Bon Iver is Wisconsin-based indie-folk singer-songwriter Justin Vernon's current band.

His self-released debut album For Emma, Forever Ago, has received critical acclaim, including 5/5 reviews and 'album of the month' ratings in both Mojo and Uncut magazines (UK).

Bon Iver's delicate, spare and atmospheric music showcases Vernon's soulful and emotive falsetto to perfection, and the band's live show has both critics and audiences raving.

Please note: There is no support act for this show and Bon Iver will be on stage at 7pm sharp on January 20,22 and 5.30pm sharp on January 23.


Ages 18 and above

Bon Iver is also playing at City Recital Hall Angel Place.

Bon Iver is performing as part of the Samsung Mobile Festival Garden. For more events at this precinct, click here. From 5pm, the Samsung Mobile Festival Garden is an over 18s venue.

To view the Samsung Mobile Festival Gardern mini mag, click here.

You can be among the first to know who is playing at Samsung Mobile Secret Shows. To register for Samsung SMS alerts during the Festival, click here.

PHOTO: TIM lYTVINENKO

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WHAT THE PRESS SAID

“…Blood Bank is different from the first album but just as beautiful…more” – The Cavalier Daily – 29 January

“City Recital Hall is a superb venue and the entire audience was overwhelmed, hanging on every note and imploring an encore at the end…more” – Time Out Sydney – 27 January

"Bon Iver, alias 27-year-old Justin Vernon, made For Emma, Forever Ago, Observer Music Monthly's album of the year. We travelled to Wisconsin to hear how he did it, and witness an exclusive acoustic performance of Flume ... more" - Observer (UK)

"A minimalist masterpiece … more" - The Sunday Times

"A vessel of real beauty … more" - The Crack

"His three-man band, set up in the remaining corners of the stage, creates a rich, textured sound, with all of them stepping up to play steering, thudding drums at times … more" - Hounslow Chronicle


“Hailed as ‘irresistible’ by the New York Times and awarded the highly auspicious ‘Recommended’ tag by the influential Pitchfork collective, Bon Iver’s ‘For Emma, Forever Ago’ is an astonishingly striking debut release ...more”  - Only Melbourne

“Vernon takes the singer-songwriter genre and warps it to fit his own unique musical sensibility. Opener ‘Flume’ is one of the best showcases for Vernon’s shape shifting voice, as he moves from his lovely falsetto to a croon and back again with limitless ease. Vernon moves into the sublime category though when he leaps out from your speakers and drags you into his headspace and turmoil via his innate skills in phrasing and layering ...more” - Exclaim

“Bon Iver’s snow-blanketed harmonies live across the seasons. Still, there is a reverence for sabbatical, solitude and the winding down of time ...more” - Examiner

“Whether at a warble, a whisper or a croon, Vernon’s strikingly soulful singing adds an expressive realism to his songs. Charged with honesty (if not technical prowess), his voice amplifies the unusual beauty of his songs ...more” - Harpmagazine

"soulful performance full of intuitive swells and fades...more"- Pitchfork Media

"An artist warmed by a creative glow that only pure isolation (read: freedom) can fully render...more” – Stylus Magazine

"Both men and women throughout the crowd were at some point close to tears at the sheer beauty of what they were witnessing. It was a perfect set, but no words can truly translate the feeling of a Bon Iver concert, you'll just have to let them do that for you...more” – Turn The Page Blog

"Powerfully hypnotic...more” – The Independent, UK

"Skinny Love and the Wolves (parts 1 and 2) capture this mood most evocatively while Vernon's falsetto is perhaps the most emotionally explosive effect in music this year, as beautiful as it is haunting... more" - Guardian (UK)

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COMMENTS

Vick 10/12/08

Am in love with 'Skinny Love' - I hope he plays it live.

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Fi 06/01/09

wait.. where is this? do we have to book for tickets? is it a free event for the festival? love love love Bon Iver

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Rebecca 22/01/09

Saw Bon Iver last night and it was heartbreakingly beautiful. Amazing at the City Recital Hall as there was fantastic acoustics and his music just reverberated right into your soul. I feel sorry for people who won't be able to experience this amazing concert.

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Syd Fest Haiku to you 22/01/09

"What might have been lost" shared sting - hearts rise as we sing the telling refrain Bon Iver, City Recital Hall, Sydney Festival, 21/1/09

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Steph 23/01/09

Bon Iver was absolutely amazing at the Spiegeltent last night! Brilliant! Was everything I expected and more!

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