Warp Magazine September2017

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Ali Barter Saturday 2 September

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UV boi Wednesday 25 October

Lloyd Spiegel Friday 24 November

SEPTEMBER 2017 Friday 1st 10pm Enola Fall + Lazer Baby + August Wolfbiter + Seth Henderson (solo) $7 Saturday 2nd 10pm Ali Barter $20pre/25door Sunday 3rd 8.30pm Whabash Avenue Monday 4th 8.30pm G.B. Balding (Finger Pickin' Blues) Tuesday 5th 8.30pm Sam Forsyth Wednesday 6th 8.3pm The Blues Underground Thursday 7th 8.30pm Billy Warner Friday 8th 9.30pm Jungle Giants $37pre/$42door Saturday 9th 10 pm 24Seven $5 Sunday 10th 2.30pm Zuma 8.30pm Tim & Scott Monday 11th 8.15pm Quiz Night Tuesday 12th 8.30pm Pat Berechree Wednesday 13th 8.30pm Rockpool Thursday 14th 8.30pm The Seratones Friday 15th 10pm Boil Up (Reggae & Funk) $10 Saturday 16th 9pm MUDU: Tyrant + Mountains of Madness + Truck Show + Rogue Sharks + Roadkill + Tax Department + Black Bunny $10

Sunday 17th 2.30pm The Great Anticipators 8.30pm Peter Hicks & The Blues Licks Monday 18th 8.30pm Montz Matsumoto Tuesday 19th 8.30pm Billy Whitton Wednesday 20th 8.30pm Dave Wilson Band Thursday 21st 7pm The Clubhouse with Claire Hooper $20pre/$25door 9pm Dean Stevenson & Dave Wilson Friday 22nd 10pm Guilty As Charged & Hobart Funk Collective $5 Saturday 23rd 10pm Everburn $5 Sunday 24th 2.30pm Kashkin CD Launch 8.30pm Hui & The Muse Monday 25th 8.15pm Quiz Night Tuesday 26th 8.30pm Ross Sermons Wednesday 27th 8.30pm The Darlings Thursday 28th 8.30pm The Patron Saints Friday 29th 10pm The Saxons + The Surreal Estate Agents + Paper Souls + Guests $5 Saturday 30th 10pm SHONEN KNIFE (Japan) + Babylon Howl $30pre/$35door

News

News in Brief SLEEPYHEADS AWAKEN

Launceston indie punk band The Sleepyheads have been busy playing support slots for The Front Bottoms, Jeff Rosenstock, Frenzal Rhomb, Camp Cope, Bukowski, DUNE RATS, Tired Lion and more. A strong local following has landed them festival gigs at The Falls Music and Arts Festival and Party in the Paddock. They have recently signed with Penultimate Records and are now heading off on an east coast tour. It'll include multiple Taswegian stops, including Friday August 25 at the Republic Bar & Café in Hobart, Saturday August 26 at the Royal Oak in Launceston, back at the Oak on Friday September 1, at the Grand Poobah in Hobart on Saturday September 2, and at Club 54 in Launceston on Thursday October 5.

that amalgamates electronic music, discussions and talks into one event in the lush bush of south east Tasmania which will ultimately (and hopefully) encourage and promote discussion, communication, and education. There’ll be talks, discussions, workshops, a marketplace, camping and plenty of audio and visual treats. On Saturday September 16 there’ll be a fundraiser at the Homestead in Hobart ($5 cover) featuring some of the finest electronic music talent Tasmania has to offer. Catch the likes of Max Power, Chief Get Down, Kase Kochen and Grommet, and get your motor running for the Why? Symposium.

DEVILS IN TASMANIA Melbourne’s Devil Electric are gearing up to release their self-titled debut album.

The 37 minute, 9-track LP will be released digitally, in various colourways on 180g vinyl and in a variety of pre-order merch bundles. Their second single ‘Lady Velvet’ is accompanied alongside an animated lyric video, created by German design studio 12 Inch Media. Album pre-orders are available now via devilelectric. bandcamp.com. Once you’ve hit up the pre-order, get along to the Brisbane Hotel in Hobart on Saturday September 23 for the album launch! Doors open at 9pm (tickets $10 on the door) and support will be provided by Mountains of Madness, Woe, and Dog Dreams.

GET LUCKY The world needs more good things right now, and this right here is a good, good thing. Launceston MC Mr Lucky is releasing his new album, and is donating all proceeds of the album launch on Saturday September 2 at the Launceston Workers Club to young Matilda, who at 18 months old became paralysed due to inflammation of her spinal cord, which caused severe nerve damage. Australia’s medical industry is still a tad behind America’s, so all proceeds will be going to getting Matilda to the US for the proper treatment, rehab and physio therapy. It’s a good thing. Also, it’ll be a good night of Tasmanian hiphop at the Launceston Workers Club, get along to see the likes of Dirturtles, Stray, DJ JRS, Shy, Nibs, Rasta Drum Session & Beat box Cannanoize, Butterfly, Nick Chugg and more TBA. RAISE FUNDS AND QUESTIONS! Why? Symposium is a three-day collaborative gathering in February

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Gravemind return to the spotlight with the announcement of their crushing sophomore EP, “The Deathgate”. They are set to play their most entertaining shows to date at three exclusive release shows in Brisbane, Melbourne and Tasmania.

Yes, Tasmania. That’s us. Woot. They’ll be performing at The Greenwood Bar in Launceston on Saturday September 23.

They’ll be supported by Uncle Geezer and Majula. Tickets are available now via oztix ($15.30). It’s all brought to you by the good folk at Chase Music Group and KillYourStereo.

DEATH FROM ABOVE Australian metal fans are about to be vehemently seized by the throat! After hugely successful runs in the USA and Europe, the intemperate NAPALM DEATH, BRUJERIA and LOCKUP gang are heading south to run riot through our part of the world. Headlining this incredible line-up

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DILLINGER ESCAPE TO TASMANIA After 20 years of wreaking sonic havoc and wowing audiences worldwide, the mighty DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN are calling it a day. Following the release of their latest and final album “Dissociation”, they embarked on an epic last ever world tour (until they inevitably do the reunion tour in ten years time, come on, we all know it’s going to happen.) – and as part of that tour, are heading down under! One of the world’s most intense and engaging live acts, the Dillinger Escape Plan have been a pioneering and immensely ingenious force both on the stage and off, creating music that transcends boundaries, and not being scared to show support for a myriad of important causes and movements. They’ll be appearing at The Odeon Theatre in Hobart on Friday October 13. Tickets available now via Oztix.

SMALL HALLS, BIG TUNES

Fanny Lumsden, the country music singer who was thrown into the spotlight with her acclaimed debut album ‘Small Town Big Shot’, is hitting the road as part of her annual Country Halls Tour with national dates to celebrate her new single ‘Roll On’ and upcoming full-length album, Real Class Act. The Country Halls Tour includes 3 shows around Tasmania.

On Friday October 20 you’ll be able to catch her at the Wharf Hotel in Wynyard.

On Sunday October 22 she’ll be at St Johns Craft Beer Bar in Launceston. On Wednesday October 25 you can see her at the Sheffield Town Hall in Sheffield.

For ticketing info, check out www. fannylumsden.net.

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is none other than NAPALM DEATH. One of the most influential and legendary acts in the history of heavy metal, and considered by all, as the fathers of grindcore. Finally after more than 25 years, BRUJERIA storm our stages for the first time hurling at us their razor sharp riffs and spiteful vocals. And finally LOCK UP, another savage group displaying their menacing on stage presence for the first time in our region. It’s all going down on Friday October 6. So jump on to oztix.com. au and grab yourself a ticket.

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HIT THE SKIDS ‘Til The Wheels Fall Off ’17 is just a big ol’ rockin’ party. It’ll be hectic af, loose as, frothin’, and whatever other adjectives these kinds of people use to describe “good”. Who can keep up? You’ll be able to catch bands like Luca Brasi, The Bennies, Camp Cope, Bad//Dreems, Endless Heights, Ruby Fields, Lincoln Le Fevre & The Insiders, Maddy Jane and heaps more. It’s taking place from Thursday October 12 to Saturday October 14 at the Launceston Workers Club.

Tickets are sold out now, so I don’t know why we’re bothering to tell you about this. Probably just to rub it in. You missed out, haha, ya loser. If you did manage to get tickets, remember that “Dangerous behavior including Crowd Surfing, Stage Diving, Moshing and Violent Dancing is not allowed and will result in your immediate removal from this venue.” Lol.

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Son of alt-country artist Steve Earle, and named after Townes Van Zandt, James Townes Earle has made a name for himself (and/or others) over the past decade, releasing a steady flow of great albums and performing around the world. With a full band in tow, he’ll now be making his way all the way down to Peppermint Bay, to perform on Sunday October 22. He’ll be joined by rising country superstar, Joshua Hedley. Tickets are already on sale and selling fast, so jump on to oztix.com.au and make sure you grab one. It’ll cost you $74.50, but that includes free return ferry travel from Brooke Street Pier. That’s pretty damn cool.

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News

UV BOI IS BACK

to immigrate from Egypt to Australia in the 60’s, ‘Deserts’ uses the signature fun and forward thinking sounds you know and love. Hitting the Waratah Hotel for Show Day Eve (Wednesday October 25), tickets are available from Oztix.

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“After over 12 months since his last release and a string of sold out shows earlier this year on a co-headline tour with Young Franco, UV Boi today announces a national tour in anticipation of his coming sophomore EP to be titled ‘Returned Alone’ fast approaching. UV Boi will be set not only to return to stage with new songs, but a new live show consisting of visuals, vocals, synths and percussions further stamping as one of the most exciting, unique producer and live electronic act coming out." He'll be performing at the Republic Bar & Café in Hobart on Wednesday October 25. Tickets are available now ($23.40) via Moshtix or from the venue.

Donning cowboy hats and kicking out a gleefully trashy brand of throttling, rockabilly-flavoured garage punk, the legendary Supersuckers return to Australia this November. Consistently maintaining their over-the-top celebration of all things rock’n’roll, namely the raucous essentials of booze, the devil, and assorted vices, the band’s renowned live show glorifies all of the above in a reckless blast of rock’n’roll power. While impressing the world with their impressive country and western flavoured live show, the old school fans have been demanding for the ‘suckers core rock’n’roll show to come back to Australian shores. So it is and they are.

They’ll be appearing at the Brisbane Hotel on Wednesday November 8. Tickets are $39.80 via oztix.

DEATH, TAXES, AUSTRALIANS LOVE PAUL KELLY.

VEGAS HITS TOWN

Remember the sultry voice of the vixen of the Triple J airways? Nina Las Vegas traded her weekly show in to focus on her international DJ career. Back in the A.U.S, Nina has released her first single for 2017 ‘Deserts’. Inspired by her family’s courage

One of Australia’s most loved and respected artists, Paul Kelly will embark on a colossal antipodean tour this November and December. Touring in celebration of his album “Life is Fine” which just debuted at the top of the ARIA Album Chart, Kelly will tour Australia, visiting both regional and metro cities, before heading to New Zealand for three theatre performances. The perfect location for Kelly to play in Tasmania has to be MONA, so that’s exactly where he’ll be. On Saturday November 18 he’ll be performing on the MONA Mainstage and Lawns with special guests Steve Earle and Middle Kids. For more information and to grab tickets, head to mona.net. au. This one will obviously sell out pretty quick, so don’t be slack!

Cold Chisel have hit the charts in the 70’s, the 80’s and the 90’s, and again in 2011 when they reformed. They’re one of the really iconic Aus-rock bands. Your Dad bloody loves ‘em. Now he has the opportunity to catch them live, when they visit the Wrest Point Lawns in Hobart on Wednesday November 22. He’ll be able to drunkenly belt out “Khe Sanh” at the top of his voice and it’ll be grouse as.

