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The Vanguard

THE VANGUARD

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Sydney's hottest live music venue
42 King St
Newtown
Phone 02 9209 4614 Fax 02 9516 2769
www.thevanguard.com.au

The Vanguard is an intimate, purpose built live music venue and restaurant that plays host to the greats of Australian and international music. With a 1920's feel to the interior, the Vanguard?s friendly and unpretentious luxury has an ambience unlike any other.

Our aim is to provide patrons with an elegant and stylish restaurant, which provides live entertainment, highlighting some of Newtown and Sydney's most talented musicians.

Patrons feel like they have stepped back in time. The talented musicians of Sydney have the opportunity to entertain patrons in the best possible surroundings. A venue such as this will provides the people of Newtown with a special place to eat and drink. The menu includes an eclectic mix of Italian, Australian Soul Food.

WHAT'S ON

CHRIS WILSON
Thu 9 Sep @ 8:30pm
supported by The Widowbirds
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JAMES REYNE
Fri 10th Sep, 6.30 pm
James Reyne is one of Australia's most loved singer songwriters. James led the seminal Australian Crawl to the top of the Australian music scene.
With his prolific songwriting and unique vocal style, James Reyne continued to chart the musical path he initiated in the last stages of his former band's career, achieving further success with his solo career, releasing 9 solo albums to date.
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THE RESURECTION OF THOMAS F. WILSON
Sat 11 Sep @ 8pm
Two years ago, Sydney was hit with a show that went by the name, The Trial and Execution of Thomas F. Wilson.
It told the wicked life and death of a depraved man. Well the story is not over.
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TUBULAR BELLS FOR TWO
Sun 12 Sep @ 8pm
Seasoned multi-instrumentalists Aidan Roberts (The Maple Trail, Belles Will Ring) and Daniel Holdsworth (The Saturns, The Maple Trail) join the Sydney Fringe to perform their remarkable two-man version of Mike Oldfield's classic 1973 instrumental masterpiece, Tubular Bells.
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LITTLE EGYPT'S BURLESQUE Grand Rhythm and Blues Show
Tue 14 Sep @ 8pm
Long before MTV, gals with names like Big Mama sold grooves to make you move, and stories to get you hot and flustered, just like Little Egypt and her prodigious, booty-moving, mouth-watering rhythm and blues band.
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HAYWARD WILLIAMS
Wed 15 Sep @ 8pm
From Wisconsin USA comes alt-country, Americana singer-songwriter Hayward Williams.
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FUJI COLLECTIVE
Fri 17 Sep @ 8pm
Fuji Collective music is highly imaginative, often unpredictable, and showcases the energy of all six band members thanks to the group's commitment to collective composition.
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BIENVENUE TO THE CABARET The Sydney French Choir + The French Revue Trio
Sat 18 Sep @ 7pm
Join us for a mesmerising musical journey through the cabarets and theatres of the Gai Paris.
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MICHAEL GRIFFIN QUINTET with SALLY CAMERON
Sun 19 Sep @ 7pm
Come and see the Michael Griffin Quintet with special guest singer Sally Cameron from The Idea Of North, a group that has won international recognition and taken home awards such as the USA's 'Harmony Sweepstakes' and Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards (USA) for Best Jazz Album & Best Jazz Song, top 10 albums on the Australian jazz and iTunes charts, as well as mesmerised fans across Australia and the globe.
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GHOSTBOY WITH GOLDEN VIRTUES present Swallow & Exit
Mon 20 Sep @ 7pm
For the first time in Sydney - Green Room Award* nominated avant-garde art rock brutes Ghostboy with Golden Virtues - present their critically acclaimed two part punk kabaret feast 'Swallow & Exit'.
Featuring original songs about sex, death and the doors in-between including tracks from their debut album 'Enter' plus interpretations of Jacques Brel, Iggy Pop, &... Katy Perry!
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THE MCMENAMINS
Wed 22 Sep @ 7pm
After two independent releases, supports for big name artists, critical acclaim, major festival dates, much radio play both here and overseas, The McMenamins are now presenting their 3rd studio album, out thru MGM distribution in early September.
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MIC CONWAY'S NATIONAL JUNK BAND
Thu 23 Sep @ 7pm
Following riotous shows at the Adelaide Cabaret Festival and Mic's show-stopping moments on the Melbourne Cabaret stage, the Junk Band are back in town and rearing to go. Witness illusion, fire, vaudevillian feats, magic, gob-smacking mayhem... and some very funny songs.
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COLLARD GREENS AND GRAVY
Fri 24 Sep @ 7pm
Acclaimed for their gritty, driving, down home-home sound, Collard Greens and Gravy play a mostly original repertoire of foot stomping country blues that would sound right at home in a Mississippi Juke Joint. Ian Collard (Vocals, Harmonica and Guitar), James Bridges (Guitar and Fiddle), Anthony Shortte (Drums) have been together since 1995.
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THE BLUES PREACHERS
Sat 25 Sep @ 7pm
The Blues Preachers will take you to another place and time, somewhere between 1920 and 1940. Their music paints a landscape of pre-war struggle and determination with sounds reminiscent of the Deep South. The Blues Preachers perform a fusion of good old blues, rags, gospel and hillbilly folk. The powerful simplicity of driving finger-style and slide-guitar combined with the sounds of tasteful harmonica and old-school vocal harmonies create a traditional and untarnished sound that will have you on the edge of your seats.
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ANIKIKO
Thu 30th Aug, 6.30 pm
Supported by Alex Gibson and Yunhu

Aussie-Czech vocalist AniKiko is one to watch. Compared to Beth Gibbons, of Portishead, AniKiko is making a name for herself as the next big thing on Australia's alternate music scene.

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SCOTT SPARK
Thu 7th Oct, 6.30 pm
Scott Spark sings about shift-work, awkwardness, strategies for outsmarting death, love and life's variety of fuck-ups, while plinking the keys of anything that has them.

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DIESEL 7 Axes To Grind
Fri 15th & Sat 16th Oct @ 6.30pm
Armed with the most eclectic collection of instruments, diesel hits the road for 7 AXES TO GRIND national tour.

Over the years this multi ARIA award winner has endeavoured to explore many a string instrument and it's through these explorations that the inspiration for many of diesel's works has emerged.

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BABY ET LULU
Fri 5 Nov @ 8pm
Paris 1920, Lulu sips on her claret in a smoky bar... A starlet named Baby takes the stage... Chansons d'amours float effortlessly from her lips and Lulu is awakened and transported. Baby and Lulu get chatting, Baby and Lulu start humming. Before long they are singing in thirds about the impertinence of love, the audaciousness of romance and the quixotisms of life.
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DREAM BROTHER MUSIC OF JEFF & TIM BUCKLEY
Friday 19th November 2010
Access All Era's Presents... DREAM BROTHER, a tribute to the lives and music of Jeff and Tim Buckley.

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DREAM BROTHER MUSIC OF JEFF & TIM BUCKLEY
Fri 19th Nov @ 6.30pm
Access All Era's Presents... DREAM BROTHER, a tribute to the lives and music of Jeff and Tim Buckley.

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