Next week at Cherry Bar

Mon June 4: Open Mike Mondays. Cherry supplies the Back Line, the Mixer and our famous stage. You and your band plug in and play. 6.30pm to 11.30pm every Monday. Free entry. Cherry wants to support the Melbourne music scene. We think bands will benefit from playing on the same stage that has hosted The Black Keys, The New York Dolls, Mark Lanegan, The Tea Party and already showcases over 550 different booked locals acts a year. Book a slot: red@cherrybar.com.au

 

Tues June 5: Residency with Patron Saints, 2 sets from 9pm. Doors open 5pm to 3am. FREE

Patron Saints: Kim Volkman and Billy Pommer Jr. telling it like it is through old school rock n roll

www.myspace.com/cherrybarmelbourne

 

 

Wed June 6: Double-Black June Residency with different quality support weekly, this week: Australian Kingswood Factory. DJ Jack 'Bitter Sweet Kicks' Davies till 3am. FREE

Double Black: Matt Black from The Fireballs new loud progressive psychobilly trio. White knuckled rock n roll.

www.myspace.com/doubleblack

 

Thurs June 7: Saskwatch June Residency! DJs Vince Peach and Pierre Baroni, Open 5pm, Door-charge $10 from 8pm till 5am

Saskwatch: Cherry has been supporting this incredible 9-piece soul act for well over 2 years. The rest of the world is fast catching up on the most exciting band in Australia at the moment.

www.saskwatch.com.au

 

Fri June 8: ToneDeaf.com.au Presents The Spin, Towers and Opener, DJ Lucy Arundel 10pm till 5am. Doors 5pm, Door charge $13 from 8pm till 11pm, then $10 till 5am.

The Spin: Originally The Moons, then The Newbirds, this awesome The Who/Beatles-sounding freshly re-named bunch of talented guys write the sweetest pop songs going around!

 

 

Sat June 9: Frankenbok, Decimatus (EP launch), Envenomed and Alkira (Adel). DJ Dan Watt till 3am, then DJ Big Scotty till 5am. Doors 5pm, Door charge $13 from 8pm till 11pm, then $10 till 5am.

Frankenbok: One of Australia's most lauded heavy metal bands who have been ripping eardrums for 15 years now…

www.myspace.com/frankenbok

 

 

Sun June 10: Queen's Birthday Eve Arvo: Cherry Blues 2pm to 7pm Chris Russell's Chicken Walk with Dean Muller RESIDENCY, 2 sets, with DJ Max Crawdaddy. Eat Ryan's Cherry Chilli Con Carne, FREE entry. Then Kitty & Connah from 8pm to 2am. FREE

Welcome to Chrississippi, Americana Blues Country from Melbourne. Now on steroids with Dean Muller on drums. Soooo good!

http://chrisrussellschickenwalk.com/

 CONTINUING SUNDAY 10 JUNE** Queen's Birthday Evening: Don Fernando, Battle Axe Howlers (launch) and System of Venus. Cherry DJ till 3am. Doors 8pm, $13 entry from 8pm till 11pm, then $5.

Battle Axe Howlers: V8 rock n roll from Melbourne or the Californian desert?

www.triplejunearthed.com/BattleAxeHowlers

Toff Talks: "Music Activism - Save Live Australian Music (SLAM) - Where are you now?"

On Monday 28 May 7.30pm at Toff In Town, (L2 / 252 Swanston Street Melbourne.)

Cherry Owner James Young MC's a spirited chat with Kate Shaw from Melb Uni, Helen Marcou from SLAM and Councillor Ken Ong Chairman of Future Melbourne Planning Committee about the biggest issues facing live music in Melbourne, principally planning and new residential developments, etc.

It's a one hour Q&A with the audience, that is sure to be enlightening.

Afterwards 'Persecution Blues - the Battle for the Tote' will screen from 8.30pm.

Next week at Cherry Bar....we be cooking with gas!!

Mon May 28: Open Mike Mondays. Cherry supplies the Back Line, the Mixer and our famous stage. You and your band plug in and play. 6.30pm to 11.30pm every Monday. Free entry. Cherry wants to support the Melbourne music scene. We think bands will benefit from playing on the same stage that has hosted The Black Keys, The New York Dolls, Mark Lanegan, The Tea Party and already showcases over 550 different booked locals acts a year. Book a slot: red@cherrybar.com.au

 

Tues May 29: Residency with Patron Saints, 2 sets from 9pm. Doors open 5pm to 3am. FREE

Patron Saints: Kim Volkman and Billy Pommer Jr. telling it like it is through old school rock n roll

www.myspace.com/cherrybarmelbourne

 

Wed May 30: Residency from Attack of the Mannequins. This week's special support act is Mercy Kills. DJ Jack 'Bitter Sweet Kicks' Davies till 3am. FREE

Attack of the Mannequins: Industrial fashion rock from the Freud brothers.

www.attackofthemannequins.com

 

Thurs May 31: The Perfections. DJs Vince Peach and Pierre Baroni, Open 5pm, Door-charge $10 from 8pm till 5am

The Perfections: Melbourne based R&B/Soul/Garage fronted by Christina Arnold, sounds like Barbara Lynn out front of the MC5/Stooges.

www.reverbnation.com/theperfections

 

Fri June 1: MAMMOTH MAMMOTH 'Hell's Likely' Album

Launch with Los Amigos and The Fog. DJ Max Crawdaddy 10pm till 5am. Doors 5pm, Door charge $13 from 8pm till 11pm, then $10 till 5am.

