In the hopes of lifting the spirits of the Lismore community, there will be a free concert next month at the Lismore Showgrounds with a pretty cool line-up of artists.
Lismore City Council, Chugg Entertainment and Helium Records will stage a free concert – One From The Heart – on Sunday, 15 May featuring The Buckleys, Darlinghurst, Paul Kelly and Dan Kelly, Daryl Braithwaite, Sheppard, Lime Cordiale, Jon Stevens and Lismore’s own, Grinspoon on the bill.
Each family within the most affected areas, postcodes 2471, 2472 and 2480, will be able to order four tickets to the show now from Moshtix.
Lismore’s Mayor, Steve Krieg, was one of over 3,000 locals who’d been personally impacted by the flood devastation, losing his family home and his business in the aftermath. ‘About a week after the second flood hit us on March 30, I was talking with Council staff about what we could do to lift community spirits,’ said Mayor Krieg. ‘What we needed was a line in the sand moment that would mark a shift in the community’s mood of shock to begin the long hard road of rebuilding and restoring our homes and our community. The same day, one of Council’s team reached out to Rick Sleeman from Sports Marketing Australia.’
Sports Marketing Australia Director, Rick Sleeman said the idea grew legs very quickly from discussions with Lismore Council. ‘Rather than a fundraiser, they were looking for a free community event – something significant and authentic that could shift the town’s energy from shock to hope. The obvious “go to” person was Chuggi [Michael Chugg AM]. We’ve been working with Michael and his team for a number of years, and we knew from experience Chugg Music’s passion, compassion, talent and vast industry contacts were exactly what was needed to get this idea off the ground.’
Michael Chugg said the idea and reasoning behind staging a concert resonated with him. ‘This is not about raising money but raising the community’s spirits. The lead time was incredibly tight; what would normally take four months of planning had to turn around in six weeks. So, my first call was to [Helium Records] Mark Pope.’
Both Chugg and Pope manage to lock-in the venue, the date, a line-up of some seriously great Australian artists, all of whom are playing for zero fees, along with a professional marketing and communication plan as well as a high end production and site plan. In just three weeks we’ve built a team of strangers drawn from both the music industry and council into a cracking single purpose team and now ready to announce One From The Heart.
There will also be an additional 1,000 tickets available to purchase for everyone outside the nominated postcodes from 8am on Saturday, 30 April from Moshtix.
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