Robyn Martin Album Launch /w Djinama Yilaga • Benji & The Saltwater Sound System • Riverbend Choir (opening)
Robyn Martin Band and Benji & The Saltwater Sound System are combining forces for a spectacular salty and sweet show in Candelo on the 11th May.
Robyn Martin will celebrate the launch of her homegrown debut album 'Milk & Honey' . A special gig with a full band of the incredible musicians who helped make the album, including a horn section, plus the soulful Djinama Yilaga choir who feature on two tracks.
As the saying goes, a dash of salt brings out the best in everything… and when it comes to music it doesn’t get more appetising than Benji & The Saltwater Sound System. Fusing Pacific flavours with the raw rolling sounds of the Australian Pacific Coast, Benji & The Saltwater Sound System are groove merchants garnished with sweet guitar licks and feet pounding horns.
With 6 piece band in tow, including an incredible line up of musicians, these shows will be heartfelt and high energy and will close the night with a jumping dance floor.
With Geofrey Badger's Riverbend Choir opening the evening, this will be an event of epic proportions brimming with music, story, dancing and good times.
Saturday May 11th at the Candelo Town Hall
6:00pm (doors open)
Dinner 6-7pm (Cowsnest Farms) and Bar
Show from 7pm
TICKETS HERE
Soul 4th Sunday (April Edition!)
SOUL 4th SUNDAY - April 28th, 2 - 5 pm - Candelo Town Hall
Bring your heart and besties and we’ll bring the music and cornbread!
It’s a chance to wind down, catch up and groove on to the band (choose your own adventure!) and we will keep things cozy and tasty … this is an experiment in hanging out and taking it all in.
It’s a “pay-what-you-wish” kind of deal, the contributions raised goes straight into keeping the musicians in tip-top shape and the polenta… plentiful!
You never know who’s going to take to the stage floor and join in on tunes new and old, there’s always surprise guests and things often get rather improvised, in the best possible way.
Music + Dance + Conversation + Heart = SOUL 4th SUNDAY!
Oh, and Candelo Arts Society would also like to thank the Mumbulla Community Foundation for their contributions in shoring up a good handful of these Soul 4th Sundays. The dream is to make this an enduring and self sustaining good time for us all :)
Scott Cook & Pamela Mae (Canada) w/ Gabrielle Journey Jones (opening)
SAVE THE DATE - SCOTT COOK (Canada) !
Soul4thSunday
What do you get when you mix a live band with a heavy dose of groove, a serve of soul, lashings of community goodness and home-baked cornbread?
Soul 4th Sunday is an experiment in just that and our first outing last month was a fantastic start!
So, please join us again and brings some friends on the 4th Sunday of March (that’s Mar 24th!) at the Candelo Town Hall Cafe from 2 till 5pm for a folk, dance & family friendly gathering. Groove on in the cafe or hang out on the stoop or grab a cuppa & cornbread from the donation stall and chill on a blanket in the park. Soul 4th Sunday is for everybody - it’s an invitation to come and enjoy music & community & wrap up your week in a delicious, restorative way.
We here at CAS have a good feeling about this tasty new offering coming to our main street. We believe that the power of music and the gathering of souls makes the world a better - and more delicious - place.
Tickets not required.
Entry by donation.
See you there!
Autumn Bush Dance
Kick up your heels and get your dance moves on at this fantastic and fun Bush Dance!
There will be live music, bush dance calling by from Mike Martin and plenty of good food from Cowsnest Farms, it’s going to be hilarious, harmonious and delicious!
Kameruka Hall, Kameruka Estate Rd, Kameruka
Sat Mar 16, 6:30 - 9:30pm
$15/person, Family $30
Soul4thSunday
What do you get when you mix a live band with a heavy dose of groove, a serve of soul, lashings of community goodness and home-baked cornbread?
We’re not 100% sure, but Soul 4th Sunday is an experiment in just that!
We’ve been busy in the creative kitchen cooking up ideas and we’re pretty excited to share ‘em.
Please join us on the 4th Sunday of February (that’s Feb 25th!) at the Candelo Town Hall Cafe from 2 till 5pm for a folk, dance & family friendly gathering. Groove on in the cafe or hang out on the stoop or grab a cuppa & cornbread from the donation stall and chill on a blanket in the park. Soul 4th Sunday is for everybody - it’s an invitation to come and enjoy music & community & wrap up your week in a delicious, restorative way.
We here at CAS have a good feeling about this tasty new offering coming to our main street. We believe that the power of music and the gathering of souls makes the world a better - and more delicious - place.
Tickets not required.
Entry by donation.
See you there!
Kevin Welch (USA) and Heath Cullen Together in Concert w/ Lillian McVeity (opening)
Candelo Arts Society is proud to present Kevin Welch and Heath Cullen together in concert, following on from their sold out appearance at the 2023 Headland Writers Festival.
