Christa Hughes, blues belter and vaudeville vamp is a Sydney star of cabaret. Inspired by some of the early blues records in her father’s collection, Christa first started singing when she was a teenager with her father, jazz pianist, Dick Hughes. She opened and sang with international blues artists when they were in Sydney such as Brownie McGhee, swamp boogie queen Katie Webster, and Champion Jack Dupree.
Christa travelled around the world, singing in NYC, Edinburgh, London and Paris, and returned to Australia in 2000 and wrote and starred in shows Beer Drinking Woman, Sleepless Beauty and Temptation. During this time, she was also lead singer, KK JUGGY, with Sydney outfit Machine Gun Fellatio, and from 2006 - 2008 she was ring mistress for Circus Oz. In 2010 Christa and her father, Dick Hughes, released the album 21st Century Blues. A documentary by Brendan Young has been made about her family's life. In November 2011 Christa released Shonky with The Honky Tonk Shonks.
After sell out shows at the 2017 Sydney Festival, Christa is currently preparing for performances at Melbourne Arts Centre of her most recent show, Oz Rockin the Ladies Lounge.
Christa travelled around the world, singing in NYC, Edinburgh, London and Paris, and returned to Australia in 2000 and wrote and starred in shows Beer Drinking Woman, Sleepless Beauty and Temptation. During this time, she was also lead singer, KK JUGGY, with Sydney outfit Machine Gun Fellatio, and from 2006 - 2008 she was ring mistress for Circus Oz. In 2010 Christa and her father, Dick Hughes, released the album 21st Century Blues. A documentary by Brendan Young has been made about her family's life. In November 2011 Christa released Shonky with The Honky Tonk Shonks.
After sell out shows at the 2017 Sydney Festival, Christa is currently preparing for performances at Melbourne Arts Centre of her most recent show, Oz Rockin the Ladies Lounge.