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CHRISTOPHER COLEMAN ELLA HOOPER FIONA O'LOUGHLIN RAFAEL BONACHELA ROB SNARSKI SASKWATCH THE EXCHANGE WES CARR

at the REPUBLIC BAR

THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 10 tickets: republicbar.com

Just Anounced JEBEDIAH 20th ANNIVERSARY SHOW

Fri 4th September $35pre/$40door

Fiona O’Loughlin Wed 15 & Thurs 16 July

Mental As Anything Friday 17 July

Christopher Coleman Collective Friday 24 July

Tex Perkins Fri 31 July

July 2015 Todd Cook 8.30pm Wednesday 1 Keith Hall & Pat Dow Band 8:30pm Thursday 2 Mephistopheles + Pure + Intense Hammer Rage + Plague Of Sickness $5 10pm Friday 3 Fraser A Gorman + Quibers $10pre/$12door 10pm Saturday 4 Sunday Swap & Sale Clothing Market 2pm Wahbash Avenue 8pm Sun 5 Finn Secombe 8.30pm Monday 6 Rod Fritz + Zac Spinks 8.30pm Tuesday 7 Billy Longo & The Rhythm Tragics 8.30pm Wednesday 8 Tim & Scott 8:30pm Thursday 9 Lazer Baby (Album Launch) + LaVista + Maddy Jane & Band + Scientists Of Sin $5 10pm Friday 10 Boil Up (Reggae & Funk) $5 10pm Saturday 11 TJ Rhythm 8.30pm Sunday 12 Quiz Night - New Comers Welcome 8:15pm Monday 13 Billy Whitton 8:30pm Tuesday 14 Comedy Clubhouse With Fiona O'Loughlin (Upstairs) $20 8.30pm Brad Gillies 8.30pm Wednesday 15 Comedy Clubhouse With Fiona O'Loughlin (Upstairs) $20 8.30pm Dave Johnson 8.30pm Thursday 16

Mental As Anything $25pre/$30door 10pm Friday 17 Australian Made (Aussie Pub Rock) $5 10pm Saturday 18 Sunday Afternoon Soul Sessions (Beergarden) 2.30pm Peter Hicks & The Blues Licks 8.30pm Sunday 19 Helen Crowther 8.30pm Monday 20 Bakers Acoustic Duo 8pm Baker Boys Band 9pm Tuesday 21 Dave Overton 8:30pm Wednesday 22 Rewind 8:30pm Thursday 23 Christopher Coleman Collective (Single Launch) + The Beautiful Chains $12pre/$15door 10pm Friday 24 The Hobart Funk Collective $5 10pm Saturday 25 Beergarden Party - Spit Roast Lamb Over Charcoal + Live Music - Free Event 2.30pm The Elliots 8.30pm Sunday 26 Quiz Night - New Comers Welcome 8:15pm Monday 27 Joe Pirere 8:30pm Tuesday 28 Hui & The Muse 8:30pm Wednesday 29 Dan Vandermeer 8:30pm Thursday 30 Tex Perkins & The Dark Horses $30pre/$35door Friday 31 Jed Appleton and Band Album Launch + Joe Mungovan $7pre/$10door Saturday 1 August

THIS JULY KEEP ONE EYE ON THE STRANGER

FEATURING WES CARR

EIGHT TALENTED YOUNG TASMANIAN SINGER SONGWRITERS PERFORMING ALONGSIDE WES CARR FOR THIS REMARKABLE ONE OFF SHOWCASE EVENING.

WED 8 JULY | THEATRE ROYAL | HOBART

THE EXCHANGE (USA)

THEY ARE READY TO BRING THE PARTY TO HOBART AND LAUNCESTON. REVEALING A FRESH, NEW PERFORMANCE YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS!

THURS 9 JULY | THEATRE ROYAL | HOBART THURS 16 JULY | PRINCESS THEATRE | LAUNCESTON

VAN CANTO (GER)

AUSTRALIAN EXCLUSIVE HEAVY METAL A CAPPELLA FIVE SINGERS, ONE DRUMMER, NO GUITARS, NO BASS...EXPECT AN UNBELIEVABLE AND REMARKABLE METAL EXPERIENCE.

SAT 11 JULY | MAC2 | HOBART

KATIE NOONAN’S VANGUARD

TASMANIAN EXCLUSIVE. ONE OF AUSTRALIA’S MOST CELEBRATED SINGER SONGWRITERS MAKES HER WAY TO LAUNCESTON FOR THIS RARE ONE NIGHT ONLY PERFORMANCE.

WED 15 JULY | PRINCESS THEATRE | LAUNCESTON

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Featuring Featuring History History You Cannot Call For Love Like A Dog You Cannot Call Forand Love Like A Dog Sentimental Monday Sentimental and Monday DEBUT ALBUM OUT JULY 24 DEBUT ALBUM OUT JULY 24 holyholymusic.com

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Where Junction Arts Festival goes after dark.

Join us at The Junc Room, our pop-up Festival club in an abandoned warehouse for an exciting line up of live music, alongside a great bar and curious adventures waiting for you in nooks and crannies.

FULL PROGRAM RELEASE IN AUGUST

2—6 September 2015 Launceston, Tasmania Emma Anglesey (image by Chris Crerar / Photo Mob)

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News in Brief HAVE LANEWAY, WILL PARTY Because too many laneway parties are barely enough, Hobart’s own Chupacabra are putting one on! Saturday July 4 will see Bidencopes Lane (and the Grand Poobah) taken over by Chupacabra, Mangus, The Sin & Tonics, and Lawless DJ for a night of hecticity (is that a word? It is now.). What more could you want apart from awesome music in a laneway? How about street art provided by the Art Hole Gallery? How about food provided by the always awesome Taco Taco Truck? How about a Chupa-bar serving drinks right there in the laneway? This night will really have it all. The One Night Winter Festival, presented by Chupacabra, see you there.

BABYS WITH LAZERS

Local outfit Lazer Baby have a brand newborn EP and they want you to hear it.

Layzabb will be launched at The Republic Bar on Friday July 10 with the the help of fellow Hobart acts, Scientists Of Sin, Lavista, and the Maddy Jane Band. Expect a truly rad, uplifting, sexy night of jazz and soul from those energetic babies.

Not to mention Hobart’s Skun Knees and Burnie young guns, Weeper. Jebus. Both gigs sound insane (ie. kickass)!

BRING DA MUTHA****** RUCKUS!

real mix of who-gives-a-fuck bile and headachey regret”. Sounds like it’d be up everyone’s alley. The album will be available on July 17, and you’ll be able to catch them in person on Friday July 31 at The Republic Bar & Café in North Hobart.

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HAU DOES HE DO IT? Sydney 5 piece rock band The Ruckus are about to tour Tasmania for the first time. Known for their energetic live performances, The Ruckus are best described as visual chaos that is a mash up of Clockwork Orange and Mad Max. Accompanied by a sonic intensity that shares the same DNA that gave form to bands like Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Aerosmith and Rage Against the Machine, The Ruckus are shaping up to be one of those don’t-miss kinds of acts. For the first time, they’re bringing their hectic live show to Taswegia, playing a slew of shows around the state. On Thursday July 16 they’ll be at Tapas Lounge Bar in Devonport, on Friday July 17 they’ll be at The Butter Factory in Burnie, on Saturday July 18 they’ll be at The Royal Oak in Launceston, and on Sunday July 19 they’ll be heading south and playing at The Brisbane Hotel in Hobart.

Dane Overton is a solo blues artist hailing from Gerringong on the south coast of NSW. His mix of blues and roots style music and technical guitar solos gives him a unique vibe and sound, from heavy upbeat dance numbers all the way to slow acoustic ballads. Dane’s lyrics, while quirky and clever, still contain depth and passion. Accompanied by his guitars, his harmonica, and his handy stomp box, Dane is an artist to keep your eye on in the near future. Taswegians have three opportunities to catch Dane in the flesh throughout July, on Wednesday July 22 he’ll be at The Republic Bar & Café in Hobart, on Thursday July 23 he’ll be at Tapas Lounge Bar in Devonport, and on Sunday July 26 he’ll be back down in Hobart, playing at The Homestead.

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RIGHT GEEZERS Those hilarious and lovable powerviolence scamps Uncle Geezer will be celebrating their 50th show on Friday July 10 at Club 54 in Launceston. They’ve been going hardcore over the past two years so this is quite an achievement in quite a small amount of time. They’ll be playing their 51st show the following night (Saturday July 11) at The Brisbane Hotel in Hobart. Joining them in their celebrations will be fast-core New South Welshmen, Disparo, who are actually the headline act in the middle of a massive marathon tour.

They’ll be bringing New Zealand hardcore punk band, Graves, along for the ride.

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Look, everyone loves Tex Perkins, it’s because he’s all badass and awesome.

He’s fronted more bands than you could poke a Les Paul at and by now is (or at least, should be) a certified Australian treasure. His newest venture has seen him join forces with The Dark Horses (consisting of Charlie Owen, Joel Silbersher, Murray Paterson, Stephen Hadley, and Gus Agars) to release Tunnel at the End of the Light, which was noted

by Rolling Stone as being “a convincingly

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With 20 years of writing and performing under his belt (best known as the front man for ARIA Award-Winning duo, Koolism), Hau hit’s the road across Australia and New Zealand to promote the first single “KILL.I.AM” taken from his debut solo album, The No End Theory. No stranger to the airwaves, Hau’s prolific career has already seen him provide vocals for huge talents including The Hilltop Hoods, Hermiture, Rodney P, and Oddisee, head up the Hip-Hop show on Australia’s leading youth network, triple j, and launch his solo career with the release of the Football, Feasts & Funerals mixtape. Hobartians have a chance to catch Hau at The Republic Bar & Café on Friday August 14.

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you probably already know who the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion are, but if you haven’t and you don’t, they’re an alt-rock trio from New York, New York that have been around since the early 90’s, released a bunch of albums, and worked with the likes of Solomon Burke, Beck, Steve Albini and Ad-Rock from the Beastie Boys. Jon Spencer Blues Explosion will be playing at the Republic Bar & Café in Hobart on Sunday August 9, they’ll be supported by Hobart’s own, Native Cats. Tickets are available from the venue, Ruffcut Records, and online via moshtix.

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Jon Spencer Blues Explosion are coming to Australia for five very special gigs only, and one of those gigs is in Tasmania, which is pretty damn cool. If you’ve heard music at some point in your life,

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2015. After releasing their widelypraised All Possible Futures in April, and then selling out both North and South American Tours, the band will return home to play a bunch of shows around the country. Joining the band on all their tour dates will be three stellar support acts, including longtime collaborator Cleopold, and up and comers Joy, and Young Franco. They’re only playing one gig in lil ol’ Taswegia, and it’s at the Republic Bar & Café in North Hobart on Saturday August 22. Tickets are available via www. miamihorror.com.

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returning for another Australian tour this September. Now based in the UK, Dub FX (aka Benjamin Stanford) has become an internet sensation with over 70 million views (on Youtube alone) of his various live street performances and recorded songs. Using his vocals with the aid of live looping and effects pedals, Dub FX creates the sounds of hip hop, reggae, and drum & bass rhythms in a truly global context.

Get along to the Republic Bar & Café on Thursday September 10 to see it for yourself, it’s well worth it.

TASMANIAN GANGLANDS

Hot off the back of a series of sell-out tour dates across the country, the huge success of their recent single “Every Kind of Way”, and the release of their brand new single “Kooky Eyes”, The Jungle Giants are set to release their second full length album. The follow up to 2013’s Learn to Exist, is titled Speakerzoid and it’ll be out at the start of August. To launch the new release in grand fashion, they’re heading off around the country. Beginning on Friday September 4 way over in Freo, they’ll be going all over the place before ending the tour on Tasmanian shores. On Friday October 9 they’ll be playing at the Republic Bar & Café in Hobart, and on Saturday October 10 they’ll be performing at Club 54 in Launceston. Hobart tickets available via moshtix, Launceston tickets available via oztix.

