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JULY 2017 Friday 7th 10pm Kingswood + Dear Seattle + Chase City $30pre/$35door Saturday 8th 10pm Kingswood + Dear Seattle + Chase City $30pre/$35door Sunday 9th 2.30pm Little Wise 8.30pm 120Ys Monday 10th 8.15pm Quiz Night Tuesday 11th 8.30pm Billy Whitton Wednesday 12th 8.30pm Billy Warner Thursday 13th 7pm Comedy Clubhouse Dave Callan $20pre/$25door 8.30pm Tim & Scott Friday 14th 10pm Horrorshow $30pre/$35door Saturday 15th 10pm Hobart Funk Collective $5 Sunday 16th 8.30 The Bootleg Gin Sluggers Monday 17th 8.30pm Helen Crowther

Tuesday 18th 8.30pm Pepper Jane Wednesday 19th 9pm Julien Baker $33pre/$35door Thursday 20th 8.30pm Josh Cook Friday 21st 10pm Crikey $5 Saturday 22nd 10pm Boil Up (Reggae & Funk) $5 Sunday 23rd 2.30pm The Raccoons 8.30pm Blue Flies Monday 24th 8.30pm G.B. Balding (Finger Pickin' Blues) Tuesday 25th 8.30pm Ross Sermons & Montz Matsumoto Wednesday 26th 8.30pm The Rants Thursday 27th 8.30pm Billy Whitton and Jamie Taylor Friday 28th 10pm Sugartrain $5 Saturday 29th 10pm Australian Made $5 Sunday 30th 2.30pm The Great Anticipators 8.30pm Kobya & Band Monday 31st 8.15pm Quiz Night

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News in Brief A LITTLE WISDOM FOR TASMANIA

drummer Alf Jackson will join Tom on his grand piano. Bookings are essential, tickets will cost $25 are available from tomvincent.com.au or call 62345654 to book tables. A full bar will be available and the restaurant will be open. Sounds like a smooth way to spend a Friday or Saturday night!

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BONFIRES ABLAZE Melbourne folk-roots and Americana artist Little Wise is embarking on the "Tasmania Winter Sojourn Tour" from 6-9 July, with shows in Launceston, Sheffield, Bridport & Hobart. Fresh off her recent Melbourne show highlights including a residency at The Retreat and launches at Bella Union, Some Velvet Morning and Northcote Social Club, Little Wise is in fine form and ready to share her infectious tunes with Tasmanian audiences. On Thursday July 6, Little Wise will be at Saint John Craft Beer in Launceston, on Friday July 7 she will be appearing at Mountain Mumma in Sheffield, on Saturday July 8 she will be at Platypus Park in Bridport, and on Sunday July 9, she'll be rounding out the tour at the Republic Bar & Café in Hobart. TALKIN’ ALL THAT JAZZ

The bastion of Huon Valley happenings, The Mid-Winter Fest is on again this month. Rain, hail or shine, nothing will stop this festival from going ahead. Starting on the Friday night (July 14) with the opening ceremony where the cider spirits will be awakened and the wicker man will be put ablaze. Saturday (July 15) will be the main event, running from the afternoon to late in the evening with music, food and most importantly cider. Comeback on Sunday (July 16) for the family fun day, running from 11am to 4pm, there will be plenty of activities for young and old. Tickets can be bought for the individual days or a pass for the whole weekend from Oztix. GETTING IT RIGHT We don’t want you to miss a show because we told you the wrong date! Anybody keen to see Curse Ov Dialect this month at the Brisbane Hotel, we want you to know that it’s on Saturday July 15 (not Wednesday July 19 as mentioned in our June edition). Supports for the show will be Idiot Lust, Black Paul and Ruiner and the Threshold Forms. Entry is $15 on the door. UNDONE ON THE INSIDE

Tom Vincent has been doing it all lately, from recording blues in America with Brandford Marsalis, to releasing the album, to now hosting his legendary Pop Up Jazz Club. This time around, it’s coming to the Italian Club in North Hobart on Friday July 7 and Saturday July 8, 7.30pm start time, both nights. Bassist Sam Anning (Melbourne) and local

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Lincoln le Fevre & the Insiders are back with a new record, and in the evergreen words of poignant nu-metal poets, Staind, it’s been a while. New album Come Undone has been officially slated for release via Poison City Records on July 21. It accompanies a residency in Newcastle, and precedes an official album launch at Melbourne’s home of punk rock, The Reverence Hotel on Saturday July 22. The best part of all this, is that it means a national tour won’t be far away, which means we’ll get to see our very own Linc le Fevre back on Tasmanian soil pretty damn soon. In the meantime, make sure you grab a copy of what is sure to be a spectacular album!

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Prog-rock band Cog, have been around for a while now. They’ve been consistently successful for almost 20 years now. There was a brief hiatus for a few years in there somewhere, but we don’t much talk about those dark, dark, Cog-less days around these parts. Anyway, what’s important here is that Cog are back and are as amazing as ever. You’ll be able to catch them performing at Club 54 in Launceston on Friday July 28, and at the Granada Tavern in Berriedale on Saturday July 29 with some special guests. Tickets for both gigs are $45 + booking fee, and are available from oztix.com.au. Check out cog.com.au for more details! PLASTIC ROCKS Riflebirds’ recently launched new single ‘Plastic Rock’n’Roller’ follows two LPs released in the past two years – World Feels Wide and Detours & Collisions – along with regular gigs around Melbourne, tours up the east coast, plus some recent festival appearances. Critics say the latest album “cracks the whip from the get-go” and they’ve “taken flight” since sharing the stage with the likes of Davey Lane, Ron Peno and Dallas Crane. They’re finally making their way down to beautiful Tasmania, to play at The Brisbane Hotel in Hobart on Saturday July 29. Local supports on the night will be Stardust Hawker and Colin Kucera, cover charge on the night will be $10.

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Following on from a national run of sold out album launches for her critically lauded debut A Suitable Girl, social commentator and femme rock champion Ali Barter has announced her return to the road. The “One Foot In Tour” sets out

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Platinum-selling Australian hip hop artist Illy has announced The Two Degrees Regional Tour, his most extensive tour of Australia to date, kicking off this August and finishing up in late November. This tour is the first time Illy will bring his ARIA #1 album Two Degrees to regional Australia, which includes stops in Port Hedland, Toowoomba, Cairns, Warrnambool, Newcastle, Mildura and pretty much every other town with a population of more than 53 people. That means this epic tour includes two stops in Tasmania, the first on Friday September 1 at The Odeon in Hobart, and the second on Saturday September 2 at Club 54 in Launceston. Tickets for both gigs are available now from illyal.com.

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to be Ali’s biggest run of dates yet, kicking off at Darwin Festival in August and taking in all major capital cities as well as regional centres Castlemaine, Byron Bay, Newcastle, and good ol’ Hobart. One Foot In builds on Ali's signature mix of rocking guitar licks layered with an angelic melody, tacking the emotional fall out from being with someone who is waiting on something better to come along. Check out Ali Barter on Saturday September 2 at the Republic Bar & Café.

next month, including Hobart at the Odeon Theatre on Thursday August 31. If you can’t make the show, be sure to have a listen to his Sizzlar mixtape, a guaranteed way to heat your home on these icy cold nights.

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A few weeks ago, Dan Sultan wrapped up a sold-out solo tour and released his newest single “Hold It Together”. Just after that, he announced that his new album Killer will be released later this month on Friday July 28. And just after he announced that, he announced he’d be heading off on a pretty damn large Killer National Tour. Throughout September and part of October, he’ll be popping up all over Australia on some of the finest stages this country has to offer. Taswegians get two opportunities to catch him on stage, the first will be on Friday September 8 at The Odeon Theatre in Hobart, and on Saturday September 9 he’ll be at Club 54 in Launceston. Tickets for both shows are available via Oztix. GET OUT THE BARBIE

Want to hear some sizzling beats to warm you up over Winter? LDRU is bringing his ‘Sausage Sizzlar’ tour around Australia

Aus indie rockers Gang of Youths have dropped a bunch of tunes from their latest album lately, all in the lead up to not only the album (duh!) which will be available on Friday August 18, but a big ol’ national tour! The wildly popular five piece will set off from Brisbane in late August, hitting up Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Fremantle, and, wait for it, HOBART. Aw yeah. You’ll be able to catch them at the Odeon Theatre in Hobart on Wednesday September 13. It’s an all ages gig, so bring the kids, or your parents, or whoever, really. Tickets are available from livenation.com.au and will cost you from $63.70. Get amongst it! HIP REPLACEMENT HOODS Aww yeah, remember the 60’s? Haha, of course you don’t, I don’t either. Remember Young Talent Time? You probably don’t even remember that, but I do, because I’m old. Anyway, Johnny Young from Young Talent Time was a major contributor to the non-stop party that was (apparently), the 60’s. Another big time contributor was Normie Rowe. Between the two of them, they’ve written 17 Number 1 hits. Shit, that might be even more than Hilltop Hoods?! These guys are like Hilltop Hoods for grandparents, probably. So yeah, send your Nan and Pop a message on facebook and let them know that Normie Rowe and Johnny Young are playing the Country Club Showroom in Launceston on Friday September 22, and Wrest Point Showroom in Hobart on Saturday September 23, tickets available via Tixtas. They’ll fully froff.

