Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band Concert History

If asked to name the most entertaining and best-loved Australian band of the early '70s, it's a fair bet that most young people who lived through that period would nominate The Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band. This crazily brilliant Melbourne-based ensemble played a uniquely Aussie brand of jug-band blues, spiced with jazz, swing, popular standards, cabaret, sideshow alley schtick and vaudeville routines including slapstick, tap dancing, juggling, magic and even fire-eating.

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Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band Tours & Concerts

Date Concert Venue Location
Dec 30, 2015
Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band

Woodford Folk Festival 2015/16

Woodfordia Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Dec 29, 2015
Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band

Woodford Folk Festival 2015/16

Woodfordia Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Dec 27, 2015
Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band

Woodford Folk Festival 2015/16

Woodfordia Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Jun 04, 2011
Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band
  Setlists
Ormond Hall Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Apr 25, 2011
Bluesfest (Byron Bay, AUS)
Bob Dylan / Elvis Costello / Jethro Tull / Irma Thomas / Diesel / Trinity Roots / Tim Robbins & the Rogues Gallery Band / Joe Louis Walker / Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band / Tony Joe White / Saltwater Band / Kate Miller-Heidke / The Snowdroppers / Barrence Whitfield & The Savages / B.B. & The Blues Shacks / The Secret Sisters / Buffy Sainte-Marie / Peter Rowan Show all bands
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Byron Events Farm Tyagarah, New South Wales, Australia
Apr 24, 2011
Bluesfest (Byron Bay, AUS)
Gurrumul / Tedeschi Trucks Band / The Cat Empire / Pete Murray / The Blind Boys of Alabama / Robert Randolph & The Family Band / Mavis Staples / Irma Thomas / Trinity Roots / Megan Washington / Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band / Ash Grunwald / Jeff Lang / Saltwater Band / Phil Jones & the Unknown Blues / The Snowdroppers / Barrence Whitfield & The Savages / Peter Rowan / Dale Watson Show all bands
  Setlists
Byron Events Farm Tyagarah, New South Wales, Australia
Apr 21, 2011 –
Apr 26, 2011
Byron Bay Bluesfest 2011
Nga Tae / Nat Col and the Kings / Toots & The Maytals / The Dingoes / Michael Franti & Spearhead / Los Lobos / Louis King and the Liars Club / C.W. Stoneking / Rockwiz / Ruthie Foster / Jeff Lang / Irma Thomas / Jackson Firebird / The Aggrolites / Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue / Shane Nicholson / Joe Louis Walker / Xavier Rudd / Robert Randolph & The Family Band / Kate Miller-Heidke / The Blind Boys of Alabama / Barrence Whitfield / Kasey Chambers / The Bamboos / Raghu Dixit / The Old Spice Boys / Tim Robbins & the Rogues Gallery Band / Little Bushman / Wolfmother / The Cat Empire / Eric Bibb / Michelle Shocked / Luciano / Trinity Roots / Rodrigo y Gabriela / Ray Beadle / B.B. & The Blues Shacks / Microwave Jenny / Transvaal Diamond Syndicate / Frank Yamma / Collard Greens And Gravy / Dale Watson And His Lone Stars / Saltwater Band / Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band / Diesel / Derek Trucks & Susan Tedeschi Band / Clare Bowditch / Buddy Knox / Pete Murray / Ernest Ranglin / Warrior King / Phil Jones & the Unknown Blues / The Secret Sisters / Funky Meters / Tim Finn / Parliament-Funkadelic / Ben Harper and Relentless7 / John Legend / Buffy Sainte-Marie / Bob Dylan / ZZ Top / Imogen Heap / Jethro Tull / B.B. King / Indigo Girls / Grace Jones / Funkadelic / Leon Russell / Fishbone / Paul Kelly / Washington / Tony Joe White / Elvis Costello & The Imposters / Ash Grunwald / Fistful of Mercy / Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu / Mavis Staples / Warren Haynes Show all bands
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Unknown venue Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Show Duplicates for Apr 21, 2011
Dec 29, 2010
Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band

Woodford Folk Festival 2010/11

Woodfordia Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Dec 28, 2010
Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band

Woodford Folk Festival 2010/11

Woodfordia Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Oct 27, 1994
Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band
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Continental Cafe Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Jul 03, 1983
Redgum / Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band / The Bushwackers Sydney Town Hall Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Feb 13, 1983
Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band / The Bushwackers Pier One Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Oct 20, 1981
Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band Cloudland Ballroom Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Nov 04, 1979
Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band

Concert of the Decade

Forecourt, Sydney Opera House Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Nov 12, 1978
Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band Parramatta Park Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Dec 24, 1975
Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band Hordern Pavilion Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Dec 23, 1975
Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band Newcastle International Sports Centre Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Dec 20, 1975
Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band Memorial Drive Park Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Dec 10, 1975
Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band Sidney Myer Music Bowl Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Nov 13, 1975
Captain Matchbox Whoopee Band Sidney Myer Music Bowl Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Genres:

Folk Rock
Polka
Vaudeville

Latest Setlist (06/04/2011):

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  1. Blues My Naughtie Sweetie Gives to Me
  2. Jug Band Music
  3. Hernando's Hideaway
  4. The Human Race
  5. Your Feet's Too Big
  6. That Cat Is High
  7. My Canary Has Circles Under His Eyes
  8. Smoke Dreams (Of You)
  9. Wangaratta Wahine
  10. Juggling Time
  11. Masochism Tango

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Concerts Per Year:

2015 3 concerts
2011 4 concerts
2010 2 concerts
1994 1 concert
1983 2 concerts
1981 1 concert
1979 1 concert
1978 1 concert
1975 7 concerts
1974 2 concerts
1973 2 concerts

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