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Adelaide

Any Young Mechanic - WOMADelaide

Adelaide

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Having taken their name from a line in the film Hooray For Hollywood, it's not surprising there is a cinematic quality to Any Young Mechanic's music. Formerly known as Wake in Fright, the band incorporates intricate scenes, enthralling narratives and unique characters into its lyrics, with a spectrum of moods and emotions stretching through the music. The Adelaide-based five-piece, therefore, brings a fresh language to folk music's natural propensity to spin a good yarn. "We are trying to make folk music for now" says frontman Sam Wilson. "Turning it on its head in a new, sometimes uncanny way, because we don't want to just do the old thing again." In 2024, the band won the Helpmann Academy's Creative Innovator program to help fund an Australian and international publicity campaign for the release of their 2026 debut album The Modern Shoe Is Ruining the Foot.
<p>Caters for people who use a wheelchair.</p><p>Welcomes and assists people who have challenges with learning, communication, understanding and behaviour. (includes people with autism, intellectual disability, Down syndrome, acquired brain injury (ABI), dyslexia and dementia)</p><p>Caters for people with allergies and intolerances.</p><p>An access and inclusion statement is available (make this available on your website).</p>

Facilities

Bar
Cafe
Family Friendly
Non Smoking
Parents Room
Pop Up Wine Bar
Public Toilet
Restaurant
Shop / Gift Shop
'Community' Artwork by Gabriel Stengle

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