Drawn to Rock

Drawn to Rock

Audrey is putting it all together. At age 16 she is still in Year 11 at high school. She was learning the piano for a year, she says. She also tried the recorder and ukulele. “I did choir too. Nothing ever really stuck. I wrote a couple of songs. None of them had...
Addi Rock is Coming

Addi Rock is Coming

ADDI ROCK is coming. The youth music festival is being put together by two 16-year-olds, Paddy and Audrey. They’ve formed a committee and started to book a few acts to do 15-minute sets. Wheels are turning.   Paddy just dropped in to the Addi Road Community...
Addi Road Writers Festival 2022 – The People

Addi Road Writers Festival 2022 – The People

Addi Road Writers’ Festival 2022 takes place on Saturday 14 May. We begin at 12 midday and end at nightfall. Two venues are being used at the community centre. Twelve panels, over 30 writers in conversation and another ten ‘hot spots’ with speakers,...
Food of Love

Food of Love

Things have changed for Brad-Lee and Ethan. Earlier this year Brad-Lee had a brain haemorrhage. It meant that his life as a musician and working in a hair salon had to come to a sudden stop. Double vision, difficulty walking, there were a whole lot of new challenges...
Get with the Program: Addi Road Writers’ Festival 2021

Get with the Program: Addi Road Writers’ Festival 2021

    Addi Road Writers’ Festival Program Saturday, May 1st 12pm – 7pm   The day at a glance    Blood on the Tracks / rock ‘n’ roll lives (12.00pm) Bush Medicine and Cultural Heritage / Uncle Jimmy Smith (1.00pm) Songbirds and Broken Wings /...