Author: OutInCanberra

Transit Bar welcomes hip-hop back in 2011 with a special album fundraiser event for local hip-hop legend Omar Musa.

Hailing from Queanbeyan, Omar Musa is a rapper and poet who has won numerous awards and continues to make impressive inroads both within Australia and overseas.

Following sporadic collaborations during university in California, Omar Musa and friend Mighty Joe completed a successful Indonesian tour and decided to form hip-hop duo MoneyKat.

The gig on Saturday 8th January is to raise funds to support their quest of recording an album in California and Seattle, USA.

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Following on from his X Factor win, Altiyan Childs is coming to Canberra in February, with guests, X Factor, finalists Luke and Joel.

His debut album features re-recorded studio tracks of some of the incredible performances on The X Factor including Livin’ On A Prayer, Never Tear Us Apart, Hey Soul Sister and Lady In Red, as well as recordings of his standout performance of Summer of 69 and his winning single, Somewhere in the World.

Don’t miss their only Canberra show!

Tickets available for show only or dinner and show.

Paul Kelly, one of the country’s most prolific songwriters is coming to Canberra in January 2010.

Touring The A To Z shows, Kelly will perform 100 songs from his vast catalogue alphabetically over four consecutive nights, including fvourites ‘Before Too Long’, ‘Dumb Things’ and ‘To Her Door’.

Expect nothing short of a playful and honest, insightful and intimate performance from Paul Kelly at these shows.

Tickets are available either for individual nights, or as discounted multi night bundles.

Tickets are available from www.paulkelly.com.au.

Blue Mountains quartet Cloud Control rocked a packed-out Transit Bar on Thursday December 6.

Supported by locals Cat Cat, the band wowed the crowd with hits from their debut album Bliss Release.

The gig was part of their sold-out Australian tour before the band relocate to the UK in 2011.