BIG TOP NEWS

Following a completely sold-out national headline tour in February this year, two-time ARIA Award winning songbird Megan Washington has now announced the Tangents Tour - an extensive run of dates throughout Australia in August and September. Covering every state and territory across 26 shows, the tour will see Megan perform a string of stripped back, intimate appearances for the first time ever, with a particular focus on visiting fans outside of Australia’s staple touring markets. That means two Tassie gigs! One at the Republic Bar & Café in Hobart on Saturday August 29, and one at Fresh in Launceston on Sunday August 30 (which only has a handful of ticket left to).

DUBBED OUT

Following the band’s triumphant sold-out national album release tour, Sydneybased rockers Gang of Youths are once again hitting the road for a massive national and regional tour across Australia in August and September. Building on their reputation as extraordinary live performers, Gang of Youths will embark on an epic 24-date tour, hitting venues in both regional and capital cities in every Australian state, ending the tour in Tasmania in September. They’ll be playing three shows around the apple isle, on Thursday September 17 they’ll be at Tapas Lounge Bar in Devonport, on Friday September 18 they’ll be at Club 54 in Launceston, and on Saturday September 19 they’ll be at the Republic Bar & Café in Hobart.

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Fractangular Gathering is a three day open air collaborative arts festival held in South-East Tasmania. It is a fusion and celebration of alternative electronic and acoustic music genres with visual, performing arts, and electronic media. It is also a locus for networking, collaboration, participation, experience, exposure and cultural development. It includes local, interstate and international artists across multiple music stages and a variety of workshops for all ages. After a hiatus in 2014 and triumphant return in 2015, Fractangular Gathering is back once again and promising to be bigger and better than ever! February 5-7 is when it’s on, mark it in your calendar. The call is on for artist applications, so if you’d like to be involved, head along to fractangular.com. au and fill out your deets.

Well, this sure is a fancy one. Cirque De Soleil are bringing the acclaimed Quidam to Hobart in January 2016 for seven performances only! From Wednesday January 6 to Sunday January 10, punters will be able to witness the beautifully artistic acrobatics of Cirque De Soleil at the Derwent Entertainment Centre.

Since premiering under the big top in Montreal in 1996, Quidam has captivated millions of people across five continents.

Now Quidam has embarked on a new journey, with the same spell-binding production being performed in arenas around the world. Tickets are on sale now via www.cirquedesoleil.com/quidam or at Ticketmaster (www.ticketmaster.com.au).

Dub FX is freaken epic. Following up on his last visit to Tasmania with Opiuo in 2014, the renowned beat box artist and worldwide street performer is again

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CALL FOR LOVE OSCAR DAWSON- GUITARIST FOR AUSTRALIAN DUO HOLY HOLY AND FORMERLY OF DANCE-PUNK ACT DUKES OF WINDSOR IS SETTLING DOWN TO A VERY SWISH MEAL (“PASTA WITH TOMATO-BASED SAUSAGE SAUCE”) AT HIS HOME IN MELBOURNE IN BETWEEN INTERVIEWS. LET US NEVER ASSUME THAT THE WORKING MUSO LIFE IS ANYTHING BUT STYLISH.

Dawson’s latest project Holy Holy are a multifaceted beast; he and musical partner Tim Carroll, along with drummer Ryan Strathie (Hungry Kids Of Hungary) and bassist Graham Ritchie, create towering, ethereal, dark folk (although, as I found out, he resists the title and cannot himself pinpoint what the HH sound really is) based around Carroll’s gothic lyricism and Dawson’s guitar magic. The only downside being that all members of the project are scattered across the East Coast (Dawson in Melbourne, Carroll in Tasmania and Strathie and Ritchie in Brisbane.)

“It’s hard yes” he admits. “Yet it’s always been surprisingly easy to make it work. I speak to people about it, they think it’s a nightmare (laughs) there are certain challenges. We’ve always recorded in Brisbane, at one time everyone lived in Brisbane except me. Now that we’re in three different places, when we have a show or tour, we all have to travel for that anyway, so we just try to catch up a couple of days earlier to rehearse and get the set in order. It’s really not a major thing. When we’re on tour, we’re living in each others’ pockets, then back home and the taps off, back to normal life.”

Having met Carroll when he was in Asia, and meeting up again when in Berlin with the Dukes, Dawson is used to moving about.

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“I lived outside of Victoria, in a small town, and after a while I did find myself under-stimulated, wanting to be around other musicians. It’s what we do, we need places to play, people to write with, people to play with. The grass is always greener, I’m always gonna want what I don’t have.”

The bloom of this collaboration has been 2014’s The Pacific EP, and the upcoming debut album When The Storms Would Come, featuring the enchanted single You Cannot Call For Love Like A Dog. The single’s video, in particular, is a work of staggering beauty, namely down to its filming location: Tassie.

“It was shot in the sort-of countryside near [Tim’s] property. It’s a beautiful part of the world. There was a couple of factors in the decision to shoot there; lot of factors have to be considered when you make a video, you have to consider where everyone lives, the schedule and the budget.

We just batted around what ideas we had, and it made a lot of sense. We used this drone footage, aerial footage over the forests, it felt like it fit the colour and vibe of the song. Tim had access to that hut you see in the clip. He’s developed a bit of a connection to the landscape. We set up in the hut, had a bit of a play and for some reason it seems to fit the feel we were going for. We referenced

the movie The Proposition, which is a Nick Cave film based around early settler period. The idea of that movie was ringing in the back of our heads.. it’s got this old-school feel to it. Plus the lyrics reference nature, and natural things. We try to record in a natural way too, live takes and so on, I feel like all of that comes together and fits the basic vibe we’re going for.”

For many- myself included- Dawson’s former band was something of a staple; Dukes of Windsor, especially their The Others album, was a staple in the car on the way out, or pre-gaming at a friend’s place, or just having a dance in the garage. My early twenties were flooded with the jangly dance-punk of Dawson’s former project, but he appears to be leaving it all behind.

“I remember when Dukes were a “thing”, we did okay” he admits. “We did a lot of touring, a lot of stuff we did I was happy with. Dukes was also a little more ‘time and a place’, I wasn’t sure whether people out there had any recollection or memory, if we were a figment of the past. This is quite different. Dukes was upbeat, wanted to get people to dance, whereas this band is more songdriven, based around Tim’s lyrics. In this case, I’m not sure even what genre you’d call it. Sometimes you get branded with a folk genre but I’m not sure about that one. We’re really proud of what we’ve done, it sums up where we are at now, plus I get to play lots of guitar solos which is all I wanna do.”

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Holy Holy’s When The Storm Would Come is out July 24 through Sony/Wonderlick. The band will perform two shows in Tasmania, Fresh on Charles, Thursday August 27 and The Republic Bar on Friday August 28.

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musician and to give people a clean slate where I wasn’t recognised as Australian Idol. There was a part of my life that didn’t involve Australian Idol and needed to be told.

WES CARR IS COMING TO HOBART TO RUN SONG-WRITING AND MENTORING WORKSHOP ‘KEEP ONE EYE ON THE STRANGER’ AS PART OF FESTIVAL OF VOICES. A PAST WINNER OF AUSTRALIAN IDOL, THE SINGER HAS AN INDEPENDENT CAREER IN RECENT YEARS.

Growing up you took five classes a week at the John Young Talent School. Do you think this prepared you for Australian Idol?

Why are you also known as The Buffalo Tales?

Buffalo Tales was set up as a side projecta different part of my music to separate the created perception of who I am as a

I started singing when I was 8 years old.

Every experience in life prepares you for the future, good or bad everything is a lesson.

I was singing and performing at 8 years old, I learnt what it was like to be in that world so young and what life could be like for some people. It took a lot of evolutions to come to a point to take all my experiences to Australian Idol.

You are a strong believer in meditation, how important do you think meditation is in today’s fast paced society?

You learn more about yourself when you look within than when you look out.

You can’t look externally for fulfilment.

Everyone is always running around and we have everything at our fingertips these days. We need to stop and look within ourselves. In order to heal the world- you need to start with yourself.

Keep One Eye on the Stranger is a workshop for aspiring singers and songwriters. How important is it for young talent to have a mentor?

I can't tell anybody "should". There’s no ‘should-ing’ in my life. I’m not for picking holes but it is important to set an example to honour your craft, be grateful and serve it. When I was growing up everyone was putting stuff in my head. It started getting to me. I lost the essence of why I wanted to perform in the first place.

What advice would you give to people considering appearing on a talent show?

Don’t expect it to serve you. Decide to do it with every best intention, have a strong identity of who you are. It’s important to have a good attitude. These days people want money and success, they want to be famous for being famous. You have to do it for the right reasons. Have a strong head on your shoulders.

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See Wes Carr perform alongside a talented selection of Tasmanian musicians at The Theatre Royal on Wednesday July 8. Tickets available from www.festivalofvoices.com.

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What’s on July Wed 01/07 - Valkeryies + Zac Henderson Thur 02/07 - Tarik Stoneman Tue 07/07 - Songwriter Sessions w/ Samuel Cole Wed 08/07 - Mayhem & Me + Smokestack + Maddy Jane (O-WEEK) Thur 09/07 - Dan Vandermere

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Tue 14/07 - Songwriter Sessions w/ Samuel Cole Wed 15/07 - My Friend Brian + Concrete Lines + LASCA Thur 16/07 - Ben Castles

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Tue 21/07 - Songwriter Sessions w/ Samuel Cole Wed 22/07 - Jimmy Peters and the Pan-Tones w/ Friends Thur 23/07 - Tarik Stoneman

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SONGS TO BE BEWITCHED BY REMEMBER ELLA HOOPER WITH HER BRAIDED HAIR AND BANGLED WRISTS, VOICING TEEN ANGST AMONGST THE BOYS IN HITS LIKE WEIR. WELL SINCE THEN THE LEAD SINGER OF KILLING HEIDI HAS BRANCHED OUT INTO A HOST OF OTHER MEDIA, INCLUDING TEAM CAPTAIN OF THE REVIVED ABC’S SPICKS AND SPECKS IN 2014, AND AS A RADIO PRESENTER ON 2DAYFM. BUT SHE ASSURES ME THAT MAKING MUSIC IS HER TRUE PASSION AND FOR THAT REASON SHE WILL BE APART OF FESTIVAL OF VOICES IN JULY.

Performing her first solo album, In Tongues, released late last year, audiences are invited to hear the maturity of her style and to take part in a voice workshop with her latest musical collaborators.

Killing Heidi formed when Ella was just thirteen. Success at such a young age has made her an ideal mentor for young performers and it’s a role she takes seriously. It has also led to White Witches, the working title of her latest project. Ella met Melody Pool and Gena Rose Bruce hosting and work shopping on the Telstra Road to Discovery, a competition held across the country to unveil independent talent. These two ladies won, and remained involved in the program the following year, travelling with the crew to encourage new participants.

Ella recalls “we spent some time on the road together looking for the next bunch of winners in some crappy hotels and motels, but we had some really fun bonding experiences, and now we’re making music together.” Once they started jamming the common thread was a love of strong female musicians, “we all go crazy for a female musician who’s strident and inspiring, has feminist ideals and isn’t afraid of a bit of subversion and confrontation”. They worked on favourite covers, harmonized and introduced their own material.

Rather than being an obstacle Melody and Gena’s limited experience has been inspirational, “it really invigorated my own passion for my music…I wish I’d had a few more strong female role models. I had the ones that I looked up to from afar, but I didn’t know many especially in the pop rock scene. It’s something I really love being for other people”. She is eager to point out though that she is still learning herself,

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“I’m on a journey with these girls and I just love being a part of it.”

Curious to hear the difference between playing music with lads or ladies, Ella laughs and admits that, “dudes can be a bit more combative, and you have to struggle to get your ideas heard, but in this trio it’s really symbiotic. Having said that I’ve played with some guys that are really sensitive and intuitive, like my brother!”

