FLANAGAN’S Bar in Traralgon is the place to be on Sunday.
The venue is playing host to Our Kinda Country, an annual fundraiser for the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal.
Organisers have promised this year’s festivities will be ‘twice as special’ having had to cancel proceedings last year due to COVID-19.
“This year’s event is two years in the making,” spokesperson Dawn O’Connell said.
“We’re looking forward to an absolutely huge day.
“This is our 10th edition and we’ve raised more than $25,000 for the Royal Exchange Hotel’s Cork Club, which raises money for the annual Good Friday Appeal.”
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Jo Thompson, an acclaimed singer and musician of Detroit, has died at age 92. While her name is not mentioned with the titans of Jazz, she helped break the color barrier at many nightclubs and performance venues where such legends would later take stage.
As reported by
The Detroit News, Thompson was among the very first Black artists able to perform in several clubs throughout the country, particularly in Miami’s nightclub circuit. She was among the first Detroit female performers to play at New York City’s Cafe Carlyle, along with recently departed Supremes singer
Mary Wilson and Broadway star