The Rarebit Fiends offer a cheesefuelled fever dream of country-fried classics, from Sabbath to Spears

Disassociating On The Travelator is the second collaborative EP from Melbourne/Naarm songwriters Winter McQuinn & Acacia Pip.

Blending indie folk, jangle pop and folk-emo with understated, emotionally rich songwriting, the four-track release reflects on memory, contemporary life and the quiet search for meaning in everyday moments. Recorded with Liam "Snowy" Halliwell at Bakehouse Studios, the EP will be released by Third Eye Stimuli Records on October 16 as a special double EP edition alongside Recently I've Been Missing The Colour Green, bringing both releases to vinyl and CD for the first time.

The release follows a busy year for both artists. Winter McQuinn recently toured his third solo album throughout Australia, North America and Europe, sharing stages with Stella Donnelly, Sylvie (US), Kacy & Clayton (CA) and Glyders (US), alongside appearances at Berlin Folk Festival and New Colossus Festival in New York. Meanwhile, Acacia Pip toured nationally with Pinch Points, supporting legendary punk band Descendents on their Australian tour.

Winter McQuinn & Acacia Pip will celebrate the release of Disassociating On The Travelator with a 13-date Australian and Aotearoa/New Zealand tour throughout October, November and December.

Last Leaves are a Melbourne indie rock quartet based around the songwriting of Marty Donald who is joined by two of his ex-Lucksmiths bandmates Louis Richter and Mark Monnone, with new addition Stanley Paulzen (Fred Astereo, Tlot Tlot) on drums. The band are putting the finishing touches to their second album, the long-awaited follow-up to 2017's Other Towns Than Ours.

Support will be from Social Worker which is the new duo of Anthony Atkinson and Kimba Mitchell who, back in the day, used to play in a great band called The Mabels, signed to Candle Records.

Hugo Race returns after collaborative albums with Steve Kilbey (Speed of the Stars ‘While Italy Dreamed’), Michelangelo Russo (‘100 Years’) and Gianni Maroccolo (‘The Vigil’, winner of the prestigious Premio Ciampi Speciale) with I Made It All Up For You, an epic album with his Italian band Fatalists - existential songwriting framed by the band's fusion of roots, electronica, Italian soundtracks and desert rock.

“Fatalists recorded the basic tracks at the floating studio on the Puccini lake an hour out of Florence - Giovanni Ferrario (Scisma, PJ Harvey) on guitars and synth, Francesco Giampaoli (Sacri Cuori/Brutture Moderne) on bass and Diego Sapignoli (Sacri Cuori) on percussion. Jennifer Charles (singer of Elysian Fields) graces this album on the songs I Collide and Broken Love, the lyrics co-written by author/designer Alannah Hill. A lot of joy and pain and reflection went into the making of this album and I hope that comes across. I made it all up for you..."

Multi-award-winning Naarm/Melbourne-via-Belgium indie artist Romanie is hitting the road in celebration of her acclaimed sophomore album It's Not That Funny, which landed #14 in the AUS album ARIA charts and was nominated for the Australian Music Prize. It's Not That Funny asks what it means to keep going when life feels overwhelming.

This tour is Romanie's answer: an invitation to make something together.

At the heart of each show is a creative experiment in collaboration. Prior to the show, Romanie and her support Human Noise will write a brand new song together in the space during the day. On the night they'll perform it for the very first time at the end of the support set: raw, unfinished, or perhaps something unexpectedly beautiful. It's a celebration of vulnerability, community and the joy of creating without perfection, so come early to watch the support act and afterwards witness the cowritten song in its very first form.

Joined by her band, Romanie will then perform songs from It's Not That Funny, her most emotionally direct and sonically ambitious record to date. Every show is built around connection: between artists, between songs and, most importantly, between the people in the room. Because while It's Not That Funny was born from navigating life's darkest moments, this tour is about discovering we don't have to navigate them alone.

