Happy Yess

Friday 23 March, 9pm, $8. Originally from Darwin and following a tour of Broken Hill, Nannup Music Festival in WA, Adelaide and Perth, Ilona Harker brings her delicious Folk Noir and Border sounds to Darwin. Ilona has had crowds jumping at Blues and Roots Festival Byron Bay, the Big Day Out, and the Mullum Music [...]

Thursday, 15 March, 8pm, $10. Wendy Rule is a Melbourne based singer/songwriter who has released 6 major albums and numerous side projects, and toured Australia, the US and theUK extensively. Her songs are deep and soulful, but kind of uplifting and her live performance is a union of Music, Ritual and Mythology and Magic. She [...]

Art Exhibition – Kris Keogh – 1000 Monsters —6pm Thursday 8th March 2012 – All ages, all welcome.—-Kris brings Japanese artist Syougo Yoshikawa’s ’1000 Monsters’ project to Darwin, filling Happy Yess with 1000 monster portraits!————then….————– Happy Yess Lecture Series—– 8pm, 18+, by donation—— School’s in, and there’s a bar in the corner! Welcome to an [...]

Friday 16th March 9pm, $10, 18+, 9pm After powerful shows at the Tent Embassy in Canberra, June Mills returns to Happy Yess with her beautiful, moving songs, both personal and political. Red Plum & Snow (Gretchen Ennis & Kris Keogh) find themselves in the same city again, and get straight back to doing what they [...]

Saturday, 31 March, 9pm, $20/$15 unwaged or $25 solidarity price with stubby holder. The Federal Government plans to build a nuclear waste dump at Muckaty, 120ks north of Tennant Ck. The nuclear waste will outlive all of us. Don’t let the Territory get dumped on! Join the thousands who say NO and come along to: [...]

Thursday, 29 March, 8:30, FREE! Get down to the inaugural Happy Yess Original Open Mic and Jam Night. Leave your covers behind, in what is planned to be a regular monthly event and come and play your songs for us and even better, jam out and warp things as much as possible. Hosted by Dave [...]

Saturday, 17 March, 8pm, $10 SIDESHOW ALY from Darwin IS ONE ROOTSY MAMA. Her zesty panache will captivate with poignant libretto and an earthy roots-rock agenda. She’s accompanied by Alice Springs celebrity, J9- with ethereal sounds resonating from her Singing SAW that will simultaneously transport you outer space and 100 metres below sea level. Together, [...]

Thursday, 22 March, 8pm, $7 The Harbour View Selecta spins genuine vintage Jamaican reggae on Vinyl with guest djs to be announced.

Saturday, 24 March, 9pm, $10 After a SOLD OUT Husky support gig and as a warm up to JASMINE REVOLUTION’s inaugural EP launch late April, JASMINE REVOLUTION are proud to be back to Darwin’s home of original music ‘The HAPPY YESS’ on Saturday 24th March 2012. JASMINE REVOLUTION are happy to announce ‘GREEN STONE GARDEN’ [...]

Saturday, 10 March, 7pm – 9pm $5 (all ages, no alcohol) 10pm – 1am $7 (18+, bar open). Yes, we’ve been dared to do it, now the best of wobble horror is coming here at the special time of 7pm and it’s ALL AGES! Kris and Sime empty out the low frequencies of their respective [...]