Kaytlyn Johnson supported by Tender Engines

Join us for an intimate evening of live music with Kaytlyn Johnson, a talented young Tasmanian palawa woman, supported by The Tender Engines. 

Kaytlyn Johnson is an Indie singer-songwriter from Wynyard, rural North-West Tasmania. With a heavy focus on lyrics and guitar-driven melodies, her music style is persuaded between dreamy and easy Sunday tunes through to pop-punk band angst and energy. 

In 2020, She was selected for a songwriting mentorship with Eurovision finalist Kate Miller-Heidke. Since then, Kaytlyn has been studying a Diploma of Music in Melbourne through the Victorian College of Arts. As a young Palawa woman, Kaytlyn has been inspired to write about her identity, her experiences and her dreams and has performed with reputable artists, such as GRAMMY award winning artist, Lucky Oceans, in partnership with BighART. 

Supported by The Tender Engines includes members of seminal 1980’s Tasmanian bands The Fish John West Reject, The Odolites and Noddy’s Revenge. Following a string of 7” singles and an EP on the cult Summershine label in Melbourne in the late 80’s they reformed in 2020, recently releasing the “Just Past Blythe Heads” digital EP.