Australia. Yep. The Chis’ (gonna call ‘em that now) will be joined by Dallas Crane for what promises to be a pretty awesome way to spend a Wednesday. Tickets are available via Ticketmaster, so get on it.

first line-up: Flume, Fleet Foxes, Run The Jewels, The Kooks, Glass Animals, Peking Duk, Angus & Julia Stone, Foster The People, Liam Gallagher, Vince Staples, Jungle, Dune Rats, The Smith Street Band, D.R.A.M., Daryl Braithwaite, Everything Everything, Allday, The Jungle Giants, Thundamentals, Methyl Ethel, Slumberjack, D.D. Dumbo, Anna Lunoe, DZ Deathrays, Confidence Man, Julia Jacklin, Bad//Dreems, Cosmo’s Midnight, Winston Surfshirt, Luca Brasi, Alex Lahey, Camp Cope, Flint Eastwood, Ecca Vandal, Dave, Total Giovanni, plus loads more to be announced!

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MEREDITH MADNESS Geez, is it Summer-Music-FestivalLine-Up-Release season again already?

Apparently the answer is yes, and the first cap off the rank is Meredith, taking place from Friday December 8 to Sunday December 10 at the Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre. It’s Meredith #27, and here’s the first line-up release of who they got: Todd Terje & The Olsens, Noname, ESG, !!!, Total Control, Warpaint, Downtown Boys. The ticket ballot has already opened and closed, so best of luck to you if you entered that. There’ll be plenty more names released real soon, so keep your eyes open, like, super, super wide.

FLUME FESTIVAL

Lauded singer-songwriter and pianopop maverick, Ben Folds returns to Australia in 2018 to take in theatre dates around the country, before heading to New Zealand. Folds is widely regarded as one of the major music influencers of our generation, and certainly one of its most compelling live performers. In an enduring love affair with Australia spanning more than twenty years, including a period when Folds called Adelaide home between the years of ’99 and ’06, he has expanded his dedicated fan base with each visit. With sales for his Tuesday February 13 (2018) show at the Theatre Royal going nuts, they’ve had to announce a second show, on Wednesday February 14. Get in while you can!

Falls Festival is back and like we seem to say every year around this time, it’s bigger and better than ever. You already know the drill, 3 days of awesomeness etc, etc, so let’s just get straight in to the

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CREATION AND CATHARSIS CARRYING A SWAG OF APRA AND NIMA AWARDS INCLUDING THIS MONTH’S ‘BEST SONG’ NIMA FOR HIS COLLABORATION WITH A.B. ORIGINAL, DAN SULTAN JOURNEYS INTO HIS NEXT CREATIVE PHASE WITH THE RELEASE OF HIS LATEST ALBUM KILLER. NO STRANGER TO THE HEALING POWER OF RAW AND HONEST LYRICISM, DAN CHATS ABOUT THE STATE OF INDIGENOUS POLITICS AND THE DUALITY OF HIS CREATIVE PROCESS.

It’s been a significant time in your career of late, you’ve just released your new album Killer and you’re about to embark on a massive national tour, plus last week your collaboration with A.B. Original was awarded with the ‘Best Song’ for ‘January 26th’ at the NIMA’s. Does it feel like a bit of a blessing to have been honoured with another NIMA as you embark upon this massive national tour for Killer?

Yeah absolutely I mean A.B. Original deserve every nomination and every award that they get. I hadn’t really been in the awards cycle when the nominations were coming up and I kind of snuck in there with those guys with September 26th. I mean, I was nominated for ‘Artist of the Year’ as well which I found a bit embarrassing ‘cause I hadn’t really done anything before I released Killer and it came out a week before the awards ceremony so I wasn’t eligible for any nominations at the NIMAs this year. But as far as January 26th is concerned I really couldn’t be prouder to be part of that release.

And just to delve into the political message in the January 26th with a little more… Obviously national and international politics are just generally completely insane right now but locally in the last week we’ve also seen genuine movement in the right direction for recognition of indigenous people’s rights. We saw descent from the Mayor of the City Of Yarra who chose to drop all references to Australia day and cancel their Australia day citizenship ceremony. She’s also publicly supported moving the

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date of Australia day and caused a stir with federal government for doing so. Do you feel as though this is a time where we might be finally making some headway in terms of more respect and reconciliation in this country?

Yes well I hope so, I mean things move pretty slowly in that respect and then there’s bursts of activity for a while, then it moves slowly again, then there are bursts. I mean in the 80’s there were big bursts and I think it’s unfortunately got a lot to do with whether it’s fashionable or not.

With our song Jan 26th I mean, it’s just such a great song anyway, it’s just such a banger, even if you didn’t know what it was about you find yourself dancing to it so that helps the cause. It’s such a great tune and those guys are such amazing writers that their songs just go off. But it is fashionable at the moment so I guess we’ll take what we can get. The apathy and the complacency is really something that’s come in waves in this country…so while it’s positive, we’ll remain strong.

There’s a palpable honesty in the lyrics on your releases but particularly on Killer. Tracks like Fire Under Foot and Easier Man, hold plenty of references to managing grief and holding things together. Given that the birth of each of your songs seems like such an intensely honest and self-reflective process in itself, then you go through the phase of the refinement with the recording process, I’m curious

to know whether live touring for each album offers new perspectives on your songs? Is it a constant process of having new emotions pop up from your subconscious while you perform each song?

Absolutely. It’s very cathartic. You go through a lot.

I’m a pretty emotional person and I feel very fortunate that I’m a writer and that I have this outlet you know?

I don’t know what I’d do if I didn’t have this outlet. A lot of people do different things, whether it’s selfmedication or whether it’s talking to somebody or whether it’s sport. And this is a big thing in my life, of being able to just get through. Everyone goes through stuff and deals with it in their own way. I mean writing, you go through shit and then you write about it, then you record it, then you release it and then you tour it and then you go through more shit, then you record it and then you release it, it goes around, it’s a process. I feel very fortunate to have this outlet. It’s very cathartic.

So finally, you’re touring Tassie on September 6, do you have anything on the bucket list for while you’re down here?

Yeah I’m really looking forward to it, I just wanna come down and have a good time - rock’n’roll! The last time I went down on my own tour was for the single tour of Blackbird so it’s been a few years since I’ve been there with my band, just under our own steam. The projects in Tassie at the moment are amazing. I think that as the younger people down there get a bit older they’ve started to open up industry in terms of distilleries and breweries and stuff and that’s only a positive thing.

Tassie’s great, it’s beautiful so I’m gonna really enjoy being there with my mates, we’re all very close and we’re looking forward to having a great time together!

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Dan Sultan plays the Odeon Theatre, Hobart on September 8 and Club 54, Launceston on the September 9. Killer is out now on Liberation Music.

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BAD DADS WHOEVER SAYS DADS CAN’T BE COOL HAS OBVIOUSLY NEVER HEARD OF THE BAD DAD ORCHESTRA. THIS NINE-PIECE BAND FROM LAUNCESTON IS FULL OF ROCK STAR DADS WHO ARE ALL ABOUT HAVING FUN, CRACKING CRINGE-WORTHY DAD-JOKES AND PLAYING AWESOME MUSIC. GET READY TO GROOVE BECAUSE THE BAD DAD ORCHESTRA WILL BE HITTING THE TASSIE ROAD IN SEPTEMBER, CELEBRATING THE FATHER’S DAY WEEKEND RELEASE OF THEIR BRAND NEW EP GO AND ASK YOUR MOTHER WITH GIGS IN ULVERSTONE, HOBART AND LAUNCESTON.

Go and Ask Your Mother will showcase the big Bad Dad sound, featuring soulful Motown vibes, snappy horns and punchy rock rhythms. While some songs are based on fact, others take a more fictional route, poking fun at certain band members. “Jimi the singer has made up an imaginary tale of Elliot’s (Hammond/ Vocals) French girlfriend. It’s very fun. He makes a big deal out of it at every show,” says The Bad Dad Orchestra Drummer, Luke Young.

The EP even has the tick of approval from Luke’s sixyear-old son, who has been playing and singing along to it non-stop. That has to be a good sign!

If you’ve ever seen The Bad Dad Orchestra in action on stage (spoiler alert, they absolutely bring the house down), then you’d be shocked to know that they never intended to play any gigs. Only forming last year, the band started off as an outlet for working musician dads to get together, have a jam and to support each other through the challenges that come with working in the music industry while having a family.

“The band started as a concept before we got anyone together. Liam Guthrie (Guitar/Vocals) and myself came up with the concept of a social band, kind of like a men’s shed but for musicians – just come around to our rehearsal space and have a jam and a few beers.

It was more like that therapy side of being in a band.”

“We’ve all done our fair share of gigs over the years, so having members that can understand what it’s like to create, perform, tour and try to maintain a

healthy and happy home life with our families has always been an important part of the band. I’ve found that it has always been difficult for musicians without children or partners to understand what it’s like to have that sort of responsibility.”

These self-confessed “daggy-dads” definitely have one of the coolest jobs in the world, but writing, recording and performing their own music all seems to be trumped by being a father.

“Being a father is absolutely incredible. You find yourself doing some of the strangest things sometimes – picking stickers off the floorboards at the end of everyday or hanging out washing three times a day. As far as a learning experience goes, you just have to be completely selfless. It’s not about you anymore.”

With nine members in the band the writing process can be a long one at times, but nine creative minds are better than one and all play a part in building their rich and dynamic sound. “There are a lot of ideas that get thrown around. There are a lot of cooks in the kitchen. It takes a while to write songs sometimes just because there are so many ideas to try out, but it works really well having all of those creative minds together. The results are better for it.”

Performing is what the Dads look forward to the most and having a band of this size makes for a cracker of a live show that is bursting with energy. “We try to have as much fun as we can. Without even really trying we always have a big party vibe on stage just because

we enjoy it so much. Being the drummer I just sort of sit back and have the best seat in the house. Where I am, with that big band in front of me, it makes me feel 10-feet-tall. I absolutely love that big, full sound and having eight other people to play with.” You may have caught their sets at Falls Festival at Marion Bay and at Royal Eve at Royal Park in Launceston over New Year’s, two highlight gigs for the Dads.

Luke and Liam were once told it would be impossible to have successful rock ‘n’ roll careers while being fathers, which is just down right crazy because look at them now! “We just like to have a lot of fun. You’re never too old and it’s never too late to enjoy music.”

With a Tassie tour and an EP on the way, they sure have proved the doubters wrong.

Treat yourself, your family and friends this Father’s Day with a copy of The Bad Dad Orchestra’s new EP Go and Ask Your Mother or head on over to one of their gigs and get ready to dance the night away.

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SPRING INTO THE PARTY MARY SHANNON IS THIS YEAR’S MUSIC COORDINATOR FOR LAUNCESTON’S JUNCTION FESTIVAL. I CHAT TO THE WOMAN BEHIND THE EXTREMELY TALENTED, DIVERSE, CAPTIVATING AND STRAIGHT UP GROOVY MUSICAL LINE UP FOR JUNCTION’S FOUNTAIN BAR PROGRAM.

Mighty Duke And The Lords

What is Junction Festival?

Junction is a massive supporter of emerging talent and I think that’s something that’s been really important for me and this program - the music and Fountain Bar in particular. I really wanted to have a mix of both those established bands and artists, as well as emerging new talent who deserve to have that moment on stage. I was really excited to come back to Junction this year after the rebranding and the new vibe they’ve put over the entire festival, it’s an ever-evolving festival! Our tag line is ‘Spring Into The Party’ because that’s exactly what we want you to do.

we’re so excited to have them back! They are fantastic performers.

Saturday night we have Leo Creighton he is a wonderful soul, I think his song writing will be a great start off for the Saturday night programming… He gives a captivating performance. He is very charming and very engaging.

FLXW Credit: Jacob Collings

Where is it?

This year we are based in Princes Square. We are creating a space that’s accessible within the city and CBD for people to come to and enjoy – where all the action happens! It’s nice to have somewhere to go, where stuff is happening! There are lights, it’s pretty, there’s a bar! There is heaps of different art installations or theatre performances around that space but you’ve got a space to come back to after you’ve seen a show.

Our headliner for Saturday is TEK TEK Ensemble – it’s hard to explain them, they know how to get the party started. It’s a lot of fun, it’s all about the party. We want everyone to have a good time, be able to dance like no one is watching. That’s what Fountain Bar is about!

