The Gov will become a hive of creative energy during Adelaide Fringe with an absolute smorgasbord of music and comedy to dazzle the senses.
There'll be stand-up comedy, original music and a stack of tribute acts covering everything from the blues and disco, to funk, folk and rock.Jeremy Whiskey returns from the Far North-Western Desert with his infamous composer skills and his band of law men and brothers for an evening of multi-genre collaboration and pure entertainment with The Jeremy Whiskey Project (24 Feb).
The Gov will then be turned into the House Of Blues for four evenings as The Gumbo Room Blues Jams present a series of weekly showcases paying homage to some of the greats.
Blues Guitar (24 Feb) will feature a number of established SA Blues guitarist playing their favourite Buddy Guy, Albert King, Otis Rush, and John Lee Hooker tunes. Blues Piano (3 Mar) will see a night of boogie-woogie, New Orleans and honky-tonk swamp tunes.
Blues Women (10 Mar) tributes the fierce ladies of blues like Etta James, Koko Taylor, Ann Peebles and Billie Holiday. While Blues Harmonica (17 March) wraps up the House Of Blues series with a night dedicated to the likes of Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson, Paul Butterfield, Junior Wells and James Cotton.
The '60-'70s folk vibrations will be strong when cabaret songbird and storyteller Deborah Brennan presents her A Case Of You: The Music Of Joni Mitchell show (1 March).
Brennan connects the musical dots from Mitchell's formidable body of work which echoed the zeitgeist of the turbulent '70s. Come on down to the Mermaid Cafe to laugh and toast to lighter times.
If you prefer to wear bright flares and dance under disco balls, the Shake Your Booty 70s Disco Show (4 March) features a 12-piece band performing hits from the Bee Gees, Abba, Earth Wind & Fire, Chic, Gloria Gaynor, Hot Chocolate, KC & Sunshine Band, Michael Jackson and more. There'll also be go-go dancers as well as prizes for best dressed.
Sticking to the rhythms of funk, soul and jazz, Bonnie & The BoyZ! are back presenting Simply Sade (13 Mar) – a sophisticated evening filled with a cool, sexy ambience covering the back catalogue of Sade: 'Smooth Operator', 'The Sweetest Taboo', 'Hang On To Your Love', 'Cherry Pie' and much more.
Another icon of '70s-'80s music, Leonard Cohen's 1977 concept album 'Death Of A Ladies Man' will be reinterpreted by an eight-piece band as a raucous, cabaret-themed tragicomedy Death Of An Adelaidies Man (15 Mar).
Legendary Adelaide tribute act Supernova will turn their attention to the musical collaborations of Walter Becker and Donald Fagen aka Steely Dan, who recorded and performed their music together for almost 50 years. Supanova's Steely Dan: Collaborations (16 Mar) will be a trip down nostalgia lane featuring elements of rock, jazz, Latin music, R&B and blues.
If you prefer your funny bone tickled, The Gov have you sorted on that front as well. Growing Pains is a chronological look through the lives of two 'adults' Sarah Ison and Chelsea Heaney. Half sketch, half stand-up comedy, Growing Pains will take you through the past, present and less-glamorous future of our heroines.
A veteran of the comedy scene with previous season at Edinburgh Fringe and MICF as well as Adelaide Fringe, Blaise White thought he was 'pretty woke' until he was told he wasn't. Woke-ish (24, 26 Feb) finds White exploring what got him here and how, and trying to make sense of it all.
Comedy Evolution (24 Feb, 3, 10, 17 Mar) will offer audiences the chance to go on a journey watching different styles of comedy, from comedians who are performing their first show on stage right through to seasoned pros.
Lastly, Fringe Favourites (26 Feb, 5, 12, 19 Mar) will bring together some of the best acts performing at Fringe for a 90-minute thrill ride of action-packed entertainment. Each show will be different – from stand-up comedy to magic.
