Doors 7.30pm 

The Make It Up Club is committed to nurturing, presenting and promoting avant-garde improvised music and sound performance of the highest conceptual and performative standards, regardless of idiom, genre, or instrumentation. Whilst traditional forms of avant-garde improvisation are welcomed, MIUC programming policy gives priority to projects which challenge the boundaries of current musical trends and which are predominantly, though not exclusively, improvisational in nature.

Doors 8pm

Ian Wadley, Lehmann B. Smith and Tom Hall will be appearing at Bar Open on Wednesday 28th of July. Tom Hall will begin the night a performance of long-form instrumental blues ragas played on acoustic guitar and banjo. Lehmann B. Smith will sweat over short pop-style songs and odder, longer nylon things like acoustic folk music. Ian Wadley will close the show with his wonderfully fragmented electric guitar work and disembodied loops.

Doors 8pm / Free Entry

Thursday 29th  July

CUBA IS JAPAN
POP SINGLES
WINTERCOATS

Instrumental voids, crafty tunes, grand wanderings, all ranging from gentle to somewhat aggressive. Cuba is Japan are off to NZ in August. Pop Singles will be heading up the East Coast come September. Wintercoats, … not sure where they are going, but what an appropriate name for this time of year in Melbourne. Wear your winter coat to the show then take it off and throw it on the ground/sofa when digging the tunes at this hot gig.

Doors 9pm / Free Entry

HOODOO MAYHEM

If you know what it means to miss New Orleans then you haven’t seen Hoodoo Mayhem. 10 horns, percussion and vocals, will make you feel like spicing up your catfish pie and joining the Mardi Gras.
Performing traditional and original New Orleans music, the Hoodoo Mayhem Brass Band is powered by lungs and sticks. As pedal power can move, wind power can groove so be ready to shake your hooty booty when Katrina rolls into towns.

Doors 10pm / Free Entry

CASUAL PROJECTS
From humble beginnings in Canberra, Patrick Lillicrap and his band Casual Projects are forging ahead in their pursuit to make inspirational hip hop. The massive eight-piece outfit bring together a love of jazz and funk and have gained a reputation as THE band to get a party started. Influenced by the likes of Spearhead, The Roots, TZU, The Herd, Blackalicious, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, India Arie and Jill Scott, their sound can be described as a cross between TZU and The Cat Empire. Casual Projects features saxophone, trombone, keys, drums and an amazing 5 MC’s! Dope.  
Doors 10.00pm / Free Entry

Sunday 1st August

HOWL AT THE MOON

SHERIFFS

HUF (OUCH MY FACE)

Steven ‘Huf’ Huf, bassist for Melbourne experimental punkers Ouch My Face flies solo tonight for a night of musical magic. Dreamcatcher stuff.  Having earned a reputation as one of the most energetic bass players in town this is going to be one interesting gig. Joining him will be special guests (the other two members of Ouch My Face) nah only joking. Git down and check its.

Doors 7:00pm/ Upstairs

COUCHING TIGER DJS
Downstairs 7pm ‘til late