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The Beards Friday March 27
Dean Ray And Band Friday April 10
Donavon Frankenreiter Wednesday April 15
March 2015 Son Del Sur (Cuban Salsa) $5 9pm Wednesday 4 Darren Hanlon $22pre/$27door 9pm Thursday 5 24seven 10pm Friday 6 Sugartrain $5 10pm Saturday 7 Billy Longo & The Rhythm Tragics 8:30pm Sunday 8 Quiz Night - New Comers Welcome 8:15pm Monday 9 Harry Heart 8:30pm Tuesday 10 Ivy Bloom + Radio Silence + The Three Eyed Monsters $5 9pm Wednesday 11 Reggae Inc 9pm Thursday 12 New Beergarden & Tapas Menu Launch Party: Free Tapas + Dean Stevenson Live In The Beergarden 5pm Friday 13 Jordan C. Thomas Band + Yesterdays Gentlemen 10pm Friday 13 Joe Pirere Band 10pm Saturday 14 Sunday Afternoon Soul Sessions (Beergarden) 2:30pm Sunday 15 The Blue Flies 9pm Sunday 15 Ross Sermon 8:30pm Monday 16 The Baker Boys 8:30pm Tuesday 17 The Bobcats 9pm Saturday 18
Steve Poltz (USA) $20pre/$25door 9pm Thursday 19 Australian Made $5 10pm Friday 20 Standing Room Only - Forecast, Colours, Lingo, Modern Daze + Stynez Legends $25 VIP $50 10pm Saturday 21 David Benuik (CD Launch)+ Mat Wooley 2:30pm Sunday 22 Peter Hicks & The Blues Licks 8:30pm Sunday 22 Billy Whitton 8:30pm Monday 23 Rach + Damo 8:30pm Tuesday 24 Hui & the Muse 8:30pm Wednesday 25 Brad Gillies 8:30pm Thursday 26 The Beards + The Stiffys $25pre/$30door 10pm Friday 27 Boil Up $5 10pm Saturday 28 Beergarden Party - 12 Hour beef brisket taco’s and corn on the cob cooked over charcoal and Yesterdays Gentlemen performing. It’s all free and everyone’s invited! 2:30pm Sunday 29 Whabash Avenue 8:30pm Sunday 29 Quiz Night - New Comers Welcome 8:15pm Monday 30 Dean Stevenson Tuesday 31
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Experience the eclectic artistry of composer, author, musician, and National Geographic 2014 Emerging Explorer Paul D. Miller, aka DJ Spooky. Long a legend in the hip hop world as a master turntablist, Miller is a sonic artist who hears music in almost everything. He’s collaborated with artists as diverse as Kool Keith, Killah Priest from Wu-Tang Clan, Yoko Ono and Thurston Moore from Sonic Youth. With this Spiegeltent performance Miller, accompanied by a violinist and a cellist, will create an evocative multimedia trip to the Arctic landscape, juxtaposing images with live and recorded hip hop, electronic, and minimalist music to create an unforgettable experience.
Icelandic songstress Sóley brings her eerie pop lullabies and hushed, melancholic vocals to the Spiegeltent in what promises to be a haunting performance. This talented multiinstrumentalist and composer had already toured around the world with her indie band Seabear before she discovered her own voice, releasing her solo album We Sink in 2011. Sóley is a charismatic story-teller who plays piano, guitar, organ and percussion to create a surreal, cinematic sound. Prepare to be bewitched by Sóley in this intimate show.
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Dexter seamlessly bends genres at will; dropping classics with the obscure whilst effortlessly re-shaping rhythm and vibe. From winning the Australian DMC World DJ Championships a staggering four times in a row, to joining forces with The Avalanches on Since I Left You, Dexter has consistently challenged the perception of the DJ and the ever-shifting possibilities of production and turntablism over his 20+ year career.
L-FRESH The LION is renowned for his powerful presence, inspiring live shows and for having some of the most intelligent lyrics in Australian hip hop. Combined with love and respect for his cultural and ancestral roots of the Sikhs from Panjab, India, L-FRESH The LION is an individual like no other in the music scene. His debut album One received stellar reviews and since 2009 he has toured mainland Australia with international and local hip hop legends including Horrorshow, The Herd, Hermitude and Urthboy. Now, we’re proud to be hosting his Tasmanian première performance, in the Spiegeltent.
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playing a bunch of awesome music, and knock back a few beers, what more could you want on a Friday night? You’ll be able to catch Dog Dreams, A Day From Tonight, Turbulence and The Beautiful Chains. Dog Dreams and The Beautiful Chains are from Hobart. A Day From Tonight and Turbulence are from Launceston. Spread your local music love statewide. THE BABIEST LAZERS
For the first time in their 21 year existence, The Oblivians are making their maiden voyage down under. The nastiest, filthiest, most obscene rock’n’roll pioneers of the modern era are coming for a whirlwind tour of every East-coast gritty pub they could find. Most never thought they’d get the chance to witness The Oblivians live, but now the time has come to watch them tear across Australia. Thursday March 5 will see them visit Tasmania’s spiritual home of punk and rock, The Brisbane Hotel. Supported by locals AD Skinner, Powernap, and The Roobs. Tickets are $34.70 and are available from The Brisbane Hotel, or online via oztix.
A TRAVELLING PARTY HOUSE Northeast Party House are triple j favourites right now, so if you don’t love them yet, you will soon. You sheep, you. Their genre-crossing style has already won them fans around the country, and now they’re heading down to lil’ ol’ Hobartia to make some new friends and win over some new fans. This shouldn’t be hard for them to do, they seem like a nice bunch. They’re playing with a couple of local bands that are pretty nice too, Close Counters and Lazer Baby. And they’re playing on Good Friday Eve! That in itself is pretty damn nice. This whole nice extravaganza will be taking place at the very nice Waratah Hotel on Thursday April 2 for the very nice price of $15 (presale) or $20 on the door. Nice! ONE NIGHT STAND
April is just around the corner and seven days of this is dedicated to National Youth Week. Devonport’s contribution will be the Reclaim the Lane youth music and arts festival on Friday April 10. The event will include artist in residence, Laura McMahon aka Brain Foetus creating a public art work in Rooke Lane. Look out also for the sketchbook project coordinated by Devonport Regional Gallery.
LUCK OF THE IRISH March is the month for us to reconnect with our Irish roots, even if we don’t have any irish roots. March 17 marks Saint Patrick’s Day and celebrates the Irish way of life across the globe, marked by the display of shamrocks, green attire and the consumption of Guinness. Locally the best spot in Hobart will be at the local Irish pub, Irish Murphys, that will be celebrating with a street party on the day. ALL THE WAY LIVE
There’s a live music gig on at The Waratah on Friday March 20. Which is a good thing, because it’s a live music venue, and what’s a live music venue without live music gigs? Empty. That’s what it is. And nobody wants that. Anyway, for just five bucks you can see a bunch of awesome bands
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Have you heard about Lazer Baby yet? If you haven’t, you soon will, because they’re ace. Also because they’re super busy and play a tonne of gigs. Since forming in June last year, the New Age RnB/Soul four piece have played all around Hobart, including a quick stop at the Marion Bay Falls Festival over new years. With their first four track EP hitting shelves soon, you’ll be able to catch drummer Sam Dowson, guitar/vocalist Jamie Taylor, bassist Carlos Pashev and singer Tess Bennett at the Homestead on Saturday March 21 (And it’s a free gig! Woohoo!) with Promi$e and Bear Trap. You can also catch them supporting Northeast Party House on Thursday April 2 at The Waratah. Beyond that you’ll be able to catch them hitting stages all around Australia. For more information, check out their facebook page: www.facebook.com/ layzah.bb.
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RETURNING FROM THE END Everyone loves a long weekend, and Easter is one of the longest. Why not kick it off with a bang by checking out One Night in Hobart at The Republic Bar & Café in Hobart. The official launch party of Earthcore 2015 festival. On the bill for this spectacular event is the Juno Reactor Sound System, and the always popular, Grouch. Thursday April 2 is the date, early bird tickets are already available via earthcore.com.au. Earthcore is set on 1500 acres of pristine land one hour drive from Melbourne. Featuring 5 epic stages across 5 days, Boutique Camping, World Beyond Speakers Forum, Fractured Reality Art Zone and much, much, MUCH more.
Jeff Martin had a stellar 2014. The Tea Party front man teamed up with The Superjesus’ Sarah McLeod on their
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national “Man the Life Boats” tour, hit the studio with the Tea Party for their first album in ten years, and sold out theatre shows in both Canada and Australia. That was just the first half of 2014, after that, he went on to produce a heap of forthcoming records for local Australian acts The Black Diamond Express, Lepers and Crooks, and Revelator. Now with a bunch of new material under his belt, Jeff will hit the road once again to perform around the country throughout March and April. The extensive “Returning from the Ocean at the End” tour will see Martin play at The Royal Oak in Launceston on Thursday April 16, and at The Republic Bar & Café in Hobart on Friday April 17.
Me this month, and they’re setting off on a massive seventeen stop tour to let you know about it. Tasmania gets three opportunities to catch some British Indianity, Thursday May 7 at Club 54 in Launceston, and Friday May 8 and Saturday May 9 .at The Republic Bar & Café in Hobart. Grenadiers will be supporting, but more local supports will be announced closer to the date. Keep your eyes peeled! 30 MILLION RECORDS LATER…
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Australia (including Tasmania) for her first ever tour of the land downunder. So a minor date change to Friday May 8 is definitely no biggie. Current ticket holders shouldn’t fret as your ticket is still valid. Any queries please contact the nice people at www.tixtas.com.au.
