The Tweed Valley Jazz & Blues Club features the Trombone Kellie Gang, one of the hardest working bands in the Northern Rivers today – they are an entertaining ‘old school’ outfit with the perfect recipe of street blues, jazz swing, gospel, soul and a bit of rock and roll.
Friday from 6pm at the Condong Bowls Club.
Tickets from $20 via tweedvalleyjazzclub.org.
In Amalfi Roast, Melia Naughton presents her one-woman show – a fast-paced music comedy packed with rapid-fire, monumental misadventures set to song, serving up the juicy (and often messy) moments of a well-squeezed life. There are also some very special guest appearances, with dancing numbers.
Friday and Saturday from 7.30pm at the Byron Theatre.
Tickets $49.40 via www.byroncentre.com.au.
Bringing blues, rock and crowd-favourite classics, Harry Nichols is an incredibly talented musician and singer who is a master at creating unique blends of blues, rock, pop, and funk, resulting in an addictive and unforgettable performance.
Saturday from 5.30pm at Salt Bar, Kingscliff.
Free show.
JB’s Blues Breakers setlist is dedicated to the blues, but not limited to it, with country, ‘50s rock and roll, and soul featuring in their gigs. Their huge repertoire means every show can be different and a unique experience for the audience.
Saturday from 7pm at The Northern, Byron Bay.
Free show.
This week the Ballina Blues Club features Dan Hopkins & The Generous Few – a blues-roots-gospel artist. Dan Hopkins plays a punchy brand of modern roots that has a distinct delta flavour with soul and gospel overtones, in an emotionally-driven journey down a sweetly plucked, but often dirty, slide guitar-borne road across the Southern blues idiom.
Sunday from 2.30 pm at the Ballina RSL Boardwalk.
Free show.
Brian Nankervis always dreamed of owning a beach house. The Beach House Years is the fictional story of ‘Seahaven,’ a humble beach house bought by Harvey and Shirl Findlay and their two young children, on the first day of 1964.
Sunday at 4pm at the Brunswick Picture House, Brunswick Heads.
Tickets from $35 at brunswickpicturehouse.com.
Cinnamon Sun oozes a comforting, conscious vibe that will have you transported to a Tahitian bar under the orange setting sun, with all worries lost. This is the evolution of one man’s global solo roots journey, now enriched by a dynamic collective of talented musicians. The project has sparked a fire that wants to keep burning.
Sunday from 4pm at the Hotel Brunswick, Brunswick Heads.
Free show.
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