Clare Bowditch

Twenty years ago, Melbourne's indie-darling, a young Clare Bowditch surprised even her own parents by scooping the coveted 'Best Female Artist ARIA' thanks to her breakthrough album What Was Left.

Recorded in the back shed with her then boyfriend, producer and drummer Marty Brown just one year after they welcomed their first child, What Was Left stands as an extraordinarily anomaly; a stunningly instrumented, profoundly intimate, cheeky, rebellious, heart-breaking, uplifting, and now uniquely beloved time-capsule of emotions and topics the majority of pop songs did their darndest to avoid, like grief and motherhood. Full of longing and passion, encouragement and cynicism.

In late 2025, to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the seminal work that first brought the name Clare Bowditch into our orbit, join her for a run of regional shows.

This is your perfect chance to be up-close and in person with one of Australias most entertaining story-tellers, to feel the warmth, hear the untold stories, and re-experience the songs from What Was Left. It will also be your first chance in a long time to hear Clare's new and yet to be released work, which some believe to be 'her finest yet'.

The success of What Was Left marked the beginning of what has been Clare's genuinely anomalous twenty year career as an artist and story-teller spanning acting, broadcasting, community advocacy and the penning of a best-selling memoir. Mostly, she says, she was just raising kids and pets and trying not to 'fuck it up'. You can hear all about it when you come to the shows.

ABOUT THE VENUE

This event will be held indoors in our event venue.

A range of Tallagandra Hill wines, local beers and soft drinks will be available to purchase on the night.

Food will also be available to purchase prior to the event and on the night. An email with a link to the dinner menu will be sent to all attendees approximately five days prior to the event. (Note you cannot bring your own food and beverage into the venue.)

Bookings are invited as a minimum booking of 2 or more. Car-pooling is encouraged as parking is limited.

(Note if you book separately to your friends, please let us know via email, [email protected], at least 48hrs prior to the event, otherwise we may not be able to seat you together.)

Seating will be at shared tables but with designated seating reserved under the name of the person who made the booking.

This show is part of Tallagandra Hills We Love Local program, supporting local Australian artists and producers.

Doors open at 6.15pm (food service begins). Performance from 7pm.