Selling 30 million records is no mean feat. This also probably explains why Anastacia has only found time now to make it to
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RUBBADUBDUB Hot Dub Time Machine has sold out his last two tours. That’s a pretty spectacular effort for anyone performing in any genre anywhere at any time. Fortunately for Hot Dub Time Machine he is able to span all genres and all areas and all time periods to take us on a tour of the biggest and best hits from the 50’s up until the modern day. May and June will see the show return to Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Melbourne and Darwin before ending the tour at The Republic Bar & Café in Hobart on Friday June 26. Tickets are $30 + bf, and are available now from www. hotdubtimemachine.com. Be quick, this one will sell out just like all the others have! THERE WILL BE FIRE… LOTS OF FIRE
British India are pretty fricken big. Every single person in the universe loves them, their gigs sell out 300 years in advance, and I’m pretty sure they’ve cured cancer but the big medicine companies are holding it back. They’ll be releasing their fifth studio album Nothing Touches
encompass the Winter solstice and the only hint we have is there will be lots of fire. Program will be out in early April. Don’t wait out in the cold.
Now that Summer is at an end, we Tasmanians once again have the increasingly longer and colder nights to endure. There is one festival that revels in this darkness and have announced their return in June, running from the 12th through to the 22nd, Dark Mofo will
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Remember Black Books? Of course you do. You freaken’ loved that show. You like red wine and you thought wearing black and being cynical was really cool, you totally thought you were Bernard Black (although, you were really probably more like Manny). Now the real Bernard Black (well, Dylan Moran, anyway) is returning to Tasmania to drink wine on stage and tell us how awful everything is. I can relate, Dylan. Thursday July 23 will see Mr. Moran on stage at Wrest Point Entertainment Centre in Hobart (Book at Wrest Point Service Centre - 1300 795 257 or online at www.tixtas.com.au). Saturday July 25 will see him performing at the Princess Theatre in Launceston (Book via the Box Office - 6323 3666 or online at www. theatrenorth.com.au).
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A TENT FULL OF LAUGHS COLIN LANE (OR, LANO AS YOU MAY REMEMBER FROM COMEDY DUO LANO & WOODLEY) IS READY TO HIT THE SPIEGELTENT THIS MONTH FOR HIS MAN-AND-PIANO SHOW COLIN LANE PRESENTS AT THE TASMANIAN INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL. HE HAS AN EARLY MORNING CHAT WITH US TO EXPLAIN WHAT HE’S ALL ABOUT. Had a good morning so far? It’s amazing what you can achieve when you get up early. I should be learning how to take advantage of time, now that I’m a reasonably mature adult (still, it’s been a long while coming). But if you get up at 6am, you can achieve amazing things, and it’s not even 10 o’clock yet. No one should get up as early as 6am. When there are teenage boys that need to get to school for some activity at 7.15, that’s what you’ve got to do. How you must suffer. That’s right. Getting down to business, you’ve done a lot of television in recent years. What’s it like preparing for this live gig in the Spiegeltent? Is there more of a buzz when you get on stage? I haven’t done the show since the Comedy Festival last year. I’m looking forward to it – it’s a completely different beast, the live performance. It’s immediate, and you’re pretty much the boss of what happens. There’s no other people to take the credit, and there’s also nobody else to take the blame if something goes wrong. Making television, if you’re on a panel show or cooking show – like Ready Steady Cook – you’ve got 40 or 50 people involved in the making of the show. Sometimes, I sit there and go, ‘I’m not saying much, but it’s not my show so I’ll just wait for the opportunity where I can say something’. If, at the end of the show, people go, ‘well, I think that was a pretty average show’, then they’re not going to immediately go, ‘that was Colin. It was Colin’s fault’. So it’s a completely different beast. But it’s exciting and there’s nothing like that immediate burst of energy-slash-hopefully-laughs in a live sense. It’s great.
So how did Colin Lane Presents – not Presents – come to exist in the first place? Early last year, I was sitting on the couch one day just kind of hanging sh-t on what was on TV. You have these little epiphanies where you go ‘hey, instead of just sitting on the couch hanging sh-t, maybe you should actually do something. Because, it’s very easy to sit back and just criticise. What you need to do, Mr Lane, is pull your finger out and decide to try’. So, that’s the theme in the show and there’s a song called ‘Decide to Try’ as well. You can sit back and just hang sh-t on Asher Keddie and Offspring, or you can actually get up there and do something. And, if you do something, then you might get a review that says, ‘try harder’, or you might get a review that says, ‘hey that’s pretty good, Colin. Why don’t other people go and see it?’. So, you’ve got to take a few risks occasionally. Do you come down to Tassie much? Not often. Frank [Woodley] and I went down to a few comedy festivals in Hobart, Burnie, Devonport, Launnie – am I allowed to say Launnie if I’m not a local? – and we’ve driven past the lovely Penguin, and heard Frank’s favourite joke: ‘oh, Penguin Primary School! Oh, they educate their wildlife!’. So what are we like as an audience? Can we take a joke? I did learn early on not to get mixed up about where Cascade and Boags are made. Don’t get mixed up about where people’s loyalties lie. Frank and I once thought we were so bloody hilarious – we went to Gordon Gorge and we were just entertaining ourselves, coming up with these tongue twisters about ‘gorgeous George said to gorgeous Gordon isn’t Gordon Gorge a gorgeous Gorge?’ and people didn’t give a sh-t. We thought we were so funny and being so parochial – ‘isn’t it great to have comedians doing jokes about local geography?’ – and no, they didn’t give a sh-t. But, I think the audiences in Tasmania are pretty nice – and gee, it’s not like you’re a cultural backwater. You’ve got heaps of stuff going on down there. I would say Tasmanians are probably quite discerning, these days. STEPHANIE ESLAKE
Tell us about the show. I thought it was a pretty neat title. Colin Lane Presents – as in, I’m presenting myself to you people. But then, other people go, ‘Colin Lane Presents. What does that mean? What, you’re going to come out with presents for the audience?’. Then I have to say ‘no, no, no - it’s Colin Lane Presents, not Colin Lane Presents’.
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See Colin Lane Presents at The Spiegeltent as part of Ten Days at 6pm, March 20. Tickets available from www. Tendays.Org.Au.
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IT’S AWESOME! IT’S MUSIC. IT’S COMEDY. IT’S MUSIC COMEDY. THE AXIS OF AWESOME HAVE RELEASED FOUR STUDIO ALBUMS AND HAVE OVER 90 MILLION YOUTUBE HITS, WITH THEIR ‘FOUR CHORDS SONG’ ONE OF THE HIGHEST RATING COMEDY VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE. EVER. THEY’RE BRINGING THEIR HOUR OF ENTERTAINMENT VIVA LA VIDA LOCA LAS VEGAS TO THE TASMANIAN INTERNATIONAL ARTS FESTIVAL SPIEGELTENT THIS MARCH 12 AND 13. SINGER JORDAN RASKOPOLOUS TELLS US ABOUT SONGWRITING – AND GUITARIST LEE NAIMO’S WIG.
Looking forward to hitting our island? When we were in Tassie five or six years ago, Lee bought a wig at the Salamanca Market and he has worn it every show since. The funny thing is, he bought the wig because it looked like his hair. So the joke for the show was that he wore the wig and then took it off in the middle of the show, and it looked exactly the same as his hair. But since then, he’s gone quite bald, so the joke is very different now. But there’s a piece of Tassie that’s been in every show for the last five years.
that Australia, where we live, is like our fourth largest fan base. We’ve got bigger fan bases in Germany, the UK and the US. It’s still very strong here but it’s amazing that we’ll holiday in France and there’ll be someone in a train who wants a photo. Have you found those European audiences interact with Aussie humour in the same way?
The biggest thing is being open to ideas when they hit you. But the biggest thing with any kind of comedy writing is that when you sit down in front of a computer screen and you go ‘what’s funny what’s funny’ then you won’t write anything. So it’s about letting the ideas come to you naturally and then making sure you write them down. When’s the most random time an idea has come to you?
What’s it like being an internet sensation? Is it weird that the majority of your fans exist in the virtual world?
We did a tour in September last year and the German audiences are great – they love the jokes, but they also enjoy the fact that they understand the jokes in another language. So we get double the applause because they’re applauding themselves as well as us.
Yeah, totally. We’ve toured quite a bit over the last few years and it’s weird to think
What’s it like to write a comedy song, anyway?
like, ‘why were you listening to love songs in the first place?’ and then I was all ‘wait – it doesn’t matter’. What can people expect from Viva La Vida Loca Las Vegas? About 50 minutes of hilarious songs, musical jokery, lampooning, and that song from the internet that they actually wanted to hear. STEPHANIE ESLAKE
I remember driving home in the car at 11.30 at night and hearing a bunch of love song dedications. I remember thinking, ‘these songs follow a very similar formula’, and that’s how I came up with the idea for the ‘How to Write a Love Song’ song. It was just, ‘hey, I know, guys!’ and then they were
Catch The Axis of Awesome at the Spiegeltent, March 12 and 13, 9.30pm. Tickets are $34 consession and $38 full price from www. tendays.org.au.
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WITH AN IRISH TWIST IRISH MUSO CAMILLE O’SULLIVAN WILL PUT HER THEATRICAL TWIST ON THE SONGS OF NICK CAVE, TOM WAITS, AND RADIOHEAD WHEN SHE PERFORMS IN THE SPIEGELTENT THIS MARCH 7 AND 8. THE AWARD-WINNING SINGER TALKS US THROUGH HER MUSICAL EXPERIENCES.
What’s it like engaging with and presenting your deepest emotions in front of a live audience? It is slightly surreal and unnerving - I had been an architect before and loved singing but for a long time resisted becoming a performer for that very reason of being nervous of singing in front of an audience! But over the years, I found it is that most amazing place to be. You feel quite vulnerable but you use that in your performance to make it real, in that once you step on the stage, just make sure you are open and in the moment and really let your inhibitions go. There can be feelings of joy, embarrassment and elation from performing in front of people. So tell us about how you went from designing as an architect to a career singing? Does your background affect your musical style?
