Friday 30 September 2022
7.30pm
Doors 7pm
The Founders Room
Salamanca Arts Centre
Enter via Wooby’s Lane, or for lift access enter through The Courtyard

Salamanca Arts Centre, in collaboration with LACAT, bring you the first Afro-Caribbean FIESTA featuring Moses Iten (Cumbia Cosmonauts)!
Dance off the seasonal blues and come celebrate a night of vinyl, community and amazing vibes with your favourite DJ Moses Iten. 
Latin cocktail specials all night. 


Tickets $10

Photo: Felipe Paz

Moses Iten
Is a Melbourne-based DJ who has toured all over Australia and the world as a Cumbia and Bass specialist, playing tropical music from his vast crates of vinyl and digital dubplates. As a producer, Moses (Saca La Mois DJ) is best known as CUMBIA COSMONAUTS, and with Christoph H. Mueller (Gotan Project/Roedelius/Plaza Francia) is part of the THE SWISS CONSPIRACY. Moses is also a co-founder of the CUMBIA MASSIVE platform showcasing DJs and producers of tropical electronic music inspired by Mexican sound system culture, and recently assisted in the English translation of the book Ojos Suaves/Soft Eyes: Sound System Cumbia from Mexico to the World by Mirjam Wirz. Moses Iten’s mixes have been commissioned by national radio in Australia (ABC RN), Germany (Funkhaus Europa), Austria (FM4), and until recently was host of Space Is The Place on Melbourne’s top music station PBS 106.7 FM. By day, Moses is doing a PhD on DJ performance at RMIT University in Melbourne. The mission is to keep learning and sharing music from all over the globe, exposing Melbourne to unreleased and undefined new sounds sourced straight from producer to you on the dancefloor.


Friday 16 September 2022
8.00pm
Doors 8pm
The Founders Room
Salamanca Arts Centre
Enter via Wooby’s Lane, or for lift access enter through The Courtyard

20 years after their last performance, Van Ramsey and the Dogs of Rest have remerged and are taking their new show on the road – HOMECOMING. With a hot-selling National tour kicking off in their hometown of Hobart, Van and the Dogs are inviting YOU to a SECRET RENDEZVOUS. A sneak-preview, a last-chance-to-see for those who missed tickets to their SOLD OUT Tasmanian shows.

This performance is for those 18+. There are potential strobing effects from projected video
Tickets are free but you must RSVP below to nab your tickets!


Photo: supplied by the artist

Tasmanian born and bred, the enigmatic Van Ramsey and his loyal band – The Dogs of Rest – are one of the biggest acts you’ve never heard of. More popular in Osaka and Berlin than in Sydney or Melbourne, Van Ramsey and the Dogs of Rest are pure synth-rock bombast with a twist of the sublime. Be prepared for a twin bass-attack, full frontal assault with a flailing of flesh like you’ve never seen before.


Whilst the wearing of masks is not mandatory it is recommended in certain situations by Tasmanian Public Health.  Masks will be available upon entering the venue for those patrons who would like one.  

If you’re unwell, it is recommended that you stay at home, and we look forward to welcoming you at Salamanca Arts Centre another time.


  • Supporters

    Salamanca Art Centre’s 2022 programs are supported by the Commonwealth Government’s Office of the Arts via the RISE Fund.

Thursday, 29th September 2022
7.00pm – 9.00pm
Doors 6.45pm
The Founders Room
Salamanca Arts Centre
Enter via Wooby’s Lane, or for lift access enter through The Courtyard

Get to The Founders Room for another round of homegrown edge-of-your-seat, rib-tickley makesy-upsy from PROTEA Impro and Salamanca Arts Centre.

Featuring the improvised talents of: Milla Chaffer, Rosemary Cann, Rowan Harris, Matt Wilson, Jane Stoddart, Simone Dobber and Jeff Michel!

Improvised music from Andrew Morrisby.


See you there!

Concession $15/General Admission $20


Whilst the wearing of masks is not mandatory it is recommended in certain situations by Tasmanian Public Health.  Masks will be available upon entering the venue for those patrons who would like one.  

If you’re unwell, it is recommended that you stay at home, and we look forward to welcoming you at Salamanca Arts Centre another time.


  • Supporters

    Salamanca Art Centre’s 2022 programs are supported by the Commonwealth Government’s Office of the Arts via the RISE Fund.

