What’s On This Week? The McClymonts, A League & Joe Bonamassa

by Alex Connell on October 5, 2012

 

This week Australian country music superstars, The McClymonts, grace the Civic Theatre; the Newcastle Jets commence their Hyundai A-League season against Adelaide United; and acclaimed guitar virtuoso, Joe Bonamassa, returns.

Friday, October 5th

Bikefest @ Honeysuckle & surrounding precincts

Bikefest is on this weekend, with a full program of activities  for all ages and interests running from Friday 5th October through to Sunday 7th October.

From social rides and fashion parades, to demonstrations and workshops - there is something for everyone at Bikefest this weekend. Come along and watch the Parkour and BMX demonstrations, participate in a game of bike polo or check out the exhibitions. Face painting, balloons and a cycle area for the kids as well.

With so many activities on, spend a few hours at Bikefest or plan a whole weekend of activities - it’s up to you!

For more details and to check out the complete program, click here or check out Bikefest on Facebook.

Northeast Party House @ Cambridge Hotel (Side Bar)

Northeast Party House will play the Cambridge on Friday night as apart of their current national tour.

After releasing their debut E.P in November 2011, the Melbourne six-piece have played alongside acts such as Does It Offend You, Yeah? (UK), The Go! Team (UK), Kimbra and Ball Park Music, as well as finishing the year with a stand out set at Falls Festival.

The band’s sound can be defined by a unique mix of smooth lead vocals, intricate guitar hooks, atmospheric analog synth and driving danceable bass lines.

Supported by Long Island Sound & Bigger Cages

Tickets $12 on the door

Royston Vasie @ Great Northern – Friday

Royston Vasie will play the Great Northern this Friday in support of their highly anticipated debut album Tanah Merah.

Royston Vasie took the Melbourne music scene by storm in 2009 with their traces of the BJM,
Velvet Underground and Oasis combined with some Stones-sized confidence.

The four-piece have since supported Ben Kweller and Manchester Orchestra nation wide, British India, Vasco Era, Wolf & Cub as well as selling out their own shows in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. They also quickly earned high rotation on Triple J, RRR and FBi for singles Wreck Your Health and current single You Want It Now.

Supported by Redcoats

The Stage Door Johnnies @ Lizotte’s

The Stage Door Johnnies is the world’s only all-male burlesque group of its kind. Performers Ray Gunn, Jett Adore and Bazuka Joe give the audience a rare glimpse at a male twist on the historic art of striptease.

Inspired by burlesque icons like Gypsy Rose Lee, Bettie Page and Sally Rand, the ‘Johnnies’ apply their masculine sex appeal to the concepts of the tease, surprise reveals, and tongue-in-cheek gimmicks. In just two years, the Johnnies have stripped their way through Las Vegas, NYC, Montreal, Toronto, Windsor, San Francisco, New Orleans, Minneapolis, Indianapolis, St. Louis, L.A and the list goes on.

They have recently been inducted into the Las Vegas Burlesque Hall of Fame, holding their current title of  World’s Best Burlesque Group 2011. They were also awarded “Artists of the Year 2010” by the Burlesque Innovation Guild, and named in the Top 10 performers in the world by 21st Century Burlesque.

Catch the ‘The Johnnies’ this Friday, as part of a rare and intimate Australian tour.

Tickets available from the Lizotte’s website

Main meal & show - $96.00

Show only - $54.00

The McClymonts @ Civic Theatre

Australia’s multi-award-winning country music group, The McClymonts, celebrate the release of their third album, Two Worlds Collide, showcasing a brand new show at Civic Theatre on Friday as part of their extensive National Tour.

The McClymonts have become the talk of the country music world after extensive touring in the USA and sharing stages with some of the world’s biggest stars.

Don’t miss your chance to see Australia’s finest vocal harmony group live and experience what has got the country music world a buzz.

Tickets available from Ticketek
Adult $59.90
Conc $49.90

Follow The Current @ Honeysuckle Precinct

Follow The Current is a glowing initiative apart of a new Public Art and Placemaking Program by Hunter Development Corporation, with the goal of enlivening the public spaces of Honeysuckle by adding elements of fun and play,  for all ages.

