LUKE BAILEY
WHAT: Luke Bailey performs WHEN: Sunday March 5 at 2.15pm WHERE: 1876 Bar Level 2 Luke Bailey is a 17-year-old, up-and-coming modern fingerstyle guitarist from Melbourne. He provides a fresh, modern, and eccentric approach to acoustic guitar and shares his passion for music through published recordings and live performances. His musicality and technical proficiency have […]
MONICA WEIGHTMAN
WHAT: Monica Weightman performs WHEN: Saturday March 4 at 1.00pm WHERE: Marsh Mezzanine Stage Level 1 Monica Weightman grew up in Townsville, influenced by her Islander father Ray but with the musical genes of her Scottish-English-Italian mother. Although she never really associated with the large Torres Strait Islander community in Townsville, she said she had […]
JOSHUA BATTEN
WHAT: Joshua Batten performs WHEN: Saturday March 4 at 2.45pm WHERE: 1876 Bar Level 2 Joshua Batten is a modern-day troubadour, using music as his language to connect with his audience. Drawing on personal experience, his music provides both an escape and perspective in a complex world. Based in Melbourne, Joshua’s personal brand of Alternative […]
CHRIS BIENIEK FUSION
WHAT: Chris Bieniek Fusion performs feat Gerry Pantazis (drums) and Gavin Pearce (bass) WHEN: Saturday March 4 at 11.30am WHERE: Whammy Bar Level 2 The catalyst was hearing a young guitarist at high school play the melody to the Michael Jackson song ‘Give in to me’ on an electric guitar. ‘What?!!’… ‘You can play the […]
SAMMY VINCENT
WHAT: Sammy V presents clinic for Laney Amplification WHEN: Saturday March 4 at 3.30pm WHERE: Winners Circle Workshop Room Level 1 Hailing from small country town Mildura Victoria Australia, Samuel Vincent (aka Sammy V) began honing his skills at age 7 years as a guitarist/ multi-instrumentalist/song-writer and continues to develop his skills to date. […]
BLUES ROULETTE
WHAT: Blues Roulette present the MGS Jam WHEN: Sunday March 5 at 2.20pm WHERE: Whammy Bar Level 2 Musician, promoter and booking agent Ben Wicks has spent the last 15 years forging his place in Australian blues. In 2015 Ben created ‘Blues Roulette’. While based in the long standing traditions of blues jams, ‘Blues Roulette’ […]
OPAL OCEAN
WHAT: Opal Ocean perform WHEN: Sunday March 5 at 2pm WHERE: Marsh Mezzanine Stage Level 1 After tantalising listeners with a taste of what they were capable of in 2015 with the release of their Terra EP, the Australia-based duo of Alex Champ & Nadav Tabak continued to chart their own unique & extraordinary journey […]
JOYCE PRESCHER
WHAT: Joyce Prescher performs WHEN: Saturday March 4 at 1.45pm WHERE: 1876 Bar Level 2 Joyce Prescher is a Melbourne based singer songwriter originally from the Netherlands. Slowly but steadily, Joyce has been making a name for herself in the Americana and folk scene. Joyce’s music takes you back to days long gone with its gentle nods to […]
KING CANYON
WHAT: King Canyon performs WHEN: Sunday March 5 at 1.00pm WHERE: Whammy Bar Level 2 Melbourne guitarist James Ryan and singer Jimmy Cupples formed King Canyon in March 2020. With minimal discussion or prompting, the pair trialled an online collaboration and King Canyon was born. We like to think of King Canyon as the soul […]
NICK CHARLES
WHAT: Nick Charles hosts Guitar Show WHEN: Saturday March 4 at 3.00pm WHERE: Marsh Mezzanine Stage Level 1 WHAT: Nick Charles performs with Phil Manning WHEN: Sunday March 5 at 12.00 WHERE: Marsh Mezzanine Stage Level 1 With dazzling melodic fingerpicking on six and twelve string guitars, stinging bottleneck slide and a lifetime’s stories and […]