Gigs/Bands/Live

Speakeasy - Creative Readings

Speakeasy Flinders is proud to present its second creative readings event of 2017 - a night of prose, poetry and literary music from the minds and mouths of Flinders University's most exciting undergraduate talents. With food, wine, beer, guest speakers and fabulous company. 

GOLD COIN DONATION

SCALA: ANDY & MARTA + ZAC EDEN + THE IDEA OF LIGHT

 Few 29 year-olds can claim they’ve spent their years immersed in some serious musical talent but SA’s longest running original music organisation; the Songwriters, Composers And Lyricists Association (SCALA) have done it week after unfailing week for almost 3 decades.

 SCALA is a volunteer led, membership based organisation that continues to promote and encourage the creation of original music of all genres through events, the Festival Of Original Music (FOOM) song competition and an annual SCALA CD release.

Hall of Famers - Dave Blight (Cold CHisel) + Chris Finnen (Guitar legend) + Trev Warner (Folk Legend) + the AMC combo

Harry Hookey (VIC) + Brad Butcher (QLD) + Small Town Alien + The Weeping Willows (VIC)

A ragtag team of Alt-Country acts descend on The Wheaty this July!  Aria nominated travelling troubadour from Gippsland, Harry Hookey, sings old songs about a new time, whilst brother Jack is a satirical producer and performer breaking down taboos of modern living.  They join 4 time Golden Guitar nominated duo, The Weeping Willows and captivating singer-songwriter, Brad Butcher from Queensland, launching his brand new ‘Well Dressed Man’ single, for a fun-filled night of stories and songs.  Not to be missed!

www.facebook.com/harryhookey

www.facebook.com/smalltownalien

www.facebook.com/theweepingwillows

www.facebook.com/bradbutchermusic

$20 on the door

Don Morrison Raging Thirst

A songwriter, singer, guitarist, story teller and guitar maker, Don Morrison has done gigs from Bridgetown to Byron Bay, from Sydney to San Antonio, Perth to Penrith and released fifteen Albums and CDs of original songs under his own name and that of his many bands such as The Bodgies, The Ghetto Blasters, The Elmores, The Lonely Cosmonauts and now Don Morrison’s Raging Thirst.


He’s written all about it in a rollicking autobiography “This Could Be Big"

He might not be as young and pretty as he once was but he’s not done yet. Dubbed the Larrikin Troubadour Laureate of Adelaide, Don is playing, singing and writing songs better than ever. In Don Morrison’s Raging Thirst, Don is joined by his two sons, Eddie on bass and Jake on lead guitar and Hammond organ. Long time ally, Andy Przygonski joins in on drums and together they perform original, roots based  Australian songs with a cohesion and harmony unique to family bands.

COMA: Emerging Artists

Jacob Diamond (WA) + Tom West + Ryan Martin John

Sime Nugent Solo (VIC) + Emily Davis

Sime Nugent is most recently known to audiences for his work with three-time ARIA nominated band The Wilson Pickers and as half of indie folk duo Sweet Jean.

 In a rare performance, Sime returns to the Wheatsheaf in solo mode on Thursday July 6. Sime will play songs from his extensive catalogue along with selected covers and songs he wrote for Sweet Jean and The Wilson Pickers.  

 Sime has toured nationally and internationally throughout Australia, Europe and America and released more than a dozen albums with a range of bands in his 25 year career. 

   “Devastatingly powerful, highly listenable roots and pop influenced music”. Rhythms 

Ray Smith & Friends + Chris Finnen

Acclaimed singer/songwriter and multi instrumentalist who has been a working musician for forty years since moving to Australia from his native Cumbria.

He is one of the creative forces behind several successful Australian groups playing medieval acoustic to progressive rock including; Dancing Brat, Scafell Pike, Smiffy's Glass Eye, Digital Dreaming, the Magellan Project, Sympathy Orchestra and Vesh.

Equally at home with a rack of electronic keyboards or a hurdy gurdy, his autobiographical songs tell the story of his life with integrity and honesty.
“If he doesn't bring a tear to your eye you haven't been listening.”

Crackle & Pop's Pop-Up Record Shop!