Kevin Welch's career as a recording artist and producer spans four decades. He is known worldwide for his solo work, his collaborations with The Dead Reckoners, The Flood, and Kane/Welch/Kaplin — his legendary trio with Kieran Kane and Fats Kaplin which was nominated two years in a row for Best Group by the Americana Music Association. He has written songs for Roger Miller, Waylon Jennings, The Highwaymen, Solomon Burke, Linda Ronstadt, Patty Loveless, and many others.
Over the last decade, Heath Cullen has crafted four landmark albums and earned a trail of devotees across his native Australia, the UK, Europe and North America. As a singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist, he has collaborated on stage and in the studio with a vast array of artists, including Jolie Holland, Marc Ribot, Joe Henry, Elvis Costello’s Imposters and The Waifs, and his music has been recorded by artists as diverse as Michael Menager and Daniel Lanois.
This tour sees the two artists together on stage in an intimate and impromptu song-swap setting. For those who were lucky enough to witness their Headland show, you all know how truly special it was, and the fellas have promised that this concert will showcase even more of their masterful songwriting and musicianship... And for those that missed out on tickets last time: whatever you do, make sure you don't miss this one!
We at CAS are equally excited to be showcasing the talents of Lillian McVeity as the evenings’ opening act.
Lillian is a young singer/songwriter based in Bermagui. Her musical style include excludes clear jazz/neo-soul/folk influences although her first single, “Hearts in December” exhibits a more indie pop oriented sound. Her song was also featured on Triple J’s Unearthed. Lillian has been performing around her local area since the age of 12, playing at a number of venues and festivals. Supporting the likes of Joe Camilleri, Alex Lloyd and Daniel Champagne. She is now focusing on her solo songwriting career and plans to release her album within the next year. Her guitar playing and vocal harmonies (which she achieves through vocal looping) create a muted and relaxed atmosphere.
Supper available by Cowsnest!
THIS IS US: A Community Banner Celebration & Bush Dance
We are having a BIG shindig and everyone is invited!
For the past 8 months a whole bunch of creative hands & good hearts have been collaborating/contributing/volunteering/stitching/stretching/imagining together an incredible collection of textile banners called “This Is Us” - beautiful, large storied pieces of art that playfully explore what it means to practice community together.
Over 300 people of diverse ages and abilities joined in this project! (Amazing!)
From Cobargo Folk Festival punters to Candelo Public School students to random folks on the street…so many hands helped bring this whimsical project to life.
The Candelo Arts Society is excited to have been able to make this big community art project happen and are super thankful for the financial support of the Mumbulla Community Foundation and Bega Valley Shire Community Grants Program that provided the funds to back it. Bega Valley Shire Council is also helping to support this most excellent celebration event through their Community Hall Odyssey project (thanks BVSC!).
We want to celebrate what our community has collaboratively created together AND celebrate our beautiful Candelo Town Hall where the finished banners will hang for our village to enjoy - what better way to do this than with a bush dance courtesy of our mates, the Kameruka Bush Orchestra!
Come and join us!
FREE event - All Welcome
Doors @ 5:30pm / Bush Dance @ 6- 9pm
Cowsnest supper for sale
It’s gonna be a goody.
Michael Menager & Friends: Line In The Water Album Launch
Come and hear Michael’s newly-released album played live, featuring a stellar cast of South Coast musicians and support by local legends Pete Wild & Mike Martin!
THE YEARLINGS Album Launch plus special guests Lucie Thorne & Hamish Stuart.
THE YEARLINGS Album Launch plus special guests Lucie Thorne & Hamish Stuart.
The Yearlings are thrilled to be launching their brand-new and much awaited album LUCK with a selection of shows across the county this spring, including a return to Candelo on Sunday 22nd October.
LUCK was recorded in just a couple of days in the Australian winter of 2022. The Yearlings - Robyn Chalklen & Chris Parkinson - joined forces with long-time friend & collaborator Lucie Thorne as the producer for the project, and together with Hamish Stuart (drums) and James Haselwood (bass) LUCK sprang to life with energy and ease.
A rich, warm and shimmering sonic journey, LUCK is The Yearlings' sixth studio album and is a tender and wild 40-minute ride that covers some serious ground.
“You will be dazzled by these 10 tracks… richly detailed songs delivered with maximum emotional effect.” (Noel Mengel, LoudMouth)
Coda Chroma 'Dreamself' Album Launch Tour
Coda Chroma (aka Kate Lucas) is an award-winning songwriter from Ballarat, Victoria, and is described as “one of the most innovative and noteworthy musicians in Australia.” (Tone Deaf, 2021). Coda Chroma creates music that sways between cinematic and baroque pop, with otherworldly harmonies, honest and existential lyrics, suspended in deeply nuanced production.
