DATSON HUGHES
  • WHO
  • WHAT
    • FOLK DUO
    • ELECTRONICA
    • SPOKEN WORD
    • CUSTOM SOUND
    • PROJECTS >
      • INSTRUMENTALITY
      • STRING THEORY
      • COUNTRY LOGIC
      • DATSON DRIVE BY
      • BLOOD IN THE WATER
      • ASCENSION
      • EXILE
      • DOOFWORD
  • WHEN
  • WHERE
  • THINGS

​FORTHCOMING   PERFORMANCES
2021 
AUSTRALIA 
MITTAGONG : INSTRUMENTALIST IN RESIDENCE @ MENTALBOWRAL  to 28 AUG   
​
Blood in the Water
 45 min film created as artists in residence Budapest.
TATHRA/BEGA 28 OCT - 12 NOV   various concerts
MELBOURNE Dec (Covid willing)  various concerts
SYDNEY 30 Apr.  ON SITE  House concert series. 

​PAST  SHOWS
2021
BRISBANE 28 MAR  Phase 4 Reords @Backbone (on the bill with other 'heritage' bands.

NIMMITABEL BLUES AND ROOTS Anzac Day weekend. Federal Hotel
CANDELO VILLIAGE FESTIVAL 17 April


2020
AUSTRALIA
BOWRAL : INSTRUMENTALIST IN RESIDENCE @ MENTAL  28 AUG 2020 - 28 AUG 2021
  • Set up Instrumentality label. https://instrumentality2.bandcamp.com
  • 28 Aug Collaboration: #jamental experimental/new music with Alistair & Sergei Natchaef
  • 4 Sep Pilot of Performance Program for 2021 ongoing collaboration:  with local musicians
  • 2 Oct Performance: Experimental sound with Sergei Netchaef Datson Hughes on Dulcimers and Electornica by Sergei Netchaef
  • 6 Nov Performance: Arty Party Opening launch of Southern Highlands Art Trail
  • 15 Nov Performance: 45 min Guitar suite 
  • 17 Dec 2020  Performance: InstruMENTALity in Mind Garden 3. 30 min experimental music on Datson's hand crafted dulcimers amid Minka Gillian's installation Mind Garden 3 recorded by Geoffrey Datson, performed by Datson Hughes​
MELB, Retreat Hotel, 15 MAR with Samwise Sorenson & Mr Alford. 

MELB, House Concert. 4 APR CANCELLED COVID
SYDNEY POETRY FESTIVAL 10 - 12 APR  BLOOD IN THE WATER Australian Premiere (CANCELLED COVID)
SYDNEY Hollywood Hotel, 23 APR  Datson Hughes & Friends, 3 APR (CANCELLED COVID)


EUROPEAN TOUR 1 MAY - 14 SEP 2020 (COVID CANCELLED) 
BUDAPEST Datson Hughes concert series  Arts Quarter Budapest residency 
(COVID CANCELLED)
STRING THEORY = DATSON HUGHES + SIBLICITY at OZORA Festival. (Ambyss) HUNGARY 20 - 26 JUL (POSTPONED TILL AUG 2021)
SOFIA, Bulgaria concert
(COVID CANCELLED)
BEGLIKA Festival, BUGARIA 31 AUG - 2 SEP (COVID CANCELLED)
GALERIO SACHO festival, LIMOGES, FR (COVID CANCELLED)

EUROPEAN TOUR 2019
VIETNAM - 11 JUN House Concert
HUNGARY 30 JUL - 4 AUG  OZORA PSYCHEDELIC TRANCE FESTIVAL + SIBLICITY 
SOFIA 30 AUG - World of Co Artists in Residence 
BULGARIA  14 - 18 AUG - BEGLIKA FESTIVAL + INSTRUMENT WORKSHOP
TURKEY -  Kusadasi 20 AUG (DATSON HUGHES)
HUNGARY 20 SEP PERFORMANCE BUDAPEST SONG CYCLE - Project Presentation.

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AUSTRALIA AUTUMN TOUR 16 MAR - 30 MAY  2019
BRISBANE 26 MAY  MAY PHASE 4 RECORDS 
​NEWCASTLE 23 MAY venue TBC
SYDNEY 17 MAY   Butcher's Brew supporting BUSH GOTHIC
NIMMITABEL 
28 APR Monaro Blues & Roots Festival, Federal Hotel
SYDNEY 4 APR Hollywood Hotel
GYMPIE 16 MAR  GYMPIE REGIONAL ART GALLERY Rites of Passage. 2pm

COOROY 16 JAN Black Mountian House Concert 

FLOWERS AND THE AXE EUROPEAN TOUR  18 JUL - 30 OCT 2018   
BELGIUM - Ghent 7 DEC Monasterium.
BUDAPEST - AQB 30-NOV - 1DEC Work in progress performance.
ITALY - Assisi 19 NOV Galleria la Loggia
IRELAND - Dublin  24 NOV-  Lecture series Dun Laoghaire institute of art, design and tech (DATSON HUGHES*)
                              29 NOV - House Concert
                 -Donegal12 NOV - Hose Concert
                - Cork      25 NOV House Concert
TURKEY -  Kusadasi  7 NOV (DATSON HUGHES)
FRANCE - Limoge- Sacho Galleria Festival 1 SEP (TACTICS) (DATSON HUGHES)
ITALY - Cremona 21 SEP House Concert, Blackrock

