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2012 Bride Tasmania Wedding Exhibition

Organise all aspects of your wedding at the Bride Tasmania Wedding Exhibition. This event is a must for anyone who is organising their wedding. You will enjoy meeting over 75 leading wedding specialists from across the state, stunning catwalk parade, as well as the opportunity to win some fantastic prizes. In 2011, we had around 2,000 brides and grooms enjoy this event, and a lucky couple spent their honeymoon on Castaway Island, Fiji, courtesy of The Travel Studio. So make sure you are part of...

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2012 RACT Insurance Tasmanian Youth Portraiture Prize Exhibition

Tasmanian Artists aged 30 years and under are invited to paint a portrait of a living Tasmanian who is important to them. Long Gallery. 7-23 September 2012. Presented by RACT Insurance, Clemenger Tasmania, Geon and Tasmanian Regional Arts. Tasmania's premier youth portraiture award is the result of a highly successful partnership between RACT Insurance, Clemenger Tasmania, Geon and Tasmanian Regional Arts. The objective of the award is to foster the evelopment of young Tasmanian artists and prov...

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2012 Uni Revue

THE OLD NICK COMPANY INC PRESENTS The Old Nick Theatre Company has been presenting live theatre in Tasmania since 1948. Its most infamous show is the annual Uni Revue. Political satire, satirical songs, parody and private parts are just some of the ingredients that keep it a hot ticket item every year. Nothing and no one is safe! With six decades of Uni Revues under the belt, the company is looking forward to the challenges of making world events, the media, Canberra and Tasmania’s politics more...

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40th City to Casino Fun Run and Walk

This year we are celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the City to Casino Fun Run! The first event was held on 22 July 1973 with just 229 entrants. Since then participation has grown to over 3,000. A special event will be held to honour previous winners and those participants from the inaugural event in 1973 - watch this space for details! 11km Run starts on the Brooker Highway opposite Hobart Showground and finishes at Wrest Point. Walkers are not permitted to enter the 11km event. This is a cond...

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A Cappella Lounge

A Cappella Lounge is a monthly event which provides a cappella singers with a relaxed and supportive performance environment, and provides audiences with an eclectic and enjoyable line-up showcasing some fantastic performers from Hobart's a cappella singing community. You might see new soloists and groups performing for the first time, or more experienced performers singing their favourite songs or trying out some new material. Bar open all evening Bar snack menu available before the show (orde...

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AAMI Hobart Cup

The AAMI Hobart Cup has established itself as a premier social event as part of the Tasmanian Summer Racing Carnival Series. Be one of the thousands of people who flock to Elwick annually for the running of the 2009 AAMI Hobart Cup. Book a car spot on the Leger, be wined and dined in one of the corporate marquees or book the best seat in the house in the Committee Room for the Club's Corporate Luncheon. The Hobart Cup has something for everyone and is an event not to be missed. For more informat...

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All Saints Market

Come to this charming market where you will find stalls located throughout the beautiful gardens and in the church hall. There are stalls of all sorts ranging from home baked goodies to hand-made crafts, second hand goods to re-purposed items and more. The Jesse Tree, All Saints parish shop, is also open during the market. BBQ, tea and coffee are available. Sites are available to hire. Free sites are available for charities, not-for profit organisations and schools (conditions apply).

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All Shook Up

Come and see some 1950’s, hip-swivelling, lip-curling musical fun, that will have you jumping out of your blue suede shoes with classics like Heartbreak Hotel and Jailhouse Rock. This is the fifth in a series of popular Year 11 and 12 musical productions presented by Claremont College at the Theatre Royal. Director: Jeff Michel Inspired by and featuring the songs of Elvis Presley. Book by Joe DiPietro. …will have you jumping out of your blue suede shoes…

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Amundsen Centenary Huskies Picnic

In March 1912, Roald Amundsen announced, from Hobart, that he had succesfully reached the South Pole. Join us to celebrate this historic event in Hobart City, Sunday 11 March 2012. 11am - Husky sled dogs muster at Elizabeth Street Pier for a run up Elizabeth Street. 11.30am - Re-enactment of Roald Amundsen's 1912 announcement that he had reached the South Pole, on the steps of the Hobart GPO. Special guests Tim Bowden, with commentary by Ric Paterson. 12 noon - Husky dogs travel to St David's ...