Coda Chroma's third studio album Dreamself, freshly released on 31 March 2023, celebrates the liminal space between awake and asleep, where stories unfold through abstraction and try to make sense of experiences and situations. Dreamself has landed album of the week on PBS, 2SER, and Australian Independent Record Labels Association (AIR), with tracks added to Double J rotation and landing in the AMRAP charts.
Coming to Candelo for one night only. Featuring Kate Lucas on lead vocals and guitar, Lewis Coleman (Moju, Ruby Gill) on keys and BVs, and Melbourne Amplified Strings (Xani Kolac on violin and Anita Quayle on cello).
Corn Nut Creek + Kate Burke
Corn Nut Creek (USA/AU) are award-winning folkies hailing from New York and Melbourne. Their spellbinding songs draw from Appalachian roots and will transport you with lush three-part vocal harmonies and toe-tapping fiddle and banjo. Danielle Vita and Tanya Bradley are storytellers bound together through sisterhood and song. They were finalists and awarded Jurors Top Five in the 2020 Blues and Roots Radio International Song Competition. Danielle also took first place prize in the vocal category of the 2020 Deer Creek Fiddler's Convention (USA). They perform as a trio with award-winning Australian bassist and singer Kimberley Wheeler. Corn Nut Creek met over 10 years ago in Hong Kong and have been inseparable ever since. Their debut EP was the feature on Felicity Urquhart’s ‘Saturday Night Country’ on the ABC, as well as Mike Kear’s Music From Foggy Hollow on Bluegrass Country Radio. They will be embarking upon an Australian tour in 2023 as well as releasing their first full-length album in late 2023.
Kate Burke is a multi-instrumentalist, singer, composer and music producer with many years’ experience on the international folk music circuit. She has won much acclaim as a member of Golden Guitar-nominated trio The New Graces, folk duo Kate and Ruth, Irish/Australian traditional band Trouble In The Kitchen. She has also worked for many years as a session guitarist, teacher and composer of music for film and television, has twice toured Ireland with renowned Irish folk singer Andy Irvine, and has appeared as a vocal soloist at the Sydney Opera House for a season of Bush Babies’ Proms.
Kate brings her unique voice and poetic songwriting style to performances, blending folk country and pop sensibilities and occasionally reaching for a random instrument. Keep an eye out for a new recording in the works
LIOR & DOMINI - Animal in hiding
Animal in Hiding is the first release from a collaboration between one of Australia’s most established and critically acclaimed singer/songwriters Lior, together with exciting emerging artist Domini Forster. The pair have a creative partnership developed over six years touring together. Initially Domini toured as Lior's support act, then as a guest vocalist and now as co-writer on their debut EP Animal in Hiding.
CANDELO VILLAGE FESTIVAL
The Fantastical Mythos of Ordinary Places is our theme this year. Imagine a village
spectacularly adorned with tall-tales, musical jewels and eccentric ephemeral encounters. Local
wonder-makers and far-flung creatives collaborating to weave a grassroots symphony of stories
through the halls, alleyways, creekbed and streets. This year's one-day festival will be an
interactive, multi-disciplinary celebration of mythologies - both real and imagined, personal and
collective - that are embedded in this ordinary, extraordinary place.
We’re delighted to have Sam’s Caravan Stage again this year, alongside a new Candelo creation, Flow Stage - where art meets state-of-the-art closed loop waste management.
Look out for stories being told in unlikely places, the chance to screen print your own merch, masked dancers emerging from the reeds, a dance party at the General Store... and enjoy locally made food and coffee, handicrafts, massage and more in the markets.
Welcome to Country starts at 10am.
Please stay tuned as we release the rest of the exciting schedule!
In addition to the all-day amazing Park Program, offered by donation, we are excited to also announce two Ticketed Town Hall Shows this year:
FOIBLES + FABLES is a family-friendly hour and a half of musical magic, theatre and dance, featuring Johnny Huckle, Ailsa Wild, a Mica Mahani original theatrical vignette, and celebrating The Jonathan Richman Experience on their 10 year anniversary!
Then,
THE ORDINARIUM welcomes adults only (16+) into a transformed and transforming space, where chaos lays its bones bare on the hardwood floor, while creativity sings down from the rafters. What does this mean? you cry - well, your only guide is a Trickster, so you’re going to have to trust your own imagination... Featuring Melbourne band Skink Tank, Double Standard, Pete Wild, Phil Moriarty, Lil Miss Mini, Kitty Hart, and more.
Cope St Parade
Cope Street Parade do love songs like no one else can.
