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 Festival and now comes to the Happy Yess Club on Friday 23 March, with Emma Stoker and Special Guests.

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 is dropping in on Darwin before relocating to the US later in the year.

Lulu Phair comprise two long term Darwin musicians performing in this format for the first time!

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 irregular series of short lecturers on anything and everything, by anyone and everyone, the more obscure the better! Confirmed this month are Levin Diatschenko on ‘Occultism 101′, Gretchen Ennis on ‘Feminism and Body Hair Removal’ and Kris Keogh on ‘Jungle Music, 1991-94: An Introduction’. Plus more to be announced. Get in touch with Happy Yess if you want to lecture as well!

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 do best; playing hushed, lo-fi love songs.

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:

MUSIC FOR MUCKATY 2012…

A great line up of musicians and entertainment including Jess Rebeiro and the Bone Collectors and Greenstone Garden sharing their music for the cause, interactive theater, specials guests and the launch of our new ANNT stubby coolers and t-shirts. All funds go directly to the ‘No Waste Dump’ campaign at the Environment Centre NT.

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 Garnham, here’s your chance to jam with Dave before he gets too famous to play with any of us…

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, these girls carve up original tunes, which weave tales OF TRAVEL, LOVE AND INTRIGUE from the tropical north to the red centre.

With brand new duo, Lulu Phair and the deep jazz tones of Ali Tapper.

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’ [acoustic duo] and ‘Emma Rowe & the two other guys’ as the supporting line-up.
A solid line-up of local Darwin original music.

A great way to warm up in preparation of JASMINE REVOLUTIONS EP Launch in late April so look forward to see you down at the HAPPY YESS on Sat 24th March.

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 studios through massive subs to make you move!

Then at 10pm Kris and Sime come back at you after a short rest to bring you a more traditional style of hydrated bass wobble horror. This gig is over 18′s.