Haystacks Calhoon and Ty Alexander

Two of Adelaide's finest roots acts together for a kick-arse night of outlaw country, rockabilly, rock 'n' roll and everything in between.

Singing songs of heartbreak as he wields a mean guitar, Ty Alexander's solo performances have been grabbing a lot of attention, both in his home town of Adelaide and further afield. Ty's music is drenched in Americana, influenced by a record collection that features Gram Parsons, Townes Van Zandt, and more of the usual suspects. The lyrics are like a pint of Coopers on a Sunday afternoon when you don't have a job to go to on Monday, comfortable, bittersweet, and a little bit dark.

Haystacks Calhoon, known as ‘The World’s Strongest Band’, are a ramshackle, barn-stormin’ bar band who know how to get an audience on their feet and stomping along.  They play a unique roots concoction they call ‘swampabilly’, inspired by country, blues, rockabilly and garage rock. The kind of concoction you swig out of a jug with four X’s on it. They also make a mean chilli, but you'll have to wrestle them for the secret recipe."

The Shirazz Jazz Band (VIC)

Swingin' dixieland jazz from Melbourne's Shirazz Jazz Band, returning to the Wheatsheaf after their sell-out performance last year.

Shirazz brings New Orleans-inspired hot traditional jazz to life in their lively and rambunctious performance. Shirazz mixes classic trad material, reimagined pop hits and the odd cheeky original to deliver their famous infectious live sound.

Since 2009 Shirazz has been playing to packed houses Australia wide. With tours and festivals across the country, a string of albums, and a bunch of great local shows, Shirazz has an arresting live sound that continues to win popular and critical acclaim.

Join Shirazz at the Wheatsheaf for an afternoon of the hottest trad jazz this side of New Orleans.

$18 + BF @OZTIX - $20 ON THE DOOR

Wheaty Brewing Corps 3rd Birthday Party!!

After pouring everyone elses' excellent beers over the last eleven years, we figured it was time to start brewing our own - time to install our own stainless and start walking the walk. So in early 2014 that's what we did; in the form of a Premier Stainless 600L Brewhouse with three single batch fermentors. Just the right size to play; enabling us to brew whatever, however and whenever we want. Light-footed, nimble brewing with the freedom of Contract and the stability of Stainless. From time to time we might even be lucky enough to collaborate with some of those excellent Brewers whose beers we've poured, and will continue to pour, over the years...

COME HELP US CELEBRATE OUR 3RD BIRTHDAY!!

SCALA: TRUNG DOAN + MANTRACODA + SEAN TYNER

 Few 29 year-olds can claim they’ve spent their years immersed in some serious musical talent but SA’s longest running original music organisation; the Songwriters, Composers And Lyricists Association (SCALA) have done it week after unfailing week for almost 3 decades.

 SCALA is a volunteer led, membership based organisation that continues to promote and encourage the creation of original music of all genres through events, the Festival Of Original Music (FOOM) song competition and an annual SCALA CD release.

Green Circles + Post War

Guitars of six and twelve strings, bass guitar of four, drums, and vocal chords - this is what makes up the Green Circles. The group will be presenting selections from their four albums: 'Mr Cocking’s descent', 'Tavistock Street', 'Brass knobs, bevelled edges (and in 23 different positions)’, and 'Get on the outside of this'. And there will be new songs as well - straight from the sweat soaked rehearsal room to you.

 ‘Green Circles have more hooks than a piranha's mouth’ - Shindig Magazine (UK)

 Enhancing the evening, those wordy pop rockers - Post War - will be starting proceedings with their jingle jangle alternative guitar sounds.

The Wheaty's Mid-Winter Ball 'MYSTICAL MASQUERADE' Featuring: Lucifers Lounge & Gorilla Jones

Dust off your gowns and straighten out your ties- It's time again for The Wheaty's annual Midwinter Ball!

"Mystical Masquerade" is the theme, 8pm is the time, $25 is the deal. The night includes special finger food presented by some of our local rollerderby gals, a photobooth for frivolous fun, and hours of musical entertainment from Gorilla Jones and Lucifer's Lounge! Prizes for the best dressed!

Tickets are limited and available NOW from the front bar!

