Lou Bradley at Eureka Hall

Time: Doors open from 5pm
Concert: 7pm
Tickets: $15 each 
Children under 12: Free
Food: Mexican Menu by Eureka Public School P&C
BYO drinks

ARIA award nominee, self-confessed hippie and country music outlaw Lou Bradley will be playing a special one-off concert at Eureka Hall on Saturday, October 19.

There are only a limited number of tickets available for this BYO event, so be sure to get yours quickly. Think of it as the warm up to their nearly sold out Nimbin Roots Festival which is happening the following weekend (25th -27th Oct). Lou and her husband and band mate Phil Chaffer founded the Nimbin Roots Festival 9 years ago and are launching the Mullum Roots Festival in July 2025.

Lou started taking her craft seriously when, in 2005, she was the inaugural recipient of the John Butler Seed arts grant, which enabled Lou (and 25 of her closest family and friends) to pile into an old bus for a four-week tour through the heart of Australia to promote her debut release, a self-titled and self-funded E.P, Hillbilly Pop.

While her genre is described as part alternative, part American country – and maybe even a little dash of pop – it is dripping in raw talent, free of pretence and is a treat your ears will thank you for.

Lou's experiences have an authenticity that's reflected in memorable songs sweeping across a vast terrain of life, love and friendship. She is a natural entertainer with a classical country voice – with a twist!

February 2007 saw the release of the ARIA & CMAA Awards nominated album Love Someone. Then in early 2008 Lou began woodshedding material for her follow up.

She wasn’t expecting it would take 18 months, but the intervening period led her to producer/artist Shane Nicholson, who agreed to pare down Lou’s unwieldy batch of 40 songs to the dozen you hear on La La La Not Listening. The album was recorded at The Sound Hole, the studio built at the back of the North Coast home Nicholson shared with his then wife Kasey Chambers.

The producer’s quiet demeanour supplied an obvious complement to the chatty singer but despite their very different personalities, the album’s sessions were harmonious.

“We agreed it would be nice to make something quite sparse and earthy,” Lou said. “Shane had good ideas and he’s a good listener. He thinks for a long time. Sometimes I thought I was working with someone in a coma! He’d say one word in a whole day it seemed.”

Shane’s recollection of the experience is, as expected a little more polite.

"Lou Bradley is a singer/songwriter that's resolutely honest and true to her art,” he said.

“Working her way through folk, pop, bluegrass and old-time country, she covers all bases with oodles of conviction. This album was a lot of fun to make. The good ones always are!"

Given Lou’s busy touring schedule, we’re excited she has agreed to perform at the Hall – our first event since September’s trivia night. Tickets are limited and will sell quickly, so get yours as soon as you can!