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Nothin' But A Glam Time Sat 20 Jan

Kallidad Fri 16 Feb

Tiny Little Houses Sat 3 March

The Whitlams Wed 23 May

JANUARY 2018 Saturday 6th 10pm Tarraleah Power Station + The Midways + Yoni & The Steamers Sunday 7th 2.30pm The Raccoons 8.30pm Blue Flies Monday 8th 8.30pm Montz Matsumoto Tuesday 9th CLOSED Wednesday 10th 8.30pm Ruben Reeves Thursday 11th 8.30pm Maja Friday 12th 10pm ROCK CHALLENGE PRESENTS: Young Guns - Free Entry Saturday 13th 10pm Australian Made $5 Sunday 14th 2.30pm The FIRM 8.30pm Wahbash Avenue Monday 15th 8.30pm Billy Whitton Tuesday 16th 8.30pm D Henry Fenton Wednesday 17th 8.30pm Clare Quinn Thursday 18th 8.30pm Othrship Friday 19th 10pm The Outfit Saturday 20th 10pm Nothin' But A Glam Time - Glam Rock Tribute $5

Sunday 21st 1-6pm Hobart Record Fair + BYO Vinyl DJ Session 8.30pm Jed Appleton Monday 22nd 8.30pm Tim Stokes Tuesday 23rd 8.30pm Danny Widdicombe Wednesday 24th 8.30pm Billy Warner Thursday 25th 8.30pm Catch Club Friday 26th 2.30pm Beer Garden Party: Lamb On The Spit + Live Music From Dave Wilson - All Free 10pm Neon Saturday 27th 9.30pm 4 Letter Fish Sunday 28th 2.30pm The Great Anticipators 8.30pm Sam Forsyth Monday 29th 8.30pm Crystal Campbell Tuesday 30th 8.30pm The Sign Wednesday 31st 8.30pm Dean Haitani

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Thursday 1st 8.30pm Andrea Soler + James Ross Friday 2nd 10pm Sugartrain $5

News

News in Brief RECORDS + BEER = GOOD. Who doesn’t love a record fair in a pub?

There’s beer, there’s music, that’s really all ya need in life. On Saturday January 13 you can head to Empress Craft Beer in Devonport and buy some excellent wax while you down some excellent brews. If you’re game, you can follow it up the next day (Sunday January 14) at Saint John Craft Beer in Launceston. If you’re super game, you can head south the following week and visit the Republic Bar & Cafe on Sunday January 21, buy more records, drink more beers. There’ll be 1000’s of quality records from local and interstate sellers, private collectors and record stores. You can even bring your own wax and spin some tunes from 4:30pm. Find the event on facey at www.facebook.com/ tasrecordfair.

The folks over at Scratch Events have been working long and hard to put together what is going to be one of the best days in Hobart this Summer! Dirty Beats Tazzie Treats is a day full of tunes, bevs, food, and if we’re lucky, lots of sun! Combine all these together and you’re in for a mint day! Taking place at the Searoad Shed at Macquarie Point on Friday January 26, the headliners are none other than Cut/Copy, and Shock One, but the list of support acts is nothing to be sneezed at either, with the likes of Carmouflage Rose, Sumner, Kenny Beeper, OOC, Sexy Lucy vs Dameza, Kowl, Zios, DJ Rikin, DJ Mad, Fotti P and Nesmo hitting the stage. There will even be a beer garden, and a rave cave. Sounds epic!

Tickets available from Oztix.

HOLLA!

If there’s one thing we can (almost) all agree on, it’s that we’ll happily take another outdoor gig in the Summer.

Especially if it’s right beside the water, and definitely if it’s just before a public holiday, and super definitely if it involves free stuff. So this one should tick all the boxes. Hobart Cup Eve Carnivale on Saturday February 10 on the Wrest Point Lawns, featuring The Rubens and Maddy Jane, roaming entertainment, fun activities and of course carnival food and beverage delights. Tickets even include entry to the Luxbet Hobart Cup the following day. Tickets are available from www.tixtas.com.au and will cost you $83.94 for general admission. Gates open at 4pm, music starts from 5pm.

SMALL DWELLINGS

BEERS IN THE ESK(I) Got your ticket for Esk Beerfest yet?

You’d better get on to that, quicksmart.

Tickets are $22 + booking fee and are available via eventbrite. You’ll be able to taste Australia’s best crafted brews or follow the famous Tasmania Brew Trails as you experience a jam-packed day of entertainment and fun. Bring a picnic rug, your mates and your family.

There’s something for everyone at Esk Beerfest, and if you like a decent dose of rad music to accompany your rad beer, you’re in for a treat. Teddy Cream, Kid Kenobi, and Ash Grunwald headline a great list of muso’s, comedians, and other entertainers. If you’re after something a bit more educational, don’t forget to book in to the Cryer Malt Master Classes, covering topics such as cider, sour beers, whiskey, and brewing itself. It all takes place on Saturday January 13 at Royal Park, Launceston.

RIDIN’ DIRTY

TLC are still doing stuff and they still don’t want no scrubs, hangin’ out the passenger side, of their best friend’s ride, tryin’ to holla at them. They’ve been releasing music for almost 30 years now, and despite the tragic passing of Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes in 2002, have managed to become one of the most iconic RnB acts of modern times. Their fifth and most recent album, titled TLC,was funded via a kickstarter campaign which raised a total of $400,000, with the likes of New Kids on The Block donating $10,000, and Katy Perry donating $5,000. It was the “fastest most funded pop project in Kickstarter history”. They’re even still touring, and they’re coming to Tasmania to play at Wrest Point Entertainment Centre on Thursday February 8. Get your tickets from ticketmaster. Unless you’re a scrub.

To celebrate the recent announcement of their debut album Idiot Proverbs set for release on Friday January 12, Tiny Little Houses are thrilled to announce their highly anticipated national tour, scheduled for Feb/March 2018. Tiny Little Houses have spent the last three years winning hearts and minds around Australia thanks to a succession of finelycrafted indie pop gems including “Milo Tin”, “Song Despite Apathy”, “Easy”, “Soon We Won’t Exist”, “Garbage Bin”, and most recently, “Entitled Generation”.

The Idiot Proverbs album tour makes its way to Hobart on Saturday March 3 at the Republic Bar & Cafe in Hobart. Tickets are already available from Moshtix.

Make Friends anchors on the cycles of life, loss and growth through resilience and those moments of finding and being yourself. It celebrates the joys of being an independent unit and knowing who you are without any influence from external factors, and non-romantic love felt towards friends; the women who shape you and women working together to find strength in numbers. The tour kicks off in Hobart at the good ol’ Republic Bar & Cafe on Wednesday March 14, tickets available from the venue or online via Moshtix.

HAPPY 21ST The Forth Valley Blues Fest turns 21 this year! And you know what that means, right? It means it’ll be old enough to drink in America. It also means it’ll be bigger and better than ever, with a memorabilia exhibition and lots more.

Tasmania’s premier blues event takes place on Friday March 16 and Saturday March 17. That’s right, they’ve once again added Friday night to the mix at the festival site instead of the Bridge Hotel (it’s just too big for the dear old pub these days). The line up consists of Mark Seymour & The Undertow, Rob Tognoni, Lachy Doley Group, 19twenty, Hussy Hicks, Juzzie Smith, The Sheyana Band, + more TBA. Ticket prices are $90, which includes entry for both Friday Night and Saturday, can be purchased from www. devonporttickets.com.au or the Forth Hotel.

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American singer-songwriter Angel Olsen is playing the Nolan Gallery at MONA on Wednesday March 21, 2018. Touring Australia off the back of Phases, her new album, B-side rarities, demos and covers-Angel’s bringing her characteristic fusion of indie folk, dirty guitars and soulful vocals to MONA. Olsen has been something of a favourite in Australia lately, her 2016 tour was wildly popular and she’s been popping on the radio heaps. It’s hard not to like her stuff.

Tickets for the Nolan Gallery gig aren’t available yet, but you can register for the waiting list on the Mona website - www. mona.net.au.

on Wednesday March 21, Launceston Country Club on Thursday March 22 and Friday March 23, and Wrest Point Entertainment Centre on Saturday March 24. Tickets available from www.tixtas. com.au.

SUNNY LAWN DAYS

licensed event. So you can bring the kids, AND enjoy a bev on the lawns with some fantastic tunes. Sounds most excellent to me. Saturday March 24 is the time and the Botanical Gardens (Lower Domain Road, Hobart) is the place. Gates open at 3pm, tickets are available via Oztix. Check out the book of many faces for more details.

ALL LANES LEAD TO BIDENCOPES

TWICE THE ICE

Everybody loves a street party, and once again Bidencopes Laneway will be transformed into a party on Saturday February 3 from 8pm till midnight.

Headlining the event will be English DJ Norman Jay MBE. Founder of the ‘rare groove’ scene, Norman received an MBE from the Queen for his dedication to music and DJ’ing. So if the Queen thinks he is the bees knees, so should you.

Supporting Norman will be DynOmite Drew & Akouo. Tickets start from $10 + b/f from www.moshtix.com.au.

WOAH-OAH-OAH-OAH Oz rock icon, Jimmy Barnes, brings his second bestselling memoir to life in “Working Class Man: An Evening of Stories & Songs”. This spellbinding and searingly honest theatrical production sees Jimmy using his yarns and his music to reveal the truth behind one of Australia’s greatest rock’n’roll stories. It is the sequel to his hugely acclaimed and award winning 2016 stageshow “Working Class Boy: An Evening of Stories & Songs” which retraced Jimmy’s troubled childhood. The show begins where the last story ended – as he leaves Adelaide in the back of a truck with Cold Chisel in 1974. Jimmy then takes the audience on a 40 year roller coaster ride of fame, addiction and rock’n’roll to eventually show how it’s never too late to try to put things right. You’ll be able to see the show at Devonport Entertainment Centre

charts and has racked up an impressive 35 ARIA nominations. The TSO’s performances with Eskimo Joe represent another innovative collaboration for the Orchestra, which in 2017 has seen sold out concerts with Kate Miller-Heidke, Ulver, Tripod and Megan Washington.

