Darren Hanlon

Christmas shows roll around again like clockwork. The 11th year and counting! It’ll be business as usual in most places. A new venue in Canberra, a show added in Newcastle and Wollongong (Thirroul) apiece. Nadia Reid is coming across from NZ as support for most shows.

See you there!

Sunday 4th December
HOBART, TAS
The Grand Poobah
6pm
w/ Jensen

Saturday 10th December
TERANG, VIC
The Commercial Hotel
8pm
$25
w/ the Grand Magoozi

Sunday 11th December
ADELAIDE, SA
The Jade Monkey
6pm (early show)
$27
w/ the Grand Magoozi

Wednesday 14th December
MELBOURNE, VIC
Northcote Uniting Church Hall
7pm (early show)
$27
w/ Nadia Reid (NZ)
ALL AGES
Tickets on the door

Thursday 15th December
MELBOURNE, VIC
Northcote Social Club
8pm
$27 plus booking fee
w/ Nadia Reid (NZ)
SOLD OUT

Friday 16th December
CANBERRA, ACT
Wesley Uniting Church Hall
7pm (early show)
$27
w/ Nadia Reid (NZ)
ALL AGES!

Saturday 17th December
SYDNEY, NSW
St Stephens Church
7pm (early show)
$27
w/ Nadia Reid (NZ)
ALL AGES!
SOLD OUT

Sunday 18th December
NEWCASTLE, NSW
St John’s Anglican Church Hall
6pm (early show)
$25
w/ Nadia Reid (NZ)
ALL AGES!
SOLD OUT

Tuesday 20th December
THIRROUL, NSW
Thirroul Railway Hall
7pm
$25
w/Nadia Reid (NZ)
ALL AGES
SOLD OUT

Thursday 22nd December
BRISBANE, QLD
The Old Museum
7pm (early show)
$27
w/ Chad Morgan
ALL AGES!
TICKETS

I have a sneaky little show in LA this weekend before I fly home to Australia. It’s at the Hotel Cafe and starting at 7pm on the dot. It’s one of those venues where you only get 45mins before they clear the room for the next band. For me these days that’s about 3 songs. So if you do wanna come along and are bummed by the short set I’m sure we could all go find a parking lot or something nearby and I could continue the show there.

Saturday 29th October
LOS ANGELES, CA
Hotel Cafe
7pm
$14.50
TICKETS

Tonight’s show in Dubbo has been moved from Toongi Hall to the Dubbo Scout Hall. The roads to Toongi are still cut off from all the rain and would be a risky undertaking in the dark. So we’ll now play in the Scout Hall right in the middle of town which is found on the corner of Fitzroy St & Talbragar St. Sadly this means that there’ll be no alcohol served as it’s Hall policy, but we’ll have some light refreshments available.

Early August I’m heading off for a lap of the Australian interior and dragging some friends along for the ride. Every tour I ever do I try and book at least one town where I’ve never played. For this one it’s basically every show! Just planning something like this is an epic task. Trying to convince these little dots on the map that they should let me turn up and sing is a challenge. I got: “the guy who looks after bookings is on holidays, call back in November,” and “we’ve already got a karaoke night on that date and people out here will only go out once a month,” and, “the Birdsville races are on that same weekend (nb 1000 kms away) and we don’t wanna compete,” or simply “we don’t like music.” But I’m happy to say all the shows now confirmed are welcoming us with open arms and much enthusiasm.

I’m doing these shows basically as a duo – my friend Holly Thomas is coming along on drum duties… we met when she was playing in the wedding band in Broken Hill – though The Grand Magoozi are coming along too to open up each night so I’m sure there’ll be some kind of all-in song session at the end of each night.

I’m very excited to be introducing you to Eric Isaacson who’ll project 20 mins of films between acts. I’ve got to know Eric through my frequent visits to Portland OR and my enduring love of his record store and label Mississippi Records. I’m in there bugging him a LOT. A while back Eric was given access to the extensive film archive of legendary field recorder Alan Lomax. People think of Lomax as exclusively a sound recorder but there are countless hours of film and video he documented as well. Eric will project a collage of highlights he edited down out of 400 plus hours of footage, all stuff that’s rare as!

So a lot of the show info we’re still tweaking, and will update the tour page as news comes to hand. The ticket price fluctuates a bit, some shows are free, kids under 10 are free no matter what.