Guitarist, Jesse Hooper and his little sister started ‘Killing Heidi’, and since then have played as ‘The Verses’, an outfit that celebrates folky, acoustic sounds far removed from their original band. Ella suggests you have to play from the heart if you want to be happy with your music.

Her debut solo album In Tongues has been independently produced and she relished the freedom that came with that. Her tip for aspiring performers is to protect and highlight unique qualities, “rather than trying to fit into a trend or a scene, it’s really going back to what it is that you love, in your core that no one else can really replicate.”

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Ella will be performing a solo show at the Rosny Barn (sold out), and with White Witches at the City Hall. The trio will also run a workshop as a part of the festival. For more information visit https://festivalofvoices.com

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EXCHANGING VOICES CHRISTIAN DIAZ FROM THE AMERICAN A CAPELLA SENSATION, THE EXCHANGE, TALKS ABOUT NEW ALBUM PURSUIT, PITCH PERFECT AND FESTIVAL OF VOICES.

Congratulations on the release of your new album Pursuit! Please be a bad parent and pick a favourite song.

Thank you very much! We had a lot of fun working on the record, and are really pleased with how it came out. But this question makes me feel like a bad parent indeed! I love all of the songs, but I think I’d have to choose “Feelings” as my favourite track- I’ve loved that song since I first heard it, and I love the funky, groovy vibe of our arrangement. It is one of my favourites to sing along to!

You’ve toured America, Australia and Europe. Is there a small part of you that misses home cooked meals?

I LOVE traveling the world! Before I joined The Exchange, I had never left the country. Now, we have been to over 30 different countries, and the kind of perspective that has given me on the size and scope of the planet is invaluable. I love getting to meet people from the other side of the world who may look or sound so different from me, only to learn that we have the same dreams and struggles. While it’s so nice to get to know my fellow planetary travellers, I do miss the peace and quiet of my small hometown. I make sure to soak up the family time and good food while I’m there, though!

What do you guys like to do when you’re not on tour?

I think every member of the group would answer this question differently, but I personally love to cook. I think that traveling abroad and getting to

experience different cuisines has me even more curious about the different flavour combinations there are out there. I also love to play and watch tennis, and I spend a lot of time writing and arranging music.

Pitch Perfect 2 came out in cinemas a few weeks ago- this is a movie that makes singing and performing in an Acapella group look like so much fun, is The Exchange anything like the Treblemakers?

Well, PP2 is definitely a more “cinematic” version of what we do- it’s bigger, louder and more verbose. But in every story there is a truth, and we definitely share some qualities with the Treblemakers. We’re both extremely goofy and energetic groups of guys, and we both work really hard to be successful, but our similarities fizzle out about there!

The Exchange will be holding vocal workshops in Hobart for singers aged 14-18. You guys have become mentors for aspiring singers and performers- what does this responsibility mean to you and how important is it to nurture the dreams of youth from a young age?

Our group was founded on the hope that we could share with other singers, both young and old, that encouragement and inspiration that we each received from our own musical mentors. In a world that has become so digitized and distant, it is our goal to educate, motivate and unite people through what we believe to be the most human and humane of musical styles. We also love that a cappella music is FREE and FUN- and who wouldn’t want to travel the world making music and having adventures with his best friends?

What advice do you have for your 14 year old selves?

Think big, 14 year old self! Not just in what you hope and dream for, but in what you’re willing to do to achieve it. Think big, work hard, and be nice to people. That’d be my advice to my 14 year old self, and to pretty much anyone looking for some all-purpose good advice!

BRITTANY BROWN

This is your second trip to Tasmania for Festival of Voices, what keeps you coming back?

Last year our experience at Festival of Voices was so inspiring and stimulating that we couldn’t pass up the chance to come back and do it again.

Working with such incredible singers from around Australia who were so excited and passionate about this style of music really reaffirmed our commitment to using music as the great connector that it is. We’re hoping to have an awesome new experience this year working with young singers in both Hobart and Launceston.

And it also doesn’t hurt that Tasmania is one of the most gorgeous places in the world!

The Exchange play Thursday July 9 at the Theatre Royal, Hobart, and Thursday July 16 at Theatre North, Launceston as part of Festival of Voices. Ticketing available via the website: www. festivalofvoices.com.

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LOW FIDELITY THE BLACKEYED SUSANS’ ROB SNARSKI’S NEW ALBUM LOW FIDELITY (SONGS BY REQUEST VOLUME 1) IS A DREAM COME TRUE FOR MANY A FAN: A COLLECTION OF CAREFULLY CHOSEN COVERS IN SNARSKI’S SIGNATURE STYLE. THE SONGS WERE REQUESTED BY FANS AS REWARDS FOR THE CROWDFUNDING EFFORT TO MAKE HIS PREVIOUS ALBUM WOUNDED BIRD. THE IDEA SPURNED A WHOLE NEW MOVE IN SNARSKI’S CAREER AND GOT HIM INTO A CREATIVE PARTNERSHIP WITH PRODUCER AND YIKESVILLE STUDIO BOSS SHANE O’MARA.

“I am very happy with the record, it’s sort of exceeded my expectations” he explains.

“It was originally something I was doing for fun, recording requests for fans and friends on my iPhone and sending them out via email. I had collected about ten at one point and I was really enjoying listening to them and we ended up spending a bit more time on them, keeping those original recordings; I popped them over to Shane who really embraced the project and he added some guitar and tweaked it. It’s a different beast when you start performing live, but I think we’ll do a great job.”

Snarski worked with Susans bandmate/ The Drones’ Dan Luscombe and O’Mara in producing Wounded Bird; when it came time to collaborate on Low Fidelity, it was an easy decision.

“We met each other over twenty years ago, so the fact that we’re playing together for the first time is interesting in itself. He was producer on the last record I made. We’ve known each other for a long time. Shane listens to a lot more music than I would, he’s very much the musician’s musicians, where I am more of a singer. Sometimes you need the backbone for a song. Shane’s got a massive collection of music, some of which I’m familiar with, but somehow we have similar taste.”

Apart from a retrospective (Reveal Yourself 1989-2009) in 2009, The Blackeyed Susans have been a little quiet of late- since 2003, in fact, when Shangri-La was released.

Each Susans member does indeed have many a side project on hand, but do not consider this dry period anything but a calm before the storm.

“The Susans have got an album in the pipeline” Snarski says. “When I’m less busy we will pop into the studio and work on it, hopefully it’ll be done this year. Everyone’s got free reign to do what they want and you kind of hope in their other projects they’re learning and growing and bringing something back to the Susans. The older you get, the harder it is to juggle, though, but there’s no urgency. With songs you have to wait for them to come to you, we’re not going into some office and forcing songs out on a weekly basis. You write songs when you’re inspired by something.”

LISA DIB

Rob Snarski and Shane O’Mara play Festival of Voices Hobart on July 10 and Festival of Voices Port Arthur on July 11. Low Fidelity (Songs By Request Volume 1) is out now.

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SIX LEGGED SOUL What we knew as a nine-headed soul beast is now a new Saskwatch: MAINTAINING THEIR FUNK PRINCIPLES, THE BAND IS NOW A TIGHT SIX-PIECE WITH A NEW RECORD TO SHOW OFF. TRUMPET PLAYER LIAM MCGORRY JOINS THE DOTS.

“After doing [last album] Nosedive in 2014, we wanted to do more albums so we kept writing and rehearsing and felt pretty inspired by the whole process, then we got this opportunity to record with one of my favourite bands, Dr Dog, in Philadelphia at their studios [Mt Slippery], which was too good an opportunity to pass up.”

“We rehearsed a few tunes then flew over and did an album with Scott [McMicken] from the band and Nathan [Sabatino] who does their engineering. We had been to US before for a festival and got to meet Scott then, who ended up producing the album!

It was great, all the shows we’ve done there have been great and it was a totally different experience living there. We lived at the studio, this big converted warehouse in the outskirts of Philly. It was pretty isolated, There was a lot of cabin fever (laughs) it was interesting, to say the least. It’s intimidating going to the sort of heartland of soul, as it has been going to the UK with the soul scene over there too.

Luckily we were received relatively well every time we’ve gone overseas.”

The result of this sweet collab was new album Sorry I Let It Come Between Us, indeed a new but altogether familiar move for the band. There’s still the same ballistic funk and fire-hot soul you’ve known and loved, though- don’t you worry about that- but the influence of the Dr Dog crew has injected an alternative flavour into the mix. Having been a mainstay of the Aussie festival circuit, as well as having supported the likes of Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, Maceo Parker and Earth, Wind and Fire, the band were ready to move up and up.

The decision to downsize the band from nine to six, losing a hefty chunk of their rhythm section in the process, was a scary and sad one at first that has revealed itself to be the best possible move for the band (and not just when trying to book a hotel or trying to fit into a van.)

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“It’s different. After we did the album with the nine-piece, we realised the music had changed; it’s incredibly hard to even contemplate that sort of thing but it’s exciting and challenging. I guess it’s just great creatively, very stimulating. Since we did the album, we’ve done around twenty shows since then as a six-piece and it keeps getting better, becoming its own thing.”

LISA DIB

Sorry I Let it Come Between Us is out now on Northside Records / Remote Control. Saskwatch play Club 54 in Launceston on September 25 and UNI Bar in Hobart on September 26 as part of The Ruben’s Hoops national tour.

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LIFE OUTSIDE THE APPLE ISLE Hobart’s Jed Appleton will be showcasing his new album on his The Other Side of Home Australian tour this July and August. The 19-year-old returned earlier this year after a 22 date European tour with Stu Larsen. The self-described troubadour recorded his first EP in his bedroom three years ago.

After deciding to leave school at 16, Appleton has been touring all over Australia and Europe.

When did you come back to Australia from your last tour?

“We did the tour in February and ended it in March. I came back to Australia with a guy called Stu Larsen, he was Passenger’s tour buddy for a number of years. We ended up playing seven sold out shows in the Netherlands, which is insane. All the UK shows were pretty incredible, so it was a month of a dream I think”.

You must have been exhausted after playing 22 shows in a month!

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“Yeah, it was cool. The guy I was touring with has been doing it for so many years that he knows the routine, he knows the road, he knows everything about everything really. I just sat in the van, got out, played the shows and sat around eating food. It was pretty cruisy for me”.

Do these big tours wear you out a bit?

“Nah, I feel like staying in Hobart is the most wearing down I could have. Mainly because I feel like I need to be moving all the time. I love living in Hobart, it’s amazing, but I’m itching to go touring all the time. Since I have a lot of independence, its only a matter of, you know, what plane tickets I can afford. It’s cool”.

How did your first tour come about?

“I met Stu when I was 13, he was the first guy I’d ever seen play live. After the show, I ran straight up to him, he told me his story about how he left his job at the bank and went travelling, playing these tiny little shows and I just fell in love with his story.

I said to him, ‘look, I want to do what you do but mum wont let me leave yet!’ he told me just to wait, and it’ll come round. So I started gigging with him in Hobart and then we did a show in Sydney last year and he was impressed, so he asked me to go on tour with him”.

those kind of things. I don’t know if I should mention it, but, my vice-principal gave me the question, if I was going to go on a month-long, 30 date UK tour, I couldn’t take two months off, it’s either that or school. This was my dream and I never tried at school, I just picked a couple of music courses. It was the best decision of my life I think”.

Do you ever regret leaving school so early?

Jed and his full band play at Fresh on Charles on Friday July 31 and the Republic Bar Saturday Saturday August 1. For more information about The Other Side of Home tour, go to jedappletonmusic.com.

