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2025 starts with US folk supergroup Bonny Light Horseman

Bonny Light Horseman have been announced as part of the line up for Golden Plains, Port Fairy Folk Festival and WOMADelaide. Now we’re excited to share they are also stopping by Anglesea for a headliner show for The Sound Doctor on Saturday 1 March.

Individually there is nothing in the music world the three core members of this band haven’t done – Anaïs Mitchell is a celebrated solo artist as well as the playwright and songwriter behind the hit Broadway musical Hadestown, which notched eight Tony Awards and a Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album. Eric D. Johnson is best known as the mind behind beloved indie mainstays Fruit Bats, as a longtime collaborator with The Shins and as a film score composer. Josh Kaufman is a songwriter, producer and position player, who has recorded and performed with artists ranging from Bob Weir to The War on Drugs to Taylor Swift, Hiss Golden Messenger and The Hold Steady. As a group they’ve received a Grammy nomination for Best Folk Album and been nominated for Best American Roots Performance.

Bonny Light Horseman are heading to Australia with their third release Keep Me on Your Mind/See You Free, a sprawling and welcoming album partly recorded in a pub in a tiny coastal village in County Cork, Ireland, that encompasses the group’s captivating artistic layers. Keep Me on Your Mind/See You Free is an ode to the blessed mess of our humanity. Confident and generous, it is an unvarnished offering that puts every feeling and supposed flaw out in the open. The themes are stacked high and staked even higher: love and loss, hope and sorrow, community and family, change and time all permeate Bonny Light Horseman’s most vulnerable and bounteous offering to date.

Hearing their musical artistry and the interplay of their harmonies in Anglesea Memorial Hall will be a spinetingling and memorable experience.

Sat 1 March 2025 7.30pm
Tickets $55 (Standing only)
Book now at https://events.humanitix.com/bonny-light-horsemen

Supported by Surf Coast Events, Creative Victoria and Regional Arts Victoria
Australian tour presented by Jet Black Cat Music

A.Savage joined by special guests Emma Russack & Lachlan Denton

Co-frontman for celebrated New York City post-punk band Parquet Courts, A. Savage is set to headline The Sound Doctor on Saturday 23 November. And we’re excited to announce Emma Russack & Lachlan Denton as supports.

Emma Russack and Lachlan Denton are prolific songwriters from Melbourne. Somehow, between recording with their respective bands (Snowy Band, Pop Filter, Partner Look and others), they find time to write records together. Something Is Going To Change Tomorrow, Today. What Will You Do? What Will You say? is their latest collaborative project, their fourth(!) in three years. How do they do it? Well, they combine friendship, a desire for writing honest pop music and efficiency (the record was recorded in about 12 hours on tape).

One of the singular indie-rock songwriters of our time, A.Savage returns to Australia from self-imposed exile in Paris to tour his new album Several Songs About Fire. Not your ordinary rock star, A. Savage is also an exhibiting painter and visual artist, voracious reader and thoughtful son of a gun.

Andrew said; “I imagine myself playing these songs in a small club that is slowly burning. Fire is something you have to escape from, and in a way this album is about escaping from something. This album is a burning building, and these songs are things I’d leave behind to save myself.“

Tickets are on sale now to see one of the singular indie-rock songwriters of our time performing a special solo show.

Sat 23 November 7.30pm
Tickets $48
Book now at https://events.humanitix.com/a-savage

Supported by Surf Coast Events, Creative Victoria and Regional Arts Victoria

Parquet Courts frontman A.Savage headlines The Sound Doctor in November

A. Savage is heading to Australia for a run of tour dates in November – and we are very excited to announce that he’ll be stopping by in Anglesea on Saturday 23 November. Described by Stereogum as having “sharp writing and [a] voice distinctive enough that you could recognize them from outer space”, the Parquet Courts frontman is touring in support of his record Several Songs About Fire.

Produced by John Parish in Bristol, Several Songs About Fire is bolstered by the support of Jack Cooper (Modern Nature, Ultimate Painting) and Cate Le Bon, as well as members of Kamikaze Palm Tree and caroline. The end result is tantamount to a psychic odyssey, containing a singular irreverence which is stitched together by Savage’s outsize gifts as a lyricist and observer, a quality Parish calls “an emotional openness guarded by a laconic wit.”

Tickets are on sale now to see one of the singular indie-rock songwriters of our time performing a special solo show.

Sat 23 November 7.30pm
Tickets $48
Book now at https://events.humanitix.com/a-savage

Supported by Surf Coast Events, Creative Victoria and Regional Arts Victoria

Dan Sultan headlines The Sound Doctor

What better way to celebrate the Grand Final long weekend than with music from the amazing Dan Sultan! He’s just performed two huge shows at Arts Centre Melbourne with the MSO, and now he’s coming to Anglesea for two stripped back solo gigs on Thursday 26 & Friday 27 September.

