DOORS 6:30PM // KITCHEN OPEN // SHOW STARTS 8PM

Following their appearances at the Meredith Music Festival and  the Share the Spirit Festival (at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl as part of Survival Day), legend No Fixed Address  will grace the stage of the Brunswick Ballroom on Saturday 27th January. Joining the iconic group are 90s Koorie band Blackfire and Mulgabore Hard Rock Band.

NO FIXED ADDRESS

No Fixed Address were established in 1979 at the Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music. In 1980 the band co-starred in the road movie titled ‘Wrong Side of the Road’ which won the Jury Prize in 1981 for best picture at the AFI awards.

The band toured throughout Australia and went on to tour internationally during the mid to late 1980s performing at festivals and mainstream venues throughout the United Kingdom and Europe.

No Fixed Address performed as support to Australian acts Cold Chisel, Midnight Oil, Men at Work, INXS and Goanna Band etc, as well as with international acts The Clash, Taj Mahal, Ian Drury and reggae great Peter Tosh.

Raw and unbending No Fixed Address challenged the status quo of commercialism in Australia and around the world by writing and performing original songs about the plight of Aboriginal people.

No Fixed Address were inducted into the National Indigenous Music Associations ‘Hall of Fame’ in 2011. In 2016 the original members were inducted into the Adelaide Music Collectives, South Australian Music ‘Hall of Fame’.

Adelaide City Council hornoured No Fixed Address by naming a lane after them and a mural of the band members was painted on the wall of laneway in 2021.

Co-founding members and songwriters Bart Willoughby drums/vocals, Ricky Harrison Rhythm guitar/vocals, will be joined on stage by Selwyn Burns on lead guitar and Tjimba Possum Burns on bass guitar and harmonies.

The Sunset tour which began to launch and promote their book No Fixed Address, regarding their journey in the music industry, was written by friend and ex-manager Donald Robertson.

MULGA BORE HARD ROCK 

With a sound that owes as much to early AC/DC and fellow Alberts rockers like the Ted Mulry Gang, the early Angels and early Rose Tattoo as it does to the early rifferama and glam theatrics of their heroes Gene, Paul, Ace and Peter, MULGA BORE HARD ROCK comprise six family members from the remote central Australia desert community of Akaye (Mulga Bore), located 2 hours northeast of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory.
It was front man Alvin Manfong, the (now) 19-year-old singer, songwriter and lead guitarist, who first came across KISS on YouTube when he was learning to play guitar. He instantly fell in love with the music, the clothes the make-up and the whole vibe. When he got his cousins and brothers to form a band, their style emerged through jam sessions and covering classics by KISS, Status Quo and Guns N’ Roses, along with playing their own originals, which are sung in English and their Anmatyerre language.
Representing their tiny community school of around 15 students from bubs to seniors, MBHR started to gain attention when they were crowned Battle of the Bands champs at the 2022 Battle of the Bands NT competition.
Not long after MBHR found themselves opening for none other than KISS on their End of the Road farewell tour stop at Gold Coast Cbus Super Stadium. The opportunity emerged through a series of serendipitous social media direct messages, by their manager, filmmaker Rebecca McLean, to KISS and industry contacts pitching MBHR to open for their heroes. The appearance resulted in national television, radio and press coverage via the likes of Channel 9's Today Show and ABC TV and Radio.
The band are working hard to bring their anthemic songs and glam rock flair to even more music fans and have so far released a couple of singles: ‘Big Train’, inspired by the powerful freight train that speeds through their town on its journey from Adelaide to Alice Springs to Darwin, and the self-explanatory anthem "Let Me Rock'n'roll".

Brunswick Ballroom acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land that this event is to be held on, the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and Bunurong peoples of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respect to their Elders, past, present and emerging.

TICKETING INFO 

Please have a digital or printed copy of your ticket ready on arrival along with a valid photo ID. Acceptable ID includes a current and valid Australian Photo Drivers Licence, State Approved ‘Proof of Age’ card or Passport.

The Brunswick Ballroom strives to improve our practices when it comes to sustainability and to reduce our carbon footprint. We don’t sell or provide plastic water bottles.

VENUE INFO 

THE BALLROOM MENU
The kitchen will be serving The Ballroom Menu for this show.
You can view the delicious offerings available by clicking here.

ACCESSIBILITY
The Brunswick Ballroom is Accessible.
The Brunswick Ballroom has made significant improvements to accessibility by installing an Acorn Chairlift. (Model: New Acorn Indoor 180 Curved Stairlift.)

VENUE FAQS
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