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Museum of Wellington City and Sea Sampler Season

19 July	2.00 – 2.45pm	The O’Connors
	3.15 – 4.00pm	Harriet and the Matches
26 July	2.00 – 2.45pm	Marcus Turner
	3.15- 4.00pm	Rob Joass and Jo Moir

The brochure can be downloaded from the link below (1.6MB).

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MuseumSamplerSeason09.pdf	[Museum Sampler Season Brochure]	1636 Kb

Special Concert Faerd: 2 April

Thursday 2 April, 8pm

Toi Poneke

67 Abel Smith St

Færd was launched in 2001 by Peter Uhrbrand and Eskil Romme. The idea of getting a crew together came after touring up north on the Faroe Islands. They discovered a kind of basic Scandinavian musical material which was quite unique.

Faerd

Kerr-Fagan Special Concert

Thursday 26th March 8pm

$25 (Members $20)

Toi Poneke Back Room

61-67 Abel Smith St

Nancy Kerr and James Fagan

Nancy Kerr and James Fagan combine highly skilful and innovative performance with accessibility, warmth and stage presence. Rarely are duos so full in sound; Nancy’s earthy and exquisite fiddle and viola playing dances with the striking rhythmic texture of James’s guitar-bouzouki, while their rich singing, both as soloists and in harmony evokes the stories of the songs they choose and write. They approach their music with energy and infectious smiles. Rapid musical communication with one another and the audience makes their performance spectacular and unforgettable.

Fred Smith - Bagarap Empires

8pm, Saturday 30 August

Back Room, Toi Poneke

$15/$20

Australian songwriter, traveler and raconteur Fred Smith will be playing NZ venues in support of his CD Bagarap Empires and the documentary film Bougainville Sky about his work in peace-keeping missions in conflict zones of the South Pacific.
“Smith is a superb songwriter with a wry sense of humour and a wonderful eye for the idiosyncrasies of modern life”
Bruce Elder, Sydney Morning Herald – 17th Nov 2007
“His CD was good, but his live performance blew me away.”

For more information about Fred see his website

The Balzats

Saturday 12 July, 8pm

Entry $15/$10.

The Back Room, Toi Ponek

With a family of 7 children ranging from 8-20 years old they make a band of 9, playing a mixture of traditional folk, Irish, own composition material, mostly using acoustic violins, cello, guitars, flutes, drums and keyboard/piano.