Mick Thomas and the Roving Commission to bring joy to venues this Christmas

Like Santa in his sleigh, Mick Thomas and the Roving Commission are bringing Christmas cheer to each corner of the country.

Mick Thomas and the Roving Commission are back out on the road this month, gearing up for a round of Christmas shows.

Titled the ‘All Your Christmases 2024’ Tour, Thomas and co will be celebrating the festive season playing music, new and old, festive and fresh from their latest album Where Only Memory Can Find You. The tour will take in Hobart, Canberra, Sydney, Newcastle, Brisbane, Adelaide, Fremantle, Perth, Melbourne, plenty of regional Victoria including Geelong, Castlemaine, Creswick, Heatherton, Archies Creek and the Queenscliff Music Festival.

Mick Thomas and the Roving Commission ‘All Your Christmases 2024’ Tour

• Sat Nov 16 – Bundy Hall, Bundalaguah VIC with Bret Mosley Tix
• Sat Nov 23 – Republic Bar, North Hobart TAS  with Rob Clarkson from the Nineties Tix
• Sun Nov 24 – Queenscliff Music Festival, VIC Tix
• Fri Nov 29 – Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine VIC with Norwood Tix
• Sat Nov 30 – The Eureka, Geelong VIC with Van Walker & the Ferriters Tix
• Sun Dec 1 – Odessa at Leavers, Creswick VIC with Skyscraper Stan Tix
• Thu Dec 5 – Smiths Alternative, Canberra ACT with Norwood Tix
• Fri Dec 6 – Petersham Bowlo, NSW with Bella Frankie Tix
• Sat Dec 7 – Stag & Hunter, Mayfield NSW with Aerial Maps Tix
• Sun Dec 8 – Lefty’s Music Hall, Petrie Terrace QLD with Bella Frankie Tix
• Thu Dec 12 – Wheatsheaf, Thebarton SA with Doctor DeSoto Tix
• Fri Dec 13 – – Wheatsheaf, Thebarton SA  with The Backyarders Tix
• Sat Dec 14 – Navy Club, Fremantle WA with Brooke Taylor and the Poison Spitting Gin Queens Tix
• Sun Dec 15 – Oxford Hote, Leederville WA with Brooke Taylor and the Poison Spitting Gin Queens (4pm show) Tix
• Thu Dec 19 – Arcobar, Heatherton VIC with Norwood Tix
• Fri Dec 20 – Shotkickers, Thornbury VIC with Curly and the Fringe Tix
• Sat Dec 21 – Shotkickers, Thornbury VIC with Harry Hooky Tix
• Sun Dec 22 – Shotkickers, Thornbury VIC with Raccoo Tix
• Wed Jan 1 New Years Day at Archies Creek Hotel VIC with Cool Sounds & Lisa Miller Trio Tix

Keep up with the latest music news, festivals, interviews and reviews here.

Having just wrapped a studio session at Neil Finn’s Roundhead Studios in Auckland in October to record a new album with award-winning producer Steve Schram (Paul Kelly, Crowded House, Tesky Brothers), the hard-working band led by ARIA Award-winning singer songwriter and former Weddings Parties Anything main man Mick Thomas simply can’t stay clear of the Christmas cheer. In 2013, they brought us Christmas Day At Spencer Street and these shows are yet again bringing back the spirit of Santa, promising presents for their audience in the form of specials.

To help make the latest record, which will follow their 2023 ARIA Top 40 Coolin’ By Sounds Records release Where Only Memory Can Find You, the band has announced a number of pre-order crowd funding packages, and also announced a brand new seven song EP that will be coming out as a pre-cursor to the album.

Thomas says, “We’ve been totally blown away by people’s generosity and their good faith to support a project that is at least six months from fruition – hell, it doesn’t even have a name at this stage! The pressure is on now. Time to cross the ditch and make a record I guess.’

What a time to get the album in order than before Christmas, making the perfect present!

Check out the crowdfunding packages here: www.mickthomas.com/crowdfunding. Tickets to the upcoming shows and more info are available at www.mickthomas.com

Words by Staff Writer