After two stupendous Showcase/Fundraiser events in 2016 for Bendigo Blues & Roots Music Festival (at the Rifle Brigade Hotel and Golden Vine Hotel respectively) our Spring edition will be staged back where it all began.
We staged our first fundraiser in October 2010 at the beloved Newmarket Hotel and we’re stoked to be staging this event at the newly renovated and ultra cool Newmarket Hotel & Bakery. Sunday 18 September 2016, with live tunes kicking off from 12pm and finishing around 7:30pm.
The packed list of acts confirmed to perform at this Showcase event again includes some of Bendigo’s best, along with some fresh faces from the Victorian blues circuit, who’ve all put their respective hands up to support our not-for-profit community music festival. The line-up includes: This Way North (Melb), Cameron Holmes & The Blues Dudes (Kyneton), Mon Shelford Duo (Melb), Sean McConnell from White Lightning (Melb), Luke Watt (Castlemaine), Phil & Trudy Edgely (Ballarat), Andrew Watts & SEED, Midweek Blues, Tulli, Andy Garlick, Sherri Parry, Four Lions (Duo), Dark, Gravy Boat (feat: Rhyley McGrath & Geordi Scarce) with more to be announced!
As always, these artists are donating their time and talents, as do the Festival’s volunteer committee and crew, to help replenish the kitty to pay for the Festival itself, to be held on November 3-6, 2016.
To continue to fund this predominantly free festival, your support and assistance is needed. So spread the word and bring a posse to the Newmarket Hotel & akery on Sept 18th and help grow the burgeoning music scene we’ve managed to revitalise together over the last half decade.
On behalf of our local venues, local and visiting artists, and all of us who enjoy a wide range of live music to choose from on a weekly basis, ‘Thank You’ for your ongoing support of grass-roots music events in Central Victoria!
Tickets for this event are available at the door on the day and are $15 for adults, $5 for under-18s (with under-12s free).
The live music will start at 12pm sharp and continue, across two stages, through till 7:30pm.
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