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AT a mere 19 years of age, Bendigo boy Tom Johanneson has been pro-viding young alternative music fans an opportunity to see some of Austra-lia’s most aspiring underground acts right here in Bendigo for the past two years.

With a short, successful stint in booking bands under his belt, Tom has now really stepped things up in preparing to launch Bender, Bendigo’s very own alternative music club.

In the same vein as Melbourne’s Next and Bang, Bender will take over level 2 of the Black Swan Hotel on Wednesday nights once a month and will feature local, national and inter-national acts playing into the early hours of the morning.

Launching the club next Wednesday as part of a monster five-band bill will be one of the USA’s biggest straight-edge melodic hardcore bands, Stick to Your Guns.

The band arrived in Australia on Tuesday, and I had a chat with drum-mer, George Schmitz who was abso-lutely stoked to be launching the club.

“We absolutely love touring Austra-lia and the club shows on our last tour were awesome,” he said.

“We’re honoured to be launching an alternative club, they are a very good thing.”

Second on the bill is San Francisco hardcore band First Blood, who Sc-mhitz speaks very highly of.

“When First Blood plays music, something just clicks in everybody’s mind… everybody goes insane,” he said.

Queensland’s Wish for Wings will be returning to Bendigo for the third time for the show whilst local pop punk act ‘The Escape’ and acoustic duo ‘The Lost Boys’ will be opening the night of music.

For those underage, don’t worry. Wednesday afternoon at the Music-man Megastore will see Stick to Your Guns, First Blood and Wish for Wings play alongside local metal heroes Her Majesty in an under 18s only event.

Johanneson is passionate about giving underagers the same musical opportunities as adults.

“I’m absolutely wrapped to have Stick to Your Guns and First Blood playing in Bendigo, it’s not often we get big international bands playing here,” said an excited Johanneson, who has always been a big fan of al-ternative music.

“I’ve always loved and listened to almost all genres of music, I like alter-native music the most because it’s not the same generic auto tuned voices and bass beats you hear on radio sta-tions all day, every day.”

The Bendigo shows will be part of Stick to Your Guns’ Australian tour in support of their latest, highly ac-claimed album The Hope Division.

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music, Schmitz likes to describe Stick to Your Guns as a more aggressive Rise Against.

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ONE of my favourite things is to see people come into their own. It is a privilege watching potential evolve before your eyes – inspiring too.Especially when they take matters into their own hands. Bendigo has its fair share of such inspiring DIY folk…Simon Blake is a young guy I met when I gave a talk to the YoBendigo youth media team in September. Next to Kelly Robson (more later), Simon was a stand out. Not only was he brave enough to participate in one of the exercises – interviewing a stranger ‘cold’ in front of the group!– he exuded real potential as a broadcaster.Which he does fortnightly, part of the ‘This Or That’ hip hop show at Bendigo’s community radio sta-tion, Phoenix FM. Founded by dedicated local social workers and hop hop ‘aficianados’ Mike Flood and Stuart Wallbank, Simon volunteers his time to pro-vide prerecorded interviews for the show, and when he’s in town (up from his job in Melbourne), he also presents live on air.Recently I had the chance to go into the studio and see This Or That in action. I came away impressed. There was such enthusiasm in the room, GREAT hip hop music being played, and a very funny, easy-going banter which takes pros a lifetime to achieve. Not only that, ‘This Or That’ is a great platform for local hip hop musicians – and there seems to be plenty of “hiphopportunities” in Bendigo – with a supportive ‘open

