Sunday 27th July, 2:30pm – Bridgewater Arts Centre, 407 Mount Barker Road, Bridgewater SA 5155 Graham & Steve are good friends and have shared the stage on a number of occasions. They will be both soloing and collaborating. This gig was postponed from 2024. Graham Brown is a guitarist and artist who brings forty years of experience to masterful interpretations of the musical storytelling genres – blues, folk, rock. Starting as a singer-songwriter in his early adulthood, Graham has studied and taught classical and jazz guitar, mandolin and banjo and he imbues his music with skillful nuance, moving depth and deep respect for the craft and poetry of acoustic music narratives. The result is performances that are a powerful celebration of the expressive form of voice and guitar… assured, mature, joyful and alive. Steve Ashley is a self taught Fleurieu based singer-songwriter hailing originally from Liverpool UK. His music traversesRead more…Graham Brown and Steve Ashley
Kelly Menhennet
Sat 10th May, 7:30pm – Bridgewater Arts Centre – 407 Mount Barker Road, Bridgewater SA Kelly Menhennett’s distinctive voice quiets the most crowded of bars, honky tonks and street corners in music-loving destinations all around the world. Armed with a shy charm and wry wit, she is a consummate storyteller. Kelly and her band’s combined magnetism, their spellbinding mix of alt-country, blues, and ballads will leave every audience craving more. This Americana inspired singer songwriter has won the national Telstra Road To Discovery award for her songwriting, independently released 2 full length albums and performed at iconic national and international festivals both solo and with her band. In 2015, Kelly was the recipient of the inaugural “Ryan Freeman Live Music Award” at the SA Music awards and won the 2015 ARBA Best Roots album with her latest release, Small Dreams. In late 2016 Kelly was invited to travel to theRead more…Kelly Menhennet
Graham Brown and Steve Ashley
Sunday 27th July, 2:30pm – Bridgewater Arts Centre, 407 Mount Barker Road, Bridgewater SA 5155 Graham & Steve are good friends and have shared the stage on a number of occasions. They will be both soloing and collaborating. This gig was postponed from 2024. Graham Brown is a guitarist and artist who brings forty years of experience to masterful interpretations of the musical storytelling genres – blues, folk, rock. Starting as a singer-songwriter in his early adulthood, Graham has studied and taught classical and jazz guitar, mandolin and banjo and he imbues his music with skillful nuance, moving depth and deep respect for the craft and poetry of acoustic music narratives. The result is performances that are a powerful celebration of the expressive form of voice and guitar… assured, mature, joyful and alive. Steve Ashley is a self taught Fleurieu based singer-songwriter hailing originally from Liverpool UK. His music traversesRead more…Graham Brown and Steve Ashley
Rachel Collis in concert – Sat May 13th, 2023
Sat May 13th 7:30pm at Bridgewater Arts Centre, 407 Mount Barker Road, Bridgewater SA 5155 Singer/songwriter/pianist, Rachel is a huge talent from Sydney with plenty of top reviews. So many excellent songs. Put her name and date in your diary. Sydney songstress Rachel Collis has been described by reviewers as no less than “prodigy”, “sheer genius” (Australian Stage) and “a welcome jolt back to the time of Joni Mitchell and Carole King” (The Orange Press). Rachel is good old-fashioned songwriting, combined with whirlwind virtuosic piano and Celtic–like vocals. Rachel has released 4 studio albums with ARIA and Emmy-award winning producer Sean Carey, which have grown Rachel a dedicated fanbase in Australia, the UK, the US and Canada. Her songs explore the beauty and spirituality of everyday life. Beautifully-crafted and emotionally honest, each song is an invitation to find connectedness and belonging in the simplest of moments. Rachel has performed toRead more…Rachel Collis in concert – Sat May 13th, 2023
Melody Pool at Bridgewater Arts Centre in September
Melody Pool is a criminally under-appreciated artist. – Herald … Read more…Melody Pool at Bridgewater Arts Centre in September
Helen Wiltshire Exhibition
A celebration of poetry and paintings by Helen Wiltshire Public Gallery open times Sat 6th November 11am – 4pmSun 7th November 1 – 4pm Sat 13th November 10am – 4pmSunday 14th November 1 – 4pm Over the first two weekends in November we have an exhibition of water colours and poetry by artist, songwriter and poet, Helen Wiltshire. We will launch her book, “The Gift of This Moment” – a collection of her poetry and art penned over several years and curated in a beautiful book. Helen’s book will be available for sale along with one of her songbooks, the proceeds of which will go to Medecins sans Frontieres. Helen Wiltshire is a respected hymnwriter who has provided new songs at Pilgrim UCA in Adelaide for many years. Many of these can be found in the collection, ‘Here’s a New Day’. One of her songs has been included in aRead more…Helen Wiltshire Exhibition