Could you think of a better way to spend your Labour Day long weekend than by listening to the sounds of some of the country’s best musicians with a gin in your hand?
We don’t think so.
Knowing this, the team at the City of Ballarat have added plenty of delicious food, refreshing cold beverages and an impressive live music line-up to this year’s Ballarat Begonia Festival.
Relax and unwind in the beautiful surrounds of the Ballarat Botanical Gardens as Motor City Sounds, Flynn Gurry, Bernadette Novembre, Matty Chaps and the Sweethearts take to the festival’s four stages this March 9-11.
Adding to the experience this year is the Begonia Bar featuring local beers from Red Duck Brewery and Cubby Haus Brewing, wines from Wightwick and gin from Kilderkin Distillery, or maybe just let your taste buds lead the way as you discover the variety of food on offer, including the Forge Pizzeria serving locally produced pizza all weekend in the Begonia Courtyard.
Back for another year, Motor City Sounds will take you on a journey back to the sixties and early seventies as they recreate the sounds and atmosphere of motown and soul. Packing dance floors wherever they play, Motor City Sounds bring an energy that can only be created by a live 10-piece band.
Melbourne neo-soul singer songwriter Bernadette Novembre is also set to get crowds moving and grooving as she hits the stage with her 10-piece band. Bernadette has promised to perform her newly released songs Delirium and Forgotten Times, as well as her favourite originals interspersed with soul and rock classics from artists such as The Beatles and Sharon Jones.
Also making his debut at the Ballarat Begonia Festival this year is Flynn Gurry. After recently take out the Blues Award at the recent Australian National Busking Championships, Flynn has proven he knows his way around guitar, stomp, vocals and tamborine.
Ballarat’s Matty Chaps and the Sweethearts round up the impressive line-up.
You may recognise Ballarat’s own, Matty, who was a finalist on the hit television show The Voice Australia. He now performs as a one-man band, but with all the gadgets that make it appear he has a full band supporting him on stage.
Wrap your day up with the sounds of female soul band renown for enlivening soul, funk and blues and delivering explosive energy at their live shows – the Sweethearts.
Sounds like a pretty good day to us!
For more information about the 2019 Ballarat Begonia Festival visit ballaratbegoniafestival.com or follow them on Facebook @BallaratBegoniaFestival