door’ policy for local enthusiasts to contribute to the program. (Not quite the ‘cutthroat’ modern media we all know!)What the guys lacked in radio ‘technique’ they made up for with passion and personality; Simon (‘Simetrik’) a very good interview-er; ‘Sypha’ (Jake Hicks) made me laugh as soon as I walked in, and working quietly in the background, HLG (Ben Wheeldon) did a great job of operating the panel and making sure the broadcast went smoothly.Simon has professional media ambitions: “to study live radio” and “find out more about what happens… at some of the bigger national stations.” Reckon it won’t be long before he’s on his way.Another local DIY talent is local “artist, crafter and writer”, Kelly Robson. You may have spied her at an Allans Walk’s zine-making workshop or two... A passionate DIY publisher, she and another local zine-maker Kyle Mac have kind of cornered the market in Bendigo, with a cher-ished pop-artform that has sur-vived inspite of blogs and online competitors.Derived from the word ‘fanzine’, zines are lovingly-crafted objects with highly personal aesthetics and things to say. Kelly’s are distinctly ‘lo-fi’, her latest being a striking, hand-drawn B&W dedictation to the history of roller derby and the local League.Kyle’s X Magazine Bendigo is decidedly more up-market, but a

genuine zine nonetheless. The small-format quarterly is filled with eye-catching colour images by local photographers and comic artists, music interviews by aspir-ing writers, encased in slick graph-ic design. Though zines traditionally don’t carry ads – mostly DIY affairs – X Magazine does. Meaning, the zine can fully develop what it set out to do: “promote a thriving and cre-ative youth culture.” Designer Kyle is articulate in his mission. “Since the drop of Issue #1, I’ve seen X fill a massive gap for the people of Bendigo. It’s a prime example of what the youth of Bendigo can accomplish with a little support and drive.”“Hopefully we can encourage sim-ilar-minded people to create and start projects of their own. This will help us all work towards develop-ing more of a creative culture for Bendigo’s youth in the long run.”Issue #2 is out today…

This Or That’ hip hop show, Mondays, 8-10pm, 106.7FM, phoenixfm.org. Monday No-vember 29 – tune in to hear an interview with Suffa from the Hilltop Hoods!X Magazine Issue #2 launch and Movember Fundraiser, Chancery Lane, tonight, 7-10pm. Contributions want-ed! hello@xmagazine.com.auKelly Robson’s blog: the-teachildren.blogpost.com

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BRINGING JK Rowling’s epic Harry Potter fantasy series to the big screen has been a fascinating process.One of movie-making’s great franchis-es, the seven films so far have taken nine years to produce – roughly corre-lating to the timeline of Rowling’s char-acters as they go through their unusual training at the English boarding school with a difference – Hogwart’s School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

From the beginning in 1997 when Rowling’s first instalment, The Philos-opher’s Stone, hit the bookshelves and in 2001 when the film was released, an extraordinary wide ranging demo-graphic has followed Harry Potter’s progress.

While Rowling’s original intention may have been aimed at a younger generation, her magical concept has captured the hearts and imagination of all generations.

How fantastic it is to see children, teenagers, and 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s plus people in the cinema captivated by the wizard unwillingly facing life as the ‘chosen one’ – the magician who has the unenviable task of saving the world.

There has been much debate throughout their making as to the content of the films – what should and shouldn’t make the cut.

Cleverly the screenplay writers have kept the integrity of Rowling’s work and because of their success director David Yates has the luxury of presenting the final chapter in two parts.

Part 1 of Deathly Hallows is full of excitement and is brimming with fan-tastic special effects while still allowing enough room for the drama between the three main characters – Harry, Ron and Hermione – that is the backbone of Rowling’s series.

Writer Steve Kloves has picked the perfect point in the final chapter to pause before the last installment is re-leased in the middle of next year.

While the audience is left in sus-pense as Dark Lord Voldemort steals the prized Elder Wand from the tomb

of Professor Dumbledore, the adven-ture to this point is gripping enough to satisfy the audience’s appetite for a part one of Harry’s final story.

Harry Potter devotees and new-comers alike can marvel at this film’s fast pace despite its long length of 146 minutes.

I am not normally a fan of leaving an audience waiting any length of time to see the next installment as the movie experience has become quite expen-sive and people have to right to see a beginning, middle and an end. How-ever, Harry Potter’s final journey is so epic, that it could not be properly truncated.

Also pivotal to the franchise’s suc-cess has been the amazing work of the main and support cast.

Daniel Radcliffe (as Harry Potter) is an extra-ordinary actor who has been brave enough to work outside the char-acter in very challenging projects mak-ing sure that he will not suffer from type casting in the future.

