Archie Perkin was born with a heart defect known as double outlet right ventricle, as well as a hole in his heart. He bravely pushed through three major heart surgeries when he was born, and made the decision to continue living the amazing life that was given to him. Tragically, Archie passed away on December 29, 2019 while he was at the beach with his mates.

Archie’s sister Mimi and her parents started Hearts4Arch to provide cardiac patients across Sydney Children's Hospitals Network with AliveCor’s mobile ECG devices, known as KardiaMobile. These devices provide doctors with personal, current and accurate information about their patients to assist with providing care for children with congenital heart defects. Having these devices will hopefully give the doctors, children and their families knowledge that allows everyone to be confident in the repaired heart’s health.

“Archie coming into this world was the best thing that ever happened to me,” said Mimi.

“He taught me everything I know as we grew up together side by side.”

“Archie was cheeky, funny and the biggest daredevil I knew, and he loved the beach and surfing with his mates.”

“I hope with the funding from this charity other heart kids will be able to love their life like Arch did, without doubt or hesitation.”

This charity music and raffle night aims to honour the life of Archie and support the initiative of his wonderful family. Thank you for your kind support.

Gully Days are a young band from the Eastern Suburbs beaches. Forming only recently, Gully Days have gained a strong local following - playing multiple sell-out shows throughout COVID. A mix of influences and styles including surf punk, pop and rock.

Mordor is a 5 piece punk/metal/doom/something band from Maroubra. It all started off just as mates who surf together jamming, but curiosity beckoned them to see of their other mates would enjoy. The aim is to get people going nuts and letting loose from their usual lives. They may make your ears bleed but they’ll have fun doing it. Band members: Zac Michael (vocals), Kain Zulian and Dan Tyson (guitars), Khava Black (bass), Monty Tait (drums)

"My name is Ben Darby and I have had a passion for music for as long as I could remember. Music has been a great outlet for many things in my life and I wouldn’t know where I’d be without it. Some of my influences John Mayer, Sticky Fingers and Jack Johnson." - Ben Darby

Great Southern Nights is a new event to kick-start the recovery of the live music industry - featuring 1000 COVID safe gigs across Sydney and regional NSW, throughout November 2020 (Australian Music Month). Great Southern Nights is a NSW Government initiative, delivered by Destination NSW in partnership with ARIA. For more information, please visit greatsouthernnights.com.au