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CHASE CITY DEAN STEVENSON MATTHEW IVES SHOCK ONE SKEGSS BELL SHAKESPEARE

Nov 1 Nov 2 Nov 3

The Tah Royal Oak Forth Pub

Tickets from www.ashgrunwald.com

Promise Sat 6 July

GAPE Fri 19 July

Sisters Doll Sat 20 July

Bob Evans Sat 7 Sept

JULY 2019 Monday 1st 7.00pm Montz Matsumoto Tuesday 2nd 8.00pm ‘Noteworthy' with Isaac Gee + Matt Dean + Tony Brennan Wednesday 3rd 8.30pm ‘Noteworthy’ with Hui & The Muse Thursday 4th 8.30pm Bianca & Jess Clennett Friday 5th 10.00pm Gabe & the Dagrezios + Art School Bullies + Liam Johnston $5 Saturday 6th 10.00pm ‘Promise' Album Launch $20pre/$25door Sunday 7th 2.30pm Wahbash Avenue 8.30pm Vice Captains Monday 8th 7.30pm Quiz Night Tuesday 9th 8.00pm Noteworthy' with Dee Mac + Samuel Bester + Tim Davies Wednesday 10th 8.30pm Noteworthy' with The Crystal Sky Band Thursday 11th 8.30pm Django's Tiger Friday 12th 10.00pm Australian Made $5 Saturday 13th 10.00pm Broken Girls Club + The Pits + Vacant Lot Sunday 14th 2.30pm The Firm 8.30pm AlfanAnt 'East Coast Tour' + Daniel Townsend Monday 15th 7.00pm Dave Elliston

Tuesday 16th 8.00pm ‘Noteworthy' with Colin Kucera + Sam Meyers + Ruby Austin-Lund Wednesday 17th 8.30pm ‘Noteworthy' with Black Swans of Trespass Thursday 18th 8.30pm Tristan Bird + Olivia Wilson Friday 19th 10.00pm GAPE + PVRE + WOE $5 Saturday 20th 10.00pm Sisters Doll + Supports $20pre/$25door Sunday 21st 2.30pm 'Inscape Fundraiser - Live Music from The Singles Bar' 8.30pm Billy Warner Monday 22nd 7.00pm Sam Forsyth Tuesday 23rd 8.00pm ‘Noteworthy' with Liam Johnston + Searching Eyes + CC Thornley Wednesday 24th 8.30pm ‘Noteworthy' with Lunar Rampage Thursday 25th 8.30pm The Crystal Set Friday 26th 10.00pm The Outfit $5 Saturday 27th 10.00pm Boil Up $10 Sunday 28th 2.30pm 120Ys 8.30pm Tim & Scott Monday 29th 7.30pm Quiz Night Tuesday 30th 8.00pm Noteworthy' with Nick Machin + Eve Gowen + GEN Wednesday 31st 8.30pm Noteworthy' with The Darlings

Theatre Royal IS BACK!

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BOSTON CHILDREN’S CHORUS DAMI IM | HOLY HOLY | PUB CHOIR Cherubini Requiem | Electric Fields | A Migrant’s Son | Tasmania Sings The Idea of North | Cabaret Gala | Henry Wagons and The Only Children bobby alu Coastal | Big Sing Bonfire | Singing Workshops | Sing Cinema | NoHo Sessions

Tickets: festivalofvoices.com @festivalofvoicestasmania

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28 June–14 July 2019

News

News in Brief Friday Night Lights Friday Nights Live is Moonah Arts Centre’s (MAC) Winter concert series – and it’s back for 2019! This special, curated program of concerts brings you live music by Tasmanian bands and musicians every Friday evening in July and August. The concert series launches on Friday July 5, the week before NAIDOC, with a “Proper Deadly Night” to celebrate the culture and song of our First Nations artists. It features Uncle Dougie Mansell, Dewayne & Tumaia Everett-Smith, Warren Mason, Ruth Langford, Michelle Maynard with Aboriginal dancer Djuka Hart and artist Takira Simon-Brown. For information on other Friday Nights Live lineups, check the gig guide, or visit www. moonahartscentre.org.au.

Promises, Promises.

Promise is a 26 year old Australian based aspiring rapper. Born in Kenya but of Ethiopian and Eritrean descent. He first arrived in Australia as a refugee at the age of 11 and always found it easier to express his thoughts through music, he has a unique story and hopes to share it to the world through his music. Promise has performed at Falls Festival, Party in the Paddock, and is slowly gathering a following. He has performed alongside Close Counters and has gained radio play with a song they collaborated on called ‘Fluctuation’ on triple j, as well as his own single ‘Conscious Thoughts’ which led him to become the triple j unearthed feature artist of the week.

You can see him launch his new album at The Republic Bar & Cafe in Hobart on Saturday July 6.

Bridie Island David Bridie is one of Australia’s most prolific and respected songwriters. He has produced six studio albums with Not Drowning, Waving and seven more with beloved and recently retired group My Friend the Chocolate Cake, as well as innumerable film and television soundtracks. The forthcoming album The Wisdom Line will be David’s sixth solo album release. Released on March 8, the album is an immersive, multimedia project exploring themes of Melbourne, asylum, home, the transience of our relationships, and trying to make genuine connections in an interconnected world where everyone is talking on their phones.

The Wisdom Line tour hits Hobart on

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Saturday July 27 when David plays at The Peacock Theatre. For tickets, check out www.thewisdomlaunchhobart.floktu.com.

20 Years of Psycroptic?

Tasmania is know for two things; the Tasmanian Devil and having produced one of the leaders of the modern death metal scene, Psycroptic. Since their formation in 1999, the band have constantly evolved and broken through the boundaries that the genre can sometimes impose upon itself. With the release of their seventh studio album, As The Kingdom Drowns, an album of riff-filled, technical ecstasy, Psycroptic just may have outdone the devil. As Psycroptic approaches their 20 year anniversary, it’s nice to hear them sounding as fresh as ever on the new album. To get a taste of it for yourself, you can see them playing Altar in Hobart on Friday August 2. They’ll be joined by Blackhelm, The Absolution Sequence, and Coward Punch. Tickets available now via Oztix.

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Beloved Australian superground Seeker Lover Keeper – Sarah Blasko, Sally Seltmann and Holly Throsby – are about to reveal their highly anticipated second full-length album, Wild Seeds, available Friday August 9 via Liberation Records.

A collection of 12 songs, Wild Seeds is the long awaited follow up to their 2011 self-titled debut, which debuted at #3 on the ARIA Album Chart and has been certified Gold. To celebrate the release of the album, Seeker Lover Keeper are heading out on an extensive national tour throughout September and October. It includes one stop in Tasmania, at brand new The Altar Bar in Hobart on Friday September 27. Tickets are available now from www.seekerloverkeeper.com.au.

AW, MA!

On a fateful Tuesday night in 1999, at The Arthouse in Melbourne, Wagons hit the stage for the first time. After two decades, Wagons still pulse and stomp together as a joint force, with singer Henry Wagons at the helm. Henry’s first intellect, once hurtling toward a career as a philosopher, was thankfully derailed by a record deal, a thirst for whisky and an insatiable need to make noise. Wagons are making their triumphant return to 2019 releasing their first new music in five years, with their new album Songs From The Aftermath out Friday August 9, along with an Australian tour throughout September. On Saturday September 7, this tour brings them to Hobart when they play the Waratah Hotel.

Tickets available now via Oztix.

As she continues making her mark on the live stage, Vera Blue has delighted fans with the announcement of her 13-date “The Way That You Love Me” tour, returning the artist to some of her favourite places in Australia as well as taking her to new regions never visited before. To add to the excitement, Vera Blue has teased new music from her forthcoming new album. The 41 second clip posted on facebook, is taken from her next single, titled “The Way That You Love Me” which is expected to drop in the coming weeks. Vera will be bringing her tour to Hobart in September, when she plays the Uni Bar on Friday September 20.

Tickets available via Oztix.

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Sowing the Seeds

Following a wildly successful inaugural year in 2018, the Australian Women in Music Awards will return on 8 and 9 October, shining a light once more on the incredible accomplishments of women across the Australian music industry. This year’s AWMA’s are better and stronger, with three new award categories including in the areas of classical music, music journalism and image making.

Producers, engineers, film makers, photographers, songwriters, industry leaders, artist managers and more are set to be acknowledged and celebrated in their own right at this year’s ceremony – recognition that has gone untapped in an industry built on creativity and strength.

Nominations are now open, with winners decided by a curated panel of expert jurors. For more information, head to www.womeninmusicawards.com.au.

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Tassie’s best kept secret, the Junction Arts Festival, returns in the first week of

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September celebrating the heart-shaped island’s finest artists and performers.

Now in it’s ninth year, Launceston’s Junction Arts Festival is an intimate festival of extraordinary experiences in unusual spaces. You’ll discover unique art installations and extraordinary performances created by Tasmanian artists which can’t be seen anywhere else. It’s all taking place from Wednesday September 4 to Sunday September 8 in and around Launceston. For more information, head to the website - www. junctionarts.com.au.

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One of the most highly anticipated albums of 2019, Angie McMahon recently announced that her debut LP Salt will be released on Friday July 26 via AWAL Recordings, followed by a huge national album tour through October.

To accompany the announcement, the Melbourne based songwriter also shared a breathtaking and important new single from the album, titled ‘And I Am A Woman’. The news follows a breakthrough 24 months for Angie, who was awarded the prestigious Grulke Prize for Developing Non-U.S. Act at SXSW this year, followed by a string of sold out international headline shows, coveted festival spots and now the exciting news that her breakout single ‘Slow Mover’ has just reached gold status in Australia.

Angie wraps up her Australian tour with a gig at The Waratah Hotel on Saturday October 19. Tickets available via www. angiemcmahon.com.

Hop To It Put it in your calendars Tasmania! On Saturday October 19, Hobart Brewing Co presents HOPtober Festival 2019! Inspired by the humble hop, they’ll be tapping their biggest lineup yet of IPAs brewed at their Macquarie Point brewery, as well as a bunch of cracking hop-forward beers brewed by and with other local, interstate and overseas breweries. Keep your eyes glued to your social networks for all hoppy announcements as they launch the festival and have a whole heap of new announcements!

celebration of the tour, the band will be releasing a Chemical Hearts vinyl record on the day the tour kicks off, October 11, with a tracklist that will offer fans a nostalgic taste of what’s to come at the shows. There is unfortunately only one opportunity for Tasmanians to catch Grinspoon in our fair state. On Wednesday October 23 they will be performing at the Odeon Theatre in Hobart. For more information, head to the website - www. grinspoon.com.au.

