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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.

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Exciting news!

Augie March are headed to Anglesea and they’re bringing their hits with them! And Lisa Mitchell has just announced her album tour, with The Sound Doctor being one of her stops.

May 27 & 28 are going to be HUGE! Tickets for both shows are on sale now.

On Friday 27 May Augie March perform stripped back reinventions of many of their best-known songs in a show that not only reminds you why these guys created the soundtrack to the start of the century for many of us – but also why they’re still one of Australia’s most important bands. Supporting them are celebrated Aireys trio Victoriana Gaye.

Augie March | Fri 27 May | $40 | https://www.trybooking.com/BYMBS

On Saturday 28 May the sublime songbird Lisa Mitchell adds Anglesea to her album tour list, performing with her band. Lisa’s music consistently elicits an emotional response and this will be one special show. Especially given we have the transformative music of (we’re claiming her as a local) Chitra to start the night off right!

Lisa Mitchell | Sat 28 May | $35 | https://www.trybooking.com/BYMBH


Do you want the good news or the bad news?

If you haven’t got tickets to our Friday 27 and Saturday 28 shows at the end of March, for Dyson Stringer Cloher and Seeker Lover Keeper respectively, then unfortunately you’ve missed out!

But the good news is that we’ve managed to snag Dyson Stringer Cloher for an extra show who will now bring their awesome songs to Anglesea on Thursday 26 March, as well as the sold out Friday 27. We’re making this one a little more intimate with seating and standing options but the vibe will be just as great, especially with support from George Carroll Wilson’s exhilarating solo project Pollyman. Don’t miss out this time around – get your tickets now!

While you’re here, make sure you sign up to our mailing list – this way you’ll be the first to know about upcoming shows and get first access to tickets. Let your friends know too!

If you’re hoping to find a ticket to our Sold Out shows, the best bet is to head to our Facebook page and post a request on the specific Event. If you’ve got one to sell we recommend heading there too. As always, be cautious about buying and selling tickets and please do not pay or sell at more than the ticket price.

Thur 26 March
Dyson Stringer Cloher supported by Pollyman
Buy tickets now – $40

Fri 27 March
Dyson Stringer Cloher supported by Fenn Wilson
SOLD OUT!Go on the waiting list – $40

Sat 28 March
Seeker Lover Keeper supported by Anna Cordell
SOLD OUT!Go on the waiting list – $49.50


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For assistance with planning your visit to Anglesea and to ensure you get the most from your stay on the spectacular Surf Coast, drop into the Torquay Visitor Centre (Surf City Plaza, Beach Road, Torquay; open 9am to 5pm, 7 days a week except Christmas Day, call 1300 614 219 or go to www.angleseaadventure.com.au

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Starting 2020 with a bang!

If good things come in threes then we have double the good times coming your way as we bring you two star-studded all-female supergroups in March.

Fresh from touring their debut album and following a string of Festival appearances, Dyson Stringer Cloher bring their awesome live show to Anglesea on Friday 27 March. Featuring the inspired guitar playing and exceptional songwriting talents of Mia Dyson, Liz Stringer and Jen Cloher, this powerhouse trio share songs that are warm, heartfelt and real. 

Seeker Lover Keeper is the collaborative project of three of Australia’s most beloved musicians – Sarah Blasko, Holly Throsby and Sally Seltmann. Twelve years after they first met and eight years since they last played together, they released their second album Wild Seeds and spent 2019 touring it around the country in huge sold-out shows. Now they’re bringing their virtuosic songwriting and harmonies to our coast on Saturday 28 March.

Get in quick to secure your tickets to see these six incredible artists in two intimate live shows. They are already selling extremely quickly, so if you want to be there please don’t wait!

Fri 27 March
Dyson Stringer Cloher supported by Fenn Wilson
Buy tickets now – $40

Sat 28 March
Seeker Lover Keeper supported by Anna Cordell
Buy tickets now – $49.50

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https://www.angleseaadventure.com.au/
#iAManglesea #angleseaadventure

For assistance with planning your visit to Anglesea and to ensure you get the most from your stay on the spectacular Surf Coast, drop into the Torquay Visitor Centre (Surf City Plaza, Beach Road, Torquay; open 9am to 5pm, 7 days a week except Christmas Day, call 1300 614 219 or go to www.angleseaadventure.com.au

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Looking ahead to October

Don’t miss Olympia, one of Australia’s most relentlessly original artists performing her highly anticipated new album ‘Flamingo’ live.

With her sophomore album FLAMINGO released on July 5, Olympia has a string of high profile tour dates across the globe.

Following critically acclaimed shows across the UK and Europe earlier this year, Olympia returns for the biggest headline tour of her career including the UK, Ireland, Europe and Australia, to deliver the bold, immersive vision that is ‘Flamingo’, with a full band in tow.

‘Flamingo’ is Olympia’s most personal record to date, full of risk, escalation, and the complex pop unspooling we’ve come to recognise in her work. Packed with insistent earworms the album struts boldy between the artists knack at crafting sophisticated pop tunes able to spring multiple moods, and the sizzle of sonics being pushed ever so into the red.

