking to me in the Irish language. She grew up outside of Yankton, South Dakota and memorised poems out of monthly magazines.

She had a saying “’From here to Cahersiveen’. I think her mother grew up outside of that town.

So it’s possible she spoke Irish and it was a cross generational dream. That’s what I think a Spokeswoman would do, who speaks a language of the bright sun. Offer up tidbits of information about what’s important about your lifetime and your relatives from different generations.

You’re just about to release your album on the 25th of August and you’ve got an extensive European/Australasian tour coming up after that. Do you tend to write more or less while you’re travelling and do different landscapes inspire you in different ways?

I have to say that writing while on tour for me is only about taking impressions in the mind and trying to keep them there for later. In the past I tried to do everything all the time but now the

music business is, in many ways a ‘do it yourself’ affair. It’s better to focus on each task at hand, one step at a time. I really like to travel and someday hope to live abroad for a period of time.

Tell me a little bit about why you’ve chosen the European/Australasian areas for this tour rather than touring the US first?

This is matter of opportunity. A booking agent from Australia contacted me and so we set our sights on doing something in connection with a new release I was working on. I think Ingunn and I are a good fit for the Southern Hemisphere, we were married in South Africa. We’ve played in Australia before and had a great time and some memorable gigs, including one in Adelaide. In Europe I’ve made a number of albums for the German label Glitterhouse. I really like their mode of operation. They are much more of a group/communal type of organisation than an American label normally is. So I’ve been working in Europe for many years, have many friends and contacts there and Ingunn is European. We’re doing a tour in the US starting in November. We are happy to be working with a great distributor there and are going to do record stores, radio and open venues. The US music business has

gatekeepers posted at the PR promotions level and the booking agent level features guard posts and now after a few trail runs I have gained access to the inner circle. The act of writing music and developing a new sound with your spouse vs the organising firms that run the capital based music business have no earthly relation to one another. Doing music for the sake of art means you have to search out and find another way.

What inspired you go ahead with recording the entire album with the Nagra field recorder and how did that change the recording process for you?

Nagra field recorders have great pre- amps.

So with that you can record a very modern, clean sounding album. You just need a good microphone. In California you can rent good 1960’s microphones near the Burbank Airport!

So that is what I did. You can move the recorder to a new place everyday or hour… even outside.

This is very good for mental reasoning and just the good clean fun factor. The main feature is that you can not overdub. Every track on this album is a complete performance. No ProTools editing. All vocals and guitars are complete performances. This puts the human spirit back into the music and takes the computer editing voodoo out! There is a noticeable difference when you work hard to get a complete performance track versus cutting and pasting things together. The music breathes and is not focused on digital perfection, but beauty in a natural way.

You’ve said this album is an album that ‘sounds like you’re alone in the desert’ but to me there’s also a sense of community connection and contentment. Would you say perhaps this is a result of collaborating with Ingunn in music and in life?

People who live in the California desert get isolated in their cabins and spend a lot of time alone. When they actually manage to find other people and present themselves at some social event they talk too much! This is the case with yours truly. My father died when I was young and I shipped out to a Grandmother. I went around high school and early college never really speaking to anyone but studying foreign languages and music so I was trying to find my mode of speaking. I started a band in my 20’s and had some self important business types take it out for a test drive, find out they liked it and turning to deal with me unleashed a bunch of dodgy paperwork and formaldehyde stinking suit coats on my sorry songwriting head. They got the best of me with their knowledge of this type of scam, they were practiced in scams and speaking in meaningless anti-truths. I was practiced with a canoe in Minnesota, working minimum wage jobs and thinking of lyrics with my guitar. I got real quiet and isolated for most of my life over these experiences. But when I wandered into town from the desert with a Nagra recorder under my arm and a woman that was born with a natural gift for harmonic music and she had love for me, I started talking a lot!

I developed motor mouth and I began to people my songs with community and contentment and joy and laughter and family meals on the front lawn and well houses delivering clean water.

I lived in my songs and I wrote them and Ingunn definitely has helped me to do it.

Amanda Van Elk

Mark Olson plays Shambles Brewery, Hobart on September 8. Tickets available from www.moshtix.

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FIERCE TRUTH. SHIFTING DARKNESS. THE LIVE PERFORMANCES OF TASMANIAN DARK AMBIENT TRIO OMAHARA ARE SOMEWHAT LEGENDARY IN SCOPE, INVOLVING A DEDICATED AND DIVERSE CULT FOLLOWING, A SERIES OF OBSCURE LOCATIONS AND AN INTUITIVE IMPROVISED APPROACH TO PERFORMING THEIR OWN ORIGINAL SCORES. ON THE VERGE OF THE RELEASE OF THEIR SELF TITLED SECOND ALBUM, RYAN LYNCH SPOKE ABOUT THE CREATIVE INFLUENCE OF GEOGRAPHY, THE SUBTLETIES OF BAND CHEMISTRY AND WHY OMAHARA MAINTAIN THE RIGHT TO BREAK THEIR OWN COMPOSITIONAL RULES.

As an ambient trio founded in Hobart, how much do you feel that the geography and the climate inform the way Omahara approach writing?

A lot. Definitely. The recording of the new album happened in an old sandstone building in the domain that has no windows and no heating and about two power points. It’s an old gunpowder storage facility from servicing the cannons which were used to defend the city. We recorded over two and a half days in the middle of winter and it was freezing cold as you would imagine, so I think that you can definitely kind of hear that sort of coldness in the recordings.

a psychological landscape into what creates the sounds of the music, so when we perform I stare at the ground for a third of the set and have my eyes closed for the other two-thirds.

So it’s almost meditative?

Yes and it’s always different so we have pieces of music that we write but they’ll never be performed the same way twice. They’re written to an extent but they’re also structures that can be destroyed at any moment. We have the freedom to explore the pieces live and they change depending on where we are and who’s there, what each individual is feeling and what’s going on with us at the time. We’re very close. It took a long time to find the sound of the band from the first day we started going “Ok we’re going to start this project.” It was another two years until we actually performed. It was just a matter of nutting out ‘Who are we?’ and ‘What do we sound like?’ and ‘How does it work?’ So you have to be very comfortable with each other for that to work and for you to feel comfortable basically bearing your soul. One of us will look at the other one and raise an eyebrow in a certain direction to a slight degree and you know what that means in terms of what has to happen musically.

