A night of sonic awareness as three local bands share the Polo stage to share heavy brass, folk, and dance floor energy - warming up the Canberra winter with a eclectic vibes and on stage collaborations. FEATURING:

BRASS KNUCKLE BRASS BAND is a sweaty late-night party for anyone who knows sousaphones are cooler than bass guitars. Think whiskey dripping from trombone spit-valves; think drummers with callouses on their callouses. Think a crusty bari sax belting at Bourbon Street from the wrong hemisphere and you're getting the idea. First thrown together for a one-off Wednesday night jazz gig, BKBB has played at Falls Festival and Woodford Folk Festival, and has opened for international heavyweights Jon Cleary, Charles Bradley and Fred Wesley.

THE LONELY FATES are an indi/folk/country-soul band. Featuring musicians from a bunch of other Canberra based acts such as The Wedded Bliss, Cuss, the Fred Smith band and Waterford, the band's sound evolves around the original songs of Fiona Bolton & Randall Blair. The two are joined by multi instrumentalist & sound engineer Cameron Burns and Chris Thwaites (BKBB) on drums. Together, the sound is a swirling blend of luscious pop melody and soulful blues

THIS WAY ORKESTRA is Canberra's very own enclave of Afrobeat + Ska + Reggae sounds - this 10-piece orchestra combines the mighty Afro-Funk of Nigeria's Fela Kuti with a tight brass section and jazz + ska grooves - heavy dancefloor energy at all times! From West Belconnen to West Africa and beyond, this musical collective will keep your nyash shaking! Formed in 2012 by Nicholas Combe and Simon Milman - two stalwarts of the local jazz and reggae scene in Canberra - the band further evolved in 2019 with some new additions, including a frontman Jim Sharock on vocals and percussion - flexing new musical influences beyond ska and Afrobeat to include reggae, ethio-jazz, and dub. https://linktr.ee/This.Way.Orkestra