After three decades of grinding out their pioneering metal sound, legendary Birmingham band Napalm Death will make their first appearance in Tasmania on their Australian ‘Campaign for Musical Destruction’ tour. Touring with fellow metalheads, Brujeria and Lockup, they will appear in Hobart on Friday October 6. Tickets from Oztix. TAKE ME TO CHURCH(ILL)

The 80’s. While some are trying to forget the 80’s, others just aren’t. No, I don’t know what’s wrong with them either. Some people just love that stuff. Whatever, good for them, I guess. If you’re one of those horribly strange weirdo’s that love the 80’s, here’s something that you’ll find TOTALLY TUBULAR (they said that back then, yeah?), “80’s Mania” is coming to Wrest Point Entertainment Centre on Wednesday November 8. Hitting the stage will be the likes of Paul Young, Go West, Cutting Crew, Taylor Dayne, and (haha) Wang Chung (haha). I don’t even know their music but, that name! This is an 18+ show, but really it’s probably a 38+ show. Tickets are available from Tixtas, and there are a bunch of fancy VIP options. HOBART TEA PARTY

After releasing his breakthrough album Silence//Win and touring the world (repeatedly), Kim Churchill returns to Australian audiences with his new album Weight Falls. At just 26, Kim has already made some incredible achievements in his time as a professional musician. Recognised as much internationally as in Australia, he has performed headline shows and festivals across the world. Now he will be performing a headline show in Tasmania, because we’re part of the world, just. On Friday October 6 he’ll be playing at The Waratah in Hobart. Tickets cost $30 and are available from the venue or Oztix. Keep an eye on your social networks for more details.

1997 was an epic year. Steve Jobs returned to Apple, J.K Rowling published her first Harry Potter book and Pat Rafter won his first US Open. In Australia, fans of award-winning and genre-defying The Tea Party were celebrating the release of the band’s third studio album, Transmission. We may see Jeff Martin regularly in our fair State, but it's been a long time between drinks since the Tea Party have played here. Catch them at The Odeon Theatre in Hobart on Friday November 3. Tickets via Ticketek.

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JAZZ IT UP AS PART OF THE FESTIVAL OF VOICES, MELBOURNE’S JAZZ PARTY WILL BE VOICEBOX’S “HOUSE BAND”, WHICH MEANS YOU CAN FINISH YOUR NIGHT DANCING AND SWAYING AWAY TO THE VICTORIAN JAZZ/SOUL ACT. VOCALIST LORETTA MILLER MAY BE CURRENTLY ON HOLIDAY IN HAWAII (JEALOUS!), BUT SHE’LL SOON RETURN WITH BAND IN TOW TO WARM UP WINTRY HOBART.

“It’s summer holidays here. It’s hard not to get distracted.” she says, sipping a cocktail. “It’s been a busy, stressful time and we haven’t had a holiday in quite a few years, Darcy [McNulty, saxophone/songwriter] and I, so we thoughtlet’s do it. We’ve spent a lot of time in cold Melbourne, slogging through the winters.” Of course, the members of Jazz Party deserve the break: they’ve been rocking Monday nights in Melbourne for a few years now, playing raucous jazz, smooth soul and rhythm and blues for enamoured audiences. Their bio describes them as “New Orleans meets Twin Peaks” which is pretty damn spot-on; they originals as well as covers, both typical and unexpected, with everything from Fats Waller to Patsy Cline. It’s fitting that Miller should be performing at the festival, a celebration of “the voice”; Miller’s sultry and strong vocals ring out so perfectly amongst the throbbing bass, the warm sax, the wanton piano keys. The whole project is a glorious melange of jazz (both smooth and chaotic), jumping swing, old-school r’n’b, calypso and a smoky New Orleans sound. The track Talking In Your Sleep is a solid example of this, and one can easily imagine hearing it amongst swaying, happy patrons. The Monday night element means you only get dedicated music-heads; there’s none of that gross Saturday night vibe where the main streets of the city turn into violent anthills of spit and litter. McNulty started the project as an antidote

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to this, and it’s become a Melbourne institution. McNulty, Jules Pascoe (bass) and Miller are all also former members of the amazing Clairy Browne & the Bangin’ Rackettes. “You want people to just lose themselves and let go...” Miller says, on their performances. “A lot of the time, when people talk about us when we play, they might say, “This band’s gonna make you go crazy, it’s something you’ve never seen before!”. It takes a few people to warm up and start dancing, then people cut loose. People might expect you to get them to dance, let go, and you can only make yourself let go. If you’re willing to go there, we’re willing to take you there.” “The thing about Monday nights- obviously anybody can come, but in the beginning, it was tapered to an artists and musicians crowd, Monday generally was a day off and all the gang we were friends with could get together and play. We don’t get to really play together properly and build something up over a period of weeks. Artists, musos, uni students, people in hospitality...Monday is a day for those people. There’s also less dickheads on the street, not like a Friday night (laughs)” “We just want people to not think, experience, have a lot of fun. It’s a party. We used to play in lounge rooms at house parties. Now we do festivals and we’re different, but we hope to always to retain that. When people go to gigs... you know, you dress up, you think “people

might look at me!”- we’re all terrified of what everyone else thinks, and that can affect the amount of fun you have. We hope people can let go of that. When the band started- I wasn’t an original member- it was a night that Darcy and a friend of ours started, just put it on and see what happened.” “When we play gigs, we’ve had a hard time figuring out our audience because they’re so broad. Kids that like pop music who come and then say “I didn’t even know I liked jazz music”.” The band are also working on a new album, the jazzy-swing first single of which, Flowers, is out now. I suggest that it’d be hard to capture exactly what the band do on stage on a record, but Miller states that it’s going to have all the Jazz Party hallmarks that people love. “When we play live, what we do, you can’t necessarily always capture that in a record setting.” she says. “Some songs we’ve tried to keep it as real and live-sounding as possible. The new single Flowers is the real New Orleans party tune. Other songs that deserve a different treatment, we get a chance to do something different for us. There’s a lot of different stuff going on in the album. It’s quite dramatic.” “The Festival of Voices gigs will be a residency” Miller explains, on their upcoming jaunt southside. “Like what we do in Melbourne, the afterparty of everything that happens during the day. It’s a big week, but people can keep coming back. We’re gonna try some new tunes out. We’ve never been there before so we can play everything, we can experiment.” LISA DIB

Jazz Party will be performing at Voicebox in the Hobart City Hall from Friday July 7 to Thursday July 13.

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SAD SONGS MAKE ME HAPPY “I’M NO KATHLEEN HANNA, I’M NOT THIS HUGE SYMBOL OF POWER AND INFLUENCE YET – I MIGHT NOT EVER BE – BUT THE INFLUENCE I HAVE, JUST BEING VOCAL ABOUT THE PERSON THAT I AM, I THINK IS IMPORTANT.” Julien Baker is a 21-year-old singer-songwriter and it seems she is ready to conquer the world. In 2015, she released her debut Album Sprained Ankle - a brutally honesty storybook featuring themes of heartbreak, substance abuse, insecurities & religion. She’s since released two new singles ‘Funeral Pyre’ and ‘Distant Solar Systems’ which have left audiences with much anticipation for her new record, due to be released in October. When Baker released Sprained Ankle, she was blissfully unaware of the audience it would reach. Because of this, I wondered if the same honesty would appear in her up and coming record. “I’m not going to flatter myself and say I have the most enormous audience. I’m not playing Wembley Stadium... But there are people that will be listening to the songs, and sometimes that awareness will sink in and I say ‘do I really want to say this?’ Whenever I have that impulse I think I have to override it and say those are precisely the lines that you have to keep. Because those that are the most honest and the things that are the scariest to share are probably going to end up the most meaningful. I think being venerable is the only way we heal, so I try and do that on the record. I took more time trying to craft the songs well because fortunately, I get to do this full time now and I want to make the best art that I possibly can. I think the lyrics will be equally as honest.” After discussing a recent tweet she posted, in response to her friend and fellow musician getting called ‘the girl in the band’ Julien spoke of the hardships and familiarity with misogyny. “For me, I observe it all the time, in both worlds... When I was growing up in the DIY

more aggressive music scene; I think it’s overt there - but then there is an insidious kind of undercurrent of misogyny that I think just gets taken as the status quo.” “I live in Tennessee – it’s a big music city. I hear from my friends all the time that it is so much more difficult to have your opinions or views validated as a professional woman in the industry. What somebody would take a man for their word for say, you have to go above and beyond to prove that you are capable at your job as a female. I think one of the instances for me is probably – It happens all the time when I’m setting up my guitar gear - people will explain to me how my guitar works. I try and be a generally polite person, I wish I had it in me to be scathing towards those people but really it just hurts my feelings.” “For all of the studying and work and practice I did… Because I’m a girl people will automatically assume I don’t know how my own equipment works or people assume that I’m less worldly. But then you try and increase visibility by like, you know being forthright about, like I am a female in music. I am just as good as men who are musicians or men who are front of house engineers. Men who are recording engineers. But like, you don’t want to become tokenised. It’s a really difficult space to navigate. It’s the same thing that happens to me when I think about my queer identity. That’s not the only thing that I am. I’m not a female singer song writer who lives in this bubble of girl-rock, and I’m also not just a queer artist who appeals to the queer community. Hetero sexual people can relate to my music. I’m not saying they have to listen to it or enjoy it. But it’s true, period... That love, relationships, loss, healing are universal experiences and I’m not just a queer girl making queer girl music.”

“I want my songs to have worth by themselves and not have to be attached to my identity and risk that robbing them of some legitimacy but also that representation is important. If I’m going to have words attached to me on the internet, I don’t mind those things.. There are kids that come up to me at shows saying “I just came out, I’m from a religious background!” To see a queer person not be afraid of who they are is encouraging. I’m no Kathleen Hanna, I’m not this huge symbol of power and influence yet – I might not ever be – but the influence I have, just being vocal about the person that I am, I think is important. I’m never going to be mad that those things come up when you google me. I’m just glad to have a platform at all, and that that platform isn’t being denied to me. If it comes with the caveat that they will talk about my sexuality, my religion and my gender then at least I can hope from that, in a warped way; girls or non-binary human beings, queer people or maybe queer people of faith see that and being public reaps some benefit in that way.” With such intense, heart-wrenching, extremely powerful songs what exactly can we expect from a Julien Baker show? “It’ll be very still, I try and diffuse it a little bit, ask if the crowd is okay or make a joke to kind of show some levity... Because if I stand on stage and am the stereotypical image of a brooding musician than I do nothing to reinforce my belief that the reason why I can I sing sad songs, is that it makes me a happier person. The reason I can talk about negative things is because they help me recover from them. If I stand on stage and allow it to be a dark, oppressive, sad atmosphere – maybe that’s what people want to have in those moments - I at least try to be if not funny, hopeful or reverent with the audience.” KEIRA LEONARD

Julien Baker will play The Republic Bar on Wednesday July 19.

