Umbrella Event: Live at the Founders Room 2025

Event :
Friday 23 May 2025 (straight after Rektango)
Doors Open @ 7:20pm 
Music from 7:30pm – 10:30pm

Tickets : $10
Tickets available at the Door (cash or EFT)

*This is an 18+ Event*

Always danceable, always fun. Always dark eighties.
The Cure, Simple Minds, Stranglers, Devo, B52s – that sort of thing.

Help us get ready for the winter with special guests Foucault a’ GoGo.

Carefully timed straight after Rektango but before Dark Mofo!
Good practice?

Performance :
Saturday 24 May 2025
Doors Open 7:00pm | Performance from 7:30pm – 9:00pm (includes Interval)

Tickets :
Full Price $30 (+BF)
Concession $25 (+BF)

Ruby Rocket is an intoxicating, intoxicated private eye who always gets her man…

Except, of course, when she doesn’t. In this hilarious improvised show, Stacey Hallal plays Ruby, weaving vivid noir storytelling, physical comedy, Jon Timm’s innovative multimedia imagery. Featuring a guest cast of Hobart’s top improvisers. Not to be missed!

Stacey Hallal and Jon Timm have toured Ruby Rocket across North America and Europe to packed houses and amazed audiences.

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“Hallal’s strong improv skills and comedic timing take audiences on a ride where there’s no guessing what’s in store.” -­ Vue Weekly

“Hallal is a stage dynamo. Fast and fearless.” -­ Winnipeg Free Press

“She’s a genuine talent.” -­The Oregonian

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PROTEA Impro’s 2025 season is supported by Salamanca Arts Centre

Performance :
Saturday 10 May 2025
Doors Open 7:00pm | Performance from 7:30pm – 9:00pm (includes Interval)

Tickets :
Full Price $30 (+BF)
Concession $25 (+BF)

The new works of Shakespeare, unscripted!

What if the Bard had written one more play—tonight, right before your eyes? Under the masterful direction of Dr. David Charles, Improvised Shakespeare weaves an entirely new tale in the style of the greatest playwright of all time—completely improvised and utterly unpredictable. Expect grand soliloquies, star-crossed lovers, mischievous fools, and tragic downfalls, all crafted on the spot with wit, wordplay, and wild imagination.

Prepare for an evening of iambic pentameter, period-accurate absurdity, and Elizabethan drama like you’ve never seen before—because no one has!

PROTEA Impro’s 2025 season is supported by Salamanca Arts Centre

Tues 24 June, 2025
7pm – 9pm (Doors open at 6.30pm)
Live @ The Founders Room
Salamanca Arts Centre
65b Woobys Lane, or for lift access enter through The Courtyard

$39 +bf General Admission
$35 Concession

Welcome to the first of our Classical Salamanca 2025 series, live in the Long Gallery.
Salamanca Arts Centre presents ‘Two Octets’
The String Octet in C major, Op. 7 by George Enescu (1881-1955) and 
the Octet in E-Flat Major, Op. 20 for Strings by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847).

Tuesday 24th June 2025
Doors & bar open at 6:30pm
Music commences at 7pm 

The Long Gallery
Level One, Salamanca Arts Centre
[ Enter via the main doors at 77 Salamanca Place, or take the Lift via the Courtyard ]

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In this concert of two of the most-loved string octets, Chamber music leader, Peter Tanfield, will direct an ensemble of some of the best and most highly-regarded musicians in Tasmania, including:
(Violins) Peter Tanfield, Phoebe Masel, Natalya Bing and Joshua Farner;
(Violas) Douglas Coghill and Damien Holloway,
(Celli) William Hewer and Kate Calwell.

You can read more about Enescu’s Octet here.

You can read more about Mendelssohn’s Octet here.

Tickets are only $39+BF, or $35+BF for concession card holders, and with a further discount offered to SAC Associate members.