GARDEN DELIGHTS

Every now and then, the Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens will host a rad rock gig. Boy and Bear played there last year and it was a totally kickass day. At the 2018 Day on the Lawn event, folks will get to see the likes of Something for Kate, Vera Blue, AND Kim Churchill.

Crazy. That’s one nice line up right there.

What’s even nicer is that it’s an all ages,

The TSO recently released tickets for a second and final show in the Federation Concert Hall with iconic Australian band Eskimo Joe for Friday May 11, 2018. The first date (Saturday May 12) sold out in record time, over 5 months before the performance date. Over the past 21 years, Eskimo Joe has released music to great acclaim in the US, Canada, Europe, and Korea. With six studio albums and sales exceeding 750,000 in Australia along, the band has seen three of its albums debut at Number 1 on the ARIA

Australia Day revolves around good company, good music and good food while celebrating Australians from all walks of life. The Botanical Gardens is providing the backdrop for such an event for this Friday January 26, with a line up including Chupacabra, Uncle Gus & The Rimshots, Surreal Estate Agents, DynOmite Drew, and Karly plus more to be announced.

Food trucks will be in force. Gates open 2pm and the vent concludes at 9pm.

Tickets are $10 + b/f from www.moshtix. com.au.

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SATURDAY JANUARY 27 - 9PM TICKETS FROM WWW.MOSHTIX.COM.AU

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THE GREAT POET, PRODUCER, RAPPER- TWENTY-THREE YEAR-OLD SAMPA THE GREAT (SAMPA TEMBO) IS TRULY THAT.

The Zambia-born, Botswana-raised, Sydneybased performer fuses her rapping prowess with her poetic perspicacity, creating a sound that is entirely hers. Her 2015 collaboration with Sydney producer Dave Rodriguez (aka Godriguez) The Great Mixtape, put her squarely into the public’s eyeline, and her work with rappers REMI and Urthboy has gone down a treat, only furthering the punters’ interest. The Great Mixtape was initially a free download, but garnered so much attention, it was released on CD and vinyl by indie Melbourne label Wondercore Island.

2015 also saw Sampa collaborate with both Rodriguez and “Multidimensional, Polyrhythmic Gangster Shit” Melbourne soul foursome Hiatus Kaiyote for six-track EP Weapon Chosen. The natural combination was well-predicted; the project is a fierce and vibrant hip-hop/nu-soul gem.

Sampa met Rodriguez at a Sydney hip-hop open-mic freestyle night; Rodriguez was running the night, and Sampa jumped up on stage to perform her poetry, her first time hitting a stage in Australia.

Earlier in 2017, she released the HERoes Act 2 EP, which featured Estelle (American Boy) and was produced by Rahki (Kendrick Lamar, Mac Miller). It’s the three-track follow-up to HERoes, a 2016 poetry-video project. Eventually, she released her debut full-length album, Birds And The BEE9, in November 2017 to great acclaim, an album that is both personal and universal, covering motifs of identity, blackness, spirituality and art. She even went on to open for acts like The Avalanches and Kendrick Lamar.

Before all this, though, she was a student.

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“My sister started university here [Sydney].” she explains. “I had just come back from the States and wanted to stay home. I had no plan for anything, I was just like, ‘I’m coming with you!’. It was just, ‘let’s go together and figure out this life thing’. I was studying audio engineering.”

This actually helped her in many ways: it aided her ideas of what artistic route to take, and gave her a bunch of skills to take with her. She ended up with a nice little Bachelor’s Degree in Audio Engineering from SAE (School of Audio Engineering) in Sydney. “[Having studied audio engineering] It helps; while I was doing it, I was like, I wanna be on the other side! But it helps to know what to ask for. It’s made things more familiar. I want the producer to be the producer, but it’s more so I can give advice to what I’d like.”

Sampa’s music has been called “sociallyconscious”, a label she somewhat resists.

She’s right, too, to admit it’s hard to fit her sound in any box: while paying tribute in sound to groundbreaking acts like Nina Simone and Lauryn Hill, Sampa’s sound also brings to light contemporary and innovative ideas and techniques, allowing comparisons to new artists like Cardi B. “[I want people] to be reflective of life for themselves, for all of us try to be a better version of ourselves.” she explains. “That’s what I’m doing for me. It’s more reflective than socially conscious. I reflect on life, how I experience it.

It’s not like, ‘this is a message’. I can’t describe the music I’m making, I’ve tried! It floats through different genres, I don’t limit myself. If my voice wanna rock, blues, jazz, then I let it do that.”

Although she had a musical childhood- her father a casual DJ, her mother a dancer- and sang in choirs, writing songs of her own, and visiting jazz and poetry gigs, the big shift in Sampa’s music journey was discovering Tupac Shakur (namely the song Changes); it opened up a whole new world of what rap, and poetry, could be.

“It was similar to what I was used to, but done in a different way.” she says. “What stopped me was the poetry in it, the rhymes, the totally different words that rhyme through sound. All the elements were things I was used to hearing in traditional music, but done differently in English. I thought, ‘whatever this is, I wanna be part of it’. It is rhythm and poetry together.”

“Poetry is very reflective. Poetry helped me to reflect on myself. I thought, I’m a middle kid, how do I express myself? It increases your storytelling, makes you view the world differently. It reduces stress and anxiety, it actually is a good way to be reflective as a human.”

Sampa reveals she is “still doing the beginnings of new projects” but is keeping mum on them until they’re ready to be unleashed. So keep your eyes and ears peeled.

LISA DIB

Sampa The Great is performing at A Festival Called Panama (March 9- 11); she’ll be performing March 10.

The Festival is sold out .

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A FULL TANK OF GAS IT’S HARD TO IMAGINE MARK LIZOTTE AS ANYTHING BUT AUSSIE ROCK MAINSTAY DIESEL, BUT ONCE UPON A TIME, HE WAS A LITTLE TIKE PLAYING THE CELLO AND TRYING TO RUSTLE UP A GUITAR.

Born and briefly raised in a small town in Rhode Island, USA, Lizotte’s family eventually made their way to Perth, Australia; they, again, headed back to the US (Arizona, this time) but pined for Western Australia. Of course, they went back, and Lizotte dug his heels into some musical training.

“By that stage I was eleven or twelve” Lizotte explains. “I started playing in bands after picking up the cello- thankfully the school I was going to had a string program. I went from cello to bass and then guitar, I didn’t start playing guitar until I was fifteen. I started playing in bands shortly after. I had been in an original band in Perth, and we made it across the Nullabor a couple times- I was just the guitar player in that. I got sacked for being too loud. The remnants of that became a hobby band: Johnny Diesel and The Injectors came from the bass player, John Dalzell. It was a fun name, a fun band.”

“We played once a week at a backstage bar, and a lot of musos came to see us, and the drummer from The Angels [Brent Eccles] became out first manager, he took us across the Nullabor. The

internet, the globalisation of things, now you can be anywhere. A band in Iceland can be really well-known in Wagga and vice-versa.”

Nowadays, since the Injectors’ heyday and eventual demise in 1991, Lizotte has been flying mostly solo. He tours with a band, but frequently- especially for regional shows, where going solo is better for getting into the “nooks and crannies”- goes it alone.

“I enjoy the solo stuff, there’s that challenge, the feeling of flying solo that’s a bit hair-raising and daunting at times.” he says. “I guess I like that challenge. To me, doing solo gigs would be going totally on your own and not knowing a soul, real travelling salesman. There’s always the two of us, me and my sound man; the two of us walk in and make friends with everyone really quickly.”

“Someone commented that we’re like three bodies with one brain: we’re all inside each other.” Lizotte says, on the synchronicity within his band. “How we play, so much synergy on stage, that comes with time- it’s been fifteen years playing together. They notice when I’ve been playing solo because the songs have morphed, ‘cause I’ve been free-range roaming the paddock (laughs). I’m always trying new things, experimenting, they kind of expect it now.

I don’t even have a setlist when I’m solo now, I just guess it: “What does it feel like they would like to hear next?”, have a stab at it- that seems to work well.”

Lizotte released his most recent record, Americana- a tribute to American alt-folk and country rock- in 2016. Although Lizotte is an optimistic kinda dude, he has worries for the troubling future of musicians trying to make a living in an ever-expanding digital age.

“It’s pretty depressing when you look at average sales now. Million of plays on Spotify looks good on paper, when you have that many zeros, but in actuality, it’s a couple hundred bucks in royalties sometimes. I remember when we released our first album, we sold 35,000 in one week! As soon as the CD came out, there were people that knew that was a digital file, and the next stage was ripping that and sharing that, all we had to wait for was the internet. The record industry was dumb in thinking they would have a stranglehold on the ‘file’.”

Of course, a lot has changed since he started gigging, especially in his current hometown of Sydney. In cities like Sydney and Melbourne, gentrification, NIMBYS and angry boomers have forced out a lot of art and culture from inner suburbs. Lizotte remembers- not too crankily- a time when that wasn’t the case, and live music thrived because of it.

“If a band wanted to play in a pub next to a bunch of houses, they just did. Nowadays it’s so political, it’s become like a nanny state; some of the pubs we have here in Sydney, gentrified and very boutique, hard to imagine bands like Rose Tattoo were playing in that pub. Right next to these three-million-dollar terrace houses. It’s a shadow of what it used to be.”

“I’m always happy to see a venue or a festival that’s having a go, it’s very brave. It’s essential that we congregate, it’s in our DNA to get together and feel a part of something, and music is a good catalyst for that.”

LISA DIB

Diesel plays the Huon Blues Festival at the Home Hill Winery, Huonville, on Sunday January 28. Tickets from www.moshtix.com.au.

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WE’VE GOT THE SKILLS TO PARTY “MY DAD HAD ME PLAYING DRUMS BY THE AGE OF FIVE. I WAS ALWAYS AROUND MUSIC WITH BOTH MY PARENTS REHEARSING IN VARIOUS BANDS IN THE FRONT ROOM OF WHEREVER WE HAPPENED TO BE LIVING THROUGHOUT MY CHILDHOOD. I GUESS I WAS A “ROCK” KID GROWING UP, AND LOVED PLAYING IN BANDS; IN FACT, I WAS PLAYING DRUMS IN PUBS BEFORE I WAS OLD ENOUGH TO BE IN THEM!”

