8 BALL AITKEN & TAYA CHANI LIVE @ WARD'S BREWERY, GLADSTONE. AN EVENING OF BLUES, SOUL, BBQ & BREWS
Schedule
Fri Jul 17 2026 at 08:00 am to 11:00 am
UTC+10:00Location
Ward's Brewery | Gladstone, QL
🍺 WARD'S BREWERY PRESENTS AN EVENING OF BLUES AND SOUL MUSIC + BBQ & CRAFT BEER🔥 FRIDAY JULY 17th, 6pm-9pm
🎸 8 BALL AITKEN & TAYA CHANI (SYD) - Memphis, USA INTERNATIONAL BLUES CHALLENGE - Semifinalists 2026
🍔 The Backyard BBQ Boys. Food starts at 5pm until 8pm. Low & Slow BBQ (12 hour smoker). Two local smokin legends, Blocka and Troy
ABOUT 8 BALL AITKEN & TAYA CHANI
Two heavyweights of the Australian soul-blues-rock scene 8 Ball Aitken & Taya Chani have teamed up with a new album project ‘Nightbird’. They represented the Blues Association of South-East Queensland at the 2026 International Blues Challenge and made the semifinals.
8 Ball and Taya’s mutual love for Southern American blues, soul, country and fancy jazz chords brought them together. Whilst on their first Australian tour in 2022, they began co-writing songs. They realised very quickly that they had an album worth if songs and set a studio date.
The title-track of their ‘Nightbird’ album hit #1 on the Australian AMRAP Regional Charts for two weeks in a row as did their second single ‘Miss You The Most’. The album was #2 for several months in the Australian Blues & Roots Radio Charts. They’re signature harmonies and groovy guitars have proved to be a winning combination making them festival favorites Australia-wide. 8 Ball & Taya are releasing new music and performing their third Australian tour in 2026.
8 Ball Aitken performed around the world for more than a decade across twenty countries to date. 8 Ball moved to Nashville, Tennessee, USA in 2012 and worked for nine years with many of the best in the blues and roots business today. He won second place in the 2021 International New Orleans Cigar Box Guitar Festival.
Soul-blues singer Taya Chani released her debut album 'Restless Heart' widespread airplay and rave reviews in 2019. In 2023, the duo released their first collaboration, ‘Only Guiding Light’ from album ‘Ice Cream Man 2’ that hit #1 on the Australian Blues & Roots Charts.
Check out the tour dates, videos, merch and more on 8ballaitken.com
Where is it happening?
Ward's Brewery, 131 Auckland St, Gladstone Central QLD 4680, Australia, Gladstone
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