Shane Howard Solo - Maintain the rage fundraiser concert for MCH

When Goanna were about to release their iconic Spirit of Place album in 1982, they approached Emeritus Professor, Manning Clark, to write the liner notes for the album. It was an unusual choice for a rock band but after listening to an advance cassette of the new record, Manning agreed, to everyone’s surprise.

It began an unlikely friendship between the Emeritus Professor of Australian History and a young Goanna Band frontman, Shane Howard. Shane became a regular visitor to Manning and Dymphna’s home in Tasmania Circle, Canberra. They were always warm and welcoming.

To mark the 50th Anniversary of the Whitlam Dismissal and to maintain the rage, Shane Howard will be returning to Canberra with an intimate solo concert at the Wesley Music Hall.

For over 40 years, Shane Howard has established himself as one of Australia's most influential songmakers, writers and singers and created a uniquely Australian voice. He has continued to honour the challenge that Manning Clark laid down, in his 1976 Boyer Lecture, A Discovery of Australia, travelling deeper into the heart of Australia to explore and write of it's Spirit of Place From the red heart, where Howard penned his enduring song ‘Solid Rock, Sacred Ground’, to the wilds of Tasmania that gave birth to ‘Let the Franklin Flow’, his songs challenge existing social paradigms and dig down into what it means to be a modern Australian. They also reach across the globe and champion the cause of the common people, our human condition, the environment and the injustices of colonisation.

A senior statesman, musician and poet, he has played for Prime Ministers, Aboriginal Elders and Environmental campaigners, from concert halls to protest sites and remote campfires.

Details are as follows:

Title: Maintain the Rage - Shane Howard - Solo

When: 8pm, Saturday 15 November, 2025

Where: Wesley Music Hall, 20 National Circuit, Forrest

Ticket Price: $40 online and $45 at the door (if there are any left)

Ticket Link: https://www.trybooking.com/DGRQW

Refreshments will be served at intermission.