Well Swung
Enjoy an afternoon of swing tunes with The Well Swung Daddies and special guests, the Emmanuel Anglican College Secondary Concert Band, at the Byron at Byron on Sunday.
Book in for lunch and stay on for the show or work up an appetite for dinner on the dance floor. 2.30pm. Free
For enquiries contact 6639 2111 or [email protected].
Vale the Good Knight
A special commemorative Uke Night will be held in honour of Fiona Knight, who died earlier this month after a long battle with cancer. Fiona was an early member of the Uke crew and is fondly remembered when she donned an afro wig and sang at the soul Motown Disco Uke Night back in 2014. There was no service, as Fi wished for her body to be donated for research. She has touched the lives of many people who need to remember her and say goodbye together. So grab your uke, and come to Club Mullum in The Ex-Services Club at the usual time, from 6.30pm. A bucket for non-compulsory donations will be left on the door to help cover costs and musicians. Thursday at the Mullum Ex-Services.
Bach to the Future
Mullumbimby-based choir and orchestra, Amatori, directed by Ian Knowles, present an almost-winter feast of mainly Bach.
The orchestral offering is the magnificent Bach double violin concerto, a central melting love duet surrounded by delicious excitement. More Bach is on the menu with a duo cantata, featuring Gaynor Morgan and Geoff Web. The Amatori choir will add a feast of acapella delights by Liszt, Banchieri and others. Concerts at St Martin’s in Mullumbimby on Saturday from 3.30pm and at Federal Hall on Sunday at 3.30pm. The Federal community will be offering afternoon tea and song prior to the event.
Tickets: Adults $25, Concession $15 and Children $5, available at the Art Piece Gallery, Mullumbimby Bookshop, and at the door.
Nudge Nudge’ing helps give people a better quality of life, Wink Wink
Cunning Stunts present their next monthly party with a conscience at the Billinudgel Hotel this Sunday. This is a FREE event that brings community together in an all-inclusive way, while raising much-needed funding for beloved local charities.
May’s event is raising money for local not-for-profit Tweed Palliative Support & Wedgetail Retreat on the kick-off date for National Palliative Care week, launching to educate people on early access to palliative care, and how it helps them and their families have a better quality of life. Featuring DJs Norm De Plume, Lippo, Dale Stephen and Lord Sut. Norm De Plume is May’s special guest. A visiting UK DJ who works for Jimpster’s Delusions of Grandeur label and runs his own vinyl-only imprint Plumage. Nudge Nudge Wink Wink events are family friendly with activities for the kids, with the chance to win great prizes while dancing for charity. Sunday from 2pm.
Your very own Client Liaison
Client Liaison have just released the video for their current single World Of Our Love. The video was produced, directed and animated by Melbourne-based creative house Oh Yeah Wow. Speaking about the new video, directors Mike Greaney and Aaron McDonald said: ‘The clip is an exploration of an animated tropical paradise that stands as the personification of Client Liaison’s World Of Our Love. It’s an absurdist pastiche of cultist and Australiana iconography, retro-future architecture, and exotic wild animals. We packaged these ideas up in a visual style that was heavily inspired by late-80s Masters of the Universe cartoons and then basically just had a blast coming up with the most outrageous ideas we could think of within that framework.’
With shareholder confidence at an all-time high and strong yield from the Groovin’ The Moo Festival dates, Client Liaison embark on their national tour with a show at the Hotel Great Northern on Thursday.
Drumming up some jazz
Catch leading New York jazz musician Joe Farnsworth at Club Mullum this Saturday. He is regarded as one of the leading jazz drummers in the world today. He is dedicated to the great tradition of jazz drumming conceived by artists such as Max Roach, Roy Haynes, Elvin Jones, Billy Higgins and Arthur Taylor.
This performance promises blistering swing and world-class modern jazz at the highest level. Tickets $20 per head and kids under 12 free. 7.30pm.
Dowling and Uke
The regular Uke Night is on next Thursday 26 May and features special guests Jimmy Dowling and the Northern Rivers Uke Orchestra. Joined by Miss Amber and Stukule and themed All That Jazz – get yourself ready for an elegant night of standards and classics with a surprise instrumentalist. Adults still only $10, kids under 16 $2.50. BYO ukulele, best singing voice and happy face. Join the mailing list at www.ukemullum.com for the link to the songbook.
Carragher’s Paradiso
Tara Carragher’s music features collaborations with American artists such as the award-winning New Mexican musician CW Ayon, and highly respected guitarist CR Humphrey from the Mississippi blues duo Old Gray Mule. She has just released her new EP Wicked World, stopping off with a show at Pizza Paradiso on Saturday.
Don and his Suave Fucks
They had so much fun last time, so Don Walker & The Suave Fucks are heading our way again! Don’s been flat out with a Cold Chisel sellout tour, Tex, Don & Charlie gigs, and recently accepted the Ted Albert Award for Outstanding Services to Australian Music for Cold Chisel! Saturday 11 June at the Mullumbimby Ex-Services from 7.30pm with support from Claire Anne Taylor.
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