Hello. Who are we chatting with and what’s your role at the Big Blue Bedroom?
Hi my name is Ben and I have been organising the Big Blue Bedroom with some help from my mate Keith. Just booking bands and slinging emails really.
Big Blue Bedroom is an acoustic benefit show for Beyond Blue Australia. What led you to come up with the event?
Too many sad mates and not enough talking. We just wanted to create a great vibe to have a sing along, have a few beers and reiterate that there are services out there like Beyond Blue that help people get back on their feet from depression and anxiety related illness.
The bill for Big Blue Bedroom is huge, featuring Lincoln le Fevre & the Insiders, Tom Lanyon of Ceres, Ben Stewart of Slowly Slowly and more. How’d you manage to enlist such a great collection of artists?
I wish I could say that I have incredible skills of persuasion, but the truth is they are all friends of mine from one avenue or another and I am so stoked we were able to get such a great community together to help spread the word. It feels so weird to be friends with someone that you are also completely obsessed with musically. I am a lucky guy, but everyone on the lineup is so approachable. The night is going to be rad. Can’t wait for the live art and art auction.
THE BIG BLUE BEDROOM happens on Friday August 14 at the Grace Darling Hotel, featuring Lincoln le Fevre & the Insiders, Tom Lanyon (Ceres), Ben Stewart (Slowly Slowly), Georgia Maq (Camp Cope) and more.
