House of Blues - Jam Night

Tuesday 17th May 2022

Feature act: NICK CHARLES

NICK CHARLES has long been labelled internationally as Australia’s virtuoso of acoustic roots and blues”., and that’s no surprise, with dazzling melodic fingerpicking on six and twelve string guitars, stinging bottleneck slide and a lifetime’s stories and songs gathered or written on the world’s musical highways.

During his extensive and acclaimed career, Nick has released sixteen albums on major Australian and US roots music labels. His recordings have garnered world-wide recognition beginning with My Place and now his most recent release Guitar Music. This recognition has succeeded in having Nick signed to the Grammy Award winning label, Solid Air Records USA (“Home of the World’s Finest Guitarists”).

Nick has toured with and supported artists including John Hammond, Guy Clarke, Ralph McTell, Robyn Ford, Junior Wells, Taj Mahal and BB King and toured the US thirteen times. Nick was Port Fairy Folk Festival Artist Of The Year 2014, won the AGE Blues Album of the Year 2016 and every other Victorian and national acoustic and blues awards on multiple occasions. He’s also twice winner of the Australian Song Contest. 

6:30pm: Doors & kitchen open for meals 
8:00pm - 8:45pm: Feature act 
9:00pm - 11:00pm: Blues Jam Session 
(Jammers to register by 8.30pm)

FREE ENTRY – ALL WELCOME.

IMPORTANT: The MBAS are following Govt. mandated Covid venue procedures for your safety. Masks are not mandatory. In the interests of public health and mindfully protecting the vulnerable in our blues community, please cancel your booking if you're feeling unwell on the day, or still recovering from Covid infection.

Attendees are encouraged to pre-book for table seating. Please 'BOOK' a single or multiple (Group) ticket below. To assist our kitchen's catering, when booking, please note if you plan to order a meal on the night.

WHILE GUARANTEED TABLE SEATING ALLOCATION FOR THIS EVENT IS CAPPED, ONCE TABLE BOOKINGS ARE EXHAUSTED/CLOSED, WE STILL WELCOME WALKUPS FOR GENERAL ADMISSION NON-ALLOCATED SEATING (IF AVAIL) AND LIMITED STANDING ROOM.