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"A COUNTRY CHRISTMAS" is your opportunity to celebrate a good old-fashioned Christmas party! Perfect if you don't have a work party to go to. Perfect if you like Christmas with a 'country' flavour! This will be a relaxed day with great music, including original songs as well as traditional Christmas sing-alongs.
A little different from most of our events, this one will be a BYO picnic lunch, starting at 12 noon. Bring your picnic basket and mat or chairs. There will be tea & coffee provided, maybe a few snags on the BBQ to supplement what you bring, and water... the rest is up to you.Entertainment comes in abundance from GRAZY'S COUNTRY and HAMISH DAVIDSON. This will be fun!!! Welcome back to Bittern Grazy, Aymes and Hamish!GRAZY'S COUNTRY – Grazy & Aymes
Graham Brennan born in Yallourn South Gippsland Victoria, better known to his mates and fans as Grazy, started his music career in 2009 after visiting Nashville Tn. and meeting some amazing and talented artists. These wonderful people inspired him to pick up his guitar and start writing his own songs about his life experiences. After many visits to Nashville over the past ten years Grazy's Country has become part of the musical family in the USA.
Grazy recorded his first album "Think'n About My Friends" in Texas 2011. Grazy has performed at various venues in the USA and Australia playing the January Tamworth Country Music Festival for the first time in 2012 and every year since. Grazy has also partnered with his new wife Amy Brennan better known as Aymes.
Grazy's Country recorded their debut album "Journey To New Beginnings" together as a duo in Nashville 2014 which consists of 13 original songs. Since recording, Grazy's Country were awarded the Akademia Music Award for Best Country Album 2015 and sold more than 1500 albums as Independent Artists.
Appointed Ambassadors for Guitars for Veterans G4V Australia supporting Veterans with PTSD, Depression & Anxiety. With community support we find a guitar teacher close to where a Veteran lives and provide 10 free lessons and a guitar to those who wish to learn to play music and express their feelings through song.
Healing through music, “Where words fail, music speaks.”
Grazy’s Country have been providing entertainment in Aged Care Facilities around Australia since 2017 performing their original and cover songs.HAMISH DAVIDSON is one half of The Davidson Brothers. A return visit to Bittern is long overdue. Hamish and Lachlan Davidson grew up in the rural Victorian town of Yinnar. Raised in a musical family, the brothers began playing music and performing from a young age. With eight albums under their belt, they have built the reputation of being one of Australia's hottest Bluegrass acts – multi instrumentalists on banjo, fiddle, mandolin, dobro – and great entertainers with an enormous respect for the traditions of the genre. The have also written the majority of their repertoire - 68 of the 101 tracks they have commercially released are original songs.
With five Australian Country Music Awards (Golden Guitars) to their name and a handful of Australian Bluegrass Championship titles, the Davidson Brothers are favourites at folk and country festivals nation-wide, taking the music they love to a whole new generation of music lovers. Troy Cassar-Daley describes them as being “the best young bluegrass pickers we have seen for a long while in Australia and a very exciting live act.”

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KHRISTIAN MIZZI returns to Bittern, and he's bringing VALLEY ROAD! Having these two acts together is an absolute delight, and you are guaranteed an afternoon of beautiful music and lyrics to stir up all those good feelings...AFTERNOON TEA is provided, with plenty of homemade treats to compliment the homegrown music.KHRISTIAN MIZZI is one of those artists who wraps his lyrics and melodies around your heart and just draws you in. Winner of 2017 Troubadour Award as well as 2021 Folk Alliance 'Australian Solo Artist of the Year', Melbourne Singer/Songwriter Khristian Mizzi is making waves throughout the Folk circuit across the country.
More than just a few have said that "Khristian Mizzi's songs take them to a place they'd forgotten in themselves". Well crafted stories which draw hopeful and heartwarming wisdoms found in the people and places we experience.
With a 'strong and gentle' voice, and an art for weaving beauty and truth into the words of each song, Khristian Mizzi reaches the hearts of his audiences with performances that are joyful, uplifting, confronting, spiritual, comedic and vulnerable all at once.
Khristian has been described by other musicians as having 'one of Australia's finest voices' leaving listeners feeling as though they have experienced something truly special. Poetic lyrics, meandering melodies and 'a voice which truly moves people', along with a unique picking style, Mizzi really is a complete artist and is becoming renowned for his intimate performances and thoughtful songs, throughout the country.VALLEY ROAD winds through rolling basalt hills, connecting two friends, Rebecca Jane Howell and Marty Mckenna, who have been singing together for over a decade. They weave their experiences into songs of people and place (usually sitting around Marty’s farmhouse kitchen table), bringing an Australian perspective to their diverse folk influences.
Rebecca could sing before she could speak, and honed her instinct for harmony through years spent in the Australian Girls Choir, and now lives off-grid in the Central Victorian bush. Marty grew up singing to the sheep on his family farm, with his dad, where he still tends the flock to this day. The farm provides a perfect setting for the duo to explore their shared love of intricate songcraft.
When Valley Road take to the stage, their years of friendship and singing together shine through, drawing listeners into their rich inner worlds through their contrasting yet perfectly suited voices and delicate guitar playing.
The pair won a Troubadour Foundation Award after enchanting the crowd at the 2022 Burke and Wills Folk Festival, and have recently recorded their first album together on the Central Coast of NSW with acclaimed producer Rod McCormack (to be released in September 2023). 

