Van the Man

🎷 From Wine Bars to World Stages

It began in the smoky Sydney wine-bar circuit of the seventies. Today Van the Man is the most acclaimed Van Morrison tribute working Australia’s live scene. They opened the Sydney Olympics, filled The Basement, and were hand-picked when the real Van was unavailable for Chicago’s Yacht Club elite.

🎵 Songs That Built Your Life

Hear every era. The lilting flute of ‘Moondance’. The brass blast of ‘Domino’. The street-corner soul of ‘Brown Eyed Girl’. Eight musicians trade sax riffs, organ swells and Irish burr vocals until the room feels like Belfast and Broadway at once.

🌟 Critics and Legends Agree

Music writer Richard Jinman called this Van Morrison tribute, more than a show, it’s an “absolute hit” that nails Van’s jazzy phrasing. Glenn A. Baker’s verdict? “My soul was truly warmed.” When the Packer family want Van’s catalogue sung under country skies, they wanted more than just a Tribute to Van Morrison, they called this band.

🔥 Why It Feels Different Live

Streaming can’t deliver the slow-burn groove of ‘Into the Mystic’, or the way Van the Man’s horns make your ribs vibrate. It can’t duplicate the moment the crowd belts the “la-la-las” of ‘Days Like This’ in perfect unison. That alchemy happens only in the room.

💌 Your Night of Irish Soul

First note hits. Shoulders loosen. Suddenly you’re clapping to ‘Jackie Wilson Said’ and realising the stranger beside you knows every word too. That shared rush is why The Van The Man show sells out from New Zealand to Norway. Don’t stand outside the story.

🚀 Take the Trip

Put on your dancing shoes, warm up the vocal cords, and claim your ticket. Because the only regret bigger than missing this concert is trying to describe it second-hand.