When I designed as an architect, I would think about the entry into the first space, and each space that followed after, and each experience you would have as you journey through that building: space, light, darkness, tiny room, vast space etc. I know it’s a loose connection, but I do still think of that when I create a show: walking through the audience at start of show, creating an enigmatic atmosphere with first song ‘God Is In The House’ by Nick Cave, then suddenly breaking the spell with a mad rocky number where all the band comes to live, then back to simplicity and quietness. And then there are my strange rabbit and vintage suitcase I have on stage – and vintage dresses lit above my head, creating some fantastical journey for the audience. You’ve managed to avoid the electronic and dance trends of music today – what do you think your more raw style of song brings to your audiences? I think music is great in all its different genres: the beauty and drama of classical music with no words, the madness of rap, love rock shows - I love all types of music. With myself, I suppose what I bring is being a dramatic performer who interprets stories in songs. The songs I choose are narrative. Either a ballad, or rocky, or can be theatrical, so there is variety in the show. People have likened the show to being an emotional rollercoaster, and that they are not sure which person I will be from one song to another. I enjoy the fact that it is live show and anything can happen there and then. You’ve reworked music by some of the biggest artists around the world. What brings you the desire to take something so successful and put your own spin on it? The reason I sing their songs is that I love the song so much and become so obsessed by it until I have to sing it. I don’t like to do a tribute to the artist, i.e. copy what they have done. I want to make the song my own. To me, the lyric and story is key - so that is what I am trying to get across and the nicest compliment you can get is
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sometimes people say I never heard the lyrics like that before, or you brought out an emotional side to it. For some reason I choose a lot of male songwriters, so straightaway I add something different bring more female side out. What was the most influential live performance you ever attended and what was the impact on your own music making? There was a lady at home in Dublin who was the real deal called Agnes Bernelle. She was originally from Berlin and moved to Ireland, singing the music of Kurt Weill and Eisler. She was in her 70s and was in a small club we both performed at, and has influenced many singers: Marc Almond, Gavin Friday. She just could stand on stage in front of a mad raucous crowd, beer bottles flying, and hold them captivated – totally still – and sing a story and have you mesmerised. It made me realise, simplicity and truth are so important in singing stories. And as a woman, it was not about how sexy you looked or dressed, it was the presence she had which really hypnotised an audience. STEPHANIE ESLAKE
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STROKING IT YOU KNOW WHAT’S WEIRD? INTERVIEWING JOHANN BEARDRAVEN FROM ADELAIDE HAIRY ROCKERS THE BEARDS AND NOT TALKING ABOUT BEARDS. IT WAS ONLY FOR A FEW SECONDS, BUT IT FELT SUPER WEIRD.
“I am making pork, pulled pork. I am cooking meat. It just feels right” he says. But, as you might expect, we can’t keep off the topic of beards for very long. “I don’t think I have a favourite beard” Beardraven says when asked what his favourite species of facial hair is. “People tend to overanalyze it. Each beard is special and unique in its own way. I love each and every beard.” The Beards, as you might expect, are sometimes called a “comedy band” due to their lyrical subject matter (hint: beards) and energetic stage presence. But Beardraven and Co. take their face hairs very seriously indeed. “I like to think that we are the most serious band ever. I don’t think anyone has ever displayed such dedication to a single cause as we have. We do cop the comedy label occasionally, it’s confusing to us because there’s nothing funny about singing exclusively about beards.” “I like to tell people that I was born with a beard, even though they don’t believe me...because it’s not true. I grew my first beard at about 19 or 20” Beardraven explains on the genesis of his beard career. “I don’t like to reflect too much on those days, the lead-up to having a beard, when I was beardless...that was a dark time. That’s a problem today, too many people are just growing a beard on a whim. It’s a bit of a trend at the moment.
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“I like to think that our new stuff is a little more celebratory; when we started out, we were angry because everything was so beardless, but I think in general we are quite happy with how the bearded quest is going. [The new single] is quite an upbeat, jovial number, a good song to stroke your beard to. Start with one hand, start gentle, until you really get a good grasp of your technique, or you’re liable to hurt your beard if you go too hard too early. If you’re feeling game, you can go to the double handed technique. Be careful, you don’t wanna injure your beard, I’ve seen it happen.”
There is no bad reason to grow a beard, but if you’re just gonna shave it off once the perceived trend is over, that’s a concern.”
The band also travelled to Europe for a tour last year, and you better believe the EU know how to rock a facehugger.
And there’s no excuses if you don’t have a beard of your own, either.
“They appreciate it on almost a more passionate level in some places; Germany, for instance, they get excited about things and in this case it was beards. The fans over there were very vocal and very enthusiastic, which was great. Scotland, lot of big beards, they were very fired up. It’s a little bit like preaching to the converted in Scotland. It’s good fun but it feels like our work is already done there.”
“I don’t necessarily subscribe to the idea that some people can’t grow a beard, they just need to try harder. Women for instance, I’m not buying it, I think they need to just knuckle down and concentrate on the beardiness. Later in life you see a lot more beardiness in women which is nice. Women of all ages should and could grow a beard.” In this current political climate, I warn Beardraven of the potential to be mistaken for extremists. But he seems chill. “We don’t want it to come to that. I would describe us as proudly extremist...but not to the point where we’re gonna start a holy war. If it came to that, we might have to consider our options. People are getting quite passionate at our gigs, if we needed to start some kind of anti-shaving war, we would have the support necessary.” The band will be venturing out on a massive tour to celebrate their new single, “Stroking My Beard” from their 2014 hit album, The Beard Album. According to Beardraven, you might notice a more optimistic tone to their newer material.
And, unless you were profoundly stupid, you can expect Beardraven’s parting advice (and not his ethos, which is, expectedly, “beards first, music is very much second”) to be beard-related. “My advice is: grow a beard. And if you’re undecided, you should definitely come and see us play live and we will convince you to grow a beard. We haven’t come across too many places that are resistant to our pro-beard message.” You heard the man. LISA DIBB
The Beards play Thursday March 26 at The Royal Oak in Launceston and Friday March 27 at The Republic Bar, Hobart with The Stiffys as support.
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INSPIRATION AUSTRALIAN FOLK SINGER SONGWRITER DARREN HANLON SPENT A MONTH IN A PUB AT BROKEN HILL AND MANY HOURS ON BUSSES THROUGH THE AMERICAN SOUTH WRITING AND RECORDING HIS FIFTH STUDIO ALBUM WHERE DID YOU COME FROM.
“I always go to places to get some seclusion, to get some writing done. It seems to be the only way that really works for me. I’ve been to caravan parks and pubs all around NSW, I’ve been to pretty much every stop on the Country Link map, but not Broken Hill, it’s so far away”. “I was in Sydney at the time, and it’s a 19 hour train and bus trip to Broken Hill. The bus was so hot that the air conditioner actually froze, it just seized up, there were old ladies passing out, and I thought, what have I got myself into?” “The beauty of staying at the pub was that I could lock myself away, to get work done,
but I’d reward myself with a nightcap each night. Often the pub would be closing and there’d be some party somewhere and the locals would go ‘get in the cab! We’re going somewhere else!’, and I’d say, ‘but I’m in my pyjamas!’, and they’d say, ‘it doesn’t matter’. So I’d end up in the middle of nowhere with no shoes on and have to try and find my way back… that happened a couple of times”. Hanlon recorded the album in five studios all over the American south, and one track in the streets of New Orleans. “I kind of felt weird about the whole album process and the whole cycle of it, and some
of it just felt fake. I wanted to do something a bit more pure, and actually have an adventure myself”. “It’s so hard planning all this stuff, so in the end I didn’t plan, I just booked a ticket and I went. I only had the one studio booked”. Hanlon spent about 20 nights sleeping on trains and buses, making his way to different studios throughout the south. On a bus travelling back to Nashville, Hanlon’s bus was shot at six times by a disgruntled passenger in a passing car. “All of a sudden the bus just lost control, he blew the engine up, and he blew the tyre. He obviously wasn’t aiming at people, he was aiming at the bus, he was mad at the bus”. “But luckily, again, the air conditioner malfunctioned, so we all moved to the other side of the bus where the bullets went through, because it was too cold to sit under this air conditioner”. It’s been five years since Hanlon’s last studio release. “I think you slow down a bit, the first couple of albums, you’re mining your whole life up until that point, and then your life is just travelling and playing. So you often need to take some time off to just refuel the tank I suppose”. EMMA LUIMES
Darren plays the Republic bar Thursday March 5 followed by Panama Festival March 7 – 8.
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you need a lot of confidence. But it’s never stopped me.”
