Meander down the illuminated pathway and step through the gates onto Private Grounds.

Expect the unexpected. You never know who you might spy in Adelaide Fringe’s exclusive artist haven.

For your chance to win exclusive passes for you and five mates plus free Coopers on arrival simply email PRIVATE GROUNDS in the subject line to admin@fringebenefits.com.au by Monday 5 March.

WHEN: Sat 25 Feb, doors open 8pm – 3am
WHERE: Arcade Lane, off Grenfell St (next to the old Harris Scarfe building site)
HOW MUCH: FRINGE BENEFITS MEMBERS $5 BEFORE 10.30PM
Show your Fringe Benefits card at the door for the discount
Pre-sales available at www.adelaidefringe.com.au

This year Fourwords will be showcasing four awesome bands, plenty of party DJs, delicious catering and live artists going nuts up and down the atmospheric alleyway. There will also be film, projection art and photography to feast your eyes on.

LINE-UP:

- Jimmy & the Mirrors (SA)
- Penguin Kings (QLD)
- Collarbones (SA/NSW)
- Archie (SA)
- Track Team DJs (SA)

+ Party support from Faint One, Cutting Ds, fourwords allstarz and $$ Bill Yo!

Here’s a look at the first FOURWORDS party at Arcade Lane last year:

FROM THE MAKERS OF CANTINA & COMPANY OF STRANGERS’  The LoveBirds is the premier Spiegeltent show in The Garden 2012.

– Direct from their world-premiere at Melbourne International Arts Festival –

The LoveBirds, destined to be a Fringe favourite, are set to inhabit the vibrant and luscious surrounds of The Garden of Unearthly Delights.

In this exotic new breed of cabaret, these rare and illusive creatures will emerge from the foliage of their alluring, colour-speckled underworld, to share provocative, hilarious and heart warming tales of wandering souls pining for love and looking to be saved.

Written and devised by award-winning singer, cabaret artist and dancer, Simone Page Jones, The LoveBirds pays homage to 1930’s Bohemia and psychedelic, sexually ambiguous San Francisco.

Performed by a collection of wayward cabaret darlings with exquisite voices and spectacular plumage, The LoveBirds are backed by their live band with an original score, lead by the exceptionally talented Matthew Carey.

WIN TIX & LOVEBIRDS PRIZE PACK:
Fringe Benefits members have the chance to win a double pass to see The LoveBirds on Sunday 4 March at 8.30pm plus a LoveBirds pack valued at  $109 including a signed CD and a clip on birdy! To enter email admin@fringebenefits.com.au and tell us what you love the most about yourself. The winner will be selected by Tuesday 28 Feb.

Are you on twitter or facebook? Take a look at what other Adelaide birdies are tweeting about the show on www.twitter.com/The_LoveBirds or on www.facebook.com/LoveBirdsCabaret

Buy your tickets at http://www.gardenofunearthlydelights.com.au/event.asp?eventID=2536

“I still find myself thinking of you… Beautiful, untouchable you. I wished, prayed, fantasied that you would be my forever LoveBird lover.”

Come fall head over heels for The LoveBirds.

By Jacqui Dean

It’s a fun party, where you don’t have to take yourself or anyone around you too seriously.

Another highlight was definitely the drum and bass version of You’re the Voice. Who would have though you could actually get your groove on to John Farnham?!

If you don’t fancy yourself as a dancer, I can definitely guarantee you’ll get your kicks out of watching others dance.

Dancing, drinking, music of all ages, friends, laughter and even more dancing… What more could you want on a Saturday night?

Hot Dub Time Machine is a nostalgic dance party trip through all decades of music starting from 1954. Created by DJ Tom Loud, with the aid of audio and visuals, the audience is encouraged to dance the night away. There are certain dance moves to power the Hot Dub Time Machine into the each new decade. The dance moves are era themed such as the swing in the 50’s or the walking man in the 80’s, which leads to some interesting audience participation.

The show, which takes place in the Spiegeltent is conveniently located next to a bar in the Garden of Unearthly Delights. Drinks are allowed inside and you are able to get a stamp and pass in and out of the venue freely. So if you’re out of breath or not enjoying a certain era, you can take a break and have a drink.

If you don’t fancy yourself as a dancer, I can definitely guarantee you’ll get your kicks out of watching others dance. As the decades fly by, the patrons seem to get progressively more inebriated and lose all inhibitions… and coordination for that matter. Trust me, there is some quality viewing in store. A special mention goes out to a tough looking security guard, who after standing so threatening with his arms folded for most of the night, suddenly broke out into a full hip gyration when Milkshake by Kelis started to play. Another highlight was definitely the drum and bass version of You’re the Voice. Who would have though you could actually get your groove on to John Farnham?!

It’s a fun party, where you don’t have to take yourself or anyone around you too seriously. Just dance and laugh and smile and recount some of the most triumphant/tragic eras of music. Rest assured, you are probably NOT going to be the worst dancer there!

WHEN: Tuesday 28th February at 6pm

WHERE: Gallery on Waymouth, 30 Waymouth Street, Adelaide

HOW MUCH: Free!

Meaghan Coles, emerging oil painter combines traditional techniques with experimental enamel, pen and resin to create a surface intrigued by layers. Taking beauty symbols from popular imagery she re-creates these seductive, eye-catching beauties into unique works of art. The viewer is asked how these faces function when they are taken out of the environment of mass-production and transferred into a fine art context.

By Kosta Jaric

The highlight of the night however was “Move Bitch” originally by Ludicrous, which the group turned into a ridiculously saccharine-sweet rendition of his ode to running over his baby mama, putting a smile on just about every face.

