Marila Homes directing the Supper Club "Ladies Choir"! — Above from the 2024 gathering - from Martha Spencer (USA) to Liz Young (QLD) to Rhiannon (VIC)

Andrew Clermont’s International Supper Club

Renown multi-instrumentalist singer performer and recipient of 2023 Golden Fiddle Lifetime Achievement Award and in 2021 Inducted into South Australian Music Hall of Fame - let alone, previous Australian 3 time Bluegrass Guitar Championship Winner & Fiddle runner-up - continuing with a new round of adventure from some familiar (if you've been before) and a whole bonus of rarely seen star players & performers for 2025.

At Tamworth Country Music Festival, Clermont presents for you from over a quarter century, a feast of country, bluegrass, folk, blues, swing, and dare I say some Jazz and World Music performances - brought to you by an array of versatile, virtuoso musicians - somehow summarizing those years there in and sooo much more !!

Quotes! "Thought I'd died & gone to heaven!", "The very best musicians you've never heard of !"

Sat 18 - Sun 26 Jan 2025

Each night at 7 - 11pm-ish (note Fri Feature 9-12am!) plus bonus Sunday Arvo session 2 - 6.

Plus Bus Route 431 to get you there & back !

The often up to 14 piece band, celebrates the years of Tamworth Supper Clubs from Andrew Clermont with about a 35 hour concert spread throughout the week!

"Special Feature" - 9pm Friday 24th - Kelly's Wayke (SA) and songs from Musicals Night -

9pm Friday 24th SA's premier Folk Band 9 piece and featuring star fiddler Mae Traeger open the evening and then flows into out 2024 festival hit of Musicals via our Tamworth Star of the Capitol Theatre, Brookie Gillett and her team through to I'm betting a few further collaborations will appear from our week together!

Don't miss out!

You'll hear multi-awarded (up to maybe 6) Fiddlers & multiple Mandolins, Guitar Champions, Accordions to Pianos, Banjos to Trumpet & Chin Cello, Drums that are never too loud (!) plus all kinds of Fretted to Fretless to Double Bass, fabulous singers and plenty vocal harmonies.

You'll hear All the music (and words!), All the time! At the Supper Club the sound is superb! No loud kick drums or muddy mixes.

Book all week with Season Pass discount! Invite your friends - group discounts! Or just pick & choose as you get the chance!

Book a Table for 8 and get 1 seat free.

Just remind us the day before !! Ph 0407 753809

With musicians mingling with the audience throughout, this is truly a unique, intimate experience.

A musical feast not to be missed.

Book a season ticket and get a taste of it all!

Every night introduces the masterful players and unique singers & creators who will be on and off the stage until the big finale show on Sunday afternoon. More player detail below!!

Featured Artists 2025

Andrew Clermont’s Supper Club 2025 Jan 17-26

- will feature from USA Ross Sermon who performed for years with Jimmy Buffett and fiddle legend Vassar Clements! CD launching astonishing troubadour Peter Daffy duets with Rhiannon McArthur "Rhiz & Pete" with band hot from their Nashville recording joining our often seen Pete Fidler on Dobro.
Special VIC guest Liz Frencham (Double Bass & silken Voice); Miss Ohio! from SA (Wed to Sat) with super fiddler & singer Mae Traeger & Luthier Gage Stead. Plus good support & further adventure from regulars Marilla Homes (UK), the very nifty Rob Long (Guitars, Lap Steel & drums!), heart warming theatrical Brookie Gillett, wondrous Goldheist, Golden Fiddle 2024 Awarded Jude Iddison WA, the debonaire Nicholas Reefman from Trumpet to Accordion, keyboard prince Garry Steel , plus return of Shenzo Gregorio (multi-awarded Fiddler GFA 2023 and stunning on Guitar & Chin Cello just by the way!) and Bluegrass Banjo surprise, Paul Henderson with young Marcus Church who never stops pickin' & grinnin'! From Tue onChristian Marsh’s stunning Harmonica world as well;- and that’s just some of the icing on the Supper Club cake! More detail below!

And THE ORCHESTRA/ All-Week Performers !

Meet Shenzo Gregorio (QLD) - 2023 Golden Fiddle "Best Fiddler" Awarded - at home in Rio, Carnegie Hall or a Hot Club in Paris His dance from Gypsy Guitar to Violin to Chin Cello & Bass is quite the jaw drop - let alone a charming soul! Also touring with circus shows through to the Four Play Quartet. Found out recently he's also quite nuts on piano - Lookout!!

Marilla Homes (UK) returning annually, had everyone pin drop focused last January from Stories & Folk songs onward all the way to Opera - on occasion! She bring news of the English shores and has starred as well with her photography within our Supper Club Almanac Book as well !

