Multi-awarded global troubadour, 8 Ball Aitken, returns to Australia for an extensive four month Blazing Blues Summer Tour, traversing five state borders and the high seas - South Pacific, Bass Strait and Sydney Harbour, armed with his self-titled compilation album (9th release). 8 Ball says “I’m following my heart with the Blazing Blues Summer Tour. When I was 15, I took the two day train journey from Cairns to Brisbane to see B.B. King play and his concert changed my life, it was a spiritual experience and I was overwhelmingly inspired to be a musician. Since I’ve relocated to America and toured non-stop, I’ve been exposed even more to the origins of the Blues and it feels natural to me to follow that path.” The Blazing Blues Summer Tour kicks off in Canberra at the Harmonie German Club on Friday 14 October and more than fifty shows follow from Queensland to Tasmania and beyond, including multiple performances in November at the Airlie Beach Festival of Music (International Patron), Cruisin’ Country 6 onboard the Legend of the Seas and the Tamworth Country Music Festival in January.
Music & Clubs
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27 Jan 2016
8 Ball Aitken @ Dag Sheep Station
NSW
8 Ball Aitken @ Post Office Hotel
VIC
14 Oct 2016
8 Ball Aitken @ Harmonie German Club
ACT
15 Oct 2016
8 Ball Aitken @ Royal Hotel Bungendore
16 Oct 2016
8 Ball Aitken @ Corona Terrace - Rooty Hill RSL
21 Oct 2016
8 Ball Aitken @ Toogoolawah Hotel
QLD
22 Oct 2016
8 Ball Aitken @ Palmwoods Hotel
23 Oct 2016
8 Ball Aitken @ Tyalgum Hotel
28 Oct 2016
8 Ball Aitken @ The Walrus Club
29 Oct 2016
8 Ball Aitken @ Inaugural Bush Cooking Festival 2016
8 Ball Aitken @ Heads Shed
30 Oct 2016
8 Ball Aitken @ Bucca Hotel
3 Nov 2016
8 Ball Aitken @ Airlie Beach Festival of Music 2015
11 Nov 2016
8 Ball Aitken @ Sarina Leagues Club
13 Nov 2016
8 Ball Aitken @ At Sea - Cruisin’ Country 6
26 Nov 2016
8 Ball Aitken @ Cigar Box Festival 2015
29 Nov 2016
8 Ball Aitken @ Paynesville Library
2 Dec 2016
8 Ball Aitken @ Pistol Pete's
3 Dec 2016
8 Ball Aitken @ Gippsland House Concert
4 Dec 2016
8 Ball Aitken @ Elwood Blues Club
6 Dec 2016
8 Ball Aitken @ Flemington & Kensington Bowling Club
7 Dec 2016
8 Ball Aitken @ Lomond Hotel
8 Dec 2016
8 Ball Aitken @ Republic Bar & Café
TAS
9 Dec 2016
8 Ball Aitken @ Live At The Wharf
10 Dec 2016
8 Ball Aitken @ Lower Wilmont Hall
11 Dec 2016
8 Ball Aitken @ Iron Horse Bar & Grill
15 Dec 2016
8 Ball Aitken @ Escence Cafe Restaurant
16 Dec 2016
8 Ball Aitken @ Sydney Harbour Christmas Cruise
23 Dec 2016
8 Ball Aitken @ The Shed
31 Dec 2016
8 Ball Aitken @ Stradbroke Island
14 Jan 2017
8 Ball Aitken @ Beerwah Hotel
15 Jan 2017
8 Ball Aitken @ Harrigans Drift Inn
23 Jan 2017
24 Jan 2017
8 Ball Aitken @ Writers in The Round
26 Jan 2017
8 Ball Aitken @ Maton Guitar Showcase
The Rhythm Boat 03 February, Lizotte's Restaurant 01 February, Tamworth Country Music Festival 2015 18 January, Beerwah Hotel 12 January, Reef Gateway Hotel 01 January
Stein’s Taphouse 23 November, Pie Alley Blues 23 December, Calliope Bowls Club 22 December, Greaser 21 December, Coast Hotel 16 December, Escence Cafe Restaurant 13 December, Elwood Blues Club 09 December, Retreat Hotel - Brunswick 08 December, Dave’s House Concert 07 December, Hume Blues Club 06 December, Flemington & Kensington Bowling Club 04 December, Somerset Hotel 01 December, Semaphore Workers Club 30 November, Gilbert Street Hotel 29 November, Islander's Tavern 25 November, The Beach House Café 24 November, Stein’s Taphouse 23 November, The Palace Hotel 21 November, Advancetown Hotel 18 November, Maryborough Sports Club 17 November, Airlie Beach 09 November, Airlie Beach 10 November, The Royal Hotel 10 February, Goulburn 08 February
The Red Rattler 22 November, Fitzroy Hotel 02 December, Amamoor State Forest 27 August, Amamoor State Forest 26 August, Amamoor State Forest 25 August, Amamoor State Forest 24 August, Airlie Beach Festival of Music 2015 09 November, Sydney Harbour Cruise 29 October, Balranald’s 5 Rivers Outback Festival 14 October, Tyalgum Hotel 08 October, The Retro Bar 07 October, Caloundra RSL 06 October, Harrigans Drift Inn 20 August, Hervey Bay Seafood Festival 13 August, Heads Shed 12 August, Imperial Hotel 11 August, Reef Festival 05 August, The Leap Hotel 04 August, Mudgee Brewing Company 30 July, Canonbar Hotel 29 July, Escence Cafe Restaurant 28 July, Heaven And Hell Festival 08 July, John Sprent Reserve 08 July, Lizotte's Restaurant 20 April, Maton Guitar Showcase 26 January, Writers in The Round 24 January, Post Office Hotel 23 January, Harrigans Drift Inn 15 January, Beerwah Hotel 14 January
Whitsunday Sailing Club 04 November, Royal Hotel Bungendore 15 October, Post Office Hotel 27 January, Dag Sheep Station 27 January, Stradbroke Island 31 December, The Shed 23 December, Sydney Harbour Christmas Cruise 16 December, Escence Cafe Restaurant 15 December, Iron Horse Bar & Grill 11 December, Lower Wilmont Hall 10 December, Live At The Wharf 09 December, Republic Bar & Café 08 December, Lomond Hotel 07 December, Flemington & Kensington Bowling Club 06 December, Elwood Blues Club 04 December, Gippsland House Concert 03 December, Pistol Pete's 02 December, Paynesville Library 29 November, Cigar Box Festival 2015 26 November, At Sea - Cruisin’ Country 6 13 November, Sarina Leagues Club 11 November, Airlie Beach Festival of Music 2015 03 November, Bucca Hotel 30 October, Heads Shed 29 October, Inaugural Bush Cooking Festival 2016 29 October, The Walrus Club 28 October, Tyalgum Hotel 23 October, Palmwoods Hotel 22 October, Toogoolawah Hotel 21 October, Corona Terrace - Rooty Hill RSL 16 October, Royal Hotel Bungendore 15 October, Harmonie German Club 14 October, Downstairs, The Envy Hotel 22 May, Broadbeach Mall Stage 22 May, Broadbeach Mall Stage 19 May, Victoria Park 21 May, Joe Maguire's Pub 24 January, Post Office Hotel 22 January, Tudor Hotel 22 January, Joe Maguire's Pub 21 January, Tamworth Services Club 21 January
Rainbow Hotel 06 December