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ANAM Concerto Competition

Kevin Field Conductor About the Program The Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) is to music what the Australian Institute of Sport is to sport – an elite training institution for the exceptionally talented. Hear the best of the best perform concertos and concerto movements at this exciting annual concert. At only $22 per ticket this is top-rate music at a discount price!

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Anzac Day Dawn Service - Hobart

A Dawn Service will be held at the Hobart Cenotaph. ANZAC was the name given to the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps soldiers who landed on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey early on the morning of 25 April 1915 during the First World War (1914-1918). As a result, one day in the year has involved the whole of Australia in solemn ceremonies of remembrance, gratitude and national pride for all our men and women who have fought and died in all wars. That day is ANZAC Day - 25 April. A Dawn Se...

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Aurora Netball League - Karana v Arrows

Karana v Arrows The Aurora League is Tasmania’s premier netball league. There are eight open division teams and eight Under 19 teams which play over a 14 game fixture plus finals. Games take in the south, north and north west. The reigning open champions going into the 2012 league are the Lexus Arrows. The reigning Under 19 champions are the Country Club Cavillers.

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Aurora Netball League - Arrows v Cavaliers

Arrows v Cavaliers The Aurora League is Tasmania’s premier netball league. There are eight open division teams and eight Under 19 teams which play over a 14 game fixture plus finals. Games take in the south, north and north west. The reigning open champions going into the 2012 league are the Lexus Arrows. The reigning Under 19 champions are the Country Club Cavillers.

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Aurora Netball League - Arrows v Cripps

Arrows v Cripps The Aurora League is Tasmania’s premier netball league. There are eight open division teams and eight Under 19 teams which play over a 14 game fixture plus finals. Games take in the south, north and north west. The reigning open champions going into the 2012 league are the Lexus Arrows. The reigning Under 19 champions are the Country Club Cavillers.

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Aurora Netball League - Arrows v Kingston

Arrows v Kingston The Aurora League is Tasmania’s premier netball league. There are eight open division teams and eight Under 19 teams which play over a 14 game fixture plus finals. Games take in the south, north and north west. The reigning open champions going into the 2012 league are the Lexus Arrows. The reigning Under 19 champions are the Country Club Cavillers.

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Aurora Netball League - Cripps v Arrows

Cripps v Arrows The Aurora League is Tasmania’s premier netball league. There are eight open division teams and eight Under 19 teams which play over a 14 game fixture plus finals. Games take in the south, north and north west. The reigning open champions going into the 2012 league are the Lexus Arrows. The reigning Under 19 champions are the Country Club Cavillers.

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Aurora Netball League - Cripps v Burnie

Cripps v Burnie The Aurora League is Tasmania’s premier netball league. There are eight open division teams and eight Under 19 teams which play over a 14 game fixture plus finals. Games take in the south, north and north west. The reigning open champions going into the 2012 league are the Lexus Arrows. The reigning Under 19 champions are the Country Club Cavillers.

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Aurora Netball League - Cripps v Devon

Cripps v Devon The Aurora League is Tasmania’s premier netball league. There are eight open division teams and eight Under 19 teams which play over a 14 game fixture plus finals. Games take in the south, north and north west. The reigning open champions going into the 2012 league are the Lexus Arrows. The reigning Under 19 champions are the Country Club Cavillers.

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Aurora Netball League - Cripps v Karana

Cripps v Karana The Aurora League is Tasmania’s premier netball league. There are eight open division teams and eight Under 19 teams which play over a 14 game fixture plus finals. Games take in the south, north and north west. The reigning open champions going into the 2012 league are the Lexus Arrows. The reigning Under 19 champions are the Country Club Cavillers.

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Aurora Netball League - Cripps v Kingston

Cripps v Kingston The Aurora League is Tasmania’s premier netball league. There are eight open division teams and eight Under 19 teams which play over a 14 game fixture plus finals. Games take in the south, north and north west. The reigning open champions going into the 2012 league are the Lexus Arrows. The reigning Under 19 champions are the Country Club Cavillers.

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Aurora Netball League - Karana v Cavaliers

Karana v Cavaliers The Aurora League is Tasmania’s premier netball league. There are eight open division teams and eight Under 19 teams which play over a 14 game fixture plus finals. Games take in the south, north and north west. The reigning open champions going into the 2012 league are the Lexus Arrows. The reigning Under 19 champions are the Country Club Cavillers.

