Events
AT MANTRA STUDIO KITCHEN & BAR WE HOST A NUMBER OF INHOUSE EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. CHECK OUT OUR CALENDAR FOR THE LATEST EVENTS.
GRETTA ZILLER at MANTRA STUDIO on Sunday 17 November 3.00pm-5.00pm
16/11/2024: 3.00pm - 5.00pm
Gretta Ziller
Gretta Ziller, an acclaimed Australian Americana artist with classical training and a diverse musical influence spanning rock, pop, blues, folk, and classical genres, has earned two Golden Guitar nominations. While drawing inspiration from artists like Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle, and Paul Kelly, Gretta defies comparison, carving her unique musical path.
For Gretta, music is not just a passion; it’s a means of connection and creation. She finds joy in singing songs that have been part of her life, allowing them to resonate and become a meaningful part of others’ lives.
In 2023, Gretta was honoured as the first recipient of the Country Music Association of Australia (CMAA) Academy of Music Scholarship. She spent valuable time in Nashville and showcased her talent at Americana Fest, coinciding with the release of her third album, “All These Walls.”
As she steps into 2024, Gretta embarks on “The Long & Writing Road,” a daring challenge of 52 co-writing sessions in 52 weeks. This year also marks a decade of Gretta’s musical journey, a celebration of ten years dedicated to releasing music and leaving an indelible mark on the industry.
Bar Snacks served and Kitchen and bar open at 12.30pm. Call venue to book pre-concert lunch (03) 99172844
Book nowDOUBLE FEATURE with DAMIAN CALLINAN on TUESDAY 1 OCTOBER 2024 AT MANTRA STUDIO
30/09/2024: 8.00PM - 10.00PM
A three-time nominee for Most Outstanding Show at the Melbourne Comedy Festival, Damian Callinan mines a surprise discovery of his mother’s 1946 diary, creating a cinematic, romantic romp through Post WW2 Australia. His mother’s charming journal is hilariously contrasted with his father’s retirement diary that bookends his parent’s loving relationship and sadly, reveals the tragedy that brought it to an end. The creator and star of the multi award winning Netflix hit film The Merger, uses his powerful gift for storytelling to recast his parents in a funny and poignant double feature of love and loss.
On this remounted tour of his Aunty Margaret’s favourite show, Damian is taking in smaller venues who are usually left off the touring map. 2024 has already been a busy year for Callinan, with two successful world premieres, Unlikely Friends (Melbourne Comedy Festival) and Hall Stories (Shepparton Festival); a theatre tour of Newk, with Damian in the titular role of John Newcombe; a season of The Plan & Other Plans at Hothouse Theatre and a return to his regular role as Frank in The Newsreader (ABCTV). Callinan also appeared as a recurring guest on White Fever (ABCTV) and can currently be seen in cinemas as the lead in The Emu War (Hot Dad Productions). The absurd comedy loosely based on a bizarre a footnote in Australian history, won Best Film at Monsterfest 2023. Callinan’s recent hot form also includes a Silver Medal at the Australian Podcast Awards and a shortlisting for the State Library of NSW Russell Prize, for his debut fiction book, Weird School (Penguin Random)
“Utterly brilliant. What a work of gorgeous humanity. The world needs that. I needed that. I’m awestruck.” – Kate Mulvany [actor, playwright]
“Callinan literally gives the performance of his life. My pick of the Fringe” – See Saw Magazine “Incredibly special. This heartfelt story is one that will move you” – Perth Happenings
For media enquiries contact Damian at damcall@bigpond.com & 0418 308 503
KITCHEN AND BAR OPEN AT 5.30PM. Why not head in for a meal before the show? Bookings via Venue on (03) 99172844.
Book nowPETE DENAHY at Mantra Studio Kitchen Bar on September 21 2024 – 8.00pm
20/09/2024: 8.00pm - 10.00pm
PETE DENAHY (Five time Golden Guitar Winner!)
At the age of 11, Pete Denahy, already knew he wanted to be a country music singer.
He taught himself guitar and started writing songs, but it was attending a Slim Dusty concert for the first time that inspired him towards a musical career. Little did he know that he would know that he would later be working with Slim dusty as a fiddle player and performing a comedy spot on his show.
Well known for his silly, some might say Zany comedy songs, Pete is no stranger to writing a heart wrencher. However, songs about toilet paper and insects hold special places in the hearts of his fans.
His latest record “She Loves me To The Moon” is a delightful traditional country album featuring Pete’s fiddle playing, twangy guitars and wailing pedal steel. This album was produced by Simon Johnson at Hillbilly Hut Studio and combines the genius of Australia’s best musicians and co-writes with the help from the Wolfe Brothers, Mike Carr, Bill Whyte and Evan Murphy.
