Georgia Lucy

The formation of new groups to create short sets, culminating in a showcase extravaganza of debut performances. Little bands is a free, non for profit event run by volunteers. Everyone is invited to participate. It’s about keeping everyone on their toes, being brave and feeling surprised. Little Bands is a safe place to experiment and try something new. There’s no pressure to be polished.  Keep it raw and real, even when you’re deciding on your Little Band name. {:-) ~ cute and silly.

A typical method of little bands is to broadcast a public call out for expressions of interest to register a little band name. The showcase will occur no more than a month after. The gigs are free. As a collective we have facilitated 10 little bands gigs since 2014.

Little bands is a movement borrowed from a scene in Melbourne in 1979, hosted by members and friends of the Primitive Calculators and Whirly Wirld who believed in democratic approaches to making music. They celebrated the idea of forming temporary, side-project bands that would play no more than two gigs, for no more than 15 minutes and share each other’s equipment. When talking to the founders of Little Bands for my Documentary, here is what Stewart Grant of the Primitive Calculators had to say ….

 “disposability….it has to be rubbish…. originally the idea was that it was not able to enter the cycle of sellability”

And that is how we do it …. 

In our Hobart homages of little bands, we bent the rule of only playing two shows because Hobart needs more bands. In addition, we encourage people who are used to playing certain instruments to try something new as well as welcoming individuals who have never played instruments before. Set times are pulled out of a hat and lately the stage has been arranged on the same level as the audience and not held in established venues. For the 10th iteration of Little bands, The very special event was entirely hyped by word of mouth. Despite this challenge, a record total of 42 bands registered their expressions to play. it was incredible.

This is the dot point way:

• It’s your first gig. You can’t have played before with this band.
• People with no experience are highly encouraged. When forming your band, think about who you can include to make your band feel fun and new. 
• If you are a confident musician then try a new approach, method or instrument to you. Foster the newbies. 
• If your instrument has been collecting dust, pick it up and get back on the rock and roll horsey. 
• Sets are 15 min max.
• Have fun and cheer each other on

Hobart Little Bands Names 2014 – 2025

nHLB#2025 The Neuromantics ~ Mew Romantics ~ Abbot and the Onions ~ Blue North ~ sunshower ~ In Lieu ~ Desire Lab ~ iTSY BITSY BAND ~ stick on stars ~ Therapy Dog ~ Mouldy Gonads ~ Binf /Bymph ~ sleepless ~ Fanny Pack ~ Meat Thief ~ I Speak Death Bird ~ Table ~ Ann and the Ants ~ Dazees ~ The Spangled Drongos ~ Caulk Drooling ~ Runt Leaf ~ G Star Jamerz ~ Jobs and Growth ~ Soho Hobos ~ Hot Wogs ~ Las Choras ~ Sex and the City with Autism / The Creek ~ Lava Balloon ~ Hi Tech Ratz ~ Open Space ~ DEAD BRANCH ~ petting parties ~ The Elevator Has Stopped ~ Sound Cakes ~ Jonny Wilson Memorial Band ~ Soyboy Cowboy and the Coffee Enemas nHLB#2024 Rain and Sauce ~ Broken Smoke ~ Rat Lung Worm ~ Pipe Line ~ Roots and Rats ~ The Hypathetics ~ Roach ~ Dr Bongchitis ~ Beauty and the Gangbangers ~ Band Name Generator ~ Alien Weaponry ~ Tilt Angle ~ Moon Weevil ~ Petal Horsemanship ~ Wriding ~ Birthday Cat ~ Funeral Jeans  nHLB#8 2022 The Bearable Weight of Unbeing ~ Great Thundering Wombat ~ The Pagolinthian Bornak ~ HECs Debt ~ Carrot ~ Hallucin8er ~ Robophobos ~ Playing for Frees ~ Whale Fall ~ Genlisea ~ Adrenochrome ~ Red Gourd ~  Benchwarmer ~ Kurka Wodna ~ The Killora Sunsets ~ (つ Lil RДtso x )つ ~ 32 Oysters ~ Carpet Bubbles ~ Sky Skeleton ~ The Teachings of Don Juan ~  Skulls Thick ~ Traumatez Versicolour ~ Town Rats ~ Bigcrumb ~Little Shcrum ~ Gingerly ~ Super Tart ~ nHLB#7 2020 ~ Packet Man ~ The postals ~ The church of the pork ~ The true champions of breakfast ~ Free Live Sports ~ Satin Oblong ~ seedy minx ~ Drivers ~ BÜRGERWHÖRE ~ Pond Scum ~ Tonic of the Fourth ~ POST BOX ~ Cheese Toasties! ~ Suzylu ~ Coral Sculptures ~ The Trash Vultures ~ Astral plane Jane ~ Pink Rag ~ Priest Hole ~ Woolworths ~ Flu Shot ~ nHLB#6 2018 ~ Gnarlhünd ~ Michael Michael ~ Pimozide Friends ~ The chestnuts ~ Tired? droopy eyes? ~ Fatigue kills! ~ Death Cramps ~ Smug anime face ~ Vacant sLot ~ Heteromum:The Fastest Band On Earth ~  WINGDINGMEN ~ Bextexta ~ The Boners ~ Su-pa Genki Futari ~ Daddy and the Boy ~ purple smith ~ sex pistols II ~ Terra & the Pterodactyls ~ Little bands BIG band harmonising orchestra ~ HLB#5 2017 ~ Vivien ~ macadamias ~ Yonnie and the steamers ~ Tip Run ~ Six bars of seb ~ Bert Shirt ~ A little big bang ~ Night Shoppers ~ A Departure ~ Dirt Sea ~ HLB#4  2016 ~ A lonely boy ~ The Monster Society of Evil ~ Critical Feedback ~ little pups and dogs ~ MUM and DAD ~ The Modern Plovers ~ Ani lou ~ Carey / Smeathers / Rob ~ Foxy Morons ~ The Gaffa Tapes ~ The Satin Worshipers ~ Resilient Gums ~ The look Mates ~ HLB#3 2015 ~ The recovery Shop ~ the Sunday Leagues ~ Maggie Abraham's Nameless Team ~ Snap ~ Sea Shanties ~ Vernon La Chien ~ Fish Kit ~ The Valiums ~ Plummet ~ Bus Money ~ Andie Laureson ~ Blood Country ~ Elbow Room ~ SIK1BRO ~ HLB#2 2014 ~ Town Planning ~ Van Wrinkles ~ Redmum ~ Burn*ing Rubbish ~ Knockloft ~ Cynical Deadbeat ~ Bushhammer ~ Dow Jones and the Nasdaqs ~ Expressions of Interest ~ Circling 4 the answer ~ Femme Loins Kazoo ~ Psychic Seduction Discharge ~ The Huddle ~ shush now ~ Karl ~ HLB 2014 ~ LIL’ ROBBIE ~ THE PARIS END OF MOONAH ~ ALL THE WEATHERS ~ WEBB AND WILDERNESS ~ POWER NAP ~ THE JOHN TIMONIES ~ KARL ~ TOPS OFF AT THE WHITE STRIPES CONCERT ~ KEITH NASH ~ BUSHPULL ~ STRADDLE PUSS ~ DOULTON ROYALE WITH CHEESE ~

