{"id":1582,"date":"2026-04-29T09:22:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T23:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/castlemainejazzfestival.com.au\/?page_id=1582"},"modified":"2026-04-29T15:15:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T05:15:14","slug":"the-big-idiot-club","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/castlemainejazzfestival.com.au\/?page_id=1582","title":{"rendered":"The Big Idiot Club"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1582\" class=\"elementor elementor-1582\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7a72553f elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7a72553f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column 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data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Big Idiot Club<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d676e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9d676e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Playing 4.40pm Saturday 6th June at Castlemaine Bowling Club<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7417a5b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7417a5b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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Bewildered? Are you in love? Or maybe, you simply can&#8217;t see what\u2019s right there in front of your nose.<\/p><p>If so, The Big Idiot Club is here to welcome you with open arms: with more than 7 billion members, The Big Idiot Club is the world&#8217;s<br \/>leading social club for fools, bumblers and the frequently incorrect. And the best news of all? You\u2019re already a member.<\/p><p>The Big Idiot Club is the new project from Flap! frontman &amp; trumpeter Eamon McNelis.<\/p><p>Featuring original songs in a vintage jazz style, virtuosic musicianship and some good old, old-fashioned floor-stomping swing.<\/p><p>Eamon McNelis &#8211; Trumpet, Jon Hunt &#8211; Clarinet, Griffin Youngs &#8211; Trombone, Jono Brown &#8211; Bass, Louis King &#8211; Guitar, Hayley Miro &#8211; Washboard<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1c8ba34b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1c8ba34b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-835b254\" data-id=\"835b254\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Big Idiot Club Playing 4.40pm Saturday 6th June at Castlemaine Bowling Club Are you lost? 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