Pete has worked with Australia’s finest artists including Lee Kernaghan, Sara Storer and Troy Cassar-Daley.
Chat to Pete about his fantastic travel company taking Australian Music fans to Japan to explore the amazing and burgeoning bluegrass and country scene there.
Bookings for Dinner- please note that our kitchen and bar opens at 5.30pm!
Book nowMELANIE DYER- “Had to Be There Tour” with guest Shannen James at Mantra Studio on 12 September 2024
07/09/2024: 8.00pm - 10.00pm
Melanie Dyer burst onto the Country Pop scene in 2015 with startling vibrancy. She is a Star not to be missed.
She is an authentic Artist with equal love of Country and Pop Genres. Dyer wraps conversational stories in undeniably Pop hooks and attracts a fan base that borders the two worlds.
She is an accomplished artist and currently in the Top 10 on Australian Country Hot 50 Radio Charts with her latest single “Run out of Road” . The song is her latest release under the new partnership with ABC music.
Book nowOPEN MIC NIGHT AT MANTRA STUDIO on 30 August 2024 – CALL 99172844 TO RESERVE A SEAT OR TO BOOK A PERFORMANCE TIME.
30/08/2024: 7.30pm - 10.30pm
ADAM and LEAH STUDENT RECITAL AT MANTRA STUDIO ON 28TH JULY 2024
28/07/2024: 11:00am - 1:00pm
This is a student recital and your support will be greatly appreciated.
Book nowOPEN MIC NIGHT AT MANTRA STUDIO on 26 July 2024 – CALL 99172844 TO RESERVE A SEAT OR TO BOOK A PERFORMANCE TIME.
26/07/2024: 7.30pm - 10.30pm
AMBER LAWRENCE AND ANDREW SWIFT AT MANTRA STUDIO ON THURSDAY JUNE 20 AT 8.00PM.
20/06/2024: 8.00pm - 10.00pm
AMBER LAWRENCE And ANDREW SWIFT
THURSDAY JUNE 20th from 8.00pm- 10.00pm (kitchen opens from 5.30pm- please call the venue to book a table before the show on ((03)99172844.
Join two of the most talented names in Australian Country Music in an intimate setting. 2023 CMAA Male & Female Artists of the year, Amber Lawrence & Andrew Swift, come together for a not to be missed performance.
Amber Lawrence is a 6 x Times Golden Guitar winner & 2 x ARIA Nominee and one of Australia’s most celebrated and hardest working country artists. Amber’s music and writing style personifies everyday real-life events and emotions from love to heartache, joy to sadness, losing a loved one, chasing your dreams or being a parent, from up tempo energetic contemporary country to heartfelt ballads.
Andrew Swift is a 3 x Golden Guitar Winner and described as “… an Australian songwriting heavyweight” by Country Update. Swift will be showcasing songs from his latest #1 ARIA Australian Country Album, Lightning Strikes & Neon Nights, along with the hits that have seen his career go from strength to strength.
COMMUNITY OPEN MIC NIGHT FRIDAY- 31 May 2024
31/05/2024: 7.30PM - 11.00PM
We are so excited to have another Community Open Mic night on Friday the 31st May 2024 at 7.30pm.
This is a great opportunity to have our community embrace some great local artists to showcase their work in a really supportive environment. Poets, Singers, Musicians, please share your craft- we can’t wait to hear you. Please come along for support.
Don’t forget our Kitchen & Bar opens at 5.30pm.
See Dave to joint the list or call our venue on (03) 99172844.
Book now21/04/2024: 2.00pm - 4.00pm
ALLAN CASWELL TRIBUTE SHOW ON SUNDAY 21ST APRIL AT 2.00PM
A tongue in cheek look at the career of Australia’s greatest and most recorded song writer starring…..Himself!
At the 2020 Golden Guitar Awards Allan Caswell picked up his 8th Award … (with Manfred Vijars for Bush Ballad of the Year). This represents a huge span of 40 years from his first Award in 1980.
Caswell is Australia’s most recorded songwriter with over 900 of his songs being released around the world by artists of the calibre of Cilla Black, Patti Page, The Irish Rovers, The Living End, Slim Dusty, Barry Humphries, Ricki May, James Blundell, McAlister Kemp, Graeme Connors, The Wolfe Brothers, Anne Kirkpatrick, Chad Morgan, Lynne Hamilton, Beccy Cole, The Wolfe Brothers and Ella Hooper among dozens of others.
In 1979 Caswell wrote the theme for the Australian television series “Prisoner” (Cell Block H in England) … “On The Inside” was a number 1 hit in Australia and New Zealand in 1979 and later reached number 3 in the UK and the Patti Page version made the country charts in the USA. After the success of “On The Inside” he went fulltime and has made a living writing and performing ever since.
