**FREE ENTRY** Smoking Vinyl (Front Bar)
Bar Open · friday 28 aug
catch them live
no melbourne dates announced right now.
what people say
“Comparatively speaking, Melbourne eight-piece Black Jesus Experience fall short, though they circumvent a lack of wow moments with a funky one-love ...”— jazzwise.com
“Overall, Mulatu Astatke and the Black Jesus Experience was a real treat and the only downside was having swollen hands from all the clapping.”— matildamarseillaise.com
the local record
warmed the stage for Salif Keita at bar open — august 2026
shared stages with Fela Kuti ×2, Miles Electric Band ×2, Can, Emma Donovan and The Putbacks, Frank Zappa, George Duke, Ibrahim Maalouf, Lafayette Afro-Rock Band
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