Mammoth Mammoth: Album launch from the self-proclaimed hairiest and loudest band in the world, who claim to "slay unicorns."

www.myspace.com/mammothxmammoth

Sat June 2: Cave of Swallows Single Launch with Bury The Fallen and The Villian. DJ Billy Walsh till 3am, then DJ Big Scotty till 5am. Doors 5pm, Door charge $13 from 8pm till 11pm, then $10 till 5am.

Cave of the Swallows: Single launch from possibly Melbourne's sexiest rock act.

www.myspace.com/caveoftheswallows

 

Sun June 3: Cherry Blues 2pm to 7pm Chris Russell's Chicken Walk with Dean Muller RESIDENCY, 2 sets, with DJ Max Crawdaddy. Eat Ryan's Cherry Chilli Con Carne, FREE entry. Then Kitty & Connah from 8pm to 2am. FREE

Welcome to Chrississippi, Americana Blues Country from Melbourne. Now on steroids with Dean Muller on drums. Soooo good!

http://chrisrussellschickenwalk.com/

 

Next week Cherry Bar is doing some great stuff...

NEXT WEEK AT CHERRY BAR

 

Mon May 21: Open Mike Mondays. Cherry supplies the Back Line, the Mixer and our famous stage. You and your band plug in and play. 6.30pm to 11.30pm every Monday. Free entry. Cherry wants to support the Melbourne music scene. We think bands will benefit from playing on the same stage that has hosted The Black Keys, The New York Dolls, Mark Lanegan, The Tea Party and already showcases over 550 different booked locals acts a year. Book a slot: red@cherrybar.com.au

 

Tues May 22: Residency with Patron Saints, 2 sets from 9pm. Doors open 5pm to 3am. FREE

Patron Saints: Kim Volkman and Billy Pommer Jr. telling it like it is through old school rock n roll

www.myspace.com/cherrybarmelbourne

 

 Wed May 23: Residency from Attack of the Mannequins. This week's special support act is Goodbye Galaxy. DJ Jack 'Bitter Sweet Kicks' Davies till 3am. FREE

Attack of the Mannequins: Industrial fashion rock from the Freud brothers.

www.attackofthemannequins.com

 

 Thurs May 24: The Funkadelic Side. DJs Vince Peach and Pierre Baroni, Open 5pm, Door-charge $10 from 8pm till 5am

Funkadelic Side: James Brown Tribute

www.facebook.com/thefunkadelicside

 

 Fri May 25: Fifth Friend LP launch, Fierce Mild and opener. DJ Gringo till 1am then DJ Lucy till 5am. Doors 5pm, Door charge $13 from 8pm till 11pm, then $10 till 5am.

Fifth Friend: Led Zep/Doors/QOTSA vibe

 www.facebook.com/pages/Fifth-Friend/192698157420473

 

 

Sat May 26: Black Aces. Destroy She Said & Push To Twist. DJ Billy Walsh till 3am, then DJ Big Scotty till 5am. Doors 5pm, Door charge $13 from 8pm till 11pm, then $10 till 5am.

Black Aces: AC/DC-esque dirty Oz pub rock from Bendigo!

www.triplejunearthed.com/blackaces

 

 Sun May 27: Cherry Blues 2pm to 7pm Chris Russell's Chicken Walk with Dean Muller RESIDENCY, 2 sets, with DJ Max Crawdaddy. FREE

Welcome to Chrississippi, Americana Blues Country from Melbourne. Now on steroids with Dean Muller on drums. Soooo good!

http://chrisrussellschickenwalk.com/

 THEN FROM 7pm till 3am Sunday 27 May

Transvaal Diamond Syndicate (Brisbane's stomp blues riot) 'Pistols at Dawn' East Coast Tour with Tasmanian Delta Dirt Blues Rockers, Guthrie. Doors 2pm, Door charge FREE, Bands start 9pm, DJ till 3am

Transvaal Diamond Syndicate: Dirty foot-stompin', hard hittin' Blues/Rock outfit who play a high-energy and entertaining set based on groove riffs, slide guitar, smoky vocals and driving beats. Crowd participation, stompouts, call-and-response, percussion jams, burlesque, sweaty participants, megaphone taunts = something TDS.

http://transvaaldiamondsyndicate.com/

All the Cherry Best,

James Young

An Odd Find

Cherry Bar Maid Jade lost her phone somewhere in the bar. While hunting for the lost phone using advanced iPhone photography techniques the phone was eventually found... next to this strange object.

