Cash Savage & The Last Drinks Takeover Estonian House Brunswick

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Cash Savage And The Last Drinks

TAKE OVER ESTONIAN HOUSE, BRUNSWICK

Friday, August 23, 18+ Night Show

Cash Savage & The Last Drinks || Real Sunnies|| Joshua Seymour

Saturday, August 24, Family Friendly Afternoon Show

Uncle Kutcha Edwards || Our Carlson 

Georgia Knight || Kate Alexander || Howl at the Moon|| Thomy Sloane & Lucy Waldron || Rolling Blackouts DJS

“The system is broken, so we are trying something different,” says Cash Savage. “It might not work but fuck it. What else can we do?”

Cash Savage, at the helm of ARIA nominees Cash Savage and the Last Drinks, one of the stalwarts of Melbourne’s music scene, this week announced a new gig. Rather, a new series of gigs.

A new type of music event altogether.

Savage and her band’s manager, Nick Finch (Graveyard Train, Blake Scott) have designed a two-day celebration in which the band itself will take over a venue – Brunswick’s beloved Estonian House – and run everything themselves (as far as possible), to fight against the current trend towards revenue being siphoned out of the music scene.

“We’re all so jack of the way big business has been steadily creeping its way into the arts and entertainment industry,” says Savage. “These days you buy a ticket to see a band you love, and your booking fee goes to some company whose majority shareholders have been tied to weapons, climate catastrophe and human rights abuses. Not to mention the bank’s transaction fee every time you buy a drink at the bar.”

The line-up itself showcases the talents of the Last Drinks themselves, which conveniently creates a curation of some of Melbourne’s best acts.

“Every band on the line-up includes a member of the Last Drinks,” Savage explains. “Every band is family.”

As well as Cash Savage & Last Drinks, the line-up includes Our Carlson, Uncle Kutcha Edwards, Georgia Knight, Kate Alexander, Howl At The Moon, Real Sunnies, Joshua Seymour, Thomy Sloane & Lucy Waldron and Rolling Blackouts DJs.

In an effort to direct the profits where they should go, the band have managed this gig from the ground up.

“My uncle once explained to me that he had his farm laser-levelled so that every single raindrop would stay on the farm, not a drop of water ever left. This gig is like that: it’s DIY. The band members will be working at the bar and mopping the floors. My mum and dad are coming to collect the empty cans for the recycling deposit. Booking fees go to charities. All the profits will go to musicians. We will do everything we can not to fund the bad guys and we’ll encourage cash payments to leave the banks out of it.”

Estonian House Brunswick is a non-profit community venue and an incredible space to watch a gig. Drinks will be honest prices and cheaper with cash.

Tickets will be available for Friday night or Saturday arvo, or a discounted two-day pass. There will be discount tickets available for cash at Record Paradise in Brunswick and Poison City Records in Preston, and kids under 12 are free entry on Saturday.

Screw the banks, screw Big Business. All profits go to musicians, as it should be.

Every drop of water stays on the farm.