We look forward to seeing you there!

Recklink Community Cup - After party

In an affectionate homage to legendary Aussie band, The Go Betweens, the Reclink Community Cup will return to the football field this winter to see local musicians take on the Adelaide media. 

This year’s theme ‘Streets of Your Town’ will be celebrated by each host city in Australia with their own unique enthusiasm and style and will hit Adelaide on Sunday, July 16.

Through pre and post-match events and game day, as well as the generous support of businesses, organisations and individuals, the Adelaide Reclink Community Cup raised more than $19,000 which will go towards sport and arts programs and equipment for some of South Australia’s most vulnerable and isolated.

Supported by loyal volunteers, Reclink Australia delivers specialist programs for at-risk youth, people with mental illness, disability, people experiencing homelessness and domestic violence, and those facing alcohol, gambling and substance addictions. 

Come and support the musicians and media personalities from the streets of your town at Coopers Stadium on Sunday July 16.

AFTER PARTY - FEATURING BILLY BOB'S BBQ BOYS FROM 4PM

LIMITED TICKETS AVAILABLE - BUT WE WILL PUMP THE MUSIC AND PRESENTATIONS THROUGH THE SOUND SYSTEM IN THE PUB.

COMA: Nick Pennington + Coma Large Jazz Ensemble

The Skeleton Club + Indiago

One of the most exciting acts coming out of Adelaide at the moment. Fresh from performances at Port Fairy Folk Festival and NightJar Festival Geelong.

Chris Finnen + Special guests

One of South Australia's gem stones of musicianship.

The raw honesty of the blues is the lifeblood coursing through Chris Finnen's music.

Over four decades travelling as a troubadour journey man has seen Chris Finnen often referred to as the ‘guitarist's guitarist'. Chris brings a wry twist to his original blues song writing, adding sly humour to lyrics, focusing on the musing of everyday experiences, and embracing a strong sense of community.

His restless musical curiosity has seen him embrace a tapestry of varied cultural influences, weaving the sounds of India, Celtic traditions, and African nation's into his music.

SCALA: CHLOE WARRICK + DAVID ROBINSON + HATRICK

 Few 29 year-olds can claim they’ve spent their years immersed in some serious musical talent but SA’s longest running original music organisation; the Songwriters, Composers And Lyricists Association (SCALA) have done it week after unfailing week for almost 3 decades.

 SCALA is a volunteer led, membership based organisation that continues to promote and encourage the creation of original music of all genres through events, the Festival Of Original Music (FOOM) song competition and an annual SCALA CD release.

Charlie Marshall & The Curious Minds (VIC) Album Launch + Workhorse

Melbourne singer, songwriter and science teacher Charlie Marshall launches the new album ‘Sublime’ – a unique fusion of music, science, philosophy and politics extolling the wonders of our universe.

Try imagining a Pet Sounds era Brian Wilson collaborating with the BBC’s ‘rock star’ scientist Brian Cox and you’ll get some idea what to expect. With the masterful assistance of former Avalanches virtuoso Darren Seltmann on the mixing desk, and a bevy of talented musicians, Sublime contains a dazzling array of sounds that highlight distinctive, intelligent lyrics.

 Formerly of much-loved Melbourne bands Harem Scarem and The Body Electric, Charlie is joined by new line-up The Curious Minds featuring Clare Moore (Dave Graney 'n the Coral Snakes), Bryan Colechin (The Body Electric, Hugo Race True Spirit) and Tim Deane (Ron Peno & the Superstitions) to launch the album in Adelaide on July 28 at The Wheatsheaf Hotel with special guests Workhorse. 

https://www.facebook.com/events/1861928940748540/ 

SALVI'S FREE COMMUNITY MUSICAL SWAP MEET

Australia's only FREE community musical gear trade and swap meet. Right here in Adelaide. FREE for sellers, FREE for buyers, FREE to everyone. 
Come in, bring some stuff, or just browse what's on offer whilst enjoying Australia's best brewing pub. It's a great afternoon and we keep it SHORT. 1 till 4 is the sweet spot so get on it!
This is our 4th meet and the other 3 have been great. Many bargains had and some pretty obscure valve amps and instruments have found some new owners. 
NO RETAILERS ARE PERMITTED TO TRADE AT THESE EVENTS. COMMUNITY ONLY! 
Why pay to sell your stuff? 
Enjoy!!

