Tintenbar Up Front - open mic where people listen 
Tintenbar Sessions - great live music - old country hall
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Tintenbar Up Front
the open mic where people listen
Second Sunday every month
Next: Sunday 13 October  @ 3.30




Be transported to Southern Spain and captivated by the sound of Paco Lara’s guitar, with guest Spanish flamenco dancer Deya Miranda Giner 


Friday December 7
​Funkatu
Flamenco Guitar & Dance Duet
Paco Lara & Deya Miranda
Sunday 3 November @ 3.30
$45
BYO

​Be transported to Southern Spain and captivated by the sound of Paco Lara’s guitar, with guest Spanish flamenco dancer Deya Miranda Giner.
Embodying the unmistakable Jerez style of flamenco guitar playing, Paco Lara presents flamenco guitar in all its authenticity, culture, and artistry.
​Expect impressive articulation with musical elegance and imagination. Interpretations of themes from his latest album Duende and his famous Andalusian Guitar show, including some of the greatest guitar classics of all time will be performed by Lara with the characteristic and unmistakable sound (“toque”) of Jerez (Spain).

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Tintenbar up Front..open mic 
  • BYO nibbles and drinks and socialise beforehand
  • On the deck music from 3.30 pm + Yummy supper   
  •  ONLY $10 ​
  • Eftpos now available
  • Mobility issue? Double park at the top
  • BOOK TICKETS
  • ​DONATE NOW to this month's charity ​

Sunday October 13, 2024
3:30 - On the deck - Kurchata - music for the modern village
4:00  Joshua Hebbard - piano, guitar, vocals  
4:20  The Chairman  - uke, banjo and vocal
4.40 Avaard De Leeuw  - guitar and vocals
5:00     Afternoon tea and socialising
5:30  featured artist - Soulshine - soaring vocals, searing guitar WATCH
Finish 6.15   
Charity: Kagata Village Solomon Islands DONATE NOW
Sunday November 10, 2024
3:30 - On the deck - Kurchata - music for the modern village
4:00  North Creek - harmonies galore
4:20 
4.40  
5:00     Afternoon tea and socialising
5:30  featured artist Shelly Brown Brunch Choir - soul WATCH
Finish 6.15   
Charity: Lennox Head Primary School P&C  DONATE NOW
Sunday December 15, 2024
3:30 - On the deck 
4:00  
4:20  
4.40 
5:00     Afternoon tea and socialising
5:30  featured artist 
Finish 6.15   
Charity: DONATE NOW

Earlier in the year
Sunday February 11 , 2024
3:30 - On the deck - Kurchata - music for the modern village
4:00   Gareth Culbertson - guitar and vocals - originals
4:20  Phantom Limbz - guitar and vocal
4.40  Bruce Worrall - solo acoustic guitar and vocals
5:00     Afternoon tea and socialising
5:30  featured artist Peter Miller - Irish guitar WATCH
Charity: Tintenbar Up Front

Sunday March 10 , 2024
3.30  * on the deck - Kurchata - music for the modern village
4:00   * Strumbleweeds - ukuleleles and vocals
4:20  * Soulshine - guitar, and vocals to die for
4.40   *Josie Dempsey - guitar, vocal - modern country folk
5:00     Afternoon tea and socialising
5:30  featured artist * Brodie Buttons - guitar, banjo, voice, Australiana WATCH
Finish 6.15 
Charity: Ballina Region For Refugees

​Sunday April 14,  2024 
3.30 -on the deck - Kurchata - music for the modern village   
4:00 * Limo Drivers - country rock and blues band 
4:20 * Kitt Quirk -  guitar and vocal
4.40  * Kathleen Angus     - spoken word, perhaps with music - WATCH
5:00     Afternoon tea and socialising
5:30  featured artist  * Topaz Lyon - Alt/folk - guitar and vocal - LISTEN
Finish 6.15 
Charity: Children of Gaza 

Sunday May 12,  2024 
3.30 -on the deck Johnathan Harlen - blues originals 
4:00  - Robert Gibson - live poetry 
4:20 - Tracey Stride and Val Ockert - Singer Songwriters -Charango, Guitar, keyboard, banjo LISTEN
​4.40 The Maybellines - bluegrass, guitar, mandolin, vocal
5:00     Afternoon tea and socialising
5:30  featured artist  Greg Sheehan WATCH and NATTY DOLAIASI - Solomon Island musician WATCH
 Charity: Kagata Village Solomon Islands
DONATE NOW

​Sunday June 9 , 2024
3.30 -on the deck Kurchata - music for the modern village
4:00   Bronny and the Bishops - satire WATCH
4:20 Gary de Wall - guitar and vocal
4.40   Sea Spirit Singers +Biggest Little Town Choir - a Cappella choirs
5:00     Afternoon tea and socialising
5:30  featured artist Mish Songsmith - Lush vocals, folky guitar, uplifting earth lovin lyrics WATCH
Finish 6.15   
Charity: Australian Pancreatic Cancer Foundation      DONATE NOW

Sunday July 14 , 2024
3.30 -on the deck - Kurchata - music for the modern village
4:00  - Tony Koellner - poetry with a belly laugh
4:20 Anon Brae - Acoustic Guitar singer songwriter - indie folk
4.40  The Songbirds - beautiful acappella harmonies WATCH
​5:00     Afternoon tea and socialising
5:30  featured artist Shannon and Malcolm - folky guitar and vocals 
Finish 6.15   
Charity: Dementia Inclusive Ballina Alliance DONATE NOW
​Sunday August 11, 2024 
3.30 -on the deck - Kurchata - music for the modern village
4:00   Sprung! -  dance WATCH
4:20 Tracey Stride - guitar and vocals 
4.40  Val Ockert - guitar and vocals 
5:00     Afternoon tea and socialising
5:30  featured artist Mullumbimby folk Orchestra WATCH
Finish 6.15   
Charity: Sprung! Integrated dance
DONATE NOW
Sunday September 15, 2024
3:30 - Kurchata - music for the modern village
4:00   Gary de Wall - acoustic guitar and vocal - originals
4:20  Lee Kingston - guitar, vocals, originals
4.40  Leonard's Slippers - poetry in funk.
5:00     Afternoon tea and socialising
5:30  featured artist - Croaker and the Honeybee - blues/folk; French cafe, flamenco WATCH
Charity: DONATE NOW

Tintenbar Up Front is held on the lands of the Nyangbar clan of the Bundjalung nation, traditional inhabitants.
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Tintenbar is from the indigenous word "chin-chin-bar" meaning "short tailed pademelon" native to this area.
Source: John Hayter.