The roving Anglerfish will appear for BikeFest Newcastle to light up the faces of all whom discover them as they cruise along the water’s edge along the Honeysuckle precinct.

Catch the fish as they ‘swim’ around Honeysuckle 6-10pm this Friday & Saturday.

Saturday, October 6th

The Owls @ The Great Northern Hotel

The Owls bring their fast-paced elements of alternative rock, thrown in a liberal lashing of progressive southern dustiness and mixed in touches of ethereal dissonance to The Great Northern this Saturday night.

The Owls are to set to release their sophomore EP, Swamp Love,  in late 2012.

Supported by Holly Who

Resin Dogs & Beats Working @ Cambridge Hotel

10 year veterans of Aussie hip-hop, Resin Dogs return to the Cambridge stage onFriday night.  Resin Dogs are a loose collective; a cut and paste sample band, using live drums, live bass, and elements of hip hop via turntables and samplers to create all forms of ritual dance sounds.

Supported by Beats Working, Lefta Centa & Amfibius

Tickets available from Moshtix

$12 + bf

Sunday, October 7th

Newcastle Jets VS Adelaide United @ Hunter Stadium

The 2012/13 A League season commences this weekend with the Newcastle Jets taking on Adelaide United at Hunter Stadium. Both teams have been bolstered by recent additions, most notably the Jets who’ve acquired former England and Liverpool striker, Emile Heskey.

Gates open at 2pm

Kick off at 3pm

Tickets are available from the Proticket website

$8 - $35

Lazy Sunday Lunch w/ Bec Laughton @ Lizotte’s
An audio/visual paradox: the tiny redhead with “lion lungs”. There’s no stopping the petit little frame of Bec Laughton from embodying every beat of music when she is on stage. The unexpected sassy funkstress brings back old school soul with a quirky tongue.

Recently nominated in the 2012 International Independent Music Awards, Bec is representing little baby Brisbane amongst a list of American finalists. Also a finalist in the 2012 Queensland Music Awards and four categories in the MusicOz Awards with the awards night held at the Sydney Opera House. Nominated and highly commended 5 times for the Q Song awards across the last 3 years, witness the talents of this Queenslander this Sunday at Lizotte’s.

Tickets available from the Lizotte’s website

$20

Joe Bonamassa @ Civic Theatre

Award-winning blues rock star, guitar hero and singer-songwriter Joe Bonamassa and his ace touring band will perform in concert at the Civic Theatre in Newcastle on Sun 7 Oct 2012, 8pm. The one-night-only show is in support of his brand new solo album Driving Towards The Daylight (J&R Adventures) – releasing worldwide on May 21, 2012 - as well as the recently released DVD/Blu-ray Joe Bonamassa: Beacon Theatre– Live From New York, which debuted at #3 on the Billboard DVD Chart (just under Adele and Iron Maiden).

Tickets available from Ticketek

Adult
ARes $105.50
BRes $95.50

Tuesday, October 9th

The Russian National Ballet Theatre Production of Swan Lake @ Civic Theatre

With the instantly recognizable music of Tchaikovsky virtually a signature of classical ballet and the wonderfully dark story of good set against evil, Swan Lake is one of the most famous and loved of all works in the repertory. It is impossible to imagine the ballet world without it. The production by Evgeny Amosov for The Russian National Ballet Theatre is an especially appealing and popular one.

The glamour of the palace ballroom is evocative of the Russian Imperial world in which the ballet was created, while the haunting moonlit lakeside is perfect for the tragic conflict of the human and spirit worlds. The central role of Odette/Odile is one of the most testing for any ballerina especially in portraying both the vulnerability of Odette the white swan and the predatory duplicity of Odile the black swan.

Tickets available from Ticketek

A Reserve $77.90 - $97.90
B Reserve $67.90 - $77.90

Long Way to The Top @ Newcastle Entertainment Centre

Starring:

Axiom, Brian Cadd, Dragon, Marcia Hines, Col Joye, Masters Apprentices’Jim Keays, Dinah Lee, Mi-Sex, Russell Morris, Ian Moss, Noiseworks, Doug Parkinson, Little Pattie, Glenn Shorrock, Spectrum, Lucky Starr, Chain’s Matt Taylor & Phil Manning, & John Paul Young

It has been a decade since the record-breaking Long Way to the Top rock music extravaganza blazed its way around Australia. Over two hundred thousand ecstatic Australian fans reveled in the opportunity to relive the music that defined their generations.

