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Celebrating the release of the deluxe edition of their latest studio album Schoonertown, as well as continuing to deepen their ongoing relationship with Australian fans, Canadian folk outfit The East Pointers have announced their return this summer.
The last time Australians were able to see The East Pointers touring our venues was in 2025, a warm and welcome return for the group who has long maintained a special connection with the music community Down Under. Their upcoming January run of shows will see The East Pointers perform in intimate rooms around the East Coast as well as at this year’s Woodford Folk Festival – providing audiences with multiple opportunities to reconnect and rediscover the chemistry that has brought the group so much enduring success.
The release of Schoonertown in 2025 proved another bright step forward for the JUNO Award winning act, as they continued their journey of evolution as an innovative and contemporary modern folk group. The record itself spoke to the band’s effortless blend of folk, alt and pop strands, while amplifying their strong songwriting dynamics and sense of lyricism. Capturing vignettes of youth: nights out, first love, growing up and the heady emotions young adults experience, Schoonertown proved an album that matched heartache with elation in equal measure.
Releasing the deluxe edition of the album on December 11, The East Pointers are excited to share new music as part of it, as well as an acoustic version of album track ‘Maritime Moonshine’.
PRAISE
“They are remarkable for writing songs that rework their Scottish and Irish influences, and they specialise in instrumentals that sound like tuneful Celtic standards, with banjo and fiddle both taking the lead.”
THE GUARDIAN
“It’s refreshing to see an album smash genre boundaries so seamlessly.”
THE AUSTRALIAN
“Smashing genre boundaries.”
DOUBLE J
“Pushing the limits of traditional folk sounds.”
TRIPLE J
Tickets for The East Pointers 2027 Australian tour are on sale via theeastpointers.com on Thursday October 22.
THE EAST POINTERS AUSTRALIAN TOUR 2027
Tuesday 29 December – Friday 1 January WOODFORD FOLK FESTIVAL Woodford
Saturday 2 January Imperial Hotel Eumundi
Supported by Eleea, Logan Richard (CAN)
Sunday 3 January Soundlounge Gold Coast
Supported by Eleea, Logan Richard (CAN)
Tuesday 5 January Geelong Arts Centre Geelong
Supported by Logan Richard (CAN)
Wednesday 6 January Corner Hotel Melbourne
Supported by Eleea, Logan Richard (CAN)
Thursday 7 January The Wheatsheaf Hotel Adelaide
Supported by Logan Richard (CAN)
Friday 8 January Vanguard Sydney
Supported by Eleea
Saturday 9 January TANKS Cairns
Sunday 10 January The Triffid Brisbane
Supported by Eleea
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