That’s actually very exciting for an audience to watch as well. You guys don’t have any issues with pulling audiences either. For such an obscure genre really, in such a remote area you don’t have any issues with that and I think that kind of chemistry is testament to that success.

I think it’s more about the landscape not so much the change of the seasons themselves.

I think it’s more of a kind of reflection of the land that we live on rather than the weather conditions that come with it… But I guess you know, the constant moments of calm and then the sudden storms of weather or noise…that’s definitely a big part of it.

Yeah and I think a lot of it is actually just friendship. I couldn’t imagine being in a band where you don’t have that friendship because you spend so much time together. Even when we don’t even really perform live that often I guess. So when we do and people show up it’s really astounding because we don’t make it easy for people. We play outside and run our gear off generators and make people drive to some weird location where there’s not usually a gig so yeah, when people actually attend it’s like ‘Wow you’ve jumped through all the hoops to get here!”

Is there a particular art form that inspires your musical compositions? Do you find inspiration in novels, visual art or theatre?

Yeah but maybe people are also getting bored of the traditional gig set up these days. Maybe people are looking for something unexpected?

No not really, I think for me personally (and I think it’s pretty equally true for the other members of the band) what creates the music is coming from an internal place. We’re projecting

Yeah well that’s a really big priority for me because it’s kind of like if you come to one show, and then you come to a second it’ll be a completely different thing. You won’t hear the

Did the Tasmanian seasons in general also influence your song writing?

same song twice, you should never see the same show twice because it has to be unique to that environment and those people and everyone who shares it at that time and then that moment’s gone. And then it never happens again. That’s what makes it authentic I suppose.

You’re about to release your self titled second album - a double vinyl. Without giving the mystery away can you give us any indication of the thematics, the tone or the direction of your second album?

Wow OK, well you’ll need a comfortable seat because it’s over an hour’s worth of material.

You need to bring your own heating pads for your hands?

No because we’ll warm you with a nice hug that comes from the speaker. That’s what I would like to think happens but that might not actually be true. I think musically it’s a sound that’s recognisable and it’s still obviously us but probably the way that it differs from the first album is that it’s a little bit more sure of itself, of this entity that we are, where each of us individually don’t exist it’s just like this other being. We feel it’s ok to extend a very quiet passage of music and do that for as long as we want and feel comfortable with it. I think it’s also a bit more fierce in places too.

Can you put your finger on why that came through with this album?

No that’s the thing, because I only know the certain pieces of music that I’ve written and I’ve contributed pieces to in terms of the overall score. I know what that means to me and it’s usually something quite personal. But with the other people I don’t know what’s influencing them on a personal level so it’s kind of this weird thing where you’re pouring your heart out behind a double mirror. It’s kind of like charades on a foggy mountain and everyone’s beyond the horizon line.

AMANDA VAN ELK

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BLOW YOUR HORN MARAIKA SMIT HAS BEEN NAMED THE TASMANIAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA’S NEW RISING STAR. THE YOUNG HORN PLAYER FIRST PICKED UP THE INSTRUMENT AT 14 WHILE A STUDENT AT TAROONAH HIGH SCHOOL. SHE HAS SINCE JOINED THE RANKS FOR GIGS WITH THE TASMANIAN YOUTH ORCHESTRA, HOBART CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, TASMANIAN THEATRE COMPANY, AND AUSTRALIAN INTERNATIONAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA INSTITUTE. THE MUSO IS IN HER THIRD YEAR OF A BACHELOR OF MUSIC AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA, AND WILL PERFORM WITH THE TSO ON AUGUST 24.

You started playing horn when you were 14. What drew you to this instrument above others?

AISOI was by far my most memorable musical experience: to play such amazing repertoire, like Strauss’ Alpine Symphony and The Rite of Spring, with so many talented musicians from all around Australia doesn’t happen very often in Tasmania. I think to be successful as a young musician in Tasmania, you have to be willing to play in anything and take every opportunity you can find, although like anything hard work and dedication always pays off.

What’s been the toughest challenge in your musical career so far?

I have only been playing for seven years, so my musical career has been quite short. However, I find dealing with self-doubt and persevering through times when it feels as if you are achieving nothing is always quite difficult.

The first time I saw or heard a Horn was when I was 11 at one of TSO’s kids’ concerts. It must have made an impression, because when I was asked what instrument I wanted to play in grade 7, I asked to play the horn but was told it was too hard so I was given a trombone!

Where would you like your TSO Rising Star experience to help propel you into the future? What are your goals?

After a year, I still wanted to play the horn so I switched over. I love its unusual shape and the vast variety of tone colours.

I’m incredibly excited to play Mozart’s fourth horn concerto with the TSO! I’m hoping this experience will help me gain greater confidence in performing, and become better acquainted with the processes involved when a soloist performs with professional orchestras.

Having studied lessons with TSO horn player Roger Jackson already, what impression do you have of what it’s like to play inside an orchestra?

My dream is to become a professional horn player, but for now my main goal is to love playing my horn and see where it takes me.

Having lessons with Roger and Geoff Lierse at TSO has given me a wonderful impression of what it’s like to play in an orchestra. The TSO always has a positive friendly atmosphere. It will be amazing to play music with so many amazing musicians.

What advice would you give to other young musos looking to enter this competition, or similar competitions?

Well, you have to be in it to win it! Other than that, just enjoy playing the music rather than focusing on technical details and the competitive aspect.

What have you felt is required of you as a young musician in order to succeed in Tasmania?

STEPHANIE ESLAKE

Being a young musician in Tasmania can often feel quite limiting, as we often don’t have enough young musicians to play in full orchestras or complete ensembles. TYO, however, does a great job in bringing together many of our young musicians and I found it incredibly beneficial in becoming familiar with standard orchestra repertoire.