THE METROPOLITAN OPERA. PARIS OPERA. NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC. BOSTON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. VIENNA PHILHARMONIC. THESE ARE JUST SOME OF THE LEADING ORCHESTRAS AROUND THE WORLD WITH WHICH AMERICAN MEZZO SOPRANO MICHELLE DEYOUNG HAS PERFORMED. AND YET, SHE’S SUFFERED STAGE FRIGHT THROUGHOUT HER ENTIRE CAREER. MICHELLE OPENS UP ABOUT HER NERVES AND HOW SHE CONTROLS THEM AHEAD OF HER CONCERT WITH THE TASMANIAN SYMPHONY ORCHESTA. Michelle DeYoung was born in Michigan, and studied her music degree in California. Her voice has seen her perform famous works across the world – and has awarded her three Grammys. But it hasn’t come easy, and Michelle says she’s struggled with stage fright throughout her entire performance career. “I’m always very nervous before I go on stage. I’ve had cold hands, and I always have to go to the bathroom before I go on. Even if I’ve already gone, I’ll have to go again,” she says. Even getting to the venue used to come as a challenge, with a fear of flying that made her “get on a plane and just start crying”. “But I knew I didn’t want it to stop me, so I just kept getting on planes.” In the same way, Michelle is still nervous on the stage – but it’s never stopped her from getting up there and giving it a go. Well, perhaps more accurately, it’s never stopped her from getting up there and leaving her audiences awestruck by her talent. “I think with any fear, we have to face them. Because in some ways, fear doesn’t make sense. Once I get on [stage], I’m fine. You just do it.” “It has gotten in the way of making me feeling as good about something, because
Before she steps out in front of her audiences, Michelle keeps to a comforting routine of pre-concert preparation. “I always prepare, warm up really well, and then just kind of do positive self-talk. I like to be at the theatre early just to really get my focus and warm up slowly and go over the piece. No matter what it is, even if I know it really well, I’ll always go over the whole thing. Once the music starts, I’m fine.” These days, Michelle says her nerves are more about “just really wanting to do well”. The performance she considers her most powerful was during the 10th anniversary of 9/11, when she sang Mahler’s Symphony No. 2 for the New York Philharmonic. It was broadcast on television, and the live audience in front of her was filled with survivors and family members of those affected by the World Trade Centre attack. “I shook – that time I shook – because it was emotional more than nerves. I actually thought that it was the worst thing I’d ever done, and I sat down thinking, ‘I’m so sorry’, but I couldn’t control it, I was so emotional. And it turned out to be quite good, so it was nice.” Her compassion for her audience and country may be attributed to the best piece of advice she says she has ever received: “Stay in the moment”. STEPHANIE ESLAKE
Michelle DeYoung will perform with Simon O’Neill and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra at the Federation Concert Hall, March 6, 7.30pm. Tickets from www.tso.com.au.
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SCRATCHING UP A STORM IT COULD BE SAID THAT JFB IS THE PERFECT DJ ALL-ROUNDER – HE CAN MIX A PARTY-ROCKING SET, PRODUCE SOME ABSOLUTELY FUNKY GEMS, AND PROMOTE A MEAN SHOW. ON TOP OF THAT, THE MAN IS A 2X UK DMC CHAMPION, WHICH MEANS HE CAN HOLD IT DOWN IN AN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION WITH SOME OF THE BEST.
JFB has been absolutely ‘killing it’ (to use the cool-kids term) recently. The internationally renowned scratch DJ and all-round party-rocker has been busy in the lab with not only a fulllength original album, but also been releasing an absolute plethora of amazing videos showcasing not only his talents, but using just 2 turntables and a mixer to completely re-imagine some incredibly iconic songs (DJ Shadow’s ‘Midnight in a Perfect World’, iconic rock anthem ‘Killing in the Name Of’ and The Prodigy’s banger “Voodoo People” just to name a few.) While still being able to rock out on just wax (Check out his ‘Message to DVS Hater Vinyl Purists’ video on YouTube) he’s a regular user of technology, including Serato Digital Vinyl System (DVS), but he has a message for those who are still stuck in the mindset of “vinyl is better, bro” “In my opinion DVS saved turntables. People complain loads about the use of Serato and Traktor on control vinyl and it’s stupid. No one complains about musicians using electronic midi keyboards to trigger their sounds from a laptop. Or using a mobile phone over a telegraph or fax or pager. Or sending emails over letters. Real vinyl is awesome and watching turntablists use it is great but so is DVS! If you can use the technology, whatever it is, to the best of your ability and still can rock a party then that is the main thing.” Over the years JFB has been influenced and personally taught by some incredibly talented and hugely popular artists, so no wonder he turned into the DJing machine that he did. He cites his early mentors as breakbeat champions Ed Solo & Deekline, as well as the ineffable Beardyman, with whom he regularly organises the very popular London-based nights called “BattleJam”. He’s also been mentored by the world-conquering Fatboy Slim, who was quoted as saying “JFB is the thinking man’s Grandmaster Flash”. As well as working on remixes for him, JFB has also graced the stage (with Beardyman on the mic) at the Fatboy’s “Big Beach Boutique” on Brighton’s seafront; “ I remember seeing a ridiculous amount of people, further than the eye can see, going crazy on the streets of my home town along the beach” CALUM ‘MAX’ POWER
JFB plays The Homestead on Easter Friday (April 3). Tickets start at $10 on the door pre midnight.
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ANDREW RANTS INTO THE HOWLING WIND I WAS WONDERING TODAY ABOUT HAVING A SHTICK AS AN ARTIST. A SHTICK, IF YOU DON’T KNOW, IS A PARTICULAR THING THAT YOU DO THAT IS INSTANTLY YOURS.
People dig your shtick or they don’t but they all know it’s your shtick. Banksy, as an artist, sort of has a shtick – there’s a look, a method and a sense of irreverence that are all instantly recognisable as being what bansky does. Not much of it is all that original but it’s a pretty good shtick, and he does do things with it, like draw attention to atrocities in Gaza. It’s more than I do, not that I have the resources Bansky apparently does, nor do I really have the skill. Banksy is interesting, love his work or loath it. I met some very professional artists from the UK once who told me they “really hated” Banksy, and I found that interesting. I think his work smacks of reductive sloganeering and is bit too clever by half, but I don’t hate him I wonder if there’s something in an entirely commerce dominated art market that encourages shticks? I can’t blame artist s for wanting to make cash money. Starving artist who go without heating in their filthy studios is few and far between these days, because just about everyone know that is a total tug fest. Besides, it’s also a bit of a shtick. I tend to want to interrogate that sort of cliché and move away from it rather than explore it and refine it. I think its fine to do that, but it worries me as well, because there’s a thing that I see: sometimes, younger artists get over cheered. It’s great to receive praise but it can be damaging to receive too much at a formative stage, but I think it might end the enquiry. It’s all a bit to do with the cult of youth – and look, there’s some bloody great young artist out there but there’s very few who ever arrive fully formed, totally knowing what it is that they want to do, and if they get picked up by the commercial world too soon, without a bit of savvy of the game as it is played, they can get turned into performing monkeys. Look, it’s not a major worry but it is something I’d suggest everyone keeps in the back of their mind at times: if you hook yourself to a trend, or you are a trend, or you don’t keep questioning your own reasoning, you run the risk of being mere fashion. That might last for ten years, it might last a lifetime. It also might not; so do ask yourself, young art bucks and witches, what it is you’re doing and where you’re going. And don’t just turn yourself into a factory, because Warhol already did that. ANDREW HARPER
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PATRICK HALL AT TMAG YOU VERY LIKELY KNOW THE WORK OF PATRICK HALL, EVEN IF JUST IN PASSING. HE’S HAD A LENGTHY CAREER, AT IT SINCE THE MID-80S, AND HIS MANY DISTINCT OBJECTS GET AROUND AND APPEAR IN ALL MANNER OF PLACES – YOU MIGHT HAVE POTENTIALLY HAVE SEEN SOME OF HIS FURNITURE AT ANY HOBART HOUSE, IF THE OCCUPANTS WERE SMART ENOUGH TO GRAB HIS UNIQUE OBJECTS.
Hall’s work is superb craft layered with whimsy and melancholy – it’s often functional and discrete, but it’s also exuberant and even darkly funny. Patrick Hall is basically, a very significant Tasmanian artist. David Walsh commissioned something from him when MONA opened, so that’s another place you could have seen something by him (it was the creepy talking drawers thing. It’s been in hiding but it’s about to be seen again) It’s not a bad thing, having work that could be found in a hallway in Ferntree just as much as it could be in one of the world’s most unusual gallery spaces. Hall is best known for his elaborate, intricately crafted cabinets that use images, sculptural elements, models, found objects and text as vehicles for complex and layered narratives. Hall’s work has been built around humble objects and the histories, memories and stories they generate and evoke. No two are the same and lot of thought goes into each piece. Hall’s work has grown and changed with his interests over his working life, so there’s a lot of variation to be found. Patrick Hall has, in all his lengthy career has never had a survey of his work shown. This is about to change: from the March 20, the most complete survey of the work of this unique artist and craftsman will be at Hobart’s TMAG. Much of Patrick’s work is held in private collections so this exhibition provides an unprecedented opportunity to bring Patrick’s art to the attention and enjoyment of a broader audience. The exhibition includes 30 cabinets and other works, characterised by a high level of craftsmanship and the skilful manipulation and combination of both materials and associations. Lots of collectors have loaned their treasured works for this show, so it’s pretty unlikely you’ll ever get to see the sheer breadth of Hall’s work ever again, making this one of those very rare opportunities to check out the work of s very successful Tasmanian artist. The sequence of works is structured loosely around the thematic, stylistic and narrative threads in Hall’s work, such as the use of redundant technologies, biographical elements, or more existential concerns about time, memory and randomness. This will be one of TMAG’s major shows for the year and there are loads of events to enhance this singular show. Patrick himself will be about at TMAG on March 21 to give a floor talk. Everyone is welcome so get along and meet the maker (it’s a Saturday so you’ve got no excuse). There’s a lot of other events around this exhibition so get online at tmag.tas.gov.au and find out what else is on. ANDREW HARPER
Things I Once Knew: The Art of Patrick Hall at TMAG. March 20 – April 30 The exhibition has been assisted by the Australian Government, through the Australia Council, its arts and advisory body.
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PAIGE TURNER THE GOVERNMENT IN WEST AUSTRALIA HAVE QUIETLY DROPPED THEIR LITERARY AWARDS, A GESTURE SIMILAR TO CAMPBELL NEWMAN’S FIRST ACT WHEN ELECTED IN QUEENSLAND – AND LOOK WHERE IT GOT HIM. THE TASMANIAN LITERARY AWARDS HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED BY THE OFFICE OF THE MINISTER FOR THE ARTS AS GOING AHEAD, BUT THE DETAIL IS STILL TO BE REVEALED. IN A STATE WITH LOW LITERACY LEVELS, TO OFFER SUCH PUBLIC RECOGNITION FOR READING AND WRITING IS VITAL.
