Goldfields Gothic | The Groosome Roofest

The Groosome Roofest is our program at our very own Kangaroo Hotel: bands, storytelling, a pub choir and more. Hang out, have fun, don't miss a groosome gig and enjoy the warm welcoming hospitality of the Kangaroo Hotel.

FRIDAY 4th AUGUST

7pm-8:30pm - Crank Williams and Patsy Decline

9pm-10pm - Her Dark Materials

SATURDAY 5th AUGUST

2pm-3pm - Twisted Tales

4pm-6pm - Free Entertainment

7pm-8pm - Other Voices, Goth Pub Choir

8:30pm-9:30pm - Witch 3

10pm-Midnight - Vampire Lounge

SUNDAY 6th AUGUST

12pm-1pm - Dolls and Death (a discussion)

1pm-2pm - Muses of Mystery (tarot reading)

2pm-3pm - Celidh Meo: Dark Side of the Moon (a workshop)

Crank Williams and Patsy Decline

Friday 4th August, 7pm-8:30pm: with a new album out, Crank Williams and Patsy Decline perform at the Kangaroo Hotel, a few songs you might know, intertwined with some killer Crank & Patsy originals. You don't want to miss this.

Her Dark Materials

Friday 4th Aug, 9-10pm - Her Dark Materials is presented by Triple Entendre and includes songs about sex, drugs and alcohol, mixed with original songs set on the Goldfields: "This Cursed, Filthy Gold" and "Ghosts of Pennyweight Flat" - songs that are sure to stir up a few cold shivers!

Bernhard Boulton: keys; Pip Avent: tuba; William Thomson, drums; Jaz Stutley, vocals, kazoo, original songs.

Twisted Tales

Saturday 5th Aug, 2-3pm: Twisted Tales

Free Entertainment

Saturday 5th Aug, 4-6pm: FREE ENTERTAINMENT is Naarm’s newest hyper-rock supergroup. This soon-to-be global touring act is made up of the original health goth, Caitlin Cunningham, swoon-inducer, Dark Jamie, sensitive new age loverboy, Charlie Saint-Alan, deep-web party-starter, Samwise, and future EGOT, Willing. Cumming together to provide entertainment for the masses.

Other Voices: Goth Pub Choir

Saturday 5th Aug, 7-8pm - for the curious, the ones who want to experience an out of this world feeling when voices come together as one. We invite you to sing with us, whether you are a “professional singer” or a “in the car singer.” This is a non judgmental space to sing, learn new skills, find your voice and be a part of something truly magical. Other Voices is run in a “pub choir” style. You will be guided by your host Jessie May from PitchPlease, who will teach the structure of the chosen song, work together with the crowd to create harmonies resulting in everyone coming together as one to perform the song in it’s entirety. The classic gothic song is revealed on the night, this way it offers everyone a chance to learn together. Other Voices is an informal choir and invites anyone of any age or experience to participate.

Witch 3 and their show: "Witchy Woman"

Saturday 5th Aug, 8:30-9:30pm: Songs from the Dark Side.

Come along for a ghostly ride with Witch 3 to
play homage to songs from music’s darkest
shadowy corners, featuring themes steeped
in witchcraft, murder, dark history and horror
- accentuated by haunting vocal harmonies
and spine-tingling grooves.

Vampire Lounge

Saturday 5th Aug, 10pm-midnight - continuing the Vampire culture tradition that originated in '97 NYC at the original Long Black Veil.

Dolls and Death

Sunday 6th Aug, 12-1pm - A presentation and discussion on the link between dolls with grief and loss, and the afterlife. A look at how dolls have been involved in spirituality and the paranormal.

Dark Side of the Moon

Sunday 6th Aug, 2-3pm - as a society, we are often discouraged from acknowledging 'dark' feelings, ageing, and other natural cycles of descent in life. This workshop helps people to reconnect with the cycles of nature all around us.