TIME: Doors/bar open 1:30pm; music from 2pm
TICKETS: Pre-sale tickets: $35, Members: $30
At door on night $40
VENUE: Wauchope Community Arts Hall Oxley Lane (opp Bain Park)
DURATION: Approx 2.5 hours
CATERING: Bar open selling beer, wine, tea, coffee, cold drinks, icecreams and Baba Lila chocs (cash preferred)
Masters in the art of connection, Victoria Vigenser (NZ) and Lindsay Martin (AU) fuse soulful vocals, effortless strings and driving rhythms to form a singular musical voice. They have been called contemp-folk, alt-country and acoustic-pop, but no words can describe the heartfelt way they connect with their audiences.
They bring worldly originals that pack a punch: Vigenser’s penchant for turning cliches into meaningful metaphors is compounded by Martin’s ability to pull hundreds of emotions from one set of strings. Add internationally renowned cellists/multiinstrumentalists Rachel Johnston (NZ) and Trent Arkleysmith (AU) to the mix and you have a rare union of original musical minds, capable of reaching right into your soul by playing straight from theirs.
Currently touring new album “Heart of Silver” to wide acclaim, they have already amassed a multitude of accolades including nominations as Best Folk Artist in both the Aotearoa Music Awards and the Australian Folk Music Awards. With rave reviews across the UK, Europe and Australia it’s no wonder they have become international festival favourites.
“...an undoubted masterclass in music delivery and songwriting” Fatea Records, UK
“...an impressive dynamic” Sounds of South, Germany
“The violin cries for her and the harmony vocals are divine” 13th Floor, NZ
“Simply wow!” Die Rheinpfalz, Germany
TIME: Doors/bar open 7:30 pm, Music from 8:00 pm
TICKETS: Pre-sale tickets: $35, Members: $30
At door on night $40
VENUE: Wauchope Community Arts Hall Oxley Lane (opp Bain Park)
DURATION: Approx 2.5 hours
CATERING: Bar open selling beer, wine, tea, coffee, cold drinks, icecreams and Baba Lila chocs (cash preferred)
The Maes are celebrating the release of their fourth studio album, ‘Abreast’, with a national headline tour encompassing their favourite cities and small towns in Victoria, Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia! Already in 2025 so far they have toured the UK opening for Grace Petrie and played the Shetland and Orkney Folk Festivals. They celebrated the album’s release day with a sold-out folk-festival-style event, ‘Abreastival’ in their home town of Castlemaine, Central Victoria. The band's previous albums, 2019's self-titled record and 2017's Take Care, Take Cover won the Music Victoria, Folk/Roots Album of the Year among a host of other accolades.
The Maes bring modern folk to life with lush harmonies and acoustic mastery on guitar, mandolin, fiddle and banjo. Born in Central Victoria, the sisters grew up immersed in a melting pot of music from around the world washed up on stolen land. The Maes are outstanding live, with engaging storytelling and spine-tingling harmonies. The sisters draw their audience in like your sweetest and scariest friend. With echoes of Gillian Welch and The Waifs, there is a timeless luminescence and simplicity to the songwriting and sound of Maggie and Elsie Rigby.
As well as selling out headline shows around the country and overseas, their international festival appearances include the Telluride Bluegrass Festival (USA) Edmonton Folk Festival (Canada) Orkney Folk Festival (UK) and Woodford Folk Festival (Aus).
‘The Maes folk/pop sensibility is alluring. I'm a sucker for harmonies and these girls cover this ground with such bluegrass perfection, it makes me realise so many styles of our music grow from the same old tree - we are merely branches away from each other.’ – Troy Cassar-Daley
I’ve always had such love for The Maes! Their timeless sound is always sung with such sincerity and emotion straight from the heart. – Josh Teskey
Time: 10AM TO 12:30PM
Tickets: Presale $25
Come and write a song with multi-award-winning folk duo, The Maes. Maggie and Elsie Rigby grew up firmly rooted in the folk music tradition.
A culture and a community that believes that making music is for everyone. Everyone can and should sing, and everyone can and should write songs. Songwriting is a way to catch feelings and turn them into art. Everyone who has feelings can write songs!
Have you always wanted to write a song? Do you start writing songs all the time and have no idea how to finish them? Do you find yourself writing the same song over and over again and want to find a way to change it up? Come along and listen to Maggie and Elsie share their insights and experience of the elusive art and craft of songwriting. Discuss, inspiration, creativity, song structure, editing and much more. Come with a feeling, and leave with a song!
Wauchope Arts acknowledges Community Arts Support funding from Arts Mid North Coast and Create NSW for The Maes Songwriting Workshop.
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