Still Grinning

As it heads into its seventh year, one of Melbourne’s favourite one-day festivals, ONE ELECTRIC DAY, is going national.

In an exciting coup for music-lovers, the all-Aussie rock festival, which has sold out annually since its inception, will also be heading to Launceston, Sydney, Brisbane and the Barossa in November and December this year. Headlined by the incomparable John Farnham with special guests James Reyne, Jon Stevens, Vanessa Amorosi, The Black Sorrows, and a special reformation by Southern Sons. It’ll all be hitting the lawns at the Launceston Country Club on Saturday November 2. Tickets available via Ticketmaster.

From the Ashes

Acclaimed as one of Australia’s finest storytellers and live performers, Ash Grunwald will release his new album Mojo on Friday August 30. Mojo is preceded by the single ‘Whispering Voice (feat. Kasey Chambers)’, which is available now. To celebrate the release, Ash will be heading off on tour, as one does. There will be three opportunities for Taswegians all around the state to catch Ash, on Friday November 1, he’ll be performing at the Waratah Hotel in Hobart, on Saturday November 2 he’ll be at the Royal Oak Hotel in Launceston, and on Sunday November 3, he’ll be performing at the Forth Pub, in Forth. Keep an eye on the social networks for ticketing details and more information.

Rocket, man.

Legendary Aussie rockers Grinspoon have recently announced their epic Chemical Hearts national tour, set to make it’s way around the country in October and November, supported by The Hard Aches, Gooch Palms and Bugs. In

In the Cole-Mines.

Hello, Hello, Again.

He Will NEVER Retire.

Sweet As! Japan’s evergreen sugar-coated punk powerpopsters, Shonen Knife, return with a new album and another Australian tour. New album Sweet Candy Power is out now worldwide and along with tours in Europe, Japan, UK and USA, they will return to Australia as special guests on the Regurgitator 25th Anniversary Tour over October/November. The tour kicks off in Adelaide and also includes a super special slot on THE LOST LANDS festival on November 3, but most importantly for us, they’ll be performing at the Hobart Uni Bar on Sunday October 20. Also on the bill are Australian favourites, The Fauves.

Tickets available via Oztix.

motion picture based on the life of Elton, titled Rocket Man. On Friday November 8, Harrison will be performing at the Wrest Point Showroom in the state’s south. On Saturday November 9, he’ll be at the Launceston Country Club in the state’s north. Tickets for both events are available via Ticketmaster.

Australia’s Prince of crooning and love ballads, Harrison Craig, returns in 2019 to embark on a national tour honouring the emotional, intimate and soulful love songs of the great, Sir Elton John. After an extensive tour that saw Harrison perform an impressive 54 shows in 2017/2018 supporting his Kings of Vegas album, Harrison has never been more ready to belt out the love songs that were made famous by Sir Elton John and that are featured in the recent musical drama

It is rumoured that the reason The Cat Empire headline major festivals all over the world is because no band is brave enough to take the stage after them.

Such is the power of their live show and world class musicianship, which sees their infectious, genre-embracing anthems sweep audiences into a dancing, singing frenzy of waving arms and smiling faces. 7 albums in to a stellar career, these 6 musicians originally hailing from Melbourne began as a word of mouth secret transported globally by backpackers. They’re heading off on another national tour, and this time they will be joined by Grace Barbe. You can catch them at The Odeon Theatre on Thursday November 21, and good news, it’s an all ages gig. Tickets available now via Oztix.

With a remarkable career spanning almost 30 years and following his soldout tour of Australia in 2017, Lloyd Cole returns with his new album Guesswork and a 2019 Australian tour which will see him perform a mix of his new music with older favourites. The experience of listening to Guesswork is akin to sitting in a sleek, state-of-the-art departure lounge: unsure of quite where you’re waiting to go, at the same time mirroring the uncertainty of the world as enter the third act of your life. Sounds good! You can hear Lloyd performing Guesswork and a selection of older works at the Theatre Royal in Hobart on Friday December 6.

NATIONAL TOUR 2019 Featuring

Dario Bortolin – (Baby Animals) | James Morley – (The Angels/Choirboys) Skenie – (The Poor) | Cynthia Gallie – (Let there Be Rock Orchestrated) Joel McDonald – (Bruce Kulick Band/Frankies World Famous House Band) Greg Aldridge – (Blood sweat & Beers)

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HOLY VOICES

INDIE ROCK ACT HOLY HOLY ARE JUST ABOUT SET TO RELEASE THEIR THIRD ALBUM AND IF IT BEHAVES ANYTHING LIKE THE FIRST TWO, IT SHOULD GO GANGBUSTERS PRETTY QUICKLY. THOSE ALBUMS- 2015’S WHEN THE STORMS WOULD COME AND 2017’S PAINT- CAME IN AT NUMBERS 11 AND 7 RESPECTIVELY ON THE ARIA CHARTS AND NABBED THEM THE AUDIENCE ADORATION THEY HAVE TODAY.

Vocalist/guitarist Tim Carroll explains how the now three piece (Carroll and his cofounder, guitarist Oscar Dawson, recently added drummer Ryan Strathie to their line-up) collaborate, and how their roles have shifted with the new record, My Own Pool of Light, out in August. Singles from the album- Faces and Teach Me About Dying- are already a good look into how their sound is shifting and evolving since those not-too-long-ago early days.

The rising use of their experimental methods with vocals was no doubt one of the reasons behind their addition to this year’s Festival of Voices lineup; it’s a different sort of gig for the band, but Carroll is optimistic that it’ll be a fun time.

“It’s super collaborative, more and more so as the band goes on.” Carroll says. “In the beginning, for the first record, I would often write songs on my acoustic guitar- write most of the song, or an acoustic version of it- and present it to Oscar and he’d wrap a band around it. For the second album, we were writing together, broadly; on this album, I’m just doing vocals- lyrics and melody- and Oscar is doing all the instrumentation, except drums, which Ryan does. We were keen to move away from the guitar sound from the first albums, we were using vocals as another instrument, like a little keyboard line.”

“We’re using vocal samples a lot on the album.

Oscar’s been producing records for a lot of Aussie bands like British India, Alex Lahey, Bec Sandridge. I’m just guiding how the songs feel, giving feedback as songs develop. How to knock the songs into shape. We have a good complimentary skill set. This is probably the first album where all the bass lines are Oscar’s. My strength and what I love is singing and writing stories into songs.”

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“It should work well with this album, there’s heaps of layered vocals and loops. When we write an album, we tend to have a bit of a doctrine that we don’t consider how we’re gonna perform it live, we just wanna make the best possible song or album and do whatever we have to achieve that. It usually works out.

Our live show is really important, we just don’t wanna limit the songs- we just do whatever we want with full freedom and then navigate it later.

People don’t necessarily want the live show to sound exactly like the album.”

Those who check out the band at their FoV gig will also be privy to some mostly never-beforeheard material.

“The new album has been done for a little while, the record’s done and the Festival of Voices gig will be the premiere of a bunch of songs from the album. We’re gonna play about half of the album for the first time, that’s a bit of a moment.

It’ll be two weeks before the album comes out, so it’ll be pretty special. It’s influenced by a lot of different things, like Kendrick Lamar; his approach to albums and songs is so free. Songs don’t have to have choruses, it’s very minimal, like one big art piece. We were really impressed by that sort of concept.”

Carroll likes the idea of the ‘art of the album’, something that, even with omnipresent streaming and downloading, is still the way a lot of users prefer to experience their music.

“I set up my record player in my new house, that’s a good way to listen to whole albums.

You can’t put it on random.” he says with affection, though he isn’t doom-and-gloom about contemporary methods, either. “But I have a Spotify premium account, which is twelve dollars a month, so that’s $140 a year, that’s more than I might normally spend on music in a year.”

Holy Holy are about to head out on yet another big press and touring jaunt, and Carroll is thoroughly looking forward to it- especially seeing what all of you think of the new tunes!

“We’re at the very beginning of the third album cycle. In September, October, November, we’ve got a fairly big national tour. This is the first album we’ve produced ourselves, we’re bracing ourselves for people to hear that and cast their judgment and we’ll see how we feel (laughs). The upcoming tour is some of the biggest rooms we’ve ever done, these iconic venues that I never would have dared to think we’d play.”

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Holy Holy play as part of Festival of Voices on Friday July 12 at the Odeon Theatre. Tickets are available from the website – www.festivalofvoices.com.

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VOICES FROM THE NORTH IN THEIR TWENTY-TWO YEARS (!) AS AN ONGOING PROJECT, THE IDEA OF NORTH HAVE REALLY CHANGED THE WAY AUSTRALIANS THINK ABOUT A CAPELLA MUSIC: YOUNGER FOLKS MIGHT ENVISION A PITCH PERFECT-TYPE SITUATION; OTHERS MIGHT THINK OF THE DOOWOP OR BARBERSHOP GROUPS OF THE 50S AND 60S. ACROSS THEIR THIRTEEN ALBUMS, THEY’VE SHOWN HOW WILDLY DIVERSE AND MALLEABLE THE HUMAN VOICE CAN BE- PLUS THEY’VE GOT A SLEW OF AWARDS UNDER THEIR COLLECTIVE BELT, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, TWO ARIAS FOR BEST JAZZ ALBUM (2010 AND 2013). THEY WERE EVEN INDUCTED INTO THE MUSICACT HALL OF FAME IN 2013.

“There’s a pretty eclectic spectrum of musical taste in the group” Nick Begbie (tenor) explains. “We have musical theatre lovers, there’s a lot of jazz lovers, I’m personally a big fan of Daft Punk and Jamiroquai...we’ve taken on some much more ambitious stuff now that Kai [Kitamura, vocal percussion] is in the group, he can create a vibe that we weren’t able to do before.”

“We wanna focus on how singing in a group can affect our emotions and move us; a focus on the lyrics of the songs.” Begbie says. “There’s an argument to suggest that because language is something we have over other instruments, because we have words and meaning, that they should or could legitimately inform every single musical choice that we make about how we sing or arrange or perform a song. With the workshops, we’d like to focus more on the backstory of the lyrics and having those questions inform the different ways in which we use our voice to express different colours and emotions in the song. The lyric needs to let you know whether or not you are yourself, or a future version of yourself, or a past version, or someone entirely different.”

As well as their headline show, Begbie and alto Naomi Crellin will be running workshops during the festival, a “journey through the emotive and expressive power of harmony singing”.