YOU GIVE ME FEVER “I STARTED UBER DRIVING FOR A WHILE. I WOULD COME HOME AFTER EACH SHIFT AND WRITE DOWN EVERYONE’S STORIES. I’VE STILL GOT ALL THE NOTES. I MET SOME AWESOME PEOPLE BUT NOTHING CAME FROM IT, SONGWISE. IT WAS ALL PART OF THE PROCESS OF GETTING OUT OF MY OWN HEAD.”

See Maraika Smit perform as part of the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra in The Snowman, 6pm August 24. Tickets available from www.tso.com.au.

Lincoln le Fevre took a lot of different steps to get the creative juices flowing again after a movie from Tassie to Melbourne in 2014. After his last album with band The Insiders- 2012’s Resonation- the self-professed ‘emo country’ muso tried to get out of a creative funk he’d found himself in.

“I felt really stagnant a few years ago. I was just playing the same songs all the time, wasn’t writing much, and it was bumming me out.” he says. “I was frustrated at not being able to get something out quicker. I moved two years after [Resonation] came out; I was doing more

solo stuff, finding my seat over here and working, bits and pieces. I stopped listening to other people and their stories and had nothing to say, which fed a little spiral, and it took a while to get back into a rhythm and pay attention to other people’s stories.”

Le Fevre explains how new record Come Undone- out now- was grown from a seed of a gritty track he created some time ago.

“I had this one song I’d written years ago, while I was in Hobart, called Newcastle, and I knew there was something good about it, I knew I wanted to write a record that that would fit on. It’s the darkest, heaviest song that we’ve done and that got me going again. Trying to write darker, more rock and roll album.”

The album’s singles- Undone and Useless Shit- Although he admits the term ‘emo country’ was written a sort of gag, a discussion of the benefits of sadder music and current mainstream deviations towards more upbeat numbers naturally ensues.

“The term [emo] came out of hardcore, and it was a move away from pointless anger to more self-reflective punk music. What were living in now, there’s not a lot of emotional depths. There’s a lot of pastiche, party music...I dunno if it’s just not the time, people don’t wanna reflect on their own emotions.”

“Sad music can definitely help.” he says. “I worry about people that don’t allow themselves to be sad, what shit is going on underneath the surface that they’re not dealing with? That’s what worries me. It’s healthy to experience a balance of emotions. One of my favourite bands is the now-defunct band from Brisbane called Arrows, and their last EP, I put that on and I know it’s gonna destroy me but I love it.”

LISA DIB

Lincoln le Fevre and The Insiders play Friday August 25 at The Republic Bar in Hobart and August 26 at The Royal Oak Hotel in Launceston. Come Undone is out now on Poison City Records.

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BEAKER STREET

HOBARTIANS, IT’S SCIENCE TIME. THE TASMANIAN MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY IS TEAMING UP WITH BEAKER STREET TO HOST A FESTIVAL OF DISCOVERY, EXPLORATION, DRINKS AND LIVE MUSIC. SO HEAD ON DOWN TO BEAKERSTREET@TMAG FROM AUGUST 18-20, BECAUSE THERE’S PLENTY IN (THE BOND) STORE AT TASSIE’S HOTTEST POP-UP SCIENCE BAR. HERE ARE SOME HIGHLIGHTS.

LIVE MUSIC Did you read last month’s Warp? If so, you’d have caught Christopher Leon – a pioneer in music technology who will give a workshop on the science of sound (6.15pm, 18 August) followed by a DJ set of original electronic tracks (9pm) in the museum’s Bond Store Basement. And if this leaves you hungry for more, you can catch some impressive acts in the Beaker Street lineup including Kat Edwards (3pm, 20 August), Tim Davies (5pm), Emily Sheppard (3pm), Mouldy Fig (8pm, 19 August) and others.

UNDERSTANDING ART Meet art specialist John Kean, whose impressive career has seen him work in major roles in Papunya Tula Artists Pty Ltd, Tandanya: the National Aboriginal Cultural Institute, Fremantle Arts Centre, and Museum Victoria (and if that’s not enough, he’s also studying a PhD in Art History at the University of Melbourne). He’ll take you through the deeper meaning of fire depicted in paintings by Johnny Warangula Tjupurrula and Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri (6.15pm, August 19).

LET’S TALK ABOUT TALK Keen to learn how we talk about science? Listen to talks and workshops hosted by experts.

In Science vs Journalism (4pm, August 20), scientist John Church and journalist Adam Morton will put their heads together and show us how we should communicate science in today’s media landscape. In a similar spirit, shark scientist and entrepreneur tells us how to hunt for facts in a “post-truth” world (7.30pm, August 18).

HORNY (AND THORNY) TMAG is about to get all hot ‘n’ bothered with a series of events about the mysteries of sex.

UNSW Professor Rob Brooks, author of Sex, Genes & Rock ‘n’ Roll will answer: ‘Why is sex so complicated?’ (8pm, 19 August). ABC Gardening Australia host Costa Georgiadis will discuss ‘Sex and sensuality in the garden’ (8pm, 18 August), and all the kinky things plants get up to in their reproductive lives. L’Oreal-UNESCO For Women in Science fellow Dr Angela Crean asks: ‘Only 5 per cent of an ejaculate is sperm. What’s the other 95 per cent for?’ (7.30pm, August 19).

RAISE YOUR GLASS The Hobart Brewing Company will introduce you to the science of beer - because there’s more to the beverage thank you might imagine.

You’ll learn some key brewing techniques and processes, and why it’s important to value local ingredients even if you do enjoy a good drink from across the continents. Oh, and you’ll get to taste some stuff, too (5pm, August 20).

STEPHANIE ESLAKE

Did this whet your appetite for some fine beer, good music, science and sound? Check out the full program at www.beakerstreet.com.au. See you there.

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PAIGE TURNER RUG UP YOUR HEADS, THERE STILL MANY REASONS TO HEAD OUT INTO THE WORLD OF BOOKS AND WRITING, EVEN AS WE WADE THROUGH THE DANKEST WINTER. one for poetry and one for short stories. Either 40 lines or between 1200- 1500 words and each of them on the theme ‘journeys’. To check the details and whether it’s a poem or story of 1500 words they seek head over to - http://www.swwtas.org At Private Gallery in Moonah, Sydney based artist MP Hopkins’ Collusion Personnel will bring together a number of text works. Using video, sound, drawing, objects and photography Hopkins rejigs, redacts and refocuses the language of social media, politics and advertising in odd ways. Hopkins will launch a new book of poetry Upright in the Field published

by Sydney based imprint Ruin Press - www.shop. ruinpress.com. A reading from the book will occur at the opening of the exhibition. From 4pm, August 5. www.privateprojects.net.