1-4pm

The Blackeyed Susans (MELB) album launch + The Yearlings

Formed in Perth in 1989, The Blackeyed Susans have built a reputation for their moody romanticism and op-shop stylings. Declared national treasures by Rolling Stone magazine, they have toured the world, played with the likes of Johnny Cash and Leonard Cohen and released numerous albums of occasional beauty including a retrospective box set entitled 'Reveal Yourself' in 2009 charting the band's illustrious history. Boasting members of The Cruel Sea, Dirty Three, The Triffids, The Jackson Code, Augie March, The Drones and Hungry Ghosts, the group’s credits read like a who’s who of Australian alternative music.

Close Your Eyes and See is their first album of new material in over a decade, the release finds the group near the height of their powers, delivering one of their strongest collections of songs to date, masterfully arranged and performed by a band with over 25 years experience together. Led by chief songwriter Phil Kakulas and producer Dan Luscombe, Close Your Eyes and See combines the honeyed vocals of singer Rob Snarski with long, reverby trails of pedal steel, tremolo guitar, violin and keyboards. The result is a meticulously crafted album of dreamlike torch songs, bruised ballads and atmospheric rockers that sounds both classic and contemporary.

Lush, beautiful and mysterious, Close Your Eyes and See is a response to the wonderful and woeful world we live in - an appeal to keep your dreams alive, even when it feels as if you’re living in a nightmare. If the outside world poses difficult questions, the answers may just lie within. 

facebook.com/theblackeyedsusans
youtube.com/theblackeyedsusans 

$30 on the door

The Blackeyed Susans (MELB) album launch

Formed in Perth in 1989, The Blackeyed Susans have built a reputation for their moody romanticism and op-shop stylings. Declared national treasures by Rolling Stone magazine, they have toured the world, played with the likes of Johnny Cash and Leonard Cohen and released numerous albums of occasional beauty including a retrospective box set entitled 'Reveal Yourself' in 2009 charting the band's illustrious history. Boasting members of The Cruel Sea, Dirty Three, The Triffids, The Jackson Code, Augie March, The Drones and Hungry Ghosts, the group’s credits read like a who’s who of Australian alternative music.

Close Your Eyes and See is their first album of new material in over a decade, the release finds the group near the height of their powers, delivering one of their strongest collections of songs to date, masterfully arranged and performed by a band with over 25 years experience together. Led by chief songwriter Phil Kakulas and producer Dan Luscombe, Close Your Eyes and See combines the honeyed vocals of singer Rob Snarski with long, reverby trails of pedal steel, tremolo guitar, violin and keyboards. The result is a meticulously crafted album of dreamlike torch songs, bruised ballads and atmospheric rockers that sounds both classic and contemporary.

Lush, beautiful and mysterious, Close Your Eyes and See is a response to the wonderful and woeful world we live in - an appeal to keep your dreams alive, even when it feels as if you’re living in a nightmare. If the outside world poses difficult questions, the answers may just lie within. 

facebook.com/theblackeyedsusans
youtube.com/theblackeyedsusans 

$30 on the door

The Sea Thieves + Alana Jagt

The sea thieves are a collective helmed by Zac Coligan, a South Australian born musician who has never strayed too far from shore.

The sea thieves make records filled with the dusty tones and vintage sounds like the singing saw, Optigan, toy piano, double bass and violin.

Momentum has also continued to build around the sea thieves, picking up fans through social media and other avenues. Most recently the sea thieves gained a large push in interest after the US HBO series ""Shameless" licensed the track "drag you in" to appear in a very significant episode of the hit show.

This also led to a "Shameless"Spotify playlist which gained the ST the most online plays they've ever had. Keep an eye out for live shows and an ear out for the long awaited third record, due to drop in late 2017.

Georgia Fields + Phia: Sky and Sea National Tour with special guests Naomi Keyte and Cookie Baker

Two of Melbourne’s brightest independent singer-songwriters are joining forces for their most expansive national tour to date.

