Eureka Sunday Live

Charm of Finches
1.15pm-2.15pm

Melbourne sister duo Charm of Finches (aka Mabel and Ivy Windred-Wornes) makes haunted tunes about love, grief and whispering trees; indie folk awash with seamless blood harmonies traversing melancholy and wonder in equal measure.

Their recent accolades include the 2021 Music Victoria Best Folk Act, 2021 Australian Folk Music Awards Youth Act of the Year and nominations for the 2020 & 2021 Australian Music Prize. The duo released their third full length album ‘Wonderful Oblivion’ in October 2021 through New York-based label AntiFragile Music to critical acclaim and have recently returned from a four-month tour of the UK and Europe.

“Wonderful Oblivion is a moving work, dressing up the shared experiences of the everyday with music that tugs at the heart and stirs the imagination.” ⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Australian

Photo credit: Laura May Grogan

The Dead Salesmen
12pm-1pm

Ballarat music legends The Dead Salesman reunite in their classic line-up for a special Eureka Sunday performance.

Hap Hayward (vocals, lyrics) and Justin Ryda (guitar/music) formed The Dead Salesmen as a duo in the late eighties. They were musically inspired by electric art rock from the 60s to the early 80s and drew on diverse lyrical influences from Henry Lawson to Leonard Cohen.

A good twenty years later, Hap and Justin have reunited under a new alias: 'The Blue Lighters' with an album entitled ‘Come To Flight’ released this year with the help of Heart Of The Rat records.Hap and Justin will play songs from their Dead Salesmen and Blue Lighters records.