Every Friday night from 9pm til round midnight, vinyl will be spun.

The music will be curated by various knowledgeable music nerds such as Jon, DJ Teo and Dr Graeme. Smoking Vinyl delivers an evening’s selection that can include but will certainly not be limited to music styles such as Afro Jazz, 70’s Funk, Jazz-Rock Fusion and Kraut Rock, as well as pre 80’s Fusion (before Fusak), contemporary Psych Rock, Spiritual Jazz and Swampy Funk. You are very likely to hear the traditional melodies and Afro-Cuban sounds of early West African bands from Guinea, Mali and Senegal. And of course, within this eclectic sonic collage you will recognise tracks by contemporary artists from our local Melbourne music scene.

The musical safari traverses artists such as Fela Kuti, Can, Snarky Puppy, Ibrahim Maalouf, Miles Electric Band, the Miles electric period, Salif Keita, Bembeya Jazz, Super Rail Band, Lafayette Afro Rock Band, Mild Life, Emma Donavan and the Putbacks, Mulatto Estaki with the Black Jesus Experience, Fela Kuti, George Duke, Zappa, Shakti, Bill Laswell remixes, Dumpstafunk, Bootsy Collins, Alice Coltrain, Commets on Fire, Earthless, Hendrix, Ayres Rock, Quasar, Causa Sui, Weather Report, Fred Wesley and the JBs, Jean Luc Ponty, Allan Holdsworth, Fishbone... You get the idea!

Featuring engaging grooves with virtuosic solos, killer horn sections with massive pocket, spiritual soundscapes with languid melodies. No EDM in these sets.

**FREE ENTRY** Smoking Vinyl (Front Bar)

Eamonn Conor is a Melbourne-based pop/R&B artist blending contemporary pop with funk, disco and soul influences.

Backed by a dynamic four-piece live band, his shows are built around strong vocals, groove-driven arrangements, original music and high-energy audience interaction.

Drawing inspiration from both classic and modern pop and R&B, Eamonn creates a sound that feels nostalgic while remaining fresh and contemporary. Having performed across Melbourne, regional Victoria and interstate, he has developed a polished live show focused on musicianship, movement and connection with the crowd.

For this Bar Open performance, audiences can expect a vibrant set of original material, infectious grooves and a live experience designed to get the room moving.

Eamonn Conor w/ Rance Lazarus + Alisha K

** FRONT BAR // FREE ENTRY // 6:30 - 8:30PM **

Hoodoo Express, an energetic musical cooking pot merging genres from North and South America. Funk’n’Brass from New Orleans, Cumbia from Columbia, Blues from the Mississippi Delta, Samba from Rio de Janeiro and much more. Switching genres and merging them together creates some infectious grooves with a very unique Hoodoo sound. Ash Gaudion (Sax & Vocal), Oscar Poncell (Guitar & Vocal), Nathan Ford (Sousaphone), Mark Grunden (Drums).

**FREE ENTRY** Hoodoo Express (Front Bar)

Nerijus are a unique post-rock trio that focus on bringing emotive, moving energy to the room.

With uncomfortable timing and droning, layered riffs - nerijus provide you with space to explore your feelings within sound.

Supported by Indire, an emerging alternative band who joins whirring trip hop vocals with heavy, grungy rhythms and gazey melodies. Their sound infused with shimmer.

Starting the night off is Ivory - a four piece shoegaze band who've built their sound around heavy, atmospheric guitar riffs - combined with powerful vocals and textured effects.

Nerijus w/ Indire + Ivory

Wise Street, bringing two guitars, meaningful lyrics and tasteful licks that are reminiscent of indie folk and coastal rock, with undertones of gypsy, blues and a whole lot of curls! With special guest Bonnie Jackson & Liam Hynes.

Bonnie is a Victorian singer-songwriter blending contemporary folk, indie pop, and Australian storytelling. Following the release of her debut single, ‘Something We Can’t See’ Bonnie is now working on her debut EP.

Liam blends pretty guitar melodies, personal lyrics and a healthy dose of introspection, writing sad songs with a sense of hope weaved through.