 Indie-pop chameleon Georgia Fields and live-looping wunderkind Phia present a very special evening of musical dexterity, as they share the stage and each other’s songs – accompanying one another on everything from kalimba to casio, electric guitar to tambourine. Expect luscious harmonies, world-class song-craft, and impromptu audience participation.

 Hitting the road through July and August 2017, the Sky & Sea Tour will see these two unique artists lend their distinctive sound to each other’s material, as they reimagine songs from Fields’ Astral Debris and Phia’s The Ocean of Everything albums, both respectively released in 2016.

 Support comes from Adelaide’s modern-folk doyenne Naomi Keyte, whose songs sway effortlessly between the haunting and intimate. Her recently released debut album Melaleuca was celebrated as “thoughtful and evocative… a striking album” (the AU Review).

 Alt-country troubadour Cookie Baker will open the night, with her signature noir-folk sound and songs that explore heartbreak, longing and redemption. Her latest single The Summer featuring Tim Rogers is “gentle, sublime” (The Music).

 “Georgia Fields dreams in fantastic Technicolor... Irrepressible pop." – four stars, The Age newspaper

 “Bright, catchy-as-hell pop done with absolute surety from Phia." – Double J 

Raven - The best of Jay Jackson + Big Seventies Bush + Corey Stewart

JAY JAXSON

Singer/Songwriter, Jay Jaxson has been performing,writing and traveling for the last 30 years. Jay has released 6 cds and is just about to release her best of...RAVEN. In 2009 She commenced to travel to France spending half the year there and the other in her home town of Adelaide where she has continued to woe audiences with her solo shows.

In 2012 jay made SOUL MY SOUL FOR LOVE with the help of over 15 musicians from Adelaide,France and Sweden. In 2013 Jay made the decision to move to France permanently to continue her career in music where she continues to play solo,duo and also fronts a stoner rock band called SAN PEDRO AIRLINES.

The voice of Jay Jaxson is dynamic and powerful performing artist and through her songs she unleashes her soul to present her songs in a high energy show. She has woven many styles into her songs through her influences of rock,blues, folk and world music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoAn5PObZmw&feature=share

BIG SEVENTIES BUSH

Retro funk psychedelia with lounge reggae overtones & a grindhouse edge . Cocktails at 5 with a disco twist...music to dance to standing up and lying down...The pleasure cruise for the ultimate leisure hunters!!!

https://www.facebook.com/Bigseventiesbush/

TICKETS ON THE DOOR $20 - $15 CONC.

Hana Brenecki & Kate Alexander + Emily Davis Band + Sam Reiher Trio (VIC)

Hana Brenecki & Kate Alexander

Singer-songwriters Hana Brenecki (Hana & Jessie-Lee/ Glass Skies) and Kate Alexander (Local Coward/ Ute Root) meld their distinct voices to form an inimitable sort of beast that at times coos and weaves along delicate lovelorn pop hooks à la the Everley Brothers, and at others soars into hot-blooded guttural soul harmony.  Alexander and Brenecki trade song for song, soldering melodies and words together so finely that the lines blur as to who exactly is singing what. Photo: Max Moore

Sam Reiher

Sam Reiher is a Melbourne based musician playing a mix of country, honky tonk and folk. Drawing on classic influences such as love, death, life and friendship, Sam Reiher writes songs that’ll resonate with any fan of Americana music. His debut EP was produced and recorded by Australia's grand daddy of country music, Mr. Bill Chambers.

Emily Davis Band

Davis is known for her smoky vocals and 'honey-sweet voice' (Rave Magazine). Her songs draw from her own life and explore themes of love, death and the gritty parts of the human heart with unashamed vulnerability and poise. She has a reputation for ‘utterly absorbing’ (DB Magazine) and ‘breathtaking’ (Rip It Up) live shows. 

Joined by her band, Davis now blends acoustic folk, alt-country and blues influences with the singer-songwriter's confessional style. Davis enlisted her long-time friend and duo partner Tori Phillips (fiddle), as well as Emily A Smith (guitars) and Annie Siegmann (bass) to bring her latest songbook to the stage. They are currently working on Davis’ next studio album.