UK electronic musician A.Skillz remembers fondly his early beginnings in music, back when he was just wee Adam Mills, before he was an internationally-renowned ‘party rocker’. Mills eventually became interested in electronic music and released his hip-hop/nu-soul-drenched debut album TrickaTechnology with Krafty Kuts (Martin Reeves) in 2003; even before then, and since, Mills has been behind DJ decks all over the world. Nowadays, his Soundcloud has racked up about six million spins, and Radio 1 in the UK even commissioned his talents to create a Beatles mix for a tribute night. Apparently even Paul McCartney was into it.

“There is nothing better than turning up to a gig and the crowd is one-hundred-percent my fans, but that is not always the case.” he says, considering his penchant for playing festivals. “If it were, I could probably just do my current set and expect a similar reaction across the globe. Where it becomes more complicated is when you’ve got a percentage of the crowd that are just there because maybe they’re at festival, and they’re waiting for the headliner, or maybe they’re at a club one of their mates dragged them out to and wouldn’t otherwise be there. It’s trying to win over non-fans where situations differ the most. Sometimes it’s easy to rock a new crowd; other times it takes a bit more quick thinking.”

His mixes have garnered huge acclaim, even nabbing him the ‘Best DJ’ award in 2012 at the Breakspoll International Breakbeat Awards and taken him to festivals and party and club nights the world over. But how does one create a mix that will appeal to many?

“I’m in the middle of making one right now actually!” Mills explains. “It sounds cliched to say, ‘it’s about taking people on a journey’, but it kind of is (laughs). Trying to make every mix flow naturally and harmonically and create mixes that don’t just get you from one track to another, but actually sound good doing it. I end up going in on some depth on each track; I’ll add percussion or track down stems and rearrange parts to make them work in the context of the mix, create sidechain compression on acapellas to make them sit in the tracks better... it gets pretty dark!”

“The internal debate I’m always having with myself is how close to a DJ set I might play at a festival or a club. I’ve released live sets before, but I really enjoy the process of making a mix that’s enjoyable to listen to in the car, walking through town, at the gym or whatever, but there will probably be some tunes in there I’d be unlikely to play out at a club. There are still bangers that I’ll fall back on from time to time, but the key is to reinvent them with a new twist, so they stay sounding fresh!”

Mills eventually started his own label, Jam City; the label is dedicated to, but certainly not limited to, electro soul, funk and hip-hop, and has given him the opportunity to spread his creative wings. Jam City has released records from the likes of Afrika Bambaataa, Jungle Brothers and Nightmares on Wax, to name but a few, and is going strong.

“It’s such a different landscape out there now from what it was when I started. Starting my own label was just a practical way of putting out music without having to wait in a queue behind other label releases. These days, the artist promotes the music to their fans pretty much directly. Starting the label has also been a great opportunity to look out for new talent and put out music I think is dope from my friends. I’m partnered with my manager Abel who runs Fingerlickin’ Management and who was one the three directors of Fingerlickin’ records, who I’ve been with since the start, so we are keeping it in the family!”

A.Skillz plays at the Waratah Hotel in Hobart on Saturday January 6 alongside Krafty Kuts and Chali 2na. Tickets from Oztix.

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YOU LITTLE WONDER YOU REGIONAL FAVOURITE THE FESTIVAL OF SMALL HALLS IS BACK TO ACTIVATE TASMANIA’S COMMUNITY HALLS THIS SUMMER WITH CANADIAN FOLK DUO THE SMALL GLORIES AND TASMANIAN RAISED FOLK CHANTEUSE CLAIRE ANNE TAYLOR. FESTIVAL OF SMALL HALLS’ PRODUCER ELEANOR RIGDEN CHATS TO US ABOUT THE BEAUTY OF ACTIVATING SMALL COMMUNITY SPACES AROUND THE COUNTRY AND WHAT MAKES THE FOSH’S SO MARKEDLY DIFFERENT TO ANY OTHER AUSTRALIAN TOURING FESTIVAL.

What sort of unique experience will Festival of Small Halls will bring to Tassie audiences?

The Festival of Small Halls is a chance to enjoy world class music in your own community hall. Often, folks need to visit a big city to see an international touring artist. Instead, we’re bringing it directly to them, and creating a celebration of the kind a lot of small towns yearn for. It’s a chance to catch up with family, make new friends, and come together in a really beautiful atmosphere. It’s terrible to say this, since it’s my job to talk about Festival of Small Halls, but there’s a component to the shows that just can’t be described. They’re magic.

What was it about The Small Glories and Claire Anne Taylor that made you realise they were such perfect fits for the 2018 Festival of Small Halls?

The Small Glories and Claire Anne Taylor both do so much more than play exceptional music.

Both acts will floor you in terms of musical skill, but they also genuinely enjoy connecting with their audiences. In Festival of Small Halls, that’s so important. This project is about connection - with your community, with new friends, with these visiting musicians - their warmth and kindness coupled with their amazing music made them perfect. Plus, we get the chance to show off someone new! The Small Glories have decades behind them as individual performers,

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but are relatively new as a duo, so it’s an exciting new chance for audiences to hear something wonderful and new. Claire Anne Taylor isn’t as new to Tasmanians, but we’re really excited to break that voice over some spots in New South Wales she hasn’t spent much time in before. It’ll be like a tidal wave of wonder.

What sort of unique experience does the Festival of Small Halls offer performing artists?

The experience of the destinations. There are very few music tours covering the extent of regional Australia that Festival of Small Halls does, even fewer doing it in venues that the whole family can come along to, like community halls, and almost none doing that on a national scale. We do it properly - we drive the entire route, stay in the town and enjoy the country hospitality, which has produced quite a lot of feedback from touring artists that they were able to see and enjoy landscapes and communities that they’d never even heard of, let alone considered visiting. We cover tens of thousands of kilometres and we love every inch of it.

What is it that you feel FOSH’s offers in terms of activating spaces within more remote communities?

We’re reliable! Any community that loves their show can always invite us back. By hook or by

crook, we’ll make it to them. But I also think that on a national scale, the importance of the arts in conversations like community cohesion, mental health, community resilience etc isn’t as prevalent as it should be - once a community actually do come together and really feel what’s happening, it becomes really important not to let it slip. The ripple effect of the show is really pronounced in remote communities. A lot of the time, they don’t get any shows, and the reasons we come are much more noticeable - in micro communities, the effects of something like a drought are felt on every level. We’re committed to helping communities address all kinds of issues with a Festival of Small Halls show. We’ll go anywhere, and we’re committed to making that visit count in the community.

What has been one of your favourite moments during FOSH’s so far?

It’s impossible to pick just one! Every community is incredibly special, full of wonderful people and amazing stories. Every stop, we meet talented local artists, eat incredible food, play with the loveliest (and the most mischievous!) children the list is endless. Just last week we were invited onto a station for lunch and because it was 17,000 acres we got lost in the most phenomenal landscape. The touring team were also recently presented with classic CWA cookbooks as a thank you gift - I don’t mind telling you that it’s a permanent tear-jerker from its place of proud display.

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The Festival Of Small Halls tours remote Tasmanian community halls from January 5th to January 18th 2018. Head to www.festivalofsmallhalls.com for exact locations and tickets.

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Saturday February 3 8pm to Midnight Bidencopes Lane

Tickets from www.moshtix.com.au

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TANGLED UP IN BLUE THE KITE STRING TANGLE’S DANNY HARLEY IS NO STRANGER TO THE HIGHS AND LOWS OF A SLOW AND CONSIDERED CREATIVE PROCESS. AFTER THREE YEARS OF INCUBATION, IN JULY THIS YEAR HE FINALLY RELEASED HIS DEBUT SELF TITLED ALBUM. THE VOCALIST/PRODUCER/ELECTRONIC MUSICIAN EXTRAORDINAIRE, WHO IS ALSO PLAYING A MASSIVE RUN OF AUSTRALIAN DATES THIS SUMMER, CHATTED WITH US ABOUT THE CHALLENGES OF ISOLATION AND TOURING AND HOW THEY INFORM HIS CREATIVE PROCESS. After your time in South America you’ll embark upon a massive summer tour of Australia which will see you play at the Goods Shed, Hobart. Any time to hang out and enjoy the scenery in Tassie?

Yeah I’m definitely keen to stay on a bit longer in Tassie. I’ve been a few times before and I love it. Wine, cheese, beautiful scenery and excellent people, what more could you want?!

You’ve just played the Aussie BBQ in Sao Paulo Brazil, how does travelling inform your live shows? Do you find it stimulating? Challenging? Both?

It’s obviously inspiring to travel from a song-writing point of view but for the live show when traveling I find I often have to make compromises because I can’t take my usual equipment and lighting on the road. In saying that, there’s definitely something special about performing to people from a totally different music culture and in a different language to the audience.

When you’re on the road do you find inspiration in other people’s music or do you use the time to write or enjoy the silence in between gigs?

I will listen to a lot of other people’s music mostly. I’ve been listening to a lot of UK house lately. That’s been good. I also try and write on the road when I can but that’s quite difficult given you’re always moving.

What was your approach when putting together your debut self titled album? Did you work from an overarching theme or point of reference, or did you let inspiration flow and take you wherever it wanted?

Well it ended up being written over quite a long time so the ground rules sort of kept changing. I originally wanted to strip it right back and make the core of every song shine, but gradually throughout the process it became much more production heavy. I generally like to keep the themes pretty open but have a loose idea or concept tying it all together. For this record I was trying to create something a little lighter and more fun than my previous stuff Can you tell us a little about how your collaboration with Dustin Tebbot on 2015 track Illuminate came about? Any other plans for further collaborations?