“The human voice is actually by far the most versatile of any instrument ever made, people have gotten their voice to sound like so many other instruments.” Begbie explains. “You can’t really get other instruments to

The group are bringing their Harmonic Histrionic show (a glorious deep-dive into “five centuries of vocal music”, from the Baroque music of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, all the way to the present daysurely a simple enough task!) to this year’s Festival of Voices.

sound like anything but themselves. A capella is an instrumentation, not a genre. Our goal is that they are not distracted by the fact that there aren’t any instruments; we want people to walk away having enjoyed really great music, a well-curated concert; having enjoyed this music that was really well performed.”

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Harmonic Histrionic is on at the Theatre Royal on Wednesday July 10. Workshops will run from July 9- 14, check the website for details www.festivalofvoices.com.

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SKATE SURF SING "THAT WAS MY FAVOURITE DECADE, WE LIKE TO GET A BIT NOSTALGIC ON THAT TIME...

IT WAS A SIMPLER TIME, SO I GUESS THAT’S MY FAVOURITE MEMORY, IS HAVING NO RESPONSIBILITY.”

Toby Cregan, bassist for Byron Bay garage trio Skegss, is waxing nostalgic on the 1990s: a time the band would have slotted into quite finely, a time of longhaired slacker rockers and DIY punk. Though despite their seemingly languid temperament, the band have been busy since their formation in 2013. They released their 2014 debut single L.S.D (which Cregan has said stands for ‘Live.

Sleep. Die’ and not, y’know, acid) but waited a little while before unleashing two EPs in 2015 (a self-titled and 50 Push Ups for a Dollar). A follow-up EP was released less than a year later (Everyone Is Good at Something) and one more in 2017 (Holiday Food; single Got On My Skateboard, from this record, made it to number thirty-nine in the 2017 Hottest 100) before they released their debut fulllength album My Own Mess in September 2018 through Ratbag Records, the Dune Rats’ Warner sub-label.

Now, they’re storming Aussie stages like nobody’s business (doing three shows at the Forum in Melbourne, for instance), before jetting off for shows in New Zealand, England, Germany and the Netherlands. But like a lot of these success stories, the lads had chill beginnings.

“Benny and I were roommates while he and Jon were playing together as a two-piece.” Cregan says, on the formation of the group. “I went to one of their shows

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and heard them play L.S.D and I thought it was a great and wanted to make a video for it with them. I ended up joining the stage one night to play bass and just kind of stayed in the band from then!”

Simple as that! The band’s laidback reputation no doubt comes from their inherent chill-ness about a precarious and stressful industry. Cregan notes that it’s just about throwing yourself into it.

“We just like putting out music because actually making the songs is the most creative part of being a band. The first few years we didn’t enjoy recording as much but the more experience we have had, it has become more fun.”

People seem to enjoy Skeggs’ music and ‘vibe’- and other bands of similar ilk- because of their apparent unaffected

authenticity; the boppy surf-rock sound of a bunch of mates having a good time. And Cregan notes, and I agree, that people can smell a rat a mile away if you try to fake it.

“I think with the music it has to be relatable to people but making them feel any emotion would be fine with us. We didn’t consciously try to make “laid-back” music. I think if you were trying to send off any sort of sound that isn’t coming naturally within the music then it is almost always going to come off as contrived.”

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Skegss play the University of Tasmania on Friday July 12. Tickets are available from Oztix.

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ONE BIG BAND MATTHEW IVES AND HIS BIG BAND IS JUST THAT: BIG. NOT AN ORIGINAL JOKE BY ANY MEANS, BUT A TRUE FACT NONETHELESS: YOU’LL FIND UP TO SEVENTEEN MEMBERS PERFORMING AS PART OF THE BAND ON A GIVEN NIGHT. SINCE THEIR INCEPTION IN 2009- FOR MORE ACADEMIC REASONS THAN SIMPLY HAVING A BIG SWINGIN’ GOOD TIME, AS YOU’LL FIND OUT- THE BAND HAVE BEEN BRINGING THOSE VINTAGE CLASSICS INTO THE MODERN DAY FOR ALL TO HEAR- AND WILL AGAIN THIS JULY AT THE ILLUSTRIOUS DEVONPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL. “The band has been together for ten years now.” Ives himself explains. “I put the big band together because I needed an outlet for my PHD, which I still haven’t finished, one day I will (laughs). I was looking at big band performance. I was looking at a specific drummer, Buddy Rich, who’s a fantastic performer; I was looking at the way he interacted with the band to bring whatever song to life- that’s the job of the drummer. What’s kept us going more recently was that five years ago, I approached the [Wrest Point] casino and asked to play, and we’ve been doing monthly gigs at the casino ever since. Each month we have a theme, like Glenn Miller or Benny Goodman or Frank Sinatra, and we have guest artists come along, usually vocalists, and we feature them.”

“Now I’m a full-time musician, but I was a scientist before that and was also in the public service.” Ives explains. “I didn’t do music until I was thirty. I was a food analyst, I worked in a chemical lab, I analysed foodstuffs for the government.

But that wasn’t for me, either. We’ve built up a regular audience at the casino now and they’re very loyal; July and August, we’re taking a break from the casino and they’re saying, ‘what are we gonna do for two months?’ (laughs)”

Ives was bound to end up in the jazz scene. He’s always been a fan of the old classics- even if both his tastes and his employment diverged into different paths along the way.

“It was the pop music of the day! It was popular for several reasons, the main being that the musicians were exceptional, the vocalists were stunning, the music was of high quality. In a way, we’re just trying to bring that back, I think it’s rare to have a working big band with a regular gig in any city in Australia.”

“I was brought up on this music, my parents played it all the time: Sinatra, Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, Bobby Darin.

I’ve gone back to my roots; I dabbled in a lot of contemporary jazz and it wasn’t really for me [but] you’ve got to experience different things. Big band was what I should’ve been doing most of the time.”

Though he and his band do perform the songs so well, Ives also notes that the reason these songs have survived for so long- some of them have been standards for almost one hundred years!- is that they were finely-crafted of brilliant materials.

The band will be hitting up July’s Devonport Jazz Festival with the Squeezebox Cabaret show: a ‘dinner and a show’ style cabaret evening that the band will finish off with a flourish of hot jazz and swing.

BEER CHASERS ONE OF HOBART’S MOST POPULAR PARTY BANDS, CHASE CITY, HAS BEEN PUTTING THE HARD YARDS IN SINCE FORMING LATE 2012. THEY’VE SUPPORTED COUNTLESS NATIONAL TOURING ACTS, PLAYED FALLS FESTIVAL AND PARTY IN THE PADDOCK NUMEROUS TIMES, RECEIVED REGULAR AIRPLAY ON TRIPLE J AND HAVE TOURED MAINLAND AUSTRALIA ON A REGULAR BASIS AND EVEN OVERSEAS.

“We did Devonport Jazz Festival once several years ago, so it’s nice to be asked back to do something a big bigger and grander, with a bit more cabaret feel to it.

The big band will on after the Squeezebox cabaret show. Squeezebox is the hour floor show, then the big band will do two sets after that cabaret act, with all the usual hits. That music was meant to be danced to, that music was there for the ballroom. By the time people have had a meal and a wine or two, they’re ready to dance.”

“This is not an original quote, but I think I was born in the wrong era.” Ives explains, something many of us can relate to.

“But then again, if I wasn’t born in this era, then I wouldn’t be able to bring this music back. I was brought up on old films, from the 1920s. I don’t really like modern

Over the years the original founding trio has grown into a five piece band and seen their sound mature into a refined mixture of equal parts electronic with punk. A regular in the studio, Chase City have a fresh single out, ‘Temptation’ and to support its release have a bunch of shows in July and August, locally in Hobart and Launceston and further afield in Melbourne and Sydney.

Chase City’s singer, Tarik Stoneman, let us in on the recording process of the latest single.

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“Our new single is one we self-produced here in Tasmania between our own recording studio and Reel To Reel. We were trying to achieve a 90’s drum n bass sort of sound fused with the dance rock vibes of our last album. Its a pretty cool song!

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“Recording has seen a bit of a revolution in the last decade or so. It’s now increasingly easy to track yourself and achieve good results and there isn’t the need to spend thousands in big studios like there use to be. We run our own studio in Hobart and we record all our own stuff and also offer cheap tracking to other local bands. I would say having an idea of what you want and a lot of drive is handy. When we first started as a band we were playing what we thought other people would like more so than what we wanted to play. That mind set led us to doing somethings we aren’t stoked on so another thing that’s important is trying

movies. Anything that has nostalgic value, I kind of dig: the fashion and the way they dressed, and the way people went out in those days, they put in some effort.

People knew how to dance- there’s a big swing dance movement here, going back to what they used to do back in the day to have fun. At the gig at Devonport, there’ll be a big dancefloor…”

See you on the dancefloor, Devonport.

LISA DIB

Squeezebox Cabaret with Matthew Ives & his Big Band will be on as part of the Devonport Jazz Festival on Saturday July 27 at the Paranaple Centre.

to find something you actively dig and making that music.”

Being in a band is a complicated business. Constant time and energy spent on a project that often takes years to reach fruition. Plenty of good times, also some bad times. “There are lots of highs and not many lows to be honest.

We really enjoyed our European tour in 2017! Some of our biggest lows probably came then also. I’d say having flights cancelled, having to sleep in airports and ferry terminals are all some tough things we went through while travelling.” Says Stoneman.

“We are just working on another album.

It’s been a slow process but hoping to have it done next year. We are also just going to be releasing singles and touring for the foreseeable future. It looks like we might even head back to Europe at the end of the year which is exciting.”

Party with Chase City this month if you’re in Tasmania and make sure you head down to the Hobart show extra early as its free and guaranteed to fill up early in the night.

NIC ORME

See Chase City perform with The Saxons plus guests at Hobart Brewing on Saturday July 6 (free entry) and Friday July 12 in Launceston at The Gunners Arms (Tickets: $10+bf from www. eventbrite.com.au).

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INCREDIBLE JAZZ HAVING JUST FINISHED PLAYING THE WORLD’S LARGEST GLOCKENSPIEL AT DARK MOFO (“THE HEAVIEST OF THE KEYS IS 30KG ON ITS OWN”), DEAN STEVENSON IS BACK TO HIS BREAD AND BUTTER: WRITING, COMPOSING, GIGGING. HE’S GOT A LOT OF BALLS IN THE AIR; ONE OF WHICH IS LES COQS INCROYABLES, HIS SWINGJAZZ TRIO- IN WHICH HE PLAYS DOUBLE BASS- WHO WILL SOON JOIN THE ILLUSTRIOUS DEVONPORT JAZZ FESTIVAL LINEUP THIS JULY. STEVENSON’S STORIED CAREER IN JAZZ IS THANKS TO HIS MULTI-INSTRUMENTAL EXPERTISE AND DIVERSE TALENTS: HE’S WORKED IN THEATRE AND LIVE ART, SUPPORTED THE LIKES OF LIOR, CLAIRE BOWDITCH AND JEFF MARTIN, BEEN INVITED TO INTERNATIONAL JAZZ WORKSHOPS AND SCORED FILMS. Being a Melburnian originally, Stevenson was brought to Tassie by serendipitous circumstances and decided to dig in and stay.

