Blues Roulette

19/06/2024

Orange or Blue???

What do you think?

16/06/2024

Chicago Blues Fest, one of the country's largest free celebrations of blues music, wrapped up Sunday afternoon in Chicago with a headlining performance by Buddy Guy, 87.

15/06/2024

The flag flying in a new far flung corner of the world…

Chur my bro Kris.

14/06/2024

Who’s coming??
PARTY!!! On the Northside!!!

Hit up bluesroulette.com for tickets!

12/06/2024

THURSDAY NIGHT!!!
Beneath Driver Lane 9pm.

Brian Stafford “Melbourne forgotten Blues Royalty”
It’s spinning the wheel… I’m not going to lie I’m a little bummed I’m going to miss this one.
Paul Slattery will do the do, but I was super excited when Brian said he was keen.. I guess we’ll just have to do it again soon.

12/06/2024

11/06/2024

The Program has Landed!!
The Winter Blues Festival in Echuca-Moama VIC is gearing up for its best year ever, as event organisers release the full festival programme schedule.

Head to winterblues.com.au to download the app.
N.B If you have last year's app, head to app store and click the "Update" button.

Along with the release of the programme, the programming team have added yet another round of artists, including Memphis Blues Challenge winner Frank Sultana, Melbourne blues legend Ian Collard, powerhouse original roots artist Mike Elrington, along with Anna Scionti, Kaliopi & The Blues Messengers, Matt Katsis, Luke Harrington and Ozone Street.

8 Ball Aitken, 19-Twenty, Aaron Po***ck Music, Anna Scionti Music, Bill Barber and The Holding Cell, The Blues Roulette Big Band do Motown, Charlie Bedford, Corey Legge Dan Dinnen & Shorty, Darcy Ramage Music Doc Halibut Frank Sultana Music Geoff Achison Music & The Souldiggers Glenn Skuthorpe Music Grim Fawkner Ian Collard ISEULA Jarrod Shaw Jesse Redwing Jimi Hocking ’s Blues Machine Julian James and The Moonshine State Jungle Jim Smith Kaliopi Stavropoulos & The Blues Messengers Karl S. Williams - Musical Fool Kathleen Halloran Lady Valiant Luke Harrington Marshall & the Fro Matt Katsis Music Mike Elrington Miss Lou's Blues Nathan Beretta Opelousas Band Ozone Street Paul Buchanan’s Voodoo Preachers Rory Phillips Sammy Owen Blues Band Slatsapalooza Smoke Stack Rhino Stefan Hauk Sweet Felicia and The Honeytones the Blues Preachers The Honey Badgers The Hoodoo Men The McnaMarr Project The Mojo Corner The Windsavers Tomcat Playground Transvaal Diamond Syndicate

Wrap Party: on Sunday night is a ticketed special event featuring the cream of the Festival, tickets are available bit.ly/WBF-WrapParty2024

11/06/2024

A day in Chicago..

home
My first Italian Beef roll… so good…
Missing home, but having fun!!

10/06/2024

The last think you see before you step onto stage at
It’s not lost on me..

06/06/2024

I’m not in at Beneath Driver Lane, I’m not in Australia… or even the surge hemisphere..

But the wheel is still spinning.
The biggest part of BR is the fact that we are community.. it’s bigger than “Bennie” it always has been.

Big love to Paul Slattery & Sally Ingram for keeping the fire burning.
Thanks Agostino for the photos!!

05/06/2024

Get hip!!
ISEULA • Single Launch @ Bar303 is going to be the s**t!!

🖤🌷 NEW SINGLE 'WHY' IS OUT NOW 🌷🖤

On all streaming platforms and available for purchase on Bandcamp!

05/06/2024

Only two days until subscriber tickets are on sale!

Start planning an escape from the winter blues and discover everything that the South West Victoria region has to offer over the long weekend in March!

Subscribers will be emailed their ticket link on Wednesday 5 June, sign up now: https://mailer.moshtix.com/h/j/CF98A2E8299095CB?ref=portfairyfolkfestival-edm

01/06/2024

01/06/2024

Looking forward to the festival tomorrow.
Sunday 11:30am at the Dunningham Park Stage

30/05/2024

TONIGHT!!! Beneath Driver Lane!!
John-Luke Shelley… it’s been years since we have spun the wheel.
Sending Johnny a heap of love, it’s sick in bed.. but Sally Ingram will be there to keep us in line!

Tonight is the last Melbourne gig before I go away.
Swing by and say bye!!

Blues in the Basement 9PM!

30/05/2024

I think this was one of the most special moments in BR history…

Do you have a favourite moment??

16/05/2024

Dave and Em!!
Flying the BR flag!
Let play spot the BR tribe.

I hope everyone up at Blues on Broadbeach has an amazing weekend!

15/05/2024

Dan Dinnen - Music spins the wheel with us tomorrow (Thursday) at Beneath Driver Lane!

Johnny Tesoriero is off at Blues on Broadbeach with Rod Paine & the Fulltime Lovers!! Have a blast I bet.
Sally Ingram will be keep us in line!

Come and get your blues on with us.

14/05/2024

😢😭🥹😢

After an amazing 10 years of bringing the tastes & sounds of the South to Geelong and beyond, it’s time to make the hardest call of all.

Pistol Pete’s Food N Blues will be closing on the 30th June 2024.

The struggle to maintain the businesses’ viability has been ongoing for quite a while and we have tried our best to work through the many challenges that have landed on our doorstep, with a positive attitude & a smile on our faces. As we are seeing all too often lately, many food & music venues are closing due to economic circumstances & changes in the way people choose to socialise & entertain themselves. From the increase in the cost of living, the cost of goods, insurances, staffing, power & gas and the decrease in customers and the amount they spend, we too have had to take a hard & honest look at where we are & what we need to do going forward. With all that in mind and our lease being up for renewal, we have decided that this is the right time to bring Pistol Pete’s to a close. This has been a very difficult & confronting decision for us to make.
Over the next 7 weeks, we will continue to bring you the great food & great music that we have become known for. We’d like to take this opportunity to thank our wonderful staff, both past & present for the integral part they have played in making Pistol Pete’s what it is today. To everyone who has stepped through the doors at 93 Lt Malop St, we appreciate & thank you for your patronage and support in turning a dream into reality.
Yes, this is a very sad occasion, but we want it to also be a celebration of what has been achieved, the friends made and the good times had.
So, we look forward to you joining us in the upcoming weeks and help us keep those good times rolling!

Cheers
Pete & Kerri