Wise Street w/ Bonnie Jackson + Liam Hynes

**FREE ENTRY // FRONT BAR // 6:30-8:30PM**

The Jude Quintet serves up a bold blend of groove centred music, stirring jazz sensibilities into everything they touch. With heavy basslines, electrifying horns, they keep things cooking on a rolling boil.

DAILY HAPPY HOUR AT BAR OPEN 6:30 - 8:30PM

$5 Pots and $10 pints of Coopers Draught

**FREE ENTRY** The Jude Quintet (Front Bar)

HAPPY HOUR DRINK SPECIALS EVERY DAY AT BAR OPEN

$5 Pots and $10 pints of Coopers Draught

6:30 - 8:30pm

Happy Hour Drink Specials

The Make It Up Club

Avant-Garde Improvised Music and Sound Performance

Every Tuesday night at Bar Open, 317 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy

Doors at 7:30pm for an 8:00pm start.

TICKETS: $15 / $10 (conc.). No Presales.

Make It Up Club

** FREE ENTRY // FRONT BAR // 7:00-9:00PM **

Ben Carr harness' the energy of the Sun (Ra) to create a warm round sound searching for possibilities. Informed by contemporary jazz, and the pioneers of the late 80’s M-Base movement, the compositions resonate the sonic abstract imagery of bonfires during the Solstice, undulating mountain trails, still silent water, and improvisations that encompass our solar system.

**FREE ENTRY** Ben Carr Quartet (Front Bar)

Dolly Lou is an indie pop/ folk project inspired by Joanna Newsom, Kate Bush and Joni Mitchell. Dolly blends personal introspection with strange silly lyrics, fantastical narratives and most recently dis tracks.

Dolly Lou and the Marionettes w/ Leech Jerky + The Fates

Every Friday night from 9pm til round midnight, vinyl will be spun.

The music will be curated by various knowledgeable music nerds such as Jon, DJ Teo and Dr Graeme.

Smoking Vinyl delivers an evening’s selection that can include but will certainly not be limited to music styles such as Afro Jazz, 70’s Funk, Jazz-Rock Fusion and Kraut Rock, as well as pre 80’s Fusion (before Fusak), contemporary Psych Rock, Spiritual Jazz and Swampy Funk. You are very likely to hear the traditional melodies and Afro-Cuban sounds of early West African bands from Guinea, Mali and Senegal. And of course, within this eclectic sonic collage you will recognise tracks by contemporary artists from our local Melbourne music scene.

The musical safari traverses artists such as Fela Kuti, Can, Snarky Puppy, Ibrahim Maalouf, Miles Electric Band, the Miles electric period, Salif Keita, Bembeya Jazz, Super Rail Band, Lafayette Afro Rock Band, Mild Life, Emma Donavan and the Putbacks, Mulatto Estaki with the Black Jesus Experience, Fela Kuti, George Duke, Zappa, Shakti, Bill Laswell remixes, Dumpstafunk, Bootsy Collins, Alice Coltrain, Commets on Fire, Earthless, Hendrix, Ayres Rock, Quasar, Causa Sui, Weather Report, Fred Wesley and the JBs, Jean Luc Ponty, Allan Holdsworth, Fishbone... You get the idea!

Featuring engaging grooves with virtuosic solos, killer horn sections with massive pocket, spiritual soundscapes with languid melodies. No EDM in these sets.

** FRONT BAR // FREE ENTRY // 6:30-8:30PM **

The Four Scoops are a combination of unique working musicians from differing

musical heritages bound by a love of groove and song writing.

Beginning as a melting pot band of musical styles incorporating back beat Jazz and

RnB, the group has evolved to embrace 50’s to 80’s Folk, Rock and Americana.

The groups repertoire is wide and varied; from rock/roots groups like The Band to

country legend Willie Nelson and acts as diverse as The Police, Ry Cooder, Joe Jackson &

Dave Dobbin.

The band are singer & trombonist Ben Gillespie, Craig Fermanis on guitar, Jono

Brown on double bass & vocals & Mitch Thomas on Drums.

The Four Scoops band members have recorded and performed with many prominent

local and international musicians including Gotye, Lauryn Hill, Midnight Oil, Rickie Lee-

Jones, Isaac Hayes, Icehouse, Eric Burdon, Mavis Staples and The Melbourne Symphony

Orchestra.

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