“I thought Melbourne was where I would always be, [but] it took me moving down here to realise how much being in a large city, it required so much of my energy to live and get through the day. The size of the city here suited me. The people here choose to be here, which is part of the great culture of a town- some of them grew up here, but a lot chose it, and that choice means they’re passionate about being here.”

“There is something about Devonport” he explains. “I do think it has a great future ahead of it. It will realise itself- and, sadly, kind of gentrify itself that belies its current locals- and people will look at Devonport Jazz as a heritage festival; it’s not trying to be global, it’s just celebrating itself. When it does eventually become noted on a global scale, the festival will have a significant history. As long as jazz festivals like Devonport Jazz and others allow themselves to be new as well as celebrating the traditional jazz, then they will always be ready to receive anyone that comes.”

The Devonport Jazz Festival began in 2002 as a celebration of both the many and varied forms of jazz music, and the wintry beauty of Tasmania in July. Seventeen years is no mean feat for an Australian festival, and it shows no sign of wrapping up. The lineup features an array of events, like local and international acts (including big gun James Morrison), dance classes, gospel, cabaret, classic and contemporary jazz and heaps in between.

“We’re about fifteen years old; we were initially a seven-piece called the Red Hot Roosters, a kind of jump swing band, and from that we reduced to three, and we’ve been gigging since then.” Stevenson says, on Les Coqs Incroyables. “The good thing about the songbook is that I can’t remember a single time in all that fifteen years when anyone has ever said, ‘I don’t like that music’. That era of tunes, from the 1920s to around the end of WW2 is such a joyous, magnificent period for melody and harmony. [The songs are] totally made for dancing. It informed popular music for decades after.”

LISA DIB

Les Coqs Incroyables play the Devonport Jazz Festival on July 27 at The Alexander Hotel Bar. Devonport Jazz Festival runs from July 25- 2 in venues in and around Devonport.

For further details check the website - www. devonportjazz.com.au.

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SIX YEARS AFTER HIS DEBUT LP, UNIVERSUS, SHOCKONE AKA KARL THOMAS IS BACK WITH HIS SECOND FULL LENGTH RECORD, A DARK MACHINE. A MAINSTAY IN THE AUSTRALIAN DRUM ‘N’ BASS SCENE FOR THE EARLY NOUGHTIES, SHOCKONE HAS TOURED EXTENSIVELY WORLDWIDE, LIVING OVERSEAS FOR MANY YEARS BEFORE RETURNING TO SETTLE IN PERTH. SHOCKONE TAKES HIS A DARK MACHINE TOUR AROUND THE COUNTRY THIS AUGUST. You moved to the UK at one point to further your career. what brought you back?

Yeh I was over there for about four years. The main reason I came back was to build my recording studio. I had some money saved, and an opportunity to build my dream studio in Perth. It just wouldn’t ever be possible to build the facility I built in London, obviously real estate is nuts over there, and I wasn’t about to build such a permanent, purpose built structure in a rented space. Also there is the family side of things, I’m a pretty career driven person, but I’m also super close with my family and I didn’t want to spend the rest of my life seeing my parents for maybe a month of each year. Sometimes I miss the hustle of London, but I’ll take surfing every morning and then heading to my dream studio any day over it! It just means I spend a lot more time on planes living in Perth.

Like many other electronic musicians, you started off in a different genre. In your case metal. what was the reasoning for transitioning?

You’re something of a prolific producer which extends well outside the realms of drum ‘n’ bass and dubstep. You write a lot of music for other artists, care to tell us who?

I really enjoy having the opportunity to work on music outside the scope of what Shockone is musically (what ever that is...) I’ve been lucky enough to work with amazing artists such as Paces, Reija Lee, HWLS & Loston to name a few that come to mind right now. There are others that I’m not really at liberty to talk about due to the agreements.

Is it slightly strange writing music which can be considered your baby to be given to others to credit from?

It’s quite rare that I will ever completely ghost produce a track for someone, so I never really consider something like that to be mine in any sense. The level to which I’m involved can vary from a simple stem mix, to a full mixdown to added production to a varying degree.

For example with the Paces stuff, he already had written and produced the majority of the songs, but felt they could benefit from some additional production and mix work. With his stuff (and most of the people I work with) the songs are great songs, so that makes things so easy. It’s about getting that extra 10-15% out of a song, and a lot of the time it’s as simple as someone like myself being able to approach a song with a level of objectivity that can escape you when you’re so close to it, some fresh ears basically.

Sometime’s its a more ground up approach, where I guess I’m doing a bit more song writing and production, but no matter what the situation, my primary focus is doing what is going to work for the artist involved. As a producer you’re there to facilitate their vision as much as possible.

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Where do you draw the line between music as a job and music as a passion?

There is no line. It’s been my life for as long as I can remember, and I’m lucky enough to be able to do it for a living, which was my dream since about 13 years old. And I do truly feel lucky, every single day I remind myself how insane it is that I get to do this every day. I do try give my brain some down time, so when I come home from the studio I try to switch off from ‘work’. I think it’s essential for the creative process that my subconscious be given time and space to sort out all the chaos that it is to do anything creative.

Sometimes the work side of things can be a hassle, I mean I never set out to start a business, but it’s unavoidable if you want to make a living from it, just like anything. The key for me is strict time management between the ‘shallow work’ (emails admin) and the ‘deep work’ (making the music). If I don’t manage that well, the shallow work starts to get in the way of the creativity, and nobody wants that!

Perth has always been known as a hot bed for drum ‘n’ bass within in Australia. how did this come about?

The only explanation I can come up with is the high number if UK immigrants that are here.

My introduction to it was seeing guys like Greg Packer playing it at warehouse raves. I think it was just a bit of a domino effect through the generations. Someone’s big brother or sister is into it, so then they end up following into a scene and over the years it’s just continued to grow and stay healthy and vibrant and exciting. I’m super stoked to see the younger generations in Perth putting on great nights and producing awesome music. The bass music parties here in Perth are truly some of the best vibes in the world, I’m so stoked to be a part of that.

That was never a conscious decision, just life and growing up doing its thing. We were all teenagers when we played in metal bands and as we got older we discovered warehouse parties and rave music and specifically drum and bass. To me the two genres are like cousins, they share similar dynamics so it was a pretty natural to move from one to other and back and forth even (particularly for the Pendulum guys).

I’m still super into heavy rock and metal and punk and it’s still a big influence on the stuff I write now. I truly do not understand people who predominantly listen to only one genre of music, or just listen to the type of stuff they produce, it perplexes me. As a producer and as more so as a music lover I want to be constantly challenged and surprised and constantly evolving in my tastes and as a person in general.

You had the opportunity to be one of the last artist to support The Prodigy last year before the untimely passing of Keith Flint. Can you tell us a little about the experience?

When I was asked to support The Prodigy guys it was a childhood dream come true, and the tour was everything I could have imagined.

Amazing crowds and an amazing experience in general. People often say ‘Don’t meet your heroes, they’re sure to disappoint’ and I have to vehemently disagree with that statement! The Prodigy guys & crew, Keith in particular, were the most humble and welcoming guys ever. It was a real joy to play those shows, and when Prodigy management told me Keith had been watching my shows from side of stage and really loved what I was doing it was one of the best moments of my life. When I heard of his passing not long after the tour ended it really knocked me for six. It saddened me to think that Keith must have been going through so much on that tour, but you never would have known it. Every night he got up on stage and gave the most intense, out of control performance. Honestly one of the greatest things I’ve ever seen is seeing him perform so close from side stage.

He was one of my heroes and there will never be another one like him. RIP Keith.

NIC ORME

See Shock One perform at the Hobart Uni Bar on Saturday August 3 with support from Dirty Audio (USA) and Melborune’s Lucille Croft. Tickets available via Oztix.

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Dark and Dangerous Thoughts The Odeon Theatre - June 6-9 A highlight of Dark Mofo 2019 was the tantalisingly titled Dark and Dangerous Thoughts, featuring talks about real-world – albeit unspoken – cultural issues. Hosted within the confines of the Odeon Theatre in Hobart, DDT kicked off this year’s festival by diving straight into topics of religion and sex.

While some talks sparked intrigue and ignited discord, others fizzled in advancing the conversation (one topic explored the ‘death spiral’ of the mainstream media, itself a problematic label that was disproved by the panelists).

Talks ran daily from June 6-9 and took one of three forms: conversations, panel discussions, and aptly named (but not religious) sermons.

A provocative feature of DDT was Priests in the Closet; an exposé of the Catholic church. LGBTQIA+ identifying journalist and author of In the Closet of the Vatican Frédéric Martel, along with conversation host David Marr, lifted the lid on a hidden culture of secrecy surrounding homosexuality among priests and bishops. The conversation was fuelled by disturbing stories of repression (but counteracted with comical stories of chem-sex parties in the Vatican, inspiring audience laughter).

Social media critic and Troll Hunting author Ginger Gorman also delivered a thought-provoking sermon on the dark side of social media culture and the dark web with Disgusting Trolls.

Gorman delivered a sobering analysis of the weaponisation of social media, and called on government intervention and regulation of social media giants.

DDT was a fresh experience; illuminating in the dark. Dark Mofo is the perfect platform to ignite discussions on underrepresented issues. I look forward to the conversations continuing into next year’s events.

CHRISTOPHER LEON

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Jónsi & Alex Somers with the TSO (Gordon Hamilton, conductor) - Federation Concert Hall - June 15 The ambient music album Riceboy Sleeps was originally released a decade ago.

It received mixed reviews at the time, but has become a cult classic for fans of Jónsi Birgisson from the band Sigur Rós and his partner Alex Somers. These performances for Dark Mofo were the second and third of current world live events celebrating the original album release.

The nine movements were sometimes gently rhythmical, but mainly static with little tempo variation. The content was about amplified sound textures, members of the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra providing lush strings with winds, piano, horn, and wind chimes, along with a thunder sheet. A chorus plus electronically produced bird, animal, and other noises comprised the remaining sonic elements. Jónsi and Alex themselves added wordless vocals and instrumental touches to the unfolding dreamscape. Lighting and smoke effects gave a moody, lulling atmosphere.

