Event Type: Events

Friday 6 January 2023
7:30pm – 11:00pm
The Founders Room
Salamanca Arts Centre
Enter via Wooby’s Lane, or for lift access enter through The Courtyard

$10 +bf pre sales
$15 on the door

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Bring in the New Year with the beautiful sounds of Birdie Belgium (on her Tasmanian tour!) and local wave maker Jeda Wolfe.

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Birdie Belgium

“Just drop down, it’s your time. You don’t realise, you can fly.”

This is the start of a Birdie Belgium song. Just like her music, Birdie is a late bloomer. At the age of 30, during her travels around Australia, she picked up the guitar for the first time and has been writing and playing her original songs ever since.Nowadays, Birdie committed to her music dream and left her old life behind. She recently started her lap around Australia, in her ‘Troopy’, touring with her music.Birdie writes about subjects that are poignant and relatable, and her open approach bridges the gap between listener and performer, making individuals feel like they can approach her and share their stories.

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Jeda Wolfe

Jeda Wolfe is a nipaluna based fusion artist who blends sultry neo-soul melodies with grungy tonal pallets and licks.

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Saturday 28 January 2023
7:00pm – 12:00 midnight
The Founders Room
Salamanca Arts Centre
Enter via Wooby’s Lane, or for lift access enter through The Courtyard

$15 +bf pre sales
$20 on the door

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Salamanca Arts Centre, in collaboration with LACAT and Cumbia Massive bring you a night of CUMBIA from Latin America and the Caribbean
Dance the night away with local 10 piece Cumbia band XIXA and the most amazing Latin DJ set brought to us by CUMBIA COSMONAUTS

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Cumbia Cosmonauts DJ SET (Moses Iten)

Is a Melbourne-based DJ who has toured all over Australia and the world as a Cumbia and Bass specialist, playing tropical music from his vast crates of vinyl and digital dubplates. As a producer, Moses (Saca La Mois DJ) is best known as CUMBIA COSMONAUTS, and with Christoph H. Mueller (Gotan Project/Roedelius/Plaza Francia) is part of the THE SWISS CONSPIRACY. Moses is also a co-founder of the CUMBIA MASSIVE platform showcasing DJs and producers of tropical electronic music inspired by Mexican sound system culture, and recently assisted in the English translation of the book Ojos Suaves/Soft Eyes: Sound System Cumbia from Mexico to the World by Mirjam Wirz. Moses Iten’s mixes have been commissioned by national radio in Australia (ABC RN), Germany (Funkhaus Europa), Austria (FM4), and until recently was host of Space Is The Place on Melbourne’s top music station PBS 106.7 FM. By day, Moses is doing a PhD on DJ performance at RMIT University in Melbourne. The mission is to keep learning and sharing music from all over the globe, exposing Melbourne to unreleased and undefined new sounds sourced straight from producer to you on the dancefloor.

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XIXA

Xixa is pronounced Chi-cha after the Amazonian style of Cumbia that is commonly known to come from Peru, chicha. This somewhat psychedelic style of Cumbia was a way for traditional Andean music to remain current with younger audiences. This style is loose, fun and very seriously full of silly sounds.

We are a bunch of mates (practically family) who used to play cumbia together in Chupacabra, after years dedicating time to other projects we decided to get back together to play cumbia and have fun. Xixa is an 8 piece band that can sometimes grow to 10 or more if we have friends or family in the audience that want to join us. We formed in the lull that was the 2020 pandemic and have performed in a few places here and there including LACAT’s Day of the Dead Festival. The pandemic isn’t officially over but we are finally ready to hit the stage and share the love.

Cumbia is designed for dancing and having a good time, we throw in a power ballad or two to give you a quick breather. Horns, guitar, keys and rhythmic percussion join forces to give Tasmania XIXA! Viva la Cumbia, Viva Xixa!

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Friday 13 January 2023
7:00pm – 12:00midnight
The Founders Room
Salamanca Arts Centre
Enter via Wooby’s Lane, or for lift access enter through The Courtyard

$10 +bf pre sales
$15 on the door

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Things are going to get Gunky in the Founders Room.

Join Gus Leighton (Tenor Sax, Ewi, Vox), Mathew Olivier (Keys), Aleks Folvig (Guitar), Sasha Gavlek (Bass) and Lawrence Churches (Drums) for two sets of beauty. 

You can expect to hear some of Gus’s original funk compositions as well as arrangements of music made famous by musical legends that include but are not limited too; Maceo Parker, Joshua Redman, The Brecker Brothers and Weather Report.

Tickets are limited so get in quick!
This show is strictly one night only!

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Gus Leighton

Gus Leighton is a 27-year-old Australian contemporary tenor saxophonist based in Hobart Tasmania.
Growing up listening to a variety of music, Gus soon developed an affinity with the sounds of jazz and country music which have had a significant impact upon his career. Gus’ improvisational and compositional language is heavily influenced by Lester Young, Dexter Gordon, Stan Getz and Wayne Shorter. These four saxophonists have become the focus of Gus’ PhD Thesis topic (currently) titled ‘Creating an original sound: a study of Lester Young’s improvisational language, its influence on Stan Getz, Dexter Gordon and Wayne Shorter, and, how this has informed my development as an improviser.’

