From NPR Tiny Desk and TEDx Stages in the states, Apes Of The State and Pigeon Pit, will be hitting the road together from 17 November through to 3 December. Both bands are direct to Australia for their first taste of international touring,
They will be starting in Adelaide and traversing over to Melbourne and up the east coast via Bega, Canberra, Wollongong, Sydney, Newcastle, Brisbane and the Gold Coast. Importantly, there’s also a stop into Hobart for HOBOFOPO folk-punk festival. Their tour takes in a selection of dive bars, all ages venues and house shows.
Apes of the State (shown above) is an independent Lancaster, PA based folk/pop/punk band.
Their sound is very lyrical, influenced by storyteller singer/songwriters. Apes of the State takes the simplicity and straightforward, emotional songwriting style and combines it with the drive and power of a full acoustic punk band.
Their sound is under constant evolution but is deeply rooted in punk rock, folk, and bluegrass.
They have performed across the US anywhere and everywhere, from basements, backyards, and living rooms to the Warped Tour and TEDx stages. The members are also heavily involved in activism for people recovering from substance use disorder and promoting harm reduction at their shows. In 2016, April and Dan founded an organisation called Second Chance to Play which aims to help individuals in rehabs and in recovery communities participate in the music scene of their hometown Lancaster.
Pigeon Pit will bring the full 6 piece band on tour in Australia in November/December 2023.
“Pigeon Pit’s folk-punk twang is as raw as it is rambling, but never reckless in its tender heart.” – NPR
“Lomes Oleander wraps defiant and devastating lyrics in comforting melodies” – Brooklyn Vegan
On Feather River Canyon Blues, Pigeon Pit’s Lomes Oleander crafts a world of country duets and inhalants, ghosted plans, lysergic fantasies of chosen families, and eyes lit up in porchlight.
Oleander’s folk-punk poetry glitters under gas station lights, weaving together themes of grief, codependency, political struggle, gender, self-love, and adventure.
She tells stories that abandon traditional modes of time and linear narrative to reject a reality that is ever-increasingly defined by work, isolation, and detachment. Through the people she loves, she imagines a better place.
Full tour itinerary
Friday 17/11/23 – The Crown and Anchor, Adelaide/Tarndanya, SA
+ The PBCBs. Presented by Uncle Mum.
Tickets – https://moshtix.com.au/v2/event/apes-of-the-state-pigeon-pit-australia-tour-2023/157403
FB Event – https://www.facebook.com/events/679953990418986
Saturday18/11/23 – Old Bar, Melbourne/Naarm, VIC
+ PBCBs + Eaglemont. Oztix. Presented by Whisk & Key
Tickets – https://theoldbar.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/3a3f0759-9bff-43b0-8d6c-7022016b8f01
FB Event – https://www.facebook.com/events/222417394149838
Sunday 19/11/23 – Under The Almonds (afternoon house show), Melbourne/Naarm, VIC *
+ Whiskey Dram + Jude Joseph. Cash entry.
Details to come later.
Wednesday 22/11/23 – The Pallét (evening house show), Bega/Worerker, VIC *
+ Whiskey Dram. Cash entry.
Details to come later.
Thursday 23/11/23 – Smiths Alternative, Canberra/Ngunnawal and Ngambri, ACT *
Tickets – https://www.smithsalternative.com/events/pigeon-pit-apes-of-the-state-83078
FB Event – https://www.facebook.com/events/643964204383390
Friday 24/11/23 – The Servo, Port Kembla/Dharawal, NSW *
Support TBA. Tickets – TBA
FB Event – https://www.facebook.com/events/686433579699378
Saturday 25/11/23 (Apes of the State) – Hobofopo folk-punk gig-crawl, Hobart/Nipaluna, TAS
+ so many bands.
Tickets (Apes show) – https://www.moshtix.com.au/v2/event/hobofopo-saturday-evening-simple-cider-apes-of-the-state/157324
FB Event – https://www.facebook.com/events/1787138381700760
Sunday 26/11/23 (Pigeon Pit) – Hobofopo folk-punk gig-crawl, Hobart/Nipaluna, TAS
+ so many bands.
Tickets (Pigeon Pit show) – https://www.moshtix.com.au/v2/event/hobofopo-the-sunday-with-pigeon-pit/157325
FB Event – https://www.facebook.com/events/3158533337785625
HOBOFOPO 3-DAY FESTIVAL PASS (access to all gigs Friday to Sunday)
https://www.moshtix.com.au/v2/event/hobofopo-festival-pass-entry-to-all-shows/157320
Monday 27/11/23 – Hobofopo afterparty, Hobart/Nipaluna, TAS *
Details to come later.
Thursday 30/11/23 – Get Folked Punk, Lazybones, Sydney/Warrang Gadigal, NSW
+ Billy Puntton and the Mental Health Plan + Final Girls.
Tickets – https://moshtix.com.au/v2/event/get-folked-apes-of-the-state-usa-pigeon-pit-usa-double-headline-australia/157374
FB Event – https://facebook.com/events/s/get-folked-apes-of-the-state-u/6697164750366577/
Friday 1/12 – Hamilton Station Hotel, Newcastle/Mulubinba, NSW
+ Knifey Spoony.
Tickets – https://tickets.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/6a380b92-5192-48c2-9048-adb29e28f473
FB Event – https://www.facebook.com/events/287750230672880
Saturday 2/12 – Punkfest Presents, at Bad Luck Bar, Brisbane/Meanjin, QLD
+ Bushed Poetry + more TBA.
Tickets TBA, FB Event TBA
Sunday 3/12 – Vinnies Dive, Gold Coast/Yugambeh, QLD
Supports TBA
Tickets TBA, FB Event TBA
* – all ages venue, u18 permitted if supervised by parent/guardian.
* Under The Almonds Melbourne, The Pallét Bega, Smiths Alternative Canberra, The Servo Wollongong, and secret post Hobofopo session Hobart.