The Wakefield Flashes

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Event The Wakefield Flashes
Venue Hoyleton Institute, Hoyleton, SA
First Date 20 August 1924
Dates Estimated No
Status Professional
World Premiere No
Description The Wakefield Flashes was a talented band of musicians from Port Wakefield who played a combination of “Australian” jazz and “real” music.
Description Source Article
Primary Genre Music
Secondary Genre Music
Jazz
Organisations
Text Nationality Australia
Production Nationality Australia
Further Information Articles from the Wooroora Producer (Balaklava) report The Wakefield Flashes performing at a strawberry fete at the Port Wakefield Methodist Church in November 1926 and another fundraising event at the church in July 1930. The inscription on the Hoyleton Hall stage door shows them performing there in August of 1930.
Event Status Completed
Data Source
Source Description
Web https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/epdf/10.1080/14443058.2023.2203692
Event Identifier 209465
Dataset AusStage