Essendon Airport
Schedule
Fri May 15 2026 at 09:30 am to 01:00 pm
UTC+10:00Location
181 City Walk, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia | Canberra, CT
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Essendon Airport began in Melbourne in 1978 as a duo—David Chesworth on Wurlitzer electric piano and Robert Goodge on guitar, with a homemade drum machine—quickly becoming a defining presence in the city’s underground through their minimalist, ironic, and experimental sound. Their 1979 debut Sonic Investigations of the Trivial captured this approach, later expanding to a four-piece for the 1982 album Palimpsest, an eccentric post-punk classic, before evolving into a five-piece punk-funk outfit, and then disbanding in 1983. Now reuniting with original players Paul Fletcher and Barbara Hogarth, and joined by Graham Lee (Triffids, KLF), the group return with new album MOR, revisiting early material in rich, full-band arrangements that retain their hypnotic, off-kilter charm still imbued with the band’s trademark sense of experimentation and wonder.Plus, wonderfull performances by Shoeb Ahmad and Melt Quartet.
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Where is it happening?
181 City Walk, Canberra ACT 2601, Australia, 181-183 City Walk, City ACT 2601, Australia, CanberraEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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