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“It’s gone beyond its name. It’s not the New York City supper club, which is a bit ‘toffy’,” Lyon said.<\/p>\n
“Whatever you’ve got in the fridge, you can bring it along to eat while you enjoy the experience.”<\/p>\n
The format also emerged from necessity after the floods left the bowling club’s kitchen unusable.<\/p>\n
“As it turned out, we couldn’t get any supper at the venue because the kitchen had been washed out after the floods,” Lyon said.<\/p>\n
People have since brought a wide variety of suppers to the event, with Lyon remarking that he’d seen everything from “yesterday’s pizza” to “huge cheese platters” and “ridiculous feasts.”<\/p>\n
Lyon said the venue doesn’t feel like a bowls club when the Supper Club is playing, largely due to the work involved in transforming the space into an intimate jazz club setting with palm trees, candles, black tablecloths and low lighting.<\/p>\n
“We transport the venue out of its everyday role,” he said.<\/p>\n
Reviving the flood-damaged bowling club was also part of the motivation behind the project.<\/p>\n
One of Lismore’s oldest institutions, the venue has long been a hub for local musicians.<\/p>\n
“It has been through many floods,” Nobel said.<\/p>\n
“We all have a musical history with the club.”<\/p>\n
“We’re employing quite a few musicians on a minimal wage, so we’re all committed to the same idea of providing good quality entertainment at this community venue,” Lyon added.<\/p>\n
The weekly performances now draw crowds of up to 80 people as the bowls club continues its recovery.<\/p>\n
Alongside jazz fusion, funk and blues numbers, the Supper Club also hosts themed tribute nights celebrating artists such as Roberta Flack, Jimmy Cliff and The Beatles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
CREATED in the wake of the 2022 floods, the Supper Club has become a weekly gathering point for music and community at the Lismore Bowling Club. Held every Thursday night, the event brings together a house band of accomplished local musicians and has grown into a social fixture for locals looking to reconnect. Host and […]<\/p>\n