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Aurora Netball League - Karana v Cripps

Karana v Cripps The Aurora League is Tasmania’s premier netball league. There are eight open division teams and eight Under 19 teams which play over a 14 game fixture plus finals. Games take in the south, north and north west. The reigning open champions going into the 2012 league are the Lexus Arrows. The reigning Under 19 champions are the Country Club Cavillers.

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Aurora Netball League - Karana v Hawks

Karana v Hawks The Aurora League is Tasmania’s premier netball league. There are eight open division teams and eight Under 19 teams which play over a 14 game fixture plus finals. Games take in the south, north and north west. The reigning open champions going into the 2012 league are the Lexus Arrows. The reigning Under 19 champions are the Country Club Cavillers.

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Aurora Netball League - Karana v Kingston

Karana v Kingston The Aurora League is Tasmania’s premier netball league. There are eight open division teams and eight Under 19 teams which play over a 14 game fixture plus finals. Games take in the south, north and north west. The reigning open champions going into the 2012 league are the Lexus Arrows. The reigning Under 19 champions are the Country Club Cavillers.

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Australian Wooden Boat Festival

Join us in Hobart, the home of the Australian Wooden Boat Festival - a spectacular four day celebration of maritime culture and craftsmanship. Over 500 boats and wooden craft of all shapes and sizes will congregate on the city's historic waterfront. This amazing scene of colour and activity provides the perfect setting for an extensive program of dockside entertainment, music, demonstrations, and displays. Opening with the wonderful Parade of Sail on Friday, there is action aplenty on the water...

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Bal d’ Europe

A dance party inspired by the Bal d’Europe/Boombal/Fest Noz dances now very popular in France, Belgium and other European countries. Lively dances like An Dro, Bourrée and the Laverock Gallop from France, Ireland, Scotland, Scandinavia and elsewhere. Inspiring traditional music by Dancers' Delight. All dances taught. No dancing experience or partner required. All ages welcome. So come along for a great evening of dance and music to treat your feet and your ears! Please bring a plate of supper...

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Banff Mountain Film Festival

The Banff Mountain Film Festival is the largest, and one of the most prestigious, mountain festivals in the world. Hot on the heels of the festival held every November in Banff, Canada the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour hits the road with stops planned in over 300 communities in 32 countries. This year’s Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour features a collection of the most inspiring and thought-provoking active, travel, and adventure mountain films. Travelling from remote landscapes...

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Bare Witness

What story lies behind the image? The truth, or the next front page? In the digital era of the 24-hour news cycle, how do photo-journalists square their commitment to the truth with the media’s voracious need for a graphic image? When the threat of death is a daily reality, why do they do it? Landing in Sarajevo and joining a pack of seasoned war journalists, rookie photographer Dannie Hills sets out to capture the perfect image. Each photograph she shoots becomes a kaleidoscope of dreams, memor...

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Between the Tide Lines

An exhibition by Henrietta Norris featuring abstracted glazed and imprinted ceramic sculptures in which the Tasmanian East Coast meets the imprints of human culture. Henrietta is a ceramic artist exploring the intersection between man and nature in organically shaped and imprinted clay sculptures, complemented by flora inspired glazes. Her approach is phenomenological; exploring emotional and perceptual experience through the enduring media of fired clay.

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Blooming Tasmania

Blooming Tasmania is a collection of floral shows, festivals and garden open days held throughout Tasmania between September and May. Blooming Tasmania is a celebration of the State's Tasmanian gardens and diverse horticultural and botanical delights in one of the world's most growable climates. It is an invitation to you to share in these simple pleasures. It is a joy to watch not only the gardens distinct seasonal characteristics as they move through their annual cycle, but also the effects of...

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Boy Girl Wall - Hobart

A PRODUCTION BY THE ESCAPISTS IN ASSOCIATION WITH CRITICAL STAGES This is not a love story. This is a story about love. This is the story of Thom and Alethea. Two neighbours in an apartment block, trying desperately to keep their lives from falling apart. But the wall that stands between them has decided they belong together. Following sell-out seasons across Australia, this hilarious smash-hit production by The Escapists is a stunning celebration of theatricality, imagination and the joy of pla...

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C20: 100 years of Australian art from the TMAG collection

C20 features some of the finest works from TMAG’s Art and Decorative Arts Collections, in an exhibition that celebrates Australian art and design from the twentieth century. The exhibition represents a chronological journey through some of the most significant art movements of the twentieth century. Gallery 1 features works spanning Australian Impressionism and the Arts and Crafts movement, popular in Australia during the early 1900s, through to early Modernism including a small group of Tasmani...

