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PACO ERHARD
returns to Melbourne International Comedy Festival with his sell out hit show 5-STEP GUIDE TO BEING GERMAN 2.0 and a brand new show EX-GERMAN

Following on from the sell out success of 5-Step Guide to Being German, Paco Erhard returns to the Aussie shores to tour his brand new show, Ex-German,
in which he goes beyond talking about being German, and takes us into his soul!
Ex-German
Where: Three Degrees – Front Bar (QV Square, Cnr Swanston & Lonsdale Sts)
When: 8.30pm Tues - Sat. Until 20 April
5-Step Guide To Being German 2.0
Where: The Elephant & Wheelbarrow (Cnr Exhibition & Bourke Sts)
When: 6pm Sat, Sun, Mon, Tue. Until 21 April

The German-born, globetrotting bohemian beatnik comedian, Paco Erhard has lived in eight cultures, speaks four languages and is ready to take us on a
journey that asks the ultimate question…
“Where 5-Step Guide to Being German explores cultural identity, in Ex-German I go deeper and hit harder, as I question identity itself and explore the
ultimate question: How to be happy in a world we know is essentially f***ed,” says Paco.

Paco Erhard is now half way through his 2013 Australian Tour of Ex-German and 5-Step Guide To Being German: both shows have toured Perth Fringe World
and Adelaide Fringe Festival and will continue on to the Sydney Comedy Festival once his seasons at Melbourne Comedy Festival are complete.

“For 5-Step Guide To Being German, this will be my last run of the show, so it’s your last chance to catch it.” says Paco Erhard.

Paco Erhard can be heard on South Australia’s Radio FIVEaa on Sunday Evenings and has featured on many radio stations including BBC, ABC, SBS,
RTE (Ire), Radio 7 (Ger) as a comedian and cross-cultural expert. He has also written about the Euro-crisis and the German psyche for the Irish
Times.

Ex-German and 5-Step Guide to Being German 2.0 are performing now.
RSVP TO VERONICA WITH THE SHOW AND DATE YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE. SEE ONE OR
BOTH!

Ex-German
Where: Three Degrees – Front Bar (QV Square, Cnr Swanston & Lonsdale Sts)
When: 8.30pm Tues - Sat. Until 20 April

5-Step Guide To Being German 2.0
Where: The Elephant & Wheelbarrow (Cnr Exhibition & Bourke Sts)
When: 6pm Sat, Sun, Mon, Tue. Until 21 April
www.comedyfestival.com.au

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Paco Erhard Perth Fringe, Adelaide Fringe, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Sydney Comedy Festival www.pacoerhard.com
Festival, Sydney Comedy Festival www.pacoerhard.com
Danny McGinlay Adelaide Fringe, Brisbane Comedy Festival, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Sydney Comedy Festival www.dannymcginlay.com

Destiny Rescue is excited to announce the release of a self-titled single ‘Destiny Rescue’. Created by renowned Melbourne producer Bettina Spivakovsky and featuring Tania C and Big Gus Little the track will be released at the Easterfest music festival in Toowoomba, Australia. The festival is host to tens of thousands of guests over the weekend and the single will premiere on Friday evening on main stage to over 15 000.
The single will share billing with international artists Relient K and will be played at Dance Parties and in the Destiny Rescue ‘Experience Tent’ over the course of the weekend.
Destiny Rescue’s ‘Experience Tent’ has a “Her Story” theme this year where the thousands who go through the tent will get a sense of the reality of child trafficking as well as the hope that Destiny Rescue is bringing to hundreds of children.
Destiny Rescue is committed to saving boys as well as girls from sexual slavery and exploitive situations. We have just rescued our first two boys in Mozambique!
Disclaimer : Song was written, recorded, & produced by a separate entity that is not affiliated with Destiny Rescue.
‘Destiny Rescue’ is available now on iTunes with the profits generously donated to ensure more children are rescued from
slavery.

THESE MACHINES CUT RAZOR WIRE 2013
Music Fundraiser for the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre
These Machines Cut Razor Wire, an annual roots music fundraiser for the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre, returns to The Thornbury Theatre for its third year at 2pm on Sunday, April 14 with a massive line-up including:
Chris Wilson, Jeff Lang (Aria Blues Album of 2102 winner), Charles Jenkins, Suzannah Espie (Port Fairy Folk Festival Artist of the Year), Fraser A. Gorman, The Stillsons (duo), Nigel Wearne, Bill Jackson, Alison Ferrier, Mandy Connell, Beautiful Change, Ruth Lindsey, Les Thomas and more will be raising their voices in song with an inspiring afternoon of music in the spirit of compassion and justice for asylum seekers.
The name for the event was inspired by the inscription on Woody Guthrie’s guitars: “This machine kills fascists”. Given Woody Guthrie’s tendency to speak up for the powerless and persecuted, our guess is that “These machines cuts razor wire” would be fitting in Australia, 2013.
TICKETS ON SALE NOW $25 plus booking fee. Under 12s free.
See www.thesemachines.org.au for details and tickets.
Proudly supported by Unpaved, 3CR, 3RRR, 3PBS and the Refugee Action Collective.

