Chelsea Heights Hotel

The Heights Live – Saturday 2nd April 2022

‘A Wild Night is calling’, for Saturday 2nd April at ‘The Heights Live‘ – we absolutely cannot wait to be back out there performing live for you once again & this is gonna be one helluva show! Round up your buddies & dancin’ partners, particularly those who used to frequent some of our old haunts – Station Hotel, ET’s, Baxter Tavern, St Andrews Hotel, Joker Bar, Kilkenny, Terminus, Transformers – too many to mention! Great times & great memories, let’s make John proud!

18+ Event – Doors Open: 8.00pm – Showtime: 9.00pm – 2 big sets of Mellencamp hits!

Chelsea Heights Hotel – Cnr Springvale & Wells Rds, Chelsea Heights, 3196 Vic

Bring on the next gig…

Here’s a pic from one of our last gigs in 2021, which is all but a beautiful distant memory now!
We have some great gigs coming up in 2022 & hope to create some similar scenes to this one.
We can’t wait to get out there, performing live once again. Our first show for 2022 will be a cracker; celebrating the great man himself, with his milestone 70th birthday – plus reminiscing about our past 30+ years.

We’re also excited to introduce you to Emma Rodda & for the opportunity of the band performing live with a sensational violinist. So round up your buddies & book yourselves in for Saturday 2nd April 2022 at Chelsea Heights Hotel – we’ve got a rockin’ show lined up for ya…let’s do this!!

18+ Event – Doors Open: 8.00pm – Showtime: 9.00pm – 2 big sets of Mellencamp hits!

Chelsea Heights Hotel – Cnr Springvale & Wells Rds, Chelsea Heights, 3196 Vic

Chelsea Heights Hotel – 2nd April 2022

As a special treat we’re excited to have **Emma Rodda** joining the band, for our celebration of **John Mellencamp’s 70th Birthday**, as well as our **’30th Anniversary’**. Emma is a Victorian College of the Arts graduate violinist. She has toured extensively and recorded with the Orchestra Victoria, Melbourne Opera Company, Ruckus (OZ), The Raga Dolls Salon Orchestra, Alan Zavod recording, Opera in the Alps orchestra, Southern-Cross Philharmonia-Orchestra and MSO recording sessions, Countdown, Hey Hey It’s Saturday orchestral performances, and many more. Emma was recently concert master for ‘Synthony’ a NZ live disco + orchestra show. She is sought after as a session player for album, film and television recordings. Emma currently is the Head of Strings at Wesley College Elsternwick. She is Lead violinist for Mike Brady and The Exciting McGillicuddies. Emma is a passionate musician and has furthered her creative explorations through improvisation. **Scarecrow** are very much looking forward to performing with Emma at **Chelsea Heights Hotel** for both celebrations – don’t miss this one!!

18+ Event – Doors Open: 8.00pm – Showtime: 9.00pm – 2 big sets of Mellencamp hits!

Chelsea Heights Hotel – Cnr Springvale & Wells Rds, Chelsea Heights, 3196 Vic

Mellencamp’s 70th Birthday Celebration – 2nd April 2022

Mellencamp’s 70th/30th Anniversary Celebrations

It’s been a long time coming and we can’t wait for this one…where we get to celebrate all things Mellencamp & honour John’s 70th at the Chelsea Heights Hotel! There’ll also be plenty of time to reminisce a bit more about our past 30 years… Our special guest violinist Emma Rodda will be joining us live on stage, with a full band this time – this promises to be a truly special night. Round up your friends & grab your tickets from the link below, as they’re already 75% gone, don’t miss this one!

18+ Event – Doors Open: 8.00pm – Showtime: 9.00pm – 2 big sets of Mellencamp hits!

Chelsea Heights Hotel – Cnr Springvale & Wells Rds, Chelsea Heights, 3196 Vic

2 Celebrations rescheduled to 2022

Due to the current Melbourne restrictions in place & the ‘Road map’ suggested, our upcoming celebrations have sadly now been rescheduled to 2022. We hope things will be a bit more settled then & hope to get back to gigs as we knew them.

Therefore, John Mellencamp’s 70th Birthday celebration at The Heights Live, has now been rescheduled to Saturday 2nd April 2022. Then wrapping up our 30th Anniversary tour, our York On Lilydale show has been rescheduled to Saturday 25th June 2022.

All ticket holders have been notified by Oztix and have the option of moving with the shows to the new dates, or requesting a refund. Hang in there folks, stay safe & we look forward to seeing y’all on the other side…

30th Anniversary/Mellencamp’s 70th Celebrations – Fri 8th October – Chelsea Heights

Scarecrow’s 30th Anniversary & MELLENCAMP’S 70TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS

With our 7th August gig being rescheduled, we’ve now got plenty to celebrate this October at Chelsea Heights. We’re not only continuing the celebrations for Scarecrow’s 30th Anniversary, but also now celebrating John Mellencamp’s 70th Birthday at the Heights Live!

John is one of the great American songwriters and a great rock spirit. We are forever grateful to him for his wonderful music and look forward to this special night, where we have the opportunity to honour the great man.

All ticket holders from the 7th August show have been notified of the rescheduling by Oztix and have the option of moving with the show to the new date, or requesting a refund. Tickets have once again been snapped up quickly for this one, so if you don’t have your tickets as yet, get on it!

18+ Event – Doors Open: 8.00pm – Showtime: 9.00pm – 2 big sets of Mellencamp hits!

Chelsea Heights Hotel – Cnr Springvale & Wells Rds, Chelsea Heights, Vic

30th Anniversary – Chelsea Heights Hotel – Sat 7th August

Scarecrow’s 30th Anniversary TOUR

After an incredible 2 x SELL OUT shows this year at the Village Green, Scarecrow-The Mellencamp Show‘s ‘30th Anniversary Tour’ lands at another of Melbourne’s iconic rock venues, the ‘Chelsea Heights‘ on Saturday 7th August 2021.

We’ve had a lot of fun reminiscing about some of the sensational venues we used to perform at ‘back in the day’, plus we’re loving hearing your stories of how we’ve connected. We look forward to more catch ups next month…come say Hi at the Heights Live after the show. Tickets are selling fast once again, with more than 50% sold already – be sure to grab yours NOW!

18+ Event – Doors Open: 8.00pm – Showtime: 9.00pm – 2 big sets of Mellencamp hits!

Chelsea Heights Hotel – Cnr Springvale & Wells Rds, Chelsea Heights, Vic