We’d been fans of each other’s work from a distance for quite some time and we eventually ended up catching up and doing a session in my home town Brisbane when he was there touring with missy Higgins and that was the start of it all. In terms of future collabs, I’m definitely working with a lot of people at the moment and will hopefully be releasing a load of exciting stuff throughout 2018, I don’t wanna mention names in case it falls through haha.

Who has inspired you to write over the years?

Sound and production wise I’m always inspired by textural producers like kllo, John Hopkins, Christopher Port and even Odesza. In terms of songwriting though I always find myself coming back to artists like London Grammar, Bon Iver, James Blake and The National. I love the emotive nature of music and that’s what I like to listen to and try to do with my stuff too.

What are you super proud of in your life at the moment?

I’m very proud of the new music that will be coming out next year actually, I think it’s my best work yet and hopefully others will too. I’ll definitely be throwing in at least a couple of new ones at the Goods Shed.

Amanda Vanelk

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WORK HARD, PLAY HARD THERE IS NO PARTY QUITE LIKE A CHUPACABRA PARTY! FLOORS ARE FILLED WITH DANCING PATRONS WHEREVER THE EIGHTPIECE LATIN BAND TAKE THE STAGE. IF IT WASN’T FOR A BRIBERY OF RICE AND BEANS, WE MIGHT NEVER HAVE GOT TO EXPERIENCE THE MAGIC!

Sitting down with Chupacabra’s founding member’s Elias Solis in his café Yambu, it’s hard not to be captivated by the spark in his eyes the minute we mention anything to do with music or culture. With Chupacabra and Yambu, Solis has managed to combine his two loves perfectly, and it’s truly magical to be sitting in a place filled with so much passion.

“In 2012 I went to Cuba and studied with Maggie Abraham – her and I both run Chupacabra. I reflect on Cuba almost every day of my life, this business reflects so much of my time in Cuba; the music, the colour scheme, the food.

My family is from a sort of leftie background and Cuba has been on the to do list. When Maggie jumped on board she learnt Vibraphone and Timbales there, and I was learning hand percussion. I convinced my sister to come, she and my uncle learnt photography over there – that was just their excuse to be a part of it. It was really fun, we met so many people from so many places around the world – some of our songs reflect those relationships. There is one called 26th Of September – it’s about a group of kids that were found ‘lost’ in Mexico – if the government says they’re lost, well that means they’ve passed away. They were protesting about something that was happening in Mexico at the time, on the 26th of September… We have heaps of Mexican friends and that had a huge impact on them, so that’s why we wrote that song.”

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of Chupacabra. We were playing Latin standards, and then threw in one up beat Kumbia song, we enjoyed that so much that we thought ‘hey, let’s try more of that!’ We had to convince the boys to come play with us as much as we could, we’d bribe them with beans and rice because it was the cheapest – and the most filling! That was our bribe to get the band started! Because we are all such good friends, it is such a fun thing to do and not a chore, but it can slow us down because we tend to muck around. The hardest part of having eight band members is booking everyone in, or getting a reply!”

As soon as you walk in the doors of Yambu, it’s evident this is someone’s heart and soul – and I wasn’t wrong! Solis was almost ready to give up on the dream, but fate had other plans for him.

“Yambu was always on the cards; before Cuba and Chupacabra, I was organising smaller events around the city to raise money for things – like the Chilean earthquakes for example. I organised an event for us to go to get to Cuba, that helped a lot! Once I came back and we formed Chupacabra, we started organising our own events, we did a laneway gig in Bidencopes Lane that was really fun! 800 people came out for it, in the middle of Winter! That inspired me to do The Day Of The Dead Festival – I organised that with Maggie! We played at a rooftop carpark in 2015, it started drizzling and we watched 30% of the crowd run! I’ve always wanted a space that could be a more permanent, but last year when I was looking around I sort of just gave up on the idea all together. Tasmania is a small place, Hobart even smaller... There is not much real estate that’s realistically affordable… Then

my friend Ivan – who had this place as Frankie’s Empire –called me and asked if I wanted to take the space. I was in a marketing position at the time and decided to change everything and come in here! Yambu represents everything I’ve been trying to do! Eventually we will have music upstairs and organise dance classes. It’s a community space as well as a business.”

Although there might be a bit of a hiatus for Chupacabra in March, Solis is trying (bribing?) to get the band together early in the year to record new music. Later in the year, they’re hoping to plan their biggest event yet!

“We didn’t do The Day Of The Dead Festival this year because I opened up Yambu; had to take a break from organising big festivals! Late next year, the plan is to organise a big block party – I want to get all the businesses on Elizabeth Street to get involved, and then bring everyone outside for live music and street food! Street festivals are huge in Melbourne, I want Hobart to do the same! In an ideal world, I would have a huge stage at the end, five/six thousand people walking up and down the street!”

Kirra Leonard

Chupacabra perform on Australia Day (Friday January 26) at the Botanical Gardens. Tickets available from www.moshtix.com.au.

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IT WILL NEVER BE THE SAME

What was your inspiration for the ‘Never Be the Same’ film clip?

The song is about someone letting you down – you know you’ll recover from it, it’ll all calm down, but from that single moment onwards you know it’ll never quite be the same as it was. It’s a little kink. It was actually written about that happening to a close friend of mine – and it was heartbreaking to watch. I could see he just wanted to run and hide and escape and wait for it to be over. So I took that idea to my brother and we decided to cruise around LA and relive that moment of just driving it out, running away.

KLP HAS HAD AN INCREDIBLE YEAR IN 2017. FROM STARTING HER OWN RECORD LABEL TO PLAYING SHOWS IN FIJI, SHE’S ACHIEVING SOME PRETTY INCREDIBLE GOALS. I SPOKE TO KLP ABOUT ALL HER SUCCESSES THIS YEAR AND HER UPCOMING SHOW AT THE GOODS FESTIVAL.

What is in the future for you?

Hopefully lots of the same! I don’t ever want to stop being creative and being surrounded by creative people. So more and more of that!

So you just got back from Fiji, how was that?

It was so fun! It’s a great perk of being a travelling musician to get to see different parts of the world.

What is your favourite thing about making music?

There are too many to list… it’s such a nice creative outlet for me. It’s almost like self-therapy to be able to tell stories and get all your feelings out through a song.

I’ve read that your Dad is a musician; do you think that had a big influence on your music career?

Absolutely. I grew up with music all around me. The other thing that still stays with me till now is that both of my parents encouraged me to go for things, try stuff out. They really gave me such a great strength from a young age.

Is there anyone else at the Hobart ‘The Goods’ event that your keen to check out?

How is your record label going (congrats on that!)?

There are so many good options, The Kite String Tangle, Boo Seeka and Moonbase…

I’m keen to watch everyone play.

Thanks! Well it’s just me – I would never want to sign any other artist unless I could give them the backing and energy they deserved. So at the moment it’s purely a vehicle for putting out music and being completely in control of it.

What can fans expect from your show at ‘The Goods’ event?

You’ll just have to come along and check it out!

What is your creation process like? What happens when you sit down to write a song?

MACKENZIE STOLP

There is never one set way that I write… sometimes it solo by myself in my studio, sometimes it’s collaborating with others.

I like to switch it up because that way you can push yourself outside of your comfort zone.

See KLP as part of The Goods lineup on Saturday February 24. Tickets available from www.moshtix.com.au.

TINY SUCCESSES, SMALL GLORIES CANADIAN, FOLK SUPERGROUP THE SMALL GLORIES WERE DELIGHTED TO BE INVITED TO PREFORM AT THE SMALL HALLS FESTIVAL ACROSS AUSTRALIA AND WE ARE DELIGHTED TO HAVE THEM. I HAD A CHAT TO CARA AND JD ABOUT THE FESTIVAL, HOW THEY GOT THEIR START AND WHAT’S IN THE FUTURE.

What made you guys decide to participate in the Small Halls Festival?

We were invited to perform at the Woodford Folk Festival, and the amazing team there asked if we were interested in taking part in the Small Halls tour as well. We jumped at the opportunity! We had performed at the Small Halls tour of Prince Edward Island in Canada and absolutely loved it, so it wasn’t a hard sell to decide to be part of the Australian version :) How would you describe your music to someone who has never heard it?

If folks are interested in a comparison we often say think The Civil Wars meets Shovels and Rope with a bit of Ian and Sylvia Tyson thrown in (to honour our Canadian roots). We often describe our music as folk/roots but have also been labelled Americana and (shock!) even bluegrass.

I’ve read that The Small Glories has an interesting creation story, can you tell me a bit about how you two started making music together?

There’s a fabulous venue in our city of Winnipeg called The West End Cultural Centre and five years ago they were celebrating their 25th anniversary. The artistic director had the idea of inviting Manitoba artists back to the venue for a special concert, and pairing each of us up with another local artist. The idea was that we would perform with someone who we wouldn’t normally sing with (or in our case had never sung with), and we had to learn two songs written by other Manitoba artists. So it was quite a unique challenge, and made for a most entertaining evening. We knew who the other person was but realized we hadn’t actually heard each other sing. Cara was often out on tour, in the early days with The Wailin’ Jennys and then as a solo artist, and wasn’t really tapped into the local scene mainly because she was rarely home.

JD’s band was playing all over town and throughout the province, building up a solid following, and then on tour with the Dry Bones collective with Nathan Rogers and Len Podolak. We were paired off and spent a few weeks rehearsing our chosen songs, and while in rehearsals we both were struck by how our voices blended in an uncanny way. It was crazy how natural the fit was. Fast forward a year and a half later, Cara invited JD to join her out on a Western Canadian tour, and while on the road we couldn’t deny that audiences loved our sound, that this was a nobrainer, that we really needed to consider pursuing the idea of performing as a duo.

Cara had been awarded 10 days of free studio time and offered it up to the duo to record our first album. And now we’re on our way to Australia!

engaging stage banter. We’re both pretty authentic and genuine people, and that comes out when we’re on stage.

What’s in the future for you guys after the Small Halls festival?

We’re taking a few months off to record our sophomore album as well as perform at a few showcases (Folk Alliance in Kansas City and SXSW in Austin). Then we’re back on the road in May, this time to the Netherlands and the UK. MACKENZIE STOLP

What can Tasmanians expect from a Small Glories show?

