Doors open at 5pm, show starts at 6pm

Don Hopkins 

Oozing the barrelhouse, good-time fun of a blues party night, with the emphasis on New Orleans piano styles, a Don Hopkins performance will most likely get you singing along, dancing or just having a good time to his music.

Blues, boogies, spirituals, rags & ballads performed by piano player and vocalist Don Hopkins (Jim Conway's Big Wheel, Dr. Don's Double Dose).

Don Hopkins came second place at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis, 2012 (with drummer Rob Grosser as Dr. Don's Double Dose) competing against 84 other regional winners from around the globe in the solo/duo category. The duo was also Blues Performers of the Year 2012 for NSW & ACT.

Don continued performing through the 1980s in various lineups including touring with Reg Lindsay and began teaching piano. In the 1990s Don led the successful band Donny Hop & The Kings Of Bop. Out of this grew Gumbo Fever a duo with Mal Green drummer formerly with Split Enz. The CD, Live At The Schuss Bar was recorded. Don also promoted and organised the live music for the Empire Of Annandale Hotel turning it into Sydney's leading blues venue during the 1990s.

 Don continues to perform as well as teaching blues, roots and popular piano at his studio in Erskineville, Sydney.