ITALY - Assisi 19 AUG -Studio Ginestrelle
                     - 22 AUG -Mt Subasio 
​FRANCE - Gers 4-11 AUG, Marciac Jazz Festival 

FLOWERS AND THE AXE EAST COAST TOUR 10 FEB - 6 JULY 2018
GYMPIE - 6 JUL  Gympie Regional Gallery 
BRISBANE - 1 JUL PHASE 4 RECORDS 

SYDNEY - 21 JUN Hollywood Hotel -SIngle Launch 
​JERVIS BAY- ​2-3 JUN See Change Festival BIRD exhibition. Premiere BIRD SONG CYCLE
MUSSWELLBROOK 19 JUN Musswellbrook Regional Art Gallery 
SYDNEY - 5 MAY The Shack
NIMMITABEL - 7 APR Federal Hotel
QUEENBEYAN - 4 APR Gallery Thurralily 
CANBERRA - 29 MAR-2 APR National Folk Festival Quokka pavilion (Instrument exhibit), Bohemia and Stock Camp Stages
SYDNEY - 24 MAR  SLOT Gallery
SYDNEY - 21 MAR Gasoline Pony
ARMIDALE - 9 MAR Two Goats Cafe
BRISBANE - 11 FEB Phase 4 Records
TOOWOOMBA - 10 FEB Australian Cultrual Library

WHISPERING HIGHWAY TOUR  18 MAR - 27 MAY 2017
YAMBA - 28 MAY Riverside Markets
BELLINGEN – 27 MAY Little Red Kitchen
MAITLAND - 22 MAY House Concert
WOLLONGONG 19 MAY Illawarra Folk Club
SYDNEY – 13 MAY Fairlight Folk Lounge
SYDNEY - 12 MAY House Concert Kings Cross
ST KILDA - 5 MAY St Martins Place (Spoken Word)
MELBOURNE -29 APR Open Studio
CANBERRA - 15 APR Smiths Alternative
CANBERRA 13-17 APR NFF Quokka pavilion (Instrument exhibit), Central Park Stage, Naughty Humphries, Stock Camp Stages
SYDNEY - 9 APR Gasolene Pony
NEWCASTLE - 8 APR Lass O’Gowrie
TAREE – 7 APR Flow Bar
TAREE – 24 MAR Studio Concert live to air
MULLUMBIMBY - 26 MAR Poinciana Cafe
BRISBANE -18 MAR Phase 4 Records

GENERAL PERFORMANCES
17 NOV  7-9pm  BRAT CAVE 47 Balaclava St Woolongabba BRISBANE
4 NOV    7-9pm  BRAT CAVE 47 Balaclava St Woolongabba BRISBANE
27 FEBRUARY 2017 - HOUSE CONCERT GYMPIE, QLD
25 JANUARY 2017 - SINGLE LAUNCH BISON BAR,  QLD
1 JANUARY 2017 - NYE HOUSE PARTY BURRINGBAR, NSW
10 DEC - 2016 BUS STOP TOUR - BLACK MOUNTAIN, QLD
5 NOV - 2016 ANNANDALE HOTEL SYDNEY
​28 OCT 2016 - DJANGO BAR SYDNEY
22 OCT 2016  - DEEPWATER HOTEL, NSW
7 AUGUST  - SINGLE LAUNCH THE TANK TOP,  SUNSHINE COAST
10 APRIL 2016   EP PREVIEW UNION HOTEL SYDNEY
29 MAR - 24 APR   HOUSE CONCERT TOUR - Pacific, Newell and New England Highways
18 MAR 2016    ZABE ESPRESSO BAR, QLD
13 MAR 2016   HOUSE CONCERT GOLD COAST
27 JAN 2016 SINGLE LAUNCH, THE TANK TOP,  SUNSHINE COAST

THEN & THEN TOUR
2011 Gloucester Writers and Readers Weekend
2011 Sydney Launch Gleebooks
2011 Cooroy Library Fusion event
2011 Byron Bay Writers' Festival
2011 Great Northern Hotel, Byron Bay
2011 Sydney Fringe Festival
2011 Outspoken, Maleny
2011 ABC Coast FM radio interview and on iar performance with MaryLou Stephens
2010-11 Various folk clubs and house concerts
Launched Reality Bites Literary Nonficiton Festival 2010
Tour of 8 Sunshine Coast Libraries  November 2010
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  • WHO
  • WHAT
    • FOLK DUO
    • ELECTRONICA
    • SPOKEN WORD
    • CUSTOM SOUND
    • PROJECTS >
      • INSTRUMENTALITY
      • STRING THEORY
      • COUNTRY LOGIC
      • DATSON DRIVE BY
      • BLOOD IN THE WATER
      • ASCENSION
      • EXILE
      • DOOFWORD
  • WHEN
  • WHERE
  • THINGS