For me, the total experience, while physically warm, soothing, and enveloping, was hardly engrossing, lacking much in the way of musical variety or challenge. Indeed, at around 68 minutes, I eventually drifted, finding it all ultimately sleep inducing, while for others it was clearly rapturously evocative and emotionally involving. A capacity crowd of aficionados seemed totally mesmerised by proceedings, responding with overwhelming enthusiasm of an intensity rarely given by regular TSO audiences.

Mary Lattimore & Julianna Barwick - Odeon Theatre - June 23 Mary Lattimore’s performance on 47-string harp started in a somewhat unorthodox way: a massive projected shot of Scarlett Johansson’s bum appeared on the screen. It was a DVD screw-up; Lost in Translation had been inserted instead of the abstract visuals that would accompany Mary’s performance.

Nevertheless, this American musician proceeded: “My name’s Mary, and I’m gonna play this harp for ya”, and we all settled in for an overwhelmingly peaceful affair.

The solo classically trained artist performed on an electric harp that was heavily plucked, looped, and layered. She played works from her album Hundreds of Days, and I felt drawn into her pocket of calm amidst the otherwise grungy and glorious storm that is Dark Mofo.

The sound engineers did a superb job of mixing – the harp wasn’t piercing and there was plenty of bass; a perfect set-up for textures that felt endlessly repetitive and ambient.

Julianna Barwick then performed solo, layering her stunningly clear voice over keys. It was almost felt too ethereal and angelic to exist in a live performance space.

They performed one final work as a duo, and they fit together organically – the combination of fast, percussive plucks with vast, pure vocal tones was captivating. After, I was left in a state of meditation, but others whistled and cheered with all the energy of the night.

Roger Eno is an English pianist/ composer, who, like his older brother Brian (formerly of Roxy Music), writes music in the ambient style. Roger is also a multi-faceted instrumentalist and singer. He counts French composer Satie (1866-1925) as a primary influence, and is also well known for his movie and television scores.

Sauntering onto the stage of the packed Hobart Town Hall, beer in hand, Roger greeted the audience in the most friendly, informal way. His performance on piano was to be illustrated by projections of favourite photographs, and he apologised in advance that the brightness of the auditorium would obscure some visual detail.

While bemoaning the frustration and chaos caused in his country by Brexit, Eno stressed that he was very much in the ‘remain’ camp while the imagery to be presented did evoke nostalgia for an England that has long since disappeared.

This, he felt, was at the core of a misplaced desire by some to return to that vanished era.

His playing was sonorous and poetic while the music itself was full of gentle melancholy with a quirky, sometimes wry quality very much recalling Satie. The imagery, firstly black-and-white, then sepia, and subdued colour, comprised decaying industrial buildings, rusting metal fences and equipment, hidden alleyways, crumbling walls with old frescos and graffiti – all evoking the faded glory of better days. Toward the end, there was the market town of Bungay in Suffolk, trees, sea, and gently rolling hills.

For me, total effect was entrancing and quite beautiful; the audience seemed to agree. Preparing his encore, Roger advised the death on May 30 of his friend, the singer/songwriter Leon Redbone who’s sad If Someone Would Only Love Me he then played.

PETER DONNELLY

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CREATIVE EXCHANGE - WORKSHOPS IN EVERYTHING Hobart arts hub, Kickstart Arts have launched their 2019 Winter WORKSHOP Program. rUNNING through to the end of august, CREATIVE EXchANGE BRINGS knowledgeable INSTRUCTORS TOGETHER WITH ASPIRING CREATORS TO SHARE IDEAS AND SKILLS. WORKSHOPS COVER CREATIVITY IN EVERYTHING FROM INTERACTIVE ARTS THROUGH to FOOD PREPARATION.

Below are some of the workshops on offer for July and August.

— Community Exchange Network Tasmania - Saturday July 6 - Free Tania Brookes will teach you how to trade without money using Tasmania’s own community currency called “CENTs”.

The session will include a CENTs Trading Event, where you can bring along wares to trade with others. Signing up to CENTs on the day you’ll get CENT20 (equivalent to AUD$20) to spend. You’ll learn how easy it is to trade without money and takehome goods you can buy on the day.

— Cheese Making - Saturday July 13 $85/$64 Learn how to make a variety of cheese from a local Israeli artisan, Ayelet Anush, including labneh, ricotta, feta and haloumi. Some cheeses will be made in advance to demonstrate the various stages. You also get to eat the cheese at the conclusion of the workshop.

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— Calligraphy - Sunday July 14 - $69 / $52 Want to write like a benedictine monk from the middle ages? Peter Seekings will be passing on the art of lettering in the style of Pointed Gothic. During this full day session, he will guide you in the creation of your own booklet. You also get to keep the calligraphy pen at the end.

— Victorian Crazy Patchwork Saturday July 20 - $44/$33

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Local needle-pointer Joy Birbeck will pass down her knowledge of historic patchwork and embroidery systems.

You will be able to choose your own fabrics and threads to create your own colour scheme for a lavish cushion of your own keeping. The workshop will include explanations, demonstrations and one-on-one instruction of the various techniques.This session suits people with some hand sewing experience.

— Interactive Art - Tuesday July 30 $69 / $52 With his work regularly featured at festivals including Dark Mofo, Jason James focuses to bring his installations to life with interactivity from the viewer and or movement within the art piece.

Through this workshop, attendees will learn how to use low cost electronics to add sensors and movement to artworks.

You’ll learn to do simple programming of micro-controllers to accept a sensor input and make a motor move.

— ARTPlay for Parents - Sunday August 4 - $49/$37 Letting your child play with paint or other arts supplies at home can be a little unnerving particularly when you have recently only house the repainted or purchased a new sofa set. Sheree Martin will guide nervous parents through a hands-on course covering ARTPlay process; Paint, Sensory & Spray. you’ll build confidence around the process of setting up a painting experience, learn ways to manage a messy activity, and of course learn many tips and tricks for a quick and easy clean up. This session suits parents with children aged 2 and up.

— Twined Basket making - Saturday August 17 - $116/$87 Transform reeds and rushes into functional baskets. Gwen Egg will pass on the skills of an ancient and versatile basket weaving technique. During this full day session there will be time to fully explore the possibilities for weaving twined baskets from a range of natural materials. You will learn and practice a range of starts and finishes and everything in between. Also covered will be tips for collecting, preparing and getting the best results from your materials, approaches to creating different shapes and textures and also decorative techniques to personalise your baskets.

— Winter Breakfast Cookery Sunday August 18 - $43/$33 Wondering what to do on a cold Winter weekend morning? Hang out in a warm kitchen cooking yourself a hearty breakfast. Alison Gandy will share with you her favourite quick & easy, delicious, breakfast recipes. Get creative as we cook gluten free pikelets, alternative milks, five types of porridge (quinoa, barley, semolina, oat blend, rice) and linseed, sunflower seed and almond (LSA) and strawberry matcha pancakes. Reduce packaging and save time and money by learning an amazing porridge blend that cooks in under 2 minutes. Make sure you bring a hearty breakfast appetite as you will taste test while you cook.

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“Maybe I was a performative child, but there was no outlet for it.” Ragg says. “I played a lot of sports. There’s a huge crossover, what we want in sport is tragedy and comedy and we wanna know the player and their background. You spend a lot of time monitoring team dynamics, that everyone is engaged and supported. Making sure people are operating at the best of their abilities.”

fighting against change, some do change. Not only is it my favorite and his best comedy, but it leans into this dangerous territory.”

“I was working at Belvoir [St Theatre, Sydney], assisting Judy Davis, and I got a call asking me to come in.” Ragg explains, on how he first landed the role. “I was supposed to be going on an overseas trip, so I flew back for a day and came into the audition and ten minutes later got a call saying: ‘don’t go too far, you’ve got the role’ (laughs)”

“Just because it’s a classic doesn’t mean it’s relevant, you have to find something that pushes your buttons and speaks to people.” he says.

“This is a play I can bring all my friends to. It burrows down into a political point that is so tense and tender at the moment that I think people will come out of it arguing about the merits of each character and their viewpoint.

Audiences are so smart now, we don’t just want escapism, we wanna learn and be pushed. This play doesn’t let you off the hook.”

Much Ado About Nothing is one of Shakespeare’s most famous comedic plays, long noted for its unique portrayal of gender roles; Ragg plays Benedick, who spends much of the piece in verbal jousts with Beatrice. It’s a story of love, but also of “dastardly plots, misinformation, false accusations, broken promises and bumbling cops.”

“The play is more relevant than ever” Ragg explains. “In an age of MeToo and complex gender politics, this play strikes out in dangerous territory. It dares to make a comedy out of something that is a huge pressure point for so many people, realisations and rapid growth for a lot of men, having to figure out how to navigate a space they’ve been dominant and cruel in for so long. You’ve got different states of characters; some dont change at all, some are 20

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ACTOR DUNCAN RAGG’S CAREER HAS BEEN TOUCHED

BY SERENDIPITY; SOON TO BE STARRING IN HIS BELL SHAKESPEARE DEBUT AS BENEDICK IN MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING, IT WAS A BELL PRODUCTION THAT FIRST INTRODUCED HIM TO THE MAGIC OF THEATRE- HE SAW CARLO GOLDONI’S THE SERVANT OF TWO MASTERS AT AGE FIFTEEN, HIS FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH LIVE THEATRE, AND FROM THERE HE WAS HOOKED.

Ragg notes that part of the reason that Shakespeare’s work is still being performed some four hundred years later is that companies are forever reinventing the works, namely to allow for modern context and commentary.

“What is high art and mainstream art is starting to bleed a little; companies like Bell do a regional tour and find someone like fifteenyear-old me who knows only cricket and rugby and shows you can be a clown on stage and share stories and get people talking in the foyer afterwards. It’s also up to companies to take the mantle and go, ‘lets see how we can challenge people’.”

beautiful, and I think his teaching sort of infected me. The form of clowning that I’ve studied is about being with the audience at all times, everything is for them, so that rigid structure seems to fall away. You’re checking in that they are having a great time- that’s why Benedick is so wonderful, with all the things that fall apart in the play, the comedy holds strong. Benedick has a wonderful relationship with the audience, I get to hang out and share all my concerns with the audience, I get to be with them, and that takes the pressure off. [My] clowning background makes me feel safer.”

