FRIDAY MAY 23 @ MALENY PIONEER VILLAGE (6pm-9pm)

LIVE MUSIC: 8 BALL AITKEN & TAYA CHANI + LUCY GALLANT

BYO food and drinks (tea & coffee available only)

TIX: $30 online or $40 at the door.

All ages gig. Kids half price.

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8 Ball Aitken has toured the world for more than a decade performing his soul-blues-rock across twenty countries to date. He’s earned a loyal fanbase from his live shows and internet videos, while paying his dues as a singer, songwriter, slide-guitarist, and producer.

8 Ball moved to Nashville, Tennessee, USA in 2012 and worked for nine years with many of the best in the blues business today. He won second place in the 2021 International New Orleans Cigar Box Guitar Festival hosted by blues woman Samantha Fish.

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Taya Chani is a Sydney based singer, songwriter, and guitarist. With a soothing voice, she effortlessly incorporates blues, soul, Americana, jazz, funk, and R’N’B. Taya has performed at many festivals including Woodford, Australian Blues Festival, Echuca Blues Festival, Marrickville Blues Festival, Surry Hills Blues Festival, Sydney Blues Festival, Girrakool Blues Festival and others.

Taya has travelled to the Deep South of America and performed in New Orleans, Clarksdale, Nashville, and Memphis. Taya always returns to her native Australia, with a stronger goal, greater drive and overflowing with inspiration to write and create authentic music.

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Bright, colorful, and brilliant, Lucy Gallant has created her own genre, which she lovingly calls bohemian folk-pop. Anchored in folk roots but fiercely original, experimental, and avant-garde, the Australian songstress has been hailed as one of the most talented indie artists on the global stage. With a growing fanbase of over 100,000 followers across her platforms, Lucy's vibrant presence continues to captivate audiences worldwide.

Her journey as a performer has taken her across the USA, South and Central America, Japan, Australia, NZ, the UK, and much of Europe. She has dazzled audiences at intimate venues and iconic festivals such as Glastonbury Festival, Beautiful Days (UK), Art Basel (US), and Australia’s largest festivals, including Splendour in the Grass, Woodford Folk Festival, and Byron Bay Bluesfest.

Lucy’s rich multicultural heritage—Burmese, Russian, Irish, and Australian—is infused into her music. A one-woman show and multi-instrumentalist, Lucy creates high-energy rhythms on the Cajón while simultaneously singing, playing guitar, and using chimes. Her soulful, unique voice, characterized by a jazzy undertone, has been compared to Billie Holiday, Amy Winehouse, and Regina Spektor. A prolific songwriter, she has written over 1,000 songs since her childhood.

Every performance by Lucy is a unique experience, with no live set ever the same. Her mission is to inspire a global movement of love and liberation, encouraging her audience to celebrate their individuality and embrace freedom.