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DEVONPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL THE DEVONPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL IS HITTING TOWN ONCE AGAIN! FOR FIFTEEN YEARS, THE FESTIVAL HAS BEEN A CELEBRATION OF, WELL, JAZZ OF COURSE, INCLUDING WORKSHOPS AND PERFORMANCES OF ALL SIZES ACROSS ALL TYPES OF VENUES. THE WINTER GIG IS PERFECT ANTIDOTE TO THOSE BITTERLY COLD JULY NIGHTS. HERE’S WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT TO HIT DEVONPORT THIS YEAR!

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Experience an intimate jazz duo performance, showcasing timeless tunes from the Great American Songbook mixed with a touch of well-loved repertoire from the Continental Jazz and Bossa Nova genres. Nadira brings a natural and joyful take on these exquisite selections of songs, while award-winning guitarist Nick Parish shows his appreciation for these classics in his beautiful interpretations. Camille’s jazz menu is written and prepared by Executive Chef Fabien Lefrancois. Its sumptuous produce is sourced through local Tasmanian suppliers with pure waters, rich volcanic soil, and untouched winds create perfect organic and farming conditions completely unique to the region. Each dinner sitting will include a selection of amusebouche, featured mains specials and a dessert chariot of delectable sweets. Lulo Reinhardt and Bart Stenhouse - Global Guitar Conversations 2017

This multi-award winning duo has been created by two young, but already widely acclaimed jazz musicians from Poland, singer Wojciech Myrczek and pianist Pawel Tomaszewski.The strength of the duo lies in collaboration of two individuals who exude charisma, musical ingenuity and attention to every sonic detail. They engage in a musical dialogue not refraining from ambitious song or crazy improvisation, always adding a touch of humour. During their dialogue, these artists perform jazz and pop standards that in their interpretation gain a previously unknown form of musical sound. Myrczek & Tomaszewski is without a doubt one of the most interesting voice and piano duos of the past decade. Annia Baron at Home Hill Recently announced as a Finalist in the prestigious 2016 American Songwriting Awards, Annia Baron fuses elements of contemporary pop with sultry jazz to create a smooth listening experience. Annia has been compared with singers like Eva Cassidy, Natalie Imbruglia and Norah Jones. Historical Home Hill was built in 1916 by Prime Minister Joseph Lyons and his wife Dame Enid Lyons. This National Trust treasure offers a glimpse into the home and family life of Australia’s first couple of the 1930’s. Monica Trapaga & the Bachelor Pad

This energetic charismatic Sydney based jazz singer wows audiences with her musical diversity. It is impossible to say where Monica’s musical influences lie. She likes the 40’s and 50’s but when she sings there’s a fresh “now” sound that is truly original. Think leopard skin, slingbacks and Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Think Ella, Anita, Chet Baker, Pearl Bailey and Frank... Think slinky cocktail lounge. Monica’s backing band the Bachelor Pad is the creme-de-la-crème of Australia’s jazz fraternity. A familiar face on Australian television (Play School, Monica’s House, Better Homes and Gardens and Playhouse Disney), Monica has been part of the jazz scene for many years with her acclaimed bands Monica & the Moochers, Monica Goes to Rehab, Monica & the Sugar Daddies and Monica & Mucho Mambo Orchestra, among others. Billy Whitton and the Swingin’ Hepcats feat. Jamie Taylor Specializing in swing and blues, Billy Whitton & the Swingin’ Hepcats are a Hobart institution. Featuring a lead guitar up front and dual vocal frontline with Billy and rising talent, Jamie Taylor, this band will have you up on the dance floor. Molly Malones has a reputation unsurpassed on the Coast for great value dining, comfortable bars, stateof-the-art gaming room, free entertainment and great craic! The meals are stuff of legend, with the bistro full most nights, make sure that you call to reserve a table! Tucker, Ottaway & Watkins Drawing on a wide range of influences from blues and folk to Latin and jazz, Eleanor Tucker possesses a uniquely warm and whimsical style, and a voice once described as “comforting as mulled wine in a blizzard”. Eleanor will perform her repertoire of originals and jazz standards with well-known jazz pianist, Kelly Ottaway and drummer Grant Watkins; adding heart-warming vocal harmony and a solid rhythmic backing. Special guest Stephen McEntee on trombone. Bookings essential. The Idea of North - “Singin’ A Cappella” Workshop

Lulo Reinhardt is one of the foremost authentic and distinctive musical voices in Gypsy music today, he is from a long line of musicians; the great-nephew of jazz legend Django Reinhardt. After traveling all over the world and playing with musicians from Brazil, Spain, Africa, he defined his own style of playing which he called Latin Swing. His name and style have achieved international acclaim. Australian born multi-instrumentalist and composer Bart Stenhouse has a deep interest in jazz, world, fusion and improvisational styles of music and specialises in the guitar, bass guitar and electric mandolin. His playing style blends different cultures and styles to re-define musical genres and experiment with sonic landscapes. Inspired by his travels across North America, India and Spain, Bart’s music explores the signature harmonies, rhythms and instrumental identities of different world music cultures.

Come and join these masters of their craft as they freely impart their combined knowledge of this incredible art form. A cappella singing is one of the most difficult and yet most rewarding activities on the planet, and The Idea of North have over 100 years of combined experience in this field. Their ‘Singin’ A Cappella’ workshop is packed full of information, application and phonation, and takes you on a journey through many of the aspects of what these fine singers have made a career of. The Idea of North will look at some fun vocal warmups, four-part singing exercises, blending, tuning and tone manipulation to add to your skill set more than you thought possible in just an hour and a half. They’ll take you through some techniques to challenge your brain, the way you think about singing vocal harmony, and also talk to you about aspects of your personal performance experience. This rare opportunity for we Taswegians to experience the expertise of one of the world’s best vocal harmony groups is not one to be missed. Book early as places to this intimate instructional are limited. Get up close with The Idea of North and have them as your personal tutors in the joys of a cappella singing. LISA DIB

Devonport Jazz 2017 runs from July 27 - 30. Head to the Devonport Jazz Festival website for more shows and events, tickets, transport and more - www.devonoportjazz.com.

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BEAR OUT OF THE WOODS IT TOOK A TRIP TO THE MAINLAND FOR URSHULA LEUNG, FOUNDER AND VOCALIST (AND KAZOO PLAYER!) OF HOBART FOLK/POP ACT LITTLE BEAR, TO GET THE FINAL HIT OF INSPIRATION IN RE-MOULDING HER BAND TO THEIR CURRENT SHAPE. STREET PERFORMERS INFORMED LEUNG’S INSPIRATION IN WIDENING THE BAND’S MEMBERSHIP, AND SOUND, AND IT’S COME UP ROSES FOR THE TASSIE BAND, WHOSE SUMPTOUS FOLKSY DITTIES AND BALLADS ARE RICH AND CHARMING.

“[Little Bear] was a project I had going nearly four years ago.” she explains. “We went hard at that point; it was a five-piece then, and recently, over summer, when I went on holiday to Melbourne and Sydney, I was watching amazing buskers up that way and was really inspired to do the project again, with more members and different instrumentation. Watching other people, I saw how amazing it is to be songwriter, and I was wanting to work with more people.” “Two of the members are originally from the five-piece four years ago, plus I wanted to have some harmony singers on board- I’m a vocal teacher and have some very talented studentsplus a very good friend who is a banjo player and guitarist, local drum player. It came together over a couple of months in the summer.” The band includes an accordionist (David Elliston), an electric cello (Nicholas Mercer), a banjo (Tim Gray), and the aforementioned backing harmonies by Sophie Wood and Celeste Meincke, as well as drums by Brendan Kays, to strengthen that alt-folk sound that can so easily

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slide into a chaotic rumba (Jericho) or classically melancholic country-folk (The Architect Sank) or the Eastern-European Klezmer sound of the sultry Lilly. One must, of course, be malleable in a band of so many influences and inputs. “The idea of me redoing Little Bear was so we could do the festival circuit; my greatest love is to play for a big public audience.” Leung says, on getting back onto the touring circuit. “To entertainment and perform, it’s such a wonderful feeling to share songs that are such a part of your world. All the songs are written by me; they’re my melody and chords and concepts, but I workshop them with the band in rehearsals. They’re always friendly and constructive! Each member is bringing their own thing to the band. It’s really important when working with a band that you allow them to participate; it becomes more organic.” “We’d love to play little venues too, I just dont think we’d fit! (laughs); you’ve got the accordion, banjo, full kit, two backing singers, me on lead vocals, electric cello, guitar...and a kazoo!”

