Gigs!! May - July 2022 Vic and NSW, Australia!

PENNY IKINGER UPCOMING SHOWS MAY-JUNE 2022 in VIC & NSW:

SATURDAY 28th MAY in MELBOURNE: St Kilda Sports Club, 66 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda https://stkildasportsclub.com.au/ (St Kilda Bowlo) Free entry! PENNY IKINGER's new band will wow you with their unique brand of antipodean sonic rock. Penny Ikinger has toured extensively internationally from to Japan, USA, Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, winning the hearts of fans and the respect of many of the toughest of critics. She is about to tour NSW - this will be her last Melbourne show before she heads off with her stunning new band. Support from BITS OF HELL (featuring Gaz & Glen from Burn in Hell) - A bunch of pirate punks and carny undertakers playing in a 1930s Berlin bar, from Chopin to chaos. Music to drink, dance and bowl to at the St Kilda Bowlo! Bits of Hell 9pm; Penny Ikinger Band 10pm.

FRIDAY 10th JUNE - SUNDAY 12th JUNE in NSW: Sonic chanteuse Penny Ikinger is back for her first New South Wales gigs in more than three years. She will be bringing her band up from Melbourne for this momentous occasion! With COVID’s barriers down, the renowned Melbourne guitarist, singer and songwriter will play three dates with her band over the June long weekend: FRIDAY JUNE 10th – Servo Truck Food Bar, Port Kembla with Leadfinger and The Couch Professors Tickets: https://www.moshtix.com.au/v2/event/leadfinger-penny-ikinger-band-the-couch-professors/138988?ref=RSS_Tuff&skin=SKINNAME

SATURDAY JUNE 11th – Marrickville Bowling Club, Sydney with The On and Ons and Paul Berwick’s Magnetic Quartet Tickets: https://tickets.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/0db7626e-14cb-483e-8705-4e12cc386e38

SUNDAY JUNE 12th – Link & Pin, Woy Woy (solo set and band set, free admission 2-4pm)

Penny Ikinger returns to Melbourne for a couple of solo shows: FRIDAY, 17 JUNE 2022 in MELBOURNE: TOTE HOTEL 67-71 Johnston Street, Collingwood 8pm Claire Birchall, Penny Ikinger (Solo), and Tiger By The Tail @ The Tote (upstairs) Claire Birchall brings her darkly emotive synth-pop tunes to the Tote upstairs. Rough edges cut through beautifully layered melodies. Armed with only an electric guitar and a few distortion pedals, Penny Ikinger will create an electrically charged landscape of distorted sounds and harmonics. Tiger By The Tail are playing their first (and probably last) show in Melbourne in over a decade. TICKETS AVAILABLE VIA THE TOTE WEBSITE. $15 pre-sale, $20 at the door * please check playing times with venue.

SUNDAY 3rd JULY 2022 in MELBOURNE: The Punters Club Reunion Show Abbotsford Convent, 1 Saint Heliers Street Abbotsford Playing times - 3:00 PM - 9:00 PM. Tickets here: https://moshtix.com.au/v2/event/the-punters-club-reunion-show/129416?skin=LB22 Join us for a trip down memory lane – aka 1990s Brunswick Street – as we pay homage to the musos who helped shape the Melbourne music scene. These are the artists who cut their teeth at the Punters Club, over cheap beers and a really sticky carpet. These are the artists you would have seen on any given evening (or Sunday arvo) on a stroll through Fitzroy. Hang out, have a beer and catch up with old friends (or long-lost loves) as your favourite 90s-era bands hit the stage for a song or two, doing what they do best. PENNY IKINGER will play solo and will be on stage around 4pm.

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April-June 2022 NEWS!

PENNY IKINGER has some live shows coming up in VIC in April and May and NSW in June, plus a career retrospective on PBS radio (Melbourne) on Junkyard this Thursday night!

THURSDAY 28th APRIL 2022 This week on Junkyard (3PBS radio 106.7, Thursday 28th April, 7-8pm Melbourne time), singer/songwriter and guitarist Penny Ikinger will be joining Michael Mulholland live in the studio. They'll be discussing her musical career along with playing various tracks, starting with the band Wet Taxis, and then playing songs from Penny's various solo releases, including the albums Electra, Penelope and Tokyo. https://www.pbsfm.org.au/program/junkyard?fbclid=IwAR2MObZAsWD47vKqLUznsTckO1UbqqPX0D9okFH_QmR-j1vklVhDzeC7A_Q Don’t miss this comprehensive look at Penny’s career! TUNE IN TO PBS RADIO HERE: https://www.pbsfm.org.au/

SATURDAY 30th APRIL 2022 The Lyrebird Lounge 61 Glen Eira Rd, Ripponlea, Melbourne. Penny Ikinger will play with Tim McCormack – bass, Jason McGann – drums and Julian Held – guitar. Support will be from Melbourne rockers Guiltfilter who are a 3 piece hard rock band with a touch of avant-garde. $15 entry – tickets at door.

