The success of April's Get Around Warrnambool - LoungeFest has spurred a second installment of the Facebook Live entertainment event.
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On Saturday, 14 Warrnambool musicians and four comedians will light up screens with prerecorded sets.
Dirty Angel Comedy director Aidan Nicholson is delighted to be the Master of Ceremony for the show.
"It's a great way for us to showcase Warrnambool comedy to a wider audience who might not normally come down to Dirty Angel," he said.
We have also been affected, we haven't been able to run shows since March and by the looks of things we won't be able to host or not June show.
- Aidan Nicholson
Alongside Mr Nicholson, Donna Read, Eric Read and Michael Williams will perform their comedy skits.
Without a live audience to feed off, it will be a different environment for the diverse range of Warrnambool comics to perform in.
"It's a good way to continue to showcase new material," Mr NIcholson said.
"And we demand attention, we're comics, every opportunity we get to say yes we will.
"Isolation and COVID-19 have thrown up many opportunities for comedy though I think people are sick of it too. No doubt some covid comedy will come out, but I don't think too much.
"It's going to be a really nice event and a nice opportunity to slowly come out of isolation."
The first LoungeFest brought more than 44,000 screens together to watch Warrnambool performers.
Every act is paid for their work and on Saturday there will also be an opportunity for viewers to make contributions to each performer's virtual tip jar and donate to Support Act.
The Androids guitarist and singer Sam Grayson will perform and reveal some of the solo projects he's been working on in isolation including an upcoming five-track EP.
"I've had a lot more time to invest in writing whereas before I would do it after the kids went to bed and stay up late," he said.
"This feels like the kind of music I've always wanted to write and never could. It's along the lines of The Killers and Neon Trees. I'm calling it pop rock with an 80s synth influence. There's other tracks influenced by Ryan Adams so there's quite a diverse range of songs happening."
On Saturday night, Grayson will play his latest track Falling.
"I did have writers block but I watched my favourite movie Risky Business, which I've seen so many times, and I love the relationship between Tom Cruise and Rebecca De Mornay," he said.
"I didn't know what to write about so I wrote about how it would feel for them in that relationship. I think movies are a good way to get out of block and imagining other people's their feelings.
Out of this, I think we'll see a lot of great new music as musicians have time to invest.
- Sam Grayson
"LoungeFest is a really great initiative to provide that support and exposure for local musicians and connect with the community."
The performances will be live streamed through Warrnambool City Council's Facebook page from 6.30pm on Saturday.
LoungeFest musical lineup:
- Sleuth
- Little Gem
- Matt Price
- Maddie Jackway
- Ruby McKenna
- Sam Grayson
- Ellen Byrne & Leon Ryan
- Kinnon
- GinJan
- Michael Honan
- Tumbling Dice
- MT Music
- Black Belts
- Bec Milly Band
- Sonny Boy Morgan
LoungeFest comedy lineup:
- Eric Read
- Michael Williams
- Donna Read
- Jon Vertigan
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