THE SHACK LIVE MUSIC CLUB
For those who love to listen
The Shack Live Music Club
our next live Shack performance is
SATURDAY, 5th DECEMBER 2026
Commencing 7.30pm - 11.00pm
PRESENTING
THE WHEEZE N SUCK BAND
CHARLEY CASTLE & THE BOYS IN THE WELL
IVOR S.K.
At the Ted Blackwood Hall,
Cnr Jackson Rd and Boondah Rd, Warriewood NSW 2102
Non-Members $30
Members $25
MEMBERSHIPS are available for 2026. Fill out online or see Rhonda at the door.
(Note: Memberships are only for 12 months with one person entry only and multiple tickets cannot be purchased with one membership)
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BYO drinks and food and remember to include everything you need - cutlery, cups, etc. We ask you take any rubbish with you as the venue requires us to clean the hall and remove all garbage at the end of the night. Your assistance will be extremely appreciated.
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THE WHEEZE N SUCK BAND
There are no Billabongs in Shropshire! Following a limited series of memorable appearances in 2026, the much-loved Wheeze & Suck Band in all its sartorial splendour returns to The Shack following a 10 year hiatus.
As ever, a Wheeze & Suck performance is a shared experience with its audiences, friends and supporters. Informal warmth and humour are part of the band member’s DNA, and an energetic spirit that distinguishes them from many other acts. The band established itself playing major festivals and folk clubs in Australia and New Zealand across twenty years and seven albums of unique music.
The ‘Wheezer’s music is as colourful as the band’s antique costumes. Searing Fiddle, pumping Melodeon, rhythmic Guitar, and driving Percussion, all complimented by four-part harmony singing. Roots music with passion!
Performances explore a great range of material by many great British singers and players; encompassing Steeleye Span to The Albion Band, Ewan McColl to The Watersons; plus heaps of traditional tunes and original songs to join in with. Every show is a party!
Ian ‘The Pump’ Macintosh – Melodeon, Guitar, Vocals.
John ‘Bongo’ Milce – Percussion.
Tony ‘Pyro’ Pyrzakowski – Fiddle, Vocals.
Geoff ‘One Shot’ Woodhead – Guitar, Vocals.
Clive ‘Dodger’ McFarland – Guitar, Vocals.
Brad ‘Stix’ Newy – Percussion, Vocals.
CHARLEY CASTLE & THE BOYS IN THE WELL
Charley Castle and the Boys in the Well offer an old-is-new brand of bluegrass connecting elements of bygone country and folk with modern sensibilities. A fast-paced, infectious dynamic and equally catchy songs make for a holler-inducing live show. In the classic string band style, the group features the talents of Reuben Ryan on acoustic guitar, Henry Junor on double bass and George Teasdell on mandolin, with harmonies galore.
Charley was a student at the CMAA Academy of Country Music 2023, the winner of the Australian National Busking Championships Best Vocals Award 2023 and was twice shortlisted for the ASA Australian Songwriting Contest in 2020. She has shared the stage with The Bushwackers, Kevin Bennett and the Flood, and Lyn Bowtell (among others), and opened for Aussie icons Daryl Brathwaite, Brian Cadd, You Am I, and Thirsty Merc.
IVOR S.K.
New Orleans based Ivor Simpson Kennedy (IVOR S K) is one of a new generation of exciting blues talents to emerge in Australia, born and bred on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. Ivor is one of a new generation of exciting young blues talents to emerge from Down Under. Owning a dark, smoke-filled voice and liquid smooth guitar stylings, he utilises these inherent skills to give his compositions a striking originality, paying homage to generations past while bringing a remarkably fresh approach to the table. Ivor also performs all the instruments on his releases, lending his sound a uniquely personal touch. A deliciously deep groove runs through his barebones approach, with strains of reggae, soul, and rock vying for their moment in a bevy of blues.
Picking up drums and guitar in his teens, Ivor immediately gravitated toward songwriting, with a love of blues and rock'n'roll being imbued from a young age via his parents record collection. After forming a blues trio - Mad Dog - in his late teens, Ivor started performing around Sydney's Northern Beaches, cutting his teeth on the classic blues song book. After Mad Dog disbanded, Ivor went onto to play guitar for a number of Northern Beaches roots acts, while refining his chops to include the gamut of southern stylings. 2015 saw Ivor put down the electric for an acoustic, as he buried himself in the styles of the pre and post war blues masters, leading to two critically acclaimed releases, the 2016 EP Delta Pines, and the 2017 LP Montserrat. Both broke into the top 3 of the Australian Blues and Roots Charts, and the Top 5 of the North American Roots Report Charts, receiving glowing reviews from leading publications such as No Depression and American Blues Scene. A ten-year career in Australia saw Ivor perform with and support artists such as Diesel, Rick Price, Fiona Boyes, Ray Beadle, Truckstop Honeymoon and Warren 'Pig' Morgan among a litany of others, while also being fortunate enough to perform at the Rising Tide Festival, Sydney Blues Festival, Thredbo Blues Festival and venues such as The Basement, Lizottes, The Vanguard, The Brass Monkey, Brighton Up Bar, Old Manly Boatshed and the Spotted Mallard, to name a few.
2022 saw Ivor release his first new music since 2017, in the form of the fifteen track album Mississippi Bound. The song “Sweet ‘n’ Low” - lead single off the new album - was picked up for rotation by BB King’s Bluesville on Sirius/XM whilst garnering international coverage and radioplay with the album following suit; Mississippi Bound spent 6 months on the Australian Blues and Roots Charts, spending three months in the top 10 and peaking at #2, while it also reached #8 on Collectif des Radios Blues, the French Blues Charts. It also had the honor of debuting at #1 and #2 on the Roots Music Report's Australian Album Chart and Acoustic Blues Chart respectively while meeting with critical acclaim worldwide from publications including the legendary Goldmine Mag and France's Blues and Co magazine, in which Ivor was also a featured artist. The release of Mississippi Bound was followed by Ivor first shows back in Australia since the pandemic, in which he embarked upon a successful two month national tour before returning to New Orleans in January in time for the New Orleans Cigar Box Guitar Festival. Possessing a maturity in song and skill far beyond his years, Ivor is poised to make a huge splash. Whether transporting his listeners to a heaving juke joint, a candlelit club, or a dusty Caribbean seaside shack, Ivor has the ability to draw audiences of all generations into his music – and keep them there.
F U N D R A I S E R
THE NORTHERN BEACHES MUSIC FESTIVAL 2026
An unforgetable evening of music mastery and entertainment from three iconic local Northern Beaches bands. The fundraiser hosted by ‘Northern Beaches Entertainment’ and ‘The Shack’ is to support the funding of this much loved annual community musical extravaganza bringing those ‘who love to listen’ and fill one's soul with the best of talent the Beaches has to offer!!
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A night not to be missed!!