Tay Oskee

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The name Tay Oskee is now synonymous with the very best feel-good indie folk.
His melodies get deep under your skin, his catalog is versatile, and listening to his songs leaves you with a feeling of nostalgic euphoria.

Tay spent his childhood with the indigenous Yolngu people in the north-east of Arnhem Land in Australia's Northern Territory, and during his school years he lived in the remote jungle town of Bingil Bay. These experiences formed the basis of his deep connection to nature and different cultures - influences that are clearly reflected in his multi-faceted songwriting.

In addition to his impressive musical repertoire, Tay has also established himself as an outstanding live artist. With his special ability to take the audience on an emotional journey, he has already attracted a great deal of attention. He has performed with artists such as Xavier Rudd, Hollow Coves, Ziggy Alberts, Amistat
and The Cat Empire on stage. From meditative sing-along moments and guitar solos to danceable tracks and rousing choruses - a live performance by Tay Oskee is always a special experience.

In the wake of his album "Fires, Beers and Dreaming of our Younger Years", which was released in 2025, and with new music, Tay Oskee will finally be coming back to Germany as part of a European tour in October 2026.

An event organized by Konzertbüro Schoneberg.

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Venue:

Stadtgarten

The first concert in the newly built Stadtgarten concert hall in the mid-1980s launched a program unlike anything Germany had seen: an independent, artistically driven concert series devoted to contemporary improvised music. It was guided neither by attendance figures nor by public subsidies, yet it guaranteed musicians minimum fees and was run on professional terms. The conditions mattered just as much: an acoustically optimized, street-level concert space offering a strong setting for audiences and performers alike. Operations were financed through the adjoining hospitality business, the Stadtgarten restaurant and beer garden, a model that drew attention well beyond Germany.

Today the Stadtgarten Köln ranks among Europe's internationally recognized venues for contemporary and improvised music. The American magazine Down Beat features it regularly in its listings; it has received Germany's federal APPLAUS venue program award several times, including "Venue of the Year" in 2016, followed by the German Jazz Prize in the same category in 2022. More than 400 events across the full spectrum of contemporary music now take place there each year. Its international standing rests above all on the high proportion of demanding, experimental programming.

A programming mission of this kind depends on reliable public support. The venue's 30th anniversary in September 2016 opened that prospect: through a partnership between the City of Cologne and the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, programming work is being substantially strengthened, and from 2017 onward the Stadtgarten Köln is being developed step by step into a "European Center for Jazz and Contemporary Music" – with the goal of becoming one of Europe's leading music centers.

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