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Cabaret

Cabaret is the multi award-winning musical set in 1930s Berlin during the Nazi's rise to power. The story revolves around two different relationships that are threatened by the political turmoil of the times, set against the provocative commentary and entertainment presented at the Kit-Kat Klub. English cabaret performer Sally Bowles and young American writer Cliff Bradshaw are drawn to each other as they endeavour to escape the rigid social structures of their own countries as they indulge in t...

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Carmen - Hobart

MELBOURNE OPERA PRESENTS The smoldering gypsy seductress, Carmen, leaves men panting for more. Foresworn to ‘freedom’, she can be embraced, but never possessed. Her fate lies inextricably in the cards. See how a casual, flirtatious dalliance when mixed with jealousy and obsession becomes a seriously deadly game of chance. An unforgettable tragedy of shocking and risque morality, set to a fiery, colourful score infused with the pulsing sensuality of gypsy and Spanish influenced melodies. Over 90 ...

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CAT Underground Mining Tour of Tasmania

Hobart will host the start of the 2011 Caterpillar Underground Mining Tour of Tasmania with a fiercely-tough innovative 18km teams time trial up Mt. Wellington. Teams of up to eight riders each will take off at two-minute intervals in a race against the clock from the Cascade Brewery in Strickland Avenue and climb 1271 metres before finishing at The Pinnacle lookout. Earlier, the anticipated 130-strong field will kick-off the six-day tour in colorful style with a 5km parade, under police control...

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Chasing the Lollyman

Chasing the Lollyman is a one-man show devised and performed by one of Queensland’s most dynamic and funny Indigenous performers, Mark Sheppard. It is a joyous sharing of stories, a celebration of urban Indigenous identity and takes a satirical look at the media and popular culture. Playing a variety of characters, weaving stand up with storytelling and clown, Mark pokes fun at everything from Neighbours (what would it be like if a Murri family moved into Ramsey Street?) to politics.

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Circa

CIRCA is a thoroughly new kind of circus: daring, breathtaking, and cheeky. This extraordinary troupe has left the high top and drum roll behind and stripped circus bare – and its bold new vision is taking the world by storm. Rapturously acclaimed around the globe, from London to Berlin, Mandurah to Moranbah, this is movement at its most adventurous, but with a cabaret twist and a larrikin’s flair. Combining high energy sound and innovative projections, seven of the world’s best perform jawdropp...

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Cliff Joins the Beatles - Hobart

The music and the magic that defined a generation. A tribute to the greatest band the world has ever known and the most timeless artist of the rock n’ roll era as they come together to create a music fantasy that is more fact than fiction. Over two hours of unforgettable hits that shaped an era and left all who lived it on a high. If you remember the 60’s you weren’t there but when you join Australian music legend Marty Rhone and the remarkable Beatle Boys you will experience an evening you will...

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Come to Tasmania the Wonderland

Come to Tasmania the Wonderland is an exhibition designed to showcase the rich collection of twentieth century travel posters held by the Tasmanian Archive and Heritage Office. It features posters designed by renowned artists including Max Angus, Harry Kelly, James Northfield and John Eldershaw. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries poster art was a ubiquitous publicity medium throughout the world. Tasmania was no exception: during the first half of the 20th century posters were used extens...

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Crapunzel

BAWDY PANTO’S PRESENTS THEIR 10TH ANNIVERSARY PRODUCTION For the past nine years the Bawdy Panto team has presented a pre-Christmas giggle that discerning theatre-goers now have firmly established in their diaries. Crapunzel is the 10th anniversary offering from this outrageous crew. Loosely based on the German fairy tale with a similar name, Crapunzel promises to be laugh-a-minute dialogue delivered by Tasmania's who's who in the media and theatre complemented by beautiful dancers and silly son...

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Daniel O`Donnell with special guest Mary Duff

Ireland’s most popular 'easy listening' entertainer returns to Australia in March 2012. Daniel has enjoyed tour and chart success in Australia and New Zealand for a number of years and earned himself a loyal following that stretches across both countries. He may be a superstar, but Daniel remains as excited and enthusiastic about his work and his fans as when he first launched his career. Daniel has never forgotten that it was the public who gave him his success in the first place, especially ...

