Hugh F // Dale York // @ no. 96 Maitland

Hugh F crafts tender, funny, and unflinchingly honest folk songs with the help of his velvet voice box and a finely tuned radar for life’s quiet absurdities. Singing started as a way to relax the tension in his throat — a physical release that, almost accidentally, became a way to document the odd joys and heartbreaks of growing up a farm boy on Dudhuroa Country.

Based in Naarm but spiritually stationed somewhere between a North East Victorian paddock and the Wodonga Plaza food court, Hugh has quietly built a loyal following across Australia and beyond. He’s toured nationally with Darren Hanlon, supported Chastity Belt in the U.S., and somehow gone viral singing about rats and horses. (This is not a metaphor.)

Hugh will be joined by local singer-songwriter Dale York for a lovely night of songs and joy.

Photo - Marcelle Bradbeer