Fellow juvenile actors Ruper Grint (as Ron Weasley) and Emma Watson (as Hermione Granger) have worked as a succinct team with Radcliffe, not letting growing egos interfere with their work – a task much older actors would find difficult.

The support cast has also been im-portant to the film’s continuity.

For Ralph Fiennes as Voldemort it has been a role of a lifetime as he has been able to progress from a mere voice-over in a puff of smoke to the fully blown character he appears as in the Deathly Hallows.

Like its predecessors, Deathly Hal-lows Part 1 has been expertly pro-duced with stunning make-up and set construction, brilliant cinematography, tight editing and haunting and sus-penseful music.

All involved with the film’s making deserve high praise. Bring on July 15, 2011 and the much anticipated release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2.

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I CAN’T believe it’s that time again already.....Red Geranium Sale day.

When I first arrived in Bendigo, I was given a couple of very firm instructions. Don’t talk about anyone – even though it’s a city, everyone knows everyone, and make sure you get down to the Red Gera-nium sale, and early.

If you haven’t been before, it’s the perfect combination of a morning out, painless Christmas shopping and feast-ing, all at once. And you can bask in the glowy feeling of knowing all the pro-ceeds are going fundraising for fantastic causes.

Founded in 2000, this special group of people work tirelessly all year to bring a huge array of wonderful produce and products, for one day of the year.

The sale is set in the gorgeous gardens of the Mandurang Valley Winery, and there is literally something for everyone...

This is a hitlist of my favourite things to do eat on the day...

The Devonshire teas are legendary. Not only scones, jam and cream, but also cur-

ry puffs with chutney, a variety of cakes (including two gluten free), and a tasting plate featuring Victorian cheeses, their own olives and the very special quince paste. And because it’s held at Mandurang Valley, their glorious wine is also avail-able. If I pace myself, I might just be able to sample the lot.

What to buy...Mini mince pies, any of the jams, es-

pecially the pear and ginger, plum and the tomato and chilli. Jas’s kasundi (buy loads, it’s addictive), meringues and bis-cuits.

The kitchen garden and plant section is fantastic. Nursed by green thumbs, these plants really stand a chance at my house.

Christmas present ideas include dukkah, aprons (all cooks need one!) and the wonderful Christmas cakes, gor-geously decorated in fabric.

The Red Geranium sale is always the first Sunday in December at the Man-durang Valley Winery, 77 FadersonsLane, Mandurang, from 10am to 3pm.

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BILLBOARDS in Melbourne hosted Sydney electronic duo Bag Raiders on Friday night with support coming from fellow Sydney band The Holidays, and with their original blend of indie rock, they had the crowd toasty lead singer Simon Jones’ guest vocals appear on the Raiders tune Not Over.

Up next was DJ duo Flight Facilities who had the dance floor moving with mixes of some of their latest work and finished up with their recent hit “Crave You”.

Bag Raiders hit the stage to a sold out

crowd just after midnight, with a mix of electronic and live percussion which was a welcome change to a lot of the “live” electronic music acts doing the rounds these days.

The set included new tunes “Way Back Home”, “So Demanding” and finished off with the crowd favourite and Triple J Hot-test 100 track, “Shooting Stars”.

Backed by an impressive light show and vision to match, a strong following and regular airtime on Triple J, expect to hear more from Bag Raiders in the future.

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Celia: Coconut Ice Queen Indian dinners just aren’t the same without some of Ce-lia’s mango chutney. She is also responsible for the rhu-barb and mandarin jams, the fig pan forte and coconut ice…mmm

Jackie: Tomato Sauce Queen We all know how messy making tomato sauce is. Who wants to make it when you can buy Jackie’s and the mon-ey goes to a great cause? Jackie also makes the brazil nut cakes.

Kathy: The Eggplant Pickle Queen One of the most popular pickles, this is lovely in sand-wiches, on a cheese platter or with curries. Kathy makes some of the finest fig jam, along with onion jam (great with goats’ cheese on sourdough) and more…and she bakes the delicious cherry and currant cake.