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Dickens` Women

ANDREW MCKINNON, IN ASSOCIATION WITH RICHARD JORDAN PRODUCTIONS LTD, PETER WILSON PRODUCTIONS, AND THE THEATRE ROYAL PRESENTS Following sellout performances in 2007, BAFTA-award-winning actress Miriam Margolyes returns to Australia for an encore national tour of her one-woman tour-de-force, Dickens’ Women. Bringing to life 23 of Charles Dickens’ most affecting and colourful female (and male!) characters, Margolyes presents her powerful, comprehensive, and at times hilarious expose of Dickens, hi...

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Dollhouse and Miniature Extravaganza

Exhibition and sale of miniatures, dollshouses and components with Tasmanian and mainland artists and traders. The main feature of the exhibition will be the Miniature Enthusiasts of Tasmania's miniature department store: Lilliput. The store has 20 departments constructed and assembled by MET members throughout the state. Our art gallery will feature 20 different scenes depicting a variety of occupations, all in 1/12th scale.

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Eva - Tales from the Life of Eva Cassidy

Eva Cassidy was known as The Songbird and her music topped the charts on three continents but only after her premature death from melanoma at age 33. Eva left a legacy of extraordinary arrangements of ballads, sung with her hauntingly beautiful voice, described in the Washington Post as “…so pure, so strong and so passionate.” When the BBC played Somewhere Over The Rainbow four years after her death, Eva Cassidy’s records shot to the top of the charts and they are still selling to this day. One ...

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Experimenta Utopia Now

Experimenta Utopia Now showcases top national and international artists looking at one of our must human desires or flaws: the search for a perfect world. It will be hands-on, interactive and innovative with lots of moving image artwork. Of course, it will be Monanised: you will follow a ‘utopian trail’ through subterranean galleries and the MONA collection. Artists from Canada, the United Kingdom, China, Germany, France, Austria and Australia hope to challenge you to take the fate of the worl...

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Festival of Voices

Festival of Voices brings captivating song to Hobart in the heart of winter. The Festival of Voices offers a diverse range of concerts featuring the best in international and national talent as well as performances by our many touring and workshop choirs. FoV concerts are unique offering exciting opportunities to be up close and personal with amazing solo and ensemble performances. Join us as we celebrate the power of the voice and community spirit. The Festival Bonfire and Big Sing has become a...

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Finucane and Smith`s Caravan Burlesque

The globally acclaimed salon of seductive, subversive, and electrifying acts is here at the Theatre Royal for the first time! From multi-award winning Finucane and Smith, creators of global smash hit The Burlesque Hour, comes a travelling emporium that fuses Parisian nightclub with jaw-dropping cabaret and seductive spectacle, tipping a velvet wink to Australia’s wild past of touring vaudeville and variety. Step into this sumptuous salon and be swept away by intoxicating Ethiopian dance and razo...

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Forever Rod

For over fifteen years, Dave Battah has thrilled audiences from Las Vegas to London ,the Middle East and even the North Pole with his stunning recreation of the unmistakable gritty vocals and energetic stage persona of music legend, Rod Stewart. In his spectacular two hour show, he effortlessly glides through all of Rod’s big hits, from rowdy tunes such as Hot Legs and Do Ya’ Think I’m Sexy, to romantic ballads such as Have I Told You Lately, to trademark ballads such as Sailing and Maggie May a...

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Gerry and the Pacemakers - Hobart

Gerry for the first time in Australia in association with The Harbour Agency will be bringing his ‘BACK TO THE CAVERN’ show which features the support of a Beatles tribute show performing hits from the early days of 1962-1966, followed by Gerry and The Pacemakers performing hits and songs from the era intermingled with personal stories and anecdotes from the early days in Liverpool. This is a concert event that seldom occurs where the worlds of the ‘Real Thing’ and ‘Tribute’ join to make a fun u...

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Hall of Fame Legends THE PLATTERS featuring MONROE POWELL

For the past 50 years the Legendary Monroe Powell has been a recording and touring lead vocalist with internationally acclaimed groups. Firstly with The Dominoes, but by far is most recognised as lead vocalist of The Platters. The Platters garnered 16 Gold Records and attained international fame and immortality through the romantic ballads that continue to be played and loved all over the world today. Today The Platters continue to perform the world over bringing back memories of romance and sim...

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