After their wildly successful sold out EP Launch at Camelot in August, CLOSE TO FOREVER invite you to their end of year celebrations. An exciting project from seasoned performers

DALE CALDWELL (Voices from the Vacant Lot, Martenitsa) and BEN FINK (Whitlams, Lior, Christa Hughes, Waiting for Guinness), CLOSE TO FOREVER share their handcrafted interpretations of songs of love and loss, sorrow and joy, transporting you into a world of lush harmonies, beautiful silences and timeless melodies.

As a special treat, for this night only, they will be joined by two very talented guest performers VEREN GRIGOROV ON VIOLIN and PETER HOLLO ON CELLO

"Every once in a while you get invited to a very special evening and Sunday night at the Red Rattler was one! Dale Caldwell & Ben Fink were so good each song was followed by almost total silence. No one wanted to break the sonic spell by clapping first" Geoffrey Datson

raven is the solo project of PETER HOLLO, cellist in Australia’s most adventurous string quartet FOURPLAY. He uses cello, piano, loop pedals and laptop programming/ processing to create sonic journeys into the soul.raven’s live performances are a rare thing of beauty

"classical and experimental worlds are wonderfully fused together” Fractured Air

The voice of TANYA SPARKE has been described as simultaneously transcendent and gut wrenching, earthy and angelic. Tanya has led, arranged, composed and conducted numerous choirs and groups around Australia, most notably THE CAFE OF THE GATE OF SALVATION, and ANOTHER ROADSIDE ATTRACTION. After a lifetime in music Tanya’s skill and class as a singer and composer is a rarity not to be missed!