Saturday 18 December 2021  7.00 p.m.

Troubadour Christmas Party

This year the concert will be at the Everglades, on the big stage.  Our theme this year is ‘Heart and Soul: Music in the key of soul’.  We welcome live acts, big and small, serious or funny, song or verse (or even both!).  If you’d like to perform, please let us know beforehand what you are thinking of so we can plan the program: troubadourfolkclub@gmail.com 

A great chance to contribute a song, a verse, or more as you add to the joyful mayhem that helps you forget about Christmas and the family for a few blessed hours.  Lets make this a really special event this year.  Get your act together and book now.

When:  Sat 18 December, 2021
Where: At the Everglades, Dunban St, Woy Woy.

All tickets:  $10 only.  Bookings:  https://www.trybooking.com/BVZWQ
(just click on the link)

All enquiries: 4342 6716

 

Saturday 27 November, 7.00 p.m. 

Fred Smith at the Everglades

“Fred Smith is simply the best folk/country musician working in this country in 2020.   Beyond writing some of the finest songs about Australians at war, he has created a repertoire that is wry, literate, witty, powerfully emotional and insightful.”  (Bruce Elder, SMH)

Fred’s new album, Domestic, has been described as “a stunning cycle of deeply personal songs about marriage, babies, love, tolerance, decency and the complexity of modern life…a sublime study in tenderness and vulnerability.”   At his long awaited return to the Troubadour,  Fred will be playing songs from Domestic as well as his rich back catalogue and some new material.

Fred will be supported by Jane Germain, a classy banjo player and singer of renown.  There will also be floor spots by a number of great Troubadour stalwarts.  DON’T MISS OUT.

Where: Auditorium, Everglades Club, Woy Woy

Get lost in the warm and relaxing sounds of Brazil and beyond when soulful singer/guitarist Anna Salleh shares her love for Brazilian music with the masterful Gino Pengue on guitar and exquisite clarinetist, flautist and saxophonist Loretta Palmeiro.  This superb trio, all members of the band Serafina, pay homage to classics of bossa nova, choro and afro samba among other styles. They also perform originals Anna has co-penned with renowned guitarist Guy Strazz.  What a way to get ready for summer.

Anna has a deep and long-lasting connection with Brazil’s music, having fallen in love with it as a child before later travelling to the cities of Rio de Janeiro and Salvador to learn more. Gino is a much sought-after guitarist, also plays with the world music band Marsala and is an inspiring teacher and mentor of young guitar students. And Loretta is a founding member of gypsy swing group Spyglass Gypsies, co-director of jazz/Portuguese music fusion band Alma Orquestra and has toured with ARIA-award winning world-music group Mara.

Enjoy the very welcome return of Anna Salleh’s Brazil and Beyond Trio when the music starts again at the Troubadour on 30 October.  See your friends and familiar faces again in the Covid-safe setting of the Everglades auditorium.  Enjoy a drink and a great dinner at the club.  Seating is limited, so make sure you book early.  Seating is in numbered seats at separate tables of ten (ignore the rows on the booking).

Where: Auditorium, Everglades Club, Woy Woy

Tickets $20 and $25.  Book now, using this link:
https://www.trybooking.com/BUWAD

 

No concert, but why not take part in a Troubadour Session?

First Sunday each month  -now ONLINE only, due to NSW Covid Lockdown.
(usually Eco-Garden, Kariong Community Centre)

Third Sunday each month -now ONLINE only, due to NSW Covid Lockdown.
(usually Say When Café, at Woy Woy Stadium)

Enquiries: Hugh on 0402 529 474

Saturday 28 August 7.00 p.m.  CANCELLED
at the Everglades

The Water Runners and Tuppenny Upright:
CANCELLED DUE TO LOCKDOWN

Welcome back to The Water Runners from Kiama and Gerringong, who play a high energy blend of original, bluegrass-infused Australian folk. Songs with great stories from Australia’s past and present.  The Water Runners have gained a reputation for their fine song-writing and engaging stage shows at festivals and venues across Australia.