Jas:The Spicy QueenWhere to start with Jas? She manages to work full time, raise two kids and in her spare time coordinates the cook-ing of cakes and puddings with Jan, as well as making Dukkah, spiced nuts, beetroot chutney etc. Her BIG thing each year is decorating the Christmas cakes... stunning! and holding everything together. Jas has handed over her kasoundi-making crown to Lyn who uses her recipe and of which we have to buy at least 10 jars a year.

Jan:The Baking Queen Jan bakes all the gorgeous biscuits as well as the cakes and puddings. She also makes most of the chutneys for sale like green tomato, nectarine, lemon, roasted peach, apricot. More importantly, Jan was the Queen of the Bendigo Show last year and even won a, much coveted by Michele, rosette.

Roz: The Jelly Queen Roz is very excited about her new jelly bag which allows her to make beautiful jellies like crab apple, quince, mint, coriander and lime, and pomegranate. The savoury jel-lies are great on meat dishes and to add to gravy. Think Christmas lunch. She also bakes the shortbread (with help from Shirley) and choc/nut pan forte.

June:The Meringue Queen June has made the meringues from the start. Just great on their own, which is lucky, as often they don’t even make it home. But if they do, sandwich them together with cream and serve with berries. …like a mini pav.

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BILLBOARDS in Melbourne hosted Sydney electronic duo Bag Raiders on Friday night with support coming from fellow Sydney band The Holidays, and with their original blend of indie rock, they had the crowd toasty lead singer Simon Jones’ guest vocals appear on the Raiders tune Not Over.

Up next was DJ duo Flight Facilities who had the dance floor moving with mixes of some of their latest work and finished up with their recent hit “Crave You”.

Bag Raiders hit the stage to a sold out

crowd just after midnight, with a mix of electronic and live percussion which was a welcome change to a lot of the “live” electronic music acts doing the rounds these days.

The set included new tunes “Way Back Home”, “So Demanding” and finished off with the crowd favourite and Triple J Hot-test 100 track, “Shooting Stars”.

Backed by an impressive light show and vision to match, a strong following and regular airtime on Triple J, expect to hear more from Bag Raiders in the future.

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On the album process:We’ve got this double album coming out soon, I’ve

got one more mix to go. Then it goes through the proc-ess, which is like having lost mail, it goes somewhere. I haven’t got a title yet, I’ve got about 3000 titles. I’ve got about 30 songs and need to break that down to 20. I’m going through the struggle that all good bands go through, like independent artists, that’s basically what I’ve become now.

On his love of rock n roll:That’s one of the nice things about rock ’n’ roll. It’s a

struggle, but if it was easy, everybody would do it. Even though it seems like everybody is doing it. I like being in the game, it’s the only thing I really think about and really like outside living with my family. It’s my hobby, my work and my cross (laughs).

On being taken for a ride by management:I remember the days from The Falcons we were getting

a wage of about $300 a week. It was a bit of money then but we were putting 1200 people in some barn and we were coming home with $300 a week. It was rubbish, we were just taken for a ride. But we didn’t know.

On the revolving door concept of The Black Sor-rows.

The whole idea of The Black Sorrows is a floating scenario, people play til they find other things, better things or they want to do different things. Actually not better things, they couldn’t possibly do anything better! It’s important from a musical point of view, somebody new coming in, who will bring hopefully something of value. The difference though is that you become just a little bit more invisible.

On Harley and RoseI just thought it was a good song. I thought the syn-

opsis was good, it was able to tell the tale in 30 lines. I didn’t think Chained To The Wheel was a hit, I was prepared to not let that be on the album.

I remember the security guard told me it was going to be a hit as I walked out (of the studio) that night. When you’re younger you know what resonates, but as you get older a lot of different things resonate.

On dealing with expectations:Once people know a bit of your DNA they think they

know you. The best time to get attention is when peo-ple hear the sound for the first time and then their own personal image of what you are supposed to be or what you are, they carry that and pass it on. But when you’re not making music under the microscope people accept it for what it is and deal with it in a real way, but when they know who you are, they expect more from you, from what they liked. I find that a little bit confusing be-cause they want you to raise the bar but sometimes they haven’t raised their own bar.

