John Williamson - 55 Years, My Travellin' Days Are Done
Events
Friday
General Onsale
RUNNING TIMES
TBC
*All times approximate and subject to change by the artist.
PHOTO POLICY
No video, audio or professional photography unless stated otherwise by the promoter.
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EVENT INFORMATION
Back by popular demand, John Williamson will return to Anita's Theatre for one night only on Friday 1st May 2026.
What can be said about John Williamson that hasn’t already been said? 2025 will mark his 55th year in the industry. He will also turn eighty. Twenty-five, fifty-five, eighty. From his humble beginnings as the son of a wheat farmer in the small Victorian Mallee town of Quambatook, it’s quite an achievement.
His first hit, ‘Old Man Emu’ is still as popular today as when he first performed it on Channel 9’s ‘New Faces’ TV program. It resulted in a recording contract and a number one hit that stayed number one for five weeks. Since that young age of twenty-four, John has traversed this country for fifty-five years from the tip of Cape York to the windy shores of Tasmania, from Newcastle to Perth and everything in between, performing to hundreds of thousands of Australians. He has written and recorded well over 500 songs and has a swag of awards too numerous to list.
His live concerts take the audience on a journey across this vast land, moving deftly between larrikin humour and touching pathos. From ‘Cootamundra Wattle’, ‘Cydi’, ‘Three Sons’, ‘A Bushman Can’t Survive’, ‘Rip Rip Woodchip’, ‘Galleries of Pink Galahs’, ‘Raining on the Rock’, ‘Please Don’t Forget Me’ and his calling card, ‘True Blue’, he touches his audience’s hearts, gives them hope and lingers in their memories.
John’s fans will immediately recognise ‘My Travellin’ Days are Done’, as a line from another favourite song, ‘Chandelier of Stars’. After fifty-five years of travelling, it says it all.
John is still writing and recording new songs, but don’t miss out on seeing True Blue perform live in 2025 through to 2026 before his ‘Travellin’ Days are Done’. There is no doubt that his contribution to our country’s music and the national psyche will resonate long after the last note has been played.
True Blue - John Williamson