“Nah, when I’m away I miss the community of it, like getting drunk with my mates,

EMMA LUIMES

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ON COLEMAN AND CATS HOBART’S CHRISTOPHER COLEMAN COLLECTIVE LAUNCHED ITS DEBUT ALBUM IN THE SPIEGELTENT LAST YEAR, OPENING AT THIRD ON THE AUSTRALIAN ITUNES SINGER-SONGWRITER CHARTS AND PROPELLING CHRISTOPHER INTO NATONAL AND OVERSEAS TOURS. THE MAN BEHIND IT ALL TALKS NEW SINGLE ‘JUST LIKE A NEEDLE’ AHEAD OF HIS GIG AT THE REPUBLIC BAR ON JULY 24.

So how does it feel as a Hobart muso to reach global fame?

I guess you don’t really have a solid idea of what it’s going to be like when you start.

But I feel exactly the same as before. I’m kind of ambivalent in feeling towards it all – I’m just plodding along, really. Now I’m just trying to write more songs, hopefully stronger songs.

How did your new single ‘Just Like a Needle’ come to you?

It was up in Fern Tree, in the winter. It was night time and it was a stream of consciousness – a poem that it began as – and then I put four chords around it and just let it happen. It’s a 3.5-minute-long crescendo.

Why did you decide to go with the unusual structure of four verses and no chorus?

It wasn’t conscious, it just turned out that way. There’s the hook line at the end of each verse but there isn’t a formal chorus.

It didn’t occur to me at the time of it coming back that no chorus might be a problem.

What’s the song about to you?

I prefer to leave it to the listener. My interpretation will hold back other people seeing it in their way.

The single was recorded in 2013, in a Swedish barn. Explain.

That was right after we toured the UK.

MUSICAL D.I.Y EMLYN JOHNSON DIDN’T NEED A BAND OR RECORDING STUDIO TO RELEASE HIS LATEST ALBUM QUENDLANDIAN. THE HOBART SINGERSONGWRITER DID IT ALL HIMSELF FROM HIS HOME. THIS JULY 25 HE’LL PERFORM ALONGSIDE A MASSIVE LINEUP AT THE PALAIS THEATRE, FRANKLIN. HE CHATS ABOUT HIS CRAZY ABILITY TO PLAY EVERY INSTRUMENT ON THE ALBUM. When Emlyn Johnson’s parents decided to move to Tasmania, he followed suit.

Originally from Western Australia, he’s had a few stints living in Melbourne but in 2008 took a liking to our state and started calling it home. The 28-year-old Fern Tree resident had dabbled in piano as a kid, started playing guitar at 13 and wrote his first songs in 2005. But on his new album Quendlandian, he also plays drums, violin, sings and…whistles.

Emlyn doesn’t own too much, but he bought his own recording gear in 2011 and pinched some drums from his dad.

“I don’t really like having possessions,” Emlyn says. “But my dad has an antique shop and he brought a drum kit back from England on auction. I thought, ‘I’ll buy that’.

I was just playing out on a trial and error with the drums. It’s a really simple drum kit – a floor tom, a snare and a cymbal.” He also got a violin from the antique shop, and though it works for his album he mainly uses the instrument for texture.

“I don’t really know how to play the violin so I was more making noises than playing melodies – making squawky notes on violin,” he explains. Not wanting to blow his dough on a studio session, Emlyn recorded his songs in his former South Hobart house.

Our producer, who did the first album, is friends with a guy over there who owns this barn converted into a studio. He was going on holiday and a couple of the guys who’d been touring and playing with me happened to be in Europe as well. We had this studio free of charge on the condition we look after the studio cats.

So your entire recording process relied on the health of these cats – how did that go?

About three days in, one of the cats went missing so we spent a good chunk of time searching for this little kitten through the thistle bushes, and talking to Swedes who spoke far better English than we did Swedish. We were getting along really well with the cat and then he just went, vanished. We couldn’t find the cat so recording went on hold.

Were you in big trouble?

The owner of the studio and his family ended up flying 1000km to get back to help search for this cat. Then, classically, an hour before the family arrive home, the cat waltzes back into the studio and that was our last day of recording. We were trying to record a full album while we were there and we ended up taking away four to five songs from that.

STEPHANIE ESLAKE

See Christopher Coleman perform at the Republic Bar, 24 July, 10pm with The Beautiful Chains. Tickets $15 at the door.

“I could kind of be in control of everything and not have to be considerate of other people,” he says of his decision. “I could take as long as I wanted and I could do things badly and do them again. I worked on it like a day job for a month, doing it from four to eight hours a day.”

“I didn’t want to pay someone for a studio or for their time and end up with something I didn’t really like or I was rushed through things because there’d be pressure to do it quickly.”

The result is a raw and grungy album influenced by Neutral Milk Hotel, Bill Callahan, and books from the 1700s.

The title track ‘Quendlandian’ is influenced by the “self-reflection” in Laurence Sterne’s 1759 book The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman.

“When something is like the novel Tristram Shandy, people say it’s ‘Shandian’. The quenda is an animal that lives in Perth, so that’s where the name ‘Quendlandia’ comes from.”

Emlyn also wrote a song called ‘John’s in the Bin’, a true story about a man Emlyn saw bin diving on Hobart’s Eastern Shore.

STEPHANIE ESLAKE

See Emlyn perform live at the Palais Theatre, Franklin, July 25, $10 entry, music from 3-10.

Line-up includes Filthy Little Star, Mount Trout, Platypus Freaks, Strange Bunny, Treehouse, Spacebar, Transcription of Organ Music, Those Bloody Ingalls and Orlando Furious.

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WELCOME TO THE CULTURE WARS (PART TWO)

THE CAMPAIGN TO QUESTION THE CHANGES TO THE FUNDING OF THE AUSTRALIA COUNCIL ANNOUNCED

BY ATTORNEY GENERAL BRANDIS HAS MOVED ON SINCE LAST I WROTE, GENTLE READER, AND IT APPEARS THERE IS NOW TO BE A SENATE INQUIRY.

CONSTANCE CALLS OUT:

ARTISTS REQUIRED! BOARD MEMBERS NEEDED! THE GOOD FOLK WHO RUN CONSTANCE ARI HAVE NOT BEEN IDLE RECENTLY. THEY’RE MAKING A TRANSITION TO BEING PROJECT BASED RATHER THAN RUNNING WITH A GALLERY MODEL, AND THE TIME TO GET THAT FIRST PROJECT UNDERWAY IS RIGHT NOW!

This is positive news, but it’s very important anyone who can out there engages with the inquiry by letting them know what’s wrong with shutting down the Visual Arts and Crafts Strategy (VACS). That’s the actual effect here: a body that has existed since 2003 and was the result of The Contemporary Arts and Craft (Myer) Inquiry, conducted in 2001-2002. That Inquiry was just the first step in an ongoing process that refined arts funding. After VACS was established, regular reporting was conducted every four years that evaluated and recorded the achievements of all organizations and individuals that received funding.

In part, VACS was about accountability in the arts sector and spreading what funding existed through a range of organizations and projects. It was also gathering information about how funding should work and how it can work better, amongst other things, and it had done so with increasing efficiency for over a decade.

The 2009 report found that beneficiaries of funds had been more ambitious, innovative, and crucially, better able to engage effectively with the wider community.

The creation of the National Program for Excellence in the Arts (NPEA) has chucked all this on the scrapheap. Brandis did no consulting with the Arts Sector whatsoever.

This is what will form the basis of the upcoming Senate Inquiry: that there was no consulting with the sector. We still do not really know what the NPEA will even do; it was announced on May 13 that there will be guidelines but it’s June 27 right now and we still don’t know beyond Brandis’ already existing form for supporting Chamber Music and Ballet. There is a newsletter you can sign up for at www.arts.gov.au if that tickles your fancy, but apart from a couple of stray letters and statements, no-one know what “excellence in the arts” really means. I’m guessing it’s a musical about Don Bradman or something equally populist that would celebrate Australia’s bygone past rather than contributing to its cultural future.

However, this is a call to action. There’s an inquiry on. If you can, write a letter to your relevant representative in your electorate – and written letters are very powerful in this electronic age – or an email or send regular postcards or ANYTHING. DO SOMETHING. There’s also writing an actual submission; this can be anything and the more the better. There are guides online, see below, but do it; remember the LNP rolled over on the Medicare levy.

Now I realise there is horror on horror going down, but according to whispers I’m getting via the internerd, there will be no more funding for “offbeat art”. I can’t confirm that at time of writing, but this worries me tremendously: what does offbeat mean?

Be warned: this move is at its core about an ideologically driven cultural agenda. This about the limits of expression and the ability of expression to be both critical and celebratory. Historically, totalitarian regimes always control arts and cultural production.

This fight is all our fights.

ANDREW HARPER

Some web linkage for further reading: The Senate Inquiry: www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Senate/ Legal_and_Constitutional_Affairs/Arts_Funding

Constance is re-launching itself as a travelling show – a project based ARI that is site specific and responsive to changing contemporary arts practice. One of the original terms for a travelling show is a circus… a circular arena within which events happen.

To play on this idea, Constance has chosen Arthur’s Circus as a place to re-launch with a series of site responsive works stitched into the residential fabric of this small circle of houses in Battery Point.

This is a valued and interesting site that is only a few minutes walk from Salamanca, and has a rich history that can be drawn on by selected artists. It also incorporates a small Hobart City Council park from which an audience can congregate and view the works from.

Circus invites emerging Tasmanian Artists to propose and install, sound, video or performance works within the windows and front gardens of Arthur’s Circus In Battery Point.

Artists are encouraged to respond to notions of site-specificity including the history of site, the notion of ‘circus’ and the unique configuration of this urban setting.

NAVA Submission guideline: visualarts.net.au/news-opinion/2015/ call-action-arts-sector/

In partnership with Constance, the selected artists would be required to liaise with the residents of Arthurs Circus, in order to develop their approach to the project.

Check out this hashtag on Facebook and Twitter for heaps of information: #freethearts

BUT WAIT THERE’S MORE: BOARD MEMBERS NEEDED!

Stuff about VACS: www.visualarts.net.au/campaigns/visual-artsand-craft-strategy/

As well as launching an exciting new project, Constance ARI is calling out for dynamic and energetic board members to join the team. They are hunting down innovative and self-directed people to be part of this transition, so if you can get off your arse and do admin grunt work you are needed and will be showered in gratitude by the arts community.

…and you should look at this because it’s awesome: www. facebook.com/TheGeorgeBrandisLiveArtExperience

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Constance is made up of artists, writers, curators and arts appreciators and is a grass roots supportive network. Members have the independence to choose when and which projects they wish to explore enhancing their skills, CV, networks and experience. Being a board member is significant commitment with great benefits, but Constance believes theirnew model is a more sustainable achievable workload for each individual. Board members have the opportunity to be involved with curating exhibitions and work collaboratively with other members on the development of projects, events, partnerships and publications. .

SO if you’re keen to apply for either the Circus project, or to join the Constance ARI board, GET IN TOUCH. You could even get right in there and DO BOTH. They’re on the facebooks, where you get a lot more detail or just send an email to constance.director@gmail.com BUT MAKE SURE YOU GET IT TOGETHER NOW, because the close of applications for Circus and for the Board is 12am Sunday JULY. That’s MIDNIGHT. Spooky. So put down that espresso and flick them an email right now if you have one of these smartphones.

Don’t delay, locally produced grass roots art has never been more important and it needs bodies. ARIs take many forms and give spaces to emerging artists and noncommercial work, and give experience running events and exhibitions.

ANDREW HARPER

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THEATRE:

AUSTRALIA DAY Australia Day, the play is coming to the Theatre Royal. This sharp and clever satire has been a hit all over the fair nation of Australia, and now it’s Tassie’s turn to catch the show that’s been making Australians laugh at themselves and their country. WARP had a bit of a chat with Scott Biggins, who wrote and is directing this version of Australia Day, and with actor Robyn Arthur who plays a stalwart CWA lady.

Is Australia Day a fun play to perform in and work on?