On avoiding repetition:You try not to (repeat yourself). I chose not to, or I

just can’t. There is something that just blocks it for me, which is a good thing. I’ve never written another Harley and Rose, I haven’t tried to mime that song, or another Chained To The Wheel or Hold Onto Me. I just can’t do it. The record company assumed I would write another song like Hold Onto Me, but I wrote Harley and Rose and they were a little bit disappointed because they didn’t think it was going to be a hit.

It’s not just about our past, if it was about our past we wouldn’t think twice about it. I just want to make records and get an airing and it’s quite a difficult thing.

Struggles with popularity:Occasionally I’ve felt it’s been an albatross around

my neck. If they like you for something it doesn’t mean they know you. What you are as a musician and a songwriter, in my case, they don’t necessarily give you an opportunity to experiment without the judge and jury. Sometimes you end up either dumbing up or dumbing down just to maintain this popularity. In my case I’m a lot of different things. The last five or six years I’ve started to realise all the music I’ve recorded and wrote is part of my journey.

On playing up to 350 gigs at year.People don’t do that anymore but that was just part

of the scene, part of the scene was that you’d be play-ing six nights a week. That was how you found who you were. This was before we were even popular, both bands (The Falcons and The Black Sorrows) would do that. If you played 250 gigs you were having a rest. Even while making albums you were playing. There were times where you had a following without a record in the charts and that was kinda good because people came for the music and they loved what you did and followed you like people would follow the Colling-wood Football Club.

On Australian radioAs the 90s crept up, around 1992 things began to

change on the Australian music scene and it never recovered. Radio wasn’t mining Australian artists for what ever reasons, TV became a little bit less inter-ested in Australian rock ’n’ roll music. I found that frustrating.

It’s (Triple J) less important than it used to be. I think they still do the same thing, I don’t think they play enough Australian stuff. They pretend to play more than the commercial stations, but they should. There’s all kinds of different music out there and allowing just half an hour for a country show or for an Australian roots show, it’s just a joke really.

On music today:The social conscious, the anti war songs, you don’t

get them anymore, nobody’s protesting, it’s all about mostly T and A. The pop industry takes itself far too seriously. I can’t really see how long anybody’s career will be. It seems to me the independent musicians who are breaking through have a better idea about what’s going on.

I would hate to be in a young band, I reckon it would be so much more frustrating right now being a young up and coming band, even though it’s a bit easier on some levels. But once you reach a certain level you’re sort of done. But me and my contemporaries we’ve rung the bell.

On future direction:I guess I’m heading towards better songs, being a

better singer and song writer. I have no real interest in being an entertainer, but I want to make people happy and get a feeling when people come and see the band play. I don’t do it to do the old, I do it to do new things.

On the end:I want to die in a five star hotel, but then again, dying

out in the open there’s a million stars. I just hope I’m given the opportunity to play in front of people til the day I die, to me that would be a fitting thing for me.

The Black Sorrows play the Theatre Royal in Castlemaine tomorrow night.

TERRY Uttley (centre) is the last remaining original member of English band Smokie. And while he never lived next door to Alice, he’s been the band’s loyal bass guitarist since 1964.

Terry shares with us the highs and lows of rock – from losing fellow band mate Alan Barton in a car ac-cident in the mid 90s, to drinking with Ian Botham at the cricket...

Smokie’s biggest hit is obviously Living Next Door to Alice. Does it still get a strong reaction at live gigs?

We would probably get lynched if we didn’t play Alice. She has become our flagship although most of our other records are instantly recognised by different generations around the planet. We have a song called What Can I Do that has the same effect in Russia and South Korea.

Who wrote the song? Did they actually live next door to a girl called Alice?

The song was written by our record producer of that time Mike Chapman who was raised in Brisbane, with his partner Nicky Chinn. It was just a next door girl/boy thing and nothing to do with a real person.

Why do songs of unrequited love hold such power?

Love songs are in every genre of music from rock to classical so I guess it’s the first topic that comes to mind when you attack writing a song.

There was a X rated version of Alice released in the 90s. Did this put you off side with your fans?

