Presented by the Illawarra Folk Club and the Teddy's Bar, North Gong Hotel, under the sponsorship of the Great Southern Nights
The Darren Hanlon universe can be summed up in two words: human connection. He has built a self-sustaining career via his catalogue of songs alone and exhaustive traveling to sing them. His shows are built around his narrative songwriting and storytelling, and his intimate connection with the audience.
Over time he's been hand-picked to tour with a lot of his musical heroes (Billy Bragg, Michael Hurley, The Magnetic Fields) but more importantly he has also inspired other younger musicians like Courtney Barnett, Jack Davies and Kate Dillon (Full Flower Moon Band) at formative times in their lives.
Over these past years Hanlon appeared in and sang the credits of the Slim Dusty biopic 'Slim & I,' wrote songs and acted in Mick Thomas' critically acclaimed theatre show 'Vandemonian Lags,' garnered high rotation with his pandemic-themed song 'We All Cope in Different Ways,' and had a cameo in the TV show Bluey.
In 2024 he debuted 'Songs Are Made of Air' at the Mona Foma Festival in Tasmania. This was a commissioned collaboration with composer Bree van Reyk, and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra.
A fantastic chance to hear the legendary "urban folk" music cult performer, Darren Hanlon.
Support Act: the indie-folk Kay Proudlove