Rohan Wilson, author of the Vogel winning The Roving Party (which also has won Tasmanian Literary Prizes) has recently been awarded the Victorian Premier’s prize for fiction for his recent work To Name Those Lost. Rumour has it Rohan is leaving the state – though I am sure we continue to call him one of our own. Briony Kidd, a Tasmanian writer and film maker has been running The Writers’ Cave, a Flash Factory initiative. It is a dedicated writing opportunity, alongside talks from publishers and writers. She also has a new six-week screenwriting course starting in early April. Details can be found here www.flashfactory.org/screenwriting/ screenwritingcourses/. Dates for the Screenwriting Taster afternoon workshop, (for beginners or people who are not sure if they really want to be screenwriters) will be announced on that site soon. Twitch, an initiative of the Tasmanian Writers’ Centre are teaming up with Youth Arts and Recreation Centre in Hobart to offer Creative and Professional Writing Workshops every Tuesday in March. Places are open to people aged from 12 to 15 and while it is free, places are filling up fast. Contact The Writers’ Centre for more details.
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The Writers’ Centre are also offering A Novel Journey - nine sessions over the course of 2015 designed to guide you through writing your very own masterpiece – or at least a novel. Topics include structure, narrative, character development, plot, setting/place, style/rhythm/ pace, dialogue, polishing/reflecting and how to get published. Bookings must be made by March 12 and the cost for all nine sessions is $550 for TWC members and $700 for non-members. Casual spots are available. More details at: www. tasmanianwriters.org/calendar/novel-journey2015#sthash.ELcUf5eq.dpuf
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Jesse Shipway, an elusive and creative figure in the literary world, most recently crossed my bow with Anastomoo, a strange and wonderful online literary journal, has secured a deal with publisher Palgrave Macmillan for a full length monograph, tentatively titled Remembering Genocide in Tasmania. Look out for the book later this year or early 2016. The Ladies’ Leadership Bookclub is held on the first Monday of each month at Montrose House. 74 Montrose Road, Montrose. New members are welcome to come along and listen in to last month’s book discussion, and purchase the next month’s book. More details can be found on Facebook and a Men’s Leadership Bookclub is soon to follow.
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Fullers Hobart are hosting the launch of Dr Bruno Cayoun’s Mindfulness-integrated CBT for Well-Being and Personal Growth. This is a clear, streamlined guide to using Mindfulnessintegrated Cognitive Behaviour Therapy to improve well-being and manage a range of personal and interpersonal difficulties. This event is on Thursday, March 5 5.30pm.
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Van Diemens Land, An Aboriginal History by Murray Johnson and Ian Macfarlane is being launched at Fullers, by Henry Reynolds on Thursday 12 March at 5.30pm.
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The Hobart Bookshop is launching Never to Return by Marjorie McArdell Davey at 6pm on Thursday, March 19. This is the story of seven thousand boys - mostly teenagers – who passed through the children’s prison at Point Puer, across the bay from Port Arthur. Only three ever escaped. This story is an account of what might have happened to them. RACHEL EDWARDS
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PANTS DOWN CIRCUS ROCK! - AC/DC WITH ACROBATS ROCK AND ROLL IS OFTEN DESCRIBED AS A CIRCUS, BUT IF A ROCK BAND EVER ACTUALLY A CIRCUS, THIS SPECTACULAR STAGE EVENT IS WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE: LOUD, INCREDIBLY SKILLED, LOUD, ENERGETIC AND LOUD! WARP HAD A QUICK E-CHAT WITH THE RATHER NICE AND RIDICULOUSLY TALENTED HANNAH CRYLE ABOUT THE UPCOMING SHOW AT HOBART’S CLASSIC VENUE THE THEATRE ROYAL.
ROCK is a terrific idea for a circus performance, what famous rock anthems are the audience going to hear? There are so many incredible rock anthems to choose from but we’ve only got an hour so we’ve had to make some tough choices. We’ve kept a mix of music from rock icons such as Joan Jett, Queen and Bon Jovi as well as including some tracks from more modern favourites like The Red Hot Chili Peppers. There’s so much great hard rock out there! Was selecting the music easy? Some of the music selections were obvious to us, for example we couldn’t have a rock show without playing Thunderstruck, but there are definitely more songs that we would have loved to use and couldn’t find a place for.
Did you start with the songs or the stunts? It’s hard to say. For a long time we always did our training with rock music blaring through the training space, so once the idea hit us, everything just came together at once. Did the music inspire you as you created the show? Absolutely! We were very inspired by the music, but probably more than that the rock stars themselves inspired us. So many of our idols are larger than life and that is what we are aiming to be on stage. Is it harder to perform death defying performance stunts in a mullet wig? Who said anything about a wig! What’s the wildest stunt in the show (if you want to give it away?) Each performer would give you a different answer for this one and I imagine each audience member would too. The show is just chocked full of epic stunts. What’s the “aim” of the show? To be fun. We have fun doing it, we want people to have fun watching it. It’s all about the fun. Who do you think might enjoy Pants Down Circus? We’ve tried to create the show with the widest possible appeal. There’s silliness in there for the kids, there’s music for anyone who was alive in the 80s, there’s nothing that will offend grandma and the tricks will amaze everyone. Whether you’re 8yrs old or 80yrs old, if you like fun, you will like Pants Down Circus ROCK! ANDREW HARPER
Pants Down Circus ROCK is at The Theatre Royal for THREE SHOWS ONLY. It’s totally family friendly and will be enjoyed by anyone with a pulse. Friday, 10th April 2015 - 7:30pm Saturday, 11th April 2015 - 2:00pm Saturday, 11th April 2015 - 7:30pm More information from theatreroyal.com.au or call to book 6233 2299 (or freecall outside of Hobart 1800 650 277).
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PAINTFACE CATALOGUE LAUNCH @ CONSTANCE ARI PAINTFACE WAS A YEARLONG SERIES OF EXHIBITIONS THAT EXPLORED THE MATERIALITY OF PAINT AND THE PAINTED SURFACE. It started with an exuberant live painting event that left many delighted audience members covered in tiny blue dots, and ran throughout 2014. Curated by Polly Dance and presented by Constance ARI in partnership with off-site venues, Paintface was fun (yep art can be fun, don’t believe the hype), exposed some amazing new work to the art-hungy public and got many of the artists of Hobart thinking about themselves and their medium. It’s nearly all over now, but the final event is still upon us, and that’s the launching of a very splendid publication to commemorate the events, the artists and the work that emerged during the year-long process. The final PAINTFACE publication launch and exhibition threads together the project in one cohesive catalogue that documents the work of participating artists Fernando do Campo, Chen Ping, Mae Finlayson, Josh 20
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Foley, Grant Nimmo, Robert O’Connor, Ben Taylor, Henry Jock Walker and Catherine Woo. The catalogue brings together the series of PAINTFACE exhibitions that were held in both Constance and other participating venues in both Hobart and beyond throughout 2014. Each exhibition is represented through documentation images and a writers essay. The contributing arts writers are: Meg Keating, Claire Krouzecky, Miriam McGarry and Sera Waters. The catalogue is also a highly designed product that has been finely tuned by the cunning mouse wrangler Pip Steele. Paintface: the book will be launched on March 13 at Constance ARI, 100 Goulburn St. Get along and grab one.
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PAINTFACE publication launch & exhibition 6pm friday 13 march exhibition runs until 4 april
SPACE CADET CLAIRE SULLIVAN THOSE OF YOU WHO’VE BEEN A ROUND THE TRAPS OF HOBART COMEDY MAY RECALL THE EARLY MOVES OF THE RATHER BONKERS CLAIRE SULLIVAN. SHE MADE A BIT OF A SPLASH AND THEN DID WHAT LOTS OF 22 YEAR OLD RISING STARS OF THE COMEDY WORLD DO – BUGGERED OFF TO MELBOURNE. Boo Hiss Don’t Leave Us and all that, but the good news is Claire did not get eaten alive by the big bad city; Claire has been a co-host on television’s Channel 31’s comedy variety program Live On Bowen and is a regular presenter on SYN radio. So basically, she took over the town. The most joyful news is having conquered all and set her sights on international stardom, the ex-pat comedian will be performing her new, shiny, squeaky-clean, whizz bang comedy show Space Cadet at The Brisbane Hotel on March 21. It’s a very special one-night only event, where the lucky punter (that would be YOU, gentle reader) will see the show Claire is taking to The Melbourne International Comedy festival.
a series of curated exhibitions that explore the materiality of paint and the painted surface Fernando do Campo / Chen Ping / Mae Finlayson / Josh Foley / Grant Nimmo / Robert O’Connor / Ben Taylor / Henry Jock Walker / Catherine Woo / curated by Polly Dance Constance ARI / 100 Goulburn Street / Hobart / Gallery open 1-5pm Wed-Sat / constanceari.org
Space Cadet is an out-of-this-world journey and the kind of comedy show we don’t get at all regularly in Tasmania. Not quite stand-up, not quite theatre, it’s total madcap joy: the audiences are entering Claire’s world, and what a world it is; a bit of comedy in space. Or one the way to space. “Well, I applied to NASA and now I get to go to space and I’m taking the audience with me.” Claire said. “It’s a very fun, extremely silly show.” Claire takes the audience into space (really, oxygen is provided for the nervous) and it all goes well until the computer takes control of the ship... Supporting Claire will be local Hobart comedy heroes retro-golden beatbox champion Emesha Rudolph, well-known digital surrealist and lego monster building champion Peter Escott and dour yeti and failed wizard Andrew Harper. Following Space Cadet will be ridiculous/awesome Hobart band The Harrison Forward, who will make everyone touch gently, just like the first time. So get along. It’ll be just swell!
