CALLING LOCAL BUSKERS

 

Calling all local Buskers!

Be KURILPA POETS’

“Mystery Musician of the Month!”

“Matt the Musician”
Mystery Musician Easter 2013
Found him on the cnr of Boundary & Vulture

the charming and captivating Ms Alicia Ferguson

 

Calling all West End, indeed, calling all Brisbane Buskers; How’d you like to have a gig out of the rain?

For it is the tradition of the Kurilpa Poets to have a Mystery Musician perform at our monthly events at the Olde Croquet Club Hall in Musgrave Park. We like to leaven our Words with Music, and indeed Performance and Visual Art are also tossed into the mix when in they’re in season.

Vox of the People; Mr Bob Mud

And in order to foster community culture, it is our Policy to select each month one of our fine local buskers off the streets of West End to be the Kurilpa Poet’s Mystery Musician. (Favoured scouting locations include the Big Lizard and the corner of Boundary & Vulture outside the chemist.) We’ve had some great musicians enliven our sessions, with perhaps the blues/roots duo, “The Swampfish” evoking special memories with their down-home tunes.

A Swampfish

The Dinkum Boho’s; divine cabaret madness

 

She walked in-she played- we were knocked out. MsDawn Daisy

July 2013 Mystery Muso Alicia Ferguson

But now we’re casting the net wider and inviting all local Buskers and Musicians in general to apply for this esteemed gig. Just get in touch with us here at the Water-Rat Gazette 

at; ://kurilpapoetry.wordpress.com/

or send us an email to;

kurilpapoets@yahoo.com.au

We’ll arrange for you to send us a demo or you can tell us when and where you’re busking.

Mystery Musician Paula Hackney

The ever-blooming Ms Tania Tulip

Details of the Mystery Musician Gig are as follows;

* We want 2 X 15 minute sets of interlude/intermission music, can be either with vocals or instrumental only, solo artist or small group, all styles considered.

* there’s a basic fee of $25 and you can pass the hat.

* you can eat and drink all you want

* Your Performance will be advertised and documented for our Archives and possibly put on our web site (with your permission of course)and reviewed, thus promoting your profile.

*You will have a small, but appreciative audience.

*There is a basic PA system, stand and microphone.

*If it rains there’s a roof.

* the Kurilpa Poet Events are on the last Sunday of each month, starting at 2pm.

SO WHY DELAY? APPLY TODAY!

Wandering musician Tania Tulip and the Kurilpa Poet-tree

July 2013 Mystery Muso Alicia Ferguson

 

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MULTI-MEDIA POETS NEEDED

As well as your basic busker, we’re also interested in poets/artists who’d like to do multi-media presentations. We have a lap-top, projector and screen available for those working in such things.

The Kurilpa Poets presented an excellent example of whats possible with the new media recently when the Visual Poems of Stefanie Petrik (aka the Reverse Butcher) appeared at our Wild Women of Poetry Gig, even though their author was faraway in Melbourne.

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Kurilpa Poets are always willing to give struggling musicians a helping hand!

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