SCOTT BIGGINS: I’m probably biased because I wrote and directed it but the cast certainly seem as if they’re enjoying themselves. It’s always enjoyable to perform in a comedy that makes audiences laugh but this play has the added bonus of turning the laughter to something darker quite quickly and that’s rewarding for the actors – to be able to play the audience across a broad range of emotions is a good thing.

ROBYN ARTHUR: The play is a very clever take on the Australian psyche, beautifully crafted by Jonathan Biggins and we were fortunate to have Jonathan actually direct this production. He’s brought together a skilled team of actors, all well versed in the art of comedy. So yes it’s a total delight and a priviledge to be touring Australia in “Australia Day”. In my 40 years in theatre this is one of the funniest plays I’ve ever done.

Australia Day the play has had an incredibly successful run, why are audiences so responsive?

SB: I think it’s because the play does what theatre does best: speaks to the audience about themselves, their world and their concerns.

It’s immediate and relevant as well as being entertaining. It’s always fun to recognise people and types that you know talking about things you’re familiar with. At the same time, it confronts the audience with some less than pleasant truths about the society we live in – the mirror up to nature doesn’t always flatter.

RA: Everyone seems to have someone they can relate to (at least one) in this play which is about the lead up to and machinations that go into a particular Australia Day event in a small coastal Australian town. And I have to say it’s an hilarious and insightful look at our identity.

There’s also a lot of heart in the play and a few surprises that the audiences just don’t see coming. All of us at some time or other have been on a committee and that makes the play very accessible.

Is it important to make fun of Australian institutions?

SB: This country has a great tradition of selfdeprecating humour and it’d be a dismal place if we lost it. Too often now people are afraid to say what they think; how ironic if the fear of confronting something became the oppressor of free speech. Lighten up!

RA: I would rather say it’s more of a satirical take on how we as a community approach the idea of Australia Day and what it means to be Australian in 2015. Some of the characters in the play (mine for example as Marie Bucknell as President of the local CWA) don’t want progress and are perfectly happy to keep things as they are – the new Greens candidate has other ideas and so you have the clash of the “old guard” and the new.

How important is humour around our identity in 2015?

SB: Very important. As Oscar Wilde said, life is far too important to be taken seriously and if we get too straight-laced about examining our national identity, then it’s easy for the wowsers to take over. Australia Day can be an opportunity to honestly ask ourselves not only how we got here but where we want the country to go in the future.

RA: Intrinsic. I’m disillusioned with the Federal Government of this country and their lack of compassion and integrity on a grand scale. I think Australia’s image overseas is suffering due to this Government.

something, not the beginning. That’s certainly something worth reflecting on but I don’t see such reflection and a national day as being mutually exclusive. And the play deals with it by characters having opposing views and wanting those views heard; the rest is up to the audience to decide.

RA: I personally don’t celebrate Australia Day. I would also like to see a new flag that reflects the Traditional owners of this land and the Southern Cross. What are we doing in 2015 with the Union Jack still on the Australian Flag, it’s ridiculous. It’s about time we grew up as a nation and became a Republic.

Can you celebrate and still be critical?

SB: Absolutely – see above! When I was as an Australia Day ambassador out in the regions, I found them much more open to questioning than the more mainstream nationalist agenda that seems to have hijacked the 26th January in so much of the media.

Is it fine for something to simply be entertaining? Do we need more of that around controversial issues?

SB: If a play doesn’t engage its audience, what is its point? Comedy is the best way to speak of difficult truths, it is the sugar that helps the sometime bitter medicine go down.

RA: People usually go to a show to be entertained, it’s a bonus if they take anything else away with them. Jonathan Biggins’ play “Australia Day” as I mentioned earlier does touch on some surprises in the form of very emotional and personal issues in the characters’ lives.

I don’t want to give anything away but I’m certain that audiences walk away thinking of more than just our identity as Australians. No one’s left unscathed. And Mr. Biggins has a very good handle on the current political climate.

ANDREW HARPER

Australia Day, the national holiday, is a bit controversial to some. How do you tackle it?

SB: Obviously some sections of the community question the notion of celebrating nationhood on the 26th January – for many, it was the end of

Australia Day runs for August 7 – 8 at the Theatre Royal.

Bookings from via 62332299 or www.theatreroyal.com. au.

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PAIGE TURNER HERE’S HOPING THAT YOU’RE NOT MOFO TUCKERED OUT, THERE’S A LOT OF BOOK AND WORD RELATED JOY COMING UP IN THE MONTH OF JULY, INCLUDING THE FESTIVAL OF VOICES, THE FEISTY OLD DAME OF TASMANIAN FESTIVALS, STILL TRANSFORMATIVE IN OUR BRAVE NEW WORLD OF TASMANIAN FESTIVALS AND EVENTS. «WE WANT TASMANIA TO BECOME AUSTRALIA’S BOUTIQUE EVENTS CAPITAL, AND ONE OF THE WORLD’S GREATEST EVENTS DESTINATIONS,” PREMIER WILL HODGMAN SAID WHEN HE LAUNCHED A FIVE YEAR STRATEGY AROUND MAKING THIS HAPPEN LAST MONTH.

Festival of Voices has partnered with the Story Island Project to create The Lost Voices of Old Hobart Town, in which young writers wrote and workshopped stories that will be performed by local actors at the Peacock Theatre in Hobart on July 5. Tickets are available from the Festival of Voices website.

The Society of Editors, Tasmania is hosting a workshop called Indexing for Ignorami in late July, with Chris Brennan, who says he “doesn’t mind talking to the ignorami, the illiteratii or the intelligentsia, but would prefer a conversational atmosphere, perhaps with questions from the I, I and I.” More information is available on the society’s website – www.tas-editors.org.au.

It is a paradox that free books may contribute to the decline of what they discuss. Many Buddhist books from South East Asia have traditionally been distributed for free, though it is always

the Tibetan Buddhist texts you’ll see in Western libraries and bookshops. This is because they are commercially available, a paradox indeed.

Joah McGee has written The Golden Path about Burmese Buddhism, which he distributes for free. He is visiting Hobart and will give two free talks; ‘Embassy to Monastery- Insight into the People, Culture and Buddhism in Myanmar (Burma).’ Thursday 2nd July, 6:00 - 8:00pm and ‘Preserving the Living Teachings of the Buddha in Colonial Burma- the Role of Ledi Sayadaw’ Saturday 4th July 2:00 - 4:00pm.

They will both take place at Sustainable Living Tasmania, 1/71 Murray Street, Hobart. To RSVP & for further information contact Andrew Davis www.oneworldconstruction@live.com.au.

Transportation Press’ Girl Friday, Kristen Erskine, will be in Scotland in mid July, just in time to meet with writers at the monthly Weegie Wednesday gathering. Transportation Press have just opened for submissions of short stories for their second collection, The Third Script, new short stories from Tasmania, the UK and Iran. Selected writers will receive $250AUD. The international collaborations that Transportation Press auspices are bearing fruit. More information can be found at www.transportationbook.com – and www. weegiewednesday.org.

The Geoff Dean Short Story Competition is presented by the Tasmanian Writers Centre and Island, in conjunction with the Geoff and Elizabeth Dean Foundation for outstanding Australian short fiction between 3000 and 10,000 words. In its inaugural year, the competition has been set up to honour the Tasmanian short story pioneer Geoff Dean. The winner will receive $2000, publication in Island and subscriptions to a range of literary magazines. Entries close July 31. For more information, visit www.tasmanianwriters.org/ geoff-dean-short-story-competition.

Now in its 20th year, the Gwen Harwood Poetry Prize, offered by The Hobart Bookshop and Island remembers Tasmania’s most acclaimed poet. It is open for entries until August 13. Entry costs $20 for non Island subscribers, $15 for subscribers and more information can be found at www. islandmag.com.

Champion of same sex marriage and equality, Rodney Croome’s new book From This Day Forward. Marriage Equality in Australia, (Walleah Press) will be launched by Andrew Wilkie at Fullers Bookshop, 5.30pm 16th July.

Hobart Bookshop is hosting the launch of A Poem is a Parachute at 5.30 on Wednesday, July 1. This will be launched by Avril Caney.

Forty South Publishing received another wonderful selection of short stories for this year’s Young Tasmanian Writers’ Prize (open to secondary school students in Tasmania). The judges were award-winning Tasmanian authors, Lian Tanner (Senior Section) and Danielle Wood (Junior Section). Freya Cox followed up her win in the 2014 Junior Section by winning the 2015 Senior Section. Freya also recently received notification that her winning entry in the Young Tasmanian Writers’ Prize 2014, Leaf in My Hands, has been accepted for publication in Award Winning Australian Writing 2015 published

by Melbourne Books. Runners up in the Senior Section were Grace Mazengard and Anni Zhang. Taroona High School scooped the pool in the Junior Section with contributions by Ben Smith Noble (winner), Lilith Cole and Annwen Roberts (runners up).

Tasmanian historian, Nick Brodie’s new book called Kin, A Real People’s History of Our Nation (pictured) is being released on July 1, with an official launch celebration rumoured for early August.

Finally save these dates! The Tasmanian Writers’ and Readers’ Festival will be September 1113 at the Hadley’s Orient Hotel, Hobart. While The Tasmanian Poetry Festival, October 2-4 Launceston.

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SDC Emergence, De Novo - Photo by Wendell Teodoro

DANCE:

SYDNEY DANCE COMPANY’S DE NOVO THIS AUGUST THE SYDNEY DANCE COMPANY MAKES A RARE VISITATION TO THE ISLAND DOWN UNDER TO PRESENT THREE SEGMENTS OF PHYSICAL DANCE THAT THROWS CAUTION TO THE WIND UNDER THE TITLE DE NOVO. EACH PIECE HAS COME FROM A DIFFERENT CHOREOGRAPHER, ALEXANDER EKMAN, LARISSA MCGOWAN AND FINALLY RAFAEL BONACHELA CURRENTLY THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE SYDNEY DANCE COMPANY, WHO TOOK TIME TO ENLIGHTEN US ON THE WORKS. What exactly De Novo means?

“Dance is within us, it’s not a painting- it’s yourself, we just can move. Young children cannot walk or talk but put music on and they can dance!

It’s in us, but society is beating it out of us. Society makes us self conscious. There should be more dancing, it’s an art form within our bodies and it’s a beautiful thing. I could go to India and not know the language but dance breaks barriers, it transcends languages. It’s universal.

“De Novo is latin for ‘of the new’” which Rafael goes on to explain was a perfectly relevant title for a vision created by three passionate choreographers and artists (Rafael Bonacehela, Larissa McGowan and Alexander Ekman). As each of these talented individuals have very different cultural and creative backgrounds the product of De Novo is a complex and beautiful trio of performances each carefully crafted by each artist/ choreographer.

You were listed one of the 100 most influential people in 2012; what does that title mean to you?

As artistic director of Sydney Dance Company you are responsible for conceiving and developing artistic visions. How do you begin that creative process?

“It was honour to be recognised but as I said earlier, babies can dance before they can speak.

Yet when we grow up we are so self conscious.

I am fighting that battle for dance. We need more dancing. Dancing can make such a difference to people’s lives. Whatever I can do to bring dance closer to people I will do.”

“I’m curious” Rafael tells me. “Life inspires all my work. I find creativity through all encounters.

I read books, search the internet, go to shows, meet new people.” “I am constantly like a sponge, open to what’s around me. Life always inspires me.”

In 2013 you were honoured with an officers cross of the order of civil merit by his Majesty King of Spain?

Being an artistic director of a leading contemporary dance company is a fabulous occupation, so what is the worst part about your career?

Rafael laughs as he replies “Yes, my mum was very happy! It was a surprise, but there’s still a lot of work to be done for dance.” “So many people say they don’t get it, but this is laziness in a way.

It’s important to give it a go- half the time there is nothing to get anyway- it’s about enjoying the moment.”

“There is nothing. I love what I do. Bad things come about all the time but I really adore my job.