Tell us about ‘When She Believes’?

When is it?

Junction festival is held this September from the 6-10.

The Fountain Bar program runs from the 7-9.

Magnus and Co Credit: Jon Gazzignato

Who is playing at the Fountain Bar? Wednesday [opening party] we have Mighty Duke And The Lords to spice things up, they play calypso funk music, it’s very cool!

Thursday, we start off with FLXW who are a bloody brilliant two-piece from Launceston – seeing what they do live is mind boggling, I don’t know how they do it!

Yielderbeast will be a lot of fun! Electro funk hip-hop and jazz, party times! Bad Beef are headlining, they’re performances are so edgy, they’re striking! They’ll be playing with a whole horn section with the guys from The Bad Dad Orchestra.

Friday, we’ve got Magnus and Co - I was absolutely captivated the first time I saw them. They’re bringing something different to the party, the music is so upbeat and fun and yet so traditional in its roots. The gravel in Mark’s voice is like nothing you’ve ever heard. It’s such a good addition!

We have a great addition to the program with Paywant Music and Madi Adungu – these are both bands that have been formed out of the refugee centre. Paywant is an arrangement of Persian and Afghan songs, it’s like Afghan dance music, it’s really cool. Madi Adungu is something I’m really excited about – they’re performing in their native language with strong percussions, really groovy!

Claire Anne Taylor Credit: Katie Atkinson

‘When She Believes’ is a music event happening on Saturday afternoon, that’s based around showcasing female talent from all around Tassie. It’s got a big focus on providing a platform for female artists to get up and play in a non-threatening environment where people actually go and listen to them! Tiarni Cane, Bianca Jagoe, Denni Sulzberger and Susannah ColemanBrown are featured, each performer so unique and they’ve got their own way of song-writing. They are exposing who they are, that’s why When She Believes is such a good place for it, a good banner to be standing under – it can be scary showcasing who you are if you’re a new female song writer.

With five days and nights of non-stop local talent, arts and culture there is certainly something for everyone at this year’s Junction festival and thanks to Fountain Bar it should very well be Launceston’s biggest party of the year. It will be the place to see exciting emerging acts as well as Tassie’s most sought after. The best part?

It’s FREE! So put your boogie boots on and get ready to drink and dance the night away. See you there!

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Claire Anne Taylor is a fantastic singer-songwriter originally from Wynyard. She won the Byron Bay Blues Festival busking competition a few years ago, she’s been up there crafting her art; now she lives in the Hobart region. She has colossal vocals, I would go as far as to say there is not a voice like hers in Australia.

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MOONAH ARTS CENTRE 23-27 ALBERT ROAD MOONAH MOONAHARTSCENTRE.ORG.AU

FRIDAY NIGHTS LIVE MAC’S FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE MUSIC CONCERT SERIES

GANG MUSIC

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Sydney’s Gang Of Youths are sittng pretty right now. Their sophomore album, Go Farther In Lightness, has made it to the top of the ARIA charts and they are currently touring the county in support of it. Bassist, Max Dunn, stepped out to answer what went on with the recording of the new album.

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Can you tell me a bit about the recording process for this album?

Can fans expect a similar sound from this album compared to previous music?

Well we made the record at the studio underneath the Sony Offices in Darlinghurst. We had contemplated doing the record stateside as we did The Positions, but we all kinda just decided that working in Sydney would be better. There is something wonderful about getting up in a city you know, walking to the train, and commuting to the studio. We spent like a month straight in there working with an excellent producer by the name of Adrian Breakspear. Dave had written all these amazing tunes and we just worked through them and make a record.

Well its feature film length. It’s incredibly diverse but I think it flows overall, as a kind of contemplation of the hardship, beauty and mortality that are central to being a human. I think the new record hopefully has maintained that raw, hopeful urgency that for me characterised The Positions, while taking more risks and challenging our listeners with deeper musicality and diversity. Strings and brass have a far greater role on this record than the last for example.

I read something about Dave spending three days straight in the studio, could you tell me about more about that?

David is obsessed, probably clinically, with all things strings. He loved making those arrangements and he worked very hard at it. So yeah, we were at the business end of making Go Farther In Lightness and he just locked himself away for three days with 300 pages of manuscript, Uber eats, and probably a few punnets of Chobani (official yoghurt of Gang of Youths).

What are your personal favourite songs on the new album?

‘Keep Me In The Open’ is very special to me. It happened so beautifully. We were just hanging out and making music and that song sort of magically came together with all the parts being perfect for each other. I’ll never forget that night, Dave’s vocal performance kinda blew my mind to be honest. Deepest Sighs is important for the album I think, what I’d call the spiritual centre thematically. It makes me feel more OK with my own anxieties about where I thought I’d be and who I should be, it speaks to a lot of my own internal dramas. haha.

How do you think the band has evolved in the two year since ‘The Positions’?

A lot has happened in the last two years.

We’ve travelled together a whole bunch, we’ve had amazing highs, massive disappointments like everyone trying to make a go of their career. We also moved to London which has been neat. I think the product of all this is a group of guys who have a deepening respect for each other and are hopefully better dudes that the ones that made The Positions.

Was there extra pressure for this album coming off the great success of your last album?

Well David experienced a year of writers block after Magnolia. I think he struggled with how to follow up the ‘cancer record’.

We all obviously wanted this record to surpass the first but we certainly didn’t aim at any kind of data or obsess overly about some bullshit fear of ‘sophomore album woes’. Ultimately we make the music we want to make, and when that is the case there is a certain freedom to the whole process.

Could you tell me about the album cover for Go Father in Lightness?

Well Dave really wanted something emblematic of the statements made and questions asked in the record. There is so much bullshit out there, things we chase that are unfulfilling, fantasy chosen over real intimacy with the people around us.

The normalcy of a girl and a dog sitting on a bed seemed about as good a picture of a life well lived as any. ‘If you wanted to fight for a cause’, love someone well, be loyal to your friends, accept the temporary nature of life and appreciate all the shit you have.

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TASTE OF THE FUTURE - ASIA

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DUO CANTABILE

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JAMES PARRY

FRI 27 OCT KASHKIN

How would you describe your perfect show?

Running onto the paddock at Twickenham in an All Black jersey and putting 30 points on England.

Do you prefer festival shoes or your own gigs?

Own gigs. Festivals are a lot of fun, they require a lot less planning (from the artist’s side) and you’re hanging out with a bunch of cool people, usually in the sun.

But that cannot compete with putting together a journey for people, working with your own production team to create an unforgettable moment for people who really give a shit about your music.

What can Hobart fans expect from your gig at the Odeon?

This tour will be the best we have ever done. We have spent the week in preseason has been great (production rehearsals) and the team has been incredible. There are a few surprises and as usual, five guys playing their souls out.

REAL TO REEL

FILMS AND SHORTS EXPLORING OUR WORLD THROUGH THE SCREEN

TUE 12 SEP

BEST OF BEC’S BACKYARD FILM FESTIVAL WITH REBECCA THOMPSON

TUE 3 OCT

SPLENDID VISIONS AND BENEFICIAL SHOCKS WITH ANDREW HARPER

ALL SHOWS START 6:30 DOORS & BAR OPEN 5:30 $5 ON THE DOOR FIND THE FULL PROGRAM OF LIVE MUSIC AND FILM SCREENINGS ONLINE

MACKENZIE STOLP See Gang Of Youths perform at The Odeon Theatre on Wednesday September 13.

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JUNGLE FEVER ANDREW DOORIS, BASSIST FOR INDIE ROCKERS THE JUNGLE GIANTS, IS A LITTLE JITTERY. WHEN WE SPEAK, HE AND HIS BANDMATES WERE GETTING READY FOR THEIR NEW NATIONAL TOUR AFTER THE RELEASE OF NEW ALBUM QUIET FEROCITY.

“[I’m] Really nervous actually!” Dooris explains.

“We’ve got a completely new set we’re running through. Heaps of new things, heaps of stuff to think about, but I’m a bit of an over-thinker.

We’re gonna be delivering something fresh and more refined. For us, it’s important to always be progressing. That’s a value of the band, to never stay still.”

The band leapt back into the recording process not long after the release of their previous album, 2015’s Speakerzoid. This time, the band’s vocalist/guitarist Sam Hales took over production duties.

“There’s a few different challenges with this kind of thing; it was good being a support network for Sam, as we always have been, and being able to experiment in the studio...for us, the producer role was mainly [as] a mediator- they hear all the sides, all the ideas coming and they can navigate forward. When Sam was doing that, it was great because he already got the vision of the songs and was finding his feet with getting the tonal palettes for the songs, finding his way of, not only creating the songs in their raw form, but refining all the sounds.”

“Sam not only has developed his skills in production and songwriting, he’s also such an excitable, well-rounded person.” Dooris explains. “We’re such a happy little band, such a nice little family. The whole process of making the last record was us getting back to what we’re good at: hanging out, spitballing

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and refining ideas, supporting one another. We all had ups and downs in the process. We’re a family and the more we support each other, the better the outcome. At the end of the day, it’s work.”

The band remain happily independent; their 2011 single Mr Polite went gangbusters on YouTube, and their 2012 EP She’s A Riot led to some cool touring support slots; they’ve been triple j darling since 2013 single She’s A Riot made it to the Hottest 100, and have toured their butts off consistently for several years now. It didn’t take long for the industry to reward their tenacity, as JG were quickly slotted onto festival lineups and local radio rotation. The band have enjoyed this happy progression, but Dooris acknowledges that, as an independent act, they face a few dangers in their industry.

“Being in a band is a lot of fun, but there’s particular problems with music, and young musicians having to navigate their way through trends and the economic landscape of music.

A lot of bands start when they’re young, when you’re passionate about music, a fundamental part is thinking what you’re doing is exciting, new and needs to be heard. You have to have this arrogance about you, that what you’re doing is the best shit ever. At the same time, when you taste success, there’s always critics and people who are invested in your success. We’ve always been lucky to not have a lot of pressure from the top. Everyone we work with has faith and trust in what we do.”

“There’s so much feedback, so everything you make, you’ve gotta hear about what people think about it, particularly if you’re seeing some success. Sometimes pressure doesn’t always make diamonds. That’s very much the case in music: no-one wants to make the same thing, people wanna make the best songs they can.”

“From the last record to this one, it’s been less than two years.” Dooris says on the creation of Quiet Ferocity. “A good year of that was touring, then we went straight back to the studio. We all were so jaded by the reality of having to work cafe jobs and the real world, coming back to music was such a refreshing thing, and we were so eager to hit the studio again. By the end of 2016, a year and a third after the last album, we’d already mixed one of the singles and had half the record done!”

“All of us like to work hard and play hard…. it’s really obvious what we’re each passionate about, it can be said for each of us that what we find interest in, we end up completely devoting ourselves to. I think, with Jungle Giants, all our individual work ethics complement each other. Anything that is worth doing is often very difficult, but to progress in the thing you’re passionate about, to do those things, you have to push through those difficult things for the better outcome on your work. To practise running you have to run, and to get better at it, you have to keep doing it.”

LISA DIB

The Jungle Giants play Friday September 8 at Republic Bar, Hobart. They return in December to play at The Falls Festival at Marion Bay.

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PRECISION CUTS “I DON’T KNOW, BUT I’D LIKE TO BE A YOUTUBER.”

Naoko Yamano, singer/guitarist for Japanese pop-rock trio Shonen Knife and last remaining original member, doesn’t seem too phased by the digital revolution’s impact on the music industry.

Her response- when asked whether outlets like Bandcamp have helped or hindered their longstanding position- shows off the band’s cheeky and buoyant perspective, as has their thirty-five-year career.

“When I started Shonen Knife, I was inspired by late-seventies punk-pop bands like Buzzcocks and Ramones.” Yamano explains, on how her particular tastes have changed over the decades (the band also, incidentally, recorded a Ramones tribute album in 2011 called The Osaka Ramones under the same name.) “In these few years, I’m inspired by seventies hard rock and classical rock. I didn’t notice how cool seventies hard rock were when I was young, but now I love them.”

“I don’t listen to alternative music so much now.

