The Social Justice Advocates of the Sapphire Coast are pleased to announce the next annual concert will be held on Sunday November 9th at Club Sapphire in Merimbula. This year's concert will feature Australian music legend Daniel Champagne. This year's event follows in the tradition of previous years and features some great local acts as well including The Figmentz. Seated tickets will be available for $60+BF. Doors will be open at 3pm with the first act on at 3.45pm.   

THE 2025 SOCIAL JUSTICE ADVOCATES OF THE SAPPHIRE COAST ( SJASC ) FUND RAISING CONCERT FOR THE HOMELESS PEOPLE OF THE BEGA VALLEY

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“IT’S STILL UP TO US”

Everybody in the Bega Valley is aware that the Valley remains in the midst of a major housing crisis. The crisis continues to worsen. More and more people, mostly women and children, many of them victims of domestic violence, approach the Social Justice Advocates seeking emergency shelter.

You can help! The most enjoyable way to assist the homeless people of the Bega Valley is to come along to the SJASC’s annual fund raising concert.

Our 2025 concert will be presented on November 9, at Club Sapphire Merimbula. It will run from 3.30 until 8 pm.

In line with the Advocates ‘For the Bega Valley, By the Bega Valley’ mantra, the 2025 concert will again feature an all local line-up featuring some of the very best Bega Valley musicians.

The talent line-up for 2025 includes headliner Daniel Champagne, and The Figmentz who will perform the best of their Talking Heads tribute show. Other top acts to be announced.

Daniel Champagne was born and raised in the Bega Valley. A founding member of the brilliant local guitar combo ‘Guitarama’ Daniel is now playing to sell out concerts world wide. Recently described by the Canadian Calgary Herald as 'the finest guitar player of this generation' Daniel spent his late teens and early twenties touring the world with the likes of Ani DiFranco, John Butler, INXS, Lucinda Williams & Rodrigo y Gabriela! PRESS QUOTES from the Calgary Herald of Canada : “Today I saw the future of Folk – Festival goers flocking in their thousands towards the main stage to witness a young musical phenomenon from Australia dish out an absolute show-stopper. The word Prodigy seems to entirely fall short of this soft-spoken young man’s skills. He coaxes sounds and melodies out of his instrument that literally drop jaws.”

And of course we all know about, and have enjoyed dancing to the pumping beats of the mighty Figmentz, a band that features the best of local musicians.

The SJA’s generous sponsors have already covered the concert expenses, so ALL ticket proceeds go directly to housing the homeless in the Bega Valley.

So don’t miss out. Tickets are available NOW on the Club Sapphire website. Get your friends together, create your own party and get in early while the best tables are still available.

Tonight, and every night, sixty people in the Bega Valley enjoy shelter and comfort in caravans or crisis transitional units provided by the Social Justice Advocates of the Sapphire Coast. Nobody disputes the fact that the Advocates do more for the homeless in the Bega Valley than the three tiers of government combined. The SJA has helped over 400 homeless people and provided over 6000 ‘bed nights’ for people in crisis.

If you can’t make it to the concert, remember that tickets make great gifts. Or you can make a tax deductible donation via the SJA website.

NOBODY DOES MORE TO SUPPORT THE HOMELESS IN THE BEGA VALLEY THAN THE SOCIAL JUSTICE ADVOCATES…………ALL MADE POSSIBLE BY YOUR GENEROSITY.