Seymour Nights @ Sydney Festival – Elana Stone

Seymour Centre's contemporary music program, Seymour Nights, returns in January 2023 for Sydney Festival.

Offering free gigs at dusk in the Seymour courtyard and coinciding with four brilliant Sydney Festival events, Seymour Nights @ Sydney Festival will champion local artists and new sounds, featuring performances by Montgomery Church, The Dollar Bin Darlings, Elana Stone and more.

With an outdoor bar, vintage games, and delicious food truck fare, join us for a night of live music from some of Australia’s most vibrant voices and ensembles, all in the leafy, summery surrounds of the Seymour courtyard.

HEADLINER: ELANA STONE AND BAND

Singer/ songwriter/ multi-instrumentalist Elana Stone is an ARIA Award-winning musician whose style combines instrumental invention with quirk, and inclines to write pop that is by turns exultant or introspective.

Elana’s music encompasses folk, modern electronica, indie pop, and balladry, underpinned by Stone’s signature lyrical vulnerability and ear for melody. Elana has released three studio albums of solo material - In The Garden of Wild Things (2006), Your Anniversary (2009), and Kintsugi (2015).

Elana is also a member of the award-winning folk and alt country act All Our Exes Live In Texas, who have toured the USA, UK, and Europe extensively. All Our Exes Live in Texas have opened for The Backstreet Boys (USA), Nathaniel Rateliff and the Night Sweats (USA) and Australian icons Midnight Oil.

OPENER: BUTTERNUT SWEETHEART

Butternut Sweetheart is the music of Melbourne-based producers Luke Moseley, Jasmine Johnstone, and Lawrence Folvig, who describes the project as ‘post apocalyptic underwater indie' inspired by the likes of Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Tune-Yards, and Melody's Echo Chamber.

Year one of Butternut Sweetheart featured a total of 35 shows including two headline tours, a national support for Ball Park Music, and appearing at BigSound.

Butternut Sweetheart’s debut EP, Concrete Solid Lung, presents five tracks of unique and beautifully produced indie music. Bury Me, track one, has been heard on triple J, Double J, FBi, and Triple R.

Floating in the musical realm between Unknown Mortal Orchestra and Radiohead, Butternut Sweetheart weaves intricately written melodies with catchy hooks and beats.