Her music has been compared to artists as disparate as Joey Santiago (Pixies), Anna Calvi and David Bowie.

Olivia Bartley, creative force behind the project, co-produced the upcoming album with long-time collaborator Burke Reid (Courtney Barnett, DMAs).

Olympia will be supported in Anglesea by Jess Ribeiro.

Tickets $35
Saturday 3rd August
Book Now: https://trybooking.com/BDNXV

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#iAManglesea #angleseaadventure

For assistance with planning your visit to Anglesea and to ensure you get the most from your stay on the spectacular Surf Coast, drop into the Torquay Visitor Centre (Surf City Plaza, Beach Road, Torquay; open 9am to 5pm, 7 days a week except Christmas Day, call 1300 614 219 or go to www.angleseaadventure.com.au

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Milk! Records Goes Coastal

Turn the clock back to March 2018, when Jen Cloher blew the roof off the Anglesea Memorial Hall. No-one could have imagined how that humble building could have been transformed into a bona fide rock venue. Well it happened, and we’re planning on doing it all again this March when we bring three bands from Milk! Records (the label founded by Jen and Courtney Barnett) to town for one rocking show. This is one for the music fans, the people who are in the know (or want to be able to say I saw them when…). It’s a standing (get up and groove) show and it’s going to be big.

First up we introduce you to Hachiku (though if you caught Fraser A Gorman in August you may recognise the lead singer!). Hachiku is the brainchild of German bedroom-producer Anika Ostendorf, who writes and produces her home-made dream pop (think: Grimes, Perfume Genius and early CocoRosie) from whichever bedroom she is currently inhabiting.

 

Swept together from the ashes of your finest night on the tiles, Loose Tooth are a Melbourne three-piece who craft sweet guitar pop with frayed edges and swollen hearts. Whether they’re spluttering to life on an empty tank or hitting harmonies in full flight, seeing this trio really is a beautiful thing.

Jade Imagine, Melbourne’s low-fi, slacker-fuzz-dream pop band bathed in the glow of ’70s surf-music, was destined for greatness from the beginning. Jade McInally, front babe and brains, has been a stalwart of the indie scene since 2004 and since releasing their EP on Milk! Records her band has been getting bigger and better!

MILK! RECORDS GOES COASTAL
Friday 22 March @ 8pm
Tickets $30
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Katie Noonan’s Elixir – The Gratitude and Grief tour

Multi-platinum selling and five-time ARIA award-winning singer and songwriter Katie Noonan returns to her jazz trio Elixir for a magical afternoon of music and poetry. This successful trio exists to explore new musical opportunities and relationships and thrives in unusual collaborative environments – where text and sound meet.

In a first for The Sound Doctor, we’re bringing beautiful music to your Sunday. The concert will feature the new ‘Gratitude and Grief’ collaboration between Elixir and Michael Leunig, showcasing a unique combination of poetry, angelic vocals and sublime improvisation. With some of Elixir’s previous catalogue and a few of their favourite songs by other artists, this promises to be a truly special musical event.

Katie Noonan’s Elixir
Ticket $45
Sun Mar 24, 2019
https://trybooking.com/ZPAW

An Evening With Archie Roach

Since emerging in the early ‘90s, Australian singer-songwriter Archie Roach has enjoyed a stellar career, sharing the stage with some of the world’s most iconic artists. Perhaps best-known for his heartbreaking song, ‘Took the Child Away’, a deeply affecting ballad about his own experience as one of the Stolen Generations of First Nations’ children, Roach has released 11 albums including his most recent Dancing With My Spirit.

His music speaks the stories of his people, of this land and of the human condition. His voice – uniquely Australian and undeniably universal – resonates for us all and we are humbled to be able to share this special evening with our Sound Doctor audience.

‘[Archie’s] soulful voice, filled with love, pain, joy and wonderment is stronger and richer than ever.’ The West Australian

Archie Roach + support
Tickets $55
Sat Mar 23, 2019
https://trybooking.com/ZPBQ

We’ve Got Christmas All Wrapped Up As We Announce the First of our Shows for 2019!

There’s barely been time for us to catch our breath since our huge November weekend, but you’d better believe we’re gearing up to do it all again. And how! We’re going for a bumper March weekend next year with three separate shows on offer. And we are super excited to announce two of those artists now.

Drum roll please…

On Saturday 23 March we welcome to the stage Australia’s legendary elder statesman of song – Archie Roach. Then on Sunday 24 March we’re lucky enough to have the divine Katie Noonan stopping by with her trio Elixir to perform music with lyrics by Michael Leunig as part of their national Gratitude and Grief tour.

Stay tuned for all the details of our Friday night show too!

So… Why not treat yourself to a little Christmas gift? Or finally find something for that hard-to-buy-for music lover in your life?

Be quick as these shows are sure to sell out.

Buy Ticket for Archie Roach
https://www.trybooking.com/ZPBQ

Buy Tickets for Katie Noonan’s Elixir
https://www.trybooking.com/ZPAW