The Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra from Canada is on their first Australian tour and will be playing at the Baroque Room in Katoomba on Friday, February 14.
The Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra are a collection of musicians, linked by common sonic journeys and familial ties.
From ballads and sing-alongs to high-energy dance parties, they have spent years telling their stories with guitars and violins, with accordions and bass, with melodies and music makers gleaned from their wanderings.
The band is from a sparsely populated region of Canada's west coast. They travel community to community, bringing people together at halls on the Gulf Islands, barns in the prairies, kitchen parties in towns, clubs in the cities and festivals all summer long.
Their music weaves a multicultural Canadian tapestry: Roots, eastern European dance party, jazz, bluegrass, flamenco, African, Latin, Celtic, rock, gospel and blues while the band represents an eclectic background - German Mennonite, Chinese, Dutch, Scottish and Métis.
These troubadours remind you that this music could not exist without warm bodies in search of harmony.
Special guests will be Le Hot Club de Katoomba.
Australian violinist Simon Watts (String Theories, Skarrat & Watts) and French singer/guitarist Julien Clement (Julien Joel Clement, Disco Frisco) team up to deliver classic French chansons and an assortment of Hot Club swing tunes.
They will also be joined by Neill Duncan on sax and drums on the night too,
On Friday, February 14 at the Baroque Room, Katoomba (entry via the Carrington Hotel driveway, through the 'Baroque Room' arch). Doors open 7pm, show starts at 8pm.
Come and enjoy the new refurbishments of this terrific room!
General admission. Room configuration is a mix of theatre style, cabaret style tables and chairs, cocktail lounges and standing. *Please note that this event is an over 18 years only. No minors will be granted entry to the event.
Tickets $20 available from the Carrington Hotel reception 4782 1111 or online $21.50 (Including booking fees): www.stickytickets.com.au/4J83K or $25 (cash) on the door from 7pm (unless sold out).