Leung’s love of country music started young, in the Tassie family home, and grew into a powerful influence. “I grew up with a lot of country music, that’s a big influence of mine” she explains. “I really love the storytelling of country music; narrative is important to me when connecting to an audience. Having instruments like the accordion, such a romantic instrument...and the banjo comes from my childhood, it’s quite whimsical. I’m drawn to those instruments.” “My parents aren’t musical, but we had a lot of music in my house” Leung says. “My mother is from Jericho, in the heart of Tasmania, it’s quite desolate. She grew up there, and grew up with country music, I was listening to that in the house as a little girl. My father was more into jazz and blues.” “I like all types of music” Leung says, thinking about how her varied interests and influences manifest themselves in the wonderful jambalaya that is Little Bear’s music: traditional folk, alternative country, indie-pop, Romani stylings, a dash of tango. “I’m a bit older now, thirty-five, I studied in Melbourne, travelled to Canada and Sri Lanka, I’ve listened to lots of different music from different places and cultures and subcultures, and I love it all.” LISA DIB

Little Bear plays Saturday July 22nd at The Grand Poobah with Jay Jerome Bushby and Celeste Meincke.

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PISSING THE PAST RIGHT OFF

NOT ONLY IS BATT PISS’S FORTHCOMING ALBUM ABOUT SAYING GOODBYE TO DECEASED FRIENDS, IT’S ALSO ABOUT PARTING WAY WITH OLD SOUNDS. MUSICALLY AND LYRICALLY, REST IN PISS TAKES A DRAMATIC TURN FROM ANY OF THE PUNK OUTFIT’S EARLIER WORKS. THIS DOESN’T MEAN BASSIST THOMY SLOANE LOOKS BACK ON THE BAND’S PAST MUSINGS WITH ANY MALICE, HE SAYS IT’S RATHER A DOCUMENTATION OF TIME. “There’s no point getting all upset with it and saying ‘oh no that is fucking shit’. There are some bits where you think ‘I could have done that different’, but I mean that is just how it happens and that’s cool, even if you don’t like it anymore. I like listening to a band’s back catalogue and hearing shit being completely different you know? You don’t really want to write the same album twice, unless you are like The Ramones or something (laughs).” The Melbourne outfit’s new album gave Sloane an outlet to express himself whereas previous albums might have not.

“It’s (album) a lot more emotional I guess and it’s real. A lot of it is to do with harder times, and that’s why I wanted to do this album, especially to actually sing about stuff that has affected my life through the years, whereas previous albums are sort of silly stories and stuff. Some of them are real but there was a lot to get off my chest (with the new album) and I thought I was going to take this one a bit more serious.” Having bunkered down with The Drones’ Gareth Liddiard to record, Batt Piss got all the creative room they needed “to step away from the harder punk rock sort of shit”. The band’s first single ‘Paralyzed’ is a shining example of this, not just in sound, but in Sloane’s lyrics too. “We did it nearly a year ago now, so that’s why it’s weird to go back and think about what I was singing about and the shit that was going through my head back then. I’ve had a lot more time to think about it and sort of get over it slowly. Hearing it back for the first time I was like ‘that’s pretty sad stuff’ (laughs), but it’s definitely good to get it off the chest and just put it out there so you can move forward in a way. A lot of it (album) is to do with the death of close friends, hence also the name of the album Rest In Piss. It’s for the dead friends and it is also saying sort of goodbye to the old Batt Piss sound.” To coincide with the album release Batt Piss will take to the road to show off their new stuff. Tassie fans rejoice, The Piss are stopping in Launceston and Hobart as part of their national tour. Tasmanians will be the first to hear the band’s new music, and whatever conclusion they make is fine by Sloane – he’s just stoked to be playing such heartfelt tunes. “If people hate it then that’s awesome and if they like it then that’s awesome too. It’s each to their own and that is the beauty of it.” MARK ACHESON

Rest In Piss is out via Poison City on July 14. See Batt Piss perform in Hobart on Friday August 11 at the Brisbane Hotel and Saturday August 12 at Club 54.

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SOUNDS OF SCIENCE HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED HOW YOUR FAVOURITE SONG WAS MADE? DO YOU EVER THINK ABOUT HOW THOSE GLORIOUS SOUNDS WERE CREATED IN THE FIRST PLACE? UP-AND-COMING HOBART ELECTRONIC MUSICIAN CHRISTOPHER LEON WILL SHOW MUSIC AND SCIENCE LOVERS HOW, UNCOVERING THE HIDDEN ELEMENTS OF MUSIC IN HIS WORKSHOP THE SCIENCE OF SOUND.

Christopher’s workshop will be one of many engaging and illuminating activities on offer at BeakerStreet@TMAG, Australia’s first pop-up science bar, which will be held at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery from August 18-20 in celebration of National Science Week.

At first glance, music and science may seem like completely separate worlds, but Christopher proves the two are naturally linked and equally beautiful. “I’m hoping to pass on my enthusiasm and passion for learning about the science of music to anyone who is interested.”

“I’m going to try to explain the fundamentals of sound – how sound is made from electronic circuits,” Christopher says.

Before Christopher began exploring electronic music, he played the acoustic guitar, performing at local venues such as Lark Distillery and the Republic Bar and Café. His passion for electronic music and the complexities of sound was sparked while studying audio design at the University of Tasmania Conservatorium of Music. Completing his bachelor’s degree in 2011 led to experimenting and composing in a completely new direction.

“And show people that sound is composed of all these different waveforms, and how they work together to create different sounds, different textures.” Using elements from popular electronic songs and a big screen showing how sounds can be manipulated and deconstructed, Christopher will walk listeners through pitch, frequency, chords, electronic equipment and effects. “It might give them a new appreciation of music,” he says. “So, if you’ve played a note or two on piano, I’ll be able to show you how the note is actually represented and this is how sound is really made.”

“I started to learn that you could use electronic music to enhance the music and make all different textures. It provides a lot more flexibility in creating new sounds and tones.” Christopher writes in many genres, incorporating soundtrack-inspired orchestral samples as well as synth and K-Pop sounds, giving his music a huge punch of energy. You may have caught

THE FATHER AND SON COMBINATION IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR A GIG TO MAKE YOU FEEL WARM AND FUZZY, CHECK OUT THIS TASMANIAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA FATHER-ANDSON EVENT. PIANIST HOWARD SHELLEY AND CONDUCTOR ALEXANDER SHELLEY WILL PERFORM THE RACHMANINOV PIANO CONCERTOS THIS JULY 13 AND 15 IN THE FEDERATION CONCERT HALL. WE CHAT WITH HOWARD BEFORE THE TWO TAKE ON THE CHALLENGE (HE’S DAD).

him performing his new material across Hobart at the Youth Arts and Recreation Centre, Light up the Lane 2017 and the Tasmanian Young Achiever Awards Gala at Wrest Point 2017. After heading back to university this year to study a Bachelor of Information and Communications Technology, Christopher’s understanding of the origins of sound has deepened even further. “So far, I’ve learnt about the math behind various waveforms and developing video games using my music. I’ll be looking to learn how to code and construct my own hardware and software synthesizers later on as a side project.”

What does it feel like to work together as father and son in professional life? It is a lovely experience, of course, when audiences and orchestras speak highly to me about Alexander. And you get the impression that audiences who know us separately, then see us performing together, get a little extra zing from the fact that we are so closely related. It is a great blessing that we can share performances of such fabulous music together and discuss it on equal terms. Alexander is also very supportive and is very responsive to a soloist’s needs in concerto performances - he’s also very sensitive to his dad’s potential neuroses! When you perform together, what do you learn from your son? He is very disciplined, both in his learning from memory huge numbers of scores, and in his lifestyle. He eats sensibly, is careful about alcohol intake, and runs to keep himself in peak condition for a life which finds him flying about the world and changing time-zones practically every week. I’m afraid that I am much more indulgent, particularly in the food and drink department, and I couldn’t run even if my life depended on it! What do the Rachmaninov piano concertos mean to you? Rachmaninov’s four concertos for piano, the instrument that he played to a level of perfection arguably unequalled to this day, are some of the greatest romantic works ever written at a time when the soloist became the heroic figure pitted against the forces of huge orchestras (the individual trying to make his voice heard against the masses, if you like).

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If you attend Christopher’s workshop, you’ll be able to use your newfound knowledge to pick up on the science behind his music when you watch him perform as part of the BeakerStreet@ TMAG festivities. ZOEY COONEY

The jammed-packed BeakerStreet@TMAG program will be announced in mid-July via www.beakerstreet.com.au where you can also register for Christopher’s The Science of Sound workshop.

I adore them because they speak of every emotion, from the most tragic to the most ecstatic, and they harness the power of the piano in a very unique way, demanding what is almost impossible in terms of the number and complexity of the notes, but always pulling on the heartstrings with the fabulous tunes and harmonic turns that are so unique to this composer. What have you most wanted Alexander to take away from your knowledge of music? I don’t think I have ever really sat down and taught Alexander from a musical point of view, though he might have absorbed subconsciously some of my approach to interpretation as a child, given that his bedroom was just below the studio in which I thundered away for hour after hour on these Rachmaninov concertos and much other repertoire. What I did always feel was important, partly because I didn’t feel I achieved it myself when I was young, was a degree of self-confidence which would help and strengthen him in both good times and bad, whether he succeeded or failed in his objectives. Not an arrogance, but a quiet belief in what you have to offer as an individual. You need this in the madness of a performing life, especially if you are a conductor. STEPHANIE ESLAKE

See the Shelleys perform in Rachmaninov Piano Concertos 1&2 on July 13, 3&4 on July 15, and In Conversation led by ABC personality Christopher Lawrence on July 14 at the Federation Concert Hall. Tickets and more info from www.tso.com.au.

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MILES AND SIMONE MELBOURNE ALT-COUNTRY FOLK DUO MILES AND SIMONE ARE HEADING SOUTH FOR THE WINTER. APPEARING AT THE FESTIVAL OF VOICES, THEIR WARM, DELICIOUSLY MELANCHOLIC COUNTRY TUNES WILL WARM THE COCKLES OF YOUR HEART, AND EVERYWHERE ELSE YOU NEED WARMING. MILES O’NEIL TELLS ME ABOUT THE PROJECT, AND THE BENEFIT OF SAD SONGS.

