Sounds Australia presents the Annual Aussie BBQ at Canadian Music Week

SOUNDS AUSTRALIA, Australia’s Music export initiative has announced their annual AUSSIE BBQ at Canadian Music Week 2015. This year to celebrate the country’s spotlight at the festival, there will be an additional BBQ at both The Horseshoe Tavern and The Rivoli on May 8. As well, SOUNDS AUSTRALIA presents the Sound Gallery showcase with some stellar Aussie acts on May 9 at The Horseshoe Tavern. See below for details.

This year Australia, the festival’s spotlight country, will welcome over 40 Australian artists to showcase across the week including international sensations Xavier Rudd & The United Nations and Ben Lee, as well as emerging acts such as Kingswood, Ecca Vandal and Hein Cooper and seminal Australian artists EVEN and Darren Hanlon.

THE AUSSIE BBQ 2015 will be held across two venues on Friday May 8. In its 6th year in Toronto, THE AUSSIE BBQ returns to The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern and also expands down Queen Street to The Rivoli.

THE AUSSIE BBQ
Friday, May 8, 2015
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The Horseshoe Tavern
12:15pm The Resignators
12:55pm Betty & Oswald
01:35pm Tora
02:15pm Ghyti
02:55pm Olivers Army
03:35pm Hamish Anderson
04:15pm EVEN
04:55pm Ash Grunwald

The Rivoli
12:15pm Far Away Stables
12:55pm Julia Why?
01:35pm Selahphonic
02:15pm The Love Junkies
02:55pm SKEGSS
03:35pm Pierce Brothers
04:15pm Kingswood
04:55pm Ecca Vandal
05:35pm The Lazys

Following THE AUSSIE BBQ on Saturday May 9, The Legendary Horseshoe Tavern will again play host to Sound Gallery, a showcase of ten of the best up and coming and established singer-songwriters to come from Down Under.

Sound Gallery
Saturday, May 9, 2015
The Horseshoe Tavern
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12:10pm Jordan Leser
12:40pm HOWQUA
01:10pm Jill Beth
01:40pm Hein Cooper
02:10pm Demi Louise
02:40pm Tom West
03:10pm Twin Lakes
03:40pm Sweet Jean
04:10pm Darren Hanlon
04:40pm Caitlin Harnett

Featuring 27 Australian acts across 2 days and 12 hours of music, along with a special Australian themed menu brought to you by The Rivoli, there’s no better way to spend your Friday and Saturday than discovering your new favorite artists from Australia.

Full list of Australian spotlight artists:
Ash Grunwald
Ben Lee
Betty & Oswald
Caitlin Harnett
Ciaram Granger
Darren Hanlon
Demi Louise
Ecca Vandal
EVEN
Far Away Stables
Garrett Kato
Ghyti
Gordi
Hamish Anderson
Hein Cooper
HOWQUA
Jill Beth
Jordan Leser
Julia Why?
King George
Lili Kendall
Lisa Crawley
Marta Pacek
Olivers Army
Phebe Starr
Pierce Brothers
Selahphonic
Shameem
SKEGSS
Steve Lane and the Autocrats
Stu Larsen
Sweet Jean
The Lazys
The Love Junkies
The Resignators
Tom West
Tora
Twin Lakes
Xavier Rudd & The United Nations

For more information, visit soundsaustralia.com.au
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