Ladies & Gentlemen, step right up for the Greatest Show On Earth!
On Sunday 3rd March 2013, the Rock & Roll Gumbo Medicine Show rolls into town for one show only.
A special matinee performance from 1:00pm–4:30pm at the home of Richmond’s original flea circus, The Corner Hotel.
Guaranteed mad dancing, improvisation and strange inspired gibberish from genuine shamans. Sexy voodoo cures from renowned snake oil salesmen and wicked temptresses. Mystery elixirs available from the bar, sure to cure all ailments and make others more attractive to the eye!
The Darling Downs have just been added to he lineup with more crooners and rockers, duets and other fine musical treats TBA
This is a benefit for Karen Conrad & family. Karen’s oldest son Grant has Cystic Fibrosis and is now 25 years old.
The average life span for a CF person diagnosed in 1987 is 30 years. Grant has recently been genotyped due to new medical breakthroughs and promising new drugs to treat the disease. Sadly, he was found to have a rare genetic mutation – different from around 70% of the CF population who will benefit from the new drug.
A family appointment for a specialist CF clinic in St Louis Missouri has been scheduled in 6 months’ time. This benefit gig is to help Grant and his family cover those expenses.
All of these things said, Grant’s life has never been about dying. For one so young he has made a big impact in Melbourne and beyond as a hip-hop artist and a friend of many.
His rap moniker is HTML Flowers and his electronic hiphop duo Brothers Hand Mirror recently performed at the Sugar Mountain Festival. He is also a cartoonist, painter and tattooist.
He has many friends and an extended family here in Australia who love him – and his quality of life, although sometimes compromised during times of illness, has been far greater than his diagnosis would suggest.
Be sure to get down for a day of killer tunes that will not only be great entertainment and fun for all, but will also benefit a family who need help.
Rock & Roll Gumbo Medicine Show 2013 Lineup
The Darling Downs
Charles Jenkins
Kerri Simpson
Kim Volkman
Suzannah Espie
Dan Brodie
Sherry Rich
and Blind Kiwi and his Cigar Box Guitar
Rock & Roll Gumbo Medicine Show 2013 Ticketing Info
Sunday, Maych 3rd
The Corner Hotel
Tickets $25+bf from cornerhotel.com, at the Corner Box Office, or by calling (03) 9427 919