Local duo Amy & Timmy return to the pub, free in the front bar!

G_Tano is a Melbourne-based multicultural band blending old-school funk, acid jazz, Mediterranean fusion and Hendrix-inspired psychedelia into a genre-defying sound.

Formed in mid-2022, the band is the organic result of an ongoing musical exchange between seasoned musicians from Italy, Indonesia, Chile, Panama, Korea and Australia, each bringing their cultural roots and musical philosophies to the music.

Their debut album "Read the Room" (2025) captures the live energy and cross-cultural fusion the band is known for: a heartfelt manifesto of unity through rhythm.

The new-ish project of guitarist Asher Bates (00_, Dr Sure’s), UNIT are an off-kilter, experimental swamp rock band from Naarm.

Their sound, like some melding of Polvo and The Drones, features intricate and distinctive guitar work paired with emotive vocals and rich lyricism. Having only played their first show in March, the band have since shared bills with the likes of Party Dozen, Georgia Knight, Romy Vager and Dartz (NZ).

A superstitious bunch, UNIT are hitting the road for a lucky seven shows run to celebrate their first single release ‘Rachel’ -- released on Bandcamp on Sept 24.

UNIT play Tanswells on September 25, joined by Life Girl.

The NOWA NOWAS are a brand new swampy rock 'n' roll band from Melbourne featuring explosive original tunes!

Featuring: Lauren Lime on drums, Jeff Hooker on bass, Yolanda De Rose on guitar, and Pange DeBauche on vocals.

One of our favourite songwriters returns to the pub: Benny Williams!

Jamswells is the freewheeling & fun jam night held on 3rd Thursday of every month at Tanswells Hotel in Beechworth! For makers and lovers of music, and everyone in between!

Wonder Mountain’s 2026 Tanswells Takeover culminates with the one and only C.W. Stoneking playing his ethereal down home, backwood, folk blues and roots tunes! Performing with his band in the Tanswells back room.

Also playing on the evening are local and total legends Bad Knees and folk punk pop-noir rockers Fenn Wilson and the Weather plus DJ Jane Doe.

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Ships Piano are the butter for your dry ear toast and they’re making the trip up to Beechworth! Join them at Tanswell’s on Saturday 5 September.

Ships Piano’s live show is a mix of jangly overdriven guitars, frenetic drums and slinky bass lines with a bit of cheeky banter thrown in. Free in the front bar, with support from Sitting Giant!

All the way from Nug Nug, it's Buffalo Bob!

Join Hard Rubbish for their return to the hallowed halls of Tanswells Hotel with Body Tax.

Hard Rubbish boasts a rich musical pedigree with frontman Jason Katsaras having travelled across the country, including most recently living in nearby Albury (NSW).

Hard Rubbish crafts songs that tap into the raw nerve of personal experience, exploring the familiar landscapes of lost love and the universal yearning for belonging

Country/Americana with swagger: Harvey Russell and his band The Widowmakers offer their own combination of alt-country and honky tonk, drawing inspiration from a range of artists from George Jones right through to American Aquarium. With the successful release of his second solo album "Pure as the Flame" in 2024, Harvey has a bunch of new songs to share.

After over a decade developing and honing his songwriting, Harvey has dialled into the heart of country music with an authentic and finely-tuned ear for the song-craft of the genre, in all its forms. On stage, The Widowmakers deliver Harvey’s songs full of heart and energy, mixing old school country stylings with contemporary rock n roll. Harvey and the boys are thrilled to be coming back to Tanswell's for a big night of country rock!

Fresh off the release of their debut EP "Sicko", Naarm’s Jeane bring their wild live show to Tanswell's front bar. Led by frontwoman Jazz Johnston, the band have quickly built a reputation for emotionally charged indie rock that pairs sharp lyricism with an explosive live energy.