I like to listen to funk or disco music. They are always fun. I love fun music.”

If there’s one word you can ascribe to Shonen Knife, it surely is fun. With tracks like I Am A Cat, Pop Tune and Banana Chips, to name but a few, the three-piece are fervently dedicated to the bubbly enjoyment of pop music with a decidedly rough edge. That mixture of sweet and serrated was also the inspiration behind their very name, Yamano says.

“The name is from a brand name of old pencil sharpener knife. Shonen means Boy in Japanese.

The word Boy has cute feeling and the word Knife had dangerous feeling. When cute and dangerous combined together, it’s just like our sound.”

Indeed, the band’s longevity could easily be put down to both their dedication to their ethos, and the catchy sweetness of their tunes. The Shonen Knife sound is a poked tongue to the po-faced critics who, in their elitist wisdom, can’t abide by ‘un-serious’ music. Considering Shonen Knife has been going since 1981, I’d say they’re pretty serious anyway, don’t you think?

“It is the best thing if people can get happy through our music.” Yamano states. “Music should be [a] fun thing. Music is entertainment. I don’t need the word “serious” for music.”

The band’s latest album Adventure (their twentysecond!) was a critical hit and another in a long line of genre-mashups, at which the band have expert.

“Adventure is inspired by seventies hard rock and a bit of sixties, too.” Yamano says. “Our previous album Overdrive has the same concept, but the new one is improved a lot. It was recorded in Osaka, my hometown and having our new drummer Risa- who is a very powerful drummer- and my younger sister Atsuko- who is a groovy bassist- Adventure became an entertainment album.”

LISA DIB

Shonen Knife play Saturday September 30th at the Republic Bar in Hobart with Babylon Howl.

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HACKING AWAY PICTURE A CANADIAN PLAYING HIS ACOUSTIC GUITAR AND SINGING BY THE WARM GLOW OF THE CAMPFIRE WHILE HIS AUSTRALIAN MATE RAPS IN THE SPACES IN BETWEEN. WHAT YOU’RE IMAGINING IS THE KILLER COMBO OF AUSTRALIAN HIP-HOP ARTIST JONNY HACK AND CANADIAN ACOUSTIC ROCKER CHAD HATCHER. THE DUO HAVE A BRAND NEW EP IN THE WORKS SET FOR EARLY 2018, BUT LUCKILY FOR US THEY ARE RELEASING A TASTE OF WHAT’S TO COME WITH THEIR NEW SINGLE “CAME HOME” OUT ON NOVEMBER 19.

“Came home are the first words that come to mind when we think about all the ups and downs we have personally been through. At the end of the day, we have come back to what we care about the most and what really matters to us - family, real friends and the music we love,” says Jonny.

“Chad and I are not getting any younger, we both have kids and we have both been through some incredibly hard patches in our lives. This track really just reiterates where we are as people and as artists now.”

Jonny and Chad joined forces about 10 years ago after Jonny came across Chad’s work on a record by Canadian hip-hop artist Classified. Jonny took a punt, hit up Chad via email and the rest is history. Despite living on opposite sides of the world and dealing with crazy time differences, the pair has been collaborating ever since. You may have

come across their track ‘Feel Alright’, a remake of Chad’s original song ‘Do It All Again’.

They have only met in person once but Jonny and Chad maintain a strong friendship via FaceTime and entertaining Snapchats. It just goes to show there are no borders when it comes to music, creativity and passion.

Jonny and Chad’s blend of genres work together to create super chilled easy-listening music that takes listeners on a journey through life’s highs and lows. “I’ve had a crazy life and Chad has his own story too. This is all going to be exposed on the record. I can’t wait for people to hear things from my point of view.”

Most importantly, the two strive to stay true to themselves, creating and releasing music they are proud of and refusing to give into the pressures of the industry.

“I think generally when an artist starts out they care so much about what other people will think and how it’s going to be received. 10 years ago I was making music that I thought other people wanted to hear. These days I just go with the flow.”

With November just around the corner make sure to get your hands on “Came Home”, available via iTunes and Spotify. This track is sure to be a welcome addition to our playlists as we wait in excitement for the 2018 release of Jonny and Chad’s highly anticipated EP. ZOE COONEY

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JUKEBOX DINER “I’M HAVING A LAZY DAY, BEEN ON TOUR AND JUST COME BACK, SO NOW I’M SITTING IN MY TRACKIES, DRINKING BEER AND EATING CHIPS, WATCHING SOME BAD STEVEN SEAGAL MOVIE. AND THEN I’M GONNA GO GET A MASSAGE.” Don’t take this as a sign of supine hedonism: Sarah McLeod has earnt this day off. Touring of late off the back of her hard-earnt new album Rocky’s Diner, she’s taking a brief rest before heading out into the tour van again. The Superjesus frontwoman went to New York to write the record, and she did just that, and then some. “[This process] made me change the way I think about songwriting.” she explains.

“I would usually have a crack at a song here and there, writing alone or sometimes with other people, with the idea of songwriting hanging over my head all the time like homework; then, when it comes time to put a record out, you go through your collection and pick the best ten.”

“This time I decided to alienate myself from everyone, get out of town; I went to New York, got an apartment in

Williamsburg in the dead of winter. I didn’t have any songs written whatsoever, but told everyone, “I’m gonna write an album from beginning to end in three months”. I told them all that I would have it finished by the end of March. I trained my brain to do it and get on with it. I went over there with nothing and started work on the first song on January first, day and night for three months. I think it’s important to state your intentions, that really worked for me. It was an intense time like that took my brain to a new level.”

It wasn’t an overseas holiday, either, by any means; McLeod seldom left her apartment.

“I went out in New York, but rarely- every time I finished one song, I’d allow myself one night to party, go out and explore the city. I wanted the idea of New York rather than New York itself, I wanted to be in a city where anything is impossible. If I wrote the album in Adelaide, I wouldn’t have been thinking as big. There’s something psychosomatic about that city.”

It’s been a while between solo-albumdrinks for McLeod and even Superjesus’ occasional reformation, there’s a few gaps to fill between today and her debut solo record Beauty Was A Tiger in 2005.

“I like to refer to them as The Lost Years.” she laughs. “I have been doing some eclectic work: dance collaborations with DJs, I worked as a guitarist-for-hire in Brooklyn, wrote rock riff after rock riff for rappers, came back to Australia and put a side band together called Screaming Bikini, I released a solo EP [96% Love Song Book] a couple years back and did a little tour off that, acoustic touring across Australia...the rest I can’t really remember, ‘cause I drink a lot, which is why the Wines Direct guy knows me by first name.”

LISA DIB Rocky’s Diner is out now. Sarah McLeod plays Friday November 3 at The Waratah Hotel in Hobart and Saturday November 4 at Club 54 in Launceston.

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ART AND DIVERSITY AT JUNCTION FEST TASMANIA IS QUICKLY BECOMING AN ART HOTSPOT, SINCE THE OPENING OF MONA TASMANIA HAS DRAWN CROWDS WANTING TO EXPERIENCE THIS RICH CULTURE. LAUNCESTON, FOR MANY YEARS, HELD ‘JUNCTION FEST’, AN ART AND MUSIC FESTIVAL SET TO DELIGHT EVERY TYPE OF ART AND MUSIC FAN. I SAT DOWN WITH THE FESTIVAL’S CREATIVE DIRECTOR GREG CLARKE ABOUT THIS YEARS UPCOMING FESTIVAL AND HOW THE FESTIVAL KEEPS GETTING BIGGER AND BETTER

First off, what is your role as Creative Director?

As Creative Director or Artistic Director, I curate the entire program of the festival, with support from the team. That’s my key role.

How much work does it take to organise a festival like this?

It’s probably about four months’ work from my side of it because it is kind of about going to other festivals and seeing shows and meeting with artists and meeting with all the local artists in Launceston and Tasmania. Then formulating that into a program and then seeing whose available, who can be in it and yeah, about four months’ work. For the rest of the team, such as the producer, it’s a year-round position.

What are your hopes for this year’s festival?

I’m hoping even more and more people from Launceston and from Tasmania really engage with the festival and come along. We’re really hoping a lot more people will come down and check it out and see what it’s all about.

There’s so many free events, there really is something for everyone. I think once people take that leap and come down to Prince’s Square and see what’s happening, they will be excited and tell everyone else. That’s my aim really, to engage with a lot more people.

What is the main theme for this year’s festival?

I guess the main themes are more focused on Tasmanian artists and artists from Launceston. So, we’ve got a really big, free music program. Every night there will be free bands from all over Tasmania preforming each night. On the Saturday afternoon, it will be all Tasmanian female musos and composers preforming. Then in the evening we’ve got two bands coming from Hobart and they’re made up of refugees, one band is with people from Afghanistan and the other group is from Sudan. A really great, eclectic music program. The other thing is we’ve been working with fifteen different artists and creators on a thing called ‘Nightlight’, where these fifteen artists are doing art installations in different spaces in the park and in churches all around Prince’s Square. So that’s pretty exciting. Were also building a little cabaret style tent in Prince’s Square and we’ve got a number of great fringe shows that I’ve seen over the last few years coming.

Is having a diverse festival important to you?

I really believe in diversity and showcasing a wide range of artists from not only different musical backgrounds but from different cultures and I just think that makes one hell of a party! It’s more exciting when you have diversity.

Anything you’re particularly excited for?

I’m really looking forward to seeing Uta Uber Kool Ja, which is a show that is performed in a hotel room and it’s only allowed thirty people at a time and it’s staged as an after party where you meet this fabulous superstar Uta Uber. She dresses you all up and you drink champagne and you all end up in bed together and it’s just a real lot of fun. I’m really looking forward to seeing her. Also Adam Page, whose from Adelaide and is an amazing musician who uses loop pedals and creates sounds and songs by letting the audience call out things and suggests things and he creates it live in front of you. This other great guy, Michael Griffiths, is doing two shoes. One of which features all songs by Madonna and another show features songs by Annie Lennox. But it’s not like he’s dressing up as them, it’s him performing the songs as himself and they’re both beautiful shows.

Why do you think people should come along?

There is nothing like this festival. It’s really unique and it can only happen in Launceston. There’s so much to experience and you’re going to see and hear amazing artists that you have never ever heard or seen before.

MACKENZIE STOLP

Junction Arts Festival runs from September 6 – 10 in Launceston. Full information can be found from the website – www.junctionartsfestival. com.au.

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JUNCTION ARTS FESTIVAL: ACOUSTIC PICNIC THIS YEAR JUNCTION ARTS FESTIVAL PARTNERS UP WITH TASSIE’S PEAK MUSIC BODY MUSIC TASMANIA FOR A LAID BACK PICNIC GIG FEATURING SOME OF TASSIE’S FINEST TALENT. MUSIC TASMANIA WILL PROVIDE THE SUNDAY AFTERNOON SOUNDTRACK AND JUNCTION WILL SERVE UP PIMMS AND CUCUMBER SANDWICHES - A PERFECTLY FITTING WAY TO CELEBRATE THE BEGINNING OF SPRING AND THE FINAL DAY OF JUNCTION ARTS FEST. “THIS IS OUR FIFTH YEAR PRESENTING AT JUNCTION AND I LOVE THAT OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE FESTIVAL CONTINUES TO CHANGE AND GROW” SAYS MUSIC TASMANIA CEO LAURA HARPER. “I’M HOPING FOR WARM SPRING WEATHER IN BEAUTIFUL PRINCES PARK, WITH FAMILIES AND FRIENDS LOUNGING AROUND ON TARTAN BLANKETS, GETTING A GROOVE ON AND ENJOYING THE MUSIC.” The afternoon kicks off at 12pm with the earthy, inspired talents of Launceston songwriter Tom Fowkes. Fletcher Bissett and Taylor Yates from Launceston duo Sundaze will bring summer vibes to an early spring day with their bent brand of surfhaze-rock before the party moves into the Fountain Bar for the infectious pop-folk of Hobart songbird Madelena. Widely celebrated Hobart favourites Seth and the Beautiful Chains will complete the show with their headlining set. “Seth Henderson is one of Tassie’s great songwriters and it’s always a treat to see him play with a full band. It’s a perfect way to finish off a relaxing Junction afternoon” says Laura.