First up some good news. Ben Walter, writer of the lyric, poet and editor Seven Stories from the Dewhurst Jennings Institute, has been longlisted for The Lifted Brow & RMIT non/fictionLab Prize for Experimental Nonfiction for his work ‘Atlantic Minor’.

The Experimental Nonfiction Prize seeks to ‘unearth new, audacious, authentic and/or inauthentic voices’ from Australia and around the world. Almost 300 entries were received for the award. For more information about the award, click here - www. theliftedbrow.com. Announced September, in the next edition of the mag.

Important reading material announcement. The Van Diemonian War by Nick Brodie is being launched at Fullers on August 3. I’ll be in conversation with Nick about this book which brings to light an important new perspective on this history of Tasmania and one that goes where no one seems to have gone in the archives, places that have revealed active warfare, alongside details of campaigns and tactics. Nick’s research and work is increasingly recognised and the man can put a tale together too.

The Society of Women Writers, who meet on the first Monday of each month at the Launceston State Library are running two competitions at the moment,

PS can you tell I didn’t write that blurb? Phew.

Looking forward to checking it out.

Smoke One, a collection of international microfiction from Transportation Press was launched last month, a glorious intimate event in the swarthy surrounds of Hobart’s Quartermasters. The collection, which includes work from notable Tasmanian writers alongside randoms and respecteds from the mainland and around the world, is bound loose leaf a story a page is available via their website – www. transportationpress.bigcartel.com. All profits go back the writers. (Full disclosure, I’m the editor at Transportation Press). We are also delighted to be bringing the comp back again next year, again with the support of Fullers Bookshop.

The Story Island Project is exhibiting the outcome of their lovely, slow burn gathering of history, Stories of the Brooker Highway. These stories have been collected from and created by communities across Hobart’s northern suburbs during early 2017 and include creative works by students attending schools located along the Brooker Highway itself.

Stories of the Brooker Highway will be launched by Eileen Brooker at 1pm on Thursday August 24 at the Moonah Arts Centre.

Cut Commons is running a competition for young writers who are interested in classic music journalism. More information can be found at www.cutcommonmag.com/entries-open-2017cutcommon-young-writer-of-the-year-competition.

The State Cinema Bookshop is hosting Michael Holmes, author of Vanishing Towns, to launch his new book in the series. The launch will be on August 24 at 6pm and tickets are $5. Homes will be chatting with Warren Boyles, founding editor of Forty South. Check out www.statecinemabookstore.com.au. August 24 is also my little sister Pippy’s birthday - HAPPY BIRTHDAY PIPS. The Children’s Book Council of Tasmania are hosting a celebration dinner for the Book of the Year awards and the presentation of the Nan Chauncy award on August 18 at the Hobart Function Centre down at the docks in Hobart. Tickets are available here - www. cbcatas.org.

Poets and Painters is a wonderful partnering and in its most recent iteration, curators Carol Bett and Pete Hay teamed up with the Tasmanian Land Conservancy to host eighteen artists at the TLC’s Big Punchbowl Reserve on Tasmania’s east coast. This is the first time in the history of Poets and Painters that artists have been taken ‘on retreat’ into a natural area and the exhibition of the work will be on display at the Moonah Arts Centre until August 19. The accompanying book looks absolutely beautiful.

Poet Musing, aka Stephen Johnstone is hosting Poetry, Music and You, a Suicide Prevention event in Launceston on August 6 at the Greenwood Bar. There will be poetry and music and plenty of resources from Beyond Blue. For event information check out Poet Musing on FB and Beyond Blue - www. beyondblue.org.au.

Spaces on the Flit program are filling fast. If you’ve got something you’d like to share as part of this fringe lit festival happening September 6-10, touch base before August 15 – www.transportationpress. net/flit-fest/.

RACHEL EDWARDS

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BOOK REVIEW

THE MEMORY OF GENOCIDE IN TASMANIA, 1803 – 2013, SCARS ON THE ARCHIVE THE MEMORY OF GENOCIDE IN TASMANIA IS A DAUNTING, EXHAUSTING AND DEVASTATING BOOK THAT EXAMINES GENOCIDE AND MODERNITY AND THE ATTEMPT TO DESECRATE ABORIGINAL CULTURE IN TASMANIA. IT LOOKS AT THE DELUSIONS THAT HAVE LED GENERATIONS OF TASMANIANS TO CONSIDER THAT THE PALAWA PEOPLE WERE EXTINCT AND SHARPLY INTERROGATES HOW TASMANIANS INTERPRET THE ISLAND AND ITS MYRIAD CULTURES. The only thing this review can do though, is to skim the surface and to over-simply the hard wrought arguments. This book, as a result of the dense academic language, is destined for a small readership. Despite that, it is an incredibly important book.

It includes a consideration of Tasmania as a collective noun, a challenge to “imaginary imputations of islandness,” and a thorough exploration of the theories of genocide. There are moments of deliciously acerbic turns of phrase and it is shot through with profoundly detailed analysis. It is often the most difficult books that afford us the most change.

The author, Jesse Shipway, questions why we believe we should have a history that we should feel good about, he names Tasmanians as having an “exorbitant frontier privilege,” an “unjustified belief in our own innocence,” and a “a schmaltzy fondness for cozy smallness”. There are close readings of Richard Flanagan’s novel Gould’s Book of Fish, which he slices

through a Freudian filter, explaining how the novel echoes a move towards modernity. He challenges the notion of modernity as being endemic to larger, progressive cities and he closely examines the 1978 film, The Last Tasmanian. This is a film whose offense has rightly endured, as it conveys the archaic belief that there was no living aboriginal culture in Tasmania.