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Family Friends & Neighbours brings together three Australian artists in one show, and nothing beats the intimacy of a House Concert. Numbers are limited, so act quickly to secure your spot, and feel free to invite your friends by using the 'invite' button.Afternoon Tea will be provided. ABOUT THE ARTISTS:ALAN FLETCHER is a household name in Australia after a 28-year stint as Dr Karl on the TV series Neighbours and numerous tours with his rock band Waiting Room.
Inspired by his heroes such as Jason Isbell, John Prine and Guy Clark, Alan has spent the past 18 months writing and recording THE POINT - a brand new album of witty and heartfelt original songs. The Point has been produced by Alt-Country/Americana masters Lachlan Bryan and Damian Cafarella and received widespread praise.
Engaging, delightful, wistful and original, The Point is classically crafted whilst contemporarily composed. It’s an album that covers a wide spectrum of emotions, that shakes and stirs with infectious honesty. – The Manc Review (mancreview.com)
Overall, Alan Fletcher delivered a show that surprised in the best possible way. He had a fantastic vocal quality throughout as well as some solid guitar playing, but what elevated the evening for me was the balance he struck between thoughtfulness and fun and the strength of his connection with the crowd. It’s safe to say he’s going to appeal to music fans way beyond just those who know him from ‘Neighbours’, and personally I’m very intrigued to see where he’s going to take his music next.
Entertainment-focus.com – Laura Cooney ANDY PENKOW is an Australian country singer/songwriter with a unique sound, chocolate smooth but powerful voice, steeped in honesty.
Nominated for CMAA Golden Guitar for Bush Ballad of the year 2023
Winner of “Most Promising New Talent 2022” at the People’s Choice Awards
Winner of “Most Popular New Male Artist of 2021” by Independent Country Music Association
Winner of 3 “Purple Guitars”
Winner of “Australian Busking Championships 2019 – Gundagai”
13 Top 20 singles on the "Australian Country Radio A” (including 7#1 singles “Before I Go”, “1993” “Fallen Snow” Ghostly Gums” Love, Lies & Dirty Dishes, Driving you Home).
“1993” spent 16 weeks on the Australian Country Top 40 Charts.
Love, Lies & Dirty Dishes Debuted at #3 on the ARIA country Album charts
2 top 5 Albums on the Official iTunes Country Album Charts, Love, Lies & Dirty Dishes Debuting at #2.
A regular on CMT Australia, Music Network Charts (Top 30), Kix Fm, Triple M and ABC Country, Andy performs regularly across festivals, entertainment venues, hotels and cruises across Australia. He studied music at JMC Academy and completed an advanced diploma in popular music and performance. RILEY CATHERALL is a Singer-Songwriter based in Melbourne whose patient lyricism has not gone unnoticed. Riley has built a credible status as a one of Australia's most promising songwriters through his poetic sincerity and alluring live shows.
The last few years saw Riley release his debut album "When I Go", tour the UK and Australia to promote it, and score some great support spots such as The Whitlams and Taxiride.
One of the standout features of Melbourne-based singer-songwriter Riley Catherall’s debut album is that it is the sound of an artist in consummate control of his craft. - Chris Familton, Post To Wire
His songs are beautifully constructed and immaculately delivered. The find of the festival. – Three Chords and The Truth UK See less

 

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