Some fans didn’t like it but they stayed fans. We actu-ally met one of the guys involved in the X rated Austral-ian dance record in Amsterdam. He was very thankful. When I asked Nicky Chinn what he thought about it he said that on first hearing it he was horrified, but when the royalty statements started coming in he changed his mind. The F word version of Alice started in Ireland. Some DJ started it and as everyone knows the Irish travel the world. They took it with them and we obliged with the recorded version. By the way we don’t swear on the record or the live performance. We leave that to the public and also I have to say about 2000 DJs are claiming that it was their idea.

Naturally. After that the band released Lay Back In The Arms Of Someone. Was this the band’s creative zenith?

Lay back was recorded in Holland on the day of Elvis Presley’s death. We heard the news on the radio on the way to the studio. We had been making hit records for two years at this time and were getting a real feel for the music business from a much different perspective from

the seven years of being a club/pub act. People ask on many occasions as to what the secret is. It’s so much of a secret that nobody has told us and so we just try to get on with it.

US punk rock band Greenday had a hit with the song Boulevard of Broken Dreams a few years back. You guys had a song by the same name. Were you � attered or annoyed?

I think there have been a few Boulevard songs by dif-ferent folks. We had a line about us in the Ian Dury song “Reasons to be Cheerful”, very flattering (the line was “Saying okeydokey, sing-a-long-a-Smokie”).

On a serious note, can you take us back to the car accident that claimed the life of band member Alan Barton in the 90s?

It had been raining overnight and the road was wet. What happened in all honesty we will never know. We were all taking a little sleep on the way to the airport and all woke when we heard Mick’s voice shouting the driver’s name. From then on it was just the feeling of the vehicle rolling over time and time again and coming to a stop upside down. I could see in front of me that Alan Barton was face down and only his boots were visible under a seat.

I only damaged my eyelid and leg and was pulled out by passing motorists. We all suffered injuries of differ-ent descriptions but Alan had to be helicoptered away to a head injury hospital.

We went to a separate one for checks and stitches. We managed to get home the same night. Swollen faces, hands and legs but Alan sustained serious head and lung injuries. Some days later he died. He was a great man and will be remembered by the band and fans alike.

On a lighter note, how do you think the poms will go in the Ashes this summer?

You are asking the wrong guy about cricket. I have only been to one game between England and West In-dies at Headingly at the invitation of Ian Botham. All I know was what I drank after the game with Ian, Alan Lamb and Derek Pringle. Great guys. Rugby is my sport. My father raised me with it and I became a direc-tor of Bradford Northern for a few years while the band was taking it easy.

Are you excited about the Australian tour? Have you been to Bendigo before?

We love Australia. We toured first in 1979 and fol-lowed on with an album recorded at EMI 301 studios. It will be 18 months since we were last with you but only on a low key tour testing the water. Bendigo we did around 1985.

Smokie play the Bendigo Stadium tonight.

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Friday 26 Newmarket Hotel Demonic Tempest w/Infektion | 9pm |see venue Basement Bar The Dunhill Blues (Dirty rockin’blues)| 9pm |Free Bridge Hotel Mystery Bets (Pop/Rock covers) | 8 to 11pm | Free Pugg Mahones Thunderstruck (ACDC Tribute)| $10 The Hibernian Steve Saxton (Pop/Rock covers) | 8 to 11pm | Free Old Hepburn Hotel Hayden Evans | 9pm | Free

Saturday 27 Basement Bar Mamma Patch (Funk/Soul/Jazz)| 9pm |Free Golden Vine Hotel Salavadore| 9pm | Free The Hibernian Jacob McGuffie, Ash French and Rowan Blackmore (Original) | 8pm to 11pm | Free Brian Boru Hotel Dave Maloney and Jesse Gardner (Celtic)| 9pm | Free Tyson’s Reef Hotel Greamatta (Country/Rock)| 9pm| Free Pugg Mahones Regular Joes (Pop/Rock covers)| 11pm Daylesford Inn Vanessa Craven (Acoustic/Folk) | 7pm | Free The Palais Paris Wells | $13 show / $48 dinner/show Theatre Royal The Black Sorrows 4pce feat. Joe Camilleri, Joe Creighton, Claude Carranza and Tony Floyd ( see venue for details) Old Hepburn Hotel Bad Hair Da (5pce Hair Metal Covers) | 9.30pm | Free The Cambrian Hotel Lowpoint with Pretty Dirty |8.30pm | Free

