ENTERTAINMENT WILSON COOPER BAND AT THE BYRON SERVICES CLUB ON SUNDAY
FIND OUT WHAT’S ON OFFER AT SAE OPEN DAY ON SATURDAY 5 AUGUST, 11AM–3PM
MUSIC IN PARADISE The music is going to be epic at Paradise One in Coorabell this Saturday when local soul roots reggae legends the Jesse Morris Band launch their new single Wake Up, featuring their killer 6-piece lineup. Bonnie Love is the vivacious frontwoman of awardwinning band Rapskallion. Harnessing oldtime jazz, a touch of vaudeville, whisky-drenched blues, a broken heart, and the crème de la crème of Australia’s finest musicians celebrating her debut EP release Songs for the Living Bonnie Love will feature a wicked 4-piece band. Folk roots and blues songstress Essie Thomas will open the night with her enigmatic and enlightening words and wisdom. Kiwi producer and beat-maker Kakhandwill be joined by French-born MC Baptiste to close out the night with a set of bass-heavy dub electro. All this will be served up with a delicious in-house grown and prepared meal and hot cups of delicious chai from 6pm for a 6.30pm show start. BYO wine and other drinks. Only $30 for dinner and show and $20 for tea and show. Coorabell hinterland location. Tickets are on sale and details via www.paradiseone.com.au or visit facebook.com/jessemorrisband for more details. 6.30pm–late. $30 dinner/show $20 tea/show.
WIN! TICKETS TO
SEE JOHN SAFRAN DAVE CALLAN
MANDY X 3 DAVES It doesn’t happen much, but this July’s Big Gig at the Ballina RSL features Mandy Nolan and not one, not two, but three comedians called Dave!
TO ENTER THE COMPETITION: EMAIL E.COMPS@ECHO.NET.AU. Win one of three double passes to see one of the Byron Writers Festival Feature Events presented by Byron Writers Festival and NORPA with John Safran in conversation with Bec Mac. Safran reveals his alarming adventures in a weird world of misfits whose extremist views (and behaviour) have helped propel the rise of the alt-right. Welcome to a place in time where blond-haired, blue-eyed boys grow up aspiring to be ISIS freedom fighters, an Islamic preacher quotes Monty Python and newly arrived immigrants oppose multiculturalism. Yep, that’s right. It all depends what you mean by extremist… Friday 4 August. 6.30–7.45pm. NORPA at Lismore City Hall. Tickets $30 at www.norpa.org.au
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He’s a dancer, he’s a Ninja, he’s a comedian. Dave Callan brings the Single Ladies magic to the Big Gig this Thursday.
DAVE BATTEN
Easily the hairiest comedian in Australia, Dave Callan is a versatile and highly entertaining comedian, writer and performer. Dave has been on just about every Australian TV show that features standup comedians. His looks have seen him mistaken for Chewbacca, Jesus and The Wild Man from Borneo in that order.
DAVID MCNEVIN
The Irish-born star of Triple J radio and original Rove cast member. He is also recognisable from his appearances on Spicks and Specks, The Comedy Festival Gala and The Adventures of the Good News Week. He is currently a regular on Good Game on ABC 2. He has performed at the Edinburgh Festival and toured Britain, South East Asia, the US and Hobart. Recently Dave has embraced his roots by lending his voice to animated series Mollusks as Feargal the Irish Sea Cucumber and played the Electric Picnic, a three-day music festival in Ireland. Dave is currently performing The Psychology of Laughter, a brand-new live show about a 100-year-old book of the same name he found in Edinburgh. He has sweet guns. Dave Callan is joined by David McNevin as support with a special guest appearance by Dave Batten, a local upcoming comedian who tells it how it is! MC is Mandy Nolan. This Thursday at the Ballina RSL at 8pm. Free.
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