GEELONG MUSIC HISTORY BUS TOUR

Explore the sites of Geelong’s rock ‘n’ roll history.

SAT 23RD APR ft. MICK THOMAS

Tour 1: 1pm-2.30pm

Tour 2: 3pm-4.30pm

Tickets available at

www.barwonclub.com.au

From the team behind the Melbourne Music Bus Tour which has been operating from the Arts Centre Melbourne and the Australian Music Vault, we invite you to jump on board a special regional edition Geelong Music Bus Tour, with six guided tours scheduled to take place this year as part of Geelong’s Surrounds Sounds.

Relevant, irreverent, educational and entertaining, the tour will include a broad and diverse range of Geelong sites including venues and locations associated with Christina Amphlett, Weddings Parties Anything, Little River Band, Goanna, Magic Dirt, Jet, Bored!, Sunset Strip, Warped, Alice Ivy, King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, The Murlocs, The Sweethearts, The Living Eyes, The Dirty Lovers and the Poppin’ Mommas. There will also be some surprise stop-offs along the way to pick up announced guests.

Running for approximately ninety minutes with one scheduled stop in Little Malop Street, the Geelong Music Bus Tour departs from out the front of Geelong’s Barwon Club and will travel across Geelong where the stories shared on the bus, stay on the bus, before returning to its point of departure.

Ticket holders will get to visit current venues, iconic laneways, important indigenous music spots, recording studios, record stores, high schools, skate parks, music video locations and places which have inspired teenagers to form a band.

Leading the tour will musicologist Bruce Milne, a lifetime resident of Victoria who has been involved with Triple R since its fledgling years, founded the iconic independent record store and label Au-go-go Records (who signed Magic Dirt in 1994), managed artists, worked at EMI in A&R and now co-owns Greville Records. Bruce introduced rock bar culture to Melbourne, and was licensee of one of Melbourne’s archetypal live music venues, The Tote Hotel as documented in the film ‘Persecution Blues’.

Bruce Milne says of the tour, “There’s musical history on every street and corner. There’s colourful (sometimes outrageous) tales too. I have stories to tell but I love to hear stories from other people as well. Get on the bus and let’s explore and share- and have some fun.”

Each bus tour will feature a very special guest who grew up in Geelong to share their personal stories on the bus. Mick Thomas on April 23 Mick Thomas (Weddings Parties Anything), Adalita on April 30 and Maree Robertson who recently published the 678 page “This Was Geelong” book celebrating the legacy surrounding the late Dave Thomas from Bored!

The Geelong Music Bus Tour, alongside the Australian Music Vault, builds on Victoria’s reputation as a cultural destination by exploring and celebrating its unique music history. There are music city tours on offer in cities such as London, New York, Seattle, Liverpool and Los Angeles, now Geelong joins this list along with Melbourne.

Tour Duration: 90 minutes *please allow additional time in case of unexpected traffic

Only 20 tickets available for each tour – 25 seater bus

Geelong Music Bus Tour is all ages, however children must be accompanied by an adult.

Latecomers will not be admitted.

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FIGHT FLOODS & WAR WITH ROCK & LOVE.

Make a difference by joining us on Saturday 23rd April for a vast arrangement of Geelong’s finest bands, together with epic acts from Melbourne, the Surf Coast, Bellarine and Mornington Peninsula.

This event will give us Victorians a chance to rally together as the supportive and loving community that we are, and do what we do best… put on a huge rock ’n roll show and raise bucket loads of money for those in need!

All pre-sale tickets, door sales, raffles and collections tins will go directly to the causes and not into the grubby hands of some so called “government controlled charity organisations” as witnessed with the recent bush fire crisis on the eastern seaboard.

Redro Redriguez & His Inner Demons

Green Blanket

Jelly Mammoth

Rennie & The Shitchair

Inked Factor

Sarcramento Sweaters

Strange Unit

Shanty Tramp

Amba Fear

Old El Parso

Jarosite

Ghosts

DJ Stinky Mike

Cruella De Cowgirl

Plus more TBA.

Peace, love and rock ’n roll!