The Acoustic Picnic will follow Junction’s infamous, somewhat inexplicable ‘Tweed Run’ where a parade of tweed-wearing, bike-riding festival-goers head out on parade, following a penny farthing bike on it’s winding journey down to Princes Park. “What makes Junction unique is the way it creates site-specific art and cultural experiences that celebrate and bring the community together in new and interesting ways” says Laura. “Junction also highlights the hidden talents and spaces that can sometime be overlooked in regional areas. It’s such an authentic festival that plays a key role in developing artists and giving audiences a chance to be a participant in the art. Junction have a great commitment to showcasing local music too, so for Music Tasmania it’s about how we collaborate with the festival on different music projects and it gives us an amazing opportunity to connect with Launceston audiences.”

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The Acoustic Picnic features Tom Fowkes, Sundaze, Madalena and Seth Henderson and the Beautiful Chains.

It kicks off at 12pm Sunday September 10 at The Outdoor Stage, Prince’s Square. Entry is free! More information from www.junctionartsfestival.com.au/program/ acoustic-picnic.

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Nightlight

To Book Tickets Tickets are available online at junctionartsfestival.com.au During the Festival tickets can also be Image: Chris Crerar The Fountain Light Show purchased at Prince’s Square and at E T H A N S TA N L E Y performance venues (subject to availability).

Nightlight begins right here! See the Prince’s Square We suggest you arrive as early as possible prior fountain light up in vivid colour and light from to the published times. designer, Ethan Stanley. emerging lighting No booking fees – the price you see is the price you pay!

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JEN BROWN

Let the dreams of an old caravan take you for a Spin around Launceston! Inspired by the photographic panoramas of the city made by Stephen Spirling in the 1890s, the caravan plays a contemporary panorama with its own quirky twists and turns.

Information and full ticketing terms and conditions at junctionartsfestival.com.au Junction supports Companion Cards.

Prince’s Square Box Office Hours TUE 5

11am - 4pm

WED 6

11am - 10pm 11am - 10pm

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Image: Joy Lai and John Dennis

FRI 8

SYCP2017 11am - 10pm

S AT 9

9:30am - 10pm A group of budding young Northern Tasmanian

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S U N 1 0dance 9:30am - 4pm and performance artists will present a showcase of self-devised site-specific performance works developed a choreographic Accommodation andinCar Rentals and mentorship project with nationally and internationally Our friends at Hertz and Hotel Grand Chancellor recognised dance artist Liesel Zink.

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Get ready to light up with street artist and new Sawtooth Director Paul Eggin’s latest creation; a pop-up lightbox installation that glows and moves with you.

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PA U L M U R P H Y

Inspired by nature, Tasmanian wildflowers are the centrepiece of Tamika Bannister’s wonderful installation of soft printed cushions. Filled with luxurious down, the soft furnishings become plump joys of intricate colour, yet completely practical as is nature itself.

Inspired by the stories of Lake Pedder (now a manmade diversion lake created for generating hydroelectric power), emerging designer Paul Murphy has created a series of extraordinary sea-stack inspired sculptures. Made of styrofoam, they are intended to appear as though they are rose quartz formations.

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Species Hotel - A Game Lab

During the Festival tickets can also be purchased at Prince’s Square and at performance venues (subject to availability).

We suggest you arrive as early as possible prior to the published times.

No booking fees – the price you see is the price you pay!

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KIRSTY MÁTÉ

Knit (or crochet) a square in a square! Knit2 invites you to join in and knit a square out of plastic bag waste to create the biggest plastic picnic rug in Launceston! After Junction, the plastic picnic rug will be reused and turned into sleeping mats for local homeless people.

Nightlight

Prince’s Square Box Office Hours TUE 5

11am - 4pm

WED 6

11am - 10pm

THU 7

11am - 10pm

FRI 8

11am - 10pm

S AT 9

9:30am - 10pm

SUN 10

9:30am - 4pm

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M I K E H O R N B LO W & C O L L A B O R AT O R S — V I S I T J U N C T I O N A RT S F E S T I VA L . C O M . A U FOR FULL LIST

An open game lab exploring biodiversity and habitat restoration in the Midlands. Join in to help shape the play terrain, using participatory art and design, virtual landscapes, video and performance.

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Cartoonist Ben Winwood creates bright, vivid and interactive artwork. Join him on Nightlight as he draws live on an illuminated shop window.

Mairi Ward’s paintings are beautiful abstract works composed of intricate layers of overlapping and interlocking forms and colours. She paints intuitively, as a response to the environment she lives in, from the perspective that she is inseparable from it.

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Cartoonist Ben Winwood creates bright, vivid and interactive artwork. Join him on Nightlight as he draws live on an illuminated shop window.

Mairi Ward’s paintings are beautiful abstract works composed of intricate layers of overlapping and interlocking forms and colours. She paints intuitively, as a response to the environment she lives in, from the perspective that she is inseparable from it.

BEN WINWOOD

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Beloved by cabaret, jazz, art and poetry fans alike, the velvet-voiced Edwina Blush is a shape-shifter full of surprises, mystery and allure. Wearing a gilded self-illuminated Queen Bee costume, Edwina will create a performance and installation work around the theme of bees.

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PAIGE TURNER LET’S PAY SOME HOMAGE TO OUR MOST TRUSTED READING FRIENDS, THOSE WHO ARE ABLE TO SUGGEST THE PERFECT BOOK FOR OUR OWN UNIQUE READING REQUIREMENTS, THOSE WHO INTIMATELY UNDERSTAND WHAT WE LIKE TO READ AND EVEN MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHY YOU LIKE TO READ. AND LET’S BE HONEST, THERE ARE NOT MANY OF THOSE KIND OF FRIENDS AROUND. THERE ARE OTHER WAYS IN TO GOOD BOOKS OF COURSE, A MENTION ON THE COVER

BY A TRUSTED WRITER, A REVIEW FROM SOMEONE WHO REVIEWS WITH INTEGRITY – BUT RECENTLY THERE HAVE BEEN A SPATE OF ENDORSEMENTS ON COVERS BY WRITERS I HAVE A LOT OF TIME FOR, BUT THEY ARE ENDORSING VAPID CRAP. I WONDER IF THEY GET PAID FOR AN ENDORSEMENT AND WHETHER OR NOT THEY DO I CALL ON THEM TO HAVE MORE INTEGRITY.

me curious is the Celtic History Studies with Kristen Erskine. The first session is on September 24th and more information can be found at kickstartarts.org/cx.

There are a wonderful array of book launches and events happening around the state, Fullers, as ever has a rich events program and I’m looking forward to being in conversation with Jock Serong about his new book On the Java Range on September 8. They will also be hosting Cazaly, the Legend by Robert Allen on September 21t and that’s surely time for us all to break out the song voce magna. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxM8XB61ZvU. On Saturday, September 2, Fullers will host the first of the Chatter Matters Children’s Reading Series, with speech pathologist, ‘courage facilitator’ and 2017 Tasmanian Australian of the year, Rosie Martin. Storytelling sessions with the aim of helping kids develop language and communication skills. For more information about the above events contact Fullersbookshop.com.au

September in Tasmania is full of excellent ways to celebrate the written word. To begin with, it is the sesquicentennial of Island magazine (this means they are publishing their 150th edition this month). In a state with such low literacy, that there has been such a sustained celebration of the written word is to be celebrated loudly.

Kickstart Arts are running their diverse Creative Exchange and one particular event that has made

The Tasmanian Writers and Readers Festival is running between September 14-17 and features some interesting looking panels and workshops. Guests include Omar Sakr, one of the most exciting poets on the ground in Australia, and writer and feminist Clementine Ford,– eloquent, considered and smart. Alongside the program of speakers, the festival is also offering a series of workshops including one with Maria Tumarkin, whose collection of essays, Courage, I adore.

The festival does have some gems on the menu, though it is very safe programming, especially when you look at the diversity at recent mainland festivals. The Writers Centre did not receive any funding during Arts Tasmania’s latest round. I hope this challenge offers the centre an

opportunity for introspection and to revivify and diversify. I would love to see the Centre as a hub that truly celebrates literature and literacy across the board, and to advocate for the burgeoning and exciting literary communities. I must state I was a peer assessor though had no part in the final funding decision and the above is in the public domain.

Hobart Bookshop is also hosting some good looking events in September, including the launch of Margaret Lea Wallace’s Bruny Island Bounty on Thursday 21st at 5.30. This will be launched by Pete Hay and is a book that will take you on a journey around the island to experience dynamic land, sea and skyscapes, and abundant wildlife with every species of bird endemic to Tasmania.

Hobart Bookshop is hosting the double launch of Jane William’s new poetry collection Parts of the Main, along with Ian Kennedy William’s short story collection Leaving the Comfort Zone, on September 7 www.hobartbookshop.com.au/upcoming/.

Up North at Haus Creative there is a Q&A for Jo Green’s S^ORD on September 9th at 2pm. For further information check out Haus Creative on Facebook.

Christine Matheson Green is launching her book Theatre Of War. With 10 restaurants and 2 cooking schools behind her, Christine shares the trials and despair of being a female boss in a man’s world. She fed celebrities and crime lords, and it was a risky, busy life. Check out www.justthesizzle.com.

Forty South, as well as being the biggest publisher in Tasmania also publish Tasmania 40° South magazine and are generous to the literary community, running and auspicing various writers awards. They have recently announced the winter and finalists for the Tasmanian Writers’ Prize 2017. The anthology will be launched by James Dryburgh at the Writers and Readers Festival.

And, on September 1 the beautiful Wild Island Gallery will host the launch of the pictured book, Magic Land, featuring images remastered, and many unseen for a long while, of one of the maestros of Tasmanian wilderness photographer, Peter Dombrovskis.

RACHEL EDWARDS

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BOOK REVIEW

THE BALFOUR CORRESPONDENT

BY JAMES DRYBURGH IN MANY PLACES ACROSS OUR ISLAND THERE ARE TOWNS AND CAMPS AND DWELLINGS THAT HAVE SUNK BACK INTO THE EARTH, THERE ARE HUT DEPRESSIONS AND EXTANT CHIMNEYS AND, IN SOME PLACES ARCHES THAT STAND AMONGST NEWER SAPLINGS OF EUCALYPTS. THERE ARE MIDDENS AND DAFFODILS, PATCHES OF NAKED LADIES AND ARUM LILIES, AND THERE ARE GRAVESTONES THAT HAVE BEEN SWALLOWED BY BUSH AND ERODED

BY WAVES. Balfour is one of those places, now almost folded completely back into the damp bush from whence it rose, another lost, another vanished mining town in the northwest of the state. It is also one that we can celebrate again, or at least get a sense of what it was like, with the publication of this beautiful new book, The Balfour Correspondent by James Dryburgh.

Dryburgh, who is best known for his informed and well written, often political essays ‘found’ Sylvia McArthur in her letters to The Weekly Courier, which she wrote early last century. She wrote six letters, and then she died a few days after her 15th birthday, most likely of typhoid. She was buried in Balfour, where her grave still stands amongst the encroaching bush today.

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curious spirit. The structure of the book is primarily a correspondence between then and now, with Dryburgh writing back through the ages, addressing Sylvia and her long lost town. Sylvia was 14 when she moved with her family to Balfour, her first letter describes the lengthy and convoluted journey her family made to get to Balfour, which is described as “new, wet, rude and remote,” by Dryburgh.

Sylvia, like many people of her day (early in the 1900s) read the children’s pages, or the ‘Young Folks’ pages of Launceston’s Weekly Courier, and indeed she wrote in to the paper becoming known as the eponymous Balfour correspondent, just as other children around the nascent state did. She recounted in a lovely unassuming manner her daily life in the town, her trip down the mine her father worked in, her naughty little brother and even, delightfully, what books she was reading.

