Local indie rockers Plastic Plants (pictured) have only been around since the middle of 2018, but have not let that stop them billing shows all over the ACT. This Friday they will be opening the show for Sydney band Sports Bra, who is launching their new album “Talk It Out” at Transit Bar, from 8 pm.
Soundscapes is back for 2019 with a big offering, hosting Melt Quartet, Millie Watson and Deep Blue at Smith’s Alternative from 9:30 pm on Thursday, while over at the UC Refectory Forbes folkie Vera Blue will be taking the stage with help from Thandi Phoenix and Kesmar, starting from 8 pm.
The UC Refectory has another big show lined up for Friday, with local legends Hands Like Houses returning home, playing with Ocean Grove from 7 pm. Over at the Polo, indie-electro Sydneysider Princi will be in town, playing as part of Club Zig Zag from 9 pm. Then it’s absolute stacks happening this Saturday, including a huge lineup at The George Harcourt Inn for 2019 Untapped, which includes Choirboys and Thirsty Merc, a big night of doom metal at Transit and a massive show hosted by Shananigans at The Basement.
Wednesday 6th
- Ruby Fields w/ Totty, Fritz and Spit Chewy @ UC Hub, 7 pm start **SOLD OUT**
- Tim McMillan & Rachel Snow w/ Jake & Ange @ Smith’s Alternative, 7 – 9 pm
- Steve Smyth, Magpie Diaries and Groovy Daughter @ Transit Bar, 7 pm start
Thursday 7th
- Lewis Florez Duo @ Canberra Theatre Centre, 7 pm start
- China Beach w/ Brass Knuckle Brass Band @ Smith’s Alternative, 7 – 9 pm
- Emo Night: Secrets, Awaken I Am and DJ Zeal @ Transit Bar, 8 pm start
- Vera Blue w/ Thandi Phoenix and Kesmar @ UC Refectory, 8 pm start
- Soundscapes #29: Melt Quartet, Millie Watson and Deep Blue @ Smith’s Alternative, 9:30 pm start
Friday 8th
- Hottest 100s & 1000s @ Canberra Theatre Centre, 5.30 pm start
- Hands Like Houses w/ Ocean Grove @ UC Refectory, 7 pm start
- Sports Bra “Talk It Out” album launch w/ Dog Name, Plastic Plants and Swoon Queen @ Transit Bar, 8 pm start
- Princi w/ DJ Atro, Bàob?ng and Raus @ Polish White Eagle Club, 9 pm start
- Super Rats, Lewis Florez Duo and DJ Rafa Chango @ Smith’s Alternative, 9:30 pm start
- Riton & Kah-Lo @ Mr Wolf, 10 pm start
Saturday 9th
- 2019 Untapped: Choirboys, Thirsty Merc, The Androids, The Gadflys, James Southwell & NOLA Funk, Sammy Owen Blues Band, The Spindrift Saga and Ripped Salvation @ The George Harcourt Inn, 12 pm start
- Alec Randles @ Old Canberra Inn, 2 – 5 pm
- Shananigans 12: Red Bee, Perpetual End, Noveaux, Smeg, By All Means, Psionic Tide and much much more @ The Basement, 4:30 pm start
- With Heavy Heart VI: The Eternal, Cruciform, Illimitable Dolor, Subterranean Disposition and Burden Man @ Transit Bar, 7 pm start
- Key Out “What (Do) You See” album launch w/ Like Foxes, Powder Blues and Nicholas Lee-Murphy @ The Phoenix, 8 pm start
- The Necks “Body” album launch @ The Street Theatre, 8 pm start
- Death By Carrot w/ My Pet Ant and Second Sun @ Smith’s Alternative, 9:30 pm start
Sunday 10th
- Sunday Jazz Jam @ Smith’s Alternative, 1:30 pm start
- Rebecca Mann @ Old Canberra Inn, 4 – 7 pm
- Wendy Rule “Persaphone” album launch @ Smith’s Alternative, 4 – 6 pm
- Zahatorte @ Smith’s Alternative, 7 – 9 pm
Tuesday 12th
- Lunch Time Sing Fling @ Smith’s Alternative, 12 – 1 pm
- BANG!! BENG!! BING!! BONG!! BUNG!! @ Smith’s Alternative, 7 – 10 pm