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Singers’ Lounge

Singers’ Lounge

30 June - 2 July 2023, 4 July - 8 July 2023  |  7:30PM  |  Salamanca Arts Centre: Long Gallery

The Singers’ Lounge is the place for after-hours singalongs, open mic performances and general festival buzz.

Our festival hub, the Singers’ Lounge is open to everyone – patrons, performers and participants.  Since we began, the festival transforms Salamanca Arts Centre’s Long Gallery to become the heart and soul of the festival, where friends – old and new – enjoy scheduled and impromptu performances. It’s inclusive, informal and free of judgement – a welcoming space to sing or sit back in our laid-back lounge.

The lounge is hosted by one of the festival’s best friends, Paul Jarman, as well as a few special guest MC’s to keep the night’s entertainment running and lead a singalong – or two!
Doors open at 7.30pm for door sales, and free entry to all festival participants.

Paul Jarman reflects on some memorable MC moments…

The night when a much loved musical family from Tasmania got up in the chalk board session, mum, dad and their gorgeous three daughters. After a few songs, the audience swept away, they performed Bohemian Rhapsody and somewhere in the middle of it, they forgot how it went. After an awkward few seconds, the entire festival club spontaneously erupted in unison, filling in the missing part for them, in four part harmony of course, saving the moment and setting them on to finish in style.” 

Tickets

$15 at the door

DURATION

7:30 pm – late

VENUE: Salamanca Arts Centre: The Long Gallery

Getting to the venue: 

  • The Long Gallery is on Level 2, 77 Salamanca Pl, Battery Point TAS 7004 
  • accessible parking spaces are available outside ‘The Den’ on Salamanca Place. More accessible parks are located on Salamanca Place in a sectioned-off parking lot opposite the restaurant strip. 

Accessibility

Guide Dog/Registered Assistance Animals welcome

Guide Dogs and Service Animal facilities: 

  • Water bowls will be available at this event upon request. 

Wheelchair accessibility

  • The Long Gallery is accessible on level 2 via the lift located in the Salamanca Arts Centre Courtyard. If you wish to access the lift in the evenings, please access from the courtyard entrance via Wooby’s Lane
  • Accessible bathrooms are available on every level of the Salamanca Arts Centre.  

Singers’ Lounge Schedule

Friday 30 June

MC – Paul Jarman

8:00pm – Men in Suits (VIC)

8:20pm – The FoV Four (TAS)

8:30pm – ThylaSing (TAS)

8:50pm – Glee West (VIC)

9:00pm – Pop Choir (VIC)

9:30pm – Hot Goslings (SA)

Saturday 1 July

MC – Paul Jarman

7:40pm – Glee West (VIC)

7:50pm – Sing For Your Life (TAS)

8:00pm – With One Voice Break O’Day (TAS)

8:30pm – Up She Rises (TAS)

8:50pm – Men in Suits (VIC)

9:10pm – Pop Choir (VIC)

Sunday 2 July

MC – Paul Jarman

7:40pm – Up She Rises (TAS)

8:10pm – Harmony in Paradise (QLD)

8:30pm – Men in Suits (VIC)

8:40pm – Hot Goslings (SA)

9:00pm – Sing For Your Life (TAS)

Tuesday 4 July

MC – Heather Buchanan

7:50pm – Sing! Australia (TAS)

8:10pm – Soul Song (QLD)

8:20pm – Voice Weavers Choir (QLD)

8:40pm – Harmony in Paradise (QLD)

9:00pm – Southern Voices (VIC)

Wednesday 5 July

MC – Katie Pryce

8:30pm – Nelson Sound (TAS)

9:20pm – Soul Song (QLD)

9:40pm – Sound Avenue (QLD)

Thursday 6 July

MC – Paul Jarman

7:40pm – Augusta Singers (TAS)

8:00pm – Sisongke (TAS)

8:10pm – Deep South Chorus (TAS)

8:20pm – Festival Statesmen (SA)

8.30pm –  Sydney Gay and Lesbian Choir (NSW)

8:40pm – Acabellas (VIC)

8:50pm – Southern Voices (VIC)

9:00pm – The FoV Four (TAS)

Friday 7 July

MC – Paul Jarman

7:40pm – Uplift (TAS)

7:50pm – Up She Rises (TAS)

8:00pm – Nelson Sound (TAS)

8:20pm – Amped (TAS)

8:30pm – Sing For Your Life (TAS)

8:40pm – Pitches Be Crazy (TAS)

9:10pm – Pitches Be Crazy (NSW)

9:20pm – Acabellas (VIC)

Saturday 8 July

7:40pm – Soul Song (QLD)

8:00pm – Festival Statesmen (SA)

8:20pm – Voice Weavers Choir (QLD)

8:30pm – Sound Avenue (QLD)

8:40pm – Harambee A Cappella (VIC)

9:00pm – Amped (TAS)

9:10pm – The Australian Voices

9:20pm – Pitches Be Crazy (TAS)

9:50pm – Pitches Be Crazy (NSW)

Conditions of sale

Contact us

For assistance please contact us on 03 6224 5975 or at info@festivalofvoices.com.

We also have this helpful form.

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