“[Simone and I] met many years ago in a production of Summer of The 17th Doll. Simone was playing Bubba and I was playing Roo. We got along like toast and butter and ever since have been helping each other out on our various creative pursuits. One long summer arvo we started mucking around, drinking booze and singing some lonesome lullabies I had written and pretty soon, we were singing ‘em in lonesome bars around Melbourne.” The duo’s new single She and I was produced by The Drones’ Dan Luscombe, something O’Neil describes as “like winning a meat raffle”. “The man is a sonic wizard.” he explains. “He’s like Christopher Walken in that [Saturday Night Live] sketch More

Cowbell; he just makes music sound good. On top of that he likes to stop work at 6pm and go eat dinner and I respect him for that; solid work life balance is crucial.”

I suggest that it feels like country and folk music is having quite the renaissance in the ‘alternative’ scene and ask O’Neil why he thinks that might be.

“I would like people to get images, I guess.” says O’Neil when asked what he wants listeners to get from Miles and Simone. “That seems to be the lyrical style I move in. I would like it if when people are listening to the songs, little films start playing in their mind. That the songs open up doors in their brains to memories and then those memories become entwined with the song and go off to new places and wires in the old brain start connecting and a little projector cracks into action and all of the sudden there is a little film playing. Failing that, I would like them to get laid.”

“Burgers and brisket have become very popular and ‘90s revival music is fun, but is never going to do what country music does: fill you with hope, then kick it out the door and tell you to not stop walking ‘til you find your kids. That is why it is still going strong. It’s not having a renaissance; it’s always been rock solid, like an oak tree, or single malt whiskey or good strong coffee.” “Melancholy and whingeing often get confused and most of it I don’t like.” O’Neil explains, on the odd joy of sad music. “Saying that, I do go in for the

more lonesome songs in general and the people who like those songs. There are two types of people in this world: People who yell out “turn that sad Townes Van Zandt shit off!” and people I call my friends. Melancholy music, at least the melancholy music I like, is usually accessing a deep river of truth and fine things and goes well with things I like doing. It’s not good to play tennis to, which works fine with me.” LISA DIB

Miles and Simone play Friday July 7 at Voices in the Barn, Rosny Park.

AFTER HOURS, CLOSE TO DAWN AFTER THEIR EXTREMELY SUCCESFUL DEBUT ALBUM ‘MICROSCOPIC WARS, KINGSWOOD ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF TOURING THEIR LATEST RECORD AFTER HOURS, CLOSE TO DAWN. THE BAND HAVE RECENTLY ANNOUNCED TASMANIAN DATES AND SO WE SAT DOWN WITH SINGER FERGUS LINACRE TO DISCUSS THE TOUR, RECORDING IN NASHVILLE AND THE NEW RECORD.

Kingswood are no strangers to the Australian music scene with their distinct rock sound. The band does not hold back or feel the need to restrain themselves, mixing genres and sound to produce the unique music they create. Fergus admits that Microscopic Wars is unique, but their latest album After Hours, Close to Dawn is a whole another level. ‘I think Microscopic Wars is quite diverse for a rock album, more so than people are aware of because all the singles were rock songs but I think this one is outrageously diverse and covers a lot of different genres and we didn’t try and constrict ourselves to one sound, we just took whatever song we were working on to the best possible version of the song we could without worrying what people would think or what direction the whole album was going to go in. We’re really happy that it still sounded like a family at the end, which was one of our concerns that it wouldn’t but were quite happy that it is.’ Kingswood had the unique experience of recording both their albums in Nashville. After recording their first album in Nashville it wasn’t their intention to do it again, but special circumstances granted them the opportunity. ‘We recorded the first record in Nashville as well and we just fell in love with it and

we were lucky enough to be able to do that again. This time it wasn’t our intention to, we wanted to work with Ed Spear who’s an English producer who lives in Nashville. We wanted to fly him out to Australia but we actually got the opportunity to go to Nashville and do some shows which covered the cost of getting there, so we stayed an extra month and booked the studio, we wanted Sound Emporium which is an amazing studio and we did the rest of the record there.’ Kingswood are set to play Tassie in July. Fergus assures that it will be an entertaining, high energy show. ‘The set is so diverse, it covers a lot of areas musically and we have back-up singers now, I’m not sure if the horns section is going to be joining us for Tasmania but I think they are. It’s a big show now and there are lots of lights that are programmed to the show and nine people on the stage at one time. We’re also in very good spirits at the moment, not that we weren’t earlier but we’ve really missed touring.’ MACKENZIE STOLP

See Kingswood play at Hotel Tasmania in Launceston on Thursday July 7, followed by two shows at the Republic Bar on July 8 & 9.

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PAIGE TURNER LUGUBRIOUS AND LUBRICIOUS ARE TWO WONDERFUL WORDS I’VE RECENTLY BEEN ROLLING AROUND MY TONGUE. I SET MYSELF A CHALLENGE TO INCLUDE AT LEAST ONE IN THIS MONTH’S COLUMN AND HAVE EXCEEDED EVEN MY OWN EXPECTATIONS AND IT IS ONLY THE FIRST PARAGRAPH. AUSPICIOUS.RETURN TO HIM. pieces of fine paper, available in bundles and by PDF, direct from the press www.transportationpress.net. The day after this, Ouston will be in conversation with Robert Dessaix at Fullers. They will be marking the launch of Dessaix’ reissued backlist. His books are a such a special treasure and while I’m yet to lay eyes on these editions I am sure they will be beautiful publications; it would be a waste otherwise. They will be talking about each of Dessaix’ books, piecing together an overarching narrative of his work. Australian Slam Poetry heats are au go go in July. Slamduggery is presenting “Words of Winter” on Tuesday July 18 at the Royal Oak in Launceston. Consider it a chance to warm your vocals and our cockles before the Tasmanian heats of the Australian Poetry Slam. The Launceston heat is on August 1 at the Royal Oak, Hobart at World’s End on August 8, Ulverstone on 11 August at The Gnomon Pavillion and in Deloraine at the Empire on August 16. The final will be held at the Launceston Workers Club, 30th August. from 7pm. Check them out on Facebook - www.facebook.com/groups/714442915424607.

Good things ahead include the Poets and Painters Exhibition which opens on July 18 at the Moonah Art Centre. Featuring nine poets paired with nine painters, this exhibition is part of a wonderful continuum in a long series of these creative fusions. I look forward to seeing and reading this work. Adam Ouston was the judge of the inaugural Smoke international microfiction competition from Transportation Press. A collection of the winning work will be launched at Quartermasters Arms in Elizabeth St Hobart from 5.30 on July 19. Readings, and a chance to have a yarn with Transportation Press’ International Guard Tadgh Muller, meet the writers, the judge and me too, delight of delights that I am. Fullers Bookshop are the generous sponsors of Smoke. The stories will be printed on individual

Releasing the Genie is an anthology of erotic poetry edited by Marilyn Arnold and Evie Wood. It will be launched by Tasmanian author Robyn Friend at Petrarch’s Bookshop, Launceston, on Friday July 7. The poets will read from their work. Also at Petrarch’s, on July 6 is the launch of Transported by Brian Harrison-Lever. The illustrious Hobart Bookshop have two events lined up for July, firstly Monica McInerney, an event they are very excited about. This event will celebrate the release of The Trip of a Lifetime. The second event is the launch of the effervescent Eugenia Williams’ The Stone Fiddler on July 21. Flit is a fringe literary fest with an open call happening in Hobart in September. More details at www.transportationpress.net/flit-fest. The Society of Women Writers Tasmania presents The Robyn Mathison Poetry Prize 2017. With a first prize of $200, second of $50, and a variety of

acknowledgment certificates up for grabs and a closing date of August 31, you still have time. It is open to all poets and more details can be found at www.swwtas.org. Also up for grabs is the Margot Manchester Memorial Short Story Writing Award. This gets my prize for alliteration. These guys are seeking short stories between 1200-1500 words in length, no theme with cash money up for grabs for the winning authors. This also closes on August 31 and more information available again from www.swwtas.org. Lesley Harrison has launched her first book, Behind the Boomgate, which is about what it’s like to live in caravan parks. She utilised a broad range of sources when writing the book, ranging from doctorates on the subject, government reports as well as lived experience. Books can be purchased from Foot and Playsted and Petrarch’s Bookshop or the author at lharriso2@bigppond.com. Award winning Tasmanian musician and writer Sofi Chapman’s lesbian romance ‘Untitled, or The Seat of Narcissa’ returns to the stage for the celebrations of Melbourne’s legendary La Mama theatre’s 50th birthday Mini-Fest which runs Wednesday 26 to Friday July 28 at Carlton Courthouse, Melbourne. The Tasmanian Writers’ Centre are soon to release the program for the Writers and Readers Festival in September, I am seriously tantalized. In July they are hosting an essay writing workshop with James Dryburgh. Creative Non Fiction and the Art of the Essay is happening on July 23rd. James’ first book is called Essays from Near and Far. See - www. taswriters.org/events/writers-journey-creative-nonfiction-art-essay-james-dryburgh. On July 24, Seasonal Poets winter readings at Hadley’s will feature Louise Oxley, Pete Hay and Kristen Lang. More info here: www.taswriters.org/ events/seasonal-poets-winter-readings. Tansy Rayner Roberts is offering writing workshops for kids during the school holidays at Kingston Linc (July 14, Exploring Fairyland & July 18, Hero Quest). More details on Tansy’s website - www.tansyrr.com/ tansywp/writing-workshops. On Saturday 29th between 1-3pm, Poems for Peace will be read at Collins Bookshop, Launceston. This is part of the Tamar Valley Peace Festival - www. tamarcommunitypeace.org.au. And that’s a lovely way to end this month’s column. Drop me a line at racheledwards488@gmail.com. RACHEL EDWARDS

