Beats Ballads and Ballrooms

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Location: High Street, Northcote Victoria 3070, Australia

Beats Ballads and Ballrooms
Beats Ballads and Ballrooms
Explore stories of Darebin's live music venues 1955 - 2020. Beats, Ballads and Ballrooms: Darebin Live Music Venues, 1955-2020 highlights the city’s vibrant live music scene via an immersive audio tour.

Take a trip down memory lane with Beats, Ballads and Ballrooms, an audio tour of Darebin’s live music venues from 1955 to 2020.

Walk the streets with us (or be an armchair tourist from the comfort of your home) as we take you to the key locations and reveal the songs and stories behind music venues, past and present.

Produced by Iain McIntyre, Kirstyn Lindsay and Teishan Ahearne for Hyperlocal and the City of Darebin’s FUSE festival.

Introduction

Welcome to the Beats, Ballads and Ballrooms: Darebin Live Music audio tour, presented as part of Hyperlocal and the City of Darebin’s FUSE festival. The tour visits 15 of the city’s music venues, past and present, and can be enjoyed in sections or completed as a whole in a couple of hours.

Featured tracks: Laura MacFarlane – The Narrows and Coded.

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The Merri Creek Tavern

Merri Creek Tavern (111 High St.) with Mick Thomas.

Featured track: Mick Thomas and The Roving Commission- I Heard Sally Singing.

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Open Studio

Open Studio (204 High St.) with Tania Bosak and Sofia Chapman.

Featured track: Vardos - Path of Sapphires.

1 sound

Northcote Theatre/Italia Hall

Northcote Theatre/Italia Hall (216 High St.) with Tony Pantano.

Featured track: Tony Pantano - Tonight.

1 sound

Wesley Anne

The Wesley Anne (250 High St.) with Abigail Belfrage.

Featured track: Paige Black - Oceans Apart.

1 sound

Chalice Northcote Uniting Church

The Chalice Northcote Uniting Church (251 High St.) with Izzy Brown.

Featured track: Combat Wombat - Alternative Energy.

1 sound

Eastmint

Eastmint (25 Eastmint St.) with Genevieve Fry and Esala Liyanage.

Featured track: Cold Hands Warm Heart - Quartz

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Pink Palace

Pink Palace (Cnr. Eastmint St. and Westbourne Grv.) with James and Sarah.

Featured tracks: Drunkard - Confused and Deconsume - Rhetoric.

1 sound

Commercial Hotel/NSC

Commercial Hotel/NSC (301 High St.) with Jimmy Stewart.

Featured track: The T-Bones - High Street Sunset.

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Bar 303

Bar 303 (303 High St.) with Jack Moynihan and Rose Turtle Ertler.

Featured track: Rose Turtle Ertler - Hiccup.

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Greek Democritus League Club

Greek Democritus League Club (583 High St.) with Achilles Yiangoulli.

Featured track: Rebetiki - The Pain Of A Junkie.

1 sound

Croxton Park Hotel

Croxton Park Hotel (607 High St.) with Wilbur Wilde.

Featured track: The Bonefolders - Eternal Weekend.

1 sound

Loophole Community Centre

Loophole Community Centre (670 High St.) with Michelle Reeves.

Featured track: Go Genre Everything - Humans Like Collecting Things That Match.

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Thornbury Theatre

Thornbury Theatre (859 High St.) with Ian Smith and Reg Millson.

Featured track: Charm of Finches - The Bridge.

1 sound

Arcadia Ballroom

Arcadia Ballroom (909 High St.) with Johnny Chester.

Featured track: Johnny Chester (& The Thunderbirds) - Shakin’ All Over.

1 sound

Aborigines Advancement League

Aborigines Advancement League (2 Watt St.) with Tony Lovett.

Featured track: Stray Blacks - Melbourne Blacks.

1 sound

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