wah events
World Autism Day Gig ft Billiam and the Split Bills
World Autism Day Gig is presented by the City of Yarra and Wild At Heart.
FREE ENTRY, BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL. BOOK NOW!
World Autism Acceptance Week is an annual event that seeks to move beyond awareness to actively promoting acceptance and inclusion of people with autism. By focusing on acceptance, the event aims to create a society where people with autism are valued for their unique contributions and can live fulfilling lives with the support they need.
Join us as we celebrate and acknowledge this week with an evening of performances by artists with autism. Presented with Wild At Heart - a vibrant music organisation led by artists and other contributors with lived experience of disability.
This event will be hosted by Prue Stevenson, whose band 'Ice Cream in a Mug' will also perform some songs.
Lineup
5.30pm: Fantasma
Know under his stage name, Fantasma, Damian is a huge talent in the world of rap and hip hop, recently featuring as part of Melbourne Fringe’s VIP show. Damien, who identifies as having autism, raps about the ways the system lets people with disabilities down, speaking truth to power and energizing a crowd to action, while spitting wicked bars.
6.00pm: Ice Cream in a Mug
Ice Cream in a Mug, led by the indefatigable Prue Stevenson, is a band that celebrates happy hope and good times! Highly theatrical with boundless energy for our audience, they sing songs of cheer and cake. The band take the exotic delights of the old world and sweep them into the present day so you can just enjoy them and get on with your life.
6.30pm: Edward Roussac band
Edward is a prolific songwriter and multi instrumentalist performer whose musical style has been compared to Brian Wilson, Syd Barret and TISM. His songs explore the challenges in communicating and connecting with other people on an emotional level as someone who is neurodiverse.
7.00pm: Billiam and the Split Bills
Aussie-based, eccentric garage punks Billiam (and the Split Bills) are a ball of high-energy, chaos infused with synths, quirky guitar riffs, and an addictive sense of melody. It’s hyperactive bedroom punk that sings to the ears of every punkster and weirdo whose brains exist in a constant state of glorified frenzy.
FREE ENTRY, BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL. BOOK NOW!
WAH Presents: Edward Roussac, Damage, Gwot Lik & Clean Beast
Wild At Heart presents an end of year showcase to bring you some of Melbournes most underrated bands!! FREE ENTRY!
Wild At Heart is a community of songwriters and artists who navigate visible and invisible disabilities, mental health challenges, and neurodiversity and in this showstopper of a lineup they are delivering a small selection of the incredible and unique music that artists have written.
Featuring such artists as....
Gwot Lik: A powerhouse act combining doom metal and heavy rock to deliver vocal melodies and guitar riffs so sharp they could slice butter, but so hot they would melt it.
Clean Beast: This project lead by Ashley Kiesskalt, delivers darkly danceable tracks for fans of Nick Cave and New Order, but don’t put them in a box, they draw from a wide range of inspiration, including jazz, funk, classical and shoe-gaze for their sub-pumping, post-punking live performances
Damage: Fresh off the release of his album Commission Flat, Frank Linehan’s Damage is one of the realest punk-rock bands out right now. Delving into Franks experience with public housing, violence, drug abuse and mental illness Frank finds glimmers of hope in his music singing about, love, psycho bikers, and the transformative power of good old fashioned rock & roll.
Edward Roussac (with special guests): Edward has been compared to Brian Wilson, Syd Barrett or Daniel Johnston, and not for nothing. Edward Roussac is one of Melbournes most illusive yet prolific songwriters, having penned more than 80 songs this year alone, he has decided to bring the best of them to the Penny Black stage with a band stacked with Melbourne music icons from bands such as Obscure Hail, Rhysics and even TISM (shhh)
plus Hot Tubs Time Machine as MCs for the evening!
Free entry for this special end of year event!
Inkrewsive Hip Hop Collective Beats & Bars Showcase
Get ready to vibe with Inkrewsive, the hip hop collective bringing unapologetic energy and fire to the stage. This crew of fierce artists—repping disability and mental health challenges brings raw talent and hard-hitting bars that tell it like it is. Expect a night of dope beats, real stories, and pure hip hop soul as Inkrewsive shows what resilience sounds like. Don’t miss the vibe shift - it’s gonna be legendary.
Stay Tuned for the announcement of a very special guest performer!!
Tickets $15 at the door
Inkrewsive Hip Hop Workshop
Inkrewsive hip hop is an inclusive and accessible program for artists want to develop their raps, beats, dance, recording, freestylin’ and gigging all over Melbourne.
Songwriting and Music Program Workshop
A friendly day of accessible song writing and music workshops for people living with disability, mental health needs and neurodivergence.
Participants and artists of all music skill levels, abilities, gender-identities and diverse backgrounds are welcomed and supported to participate.
Inkrewsive Hip Hop Workshop
Inkrewsive hip hop is an inclusive and accessible program for artists want to develop their raps, beats, dance, recording, freestylin’ and gigging all over Melbourne.
Songwriting and Music Program Workshop
A friendly day of accessible song writing and music workshops for people living with disability, mental health needs and neurodivergence.
Participants and artists of all music skill levels, abilities, gender-identities and diverse backgrounds are welcomed and supported to participate.
