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DOORS 1PM // KITCHEN OPEN // SHOW STARTS 2PM // FAMILY FRIENDLY

Sweethearts give a refreshing take on modern, classic & neo soul with their trademark Sass. This all-female soul band has won over audiences on the worlds best stages including return appearances at Montreux Jazz Festival, Jazz à Vienne & Porretta Soul Festival!

“Sweethearts will always be welcome at Montreux Jazz Festival." Claudia Regolatti, Festival Programmer.

Their infectious drawing power has gained the attention of Soul legends including Bernard Purdie, Gil Askey, ‘Pee Wee’ Ellis, Vivian Sessoms & Maceo Parker.

"There is nothing like this band in the world. These girls need to be heard.” Bernard Purdie, Drumming legend, USA.

Audiences can expect new original work from a range of Sweethearts songwriters, as well as inspired adaptions of other songs ranging from 60’s R&B to Modern Funk and Soul. 

Sweethearts strive to break the expectations and limitations placed on young women with an electrifying stage show that demands your attention. From sizzling guitar solos to vocal tones that will literally stop you in your tracks, experience Sweethearts for yourself to see what artists around the world are talking about.

“Sweethearts are keeping the music of Soul alive, and I feel confident that it’s in great hands” Vivian Sessoms, Vocalist, USA.

DOORS 7PM // KITCHEN OPEN // SHOW STARTS 8.30PM

Over the last 5 years of eclectic releases and impassioned live performances, The Slingers have cemented themselves as one of the most unique bands of the contemporary Australian underground/alternative scene.

The band persistently defy classification, with a colourful catalogue of releases that span from country to folk, grunge rock to ballad, Australiana to Americana, acoustic and spoken word to electronica. The Slingers signed to Flightless Records in 2020, releasing a double A-Side 7-inch vinyl, The Cruellest Cut and Kind Hearts (a collaboration with legend of the Melbourne underground, Spike Fuck). In 2021, the band were included in Beat Magazine’s 20 Underground Melbourne Bands You Ought to Know.

Recent releases have seen the band make a foray into ‘Motel Pop’. The genre is less defined by production than by its lyrical content, chronicling with a blend of comedy and tragedy the lives of ordinary people living and struggling through our current age of loneliness. The evolution of ‘Motel Pop’ will culminate in the 2023 release of the band’s debut, full-length LP, Sentimentalism (Flightless Records). Produced by Errol Green (Big Yawn), the album ranges from piano ballads to purely electronic pieces. The live launch of Sentimentalism at the famed Corner Hotel sold out weeks in advance.

More than anything, The Slingers are motivated by love, for each other and for the sublime power of music. Closely following love are the motivators of greed and vengeance.

‘The Slingers are a Melbourne band that deserve plenty of attention. With a hook-driven country pop that’s filled with nostalgia, The Slingers trade timeless tales of the past with cunning observations of today’s bizarre world’  – Beat Magazine