GOANNA
Forty years on, and with their messages of positive engagement in Indigenous rights and environmental protection more relevant than ever, Australian icons Goanna return to celebrate their multi-platinum, game-changing debut album ‘Spirit of Place’.
In the early ‘80s, in the midst of Aussie Rock’s golden age, Goanna helped forge a new Australian identity. Before Midnight Oil and Paul Kelly addressed similar issues, the iconic ‘Solid Rock’ stoked a fire for Indigenous rights that hasn’t gone out, while the anthem of ‘Let The Franklin Flow’ was a call to arms for the emerging environmental movement. Soulful, lyrical, brimming with musicality and creative volatility, Goanna mixed classic folk song craft with spirited roots rock, helping to establish a musical thread that remains vital and ubiquitous in Australian music today.
In 2022, Shane Howard, Rose Bygrave, Marcia Howard and Graham Davidge, together with special guests, embark on a new journey, paying homage to their classic songs and reigniting the Goanna spirit once more.
GOANNA – CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF SPIRIT OF PLACE 2022
SAT 17-Sep-22 CIVIC THEATRE, NEWCASTLE, NSW
SUN 18-Sep-22 ENMORE THEATRE, SYDNEY, NSW
SUN 25-Sep-22 NIKOLA ESTATE, SWAN VALLEY, WA (with Midnight Oil)
SAT- 26-Sept-22 FREO SOCIAL, PERTH, WA
FRI 07-Oct-22 PRINCESS THEATRE LAUNCESTON, TAS
SAT 08-Oct-22 ODEON THEATRE, HOBART, TAS
THUR 27-Oct-22 LIGHTHOUSE THEATRE, WARRNAMBOOL, VIC
FRI 28-Oct-22 LIGHTHOUSE THEATRE, WARRNAMBOOL, VIC
SOLD OUT
Sun 30-Oct-22 HAMER HALL, MELBOURNE, VIC
FRI 04-Nov-22 WEST GIPPSLAND ARTS CENTRE, WARRAGUL, VIC
SAT 05-Nov-22 ULUMBARRA THEATRE, BENDIGO, VIC
SUN 06-Nov-22 WENDOUREE CENTRE FOR PERFORMING ARTS, BALLARAT, VIC
SAT 11-Nov-22 CANBERRA THEATRE, CANBERRA, ACT
FRI 12-Nov-22 SHOALHAVEN ENT CENTRE, NOWRA
FRI-18-Nov-22 COSTA HALL, GEELONG, VIC
SAT-19-Nov-22 HARVEST ROCK, ADELAIDE, SA