The Polyphonic Spree Leads the SoCo Carnivale Parade
Southern Comfort presents a unique homage to its birthplace, New Orleans, with a fancy dress party inspired by the spirit of New Orleans Carnivale. So summon your creative juices this summer, start making your outfits and get ready for SoCo Carnivale!
SoCo Carnivale is a confetti-drenched, royal encounter of bee-bop, honky tonk and Cajun thunder that blows like a 50 billion watt circuit cable straight into your side of town this February featuring the mammoth orchestral party collective known simply as The Polyphonic Spree. Also joining this fancy dress French jazz parade is The New Orleans Bingo! Show, direct from New Orleans Mardi Gras.
For over half a decade now, The Polyphonic Spree have been cutting a singular swath through the pop culture landscape, spreading a positive energy that makes people scratch their heads and ask questions while presenting music that's colourful to the ears. The robes may be gone for now but a purposeful and exhilarating experience is here to stay. Tim DeLaughter and his touring party of eighteen take the party wherever they go; in February they will be bringing it to Australia and you are invited to join the parade.
Adding 100% authenticity to the Big Easy feel will be The New Orleans Bingo! Show, a curious spectacle, a thrilling phenomenon and one of the very finest entertainments on the theatrical stage. The New Orleans Bingo! Show is a multimedia stage experience that includes original black and white silent films, dancers, ingénues, audience interaction, bingo games, slapstick comedy and shady characters who remind you that every stage door opens into a dark alley. Ringleader – or ringmaster – Clint Maedgen, a Louisiana native and sixteen-year New Orleans resident, describes the show as “a wild nightmare hidden in a heart-shaped box of chocolates. I last saw it riding a fiery stallion, headed down that golden highway of dreams.”
All in all it is set to be one rollicking night of fancy dress, great music and some weird and wonderful characters popping into a venue near you.
“The Polyphonic Spree are nothing short of a phenomenon.” The Vine
“You couldn't help but be charmed by the Spree's infectious feel-good vibe and carnivalesque visuals… So much colour, so much fun...” The Age
“The New Orleans Bingo! Show ….a theatrical street band: whiteface makeup, vintage suits, a ukulele, kazoos, fake tap dancing…. drawing a link between the old music and the mysterious-funhouse atmosphere that continues in New Orleans.” The New York Times
The Polyphonic Spree Leads the SoCo Carnivale Parade
U.S Indie Pop Giant Headlines SoCo Carnivale Tour with
support from The New Orleans Bingo! Show
Tickets On Sale
Friday 19th February Brisbane Powerhouse Brisbane QLD
Doors open 7.00pm
119 Lamington St New Farm
Tickets $39 + BF (07) 3358 8600 www.brisbanepowerhouse.org
Saturday 20th February Playground Weekender Sydney NSW
www.playgroundweekender.com.au
Wednesday 24th February Thebarton Theatre Adelaide SA
Doors open 7.00pm
112 Henley Beach Rd Torrensville
Tickets $39 + BF www.venuetix.com.au (08) 8225 8888.
Friday 26th February Fremantle Arts Centre Fremantle WA
Doors open 6.00pm
1 Finnerty St Fremantle
Tickets $ 39 + BF www.heatseeker.com.au
Saturday 27th February The Forum Theatre Melbourne VIC
Doors open 8.00pm
154 Flinders St Melbourne
Tickets $ 39 + BF www.ticketek.com.au