Peter Tanfield was born in England in 1961 and started the violin aged four. He studied in Germany, Israel, Switzerland and Holland where his teachers were Igor Ozim, Felix Andrievski, Alberto Lysy, Herman Krebbers and Yehudi Menuhin.
He was a prize-winner at The Carl Flesch International Competition, International Mozart Competition, International Bach Competition amongst others.   As soloist and chamber musician he has played throughout Europe, China, Japan, India, Canada, the Middle East, Africa, USA, and USSR. He has recorded numerous solo and chamber works for television and radio as well as CD. He has played for Chairman Deng in China and the Sultan of Oman.

As soloist Peter has appeared with many major orchestras; the Philharmonia, City of London Sinfonia, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, West German Radio Orchestra, Radio Symphony Orchestra of the RAI in Rome, Scottish Chamber Orchestra.
As concertmaster, he has had extensive experience working with BBC Philharmonic, RSO RAI Roma, West German Radio Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, Scottish Chamber Orchestra. Some of the artists and composers he has worked and performed with: Astor Piazzolla, Charlie Watts, Pinchas Zukerman, Yehudi Menuhin, Charles Wuorinen, Arvo Paert, Graeme Koehne, Gary Carr, Itzhak Perlman.
Some of the conductors he has worked with are Carlo Maria Giulini, Claudio Abbado, Charles Dutoit, Louis Fremaux, Richard Hickox, Heinz Wallberg, Jun-Ichi Hirokami, John Adams, Oliver Knussen, Paavo Jaervi, Martin Brabbins, Gary Bertini, Georg Solti, Pierre Boulez, Simon Rattle.

Peter has been active as a teacher in Britain, Spain, Germany, Switzerland and Australia organizing, coordinating and delivering courses and chamber music programmes for festivals and youth organizations.
From 2002 to 2008 he was lecturer in violin and ensemble at the Tasmanian Conservatorium of Music, University of Tasmania. He was also Artistic Director of the Tasmanian Senior Youth Orchestra and the Derwent Symphony Orchestra, and has been Artistic Advisor to the Hobart Chamber Orchestra. Peter came to Australia in 1998 to lead the Australian String Quartet.  Until he left in November 2001 he dedicated himself to the quartet’s development and teaching at the university of Adelaide, expanding the ensemble’s national profile, making two films for the ABC and becoming the Artistic Director of the Adelaide Chamber Orchestra.

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Please note that the Courtyard Lift IS OPERATING!

Doors & Bar open at 6:30pm
Music begins at 7pm

The Long Gallery
Level One, Salamanca Arts Centre

77 Salamanca Place 
Hobart.
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This concert at Salamanca Arts Centre is supported by Arts Tasmania’s 2025 Arts Projects Fund.
Salamanca Arts Centre is grateful for this support via Arts Tasmania and the Minister for the Arts.

Performance :
Saturday 11 October 2025
Doors Open 6:00pm | Performance from 7:00pm – 10:00pm

Duration : 90 Minutes (includes interval)

Tickets :
$49 (+BF)
Tickets may be available on the door if not sold out

This is more than a tribute – it’s a heartfelt love letter to Streisand’s iconic career.

Experience the magic of Barbra Streisand’s legendary career with Rachael Grace, as she brings to life the timeless hits that have defined generations.

This stunning production, featuring musical direction by Green Room Award-winning John Thorn, takes audiences on a musical journey through Streisand’s iconic songs – from emotional ballads to disco classics. Rachael’s powerful voice, unique interpretation and world class band make this show more than just a tribute – it’s a heartfelt love letter to one of the greatest voices in music history.

Hailed ‘as divine as Streisand herself’ by Glam Adelaide, this unforgettable performance blends musical genres with an exceptional ensemble to create a truly spellbinding experience.

