HOBOFOPO returns for another year at The Republic

The lineup

9pm The Crop Tops (vic)

10pm Whiskey Dram (vic)

11pm 8Foot Felix (vic)

12am Doom Scroll (usa)

DOOM SCROLL (USA) will bring an aggressive, melodic punk/crust wave of complex acoustic instrumentation and layers of harmonies knitted from decades of music appreciation and performance. Doom Scroll is one of six bands signed to Bottles to the Ground, the upstart label from NOFX front man Fat Mike, an imprint of the iconic punk label Fat Wreck Chords. Alongside diverse acts like ska-fusion veterans Fishbone and punk-rap poets Codefendants, Doom Scroll’s unique blend of pop, punk, folk and acoustic metal music makes it a perfect fit for the label’s eclectic flagship roster. The band has been lauded by music news outlets like Dying Scene, Rebel Noise, Punknews.org and Houston Press. Besides songs which range from politically-charged to existential in nature, Doom Scroll has leaned on its musicianship and vocal harmonies to draw in daring listeners.  In just 4 years, Doom Scroll have played over 200 shows. Noteworthy festivals they’ve performed at include Riot Fest Chicago, Muddy Roots, Compost Heap, and Hellbound. 

8FOOT FELIX (VIC) With 14 years of multi-genre musical mayhem under their belt, festival circuit favorites 8Foot Felix are deliciously seasoned joymongers. Carnival hip-hop mash-ups collide with balkan blues, fraying into free jazz then locking into latin lounge. In November 8Foot Felix will arrive in Tassie packing vinyl from their freshly launched second album Spacefreak. 

WHISKEY DRAM (VIC) are a hard-driving folk band, with influences ranging from traditional folk, punk, blues and bluegrass, with a penchant for sea shanties and Australian folk songs. If you've found yourself dancing to shanties delivered by a raucous string band at 2am at previous HOBOFOPO events, then you're probably a fan of Whiskey Dram (and it won't be so late for them this year).

THE CROP TOPS (VIC) are a Trans Folk-Punk Band writing songs about Anarchism at the end of the world, Werewolves, sad punks and chosen family. Another HOBOFOPO regular, this year performing as a guitar and bass duo.

Accessibility - stairs at the entrance, ask staff to allow access through the rear beer garden if you prefer level access, toilets are through narrow doorways/passages which may not suit some people, some lower stimulation areas and some seated areas are likely, seated ares with line of site of the stage may be possible depending on the positioning of the crowd.

We want Hobofopo to be a safer space. No racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, or any other general dickheadness. So if you see anything wrong tell someone, then tell someone else.

We are on stolen land, sovereignty was never ceded. We pay our respects to elders past present and emerging.

Music starts 9:00pm