Guitar, banjo, mandolin, fiddle, double bass and percussion combine with tight harmonies in a performance that will take you on a musical journey through South Coast tales, down old bush trails and back again.  They blend bluegrass, country, roots and trad folk in songs that connect with the history and landscape of the Illawarra/Shoalhaven area of NSW – from celebrating the beaches and rugged coastline to tales of bushrangers, love and loss.

Finalists in the 2020 Tamworth Songwriter’s Association Songwriting Awards (Bluegrass category) and winners of ‘Best Band’ in the 2020 Australian National Busking Championships, the band recorded a new album of 12 original tracks, ‘Further Down the Road’, in January 2021 with multi-award-winning producer, Matt Fell (ABC’s ‘The Recording Studio’) , to be released in July 2021. Come along and let them take you on the journey.

Also appearing are the fabulous Tuppenny Upright, a great rising local band of three bearded brothers, Mathew, Nick and Michael Baistow and their good looking brother-in-law Harry, who sing beautiful songs with heavenly bluegrass inspired harmonies.

All this topped up with a few very special floor spots, of course!

Tickets just $13/15/20.  Book now: https://www.trybooking.com/BSMCU

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Saturday 25 September 7.00 p.m.  (PENDING – But looking unlikely at present due to lockdown)
at the Everglades

The Highly Strung Rock and Roll Orchestra

A welcome return to the Troubadour.  With our ‘own’  Mary O’Mahony!

‘Last night, Highly Strung gave us an amazing show, leaving everyone lucky enough to fit into the hall with no doubt why they are one of the most successful and popular acts in Australia… superb showmanship, virtuosic fiddle playing, beautiful harmonies, an energetic and inspiring presentation, and four of the biggest smiles in the music industry.’

From Troubadour’s review of their first appearance.

Tickets just $13/15/20.  Book NOW: https://www.trybooking.com/BSOVT

CANCELLED DUE TO COVID LOCKDOWN

We hope to reschedule the concert soon.

The New Graces are songwriters and multi-instrumentalists Melanie Horsnell, Kate Burke and Robyn Martin.  They sing exquisite three-part harmonies, with a little desert heat-haze that could only be Australian. Between them, they weave tales of farmers, hippies, mothers, lovers, the ordinary and the mysterious.

Their music is flavoured with guitar, double bass, mandolin, fiddle and banjo; their songs tell stories of their Australia; desert country steeped in history, wild bush dances, snowy mountains and remote swimming holes. Generations of family life on the land, waking up in a sunny Sydney bedroom and returning to a favourite old pub to play music with friends.

Each member is an accomplished musician and much- loved performer on her own.  Together, they are the Cream of Australian Folk Country.

No wonder that The New Graces are rising so fast to the top. Their debut album ‘Seasons’ is peaking at #1 on the ARIA Australian Country Album Charts. They also received 4 x CMAA Golden Guitar nominations in 2021.

“Folk country at its finest” – ABC
“simply superb”  – The Australian

Where: Everglades Club, Dunban Rd, Woy Woy

When:  Saturday 26June,  7.00 p.m.

Cost:  $13/15/20

Bookings essential.  Click on link below

Bookings:  https://www.trybooking.com/BRPKQ

or go to Trybooking.com and search for Troubadour Folk, 26 May

For more events, please chck out the  https://troubadour.org.au/blog/

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1.-Saturday 29 May, 7.00 p.m.
The Wild Women of Anywhere Beach and Dennis Aubrey

A Double Header – Creative Singer-Songwriters with Ukulele, at the Everglades

Two of the most original ukulele singer-songwriters in Australia on one night.

The Wild Women of Anywhere Beach – Cathy (Fast Fingers) Welsford and Angie (Random Chords) Smith – have performed together for 30 years, singing their way through political upheavals and cultural revolutions.

Dennis Aubrey (guitar and ukulele) is an accomplished songwriter and experienced street singer. One of Australia’s best song writers, he’s not to be missed.

Tickets are limited.  Make sure you book early!

Tickets: $13/$15/$20
Bookings: https://www.trybooking.com/BQQIV

2.-Sunday 6 June, 2.00-5.30 p.m.  CANCELLED
House Concert with Dingo’s Breakfast.