Across "Sicko", Jeane lean into jagged guitars, hook-heavy songwriting and raw, unfiltered storytelling. The recent single ‘Wildfire’ captures the band at their most fearless, earning praise from triple j Unearthed, Frankie Magazine and Women In Pop, alongside airplay across triple j, rage, PBS, Triple R, FBi and 4ZZZ.

Following a sold-out show at The Gem and performances alongside Full Flower Moon Band, WILSN and The Slingers, Jeane now step into their biggest headline tour yet. Catch them for free at Tanswells, with support from My Dog Satellite!

The Rarebit Fiends return to the front bar for the psychedelic countryfied takes on '90s classic and mind-bending originals with a lashings of cheese.

Hard Rock Road are a new band in the region. Free in the front bar!

Art School dropout, seminal punk rocker, and living legend.

Born into the isolation of the semi-industrial wastelands of 1950s outer suburban Perth, Kim Salmon clawed his way out of the swamp and onto the world stage in his bands, the Scientists, the Surrealists, and the Beasts of Bourbon.

Kim Salmon has earned his reputation as an authentic artist incapable of choosing the safe road. For nearly fifty years, he has performed on the world's biggest stages and with the most remote punk bands; traversing every corner of music and art to create a body of work that stands up with the best.

His latest band, Smoked Salmon is a concept, a collection of recordings, a collective, a philosophy of least resistance flowing from a reputation for resolutely going against the stream! Wait a minute! Least resistance? Against the stream? Here’s the clincher. You can do both! Kim still has the desire to go upstream but has found a great source of new repertoire fishing in the streams from whence such classics as "Frantic Romantic", "Last Night", "Dropout", "Come On Spring" and "Swampland" sprang!

They have toured Europe and Japan - combining classic moments from across his career with an album of brand-new original songs in 2025 and a brane new follow-up, ‘Totally Sick’.

Mark Campbell and The Ravens released their self-titled debut album last year, fusing country, blues, soul and Americana to bring to life themes of love, grief and redemption in an enduring love story. The recording features members of You Am I, Augie March, The Bamboos and Cash Savage and the Last Drinks.

Catch the full eight-piece band (including horns) for free at the pub!

The first Friday of every month means Torpedoes! Come have a dance to their vintage 1950s-era rock 'n' roll, blues and more!

The Sweet Betrayals played their first set at Tanswells in June and brought the house down with their take on retro genres with songs from James Brown, Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett and The Faces, to name a few.

They’re coming back August 1 to take on the whole night--and rocking a bigger lineup this time, with screaming sax, boogie piano and wailing guitar solos. These guys are going to keep you dancing all night. Don’t miss it

Existing somewhere between softness and chaos, shadow and colour, Miya Zawa is a genre-bending princess that soundtracks love, friendship and messy feelings.

There’s an honesty to Miya Zawa’s music that feels immediate, like hearing a thought as it forms. She's letting you in on something you weren't meant to hear. Detached but not distant. Playful but never soft. Miya Zawa builds a world that feels unstable in the best way.

The Distant South are a Melbourne alt-country band who write songs that are confessional, raw and instantly relatable.

Blending the sounds of country, folk, blues and soul, The Distant South channel heartache and angst into captivating performances that are melancholic… yet still somehow uplifting.

With two EPs and an album already behind them, the band is all set to release their second LP “Map of My Life” in August.

Don’t miss two great bands from the region! Free entry!

Blown Cones hit the Tanswells front bar for their long-awaited first Beechworth show. Joining Melb music stalwart Michael Hager on guitars and rhythm section, Mic Muc & Trevor Cotton is Henry Hugo for a full-band, four-course feast of introspective songwriting and gritty garage rock

The Smith Street Band head to Beechworth on July 17 for their first-ever show in town at Tanswells!

In late 2025 The Smith Street Band released their seventh studio album, Once I Was Wild, which reached #14 on the ARIA Album Chart and #2 on the Australian Artists chart. Currently, The Smith Street Band are spending all of June touring Europe, playing 17 shows across eight countries and selling out iconic London venue The Garage.

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