Ragg notes that the strength of the cast (including the multifaceted musician, actor and Play School host Zindzi Okenyo) and their collective experiences have allowed him to fall into the role more easily.

“We have a room full of people who have gone through a lot already, there’s a lot of age groups in this cast, and we all have experiences and trauma we want to bring to the piece, because it’s a universal thing. Everyone at the start of rehearsals was like, ‘let’s get a lot of off our chest!’ (laughs). The director has said, ‘I want this to be your play’. It’s been wonderful to have a lot of strong women leading the process and having these difficult conversations.”

LISA DIB

Benedick is indeed the perfect role for Ragg, thanks to his background in clowning.

“I studied at NIDA and then went to Paris to learn under Philippe Gaulier, a mad genius, equally hilarious and horrible and cruel and

Much Ado About Nothing is on at the Theatre Royal in Hobart, Thursday August 29 - Saturday August 31.

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As far as the eye can see Running through to the end of July, As far as the eye can see IS AN EXHIBITION OF contemporary AUSTRALIAN printmaking FOCUSING ON THE NATURAL LANDSCAPE.

A combined work of 22 Australian artists, the exhibition allows the aforementioned to express their individual relationships to the land through a variety of print media.

The common thread running through the work is the deep respect for the land by the artist, be it from Aboriginal desert story-tellers and knowledge keepers, through to the regional experience of World Heritage sites and journeys across the country.

The artist makes it clear that in the digital age, the need for humans to remain connected to the natural world has never been more urgent.

As far as the eye can see will exhibit until July 28 in the Devonport Regional Gallery, Paranaple Arts Centre, Devonport. Further information available from the gallery’s website - www.devonportgallery.com.

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COMEDY

ISAAC BUTTERFIELD Who said comedy has to be a serious thing? Certainly not Isaac Butterfield, stand-up comedian and YouTube personality with over a half million followers on his channel.

After selling out over fifty shows across Australia in 2018, Isaac Butterfield returns to the stage for his brand new hour of unfiltered and raw social observations of the society we live in today. Why So Serious? explores PC culture of our ever so changing world, from the good, to the bad, to the ugly.

Butterfield was catapulted to fame in 2016 with his first youtube interviewing rugby player Sam Thaiday after a match. In 2018, he went on to post his most popular videos on YouTube include 10 Reasons Not To Visit Australia (Aussie Reacts) and Americans Try Australian Food (Aussie Reacts).

Comedians often walk the fine line between comic relief and transgression.

Butterfield managed to offend the collective of the nation of the Long White Cloud, ‘The Actual Difference Between Australia and New Zealand’, was taken down by Facebook on the grounds of racism and hate speech. No stranger to controversy, Butterfield will share with you what makes you Australian, and what makes you apart from Americans or New Zealanders.

See Isaac Butterfield, Why So Serious? In Launceston at The Tramsheds Function Centre on Friday August 2, and in Hobart at the Granada Tavern on Saturday August 3. Tickets available via the website - www. isaacbutterfield.com/tickets/tas.

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Arts

performing arts Guide

Gallery Guide South Colville Gallery July 5 Lloyd Rees Art Prize July 22 Fine Art Auction July 26 Artists Studio Portraits & Self Portraits Group Show Handmark Gallery Until July 15 New Paintings – Heidi Woodhead July 19 – August 12 Landscape Exhibition – Handmark Artists Despard Gallery Until July 21 Botanica – Lorraine Biggs, Penny Burnett, Maggie Jeffries and Ochre Lawson July 31 – August 25 Overview - Geoff Dyer Bett Gallery Until July 20 Alexander Okenyo Until July 20 Holly Zeinart – 2017 Recipient of the Bett Gallery Award July 26 – August 17 Tom O’Hern July 26 – August 17 Tim Burns Salamanca Arts Centre Lightbox July 1 Endangered Species in Fibre Top Gallery July 6 – July 30 The band Long Gallery Until July 4 Reclaimed Spaces July 18 – July 29 Tarkine in Motion 2019 Contemporary Art Tasmania Until July 14 Confessions – Tony Albert

TMAG Until December 30 Fifty Shades of Blue Until November 3 Tense Past – Julie Gough Until July 14 Dirty Paper – Matt Coyle, Joel Crosswell, Tom O’Hern, Lucienne Rickard and Andrew Harper with works by Andrew Clifford and Rodney Febey.

July 26 – October 6 Portraits: Geoff Dyer

NORTH Handmark Evandale Until July 3 New Works – Jock Young July 7 – July 31 ‘Still Life’ Exhibition – Handmark Artists Burnie Arts & Function Centre Until July 7 Wild Coast – Works from the BRAG Collection Until August 4 Farm Life – Meg Collidge July 10 – August 4 Australia Wide Six – Ozquilt Network Gallery Pejean Until July 6 Colour, Space and Light – Jonathan Bowden July 9 – August 3 Breathe ... let go – Michael Weitnauer Devonport Regional Gallery Main Gallery Until July 28 As far as the eye can see Little Gallery Until July 21 10 Objects – 10 Stories: Celebrating Community Collections July 27 – September 1 Threads of Childhoods Past: Jennifer Frost & Jan Larcombe Upper Gallery Until August 25 Uncanny – Erin Wilson

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The Polish Corner July 3 Ethel Chop July 10 Charisa Bossinakis July 17 Kirsty Webeck July 24 Damian Callinan July 31 Al Del Bene

Saint John Craft Beer July 13 Laughs for a Cause: Northern Comedy’s Charity Night

Federation Concert Hall July 24 Em Rusciano – The Rage and Rainbows Tour

THEATRE

Red Brick Road Ciderhouse July 6 Incider Comedy: Christmas in July

Frank’s Cider Bar and Cafe July 25 Damian Callinan Pancho Villa Voodoo Bar July 9 Side Splitting Comedy #21 : Tyler Sonnichsen

THEATRE Peacock Theatre July 30 – August 3 101 – Cameron Hindrum

Princess Theatre July 20 Circus Oz – Rock Bang Earl Arts Centre July 18 – July 25 101 – Cameron Hindrum Paranaple Arts Centre July 12 Shenanigan’s Wake July 23 Circus Oz – Rock Bang Burnie Uniting Church Hall July 8 – July 13 Bare The Musical

Playhouse Theatre Until July 20 Treasure Island July 27 – July 28 Believe Theatre Royal July 2 – July 3 L’Amante Anglaise July 7 Cabaret Gala July 10 The Idea of North July 12 Boston’s Children’s Chorus July 13 A Cappella Showcase Concert July 25 – July 27 Circus Oz Roxk Bang

Sawtooth ARI Gallery July 5 Junction launch party (8.00PM till late) QVMAG Until September 1 Undercurrents - Barbie Kjar, Jennifer Marshall, Milan Milojevic Until September 22 The Enquiring Light - Angela Casey Until October 30Dinosaur rEvolution: Secrets of Survival Until March 29 Marjorie Bligh: Domestic Goddess

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Moonah Arts Centre July 18 Magical Miliethina – Takira Simon-Brown July 18 Waste-Ed Art 2019 July 18 All the Things – Jacob Leary & Ariel Ruby July 18 After the Flood – Hilary Green

29 to 31 AUGUST BOOK NOW

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Event Guide

Hobart Date

Venue

Acts / Start Time

Date

Venue

Acts / Start Time

Prism w/ Baltimore, Solo Klein, Jamie Taylor

Monday

Willie Smith’s Apple Shed

Montz Matsumoto

Bright Eyes Cafe

Pop Up Choir 1pm, 1:30pm

Colin Lillie

Irish Murphy’s

Elton John Tribute Night

Noteworthy - with Hui & The Muse 8:30pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Quiz Night 7:30pm

Bright Eyes Cafe

Mostly Acoustic Jam Session 7pm

Duke Trivia 7:30pm

Hadley’s Orient Hotel

Allison Farrow and Andrew Short

Birdcage Bar

Bridget Pross 8:30pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Brisbane Hotel

Kaosis (NZ), Logic Defies Logic (NZ), Minds in Motion, The Midways, Lab A

Noteworthy - with Dee Mac + Samuel Bester + Tim Davies 8pm

The Duke

Dukebox Audition Jam

Federation Concert Hall

The Best of Rodgers and Hammerstein 7:30pm

Theatre Royal

Dami Im

Brisbane Hotel

Prism w/ Storm Worm, DMAX, Projekt Camus

JULY Wednesday

3

Brisbane Hotel North Hobart Uniting Church Republic Bar & Cafe The Brunswick Hotel The Duke

Thursday

4

5

Hadley’s Orient Hotel

Annia Baron

Hobart City Hall

Pub Choir

Observatory Bar

DJ B-Rex

Irish Murphy’s

Noteworthy – Ned and Friends 8:30pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

North Hobart Uniting Church

Kerryn Fields – Making Light of the Dark

Noteworthy - with The Crystal Sky Band 8:30pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Bianca & Jess Clennett 8:30pm

Telegraph Hotel

DJ Nick Berechree

Harry & Jane 6:30pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Isaac Westwood 6pm

The Duke

Crystal Sky – Soul-Oh 7:30pm

The Duke

Duke Trivia 7:30pm

Altar

All The Weathers

The Homestead

Mid-Week Gypsy Jazz Sessions

Birdcage Bar

Vice Captains 9pm

Birdcage Bar

The Suffrajettes 8:30pm

Hugo Bladel 7pm

Bright Eyes Cafe

Pop Up Choir 5:30pm

Peter Hicks and the Blues Licks 6pm

Bright Eyes Cafe

Unlocked – Open Mic Night 6pm

Back Bar: Polish Club (NSW), Amoylc, Teens

Grand Poobah

Karaoke

Brisbane Hotel

Front Bar: Convict City Rollers Afterparty

Irish Murphy’s

Cargo

Rikin

Noteworthy – The Tim Blizzard Explosion 8:30pm

Central Hotel

Jess Clennett 5pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Django’s Tiger 8:30pm

Hotel SOHO

Blacksnake Road 7:30pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Billy Whitton 6:30pm

