Bourke to welcome Sulli-Vans at Easter
The Sullivans are not your typical family, but they are an example of the good old Australian belief in ‘having a go’.
Kevin Sullivan, his wife Belinda and their three children – KJ (12), ChaCha (10) and Jet (6) – have been touring the country, bringing joy, live music, and much needed morale-boosting to some of our most far-flung places, from Cape York to Kakadu, Mount Isa – and now to Bourke.
Kevin and the children form the country music band The Sulli-Vans, with Belinda as their tour manager and booking agent, and they’ll be performing in Bourke on Good Friday during the Bourke Easter Festival.
Their on-stage presence is hugely entertaining but the story behind the Sulli-Vans is just as intriguing.
As well as being a successful singer-songwriter, winner of the Tamworth Festival Traditional Country Song of the Year and The Voice Generations contestant, Kevin has had a career that couldn’t be further from the world of entertainment.
Before he decided to walk away and pursue his dream of being a professional musician, Kevin was a forensic crime investigator in the Major Crime Squad, a bomb technician, and a general duties officer in the NSW Police Force.
In fact, Kevin served as a police officer in Bourke in the 1980s.
“Five years ago, I decided to chase my musical dream and I am a living, breathing example that you can fulfil your dreams. You just have to give it a go,” he said.
“I’ve always loved music and travelling the countryside and I have done the Outback Trek from Bourke several times, with Dribbles Driscoll, supporting the RFDS and seeing the outback and it was after one of those trips I decided it was time to live the dream I’d always had of being a professional musician.
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