Its no secret that the coast is packed with incredible musical talent!! Come up to the Avoca Beach Hotel & Resort’s Busking in the Branches open mic night every Thursday,  proudly brought to you by Sea FM and Fairplay entertainment. This family night is open to all ages and  hosted by talented musician Trent Crawford. We are always looking for new talent and we know that there is a wealth of talent on the Central Coast so bring your instrument and get up solo or jam with the other musicians (Drum kit, Bass and Guitars are available for use). Its your chance to be heard! Perform in front on some of the industries experts and the best performance of the night scores a prize! If singing or jamming isn’t your forte why not kick back with a drink or a meal from our Saltwater Bistro and enjoy the show. There’s plenty of variety, some truly great performances and a great atmosphere. Come up and see why its one of the longest running Open Mic’s on the Coast!

James Bennett is a young man of 25 who has grown up on the coast of NSW playing guitar, hanging out with mates, & surfing. (there may have been some schooling in there too).
His music is best described as roots’y/ folk with influences such as Bob Dylan, John Butler, Angus Stone & Xavier Rudd.

In January 2016 James released his Debut self titled Album to follow 2x EP’s & 2x singles & is getting great feedback from within the industry & the public alike. The album reached number 11 on the iTunes singer songwriter charts in its first week & is growing with great reputation!
Non stop gigging & touring the east coast of Australia is paying off with recent supports shows with Jeff Lang, Wendy Matthews, The Black sorrows, Ian Moss & Rick Price.
He has also graced the stage at many great festivals such as… Festival Of The Sun, Wingham Akoostik Festival & Sydney Blues & Roots Festival.

Ettalong school student Jardean loves to sing and can’t stop even for dinner time! But his mother put a stop to singing at the dinner table for manners sake.

A regular fixture outside his local IGA and Coles, Jardean first started busking so that he could buy himself and his sister an ice block. He soon realised he could afford to buy the whole family ice blocks as his talent started to shine and passers buy were captivated by his voice.

In 2014 Express Advocate reporter Denice Barnes was covering a local news item but became more taken by this kid singing with a guitar bigger than he was standing. A half page feature story took over as the news item covered that day.

He loves his school Ettalong primary and in 2014 was the opening act playing four solo songs to warm up the crowd for the night ahead. Whilst busking in Terrigal in 2015 Fairplay discovered Jardean and since then he has been a regular fixture in our roster, performing at the Avoca Markets, Dam Hotel, Patonga Beach Hotel…with many more to come!

Jardean also took out 1st place in the 2016 Shine Youth Talent competition, singing his favourite song Sugar Man by Rodriguez.

Its no secret that the coast is packed with incredible musical talent!! Come up to the Avoca Beach Hotel & Resort’s Busking in the Branches open mic night every Thursday,  proudly brought to you by Sea FM and Fairplay entertainment. This family night is open to all ages and  hosted by talented musician Trent Crawford. We are always looking for new talent and we know that there is a wealth of talent on the Central Coast so bring your instrument and get up solo or jam with the other musicians (Drum kit, Bass and Guitars are available for use). Its your chance to be heard! Perform in front on some of the industries experts and the best performance of the night scores a prize! If singing or jamming isn’t your forte why not kick back with a drink or a meal from our Saltwater Bistro and enjoy the show. There’s plenty of variety, some truly great performances and a great atmosphere. Come up and see why its one of the longest running Open Mic’s on the Coast!

Its no secret that the coast is packed with incredible musical talent!! Come up to the Avoca Beach Hotel & Resort’s Busking in the Branches open mic night every Thursday,  proudly brought to you by Sea FM and Fairplay entertainment. This family night is open to all ages and  hosted by talented musician Trent Crawford. We are always looking for new talent and we know that there is a wealth of talent on the Central Coast so bring your instrument and get up solo or jam with the other musicians (Drum kit, Bass and Guitars are available for use). Its your chance to be heard! Perform in front on some of the industries experts and the best performance of the night scores a prize! If singing or jamming isn’t your forte why not kick back with a drink or a meal from our Saltwater Bistro and enjoy the show. There’s plenty of variety, some truly great performances and a great atmosphere. Come up and see why its one of the longest running Open Mic’s on the Coast!

Its no secret that the coast is packed with incredible musical talent!! Come up to the Avoca Beach Hotel & Resort’s Busking in the Branches open mic night every Thursday,  proudly brought to you by Sea FM and Fairplay entertainment. This family night is open to all ages and  hosted by talented musician Trent Crawford. We are always looking for new talent and we know that there is a wealth of talent on the Central Coast so bring your instrument and get up solo or jam with the other musicians (Drum kit, Bass and Guitars are available for use). Its your chance to be heard! Perform in front on some of the industries experts and the best performance of the night scores a prize! If singing or jamming isn’t your forte why not kick back with a drink or a meal from our Saltwater Bistro and enjoy the show. There’s plenty of variety, some truly great performances and a great atmosphere. Come up and see why its one of the longest running Open Mic’s on the Coast!

Its no secret that the coast is packed with incredible musical talent!! Come up to the Avoca Beach Hotel & Resort’s Busking in the Branches open mic night every Thursday,  proudly brought to you by Sea FM and Fairplay entertainment. This family night is open to all ages and  hosted by talented musician Trent Crawford. We are always looking for new talent and we know that there is a wealth of talent on the Central Coast so bring your instrument and get up solo or jam with the other musicians (Drum kit, Bass and Guitars are available for use). Its your chance to be heard! Perform in front on some of the industries experts and the best performance of the night scores a prize! If singing or jamming isn’t your forte why not kick back with a drink or a meal from our Saltwater Bistro and enjoy the show. There’s plenty of variety, some truly great performances and a great atmosphere. Come up and see why its one of the longest running Open Mic’s on the Coast!

Its no secret that the coast is packed with incredible musical talent!! Come up to the Avoca Beach Hotel & Resort’s Busking in the Branches open mic night every Thursday,  proudly brought to you by Sea FM and Fairplay entertainment. This family night is open to all ages and  hosted by talented musician Trent Crawford. We are always looking for new talent and we know that there is a wealth of talent on the Central Coast so bring your instrument and get up solo or jam with the other musicians (Drum kit, Bass and Guitars are available for use). Its your chance to be heard! Perform in front on some of the industries experts and the best performance of the night scores a prize! If singing or jamming isn’t your forte why not kick back with a drink or a meal from our Saltwater Bistro and enjoy the show. There’s plenty of variety, some truly great performances and a great atmosphere. Come up and see why its one of the longest running Open Mic’s on the Coast!