Harvesting Happiness: Formidable Vegetable Charlie Mgee Unleashed

Tuesday 4 June 2024 – 5.00pm registration opens - 5.30pm dinner - 6pm performance - Mid Mountains Neighbourhood Centre, Lawson

Permaculture Blue Mountains is thrilled and eXciTeD to present Charlie Mgee, founder of the band Formidable Vegetable all the way from Western Australia. Turning earworms into earthworms, Formidable Vegetable Charlie Mgee presents an inspiring and thought-provoking musical illustration of the ethics and principles of permaculture and how to apply them in your daily life. Fun and hilarious songs about regenerative design and solving the World's problems in the funkiest way possible.

Date: Tuesday 4 June 2024 – 5.00pm registration opens - 5.30pm dinner - 6pm performance

Entry fee: $10 single / $15 family / $10 PBM membership (becoming a member helps us pay the hall hire)

Venue: Mavis Wood Hall, Mid Mountains Neighbourhood Centre, 9 New Street Lawson

Bio: Charlie Mgee is a songwriter, ukulele-player and founder of the world-renowned permaculture eco-funk/swing band, Formidable Vegetable. Growing up in a tin shed with a veggie garden, rainwater tank and one 100W solar panel for power in the south-west of Western Australia, Charlie lived the low-impact lifestyle from a young age, using a dunny that didn't flush and hanging out with his chickens for entertainment, which made him realise early on that you don’t need a lot in life to be happy.

Later on, Charlie went off to study permaculture and soon after, formed Formidable Vegetable – a band based entirely around principles of sustainable living and being good to the planet, with the hope of inspiring people everywhere to grow regenerative gardens/lives/communities and generally make the world a better place.

His music has since made it into the lofty halls of the United Nations (who praised Formidable Vegetable for writing about the 'important issues of our time'), onto the stages at Glastonbury Festival alongside such acts as Ed Sheeran, Katy Perry and The Rolling Stones and has inspired the creation of many a backyard and community garden.

Please bring: the whole family, your neighbour, your friends, a plate, a cup, cutlery and food to share

Lucky door prize: Formidable Vegetable latest album ‘Micro Biome’ – everyone gets a ticket upon entry

Raffle: remember to bring cash - Charlie is going to surprise us with something from Formidable Vegetable and Brenna Quinlan’s range of merchandise

Opportunity to buy Merchandise: Charlie is bringing some really cool stuff, CDs and other merchandise including Brenna's permaculture cards, so bring cash

The Teens might enJoY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvnmjrYg2eY

Note: Charlie starts at 6pm

PLEASE LET US KNOW YOU ARE COMING. You can choose to pay online or pay at the door using Humanatix link. WE NEED YOU TO REGISTER.

Together we can grow ... Permaculture Blue Mountains

Enquiries: Amanda Argent 0409 513 337 OR theurbanfarmerbluemountains@gmail.com

- We look forward to you joining us. RSVP appreciated for room set up as numbers are capped for this show -