8 Ball Aitken has toured the world for more than a decade performing his swamp-soul and blues-rock across twenty countries to date. He’s earned a loyal fanbase from his live shows and internet videos, while paying his dues as a singer, songwriter, slide-guitarist, and producer.

8 Ball moved to Nashville, Tennessee, USA in 2012 and worked for nine years with many of the best in the blues business today. He won second place in the 2021 International New Orleans Cigar Box Guitar Festival.

8 Ball’s previous albums ‘Ice Cream Man’ and ‘Ice Cream Man 2’ both hit #1 on the Australian Blues & Roots Charts and had several #1 AMRAP Australia Radio Chart hits.

8 Ball Aitken is back in 2025 with a new collaborative album project ‘Nightbird’. Sydney soul singer Taya Chani and 8 Ball co-wrote and co-produced the 12-track album together over several years living in different countries and states of Australia during the process of making the album.

The cast of musicians on ‘Nightbird’ include USA saxophone legend Buddy Leach (George Thorogood & The Destroyers), Sydney drummer Declan Kelly, and 8 Ball’s younger brother Dillion James Aitken on Hammond organ and piano.

“For a guy from Australia, 8 Ball Aitken really has the Delta in his bones… I wouldn’t be surprised to find Mississippi mud on the soles of his shoes.” – Gonzo Okanagan

Take a listen here:
8ballaitken.com

ACMA member JD Lashley provides the perfect opener. If singer songwriter/ troubadour Todd Snider had dropped his kid brother on his head, he’d have probably wound up a lot like JD Lashley. JD works hard and writes harder, trying to pluck jokes and rhymes out of the grind. His style is heavily influenced by Americana and Roots music, and he’s not afraid to sneak in a little Hip Hop… Something for everyone.

Tickets for this show are available at the door.

The doors to the ACMA listening room open at 6:30 PM and the show begins at 7:00 PM