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Sunday 28 Basement Bar Open Mic w/Host Deano| 5pm |Free Bridge Hotel Lou and The Pickups | 2pm | Free Marong Family Hotel Carus Thompson (Folk/Rock/Reggae) | 12.30pm to 4pm | Free Tyson’s Reef Hotel Malibu and Friends Jam Session (Blues/Country/Rock)| 3pm| Free One Tree Hill Remedy (Blues/Country/Rock Duo)| 3pm| Free Old Hepburn Hotel Wax Lyrical – Open Songwriters Stage | 4pm | Free The Jay Factor (Rock/Pop Duo) | 8.30pm | Free

StereoSonic December 3 Melbourne ShowgroundsCalvin Harris, Carl Cox, Afrojack, DJ Sneak, Reboot, Tiésto, Wiley, Aly adn Fila, DJ T, Redshape, Bart B More, Giuseppe Ottaviani, Infected MushroomTickets and Info: www.stereosonic.com.au

Meredith Music Festival December 10-12 Meredith Supernatural Amphitheater Dirty Three, Washed Out, Little Red, Girls, Neil Finn, Clipse, Custard, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Reverend Horton Heat, Pantha Du Prince, C.W Stoneking, El GuinchoTickets and Info: www.mmf.com.au

Sunnylot Festival December 11 EchucaDan Kelly, Dash and Will, Chaingang, BennyWalker, I am the Riot, Fox Road, The CheatsTickets and Info: www.sunnylot.com.au

No Sleep Til December 17 Melbourne ShowgroundsMegadeth, NOFX, Dropkick Murphys, Parkway Drive, Descendents, A Day to Remember, GWAR, Atreya, Alkaline Trio, Frenzal RhombTickets and Info: www.nosleeptil.com.au

Falls Festival December 28- January 1 LorneInterpol, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, The National, The Living End, Public Enemy, Klaxons, Angus and Julia Stone, Tame Impala, Paul Kelly, Cold War Kids, Sleigh Bells, Ladyhawk, Children Collide, The Beautiful Girls, Dan Sultan, Cloud Control, Yacht Club DJs, Washington, Boy adn Bear, The Jezabels, Big ScaryTickets and Info: www.fallsfestival.com.au

Pyramid Rock Festival December 30- January 1 Pyramid RockN*E*R*D, The Temper Trap, Arrested Development, Chromeo, Xavier Rudd, Gyroscope, Midnight Juggernauts, Mystery Jets, Little Red, Trentemoller, Operator Please, Miami Horror, Basement Birds, Philadelphia Grand Jury, Gyspy and the cat, Jebediah, Urthboy, Oh MercyTickets and Info: www.thepyramidrockfestival.com

Summadayze January 1 Sidney Myer Music BowlDavid Guetta, N*E*R*D, Justice, Chromeo, Armand Van Helden, Boys Noize, Erol Alkan, Miami HorrorTickets and Info: www.futureentertainment.com.au/summadayze

Big Day Out January 30 Melbourne ShowgroundsTool, Rammstine, Iggy and the Stoogesm M.I.A, John Butler Trio, Grinderman, Wolfmother, Bloody Beetroots and Dealth crew 77, Lupe Fiasco, Deftone, The Black Keys, Birds of Toyko, Primal Scream, LCD Soundsystem, Edward Sharpe and the magnetic zeros, Angus & Julia Stone, Bliss and Eso, The naked and famous, Gyroscope, Little Red, Pnau, Blue King

Brown, Operator Please Gypsy and the cat, Children Collide.Tickets and Info: www.bigdayout.com

Laneway Festival February 5 Footscray Community Arts Centre!!! (Chk Chk Chk), Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, Beach House, Bear in Heaven, Blonde Redhead, Cloud Control, Cut Copy, Deerhunter, Foals, Gotye, Two Door Cinema Club, The Holidays, YeasayerTickets and Info: www.lanewayfestival.com.au