There is a rigorous intellectual debate around whether genocide occurred in Tasmania and much of this is around semantics and technical definitions. It is also the site of what appears to be an academic stoush, where Shipway takes on Henry Reynolds and Nicholas Clements and their interpretation of the history of this island and their claims that it was not genocide. While the extent of Reynold’s work is considered and lauded, there are some fairly acute barbs.

It is lamentable that we must have the conversations this book forces on us,

though it is necessary. Tasmanians must face the past to move on, and face it with a fearless and honest desire to probe and question. I also lament that this book is so densely theoretical and at times, difficult to read, as it is seminal. While it may be an insult to the author, I sincerely hope he can bring these deeply considered and researched notions to a more general readership, with the same succulent writing that often shines through.

Tasmanians still have a long journey ahead in terms of true reconciliation, especially with the incumbent generations of leaders having grown up being fed misinformation by the education department, heirs to a lazy acceptance of the 18th century historians who presented the traditional owners as past, whereas the reality is they have been present on this island for around 2000 generations.

RACHEL EDWARDS

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MERCHANT OF VENICE MORALITY, UGLINESS, DARKNESS, DISCRIMINATION, LOVE AND A HINT OF HUMOUR. WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU EXPECT FROM GOOD OL’ SHAKESPEARE? COME ON A JOURNEY WITH AUSTRALIAN THEATRE COMPANY BELL SHAKESPEARE AS THEY EMBARK ON THEIR NATIONAL TOUR OF THE MERCHANT OF VENICE, APPEARING AT THE THEATRE ROYAL IN HOBART FROM AUGUST 24-26.

“The most interesting thing about this play was looking at the darkness, looking at the oppression and the discrimination that existed in the world of Venice and realising how that resonated in relation to today,” says Director of The Merchant of Venice, Anne-Louise Sarks.

“The power of bringing a story that feels politically important to so many people is really wonderful,” she says.

Set in the bustling city of Venice, The Merchant of Venice tells the tale of two moneylenders, Shylock, a Jewish man and Antonio, who is a Christian. Shylock loans money to Antonio under the condition that if the loan goes unpaid, a pound of flesh will suffice as reimbursement. Antonio then loans the money to Bassanio, who uses it as part of his plan to win the heart of Portia in Belmont. When Antonio is unable to repay Shylock, things turn ugly. All the plot lines unite in a brutal and intense courtroom scene. Fingers are pointed at Shylock’s religion, which he is ultimately stripped of and everyone’s true colours are revealed. No one really wins in this play and there are no classic heroes.

Sounds complex, doesn’t it? The Merchant of Venice is a notoriously tricky Shakespearean play according to Sarks, but it is also one that mirrors contemporary social commentary.

Sarks hopes the performance will highlight the importance of empathy and will trigger audiences to ask difficult questions.

“In relation to the overt and sometimes very casual racism and discrimination that exists in our world. The more I thought about that, the more I felt that this story could be a really important story to tell.”

“Those are the types of things I really wanted to explore inside the work and to provoke conversation with our audience around those ideas of power and freedom and that sense of humanity inside all of us and the need for empathy.”

If you’ve never read or seen a Shakespearean play in action and are worried about understanding what’s going on, do not fear. This version of The Merchant of Venice is an open and welcoming experience, with a contemporary edge and rich storytelling.

“I’m really opposed to Shakespeare that feels elitist and is hard to access. I’m incredibly proud of how generous this production is and how clear the actors are in their storytelling.”

“The thing about watching Shakespeare is it’s about being affected by that language – it’s like reading poetry. It’s not always an intellectual experience. The best theatre is an all-consuming sensory experience and I think this play does that as well.”

Hundreds of years on, Shakespeare’s work continues to entertain and educate audiences with confronting themes and powerful language. Bell Shakespeare’s take on The Merchant of Venice will be no exception.

ZOEY COONEY

The Merchant Of Venice shows at the The Burnie Arts Centre on August 22 and the Theatre Royal on August 24-26. Tickets from the venues.

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South Bett Gallery August 11 – August 28 Speaking of History: A Reflection on the Language, Landscape and Objects of Our Culture. Julie Gough, Ingo Kleinert, Sue Lovegrove, James Taylor August 31 – September 18 Poets and Painters Colville Gallery August 11 Paul Snell August 13 Alan Young Handmark Gallery August 11 – September 4 New Works Inspired by ‘The Body’ - Katina Gavalas, Alex Pitt & Frances Watkins Despard Gallery July 26 – August 20 Black Prism - Jamin August 23 – September 17 Simon Cuthbert and Micheila Petersfield Salamanca Arts Centre Top Gallery August 7 – August 30 Home-Scapes II Sidespace Gallery July 28 – August 8 Out of Hand 2017: 2 years of Workshops & Travelling Exhibitions August 10 – August 13 Crossing the Divide: Homeward Bound August 16 – August 26 30:30 Vision: Think Beyond the Square: MAANZ Symposium Lightbox August 1 – August 31 Made In China Studio Gallery August 2 – August 30 Namesake – Cassie Sullivan Long Gallery August 16 – August 26 National Exhibition: MAANZ Symposium

Moonah Arts Centre August 24 – September 16 Stories from the Brooker Highway August 24 – September 16 Push, Pull, Press – Jennifer Marshall, Milan Milojevic, Dr Yvonne Rees-Pagh TMAG Until August 20 Winnie-The-Pooh and friends July 28 – November 5 The Derwent

NORTH Handmark Evandale July 2 – August 30 Works on Paper Exhibition – Handmark Artists Burnie Regional Gallery July 1 – August 13 ArtRage 2016 Selection August 19 – September 14 The Advocate Gift Devonport Regional Gallery July 15 – August 27 Past & Present Tense- 20 Years of the Robinson Collection Gallery Pejean August 9 – September 2 Cultural Protagonist – Kate Piekutowski Sawtooth FRONT GALLERY By a Thread - Brigitte Wolfe MIDDLE GALLERY Poolside - Monique Barnett PROJECT GALLERY Paintings by Elizabeth Barsham 2017 DARK SPACE GALLERY Baker, Miller, Pink - Spencer Reid GATEWAY SPACE Mangs of Launceston - Fakington Wilde

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Princess Theatre August 10 – August 12 Legends of Revue Rides Again!

