Ella Hunt, a.k.a. Cathy Diver (pictured), was awarded for THE SECOND TIME IN A ROW the Live Voice of the Year award during the National Live Music Awards, held at The Phoenix last week. Also of The Lowlands and Azim Zain & His Lovely Bones fame, check out the voice everyone’s raving about as Cathy Diver opens for Tate Sheridan and Crossed-Out Names this Saturday at The Phoenix, starting from 8 pm.
Go find those scraps of verse you wrote the other week on the bus and head on down to BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! for their last show of the year, featuring a Robot Adam Hadley, Nick Delatovic and The Australian Poetry Spoken Journal 8.2, on at Smith’s on Wednesday from 6:30 pm. Also on at the Phoenix, Lady Denman will be playing with Endrey, Beth Monzo and Ghost Boy from 8 pm.
Skipping over to Friday, the folk at the Polo are putting on a Very Bowie Xmas from 7:30 pm, featuring The Thin White Dukes, The Beta Blockers and Georgia Davis. Meanwhile, metalcore Sydneysiders Infinite Illusion will be playing at The Basement from 7 pm, with other bands such as Kaskeid, Hara Kiri and more. Saturday night also promises to be huge, with Darren Hanlon returning for his traditional Canberra Christmas show at the Ainslie Arts Centre from 7 pm, and the self-described loop pedal ninja from Japan Kenta Hayashi taking the stage at Smith’s Alternative from 7 pm.
Wednesday 12th
- BAD!SLAM!NO!BISCUIT! feat. Robot Adam Hadley, Nick Delatovic and The Australian Poetry Spoken Journal 8.2 @ Smith’s Alternative, 6:30 pm start
- Musical Bingo @ Harmonie German Club, 7 – 9 pm
- Lady Denman w/ Endrey, Beth Monzo and Ghost Boy @ The Phoenix, 8 pm start
Thursday 13th
- Green/Coventry/Thwaite @ Smith’s Alternative, 7 – 9 pm
- Canberra Showcase: Baker Boys Band @ The Basement, 8 pm start
- MTM w/ Gravy Trane and Loose Units @ Smith’s Alternative, 9:30 pm start
Friday 14th
- Ben Marston and Hugh Barrett @ Canberra Museum and Gallery, 5 pm start
- Voices From The Music Room and Lisa Richards @ Smith’s Alternative, 7 pm start
- Infinite Illusion and Kaskeid “Eclipse/Bloom” tour w/ Hara Kiri, Reality Dreaming and Black Heart @ The Basement, 7 pm start
- A Very Bowie Xmas: The Thin White Dukes, The Beta Blockers and Georgia Davis @ Polish White Eagle Club, 7:30 pm start
- Hexis w/ Break Through, Kid Presentable and Face Cutter @ The Basement, 8 pm start
- Dyer Maker w/ The Wumpaz, Marvell and Koscalla @ Transit Bar, 8 pm start
- King B-Fine and Akrikaya Band w/ Drum Assault @ Smith’s Alternative, 9:30 pm start
- Headz Are Rolling Present Jungle Bells: Centaspike, Tidy, Samwise, DjHRH, KeySeismic, Grundle, Remedy and much more @ The Pot Belly, 10 pm start
- Dena Amy @ Mr Wolf, 10 pm start
Saturday 15th
- Snake Oil Preachers @ Smith’s Alternative, 3 pm start
- Gingerfest 2018: Bodyjar, Hightime, Jeff Rosenstock, Epic Flagon, Sketch Method, Azim Zain, Nerdlinger and much more @ MOLO Live, 4 pm start
- Groove Warehouse: Day of the Drum @ The Street Theatre, 6 pm start
- Cancervive: Roses For Raychael, Lycanthrope, Isotopes, Traces, hostel and Road Pantry @ The Basement, 7 pm start
- Kenta Hayashi @ Smith’s Alternative, 7 – 9 pm
- Darren Hanlon Christmas Show w/ Kankawa Nagarra @ Ainslie Arts Centre, 7 pm start
- Tate Sheridan + Crossed-Out Names w/ Cathy Diver, Wesley & The Crushers and Evan Buckley @ The Phoenix, 7 pm start
- Endrey w/ House of Strangers and TD & The Rockets @ Polish White Eagle Club, 8 pm start
- Haha Nice: Ryan Fennis, Genie, Joshua Amour, Mia Sørlie, gUro, STRÖM and DJ Personality @ Crossroads, 8 pm start
- Kevin Borich w/ The Roger Bone Band @ The Basement, 8:30 pm start
- PALS “Somewhere New” tour w/ Powder Blue and Babe Fiasco @ Transit Bar, 9 pm start
- The Tipsy Scholars w/ Sputnik Sweetheart and Small Talk @ Smith’s Alternative, 9:30 pm start
Sunday 16th
- Sunday Jazz Jam @ Smith’s Alternative, 1:30 pm start
- The Sunbears @ Harmonie German Club, 2 pm start
- Endrey’s Musical Singalong Hour @ Smith’s Alternative, 7 pm start
- Dead Letter Circus @ MOLO Live, 8 pm start
- Alice Terry @ Smith’s Alternative, 9:30 pm start
Monday 17th
- Canberra Shanty Club @ Old Canberra Inn, 7 pm start
Tuesday 18th
- Lunch Time Sing Fling @ Smith’s Alternative, 12 – 1 pm
- It’s Your Round… @ Smith’s Alternative, 5:30 – 6:30 pm
- BANG!! BENG!! BING!! BONG!! BUNG!! @ Smith’s Alternative, 7 pm start