The hot sounds of gypsy swing mixed with elements of New Orleans traditional jazz meld together in a melting pot of cold beers and sunshine to create a style of music that sounds both new and old yet always uniquely Australian. Think if Django Reinhardt met Louis Armstrong in a good old country pub.
They blend spicy rhythms with unique songwriting that spans the genres of jazz, folk, pop, gypsy and swing. With tender ballads and rollicking dance numbers, they capture the spirit and warmth of early music styles and cheekily blur the lines between the contemporary and the classic.
Dive in the deep end
Pack your picnic and cozzie, your favourite beach towel and inflatable flamingo for the all femme Dj line up featuring ElkaJ, LAWX, RosieRose, Sista M & Soul Trader
Please note this is an Alcohol Free event
Fundraiser for Candelo Village Festival
Ticket price covers pool entry and life guards - that's why kids and adults tickets are both the same price!
You don’t have to worry about your booty getting cold cause Candelo pool is solar heated and sits at a delicious 27 degrees
If you don’t like swimming, come anyway and enjoy the summertime vibe… all are welcome
CAS Kitchen will be there with BBQ Corn 🌽 Watermelon slices 🍉 and Mocktail Mojitos 🍹
Please bring your own unbreakable cups & plates cause Candelo Pool is a glass free venue
We really hope you will come and support this fundraiser. The Olympic size pool and grassy surrounds has a capacity of 150 people, we’d love to fill the space so the party really goes off 🕺🏽💃🏽
NB. There will be no tickets for sale on the door, buy yours now so you don’t miss out!
Kameruka Bush Orchestra - BUSH DANCE
Kameruka Bush Orchestra
BUSH DANCE
Kameruka Hall
$10 Adult / $20 Family
Supper will be available by Cowsnest Kitchen
CAS X-Mas Party - Fuel the Fest
CAS Christmas M+V Night including performances by Anactoria (solo), Dedention and Algal Scum!
Supper by Cowsnest Kitchen and CAS Bar serving drinks and raising money for the Candelo Village Festival 2023
An evening with Thornbird, Vikki Thorn from The Waifs
An evening with ThornBird, Vikki Thorn from The Waifs
Deep in Drag
We’re taking over the Old Bowlo for Bega Valley’s brand new DRESS in DRAG night A Queer centred evening of Queens, Kings, Quings, and everything inbetween...
Food by Wassim Street Food
Tickets
https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/924230
Transport from Bega + Merimbula available. Limited seats! Email deepindrag to book your place
Music & Variety Night
Welcome to a Music & Variety Night at Cowsnest!
Bring your instruments and clapping hands.
We will light the fires and cook warming food.
MC Mike Martin
PA and drums will be set up
Presented by Candelo Arts Society
Directions to Cowsnest:
156 Moreings rd, 2550 candelo
Go to Candelo. Get on Myrtle Mountain Road.
Go for 6 kilometres. See a sign on the right saying Cowsnest.
Follow the track, Moreings Road, for 3.5 kilometres taking care to follow the Cowsnest signs.
*no Dogs/Cats please!
Felicity Urquhart & Josh Cunningham
Unlikely, unexpected, unforgettable, unique, not to be missed!
The musical uniting of Felicity Urquhart and Josh Cunningham (The Waifs) is as unscripted as it is unforeseen.
The unpredictable unfolding of recent events has been the undoing of many as the world has adjusted to an unfamiliar reality. Undeterred and unsatisfied with being unproductive, Felicity and Josh unearthed an unpaved road forward and undertook the journey united, uncovering an uncanny musical unison as they left no song unsung.
Anactoria - Come on, change Tour
Maybe it was being born at the dawn of the 90s straight into the dead heart of low-income suburban Australia, or maybe not, but something caused Tamlyn Magee to become a constant turner-over of stones in search of lost meaning or unexpected delight. Her solo music project Anactoria is the natural extension of that tendency. Electric harpist in more ways than one, Anactoria commits and re-commits to finding present-moment magic on stage and in the studio.
Julia Jacklin
Dinosaur City Records presents: Julia Jacklin live at Candelo Town Hall
If her debut album Don’t Let The Kids Win established Julia Jacklin as an artist to watch, her 2019 follow up Crushing solidified Jacklin as one of the songwriters of her generation. It frequented end of year lists, was nominated for 6 ARIA Awards, and both US and UK independent music awards, and led to sold out shows the world over.
BLOCK 'n' ROLL
Block ‘n’ Roll - An exhibition in PRINT
Following on from out successful art events that got us through 2021 We are excited to bring our first exhibition for 2022. We will be showcasing some of the Bega Valleys finest print makers! We welcome any artists in any medium using Print Techniques.
The Bega sound collective will be bringing the sounds to the street and a donation Bar will be raising money for our friends in the Northern Rivers who have lost so much in these devastating floods!