LAUNCESTON
WHAT: Fresh Comedy with Randy.
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WHERE: Fresh on Charles, Launceston.
WHEN: Friday from 7.30pm.
TICKETS: Necessary. Reserved seated $20, general admission $15, available from trybooking.com. Limited general admission tickets available on the door for $20.
The purple half of Sammy J and Randy is down under to headline this month's Fresh Comedy.
You might recognise Randy as the host of last year's Sydney Comedy Festival Gala, or perhaps even from one of his many appearances on television.
Randy will be supported by Brodi Lucas, Daniel Townsend and Andy Collings.
WHAT: Monthly Translucent psy and trance night, featuring Oscar Phillips.
WHERE: Hotel New York, Launceston.
WHEN: Friday from 8pm.
COST: Free.
Resident Hotel New York DJ Oscar Phillips is headlining this month's Translucent psy and trance night.
He'll be supported by Joycie, Ceej, and Alex Peak.
WHO: Oslow.
WHERE: Club 54, Launceston.
WHEN: Saturday from 8pm.
COST: $10 for entry.
Sydney band Oslow have just released a double A-side 7", No Longer Concerns Me.
To celebrate, they're lapping the country on a tour of the same name.
In Launceston, Oslow will be supported by Hobart bands Speech Patterns, Violet Swells, and acoustic Cape Grim.
Oslow will also play at the Brisbane Hotel in Hobart on Friday night, subbing out Violet Swells for Between The Lions in support slots.
HOBART
WHO: Courtney Barnett.
WHERE: Wrest Point, Hobart.
WHEN: Friday from 7.30pm.
TICKETS: $29.50, available from wrestpoint.com.au
She's one of the world's favourite artists right now, and this weekend Courtney Barnett is back in her hometown of Hobart.
The show is off the back of her SXSW debut and the release of her first full-length release Sometimes I Sit And Think, And Sometimes I Just Sit.
Barnett will be supported by Tiger Choir.
WHAT: Festable Hellraiser.
WHEN: Saturday from 8pm.
WHERE: Brisbane Hotel, Hobart.
COST: $5.
What do you get when you cross 10 bands with two stages? Two stages with five bands apiece.
Festable's Hellraiser brings together nine of Tassie's loudest punk and metal bands, plus Melbourne's Aquilus for one more level of noise.
Performing are Atra Vetosus, Sanctify the Serpent, Starmarker, Omnicide, Axe Giant, Skun Knees, Taurus, Hellskum and Absolute Feces.
WHAT: Metal night with Headless.
WHEN: Saturday from 10pm.
WHERE: Republic Bar, Hobart.
COST: $10.
Victoria's Headless are only doing two Tassie shows this year, and this happens to be one of them.
Hobart's The Absolution Sequence, and Lab A & Scoparia will provide support.
