Andrea Kirwin supported by Zaynab Wilson
Event description
ANDREA KIRWIN / ISLAND SOUL
Andrea Kirwin is an Australian-Fijian Singer-songwriter based on the Sunshine Coast,QLD, who has been performing at Folk Festivals since 2008. Andrea has released 5 independent albums under her record label Peace Run Records since 2013. With a warm stage presence, soulful sound and a knack for storytelling, Andrea creates beautiful songs that are delivered whole heartedly. Whether solo or with her big band, Andrea Kirwin and the Yama-Nui Social Club, Andrea has impressed audiences both in Australia and New Zealand with her heartfelt songs, incredible vocals and engaging shows over the past 15 years. With Influences such as Tracy Chapman, Carole King and Eva Cassidy, Andrea has crafted her own personal style which she describes as 'Island Soul' and her live performances are both entertaining and uplifting and are a joy to experience. With many stories from her multicultural upbringing in Townsville as the daughter of a Fijian Church minister, to living in Fiji in her mother's village of Levukaidaku, Matuku and dropping out of an Arts/Law degree at Australian National University to become a full time touring singer-songwriter, Andrea continues to forge a unique path within the Australian music industry as a self-managed independent artist running her own record label, agency and events company Peace Run Records from her home town of Nambour on the Sunshine Coast.
“Andrea Kirwin has a rare voice that runs deep....deep enough to carry you back to an era where
the way an artist delivered their message
was everything.” - LIOR
"When I heard Andrea I was totally excited to hear such a competent, unique and exciting new songwriter. It is one of the joys of being a musician, traveling the globe and hearing exciting music that I wouldn’t have found at home, yet it is a rare joy. I find there are many competent yet mediocre musicians out there and Andrea was way above anything I had heard for a long long time." - KRISTINA OLSEN
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The Citadel is located in the beautiful hinterland of The Tweed, in Murwillumbah. We are an intimate licenced venue. We often sell out so best to purchase tickets online.
There are seats for all, but not allocated.
For concerts the bar is open from 6pm, and hall doors will open 30mins prior to the concert to allow you to choose your seat.
We will have something yummy on our menu if you’re hungry.
Look forward to seeing you!
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Andrea Kirwin Career Highlights so far
Performed at the closing ceremony for Woodford Folk Festival event - The Renewal on Jan 1 2024
Performed at Bay of Islands Jazz and Blues Festival (NZ), Caloundra Music Festival (2023) and Maleny Music Festival (QLD) 2023
Facilitated 7 School Music workshops across 7 campuses for Tagai State Primary School in the Torres Strait Islands in March 2023
Attended Music Export Conference, Halifax Nova Scotia in Canada in February 2023
Recipient of Sunshine Coast Arts Foundation Grant of $1000 in February 2023 for Peace Run TV Pilot Episode
Queensland Music award judge for Blues and Roots Category 2023
Tracy Chapman Tribute show 9 date East Coast Tour Nov 2022
Attended Break Out West Music Conference in Calgary, Canada from 28 September, 2022
Performed at the National Folk Festival, April 2022
Programmed 'Nambour Forecourt Live' Live music community concerts 2022 & 2023
Current guest artist programmer for Caloundra Music Festival for 2022
Artistic Programmer for Rockhampton River Festival Main stage on Saturday 8 October 2022
Two songs from 'Bloom' nominated as Finalists for the Folk and World categories in the 2022 Queensland Music Awards
Woodford Folk Festival Small Halls Tour of Regional QLD (Nov 2021)
QMusic Panelist for Connect Music Industry series (July-Aug 2021)
Represented Australia as part of the Global Music Match thanks to Sounds Australia (2021)
Emerging Curator role with Creative Arts Alliance and RASN network (2021)
Women in Music Mentorship Mentor for Apra Amcos (2021)
Winner of QMusic Award with Nyssa Ray for Children's song of the year (2021)
Sunshine Sounds Tour with Katie Noonan and Louise King (2020)
Ukulele Intensive Workshop facilitator, Woodford Folk Festival Bushtime Event (2020)
Opened up Peace Run Records shopfront in Nambour (September, 2020)
Carol Lloyd award finalist (2019)
Bay of Islands Jazz and Blues Festival (2018)
Sponsored by Cole Clark Guitars (2017)
Representing multicultural Artists from QLD at Big Sound QLD (2016)
4 songs from 'The Story of Us', highly commended in the Q Music Awards, (2016)
Regional Arts Development Fund recipient (2015) Founded Independent record label Peace Run Records (2009)
Founded the Andi and George Band in 2007, managed and booked tours independently until 2009 and performed at Festivals across Australia including The Dreaming (Woodford), Woodford Folk Festival, Folk Rhythm and Life (VIC) and Womadelaide and many more.
Support artist - Zaynab Wilson
Zaynab Wilson is a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumental performing artist who writes songs and stories in styles that reflect the intuitive ancestral Afro-Caribbean rhythms of her heritage and embrace the soulful vocalizations of her inward and outward journeys. Born in Montréal and raised in a creatively rich Trinidad and Tobagonian household, Zaynab began her career at age six in her steelpan-playing family ensemble. Now a campaigner for the artistic process and cultural curiosity, she uses her birthright to sculpt original projects and soundscapes that have led her on a globetrotting path of exchanging, networking, and anchoring in melody and rhythm.