Sat 22nd June 2024
7:30pm – 10:00pm (Doors open at 7pm)
Live @ The Founders Room
Salamanca Arts Centre
65b Woobys Lane, or for lift access enter through The Courtyard

$27 +bf each
$50 +bf for 2 x tickets
$88 +bf for 4 x tickets

Salamanca Jazz’ is Live in the Founders Room on Woobys Lane, with an enchanting evening as Charlie McCarthy brings the music of the legendary Stéphane Grappelli to life.
Experience the magic of jazz violin with classics and hidden gems that celebrate Grappelli’s legacy.
Don’t miss this unique tribute!

Prepare for a captivating musical journey as Charlie McCarthy pays homage to the iconic Stéphane Grappelli in a special concert dedicated to the jazz violin maestro. Grappelli, known for his virtuosity and lyrical improvisation, co-founded the Quintette du Hot Club de France and left an indelible mark on the world of jazz. Charlie McCarthy, a renowned violinist in his own right, will bring Grappelli’s timeless compositions and beloved standards to life, weaving through a tapestry of melodies that showcase the brilliance and elegance of Grappelli’s music.

Join us for an unforgettable evening filled with soulful interpretations, vibrant rhythms, and a celebration of jazz’s rich heritage.

This is a tribute you won’t want to miss!

Doors & Bar open at 7pm

Tickets are only $27 ea +BF, or buy two tix for $50 +BF, or for buy four tix for only $88 +BF.

Music begins at 7.30pm
The Founders Room
Salamanca Arts Centre
{Enter via the stairs off Woobys lane}

Please note that the Courtyard Lift is NOT Operating.  
Salamanca Arts Centre understands that this will cause great inconvenience to some people, and we are awaiting an update from the Dept Natural Resources and Energy as to when the Lift will be operating again.
Until the Lift is repaired, please enter via the stairs off Wooby’s lane.


Sat 27th July 2024
7:30pm – 10:00pm (Doors open at 7pm)
Live @ The Founders Room
Salamanca Arts Centre
65b Woobys Lane, or for lift access enter through The Courtyard

Please note – Tickets have now sold out, but there will be a small number of door sales on the evening.

$27 +bf each
$50 +bf for 2 x tickets
$88 +bf for 4 x tickets

Salamanca Jazz’ is Live in the Founders Room on Woobys Lane, with 
Vibración, the newest Latin Sextet, featuring Louise Denson + Kelly Ottaway + Tom Robb + Maggie Abraham + Elias Solis + Hamish Houston.

Louise Denson (piano), Kelly Ottaway (vibes), Hamish Houston (double bass) Tom Robb (drums), Maggie Abraham (congas) & Elias Solis (perc) pay tribute to the classic Cal Tjader recording Live at the Funky Quarters, and cook up some spicy original recipes on the side.

For your musical delectation – and dancing pleasure!
Multi-instrumentalist/composer/arranger Cal Tjader played a big part in the West Coast jazz scene of the 1950s and ‘60s, working with such luminaries as Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond, Stan Getz and Vince Guarladi, among many others. His album ‘La Onda va Bien’ earned a 1980 Grammy Award for Best Latin Recording. His compositions form an important body of work in the vast cannon of ‘Latin jazz’ repertoire.

Doors & Bar open at 7pm

Tickets are only $27 ea +BF, or buy two tix for $50 +BF, or for buy four tix for only $88 +BF.

Please note – Tickets have now sold out, but there will be a small number of door sales on the evening.

Music begins at 7.30pm
The Founders Room
Salamanca Arts Centre
[ Enter via the stairs off Woobys lane or lift in The Courtyard}


Presented by Spirited Beverages

Friday 4 June 2024, 7:30pm – 11:30pm
Raising funds for the School of St Jude, Arusha, Tanzania
This is an over 18 event only. Alcohol will be served.

Tickets $100


A night in the 1940s at The Founders Room of the Salamanca Arts Centre.

Dinner, drinks and dancing to the sounds of Swoon.

With thanks to to our kind sponsors, profits from this event will be donated to the School of St Jude in Arusha, Tanzania.



Please note lift in currently undergoing repairs and is not available for use.


Film Screening :
Saturday 13 July 2024 @ 8:00pm
Doors & Cafe from 7:00pm | Screening from 8:00pm

Flickerfest, celebrating 33 years bringing you the Best of Australian Shorts. ‘Everyone’s Invited!’

Celebrating its 33rd year, Flickerfest, Australia’s only Academy® Award and BAFTA qualifying short film festival, and the country’s largest Australian & International short film competition, screens the best of shorts from Australia and the world, selected from 3,400 entries; ensuring the presentation of A-list short film programmes recognised amongst the best in the world.