SATURDAY 7th MAY 2022 Do The Pop Festival Fundraiser Phoenix Park, 5623 Geelong-Ballan Road, Ballan Starring PENNY IKINGER BAND //GRINDHOUSE//DON FERNANDO//DEAD//JULITTE SEIZUREAND THE TREMOR DOLLS//BLOWERS//SACREMENTO SWEATERS//THE MONAROS//THE WARDENS//THE DIVE BOMBS//LEVITATING CHURCHES Grab your tix here: https://www.trybooking.com/events/882115/sessions/3081025/sections/1576926/tickets ♠️11 amazing bands from the DO THE POP festival line up play a fundraiser on 7th May

FRIDAY 30th MAY 2022 Gershwin Room, Hotel Esplanade, 11 The Esplanade, St Kilda, Melbourne Penny Ikinger will perform with Jack Howard’s mighty Epic Brass show at The Espy’s Gershwin Room on Friday May 20th. This ripper show is a celebration and an exploration of the great horn hits and hidden gems of Australian rock - from Hunters and Collectors and the Oils to The Saints, Laughing Clowns and Painters and Dockers, the show features an incredible set list of killer brass tunes. The band’s last Gershwin Room show in March 2021 practically raised the roof. Get your tickets here - https://m.moshtix.com.au/v2/event/jack-howard%E2%80%99s-epic-brass/133401?fbclid=IwAR1bGLsZTrD0Up3YqJHIDThpn1lcvBKnVd9An3O-QkEsKMkA9_xRRAe4WJE

PENNY IKINGER BAND NSW TOUR ANNOUNCED FOR 10th-JUNE 12th 2022!!! Sonic chanteuse Penny Ikinger is back for her first New South Wales gigs in more than three years. She will be bringing her hot Melbourne band with her featuring Tim McCormack – bass, Jason McGann – drums, Sam Billinghurst Walsh – guitar, Ryan Oliver – keyboards and Julian Held – guitar. With COVID’s barriers down, the renowned Melbourne guitarist, singer and songwriter will play three dates with her band over the June long weekend: FRIDAY JUNE 10th – Servo Truck Food Bar, Port Kembla with Leadfinger and The Couch Professors Tickets: https://www.moshtix.com.au/v2/event/leadfinger-penny-ikinger-band-the-couch-professors/138988?ref=RSS_Tuff&skin=SKINNAME SATURDAY JUNE 11th – Marrickville Bowling Club, Sydney with The On and Ons and Paul Berwick’s Magnetic Quartet Tickets: https://tickets.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/0db7626e-14cb-483e-8705-4e12cc386e38 SUNDAY JUNE 12th – Link & Pin, Woy Woy (solo set and band set, free admission 2-4pm) Last but not least, a belated thank you to everyone who cast a vote to appoint PENNY IKINGER as a Director of the Board of Music Victoria https://www.musicvictoria.com.au/about/team/. PENNY IKINGER has joined the MV team and is very excited to be able to represent her fellow musicians in such an awesome and progressive organization. Your vote mattered!!

And if you missed PENNY IKINGER’s version of The Saints classic song (I’m) Stranded you can check out the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJOdXJbsgoc &/or purchase it on Bandcamp https://almostamirror.bandcamp.com/track/im-stranded

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Upcoming shows - March 2022

UPCOMING MELBOURNE SHOWS in MARCH 2022

Yes, I’m back!!!

PENNY IKINGER BAND/ CHARLIE OWEN/ GARETH SKINNER perform at The Chapel of Rock, 14 Acland Street, St Kilda on Friday 4th March 2022.

Tix: https://www.trybooking.com/BXFOH

PENNY IKINGER is an antipodean rock maestro who defies easy comparison and definition. She is a fuzz queen, sonic chanteuse and primal mistress of dark folk rock who wows her audiences in Australia and beyond. She will be joined by her deluxe big band will be joined by her deluxe band featuring Tim McCormack on bass, Jason McGann on drums, Sam Billinghurst-Walsh on guitar, Julian Held on guitar and Ryan Oliver on keyboards. Expect a transcendent performance that is both heavenly and wicked, transporting you to another dimension.

CHARLIE OWEN is a renowned multi-instrumentalist who has recorded and toured with just about everyone from Tex, Don, and Charlie, to Paul Kelly, to the Beasts of Bourbon, and many, many more. This exclusive solo show will be one for the ages. It will be drawn from his extensive and abiding love for his fellow fallen musicians, all with heart strings to St. Kilda.

GARETH SKINNER is a singing cellist who uses real time loops to unleash cello pop tones of the void. Gareth and his doppelgangers create brutalist pop that is both intimate and cavernous, like a blade drawn in a cathedral.