First person to identify this object wins an opportunity to lucky dip for a dirty ol double ended dong.

What's going down at Cherry Bar next week!

Next week at Cherry Bar

 Mon May 14: Open Mike Mondays. Cherry supplies the Back Line, the Mixer and our famous stage. You and your band plug in and play. 6.30pm to 11.30pm every Monday. Free entry. Cherry wants to support the Melbourne music scene. We think bands will benefit from playing on the same stage that has hosted The Black Keys, The New York Dolls, Mark Lanegan, The Tea Party and already showcases over 550 different booked locals acts a year. Book a slot: red@cherrybar.com.au

 

Tues May 15: Residency with Patron Saints, 2 sets from 9pm. Doors open 5pm to 3am. FREE

Patron Saints: Kim Volkman and Billy Pommer Jr. telling it like it is through old school rock n roll

www.myspace.com/cherrybarmelbourne

 

Wed May 16: Residency from Attack of the Mannequins. This week's special support act is Brad Marr's new band. DJ Jack 'Bitter Sweet Kicks' Davies till 3am. FREE

Attack of the Mannequins: Industrial fashion rock from the Freud brothers.

www.attackofthemannequins.com

 

Thurs May 17: The Deans LP Launch. DJs Vince Peach and Pierre Baroni, Open 5pm, Door-charge $10 from 8pm till 5am

The Deans: LP Launch, the sound of modern original soul.

http://thedeans.bandcamp.com/

 

 Fri May 18: Hound, The Latonas and Alex Lashlie. DJ Max Crawdaddy till 5am. Doors 5pm, Door charge $13 from 8pm till 11pm, then $10 till 5am.

Hound: $5 EP Launch

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hound/180658751973341 

 

Sat May 19: The Vagrants, Whodafunkit and Forever Young Band. DJ Billy Walsh till 5am. Doors 5pm, Door charge $13 from 8pm till 11pm, then $10 till 5am.

The Vagrants: Indie pop punk rock from Melbs. 'Just Kill Me' single launch

http://thevagrants.com/

 

Sun May 20: Cherry Blues 2pm to 6.30pm Chris Russell's Chicken Walk with Dean Muller RESIDENCY, 2 sets, with DJ Max Crawdaddy. FREE

Welcome to Chrississippi, Americana Blues Country from Melbourne. Now on steroids with Dean Muller on drums. Soooo good!

http://chrisrussellschickenwalk.com/

CHERRY EXILE!!

The greatest LP of all time performed live at pretty much the greatest rock n roll bar in the world.

 

CHERRY EXILE!!

 

Saturday night almost sold out!

 

The Cherry Bar in AC/DC Lane Melbourne celebrates the exact 40th anniversary of the release of The Rolling Stones classic LP 'Exile On Main Street' with a Tribute weekend on Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 May, featuring a one-off get-together of some of Melbourne's most revered local musicians performing 'Exile' track-for-track on two intimate nights.

 

The Cherry Exile band will feature Jack Howard, Ben Marsland, Carl Treasure, Bruce Haymes, Ryan Brown, Ben Curnow and Simon Aarons with vocalists The Wolfgramm Sisters, Ash Naylor, Spencer P Jones, Dave Larkin, Matt Sonic, Nick Barker and Special Guests.

 

Tix are $20 available at cherryrock.com.au and on the Cherry Door for Cherry's special 40^th anniversary Tribute to 'Exile On Main Street' on Saturday 12^th and Sunday 13^th of May.

 

Just picture it…Dave Larkin doing 'Tumbling Dice', Ash Naylor on 'Sweet Black Angel', Nick Barker's 'Loving Cup' the Wolfgramm Sisters 'Let It Loose', Spencer P Jones 'Stop Breakin' Down' and Matt Sonic's 'Turd On The Run' just to whet your appetite Stones' fans!!

The Darkness Loves Cherry Bar!

Thanks to Frankie Poullain from The Darkness for his little plug in beat last week!

God Bless The Cherry Bar!

The Darkness - Pre and Post gig parties Tonight!

Cherry is proud to host the pre and post gig parties for The Darkness show at The Palace tonight. Come down to Cherry to brief, and ... debrief. We don't serve Love, on the rocks, with no ice however.

Cherry's Open Mike Mondays!

We're very excited to announce Cherry's Open Mike Mondays begins on May the 14th.

Bands get a 20 minute set with a Rock'n'Roll backline supplied. Drums, Bass Amp, 2x Guitar Amps, and Mics.

Email red@cherrybar.com.au asap to book your show.