Gus is a well-respected saxophonist, composer, arranger and bandleader of ‘Uncle Gus and The Rimshots’, ‘The Gus Leighton Quartet’ and ‘The Greenrises Jazz Orchestra’. Outside of his own projects Gus performs at a variety of different festivals/events as both a leader and accompanist – notably accompanying Dami Im at the Festival of Voices Big Sing Bonfire in 2019 and Andrew O’Keefe for the Hobart show of Andrew O’Keefe ‘Shouts’ Johnny O’Keefe.
In 2020 Gus was selected to be the Musical Director of the 2020 Virtual Big Sing Bonfire for Festival of Voices, and has served as musical director of various other projects in Tasmania. Gus was also the recipient of the Jack Duffy Memorial award presented by the Hobart Jazz Club and the Musician’s Union of Tasmania for his musical ability and what he gives back to the greater jazz community. 

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Friday 20 January 2023
7:30pm – 12:00midnight
The Founders Room
Salamanca Arts Centre
Enter via Wooby’s Lane, or for lift access enter through The Courtyard

$10 +bf pre sales
$15 on the door

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Lasca Dry, エミエミ (emi emi) & Baltimore combine forces for a night of musical beauty in The Founders Room.

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Lasca Dry

Lasca has developed her very own unique flavor of slightly bittersweet melancholy songs. Heartfelt, honest and deceptively simple, Lasca Dry’s songs are direct, emotive and play with haunting vocals and contagious melodies. Lasca sings of life, love and loss carrying her listeners into new places and other realms.

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エミエミ (emi emi)

エミエミ (emi emi) is the experimental J-pop project from 25-year-old Emi Doi. Born and raised in lutruwita to her Launcestonian mum and Japanese dad, エミエミ combines Emi’s existing indie-music flavour with uptempo Japanese-pop, drawing on inspiration from the likes of Kero Kero Bonito, CHAI, Kyary Pyamu Pyamu and Superorganism. Her songs use a mixture of English and Japanese lyrics to explore her three emotional states of being – happy, heartsick and hungry. 楽しんでください (≧▽≦) 

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Baltimore

Baltimöre Charlót, the experimental alt-pop moniker of Hobart-based producer Sarah Charlotte, delivers sultry and danceable soundscapes accompanied by honest driving vocals. Late night vibes any time of the day.

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Saturday 7 January 2023
7:30pm – 12:00midnight
The Founders Room
Salamanca Arts Centre
Enter via Wooby’s Lane, or for lift access enter through The Courtyard

$10 +bf pre sales
$15 on the door

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An EP Launch, a market stall, live performances and an art showcase. Featuring Gochi, SteezE, BOB (Qld), Phat Loops & Samora Squid. 

Mr Gochi’s 2nd Biannual Extravaganza is coming to town, with 5 mind blowing acts and a showcase of surreal performances and art. Come purchase one of Mr Gochi’s one of a kind t-shirts, or an NFT at the market stall or simply peruse the art on display.

Mr Gochi will be launching their third EP, “Jester’s Reign”, which will be available to stream the night of the event on most platforms. Come along and bring a friend! Gochi’s Extravaganza is back babayyyyyyyyyy.

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Phat Loops

Phat Loops is just electronic grooves with acoustic improvisation, and it sounds amazing because Colin is a hack.

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SteezE

SteezE is a hip hop MC residing in Niplaluna/Hobart. Coming off of his debut EP launch ‘Please Stand Bye’ in 2021 and his album ‘Ostracon’ with DJ Mike in 2022, SteezE has written a diverse range of songs about love, fear, community and capitalism. He aims to bring thought provoking poetry to his audience while also embracing his own unique style of improv to involve the crowd.

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Mr Gochi

Mr Gochi, fueled by prescription medication and a lust for curly wurlies has come out of his hovel purely to entertain you. When is enough, enough? He assumed giving you his EP “Ascent of a Madman” (available on most streaming services) would satisfy but alas, the higher ups have called upon his completely improvised live show once more. Be excited, be very excited.

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BOB

BOB is a qld based dj that is going to blow your mind. Absolutely blow it off. 

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Wednesday 21 December 2022
7:00pm – 11:00pm
The Founders Room
Salamanca Arts Centre
Enter via Wooby’s Lane, or for lift access enter through The Courtyard

$10 +bf pre sales
$15 on the door

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Tailwind

Tailwind is a new 4-piece jazz/groove/improv project evoking dreams of pacific holidaying, summer-breeze and endless sunsets.

Comprising of Finn Rees on keys, Karai Hemara  on guitar, Dominic Nguyen on bass and Matthew Apted on drums.

