Dec
07
2008
4

5 awesome gigs you should attend this summer

Adelaide is a small city, as anyone who lives here can attest to. So it’s no surprise that when music acts decide upon an Australian tour, they sometimes leave the city of festivals, churches and murders off their roster.

This fact is even more aggravated if your musical tastes are a little… different, like my own. While massive pop acts may have the resources and the fan base to justify a night or two in our fair city, I dare say many smaller acts would just be doing it for the love.

This summer however, I must say that I am absolutely blown away by the amazing array of talented bands making the trip to Adelaide’s fair shores. Some of these bands are recent infatuations of mine, others I’ve been waiting years to see, but whatever the case, I can assure you the following shows are all worth your hard-scavenged shrapnel, and possibly even some of your beer money.

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