Wednesday 21 September 2022
8.00pm
Doors 8pm
The Founders Room
Salamanca Arts Centre
Enter via Wooby’s Lane, or for lift access enter through The Courtyard

Hobart’s Newest New Material Night. New and experienced comics trying out new gear. When it comes to new jokes a live audience is the only real test there is. The place where new jokes come to live or die. Hosted by local legend Chloe Black come and see a mix of brand new faces and established pros find out whether their new gags have any blood in them.

Come and take the First Bite!

Sally Rose McShane
Jane New
Amanda Bergmann
Steve McNees
Kevin Glidden
Jack O’Sullivan
Hamish Levis
& More!
Hosted by Chloe Black

Pre Sales $5
Door Sales $10


23 September 2022
7:00pm – 12 midnight
The Founders Room
Salamanca Arts Centre
Enter via Wooby’s Lane, or for lift access enter through The Courtyard

Highly anticipated launch of the debut album for Lastovke, an ensemble exploring mutual perspectives of folk music and song from Tasmania and Slovenia. Supported by Myers & McNamara. 

Presale $12
On the door $15

Photo; Melanie Lunden

LASTOVKE
Lastovke was formed from a chance encounter of two Slovenian migrants (one old and one new) in a Bellerive carpark, with families and dogs in tow. After the initial shock of finding another person with common Slovenian heritage in Hobart they soon realized they both also had professional interests in the performance of folk and classical music respectively.
Together with mandolin virtuoso Luke Plumb, recently returned from an acclaimed career with Scottish band Shooglenifty, and in collaboration with Dyan Shaw Summers of Flinders Island they have undertaken a project that explores their migrant perspectives of folk music from both home and new country.  
Lastovke presents a program that compares and contrasts folk songs from both Slovenia and Tasmania performed bilingually.


Photo; supplied by the artist


Meyers & McNamara
Violinist Rachel Meyers and accordionist Dave McNamara boldly combine Klezmer and other Jewish music with experimental instrumentals and original compositions.


The Kucera Brothers are excited to be back in The Founders Room with the full band, to take you on an Americana folk journey of beauty and heartbreak. Alongside them is longtime friend and local troubadour, Jed Appleton with his band. 

Saturday 10 September 2022
7:00pm – 12 midnight
The Founders Room
Salamanca Arts Centre
Enter via Wooby’s Lane, or for lift access enter through The Courtyard

The Kucera Brothers 

The Kucera Brothers are an Americana/Folk/Rock band whose members have toured extensively through the USA and Australia. Sam and Colin have written and recorded music together for most of their lives, and alongside Alex McArthur for over a decade. In 2022, Christoph Farrell and Seth Henderson joined the family band making them somewhat of a Tassie super group. They played their debut show as the current line-up at MONA and they host a folk night at Pablo’s Cocktails & Dreams on the last Sunday of each month. The Kucera Brothers have several plans and projects already well underway for the coming year.

Jed Appleton

Jed left school at the ripe age of 16 to begin touring across the world, releasing 9 albums from a collection of 200+ songs and has shared the stage with the likes of Passenger, Matt Corby, The Cat Empire, Julien Baker & Stu Larsen. Tasmania’s Voice of the Year (2017) fascinates crowds with his unique blend of dynamic rhythmic stylings on his acoustic guitar alongside smooth but powerful textures from his raw vocals accompanied by a strong lyrical sense far beyond his years.

Presale $10 + bf
On the Door: $15


  • Supporters

    Salamanca Art Centre’s 2022 programs are supported by the Commonwealth Government’s Office of the Arts via the RISE Fund.

7 October 2022
7.00pm – 12 midnight
Doors 7pm
The Founders Room
Salamanca Arts Centre
Enter via Wooby’s Lane, or for lift access enter through The Courtyard

KNIFE HANDS
Formed in 2015, Knife Hands exploded onto the scene with a bright blend of progressive, pop soaked melodies and razor sharp guitar work. A sound that was carved into their opening short-form release (The Doomsday Book, 2016) and spilled across the nations club stages in a riotous sing along inducing energy unique to them.
With the release of their debut LP Milestones late in 2021 Knife Hands are hitting the road again armed with their brand new record for a string of dates throughout October 2022.

Supports from Coward Punch, Offset Vision & Blight St. 

$12 Pre Sales + BF
$15 door


3 September 2022
8.00pm – 12 midnight
Doors 8pm
The Founders Room
Salamanca Arts Centre
Enter via Wooby’s Lane, or for lift access enter through The Courtyard

Indie? Alt Rock? Metal? Doom? Prog? Funk?!
Witness these elemental forces of nature that defy singular genre pigeonholing but are sure to deliver an evening of high energy, high volume intensity!
Performances by Northern Subs, Guru Mook & The Eclectic.