Beautiful songwriting, tight harmonies, equally matched guitar prowess, and

See The Small Glories across the State when they play the Festival of Small Halls, as well as the Cygnet Folk Festival this January.

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OUR TASMANIAN DEVIL CLAIRE ANNE TAYLOR IS TASMANIAN, BORN AND BRED, EVEN OWING THE DEVELOPMENT OF HER RASPY SINGING VOICE TO THE GROWLS OF TASSIE DEVILS. OUR HOME-GROWN BEAUTY IS SET OUT TO PLAY THE SMALL HALLS FESTIVAL ACROSS THE STATE, SO I HAD A CHAT TO CLAIRE ABOUT THE FESTIVAL, HER TASMANIAN UPBRINGING AND HER UPCOMING SECCOND ALBUM.

What made you decide to participate in the Small Halls Festival?

I can’t tell you how excited I was when I was asked to participate in the Small Halls Festival! I was dancing around the kitchen, pulling out some of my whacky dance moves, at the thought of heading out on tour to play shows in small country halls. So, I guess you could say it wasn’t a decision. Being from a small town myself, it has always been a dream of mine to travel to community halls and bring live music to places that don’t often get it.

What is your favourite thing about making music?

Making music is such a healing and heart-warming process for me. In many ways, it keeps me feeling centred and inspired. I notice I start to feel a bit flat if I haven’t picked up the guitar for a few days so it’s really something I can’t be without.

Is there a particular show on the Small Halls tour that you are most excited about?

There isn’t one show in particular. I am most excited to play in the tiny towns I have never been to and there are a lot of them along the way.

How do you think living in Tasmania influences your music?

place in the bush in Tasmania where I can hide away from the world and write. I also find that I have such a wonderful support network here in Tassie and a community of beautiful people who get behind me and encourage me. It is certainly a special place to call home.

What can fans expect from your second album?

Living in the bush in Tasmania has a big impact on my music and my writing. Over the years I have noticed that the wild, natural landscape feeds its way into my songs. I’d say I borrow melodies from the birds without even knowing it.

My second album is going to be very intimate and stripped back. I want my listeners to feel close to me in my songs so that is what I am aiming for in the recordings. Stories of family and home are also very prominent throughout the songs on the album.

What is the best thing about being a Tasmanian musician?

What can people expect at your Small Halls shows?

When I am not busy playing shows, I am quite the hermit and I just love having a

People can expect a very personal and honest sharing at my Small Halls shows.

Playing for small communities feels like such a special thing to do and it is my aim to make my audience members feel like an old friend of mine throughout my performance.

What’s in the future for you after the Small Halls festival?

After the Small Halls festival I am going to focus on finishing the recording of my second album and releasing and touring the album throughout Australia. 2018 will be an exciting year of releasing new material for me.

MACKENZIE STOLP

For more information on Claire Anne Taylor’s Tasmanian shows this January, head to www. festivalofsmallhalls.com.

THE NASHVILLE WAY IN HOBART ROSS SERMONS IS A NASHVILLE GEM BLESSING HOBART. AFTER SPENDING 16 YEARS IN NASHVILLE THE TALENTED GUITARIST LANDED IN HOBART AND DECIDED TO STAY, WHO COULD BLAME HIM. I HAD A CHAT TO ROSS ABOUT HIS BLUES MUSIC, RELOCATING TO HOBART AND HIS LATEST ALBUM WAY DOWN SOUTH. What is your favourite thing about making music?

How would you say moving to Hobart effected your music?

When you achieve that special moment that you worked hard for but it feels easy when it happens.

After thirty years of touring moving here was the first time I stayed put for long periods of time. I was able to practice a lot more and write music and work in my studio. It has had a very positive affect on my quality of life.

How would you describe your music to someone who has never heard it?

I enjoy the local scene and I have felt very accepted by the community. I was struggling to make a living until I took a musical director gig for a touring show in 2016 and that has led to a lot of work on the mainland.

Could you tell me a bit about the creation process for Way Down South?

I had a deliberate plan to record that record via the internet and include some of my favourite people that I have worked with over the years. I have been very fortunate to play with some of the best studio musicians in the world. People like Spooner Oldham, Mark T. Jordan and Richard Crooks. Those three guys alone have played on hundreds of hit records in the 60s and 70s. I also used my to six or so favourite drummers I had worked with.

I did it as a way to keep my connection to my friends in the US. It was a fantastic journey.

What made you decide to leave Nashville and move to Hobart?

You originally played the bass, what made you decide to play the guitar more?

I was touring AU with a group from Nashville and I met a woman who is now my wife.

I have always played guitar but I did see an advantage moving over where I could reinvent myself. It was also

It depends on the gig I am doing. As a recording session musician I have played on everything from bluegrass, classical, jam band, jazz, funk, you name it. My shows lean toward the blues and singer songwriter.

In your opinion, what is it like being a musician in Hobart?

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simply pragmatic. I was raised in the Appalachian mountains so could lend some authenticity to the folk and blues scene. Now I want more bass gigs! That is where my heart really is.

You only just got back from America, could you tell me a bit more about that trip?

A producer I have worked with for years contacted me and said he had quite a few records needing bass and was wondering if I was making a trip over anytime soon.

I had a couple months I could go so I went to St Louis and spent three weeks recording and playing live shows. After that I returned to North Carolina and recorded a couple groups. I’ll finish those here in Tassie. I had great visits with family and friends all along the way.

What can we expect in the future from you?

I am currently working on a show that will be at the Theatre Royal on April 20th and the Princess Theatre April 21st. It is a tribute to Eva Cassidy featuring Alana Conway. I will continue with the show ‘Always Patsy Cline’ well into next year.

As we speak I am creating a show for myself that will premier late next year at the Theatre Royal. I plan on touring that around Australia then take it to the US starting 2019. I’m about as busy as I have ever been.

MACKENZIE STOLP Ross Sermons plays the Huon Valley Blues Festival on Sunday January 28. Tickets from www.moshtix.com.au. Head to www. rosssermons.com for a full list of upcoming shows.

Cygnet Folk Festival

GET FOLKY SINCE 1982, EVERY JANUARY (12TH- 14TH) THE SMALL TOWN OF CYGNET, IN TASMANIA’S HUON VALLEY, WELCOMES FOLKS FROM ALL OVER TO THE ILLUSTRIOUS CYGNET FOLK FESTIVAL. THE COMMUNITY-MINDED THREE-DAY EVENT IS A BUBBLING POT OF VARIOUS CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC TASTES AND ACTIVITIES, NO MATTER YOUR AGE OR TASTE. The not-for-profit event is organised almost entirely by volunteers, and seeks to showcase- as well as the acts and activities of the festival- the artistry, landscape and business of the local area.

One of the main highlights of the festival for punters every year is the thoughtful and diverse lineup of performers, both Australian and international. A few you might spy at this year’s festival: The Small Glories (CAN) The Small Glories (aka Cara Luft and JD Edwards) are a folk-pop duo from the Canadian Prairies. A self-professed “study in contrasts,” they blend the best elements of both country-folk and alternative music to produce a unique mixed blend. Like a good coffee!

Fred Smith (VIC) Singer-songwriter Fred Smith’s tunes over the years have run the gamut from straight-up Americana to swampy blues; from maudlin sea shanties to classic alterna-folk.

His most recent double album, Great, is a blend of all these genres and more, in a tribute to the troubled and unique land of the United States, where Smith lived for several years.

Anni M Fables Tassie “freak folk” artist Anni M Fables uses creative onstage looping, her viola and rich, sultry voice to create a gorgeous dark-folk sound. She recently released her debut studio album Space (Luck) Sphere, recorded in Vancouver, collaborating with over twenty instrumentalists and vocalists to create the record’s sound.

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Akerlund/Paulson (SWEDEN) Josefina Paulson and Jonas Akerlund are award-­‐ winning Swedish folk musicians. Their music has a distinctly Nordic sound, played on traditional instruments.

Paulson and Akerlund play “music for dreamers and dancers using the language of traditional Swedish folk music.”. Sounds dreamy!

Charm of Finches Mabel and Ivy Windred-Wornes (Charm of Finches) are something straight from a Victorian-era gothic novel.

The pair use flawless vocal harmonies and sparse instrumentation to create whimsical, delicate songs of love, loss and beauty- songs that have won them praise and awards.

Charles Jenkins A mainstay of the Victorian music scene, Charles Jenkins has been rocking out for more than thirty years, both with his solo career, various other musical projects- like Charles Jenkins and the Zhivagos- and ARIA-nominated band Icecream Hands.

Bush Gothic Bush Gothic sing tales of old: their folksy tunes tell stories of Australia’s dark, weird and messy past. ‘Convict Rock’ you might call it. They perform both Australian standards and originals in a dark-folk manner: beautiful but menacing, not unlike much of the Australian landscape itself.

also a stack of dance events (twenty-four over the entire festival!), including klezmer dancing, Balkan rhythms, the Old Time Dance Party (featuring Molsky’s Mountain Drifters), square dancing, swing, flamenco and many more. The dance programme is insanely well-stacked, and there’s something for everyone and anyone.

There’s workshops, too, so you might even leave Cygnet with a few new skills in your arsenal (or, strings to your bow, as it were): there’s a band photography studio, music arrangement, Aboriginal dance, music industry discussions, songwriting and a huge amount of instrument-specific lessons. There’s masterclasses, too, for the more experienced: yoga, storytelling, songwriting, fiddle and flamenco dance. Edutainment!

The festival includes a ‘Children’s Festival’ for the little ones in your life. The Kids’ Space at the Cygnet Toy Library (next to the childcare centre) is a place where the wee bairns can go to chill out, play and get creative. Fred Smith will running a kids’ songwriting game, Bush Gothic will sing some of their sweeter songs for the kids, Mr Beep and Ellie will bring magic and ventriloquism, Sands Family Circus will teach kids cool and fun circus skills, and more.

