Music of Canberra

Canberra is the federal capital of Australia and is in the Australian Capital Territory. The city is home to a number of important musical venues and institutions, including the Llewellyn Hall performance venue, part of the Australian National University School of Music. The local music scene includes many bars and nightclubs for local performers, mostly clustered in Dickson, Kingston and the City Centre. Canberra is also home to a number of music festivals, including Stonefest, the Canberra International Music Festival, Canberra Country Blues & Roots Festival and the National Folk Festival.

Popular music

Jack Lumsdaine wrote and recorded the songs Canberra’s Calling to You and Queanbeyan in 1938, the sesquicentenary of European settlement.[1]

Promoters and record labels in Canberra include Capital City, Dream Damage, Hardrush Music, Hellosquare Recordings, KP Records (Distributed internationally by WIDEawake Entertainment),Bad Sounds, Canberra Musicians Club, Canberra Music Workshop, Metaphysical Productions (Hip Hop), and Birds Love Fighting Records. Venues for popular music in Canberra include:

Art music

Canberra hosts the Canberra Symphony Orchestra, which regularly performs at Llewellyn Hall at the ANU School of Music. Llewellyn Hall also features subscription series from touring groups such as the Australian Chamber Orchestra and Musica Viva Australia.

The Royal Military College Band is based at Duntroon. Other groups that present classical and jazz concerts in Canberra include the ANU School of Music, Art Song Canberra, Brew Guitar Duo,[2] Canberra International Music Festival, The Canberra Jazz Club, The Gods Cafe, The Griffyn Ensemble, Guitar Trek,[3] Salut Baroque!, Seven Harp Ensemble, Stopera, and Wesley Music Centre.

Canberra is also home to a number of community and youth ensembles and organisations including the Canberra Choral Society, Canberra Chamber Orchestra, Canberra Youth Music,[4] Musica da Camera, Music For Everyone, and the National Capital Orchestra.[5]

Musical groups

Some of Canberra's local artists include:

Catchy Song Club

Catchy Song Club (CSC) was established in 2013 by Fuzzsucker and The Blade Winner, in order to incorporate their vast outputs. Included amongst their projects was The Sinbirds, a pastiche outfit paying homage to early rock 'n' roll, particularly the pioneering Fitzroy 1950s band Johnny Paul Blood & The Sacrificers. Both Fuzzsucker and The Blade Winner have maintained Johnny Paul Blood to be their grandfather, having found old unreleased recordings in their grandmother's basement.

Catchy Song Club maintain a presence in the Canberra music scene, with The Blade Winner releasing material monthly, making radio appearances and performing frequently, while Fuzzsucker, now based in Melbourne, continues to release and develop new material.

Groups included in the CSC:

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