Gigs Events Notices: 15 April

Calendar looking a little empty? SMAC Magazine is going to start giving you a rundown of gigs, events and good stuff in your area every Thursday. So wherever YOU are, send us your gig or event info and any important notices you need the world to see to smacmagazine@hotmail.com, and we will put it in our weekly Gig Events Notices!

TOWNSVILLE

April

17 - The Medics. Supported by The Short List. Aitkenvale PCYC. $12 at the door. From 7pm.

17 - The Bent Bar. MORF, GLBTi party night with special performance by the Muff Sisters. The Mansfield Hotel/PJs. From 8pm.

22 - The Short List. Townsville Surf Lifesavers Club.

24 - Townsville Mumpreneurs Expo. TownsVillains Roller Derby fundraiser. Heaps of great displays and activities. Castle Hill PCYC. From 1pm.

24 - Fundraiser Dance for Nancy. Featuring musicians from Townsville's best of the best. Ignatius Park College. Tickets $25 by phoning 0407 731 893. From 7pm.

30 - Rock Out Against Domestic Violence. Kate Martin, Charlton, Why Wait, Six Hole Theory, Prey, Ghosts Over Japan, We Came From The Depths. Aitkenvale PCYC. Free. From 6.30pm.

May

2 - Groovin the Moo. See article for full lineup details. Murray Sporting Complex. $95.90 (+ booking fee) via Moshtix. From 12pm.

15 - Exchange Hotel Re-opening Concert. Kim Cooper, The North Ward, The Popli Kids, Bandawalla Moons, Buttah and the Cursed Insurgents, Broken Needles, DJ Pappas. From 8pm.

15-16 - Beat The Bastard Charity Ride. Downhill skate event cancer fundraiser. Mt Stuart. All day.

CAIRNS

April

16 - Sneaky Beats featuring Yves Klein Blue. Tanks Arts Centre. $10 at the door. Doors 5.30pm.

16-17 - The Original Pseudo Echo. Not a tribute band - the original lineup! Vertigo Bar, The Reef Hotel Casino. Free.

17 - Nano Stern (Chile). Tanks Arts Centre. $25/$20 from Ticketlink. Doors 6.30pm.

21 - Henry Rollins (USA). Tanks Arts Centre. $45/$40 from Ticketlink. Doors 6.30pm.

22-13 May - PNG: A Survey of Art & Artefacts. Artwork and artefacts from Papua New Guinea. Launch 22 April 6pm. Tanks Arts Centre. Free.

23-15 May - Fragment exhibition by Declan Delargy. Abstract-expressionist mixed media on canvas. Launch 23 April 6pm. Tanks Arts Centre. Free.

24 - Jeff Martin (Canada). Ex-The Tea Party. Tanks Arts Centre. $35/$30 from Ticketlink. Doors 6.30pm.

MAY

1-2 - Cairns Blues Festival. Backsliders, Dallas Frasca, Geoff Achison & The Souldiggers, Bex Marshall, Fiona Boyes and more. $120 pre-sold, $130 at the door, $75 one day from Ticketlink.