Since 2014, Melbourne’s Out on the Weekend Festival has been a prime destination for lovers of all things Americana, and this year’s line-up is undoubtedly the biggest yet. As usual, fans from outside of the live music capital won’t need to venture south to catch all the action (although of course they are welcome to), as the festival’s stellar line-up of internationals will all be pushing their wares up and down the East Coast before and after the festival, which takes place at Seaworks in Williamstown on Saturday October 14.
Starting at the top, Out On The Weekend‘s most iconic headliners ever, the institution that is ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL has made Austin, Texas it’s home for 50 years, in which time they’ve won a huge 9 Grammys and released over 20 albums. Close friends of Willie Nelson, Asleep at the Wheel are the remaining link between the early heroes of Western Swing like Bob Wills and today’s generation of real deal Texan country artists. The band is the brainchild of frontman Ray Benson and steel guitar great Lucky Oceans, the man who Australian audiences know and love through his long time show on ABC Radio National and his work with an array of artists, including on the recent Songs For Freedom project from Indigenous singers and songwriters from the Pilbara community of Roebourne. Lucky has called Australia home for decades now but will be returning to his seat in the Wheel for the band’s first ever Australian tour. Loved by the ’70s hippy country-rock community and country traditionalists alike, Ray, Lucky and the band will be joined by current honky-tonkers Brennen Leigh and long-time Love Police pal Joshua Hedley in a show billed The Past, The Present and The Future.
ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL
October 15 – The Factory Theatre, Sydney, NSW with Summer Dean
October 18 – The Gov, Adelaide, SA
October 19 – Freo Social, Perth, WA with Sassafras
Also playing Groundwater Music Festival
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WILLIE WATSON with NAT MYERS
October 15 – The Zoo, Brisbane, QLD
October 17 – A&I Hall, Bangalow, NSW
October 22 – The Factory Theatre, Sydney, NSW
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MELISSA CARPER
October 18 – The Great Club, Sydney, NSW with Summer Dean
More dates to come
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JENNY DON’T & THE SPURS with THE PINK STONES and THE BURES BAND
October 15 – The Star Hotel, Yackandandah, VIC with Jenny Don’t & The Spurs and The Bures Band
October 17 – The Great Club, Sydney, NSW with Jenny Don’t & The Spurs and The Bures Band
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JENNY DON’T & THE SPURS OTHER SHOWS
September 30 – La La La’s, Wollongong, NSW
October 1 – The Southern, Berry, NSW (free show)
October 6 – The Australian Hotel, Ballina, NSW (free show)
October 7 – The Triffid, Brisbane, QLD with Henry Wagons
October 8 – Tamworth Hotel, Tamworth, NSW (free show)
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SUMMER DEAN
October 15 – The Factory Theatre, Sydney, NSW with Asleep At The Wheel
October 18 – The Great Club, Sydney, NSW with Melissa Carper
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THE PINK STONES
October 19 – Tamworth Hotel
October 22 – The Eltham Hotel, Eltham, NSW
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