Jack Greene

Matt & Abby

The Duke

Crystal Sky – Soul-Oh 7:30pm

Long Gallery

Lady Sings It Better

The Odeon Theatre

Electric Fields

Long Gallery

Emily Burke

Birdcage Bar

Dan Vandermeer 9pm

Moonah Arts Centre

Proper Deadly Night 6pm

Botanica Bar

Hannah Price 7pm

Observatory Bar

DJ Nik Berechree

Bright Eyes Cafe

Billy Whitton and the Swinging Hepcats 6pm

Pablo’s Cocktails and Dreams

Ruby

Brisbane Hotel

Late Night Krackieoke

Post Street Social

Tony Mak Duo 9pm

Cargo

Millhouse

Republic Bar & Cafe

Gabe & The Dagrezios + Art School Bullies + Liam Johnston 10pm

Central Hotel

Joel Everard 5pm

Grand Poobah

New Horizons

DJ Mad, Jonathan & Alan 5pm

Hotel SOHO

The Matt & Nate Show

Got Your Six

Jack Greene

Westwood & Doyle

The Brunswick Hotel

Tim Davies 6pm

Moonah Arts Centre

Haunting Winds 6pm

The Duke

The Duchesses at The Duke

Observatory Bar

DJ Nick Berechree

The Homestead

Tuck Shop Ladies

Post Street Social

Gabrielle

The Whaler

Finn Seccombe, The Darlings 7:30pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Australian Made 10pm

Graham Rix

Tasmanian Inn

Patrick Berechree 7:30pm

Sambo & Jimi 9pm

Telegraph Hotel

Pocket Rockett

Pop Up Choir 1pm

The Brunswick Hotel

The Duvets 5pm

Bright Eyes Cafe

Mat Woolley 4pm

The Homestead

Brisbane Hotel

ALL AGES: Legal Noise, Chunderthunts, Morgans Sandpit

M.T. Blues Music + Yesterday’s Gentlemen 9pm

The Odeon Theatre

Holy Holy

Cargo

Millhouse

The Whaler

Dylan Eynon, Dean Stevenson 7:30pm

Fern Tree Tavern

Kunanyi Folk Club – Dave Steel 7:30pm

Uni Bar

Skeggs

Good Grief Studios

Bianca Blackhall Debut EP Launch

Willie Smith’s Apple Shed

Mid Winter Fest

Birdcage Bar

Matt Edmunds 9pm

Chase City

Bright Eyes Cafe

Pop Up Choir 1:30pm

Westwood & Doyle

Bright Eyes Cafe

Billy Whitton 4pm

North Hobart Uniting Church

Kerryn Fields Trio

Brisbane Hotel

Observatory Bar

DJ B-Rex

Elevated Presents: Ciecmate, Dunn D, 42 South, Dispraze, Statik & Fierce

Post Street Social

Terry Nomikos

Cargo

DJ Rikin

Queens Head Hotel

The Ringmasters

Federation Concert Hall

Cherubini Requiem in C Minor

Republic Bar & Cafe

Promise - Album Launch 10pm

Grand Poobah

LO’99, Zios, Black Sassy & Eddie Edwards

Telegraph Hotel

Serotonin

Jack Greene

Matt & Abby

The Brunswick Hotel

Cam Stuart 7:30pm

Observatory Bar

DJ B-Rex

The Homestead

The Sketches & Friends

Post Street Social

Sean Hall

The Whaler

Dean Stevenson 9pm

Queens Head Hotel

Chiseld: The Best of Cold Chisel and Jimmy Barnes

Theatre Royal

Cliff Richard & The Shadows - 60th Anniversary Tribute Concert

Republic Bar & Cafe

Broken Girls Club + The Pits + Vacant Lot 10pm

Birdcage Bar

Matt and Abby 6:30pm

Telegraph Hotel

Pocket Rockett

Bright Eyes Cafe

Teresa Dixon 4pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Dave West 7:30pm

Brisbane Hotel

Trashfest 2019: 7pm

The Grand Poobah

LO’99

Brisbane Hotel

Brissie Bingo 6pm

The Odeon Theatre

80s Chorus

Claremont Memorial Hall

Clarence City Band 1pm

The Whaler

Billy Whitton and the Swingcats 9pm

Jack Greene

Gabrielle

Bjorn Again - 30th Anniversary Tour

Post Street Social

Isaac Westwood

Wrest Point Entertainment Centre

Republic Bar & Cafe

Wahbash Avenue 2:30pm

Birdcage Bar

The Suffrajettes 6pm

Vice Captains 8:30pm

Bright Eyes Cafe

Lester McLeod 4pm

M.T. Blues Music 2pm

Brisbane Hotel

Brissie Bingo 6pm

Bright Eyes Cafe Brisbane Hotel

Tasmanian Inn Telegraph Hotel

Willie Smith’s Apple Shed 6

Birdcage Bar Bright Eyes Cafe

Grand Poobah Hobart Brewing Co Jack Greene

Sunday

7

Republic Bar & Cafe Salty Dog Kingston

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Karaoke

Botanica Bar

Saturday

Wednesday

9

Grand Poobah

The Brunswick Hotel Friday

Dave West 6pm

Tuesday

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Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

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12

13

14

Date

Venue

Acts / Start Time

Date

Venue

Acts / Start Time

Post Street Social

Joel Hopson

Wednesday

Republic Bar & Cafe

The Firm 2:30pm

Brisbane Hotel

Glue (USA), Rapid Dye (NSW), Ironhawk, Lake Myer

Republic Bar & Cafe

AlfanAnt ‘East Coast Tour’ + Daniel Townsend 8:30pm

Observatory Bar

DJ B-Rex

Republic Bar & Cafe

Noteworthy – with Lunar Rampage 8:30pm

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Monday

15

Republic Bar & Cafe

Dave Elliston 7pm

Telegraph Hotel

DJ Liam Vaughan

Tuesday

16

Bright Eyes Cafe

Mostly Acoustic Jam Session 7pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Dan Vandermeer 6pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Noteworthy – with Colin Kucera + Nick Machin + Ruby Austin-Lund 8pm

The Duke

Duke Trivia 7:30pm

Birdcage Bar

Billy Whitton Duo 8:30pm

Bright Eyes Cafe

Unlocked – Open Mic Night 6pm

Brisbane Hotel

Cult Comedy

Grand Poobah

Karaoke

Republic Bar & Cafe

Noteworthy – Gabe and the Dagrezios 8:30pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Henry Rippon 6:30pm

The Duke

Jay Jarome 7:30pm

Altar

The Sleepyheads

Birdcage Bar

Jerome Hillier 9pm

Botanica Bar

Hannah Price 7pm

Bright Eyes Cafe

Patron Saints 6pm

Brisbane Hotel

FemFest Fundraiser

Cargo

Millhouse

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

17

18

19

20

The Duke

Jazz Jam 7:30pm

Brisbane Hotel

VETO (France), Ultra Martian

Observatory Bar

DJ Nick Berechree

Republic Bar & Cafe

Noteworthy – with Black Swans of Trespass 8:30pm

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Telegraph Hotel

DJ Liam Vaughan

The Brunswick Hotel

Sam Forsyth 6pm

The Duke

Duke Trivia 7:30pm

The Homestead

M.T. Blues Music 8pm

Wrest Point Showroom

Matthew Ives and his Big Band

Birdcage Bar

Pepper Jane 8:30pm

Brisbane Hotel

John Davis & The Cicadas (USA), The Native Cats, SCRAPS

Grand Poobah

Karaoke

Central Hotel

Bridget Pross 5pm

Irish Murphy’s

Noteworthy – Saucy Jack & His Ripper Band 8:30pm

Grand Poobah

Burlesque After Dark

Grand Poobah

The Rinse Out in The Kissing Room

Irish Murphy’s

Saucy Jack

Hobart Brewing Co

Slowly Slowly

Republic Bar & Cafe

Tristan Bird + Olivia Wilson 8:30pm

Jack Greene

Sean Hall

Telegraph Hotel

DJ B-Rex

Moonah Arts Centre

Hui, The Muse & Swans 6pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Tony Mak 6:30pm

Observatory Bar

DJ Rikin

The Duke

Jay Jarome 7:30pm

Post Street Social

Tony Mak

Birdcage Bar

Tony Mak Duo 9pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

The Outfit 10pm

Botanica Bar

Hannah Price 7pm

Salty Dog Kingston

M.T. Blues Music 5:30pm

Bright Eyes Cafe

Coyote Serenade 6pm

Tasmanian Inn

Dylan Eynon 7:30pm

Cargo

DJ Sexy Lucy

Telegraph Hotel

Big Swifty

Central Hotel

M.T. Blues Music 5pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Cam Stuart 5pm

Grand Poobah

The Coven

The Whaler

Searching Eyes, Dean Stevenson 7:30pm

Jack Greene

Matt & Abby

Uni Bar

What So Not

Moonah Arts Centre

Magic Carpet 6pm

Willie Smith’s Apple Shed

Olivia

Observatory Bar

DJ Rikin

All Saints Market

TBC

Post Street Social

Isaac Westwood

Bangor Shed

M.T. Blues Music 6pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

GAPE + PVRE + WOE 10pm

Birdcage Bar

Tony Voglino 9pm

Tasmanian Inn

Random Act 7:30pm

Brisbane Hotel

Telegraph Hotel

Machine 13

Back Bar: Disentomb (QLD), Whoretopsy (Vic), Mephistopheles, Zeolite

The Brunswick Hotel

Jonathan & Alan 5pm

Brisbane Hotel

Front Bar: Late Night Krackieoke

The Whaler

Hugh Foley, Dean Stevenson 7:30pm

Cargo

DJ Rikin

Uni Bar

Middle Kids

Hobart Brewing Co

Slowly Slowly

Willie Smith’s Apple Shed

Liam Johnston

Jack Greene

Matt & Abby

Wrest Point Showroom

Chocolate Starfish – INXS Kick

Observatory Bar

DJ B-Rex

Tim and Scott 9pm

Peacock Theatre

David Bridie – The Wisdom Line

Back Bar: Hideous Sun Demon (Vic), Slag Queens, Dissolver

Republic Bar & Cafe

Boil Up 10pm

Telegraph Hotel

Serotonin

Brisbane Hotel

Front Bar: Ghyti (SA), Dog Dreams

The Brunswick Hotel

Jay Jarome Trio 7:30pm

Cargo

Millhouse

The Founders Room

Grand Poobah

It Thing, Baltimore, Broken Girls Club and Art School Bullies

Django & Grappelli: The Originals – Django’s Tiger

The Whaler

Billy Whitton and the Swingcats 9pm

Ivory Lounge Bar

Press Play

Birdcage Bar

The Dave Sikk 4tet 6pm

Jack Greene

Sean Hall

Bright Eyes Cafe

Hui and the Muse 4pm

Observatory Bar

DJ B-Rex

Brisbane Hotel

Brissie Bingo 6pm

Peacock Theatre

David Keating (Ireland)

Jack Greene

Isaac Westwood

Post Street Social

Gabrielle

Post Street Social

Gabrielle

Republic Bar & Cafe

Sisters Doll + Supports 10pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

120Y’s 2:30pm

Telegraph Hotel

Pocket Rockett

Republic Bar & Cafe

Tim & Scott 8:30pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Tim Davies 7:30pm

Monday

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Republic Bar & Cafe

Quiz Night 7:30pm

The Whaler

The Darlings 9pm

Tuesday

30

Bright Eyes Cafe

Mostly Acoustic Jam Session 7pm

Theatre Royal

Boys In The Band – Jukebox Revolution

Republic Bar & Cafe

Birdcage Bar

Felicity and Harry 6pm

Noteworthy – with Sam Marshall + Eve Gowen + JEN 8pm

Bright Eyes Cafe

Dave Squires & Jane Morriss 4pm

The Duke

Michael Priest 7:30pm

Brisbane Hotel

Brissie Bingo 6pm

Brisbane Hotel

Prism 1st Birthday!!

