After a 2-year hiatus, the much-loved and free Coastal Sounds event will return with live music along 10km of Adelaide’s coastline on Monday 12th of June.
Arguably Adelaide’s longest music event (for distance), Coastal Sounds features 17 live performances in 8 beautiful beachside locations in West Beach, Henley Beach, Grange, Semaphore Park’s Point Malcolm including a closing sunset session on the Semaphore Surf Life Saving Club deck overlooking the coast.
The unique music event supported by the City of Charles Sturt’s Live and Local grants program invites people to enjoy the beach in winter with an afternoon of intimate performances from new, emerging, and established artists.
With no stages or speakers, each act will share their music with the coast as their backdrop in 8 selected walkways, reserves, shelters, and amphitheatres stretching along Adelaide’s shoreline.
City of Charles Sturt Place Leader and Coastal Sounds curator, Vic Pisani says the family-friendly winter music event is as eclectic as it is long with a diverse program of music styles with artist ages represented ranging from 16 to 80+.
“We’re thrilled to have so many established and award-winning South Australian songwriters and musicians involved,” Mr Pisani said.
“From multi-instrumental loop master Adam Page, soul alt-country singer songwriter Kelly Menhennett, blues legend Jimmybay and respected folk pop songwriter Naomi Keyte to Gypsy Swing favourites Les Gitans Blanc, Zooma Zooma’s Julian Ferraretto and Anthony Leppa and RnB singer Angela Tripodi all in the line-up alongside some of Adelaide’s most exciting young singer songwriters including country folk duo Ella and Sienna and captivating new songwriters Nat Luna and Elizabeth Riyu and many more.”
For people keen to participate in a more active way to keep warm, there’s Guru Dudu Silent Disco Tours to get you grooving on the esplanade.
Plus, there’s opportunities to singalong with groups like the wonderful nonnas and nonnos of Molfettese Singing Group, acapella pop choir and Fringe faves InU and the Adelaide Ukulele Appreciation Society.
“I won’t pick favourites but I must admit I’m super excited about the inclusion of the world first Park Choir event in our program at the Point Malcolm Reserve amphitheatre,” Mr Pisani said.
“Everyone with a voice and sense of fun should join in this fantastic and joyous community singalong experience where ‘the audience is the show’ as Park Choir leader, Deborah Brennan, teaches them all to sing a classic song in multi part harmony.”
Coastal Sounds full line up:
• Ella and Sienna
• Naomi Keyte
• Adam Page
• Nat Luna
• Jimmybay
• Heath Weber
• Adelaide Ukulele Appreciation society
• Elizabeth Ruyi
• Les Gitans Blanc
• Angela Tripodi
• Zooma Zooma duo – Julian Ferraretto and Anthony Leppa
• Molfettese singing Group
• InU Choir
• Park Choir with Deborah Brennan
• Kelly Menhennett
• Alannah Wood – Henley High School
• CNK – Henley High School
• Guru Dudu Silent Disco Tours
For more details on the full Coastal Sounds program including all artists, performance times
and locations, click here.
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