Justin Heazlewood’s Dream Burnie Book Launch Extravaganza

Moonah Arts Centre presents 
Justin Heazlewood’s Dream Burnie Book Launch extravaganza.

4pm & 7pm Saturday 8 February

4pm Book Launch Event: FREE

7pm Live Performance: $10 

Join us at Moonah Arts Centre for two special events to launch the book Dream Burnie by Justin Heazlewood (of Bedroom Philosopher fame).

Dream Burnie contains over 300 colour pages featuring stories of some of the North-West Coast of Tasmania's most successful artists. A nostalgic bus-trip of humorous dalliances on life in a small town.
An art book, time capsule, memoir. It’s niche. It’s now. It’s 1995.

From 4pm – 6:30pm we start with a relaxed afternoon for everyone, with music and a pop-up art exhibition in the foyer of Moonah Arts Centre by artists from the book. There will be live book readings from Justin and an opportunity to purchase a copy of Dream Burnie.

From 7pm, there will be a special concert featuring Justin Heazlewood (The Bedroom Philosopher), performing a one-off set of some of the first songs he ever wrote when he was eighteen. This includes the anthemic, iconic 'Smells Like Hellyer Spirit' which hasn't been performed in public since 1998. Also 'Vee-Dub' about his mum's 1972 Volkswagon Superbeetle.

Justin will be followed by Marist College’s own, Twinkle Digitz – a retro futuristic one-man band and sonic gymnast onstage, trapezing between pulsating synths, slinky guitars, LARGE beats and spicy vocals.

Tickets for the 7pm concert: $10

Book launch from 4-6.30pm: FREE just turn up!

“A book about dreaming big (or sideways, inside out, upside-down) in small places and understanding that it is unassuming towns like Burnie that can make the most wonderful, out-there artists in the country."
Anna Krien

Dream Burnie presented by the Burnie Arts Council, supported by the Burnie City Council and assisted by Arts Tasmania.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Moonah Arts Centre and Glenorchy City Council acknowledge the Muwinina people as the traditional owners of this Land on which we gather. We recognise all Tasmanian Aboriginal people as the original owners and continuing custodians of the land and waters of this island, Lutruwita. We pay our respect to Aboriginal Elders, past and present. We commit to working for a City that welcomes and respects all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.”

SAFE SPACE
We believe in safe and positive spaces where all people are welcome and respected. If you experience or see something that doesn’t look right, please report it to one of our friendly staff.

ACCESSIBILITY
The venue is fully accessible with seats available for patrons with mobility issues and areas for wheelchairs. If you require assistance, please make contact via moonahartscentre@gcc.tas.gov.au before purchasing tickets, our venue staff will be happy to assist.

If you hold a government-issued Companion Card for people with disabilities who require a companion and are purchasing a full-priced ticket to our event, you may be eligible for one free ticket for your companion, please contact moonahartscentre@gcc.tas.gov.au directly for more information.