Tony Mak Duo 9pm

Observatory Bar

DJ Nick Berechree

Isaac Westwood

Republic Bar & Cafe

Noteworthy – with The Darlings 8:30pm

Inscape Fundraiser 2:30pm

Telegraph Hotel

DJ Liam Vaughan

Billy Warner 8:30pm

The Brunswick Hotel

Isaac Westwood 6pm

The Duke

Duke Trivia 7:30pm

Birdcage Bar Brisbane Hotel

Sunday

Thursday

Jack Greene Post Street Social Republic Bar & Cafe Republic Bar & Cafe Monday

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Republic Bar & Cafe

Sam Forsyth 7pm

Tuesday

23

Bright Eyes Cafe

Mostly Acoustic Jam Session 7pm

Republic Bar & Cafe

Noteworthy – with Liam Johnston + Searching Eyes + CC Thornley 8pm

The Duke

Michael Priest 7:30pm

Friday

Saturday

Sunday

Wednesday

26

27

28

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Venue 4

Burnie Arts & Function Cliff Richard & The Shadows Centre 60th Anniversary Tribute Show Royal Oak

Friday

5

Acts / Start Time

Pat Broxton, Megan Pennyfeather (Public Bar) 8pm

Royal Oak

TAFE Student Concert (Oak Shed) 8pm

Watergarden

The Tassie Tenor 7pm

Bakers Lane

Spicy Music w/ Wehbba (Brazil)

Date

Venue

Acts / Start Time

Sunday

14

Royal Oak

Open Folk Seisiun (Public Bar) 5pm

Watergarden

Raj Sinha 1:30pm

Wednesday

17

Bakers Lane

Laneway Sessions: Nick Bennett // Saree Salter

Royal Oak

Miss Tori (Public Bar) 8pm Andy Collins (Public Bar) 8pm

Thursday

18

Royal Oak Watergarden

The Suffrajettes 7pm

Friday

19

Josef Chromy Wines

Friday Night Jazz

Kings Bridge Bar & Restaurant

Scott Lewis 6pm

Paranaple Arts Centre

Jukebox Revolution

Pub Rock Diner

Not a Bumblebee 10pm

Royal Oak

Jacob Boote (Public Bar) 8pm

The Saloon Bar

Sisters Doll: The Black Mirror Tour

Tonic Bar

Agent 86 9pm

Bayviews Restaurant & Maeve Grieve 6pm Lounge Bar Bridport Hotel

Saturday

Sunday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday

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6

7

10

11

12

13

Singer Songwriters Show with Andrew Swift & Harmony James

Country Club Showroom

Cliff Richard & The Shadows 60th Anniversary Tribute Show

Royal Oak

Mick Attard (Public Bar) 8pm

Sawtooth ARI Gallery

Junction Launch Party: BAD BEEF + Friends

Tonic Bar

K&J 9pm

Verona Italian Restaurant and Wine

Danny Kealley 6:30pm

Watergarden

Adam Page 7pm

Albert Hall

The Best of Rodgers and Hammerstein 7:30pm

Saturday

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Watergarden

The Suffrajettes 7pm

Country Club Showroom

CHOCOLATE STARFISH – INXS Kick

Loi’z Bar

Not a Bumblebee 8pm

Royal Oak

Cotton Pony (Oak Shed) 8pm

The Irish

Agent 86

Tonic Bar

Just Dance 9pm

Watergarden

The Fireflies 7pm

Mudbar Restaurant

Scott Lewis 3:30pm

Burnie Arts & Function BREATHE... The Sound of Centre Pink Floyd

Royal Oak

Open Folk Seisiun (Public Bar) 5pm

House Niteclub-Spurs Saloon

Double Trouble ft. Jessika Power (MAFS) and CTRL ALT DEL

Watergarden

Danny Keally 1:30pm

Plough Inn

Actuality, Lunar Rampage, Lanky Laneway 8pm

Laneway Sessions: The Protagonists // Cam Illingworth

Royal Oak

Andrew Swift & Harmony James (Oak Shed) 8pm

The Gunners Arms Tavern

Isla Ka, Bansheeland, Meres, Fiz Eustance (MELB)

Tonic Bar

Groove FX 9pm

Verona Italian Restaurant and Wine

Danny Kealley 6:30pm

Watergarden

Rino Morea 7pm

Royal Oak

Open Folk Seisiun (Public Bar) 5pm

Royal Oak

Bon Voyage Kazza (Oak Shed) 6pm

Watergarden

Kerry Tatnell 1:30pm

Bakers Lane

Laneway Sessions: Liam Chapman // Joe Kallman

Royal Oak

Raj (Public Bar) 8pm

Stillwater Restaurant

Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra Presents

The Irish

Scott Lewis 9:30pm

Burnie Town House

Sunday

21

Wednesday

24

Bakers Lane

Royal Oak

Matt Gibson (Public Bar) 8pm

Thursday

25

Paranaple Arts Centre

Devonport Jazz: Gospel Song

Royal Oak

Nick Chugg (Public Bar) 8pm

Watergarden

Tony Voglino 7pm

Greenwood Bar

The Smokin’ Elmores

Molly Malones

Gianni Marinucci Trio

Paranaple Arts Centre

Devonport Jazz: James Morrison

Royal Oak

Leigh Ratcliffe (Public Bar) 8pm

Tonic Bar

Von Rock Union 9pm

Watergarden

Adam Page 7pm

Zest Cafe and Bakehouse

Wendy Moles & Nick Hart

Friday

Saturday

26

27

Burnie Arts & Function Polished Brass Centre Paranaple Arts Centre

Devonport Jazz: Gianni Marinucci Trio

Paranaple Arts Centre

Viktor Zappner Swingtet featuring Alistair Dobson and Yoly Torres

Devonport Jazz: Ben Charnley Trio

Paranaple Arts Centre

Country Club Showroom

BJORN AGAIN - 30th Anniversary Tour

Devonport Jazz: The Syncopators Tribute to Louis ‘Satchmo’ Armstrong

Paranaple Arts Centre

Royal Oak

Dave Adams (Oak Shed) 8pm

Devonport Jazz: Squeezebox Cabaret with the Moonlight Aviators & Matthew Ives

Watergarden

Jerome Hillier 7pm

Pub Rock Diner

Yesterday’s Gentlemen

Royal Oak

The Sleepyheads w/ Cuban Heel, Monique How (Oak Shed) 8pm

The Alex Hotel

Les Coqs Incroyables

Tonic Bar

Supanova 9pm

Bayviews Restaurant & Clinton Hutton 6pm Lounge Bar Country Club Showroom

BJORN AGAIN - 30th Anniversary Tour

Royal Oak

The Boom Boom Room (Oak Shed) 8pm

The Gunners Arms Tavern

The Saxons and Chase City

Tonic Bar

Well Strung 9pm

Watergarden

Danny Kealley 7pm

Devonport RSL

JAKS

Greens Hotel

Mask’d Mafia Ft. Lockdown and GRIMM

Iron Horse Bar & Grill

Heavy Rollers

Kingsway Bar

Alfanant

Royal Oak

Raccoon Dog w/ K Lorenz, The Nook (Oak Shed) 8pm

Sunday

28

Watergarden

The Tassie Tenor 7pm

Devonport RSL

RAN Jazz Group

La Pomme

Cam Giles

Molly Malones

New Talent Showcase

Peal Oyster Bar & Cafe Wendy Moles & Nick Hart 4pm Royal Oak

Open Folk Seisiun (Public Bar) 5pm

Royal Oak

Launceston Blues Club Jam (Oak Shed) 2pm

Ulverstone Wharf

The Syncopators 7:30pm

Watergarden

Andy Collins 1:30pm

The Gunners Arms Tavern

Grim Fawkner, Hannah Lawes, Alexander Tyson

Tuesday

30

Royal Oak

Tonic Bar

DJ Randall Foxx 9pm

Open Mic (Public Bar) 7:30pm

Watergarden

Leigh Ratcliffe 7pm

Wednesday

31

Bakers Lane

Laneway Sessions: Oscar O’Shea // Tori Rattray

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JULY Thursday 4th Pat Broxton, Megan Pennyfeather (Public Bar 8pm) TAFE Student Concert (Oak Shed 8pm) Friday 5th Mick Attard (Public Bar 8pm) Saturday 6th Andrew Swift & Harmony James (Oak Shed 8pm) Sunday 7th Open Folk Seisiún (Public Bar 5pm) Bon Voyage Kazza (Oak Shed 6pm) Wednesdsay 10th Raj (Public Bar 8pm) Thursday 11th Dave Adams (Oak Shed 8pm) Friday 12th The Boom Boom Room (Oak Shed 8pm) Saturday 13th Raccoon Dog w/ K Lorenz, The Nook (Oak Shed 8pm) Sunday 14th Open Folk Seisiún (Public Bar 5pm) Wednesday 17th Miss Tori (Public Bar 8pm) Thursday 18th Andy Collins (Public Bar 8pm) Friday 19th Jacob Boote (Public Bar 8pm) Saturday 20th Cotton Pony (Oak Shed 8pm) Sunday 21st Neo Retro Jazz Quintet (Oak Shed 4pm) Open Folk Seisiún (Public Bar 5pm) Wednesday 24th Matt Gibson (Public Bar 8pm) Thursday 25th Nick Chugg (Public Bar 8pm) Friday 26th Leigh Ratcliffe (Public Bar 8pm) Saturday 27th The Sleepyheads w/ Cuban Heel, Monique How (Oak Shed 8pm) Sunday 28th Open Folk Seisiún (Public Bar 5pm) Launceston Blues Club Jam (Oak Shed 2pm) Tuesday 30th Open Mic (Public Bar 7:30pm)

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