The Barleyshakes BBQ at Parc
Jig to the wild energy of The Barleyshakes - a five piece Celtic band, on Noosa’s stunning river-front with Parc’s great food and a coldie.
| DATE | TIME | PRICE | VENUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 5 | 2.00pm | $40 | Parc Food |
| Duration: Approximately 2 hours. Includes barbecue and glass of wine on arrival. |
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Dame Joan Sutherland Award
Discover the opera stars of the future in the National Vocal Competition as finalists compete for the $15,000 award. Join the judges and vote in the People’s Choice Award. Presented by Noosa Federation of the Arts.
| DATE | TIME | PRICE | VENUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 9 | 5.00pm | $30/$25 NFA members | Good Shepherd Lutheran Centre |
| Duration: Approximately 2 hours. | |||
Tom Waits for No Man
A hit cabaret show, full of wry humour with Tom Waits’ most compelling work from the last 30 years. A tender and rambunctious adventure by four of Brisbane’s finest cabaret artists, Greg Bird, Pearly Black, Sandra Colarelli and Alison St Ledger, and five of Australia’s best musicians.
| DATE | TIME | PRICE | VENUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wed 9 | 7.30pm | $40 | The J |
| Duration: Approximately 2 hours. | |||
Opera Australia Concert Recital
An extraordinary evening of duets and song from the world’s greatest composers with Opera Australia’s Michael Lewis and Nicole Youl. Presented by Noosa Music Society.
| DATE | TIME | PRICE | VENUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11 | 7.30pm | $36 adults/ $27 pensioners $9 students f/time under 25 |
Good Shepherd Lutheran Centre |
| Duration: Approximately 2 hours. | |||
Monsieur Camembert
World Music. Fusing the wild rhythms of Eastern Europe with tango and Latin, swing, jazz and klezmer. One of the most successful world-music bands in Australia - eclectic, theatrical and irreverent - they are intoxicating.
| DATE | TIME | PRICE | VENUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 11 | 8.00pm | $36 | The J |
| Duration: approximately 1.5 hours. | |||
When the Heart Sings - Opera Appreciation Workshops
1. Goosebumps! Emotions and great singing. Beautiful, mystical, magical, transporting - It’s difficult to describe why opera moves us so deeply. Explore this mystery with opera educator and soprano Victoria Watson. Listen to fabulous music – sing along if you wish and discuss how it makes you feel.
2. Opera’s Gift. How do great composers move us? Lead by Victoria Watson, opera educator and soprano. Share the music and explore the gifts of the great opera composers and how they get our skin to tingle and hearts to yearn.
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| Goosebumps | Sat 12 | 12.00pm | $25 | The J | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opera’s Gift | Sun 13 | 1.00pm | $25 | The J | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duration: 1.5 hours each workshop. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Creating Harmony – singing a cappella workshop
Discover how singing in harmony is created in a workshop with The Idea of North - one of the best a cappella groups in the country. Learn skills and techniques and sing your hearts out. This workshop will be a joy for anyone who loves to sing, can hold a note, has an ear for - or can read music, or has just always longed to sing a cappella.
| DATE | TIME | PRICE | VENUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12 | 2.00pm | $25 | Good Shepherd Lutheran Centre |
| Duration: 2 hours. | |||
The Idea of North
A cappella at its most sensational! Winners of the most prestigious a cappella singing competition in the world, this exhilarating vocal quartet present a blend of uniquely arranged, contemporary classics and originals in an eclectic mix of jazz, soul, gospel and pop. Regarded by its peers as one of the best and most unique live musical acts in Australia, The Idea of North has reinvented a cappella and taken it to new heights. Adored internationally - this is a class act!
| DATE | TIME | PRICE | VENUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 12 | 8.00pm | $40 | The J |
| Duration: approximately 2 hours including interval. | |||
Soaring in Silver Skies - Sara Storer
With a record seven Golden Guitars at the 2004 Tamworth Music Festival and as 2007 winner of the Heritage Song of the Year with “Land Cries Out”, there is little doubt that singer and songwriter Sara Storer is a unique talent. Her songs are filled with the essence of Australia’s rural heartland. Sara and her band, debuting in Noosa with a knock-out performance including songs from her newest album Silver Skies, will prove that country music never sounded so good.
| DATE | TIME | PRICE | VENUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 13 | 3.00pm | $36 | The J |
| Duration: approximately 1.5 hours. | |||
Riverside Opera
Join the stars of Opera Australia – Michael Lewis and Nicole Youl and celebrate the finalé of the Festival with magical arias and Ricky’s fine supper - as the sun sets over the Noosa River.
| DATE | TIME | PRICE | VENUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 13 | 4.00pm | $95 | Ricky’s Restaurant |
| * Includes cocktail style food and matching wines. | |||