Inkrewsive Hip Hop Workshop
Inkrewsive hip hop is an inclusive and accessible program for artists want to develop their raps, beats, dance, recording, freestylin’ and gigging all over Melbourne.
Open Mic night - WAH x MAMMA CHEN'S
Wednesday 13th November, from 7pm! Catch a rare selection of WAH artist performances at Mamma Chen's open mic night, located in the heart of Footscray. Featuring LJM Linnie, Paul Cruikshank, Edward Roussac, Carla Rodgers and Sue Nami. Don't miss this one!
Songwriting and Music Program Workshop
A friendly day of accessible song writing and music workshops for people living with disability, mental health needs and neurodivergence.
Participants and artists of all music skill levels, abilities, gender-identities and diverse backgrounds are welcomed and supported to participate.
Inkrewsive Hip Hop Workshop
Inkrewsive hip hop is an inclusive and accessible program for artists want to develop their raps, beats, dance, recording, freestylin’ and gigging all over Melbourne.
Songwriting and Music Program Workshop with special guest Mabel Windred-Wornes
A friendly day of accessible song writing and music workshops for people living with disability, mental health needs and neurodivergence.
Participants and artists of all music skill levels, abilities, gender-identities and diverse backgrounds are welcomed and supported to participate.
Inkrewsive Hip Hop Workshop with special guest Chef Chung
Inkrewsive hip hop is an inclusive and accessible program for artists want to develop their raps, beats, dance, recording, freestylin’ and gigging all over Melbourne.
Songwriting and Music Program Workshop with special guest Maggie Rigby
A friendly day of accessible song writing and music workshops for people living with disability, mental health needs and neurodivergence.
Participants and artists of all music skill levels, abilities, gender-identities and diverse backgrounds are welcomed and supported to participate.
Inkrewsive Hip Hop Workshop
Inkrewsive hip hop is an inclusive and accessible program for artists want to develop their raps, beats, dance, recording, freestylin’ and gigging all over Melbourne.
Songwriting and Music Program Workshop
A friendly day of accessible song writing and music workshops for people living with disability, mental health needs and neurodivergence.
Participants and artists of all music skill levels, abilities, gender-identities and diverse backgrounds are welcomed and supported to participate.
Inkrewsive Hip Hop Workshop
Inkrewsive hip hop is an inclusive and accessible program for artists want to develop their raps, beats, dance, recording, freestylin’ and gigging all over Melbourne.
Songwriting and Music Program Workshop
A friendly day of accessible song writing and music workshops for people living with disability, mental health needs and neurodivergence.
Participants and artists of all music skill levels, abilities, gender-identities and diverse backgrounds are welcomed and supported to participate.
Inkrewsive Hip Hop Workshop
Inkrewsive hip hop is an inclusive and accessible program for artists want to develop their raps, beats, dance, recording, freestylin’ and gigging all over Melbourne.
Songwriting and Music Program Workshop
A friendly day of accessible song writing and music workshops for people living with disability, mental health needs and neurodivergence.
Participants and artists of all music skill levels, abilities, gender-identities and diverse backgrounds are welcomed and supported to participate.
Inkrewsive Hip Hop Workshop
Inkrewsive hip hop is an inclusive and accessible program for artists want to develop their raps, beats, dance, recording, freestylin’ and gigging all over Melbourne.
Songwriting and Music Program Workshop
A friendly day of accessible song writing and music workshops for people living with disability, mental health needs and neurodivergence.
Participants and artists of all music skill levels, abilities, gender-identities and diverse backgrounds are welcomed and supported to participate.
Damage live at Bakehouse Studios
Frank Linehan's Damage plays live at Richmond's Bakehouse Studios this month, with support from Ziggy. Look out for more news from Frank later this year!
Songwriters Showcase & Selene Mathew’s Album Launch
Wild At Heart presents a winter songwriters showcase. We will be celebrating the incredible work of our artists, with over 23 performances over two days.
Selene Mathew’s will also be launching her sophomore album, ‘Beyond’, with a live six-piece band.
This is event is taking place on Saturday, 6 July, 2024 at Kindred Bandroom.
Music from 2-5pm. Free entry
Address: 3 Harris St, Footscray.
Songwriters Showcase
Wild At Heart presents a winter songwriters showcase. We will be celebrating the incredible work of our artists, with over 23 performances over two days.
This is event is taking place on Saturday, 29 June, 2024 at Kindred Bandroom.
Music from 2-5pm. Free entry
Address: 3 Harris St, Footscray.
Inkrewsive hip hop at Brunswick Music Festival
Inkrewsive hip hop collective joins the Everybody Rocks line up for Brunswick Music Festivals fully accessible live music event. 6 members of Ink collective will be busting their rhymes and getting the audience to bounce!
Mery-Bek City Band Hall, Cross St, Brunswick East
Songwriters showcase end of year event
Songwriters showcase event celebrating the year’s creative work.
Weekly songwriting and music workshop day
A fully accessible and inclusive weekly songwriting and music making workshop day in South Melbourne. Click on event to read more.
Hip hop showcase and EP launch event
Hip hop showcase and EP launch event. Click on event for more details.
Weekly songwriting and music workshop day
A fully accessible and inclusive weekly songwriting and music making workshop day in South Melbourne. Click on event to read more.