Upcoming Performances will be at our new temporary Venue: Wauchope Senior Citizens Centre, 47-51 High st Wauchope.
TIME: 7:30pm - 10pm AEST
TICKETS: Pre-sale tickets: $35, Members: $30
At door on night: $40
VENUE: Wauchope Senior Citizens Centre
DURATION: Approx 2.5 hours
Elysian Fields, Jenny Eriksson’s eclectic 6-piece baroque–jazz fusion band, is well known to Wauchope Arts. Led by Jenny, playing Australia’s only electric viola da gamba, and featuring the divine voice and violin of Susie Bishop, alongside some of Australia’s finest jazz musicians, the group brings their new program, The Passionate Pilgrim, to Wauchope on Saturday June 27.
This truly unique show creatively intertwines texts and sonnets from Shakespeare and his poetic predecessor, Sir Thomas Wyatt, with reimagined Baroque-inspired music. The program includes a song cycle composed to Wyatt’s poems by Elysian Fields’ pianist, Matt McMahon, who has also written a piece inspired by Shakespeare’s lutenist, Robert Johnson.
And there is more. In another first, Laura Bishop, Susie’s talented sister, has written a stunning new work for Elysian Fields, sung in Elvish, the language invented by J.R.R. Tolkien for The Lord of the Rings.
Elysian Fields will be joined by local actor Rachel Jacket as narrator. This marks the first time the project has toured outside Sydney, making it an event not to be missed.
“The Passionate Pilgrim is a beautifully constructed and well-paced journey across the millennia, its historical voices not trapped in amber but reanimated in an ever-changing sound world where language and music reshape one another.”
— Limelight Magazine, April 2026
TIME: 7:30pm - 10pm AEST
Music from 8pm
TICKETS: Pre-sale tickets: $35, Members: $30
VENUE: Wauchope Senior Citizens Centre
DURATION: Approx 2.5 hours
Kristina Olsen, born in San Francisco, California, and now living in Burnaby, BC, Canada, is one of the most entertaining and compelling performers on the international acoustic circuit. A superb multi-instrumentalist, playing acoustic guitar, steel-body slide guitar, saxophone, concertina, banjo, mandolin, and piano, as well as an award-winning songwriter with a big bluesy voice, Olsen has audiences around the world coming back for more.
Her mix of powerful songs, ranging from sassy bottleneck blues to lilting ballads, swing jazz, and raunch and roll, along with her hilarious storytelling, creates a diverse and deeply satisfying musical experience, on stage, on disc, and in print. Because apparently being brilliant at one thing wasn’t enough for some people.
Roots & Reel wrote:
“To begin with the songs, they are those wonderful gems of songwriting which don’t rely on any particular genre for their beginnings. Olsen builds melodies, not styles. She can wind them into unpredictable combinations which then become lovely melodies, or she can deliver them in straight lines which become jazz or blues-oriented pieces.
Her guitar stylings are wide-ranging, from delicate, complicated runs to aggressive direct blues lines. She’s a sharp guitarist, able to provide herself with both the rhythm and lead pieces she needs to give her songs solid solo support.
As a storyteller, Olsen is similarly wonderful, mixing earthy observations about herself and those around her with the occasional comment about society’s various shortcomings. Most of all, though, Olsen is funny, noting those things which innocently point out where she, and all of us, provide material for comic relief.
She’s talented, funny, and observant, and consequently becomes the witty friend who shares her life with you, never preaching or insisting on praise to maintain the friendship.”
TIME: 2:30pm - 5m AEST
TICKETS: Pre-sale tickets: $35, Members: $30
VENUE: Wauchope Senior Citizens Centre
DURATION: Approx 2.5 hours
For the first time ever, two icons of the Australian roots scene are joining forces to create brand new music live on stage as part of a national tour that promises to be nothing short of extraordinary. Blending raw blues energy, masterful musicianship, and fearless improvisation, this unique collaboration brings together two of Australia’s most respected and influential artists in an unforgettable live experience.
A must-see for fans of roots, blues, virtuosic guitar playing, and exquisite songwriting, these performances will showcase the spontaneity and magic that can only happen when world-class musicians share the stage in the moment.
Jeff Lang has released 32 albums, published a book, and won three ARIA Awards across a remarkable career spanning more than three decades. Renowned for his spellbinding live performances and boundary-pushing approach to acoustic guitar, Jeff has captivated audiences around the world with his powerful songs and breathtaking musicianship.
Dom Turner is a guitarist, vocalist, and founding member of the legendary Australian blues outfit Backsliders. A driving force within the Australian blues scene since the 1980s, Dom has toured extensively across Australia and the international festival circuit, earning a reputation as one of the country’s most authentic and compelling blues performers.
Together, Jeff Lang and Dom Turner bring decades of experience, passion, and musical chemistry to the stage for a collaboration that celebrates the very best of Australian roots and blues music.
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Upcoming Performances will be at our new temporary Venue: Wauchope Senior Citizens Centre, 47-51 High st Wauchope.