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June 15, 2026

Blue on Burringbar Street gets Loose

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Loose Content

Loose Content will be headlining the fun and family friendly  Blue on Burringbar this Saturday in Mullumbimby. Loose Content are an indie/alt rock group from Mullumbimby. 

MiLLa (bass/vocals), Sam Sanders (guitar) and Aquila Porter (drums/backing vox) make up this three-piece who formed during high school in 2018, soon after winning the Mullum Music Fest Youth Mentorship and releasing their debut EP, A Poem for Alix in 2021. 

The group have since gone on to play some of Australia’s most highly regarded festivals, as well as gigging interstate and tour-support slots for big Aussie names including Magic Dirt, The Vanns, Rum Jungle, Maddy Jane, and Emily Lubitz. 

Following Loose Content’s crowning as winners of the Bluesfest Busking Comp in 2022, the band spent the summer in Melbourne on their own run of headline shows. 

With a second record in the works, an exemplary slot on the main stage at Bluesfest 2023, radio play around the country and a contract with Nick DiDia (producer of Pearl Jam, Bruce Springsteen, Rage Against The Machine and Powderfinger) the next 12 months is anticipated to pilot a very important chapter for this great group, and you can see them this weekend from 7.15pm at Blue on Burringbar Street.

Blue on Burringbar Street is an event to celebrate resilience, sharing stories and honouring the flood-recovery efforts in Mullumbimby.

On Saturday, part of Burringbar Street will be closed to become the venue for this wonderful event.

It’s a community picnic, sharing circle, Blue Box Project, creative play space with performance, live art and music – and what a lineup!

As well as Loose Content there will be a set from the Palm Wine Ambassadors and Way Out West – wherein Warren Earl teams up with Diego Zaragoza to bring you a true representation of American Roots with a combo of western swing, rockabilly, jazz and rhythm and blues.

Joel Salom will MC the fun. Check out the Chamber’s facebook page for more info: facebook.com/mullumchamber.



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