For the spiritual, the misfits, the dreamers and lovers of live music. Don’t miss out on this extraordinary evening! Doors open 6.30pm Gareth Skinner 7pm Charlie Owen 8pm Penny Ikinger Band 9pm.

I’ll also be playing a solo show at the POST OFFICE HOTEL 229-231 Sydney Road, Coburg on 20th MARCH at 5pm. Free entry. Also on the bill is songsmith Matt Malone and his awesome band The Holy Spirits. Event details here: https://fb.me/e/1c2DnBYpj

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Upcoming December show - Melbourne

Sat 11th December at Lyrebird Lounge, 61 Glen Eira Rd, Ripponlea!

Sonic chanteuse & primal mistress of dark rock Penny Ikinger returns to her old haunt, The Lyrebird Lounge, Ripponlea, this time with an explosive new band. Expect breathy vocals mixed with a guitar onslaught of post-punk attack, swingin’ 60’s attitude and 70’s guitar experimentation. Penny Ikinger wows her audiences at home and beyond and here is your chance to see her in full flight with her new band.

Support from the evening is Winter Sun. They are as heavy as the moon. Oceanic bass lumbers under gargantuan guitar. Drums soar from percussion to mechanical beats. Sledgehammer dynamics won't let the songs settle until their climactic resolution. But it's the lush melodies, harmonies and heartbreaking hooks that keep the band in orbit. $15 door charge

Limited tickets only: https://www.trybooking.com/BWBRU

Lucky door prize for a Trybooking ticket holder to be drawn on the evening.

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Sat 6th Nov 2021

Penny Ikinger Band blasts off post lockdown at The Tote Hotel, Collingwood on Saturday 6th November in the beer garden. Free entry! First in best dressed! Blow off your cobwebs with funky disco/ alt country/ dream pop duo Silent Income at 4pm - 4.30pm; Penny Ikinger band 5.00pm until 6.00pm. Doors open 3pm. For any changes in arrangements on the day please see the Facebook event or Penny Ikinger Music page: https://fb.me/e/XwJN82Hw We hope to see you there!!!

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18th July shows cancelled!

Sorry to say, my solo shows scheduled for Sunday July 18th have been postponed because of you-know-what.

I have some more exciting shows coming up though. Rest assured that no matter what I am gonna keep on rockin'!!!

Also, the SACRED COWBOYS album COLD HARVESTis out now on Spotify, iTunes and almost everywhere else.

https://open.spotify.com/album/1VedkdfQ8L4H0yLXuWBeoc?fbclid=IwAR1II5SL4hYJRp2Efi3QCBbg9L1GjnVzYzc81Qj9wX-1pofECF2PYIP043M

The line up on COLD HARVEST is Garry Gray Mark Ferrie, Terry Doolan, Stephan Fidock , Spencer P Jones, Nick Riscbieth and myself.

This 2021 release kicks off online and is the full and complete realisation of the fourth Sacred Cowboys album, COLD HARVEST It includes a previously unreleased track, called The Ingathering, recorded in 2008. 'Things to Come', was the original title of this album. It was released in July 1996 by Shock Records.

It’s a really fabulous album in so many ways - in the song writing, the singing & playing, and the production. I was very proud to play on it.

COLD HARVEST was recorded in the late 1990s and 2007 and 2008 at Atlantis studio by Dave McCluney and Terry Doolan. Mixed by Terry Doolan. Produced by Terry Doolan. Cover art by Mark Ferrie, 2021.

You can have a listen to the track “Cold Harvest” here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLFiLroxp7Y

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July gigs - updates!

Hi there,

Some updates on my JULY 2021 upcoming shows:

SUNDAY 18th JULY - 2 shows in one day! PUNTERS CLUB REUNION SHOW - This show is SOLD OUT!!! Presented by Leaps & Bounds Festival, City of Yarra. I'll be performing one song at around 3.30pm and then shooting around the corner to play a full set at THE TOTE HOTEL (FRONT BAR) 67-71 Johnston Street, Collingwood with James McCann’s new band - J.J. McCann Transmission. I will be on at The Tote at 5.30pm on Sunday 18th July.

Here is a link to tix for The Tote show with J.J. McCann Transmission: https://tickets.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/702419a5-359f-45fe-8c75-3415d53f0f4f

My show scheduled for SUNDAY 25th JULY - SWAMPLANDS - 744 High Street, Thornbury for ‘Speaking in Tongues’ (interview with Matt Malone, from the radio show Hell or High Water) has been POSTPONED!!! I will let you know of the new date ASAP. "Postponed" - that all too familiar word for musicians right now!

My best wishes go out to all of the musicians, punters and venues dealing with lockdowns & Covid outbreaks. They might interfere with our music plans but at least we still have our love of music!