I am an optimist by choice, and even when things go wrong I think it teaches you something. You can learn from it. I enjoy every moment, and I’m passionate about it. Sometimes things happen that don’t go your way but not everything is going to work- so it’s important to have as many options as you can” Of all the ancient art forms, what is it about dance that humans find themselves so drawn to?

Brittany Brown

Rafael Bonachela - Photo by Peter Greig

De Novo will be performed at the Theatre Royal from August 20 – 22. Bookings from via 62332299 or www. theatreroyal.com.au.

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COMEDY PROFILE:

COMEDY:

DANNY PENNACCHIO

FIONA O’LOUGHLIN FIONA O’LOUGHLIN IS TOUGH. IN FACT, SHE’S A GODDAMNED LEGEND: SHE’S FOSTERED OVER 20 CHILDREN IN ADDITION TO HER BIOLOGICAL 5. SHE’S NO SAINT THOUGH: SHE TELLS YOU THAT, THEN SAYS SHE FELT “A LITTLE BIT GELDOLF, LITTLE BIT BONO AND LITTLE BIT MOTHER TERESA” AFTER HER FIRST FOSTER CHILD.

How long have you been standing up in Hobart?

What’s your worst gig thus far?

It’s been about two years now. My worst gig was one where I bombed majestically. Not a single laugh to be had. Afterwards, I replayed the event in my head and kept thinking ‘but this shit is funny’. Luckily I retried the set a week later and it was well received. So there’s a message for the kids: “Don’t give up!”

Do you like being offensive?

Absolutely, there is nothing more refreshing than shocking and provoking a group of people. The fact is, though, that as a comedian you can get away with being offensive. I like to award myself extra points when I’m truly offensive amongst conservative people. I meticulously keep a record in a book which I call: “The big &$#% #!%$ book of me being a complete *#$&$% %*!$*@$”.

Do you like being offended?

I would have to be a hypocrite if I said that I don’t like being offended, I can say that because nothing really offends me – except for hypocrites.

You’re in there running The Clubhouse - how’s that going?

Astronomically sensational, I couldn’t be happier with the way it’s going. The vibe at The Republic Bar, our new home, is brilliant. It’s an extremely welcoming place that just oozes with entertainment. I heard that that it was built on an ancient burial site of a nomadic circus.

Do you kill spiders or put them outside somehow?

Depends on the spider, Daddy-long-legs are always welcome in my house. They are great because they eat other spiders but most importantly they are perfect for when I stage a miniature re-enactment of “The War of the Worlds”.

Do you know what kind of comedian you are or is that a daft question?

I’m not sure what kind of comedian I am but I can surely let you know the kind of comedian I’d like to be. You now that one guy who in a social gathering takes that joke a little too far? Well, that’s me! I’d like to emulate that on stage but it’s hard to do with a monologue.

Is being referred to as “the Italian stallion” a compliment or thinly veiled racism?

It’s not at all racist, I think it’s a lovely way to let people know about my culture and heritage. I don’t like to bang on about it but I feel very proud of my stallion background.

What’s coming at the Clubhouse over the next few months?

We’ve got some exciting acts coming down to The Clubhouse in the next few months. We are subverting the show times in August and putting on two shows both on a Saturday. I can’t reveal too much at this stage but I’ll give you a hint. They both do breakfast radio and their initials are: MO and JE. ANDREW HARPER

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Fiona is originally from Alice Springs but these days she’s totally blitzing the Melbourne Comedy circuit and tours all over the damn place. She’s a comedian who tells totally true tales about her life and pulls no punches, and was the subject of an episode of Australian Story where she spoke frankly about a long battle with alcohol.

Fiona goes to the places that aren’t supposed to be funny and makes them pants-tearingly hilarious, breaking down barriers and not being like a traditional stand up but more a long-lost relative who knows exactly how to crack you up with the truth about her life. She’s known for being self-depreciating but also for being utterly piss funny at the same time, and never does the same show twice, which is why she’s doing four massive shows in Tasmania in July. It’s also why you should get to one and see of Australia’s most powerful been-there-done-that-lived-throughit-all laugh makers, because you’ll get a slice of real life, raw and wriggling, served up for your entertainment.

Fiona O’Loughlin is a precious treasure of Australian Comedy, so don’t miss her show, there’s TWO in Hobart at The Clubhouse (at it’s new home upstairs at the Republic Bar, where the laughter has been going off) and TWO at Fresh Comedy in Launceston. All shows will feature the finest of local supports handpicked from the swelling, turgid Tasmanian comedy scene, so the value for money is simply ridiculous. It’s also indoors so you don’t have to freeze your tits off whilst queuing for over-priced beer.

ANDREW HARPER

HOBART The Clubhouse with Fiona O’Loughlin Upstairs at the Republic Bar & Cafe Wednesday the 15th and Thursday the 16th of July, 8:30pm show start!

Fiona O’Loughlin, plus supports. Wednesday: Tracey Cosgrove, John Menzies, and Luke Whitby.

Thursday: Chris Menzies, Brodi Lucas, and Mel Peci. MCed by Chris Menzies on Wednesday and Timothy Clark (from Melbourne sketch comedy crew Chimp Cop) on Thursday $20 online tickets.

Limited door sales available if not already sold out. Find links to tickets at: www.facebook.com/ clubhousecomedy LAUNCESTON Fresh Comedy With Fiona O’loughlin.

Hosted By Stewart Bell, Plus Supports.

Fri 17th and Saturday 18th July.

Doors 7.30pm, Show Commences 8.30pm Fresh (178 Charles St).

Reserved Seating $20, General Admission $15 Tickets are limited, non-refundable and nontransferable. Online sales conclude at 3pm on the day of the show (unless sold out beforehand).

All door sales $20. Tickets available here: www. trybooking.com/142809 You’re well advised to book, as these Clubhouse and Fresh Comedy shows have been selling out.

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South 146 ARTSPACE 4 Jun – 16 Jul Burnie Print Prize 23 Jul – 3 Sept Sheila Alati and Rosemary Darragh ARTS FACTORY from 26 Jun Miscellany (fund raiser for Uganda) ART MOB 3 – 19 Jul Masters of Western Arranta BETT GALLERY 3 – 24 Jul Raymond Arnold 3 – 26 Jul Irene Bryant CONTEMPORARY ART TASMANIA 13 Jun - 19 Jul Envelop(e) – Julian Day, Mick Harris AKA Lull, Jason James, Christina Kubisch, Elizabeth Veldon Cur: Matt Warren 24 Jul – 23 Aug Ken Urban feat: David Attwood, Shannon Field, Amber KorolukStephenson COLVILLE GALLERY 19 Jun – 1 Jul Colin Langridge, Jenny Topfer from 3 Jul Lloyd Rees Art Prize 2015 DESPARD 10 Jun – 12 Jul Abstraction – Michael Muruste, Peter Poulet, Maeve Woods, Jamin 15 – 21 Jul Geoff Dyer 22 – 28 Jul Todd Jenkins DETACHED 12 June – 2 Aug Patricia Piccinini & Peter Hennesy HANDMARK 26 Jun – 23 Jul John Lendis, Barb Heath 24 Jul – 20 Aug Print Show MAC 16 Apr – 31 Dec An/other time – Anita Bacic 19 Jun – 4 Jul Jane Broad 3 – 25 Jul Felt Presence MONA 17 Jan – 6 July Biennale of Moving Images 13 Jun – 5 Oct Marina Abramovic PENNY CONTEMPORARY 12 Jun – 8 Jul New TOWN Romantics: Bernard Ollis Wendy Sharpe, Johnny Romeo ROSNY BARN SCHOOLHOUSE GALLERY 12 Jun - 5 Jul Hunter Island Press 10 – 26 Jul Bellerive Community Arts Centre

SOUTH SALAMANCA ART CENTRE LONG GALLERY 24 Jul – 2 Aug Catherine Stringer, Annette van Betlehem, Bill Dean SIDESPACE GALLERY 22 – 27 Jul Marion Isham 28 Jul – 3 Aug Rengin Guner LIGHTBOX 1 – 31 Jul Liu Xianghua TMAG 20 Mar – 30 Aug Patrick Hall 12 Jun – 20 Sept John Kelly

NORTH BRAVE ART GALLERY (Longford) July Closed for winter break 1 – 29 Aug Vanessa Wallace, group show BURNIE REGIONAL GALLERY 30 Jan – 12 Jul HA! High Art 16 May – 12 Jul Michael Muruste 16 May – 12 Jul 10 Stories, 10 Objects 16 May – 12 Jul Body Image 18 Jul – 13 Sept ArtRage 2014 27 Jul – 14 Aug Paper Clothing Competition DESIGN TASMANIA 13 Mar – 19 Jul INDECO design 24 Apr – 19 July 40 Years of Jam Factory DEVONPORT REGIONAL GALLERY 6 Jun – 12 Jul True Self: David Rosetzky 1998 – 2013 6 Jun – 12 Jul Nancy Mauro-Flude 18 Jul – 30 Aug Works From The Permanent Collection Cur: Ellie Ray & Emily Kennel 18 Jul – 30 Aug Donna Lougher GALLERY PEJEAN 10 Jun – 11 Jul Michael Weitnauer 16 Jul – 22 Aug Winter group Exihibition HANDMARK EVANDALE 14 Jun – 9 Jul William Rhodes from 12 Jul Northern Artists SAWTOOTH ARI July TBA QVMAG 9 May – 5 Jul Arthur Boyd: An Active Witness 30 May – 19 Jul Stephen Bowers

Until Oct 5 The Artist is Present + other films about Marina Abramovic Until Sept 13 The Merry Widow

COMEDY SOHO 1 Jul Cloud Comedy 5 Aug Cloud Comedy

THEATRE PLAYHOUSE 14 Jun – 4 Jul Jane Eyre 14 – 29 Aug On Our Selection

DICKENS CIDER HOUSE 9 Jul Uber Comedy Hobart 13 Aug Uber Comedy Hobart

THEATRE ROYAL BACKSPACE 26 – 29 Aug Dylan Thomas: Return Journey

DOCTOR SYNTAX 31 Jul The Doctor’s Best Medicine IRISH MURPHY’S 9 Jun Craic Up Comedy

THEATRE ROYAL 16 – 18 Jul Mother feat: Noni Hazlehurst 7 – 8 Aug Australia Day

THE BRISBANE 30 Jul The Comedy Forge

NORTH COMEDY

THE POLISH CORNER 1 Jul JOKERS: Rachel Berger 8 Jul JOKERS: Adam Richard 15 Jul JOKERS: Gavin Baskerville 22 Jul JOKERS: Ethel Chop 29 Jul JOKERS: Darren Casey

RED BRICK ROAD CIDERHOUSE 8 Jul Uber Comedy FRESH ON CHARLES 17 – 18 Jul FRESH COMEDY: Fiona O’Loughlin

THE REPUBLIC 15 – 16 Jul THE CLUBHOUSE: Fiona O’Loughlin

SHOTS ON WAX 30 Jul Crash Test Funnies

THEATRE ROYAL 3 -4 Jul Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow 24 Jul Frenchy 1 Aug Superwog Live

DEVONPORT ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE 2 Jul Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow

WREST POINT CASINO 23 Jul Dylan Moran

PRINCESS THEATRE 25 Jul Dylan Moran

THEATRE

FILM

EARL ARTS CENTRE 6 – 8 Aug Mudlark presents The Possum

CINEMONA Until 3 Jul Ivan The Terrible Until 10 Jul The Impressionists Until 19 Jul The Audience Until Jul 26 Man and Superman Until 2 Aug La Traviatte

BURNIE ARTS AND FUNCTION CENTRE 23 Jul The Lost WW1 Diary feat. Damien Callinan DEVONPORT ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE 14 Jul Mother feat. Noni Hazlehurst

Australia Day

BY JONATHAN BIGGINS

7 & 8 August

WARP RECOMMENDS…

JOHN KELLY

Sydney Dance Company DE NOVO

20 to 22 August John Kelly is kind of a significant Australian Painter. He’s great, he writes as well and he has OPINIONS. He also has interesting ideas: he went down to Antarctica on a boat and painted what he saw there, taking a travelling easel and a lot of small canvases. The results are excellent: he captures a vibe in a way only he can and this show is well worth your time as a result.