Here’s what I know so far:

Friday 5th August
DARWIN, NT
Darwin Festival
Railway Club
9 – 10pm

Wednesday 10th August
BIRCHIP, VIC
The Shamrock Hotel
7pm
$20 on the door

Thursday 11th August
BROKEN HILL, NSW
The Palace Hotel
$10 – book through front office on (08) 8088 1699

Friday 12th August
ORROROO, SA
Blacksmith’s Chatter
7pm
$18 presale, $20 on the door
Saturday 13th August
PARACHILNA, SA
The Prairie Hotel
7.30pm
Free show!

Tuesday 16th August
ALICE SPRINGS, NT
Watch This Space
5.30pm
$13 presale, $15 on the door
Wednesday 17th August
TENNANT CREEK, NT
Memorial Club
7.30pm
Free show!

Thursday 18th August
DALY WATERS, NT
Daly Waters Pub

Friday 19th August
KATHERINE, NT
Mimi Arts
6pm
BBQ
$23 presale, $25 on the door
TICKETS

Saturday 20th/Sunday 21st August
MATARANKA, NT
Territory Manor
Free all-star jam set!

Monday 22nd August
MINYERRI, NT
Minyerri Arts Centre

Tuesday 23rd August
NGUKKUR, NT
Ngukkur Arts Centre

Wednesday 24th August
BORROLOOLA, NT
Savannah Way Motel

Sunday 28th August
MT ISA, QLD
The Shack
1pm (early show!)

Tuesday 30th August
WINTON, QLD
Royal Theatre
6pm
Tickets on the door
$10 adults, $5 students, kids free

Wednesday 31st August
BARCALDINE, QLD
Commercial Hotel
7pm

Thursday 1st September
CHARLEVILLE, QLD
Evening Star Tourist Park
6pm
Free!

Friday 2nd September
BOURKE, NSW
Gidgee Guesthouse
Festival of a Thousand Stories
$20– book through venue on (02) 6870 1017

Saturday 3rd September
DUBBO, NSW
Toongi Hall
7pm
$13 presale, $15 on the door
TICKETS

Sunday 4th September
HARDEN, NSW
Jacksons Bakery & Cafe
$13 presale, $15 on the door
TICKETS

Tuesday 6th September
SYDNEY, NSW
Newtown Social Club
7pm doors
$25 + booking fee
TICKETS

Steph Huges and I are heading north to play some duo shows. We were asked to do a set at Cully Fest in Cunnamulla so decided to make a tour of it. Got shows in heaps of towns we’ve never been to.

Hope to see you! And if you happen to have friends or family up there please let them know.

Friday 1st April
CUNNAMULLA, QLD
Cully Fest

Monday 4th April
GLENREAGH, NSW
Boo Radley’s Hall
$20 on the door

Tuesday 5th April
LISMORE, NSW
Lady Lismore’s Loft
(this is a private venue on the roof of a building downtown Lismore at 1/89 Magellan St)
Doors 7pm
w/ Anthonie Tonnon$20 on the door

Thursday 7th April
BILOELA, QLD
The Anzac Club
Doors 7.30pm
w/ The Grand Magoozi
TICKETS

Friday 8th April
MARYBOROUGH, QLD
The Federal Hotel
w/ The Grand Magoozi
TICKETS

Saturday 9th April
POMONA, QLD
The Majestic Theatre
w/ The Grand Magoozi
TICKETS

Doing a short set before the legend Michael Hurley next Wednesday eve.  He’s a 76 yr old from Oregon, in Australia for the first time. People have been waiting for this for years. I went to the show he did there on Saturday night and people were weeping and pin-drop silent. If you’ve never heard of him but like gentle folk songs about food and nature then it might be your bag. His guitar playing is so great too.

I’ll be joined by a few friends (Steph Hughes, Suzie Scurry and more) and on at 7.30 sharp.

Wednesday 27th Jan
MELBOURNE, VIC
Northcote Social Club
supporting Michael Hurley
am playing this show with a few different friends
We’re on early: 7.30-8.00
TICKETS

Am honored to join these two gifted NZ songwriters for a lap around their homeland this coming March. Anthonie has suggested an old-time show structure. We’ll start the show off all on stage for a couple of numbers then flip a coin for the running order, then finish off all together with a final singsong to send the locals on their way.

All tickets found HERE.

Thursday 3rd March
OAMARU
The Grainstore Gallery

Friday 4th March
PORT CHALMERS
Chicks Hotel

Saturday 5th March
CHRISTCHURCH
Gustav’s

Sunday 6th March
OKARITO
Donovan’s Store

Tuesday 8th March
BARRY TOWN
The Barrytown Hall

Wednesday 9th March
ONEKAKA
The Mussel Inn

Thursday 10th March
NELSON
Free House

Friday 11th March
AUCKLAND
The Kings Arms

Saturday 12th March
WELLINGTON
Meow