Presented by Footloose Dance Party

Friday 16 May 2025
Doors @ 7:30pm | Music from 7:30pm – 11:00pm

SET TIMES:
Juniper 7:30 – 9:00pm
Hugo Bladel 9:00pm – 11:00pm

Tickets :
Final Release $19.80 (+BF)
Tickets may be available on the door if not sold out

The SAC Bar will be operating throughout the event, providing both alcoholic and non-alcoholic refreshments

Hobart’s favourite dance party returns for 2025… it’s time to get Footloose! 👟🎉
Come and shake your groove thing with Hugo Bladel for a special 2 hour DJ Set, jam-packed with Disco Classics 🕺🏻

We will be spinning artists such as:
Chic
Sister sledge
ABBA
Diana ross
Earth, Wind and Fire
Beegees
Kool & the Gang
KC &. The Sunshine Band
Patrice Rushen
Madonna
Pointer sisters
Whitney Houston

Located in the Founders Room on a Friday Night – starting right after Rektango! 🎶

Dress up in your favourite Disco threads 👚👗 there will be a prize for best dressed 🏆

See you on the Dance-floor!  💃🏼

Fri 9 May, 2025
7:30pm – 10:00pm (Doors open at 7pm)
Live @ The Founders Room
Salamanca Arts Centre
65b Woobys Lane, or for lift access enter through The Courtyard

$19 + bf

Welcome to the Global Sounds Salamanca series, live in the Founders Room on Woobys Lane.

Berimbau

Friday 9th May 2025
Doors & bar open at 7pm
Music from 7:30pm 

The Founders Room on Woobys Lane
Salamanca Arts Centre 

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Berimbau is a half Brazilian  / half Australian band, specialising in Brazilian music.  From samba to bossa nova, choro to forró, let Berimbau take you on a whirlwind tour through the rich musical tapestry of the tropical nation which gave birth to so many infectious rhythms and searing melodies. 

Berimbau also performs in a traditional ‘roda de samba’, where the audience encircles the band which plays in the centre of the room and which allows the audience to experience the music a different way.

Berimabu’s ‘raucous’ sets with a big band and full percussion section, will have the whole audience up on the dance floor inspired by the passion of samba!

Berimbau comprises of:
Elijah Davies – guitar | Elisse Kleiner – flute | Jeremy Marcotte – percussion | Henrique Mariano – percussion | Dan McGill – percussion, vocals | Noah Rosenbloom – cavaquinho, vocals | Cissa Santos – vocals | Elias Solis – percussion

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Please note that the Courtyard Lift IS OPERATING!

Doors & Bar open at 7pm

Music begins at 7.30pm
The Founders Room on Woobys Lane
Salamanca Arts Centre.

Concession tickets are only $19 ea +BF

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This concert at Salamanca Arts Centre is supported by Arts Tasmania’s 2025 Arts Projects Fund.
Salamanca Arts Centre is grateful for this support via Arts Tasmania and the Minister for the Arts.

Sat 31 May, 2025
7:30pm – 10:00pm (Doors open at 7pm)
Live @ The Founders Room
Salamanca Arts Centre
65b Woobys Lane, or for lift access enter through The Courtyard

$28 +bf each
$52 +bf for 2 x tickets
$91 +bf for 4 x tickets

Salamanca Jazz is Live in the Founders Room on Woobys Lane, with 
We Got Rhythm: Ken Schroder’s Jazz Latin Sextet

Saturday 31st May 2025
Doors & bar open at 7pm
Music from 7:30pm 

The Founders Room on Woobys Lane
Salamanca Arts Centre 

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“A quick Internet search reveals that Latin America refers to the lands colonised by the French, Spanish and Portuguese during the maritime ‘Age of Discovery’ of the new World by Christopher Columbus and others around 1492.

The distinction from other American colonies of the Dutch and British was first made only in the 19th century, using the differences in the predominance of Latin in the languages of these powers, possibly to keep the distance between Protestant and Catholic countries nice and sharp.

Latin American music came about with the introduction of slavery, where Africans were brought against their will to work the plantations and elsewhere in the new colonies, and even if they were deprived of their drums, they brought with them the rhythms central to their cultures.