Royal Oak August 18 Fresh Comedy – Steve Hughes Burnie Arts Centre August 10 Akmal - Transparent August 25 – August 26 Legends of Revue THEATRE Princess Theatre August 2 – August 5 In The Heights August 8 – August 10 The Addams Family August 14 Queen – It’s a Kinda Magic!

August 15 – August 16 Diary of a Wombat August 23 – August 26 The Wizard of Oz Burnie Arts Centre August 2 – August 3 Erth’s Prehistoric Aquarium August 22 The Merchant of Venice August 31 Grug and the Rainbow Devonport Entertainment Centre August 10 – August 12 The St BrendanShaw College Production of Oliver!

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Hobart Date

Venue

Acts / Start Time

Date

AUGUST Saturday

Sunday

5

6

Venue

Acts / Start Time

The Whaler

The Bootleg Gin Sluggers, Ruben Reeves Band 7:30pm

Willie Smith’s Apple Shed

Harry Edwards Trio 6pm

Wrest Point Showroom

Pete Murray Camacho Tour

Birdcage Bar

Jerome Hillier 9pm

Brisbane Hotel

Back Bar - Knife Hands + August Wolfbiter + Final Broadcast

Brisbane Hotel

Front Bar - Drop Legs

Cargo Bar

DJ Millhouse

Carlyle Hotel

Goodfellas

Birdcage Bar

Matt Edmunds 9pm

Brisbane Hotel

ALL AGES - CC Rocks

Brisbane Hotel

Back Bar - Sludko + Scoparia + Create The Crayon

Brisbane Hotel

Front Bar - The Cindy Witches + Church Mouse + Yoni & The Steamers

Cargo Bar

Just A Gent (SYD) Supported by DJ Rikin

Carlyle Hotel

Karaoke

Granada Tavern

Grinspoon + Hockey Dad

Grand Poobah

Maddy Jane, Carl Renshaw and Kat Edwards

Jack Greene

Tony & John Duo

Derwent Entertainment Centre

Queen - It’s a Kinda Magic!

Onyx

Sambo and Jimi 10pm

Federation Concert Hall

Carmen 7:30pm

Peacock Theatre

Jed Appleton Live at the Peacock Theatre

Grand Poobah

Republic Bar & Cafe

Nothin’ But a Glam Time - Glam Rock Tribute 10pm

The Sound Project: Joram Flynn (Melbourne), The Regulators (Melbourne), Fotti, OGP, SPICE, GypsyDj, Sam Price, George Finch & Jeremy Marshall

The Brunswick Hotel

Legally Blinde 7:30pm

Jack Greene

Matt & Abby

The Homestead

The Jamie Pregnell Quartet

Republic Bar & Cafe

Hobart Funk Collective 10pm

The Music Bar

Billy Whitton, Isaac Westwood, Bridget Pross 4:30pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Sticks & Kane 7:30pm

The Music Bar

Billy Whitton, Justin O’Garey 7:30pm

The Whaler

Jamie and the Petty Boys 9pm

The Whaler

Pete Cornelius 9pm

Waterman’s Beer Market

No Balance Required 9pm

Waterman’s Beer Market

Gabriele Dagrezio 9pm

Brisbane Hotel

Brissie Bingo

Todd McKenney & Georgie Parker

Cargo Bar

DJ Rikin

Wrest Point Entertainment Centre

Jack Greene

Tony Mak

Brisbane Hotel

Brissie Bingo DJ Rikin

Saturday

Sunday

12

13

Republic Bar & Cafe

Maestro Koko 8:30pm

Cargo Bar

Willie Smith’s Apple Shed

Craicpot 1pm

Jack Greene

Micheal Clennett The Great Anticipators 2:30pm Peter Hicks and the Blue Licks 8:30pm

Monday

7

Republic Bar & Cafe

Montz Matsumoto 8:30pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Tuesday

8

Republic Bar & Cafe

Ross Sermons 8:30pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

The Duke

Dukebox Jam Night

Monday

14

Republic Bar & Cafe

Quiz Night 8:15pm

The Homestead

Funky Bunch Trivia 7pm

Tuesday

15

Republic Bar & Cafe

Cody Gunton 8:30pm

Birdcage Bar

Rod Murray 8:30pm

The Homestead

Funky Bunch Trivia 7pm

Wednesday

16

Birdcage Bar

Billy and Aaron 8:30pm

Irish Murphy’s

Noteworthy: James Nutting, Cody Gunton, Sam Marshall 8pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

The Rants 8:30pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Isaac Westwood 7pm

The Duke

Duke Quiz

The Music Bar

Ella & Dan, No Felix 7pm

Birdcage Bar

Les Coqs 8:30pm

Cargo Bar

Micheal Clennett

Federation Concert Hall

Bach + The Frenchmen 7:30pm

Grand Poobah

Karaoke with Sean & Sam

Irish Murphy’s

Harry Edwards Trio 9pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Hui & The Muse 9pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Miss Jones Plays 6:30pm

The Duke

Jay Jerome

The Music Bar

Quiz Night 6:30pm

Waterman’s Beer Market

Unlocked 6pm

Birdcage Bar

Tim & Scott 9pm

Brisbane Hotel

Back Bar - Blind Man Death Stare (Vic) + Kill Dirty Youth (Vic) + Cashman + Speck

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

20

9

10

11

Irish Murphy’s

Noteworthy: Tim Fowkes, Matt Carter, Cas 8pm

Jack Greene

Tim Hibberd

Republic Bar & Cafe

Billy Whitton & Jamie Taylor 8:30pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Tony Mak 7pm

The Duke

Duke Quiz

The Homestead

Crystal Sky 8:30pm

Birdcage Bar

Jane & Harry 8:30pm

Cargo Bar

Micheal Clennett

Grand Poobah

Karaoke with Soft Cat & Sam

Irish Murphy’s

The Vandals 9pm

Jack Greene

Tony Mak

Republic Bar & Cafe

Dave Wilson Band 8:30pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Random Act 6:30pm