St. Kilda Festival February 13 St. Kilda, Melbourne Lineup yet to be announcedTickets and Info: www.stkildafestival.com.au

Good Vibrations Festival February 13 Flemington RacecourseFaithless, Phoenix, Nas and Damian Marly, Sasha, Ludacris, Cee Lo Green, Kelis, Erykah Badu, Mike Snow, Friendly Fires, Fake Blood, Yolanda Be Cool, Bag Raiders, KoolisumTickets and Info: www.gvf.com.au

Soundwave March 4 Melbourne ShowgroundsIron Maiden, Queens of the stone age, Slayer, Primus, Slash, 30 seconds to Mars, Stone Sour, Avenged Sevenfold Rob Zombie, Social DistortionTickets and Info: www.soundwavefestival.com

Golden Plains March 12-14 Meredith Supernatural AmphitheatreOs Mutantes, The Hold Steady, Joanna Newsom, Belle and Sebastian, Best

Coast, Architecture In Helsinki, Wavves, Hawkwind, Jamie Lidell, The Clean, The Middle East, Boy & Bear, Mount Kimbie, Airbourne, Robert ForsterTickets and Info: www.goldenplains.com.au

Future Music Festival March 13 Flemington RacecourseThe Chemical Brothers, Dizzee Rascal, Pendulum, Mark Ronson and the Business International, MGMT, Ke$ha, The Presets, Leftfield, Art Vs ScienceTickets and Info: www.futureentertainment.com.au/futuremusicfestival

Hot BBQYet to be announcedTickets and Info: www.hotbarbeque.com.au

Port Fairy Folk Festival March 11-14 Port FairyKasey Chambers, Akasa, The Barleyshakes, The Barons of Tang, Mary Black, Luka Bloom, Breabach, Christof, The Cottars, Crooked Still, Dark Horses, Justin Townes Earle, Rosie Flores, Andy Irvines & Rens Van Der ZalmTickets and Info: www.portfairyfolkfestival.com

Apollo Bay Music Festival April 8-10 Port FairyCharles Neville and Youssoupha Sidibe with The Mystic Rhythm Band, The Backsliders, Rosie Flores, Dan and Al, Shane Howard and Band, Bomba, Vika Bull sings the blues with Th Hornets, Justin Walshe and The Folk Machine, Scared Weird Little Guys, The Eagle and The Worm, Georgie Fields and her pocket sized orchestra Tickets and Info: apollobaymusicfestival.com

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WE had an overwhelming response to the Birds of Tokyo ticket giveaway competition.A whopping 561 entries were posted or brought into the Bendigo Weekly offices, of which only a lucky 150 won double passes to the Chinese Precinct gig.If you scored yourself a ticket, we hope you enjoy the show. And if you see Jake Schatz, give him a high five.

GEORGE Orwell will be proud.His classic tome, 1984, is being brought to a stage near you.Staged at the Castlemaine Phee Broadway, this will be one of the most ambitious productions ever attempted by the Castle-maine Theatre Company. Set in a milieu where the human life has little value, and Big Brother is the universal dictator, the play explores the tragedies which come when the voice of the people is silenced, and human rights are cast away.Don’t miss this chilling piece of drama.The show begins tonight and runs until Sunday, December 5.

SOME of Bendigo’s top musicians continue to hit the high notes outside the re-gion’s boundaries after talented folk musician Michelle Meehan, above, came run-ner up in the Crodyon Acoustic Competition last week.Playing a selection of her originals, and a Tommy Emmanuel inspired Beatles med-ley, Meehan won herself not only a $100 gift voucher, but some high praise.“I can’t say too much but I spoke to a couple of people in the industry at the venue who appeared keen to sponsor me in the future,” she said.The songstress is currently working on two albums, with an acoustic and pop fla-vour, and is scheduled to perform at both the St Kilda and Illawarra Folk Festivals in January, and the Summer in the Parks Festival on January 28 in Bendigo.

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