Groovin The Moo 2012 Lineup Announced

BMA Magazine and ENLIGHTEN present the West Side Stage:

ACT Tourism and BMA Magazine team up to program the ENLIGHTEN stage on the weekends of March 2–3 and 9–10. The program will deliver a fantastic line-up of Canberra’s best musicians alongside some of Australia’s beloved emerging acts. Head to the stage in the ENLIGHTEN Entertainment Precinct’s West Zone for rumbling blues, laid back reggae, hip jiggling pop and oh-so-whimsical folk. On Friday March 2, the West Side Stage will be lovingly hijacked by a phenomenal line-up of Australia’s best electronic artists playing alongside Canberra favourites. It’s a fully licensed, fully free event (minus paying for your beverages and food of course) located near the National Library of Australia (corner of Enid Lyons Street and Mall Road West). Full line-up details for all four nights will be released shortly.

Each night will run from 6.30pm through to 11pm as part of the wider ENLIGHTEN program featuring over 35 free and ticketed events spanning music, art, cinema, light projections, food, drink and more. You can find out more at enlightencanberra.com.au

New Southside Venue (Possibly):

If ever you believed in voting with your feet and want to support the venue future of Canberra, now my friends is the time to act. Old favourite The Greenroom is to take up residence at The Woden Tradies Club but for one month only as a trial. As The Greenroom’s Garry Peadon told us recently: “The plan is to gather hard data from the tills to submit to The Tradies board members in order for them to approve a permanent, purpose built, mid-sized venue that this city lacks,” he says. “So for the month of March you’ll be able to come check out the basic idea and catch a variety of acts including British India (Friday March 2), Closure In Moscow, and Funkoars. If all goes well the entire venue will be redone as a musos club – that’s all I can say about the final plan at this stage.” Make sure you come down and see at least one gig to keep the venue alive. Friday nights have $5 early bird specials and half price drinks from 6-8pm. Tix will be through Moshtix and tix giveaways/more info can be found at facebook.com/greenroomcanberra .

Red Cross Pal-Ups Program:

Red Cross is looking for committed volunteers aged between 18 and 25 who are interested in mentoring newly arrived young migrants and introducing them to life in Canberra. The program matches a trained volunteer with a teenage migrant, refugee or asylum seeker (12 to 21 years old). The mentor and participant pair meet every fortnight, spending time doing fun activities as a way of getting to know each other, breaking down some of the cultural barriers typically faced by migrants as they settle into a new life. For more information on volunteering as a Pal-Ups mentor, contact Red Cross Client and Volunteer Assessment on 6234 7634 or email volunteernow@redcross.org.au .

Lead Singer Clint Boge To Leave The Butterfly Effect After A Final Farewell Tour:

The Butterfly Effect wish to inform their fans and media that singer Clint Boge is officially leaving the band to pursue other musical interests. The remaining members of the band – Ben Hall, Kurt Goedhart and Glenn Esmond – will continue to work together and will announce their intentions in the not too distant future.

According to a press release directly from the band, Clint’s departure is an amicable one and The Butterfly Effect are giving fans a chance to see them perform together for the last time with a jolly, and thoroughly unrelenting, romp around Australia doing 23 dates in just over a month and a half. The Canberra leg of the EFFECTED tour happens at the UC Refectory on Wednesday May 16. Full details of the tour are listed below.

To celebrate 10 years of recordings The Butterfly Effect is releasing an EFFECTED compilation CD of their best work in April and we’re told signed copies will be available at shows on the tour. Tickets go on sale as from February 13 with details available at www.thebutterflyeffect.com.au .

Fri 27th April - Andergrove Tavern, Mackay, QLD 

Sat 28th April - The Venue, Townsville, QLD 

Sun 29th April - Brothers Leagues Club, Cairns, QLD

Wed 2nd May - The Great Northern, Byron Bay, NSW

Thurs 3rd May - The Arena, Brisbane, QLD

Fri 4th May - Coolangatta Hotel, Gold Coast, QLD

Sat 5th May - Kings Beach Tavern, Sunshine Coast, QLD

Wed 9th May - The Plantation, Coffs Harbour, NSW

Thurs 10th May - Panthers Leagues Club, Newcastle, NSW

Fri 11th May -UNSW Roundhouse, Sydney, NSW - Lic AA

Sat 12th May - Waves, Wollongong, NSW

Wed 16th May - UCU Bar, Canberra, ACT

Fri 18th May - Bended Elbow, Geelong, VIC

Sat 19th May - Inferno, Traralgon, VIC

Sun 20th May - Pier Live, Frankston, VIC

Tues 22nd May - Hotel New York, Launceston, TAS

Wed 23rd May - Wrest Point Casino, Hobart, TAS

Fri 25th May - Palace Theatre (Bourke St), Melbourne, VIC

Sat 26th May - The Bridgeway Hotel, Adelaide, SA

Sun 27th May - HQ, Adelaide, SA - Lic AA

Sat 2nd June - Prince Of Wales, Bunbury, WA

Sun 3rd June - Metro City, Perth, WA

Van Walker at The Front:

Van Walker moved from the wilds of Tasmania to the big smoke of Melbourne in 2001. Word soon spread that this troubadour was bringing a new energy into the well-worn roots genre, which culminated in his first solo album The Celestial Railroad. 

From here literally hundreds of songs followed and so did the releases. Van produced nine full length albums in just over two years, and independently released five, without management or funding, building his own name and audience through passion and hard work, a one man cottage industry personified. Van Walker is a prolific songwriting talent, a brilliant performer and a star worthy of wider recognition. Catch him at The Front on Thurs Feb 9. $10, $7.30pm.

David Guetta at Stage 88:

On Friday May 4 Canberra will play host to one of the world’s biggest DJs David Guetta, brought to you by Canberra’s hit music station, 104.7 and Kicks Entertainment. Stage 88, set in Commonwealth Park, is a unique outdoor venue which David Guetta will set alight with his full live show, including fireworks and blistering visuals. This will be the very first time this iconic venue has hosted such a large youth driven event, which is all ages with 18+ licensed areas. With in excess of 25 million fans on Facebook and over half a billion views on YouTube, multiple Grammy Award Winner David Guetta is one of the most watched people on the planet. Joining him at Stage 88 are Bombs Away, Timomatic and local heroes Jared de Veer and Rawson. Pre release tickets are available to kicksentertainment.com.au subscribers. The first round of general release tix go on sale Thurs Feb 9 through Moshtix.