The book design is also gorgeous. A slim red hardcover, with a painting of a young girl by Barbie Kjar on the cover, which revealed itself to be eerily reminiscent of Sylvia herself, but only after completion of the painting, and a photo of the girl herself unearthed. The hardcover adds a fine heft to the beauty of this publication, as do the inclusion of maps from the time, and some lovely line drawings by Rachel Tribout.

The book even contains photographs of Sylvia that she has written about her in correspondence Despite the fact that it is made clear from the outset that Sylvia died young, I was still crying by the end. There is something delicate and simple about the premise of the book, and it is a reminder of our impermanence. Dryburgh handles her life with sensitivity and I recalled the line from Blake “to see a world in a grain of sand and a heaven in a wild flower,” in

so far as the simple correspondence between a man in 2017, and a girl who died in 1912 has afforded us a greater insight into the human condition.

This is a book that is published by the Bob Brown Foundation, and all profits are returned to the foundation. As Bob writes in his introduction “His (Dryburgh’s) empathy for the beauty and tragedy of Sylvia’s life is her redemption”. It is true, it is her redemption, and our gain.

I challenge anyone to not be moved by this exquisite tome.

RACHEL EDWARDS

Arts THEATRE

ULG BY MUDLARK THEATRE THE THEATRE PRODUCTION CREATING A BUZZ AROUND THIS YEAR’S JUNCTION ARTS FESTIVAL IS THE AWARD WINNING ULG, A PLAY EXPLORING THE DEPTHS OF HUMOUR IN FAMILY DYNAMICS. SET ON THE DAY OF ARTHUR FRIEDMAN’S MEMORIAL SERVICE, IT FOLLOWS THE FRIEDMAN’S AS THEY PREPARE TO SAY GOODBYE TO THE FAMILY PATRIARCH FOR THE FINAL TIME. ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING ASPECTS OF ULG IS THE ROVING THEATRE EXPERIENCE IT OFFERS MUDLARK THEATRE’S AUDIENCES.

“ULG explores ideas of life, death, education and the lies we tell ourselves and each other just to stay sane” explains Mudlark Theatre Director Gerard Lane. “Working on new work in a non-conventional theatre setting makes for exciting possibilities. Often as theatre makers we’re asked to take our audience on a journey whilst being stationary in a theatre. In this instance we’re literally moving our audience through various locations and times so when they come along for the ride, the journey is the thing that makes ULG a must watch piece of theatre. The writing is also beautiful and specifically tailored to Launceston audiences.” says Lane.

Mudlark is a key Tasmanian regional theatre company, founded by co-artistic directors Jane Johnson and Carrie Mclean in 2004. The Launceston based company is dedicated to creating new work in regional centres throughout Tasmania, producing fresh professional theatre works and developing new scripts and artists on an ongoing basis. ULG also follows Mudlark’s ethos of supporting new writers, as it showcases Launceston local writing talent Lyndon Rigall. “I said yes to doing this project before I saw any script” explains Lane. “I’d been an audience member for Mudlark’s production of the One Day project for Ten Days on the Island and distinctly remember Lyndon’s piece that he wrote in twelve hours called Daybreak about two sisters at a funeral for their mother.

I was taken with how well balanced the piece was in managing to convey both touching pathos and hilarious wit. So I jumped at the chance to work with both the writer, production manager and Artistic Director Darren Willmott and with Mudlark Theatre Company.”

When you’re heading out to a performance of ULG, the pro tip from the director is to dress for walking and the ever-unpredictable Launceston weather. “The standard Tassie uniform is encouraged - puffer jackets beanies and scarves!” says Lane. “Pick up on the signals the actors give you and follow their instructions to stay safe and get ready to have a lot of fun!

AMANDA VAN ELK ULG performances take place on Thursday September 7 at 8.30pm, Saturday September 9 at 8.30pm and Sunday September 10. (Ages 12+ only) Tickets available from www.junctionartsfestival.com.au/ tickets/u-l-g.

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ISLAND REACHES 150th MILESTONE SESQUICENTENARY – ROLL YOUR TONGUES AROUND THAT FINE WORD FOR A MOMENT SESQUICENTENARY.

It is Island magazine’s sesquicentenarial edition this season, its 150th. A significant issue to mark a magazine that began its life as The Tasmanian Review in June 1979.

It includes the work of Andrew Sant, one of the magazine’s first editors as well as work from Cassandra Pybus who was editor in the early 1990s, her tenure not without controversy and one that still has tendrils in our literary community today.

the reader can experience her Tiefenzeit in a form different than on the gallery walls. There is fiction from Amanda Lohrey, who has been involved with the publication to varying degrees from day one. As from day one, there are topical essays, 150 featuring work from Behrouz Boochani, ‘Chanting of Crickets, Ceremonies of Cruelty’. Berhrouz is a Kurdish-Iranian journalist and he is detained on Manus Island.

Island has seen the first published works of many of the country’s most respected writers, indeed many who have graced the contents have been recognised internationally. It has been the first publication outlet for figures in our broader literary community, including Amanda Lohrey, James Boyce and Richard Flanagan, many of these folk published in earlier iterations and as the years have passed. Recent publications have seen work from Susie Greenhill, winner of the Richell Prize for Emerging Writers and Robbie Arnott, who has recently signed a contract for a novel with Text.

My favourite edition is issue 63. Mainly because of the perfect incongruity of the cover image, It is Michael Mansell, Tasmanian Aboriginal Activist, meeting the Queen. Inside Henry Reynolds interviews Mansell, alongside an essay

by Richard Flanagan ‘The Stars and the Mountain’ and poetry from Tony Birch ‘Ladies’ Lounge’.

The other edition I adore is 125, featuring the painting ‘The Collector’ by Geoff Dyer of David Walsh, standing bloody and indignant, flanked by slabs of meat from one of his collection. This edition was produced under the watchful eye of Sarah Kanowski, who suffered the indignity, new in her tenure, to have lost funding from Arts Tasmania. The literary community not only of Tasmania, but from around Australia rallied to save the magazine. It was beautiful to see that support rising.

The first issue states that the two criteria which determine the selection of material are “excellence and variety” and these factors remain the same after nearly forty years of publishing. It includes an essay about Creativity and the Australian Media

by Michael Denholm, one of the founders, whose work today on Tasmanian literary history will become an important resource for us all in future.

A recent initiative of the magazine has been a wise partnership with Chatter Matters, opening, acknowledging and working with our state of illiteracy, to celebrate reading and writing in all its forms. Island is a beautiful, relevant and crucial publication and while I’ll toast the sesquicentenary, I’d also like to toast the tercentenary: quinquennial, and the quatercentenary. Oh such lovely words.

In contrast to the purely black and white first edition, and though the magazine has existed in many forms, for decades under the wise design eye of Lynda Warner, the magazine now sits comfortably alongside stylish design magazines, and it wears its arts on its sleeve. 150 features the endlessly fascinating and arcane work of Tricky Walsh and I’m so glad that we,

RACHEL EDWARDS

THEATRE

PAPILLON ELENA KIRSCHBAUM, IN HER ROLE AS CREATIVE PRODUCER OF CIRCUS-VAUDEVILLE SHOW PAPILLON, KNOWS WHAT AUDIENCES WANT. WITH CO-CREATOR IDRIS STANTON, THEY’VE MADE A SHOW THAT’S BEEN RUNNING SEVERAL YEARS NOW AND IS CONSTANTLY REINVENTING ITSELF TO KEEP PUNTERS INTERESTED. IT’S A CREATIVE ENDEAVOUR THAT BOTH WOWS AND ENTERTAINS AUDIENCE MEMBERS WITH SKILL, HUMOUR AND BEAUTY (AS WELL AS THE FRANKLY AMAZING FEATS THAT THE HUMAN BODY CAN UNDERTAKE), AND IT’S FINALLY COMING TO TASSIE! KIRSCHBAUM- ALSO ONE OF THE PERFORMERS- EXPLAINS WHAT MAKES THE SHOW SO INTERESTING.

“Papillon has been around for four years now, the season in Hobart is really close to our four-year anniversary, which is nice. We’ve just had such fantastic responses, that’s what’s been driving and keeping the show alive.”

“We call it a circus cabaret show” she explains, on how best to categorize such a mixed-bag of a gig. “it’s circus and live music, we have a singer and a musiciansometimes they have a solo piece where it’s just the song, but most of the time, it’s blended into the circus. It’s circus, but we utilise sideshow comedy, old-style vaudeville-type performances; we say it;s ‘vintage circus meets comedy meets cabaret’. We’ve tried to make a show that has something for everyone. There’s some really beautiful and spectacular moments, acoustic moments, beautiful songs, it doesn’t take itself at all seriously; it’s the kind of show where the audience gets to know the performers.”

“All the performers have a lot of character and charisma on stage and there’s a sense of fun and silliness. We’re real people; even when things are beautiful or amazing or spectacular, there’s still a sense of fun. As a group, we don’t take ourselves too seriously, we love making things that are funny and accessible.”

“It’s changed a lot.” she notes. “We haven’t tried to keep exactly the same show; whenever we go back to a city, we

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try to change the show a bit, so people can see something completely new. Now we can pick and choose our favourites for Hobart- it’ll be the best of the best, we think.”

As a long-time producer and performer (Kirschbaum is a juggler, acrobat and the world’s only female chainsaw juggler!), she once tried her hand at more typical careers, but it appears the circus life was meant to be.

“When I look back, I think I was destined to do this.” she muses. “I had dabbled in circus and magic when I was younger, I always loved the circus. It never occurred to me that it was something I could do as a career; I was never interested in being a traditional actor, but I rediscovered circus as a young adult. I didn’t see it coming, but now I look back, I’m so glad I wasn’t too scared to go for it; with any nontraditional career, there’s a lot of people who would love to go into but don’t ‘cause it’s pretty intimidating.”

LISA DIB

Papillon plays at the Theatre Royal Wednesday October 11 to Friday October 13. Tickets available from www.theatreroyal.com.au.

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Gallery Guide

performing arts Guide

South Bett Gallery August 31 – September 18 Poets and Painters September 7 – September 10 Sydney Contemporary Art Fair September 22 – October 9 Les Blakebrough Colville Gallery September 1 Kate Piekutowski September 3 Paul Gundry September 22 Effie Pryer, Sebastian Gallaway September 24 Eloise Kirk (Gallery 2) Handmark Gallery August 11 – September 4 New Works nspired by ‘The Body’ - Katina Gavalas, lex Pitt & Frances Watkins September 8 – September 25 New Paintings and Ceramics – Nick Gladerite & Zsolt Faludi September 29 – November 16 New Paintings - Peter Gouldthorpe Henry Jones Art Hotel August 30 – November 1 he Big Bang - Steve Woodbury Despard Gallery August 23 – September 17 Simon Cuthbert and Micheila Petersfield September 6 – September 10 Sydney Contemporary Art Fair – Patrick Hall, Lucia Usmiani, Josh Foley, Graham Lang, Jenny Orchard September 20 – October 15 Matthew Simms Salamanca Arts Centre Top Gallery September 2 – September 24 Earth Designs – Sandra Petersen Sidespace Gallery September 1 – September 17 ROOTS: Art About Place Lightbox September 1 – September 30 Blessed Bones – Susan Bronner-Loan Long Gallery September 2 – September 16 RACT Insurance Tasmanian Portrait Prize September 23 – October 15 Proof of Life Moonah Arts Centre August 24 – September 16 Stories from the Brooker Highway

SOUTH August 24 – September 16 Push, Pull, ress – Jennifer Marshall, Milan ilojevic, Dr Yvonne Rees-Pagh September 21 – October 14 Becoming Home – Dean Chatwin September 21 – October 14 Homage to a Burdened Creature – Gabbee Stolp Contemporary Art Tasmania September 9 – September 24cShotgun 6: Mock Sun – Nadege Philippe-Janon TMAG July 28 – November 5 The Derwent

NORTH Handmark Evandale September 2 – September 20 Still Life Exhibition – Handmark Artists September 24 – November 11 New Works on Paper – Diane Masters Burnie Regional Gallery August 19 – September 14 The Advocate Gift September 23 – October 14 Mancell Financial Group 2017 TasArt Devonport Regional Gallery September 2 – October 22 Between Fire and Flood - Troy Ruffels Gallery Pejean August 9 – September 2 Cultural Protagonist – Kate Piekutowski September 6 – September 30 Tasmanian Prospects – John Gill Sawtooth Front Gallery September 1 – 23 Slow Violence - Catherine Phillips Middle Gallery September 1 – 23 Doing the same thing over and over again - Alex Davern Project Gallery September 1 – 23 Moving On - Pamela Horsley Dark Space Gallery September 1 – 23 Curated works as part of Tivaf 2017 (Tasmanian Internationa video Art Festival) Gatespace Gallery September 1 – 23 Curated works as part of Tivaf 2017

COMEDY The Polish Corner September 6 Gavin Baskerville + Anna Kidd + More September 13 Jodie J Hill + More September 20 Rusty Berther + More September 27 Gillian English + More Brisbane Hotel September 28 Cult Comedy Republic Bar September 21 The Clubhouse with Claire Hooper Theatre Royal September 30 Frenchy: Unleashed

THEATRE / Performance Theatre Royal September 1 – September 2 CROON: Hollywood to Broadway September 8 – September 9 Bakersfield Mist September 14 The Challenge of Freedom September 22 Doug Parkinson Honours Joe Cocker September 23 Beats on Pointe Peacock Theatre September 14 – September 24 The Addams Family

Wrest Point Entertainment Centre September 2 Cirque Africa

NORTH COMEDY Royal Oak September 22 FRESH COMEDY w Claire Hooper

THEATRE / Performance Princess Theatre September 10 The Wiggles: Wiggle Around Australia Tour!

