And it was free too!

Years ago when I worked part time, I used to attend the free lunchtime concerts in the Brisbane City Hall. A little while ago, I realised that I have been retired for 3 years and although I have had time to go to these concerts, I had not been to one!
So I have been checking the program online and have been to 3 in the last month or so...
To celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the Beatles tour of Australia there was a concert by a local Beatles' tribute band, the Beatlegs.
( Excuse the poor quality of the photos...used my phone)

 The MC introduced the concert...

No photos till after the concert...that's the rule!

Here's a photo from the Beatlegs website. A friend told me that her cousin Paul (real name) , plays Paul in the group...he is right handed but plays the bass guitar left handed just like the 'real' Paul.

Another concert I went to, featured a terrific percussion group called Percussimo.

 Then there was the Elton John tribute concert featuring local entertainer, Greg Andrew...another enjoyable concert!

 Greg really did sound like Sir Elton...both in voice and piano playing

Brisbane City Council also sponsors author talks at local libraries...and these talks are also entertaining and free! DH has read and enjoyed 2 books by local author Matthew Condon, so we went along to Ashgrove library one evening to attend his talk. Matthew has been writing books about the 'corruption in high places' involving police and politicians...and he also focusses on the fact that many honest police officers and their families had their careers and lives ruined by the 'bad apples'...his books are allowing them to have a voice.

Matthew's book Jacks and Jokers which is a sequel to Three Crooked Kings

The hour and half went too quickly...he is an extremely interesting man.

So that's just a small part of the free entertainment provided by the Brisbane City Council...now I have a friend who loves the council's GOLD Program...(Growing Old and Living Dangerously)...but would I have time? lol

More 'Beatles' Experience' in Liverpool...

We ended up going back to the Beatles Museum gift shop the day after we had visited the museum...we had thought of other people who would love a little memento from the shop...

According to DH, our visit to Liverpool wouldn't be complete until we had visited Mathew Street where the Cavern night club was. The Beatles performed there 292 times....this was the figure quoted in the Beatles Story Museum. So we set the GPS and off we went and were lucky enough to score a park not far from the street.

We were still a street away from Mathew St, but I noticed that businesses were trading on the Beatles' name...

The original Cavern's entrance...

Just along from there is the present day Cavern Club...

We saw this statue opposite the club...

So 2 'groupies' decided it was a perfect photo opportunity....lol

The hotel where we stayed in Liverpool also was full of 'Beatles' Touches'...it was called the Penny Lane hotel and had obviously undergone quite extensive refurbishments and was really lovely. The staff were very helpful and insisted on helping DH bring in our luggage even though our car was parked a few streets away.

On the walls of the hotel, including in the guest bedrooms were framed photos of the Beatles...

The lovely bathroom didn't have any framed photos in though! Lol...

In the hotel lobby I was rather taken by an old photo of Paul...wearing a granny square vest! 

The view out of our hotel room window showed the more humble dwellings of the Penny Lane area...it has a real Coronation Street look about it, doesn't it?

So that's a bit more about our visit to Liverpool which turned out to be a a lovely trip down Memory Lane.