DYLAN'S BIRTHDAY OPEN MIC
Bob Dylan turns 85!
Bob Dylan was born Robert Allen Zimmerman on May 24, 1941. Dylan has been described as many things but he defies all attempts to box him in.
Some say Dylan is one of the greatest songwriters of all time and he has been a major figure in popular culture over his 69-year career. They reckon he has sold over 125 million records worldwide, putting him up there among the worlds best-selling musicians. Dylan added increasingly sophisticated lyrical techniques to the folk music of the early 1960s, infusing it “with the intellectualism of classic literature and poetry”. He then took off on an electric adventure that is still going. It has challenged all our political, social, spiritual and philosophical presuppositions.
Today he continues to defy all conventions and expectations and come Sunday, May 24th, he will celebrate his 85th birthday. And at the Mussel Inn, we will join in those festivities with an open mic, 85-song salute to this one-time ‘complete unknown with no direction home.’
The birthday party kicks off at 2.00pm under the stage presence and anchorage of Clayton Taylor, renowned for, among other things, his astounding repertoire of Bob Dylan’s songbook.
It’s an open mic format. There will be a white board where you can write in your name and the Dylan song/lyric you will perform.
It’s a free event so dust off your Dylan songs or your Dylan memories and come on down to Onekaka where the Mussel Inn will welcome you to an amazing feast of some of the most influential songs ever written.
BOB DYLAN’S 85th BIRTHDAY PARTY
Sunday 24 May, 2026
Open mic from 2.00pm.
85 Bob songs to be sung!!
FREE