September 12 Bakersfield Mist September 28 – October 7 Launceston Festival of Dance Earl Arts Centre September 20 – September 24 The Season At Sarsaparilla Albert Hall September 27 – September 28 Singfest 2017 Burnie Arts Centre September 14 – September 23 The Snow Queen Devonport Entertainment Centre September 5 Bakersfield Mist September 23 Doug Parkinson Honours Joe Cocker September 28 Captain Active

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THE BIG BANG – STEVE WOODBURY

Combining training in sport and pain recovery and experience with Zen, has led Steve to a deep interest in conscious and unconscious processing. With over 27 individual exhibitions and numerous group shows over a twenty years career, his work can be found in public and private collections throughout the world. Merging traditional philosophies and experimental media in his work, Steve reinvigorates the weighted, historical concerns of calligraphy, language and the nature of perception and meaning within a contemporary painting practice. Through the fusion of

ancient analogue and contemporary digital communication, comes a unique extension of the calligraphic lineages of information transfer and gesture, which questions the nature of memory, language and perception.

“The juxtaposition of the ancient material of gunpowder fused into contemporary substrates becomes the ultimate Zen moment, where unseen universal forces remove the added material to leave a trace of that.”

The Big Bang runs through all of September and October in The Packing Room, The Henry Jones Art Hotel, 25 Hunter Street, Hobart.

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Event Guide

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The Duke

Harvest Moon 7:30pm

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The Stragglers, Dominic Francis Grief Ensemble, Ryan Garth & Emily Wolfe 9pm

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Jerome Hillier 9pm

The Homestead

Brisbane Hotel

Back: Technobrats Presents: Psybrag - Twig Snapper + Loagsta + Sporangia + Kireesh

The Whaler

Brisbane Hotel

Front: Salad Boyz (NZ) + Bert Shirt + Andie Laureson

Dylan Eynon, Dean Stevenson & Dave Wilson 7:30pm

Waterman’s Beer Market

Jonathan Warwarek 7pm

Federation Concert Hall

Gomyo + Bruch 7:30pm

Willie Smith’s Apple Shed

Scott Haigh 6pm

Grand Poobah

Dusk till Dawn: Purew, Soupy Mess, Session B, OOC, Bear Cub & Fotti

Birdcage Bar

Billy and Jamie 9pm

Brisbane Hotel

The Odeon Theatre

Illy

Front: Swhat (Vic) + Ultra Martian + Final Broadcast

Onyx Bar

Catch Club 10:30pm

Carlyle Hotel

Isaac Westwood 8pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Enola Fall + Lazer Baby + August Wolfbiter + Seth Henderson (solo) 10pm

Odeon Theatre

Vera Blue - Mended Tour

Republic Bar & Cafe

24Seven 10pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Legally Blinde 7:30pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Random Act 7:30pm

The Duke

Harvest Moon 7:30pm

Waterman’s Beer Market

No Balance Required 9pm

The Whaler

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

Waterman’s Beer Market

Tim Davies 7pm

Willie Smith’s Apple Shed

La Zingara Trio 6pm

Birdcage Bar

The Darlings 9pm

Brisbane Hotel

KING (Vic) + Ruins + Black Helm + Permafrog

Carlyle Hotel

DJ Foxy with Karaoke 8pm

Granada Tavern

Gypsy Rose 8pm

Grand Poobah

Tom Tilley (triple j)

Grand Poobah

Sleepyheads, Kat Edwards & Dog Dreams in The Kissing Room

Odeon Theatre

Client Liaison + official afterparty

Republic Bar & Cafe

Ali Barter 10pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Sticks and Kane 7:30pm

The Homestead

Bad Dad Orchestra + Mocane 9pm

The Whaler

Parlour Band 9pm

Waterman’s Beer Market

Legally Blinde 9pm

Brisbane Hotel

Brissie Bingo

Granada Tavern

Live Music & Entertainment All Day

Republic Bar & Cafe

Whabash Avenue 8:30pm

Willie Smith’s Apple Shed

Saturday

9

Sunday

10

Republic Bar & Cafe

Zuma 2:30pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Tim & Scott 8:30pm

Monday

11

Republic Bar & Cafe

Quiz Night 8:15pm

Tuesday

12

Federation Concert Hall

Tripod + The TSO 7:30pm

Grand Poobah

Rock Challenge Tasmania - Southern Heat

Republic Bar & Cafe

Pat Berechree 8:30pm

The Duke

Dukebox Audition Jam 7:30pm

The Homestead

Funky Bunch Trivia 7pm

Birdcage Bar

Billy and Randal 8:30pm

Grand Poobah

Session B

Irish Murphy’s

Noteworthy: David McEldowney, Matt Dean, Cas 8pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Rockpool 8:30pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Tony Mak 7pm

The Duke

Duke Quiz

Birdcage Bar

Lyn Thomas 8:30pm

Brisbane Hotel

James Morrison Ac ademy Honours Ensemble (SA)

Grand Poobah

Karaoke with Ocean Man & The Great Muldavio 9pm

Sunday Session: Ben Salter 1pm

Irish Murphy’s

The Bootleg Gin Sluggers 9pm The Seratones 8:30pm

Wednesday

Thursday

13

14

Monday

4

Republic Bar & Cafe

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

Republic Bar & Cafe

Tuesday

5

Republic Bar & Cafe

Sam Forsyth 8:30pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Billy Whitton & Jamie Taylor 6:30pm

The Duke

Hobart Blues Club - Katy Raucher and The Spectrums 7:30pm

The Duke

Jay Jerome

The Homestead

Ol’ Gobberts Bingo with Boomers 8pm

The Homestead

Funky Bunch Trivia 7pm

Waterman’s Beer Market

Unlocked 6pm

Birdcage Bar

Kalo and Randal 8:30pm

Birdcage Bar

Rum Jungle 9pm

Irish Murphy’s

Noteworthy: Eve Gowan, Hannah May Duo, Scott Haigh 8pm

Brisbane Hotel

Wharves

Republic Bar & Cafe

The Blues Underground 8:30pm

Grand Poobah

Carl Renshaw (Single Launch), Celeste Meincke & James Nutting (Black Hole Sugar)

The Brunswick Hotel

Miss Jones Plays 7pm

Grand Poobah

The Duke

Duke Quiz

Sleaze, The Venus Figurines and Pop Noi’Sop in The Kissing Room

The Homestead

Tech Sessions feat: Hobarts finest dj’s 9pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Boil Up (Reggae & Funk) 10pm

Birdcage Bar

Dance in a Shoebox 8:30pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Isaac Westwood 7:30pm

Federation Concert Hall

Sounds of the Silver Screen 7:30pm

The Homestead

Mangus + supports 9pm

Grand Poobah

Karaoke with Ocean Man & The Great Muldavio 9pm

The Whaler

Finn Seccombe Duo, The Bootleg Gin Sluggers 7:30pm

Irish Murphy’s

Art School Bullies 9pm

Waterman’s Beer Market

Tim Davies 7pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Billy Warner 8:30pm

Willie Smith’s Apple Shed

Kat Edwards 6pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Sam Forsyth 6:30pm

Birdcage Bar

Matt Edmunds 9pm Back: Inebrious Bastards (NSW) + NowyourefuckeD + Ironhawk + TerrorBrawl

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

24

6

7

8

Friday

Saturday

15

16

The Duke

Jay Jerome

Brisbane Hotel

The Homestead

The Inaugural Ol’ Gobberts Bingo with Boomers 8pm

Brisbane Hotel

Front: Hyperdonia + Lunar Rampage

Waterman’s Beer Market

Unlocked 6pm

Brisbane Hotel

Front: Late Night Krackieoke

Birdcage Bar

Tim and Scott 9pm

Carlyle Hotel

Goodfellas 8pm

Brisbane Hotel

Back: Vices (Syd) + Conveyer (USA) + Homesick (Syd) + Break Through

Grand Poobah

Demuja, Flac, Curlicue

Republic Bar & Cafe

MUDU: Tyrant + Mountains of Madness + Truck Show + Rogue Sharks + Roadkill + Tax Department + Black Bunny 9pm

Brisbane Hotel

Front: Late Night Krackieoke

Grand Poobah

Black Hole Sugar (EP Launch) with Ani Lou, Lasca Dry and Carl Renshaw

The Brunswick Hotel

Jonathan & Alan 7:30pm

Odeon Theatre

Dan Sultan - Killer Tour

The Homestead

Republic Bar & Cafe

Jungle Giants 9:30pm

Why Symposium Launch Party feat. Max Power, Cheif Get Down + more 9:30pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Gabriele Dagrezio 7:30pm

Waratah Hotel

Meg Mac - Low Blows Tour

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Sunday

17

Venue

Acts / Start Time

Waterman’s Beer Market

Cam Stuart 9pm

Wrest Point Entertainment Centre

Elvis to the Max

Brisbane Hotel

Brissie Bingo

Brisbane Hotel Republic Bar & Cafe

Venue

Acts / Start Time

The Homestead

Funky Bunch Trivia 7pm

Birdcage Bar

Fiona Whitla 8:30pm

Irish Murphy’s

Noteworthy: Bryce Tilyard, Nick Machin, Ian Murtagh 8pm

Jym Spurr & Broken Face

Republic Bar & Cafe

The Darlings 8:30pm

The Great Anticipators 2:30pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Billy Whitton & Jamie Taylor 7pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Peter Hicks & The Blues Licks 8:30pm

The Duke

Duke Quiz

Waratah Hotel

Meg Mac - Low Blows Tour - 2nd Hobart Show!