Caswell has won 8 Golden Guitars from 46 finalist nominations … he has also been awarded 15 songwriting Awards from the Tamworth Songwriters Association, including The Songmaker Award. He has won 9 Awards at the Independent Country Music Awards (Southern Stars) including Album Of The Year for 3 of his albums. He is the go-to cowriter for many of Australia’s top artists.
At the end of 2020 Caswell formed Lynchburg with multi-instrumentalist Lindsay Waddington, resulting in 3 albums and a whole string of top 10 country hits.
Allan took home the esteemed Roll of Renown award at Tamworth Country Music festival in January 2024 cementing the pure genius of his contribution to Country Music in Australia,
Allan Caswell is now easily Australia’s most recorded songwriter, in any genre, with, at last count, over 2000 songs published and 960 recordings of his songs released worldwide.
Book nowMATT ARTHUR AND THE LAZYBONES
08/02/2024: 8.00pm - 10.00pm
Call our venue to book a table for dinner- Kitchen opens at 5.30pm. Telephone: 03 99172844.
Step into the captivating world of acoustic brilliance with Matt Arthur & The Lazybones as they pay tribute legendary “Unplugged” album. Matts interpretation of Captions’ timeless like “Tears in Heaven” and “Layla” will you spellbound, whether you are a die hard Clapton fan or simply a lover of acoustic music . Matt and his Lazybones will also include some of Clapton’s greatest Hits.
Book nowTHE BUSHWACKERS AT MANTRA STUDIO YARRAVILLE ON 24 NOVEMBER 2023
24/11/2023: 8.00pm - 10.30pm
THE BUSHWACKERS are Australia’s best known, most loved Australians Band, celebrating over 50 years of performance.
The Bushwackers play Australian music, much of it based on the traditional folk and working songs from the early 20th century, infused with their own brand of contemporary subject matter and instrumentation.
With a laconic, distinctive Australian sound, Dobe Newton and Roger Corbett voice 50 years of songs, tunes and dance calls. As much as the music has changed, the spirit of the songs and stories that inspired the first Bushwackers have not.
With their politics and social conscience proudly worn on their sleeve, the band combines original material with a traditional repertoire. Songs such as ‘Beneath The Southern Cross’ and ‘When Britannia Ruled The Waves’, sit easily alongside a musical setting of Lawson’s epic poem ‘Faces in The Street’ and ‘The Ballad of 1891’ celebrating the great shearers’ strike.
Performing only one show at Mantra Studio Kitchen Bar in Yarraville (with limited seats available) on Friday the 24th November 2023, the Bushwackers will perform with accomplished professional performers, including Sarah Busutill and Silas Palmer.  Show commences at 8.00pm
Please note- Mantra’s Kitchen opens at 5.30pm and bookings are essential on (03) 99172844.
Book nowBLUES DOCTOR RETURNS October 6th- FROM 7.30PM- Kitchen opens at 5.30pm
06/10/2023: 7.30pm - 10.30pm
BOOK A TABLE BY CALLING OUR VENUE ON (03) 99172844.
KITCHEN OPENS AT 6.00PM AND FULL BAR SERVICE AVAILABLE.
BLUES DOCTOR Go from finger pickin’ acoustic blues to modern day electric blues. A train ride of the blues with a stop off at the ragtime and jazz stations. Throw in some Stevie Ray Vaughn, Hendrix, and you got a remedy for the blues !
Book nowTHE ACOUSTIC EXPERIENCE WITH HAYLEY JENSEN ON SAT 12TH AUGUST 2023
12/08/2023: 8.00pm - 10.00pm
Hayley Jensen is a 2 x Golden Guitar Award ‘Female Artist of the Year’ & CMC Award Finalist. She rose to fame in the 2nd series of Australian Idol and later returned to the small screen on The Voice, impressing her coach Kylie Minogue.
Her latest album, ‘Breakin’ Hearts’, released in late 2021, reached #1 on the ARIA Country Album chart, #4 on the All Genres ARIA Album chart, and #1 on the iTunes Country Album chart. The album has garnered nearly 1 million combined streams on Spotify and Apple Music, with music videos accumulating almost 500k views on YouTube.
With two decades in the industry, Hayley Jensen has reached new heights and established herself as a prominent figure in the Australian music scene, while also making strides overseas.
Known for her captivating and powerful live performances, she will embark on ‘The Acoustic Experience’ tour in 2023, where she will showcase her hits in an intimate and stripped-back format, and offer a preview of her upcoming, unreleased music.
Book nowLove & Laughter Tour – Mantra Studio 20 May 2023 @ 7.30pm.
20/05/2023: 7.30pm - 10.00pm
Don’t forget Mantra’s kitchen & Bar opens at 5.00pm.