Venue: The Brisbane Hotel, 3 Brisbane Street, Hobart Date: Saturday March 21 Tickets: $7 on the door Time: 8.00pm
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Jack running away from Isaac
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FILM:
FLIcKERFEST 2015 FLICKERFEST BRINGS ITS ‘SHORT FILMS LICENSED TO THRILL!’ EVENT TO TASMANIA IN MARCH, WITH A SMORGASBORD OF SHORT FILMS; AUDIENCES WILL EXPERIENCE THE BEST OF SHORT FILMS FROM AUSTRALIA AND AROUND THE WORLD.
Celebrating 24 years of short film excellence, Flickerfest remains Australia’s leading Academy® Accredited and BAFTArecognised short film festival, ensuring that we continue to present A-list short film programmes recognised amongst the best in the world. The calibre of this year’s program is undeniable having been handpicked from over 2300 entries with several films in line for an Oscar at the forthcoming Academy® Awards, as well as screening at iconic festivals Cannes and Sundance. Flickerfest will screen two entertaining, inspiring and award-winning programmes. Best of Australian Shorts and Best of International 1, feature some of the best Australian and international shorts, handpicked from the festival competition,
giving local Flickerfest audiences the first look at the hottest short films from around the world. Flickerfest will kick off for the 3rd Year at the Annexe Theatre Inveresk Launceston screening our Best of Australian shorts programme and some international award winners. This programme includes highlights Florence Has Left the Building, by Mirrah Foulkes and Alex White, starring the Oscar-nominated and AACTA Awardwinning actress Jacki Weaver and Virgin Australia award winner for Best Australian short Film at Flickerfest 2015 Grey Bull. We then move to the the Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart, on 12 and 13 March, where Flickerfest is screening Best of Australian Shorts and Best of International 1, including Irish short Boogaloo & Graham, winner of a 2015 BAFTA for Short Film and nominated for a 2015 Oscar for Live Action Short Film.
BOOGALOO & GRAHAM from Northern Ireland. In 1970’s Belfast two young boys discover the facts of life aided by the help of their pet chickens. This is the winner of a 2015 BAFTA for Short Film and was nominated for 2015 Oscar for Live Action Short Film.
At the Cygnet Town Hall, Cygnet, on 13 March, Flickerfest again presents Best of Australian Shorts.
Each night, a locally made ABC Open short film will also screen alongside the main program, showcasing local talent and identities through our national ABC open partnership.
Each evening will also see a Tasmanian film screened before the main programme produced with assistance from Wideangle Tasmania including ‘Little Lamb’, following a convict trapped in Van Diemen’s Land, by Heidi Lee Douglas and Roger Scholes and ‘Titan’ featuring day-dreaming Jack and the Fighting Fantasy Titan card that falls through his hands, written and directed by Carmen Falk. Diamonds might be forever, but FLiCKERFEST is not – be sure to get your tickets before this license to thrill expires and it’s a wrap on Tasmania’s best short run of short films! HIGHLIGHTS FROM BEST OF AUSTRALIAN SHORTS PROGRAMME INCLUDE: The witty BUSH MECHANICS tells the story of four young Warlpiri men on a journey to visit a powerful elder living at a remote outstation. As they drive across the red dirt roads of the central Australian desert they must overcome mechanical mishaps and the trickery of a mischievous Munga Munga spirit. It will take all of their bush ingenuity to keep their car running and themselves alive. Winner: Yoram Gross Award Best Australian Short Animation Flickerfest 2015 Don’t miss the hilarious FLORENCE HAS LEFT THE BUILDING where it’s the annual Christmas Eve concert at the Marigold House Assisted Living Facility. All her friends are dying and Florence wants out. When the facility double books two rival Elvis impersonators, Florence takes the opportunity for one last hurrah. Starring a very unrecognisable Jacki Weaver. And enjoy the moving and insightful GREY BULL, about Martin, a South Sudanese refugee who happens upon a bull who he believes is his spiritual totem. Deciding to rescue it from the abattoir he works in, Martin is torn between his ancient cultural identity and his family’s new life in Australia. Winner: Virgin Australia Award Best Australian Short Film Flickerfest 2015.
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HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMME INCLUDE:
OH LUCY, Winner of Flickerfest Award For Best International Short Film 2015 (Academy® Accredited) from Japan. The story of Setsuko, a 55-year-old single ‘office lady’ in Tokyo, given a blonde wig and a new identity, “Lucy”, by her young unconventional English instructor. “Lucy” awakens desires Setsuko never knew she had. When the instructor suddenly disappears, Setsuko must come to terms with what remains – herself.
Flickerfest is Australia’s largest touring film festival, visiting 50 locations around the country and is proudly supported in Tasmania by Screen Tasmania. LAUNCESTON WHAT Flickerfest 2015 – Best of Australian shorts plus International Award Winners Boogaloo and Graham and Oh Lucy. WHERE Annexe Theatre Inveresk Precinct, University of Tasmania WHEN Wednesday March 11 at 6:30pm for pre screening Drinks. 7:30pm Best Of Australian Shorts (plus local Tasmanian film Titan) + ABC Open Short plus International award Winners HOBART WHAT: Flickerfest 2015 – Best of International 1, Best of Australian Shorts + local Tasmanian Films + ABC Open Short WHERE: Peacock Theatre, Salamanca Arts Centre, Hobart WHEN: Thursday 12 March: Best Of International 1 6.30pm,(Plus screening Of Tasmanian Short Film ‘Titan’) followed by post screening drinks Friday 13th March Best Of Australian shorts 8pm (Plus Screening Of Tasmanian Short Film ‘Little Lamb’) TICKETS & INFO: 02 9365 6877 flickerfest. com.au/tour PRICE: $15/$13 (inc. drinks & nibbles on Opening Night) Tickets available to pre purchase online flickerfest.com.au/tour with a limited amount available to purchase at the door one hour prior to the session. CYGNET WHAT: Flickerfest 2015 -– Best of Australian Shorts, + Tasmanian Short Films ‘Titan’ and +ABC Open Short WHERE: Cygnet Town Hall, 14 Mary St, Cygnet WHEN: Friday 13 March at 7.30pm TICKETS: Tickets only available at the door on the night 30 minutes before session start TICKET INFO: facebook.com/ cygnetartscouncil PRICE: $15/$13
Arts
GALLERY
PERFORMING ARTS
GUIDE
GUIDE
SOUTH
SOUTH
146 ARTSPACE 27 Jan – 5 Mar Julian Scheffer 12 Mar – 10 Apr Connected Cath Robinson, Emma Bugg, Raef Sawford, 3D Tasmania ART MOB 13 – 29 Mar TOP 20 BETT GALLERY 13 Mar – 6 Apr Megan Walch; Joel Crosswell
SALAMANCA ARTS CENTRE LONG GALLERY 18 Mar – 27 Apr Colonial Afterlives TOP GALLERY 7 – 31 Mar Jan Jeffery’s STUDIO GALLERY 2 – 31 Mar Phillip Murrel KELLY’S GARDEN March Lucy Bleach TMAG 23 Jan – 31 May 21Up
CONSTANCE ARI 14 Mar - 4 Apr Main Space : Matt Newton Foyer: Paintface Catalogue Launch Paddy Lyn space: Anita Bacic
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CONTEMPORARY ART TASMANIA 18 Mar – 19 Apr Outside Thoughts Curator: Wes Hill feat: Emily Floyd, Mitch Cairns, Darren Sylvester, Danie Mellor 28 March Performance: Karin Chan
BRAVE ART GALLERY 7 – 29 Mar Diana Cameron, Dear John Group show
ACADEMY GALLERY Tasmanian College of the Arts, (Inveresk) 21 Feb – 18 Apr David Keeling
DESPARD 18 Feb – 15 Mar At Bull Bay: Joanna Logue, Camie Lyons, Ian Marr, Amanda PenroseHeart, Luke Sciberras 19 Mar – 13 Apr Damon Bird, Eva Schulz HANDMARK 6 – 31 Mar Adrian Barber INKA 17 Feb – 10 Mar Sharon Waldron Blaschke, John Karafyllis 20 Feb – 11 Mar Patricia Martin MONA Ongoing - Monanism 22 Nov – 13 Apr Matthew Barney 17 Jan – 6 July Biennale Of Moving Images PENNY CONTEMPORARY 7 – 25 Mar Soula Mantalvanos ROUND ROOM at THE HOMESTEAD 11 Jan – 22 Mar Six-way Moiré curated by Lucy Hawthorne
BURNIE REGIONAL GALLERY 30 Jan – 12 Jul High Art DEVONPORT REGIONAL GALLERY 13 Mar – 10 May Reviewing Group Show curated: Ellie Ray & Albert Robinson 13 Mar – 10 May Board(rs) and Surface: work from the Sawtooth ARI Board
SOHO 4 Mar Cloud Comedy 1 Apr Cloud Comedy
COMEDY DICKENS CIDERHOUSE 11 Mar Uber Comedy
DOCTOR SYNTAX 27 Mar The Doctor’s Best Medicine THE BRISBANE 26 Mar The Comedy Forge
FRESH ON CHARLES 13 Mar RAW Comedy Northern heat 20 Mar Fresh Comedy with Karl Chandler
THE ROSNY BARN 6 Mar RAW comedy Southern Heat
DANCE PRINCESS THEATRE 20 – 21 Rising AAKASH ODEDRA COMPANY
PLAYHOSUE THEATRE 20 Mar RAW Comedy STATE FINAL!!
