May 1, 2024 · Essay

Touring New South Wales: theatres, clubs, and the calendar

How Shirwell books smaller rooms, what to send for a date, and why the set list changes with the building.

I book theatre shows, private events, and club dates when the calendar allows. New South Wales, Australia is home, but the work is travel: load-in times, parking for a van, and whether the room wants an acoustic set or a full band. Email is better than a vague social message. Include venue, proposed date, expected audience size, and which format you want.

A theatre set mixes ballads and rock so people who came for Kissing still get Baby Gonna Rock. A private event may want a shorter list and a quieter encore. Club dates need shorter intros and fewer suite experiments. Glorious Days in three mixes is a studio gift; live, we pick one.

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Princess coordinates dance teams and covers business while I am on the road — rehearsals, invoices, and the practical half of a touring life. That is not a slogan. Independent music fails when the stage looks professional and the books do not.

Flowers overlap with tours more than outsiders expect. Nati Roses in Middle Dural has worked with us for decades on weddings, memorials, and backstage bunches. Couples sometimes combine a performance enquiry with a floral consult. Mention both so calendars can actually meet.

We do not publish a fake national tour grid. Dates appear in the newsletter when they are real. If a promoter needs a rider, start with Contact. If you only want to listen, the player is the show that is always on.

Thank you to rooms that still book original Australian music. The catalogue on this site is the set list in slow motion: same songs, documented so a new audience can catch up before the lights go down.

By Shirwell Bancan · Shirwell Entertainment · Questions: shirwellentertainment@gmail.com

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