Beyond Woop Woop: John Kelly’s Antarctic Paintings is at the TMAG until September 20, so you’ve got time, but don’t miss out.

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Event Guide

Hobart Date

Venue

Date

Acts / Start Time

JULY Wednesday

1

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Monday

3

4

5

6

Wednesday

Thursday

24

7

8

9

Tim & Scott 8:30pm

The Homestead

Zach Spinks

World’s End Brewpub

Funky Bunch Trivia

Birdcage Bar

Jason Patmore 9pm

Brisbane Hotel

BACK - Rise of Avernus (NSW) + Axe Giant + Sanctify the Serpent + Omnicide

Irish Murphy’s

Valkeryies + Zac Henderson

Observatory Main Room

DJ B-Rex

Republic Bar & Café

Todd Cook 8:30pm

Brisbane Hotel

FRONT - The Dead Maggies + Hairyman + Craicpot

Unkl Funknukl + DJ Dolittle

Brunswick Hotel

Harrison Manton + The Rooftop Robins

Innquizitive Quiz Night

Cargo

Tim Davies / DJ Alex Curtain

Friday

10

World’s End Brewpub

Casual Encounters DJs

Jack Greene

Tim Hibberd

Birdcage Bar

Tony Mac 9pm

DJ Dane

Brisbane Hotel

ALL AGES - Olinda Groove Records Showcase - w/ The White Rose Project + Courtyard + Wilting + Bex + Aleks Folvig + Finn Oscar Cal 5pm

Observatory Lounge Room Observatory Main Room

DJ Johnny G

Republic Bar & Café

Brunswick Hotel

Clay Soldier

Lazer Baby (Album Launch) + LaVista + Maddy Jane & Band + Scientists of Sin 10pm

Cargo

Mick Clennet

The Homestead

Owen Campbell + Matt Bayes

Irish Murphy’s

Tarik Stoneman

World’s End Brewpub

Jack Greene

Tim Hibberd

George Begbie and the Mystery Guests w/ Madalena + Staircase

Republic Bar & Café

Keith Hall & Pat Dow Band 8:30pm

Birdcage Bar

Glen Challice 9pm

The Homestead

Tim and Scott

Brisbane Hotel

BACK - Disparo (NSW) + Graves (NZ) + Uncle Geezer + Skun Knees + Cape Grim

Brisbane Hotel

FRONT - Arcane Saints (VIC) + Minds in Motion + Dog Dreams

Saturday

11

World’s End Brewpub

Funky Bunch Trivia

Birdcage Bar

Jason Patmore 9pm

Brisbane Hotel

DAMAGE w/ Verticoli + The White Rose Project + Dog Dreams + All The Best + DJ Rat Shadows & DJ Challis

Brunswick Hotel

Nick Machin + Dane Connor

Cargo

DJ Millhouse

Brunswick Hotel

Nick Machin

Grand Poobah

Tantrums & Tiaras: A Miss Burlesque Showcase

Cargo

Mick Clennet / DJ Millhouse

Jack Greene

Mick Clennet

Jack Greene

Tim Hibberd

MAC2

Van Canto 8pm

Observatory Lounge Room

DJ B-Rex

Observatory Main Room

DJ B-Rex

Observatory Main Room

DJ Johnny G

Republic Bar & Café

Boil Up (Reggae & Funk) 10pm

Republic Bar & Café

Mephistopheles + Pure + Intense Hammer Rage + Plague of Sickness 10pm

The Homestead

Yesterdays Gentlemen

Sunday

12

World’s End Brewpub

Leo Creighton + The Mornings w/ Valkeryies

Birdcage Bar

Jerome Hillier 8pm

The Homestead

Lolo Lovina (Syd)

World’s End Brewpub

The Paybacks + Surrealestate Agents

Brisbane Hotel

Bingo w/ Ramblin Mud Crab + Happy Hour

Birdcage Bar

Jason Patmore 9pm

Brunswick Hotel

DJ Mad

Brisbane Hotel

Trash Nightclub w/ Elm St (vic) + Mason (vic) + Taberah + Randomorder + DJs

Cargo

Mick Clennet / DJ Johnny G

Jack Greene

Tim Hibberd / Tony Mak

Brunswick Hotel

The Rooftop Robins + DJ Mad

Republic Bar & Café

TJ Rhythm 8:30pm

Cargo

DJ Johnny G

The Homestead

Hannah and Andrea / Face Painting Workshops

Grand Poobah

LANEWAY PARTY with Chupacabra, Mangus, The Sin & Tonics, DJ Lawless 7:30pm

Waratah Hotel

Reggae Sundays 12:pm

Wrest Point Entertainment Centre

The Manfreds - 50 years of Manfred Mann 7pm

Birdcage Bar

Billy and Randal 8pm

Brunswick Hotel

Quizmeisters Trivia

Republic Bar & Café

Quiz Night - New Comers Welcome 8:15pm

Grand Poobah

Sub Theory in the Kissing Room

Jack Greene

Tony Mak

Observatory Main Room

DJ B-Rex

Republic Bar & Café

Fraser A Gorman + Quibers 10pm

The Homestead

Kitch MC featuring Blake Hamly

Birdcage Bar

Jerome Hillier 8pm

Irish Murphy’s

Songwriter Sessions w/ Samuel Cole

Brisbane Hotel

Bingo w/ Ramblin Goatsee + Happy Hour

Republic Bar & Café

Billy Whitton 8:30pm

Brunswick Hotel

Fotti P & OGP

Cargo

Tony Mak / DJ Dezzy

Jack Greene Republic Bar & Café

Monday

Tuesday

13

14

Sambo 8pm

The Homestead

A Local Build Tasmania - doco film night

Birdcage Bar

Tony Mac 8pm

Tim Davies / Mick Clennet

Cargo

Tim Hibberd

Sunday Swap & Sale Clothing Market 2pm

Irish Murphy’s

My Friend Brian + Concrete Lines + LASCA

Republic Bar & Café

Wahbash Avenue 8:30pm

Observatory Main Room

DJ B-Rex

The Homestead

Kids Karnival / Black Cat Jazz Trio

Republic Bar & Café

Waratah Hotel

Reggae Sundays 12:pm

The Comedy Clubhouse with Fiona O’Loughlin (Upstairs) 8:30pm

Birdcage Bar

Billy and Randal 8pm

Republic Bar & Café

Brad Gillies 8:30pm

Quizmeisters Trivia

The Homestead

Unkl Funknukl + DJ Dolittle

Republic Bar & Café

Finn Seccombe 8:30pm

Waratah Hotel

Innquizitive Quiz Night

Birdcage Bar

Jerome Hillier 8pm

World’s End Brewpub

Casual Encounters DJs

Irish Murphy’s

Songwriter Sessions w/ Samuel Cole

Republic Bar & Café

Rod Fritz + Zac Spinks 8:30pm

Wrest Point Show Room Matthew Ives & His Big Band Celebrate Christmas In July with the cast of CROON 8pm

The Homestead

World Food Feast - Vegan

Birdcage Bar

Tony Voglino 8pm

Cargo

Tony Mak

Irish Murphy’s

Mayhem & Me + Smokestack + Maddy Jane

Observatory Main Room

DJ B-Rex

Republic Bar & Café

Billy Longo & The Rhythm Tragics 8:30pm

The Homestead

Brunswick Hotel Tuesday

Republic Bar & Café

Tony Voglino 8pm

Waratah Hotel 2

Acts / Start Time Tony Mak

Birdcage Bar

The Homestead

Thursday

Venue Jack Greene

Wednesday

Birdcage Bar

Glen Challice 9pm

Brunswick Hotel

Tony Mak

Cargo

Mick Clennet

Irish Murphy’s

Ben Castles

Jack Greene

Tony Mak

Republic Bar & Café

The Comedy Clubhouse with Fiona O’Loughlin (Upstairs) 8:30pm

Unkl Funknukl + DJ Dolittle

Republic Bar & Café

Dave Johnson 8:30pm

Waratah Hotel

Innquizitive Quiz Night

The Homestead

Brad Gillies

World’s End Brewpub

Queenborough Winter Social

Birdcage Bar

Glen Challice 9pm

Brunswick Hotel

Dan Vandermeer

Cargo

Mick Clennet

Irish Murphy’s

Dan Vandermere

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15

Friday

16

17

World’s End Brewpub

Funky Bunch Trivia

Birdcage Bar

Jason Patmore 9pm

Brisbane Hotel

Ausmuteants (Vic) + Powernap + Treehouse + Tantric Sax

Brisbane Hotel

FRONT - Naked Adventurers + Evil Goat

Event Guide

Date

Saturday

18

Venue

Acts / Start Time

Venue

Acts / Start Time

Brunswick Hotel

AJ & Simon + Dan Vandermeer

Brunswick Hotel

Nick Machin + Actroid

Cargo

Mick Clennet / DJ Millhouse

Cargo

DJ Millhouse

Jack Greene

Tim Hibberd

Grand Poobah

Hazey Daze

Observatory Lounge Room

DJ B-Rex

Jack Greene

Mick Clennet

Observatory Main Room

DJ Johnny G

Observatory Main Room

DJ B-Rex

Republic Bar & Café

Mental as Anything 10pm

Republic Bar & Café

The Hobart Funk Collective 10pm

The Homestead

Broken Things Presents: BROKEN THINGS

World’s End Brewpub

Jimmy Peters and the Pan-Tones w/ Friends

Birdcage Bar

Glen Challice 9pm

Brisbane Hotel

ALL AGES - I, Valiance (VIC) + The Arbiter (VIC) + Zeolite + Depths

Date

Sunday

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Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

19

20

21

22

23

24

Brisbane Hotel

Bingo w/ The Ramblin Cling Wrap Killer

Brunswick Hotel

DJ Mad

Cargo

Mick Clennet / DJ Johnny G

Jack Greene

Tim Hibberd / Tony Mak

Republic Bar & Café

Beergarden Party - Spit Roast Lamb Over Charcoal + Live Music - Free Event 2:30pm

Brisbane Hotel

FRONT - THE MASH UP! w/ DJ Max Power & DJ Secrets + Max Bladel + Reflekt MC & DJ Secrets + Loominus + Stray + The Paybacks + Zac Henderson

Republic Bar & Café

The Elliots 8:30pm

The Homestead

Dane Overton (Syd)