The Duke

Jay Jerome

The Music Bar

Nadira and Friends 6:30pm

Waterman’s Beer Market

Unlocked 6pm

Birdcage Bar

Billy and Jamie 9pm

Brisbane Hotel

Back Bar - Batpiss (Vic) + Grim Rhythm (Vic) + A.Swayze & The Ghosts + The Dreggs

Brisbane Hotel

Front Bar - Ghost Drop (Farewell Show) + Mum and Dad + Bert Shirt + Guns & Our Right To Bear Them

Brisbane Hotel

Front Bar - Nice Pie + Valium + Koh Dee

Cargo Bar

Matt & Abby

Brisbane Hotel

Front Bar - Late Night Krackieoke

Grand Poobah

Cargo Bar

Terry Nomikos

Casino Bar

Sambo and Jimi 9pm

Fundraiser: Opposition to Tassal in Oakhampton Bay: Filthy Little Star, Space Bar, Terry Young, The Pits, Bronze Savage in the Main Room

Granada Tavern

Semi Tonin

Grand Poobah

The Coven in the Kissing Room

Grand Poobah

Sam Marshall & Friends + Randall Foxx & Dani

Republic Bar & Cafe

Benson & Kwame 10pm

Jack Greene

Tony & John Duo

The Brunswick Hotel

Tim Davies 7:30pm

Moonah Arts Centre

No Felix & The Backstick Agenda 6:30pm

The Duke

The Funk Babies

Republic Bar & Cafe

Boil Up (Reggae & Funk) 10pm

The Homestead

The Puta Madre Brothers (Vic)

The Brunswick Hotel

Legally Blinde 7:30pm

The Music Bar

Justin O’Garey, Tony Mak 7pm

The Duke

The Funk Babies

The Whaler

Finn Seccombe Duo, Dean Stevenson, Dave Wilson 7:30pm

The Homestead

The Serratones 9pm

Waterman’s Beer Market

Jonathan Warwarek 7pm

The Music Bar

Will Graddon, Sam Forsyth 7:30pm

Willie Smith’s Apple Shed

Dave Elliston Shanty Trio 6pm

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Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

Venue

Acts / Start Time

Date

Birdcage Bar

Ani and Nick 9pm

Saturday

Brisbane Hotel

Back Bar - ALL AGES & 18+ - Interview With An Escape Artist + Break Through + Eloraline

Brisbane Hotel

Front Bar - The Interceptors (Vic) + The Pits + Adventurers + Black Hole Sugar

Cargo Bar

DJ Rikin

Carlyle Hotel

DJ Foxy

Granada Tavern

Metallica Tribute by Evertonin

Grand Poobah

Hidden Spheres, Bronze Savage in the Main Room

Grand Poobah

Enigma Band Night

Republic Bar & Cafe

Geoff Allan & Hammond Band 10pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Neon 7:30pm

The Music Bar

Gabriele Dagrezio, Cam Stuart 7pm

TSO Studio

Mini Maestros 9:30am + 11am

Waterman’s Beer Market

No Balance Required 9pm

Willie Smith’s Apple Shed

TSO + Support by Ani Lou 7pm

Brisbane Hotel

Brissie Bingo

Cargo Bar

DJ Rikin

Republic Bar & Cafe

Hobart Record Fair + BYO Vinyl DJ Session 2:30pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Hobart Reclink Community Cup - Official After Party 8pm

Schmorgasbaag

Madalena’s EP Launch Party 2pm

Onyx

Matt & Abby

Republic Bar & Cafe

Billy Whitton 8:30pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

G.B. Balding (Finger Pickin’ Blues) 8:30pm

The Duke

Crystal Sky

The Homestead

Funky Bunch Trivia 7pm

Birdcage Bar

Fiona Whitla 8:30pm

Irish Murphy’s

Noteworthy: Ani Lou, BrodyGreg, Angus Austin 8pm

Sunday

26

27

Venue

Acts / Start Time

Birdcage Bar

Tony Voglino 9pm

Brisbane Hotel

Departe + Sudnr (Vic) + Cascades (Vic) + Break Through

Brisbane Hotel

Front Bar - Daisy Cutter

Cargo Bar

DJ Millhouse

Carlyle Hotel

Furphy

Granada Tavern

Ebeneza Good

Grand Poobah

Daniel Steinberg, Finn Whitla, Finch & Randall Foxx

Grand Poobah

Oxfam Fundraiser in the Kissing Room with The Reporters & Dynamite Drew

Jack Greene

Phrayta

Peacock Theatre

Kato Kuniko : Bach to Xenakis

Republic Bar & Cafe

Cool August Blues (Free Event, Finishes 1am) 4:30pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Matt Graham 7:30pm

The Homestead

Django’s Tiger 9pm

The Music Bar

Isaac Westwood, Legally Blonde 7pm

The Whaler

The Parlour Band 9pm

Waterman’s Beer Market

No Balance Required 9pm

Wrest Point Showroom

Josh Pyke

Brisbane Hotel

Brissie Bingo

Cargo Bar

DJ Rikin

Jack Greene

Tony Mak

Onyx

Chickenstones 10pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Hot August Jazz Festival (Free Event, Finishes at Midnight) 2pm

Monday

28

Republic Bar & Cafe

Quiz Night 8:15pm

Tuesday

29

Republic Bar & Cafe

The Sign 8:30pm

The Duke

Crystal Sky

The Homestead

Funky Bunch Trivia 7pm

Birdcage Bar

Finn & Helen 8:30pm

Irish Murphy’s

Noteworthy: Alanna Graudins, Teresa Dixon, Ian Murtagh 8pm

Jack Greene

Micheal Clennett

Republic Bar & Cafe

The Darlings 8:30pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Billy Whitton and Jamie Taylor 7pm

The Duke

Duke Quiz

Birdcage Bar

Ally Rae Patmore 8:30pm

Cargo Bar

Micheal Clennett

Grand Poobah

Karaoke with Sean & Sam in the Kissing Room

Grand Poobah

DJ Bear Cub in the Main Room

Irish Murphy’s

Jax and the Wayward 9pm

Jack Greene

Terry Nomikos

Republic Bar & Cafe

Dean Stevenson and Dave Wilson (4 Letter Fish) 8:30pm

Jack Greene

Tim Hibberd

Republic Bar & Cafe

Keith Hall Blues Band 8:30pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Jonathan Warwarek 7pm

