Courtyard Sessions 2015

Overview

About to enter their fourth season, the Seymour Centre's Courtyard Sessions are just as relaxed and still free, but more festive than ever before. Every Friday evening from 6pm between January 9 and March 27, live and local music acts are set to soundtrack your sunset/pre-theatre drinks in the leafy courtyard of the Seymour Centre. And this year, they'll be accompanied by a pop-up bar, a gourmet barbecue, roaming performers, vintage games, giveaways and more.

Artists headlining the 2015 programme include neo-folker Caitlin Park; quirky cabaret act Lady Sings it Better; self-described 'mystical' outfit Okenyo; Flowertruck, rockers Dr. Goddard, afrofunkers The Liberators and Sydney's ARIA-nominated, Americana-inspired singer-songwriter Emma Swift.

"It's everything we love about the Australian summer — being outdoors, arts events, warm evenings and beer," says Maeve Marsden of Lady Sings it Better. "As a cabaret act, we like playing events like Courtyard Sessions because there's a bit of an element of surprise — often the audience aren't our regular fans so mightn't know what to expect."