Long Way to the Top returns to the Newcastle Entertainment Centre Tuesday 9th October 2012, proving you can’t keep a good thing down, 17 legends of Australian rock will reunite for the Long Way to the Top 10th Anniversary Concert.

“This is a big and happy trip down memory lane, an action packed show with the big artists playing their big hits, one after the other. It doesn’t get any better than this.”

Where the 2002 tour included music released up to the 70s, the 10th anniversary show features bands that had massive hits in the 80s, notably Mi-Sex, Dragon and Noiseworks.

This reunion tour will celebrate a major landmark in Australian live music and act as a performance legacy to one of its instigating producers, the late and great Billy Thorpe, who passed away in 2007.

“Billy Thorpe was an icon, a freakishly talented bloke who had a huge impact on music history in this country,” says Michael Chugg.

“We miss him terribly and this reunion tour of Long Way to the Top was a good opportunity to recognize the man, the musician and our mate. We’ve brought Ian Moss on board to perform this special part of the show. How we are going to re-create ‘Billy in the room’ is a moment not to be missed.”

The concert will feature songs such as Bye Bye Baby, I’ve Been Everywhere, Needle in a Haystack, Dear Prudence, I Remember When I Was Young, Little Ray of Sunshine, I Hate The Music, Fire & Rain, Real Thing, Are You Old Enough, Take Me Back, Over the Rainbow and Most People I Know Think I’m Crazy

Tickets available from Ticketek

Wednesday, October 10th

The Pillowman @ Civic Playhouse

Stooged Theatre Company returns to the Playhouse stage with a darkly funny and tragically moving tale of life, death and story-telling, The Pillowman.

Katurian is a writer in a totalitarian state who is being interrogated by two policeman over the gruesome content of several of his short stories and their similarities to a number of child-murders that are happening in his town. Who is to blame? What do we leave behind? When does a story cross the line?

Written by Martin McDonagh (The Beauty Queen Of Lenane) The Pillowman is one of the most critically acclaimed plays of the 21st Century. This Newcastle premiere production is directed by Brendan O’Connell (Blackrock, Rabbit) and features an all-star cast of Newcastle’s finest actors including Daniel Stoddart (Waiting for Godot), Glen Waterhouse (Rio Saki And Other Falling Debris) and Carl Young (The Shape Of Things).

Performances
Wednesday October 10 8:00pm
Friday October 12 8:00pm
Saturday October 13 8:00pm
Wednesday October 17 8:00pm
Thursday October 18 8:00pm
Friday October 19 8:00pm
Saturday October 20 2:00pm & 8:00pm

Tickets available from Ticketek
$20-30

J Smith @ The Great Northern Hotel

Playing and filling in for numerous bands over the years, JSmith is known as a wildman on stage, never stagnant, often bandaged and always playing with fierce emotion. With hundreds of shows to date across all of Australia, he is on the verge of the release his band’s debut EP titled 1987. The EP is a mixed-tempo, ambient/landscape and acoustic rock type setting that features fiery vocals, reverberated percussion, suitcase stompboxes, claps, clicks, violin and piano.

Thursday, October 11th

Breast Care Fundraiser Breakfast @ Wests Newcastle

Lawler Partners Chartered Accountants, The Newcastle Herald, and Western Suburbs (Newcastle) Leagues Club will once again be holding our annual Hunter Breast Care Fundraiser Breakfast.We are very proud to present this event which over the past five years has raised in excess of $77,000 for the Hunter Breast Cancer Education & Support Committee which cares for women diagnosed with breast cancer in the Hunter Region.Our special guest speaker this year will be Australian aerial skier and winter Olympian Jacqui Cooper, who will share her personal story of self-belief, passion, triumph and tragedy and the ability to overcome adversity. The event will be hosted by NBN television’s Natasha Beyersdorf.

When?: Time: 7.15 - 9am

Cost?: $65.00 per person or $600 for a table of 10

(includes hot breakfast and your donation)

Prices do not include $1.50 booking fee.

All funds raised remain in the Hunter and support the nurses from the Hunter Breast Cancer Education and Support Committee.