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エミエミ (emi emi)

エミエミ (emi emi) is the experimental J-pop project from 25-year-old Emi Doi. Born and raised in lutruwita to her Launcestonian mum and Japanese dad, エミエミ combines Emi’s existing indie-music flavour with uptempo Japanese-pop, drawing on inspiration from the likes of Kero Kero Bonito, CHAI, Kyary Pyamu Pyamu and Superorganism. Her songs use a mixture of English and Japanese lyrics to explore her three emotional states of being – happy, heartsick and hungry. 楽しんでください (≧▽≦) 

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  Salamanca Art Centre’s 2022 programs are supported by the Commonwealth Government’s Office of the Arts via the RISE Fund.

We wish to advise that this event has been cancelled. We apologise for any inconvenience

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Saturday 14 January 2023
7:30pm – 12:00midnight
The Founders Room
Salamanca Arts Centre
Enter via Wooby’s Lane, or for lift access enter through The Courtyard

$10 +bf pre sales
$15 on the door

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Soon to be Hobart run-aways It Thing join their friends All The Weathers and Liquid Nails for a night of splintering punk!

This back-to-back attack of local, and most importantly- loud live bands will take place on the land of the palawa people.

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It Thing

It Thing is not a girl band from lutruwita / naarm. IT THING boasts a fist-hit setlist full of badinage (come and find out what that means!) I.T Thing has been likened to Hagen and English Punk Band from the 70s or 80s or something.

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All The Weathers

All The Weathers have graced Hobart and beyond (if there is any such thing) for years, forming a deadly repertoire of songs each crazier than the last. Not shy of instrument hopping, swapping and hip hopping, ATW will surely rattle your brain with their diverse sound.

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Liquid Nails

Local home grown punk. No compromises, don’t accept substitutes. 

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10 December 2022
7:00pm – 12:00midnight
The Founders Room
Salamanca Arts Centre
Enter via Wooby’s Lane, or for lift access enter through The Courtyard

$10 +bf pre sales
$15 on the door

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Flours for my baby… A night of wonder and excitement featuring Dumaresq, Les Nointers, Edward Guglielmino and special guests Random Acts of Weirdness.

When do you give your loved one flours?
When you’ve been naughty, when you want to be naughty and when they need to bake.
Flours for my baby is a night of music, mayhem, performance art, video mishmashes and celebration.

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Dumaresq

Dumaresq (pronounced “dju-merick”) is Queensland-born, nipuluna/Hobart-based vocalist & producer Joe Kneipp.

Joe, while unable to place himself in any specific genre, describes his music as a “alternative rock, with some ambient and shoegaze influences.”

As well as his solo project, Joe is a member of indie-rock project Maison Hall. He has toured in his native Australia and internationally as a session musician for Fletcher Gull, Harper Bloom and others. Joe and Dumaresq have been featured in NME and Rolling Stone Australia, and has received radio support from triple J, 4zzz, FBi Radio, and more.

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Les Nointers

Les Nointers are Lucien Simon and Cameron Healy from seminal 90s Tasmanian misfit stagger rock outfit DUST, flamenco metal queen Katherine Diaz Robayo and drum slinger Marcos Genaris.Described as a cross between the Pixies and the Beatles – Les Nointers are the impossible made real. 

Joining Les Nointers on stage will be the angelic Koko Flow on a duet with the demonic Lucien.

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Edward Guglielmino

Edward Guglielmino is an Australian musician, disc jockey, public speaker, academic, and blogger based in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. He currently is a member of musical groups the Thin Kids and Lost of Love, but is best known for his own solo music career and has commercially released three full-length albums.

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Random acts of Weirdness

Random acts of Weirdness is the woman of many faces Jem Nicholas and the woman of many sounds cellist Georgia Shine, together, and often with dance contortionist Risa Ray, they create moments of the sublime, the occasional crime and the odd rhyme.

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  Salamanca Art Centre’s 2022 programs are supported by the Commonwealth Government’s Office of the Arts via the RISE Fund.

Saturday 3 December 2022
Show 7pm-11pm
The Founders Room
Salamanca Arts Centre
Enter via Wooby’s Lane, or for lift access enter through The Courtyard

It’s that time of year again, where people go to families, we argue about gender to Aunt Mavis, and giggle at grinder as little Timmy opens his presents. Us queers have a strange relationship with xmas, and this cabaret is where we can come to find solace, cry melancholy, and scream at the capitalistic holiday that makes us think of Mary pushing Jesus out into the world.

We have a bunch of your old favourite talents, and a few new presents to stick in your stockings. Don’t forget to bring a plate.

QT Cabaret is a place for Transgender and Gender queer people to trial cabaret acts, or just let off some steam on stage. It is a space to meet other people, and to watch the amazingly talented community of Hobart.

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Whilst the wearing of masks is not mandatory it is recommended in certain situations by Tasmanian Public Health.  Masks will be available upon entering the venue for those patrons who would like one.  

If you’re unwell, it is recommended that you stay at home, and we look forward to welcoming you at Salamanca Arts Centre another time.

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