Popular Music
Jack Lumsdaine wrote and recorded the songs Canberra’s Calling to You and Queanbeyan in 1938, the sesquicentenary of European settlement.
Promoters and record labels in Canberra include Capital City, Dream Damage, Hardrush Music, Hellosquare Recordings, KP Records (Distributed internationally by WIDEawake Entertainment),Bad Sounds, Canberra Musicians Club, Canberra Music Workshop, Metaphysical Productions (Hip Hop), and Birds Love Fighting Records. Venues for popular music in Canberra include:
- ANU Bar (Lic/AA & 18+)
- Bar 32 (18+)
- The Basement (18+ & U18)
- Belconnen Youth Centre
- Civic Youth Centre (AA)
- Deakin Soccer Club
- The Folkus (Lic/AA)
- The Front Gallery & Cafe
- The George Harcourt Inn (18+)
- The Maram (18+)
- The Merry Muse (18+)
- The Old Canberra Inn (18+)
- The Phoenix (18+)
- PJ O'Reilly's (18+)
- The Pot Belly (18+)
- Transit Bar (18+)
- Tuggeranong Youth Centre
- UC Bar (18+)
- The Warehouse (AA)
- Woden Youth Centre (AA)
- Weston Creek Community Centre
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