GIGS
Leigh Barker's New Sheiks ... on tour.
Yes, it’s time to get off the couch. Double bassist Leigh Barker is touring Australia with his band The New Sheiks, featuring Heather Stewart on vocals and violin.
Tonight is band’s second tour gig at Bennetts Lane before it heads off north to Ballarat and beyond. The Sheiks are travelling far and will call in at Wangaratta Jazz and Blues Festival on the weekend before the Cup.
Both the touring band and The New Sheiks CD feature Leigh on the double bass, Eamon McNelis on trumpet, Don Stewart on trombone, Matt Boden on piano and piano accordion and Al McGrath-Kerr on drums.
Travelling with the band will be renowned Melbourne-based blues singer Heather Stewart. Heather won the Vic/Tas Blues Awards for best debut album in 2011 and best female artist, and in 2010 she won the award for best self-produced album.
This is a lively, energetic band that knows how to swing.
The tour gigs are as follows:
Wednesday October 19
Bennetts Lane Jazz Club
Bennetts Lane, Melbourne, VIC
Doors 8.30pm
$15/12 entry
http://www.bennettslane.com Ph:(03) 9663 2856
Thursday October 20
Babushka Bar, 59 Humffray ST Nth, Ballarat, VIC.
9pm, bar open at 6pm
$10
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Babushka-Bar/125313807537843
Ph: (03) 53318459
Friday October 21
Albury Wodonga JAZZ basement
Shop 5, 48 – 52 Lincoln Causeway, Wodonga, VIC
8pm, bar open at 7.30
$20, $15 pensioners & students
http://www.jazzalburywodonga.com/
Phone or text Graeme on 0438 623 462 for seating reservations
Saturday October 22
Paris Cat Jazz Club
Goldie Place, Melbourne, VIC
9:30pm, bar open at 8:30
$20/15 PRE-BOOKINGS RECOMMENDED
http://www.pariscat.com.au/
Ph: (03) 9642 4711
Sunday October 23
Brookfield Margate Winery Hobart
1640 Channel Highway, Margate TAS
5pm concert, vineyard open all day
$10 PRE-BOOKINGS RECOMMENDED
http://www.brookfieldmargate.com/
Ph: (03)6267 2880 mobile 0439 672 331
Tuesday October 25
Launceston Jazz Club
at ‘The Royal Oak’, 14 Brisbane St Launceston, TAS
8pm, bar open at 5pm
$15/12 PRE-BOOKINGS RECOMMENDED
http://www.launcestonjazz.org.au/
Ph: (03) 6331 5346
Friday October 28
Hepburn Springs Swiss Italian Festa
at ‘The Palais’, 111 Main Road, Hepburn Springs, VIC
6pm Dinner, 7pm show only
$60 Dinner & Show PRE-BOOKINGS RECOMMENDED
$20 Show Only
http://www.swissitalianfesta.com/
Ph: Annie Duncan (03) 5348 2675 or 0408 62 9930
Saturday October 29 and Sunday October 30
Wangaratta Jazz Festival
Pinsent Hotel, 20 Reid St, Wangaratta, VIC
9pm Saturday, bar and festival open all day
10am Sunday (gospel set at the church)
Various prices available for festival passes
Ph: (03) 5722 8105
http://www.wangarattajazz.com/
Tuesday November 1
Jazzgroove Association
at ‘Venue 505’, cnr Cleveland and Perry Streets, Surry Hills, Sydney, NSW
8:30pm, bar open at 7.30
$10/8
http://jazzgroove.com/
venue505@mac.com
Wednesday November 2
Illawarra Jazz Club – Lunchtime Concert
at Corrimal Leagues Club Garden Lounge
54 Railway Street, Corrimal, NSW
12pm-3pm
$10
Ph: (02) 4285 1903
http://www.illawarrajazzclub.com
Wednesday November 2
Hippo Lounge Bar
17 Garema Place Canberra City, ACT
9pm, bar open at 5pm
Ph: 02 6257 9090
management@hippobar.com.au
Thursday November 3
‘Jazz at the Loft’
Upper room studio, Majura medical centre
unit 2-3/151 Cowper St Dickson
7:30pm
$15/12 PRE-BOOKINGS RECOMMENDED
Ph: 0413 037 870
jazz.at.the.loft@gmail.com
Friday November 4
The Air Raid Tavern
73 Vulcan Street Moruya, NSW
7:30pm with support from ‘Capital Folk’
$10
Ph: 02 4474 2074
Saturday November 5
The Quarterdeck
Riverside Drive, Narooma, NSW
7:30pm, Bar and Kitchen open from 6pm
$25 PRE-BOOKINGS RECOMMENDED
Ph: (02) 44762723
quarterdeck@narooma.org.au
http://www.narooma.org.au/quarterdeck.html
Sunday November 6
The Camelot Lounge
19 Marrickville Rd, (Cnr Railway Pde) Marrickville, NSW
7:30pm, Bar open at 6:30pm, with support from ‘The Cope St Parade’
$20/15 PRE-BOOKINGS RECOMMENDED
Ph: (2) 9550 3777
info@qirkz.com
http://www.camelotlounge.com/
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