FILM
FILM CINEMONA Until 7 Mar die Miestersinger von Nurnberg Until 6 Mar Girl with a pearl earring Until 11 Apr River of Fundament Until 15 Mar Treasure Island SALAMANCA ARTS CENTRE PEACOCK THEATRE 12 Mar FLICKERFEST best of International shorts 13 Mar FLICKERFEST best of Australian shorts CYGNET TOWN HALL 13 Mar FLICKERFEST
HANDMARK EVANDALE 8 – 25 March The Glover Landscape group show
THEATRE
SAWTOOTH ARI hosts STOMPIN’ 6000 to 1 as part of the Tasmanian International Arts Festival 26 – 29 Mar
NORTH
DICKENS CIDER HOUSE 5 Mar Uber Comedy Hobart
GALLERY PEJEAN 11 Mar – 11 Apr Hugh MachLachlan
QVMAG 20 Dec – 12 Apr ARTRAGE 2014 Collection 21 Feb – 17 May Made In China, Australia
BACKSPACE 5 – 14 Mar Alzheimer Symphony 26 – 28 Mar RAWspace
COMEDY
PLAYHOUSE 27 Feb – 14 Mar Hobart Rep presents Summer Of the Aliens
Annexe Theatre Inveresk 11 Mar Flickerfest
THEATRE PRINCESS THEATRE 6 -14 Mar Evita 24 – 25 Mar Dementia 13 26 Mar Pasaje EARL ARTS CENTRE 20 – 29 Mar Theatre North Fringe and festival club 27 Mar Transgender seeking 28 – 29 Mar One Day Project by Mudlark Theatre BURNIE ARTS AND FUNCTION CENTRE 17 -18 MarCirca’s beyond 26 – 27 Mar Hamlet De los Andes 27 – 29 Mar I think I can – Terrapin Puppet Theatre DEVONPORT ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE 26 Mar Pasaje 27 Mar Alzheimer Symphony
THEATRE ROYAL 10 -12 MarThe 26-Story Treehouse 20 – 23 Mar Hamlet de los Andes
Pants Down Circus ROCK 10 & 11 April
WARP RECOMMENDS…
QUEENSLAND THEATRE COMPANY
Kelly 30 April to 2 May MATT NEWTON AT CONSTANCE ARI MARCH 13 – APRIL 4
There’s a lot of good art around this month but you need to get along to Constance ARI for the hottest stuff in town this time around. Not only is the Paintface catalog being launched, but Matt Newton, photographer and fil maker will be showing some excellent new work. Matt takes clcihes and turns them inside out. His work is political, pointed and best of all, he makes wilderness photography that doesn’t suck. If you know how much I HATE wilderness photography, you’d know that was about the best thing I can say about a Tasmanian artist.
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HOBART DATE
VENUE
ACTS / START TIME
VENUE
ACTS / START TIME
MARCH
C Bar
Shaun & Joel 8pm
Friday
Max Savage (S.A.)
Saturday
Sunday
Monday Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
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Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore 9pm
Irish Murphys
Brisbane Hotel
Damage Club w/ Jack the Stripper (vic) + Hadal Maw (vic) + Zeolite (tas) + Interview with an Escape Artist (tas) + DJs Challis Rat Shadows
Republic Bar & Café
Reggae Inc 9pm
The Homestead
The Flumes (QLD)
Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore 9pm
Brisbane Hotel
(back) The Bennies (vic) + Foxtrot (vic) + Speech Patterns (tas) + This is a Robbery (tas)
Brisbane Hotel
(front) Swine (nsw) + Skun Knees (tas) + Pinchgut (tas) + Life’s Vice (tas)
C Bar
Sambo & Patto 8:30pm
Dickens Ciderhouse
Dave Sikk Quartet
Grand Poobah
Andras Fox
Observatory Lounge Room
DJ Magneetis
Observatory Main Room
DJ Johnny G
Onyx Bar
Transit New Beergarden and Tapas Menu Launch Party Dean Stevenson 5pm
Friday
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C Bar
Matty & Abby 8:30pm
Dickens Ciderhouse
Justin O’Garey
Federation Concert Hall
The Song of the Earth 7:30pm
Observatory Lounge Room
DJ B-Rex
Observatory Main Room
DJ Johnny G
Onyx Bar
Everburn
Republic Bar & Café
24seven 10pm
The Homestead
Digital Rust and Hypnotech
The Winston
Magic Beans, Pearly Whites, Seth Henderson
Waratah Hotel
After Work Blues w/ Matt Bayes Blues 6pm
Birdcage Bar
Glen Challice 9pm
Republic Bar & Café
Brisbane Hotel
ALL AGES w/ Jack the Stripper (vic) + Hadal Maw (vic) + Depths (tas) + Omnicide (tas)
Republic Bar & Café
Brisbane Hotel
18+ - The Knights (reformation) + Treehouse + Sean Hardstuff’s Moonlight
Jordan C. Thomas Band + Yesterdays Gentlemen 10pm
Waratah Hotel
After Work Blues w/ Matt Bayes Blues 6pm
Birdcage Bar
Glen Challice 9pm (back) - Pines (tas) + Tantric Sax (tas) + The Know Nothings (tas) + Bo Lake (tas)
Saturday
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C Bar
The Robinsons 8:30pm
Dickens Ciderhouse
Fee Whitla
Brisbane Hotel
Grand Poobah
Underage Show: Chase City, Close Counters, Nick Machin & Jed Appleton
Brisbane Hotel
Grand Poobah
Sub Theory 2 with The Count & Finn Whitla
(front) - The Vendettas (vic) + The Styles (tas) + Three Eyed Monster (tas)
Observatory Main Room
DJ B-Rex
C Bar
Tony Voglino 8:30pm
Onyx Bar
The Tin Men
Dickens Ciderhouse
Mark Schmalfuss + Katy Raucher
Pier One
Alan Gogoll 7pm
Observatory Main Room
DJ B-Rex
Republic Bar & Café
Sugartrain 10pm
Onyx Bar
The Tin Men
The Homestead
Reggaeink
Pier One
Billy & Tilly 7pm
Wrest Point Ent. Centre
Village People 8pm
Republic Bar & Café
Joe Pirere Band 10pm
Birdcage Bar
Glen Challice 8pm
The Homestead
Lagoon Hill Zydeco
Brisbane Hotel
Bingo w/ Ramblin Ryan
Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore 8pm
C Bar
Sambo, Jason Patmore 12pm
Brisbane Hotel
Bingo w/ Ramblin Ryan
Claremont Hotel
Tony Voglino 2pm
C Bar
Jerome Hillier, Tony Voglino 12pm
Grand Poobah
DJ Shadow & Cut Chemist Afterparty
Claremont Hotel
Shaun & Joel 2pm
Observatory Main Room
DJ B-Rex
Republic Bar & Café
Sunday Afternoon Soul Session (Beergarden) 2:00pm
Republic Bar & Café
Billy Longo & The Rhythm Tragics 8:30pm
Republic Bar & Café
The Blue Flies 8:30pm
The Coterie - Coal Valley Vineyard
Mayhem & Me 1:30pm
The Coterie - Coal Valley Vineyard
Alan Gogoll 1:30pm
The Homestead
Mia + Zarven
The Homestead
Kyron Howell Collective + Special Guests
Waratah Hotel
Reggae Ink 3pm
Waratah Hotel
Reggae Ink 3pm
Birdcage Bar
Billy & Randal 8pm
Birdcage Bar
Billy & Randal 8pm
Republic Bar & Café
Quiz Night 8:15pm
Republic Bar & Café
Ross Sermon 8:30pm
Birdcage Bar
Sambo 8pm
Birdcage Bar
Glen Challice 8pm
Irish Murphys
Songwriter Sessions w/ Tarik Stoneman
Brisbane Hotel
Quiz-A-Saurus
Republic Bar & Café
Harry Heart 8:30pm
Irish Murphys
Songwriter Sessions w/ Tarik Stoneman
Birdcage Bar
Tony Makro 8pm
Republic Bar & Café
The Baker Boys 8:30pm
Irish Murphys
Promise, Reflekt, Dirturtles
Birdcage Bar
Tony Voglino 8pm
Observatory Main Room
DJ B-Rex
Brisbane Hotel
Kashkin (tas)
Republic Bar & Café
Ivy Bloom, Radio Silence, The Three Eyed Monsters 9pm
Irish Murphys
Jack Storay, Magic Beans, Surreal Estate Agents
Observatory Main Room
DJ B-Rex
Republic Bar & Café
The Bobcats 8:30pm
The Homestead
Funknukl and Friends in the Blue Bar
Waratah Hotel
Quiz Night 7pm
The Homestead
Funknukl and Friends in the Blue Bar
Waratah Hotel
Quiz Night 7pm
Birdcage Bar
Glen Challice 9pm
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ACTS / START TIME
Wrest Point Show Room Birdcage Bar Brisbane Hotel
VENUE
ACTS / START TIME
Matthew Ives & his Big Band 8pm
Irish Murphys
Orin, Leo Creighton Trio, Chris Belbin
Tony Makro 9pm
Observatory Main Room
DJ B-Rex
Luca Brasi (tas) + Gnarwolves (uk) + Tired Lion (wa) + Dog Dreams (tas)
Republic Bar & Café
Hui & The Muse 8:30pm
C Bar
Everburn 8pm
The Homestead
Funknukl and Friends in the Blue Bar
Irish Murphys
Sam Gobbey
Waratah Hotel
Quiz Night 7pm
Republic Bar & Café
Steve Poltz (USA) 9pm
Birdcage Bar
Jerome Hillier 9pm
The Homestead
Matthew Dames
Brisbane Hotel
The Comedy Forge
Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore 9pm
C Bar
Sambo 8pm
Brisbane Hotel
Psycroptic (tas) + Goatwhore (usa) + Disentomb (qld) + Whoretopsy (vic) + Zeolite (tas)
Irish Murphys
Dan Vandemeer
Republic Bar & Café
Brad Gillies 8:30pm
The Homestead
Nads, Dave and Donna
Birdcage Bar
Glen Challice 9pm
Brisbane Hotel
The Magical Booze Barn Adventures Featuring The Chook & The Gorilla + Powernap & The Interchangeable De Constructors
Dickens Ciderhouse