Brunswick Hotel

DJ Mad

The Homestead

Dane Overton

Cargo

DJ Johnny G

Waratah Hotel

Reggae Sundays 12:pm

Grand Poobah

Little Adventures & Friends

Birdcage Bar

Billy and Randal 8pm

Jack Greene

Tony Mak

Brunswick Hotel

Quizmeisters Trivia

Observatory Main Room

DJ B-Rex

Republic Bar & Café

Quiz Night - New Comers Welcome 8:15pm

Republic Bar & Café

Australian Made (Aussie Pub Rock Cover Band) 10pm

Birdcage Bar

Sambo 8pm

Irish Murphy’s

Songwriter Sessions w/ Samuel Cole

Birdcage Bar

Jason Patmore 8pm

Brisbane Hotel

The Lockhearts (NSW) + Bonez (NSW) + The White Rose Project

Monday

Tuesday

27

28

Brisbane Hotel

Bingo w/ Ramblin Flying Duck

Brunswick Hotel

Dane Connor

Cargo Jack Greene

Republic Bar & Café

Joe Pirere 8:30pm

Birdcage Bar

Melanie Dyer 8pm

Cargo

Tony Mak

Irish Murphy’s

Prairie Nischler (VIC) + George Begbie & The Mystery Guests + The Sketches

Mick Clennet / DJ Millhouse

Observatory Main Room

DJ B-Rex

Tim Hibberd / Tony Mak

Republic Bar & Café

Hui & The Muse 8:30pm

Republic Bar & Café

Sunday Afternoon Soul Sessions (Beergarden) 2:30pm

The Homestead

Unkl Funknukl + DJ Dolittle

Republic Bar & Café

Peter Hicks & The Blues Licks 8:30pm

Waratah Hotel

Innquizitive Quiz Night

The Homestead

Stickrad Solo / Figure It In, Life Drawing

Waratah Hotel

Reggae Sundays 12:pm

Birdcage Bar

Wednesday

29

World’s End Brewpub

Casual Encounters DJs

Birdcage Bar

Tony Mac 9pm

Billy and Randal 8pm

Brisbane Hotel

The Comedy Forge

Brunswick Hotel

Quizmeisters Trivia

Brunswick Hotel

Clay Soldier

Republic Bar & Café

Helen Crowther 8:30pm

Cargo

Mick Clennet

Birdcage Bar

Sambo 8pm

Grand Poobah

Jason Ayres

Brisbane Hotel

Quiz-A-Saurus

Irish Murphy’s

Seth Henderson

Irish Murphy’s

Songwriter Sessions w/ Samuel Cole

Jack Greene

Tony Mak

Republic Bar & Café

Bakers Acoustic Duo 8pm

Republic Bar & Café

Dan Vandermeer 8:30pm

Republic Bar & Café

Baker Boys Band 9pm

The Homestead

Billy Whitton

Birdcage Bar

Tony Voglino 8pm

World’s End Brewpub

Funky Bunch Trivia

Irish Murphy’s

Jimmy Peters and the Pan-Tones w/ Friends

Birdcage Bar

Jason Patmore 9pm

Observatory Main Room

DJ B-Rex

Brisbane Hotel

LITTLE BANDS - 2 Rooms - 20 New Bands!

Republic Bar & Café

Dane Overton 8:30pm

Brunswick Hotel

The Rooftop Robins + Dan Vandermeer

The Homestead

Unkl Funknukl + DJ Dolittle

Cargo

Mick Clennet / DJ Millhouse

Waratah Hotel

Innquizitive Quiz Night

Federation Concert Hall

Faust Mendelssohn 7:30pm

World’s End Brewpub

Casual Encounters DJs

Jack Greene

Tim Hibberd

Birdcage Bar

Glen Challice 9pm

DJ Dane

Brunswick Hotel

Cam Stuart

Observatory Lounge Room

Cargo

Mick Clennet

Observatory Main Room

DJ B-Rex

Irish Murphy’s

Tarik Stoneman

Republic Bar & Café

Tex Perkins & The Dark Horses 10pm

Jack Greene

Tony Mak

The Homestead

Craicpot

Republic Bar & Café

Rewind 8:30pm

World’s End Brewpub

The Homestead

Nadira, Pat and Tim Jazz Trio

Prairie Nischler (VIC) + Isla Ka (Laun) w/ Dawnfield + LASCA

World’s End Brewpub

Funky Bunch Trivia

Birdcage Bar

Jason Patmore 9pm

Brisbane Hotel

25

Fiona Whitla 8pm

18+ - BACK - I, Valiance (VIC) + The Arbiter (VIC) + Zeolite + The Dawn of Your Discontent

Brisbane Hotel

Saturday

Acoustic Shmoostic

Birdcage Bar

Brisbane Hotel

The Homestead Sunday

The Homestead

BACK - Hugo Race (The Bad Seeds) + Matt Leary

Thursday

Friday

30

31

Wrest Point Show Room Chocolate Starfish Presents Bat Out of Hell 8pm

AUGUST Saturday

1

FRONT - Beast & Flood (NSW) + Treehouse + Naked + All The Weathers

Brisbane Hotel

Foley (VIC) + Skun Knees + Cape Grim + Feel Good

Cargo

DJ Johnny G

Jack Greene

Tony Mak

Brunswick Hotel

Matt & Abby + Jensen

Observatory Main Room

DJ B-Rex

Cargo

Tim Hibberd / DJ Millhouse

Republic Bar & Café

Federation Concert Hall

Fast and Furious 2:30pm

Jed Appleton and Band Album Launch + Joe Mungovan 10pm

Jack Greene

Tony Mak Sunday

2

The Homestead

Hobart Funk Collective

Cargo

Tony Mak / DJ Dezzy

Observatory Lounge Room

DJ Dane

Jack Greene

Tim Hibberd / Mick Clennett

Observatory Main Room

DJ B-Rex

The Homestead

Black Cat Jazz Trio

Republic Bar & Café

Christopher Coleman Collective (Single Launch) + The Beautiful Chains 10pm

Waratah Hotel

Reggae Sundays 12pm

The Homestead

The Ivory Elephant (Vic)

World’s End Brewpub

Dirturtles + Promise + Guests

Birdcage Bar

Jason Patmore 9pm

Brisbane Hotel

Batpiss (VIC) + The Know Nothings + Mess O’ Reds + Lennin Mkarthy

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Event Guide

Launceston Date

Venue

Acts / Start Time

The Royal Oak

Brad Gillies 9pm

Wednesday

1

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

Tapas Trivia

2

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

DJ McLovin & DJ R3ADE

Date

CITY

Venue

Acts / Start Time

JULY

JULY Wednesday

NORTHWEST

1

Thursday

2

The Royal Oak

Daniel Townsend 9pm

Thursday

Friday

3

The Royal Oak

Keith Hall & Pat Down Band (SA) in the Boatshed 9pm

Friday

3

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

Evil Cisum

Saturday

4

The Royal Oak

The Mockingbirds 9pm

Saturday

4

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

The Ringmasters

Sunday

5

The Royal Oak

Open Folk Session 5pm

Burnie

70s and 80s Rewind

Monday

6

Fresh on Charles

Not The Pot

The Butter Factory

Wednesday

8

The Royal Oak

Andy Collins 9pm

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

Open Mic

Thursday

9

The Royal Oak

Owen Campbell (NSW) 9pm

Friday

10

Club 54

Disparo + Graves + Uncle Geezer + Skun Knees + Weeper

Country Club Show Room

Songs in the Key of Motown 7:30pm

The Royal Oak

Marty K 9pm

Thursday

Club 54

Rise Of Avernus + Zero Degrees Freedom + Sanctify The Serpent + Axe Giant

Friday

Saturday

11

The Royal Oak

Lady Crimson (HBT) + Taurus (HBT) in the Boatshed

Sunday

12

The Royal Oak

Open Folk Session 5pm

Wednesday

15

The Royal Oak

Pat Broxton Set + Brody Greg + Will Gammidge 9pm

Thursday

16

The Royal Oak

Bronne + Phoebe 9pm

Friday

17

Club 54

I, Valiance + The Arbiter + Zeolite + Aceous

The Royal Oak Club 54

Saturday

18

The Royal Oak

Sunday

19

Tapas Lounge Bar

Brad Gillies

Tapas Lounge Bar

The RIngmasters

Saturday

11

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

The Unit

Burnie

The Butter Factory

Casey Barnes Hard Times

16

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

Bonez and The Lockhearts

17

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

BFM

Burnie

The Butter Factory

Bonez and The Lockhearts

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

The Ringmasters

Burnie

The Butter Factory

Mental As Anything

Saturday

18

Evil Cisum + Dane Overton

Friday

24

Devonport

Devonport Regional Gallery

Feel the Manouche

The Life of Riley (VIC) in the Boatshed 9pm

Forth

Forth Community Hall

Shirazz

Rewind: 70's & 80's Dance Party!

Hosted by Tim Franklin & DJ Ozmosys

Latrobe

House of Anvers

Nichaud Fitzgibbon

Devonport

Molly Malones

Lloyed Spiegel (Duo) 25th Anniversary Tour 9:30pm

The Lockhearts (SYD) + Bonez (Syd) + Wizard in the Boatshed 9pm

Club 54

Mental As Anything

Fresh on Charles

Kettle of Beats

The Royal Oak

Open Folk Session 5pm

Thursday

23

The Royal Oak

The Ivory Elephant (MELB)

Friday

24

Club 54

Batpiss + Uncle Geezer + Supports

The Royal Oak

Mick Attard 9pm

Club 54

Number 1’s Revisited

Fresh on Charles

Hugo Race

The Royal Oak

Neil Gibson 9pm

The Royal Oak

Blues Jam Session (BYO Instruments!) from 1pm

The Royal Oak

Open Folk Session 5pm

Wednesday

29

The Royal Oak

Live Music

Thursday

30

The Royal Oak

Live Music

Friday

31

Club 54

Winterfest

Fresh on Charles

Jed Appleton

The Royal Oak

Devonport Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

Daniel Townsend 9pm

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Devonport

The Royal Oak

Sunday

Thursday Friday

23

22

25

8

Thursday

Wednesday

Saturday

Wednesday

Saturday

Sunday

25

26

Marty K 9pm

Sunday

1 2

Country Club Show Room

Chocolate Starfish Presents Bat Out of Hell 8pm

Albert Hall

Faust Mendelssohn 7:30pm

Thurs 2nd Daniel Townsend in the bar @ 9pm Fri 3rd Keith Hall & Pat Dow Band (S.A) in the Boatshed doors at 9pm $ 5 cover Sat 4th The Mockingbirds in the public bar @ 9pm Sun 5th Open Folk Session in the bar from 5pm Wed 8th Andy Collins in the bar @ 9pm Thurs 9th Owen Campbell (NSW) in the bar @ 9pm Fri 10th Marty K in the bar @ 9pm Sat 11th Lady Crimson (HBT) + Taurus (HBT) in the Boatshed $ TBA Sun 12th Open Folk Session in the bar from 5pm Wed 15th Pat Broxton Set + Brody Greg + Will Gammidge @ 9pm

Tapas Lounge Bar

The Ringmasters

Devonport

Bass Strait Maritime Centre

Nichaud Fitzgibbon

Devonport

Café Inndulgence

Ingrid James Quartet

Devonport

Devonport Entertainment & Convention Centre

Feel the Manouche + Ingrid James Quartet

Devonport

Devonport Football Club

Shirazz

Sat 18th The Lockhearts (SYD) + Bonez (SYD) + Wizard in the Boatshed Doors @ 9 $5 cover

Devonport

Spreyton Cidery

Lloyed Spiegel (Duo) 25th Anniversary Tour 2:30pm

Sun 19th Open Folk Session in the bar from 5pm

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

The Jive Dogs Lunchtime Jazz The Unit 10pm

Burnie

The Butter Factory

MIKAELA and JORDIE

Devonport

Drift Café

Ingrid James Quartet

Devonport

Le Pomme Brasserie

Nichaud Fitzgibbon

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

Cygnet Jazz Collective Lunchtime Jazz

Thursday

30

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

Evil Cisum

Friday

31

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

The Ringmasters

1

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

Live Music TBA

AUGUST Saturday

Wed 1st Brad Gillies in the bar @ 9pm

Devonport

AUGUST Saturday

July

Thurs 16th Bronne + Phoebe in the bar @ 9pm Fri 17th The Life of Riley (VIC) in the Boatshed Doors @ 9 $5 cover

Wed 22nd Daniel Townsend in the bar @ 9pm Thurs 23rd The Ivory Elephant (MELB) in the Bar FREE ENTRY !!!

Fri 24th Mick Attard in the bar @ 9pm Sat 25th Neil Gibson in the bar @9pm Sun 26th Blues Jam Session BYO instruments !!! from 1pm Open Folk Session in the bar from 5pm Wed 29th Live Music Thurs 30th Live Music Fri 31th Marty K in the bar @ 9pm ~ Live Music ~ ~ Great Food ~ ~ Open 7 Days ~ ~ Open Mic Night the Last Wednesday of the Month ~

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