Yours in rock,

Penny x

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Upcoming shows - July 2021

Hi there!

I hope everyone has been surviving their lockdowns OK. In Melbourne we have just pretty much finished lockdown number 4....

The good news is I have a couple more solo shows coming up in July 2021.

THURSDAY 1st JULY at POME, R267 Swan St, Richmond with rock afficiandos Matt Ryan and Loki Lockwood. This will be Episode 4 of Smash It Up Melbourne, coming to you from POME in beautiful downtown Swan St Richmond. As well as my own appearance, Charlie Barker shows us her arts, Freddie and Geoff the Viking will be there as always, and more. Tix at https://smashitupmelbourne.com or the P.O.M.E. website https://www.bernzerk-pome.com.au

SUNDAY 18th JULY - Double Trouble!!!

PUNTERS CLUB REUNION SHOW - Presented by Leaps & Bound Festival, City of Yarra. Revered gig and festival booker Rich Moffat has programmed a special treat for longstanding Melbourne music lovers with a Punters Club Reunion Gig – paying homage to the iconic venue once located where Bimbo is today on Brunswick Street.

You read correctly… on Sunday July 18 at Fitzroy Mills, the likes of Angie Hart (Frente), Bodyjar, Dallas Crane and The Meanies will come together to celebrate the Punters Club scene from the ’80s and ’90s. I will be performing one song and then shooting around the corner to play a full set at THE TOTE FRONT BAR 67-71 Johnston Street, Collingwood with James McCann’s new band - J.J. McCann Transmission. I will be on stage at The Tote at 5.30pm on Sunday 18th July.

For the Punters Club Reunion show tickets https://moshtix.com.au/v2/event/the-punters-club-reunion/129416

Here is a link to tix for The Tote show with J.J. McCann Transmission: https://tickets.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/702419a5-359f-45fe-8c75-3415d53f0f4f

There’s a high chance that both these shows will sell out so get in quick!

SUNDAY 25th JULY - SWAMPLANDS - 744 High Street, Thornbury for ‘Speaking in Tongues’ where I’ll be interviewed by Matt Malone, from the radio show Hell or High Water. We’ll be chatting about my career and journey through music, live on stage. Plus some video footage and I’ll be playing a couple of songs live as well.

Let’s hope all these shows go ahead and don’t get cancelled because of you know what!

Stay safe everyone!

Yours in rock,

Penny x

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Good Co Fest at Swamplands this Sunday March 7th

Sunday 7th March catch Penny Ikinger play solo at the Good Company Festival at Swamplands Bar, 744 High Street, Thornbury, Melbourne.

Good Company Festival presents…

Matt Malone & The Holy Spirits, Penny Ikinger and Andrew McCubbin.

Swamplands Bar - $15 entry fee.

Playing times:

5-6pm - Andrew McCubbin

6-7pm - Penny Ikinger

7-8pm - Matt Malone & The Holy Spirits

MATT MALONE & THE HOLY SPIRITS - Matt Malone is a singer/songwriter who plays an iconoclastic blend of alt-country, blues, and post-punk whose sound was described by Samuel Fell (The Guardian, Rolling Stone) as ‘stripped and bare in the outlaw country tradition, but with the menace and slow stabbing guitar of a Rowland S. Howard special.’

PENNY IKINGER - Guitar ace, fuzz queen, sonic chanteuse, primal mistress of pop – it’s hard to pin Penny Ikinger down in easy comparisons or simple terms. She has earned a stellar international reputation with touring rights in Japan, the USA, Canada, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. She is considered by the toughest of critics to be one of the World’s finest.

ANDREW McCUBBIN

Likened to The National, Leonard Cohen, The Cure, Mazzy Star and Mark Lanegan , Andrew McCubbin is an internationally acclaimed producer, songwriter, singer and multi-instrumentalist. He is part of the fertile Melbourne to Europe musical highway that sees Melbourne and European musicians touring back and forth in various forms of collaboration.

Good Company Festival includes Happy Hour at Swamplands making friends even better company!

https://www.facebook.com/events/446979096730670/

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Upcoming gigs 2021

2021 UPCOMING GIGS in Melbourne:

FRI 29 Jan 2021 - Northside! Penny Ikinger will play solo supporting HUGO RACE & THE TRUE SPIRIT for their album launch at The Tote, Collingwood.

SAT 6 Feb 2021 - Southside! PENNY IKINGER will play an impro show with special guest James Macaulay on trombone on SATURDAY 6th FEBRUARY at Memo (main room), St Kilda. Kee’ahn and Oliver Northam will also be playing a couple a short set each. Get ya tix here for this one off event!

https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing?embed&eid=703497&fbclid=IwAR0o0-l0fflSaG-D6wmGctFJzdTFFB3uErx5wm7zPQ1gXotjvhrkNYvsVjE

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