Trades Hall, Carlton, Victoria
“… My award for the Event Deserving of Wider Recognition in 2004 goes to the Half Bent Winter Music Festival. For the third year in a row, a small team of selfless musicians assembled a compelling program at Carlton’s Trades Hall… This fascinating day serves as a kind of laboratory for creative improvisation” Jessica Nicholas, The Age – Dec 2004
The Half Bent Music Festival celebrates its 4th anniversary this year and has expanded into a 2-day long festival with funding support from Arts Victoria. Half Bent will showcase once again the enormous wealth and breadth of talent we have in Australia’s eclectic creative and improvised music scene.
With more than 100 performers in over 30 performances, Trades Hall in Carlton will be transformed into a throbbing heart of creativity and unforgettable performances.
The program will feature a number of artists from Sydney & Canberra, as well as numerous acclaimed Melbourne based artists.
THE LINEUP:
MOSAIC (SYD); SEAN WAYLAND’S MAGIC BAND (SYD);
KATOOK (CANB/SYD/MEL); ADAM SIMMONS CREATIVE MUSIC ENSEMBLE; OEHLERS/KEEVERS DUO; CINEMA 21-87; CHRIS HALE ENSEMBLE;
PHIL SLATER (SYD) & SCOTT TINKLER QUINTET; MATT KEEGAN TRIO; PHOENIX LAKE; BROWNE/HEYWOOD/STEVENS/BALL;
HUGHES/KELLER PROJECT; DAVID SHEA; BONECLAN;
DAVID TOLLEY’S THAT; NOY/BATES/SHEPPARD; CLEVERHORSE;
THE NOOJI; JON DELANEY TRIO; THE MERCURIALS; BUMFORD; HUSTAS/BYWATER DUO; NASHUA LEE/LACHLAN MCLEAN DUO;
BARRY COCKCROFT; ADAM SIMMONS & MORE.
Half Bent is a musician-run organisation committed to enhancing and nurturing creative and improvised music in Australia through its successful annual Music Festival and regular concert series’.
Watch jazz.org.au for more information closer to the date!
