SATURDAY, APRIL 15th, 2023
Tickets: $20 Door: $25
General Admission: Doors: 7pm.
Dinner & Show: Limited Tickets available, Guaranteed front seating.
3 Courses: $110 Double Pass: 2 x Tickets + Charcuterie & Cheese sharing board $85
Dinner times Pre show: 6:30pm, 6:45pm, 7pm, 7:30pm.
Doors: 7pm. Support: Kitty Rae: 7.30pm – 8:10pm
D’Arcy Spiller: 8.30pm – 9.30pm Show: 8pm-10pm
Genre: Alternative Indie
About: D’Arcy Spiller | Artist Bio (Feb 2023)
Alongside her dedication to her craft, from her early teens D’Arcy had also begun to tap into a feeling of hyper awareness to the spiritual and non-physical world around her. Having relocated from small town Smeaton, Victoria to Minneapolis aged 15, the huge change in her surroundings and social life prompted a shift both in her musical ambitions and sensitivity to her intuition.
“Everything changed when I started listening to more rock music and blues; when I was there [in America] I thought right, this is something I could really intertwine into my own stuff,” she explains. “During that move to America a door must have opened, or something must have clicked, because bizarre things were happening and these experiences changed what I wanted to write about and how I wanted to be portrayed as an artist. I never did and still don’t quite understand why it is that how I feel in one moment can be altered in a second when a stranger enters the room. It doesn’t happen often but it can be difficult, and that started informing the tracks I was writing.”
D’Arcy is aware that her experiences are ones that might not be universally understood, but over her past two EPs - 2020’s ‘Little Demons’ and last year’s ‘Disarray’ - and heading into a forthcoming body of work heralded by new single ‘Crave’, she’s prioritising an increasingly honest lean into all facets of her personality. She describes her debut as a reckoning on the past and a way to get a host of “unresolved feelings” finally tied up and put to bed. ‘Disarray’, meanwhile, was born from a solitary lockdown that led the singer down some dark paths of personal exploration.
“I really found that inner secret feelings came out of that time. Being by yourself for so long, you realise things about yourself and I felt like it was really important to put that out there and to be truthful about it,” she says. “It was basically about the shadow self and your darker, deeper desires and darker feelings - going to that place that you wouldn’t generally reach with all the distractions that go on in normal life. It was interesting to tap into that because I don’t think I would have done it if it wasn’t for lockdown. Now I’ve found that what I’m writing about is the want and need for more. It’s like everything came crashing in and I’m at this point where I’m on sensory overload.”
D’Arcy Spiller crashed back into our ears in 2022 with new single ‘Curveball’, the fierce follow up to gentle ballad ‘Milk & Honey’ and rock anthem ‘Crave’. Written and produced alongside Dylan Nash (Dean Lewis, Angus & Julia Stone, Gretta Ray), and Rob Amoruso (Kelly Rowland, Macy Gray, Isabella Manfredi, The Rubens), ‘Curveball’ drips with the venom a woman scorned, D’Arcy’s rough, epic vocals cursing the relationship that inspired her pain.
Note: All performances are a combination of seated and standing format. Seating is limited and not guaranteed. If you have access requirements please advise at time of booking.
PALAIS-HEPBURN, on Dja Dja Wurrung country
Tickets: $25 Door: $30
General Admission: Doors: 6pm. Show: 7:30pm-9:30pm
Dinner & Show: Limited Tickets available, Guaranteed front seating.
3 Courses: $120. Double Pass: 2 x Tickets + Charcuterie & Cheese sharing board $95
Cocktail Bar, Open from 5pm.
Dinner times Pre show: 6:15pm, 6:30pm, 6:45pm, 7pm.
Genre: Celtic Folk
About: Saoirse (See-ur-sha) have been bringing world class Celtic music to audiences around Australia for over 15 years, with their musical journey encompassing Ireland and France. Along with promoting and organising their own shows, Saoirse have performed at festivals such as Port Fairy, the National Folk Festival, the National Celtic Festival, Maldon Folk Festival, and many many more!!!
A Saoirse performance will delight the audience with a little bit of everything Celtic, from heartfelt ballads, original songs and stories, to lively jigs and reels, with even an Irish step dance or two! With excellent musicianship and harmonies that will take your breath away, a concert promises to entertain; to warm hearts, and leave toes tapping for more!
Winners of the 'Australian Celtic Music ' awards for both album and song of the year, Saoirse have firmly established themselves as one of Australia's premier Celtic/Folk bands. A summary from the wise words of Mr. Eric Bogle; “A Saoirse concert is both a rewarding and involving experience ... In an area of music that tends to have more than it’s fair share of pretenders to the throne, Saoirse are the real deal, so give your ears a treat and try to catch one of their concerts”.
