GIG GUIDE August 23 - September 3 SATURDAY AUGUST 23
SUNDAY AUGUST 24
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 27
THURSDAY AUGUST 28
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Bachelor of Arts Melbourne hardcore outfit, with Condorcet and Archaeopteryx in support. From 6pm, $5 BAR 32, NORTHBOURNE AVE Escape Syndrome With Tonk and All Guns Blazing. $10, 8pm THE GREENROOM, PHILLIP Red Valley Depravation With Futility THE BASEMENT, BELCONNEN Rockzone $8 cocktails from 4pm THE DURHAM, KINGSTON Agent 86 10:30pm-2:30am KING O'MALLEY'S, CIVIC Angels Are Architects THE PHOENIX, CIVIC Shakedown Regular indie/alt/dance night with DJs Tom and Chris. Follows Bachelor of Arts. From 9pm BAR 32, NORTHBOURNE AVE
KarismaKatz Launching their Spirit On The Rise disc, from 2pm AINSLIE BAR @ OLIM'S, AINSLIE The Bridge Between From 3-6pm YACHT CLUB, YARRALUMLA Irish Jam Session From 5pm KING O'MALLEY'S, CIVIC Kooky Fandango From 5-9pm ALL BAR NUN, O'CONNOR MONDAY AUGUST 25
CLAW Lecture on Jan Brown With Deborah Clark CANBERRA MUSEUM & GALLERY Ladies Night @ CLAW Cacophany Local songstresses. $5 THE TERRACE, MANUKA
Trash Thursdays With DJs Adam and Esscue. $5, $2 til 2am ACADEMY Ashley Feraude KNIGHTSBRIDGE PENTHOUSE Blast From The Past Re-live your favourite tunes from the ’80s and ’90s MINQUE, FRANKLIN ST, MANUKA
SOMETHING DIFFERENT _____________ Macabre Canberra Canberra's secrets revealed at this book launch RAVEN CLOTHING, BUNDA ST SUNDAY AUGUST 24
ARTS _____________ Tableaux Vellum: Words On Skin By Min Mae. $15 SMITH'S ALTERNATIVE BOOKSTORE
DAY PLAY _____________ Old Bus Depot Markets KINGSTON Burley Griffi n Antique Centre KINGSTON FORESHORE Tuggeranong Homestead Markets TUGGERANONG HOMESTEAD
DANCE _____________ Sunday Playground: Random Soul Chill out on the Astro deck or misbehave on the dancefl oor. $3 Coronas and finger food throughout the afternoon MINQUE, FRANKLIN ST, MANUKA
ARTS _____________ The First Blow: Word Smithing With collected contributions by Andrew Galan. 3:30pm. Til Aug 29 SMITH'S ALTERNATIVE BOOKSTORE Hot Five @ CLAW Comedy Night $5. 7-10pm THE TERRACE, MANUKA
DANCE _____________ Hospitality Night With Sean Kelly & guests TRANSIT BAR, AKUNA ST, CIVIC Bootleg Sessions Local musos bustin' it out THE PHOENIX, EAST ROW, CIVIC TUESDAY AUGUST 26
LIVE _____________ Chuse Jazz Tuesdays (TRINITY) BAR, DICKSON Musical Madness @ Filthy's FILTHY McFADDEN'S, KINGSTON
SOMETHING DIFFERENT _____________ Hot Five @ CLAW Comedy Night $5. 7-10pm THE TERRACE, MANUKA Fame Trivia From 7:30-10:30pm. Book early to avoid disappointment by calling 6295 1769 THE DURHAM, KINGSTON Comedy Night THE PHOENIX, CIVIC Pot Belly Trivia POT BELLY BAR Carry-On Karaoke Win $1000. Yes, $1000 TRANSIT BAR, AKUNA ST, CIVIC Trivia Night $100 cash prize PJ O'REILLY'S, TUGGERANONG
DANCE _____________ Muph & Plutonic Aussie hip-hop favs launch new album And Then Tomorrow Came, with supports DJ Bonez and local larrikins D'Opus & Roshambo. Free entry TRANSIT BAR, AKUNA ST, CIVIC Caribbean Vibes MONKEY BAR, BUNDA ST, CIVIC
LIVE _____________ Tom Hall: Tangential Uprise National Tour Brisbane based exploratory sound artist THE FRONT GALLERY, LYNEHAM Slim Pickens THE PHOENIX, CIVIC
SOMETHING DIFFERENT _____________ Carry-On Karaoke Grand Final It all boils down to this. $1000 grand prize, Snowy Mountain beer tasting, $5 Coronas. 9pm THE DURHAM, KINGSTON Fame Trivia PJ O'REILLY'S, CIVIC Trivia Night ACT RUGBY UNION CLUB $5 Night TRANSIT BAR, AKUNA ST, CIVIC THURSDAY AUGUST 28
ARTS _____________ Capital Comickers: CLAW Meet the Artists Night IMPACT COMICS, GAREMA PL CLAW Opening Night Colliding Worlds III: The Wicked Voice Four melodramas for piano and voice. $15. Til Aug 31 THE STREET THEATRE, ACTON Retroactive III Til Sep 7 CCAS, FURNEAUX ST, MANUKA The Red Shoe Set in the Cold War era, this play explores the human drive to find ways to make sense of our surroundings. Til Sep 6, tix $15/12 from 6247 1223 STREET THEATRE, ACTON
LIVE _____________ Gangbusters: Stepping Stone With Cold Front, Slowburn and Partybus. $5 BAR 32, NORTHBOURNE AVE Ben Ransom 9pm-midnight KING O'MALLEY'S, CIVIC Live Music With Mitch, from 9:30pm THE DURHAM, KINGSTON
SOMETHING DIFFERENT _____________ Guitar Hero Comp Win your round, advance to the next level and win Peado's Greenroom Cash to spend on whatever you like at the bar. Doors 7pm, comp starts at 8pm, free, 2-4-1 jagerbombs til 8pm THE GREENROOM, PHILLIP Dave Callan Plus 6 acts from Sydney CANBERRA IRISH CLUB, WESTON Braddon Brainbuster Trivia 6pm rego, 6.30pm start. Beer/ food vouchers, cash prizes to win THE BRADDON CLUB Basement Pool Comp THE BASEMENT, BELCONNEN Karaoke with a Twist PJ O'REILLY'S, TUGGERANONG Carry on Karaoke PJ O'REILLY'S, CIVIC FRIDAY AUGUST 29
ARTS _____________ Triple Exhibition Featuring Dianne Jones' Lookin Up, Cathy Laudenbach's Cheviot Beach and Stuart Bailey's Desert Mouth CCAS, GORMAN HOUSE Cardboard Charlie @ CLAW Cacophony With Bliss, Amax and Starfish Hill. $5 THE TERRACE, MANUKA