Performance Time - Friday 5th June @ 4pm • Saturday 6th June @ 4pm

Brisbane's 8 Ball Aitken is authentic -- a real-deal Aussie character who rattles the roof, stomps the planks, and gets his audiences whooping and hollering in a frenzy of pure exuberance.  He plays a sizzling hot Queensland blend of original country, blues & roots music. 8 Ball’s material delivers a fresh serve of honk, stomp, Aussie swamp music, straight from the Mareeba Delta.

His recent highlights include the East Coast Blues & Roots Festival in Byron Bay, Peats Ridge Festival, Coast fest, the Australian National Blues Festival in Goulburn, the Tamworth Country Music Festival, Woodford Folk Festival, the Adelaide Fringe Festival, Melbourne Fringe Festival, the Valley Fiesta, the Mackay Festival of the Arts, Victoria’s Earthbeat Festival, the Thuringowa River Festival, the Brisbane Blues Festival, the Sunshine Coast Blues Festival, and the Gympie Muster.

8 Ball Aitken has played support shows for musicians including American country-rock band Dr. Hook, Xavier Rudd, Ross Wilson, Diesel, Dirty Lucy, The Bondi Cigars, Eugene 'Hideaway' Bridges, the Zydecats (featuring Lucky Oceans), Enrico Crivellaro, Finis Tasby, Alice Stuart, the Detonators, Phil Emmanuel, Lisa Hunt, Doug Ford (ex-Master’s Apprentices), & Johno's Blues Band.  

Members:

8 Ball Aitken - vocals, guitars, lap steel, mandolin

Mike Leo - bass

Davros Callaghan - drums