The RiotACT Gig Guide (14-20 June)

Good afternoon and welcome to the RiotACT Gig Guide for this week, the 14th to the 20th of June! We have a couple of big farewells this Saturday: PROM (pictured) are finally graduating at the Gorman Arts Centre with a little help from Dead DJ Joke, The Gaps play their final show with their current line-up at Lobrow and, of course, the ANU Bar has its last hurrah with a slew of resurrected bands. Another farewell takes place the night before, with Fossil Rabbit playing at Smith’s Alternative, with Aphir (who is incredible live!) and Ben Drury opening the show. Mikelangelo is playing on Friday night with special guest Konrad Lenz, while on the same night Beth Orton – who we played an interview of on LocalNLive conducted by local musical heavyweight Shoeb Ahmad – hits the Canberra Theatre. Sex On Toast return again to Transit Bar, the Basement hold Brutalcoustic and House of Strangers launch their new single, ‘Poison Pill’. And might I also add that the Necks are playing this Sunday at the Street Theatre – they are an experience!

Wednesday 14^th

• Live Jazz @ Hippo Bar, 8.30 pm start
• Smith’s Varietal #79: Josh Deeble and Galactopussy @ Smith’s Alternative, 9.30 pm start

Thursday 15^th

• Laura Ingram @ Smith’s Alternative, 7 pm start
• Bliss N Eso @ ANU Bar, 8 pm start **SOLD OUT**
• Aversions Crown w/ Boris the Blade and Alpha Wolf @ The Basement, 8 pm start
• Multiple Man w/ Horse Macgyver, Karli White and California Girls @ The Polish White Eagle Club, 8 pm start
• Kegs N Karaoke @ The Phoenix, 9 pm start
• Dos Locos @ King O’Malley’s, 9 pm start
• Nick Saxon @ Smith’s Alternative, 9.30 pm start

Friday 16^th

• Dana Hassall @ King O’Malley’s, 5 pm start
• Vivian Sessoms @ Smith’s Alternative, 7 – 9 pm
• Sex On Toast @ Transit Bar, 8 pm start
• Fiona Ross and Tony McManus @ The Polish White Eagle Club, 8 pm start
• Horrorshow w/ David Dallas and Turquoise Prince @ ANU Bar, 8 pm start
• Brutalcoustic: Silentia, Stu Tyrrell, Tundrel, Johnathan Devoy and Georgia Davis @ The Basement, 8 pm start
• Beats Workin’ @ Harmonie German Club, 8 pm start
• Mikelangelo w/ The National Capital Allstars and Konrad Lenz @ The Phoenix, 9 pm start
• House of Strangers ‘Poison Pill’ single launch @ The Front Gallery and Café, 8 pm start
• Beth Orton w/ The Lowlands @ Canberra Theatre Centre, 8 pm start
• Jeff Lang @ The Street Theatre, 8 pm start
• Fossil Rabbit Farewell Show, w/ Aphir and Ben Drury @ Smith’s Alternative, 9.30 pm start

Saturday 17^th

• ANU Bar Finale: Casual Projects, Liquid, Tonk, Citizen Kay, Super Best Friends, Mondecreen, Pheno, Penguin, Jack Biilmann, Betty Alto and House of Strangers @ ANU Bar, 1 pm start
• PROM: Graduation w/ Dead DJ Joke @ Gorman Arts Centre, 8 pm start
• Jo Jo Smith, Lucie Thorne and Hamish Stuart @ The Polish White Eagle Club, 8 pm start
• Hoon w/ Bleach It Clean, Kid Presentable and The Gaps @ Lobrow Gallery and Bar, 8.30 pm start
• The Last Exposure, Slagatha Christie, Sleeping Dogs, Maxine Kauter Band and H. @ The Phoenix, 8 pm start
• Zambezi Sounds @ Smith’s Alternative, 9.30 pm start

Sunday 18^th

• Sunday Jazz Jam @ Smith’s Alternative, 1.30 – 4 pm
• Canberra Blues Society Monthly Blues Jam, hosted by Blues On Tap @ Harmonie German Club, 2 pm start
• Smith’s Sunday Session @ Smith’s Alternative, 4 pm start
• The Necks @ The Street Theatre, 6 pm start

Monday 19^th

• Ekki and the Scatterbrains @ Smith’s Alternative, 7 – 9 pm
• 2XX LocalNLive Presents The Bootleg Sessions: Slagatha Christie, Dalmacia, Semen & Garfuckle and Boots Byers @ The Phoenix, 8 pm start

Tuesday 20^th

• Bang!! Beng!! Bing!! Bong!! Bung!! @ Smith’s Alternative, 7 pm start

Photo this week was supplied by Nick Delatovic of PROM, who will be graduating this Saturday at the Gorman Arts Centre with Dead DJ Joke. Photo taken by Adam Thomas.