Feed the Need concert at Mingara

A concert to raise money for food relief will be held at Mingara Recreation Club on Friday, September 5.

Food insecurity is a growing crisis on the Central Coast.

In 2024 alone, neighbourhood centres at Berkeley Vale and Bateau Bay provided food and material aid to 25,000 vulnerable individuals.

The centres receive no government funding for food purchases and can only distribute donated dry goods, leaving a critical gap in access to fresh and nutritious foods such as protein and fresh meats.

They have joined forces with The Bikers Hand to present the Feed the Need Concert, which will feature three local headline artists – Adam Harvey, Bill Chambers and Duncan Toombs.

Harvey has sold more than half a million records, has been nominated five times for an ARIA award and has won nine Golden Guitars at the Country Music Awards of Australia.

After learning country classics on the guitar as a small boy, he played his first gig at the age of 10 and during his school years performed rock covers at a club.

Signed as a support act for Tania Kernaghan, in 1998 Harvey won his first Country Music (CMAA) Award for Vocal Collaboration of the Year for the song Drive Away, a duet with Tanya Self.

A string of successes followed and in 2010 he was nomianted for a CMAA Award in 2010 for Collaboration of the Year with John Williamson for King of the Road.

In 2013, Harvey collaborated with Troy Cassar-Daley to record The Great Country Songbook, which debuted at #2 on the ARIA charts.

Bill Chambers is an Australian country musician and former member of the Dead Ringer Band.

In 1999, he began focussing on supporting his daughter Kasey Chambers’ fledgling solo career.

In 2002 he released a solo album called Sleeping with the Blues, which was nominated for Best Country Album at the ARIA Music Awards of 2003.

In 2006, Chambers released Frozen Ground and in 2009 he released Drifting South.

In July 2013, Chambers released Live at the Pub Tamworth, which featured special guests Kasey Chambers, Shane Nicholson and Kevin Bennett.

In January 2016, he released Cold Trail, which was nominated for Best Country Album at the ARIA Music Awards of 2016.

In January 2019, Chambers released 1952, an album inspired by Hank Williams.

The concert will also feature two great local bands, The Rams and Sounds of Oz, as well as a number of other supporting artists.

All performers have donated their time to support the event, which kicks off at 7.30pm.

To buy tickets search Feed the Need at humanitix.com or see the Feed The Need Facebook page.