Ex-Vandemonian Touring music promoter Brendan Self charged with cocaine, cannabis offences

A prominent Hobart entertainment businessman has appeared in court charged with trafficking cocaine and possessing cannabis.

Brendan Fagan Self, 49, was the managing director of events company Vandemonian Touring, which hosts live music acts at venues around Tasmania.

The company has previously hosted big-name artists, including Flume and Tones and I, and staged the annual Tasmanian Wine Festival.

Vandemonian Touring also formerly operated Hobart Uni Bar on the University of Tasmania’s Sandy Bay campus. The venue closed in June last year.

Mr Self appeared in Hobart Magistrates Court today, where court documents outlined allegations he trafficked cocaine in September last year and possessed cannabis in February this year.

The alleged quantities of the substances were unclear.

Mr Self is yet to enter a plea.

Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) documents show another person was appointed director and secretary of Vandemonian Touring in October last year.

Mr Self was represented in court by Pip Monk, who said she was waiting on more evidence from the prosecution.

She said the defence had received some of the disclosure, including property seizure records, photographs and copies of the search warrants, but that this was “absolutely nowhere near” what was required.

Magistrate Reg Marron adjourned the case until July.