Gifted local musician and performing artist, Chris Endrey launches the catchy debut single ‘Lusitania‘ (featuring Citizen Kay), from his upcoming 2019 album at the Polo this Friday, supported by Neko Pink and Cathy Diver.
From the legendary shows of past bands Fun Machine and PAINTonPAINT, to comedy, Canbeurovision and supporting the Canberra arts scene at large, Endrey’s artistic daring and performances have earned local cult status.
His solo project had a more introspective approach with the reflective, interwoven concept album ‘Lost + Found’ in 2017, before Endrey recorded the new album in the Hungarian countryside with producer Louis Montgomery.
The new experimental pop single ‘Lusitania’ is a ‘gentle bop’ with a massive bassline and epic feature-rap from Citizen Kay, among playful reminders that ‘This is our own time.’
Warm up with comedy this Wednesday at Treehouse, or Thursday at the Pot Belly Bar. Or with some fine winter Blues: Jackson Fisher is playing at the Queanbeyan Hive on Thursday and Pat (Patou) Powell at the Austrian Australian Club on Friday.
Canberra’s weekly Hardstyle electronic dance event, Hard Attack, run a feature event each month with many genres catered for. This Saturday features an all-female line up, including locals Dzasta and Tyrade as well as visiting DJs Xdream, Jozzi and Rallen. Canberra born and bred DJ XDream has been in the hard dance scene for over 15 years, and is the only Australian DJ to play at all ten ‘Defqon 1’ festivals.
Anthony Callea is in town to play his intimate ‘Unplugged and Unfiltered’ show at the Canberra Theatre Centre on Saturday night, while international magician Cosentino uses magic, illusion and escapes to show ‘Anything is Possible’.
South Sudanese ‘household name’ Gordon Koang plays Smiths this Thursday with his new Australian band and ‘a message of peace, love and unity, dancefloor style.’ While CBR DIG’s upcoming tunesday roast has a cracking line up with HYG, The Narcissists, Hope Wilkins and KONAN.
Party people can rejoice in another live art Sound and Fury party in New Acton this Saturday or enter ‘the dance wormhole’ at sideway with cult DJs Pickle, Moopie and Bayu.
And Adelaide’s Slingsby Theatre Co are in town to re-tell Oscar Wilde’s story of a naive boy raised by goatherds, found to be heir to the kingdom, in The Young King at the Courtyard Studio.
Wednesday 10th
- Winter Warmer Workshop with Studio Connect @ The Pod, Woden Town Square, 10 am start
- Between the Lines w/ Black Heart, Harrison Lambert and The Heartbreak Bandits, Makara and Kirsten Hayes @ sideway, 7 pm start
- Dead Men Talking @ Smiths Alternative, 7:30 pm start
- Open Mic Comedy @ Treehouse Bar, 8 pm start
- Smiths Varietal w/ Lady Denman, Aaron Jessop, The Touch Moves and MC Hedley Nelson @ Smiths Alternative, 9:30 pm start
Thursday 11th
- Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Young King’ @ The Courtyard Studio, 11 am and 2 pm start
- Visor modern jazz trio @ sideway, 6:30 pm start
- Tell Lie Vision w/ Proposal and Infinite Illusion @ The Basement, 7 pm start
- Jackson Fisher’s Red Heart Blue @ The Queanbeyan Hive, 7 pm start
- Gordon Koang ‘Stand Up’ tour @ Smiths Alternative, 7 pm start
- Comedy @ Pot Belly Bar, 7 pm start
- Bench Press ‘Not The Past, Can’t Be the Future’ album launch w/ Slagatha Christie and Agency @ Transit Bar, 8 pm start
- Skyscraper Stan ‘Golden Boy’ tour w/ The Barren Spinsters @ Smiths Alternative, 9:30 pm start
Friday 12th
- Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Young King’ @ The Courtyard Studio, 2 pm start
- ‘New Beginnings’ radio documentary launch @ Smiths Alternative, 5.30 pm start
- ‘Roll For Intelligence’ RPG-based interactive comedy @ Smiths Alternative, 7 pm start
- Survival or Ruin w/ Gutter Tactic, Bayview Suspect, Red Sea and Clarity Of Chaos @ The Basement, 7 pm start
- Pat Powell ‘About Time’ album tour @ Austrian Australian Club, 7:30 pm start
- Palace Revolution ‘Slide’ single launch w/ Wesley and the Crushers, The Dirty Sunflowers and The Beta Blockers @ Transit Bar, 8 pm start
- Visioner – Lucid Entity Tour w/ Stones Throw, Medusaeye and Broken Earth @ Transit Bar, 8 pm start
- Endrey’s ‘Lusitania’ single launch feat. Citizen Kay w/ Neko Pink and Cathy Diver @ The Polish White Eagle Club, 8 pm start
- FEEL ft. DJ Yella (NWA) w/ Daron K and DJ Edstar @ Fiction Club, 10 pm start
- Oriental Cravings @ Mr Wolf, 10 pm start
Saturday 13th
- Bluegrass Jam @ Smiths Alternative, 1 pm start
- Oscar Wilde’s ‘The Young King’ @ The Courtyard Studio, 11 am and 2 pm start
- Frank Zappa Memorial BBQ @ Smiths Alternative, 7 pm start
- Rammstein tribute show w/ Slaytallica @ The Basement, 7 pm start
- Cosentino ‘Anything is Possible’ live tour @ The Canberra Theatre Centre, 7:30 pm start
- Sound and Fury live art party @ Makeshift by Redbrick, 8 pm start
- Anthony Callea ‘Unplugged and Unfiltered’ @ The Canberra Theatre Centre, 8 pm start
- Chasing Lana ‘The Fight’ tour w/ Cognisant, Hence the Testbed, Tundrel @ Transit Bar, 8 pm start
- Hard Attack Hunnies w/ Xdream, Jozzi and Rallen @ The Boardwalk, 9 pm start
- Tobias Hengeveld ‘Naughts & Ones’ release w/ JD McNair @ Smiths Alternative, 9:30 pm start
- Pickle w/ Moopie and Bayu @ sideway, 10 pm start
Sunday 14th
- Sunday Jazz Jam @ Smiths Alternative, 1 pm start
- Nama Rangachari ‘String Theory’ jazz w/ Lachlan Coventry and El Osborne @ Smiths Alternative, 4 pm start
- Comedy Open Mic Night @ Smiths Alternative, 7 pm start
Monday 15th
- Lunchulele @ Smiths Alternative, 12:30 pm start
- Qwire does That Poetry Thing @ Smiths Alternative, 7 pm start
Tuesday 16th
- Dr Seuss’s ‘The Cat in the Hat’ @ The Playhouse Theatre, 10 am, 12:30 pm and 3 pm start
- CBR DIG’s Tunesday Night Roast w/ HYG, The Narcissists, Hope Wilkins and KONAN @ Smiths Alternative, 7:30 pm start