Bangers on the Green event is moving from the Bangalow Bowlo to the waterfront Shaws Bay Hotel, East Ballina.
The Shaws Bay Hotel has recently undergone an ownership change and its new manager, Amber Jones, is embracing the opportunity with open arms to bring Bangers on the Green to the Northern Rivers seaside town of Ballina.
‘With its bayside water views and the amazing Ballina sunsets, combined with some cool Indie rock tunes from the best up-and-coming original bands in Australia, such as The Rions, and Floodlights, along with the opportunity to put more than 1000 music lovers into our venue was too good an opportunity to pass up,’ said Jones.
Co-founder of Bangers on the Green, Mark Haughton says ‘It’s just an unfortunate circumstance in regards to Council’s decision to reduce capacity and staging. As the second round of ticket release is now 60 per cent sold out we just couldn’t physically fit it inside the Bungalow Bowlo and had to move the event. We had already been in conversation with Amber about running an event at the Shaws Bay Hotel down the track, so it was just of matter of bringing that day forward as the hotel is a natural fit for Bangers on the Green’.
Since Amber has taken over management she has ensured The Shaws Bay Hotel would be proactive in bringing original live music to Ballina. This will be a fab day of seriously cool Aussie live music that you wouldn’t normally get to see in one afternoon. Bangers on the Green features The Rions, Floodlights, Blake Scott, Nice Biscuit, These NSW, Workhorse, Gimmy and the Spring Rollers, Luke Morris & the Heavy Hitters, Sweetie and Siobhan Cotchin.
Come and enjoy rockin’ tunes by the sea while you tell your friends you love them at Bangers on the Green, Shaws Bay Hotel, Sunday from noon to 8pm.
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