NB:  The Date of this HOUSE CONCERT had previously been changed due to the Dingo’s misadventure.  Now, sadly, cancelled due to ill-health.  We wish them well and look forward to their return in the not too distant future.

Apologies for any inconvenience caused.  Refunds have been made to all ticket holders.

Dingo’s Breakfast Oz Music & Poetry Band have escaped W.A. to appear in the best E. Coast folk venues in 2021.

With amazing beards  & decades of performance experience under their belts, they present an electrically eclectic dialectic selection of Music, Poetry and Yarnspinning, with the accent firmly on Comedy . . Beauty!

Dingo’s Breakfast concerts are a unique and wonderful mix of Traditional and Contemporary Australian and Irish Songs, lavishly salted with an edgy slam of Performance Poetry. What a great way to spend a Sunday arvo.

All tickets $20
Bookings: no longer available

Like to plan ahead? Check out the planning calendar using the Troubadour Events Calendar 2021 link above

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Wednesday 21 April, 7.00 p.m. “FIX and CRYLE” Special Event

‘Time Lines: Australian Stories in Song’

Michael Fix and Mark Cryle
7.00 p.m. Wednesday 21 April,
Everglades Club, Dunban Rd, Woy Woy

Michael Fix, one of Australia’s finest finger-style guitarists, joins with Mark Cryle, a multi-award-winning Australian song writer, to create a unique musical perspective on Australian history. With a catalogue of important original songs this concert is a feast for the soul.

Michael Fix is best known internationally for his superb guitar playing. He is the winner of three golden Guitar awards at Tamworth Music Festival. His virtuosity, style and stage presentation have been acknowledged here and on numerous European tours. He combines now with Mark Cryle, described by the Courier Mail’s Noel Mengel as “one of the best songwriters in Australia”. With a PhD in Australian history, Mark first came to prominence in the 1990s as the principal songwriter with the band Spot the Dog and today acknowledged as one of the country’s best writers of song and verse. Fix and Cryle are bringing this unique new body of work to the Central Coast as part of a live tour of NSW. Both Mark and Michael are multi-instrumentalists and seasoned performers, passionate about keeping Australia’s chequered history alive – the good, the bad and the ugly. This is a unique opportunity to see and heart two of Australia’s best contemporary folk and country musicians at the top of their game, together.

A must see for lovers of groundbreaking country/folk music, Australian historical tradition, guitar lovers alike!.

With great surprise floor spots, including ‘The Bairstows’ and ‘Phil and Lynette Rich’ (yes, truly!) and a special guest performance from the fabulous Mary O’Mahony and her brother Justin!

Bookings essential (Tickets $13, $15, $20): https://www.trybooking.com/BPOGU
or go to Trybooking.com.au and search for ‘Troubadour Folk’, ‘Woy Woy’.
Enquiries: 4342 6716

THE FOLLOWING EVENT WAS CANCELLED

Dingo’s Breakfast, (W.A.)

House concert, Sunday 16 May 2-5.30 p.m.
With limited places (30), bookings are essential:
Cancelled due to illness

Don’t go anywhere else over Easter!
Sunday April 4th, from 1pm, is going to be our 2nd Super Session at Kariong EcoGarden, ArtsBarn and Community Hall.
An evening concert (6-9.00 p.m.) will follow the day’s activities. There will be longer performance slots and featured acts from the Central Coast, Sydney and Newcastle.

From 1pm – 5.30pm
Circle session in the EcoGarden,
Blackboard Concert in the Hall, put your name up for a 10 or 20 minute slot
Workshops in the Arts Barn

Evening Concert
A special feature we’re hoping to organise is an outdoor cafe area so people can talk, catch-up and eat and drink.

All for the amazing price of only $5!! We’d like you to book online to help us with planning but we’ll also sell tickets for cash on the day. Details available soon. Most activities are outdoors, with good natural airflow into the hall and barn to help us maintain good covid safety. We’ll be carefully following whatever covid guidelines are in force.

Bookings: Super-Session 2 Sunday 4 April
(or search Trybooking.com)

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