OK Motel, who alongside being one of our favourite ever Instagram accounts documenting rural motels from around Australia, returns to rural Victoria for a third instalment of its one-night music event where it takes over the Charlton Motel in Victoria’s north-west and showcases some of Melbourne’s best musicians.
Originally home to netball presentations nights and deb balls, the Charlton Motel will come alive with the blistering energy from Amyl And The Sniffers, the life-affirming alternative rock from Moaning Lisa, the grimy and visceral Batpiss, a dose of aggravated garage-punk from Pinch Points, the harmony-driven, fuzzed-out sounds of Moody Beaches, and a little bit of everything from Dj Hot Wheels.
Tickets are selling fast at $110, and for a small extra fee, you can cop dinner from the ‘Bain Marie Magic Dinner Menu’. Choose from country motel delights such as meat or vegetarian lasagne or chicken schnitz with chips—all you have to do is place your dinner order at checkout. There will also be
All rooms at Charlton Motel have been booked, but there’s plenty of other accommodation in the area for you to find a place to rest. There might also be a bus running from Bendigo if there’s enough interest as well.
Leave your everyday life down the highway, and come together to experience something familiar somewhere unfamiliar. It all goes down in Charlton on Saturday, November 23. Tickets on sale now and going fast! okmotels.com.au