CONCERT - Nigel Wearne: "Soulful Sounds on the 4th of July"
Date & Time
Fri Jul 04 2025 at 03:00 pm to 05:00 pm
Location
4953 Olive Ave, Northwood, IA, United States, Iowa 50459 | Northwood, IA
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Celebrate the 4th of July in true Art Farm Iowa style — with an afternoon of heartfelt music, fresh air, and creative energy. We’re thrilled to welcome Nigel Wearne, the genre-blending signer songwriter from Australia, for a special outdoor concert among the prairie grasses and sculptures of Art Farm Iowa.Nigel’s music weaves together folk, blues, and Americana with poetic storytelling and raw emotion. His performances are magnetic — filled with grit, groove, and charm.Spend your holiday afternoon soaking up live music, exploring the art-filled farm, and enjoying the easy rhythms of a summer holiday well spent.
This is a FREE concert, a $5 donation to Art Farm Iowa is appreciated.
ABOUT NIGEL WEARNE
Nigel Wearne saunters after dark in the music of the night, blending blues, jazz and Americana-noir. Hailing from Gunditjmara country in the deep south of Australia, he’s a guitarist and multi-instrumentalist with diverse influences such as Nick Cave, Tom Waits and Rickie Lee Jones.
Nigel has played some of the world’s most prestigious music festivals, including Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, MerleFest, Philadelphia Folk Festival, Bristol Rhythm & Roots Reunion, Adelaide Guitar Festival (Australia) and the Cambridge Folk Festival (UK).
His sophomore album, ‘Black Crow’ garnered wide critical acclaim including a 4-STAR review in Rolling Stone, a nomination for Best Country Album at the Music Victoria Awards and it debuted at #1 on Australia’s AMRAP Charts. His latest offering, ‘The Reckoning’ received back-to-back nominations for Best Blues Work at the 2023 & 2024 Music Victoria Awards, a 4-STAR review in The Weekend Australian and had two songs selected as finalists (top #10) in the International Songwriting Competition.
A deep thinker and truth seeker with a penchant for all things peculiar, he sings of human frailty, grace and the cosmos; songwriting that cuts to the bone. “Tailor made for fans of Tom Waits… with fire and brimstone lyrics that recall Nick Cave” – Rhythms Magazine. “Poignant and mysterious” – Maverick Magazine UK. “Vocal swagger of Van Morrison and dark spirituality and intelligence of Nick Cave” 4 STARS – The Weekend Australian.
PHOTO by Ian Laidlaw
Event Location
4953 Olive Ave, Northwood, IA, United States, Iowa 50459Event Host
Art Farm Iowa