Join Tamara & the Dreams (Solo), Sylvi Gunn (Duo) and Local Sweetheart (Solo) for a night of Indie-Folk-Pop wonder! There will be joy. There will be laughter. There will quite possibly also be tears. There will certainly be songs that will be stuck in your head for days/weeks/months to follow.

Tamara & the Dreams - Described as ‘Some of Australia’s wittiest lyrics this side of ‘Avant Gardener’ with a Swiftian ability for emotionally gripping storytelling’ by NME, Tamara & the Dreams is the rock star dream of Melbourne’s beloved Tamara Reichman. Born in bedrooms and grown in bandrooms amongst Melbourne's vibrant music community, Tamara brings effervescent, vulnerable, ‘zeitgeist capturing’ guitar songs to life through indie rock, jangle pop & alt-folk. Inspired by an eclectic shrine of indie heroes like Frankie Cosmos, Courtney Barnett, Julia Jacklin and Angel Olsen, and taking notes from old school songwriters like Joni, Leonard and Bob, Tamara’s songs weave candid humour and acerbic observations with poetic lyricism, cutting straight to the core. With the online presence of a niche internet micro celebrity and a ‘captivating’ (Double J) live show, ‘she emanates insouciant charisma’.

Sylvi Gunn - Sometimes sad, sometimes funny, sometimes insightful, sometimes silly, Sylvi weaves her storytelling through gorgeous melodies. She sings queer love stories, community warmth and the complex project of working through grief - both personal and communal.

Local Sweetheart - With intimate, bittersweet lyrics carried over gentle melodies and dreamy harmonies, Local Sweetheart’s songs will remind you of voice notes from a friend.

This event is supported by the Victorian Government through the Community Support Fund and Creative Victoria, delivered by Music Victoria.

Mamma Chen’s acknowledges the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung and the Bunurong peoples of the Kulin Nation, the true owners of the land that we live and operate on. We would like to pay our respects to their Elders past and present and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

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