The RiotACT Gig Guide (2 - 8 August)

Brass Knuckle Brass Band are playing this Saturday at Smith’s Alternative from 9.30 pm. Photo: Adam Thomas.

Welcome to the RiotACT Gig Guide for the 2nd to the 8th of August!

Pictured above are the famous Brass Knuckle Brass Band, who will be playing at Smith’s Alternative this Saturday. Every Canberran should see them at least a few times! Moaning Lisa will be hosting a show on Thursday at Transit Bar, featuring the sensational pop stylings of Pheno and Good Pash. Another show at Transit which promises to be huge is local rap legend Genesis Owusu, who will take the stage this Friday alongside an entire army of hip-hop heavyweights.

Saturday also marks International Blues Music Day, and the Harmonie German Club – Canberra’s home of blues music – is marking the occasion with an enormous line-up of blues wonders, including the Owen Campbell Band, the Shane Pacey Trio, the PJ O’Brien Band, Genevieve Chadwick and many many more! Click on the link found below to find out more, and enjoy your weekends!

Wednesday 2^nd

• James Montgomery-Willcox @ The George Harcourt Inn, 6 – 6.45 pm
• Dene Burton @ The George Harcourt Inn, 6.45 – 7.30 pm
• Classical Capers @ Smith’s Alternative, 7 – 9 pm
• Carb On Carb, Video Breezy and Oranges @ The Front Gallery and Café, 8 pm start
• Steve Smyth w/ Moaning Lisa @ The Street Theatre, 8 pm start
• Thy Art Is Murder ‘The Death Sentence Tour’ w/ Alphawolf, Cursed Earth and Deadlights @ The Basement, 8 pm start
• Smith’s Varietal #86: The Wrst and more @ Smith’s Alternative, 9.30 – 11.30 pm

Thursday 3^rd

• Thursday Jazz – Wayne Kelly and Angela Lount @ Smith’s Alternative, 7 – 9 pm
• Lecherous Gaze w/ Hydromedusa and New Age Group @ The Phoenix, 8 pm start
• Moaning Lisa w/ Pheno and Good Pash @ Transit Bar, 8 pm start
• Soundscapes #13: Syntax Error, Different Kinds of Spiders and Sebastian Field @ Smith’s Alternative, 9.30 – 11.30 pm

Friday 4^th

• La Maga Chapter III @ Smith’s Alternative, 7 – 9 pm
• A Night of Acoustic Wanderings: Wandervan, MAXO, Michael Misa, Rach Armstrong, Tom Brodrick and Portly & Co @ The Front Gallery and Café, 7 pm start
• Genesis Owusu w/ Semantix, Chief Lucian, Pat Psyfa, J-MëZ and JLP @ Transit Bar, 8 pm start
• Darren Jack Band @ Harmonie German Club, 8 pm start
• Reload Roxx: 90s Rock Night feat. DJ Black Temple @ Reload Bar, 8 pm start
• FOLEY w/ Capes, Azim Zain & His Lovely Bones and Helena Pop @ The Phoenix, 8 pm start
• X-Voice Idol @ The Street Theatre, 8.15 pm start

Saturday 5^th

• International Blues Music Day feat. Owen Campbell Band, Shane Pacey Trio, PJ O’Brien Band, Genevieve Chadwick and more @ Harmonie German Club, 11 am start
• Mucho Sonar, Wesley & the Crushers, Sketch Method, Johnny Roadkill, Cockbelch and Seaman & Garfookel @ The Phoenix, 7 pm start
• The Filthy Teens w/ Jam & The Carlsons @ The Front Gallery and Café, 7 pm start
• Bruise Pristine ‘Not Like You’ EP launch w/ Bleach It Clean and Northbourne Flats @ Transit Bar, 8 pm start
• Stateside w/ Stepson, Aburden, Starrats and Autumn @ The Basement, 8 pm start
• Late Night Studies feat. David Bangma w/ Bakgat, Gate Five, Fourthstate, Kazuki, Super Mariusz and B-tham @ Pop-Up at ANU, 8 pm start
• Brass Knuckle Brass Band @ Smith’s Alternative, 9.30 – 11.30 pm
• X-Voice Idol @ The Street Theatre, 9.30 pm start

Sunday 6^th

• Sunday Jazz Jam @ Smith’s Alternative, 1.30 – 4 pm
• Ten Tenors 20th Anniversary Tour @ Canberra Theatre Centre, 1.30 pm & 6.30 pm
• The Chris Harland Blues Band Duo @ Old Canberra Inn, 3 pm start
• The Gypsy Jazz Project @ Smith’s Alternative, 4.30 – 6.30 pm

Monday 7^th

• The Ganesayers (Smith’s Band Rehearsal Space) @ Smith’s Alternative, 9.30 – 11.30 pm

Tuesday 8^th

• Old Timey Tuesday @ Smith’s Alternative, 7 – 11 pm