Luke O’Shea & Lyn Bowtell – Love & Laughter Tour 2023
Multi award winning Country music stars Luke O’Shea and Lyn Bowtell are touring Australia in 2023, as part of their ‘Love and Laughter Tour’.
With 26 Golden Guitar Awards between them, singer/songwriters Luke O’Shea and Lyn Bowtell have reunited to share their passion for song, live performance and touring this magnificent country of ours.
Luke and Lyn share songs, stories and laughter, as they combine on stage to create a live music event even greater than the sum of its already impressive parts.
Luke and Lyn recently won 3 Golden Guitars between them at the 51st CMAA Golden Guitar Awards held in Tamworth in January. Luke won in the ‘Heritage Song of the Year’ and ‘Video of the Year’ categories for his latest single ‘South East Queensland’, from his upcoming Album ‘Next Best Thing’.
Lyn won ‘Contemporary Country Album of the Year’ for her latest release and ARIA Country #1 Album ’Wiser’
Luke O’Shea and Lyn Bowtell are thrilled to be touring and performing together again after Covid forced an unwelcome pause to their 2020 Tour!
Book nowAngus Gill -Departure & Arrival Tour @ Mantra Studio Kitchen Bar on APRIL 16 at 3.00pm
16/04/2023: 3.00pm - 5.00pm
Off the back of a sold out Tamworth Country Music festival Show, CMAA Golden Guitar winner Angus Gill is hitting the road with Australian fiddle player icon Pixie Jenkins for a string of must see shows.
Gill is one of the most exciting and prodigious acts on the scene, delighting audiences over the last 18 years with his distinctive voice, carefully crafted songs, well honed showmanship and comic timing. he has supported a slew of international acts including Kris Kristofferson.
Pixie Jenkins is one of Australia’s most eclectic and talented entertainers, playing roots, bluegrass and Irish Folk styles with incredible dexterity and finesse. Pixie has been a support artist and toured and recorded for some of the biggest names from Bob Dylan to John Williamson.
Mantra Studio’s Bar with light refreshments will open from 2.00pm.
Book nowThe Long and Short of It with Band on March 17th from 7.30pm
17/03/2023: 7.30pm - 10.30pm
Please call the venue to reserve a table as we have limited seating- first in best dressed (as they say). Out kitchen opens for yummy pizza and fish & chips from 6.00pm.
#1 ARIA on Australian Country Album Chart and self-described as their “best work to date,†‘Midnight Choir’ is the new album from Award-winning Melbourne based country duo, The Long and Short Of It, that blends traditional and contemporary country.
The album is a collaboration between Patsy Toop OAM, David Baird and Nashville-based producer, Kenny Royster, whom the pair met during a trip to Nashville in 2013 and is credited for his work with US Country superstar, Luke Combs.
The Long and Short Of It are David Baird and Patsy Toop OAM, who first met in 2007 and already have an impressive resume to boot that includes six album releases, two EP’s, and have earnt themselves a slew of awards including: a Tamworth Songwriters Award (2011), a Tasmanian Independent Country Music Award for Most Popular Duo (2016), three-time winner of an Indie Country Music Australia (ICMA) Award for Most Popular Independent Country Duo (2017, 2019 & 2021), a Southern Star Awards Award for Best Duo or Band (2016) and a two-time winner of a Gold Media Medallion Award for Best Duo Nationally (2015 & 2018) – to name a few.
The pair’s sumptuous harmonies have been described as “honey-coated chocolate”. David and Patsy continue to uphold their commitment to penning songs that are relatable, inspirational and are storytelling. Since their first release in 2009, the pair have continued to grow musically with every release.
The duo’s 2013 release of ‘You Made Me Stronger’ earnt them a Songwriter, Composers and Lyricists Association (SCALA) Festival Of Original Music (FOOM) Award describing their title track as a “Brilliant Masterpiece” with four of the album’s tracks peaking at number one on Australia’s leading national country music airplay chart. The pair’s 2016 album ‘The Night Of Our Life’ jumped into ARIA Hot Hits chart at number 3 and remained in the charts for over 20 weeks, whilst also producing four number one independent radio airplay hits. Their ‘Limited Edition Requested Favourites’ album debuted at Number 5 on the ARIA Country Albums Chart.
The latest release, “Midnight Choir†is an eclectic mix of traditional and contemporary country music. From ballads to beer drinking songs- all are heartfelt renditions to inspire happy thoughts and good times.
On the live circuit, their captivating and engaging live shows have earned the adoration of fans and critics alike andthey have frequented country music festivals in Tamworth, Mildura, Canberra, Mt Gambier, Ballina, amongst others over the past decade.
https://thelongandshortofit.com.au/
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