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SA musicians are doing their bit to help people affected by the Adelaide bushfires, with several gigs this weekend and next pledging to donate money to the emergency relief fund.
Other events to check out this weekend include the Glamorous ’50s Up Late event at the Art Gallery of SA, open-air movies in Botanic Park, Michael Jackson tribute show Thriller Live and the River Deck Live Music Sessions at the Adelaide Festival Centre.
The Gov’s Bushfire Benefit
Adelaide singer Eric Bogle (pictured below) will lead a line-up of musicians in a bushfire benefit concert at The Gov on Saturday night. Among those joining Bogle, best-known for his song “And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda”, will be country-rock outfit The Texettes, the Adelaide Ukulele Appreciation Society, jazz singer Jennifer de Grassi and folk singer Anthony d’Antonio. Doors open at 7.30pm and all proceeds from ticket and CD sales will help victims of the Adelaide Hills bushfires.
Julia Henning at The Promethean
Profits from indie-pop singer Julia Henning’s gig tonight (Friday) at The Promethean will also be donated to the SA bushfire appeal. The all-ages show kicks off a tour by Henning celebrating the release of her new singer “Drifter”, which she describes as “a piece of advice for anyone post-break-up”. The singer, who released crowd-funded-album Fledgling last year, was recently voted “Favourite Artist” in the Fowlers Live Awards.
Trinity Sessions
Organisers of next Friday’s Trinity Sessions concert featuring Kaurna Cronin and Myles Mayo and their bands have announced that they will also be donating all profits to the SA Bushfire Emergency Relief Fund, although the event is not a fundraiser show. The Trinity Sessions are held in the beautiful church at 318 Goodwood Road, Clarence Street, and tickets for this gig are still available.
Fashion Icons Up Late
Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany’s
The Glamorous ’50s is the theme of the Art Gallery of South Australia’s after-dark soiree tonight (Friday). To coincide with its spring-summer exhibition of Parisian fashion, Fashion Icons, the gallery is hosting after-hours events every Friday this month, with live music, entertainment, tours, food and wine. Tonight, it will also be screening ’50s film Breakfast at Tiffany’s on the lawns. Other Up Late themes are Living in the 70s (January 16), Fashion in the ’80s – from Punk to Power Dressing (January 23) and ’90s to Now (January 30). Fashion Icons comprises some 90 haute couture garments from the collection of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs and will run until February 15, 2015.
Moonlight Cinema
The latest instalment in sci-fi franchise The Hunger Games – Mockingjay Part 1 – is screening at Adelaide’s Moonlight Cinema in Botanic Park tonight (Friday). You can read a review of the film here. There’s also an advance screening of new Michael Keaton movie Birdman (which is rated M15+) on Saturday and Exodus – Gods and Kings on Sunday. Entry to the cinema is via Plane Tree Drive; gates open at 7pm and screenings start at sundown.
More summer outdoor movies
Wallis Cinemas at Mt Barker is hosting summer open-air screenings on the lawns of Auchendarroch House, with family flick Paddington showing tonight (Friday) and the comedy Dumb and Dumber To on Saturday night. Films begin at 9pm.
In Modbury, the City of Tea Tree Gully is showing free family films on Fridays in Civic Park, opposite Westfield Tea Tree Plaza. There’s no screening tonight, but next Friday (January 16) you can see animated film Frozen at 8.30pm; there will also be a kids’ market from 5pm.
The River Deck Live Music Sessions
Adelaide Festival Centre is hosting a series of live performances by South Australian singer-songwriters throughout January at its new riverside bar The River Deck, overlooking the Torrens and Adelaide Oval. Folk singer Kaurna Cronin – recent winner of the 2014 Emily Burrows Award – will kick off tonight’s entertainment from 6.30pm, with Bottlerocket DJs from 9pm. On Saturday night, you can hear Mike Bevan and James Muller, followed by DJs Hevski and Jules.
Thriller Live
This weekend is your last chance to see this two-hour celebration to the music and moves of Michael Jackson. The show, created by a British fan of the pop star, features songs from throughout Jackson’s 45-year career, going right back to his early years with The Jackson Five. It includes a cast of 20 singers and dancers, and fans can expect to hear hits such as “Thriller”, “Bad”, “Beat It” and “Billie Jean”. Thriller Live is playing at the Festival Theatre, Adelaide Festival Centre, until Sunday.
The 1975
Having only just toured across Australia with Splendour in the Grass, chart-topping British rock band The 1975 have now returned for several more shows – including this Saturday night at Adelaide’s Thebarton Theatre. The group’s debut album is described as “a love letter to youth, played out in bold and brash technicolor”. Doors open at the Thebby at 7.30pm.
Iridescence – SA Museum
This exhibition at the South Australian Museum features beetles, bubbles, shells, fossils and myriad other items that illustrate the beauty of iridescence, “where colour is seen despite the absence of pigment”. Exhibits have all been drawn from the museum’s own collection, and will be on display until March 15, 2015. “Iridescence is unique as it spans objects and specimens from across the museum’s collections and beyond,” says museum director Brian Oldman. “It is a phenomenon that few of us ever stop to consider, yet we have always marvelled at its beauty.”
Our Mob
The Adelaide Festival Centre’s annual exhibition of Indigenous art features more than 140 artworks by 114 different artists from throughout South Australia ranging in age from just seven to over 80. Our Mob is showing in the centre’s Artspace Gallery until January 25.
On screen
See InDaily’s reviews of the latest films screening in Adelaide:
Birdman
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Disney’s Big Hero 6
The Water Diviner
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