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BAR OPEN gig guide.
317 brunswick street fitzroy 3065
MUSIC VICTORIA MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
Become a member of Music Victoria to ensure that live music never dies. Sign up before 28th March at http://musicvictoria.com.au/
MONDAY 1st APRIL
SCREEN SECT: CRY BABY (John Waters, 1990)
SCREEN SECT is a film society night devoted to rarely seen, obsessively loved and criminally neglected cult classics of cinema. Revisit old favourites, uncover hidden celluloid gems, indulge guilty pleasures, or just get yourself an education.
CRY BABY: John Waters’ parody of 1950s teenage musicals like ‘Grease’ may feature his most conventionally-attractive cast (Johnny Depp, Amy Locane and Traci Lords), but still manages to celebrate the ‘otherness’which characterises his freaky ouvre. Rockin’ good fun.
DOORS 7PM / FREE ENTRY
TUESDAY 2nd APRIL
MAKE IT UP CLUB
The MAKE IT UP CLUB has been presenting a weekly program of avant garde/experimental improvised music in Melbourne for 15 years now, and there’s no slowing down. It features local, interstate and international performers who play everything from the acoustic to the electronic, jazz to rock, harsh noise to lilting sonority; what unifies themusic presented at the MAKE IT UP CLUB is that it is predominantly freely improvised and exemplifies the cutting-edge aspects of the genre/s it derives from. It is the longest-running program of it’s kind in Australia.

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All-Star Chef Lineup announced for 2013 Variety of Chefs Ball
Richardson, Cancino, Pugh, Machin, Horiguchi, Williamson, Clark, Kelly and Amos to don aprons for the kids of Variety.
Some of the most exciting names on Australia’s culinary landscape have been announced as the All-Star Chef Lineup for Brisbane’s premiere food event of the year - The 2013 Variety of Chefs Ball to be held on Saturday 15 June at the Hilton’s Grand Ballroom.

When: 6.30pm Saturday 15 June 2013
Where: The Grand Ballroom, Hilton Hotel Brisbane
Dress: Black Tie/Formal
Cost: $250 per person OR $2500 for table of ten guests
Website: www.varietyofchefs.com.au
Tickets: 07 3907 9300 or georgie@varietyqld.org.au

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Blues is the teacher. Punk is the preacher. With a band like the BellRays it’s all about emotion and energy, experience and raw talent,
spirit and intellect. Exciting things happen when these things collide. And Australian audiences are about to witness all the above things when
the BellRays return this June for a 5-date tour.

BLACK LIGHTNING AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2013
Tuesday, 11th June, 2013
Enigma Bar, ADELAIDE - SA
TICKETS: $30.00 + bf from Moshtix www.moshtix.com.au
and Oztix www.oztix.com.au
Wednesday, 12th June, 2013
Corner Hotel, MELBOURNE - VIC
TICKETS: $40.00 + bf from corherhotel.com, oztix.com.au,
or in person at the Venue and Oztix outlets
Thursday 13th June, 2013
The Hi-Fi, BRISBANE - QLD
TICKETS: $35.00 + bf from thehifi.com.au
phone 1300 THE HIFI or in person at all Oztix outlets.
Friday 14th June, 2013
The Manning Bar, SYDNEY - NSW
TICKETS: $40.00 + bf from www.manningbar.com
phone 1300 762 545 or in person at all Oztix outlets.
Saturday 15th June, 2013
Coolangatta Hotel, GOLD COAST - QLD
TICKETS: $27.00 + bf from oztix www.oztix.com.au
phone 1300 762 545 or in person at all Oztix outlets.

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The Doors Experience
Cardiff Panthers Sat 20 April
Doors 7.30pm, starts 8pm Members $5, non members $10 Ph 4979 1900
One of the most authentic tribute shows Australia has ever seen. This show will transport the hardest of critics back to the Whiskey in 1968. Singer Andy Sutton (UK Countdown / Dirty Deeds) is the ultimate Jim Morrison as he struts his stuff with reckless abandonment. Vocally, he has Morrison’s voice ‘down to a tee’ with a ‘close your eyes and it’s Jim’ effect!
Playing the part of Robbie Krueger is Adam Watts (Rattle and Hum / Australian Made) recreates those classic Doors solos ‘note for note’. Our very own Ray Manzarek is played by Sean Phegan (Rattle and Hum / One Hit Wonders) you will lose yourself in those classic organ solos that are so authentic.
Driving this ship from the rear is Vinnie Bondin (Ex Endless Summer Beach Party) on drums pumping out those beats keeping it all together from first song to last. All this with the ambience of a classic Doors light show and stage props makes this a SHOW NOT TO BE MISSED!