On Thursday Dan will be joined by local talent Daisy Kilbourne, a wannabe ’70s child from a small town with a big spirit. Using her artistry as a passage for connection and catharsis, she combines elements of folk, rock and soul to create a sound that pays homage to her musical heroes (anyone you’d find at Woodstock) while remaining distinctly her own.

On the Friday award-winning Naarm-based artist Bumpy brings a voice that is equal parts tender and towering. Going by her childhood nickname – earned for a habit of bumping into all kinds of obstacles – Bumpy pulls from the strength found in tenderness, scars and all to perform a shimmering collection of R&B and neo-soul.

Tickets are on sale now for these two very special shows. Limited general admission seated tickets are $60 and standing tickets $50.

Dan Sultan supported by Daisy Kilbourne
Thu 26 September 7pm

https://events.humanitix.com/dan-sultan

Dan Sultan supported by Bumpy
Fri 27 September 7pm

https://events.humanitix.com/dan-sultan-supported-by-bumpy

We’ve Got Music Galore in 2024

It’s only February but already we have an amazing line-up of music guests planned for the upcoming year. Tickets for these stars are on sale now with more to be announced throughout the year. So save the date(s), buy your tickets and we’ll see you at Anglesea Memorial Hall.

USA singer/songwriter, storyteller and funny man Steve Poltz is a cult figure on the Festival scene. A huge hit at places like Byron Blues & Roots Festival, Queenscliff Music Festival and Port Fairy Folk Festival, an evening with with this guy is one you’ll remember for a life time. Don’t be the one to miss it!

Details

Fri 22 March 7pm
Tickets $50 –Buy here

After more than 20 years in the biz, Mia Dyson has a new album (out 23 Feb) and is taking it around the country – with a final stop in Anglesea! Don’t miss her powerful grit and gravel voice, acclaimed guitar prowess and band of stellar musicians.

Get there early to catch local singer/songwriter Ella Sweeney in her Sound Doctor debut.

Sat 23 March 7.30pm
Tickets $45 – Buy here

Get set for an alt-country rocking good time when the Andy Golledge Band hit the road for their Young, Dumb & Wild Album Tour 2024. An Andy Golledge show is both exhilarating and unpredictable. He’s an artist who knows how to write a killer song and how to knock an audience off their feet. If you caught him at Aireys Inlet Music Festival last year you’ll know what we’re talking about!

Sat 15 June 7pm
Tickets $35 – Buy here

Aussie country music legends don’t come much bigger than Troy Cassar-Daley and we are thrilled that this multi-award-winning star finishes up his HUGE national album tour in Anglesea. Hear Troy weave his musical tapestry, connecting with audiences through the timeless art of storytelling.

Sun 24 November 4.30pm
Tickets $55 standing / $60 seated
Buy here

MEET AMAYA LAUCIRICA…

Supporting Adalita on Saturday 27 May

Amaya Laucirica is an Australian singer/songwriter whose music combines the swirling contours of Cocteau Twins with the wistful melodies of The Go-Betweens and the lush, sonic depth of Yo La Tengo. Within this rich palette of sound resides Amaya’s uniquely captivating voice, restrained yet beautiful, with rich breathy tones offering touching moments of yearning and lament.

Since 2008, she has released three critically acclaimed albums, with her most recent Rituals described as “absorbing and mesmerising” (The Morning Star, UK) and “Bright and brilliant” (GoldFlakePaint, UK).

She will be joining Adalita on Saturday May 27, and we can’t wait to have her play.

Only a handful of tickets still left – Book yours now .

Buy Tickets to Adalita $40 – $45

ID: Photo of Amaya Laucirica. She is wearing black and has dark coloured hair. Her body faces the left and her head is turned towards the camera. She has pensive look on her face.

Phoebe Go supporting Mia Wray

Saturday 25 March is shaping up to be one very special evening! Not only can you hear the divine Mia Wray performing tracks from her stunning new EP, but we’re excited to announce Phoebe Go will be the support act.

Phoebe Go is the exciting new solo project of Australian alt-pop artist Phoebe Lou (from Snakadaktal). It’s a heartfelt project that at its core, is full of hope. It’s about growing up, staying young, losing your feet and finding them again. It’s lyrically heavy at the crux, but there’s lightness for a reason. It’s passing Go and collecting $200 on the monopoly board. It’s the sweet milk at the end of a bowl of Crunchy Nut. It’s a NASA mission control countdown and Phoebe Go is the rocket.

Phoebe Go released an EP in December last year and she’s fresh from supporting Soccer Mommy in Melbourne and about to support Muna on their headline Aussie show – and Mia Wray covered Muna for triple j’s Like a Version recently so really it’s meant to be!. We know you’re going to love her and it’s even more reason to make sure you don’t miss out on this show.

Buy Tickets to Mia Wray $30

Adalita heading our way!

