DOORS 6:30PM // KITCHEN OPENS 6:30PM // SHOW STARTS 8PM Award winning Scottish troubadour Dean Owens come to Australia this March. His new album Spirit Ridge was recorded in Italy (the land of his lion tamer ancestor) with renowned producer Don Antonio. Following directly on from his highly acclaimed collaborations with Calexico, the songs on Spirit Ridge are both monumental and deeply personal, rooted in an imaginary hinterland connectingthe lush Italian hills, the US desert states and post industrialScotland. A thrilling, unique blend of Scottish roots and rocky Americana, with added desert noir. The Sinners make a glorious, brass infused, driving sound with electric guitar, trumpet and double bass, with Dean’s searingly soulful voice upfront. Expect a joyous mix of songs and stories from Dean’s 12 album career, and a life on the road. Earworm inducing melodies and great songs; the heart of a rock’n’roller combined with the spellbinding delivery of folk’s best storytellers, with humour and melancholy intertwined. 2024 highlights included standing ovations at Cambridge Folk Festival, sold out tours in the Netherlands and USA, with 2025 kicking off with the launch of Spirit Ridge at Glasgow’s legendary Celtic Connections before heading to Australian to perform at the Brunswick Ballroom. Support by Lachlan Bryan. Lachlan Bryan is a singer/songwriter/producer/director/multi-instrumentalist and award-winning artist whose unique writing has gathered universal praise. He's the front man of acclaimed, genre-defying Australian band Lachlan Bryan and The Wildes and his new project The Pleasures. A well known face around Melbourne (when he's not pursuing multiple international projects), he also boasts some Scottish roots of his own. "What Lachlan Bryan does is write some of the most insightful, poignant and heartfelt songs you'll hear this or any other year...his band play with swagger, sensitivity and panache without ever thinking about overshadowing the lyric " - Stuart Coupe, Capital News (AUS)