Tag: Live music

A weekend of music

It’s often the East Coast cities of Australia, Sydney and Melbourne, that claim the heart of the Australian music scene, so it may come as a surprise that Adelaide is the country’s only UNESCO Creative Cities City of Music. The award is no doubt based upon Adelaide’s hosting of Womadelaide, Australia’s world music festival each

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Brissie bandrooms

Lefties Old Tyme Music Hall, Brisbane

Reminiscing the retro A trip to Brisbane  presented the opportunity to sample a couple of new (to me) live music venues: Leftie’s Old Time Music Hall and Sonny’s House of Blues. Leftie’s Old Time Music Hall, in the shadow of the Suncorps Stadium, is exactly as described- offering old time good times with its rum featured Mermaid Bar

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MusicMondays at Umbrella

Each week Doctor D introduces the best of local original acoustic music: singer-songwriters, duos and bands – folk, blues, country, pop, Americana- in Adelaide’s oldest pub, the Edinburgh Castle Hotel.