Flickerfest screens for 10 days under the summer stars at Bondi Beach in January, with selected highlights of the most entertaining and innovative short films from Australia & around the world touring the country on a 40 venue national tour from Feb – Oct 2024.  

Flickerfest returns with this annual one-off chance to see the Best of Australian Shorts programme officially selected for Flickerfest National Tour, before these films continue their journey around the world.

TICKETS : 
Single Session :
General Admission $18
(+BF)
Concession $15 (+BF)

of BOTH SESSIONS : 
General Admission $32
(+BF)
Concession $27 (+BF)



Best of Australian Shorts : 2024 Tour

Screening: On Tour | Running Time: 123 min | Classification: Under 15yrs to be w/adult

Darwin Story

Lee returns to Darwin from London when her mum is taken ill. After a chance encounter, there’s an opportunity to reflect on the past, but is she ready to think differently about the beautiful place she calls home?
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE | Director: Natasha Tonkin | Writer: Natasha Tonkin | Producer: Yeshen Venema, Eero Heinonen | Runtime: 9min | Year: 2023 | Country: Australia

Good Grief

Brandon is visited by his recently deceased girlfriend and discovers that haunting can have its advantages. Brandon and his sheet ghost girlfriend dive into domestic bliss and Brandon’s life improves with the unconditional support of his sheet ghost love. But ghosts become stuck in the In-Between for a reason and while Brandon thinks that his sheet ghost bae’s remaining duty is to lift him up, this sheet ghost honey has other ideas about crossing over to the afterlife. WORLD PREMIERE | Director: Hamish Macgregor | Writer: Lewis Mullholland | Producer: Grace Sarah Quinn, Hamish Roderick Macgregor, Lewis Mullholland | Runtime: 14min | Year: 2023 | Country: Australia

Heart Throb

18 year old Gray is in love with his best friend Angelo, but his desire for social media stardom complicates things. WORLD PREMIERE | Director: Greta Nash | Writer: Greta Nash | Producer: Gillian Crosby, Gabrielle McLeod | Runtime: 15min | Year: 2023 | Country: Australia

Lean In

Moral-abiding feminist comedian, Rach, receives a massive blow after a show when she is rejected by the agent she was so hungry for. Rach’s brother Benny takes her out to his work Christmas drinks as a means to cheer her up. But in his world of sales bro’s Rach is pushed to see if she’s got the “tenacity” to survive in their world. Will she flip on her morals and throw her integrity to the wind to step up to their plate? WORLD PREMIERE | Director: Lucy Coleman | Writer: Lucy Coleman | Producer: Lucy Coleman, Lucy Hayes, Deanne Weir, Alice Willison, Kartanya Maynard | Runtime: 17min | Year: 2023 | Country: Australia

Favourites

Two parents face an impossible choice when their family camping trip turns deadly. AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE | Director: Nick Russell | Writer: Nick Russell, Nick Musgrove | Producer: Nick Russell | Runtime: 5min | Year: 2023 | Country: Australia

Finding Home

Finding Home tells the extraordinary story of Yousef Mohammadi, who as a young Afghani boy was forced to flee from his home country to avoid the dangers of war. WORLD PREMIERE | Director: Lester Jones | Writer: Lester Jones | Runtime: 11min | Year: 2023 | Country: Australia

Nursery

Single-mother Helen and her son Jordan embark on an afternoon drive, things soon spiral out of control, tension builds between the two as they fight to live their own lives as part of their codependent relationship. WORLD PREMIERE | Director: Max Pollard | Writer: Max Pollard | Producer: Naomi Mendoza | Runtime: 13min | Year: 2023 | Country: Australia

Cold Water

Inspired by true events. Set in St Kilda, Australia, an elderly woman’s peaceful retirement is interrupted when her husband takes up a bizarre new hobby. Director: Jay Perry, Shaun Perry | Writer: Jay Perry, Shaun Perry | Producer: Brayden Alden | Runtime: 20min | Year: 2023 } Country: Australia

Yeah The Boys

Yeah the Boys follows six young Aussie men as they sink beers over an afternoon and well into the night. Emoting only through movement; lewd gestures, chokeholds, crowd surfs, and chugging shoeys, they somehow say everything without uttering a single word. Equal parts larrikin, brutal, and tender, this choreographic short film scored by The Avalanches is an observation of Australian masculine identity and our nation’s relationship with drinking culture. WORLD PREMIERE | Director: Stefan Hunt | Writer: Vanessa Marian Varghese | Producer: Alex Taussig | Runtime: 8min | Year: 2023 | Country: Australia