You can also check out the Arts Market (January 13 and 14) in Loongana Park, where you’ll find local artists, makers and crafters showing off their wares. The money raised through the Arts Market goes back into the community, supporting local arts events, workshops and artists. Here you’ll find local produce, craft, art, food and services.

Or, like some, you can forgo the schedule and just wander around beautiful Cygnet, soaking up the music, community spirit and all-round good vibes. Have fun!

LISA DIB

Edgelarks (UK) Phillip Henry and Hannah Martin are Edgelarks, from Devon in the UK. They meld traditional British Isles sounds with modern influences (anything from Indian classical guitar to harmonica-beatboxing) to create their signature sound, one that won them Best Duo at the 2014 BBC Folk Awards.

You’ll also find non-musical joys throughout the festival line-up, like physical comedy from Dandyman and Ruby, Bella The Bookworm’s child-friendly storytelling, oratory from former Greens leader Bob Brown and more. There’s

The Cygnet Folk Festival runs from January 12th- 14th, 2018.

Head to their website for tickets, camping details, acts and more - www.cygnetfolkfestival.org.

Books

PAIGE TURNER MAY THIS GENTLE SUMMER WRAP YOU IN SOME SWEET TENDRILS, AFFORD YOU RELAXATION AND ALSO SOME DEDICATED READING TIME. AND A HAMMOCK AND SOME PROPER TIME IMMERSED IN THE SEA. AND SUNRISES AND STONE FRUIT, AND STRAWBERRIES. JUICY, SUN WARMED STRAWBERRIES. AND PEACE OF MIND, AND SOME LOVE, TOO, WHILE WE ARE ABOUT IT. I have been hanging around with Vladimir Putin, in the form of The Man Without a Face, the unlikely rise of Vladimir Putin by Masha Gessen and balancing this with Women and Power by Mary Beard. Women and Power is a book tiny in structure but huge in content, tracing misogyny back through Western culture and explains why women have had such a hard time getting heard, with culturally endemic silencing and mocking of women’s voices. Beard is a historical scholar of significance and she explains how abuse and tirades against women on Twitter are the continuum of Ancient Greece’s Aristophanes’ mockery of women’s voices. Both of these books, as well as Masha Gessen’s latest The Future is History, How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia, are setting a summer reading tone for me.

The other part of my summer reading will consist of new poems from Tasmania and from Iran, as Transportation Press launches its 2018-2019 publishing program with Wine and Words, poems from Tasmania and Iran. We are welcoming Shirindokht Nourmanesh back as editor of the Iranian content and the esteemed Tasmanian poet and scholar, Pete Hay is on board to source and edit the best new writing from Tasmanian poets. Check out www.transportationpress.net for more information, better still sign up for the newsletter on the website.

Mona Foma is happening in the middle of the month. North and South. I’m busting to hear Maxine Beneba Clarke, award winning poet and author, most recently of The Hate Race, perform some slam poetry during the festival. Slam’s a powerful form that takes poetry to a whole new universe, where words crystallised through the filter of form are taken into a performative space.

Cut Common, with the smart and savvy Steph Eslake at the helm and which showcases emerging artists across the country will be launching its first ever print magazine in 2018 and will be having a roving launch in twenty places (I love this idea). You can get more information here - www.cutcommonmag.com/eoi-be-partof-our-inaugural-print-launch/.

Fullers Bookshop’s event program hardly stopped for Christmas – and in January they are hosting the launch of Treaty and Statehood by Michael Mansell. This is on January 12 at 5.30pm and Bob Brown and Jimmy Everett are both speaking. Not to be missed by any Tasmanians. So many elders in one room and from what I can glean about the book, new territory and topics that we should be considering. For further information and to RSVP – www.fullersbookshop.com.au.

I’m delighted to break the news that Nigella Lawson will be in town, and speaking at the Federation Concert Hall on February 1. Nigella is famous for her general lusciousness as well as her cooking and her magnificent cookbooks (I love them! So many TV chefs but her recipes are solid). She will be discussing her new book At My Table. Tickets will soon be available at the TSO Box Office, and for more information contact Fullers, as they are the organisers of this event.

If you have any book related news, drop me a line – racheledwards488@gmail.com.

Speaking of cookbooks, Pie Hard is a super new Tasmanian one, from Amelia Cree and Honni Cox. About all things pies – sweet, savoury, and all the trappings and tricks. The recipes include a Strawberry Champagne Cheesecake and a Chilli Chocolate Ganache Tart which may be featuring in a pie filled summer.

January’s Bright Thinking event, from the New Philosopher and Womankind, crew, in partnership with Island mag will return on January 11 at the delicious Salamanca Arts Centre. The topic will be ‘Property’ and panellists will be announced soon.

Bright Thinking is a monthly philo café that Marc Sautet (founder of the first philo café) would approve of: one that is participatory rather than dictatorial. A topic is chosen ahead of time for each event to allow attendees to prepare; the hope is that people participate and put forward their point of view. It is open to all thinkers who are looking for solutions to the fundamental problems faced by humankind. For more information, check out the New Philosopher website.

It has been a wonderful year of reading and book events for Tasmania in 2017 and I expect more of the same as well as some invigoratingly creative publishing and writing ventures in 2018. If you have any news you would like to share, drop me a line racheledwards488@gmail.com.

Peace and Love.

RACHEL EDWARDS

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Books BOOK REVIEW

INTO THE WORLD BY STEPHANIE PARKYN INTO THE WORLD BY STEPHANIE PARKYN IS A RICH HISTORICAL NOVEL THAT TELLS THE TRUE STORY OF MARIE LOUISE GIRADIN, A WOMAN WHO, DISGUISED AS A MAN SAILED ABOARD THE RECHERCHE IN THE LATE 1700S AND IS LIKELY THE FIRST WHITE WOMAN TO STEP FOOT ON THE ISLAND NOW KNOWN AS TASMANIA.

Louis Giradin, as she becomes known, flees a France that is caught in the grip of revolution, and she is also forced to leave behind a baby son. The novel is faithful to the passage of the vessel, which was accompanied by the Esperance and was operating under instruction both to find La Perouse, whose expedition was seemingly lost – as well as to conduct scientific research. These two competing goals provide a clear point of tension in the novel, and the characters of the military command of the vessel and the increasingly eccentric behaviour of the scientists aboard juxtapose each other well. Parkyn has a background in science (she trained as a freshwater ecologist) and the attention paid to the scientific knowledge and practice of the time is sensitive and genuinely engaging.

The French explorers on board – both scientific and military have their names are intertwined in our Tasmanian history, D’entrecastreaux, Kermandec, and Labillardiere amongst them.

One of the strengths of this well written novel, is the development of the characters. The story is told from Giradin’s point of view, which offers a rare historical perspective from a woman.

The scientists, captains and crew mates are all fleshed out and given voices and identifying characteristics, Labillardiere the scientist who reveals himself as difficult and driven in particular. It is fascinating, given the proximity in part to these men’s and this woman’s story that we have in Tasmania, to read them as real human beings, not just names of bays and headlands and seascapes.

What Giradin had been involved with in France to cause her to flee the country is one of the many compelling parts that drives this story. The revelation that she had grown up outside the wall of Versaille - her father worked as a gardener there - and her involvement with the nascent revolution are fascinating counterpoints to the journey on the sea and what was involved in her role, as the ship’s steward, as well as what she had to do to keep herself disguised.

This is a book that tells of a significant moment in this history of the island we now call Tasmania, as well as a significant moment internationally: the French revolution, scientific discovery and research as well. It is a well told tale of a fascinating woman and an intriguing and sometimes terrifying journey on the sea. Stephanie Parkyn is to be congratulated on her first novel, one which is sure to find a wide, and satisfied audience.

RACHEL EDWARDS

13 Castray Esplanade Battery Point Hobart Tasmania 7004 tiama.com.au @tiama_hobart

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performing arts Guide

Gallery Guide South Balfour House January 12 New Drawings – Paul Peart-Smith Bett Gallery January 12 – February 2 Dirty Geometry – Tricky Walsh Contemporary Art Tasmania January 17 Three Scenes From In Memory of Johnny B. Goode: World Tour (2014-2017) – The Ghosts of Nothing, Laura Purcell Colville Gallery January 5 Suze Van Der Beek January 26 Jerzy Michalski Despard Gallery Until February 4 Annual Summer Show 17/18 Handmark Gallery January 5 – January 29 New Paintings and Ceramics – Michaye Boulter + Jane Bamford Henry Jones Art Hotel January 2018 68177 – Chris Hamnett Moonah Arts Centre January 31 Glenorchy Open 2018 – MAC’s Annual Open Art Exhibition Salamanca Arts Centre Top Gallery Until January 3 Darkness and Light on the Tasman – Adrian Bradbury January 6 – January 30 A Threatening Confection – Gabrielle Gollogly

NORTH North Handmark Evandale February 1 New Paintings – Heidi Woodhead January 3 – March 7 New Paintings and Works on Paper – Summer Exhibition Burnie Regional Gallery Until January 14 Defining Art Until January 14 Ha! High Art Summer Show January 20 – April 15 National Geographic 50 Greatest Photographs

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NORTH

COMEDY

COMEDY

The Polish Corner January 3 Sarah Bennetto, Gillian English, Dyland Hesp and More!

January 10 Georgie Carroll January 17 Dave Thornton January 24 Chloe Black January 31 Rod Quantock

Royal Oak January 19 Fresh Comedy

Hobart Brewing January 18 The Clubhouse with Matt Okine

Devonport Regional Gallery January 2018 THEATRE New Alchemists January 13 – February 18 Botanical Gardens There Is No Abstract Art... January 3 – January 28 Curated by Erin Wilson Aladdin Gallery Pejean Until January 20 Deja Vu January 24 – February 17 A Retrospective – Dallas Richardson

Theatre Royal January 26 – February 10 Mary Poppins – The Broadway Musical

Sawtooth ARI January 12 – January 20 Seven – Mat Carey, Alistair Mooney, Lina Buck, Garth Howells, Jessica Dorloff,Darryl Rogers, Steven Carson, Erin Linhart, Mae Finlayson, Josh Foley, Paul Murphy, Kimberly Pace, Seve de Angelis and Michelle Smith.

