upcoming gigs
Saturday May 13th Doors open 8.30pm
Hotel Gearin 273 Great Western Highway Katoomba
Food service open for this show.
TICKETING INFO
$30 general
$25 concession
Wicked group booking specials for groups of 6, 7 or 8 people @ $22.50 p/p
Food and Drinks available
In a career spanning twenty- five years and at least as many recordings Alone In Bad Company is Jeff Lang’s momentous new album which presents the most organic union of Lang’s talents and influences yet. Released through ABC Music on February 24th this year Alone In Bad Company is filled with exquisitely sung stories and melodies demonstrating that, Lang is nothing if not a lover of song.
The first single from the album is ‘Burnside’ which immediately highlights Lang’s proficiency as one of Australia’s best guitarists with rapid fingerpicking and guitar work. Each song on the album is rendered such that an alternative approach is unimaginable and each time Lang steps up to solo, his hard-won style is unmistakable – fluid but with an edge-of-the-seat recklessness.
Acoustic fingerpicking, slide guitar, electric lead, banjos, mandolins and blue-eyed soul singing drop into place like puzzle pieces in a portrait conceived and executed almost entirely by the artist. Steadfast cohorts Danny McKenna and Allison Ferrier deliver on cue and master writer Don Walker shares his peerless wit on two songs, including the pointedly titled ‘With You I Can Throw Away The Pills’, a bitter-suite finale.
In the end, Alone In Bad Company presents one of our most inspired musicians – and songwriters – at the peak of his exceptional powers.
Sunset on the Rocks #2
Hat Fitz + Cara
Blues/ Roots/ Soul/ Folk
Saturday Sept 5
4pm-9.30pm Rylstone
VENUE: Rylstone Region Community Association
(RRCA) Community Centre.
1164b Coxs Creek Rd, Rylstone (Wiradjuri Country)
10 mins drive from Rylstone on a tar road.
Sunset on the Rocks is a 5-hour boutique sized micro music festival in Rylstone, a town located in the Mudgee Wine Region of NSW conceived of by creative producer, curator Meg Benson in collab with the RRCA venue and catering.
The event follows the success of the first Sunset on the Rocks featuring Owen Campbell which sold out in May 2026. This september 5 we feature husband and wife Blues/ Roots /Folk duo, Hat Fitz & Cara from the Sunshine Coast Qld, who'll be supported by local musicians who'll play to audiences surrounded by fire pits to flame the vibes from afternoon into the starlit evening.
Tickets on sale now! Get yours early to ensure you are there to witness one of the best live duos you’ll ever see coupled with catching last light reflected on ancient rock pagodas in the surrounding landscapes by cozy fire pits, a shared meal included in the ticket. The well appointed community centre venue is set among art and sculpture on Coxs Creek Rd.
Camping options available next door
(3mins walk from venue. Select during booking process).
This event will sell out! Capacity 140
$60 general tickets |$55 RRCA & KRR members |$45 U18s
Tickets include dinner WOW!
$10 Campsite
Cash tickets are available at
RYLSTONE RETRO RECORDS
If not sold out, available at the gate.
3.30pm roll up for car parking and entry
4pm local performers at fire pit stage:
Brent & Carolyn, Dave Vladis, Oscar & Meg
Dinner from 5pm
Beef stew or vegetable stew with rice
(made without gluten or dairy.)
Light nibbles are also provided.
5.40pm Sunset
6.40pm Hat Fitz & Cara
Two sets with a 30 min break
Fire Pits | Camping - select while purchasing tickets
Limited Cash Bar or BYO
Try a Sunset on the Rocks Cocktail
$60 general tickets |$55 RRCA & KRR members |$45 U18s
Tickets include dinner WOW!
$10 Campsite
Rootsy Australian duo “pack more energy, emotion and sheer musical exuberance into one song than most manage in a whole career”
Bridging the gap between Bluegrass, Trad Folk and The Blues, Australia’s Hat Fitz and Cara have spent 15 years travelling and elevating the mood at festivals and venues all over the world. The husband and wife duo are delighted to announce the next chapter of their stellar career together with the release of their sixth album ‘At The Couch Sessions’.
Hat Fitz & Cara’s musical style is a unique combination of folk, roots and gospel blues with old time flavourings reminiscent of a time once forgotten.
Hat Fitz is a “veteran” wild man of the blues scene in Australia. He has a record 18 straight appearances at Byron’s East Coast Blues and Roots Festival, a record that is not likely to ever be broken, and one which bears testimony to his amazing live performances and popularity with festival goers.
Cara draws on her soul background (she’s toured Europe and the United States with singers such as Jamiroquai and the hugely popular Corinne Bailey-Rae), and although blessed with a sensational voice she was not content to be labelled as ‘just a singer’. She has taken to drumming duties as well as washboards, flute and tin whistle, sometimes all at once.
Together this pair will take you on a musical journey with ample, boisterous highs, and longing, bluesy lows. From the Australian outback to the Canadian shield, Hat Fitz & Cara put on a show that is guaranteed to energize and invigorate.
“Hat Fitz and Cara have the songs, the musical ability, the drive and the self belief to offer something refreshingly vibrant and new” Get Ready To Rock – Pete Feenstra
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Local musos at the 1st Sunset on the Rocks
Duo: John Cauchi with Brian Free,
Sugarfoot (Mudgee trio)
Blue Limestone:
(Andrew Garland, Meg Benson,Tim Lus & Gary McGuigan)