If you’re not a jazz fan, figuring out what the cover song actually is can be half the fun…

Whoever thinks that jazz can’t be popped or locked to is, well, probably right, but the gang from The Jazz Hop Experiment will make sure their mash of jazz styles with hip hop standards becomes your cover version de rigueur.

Arcade Lane is open and ready for business once again at this year’s Adelaide Fringe and the venue looks to bring in the punters with a smattering of musical acts on an almost-nightly basis. At the opening, a cool venue was filled with cool people with the night surely being a taste of the atmosphere to come in the best-kept secret most people seem to miss (unlike the Garden).  

The Jazz Hop Experiment gave a taste of their self-titled show for this year’s Adelaide Fringe at the Promethean in March. Amongst the crowds clustered along the skinny alley, the small stage at the end was heaving with four vocalists and six (yes, six) musicians. 

Infused with elements of (predominantly) jazz, blues and funk, the band give a great twist to Snoop classics “Gin and Juice” and “Drop It Like It’s Hot” (complete with boogie-woogie harmonies), while making the Hilltop Hoods’ “The Nosebleed Section” sound less urban and more zoot suit.

Salt N Pepa, Missy Elliott and even Tom Waits get props from the easily likeable group. The highlight of the night however was “Move Bitch” originally by Ludicrous which the group turned into a ridiculously saccharine-sweet rendition of his ode to running over his baby mama, putting a smile on just about every face.

There’s a lot of fun to be had when these guys perform. If you’re not a jazz fan, figuring out what the cover song actually is can be half the fun, and with the eclectic audience either shyly tapping their toes or almost busting out their full swing dancing repetoire, chances are you’re going to really enjoy it. Unless you’re a wet rag. But you’ll probably absorb the fun anyway.

Fringe Benefits members can get tickets for just $20 to THE JAZZ HOP EXPERIMENT at Adelaide Fringe 2012!
When: March 9 11pm, March 11 8pm, March 17 11pm
Where: The Promethean, Grote St, City
Book: www.adelaidefringe.com.au | 1300 FRINGE | any FringeTIX outlet

WHEN : 1&2 March at 8pm | 3 March at 4.30pm | 4 March at 9pm

WHERE: La Boheme, 36 Grote St, Adelaide

HOW MUCH: Fringe Benefits Members $22 | General $25 | Concession $22

BOOK:  www.adelaidefringe.com.au | 1300 FRINGE | Fringe TIX Outlets: Rundle Mall, Gawler Place Canopy/ Adelaide Fringe Office, 105 Hindley Street/ East End, cnr. East Tce & Rundle Rd (Open from 16 February) 

Trained by the man who discovered Bette Midler and direct from her sold out 2012 Melbourne tour, acclaimed Sydney cabaret artist Catherine Alcorn premieres her smash hit cabaret “The Divine Miss Bette” in Adelaide at La Boheme this March.

WHEN: SAT 18 FEB, DOORS OPEN 9PM
WHERE: ROCKET BAR, 142 HINDLEY ST, CITY
HOW MUCH: FRINGE BENEFITS MEMBERS $25 AT THE DOOR | GENERAL $32 +B/F VIA WWW.VENUETIX.COM.AU 
SHOW YOUR FRINGE BENEFITS MEMBER CARD AT THE DOOR FOR CHEAP ENTRY

Cut Chemist has been recording and performing since the 80s, starting out with his friends including Chali 2na (Jurassic 5). Cut first became known as a founding member of both the rap group Jurassic 5 and the Grammy award winning Latin funk outfit, Ozomatli. Keeping his involvement with both groups in tandem with one another, Cut has developed a taste for music and rhythms from around the world while keeping his ethic for the hip hop tradition.

His latest tour, Sound Of The Police, proves Cut Chemist is still pushing the envelope when it comes to live DJing, combinining entertainment with music and cultural education.

Don’t miss this chance to see him live for just $25 in Adelaide!

Five Four Entertainment and Plus One Present:

SLOW CLUB (UK) – Adelaide Show
+ guests ARCHIE and HAWKS OF ALBA

  

WHEN: Saturday 3rd March at 9pm

WHERE: Ed Castle, 233 Currie Street, Adelaide

HOW MUCH: FRINGE BENEFITS MEMEBERS $12 on the door | General $15 on the door

The return of the UK’s Slow Club to Australia in February 2012 is without doubt set to be one of the musical highlights of the summer.

Rebecca Taylor and Charles Watson have been friends and partners in rock for almost ten year. Their first full-length album Yeah, So was a musical gem with Pitchfork describing how the “Sheffield boy-girl duo nail precious, vulnerable feelings over the course of their sweet
(but not twee or saccharine) indie pop debut”.

This year, Slow Club released Paradise an album both swooning and raucous – a take on doo-wop with a frazzled, fragile representation of soul inspired rock. Paradise is certainly a product of a band whose members divide their obsessions between Destiny’s Child and Noise-pop. And Slow Club live is as much of a delight as is Slow Club on record. 

We implore you, do not miss Slow Club when they return to Australia this summer.

MONSTERS and other related quirkiness by  SUE NINHAM

WHEN: Friday Feb 17th at 6pm

WHERE: Paper String Plastic Gallery, 99a Hindley Street, Adelaide

HOW MUCH: Free Entry!

“The monsters are a quirky bunch of characters, who came to life not only as artwork, but also with a name and a biography. I have enjoyed creating such a family – they have put a smile on my face every day,” said Ninham from her Adelaide studio.

… plus free wine & cider

sponsored by

Fox Creek Wines

Lobo Wolf Cider

-the link:

http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Sue-Ninham/236724409746526

also find Paper String Plastic on Facebook

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