Hello out there Sydney, we are coming live from planet Vanguard.
Tick... Tock, Tick... Tock, it's time... it's time for a change.
For those of you who haven't yet heard, The Vanguard has recently had a change of ownership, and with new ownership comes new plans and ideas.
The Vanguard is an intimate, purpose built live music venue and restaurant that plays host to the greats of Australian and international music. With a 1920's feel to the interior, the Vanguard's friendly and unpretentious luxury has an ambience unlike any other. Our aim is to provide patrons with an elegant and stylish restaurant, which provides live entertainment, highlighting some of Newtown and Sydney's most talented musicians.
In conjunction with the great Mu-meson archives we're launching our 16mm cinema nights in August.
Come behind the scenes of the famous cabarets of Paris. Australia's favourite showgirl Shay Stafford, author of "Memoirs of a Showgirl", pulls back the curtain of the Moulin Rouge and Lido de Paris to reveal all about her time as a cabaret dancer in the City of Light.
Performing with Shay on stage will be The Vanguard's beautiful burlesque girls, The Jaded Vanities. And yes, there will be feathers...
Paris Wells started her career playing underground shows with DJ friends around Melbourne but it wasn't long before she had built a monstrous buzz, signed to Illusive Sounds and shortly afterwards released her debut EP. The release, "Mum Hasn't Slept Yet" lead to a support slot on Justin Timberlake's FutureSex/LoveShow tour.
The Widowbirds are heading to The Vanguard to launch their debut album Shenandoah. The release is another feather to stick in their already bushy caps and follows a soaring 18 months that has included a multitude of festival appearances and international supports.
Recently returned from a world tour that included Glastonbury, Edinburgh Fringe and standing ovations at the New York Burlesque Festival, comes The Birdmann with a brand new live band The Flying V Formation for an evening of music, vaudeville, comedy, cabaret and general weirdness.
The Vanguard pays tribute to the legendary Nashville music institution that has been the hosting the best country music acts since 1925.
Join a cast of local artist playing the music of Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn, Kris Kristofferson, Tammy Wynette, Hank Williams and more...
Vintage Allsorts, the people who bought you the successful Elvis Birthday Bash, return with another evening of fine music from the dawn of the rock'n'roll era. This time they pay tribute to the sassy women who started it all. Come and see a host of great local ladies reinterpreting Etta James, Ruth Brown, Big Maybelle, Ella Mae Morse, Wanda Jackson, Aretha Franklin, Nancy Sinatra and more.
Considered one of Australia's premier alt country folk artists, Jen Cloher plays her first headline show in over a year. Currently recording her third album In Blood Memory due for release in 2012, she'll be previewing new material as well as playing songs from her 2009 release Hidden Hands and ARIA nominated debut Dead Wood Falls.
In 2011 Bertie Page took her clinic to Germany, France, the UK and Japan, and now this institution is back to rock their home turf. BPC is set to take over the Vanguard once more with feathers, fur and a whole lotta meow! Sydney's greatest pussy lovers Doc Holliday Takes The Shotgun will join in the caterwauling with their raspy psychobilly tones. And a litter of Brisbane's best burlesque kitties will be leaping down south for the event, with more slink, circus and sexiness than you can throw a shoe at!
A founding member of the Aliis, a group that performed with legendary Hawaiian entertainer Don Ho for decades, Benny Chong has played ukulele since childhood and is now one of the most respected and influential jazz players in the world. A regular on Hawaii's professional music circuit, Benny has taken jazz uke to a new level, both through his challenging repertoire and the complexity of his techniques. Don't miss this genuine ukulele virtuoso in his ONLY Sydney show!
Devils are not the only thing to come from Tasmania. Singer-songwriter Audrey Auld's heart is in Country, Folk and Americana music with a presence as big as The Outback. Her songs are the wry and poignant observations of a Tassie girl living in and touring America for the past nine years.
Bob Log III isn't just a one man band. He's a one man party. With his signature full body cannonball-man suit, collection of vintage silvertone archtop guitars, and a crash helmet wired to a telephone, Bob takes distorted fuzz slide blues to a whole new level. Has to be seen to be believed.
Bob Log III isn't just a one man band. He's a one man party. With his signature full body cannonball-man suit, collection of vintage silvertone archtop guitars, and a crash helmet wired to a telephone, Bob takes distorted fuzz slide blues to a whole new level. Has to be seen to be believed.
Stu Larsen has no fixed address, no job and few possessions - just a lot of generous friends who seem to let him sleep on their floor or couch, or in their spare room as he ventures onward. He appears to be on a journey of sorts, perhaps searching for something greater than can be found in one's own backyard. The last year has seen him exploring & wandering all across the world. Through Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States, road tripping with friends, playing unexpected shows in unexpected places, staying in the homes of old and new friends all along the way.
Driven by award winning song writing, and knocked out of the park by an ensemble of spellbinding musicians, Timothy Nelson & The Infidels are a solar system of melody. The Infidels' sound wraps itself around the audience in a whirlwind of timeless folk pop, as the influences of The Beatles and Bob Dylan float atop a raging current of raw, honest lyrics that cut straight to the bone. The songs will stay etched in your memory long after the first listen, and the people just keep coming back for more.
Fresh from the ecstatic reaction to her most recent album, Queen of the Minor Key, Ragged Company Touring is thrilled to announce the imminent arrival on our shores of alt-country chanteuse Eilen Jewell. As well as a special appearances at Bluesfest, Eilen accompanied by her regular touring band of guitarist Jerry Miller, drummer Jason Beek, and upright bassist Johnny Sciascia, will be doing a special show at The Vanguard.
It's one of the tours of the year - a folk-rocking double-headline tour from English multi-instrumentalist, virtuoso fiddler Seth Lakeman and Australia's own international troubadour Carus Thompson. Catch them fresh from their appearances at the Byron Bluesfest in the intimate surrounds of The Vanguard.
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