White Sands Estate Until March 2018 The Bay of Fires Collection – Tim Crawshaw

Lightbox Until January 31 Ag / BLACK – Phillip England Studio Gallery January 4 – January 31 Perfect Imperfect – Steve Lovegrove Sidespace Gallery January 6 – January 22 Clouds of a Chaotic Sky – Claire Pendrigh January 26 – February 5 Transition – Stephen Firth Long Gallery Until January 3 Images of Tasmania

TMAG December 8 – May 6, 2018 The Remarkable Tasmanian Devil December 15 – March 11, 2018 Balnhdhurr – A Lasting Impression

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Hobart Date

Venue

Acts / Start Time

JANUARY Monday

1

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

2

3

4

5

Brissie Bingo

Cargo

DJ Rikin

Cargo

DJ Rikin

Republic Bar & Cafe

Tim & Scott 8:30pm

Jack Greene

Micheal Clennett

Micheal Clennett

Post Street Social

Tim & Scott

The Goods Shed

Pnau 7pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

The Raccoons 2:30pm

Cargo

DJ Nik Berechree

Hobart Brewing Co

The Gin Club + Mike Noga Band + Christopher Coleman 7pm

Room For a Pony

Phoney 2018 feat. FKJ Live

Monday

8

Republic Bar & Cafe

Montz Matsumoto 8:30pm

Tuesday

9

Republic Bar & Cafe

Sam Forsyth 8:30pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Matthew Edmunds 8:30pm

The Duke

Jim Jarvis 7:30pm

Telegraph Hotel

Tim Hibberd

The Homestead

Funky Bunch Trivia 7pm

The Duke

Hobart Blues Club – The Patron Saints 7:30pm

Birdcage Bar

Fee Whitla 9pm

The Homestead

Funky Bunch Trivia 7pm

Cargo

DJ Randall Foxx

Birdcage Bar

Lisa Pilkington Duo 9pm

Irish Murphy’s

Brisbane Hotel

Just Jesus + Bianca Blackhall Band + Slumber + Heck + Those Bloody Ingalls

Noteworthy: William Graddon, Maja Puseljic (VIC), Justin O’Garey 8pm

Jack Greene

Tim Hibberd

Cargo

DJ Randall Foxx

Telegraph Hotel

DJ B-Rex / Micheal Clennett

Irish Murphy’s

Noteworthy: Ian Murtagh, Bryce Tilyard, DreamSister (LAUN) 8pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Billy & Jamie 7pm

The Duke

Duke Quiz

The Homestead

Jolly Jugs 6pm

Birdcage Bar

Anita Cairns Duo 9pm

Cargo

DJ Rikin

Grand Poobah

Karaoke with Ocean Man & The Great Muldavio 9pm

Irish Murphy’s

The Sign 9pm

Jack Greene

Isaac Westwood

Republic Bar & Cafe

Maja 8:30pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Karly Fisher 6:30pm Jay Jerome

Jack Greene

Tim Hibberd

Peacock Theatre

George Begbie “What Have I Done?” Album Launch 8pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Bootleg Gin Sluggers 8:30pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Gabriele Dagrezio 7pm

Birdcage Bar

Billy & Jamie 9pm

Cargo

DJ Rikin

Grand Poobah

Karaoke with Ocean Man & The Great Muldavio 9pm

Grand Poobah

Lawless Quartet, Dirt Hands (Melb), Tripmonks (Melb), Miquebarth in the Main Room

Wednesday

Thursday

10

11

Irish Murphy’s

The Bootleg Gin Sluggers 9pm

The Duke

Jack Greene

Tony Mak

The Homestead

Bingo 8pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Songbooks: Featuring Christopher Coleman 8:30pm

Unlocked 6pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Nick Machin 6:30pm

Waterman’s Beer Market

The Duke

Jay Jerome

Birdcage Bar

Kalo & Randal 9pm

The Homestead

Bingo 8pm

Bright Eyes Cafe

Ross Sermons Blues Band

Waterman’s Beer Market

Unlocked 6pm

Brisbane Hotel

Luke Seymour + Art School Bullies + Pat Broxton

Brisbane Hotel

Late Night Krackieoke

The Darlings 9pm

Cargo

DJ Millhouse

Bright Eyes Cafe

Moonshine Whiskers and The Ragged Pony

Casino Bar

DJ SupaNova 10pm

Brisbane Hotel

The Blizzards

Cygnet

Cygnet Folk Festival

DJ Sexy Lucy

Grand Poobah

Kormak (Sydney), Bear Cub, Berks

DJ Randall Foxx 10pm

Jack Greene

Matt & Abby

Uncle Gus & The Rim Shots, JUNA, Vapaa, The Black Swans of Trespass, The Wholly Cats & The Dead Maggies

Post Street Social

Terry Nomikos

Telegraph Hotel

Micheal Clennett / Dr Fink

The Brunswick Hotel

Tony Mak 7:30pm

The Duke

Live Bands

The Tasmanian Inn

Finn Seccombe 8pm

The Whaler

Yesterday’s Gentlemen / Pete Cornelius Band 7:30pm

Waterman’s Beer Market

Jonathan Warwarek 7pm

Birdcage Bar

Neon Acoustic 9pm

Bright Eyes Cafe

Billy Whitton

Brisbane Hotel

ALL AGES – 3pm till 6pm – KOGZ + Fatty Phew + Dispraze + Butter D + Fusion + Astralnautz

Brisbane Hotel

18+ - KOGZ + Fatty Phew + Wombat + Nibs + Reflekt _ Luna

Brisbane Hotel

Front Bar – Lunar Rampage

Birdcage Bar

Grand Poobah

Friday

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Hobart Brewing Co

Evil Twin + The Jacksonville Trial + Mocane 8pm

Hobart Twilight Market

Little Island, Lauren O’Keefe, Kim Imber, Zach & Shewit 4pm

Jack Greene

Gabrielle

Telegraph Hotel

Matt & Abby / Big Swifty

The Brunswick Hotel

Isaac Westwood 7:30pm

The Duke

Live Bands

The Homestead

Dublo 9pm

The Lower House

House Party Feat: Wax Motif + Local Support

The Tasmanian Inn

Dylan Eynon 8pm

The Whaler

Zac Henderson, Ruben Reeves Band 7:30pm

Waterman’s Beer Market

Cam Stuart 7pm

Cargo

DJ Rikin

Birdcage Bar

Sambo & Jimi 9pm

Casino Bar

DJ SupaNova 10pm

Bright Eyes Cafe

Balding & Croft

Grand Poobah

Brisbane Hotel

Lunar + Pando +Delix + Kase Kochen + Corney + Spice & Gyps + Fotti & OGP + Peguin

Bradley Zero (UK), Smokin Mango, Bronze Savage & CJ Steele

Jack Greene

Tim Hibberd

Cargo

DJ Millhouse

Post Street Social

Tim & Scott

Casino Bar

DJ SupaNova 10pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Australian Made 10pm

Grand Poobah

Afterparty for Hazey Daze Boat Party

Telegraph Hotel

Ado & Devo / Serotonin

Jack Greene

Legally Blinde

The Brunswick Hotel

Gabriele Dagrezio 7:30pm

Post Street Social

Terry Nomikos

The Whaler

The Ruben Reeves Band 9pm

Telegraph Hotel

Micheal Clennett / Dr Fink

Bianca Clennett 9pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Sticks and Kane 7:30pm

Waterman’s Beer Market

The Homestead

The Surreal Estate Agents 9pm

Birdcage Bar

Dave Sikk 4tet 6pm

The Whaler

The Bootleg Gin Sluggers 9pm

Bright Eyes Cafe

Ross Sermons

Chali 2NA & Krafty Kuts 8pm

Jack Greene

Micheal Clennett

Tim Davies Duo 9pm

Post Street Social

Tim Hibberd

Republic Bar & Cafe

The FIRM 2:30pm

Waratah Hotel Waterman’s Beer Market

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Brisbane Hotel

Casino Bar

6

Venue Bright Eyes Cafe

Phil Oddy and Peter Hicks

Cargo

Saturday

7

Bright Eyes Cafe

Telegraph Hotel Tuesday

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Date Monday

15

Tuesday

16

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

17

18

19

20

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Acts / Start Time

Republic Bar & Cafe

Wahbash Avenue 8:30pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Billy Whitton 8:30pm

Tuesday

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Birdcage Bar

Finn & Helen 9pm

D Henry Fenton 8:30pm

Telegraph Hotel

DJ B-Rex / Micheal Clennett

Jazz Jam Jar 7:30pm

The Duke

Duke Quiz

The Founders Room

Edgelarks: Phillip Henry & Hannah Martin (UK)

Jack Greene

Tim Hibberd

The Homestead

Funky Bunch Trivia 7pm

Irish Murphy’s

Noteworthy: Matt Dean, Ruby Austin-Lund, David McEldowney 8pm

Birdcage Bar

Rod Murray 9pm

Irish Murphy’s

Noteworthy: Katie Wilson, Candice Mcleod, Khristian Mizzi (VIC) 8pm

Jack Greene

The Brunswick Hotel

Tony Mak 7pm

Birdcage Bar

Madelena 9pm

Tim Hibberd

Grand Poobah

Karaoke with Ocean Man & The Great Muldavio 9pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Clare Quinn 8:30pm

The Duke

Jay Jerome

Telegraph Hotel

DJ B-Rex / Matt & Abby

Jack Greene

Isaac Westwood

The Brunswick Hotel

Sam Forsyth 7pm

Grand Poobah

The Duke

Duke Quiz

Andras Fox, Rainbow Trout, Smokin Mango, CJ Steele & Bronze Savage

The Homestead

La Busca 8:30pm

Irish Murphy’s

Celeste 9pm

Birdcage Bar

The Aly Rae Patmore Trio 9pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Tarik Stoneman 7:30pm