BOOK REVIEW

Tasmania’s Forgotten Frontier, a history of exploration, exploitation and settlement around Tasmania’s far north-east coast THIS IS AN IMPECCABLY RESEARCHED, CLEARLY WRITTEN HISTORY OF NORTH EAST TASMANIA, AN AREA RICH IN ANCIENT CULTURE, MARITIME HISTORY AND AGRICULTURAL SETTLEMENTS. AUTHOR JOHN BESWICK IS A FORMER DEPUTY PREMIER OF TASMANIA AND A SIXTH GENERATION TASMANIAN WHOSE ANCESTORS WERE AMONGST THE FIRST WHITE PIONEERS IN THE REGION. HIS OBVIOUS AFFILIATION AND PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE OF THE REGION SHINES THROUGH IN THE BOOK AND HE HAS AN ESPECIALLY ENDEARING STYLE OF WRITING ABOUT SEAFARERS. The book covers in detail; first contact, the sealers, the Van Diemonian Wars, the farmers, the industries, and contains a wealth of curious anecdotes. Some of these include mention of the escaped convicts who became pirates and ran vessels around Preservation Island and that of Mrs Eliza Bowen who is said to have gone grey overnight at seeing the Loch Finlas, a large barque bound for Peru founder and wreck before her eyes. It is said that generations of locals have enjoyed possession of beautiful sets of crockery salvaged from the vessel. The book, while generally compelling and clearly written becomes a little desiccated towards the end, covering in great detail pastoral leases and details of livestock. It is a little dry for the lay reader. These swathes are luckily broken up with intriguing sometimes poignant stories of individuals and political intrigue whose tendrils still 18

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hold the state in sway today, including some innuendo around British Tobacco (BT) and the creation of the Mount William National Park and the involvement of Kevin Lyons, the Deputy Premier, who resigned in 1972 following exposure of his corruption. Lyons received $25 000 from BT to write his memoirs, a book that has not ever eventuated. In separate incidents, Federal Hotels paid $29 000 off Lyon’s mortgage, as well as the offering him a job with an equivalent salary. The latter is covered closely in James Boyce’s recent expose into gambling and corruption in Tasmania, Losing Streak. While the book contains lots of detail it does not cover the Aboriginal community in the NE, after the decline of the sealing industry. This is an oversight in which author Beswick is not alone. The structure of many books on Tasmanian history focus solely on white settlement alone, rarely glancing at the history in the Aboriginal community, which, in the NE were especially important. An uncomfortable oversight with this particular text is the fact that Chapter One is called ‘The Europeans Arrive’. The years that Beswick spent on his meticulous research have certainly paid off. This is a comprehensive book that explores in detail an area of Tasmania that does not have many books dedicated to it. Forty South continue to publish strongly, augmenting a rich written Tasmanian history and this book is a prime example. While it is not a book for everyone focused as it is on such a tiny pocket of the world, it is a book for those interested in the region, as well as recent Tasmanian history and development. RACHEL EDWARDS

Arts

Gallery

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Guide

South 146 Artspace June 10 – July 21 Full House: 5 Years @ Sawtooth ARI July 28 – September 1 Re-Collection with works by Sue Henderson, Penny Mason, Anne Morrison and Susan Pickering Bett Gallery June 30 – July 17 Troy Ruffels July 21 – August 7 Suicidal Sex Marsupial – Tom O’Hern Colville Gallery July 4 Lloyd Rees Art Prize July 22 Josh Simpson Handmark Gallery June 30 – July 17 Handmark Artists – Works on Paper Exhibition July 21 – August 7 New Paintings – Vika Fifita, Nathan Grey, Hilton Owen Despard Gallery June 28 – July 23 Edge of the World – Todd Jenkins July 26 – August 20 Jamin Salamanca Arts Centre Top Gallery July 9 – July 30 Trace Kelly’s Garden June 10 – July 16 Well, Hello! Sidespace Gallery June 28 – July 2 Voices of the Ancient Ones July 18 – July 25 Person and Place July 28 – August 8 Out of Hand 2017: 2 years of Workshops & Travelling Exhibitions Lightbox July 1 – July 31 Out of Hand 2017: Biennial Mini Challenge Long Gallery July 28 – August 8 Out of Hand 2017

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NORTH

COMEDY

COMEDY Princess Theatre July 16 Speedmouse – The Umbilical Brothers

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The Polish Corner July 5 ustin Hamilton, James G Warren, Gavin Baskerville July 12 Alex Ward, Matt Stewart, Amanda Gray, Brent Watkinson, Rob Braslin July 19 Josh Earl, Ben Payne, Bonnie Tangey and more.

Handmark Evandale July 2 – August 30 Works on Paper Exhibition – Handmark Artists

Brisbane Hotel July 27 CULT Comedy

Burnie Regional Gallery July 1 – August 13 ArtRage 2016 Selection

Republic Bar July 13 Comedy Clubhouse: Dave Callan

Devonport Regional Gallery June 3 – July 9 Head over Head – Tony Ameneiro July 15 – August 27 Past & Present Tense- 20 Years of the Robinson Collection

Theatre Royal July 15 Speedmouse – The Umbilical Brothers

Moonah Arts Centre July 21 - August 7 Poets and Painters June 29 – July 22 In-House Designed:Made Inc TMAG Until July 9 The Art of Science: Baudin’s Voyagers 1800 – 1804 Until August 20 Winnie-The-Pooh and friends July 28 – November 5 The Derwent

Gallery Pejean June 14 – July 8 Landscape of Sustenance – Peter Hjort & Jennifer Dickens July 12 – August 5 30 x 30 2017 – Group Exhibition of Artworks 30 x 30cm Sawtooth Front Gallery July 1 – 29 Second Nature - Alastair Mooney Middle Gallery July 1 – 29 Yellow Paintings Never Sell - Liam Marsden Project Gallery July 1 – 29 Redefining Home - Emily-Rose Wills Dark Space Gallery July 1 – 29 Four Walks - Luke Aleksandrow Gateway Space Gallery July1 – 29 Members lounge show

THEATRE Theatre Royal July 6 – July 8 Hello, Goodbye & Happy Birthday July 21 – July 22 Sydney Dance Company’s Frame of Mind July 28 – August 12 Chicago

Royal Oak July 14 Fresh Comedy w/ Dave Callan Burnie Arts Centre July 13 Speedmouse – The Umbilical Brothers Devonport Entertainment Centre July 14 Speedmouse – The Umbilical Brothers THEATRE Princess Theatre May 12 – July 15 Launceston Competitions July 19 Sydney Dance Company : Frame of Mind

Theatre Royal Backspace June 22 – July 8 SHIT Peacock Theatre June 30 – July 15 What Rhymes with Cars and Girls July 20 – July 30 A Snowman in the Desert

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Event Guide

Hobart Date

Venue

Acts / Start Time

Date

JULY Saturday

Sunday

Birdcage Bar

Neon Acoustic 9pm

Brisbane Hotel (Back Bar)

Abramelin (Vic) + Mephistopheles + Permafog + GAPE

Brisbane Hotel (Front Bar)

THE BRISBANE HOTELS 10TH BIRTHDAY!!!! - Mum and Dad + The Roobs + ALL The Weathers + Crypt Vapor + DJ BTC + Late Night Krackieoke

Saturday

Venue

Acts / Start Time

Watermans Beer Market

Bianca & Dan 7pm

Willie Smith’s Apple Shed

Pepper Jane 6pm

Art Farm Birchs Bay

Bonfire Night with Lagoon Hill Zydeco 5pm

Birdcage Bar

Sambo & Jimi 9pm

Brisbane Hotel

Hideous Sun Demon (WA) + A. Swayze & The Ghosts + Bu$ Money

Grand Poobah

Thug Mills, The Pits, Mess O’Reds, Chloe Alison Escott

Grand Poobah

Animals Dancing present DJ Normal 4, Otologic & Bronze Savage in the Main Room

Casino Bar

Sambo and Jimi 10pm

Grand Poobah

DJ Subjoi, Sweatypits, Flac & Moccona and Overland

Onyx

Ebeneza Good 9pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Holy Holy 10pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Tim Davies 7:30pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Kingswood + Dear Seattle + Chase City 10pm

The Homestead

Eddy & The Low Tides 9pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Legally Blinde 7:30pm

The Music Bar

JAZZ NIGHT starring Nadira and Friends 7:30pm

The Italian Club

Tom Vincent Pop Up Jazz Cafe

Waratah Hotel

Remi x Sampa the Great + Supports (TBC)

The Music Bar

Ella & Dan, Zac Henderson, Justin O’Garey 5pm

Watermans Beer Market

Bianca & Dan 9pm

Waratah Hotel

The Hard Aches: Brain Drain Tour - Supported by Squid Fishing, Ride the Tiger 8pm

Wrest Point Entertainment Centre

Baby Animals & The Screaming Jets

Watermans Beer Market

Sam Forsyth 9pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Wahbash Avenue 8:30pm

Brisbane Hotel

Brissie Bingo

T42

Jed Appleton 2pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Little Wise 2:30pm

The Music Bar

Miguel and Ellie 11am

Republic Bar & Cafe

120Y’s 8:30pm

Willie Smith’s Apple Shed

Van Walker & Dominic Francis Grief Ensemble 1pm

T42

Jed Appleton 2pm

Wrest Point Entertainment Centre

Peter Combe in Live It Up... And Bellyflop in a Pizza!