The Duke

Duke Quiz

The Homestead

Billy Whitton & Jamie Taylor 8:30pm

The Music Bar

Bridget Pross 6:30pm

Birdcage Bar

Anita Cairns 8:30pm

Cargo Bar

Micheal Clennett

Federation Concert Hall

The Snowman 6pm

Grand Poobah

Karaoke with Sean & Sam

Irish Murphy’s

Matt Graham Band 9pm

Jack Greene

Tony Mak

Republic Bar & Cafe

Tim & Scott 8:30pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Billy Whitton and Jamie Taylor 6:30pm

The Duke

Jay Jerome

The Music Bar

Harry Edwards & Isaac Gee 7pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Random Act 6:30pm

Waterman’s Beer Market

Unlocked 6pm

The Duke

Jay Jerome

Birdcage Bar

Sambo and Jimi 9pm

The Homestead

Jesse McCormack 7:30pm

Brisbane Hotel

Mr Ruckman (Vic)

Waterman’s Beer Market

Unlocked 6pm

Brisbane Hotel

Late Night Krackieoke

SEPTEMBER

Cargo Bar

Tony Mak

Friday

The Brunswick Hotel

Legally Blinde 7:30pm

Grand Poobah

Oliver Dollar (Berlin) in the Main Room

The Whaler

Grand Poobah

Tom’s Poobah Party Extreme in the Kissing Room

Finn Seccombe Duo, Black Swans of Trespass 7:30pm

Jack Greene

Matt & Abby

The Brunswick Hotel

Sticks and Kane 7:30pm

Onyx

Girl Friday 10pm

The Whaler

Parlour Band 9pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Lincoln le Fevre & The Insiders + The Sleepyheads 10pm

Waterman’s Beer Market

Legally Blinde 9pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Sticks and Kane 7:30pm

The Duke

Keith Hall Big Band with Kartika Franks

The Homestead

Big Small Band 9pm

The Music Bar

Justin O’Garey 7pm

The Whaler

Dylan Eynon, Bootleg Gin Sluggers 7:30pm

Waterman’s Beer Market

Matt Graham 7pm

Willie Smith’s Apple Shed

Meyers McNamara 6pm

Wrest Point Showroom

1927 & Psuedo Echo

Wednesday

Thursday

Saturday

30

31

1

2

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Event Guide

Launceston Date

Venue

Acts / Start Time

Date

Thursday Friday

9

The Royal Oak

Public Bar - Isla Ka (Frankie Andrew) 9pm

Thursday

10

The Royal Oak

Public Bar - Scott Lewis Acoustic Set 9pm

Friday

11

The Royal Oak

Boat Shed - Impious + Viewpoint + Dire + Nemesis 8:30pm

Saturday

12

Club 54

Battpiss, Grim Rhythm, A.Swayze & The Ghosts, The Prickly Grapes

The Royal Oak

Boat Shed - SINNER’S COLLECTIVE w Eddie Tuleja 9pm

Country Club

Pete Murray

Sunday

13

The Royal Oak

Public Bar - Open Folk Seisiun 5pm

Wednesday

16

The Royal Oak

Public Bar - Andy Collins 9pm

Thursday

17

The Royal Oak

Public Bar - Denni Sulzberger + Trent Buchanan 9pm

Friday

18

Club 54

Paper Souls, Cuban Heel and The Prickly Grapes

Saturday

19

The Royal Oak

Boat Shed - Blind Man Death State + Bennylava + Speck 8:30pm

Acts / Start Time

3

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

Trev Heins

4

Burnie

Burnie Arts Centre

Harrison Craig - King of Vegas Lounge Sessions

Ulverstone

Gnomon Pavilion

Disco Dance Party with 2 Chic 5:30pm

Wed 2nd Miss Katy ~ Public Bar 9pm / Free Thu 3rd Eve Gowen ~ Public Bar 9pm / Free

20

Club 54

Beyond Blue drag night fundraiser

The Royal Oak

The Boat Shed - Jazz Jam 1pm

The Royal Oak

Public Bar - Open Folk Seisiun 5pm

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

The Ringmasters

5

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

Bliss (Istanbul)

Thursday

10

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

Trev Heins

Friday

11

Ulverstone

Gnomon Pavilion

Australian Poetry Slam plus Richard Steele 5:30pm

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

The Ringmasters

Saturday

12

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

Matt & CJ

Tuesday

15

Ulverstone

The Wharf

Chindamo Meets Chindamo 7:30pm

Thursday

17

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

Trev Heins

Friday

18

Ulverstone

Gnomon Pavilion

5 Oclock Somewhere 5:30pm

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

The Ringmasters

Saturday

19

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

Evil Cisum

Thursday

24

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

Trev Heins

Friday

25

Ulverstone

Gnomon Pavilion

Kyron Howell with Liquid Nails plus The Collective 5:30pm

Wednesday

23

The Royal Oak

Public Bar - Julian Mathew 9pm

24

The Royal Oak

Public Bar - Eve Gowen 9pm

Saturday

Friday

25

The Royal Oak

Boat Shed - LINC LE FEVRE + SLEEPYHEADS 8:30pm

Thursday

Country Club

Josh Pyke

Club 54

Deez Nuts, Alpha Wolf, Majula and Within These Walls

Country Club

1927 & Pseudo Echo

The Royal Oak

Boat Shed - Hurricane Youth + New Wave Saints + Guests 8:30pm

The Royal Oak

The Boat Shed - Blues Club Jam 1pm

The Royal Oak

Public Bar - Open Folk Seisiun 5pm

Sunday

Venue

Saturday

Thursday

Saturday

TOWN

JULY

AUGUST Wednesday

Sunday

NORTH WEST

26

27

Wednesday

30

The Royal Oak

Public Bar - Open Mic Night Four Spots Available 9pm

Thursday

31

The Royal Oak

Public Bar - Katy Hanson 9pm

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

The Ringmasters

26

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

Evil Cisum

31

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

Trev Heins

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