Northern Subs are a 5 piece genre-defying wall of noise. Featuring ex members of Botox, Lyrebirds, Scoparia and Solar Thorn, they construct sonic palettes as diverse as their precedent membership. Calling on elemental fantasy themes evoked by the essence of the Tasmanian Forest, Northern Subs weave epic spoken word narratives chronicling an entity known only as “The Warlock” between sprawling soundscapes including elements of Doom, Metal, Alternative Rock and Progressive music.

Guru Mook, some fresh faces on the scene, these guys are hungry for shows and willing to take no prisoners. Their unique take on what some would consider rock n roll, is something definitely not to be missed. 

The Eclectic, FKA Rocketry, are the prog/multi genre’d band that you didn’t know you needed in your life.
Come and see why. 

Pre Sales $10
Door Sales $10



Salamanca Art Centre are excited to present Jazz at the Founders Room with Jamie Pregnell Trio supported by Mia Palencia.
The hard-hitting group will be performing an array of music from the quintessential trio repertoire as well as showcasing brand new material written for up coming album.
Support act Mia Palencia will be singing jazz classics and her own contemporary jazz material to open the night!
A great night of jazz vocals and jazz guitar, not to be missed!

27 August 2022
7.30pm – 12 midnight
Doors 7pm
The Founders Room
Salamanca Arts Centre
Enter via Wooby’s Lane, or for lift access enter through The Courtyard

$15 Presales
$20 on the door



Jamie Pregnell
 
Jamie is a Guitarist, Composer based in Hobart, Tasmania and has been performing extensively within the Tasmanian jazz and improvised music scene for over the past 10yrs.
Jamie has attended the Banff jazz workshop in Canada, awarded Arts Australia Grant to study under Aus Jazz great James Muller and recently released his latest album in 2020 “Sleepy Town”, recorded in Melbourne with Australian jazz greats Julien Wilson, Sam Anning, and Ben Vanderwal.
Jamie and his trio perform regularly in Hobart at many of the local venues and festivals.


Mia Palencia
Mia launched her luminous career in the Malaysian music scene at the age of 14 as the other half of well-loved Sabahan jazz duo Double Take. 19 years, 6 albums, and numerous concerts and tours later, Mia continues to live her dream of making music the centrepiece of her life’s work.
Mia’s current work focues on her passion for songwriting and working with aspiring songwriters. She continues to manifest this passion through her PhD research in Songwriting at the Conservatorium of Music, University of Tasmania. She is also set to release her 7th album in 2017 with her Australian jazz quartet, In Good Company.



Performing for the first time at The Founders room, Slaughterhäus Surf Cult are bringing two of their best mates – Cathy Diver and Emi Doi for an evening of rock n roll-pop-folk mayhem.

26 August 2022
7.30pm – 12 midnight
Doors 7pm
The Founders Room
Salamanca Arts Centre
Enter via Wooby’s Lane, or for lift access enter through The Courtyard

$10 Presales
$15 Door


Photo: supplied by the artists

Slaughterhäus Surf Cult
A Three piece garage outfit from Hobart that have been working since 2018 to develop an identifiably Tasmanian sound.
Their third and most recent EP, ‘Since Tyson Called Me A Bitch’, is an accurate representation of the band’s live sound and energy, with each song offering an introspective look into Australia’s southernmost state.
Taking influence from the likes of Eddy Current Suppression Ring and Constant Mongrel, ‘Slaughterhäus’ have been lucky enough to play with local, national and international artists and have also been on the bills at a festival called PANAMA, MONA FOMA, the Basin Concert, Falls Music and Arts Festival and Party in the Paddock.


Photo: Claire Warren

Cathy Diver
Singer-songwriter Cathy Diver writes intimate alt-country and folk songs cast tender vignettes, shifting and sunburnt. Based between lutruwita/Tasmania and Ngunnawal Country, she has toured significantly and supported the likes of Julia Jacklin, Didirri, Tim Rogers and Carla Geneve, as well as co-forming indie label, Undine Records, in 2020.


Photo: supplied by the artist

エミエミ (emi emi)
エミエミ (emi emi)is the experimental J-pop project from 24-year-old Emi Doi. Born and raised in lutruwita to her Launcestonian mum and Japanese dad, エミエミ represents a new musical venture for Emi, combining her existing indie-music flavour with uptempo kawaii-pop, drawing on inspiration from the likes of Kero Kero Bonito, CHAI, Kyary Pyamu Pyamu and Superorganism. 楽しんでください (≧▽≦)