6th May 2014
Sou’Westers Going West for Performance at the Old Lodge Theatre Hokitika
Going West is the name of the album by the Sou’Westers and now they are truly going west or coming together west as
tickets go on sale for The Sou’Westers concert at Old Lodge Theatre in Hokitika on Saturday 31st of May
It is the first time for the Sou’Westers performing on the coast since Wild Foods a couple of years ago. Since then they
have released their album Going West which spent 6 weeks on the New Zealand album charts and been nominated for New
Zealand Country Group of the Year and the local member of the band Dean Hetherington, having been a finalist in last
years MLT Songwriting awards, for writing the title track of the album “Going West”. The other two members of The
Sou’Westers are Aly Cook from Tasman who was named New Zealand Female Country Artist of the Year 2012 & Multi award winning songwriter Liam Ryan from Christchurch best known for being a member of iconic kiwi band The Narcs
and Midge Marsden Band.
The Sou’Westers have performed gigs last year from Northland to Nelson to Gympie Music Muster in Australia, where they
booked again to perform in August.
On the 31st of May they come to the coast to perform at The Old Lodge theatre in a small intimate concert. Sou’Wester
member Aly Cook says “The Old Lodge Theatre is a lovely venue, we always love to come to the coast for Its beauty,
inspiration & it’s people, we have sold a lot of CDs on the coast and I hope people will book to come see us perform the songs… Last
time we were on the coast together was for the filming of our music video for Going West at Granity.”
Guests will be treated to a nice supper at intermission included in the ticket price of $20. Tickets can be pre-booked
online at www.eventfinder.co.nz (search The Sou’Westers)
ENDS