Hobart Little Bands Documentary

Georgia Lucy, nipaluna/ Hobart little bands, June 2016, documentary, 18:55. A somewhat abstract look at the Hobart ‘little bands’ phenomena.

Hobart Little Bands Gigs

• nipaluna Hobart Little Bands X, SATURDAY APRIL 12 and SUNDAY APRIL 13, 2025, Building 1831 North, Saint Johns Park, Newtown, Event by Georgia Lucy and Tuli Morris-Merkel
• Little Bands #9, SATURDAY FEBRUARY 10, 2024, Good Grief Studios, Event by Tuli Morris-Merkel
• nipaluna/Hobart Little Bands # 8,  SATURDAY JULY 23 & SUN JULY 24, 2022, The Fern Tree Arts Hall, Event by Georgia Lucy
• nipaluna/Hobart Little Bands # 7, Two days of debut beauts, SATURDAY OCT 31 & SUNDAY NOV 1, 2020, The Fern Tree Arts Hall, Event by Georgia Lucy
• !nipaluna / Hobart Little Bands #6!, SATURDAY, JUNE 2, 2018, The Fern Tree Arts Hall, Event by Georgia Lucy
• Hobart Little Bands #5, SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 2017, Schmørgåsbaag, Event by Stewart George
• Hobart Little Bands #4, SATURDAY, APRIL 9, 2016, The Fern Tree Arts Hall, Event by Georgia Lucy
• #3 LITTLE BANDS, WINTER ED, FRIDAY, JULY 31, 2015, THE BRISBANE HOTEL, EVENT BY WILLIAM FAGAN
•  ~ 22/10/2014 ~Little Bands! Show Day Eve verzion¿, OCTOBER 22, 2014, The BRISBANE HOTEL Event by William Fagan
• Hobart Little Band Gig:12 Special Mini-Sets (Free Entry), WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2014, The Grand Pooh Bar, Event By Rob Fisher

Music Tas Podcast Episode 13 – nipaluna/Hobart Little Bands with Georgia Lucy

https://musictasmania.org/index.php/listen/podcast/episode-13

nipaluna/Hobart’s Little Bands is a unique source of creativity, expression, and new music that has carried on a Melbourne legacy of improvisation and being rubbish that started in the early 1980s. In this podcast, Keith chats with little band organiser and art music extraordinaire Georgia Lucy about the beauty, anarchy, and legacy of Little Bands.

POSTER FOR nipaluna / HOBART LITTLE BANDS # 8. TWO DAYS OF DEBUT BEAUTS, 2022

POSTER FOR nipaluna / HOBART LITTLE BANDS # 7. TWO DAYS OF DEBUT BEAUTS, 2020

Little Band Set Times 2020

Review of nipaluna/Hobart little bands # 6 by Madeleine Laing

nipaluna / Hobart Little Bands #6: Music in Hobart is more than two weeks a year

Poster for !nipaluna / HOBART LITTLE BANDS #6!, 2018

Poster for HOBART LITTLE BANDS #4

Audio Recordings and documentation from HOBART LITTLE BANDS #4

Here are just some of the many and varied performances captured by Georgia Lucy at the fourth incarnation of the Hobart “Little Bands” night. This event was held at the Arts Hall up at Fern Tree.

A HoBart vs Melbourne Little bands at the tote

https://themusic.com.au/reviews/all-the-weathers-the-tote-bradley-armstrong/FbMGCQgLCg0/18-10-16/

Review of A Hobart vs Melbourne Little bands