Ashes

Bereft after the loss of her beloved Dad James, Frances misses the appointment to pick up his ashes. Through a bizarre posthumous prank, can James rectify his daughter’s habitual lateness, even after he’s gone? A darkly comedic story about grief, tough love, and the unexpected ways those who have passed continue to influence us. Director: Georgina Haig | Writer: Georgina Haig | Producer: Georgina Haig, Dean Francis, Daisy Betts-Miller, Charmaine Kuhn | Runtime: 13min | Year: 2023 | Country: Australia

Film Screening :
Friday 12 July 2024 @ 8:00pm
Doors & Cafe from 7:00pm | Screening from 8:00pm

Flickerfest, celebrating 33 years bringing you the Best of International Shorts. ‘Everyone’s Invited!’

Celebrating its 33rd year, Flickerfest, Australia’s only Academy® Award and BAFTA qualifying short film festival, and the country’s largest Australian & International short film competition, screens the best of shorts from Australia and the world, selected from 3,400 entries; ensuring the presentation of A-list short film programmes recognised amongst the best in the world.

Flickerfest screens for 10 days under the summer stars at Bondi Beach in January, with selected highlights of the most entertaining and innovative short films from Australia & around the world touring the country on a 40 venue national tour from Feb – Oct 2024.  

TICKETS : 
Single Session :
General Admission $18
(+BF)
Concession $15 (+BF)

of BOTH SESSIONS : 
General Admission $32
(+BF)
Concession $27 (+BF)



Best of International Shorts : 2024 Tour

Screening: On Tour | Running Time: 120 min | Classification: Under 15yrs to be w/adult

On The 8th Day

It took 7 days to create the world, it only took one to disrupt its balance.
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE | Director: Agathe Sénéchal, Alicia Massez, Elise Debruyne, Flavie Carin, Théo Duhautois | Writer: Agathe Sénéchal, Alicia Massez, Elise Debruyne, Flavie Carin, Théo Duhautois | Producer: Carlos De Carvalho | Runtime: 8min | Year: 2023 | Country: France

Clodagh

A lonely priest’s housekeeper encounters a young Irish girl of exceptional promise. AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE | Director: Portia A. Buckley | Writer: Michael Lindley | Producer: Serena Armitage, Michael Lindley | Runtime: 17min | Year: 2023 | Country: Ireland

Stella

Stella is out for a special date with her husband Stanley, whose health and mind are failing. She yearns for connection, capturing brief moments of lucidity before he slips away, again.  One final dance recalls memories of their first, and Stella accepts that their life together is ending. AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE | Director: Alison Titulaer | Writer: Alison Titulaer | Producer: Emma Mortimer | Runtime: 14min | Year: 2023 | Country: New Zealand

The Masterpiece

Leo and Diana, a rich couple, bring a broken TV to a recycle point. They meet Salif and his son, two scrap dealers. Diana asks them to come to their house to get more objects. Once there, Leo looks at them collecting objects with mistrust, until they see the scrap dealers have something they want. WORLD PREMIERE | Director: Àlex Lora | Writer: Lluis Quilez, Alfonso Amador | Producer: Sandra Trave, Lluis Quilez | Runtime: 20min | Year: 2023 | Country: Spain

A Day In The Life Of A Female Frame

While a large painting of a naked woman is being transported from the studio to the exhibition, she seems to fall victim to a harsh and masculine outside world. AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE | Director: Ilke Paddenburg | Writer: Ilke Paddenburg | Producer: Rachel van Bommel, Ivo Siebum, Hanna van Vliet, Hannah van Helden, Hannah Schwarz | Runtime: 7min | Year: 2023 | Country: Netherlands

My Name is Edgar and I Have a Cow

Edgar’s ordinary life is disrupted by a newborn calf he sees on a tourist trip to a slaughterhouse. AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE | Director: Filip DIVIAK | Producer: Bara Prikaska, Zuzana Mistrikova | Runtime: 8min | Year: 2023 | Country: Czech Republic

My Week With Maisy

Mrs Foster, a retired, middle-class Daily Mail reader, whose cup is half empty, is starting chemotherapy and is understandably anxious. The last thing she needs is to have to share the treatment room with a ‘know-it-all child’ who wants to grow up to be a lesbian. But through their unexpected friendship, Maisy gives Mrs Foster much more than just a glimmer of hope. WORLD PREMIERE | Director: Mika Simmons | Writer: Mark Oxtoby | Producer: Georgina French | Runtime: 18min| Year: 2023 | Country: United Kingdom