Alan Gogoll
Observatory Lounge Room
DJ Dane
Observatory Main Room
DJ Johnny G
Onyx Bar
Fuse
C Bar
Jerome Hillier 8:30pm
Republic Bar & Café
Australian Made 10pm
Dickens Ciderhouse
Dave Sikk Quartet
The Homestead
Sondelsur
Federation Concert Hall
Essentially Edgar 7:30pm
Waratah Hotel
After Work Blues w/ Matt Bayes Blues 6pm
Grand Poobah
MenXclusive
Waratah Hotel
Dog Dreams, A Day from Tonight, Turbulence, The Beautiful Chains 9pm
Observatory Lounge Room
DJ B-Rex
Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore 9pm
Observatory Main Room
DJ Johnny G
Brisbane Hotel
(back) - The Rumjacks (nsw)
Onyx Bar
The Tin Men
Brisbane Hotel
(front) - Claire Sullivans Space Cadet (vic) + Peter Escott (tas) + Emesha Rudolf (tas) + Andrew Harper (tas) + The Harrison Forward (tas)
Republic Bar & Café
The Beards + The Stiffys 10pm
The Homestead
The Hobart Funk Collective
The Winston
New Saxons, Babylon Howl, Jack Storay
Shaun & Joel 8:30pm
Waratah Hotel
After Work Blues w/ Matt Bayes Blues 6pm
Sam Gobbey
Wrest Point Show Room
Pasaje by El Son Entero
Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore 9pm
Brisbane Hotel
As Paradise Falls (QLD) + The Arbiter (vic) + Zeolite (tas) + Alpha Wolf (tas) + The Absolution Sequence (tas)
C Bar
Ebeneza Good 8:30pm
Dickens Ciderhouse
Mangus
Grand Poobah
Lizard Johnny (Album Launch), Lucky Dips, Treehouse & Teens of Thailand
Observatory Main Room
DJ B-Rex
Onyx Bar
That 80’s Band
Pier One
James Maddock 7pm
Republic Bar & Café
Boil Up 10pm
The Homestead
Locally Grown DJs Feat. Dameza, Kowl, Crixus + More
Birdcage Bar
Jason Patmore 8pm
C Bar
Aaron Courtney, Tony Voglino 12pm
Claremont Hotel
Sambo & Patto 2pm
Republic Bar & Café
Beergarden Party - Yesterdays Gentlemen 2:30pm
Republic Bar & Café
Wahbash Avenue 8:30pm
The Coterie - Coal Valley Vineyard
Pete Cornelius 1:30pm
The Homestead
Black Cat
Waratah Hotel
Reggae Ink 3pm
Birdcage Bar
Billy & Randal 8pm
Republic Bar & Café
Quiz Night 8:15pm
Birdcage Bar
Jerome Hillier 8pm
Irish Murphys
Songwriter Sessions w/ Seth Henderson
Republic Bar & Café
Dean Stevenson 8:30pm
Federation Concert Hall
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Dickens Ciderhouse
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C Bar
C Bar
Sunday
DATE
Wolf Totem 7:30pm
Grand Poobah
Pearly Whites, Violet Swells, Lizard Johnny and Valkyries
Observatory Main Room
DJ B-Rex
Onyx Bar
The Robinsons
Pier One
Aly Rae Patmore Trio 7pm
Republic Bar & Café
Standing Room Only - Forecast, Colours, Lingo, Modern Daze + Stynez Legends 10pm
The Homestead
Lazer Baby + Bear Trap
Waratah Hotel
Craicpot 7pm
Birdcage Bar
Jerome Hillier 8pm
Brisbane Hotel
Hobart Record Fair
C Bar
Sambo, Jason Patmore 12pm
Claremont Hotel
Jerome Hillier 2pm
Grand Poobah
AI Con Afterparty
Republic Bar & Café
David Benuik (CD Launch) + Mat Wooley 2:30pm
Republic Bar & Café
Peter Hicks & The Blues Licks 8:30pm
The Coterie - Coal Valley Vineyard
Billy Whitton & Tilly Martin 1:30pm
The Homestead
Horse and Wood
Waratah Hotel
Reggae Ink 3pm
Birdcage Bar
Tony Makro 8pm
Republic Bar & Café
Billy Whitton 8:30pm
Birdcage Bar
Glen Challice 8pm
Irish Murphys
Songwriter Sessions w/ Tarik Stoneman
Republic Bar & Café
Rach + Damo 8:30pm
Birdcage Bar
Jerome Hillier 8pm
Brisbane Hotel
Isomer (sa) + Fetish Ritual (tas) + Crypt Vapor (tas) + Chrysalis (tas)
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LAUNCESTON DATE
VENUE
ACTS / START TIME
NORTHWEST DATE
CITY
VENUE
ACTS / START TIME
MARCH
MARCH Thursday
5
The Royal Oak
James Fitch in the public bar 9pm
Thursday
5
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Evil Cisum
Friday
6
The Royal Oak
The Mojo Corner + Pete Cornelius in the Boatshed
Friday
6
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
The Ringmasters
Tonic Bar
Doctor Rocksters 9pm
Saturday
7
Burnie
Butter Factory
Australian Made
Watergarden Bar
Proud Phoneys 7pm
Latrobe
Mackey’s Royal Hotel
Tim Roberts 9pm
Fresh on Charles
Paper Souls, Guthrie, Jimmy Steele
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Retrograde
The Royal Oak
Mr Black & Blues in the public bar 9pm
Tonic Bar
Midnight Flyers 9pm
Watergarden Bar
Trevor Weaver 7pm
Saturday
7
Sunday
8
The Royal Oak
Open Folk Session in the public bar 5pm
Tuesday
10
The Royal Oak
Howling Ron in the bar 9pm
Wednesday
11
The Royal Oak
RatFunk in the public bar 9pm
Watergarden Bar
The Tassie Tenor 6:30pm
Fresh on Charles
Daniel Townsend, Red Whyte and more
The Royal Oak
Fourstring Phil in the public bar 9pm
The Royal Oak
Lennin McKarthy + supports in the Boatshed 9pm
Tonic Bar
Take 2 9pm
Watergarden Bar
Brett Collidge 7pm
Fresh on Charles
Shanti Dreads and Bad Beef
The Royal Oak
LBC presents Eugene “Hideaway” Bridges + The Kyron Howell Collective in the Boatshed
Tonic Bar
Take 2 9pm
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
12
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Wednesday
11
Devonport
Tapas Lounge Bar
Open Mic Night
Friday
13
Latrobe
Latrobe Memorial Hall
A Taste of Italy 7:30pm
Saturday
14
Burnie
Butter Factory
Kingfall
Latrobe
Mackey’s Royal Hotel
Clay Soldier 9pm
Stanley
Stanley Town Hall
A Taste of Italy 7:30pm
Burnie
Burnie Town Hall
A Taste of Italy 2:30pm
Ulverstone
The Wharf
Ross Challender Big Band
Sunday
15
Friday
20
Burnie
Butter Factory
Sydney Hotshots
Saturday
21
Latrobe
Mackey’s Royal Hotel
Jerome Hillier 9pm
Saturday
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Burnie
Butter Factory
DJ Jessica Turner
Latrobe
Mackey’s Royal Hotel
Rino Morea 9pm
MARCH Thurs 5 James Fitch in the public bar @9pm Fri 6 The Mojo Corner + Pete Cornelius in the Booatshed $ 5 cover Sat 7 Mr Black & Blues in the Public bar @9pm Sun 8 Open Folk Session in the public bar from 5pm Tues 10 Howling Ron in the bar @ 9pm Wed 11 RatFunk in the public bar @ 9pm Thurs 12 Fourstring Phil in the public bar @ 9pm Fri 13 Lennin McKarthy + supports in the Boatshed @9pm Sat 14 LBC presents Eugene "Hideaway" Bridges + The Kyron Howell Collective in the Boatshed
Watergarden Bar
Proud Phoneys 7pm
Sunday
15
The Royal Oak
Open Folk Session in the public bar 5pm
Monday
16
Fresh on Charles
Kettle of Fresh Beats (Weekly freestyle Jazz, Experimental and Beat night)
Tues 17 Bronne & Phoebe in the public bar @ 9pm
Tuesday
17
The Royal Oak
Bronne & Phoebe in the public bar 9pm
Wed 18 Matthew Dames in the public bar @ 9pm
Watergarden Bar
Rino Morea
Wednesday
18
The Royal Oak
Matthew Dames in the public bar 9pm
Watergarden Bar
Jerome Hillier 6:30pm
Thursday
19
The Royal Oak
Matthew Fagan in the Boatshed 9pm
Friday
20
The Royal Oak
The Rumjacks + support in the boatshed 9pm
Tonic Bar
Well Strung 9pm
Saturday
21
Watergarden Bar
Retrograde Duo 7pm
The Royal Oak
Delroy in the public bar 9pm
Tonic Bar
Retrograde Trio 9pm
Watergarden Bar
Andy & The Woodman 7pm
Sunday
22
The Royal Oak
Open Folk Session in the public bar 5pm
Monday
23
Fresh on Charles
Kettle of Fresh Beats (Weekly freestyle Jazz, Experimental and Beat night)
Tuesday
24
The Royal Oak
Jericho Jack in the public bar 9pm
Wednesday
25
The Royal Oak
Open Mic Night 9pm
Watergarden Bar
Tony Voglino 6:30pm
Thursday
26
The Royal Oak
The Beards “Strokin’ My Beard Tour” with special guests The Stiffy’s in the boatshed 9pm
Friday
27
The Royal Oak
Luke Parry in the public bar 9pm
Tonic Bar
Ball & Chain 9pm
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
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Watergarden Bar
Rino Morea 7pm
The Royal Oak
Delroy in the public bar 9pm
Tonic Bar
Gypsy Rose 9pm
Watergarden Bar
Jerome Hillier 7pm
The Royal Oak
Blues Jam Session in the boatshed 1pm
The Royal Oak
Open Folk Session in the public bar 5pm
Fresh on Charles
Kettle of Fresh Beats (Weekly freestyle Jazz, Experimental and Beat night)
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