From these dismal beginnings of colonialism, many wonderful fusions emerged, where African rhythm fused with European languages and cultures to create many styles of so-called Latin American music. With the advent of freedom and independence this music kept developing, and with modern technologies, like the radio and recordings, spread back around the world creating dance crazes, pop music movements, even Herb Alpert and the Tijuana brass.  Famous amongst these are the cha cha, the tango, the conga, salsa, samba, bossa nova, and merengue.

This band comprises: Ken Schroder (sax/clarinet), Aaron Entresz (guitar), Louise Denson (piano), Ben Brinkhoff (double bass), Liam O’Leary (drum kit), Pablo Cadenas (percussion).

To me, Latin music is like a mountain, or even a mountain range, like the Himalayas, and I must walk around it, looking for footholds for a jazz mountaineer to attempt to climb some of the peaks. Jazz Latin is a fusion; often those who wrote famous Latin tunes had no idea that jazz saxophonists would attempt to play their songs.  What the jazz player looks for is a great tune, and Brazilian tunes possess that quality in spades; powerful rhythms, music which already bears the stamp of fusion with jazz, like Bossa Nova with Joao Gilberto, Astrid Gilberto and Stan Getz, or Dizzy Gillespie with Cuban conga genius, Chano Pozo. Drummers like Art Blakey, Roy Haynes, Art Taylor all had African roots to their drumming, even if it was swing or bebop or even cool jazz.

We Got Rhythm draws on all these influences, and we even indulge in a little swing, and, above all, we’d like to share our enthusiasm for this music with you, the audience.”
Ken Schroder

Please note that the Courtyard Lift IS OPERATING!

Doors & Bar open at 7pm

Music begins at 7.30pm
The Founders Room on Woobys Lane
Salamanca Arts Centre.

Tickets are only $28 ea +BF, or buy two tix for $52+BF, or buy four tix for only $91+BF.

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This concert at Salamanca Arts Centre is support by Arts Tasmania’s 2025 Arts Projects Fund.
Salamanca Arts Centre is grateful for this support via Arts Tasmania and the Minister for the Arts.

Fri 11 April, 2025
7:30pm – 10:00pm (Doors open at 7pm)
Live @ The Founders Room
Salamanca Arts Centre
65b Woobys Lane, or for lift access enter through The Courtyard

$19 + bf

Friday 11th April 2025
Doors & bar open at 7pm
Music from 7:30pm 

The Founders Room on Woobys Lane
Salamanca Arts Centre 

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Son del Sur, Tasmania’s own 10-piece salsa band has built a strong reputation, performing at Tasmania’s most popular venues and major music festivals and events, showcasing their vibrant sound across the state.  Son del Sur draws inspiration from the giants of salsa; think Celia Cruz, the rhythmic genius of Tito Puente, and the brilliance of Ruben Blades, while also adding the legendary beats of Buena Vista Social Club.  This influence has become the path the band has decided to follow. 

With Son del Sur, you’ll dive into the energetic salsa spirit of the barrio from the ’70s and ’80s.  The band brings a blend of salsa from the vibrant streets of New York, Puerto Rico, and Cuba, adding their own arrangements and original beats to give their salsa and Latin jazz a unique ‘Tassie’ flavour. Son del Sur is made up of local musicians. 

Its members are:

Franco Solis: The band leader, percussionist, and main vocalist from Chile, is well-known for his long music career and collaborations with the local Tassie music scene.

Elias Solis: Local Latin percussionist from Chile, Elias grew up in a musical family and studied in Chile, Peru, Brazil, and Cuba, performing Latin music, jazz, and contemporary styles.

Lea Palacios: The band’s newest lead singer from Colombia, she’s worked with diverse music groups, from Jazz to Rock and Latin fusion, blending styles with her deep, expressive voice.

Konrad Park: The band’s dynamite timbal player, is known for his long career as a percussionist in Tasmania. A brilliant drummer and teacher, he has inspired many with his skill and dedication.

