Author Archives: Emmanuelle Wintergerst

To All My Friends Open Mic night

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Check this out! We got our own video from our performance at To All My Friends Open Mic night last month!
It’s not even the first time we play there, though usually we just pop in for practice and use the big outdoor tables when it’s not too busy. This time for the first time we got to play at the front.
Fun fact… When people ask you to bring an extra mic, they usually mean “and also a mic stand” but we forgot that bit, so we had to make do with two microphones instead of our usual three, but hey, we can share!
This even includes one of our newest songs, “Cigarettes and Whiskey” for the first time on stage!
This was such a fun night!

Community BBQ at Regatta Point

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We had a delightful time playing new and old songs at Regatta Point.
There was Sausages, Ice cream, some games, lots of sun and some shade, and of course a fantastic assortment of our best hats!
We played for an hour and a half, our longest gig ever! But with half a dozen new songs to our repertoire we didn’t even need to play doubles! How cool is that!

Lessons learned this time:
– For a long gig, the shade moving around is a real factor!
– Always bring extra leads
– The wind is killing me and I need bigger clips to hold my sheets

Many thanks to Fun Canberra for having us!

Oh La La, French Sounds of Summer 2nd Edition!

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What a delight it was to be invited to perform at the French Sounds of Summer 2025 at the French Embassy on Sunny Sunday!

In France, every day on the First day of summer, all the villages and cities are hosting music, wherever they can, in schools, churches, in the streets, in communal halls and community centres. Villages host their local band, bigger cities organise concert with big names, but regardless of your budget, on the 21st June every year without fail you will find music. I remember this festival very fondly. So it was an honour for us to be part of the first Edition of the French Sounds of Summer last year, and to be called back to play on the second edition this year!

There was wind but the sun was out and the view was great! The market was fun, and the food did not disappoint. I may or may not have bought a lot of cheese, but the evidence is disappearing quickly.

À l’année prochaine!

This may well be our last gig for this year, and what a lovely way to finish the year it was!
Look we’re even on the event’s video on the French Embassy’s Instagram!

Photo courtesy of Yann Le Roux https://www.instagram.com/kamerayann

Not one, not two… but Four!

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That’s right, you read it!
We have 4 dates at Floriade this year! with that there is no excuse to miss us!
We will be filling the tulip stage with feel-good songs on the following dates and time:

  • Sunday 14 September 2025 at 4:15pm – 5:15pm
  • Saturday 20 September 2025 at 3:30pm – 4:30pm
  • Saturday 27 September 2025 at 4:15pm – 5:15pm
  • Sunday 28 September 2025 at 12:30pm – 1:15pm

We even have our own webpage on the Floriade website and everything!

We will be looking forward to seeing you there!


Hot of the (virtual) Press

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You know what’s exciting??? Releasing our second album, that’s what!
We finally decided it was ready, and push the “Go” button!
“Dreams of Saturnalia” is 11 songs of pure Daybed Promises goodness, including a new band version of Jedda’s old favourite “Secret Fireman”, some punchy titles like “Old soul”, and apocalypse song called “Let it all burn” and a firmly worded revenge song, “Bastard”.

So waste no time! Listen to it, stream it at your leisure on Bandcamp, and if you feel like being a patron of the art, buy the album!

We’re on a roll!

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It looks like we’re on a roll for playing at France-related event!
We have been invited to perform at the French Embassy’s “Summer”French Sounds of Summer” event on the first of December!
It’s an invite only event, but if you are part of the French community in Canberra you will have received the invite!
Oh I so hope there will be cheese!
A bientot!

Sunshine and Onion Soup

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We had an absolute ball at the FAPS fete, for an unplugged performance, that we hope blew you away. And if we didn’t, the wind probably did the job for us!
But thanks to the magic of tape, we pushed through.
Thanks FAPS for having us, thanks to the courageous parents who stuck around to listen, and thanks to the bunch of kids who came to us between the songs to tell us they liked the music, danced along, and ran after my sheets when they flew away!!!!

And thanks Theresa for the photo!