Theatre Royal

Tina Arena - Innocence to Understanding: Greatest Hits Tour

Birdcage Bar

Billy and Jamie 8:30pm

Grand Poobah

Karaoke with Ocean Man & The Great Muldavio 9pm

Irish Murphy’s

The Surreal Estate Agents 9pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

The Patron Saints 8:30pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Karly Fisher 6:30pm

The Duke

Jay Jerome

The Homestead

Ol’ Gobberts Bingo with Boomers 8pm

Waterman’s Beer Market

Unlocked 6pm

Birdcage Bar

Angela Bryan Duo 9pm

Brisbane Hotel

The Midways (Rorshach Album Launch) w/ Ultra Martian + The Protagonists + Babylon Howl

Federation Concert Hall

Harold in Italy 7:30pm

Grand Poobah

Drunk Elk w/ Bert Shirt & Dolphin

Republic Bar & Cafe

The Saxons + The Surreal Estate Agents + Paper Souls + Guests 10pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Jonathan & Alan 7:30pm

The Duke

Mama K and the Big Love 8pm

The Homestead

Kashkin 9pm

The Whaler

Dylan Eynon, Dean Stevenson & Dave Wilson 7:30pm

Waterman’s Beer Market

Tim Davies 7pm

Monday

18

Republic Bar & Cafe

Montz Matsumoto 8:30pm

Tuesday

19

Republic Bar & Cafe

Billy Whitton 8:30pm

The Duke

Jazz Jam Jar 7:30pm

The Homestead

Funky Bunch Trivia 7pm

Birdcage Bar

Les Coqs 8:30pm

Irish Murphy’s

Noteworthy: Celeste Meincke, Madalena, Dan Vandermeer 8pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Dave Wilson Band 8:30pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Billy Whitton & Jamie Taylor 7pm

The Duke

Duke Quiz

The Homestead

Dub in The Pub

Wrest Point Showroom

Matt Ives & His Big Band

Birdcage Bar

Finn Seccombe 8:30pm

Grand Poobah

Karaoke with Ocean Man & The Great Muldavio 9pm

Irish Murphy’s

Radio Silence 9pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Dean Stevenson & Dave Wilson 9pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Miss Jones Plays 6:30pm

The Duke

Jay Jerome

The Homestead

Ol’ Gobberts Bingo with Boomers 8pm

Waterman’s Beer Market

Unlocked 6pm

Birdcage Bar

Ani and Nick 9pm

Brisbane Hotel

SKUMFEST - SICK TIMES (GER) + STARVING MILLIONS (NZ) + DISPARO (NSW) + NOWYOUREFUCKED + UNCLE GEEZER + MICHAEL CRAFTER (NSW) + GRUDGE (VIC) + DEAD ROOT (VIC) + TERRORBRAWL + BREAK THROUGH + AL’S TOY BARN

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

20

21

22

23

24

Date Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

27

28

29

30

Willie Smith’s Apple Shed

Jess and Geo 6pm

Birdcage Bar

Sambo and Jimi 9pm

Brisbane Hotel

Break Through (HOB EP Launch) + Overpower (Vic) + Plague of Sickness (Laun) + Cover (Hob) + View Point (Burn) + Dier (Burn)

Carlyle Hotel

Dirty Birds 8pm

Grand Poobah

Dusk Till Dawn: Mat Cant, Dynomite Drew, OOC, Nick Brown, Session B, Fotti and OGP and Bearcub

Federation Concert Hall

Norwegian Moods 2:30pm

Grand Poobah

The Lyrebirds in The Kissing Room

Republic Bar & Cafe

Guilty As Charged & Hobart Funk Collective 10pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Random Act 7:30pm

The Duke

Harvest Moon 7:30pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

SHONEN KNIFE + Babylon Howl 10pm

The Homestead

Vanguard 9pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Legally Blinde 7:30pm

The Whaler

Dylan Eynon, The Bootleg Gin Sluggers 7:30pm

Waterman’s Beer Market

No Balance Required 9pm

Willie Smith’s Apple Shed

James Parry Band 6pm

Birdcage Bar

Tony Voglino 9pm

Brisbane Hotel

Back - Devil Electric (Vic) + Mountains of Madness + Dog Dreams + Woe

Brisbane Hotel

Front - Squid Fishing + Art School Bullies + Alexander Jones & Band + Tim Chivers

Carlyle Hotel

Dirty Birds 8pm

Granada Tavern

Goodfellas

Grand Poobah

Psycho Beach Party with Eddie n The Low Tides & Valkyries

Republic Bar & Cafe

Everburn 10pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Gabriele Dagrezio 7:30pm

The Whaler

The Parlour Band 9pm

Waterman’s Beer Market

Bianca & Dan 9pm

Wrest Point Showroom

Johnny Young & Normie Rowe - High Times & Big Hits

Brisbane Hotel

Brissie Bingo

Brisbane Hotel

Arsenic & Old Lace (Vic) + Amy Kendall

Republic Bar & Cafe

Kashkin CD Launch 2:30pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Hui & The Muse 8:30pm

The Longley International Hotel

The Wolfe Brothers & Straalen

Monday

25

Hobart Town Hall

Nicholas Alstaedt & Aleksandar Madzar

Republic Bar & Cafe

Quiz Night 8:15pm

Tuesday

26

Republic Bar & Cafe

Ross Sermons 8:30pm

The Duke

Ruby Austin-Lund 7:30pm

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Launceston Date

Venue

Acts / Start Time

SEPTEMBER Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Wednesday

1

2

3

6

Club 54

Trent Bell + Jesse Teinaki

The Royal Oak

Public Bar - DAVE ADAMS & The Purple Cane Church 9pm

Club 54

Illy + Citizen Kay

Hotel Tasmania

The Wolfe Brothers + Straalen

The Royal Oak

Public Bar - Mick Attard & Friends 9pm

The Royal Oak

Public Bar - Open Folk Seisiun - Celtic, Blues, World Music 5pm

Bakers Lane

Laneway Sessions: August Wolfbiter, Invaders, Trent Buchanan

The Royal Oak

Public Bar - Isla Ka + Elliot Courtnage 9pm

Date 28

The Royal Oak

Public Bar - Matthew Dames - Direct from The Edinburgh Fringe Festival 9pm

Friday

29

The Royal Oak

Public Bar - Eve Gown + Angus Austin + Brody Greg 9pm

The Greenwood Bar

Psychosis- Trance night

The Royal Oak

Boat Shed - THE MIDWAYS w Paper Souls + Pop Noi Sop + Jesterpose 8:30pm

Saturday

Date

The Royal Oak

Public Bar - Gabriele Dagrezio (Classic Covers) 9pm

Friday

8

The Royal Oak

Public Bar - Raj Singh (Modern Covers) 9pm

Saturday

9

Albert Hall

TSO: Sounds of the Silver Screen 7:30pm

Club 54

Dan Sultan, William Crighton + supports

Saturday

The Royal Oak

Public Bar - Max Hillman Showband 9pm

The Greenwood Bar

The Cinema

The Wolfe Brothers, Brett Collidge & Straalen

2

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

Art Supplies (QLD)

Friday

8

Ulverstone

Gnomon Pavilion

Jay and the Wayward, Nick Turner 5:30pm

The Revenge of the Ringmasters!

Sunday

10

Burnie

Burnie Arts Centre

Virtuosi Tasmania

Monday

11

Devonport

Tapas Lounge Bar

Rock Challenge Heat

Tuesday

12

Ulverstone

Gnomon Pavilion

The James Morrison Academy Honours Ensemble 7:30pm

Wednesday

13

Bakers Lane

Laneway Sessions: The Prickly Grapes, Angus Austin, Nick Bennett

The Royal Oak

Boat Shed - Jazz Club Special Event 8:30pm

Sunday

17

15

Ulverstone

Gnomon Pavilion

Ruthless 5:30pm Slow Descent W/ Cardinels, Paper Souls & Without Fail

Club 54

Meg Mac

Friday

22

Ulverstone

The Royal Oak

Boat Shed - GUTHRIE + THE ROYAL ARTILLERY + EVIL TWIN 8:30pm

Gnomon Pavilion

Next Please, Bella and Charlotte, Dylan Boys 5:30pm

Devonport

Club 54

Rick and Morty Party

Tapas Lounge Bar

Delicious Event: Kate Fox & Rui.

The Royal Oak

Public Bar - Tim Gambles (Vox/ Bass/Keyboards Solo!) 9pm

The Royal Oak

Public Bar - Open Folk Seisiun - Celtic, Blues, World Music 5pm

The Royal Oak

Public Bar - Andy Collins Solo (Classic Covers) 9pm

Club 54

Rock Challenge Final

The Royal Oak

Public Bar - The Hat & The Horn 9pm

The Greenwood Bar

Guthrie + Devil Electric + Dog Dreams + Woe

The Royal Oak

Public Bar - Mick Attard 9pm

The Royal Oak

Public Bar - Miss Katy Hanson 9pm

The Greenwood Bar

The Deathgate Release Shows

The Royal Oak

Public Bar - Open Folk Seisiun - Celtic, Blues, World Music 5pm

Tuesday

26

Princess Theatre

Tina Arena - Innocence to Understanding: Greatest Hits Tour 7:30pm

Wednesday

27

Bakers Lane

Laneway Sessions: The Protagonists + guests

The Royal Oak

Public Bar - Open Mic Night - 4 Spots Available 9pm

26

Friday

Tapas Lounge Bar

Laneway Sessions: The Disorders, Dark Matter of Storytelling, Charlie Pyecroft

24

The Royal Artillery

Devonport

Bakers Lane

Sunday

Tapas Lounge Bar

16

20

23

Devonport

Saturday

Wednesday

Saturday

14

Public Bar - BrodyGreg (Genuine Originals and Tasty Covers) 9pm

Public Bar - SLAMDUGGERY Poetry Slam 8:30pm

22

Thursday

The Royal Oak

The Royal Oak

Friday

1

Rock Challenge Heat

18

21

Friday

Club 54

Monday

Thursday

SEPTEMBER

Burnie

Public Bar - Open Folk Seisiun - Celtic, Blues, World Music 5pm

16

Acts / Start Time

Bad Dad Orchestra 5:30pm

The Royal Oak

Saturday

Venue

Gnomon Pavilion

10

15

TOWN

Ulverstone

Sunday

Friday

30

NORTH WEST

7

14

Acts / Start Time

Thursday

Thursday

Thursday

Venue

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23

Queenstown

Queenstown Memorial Hall

The Wolfe Brothers + Straalen

Friday

29

Ulverstone

Gnomon Pavilion

Georgina Harvey and Da Jazz Boiz, Denni Sulzberger 5:30pm

September Wed 6th Isla Ka + Elliot Courtnage ~ Public Bar - Free 9pm Thu 7th Gabriele Dagrezio (Classic Covers) ~ Public Bar - Free 9pm Fri 8th Raj Singh (Modern Covers) ~ Public Bar - Free 9pm Sat 9th Max Hillman Showband ~ Public Bar - Free 9pm Sun 10th Open Folk Seisiún - Celtic, Blues, World Music ~ Public Bar - Free 5pm Wed 13th Jazz Club Special Event ~ Boat Shed - $ Doors@8:30pm Thu 14th BrodyGreg (Genuine originals and tasty covers) ~ Public Bar - Free 9pm Fri 15th GUTHRIE + THE ROYAL ARTILLERY + EVIL TWIN ~ Boat Shed - $ Doors@8:30pm Sat 16th Tim Gambles (Vox/Bass/Keyboards Solo!) ~ Public Bar - Free 9pm Sun 17th Open Folk Seisiún - Celtic, Blues, World Music ~ Public Bar - Free 5pm Mon 18th SLAMDUGGERY Poetry Slam (20% off meals) ~ Public Bar - Free Doors@8:30pm Wed 20th Andy Collins Solo (Classic Covers) ~ Public Bar - Free 9pm Thu 21st The Hat & The Horn ~ Public Bar - Free 9pm Fri 22nd FRESH COMEDY w Claire Hooper (trybooking.com/RDYQ) $20 / ~ Boat Shed - $20 Doors@8pm (Mick Attard ~ Public Bar @9pm) Sat 23rd Miss Katy Hanson~ Public Bar - Free 9pm Sun 24th Open Folk Seisiún - Celtic, Blues, World Music ~ Public Bar - Free 5pm Wed 27th Open Mic Night in The Public Bar - 4 Spots Available ~ Public Bar - Free 9pm Thu 28th Matthew Dames - Direct from The Edinburgh Fringe Festival ~ Public Bar - Free 9pm Fri 29th Eve Gown + Angus Austin + Brody Greg ~ Public Bar - Free 9pm Sat 30th THE MIDWAYS w Paper Souls + Pop Noi Sop + Jesterpose ~ Boat Shed - $10 Doors@8:30pm

~ Live Music ~ ~ Great Food ~ ~ Open 7 Days ~ ~ Open Mic Night the Last Wednesday of the Month ~

14 Brisbane St Launceston 7250 (03) 6331 5346

Bookings at Ticketmaster Phone 136 100 or go to ticketmaster.com.au coldchisel.com

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