New Banjo man is Paul Henderson QLD whom Clermont discovered at the National Folk Fest Session Bar and they just kept on keeping on till the wee hours, It's now a coupla years later and we are very happy to bring him to Tamworth. Bluegrass and so much more ! He'll also link with our usual Banjo man (Paul Cooper SA) when he can make it as well!

All the way from WA we love to welcome Fiddler Jude Iddison, who has been collaborating throughout the last years with Shenzo - we are very keen to hear the results.

Liz Frencham (Double Bass & silken Voice) has a vibrant history across the Folk & Bluegrass realm as well as a deft Jazz flair should the need arise !

Nicholas (Niq) Reefman QLD brings his sublime Trumpet, Accordion, assorted wares & songs to all in a most beloved way. He's had a very high hit rate on our youtubes and is usually the last to let go of the night! Leading us from Brazil to outer space it seems at times we await his new intrigue!

Brookie Gillett NSW (Theatre Star!) - first joining the Supper Club 2007 after many years in the Theatre already! Clermont has treasured her unique voice and dedication to the team with heart searching and topical originals through to an epic Joni Mitchell medley and this time we seek to include her Musical Theatre elements from Les Mis to who knows, culminating on our Cabaret Friday (note 9pm start just that day).

Robbie Long (Newcastle) met Clermont in the group The Lawnmowers (at the "Cutting Hedge" of Bluegrass ! Sorry, had to put that in :-) touring Australia's largest Acoustic Festivals - from WA's Fairbridge to VIC's Pt Fairy & QLD's Woodford Folk Festival PLUS our biggest Bluegrass Fest MountainGrass @ Harrietville VIC at the time. As a Bluegrass Guitar Champion as well as session muso forever in Newcastle including Drums to Lap Steel. Another wonderful chameleon player all week at The AC Supper Club swapping between drums & guitars!

We also featuring the deft & playful hands of Garry Steel NSW (Keyboards & Accordion) - one of the most adventurous musical minds at the Supper Club. He'll only be absent on the Tue, otherwise a grand contributor through this last decade though first jamming with Clermont back in the early 80s with The Hired Hands. Meanwhile many hundreds of albums have passed through his hands since then with a fine handful produced by Clermont as well. He'll duck away on the Tue but in for the rest.

PLUS very Special Guests

The astonishing Goldheist (Hester Fraser) and Anthony Walmsley (Tamworth Jazz Night hosts), are set to rejoin us (when they can !). Clermont has variously toured with Goldheist across many states and loves the inter-reaction with Anthony's guitaring across all kinds of styles. Songwriting like an Australian Kate Bush to Elton John blend through to The Corrs!

Pete Fidler VIC shares his Dobro/ Mandolin/ Slide/ Psychedelic to Bluegrass wizardry

Christian Marsh - arriving after adding to the Thredboe Blues Fest - likely by Tue or Wed, Christian has made the harmonica his life’s work. A never-ending quest for perfection. He has played every idiom, from country and blues to jazz and classical. Seeing him perform opens minds to the versatility of the harmonica. His trademark is a particularly pure and sweet tone, which he weaves through even the simplest of melodies to create lively complexity. He was part of a national tour with the hit stage musical “Big River”. In this show, Christian not only featured and soloed as part of the pit orchestra, but also played several character roles on stage. In 2003, Christian won the award for best “Instrumental” at the 1233 ABC Newcastle Music Awards for his tune entitled “Five Islands”. He was also a nomination for the award in the jazz category in 2003, 2004 and 2005. He has won “Gold Harmonica Awards” on three occasions at Hohner’s National Harmonica Championships in Tamworth!

We look forward to sharing our unpredictable musical adventures that flow from the years of Andrew Clermont’s International Supper Clubs!

You can follow Andrew on Facebook, visit his website to find out more about his accomplishments and gig guide and check out his musical collaborations, including clips from past performances at The Supper Club, on the Andrew Clermont YouTube Channel.

Click on the ticket tab above to join Andrew's Supper Clubs at the North Tamworth Bowling Club for the Tamworth Country Music Festival.

PS - Clermont now tunes Pianos as he travels - give a hoy - let alone consider a House Concert sometime - from solo to band versions.

Support!

IF you become a fan, a great way to support the event is the 20 Year Photo Almanac Book celebrating Clermont's International Supper Club via astonishing photographers - 125 pages of vivid memories available in A4 !! See also two trilogies of CDs 2010 & 2012 plus single captures & DVDs are another great way to share the love. And you'll also find opportunity in the ticket zone to offer further thanks/ grace to the years. Onward to the week's adventure on offer!