Last Days Of Summer

A recurring mysterious sound from mountains in the Himalaya is heard only by two curious young shepherds. Unable to convince the villagers of the scary nature of such sound, they journey into the unknown to unravel the mystery. AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE | Director: Stenzin Tankong | Writer: Stenzin Tankong, Jigmet Wangchuk | Producer: Flore Cavigneaux, Jérôme Blesson, Stenzin Tankong, Urgain Phuntsog | Runtime: 14min | Year: 2023 | Country: India

The Film Might Be White

A final feedback meeting is being held before the release of an art school’s new commercial. Everyone is happy, but then a thought arises as to whether the commercial can be perceived as too white. The meeting suddenly escalates into a debate about how it happened, if it can be solved, and above all – whose fault it is. AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE | Director: Sebastian Johansson Micci | Writer: Sebastian Johansson Micci, Manne Indahl | Producer: Manne Indahl, Sebastian Johansson Micci | Runtime: 14min | Year: 2023 | Country: Sweden

Film Screening :
Wednesday 29 May 2024, 7:00pm – 9:30pm
(includes interval)
Doors @ 6:30pm | Screening from 7:00pm

Warren Miller’s ALL TIME is bringing 74 years of filmmaking reimagined to a theatre near you this May.

This season, it’s all about good turns and good snow on good hills with good people. Narrated by Jonny Moseley, ALL TIME dives deep into elements that Warren himself first identified as the stuff of which snowy dreams are made. From the birth of ski towns like Sun Valley and Aspen to icons and innovators like the original hotdoggers, the film brings the best of seven decades along with humor and inspiration from today—featuring Maine’s finest athlete, Donny Pelletier, and the next generation of skiers and riders at Woodward Park City.

In addition to the main feature from Warren Miller, this year’s tour will exhibit 2 local films from presenting partner Arc’teryx. Delve deep into what makes winter so special as we share stories from local film makers Divya Gordon and Taylor Bennie-Faull. This will serve as the perfect entree to the two-year party for Warren Miller’s  75 seasons on snow. 

TICKETS : 
Adult $37.45
Concession $32.28

Warren Miller (1951). Sun Valley. Image Credit Sun Valley PR
Film Still featuring athlete Brian Rice.

This evening of new work from artists from Victoria and Tasmania spans music drawing from modular synthesis, drone, field recording and post-rock. The three artists will each play a solo set, concluding the night with an improvised collaborative piece.

Matt Warren is an Australian electronic media artist, musician, curator and writer, based in nipaluna/Hobart, lutruwita/Tasmania.

His music and sound practice have a basis in both composition and improvisation. He performs and records electro-acoustic and drone works, solo under his own name and collaborates with others under a number of monikers.

His work investigates memory, transcendence, liminal spaces and suspension of disbelief and is informed by psychedelia, digital abstraction and hauntology.

This performance will launch a new album called “Wait” which is based on field recordings from disused industrial sites and electronic drones and melodic textures created digitally and with electric guitar.

https://roomofsilencerecords.bandcamp.com

https://www.mattwarrenartist.com

Anthony Lyons is a composer, producer and musician whose practice is an interdisciplinary one exploring the intersections of music, art, technology and environment. His creative output includes works for orchestra, electronic performance, installation, planetarium domes and hybrid-arts projects.

Anthony has had compositions performed, recorded and broadcast in Australia and internationally. His compositional style pursues sonority and site-specific context, drawing from multiple traditions. Electronics, synthesis and sampled elements are a feature of many of his compositions and reveal an interest in timbral loop-based structures, drones and microsound elements. He embraces multiple modes of making and is drawn to the inner worlds of sound and connections to memory, sonority and place.

https://anthonylyons.bandcamp.com

Matthew Magnus is an Australian artist and composer based in nipaluna/Hobart, lutruwita/Tasmania, with a background in sculpture, experimental drawing, time-based media and electronic music. His practice at art school centred around ritualized cycles of mark-making activity. Since graduation, parenting and full-time work led to close to a decade’s hiatus from art-making. In the past 2 years, Matthew has reconnected with his love of analogue synthesizers and has been creating music that picks up where his visual practice left off.