Kelly Ottaway: Adds flavour to the band’s groove with his piano, montunos, and arrangements. Kelly is a brilliant arranger and music writer, he spices up every performance with his creative touch.

Simon Reid: Son del Sur’s bass man, Simon, is a Tasmanian multi-instrumentalist and teacher. He’s backed hundreds of bands locally and nationally, producing original music and salsa grooves that keep you dancing all night.

Scott David Cashion: Baritone and Tenor Saxophone player, and occasional hand percussionist, he’s enjoyed a 35-year music career across diverse Tasmanian settings and performance situations, enriching each with his talent.

Yoram Levy: Trumpeter and former Principal Trumpet of the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, is now a sought-after nationwide performer, educator, and ensemble leader since retiring from the TSO.

Les Johnston: a passionate trombonist, combines over a decade of performance and educational experience with technical skill and captivating stage presence, making him a top choice for jazz, classical, and contemporary ensembles.

Frances White: Is a powerful trombone player who makes the band stand out. She plays great solos, works with many different bands, and always adds something special to the music.

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Please note that the Courtyard Lift IS OPERATING!

Doors & Bar open at 7pm

Music begins at 7.30pm
The Founders Room on Woobys Lane
Salamanca Arts Centre.

Concession tickets are only $19 ea +BF

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This concert at Salamanca Arts Centre is supported by Arts Tasmania’s 2025 Arts Projects Fund.
Salamanca Arts Centre is grateful for this support via Arts Tasmania and the Minister for the Arts.

Sat 26 April, 2025
7:30pm – 10:00pm (Doors open at 7pm)
Live @ The Founders Room
Salamanca Arts Centre
65b Woobys Lane, or for lift access enter through The Courtyard

$28 +bf each
$52 +bf for 2 x tickets
$91 +bf for 4 x tickets

Welcome to the Salamanca Jazz 2025 series, live in the Founders Room on Woobys Lane.

Nadira & Friends’ Tribute to the Great Ladies of Jazz.

Saturday 26th April 2025
Doors & bar open at 7pm
Music from 7:30pm 

The Founders Room on Woobys Lane
Salamanca Arts Centre 

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If you haven’t seen or heard Nadira before, here’s what others say about her; Australianjazz.net – Nadira is this unstoppable person! Full of energy and enthusiasm. Nadira sings with the kind of pure joy that is totally contagious. Anyone who has been to her shows knows that this petite, yet commanding, performer has a punk-ish attitude and on-stage banter that could be a comedy act on its own!

Liz Carnovale (Paris Cat Jazz Club – Artistic and Programming Director) – Nadira is a dynamic, enthusiastic and forever playful Vocalist that brings joy into a room! Petit in size but robust with her punchy, articulate Jazz vocals and her quick wit…Nadira immediately gains your attention…make no mistake Nadira is the real Jazz deal! 

Bob Sedergreen (Australian legendary jazz pianist, Australian Jazz Hall of Fame 2018) – Nadira is a very capable and experienced vocalist with a comprehensive repertoire. She is a professional artist who communicates immediately with her audience and is a pleasure to work with. 

Nadira will be joined on stage by: Aaron Entresz – guitar; Konrad Park – drums; Lestyn Parry – piano; Seb Folvig – double bass; Jesse Bowden – sax; and Stevie McEntee – trombone. 

See for yourselves what the hype is all about! Nadira and Friends will be performing as a Septet showcasing a tribute to the Great Ladies of Jazz, with fresh renditions of jazz standards tunes and well-loved songs from The Great American Songbook.

Please note that the Courtyard Lift IS OPERATING!

Doors & Bar open at 7pm

Music begins at 7.30pm
The Founders Room on Woobys Lane
Salamanca Arts Centre.

Tickets are only $28 ea +BF, or buy two tix for $52+BF, or buy four tix for only $91+BF.

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This concert at Salamanca Arts Centre is supported by Arts Tasmania’s 2025 Arts Projects Fund.
Salamanca Arts Centre is grateful for this support via Arts Tasmania and the Minister for the Arts.