Theatre Royal

Toni Childs + Keystone Angel

Sunday

Monday

Republic Bar & Cafe

Quiz Night 8:15pm

Tuesday

Republic Bar & Cafe

Billy Whitton 8:30pm

Monday

Republic Bar & Cafe

Cody Gunton 8:30pm

Tuesday

Republic Bar & Cafe

Tarik Stoneman & Sam Forsyth 8:30pm

The Duke

Dukebox - Audition Night Jam 7:30pm

The Duke

Hobart Blues Club - Billy Warner with Merv Graham, Konrad Park and Tim Partridge 7:30pm

The Homestead

Funky Bunch Trivia 7pm

Theatre Royal

The Idea of North 7:30pm

The Homestead

Funky Bunch Trivia 7pm

Birdcage Bar

Rod Murray 8:30pm

Birdcage Bar

Billy and Aaron 8:30pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Billy Warner 8:30pm

Irish Murphy’s

Noteworthy Sessions: Katie Warren, Lasca, Duxie Franklin 8pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Jonathan Warwarek 7pm

The Duke

Duke Quiz 7:30pm

Theatre Royal

Sarah Blasko - The Soloist Tour

Watermans Beer Market

Elly Potter 7pm

Birdcage Bar

Pepper Jane 8:30pm

Federation Concert Hall

Rachmaninov Piano Concertos (1&2) 7:30pm

Grand Poobah

Karaoke with Soft Cat & Sam 9pm

Irish Murphy’s

The Bones & Miss Jones 9pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Tim & Scott 8:30pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Karly Fisher 6:30pm

The Duke

Jay Jerome 7:30pm

Watermans Beer Market

Unlocked 6pm

Birdcage Bar

Tim & Scott 9pm

Brisbane Hotel (Back Bar)

LA Bastard (Vic) + Lazer Baby + Squid Fishing

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Republic Bar & Cafe

Dan Vandermeer (EP Launch) + Jackson Simpson + DJ Rikin 8:30pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Elly Potter 7pm

The Duke

Duke Quiz 7:30pm

The Music Bar

Colin Kucera 6pm

Watermans Beer Market

Matt Gray 7pm

Birdcage Bar

Jed Appleton 8:30pm

Grand Poobah

Karaoke with Soft Cat & Sam 9pm

Irish Murphy’s

Kashkin 9pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Scott Darlow 8:30pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Billy & Jamie 6:30pm

The Duke

Jay Jerome 7:30pm

The Homestead

Australian Songwriters Association WAX Lyrical 6:30pm

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

The Music Bar

Quiz Night 6:30pm

Watermans Beer Market

Unlocked 6pm

Brisbane Hotel (Front Bar)

Late Night Krackieoke

Birdcage Bar

Jerome Hillier 9pm

Grand Poobah

KLP

Brisbane Hotel

Kid Selzy and Minas (Vic) w/ Nibs, Skurge/Draz, Greeley. Burd Brain, Blaze/Syhr/Luna

Republic Bar & Cafe

Horrorshow 10pm

Federation Concert Hall

Fireworks 7:30pm

T42

Sam Forsyth 5pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Random Act 7:30pm

Grand Poobah

S’n’B Sessions at Midnight

The Duke

The Suffrajettes Sing Along 7:30pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Kingswood + Dear Seattle + Chase City 10pm

The Music Bar

Dan John, Justin O’Garey, Legally Blinde 6pm

T42

Zac Henderson 5pm

The Whaler

Zac Henderson 7:30pm

The Brunswick Hotel

The Incidentalists 7:30pm

Theatre Royal

A Cappella and Barbershop Concert

The Duke

Jarrod Hunter Band 7:30pm

Gabriele Dagrezio 7pm

The Homestead

Shaun Kirk 9pm

Watermans Beer Market

The Italian Club

Tom Vincent Pop Up Jazz Cafe

Willie Smith’s Apple Shed

Huon Valley Mid-Winter Fest!

The Music Bar

Miguel and Ellie, Gabriele Dagrezio 6pm

Birdcage Bar

Matt Edmunds 9pm

The Whaler

Dylan Eynon, Jensen 7:30pm

Brisbane Hotel

Waratah Hotel

Concert for Kev - Beth Brownrigg, Dark Matter of Story Telling, Lunar Rampage, Nikola Jane, The Protagonists, Radio Silence, Vitamin Cake, Ysla 7:30pm

Curse Ov Dialect (Vic) + Idiot Lust + Ruiner & The Threshold Forms + Black Paul

Federation Concert Hall

Rachmaninov piano Concertos (3&4) 7:30pm

Grand Poobah

Husky, Tia Gostelow & Hot Spoke

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Event Guide

Date

Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Venue

Acts / Start Time

Grand Poobah Republic Bar & Cafe

Date

Venue

Acts / Start Time

S’n’B Sessions in the Kissing Room

Republic Bar & Cafe

Boil Up (Reggae & Funk) 10pm

Hobart Funk Collective 10pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Gabriele Dagrezio 7:30pm

The Brunswick Hotel

The Incidentalists 7:30pm

The Homestead

The Music Bar

Miguel & Ellie, Bridget Pross, Gabriele Dagrezio 6pm

Nadira & Friends Quintet + The Jamie Pregnell Quartet 9pm

The Whaler

Jamie & The Petty Boys 9pm

The Music Bar

Legally Blinde 9pm

Waratah Hotel

Moonbase live at the Tah + Local Supports TBC 8pm

Watermans Beer Market

Elly Potter 9pm

Watermans Beer Market

Bianca & Dan 7pm

Wrest Point Entertainment Centre

John Williamson in Concert

Willie Smith’s Apple Shed

Huon Valley Mid-Winter Fest!

Brisbane Hotel

Brissie Bingo

Brisbane Hotel

Brissie Bingo

Republic Bar & Cafe

The Raccoons 2:30pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

The Bootleg Gin Sluggers 8:30pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Blue Flies 8:30pm

T42

Jed Appleton 2pm

T42

Jed Appleton 2pm

Willie Smith’s Apple Shed

Huon Valley Mid-Winter Fest!

Hobart Town Hall Republic Bar & Cafe Republic Bar & Cafe

Pepper Jane 8:30pm

The Duke

Jazz Jam Jar 7:30pm

The Homestead

Funky Bunch Trivia 7pm

Birdcage Bar

Dave Sikk 4tet 8:30pm

Irish Murphy’s

Noteworthy Sessions: David McEldowney, Matt Dean, Kyle Taylor (VIC) 8pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Julien Baker 9pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Miss Jones Plays 7pm

The Duke

Duke Quiz 7:30pm

The Founders Room

Lulo Reinhardt & Bart Stenhouse : Global Guitar Conversations 2017 Australian Tour

The Music Bar

Justin O’Garey 7pm

Watermans Beer Market

Nick Machin 7pm

Wrest Point Entertainment Centre

Bay City Rollers (UK) featuring Les McKeown

Wrest Point Showroom

Matt Ives & His Big Band

Birdcage Bar

Madalena 8:30pm

Grand Poobah

Karaoke with Soft Cat & Sam 9pm

Irish Murphy’s

The Bootleg Gin Sluggers 9pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Josh Cook 8:30pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Tarik Stoneman 6:30pm

The Duke

Jay Jerome 7:30pm

The Music Bar

Quiz Night 6:30pm

Watermans Beer Market

Unlocked 6pm

Birdcage Bar

Rum Jungle 9pm

Brisbane Hotel (Back Bar)

Bukowski (Vic) + August Wolfbiter + Black Hole Sugar

Brisbane Hotel (Front Bar)

Carb On Carb (NZ) + Squid Fishing + Dolphin + Al’s Toy Barn

Grand Poobah

A. Swayze & The Ghosts, Carl Renshaw, Black Hole Sugar, Lake Myer followed by Randall Foxx

Sunday

Monday

Republic Bar & Cafe

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

Tuesday

Republic Bar & Cafe

Ross Sermons & Montz Matsumoto 8:30pm

Sitkovetsky Trio 8pm

The Duke

Madalena Anderson-Ward 7:30pm

Helen Crowther 8:30pm

The Homestead

Funky Bunch Trivia 7pm

Birdcage Bar

Fiona Whitla 8:30pm

Irish Murphy’s

Noteworthy Sessions: Harry Jensen, Crystal Sky, Ian Paulin 8pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

The Rants 8:30pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Billy & Jamie 6:30pm

The Duke

Duke Quiz 7:30pm

Watermans Beer Market

Jonathan Warwarek 7pm

Birdcage Bar

Samuel Bester 8:30pm

Grand Poobah

Karaoke with Soft Cat & Sam 9pm

Irish Murphy’s

The Rays 9pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Billy Whitton and Jamie Taylor 8:30pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Elly Potter 6:30pm

The Duke

Jay Jerome 7:30pm

Watermans Beer Market

Unlocked 6pm

Birdcage Bar

Ani and Nick 9pm

Brisbane Hotel

Save the Clocktower + Drown This City (Vic) + Cardinels + Eloraline

Grand Poobah

Randall Foxx

Republic Bar & Cafe

Sugartrain 10pm

T42

Sam Forsyth 5pm

The Duke

Live Music 7:30pm

The Music Bar

Ella & Dan, Colin Kucera, JAX and the Wayward 6pm

Willie Smith’s Apple Shed

Nick Machin 6pm

Birdcage Bar

Angela Bryan Duo 9pm

Brisbane Hotel

Late Night Krackieoke

Brisbane Hotel (Back Bar)

FOLEY! (Vic) + Squid Fishing + Hurricane Youth + Skate Wounds

Brisbane Hotel (Front Bar)

The Riflebirds (Vic) + Stardust Hawker + Colin Kucera

Granada Tavern

COG + Special Guests

Grand Poobah

Sexy Lucy

Republic Bar & Cafe

Australian Made 10pm

The Brunswick Hotel

The Incidentalists 7:30pm

The Music Bar

Justin O’Garey, Cam Stuart, Gabriele Dagrezio 4:30pm

Watermans Beer Market

Sam Forsyth 9pm

Brisbane Hotel

Brissie Bingo

Republic Bar & Cafe

The Great Anticipators 2:30pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Kobya & Band 8:30pm