Matthew has recently completed his debut album. This album represents a body of work that explores, through electronic music, the first three tones of the harmonic series (root, octave and perfect fifth) as the source of slowly evolving and repetitive music to create a hypnotic, deep listening experience. The album is influenced by Indian classical music (particularly the drone of the tambura), Alice and John Coltrane, the American Minimalist composers as well as contemporary artists Kali Malone, Caterina Barbieri and Sarah Davachi. The works are all composed using analogue synthesizer and tape echo using Just Intonation tuning.

https://matthewmagnus.bandcamp.com

Friday 5 April 2024
Doors Open @ 8:00pm | Performance until 11:0pm (includes Interval)

The Tasmanian Rock Challenge & IO Performance present ‘Youth Week 2024’

Featuring (in alphabetical order) :

Conversationalists

Glass Media

The Pedestrians

The Sweeney Complex

Tickets :
General Admission $20

**This is al all ages event**

Sat 25th May 2024
7:30pm – 10:00pm (Doors open at 7pm)
Live @ The Founders Room
Salamanca Arts Centre
65b Woobys Lane, or for lift access enter through The Courtyard

$27 +bf each
$50 +bf for 2 x tickets
$88 +bf for 4 x tickets

Salamanca Jazz’ is Live in the Founders Room on Woobys Lane, with 
the launch of ‘All Ears ‘, a new album by Jamie Pregnell.

Jamie Pregnell’s follow up to his 2020 album “Sleepy Town” sees him once again reunite with Australian jazz greats Julien Wilson, Sam Anning and Ben Vanderwall. All Ears, the title of the new album was recorded in Melbourne in January 2023 after performing a small tour around Australia including Sydney, Canberra, Hobart and Melbourne.

For this Hobart launch gig Jamie is joined by long time Hobart collaborators Dan Sulzberger on Piano, Hamish Houston on Bass, and Tom Robb on Drums.

The quartet focuses on delivering fresh interpretations of the new album material with emphasis on strong melodic themes, group improvisation, open textures and dynamic song forms.

There will be CDs of the new album to purchase on the night and you can listen to preview of Jamie’s new album All Ears here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4RwLs9c474

And his previous album “Sleepy Town” at https://jamiepregnell.bandcamp.com/album/sleepy-town

Jamie Pregnell – Guitar | Dan Sulzberger – Piano | Hamish Houston – Bass | Tom Robb – Drums

Doors & Bar open at 7pm

Tickets are only $27 ea +BF, or buy two tix for $50 +BF, or for buy four tix for only $88 +BF.

Music begins at 7.30pm
The Founders Room
Salamanca Arts Centre
[ Enter via the stairs off Woobys lane}

Please note lift in currently undergoing repairs and is not available for use.


Sat 27th April 2024
7:30pm – 10:00pm (Doors open at 7pm)
Live @ The Founders Room
Salamanca Arts Centre
65b Woobys Lane, or for lift access enter through The Courtyard

$27 +bf each
$50 +bf for 2 x tickets
$88 +bf for 4 x tickets



Salamanca Jazz’ is Live in the Founders Room on Woobys Lane, with the
‘Ottaway/Bywater/Houston/Robb’ quartet

Jazz is all about improvisation, right?
As Louise Denson is unable to perform as schedueld this month, in her absence Kelly Ottaway has recast the band and the program, and will perform under the title of ‘Bywater Ottaway Houston Robb’.
But you’re still in for a treat this month, when Kelly Ottaway (vibes / piano)Phil Bywater (saxophone)Hamish Houston (Double bass) and Tom Robb (drums), perform a collection of originals written by Phil and Kelly, focusing on the minimal and free aspects of jazz/improvised music.  
The quartet will also be playing a selection of time-honoured standards, where they will apply the same principles of minimal and delicate playing.We expect to be able to welcome Louise back to the stage in the Founders Room later in 2024.

Saxophonist and composer Phil Bywater has toured Europe, the USA, South East Asia and the South Pacific, has performed with an array of Australia’s finest musicians, and recorded dozens of albums with acclaimed Australian and international bands, including his own ensembles Phil Bywater’s Buried Treasure,
Big Fela Afrobeat Orchestra and Fallingwater Trio. “Wonderfully big expressive tone on the tenor saxophone”
Mal Stanley ABC Jazztrack

“Wonderful saxophonist, a beautiful album”
Jessica Nicholas, RRRFM
His performance experience is diverse, encompassing jazz, reggae, funk, afrobeat, world music, free improv, punk, rock, musical theatre and contemporary classical music.
From 2014-2023, Phil led the Music Theory department at Collarts (the Australian College of the Arts). He has also lectured at the Victorian College of the Arts, the
University of Tasmania, the Australian Institute of Music, and JMC Academy. He has delivered Workshops and Masterclasses for the University of Fine Arts (Phnom Penh, Cambodia), The Music Place, and countless primary schools.
Phil plays Temby Australia saxophones and flutes.

Tickets are only $27 ea +BF, or buy two tix for $50 +BF, or for buy four tix for only $88 +BF.

Music begins at 7.30pm
The Founders Room
Salamanca Arts Centre
[ Enter via the stairs off Woobys lane}

Please note lift in currently undergoing repairs and is not available for use.