“I don’t skate too much myself, but I did spend a lot of time at skate parks in my youth,” Cody Munro Moore said.

“I think it was because other kids would be there and you didn’t have to have an explanation why you were there.

“Skate parks give kids their own little bit of space and they can feel like they own something in that period of their life.”  

It will be the first time the 27-year old’s internationally-touring band will perform at the hall in Cobargo.

“It’s always such a nice night when you able to utilise these old wooden dance halls that have been there since maybe the early 1900s,” Moore said. 

“[The gig] is going to be a balance between the old and new, bringing an older crowd in, but keeping it for the young people as well, something that doesn’t always happen on the South Coast.

“It will be a bit of a party, a festivity in the middle of winter.” 

The band’s singer and guitarist Jack Wotton said he first met Moore at a show in the Cobargo hall when they were children, and they wanted to raise money for the skate club to help local kids.

“Growing up in rural areas you are at peril of severe boredom. When I was a kid we had footy, cricket, soccer, all those clubs sports are gone now,” Wotton said.  

“The skatepark is all that’s left. It’s an important place to meet your mates and rep your moves. So we’re getting behind that because we have to. We feel the money that comes out of the community for turning up to the show should go back into the community.”

While the band is now based in Sydney, Moore does not regret his country roots due to the fun he had playing with bands around Cobargo while growing up. 

“The best times we ever had was when we booked a hall, hired a security guard and told as many people about it as possible,” he said. 

Since forming, Big White has toured Australia as well as the US and Europe. The band released their acclaimed second album Street Talk earlier this year, which features more catchy tunes that linger in your mind. 

While they have often been described as emulating the style of the 1980s, it is a comparison Moore tries to steer away from. 

“It’s hard to say, as our songs maybe don’t directly sound like many other bands at the moment so people reflect back to the ’80s,” he said. 

“We obviously have a lot of influences from the ’80s, but also from the ’90s and lots of different areas have little bits of influences as well.

“We touch on themes, anecdotes and stories of the people around us as we live our lives.” 

Big White will perform on Saturday, July 7 from 7pm at Cobargo School of Arts Hall, Cobargo. 

There will be food and non-alcoholic beverages available: a Japanese style barbecue and homestyle sweet treats. Tickets are $15/$12.