Thursday 2 September

(EARLY)
ROCK AEROBICS
ROCK AEROBICS is a dance fitness class for lovers of all things rock that sets rock-inspired dance moves to a soundtrack ranging from Blondie and Bowie to AC/DC and Alice Cooper. At ROCK AEROBICS you’ll pogo, skank, shimmy and strut to a monthly rotation of rock anthems. All you need to bring is a pair of sneakers, a towel, $10 and your best rock face (and some spare change for a beer!). Class starts at 7pm. For more info see www.rockaerobics.com.au
7.00pm (1 hour class) 


(LATER)
 THE GHOST HOTEL (WA)
JACK ON FIRE
THE MANNY FOX HANGMAN’S CLUB
HENRY SKERRITT  (The Holy Sea)
The Ghost Hotel are five-piece band of multi-instrumentalists who share lead vocal duties and feature some of the Perth original music scene’s most respected songwriters, including members of Red Jezebel and Capital City. Armed with some of the best harmonies ever to come out their hometown, The Ghost Hotel have supported the likes of Youth Group, Bob Evans, Screamfeeder, The Exploders and were part of this year’s West Coast Blues and Roots Festival in Perth. Following the release of their self-titled debut EP late last year, the band hit Melbourne for the first time next week to play at Yah Yah’s on Thursday 2 September. Fresh from supporting Powderfinger on their first show of their farewell tour in Newcastle the night before, the band will grace the stage at Yah Yah’s along with special guests Jack On Fire, The Manny Fox Hangman’s Club & The Holy Sea frontman Henry Skerritt.

doors 9.00pm

Friday 3 September

PRIMITIVE CALCULATORS
THE PAUL KIDNEY EXPERIENCE
ADAM SIMMONS vs BRYAN DWYER (w/ special guest KRIS WANDERS)

Taking a break from preparing to record their first album in 30 years  Primitive Calculators will play at Yah Yah’s next Friday 3 September – the only gig the band will play this year. Primitive Calculators describe themselves as “uglier, older, more brutal, more futile, and more worthless than ever." The hugely influential group first formed in the 1970s and spearheaded the little band scene here in Melbourne. A decade later Primitive Calculators were featured in cult film Dogs in Space, and thirty years on they are more relevant than ever. Primitive Calculators are bravely supported on this occasion by the Paul Kidney Experience, a seven piece coagulation of local legends such as The Stabs and Baseball, as well as a rare coupling of Adam Simmons (sax) & Brian O'Dwyer (percussion) with 60s legend of free jazz and unstoppable saxophonical force Kris Wanders (Global Unity Orchestra).

 doors 9.00pm

Late: tunes by / TASTY CAKES free entry

 Free entry after 1am
Open ‘til 5am!  

Saturday 4 September

John Tait book launch: ‘Vanda and Young: Inside Australia’s Hit Factory’

Featuring live performances by:

THE FROWNING CLOUDS

SAMMY & THE TIME BOMBS

THE LIVING EYES

THE VACANT SMILES

Tunes by DJ ROY

Harry Vanda and George Young are the song-writing team behind The Easybeats.  Vanda and Young continue to write under the guise of Flash and the Pan after the demise of The Easybeats, as well as writing songs for other artists. Author John Tait has recorded their story in the book ‘Vanda and Young – Inside Australia’s Hit Factory’, and is pleased to launch it at Yah Yah’s next Saturday 4 September. The book launch will be followed by a rhythm and blues rave featuring The Frowning Clouds, Sammy and the Timebombs (featuring past and/or present members of The Exotics, Bored, The Breadmakers, and The Shimmys), and young up and comers The Living Eyes and The Vacant Smiles.

doors 7.30pm

Late: tunes by MYLES GALLAGHER / free entry
Open ‘til 5am!
 

Sunday 5 September

YAH YAH’S 2^ND BIRTHDAY PARTY BASH
THE GIN CLUB (BRIS), JOHNNY CASINO & THE SECRETS (SYD), DYNAMO, DIGGER & THE PUSSYCATS, CLINKERFIELD, EAGLE & THE WORM, MIKE NOGA & THE GENTLEMEN OF FORTUNE, CHROMENIPS,  RUSSIAN ROULETTES,  DAVEY LANE & THE EXOTIC PINEAPPLES,  CHRIS ALTMANN & QUE PASO, KIDS OF ZOO, THE CHEATS, WOLFIE & THE BAT CUBS, DJ MARY M

To celebrate our second birthday we have invited fourteen of Australia’s finest bands to play a massive birthday gig at Yah Yah’s next Sunday 5 September. Catch Brisbane’s The Gin Club smash out the hits alongside Sydney’s Johnny Casino & The Secrets, Melbourne’s good time party machines Dynamo and Digger & The Pussycats, young upstarts Eagle & the Worm up against scene stalwarts Chromenips as well as Clinkerfield, Davey Lane & The Psychotic Pineapples, Russian Roulettes, Mike Noga & The Gentlemen of Fortune, Chris Altmann & Que Paso, Kids of Zoo, The Cheats and Wolfie & The Bat Cubs. Doors open at 12.00noon with bands playing right through until midnight. With a BBQ (veggie and meat options), DJ Mary M  and twelve hours of rock’n’roll action, this is going to be a birthday party to remember. Featuring some of the country’s finest bands, this promises to be one of the gigs of the year!

doors 12noon

Tickets available from www.cornerhotel.com