Relive the glory days of Sydney’s iconic Hopetoun Hotel, the legendary Sydney music venue with musicians Sarah Blasko, Sally Seltmann and Clyde Bramley of the Hoodoo Gurus, and music photographer Tony Mott, in a Vivid Festival talk hosted by Liz Giuffre and Gregory Ferris.
The Hoey shut its doors suddenly in 2009 and has remained empty ever since. Relive the music scene of the 80s, 90s and early 2000s in this love letter to Sydney’s iconic live music venue.
I feel like I just made a lot of friends there, friendships there that I still have now. There are people that continued to be involved in music but I think it was just because it was really small. Somebody came off stage like, there's nowhere to go! Like you needed to interact with everybody.
Sarah Blasko
Speakers
- Dr Liz Giuffre, Senior Lecturer in Communication, Music and Sound Design, UTS
- Dr Gregory Ferris, Senior Lecturer, Media Arts & Production Program, UTS
- Sally Seltmann, Award winning Australian singer and songwriter
- Sarah Blasko, Admired Australian singer, songwriter, musician and record producer
- Clyde Bramley, Much-loved bassist and vocalist
This event was part of UTS @ Vivid 2024.
Photo of Combat Wombat's debut performance at the Hopetoun Hotel in May 2005 by James O'Brien.
Impact Talks at UTS is produced by UTS Impact Studios, with sound engineering by Alison Zhuang.
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