WEEKEND MUSICIANS:
Sunday May 5, 2.30pm - 5.30pm ANDREW MORRIS
Sunday May 12, 2.30pm - 5.30pm AZO BELL & THE NEIGHBOURS
Sunday May 19, 2.30pm - 5.30pm MANDY HAWKES TRIO
MAY 1 . NOT QUITE FOLK (OPEN MIC NIGHT)
Join us for the long running NOT QUITE FOLK open mic night here at the pub hosted by Phil Levy.
All welcome, (just no Wonderwall or Under the Bridge covers and you’re good with us). Come in and ask for Phil at the side of stage to register. 6.30pm kick off!
Happening the first Wednesday of each month.
MAY 10. BABE RAINBOW AT THE BANGALOW A&I HALL
We’re taking this one off-site, to the iconic Bangalow A&I Hall.
Nature spirits and pub favourites, BABE RAINBOW are back on the road before a Euro tour in June. They’re introducing Malibu Canyon's VERY NICE PERSON to our shores too. Opening the night with SINGLE CELL ORGANISM.
It’s drink by us, food by our sister venue Ciao, Mate! and some sweet treats by Loco Love.
TWO SHOWS: Make sure you buy the right tickets!
Evening show (18+) 7-10pm w/ support by Very Nice Person & Single Cell Organism
MAY 10. BABE RAINBOW FAMILY SHOW (AFTERNOON MATINEE)
Afternoon family matinee 4-6pm w/ kids yoga by The Sunflower Sutra
This one is now completely sold out folks! Tickets to the evening gig via the link above.
MAY 25. JESS RIBERO & LEAH SENIOR
Bring ya mates and share in a few cold drinks while your ears enjoy the wholesome music of two of Australia’s brightest shining folk stars in this celebration of singing, songwriting and friendship.
Folk diviner Leah Senior and musical shape-shifter Jess Ribeiro share the stage in the ultimate pairing of lyrical geniuses for three special events along the east coast of Australia.
Don’t miss this magical moment of new music, stories, fresh albums and classic tales traversing many years of friendship between two spectacular singer songwriters
JUNE 1. DAVE GRANEY & CLARE MOORE
Celebrating the release of their new album (strangely)(emotional), DAVE GRANEY & CLARE MOORE are jumping back on the road and join us back at the pub early June for what always proves a helluva performance.
“As I have said many times nobody else is making music like this. A combination of the familiar tropes of rock and pop intermingled with literary lyrical explorations, jazz elements, ambient sounds, and a degree of abstraction masking astute commentary on the state of the world today. There are more ideas in these 15 songs than most artists achieve in their careers”. Bob Osborne – DIFFERENT NOISES – Salford UK
Dave Graney and Clare Moore have in recent years been swinging between song focused studio albums (like this one) and more band focused rock albums, (like their previous set In A Mistly). (strangely)(emotional) is so carefully titled because that’s the age we live in. A person has to be sure and careful of their words. It’s a sensitive area, the world, in 2024. Even though it is also brutal, viral and violent all at once. (The ground we walk upon is contested and just holding together with surface tension). So the words are quarantined from each other, in parentheses so as not to be qualifying or commenting on the other. The sounds on the album come from vintage drum machines, electric (six and twelve string) and acoustic (nylon and steel string) guitars, pedal steel, harp, harmonica, electric piano, drums, vibes, marimba, mellotron and tenor and soprano sax.
The words are rich, playful and very personal. Dave Graney is a proud Creative Creep. (strangely)(emotional) comes after a year where Graney and Moore toured the country to joy and acclaim with their 90s band Dave Graney and the Coral Snakes. This album was cooking away in the background all the while. It’s a Dave Graney and Clare Moore album. They’ve always done their own thing. This time, it’s (strangely)(emotional)
JUNE 21. BONNY DOON (USA)
In a world of urgency, there’s little regard to the spiritual, emotional, or physical well-being of musicians. The creative process, often hidden from the listeners, remains a mystery, though we may pick up clues in the songs themselves.
Throughout the ten tracks in their new album ‘Let There Be Music’, you can hear the spaciousness Bonny Doon allowed themselves since their 2018 sleeper cult-classic ‘Longwave’. Their latest musical journey is one that has big payoffs for devoted followers and undeniable rewards for anyone just stumbling across the band for the first time.
In the past five years Bonny Doon has shifted from being a Detroit band to an outfit spread between California and Michigan, and now Michigan and New York. Despite the new challenge of distance, members Bill Lennox (guitar and vocals), Bobby Colombo (guitar and vocals), and Jake Kmiecik (drums) leaned on their friendship to sustain the collaboration, which has blossomed more than ever on their third album. While many songwriters work in solitude, the back and forth magic of Colombo and Lennox's process is what gives Bonny Doon their unique voice. The two write and compose each song together, planning writing retreats throughout the year - to gather ideas, edit songs, and give each other feedback, continuing to dedicate themselves to the collaborative effort of being a songwriting team.
Presented by Jet Black Cat Music
NOVEMBER 12. BEN OTTWELL & IAN BALL (OF GOMEZ)
They just can’t leave us alone! Our good pals BEN OTTEWELL and IAN BALL (from GOMEZ) return for an annual jaunt, this time with a special 25-year anniversary celebration of two of their band’s out-of-this-world albums, BRING IT ON and LIQUID SKIN.
Hark back to those glory days of Triple J, and a new millennium, and a fight in a music shop sound that we all loved from Gomez. Expect all the gold from BRING IT ON and LIQUID SKIN and a whole lot more this October and November.
Joining Ben & Ian on their Australian voyage is our favourite Gomez-inspired troubadour, BUDDY. Presented by Love Police.