As if it wasn’t enough that we have a huge March weekend of music coming up – with Tex Perkins and The Fat Rubber Band in a totally sold out show on Friday 24 March and Mia Wray on Saturday 25 March – but we’ve already got you excited for May with Jen Cloher on Friday 26 May with tickets flying out the door.

Well now you’re absolutely spoilt for choice, as we announce Adalita is heading to Anglesea on Saturday 27 May and tickets are on sale now!

Adalita is well-known and well-loved by many Sound Doctor fans, so it will be welcome news that her upcoming album tour will bring her back to the Surf Coast for an intimate show in Anglesea Memorial Hall.

And she won’t be coming empty handed – she’s bringing her stunning new album, Inland and some very special guests, including her powerhouse band consisting of Matt Bailey (Paradise Motel) on bass, Dan McKay (Nation Blue) on drums and Lewis Boyes (Dan Kelly and the Alpha Males) on lead guitar. Together they’ll perform songs from Inland in a specially curated set in her trademark captivating style.

Tickets have just gone on sale – but they will not last long! Book yours now .

Buy Tickets to Mia Wray $30

Buy Tickets to Jen Cloher $45

Buy Tickets to Adalita $40 – $45

ID: Photo of Adalita, standing outside on a light pink salt lake with clouds in the distance. She is wearing a black top and pants and resting her right hand on her left wrist. Her hair is windswept and she is looking off to her left side with her face directly towards the camera.

Jen Cloher heading our way

After an incredible night out with Parsnip and Ty Segall with his Freedom Band in January, there is a definite buzz around about The Sound Doctor. So we thought we’d strike while the iron’s hot and give you another awesome act to look forward to. Jen Cloher is returning to Anglesea on Friday 26 May with their latest album and tickets are on sale now!

Before we get there we still have a huge weekend in March to enjoy with Tex Perkins and The Fat Rubber Band on Friday 24 March and Mia Wray on Saturday 25 March. Tickets are selling well so don’t delay in getting yours – you don’t want to be the one who misses out!

And don’t forget you can buy a Jeff Raglus designed Sound Doctor t-shirt when you buy your show ticket or anytime here. Well while stocks last anyway!

Buy Tickets to Jen Cloher $45

Buy Tickets to Tex Perkins and The Fat Rubber Band $45

Buy Tickets to Mia Wray $30

It’s hard to believe that it was five years ago that Jen Cloher (Ngāpuhi & Ngāti Kahu) got Sound Doctor audiences out of their chairs for the first time and cheering up a storm! We are so excited Jen is back with a new album to rock Anglesea once again on Friday 26 May.

Jen’s taut, terse brand of rock is charged with the static tension that comes with being an eternal misfit – they have spoken truth to power with the shrewd eye that only an outsider can possess. Admirers have naturally gravitated towards Jen’s incisive, generous songwriting and their first album in five years (the verdant and rich I Am The River, The River Is Me) is inspired by Jen’s powerful matrilineal line of wāhine Māori. It’s filled with fiercely political songs that are as much an energetic celebration as a form of resistance.

If you missed Jen the last time they were in Anglesea, you will not want to make that mistake again!

“A modern day Patti Smith whose brutally honest, politically charged lyrics mark her out as one of the most interesting and important artists of her day.” The Independent UK

ID: This is a photo of Jen Cloher looking directly into the camera. Their mouth is closed and chin is slightly raised. There is an indistinct red and orange background. They look strong and confident.

Celebrate Spring with Ben Lee

As Winter officially comes to an end, we’re coming out of hibernation and announcing our next round of Sound Doctor shows. Keep Fri 30 Sep and Sat 1 Oct free as we bring you a Spring weekend of music.

Kicking it all off is the incredible Ben Lee, performing an intimate solo show on Friday 30 September.

Ben Lee is fun! Ask him, he’ll tell you.

I’m Fun! is not only the name of his most recent album of pop gems full of songs with names like ‘Born for this Bullshit’ and ‘Parents Get High’, it’s also the mission statement that has guided him through an eclectic three-decade long career.

As Ben himself says: “I’ve always put adventure as my first priority. Full-tilt, all the time. Fun is the unexpected. Fun is building something, burning it down, then building it back, bigger, weirder and better.”

Writer of iconic Australian indie-pop hits like ‘Catch My Disease’, ‘We’re All in this Together’ and ‘Cigarettes Will Kill You’, Ben is also a renown collaborator with friends and allies like Ben Folds, Sarah Silverman, Lena Dunham, Shamir, Christian Lee Hutson, Zooey Deschanel, Washington, Georgia Maq, Money Mark, Tom Robbins and Josh Radnor. He also runs a podcast network with his wife, actress Ione Skye, built around the couple’s flagship show “Weirder Together”.

There are basically no rules in Ben’s creative world, and his live show follows the same policy: Fun is always the compass. So join us for a night of music and lots of fun in Anglesea.

Buy Tickets to Ben Lee – $45

Support comes from Jan Juc indie folk rock musician Jasmin Adria.