Brisbane Hotel

Scruffamudda (NSW) + Dracopede (NSW) + Java Fonda

The Homestead

Bingo Bingo 8pm

Cargo

DJ Randall Foxx

Unlocked 6pm

Grand Poobah

Karaoke with Ocean Man & The Great Muldavio 9pm

Waterman’s Beer Market

Irish Murphy’s

Little Island 9pm

Birdcage Bar

Sambo & Jimi 9pm

Jack Greene

Tony Mak

Bright Eyes Cafe

Patron Saints

Peacock Theatre

Alma Salero

Cargo

DJ Nik Berechree

Republic Bar & Cafe

Othrship 8:30pm

Post Street Social

DJ Millhouse

The Brunswick Hotel

Billy & Jamie 6:30pm

Telegraph Hotel

Micheal Clennett / Dr Fink

The Duke

Jay Jerome

Brisbane Hotel

King Parrot (Vic) + Taberah + Mountains of Madness + Ultra Martian

The Homestead

Bingo 8pm

Brisbane Hotel

Front Bar – Late Night Krackieoke

Waterman’s Beer Market

Unlocked 6pm

Jack Greene

Phrayta

Birdcage Bar

Jerome Hillier 9pm

Casino Bar

DJ SupaNova 10pm

Bright Eyes Cafe

Coyotes Serenade

Grand Poobah

Nico Stojan (Berlin), Rainbow Trout

Brisbane Hotel

Frenzal Rhomb (NFH) + Bennylava + The Prickly Grapes

The Tasmanian Inn

Miss Jones Plays 8pm

Brisbane Hotel

Rat Catcher (SA) + B.O.M.S. + ATO Tax Department

The Whaler

Dylan Eynon / The Parlour Band 7:30pm

Cargo

DJ Nik Berechree

Waterman’s Beer Market

Isaac Westwood 7pm

Casino Bar

DJ Randall Foxx 10pm

Birdcage Bar

Matt Edmunds 9pm

Grand Poobah

Gerd Jansen, Bronze Savage, CJ Steele & Smokin Mango

Jack Greene

Tony & John

Hobart Twilight Market

Tim Stokes (QLD, Kat Edwards, Kimberley Music, Jasmin Bade 4:30pm

Telegraph Hotel

Ado & Devo / Serotonin

Bright Eyes Cafe

Jack Greene

Matt & Abby

Squires and the Sermonators – (David Squires and Ross Sermons)

Post Street Social

Tim Hibberd

Cargo

DJ Millhouse

Telegraph Hotel

33 Seconds

Brisbane Hotel

Front Bar – Elan Vital (NZ)

The Brunswick Hotel

Sticks and Kane 7:30pm

Brisbane Hotel

The Duke

Live Bands

Back Bar – Fortay at Large – TOK – ThAT KID KEARVE – The Hed Ubd / Yung 3 Face Mak and Zac, Wombat, Burd Brain hosted by Greeley

The Homestead

Kalya Scintilla, Merkaba, Eve Olution, Vibrant Matters & Yophorick 9:30pm

Casino Bar

DJ SupaNova 10pm

Grand Poobah

The Tasmanian Inn

The Black Swans of Trespass 8pm

Andy Hart, Roza Terenzi, Rainbow Trout & Bronze Savage

The Whaler

Dean Stevenson, The Ruben Reeves Band 7:30pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

4 Letter Fish 10pm

Waterman’s Beer Market

Tim Davies 7pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Tim Davies 7:30pm

The Whaler

The Bootleg Gin Sluggers 9pm

Birdcage Bar

Tony Voglino 9pm Ross Sermons & Gerry Balding

Waterman’s Beer Market

Bianca Clennett 9pm

Bright Eyes Cafe Brisbane Hotel

Alpha Wolf + Honest Crooks (NSW) + Colossvs (Vic) + Break Through + Eloraine

Bright Eyes Cafe

Hui and the Muse Jazz in the Yard

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

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Cargo

DJ Rikin

Hobart Convict Penitentiary

Casino Bar

DJ Randall Foxx 10pm

Post Street Social

Tim & Scott

Frits Wentink (Holland), Smokin Mango

Cargo

DJ Rikin

Post Street Social

DJ Randall Foxx

Home Hill Winery

Huon Blues Festival

Republic Bar & Cafe

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

Republic Bar & Cafe

The Great Anticipators 2:30pm

Telegraph Hotel

Micheal Clennett / Dr Fink

Republic Bar & Cafe

Crystal Campbell 8:30pm

Jack Greene

Micheal Clennett

Republic Bar & Cafe

The Sign 8:30pm

The Homestead

Funky Bunch Trivia 7pm

The Whaler

Monday

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Acts / Start Time Funky Bunch Trivia 7pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

The Brunswick Hotel

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Wednesday

Venue The Homestead

The Duke

Grand Poobah

Sunday

Date

Monday

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Jonathan & Alan 7:30pm Yesterday’s Gentlemen 9pm

Waterman’s Beer Market

Cam Stuart 9pm

Bright Eyes Cafe

Ross Smithard

Cargo

DJ Millhouse

Jack Greene

Tuesday

Birdcage Bar

Billy Whitton Duo 9pm

Irish Murphy’s

Noteworthy: Finn Seccombe, Miss Jones Plays, Joseph Banks (NSW) 8pm

Micheal Clennett

Jack Greene

Tim Hibberd

Post Street Social

Terry Nomikos

Republic Bar & Cafe

Dean Haitani 8:30pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Record Fair

Telegraph Hotel

DJ B-Rex / Matt & Abby

DJ Rikin

The Brunswick Hotel

Karly Fisher 7pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Tim Stokes 8:30pm

The Duke

Duke Quiz

Republic Bar & Cafe

Danny Widdicombe 8:30pm

The Duke

Local Act

Cargo

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Launceston / NORTH WEST Date

Venue

Acts / Start Time

January Wednesday

3

The Royal Oak

Public Bar – Trent Buchanan + Denni Sulzberger 9pm

Thursday

4

The Royal Oak

Public Bar – Joe Kallman + The Dirty Daisies 9pm

Friday

5

Gnomon Pavilion

The Edgelarks (UK) + Halfway to Forth 5:30pm

The Royal Oak

Boat Shed – The Prickly Grapes + Speak & …...... 9pm

Saturday

6

The Royal Oak

Boat Shed – The Dead Maggies, Stragglers, Brody Greg 9pm

Sunday

7

The Royal Oak

Public Bar – Open Folk Seisiun 5pm

Wednesday

10

The Royal Oak

Public Bar – Gabriele Dagrezio 9pm

Thursday

11

The Royal Oak

Boat Shed – Daniel J Townsend & Halfway to Forth 9pm

Friday

12

Gnomon Pavilion

The Fabulous Jay Arthur Band 5:30pm

The Royal Oak

Public Bar – Ruben Reeves TBC 9pm

Saturday

13

The Royal Oak

Boat Shed – Luke Seymoup, The Sleepy Heads & Art School Bullies 9pm

Sunday

14

The Royal Oak

Public Bar – Open Folk Seisiun 5pm

Tuesday

16

The Royal Oak

Boat Shed – Slam Duggery 7:30pm

Wednesday

17

The Royal Oak

Public Bar – Andy Collins 9pm

Thursday

18

The Royal Oak

Public Bar – Clare Quinn 9pm

Friday

19

Club 54

Open Mic Night #2

Gnomon Pavilion

One7 + Alma Solerno 5:30pm

The Royal Oak

Public Bar – TBA

Saturday

20

The Royal Oak

Public Bar – Ruben Reeves Band 9pm

Sunday

21

Country Club Lawns

2018 Red Hot Summer Tour – Suzi Quatro, The Angels, Baby Animals, The Screaming Jets, Moving Pictures, Chocolate Starfish

The Royal Oak

Public Bar – Open FOlk Seisiun 5pm

Wednesday

24

The Royal Oak

Public Bar – Eve Gower & Denni Sulzberger 9pm

Thursday

25

The Royal Oak

Public Bar – Art of Surviving & Emily Lawton 9pm

Friday

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Gnomon Pavilion

Cool Train 5:30pm

The Royal Oak

Public Bar – TBA 9pm

Club 54

Metal Fusion: Heavy Music Festival 2018

The Royal Oak

Public Bar – TBA 9pm

Saturday

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Sunday

28

The Royal Oak

Public Bar – Open Folk Seisiun 5pm

Tuesday

30

The Royal Oak

Boat Shed – Launceston Jazz Club – Dan Bolton Quartet

Wednesday

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TBA

JANUARY Wednesday 3 Public Bar — Trent Buchanan & Denni Sulzberger from 9 pm Thursday 4 Public Bar — Joe Kallman, The Dirty Daisies from 9 pm Friday 5 Boat Shed — The Prickly Grapes, Speak & ......... from 9 pm Saturday 6 Boat Shed — The Dead Maggies, Stragglers, Brody Greg from 9 pm Sunday 7 Public Bar — Open Folk Seisiun from 5 pm Wednesday 10 Public Bar — Gabrielle Dagrezio from 9pm Thursday 11 Boat Shed — Daniel J Townsend & Halfway to Forth from 9 pm Friday 12 Public Bar — Ruben Reeves TBC from 9 pm Saturday 13 Boat Shed — Luke Seymoup, The Sleepy Heads & Art School Bullies from 9 pm Sunday 14 Public Bar — Open Folk Seisiun from 5 pm Tuesday 16 Boat Shed — Slam Duggery from 7.30 pm Wednesday 17 Public Bar — Andy Collins from 9 pm Thursday 18 Public Bar — Clare Quinn from 9 pm Friday 19 Boat Shed — Fresh Comedy from 9 pm Public Bar — TBA Saturday 20 Public Bar — Ruben Reeves Band from 9 pm Sunday 21 Public Bar — Open Folk Seisiun from 5 pm Wednesday 24 Public Bar — Eve Gower & Denni Sulzberger from 9 pm Thursday 25 Public Bar — Art of Surviving & Emily Lawton—from 9 pm Friday 26 Public Bar — TBA from 9 pm Saturday 27 Public Bar — TBA from 9 pm Sunday 28 Public Bar — Open Folk Seisiun from 5 pm Tuesday 30 Boat Shed — Launceston Jazz Club — Dan Bolton Quartet

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