T42

Jed Appleton 2pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Quiz Night 8:15pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Crikey 10pm

T42

Nick Machin 5pm

The Brunswick Hotel

The Incidentalists 7:30pm

The Duke

Billy Whitton 7:30pm

The Homestead

Chupacabra 9pm

The Music Bar

Ella & Dan, Sam Forsyth, Cam Stuart 6pm

Watermans Beer Market

No Balance Required 7pm

Willie Smith’s Apple Shed

YESQUEEN + Support 6pm

Birdcage Bar

Tony Voglino 9pm

Brisbane Hotel (Back Bar)

Mason (Vic) + Harlott (Vic)

Brisbane Hotel (Front Bar)

Jay Bushby + Valium + Art School Bullies

Grand Poobah

Little BEAR Launch Party - Supported by Jerome Bushby (Ex Bris) & Celeste Meincke 9pm Followed by Sexy Lucy

Grand Poobah

The Enigma Hoedown in the Kissing Room

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Monday

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Venue

Acts / Start Time

Date

Club 54

Universal Wednesdays

Fri

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

TOWN

Venue

Acts / Start Time

JULY

JULY Wednesday

NORTH WEST

The Royal Oak

Public Bar - TBC - 9pm

Hotel Tasmania

Kingswood

The Royal Oak

Boat Shed - TAFE Grad Concert 8:30pm

Club 54

The Hard Aches

The Greenwood Bar

The Sign

The Royal Oak

Boat Shed - Thug Mills + Slag Queens + Disrepute 8:30pm

14 Burnie

Burnie Arts Centre Roy Orbison Reborn

Ulverstone Gnomon Pavilion Sat

15 Devonport Devonport

The New Holland Honeyeaters

Devonport Ent. Centre

Roy Orbison Reborn

Tapas Lounge Bar

KLP Mix Match Tour

Tue

18 Devonport

Life Way Auditorium

Lulo Reinhardt & Bart Stenhouse 7:30pm

Thu

20 Burnie

The Cinema Burnie

Bliss N Eso

Devonport Ent. Centre

John Williamson

Devonport

Albert Hall

TSO: Fireworks 7:30pm

Fri

21 Ulverstone Gnomon Pavilion

Don’t Come Monday 5:30pm

The Greenwood Bar

Out of the Flame

Wed

26 Devonport

Jacob Boote Trio 6pm

Club 54

Colour Castle, Alex Preston, Acaddamy

Southern Wild Distillery

Thu

27 Devonport

Devonport Regional Gallery

Tucker, Ottaway & Watkins 6pm

The Royal Oak

Boat Shed - Mumbo Jumbo - Nico Dunstone Fundraiser Crossfit 8:30pm

The Don Centre

Gospel Song 7pm

Fri

28 Devonport

Bass Strait Maritime Centre

Phileas Fogg Trio: Jazz A Trois 6pm

Devonport

JULY Wed 5th TBC ~ Public Bar @9pm Free Thu 6th TAFE Grad Concert ~ Boat Shed @8.30pm Free Fri 7th Thug Mills + Slag Queens + Disrepute ~ Boat Shed @ 8.30pm $10 Sat 8th Mumbo Jumbo - Nico Dunstone Fundraiser Crossfit ~ Boat Shed @ 8.30pm $15 http://www.ticketebo.com.au/crossfit -launceston/launch-our-tassie-titan.html Sun 9th Open Folk Seisiún~ Public Bar @ 5pm Free

Sunday

The Royal Oak

Public Bar - Open Folk Seisiun 5pm

Devonport

Bistro Camille

Nadira Farid & Nick Parish Soiree Jazz 4:30pm

Wednesday

Club 54

Universal Wednesdays

Devonport

DECC Town Hall

The Royal Oak

Public Bar - TBC - 9pm

Monica Trapaga & The Bachelor Pad 8pm

Devonport

East Devonport Child & Family Centre

Django’s Tiger @ Playgroup 10am

Thu 13th The Hat and The Horn ~ Public Bar Free

Ulverstone Gnomon Pavilion

Guitarist Ross Sermons and Country Blues Picker Gerry Balding 5:30pm

Fri 14th FRESH COMEDY w DAVE CALLAN https://www.trybooking.com/QJTG ~ Boat Shed $15/$20

Thursday

The Royal Oak

Public Bar - The Hat and The Horn

Friday

Club 54

Moonbase + Supports

The Greenwood Bar

Take 2

Saturday

The Royal Oak

Boat Shed - La Bastard + Guthrie + Bansheeland

Devonport

Home Hill

Annia Baron 8pm

Latrobe

House of Anvers

Annia Baron 12pm

Sunday

The Royal Oak

Public Bar - Open Folk Seisiun 5pm

Northdown Hundred Acres @ Ghost Rock

Dan Bolton 7:30pm

Wednesday

The Royal Oak

Public Bar - Julian Mathew 9pm

Devonport

La Pomme Brasserie

Nick Haywood Trio Feat. Mia Palencia 12:30pm

Thursday

The Royal Oak

Public Bar - Gabriele Dagrezio 9pm

Devonport

Life Way Auditorium

ABC Radio Live Broadcast 4pm

Friday

Club 54

Bliss N Eso, Dylan Joel, Dameza

Devonport

Molly Malones Irish Pub

Billy Whitton & The Swingin’ Hepcats 9:30pm

Country Club

John Williamson in Concert

Devonport

Munnew Day Centre

Happy Hour with Django’s Tiger 1:30pm

Rubicon Grove

The Jackson Four 6pm

Saturday

The Royal Oak

Public Bar - Charlie and Me 9pm

Port Sorrell

Club 54

Bukowski, Third Degree, Pat Broxton

Forth

The Bridge Hotel

Django’s Tiger 6pm

Devonport

Zest Cafe

The Greenwood Bar

The Fireflies

Mia Palencia & Kelly Ottaway 6pm

Country Club

Celtic Force

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DECC Town Hall

Singin’ A Capella Workshop

Devonport

DECC Town Hall

The Idea of North in Concert

The Royal Oak

Boat Shed - No Borders Weekender: Songs For Syria - Denni + Speck + FLXW + Isla Ka 8:30pm

Devonport

Devonport Tennis Club

Georgina Harvey Da Jazz Boiz 7pm

Devonport

Drift Cafe

Breakfast with Janelle Stowe Trio 9pm

Sat

Sunday

The Royal Oak

Public Bar - Open Folk Seisiun 5pm

Forth

Forth Hall Community Hall

Dance with Sounds of Silent 7pm

Sunday

Country Club

Celtic Force

Latrobe

House of Anvers

Nadira Farid & Nick Parish

Club 54

Universal Wednesdays

Janelle Stowe Trio 3pm

The Royal Oak

Public Bar - Open Mic Night - Open to All - 4 Spots 9pm

Northdown Hundred Acres @ Ghost Rock Devonport

La Pomme Brasserie

An Evening with Toni Swain 6pm

Wednesday

Thursday

The Royal Oak

Public Bar - Isla Ka 9pm

Devonport

Friday

Club 54

COG + Captives + Paper Souls

Life Way Auditorium

Monk Reloaded by Phileas Fogg Trio 11:30am

Devonport

The Royal Oak

Boat Shed - Foley (Melb) + Sleepyheads + Hurricane Youth 8:30pm

Life Way Auditorium

New York Sessions with Dan Bolton 1:30pm

Devonport

Life Way Auditorium

Many Rivers by Nick Haywood Trio 3:30pm

Club 54

Save The Clock Tower, Drown This City, Cardinels, Majula

Devonport

Rooke St Mall

Musos in the Mall 10pm

Spreyton

Spreyton Cider Co. Spike Mason 4tet 2pm

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

Toni Swain 12pm

The Greenwood Bar

The Smokin Elmores

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

Captives 10pm

Devonport

The Alex Hotel

Billy Whitton & The Swingin’ Hepcats 7pm

Devonport

The Central Bar

The Jackson Four 3pm

Cmax Cinema

Sounds of Silent feat. “The General” 10:30am

Devonport

La Pomme Brasserie

Brunch with Spike Mason 4tet 9:30am

Devonport

Mersey Yacht Club The Jackson Four 2pm

Devonport

Molly Malones Irish Pub

Saturday

Sunday

The Royal Oak

Public Bar - S+M (Steph and Malli) 9pm

The Royal Oak

Boat Shed - Blues Club Jam 1pm

The Royal Oak

Public Bar - Open Folk Seisiun 5pm

Sun

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Ulverstone The Wharf

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New Talent Showcase 12pm Myrczek & Tomaszewski 7:30pm

Wed 12th TBC ~ Public Bar @ 9pm Free

Sat 15th La Bastard + Guthrie + Bansheeland ~ Boat Shed $10 Sun 16th Open Folk Seisiún ~ Public Bar @5pm Free Wed 19th Julian Mathew ~ Public Bar @9pm Free Thu 20th Gabriele Dagrezio ~ Public Bar @9pm Free Fri 21st Charlie and Me ~ Public Bar @9pm Free Sat 22nd No Borders Weekender: Songs For Syria - Denni + Speck + FLXW + Isla Ka ~ Boat Shed @8.30pm $5 Sun 23rd Open Folk Seisiún ~ Public Bar @5pm Free Wed 26th Open Mic Night - Open to All - 4 Spots ~ Public Bar @9pm Free Thu 27th Isla Ka~ Public Bar @9pm Free Fri 28th Foley (Melb) + Sleepyheads + Hurricane Youth ~ Boat Shed @8.30pm $10 Sat 29th S+M (Steph and Malli) ~ Public Bar @9pm Free Sun 30th Blues Club Jam 1-4pm ~ Boat Shed Open Folk Seisiún 5-7.30pm ~ Bar Free

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