FANNY LUMSDEN’S STORY CLUB BIO

Fanny's journey has been a unique one, starting out on a sheep farm in western NSW all the way to Glastonbury UK via hundreds of Country Halls throughout regional Australia. The songs tell the stories collected along the way. Story club is a chance to really get into exactly that - the stories and the songs. It will be like you are sitting around the kitchen table, chatting about the themes and ideas that inspired songs from Fanny’s past 4 albums including ARIA winning albums Hey dawn and Fallow. IF you have been to a fanny show before you will know there’s always a story attached. With only a very limited number of tickets available, it will be like no other tour the 2x ARIA, 9x Golden Guitars, 3x AIR award winner has done. Story club is like book club, except without the pressure of reading the book, or even having an opinion.

FANNY BIO

2xARIA and 9x Golden Guitar, 3x AIR award winning artist Fanny Lumsden “has established herself as one of the one of the genre's most esteemed performers” (The Australian) with her new album HEY DAWN having just taken out the ARIA for Best Country Album, the CMAA Golden Guitar for Alt-Country Album of the Year and . It debuted at #1 on the Australian Album ARIA charts, being the 4th highest selling country album of 2023 and being her second album in a row to crack the ARIA global top ten. Fanny is continuing to break the rules and confirm herself as “undoubtedly the brightest new (country) star of the current era” (Capital News).  Following up her “breakthrough” album Fallow which took out the ARIA, 5 CMAA Golden Guitars and AIR Country Albums, Fanny is mostly known for her regional Country Halls Tour and has recently taken her joyous, energetic and brilliant live show to debut in the UK to a packed Avalon Stage at Glastonbury and followed up with two hugely successful tours, including A Country Halls Tour run in Scotland.  Wrapping up her Hey Dawn tour which sold out shows through NZ, Ireland, UK and theatres across Australia, and “confirms Fanny as a distinctive storyteller, and an indelible personality who can win over fans in or outside of country music” (Doug Wallan, The Australian). 

Here's what other said:

“There are certain visionary artists forging new paths and reinventing what popular music looks and sounds like. Fanny Lumsden is one such artist, delivering a compelling blend of stagecraft, storytelling, and musical prowess that has mesmerised audiences all over the world”

★ ★ ★ ★★ Joshua Eckersley, BMA Magazine 2023

“Leaves absolutely no doubt what a breath-taking voice Lumsden has."  

★ ★ ★ ★ Zanda Wilson, Rolling Stone 2023

“Lumsden trusts in the song, not the rules."

Bernard Zuel, Rhythms Magazine 2023

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.

Look forward to seeing you!