You're invited to a house concert in Marrickville, raising money for early-career cancer research with Can Too. Join us for an afternoon of eclectic original, folk and experimental music and sounds featuring:
RUNA CARA
NIC CASSEY
LAURA ALTMAN
Doors 3pm
Music from 3:30pm
Bookings essential! Limited spots for this intimate show.
Tickets from $25, with options to pay more, or simply make a donation.
Kids welcome but must be supervised as it is a private residence.
Address will be sent before the event to ticket holders.
Accessibility details: performance area one step up from street level, toilets are up a flight of stairs.
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Runa Cara is the partnership between Irish-Australian percussionist and new edge folk-pop singer-songwriter Bonnie Stewart (aka Bonniesongs) and Danish-Australian contemporary cellist and nyckelharpist Freya Schack-Arnott. Drawing from their culturally diverse roots and mix of classical, folk and improvised musical practises, Runa Cara present imaginative Irish and Scandinavian folk songs, interwoven with experimental soundscapes and original songs.
Combining thought provoking melodies with quirky and honest storytelling, Nic Cassey has a sound that is both ethereal and musically powerful. His releases include Where Are You Going I Just Collected Some Pellets (LP, 2012), Look Up at the Sky (EP, 2016), False Pretences (LP, 2018), ‘Don’t Forget the Mangoes’ (single 2023). His third album The Bay Glows is a collection of nine whimsical and earnestly delivered songs, mostly written over one long summer while bushfires raged through the country. He grew up in a musical family on the Hawkesbury River in Dharug Country and is now living on Gadigal land.
Laura Altman is based on Gadigal-Wangal Country, where she weaves her way through the improvised, exploratory and folk music scenes with her intuitive clarinet playing, free improvising, and compositions. Laura writes songs with voice and guitar that have recently begun to find their way into the world. These gentle, thoughtfully crafted songs have been described as "like listening to a little music box of feelings."
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We would like to acknowledge that this event takes place on Aboriginal land: Gadigal and Wangal country.
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All proceeds will go towards the fundraising goals for Kate McLoman and Laura Altman, who are taking part in a 2km+ Ocean Swimming training program with Can Too for goal events in Jan/Feb 2025. Through their run and swim programs, Can Too give much needed one-year research grants to early career researchers, who rely on fundraising and philanthropy to do their important, life changing and life-saving work. Can Too Foundation believes in funding research across all cancer types, including rare cancers. Read more about this organisation and their work here.