This Week in Folk

All the News From The Week That Was

Releases This Week

Caroline – Ben Camden
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Gratitude and Grief – Elixir feat. Katie Noonan with Michael Leunig
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A Mess That I Left – Great Aunt
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Feral Fusion – Freya Josephine Hollick
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Weed Garden – Iron & Wine
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Runaway – Passenger
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Timber and Steel Recommends – Go To This Gig

Emma Davis

Friday 31st August – Yarra Hotel, Melbourne, VIC
Saturday 1st September – Waywards, Sydney, NSW

Gigs Next Week

2by20 feat. Bonniesongs
Thursday 6th September – City Recital Hall, Sydney, NSW

Alex the Astronaut
Saturday 1st September – triple j’s One Night Stand, St Helen’s, TAS

Alice Skye
Saturday 1st September – ACMI, Melbourne, VIC
Tuesday 4th September – The Valley Drive In, Brisbane. QLD
Tuesday 4th September – Black Bear Lodge, Brisbane, QLD
Thursday 6th September – Laruche, Brisbane, QLD

Angie McMahon
Thursday 6th September – Forum, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 7th September – The Triffid, Brisbane, QLD

Black Rabbit George
Friday 31st August – Beach Hotel, Byron Bay, NSW

Boatkeeper w/ Kay Proudlove
Saturday 1st September – Oxford Art Factory, Sydney, NSW

Bobby Alu
Saturday 1st September – Mahbilil Festival, Jabiru, NT

Bonnie Kay and the Bonafides
Friday 31st August – NOLA Smokehouse and Bar, Sydney, NSW
Saturday 1st September – Cauliflower Hotel, Sydney, NSW

Brian Campeau
Friday 31st August – Merri Creek Tavern, Melbourne, VIC

Bulleit and Bluegrass Jam
Sunday 2nd September – Boilermaker House, Melbourne, VIC

Cassidy’s Ceili
Saturday 1st September – Fyshwick Fresh Food Market, Canberra, ACT

Cat Canteri
Friday 31st August – The George Kerferd, Beechworth, VIC
Saturday 1st September – St Leonards Vineyard, Wahgunyah, VIC

Catherine Britt
Friday 31st August – Rooty Hill RSL Club, Rooty Hill, NSW
Saturday 1st September – Lizottes, Newcastle, NSW

Catherine McGrath
Wednesday 5th September – Oxford Art Factory, Sydney, NSW
Thursday 6th September – The Corner Hotel, Melbourne, VIC

Charm of Finches
Friday 7th September – MOTH, Red Hill, VIC

Country Inner Western feat. Highfalutin, Swingin Rosellas, Whoa Mule
Thursday 6th September – Petersham Bowling Club, Sydney, NSW

Dan Parsons w/ Charm of Finches
Sunday 2nd September – Northcote Social Club, Melbourne, VIC

Dan Tuffy and Lucie Thorne
Friday 31st August – Ex-Services Club, Mullumbimby, NSW
Saturday 1st September – Sandgate Town Hall, Brisbane, QLD
Sunday 2nd September – House Concert, Duranbah, NSW

Darren Cross w/ Nick Craft
Thursday 6th September – Golden Age Cinema & Bar, Sydney, NSW

Dave Wells
Friday 31st August – 48 Watt Street, Newcastle, NSW

Davidson Brothers
Friday 31st August – The Skylark Room, Upwey, VIC

Didirri
Wednesday 5th September – Ric’s Big Backyard, Brisbane, QLD

Emma Anglesey
Friday 31st August – Sly Fox, Sydney, NSW
Saturday 1st September – Heritage Hotel, Bulli, NSW
Friday 7th September – Moonah Arts Centre, Hobart, TAS

Emma Davis
Friday 31st August – Yarra Hotel, Melbourne, VIC
Saturday 1st September – Waywards, Sydney, NSW

FolkSwagon feat. Julia Johnson, Tate Sheridan, Sean McMahon
Wednesday 5th September – Cafe Lounge, Sydney, NSW

Fraser A. Gorman
Friday 31st August – Howler, Melbourne, VIC
Saturday 1st September – Major Tom’s, Kyneton, VIC

Gabriella Cohen
Sunday 2nd September – 4ZZZ Rooftop Oasis, Brisbane, QLD
Monday 3rd September – Bloodhound Bar, Brisbane, QLD
Thursday 6th September – Black Bear Lodge, Brisbane, QLD
Friday 7th September – The End, Brisbane, QLD

Georgia Fields
Saturday 1st September – Grace Emily Hotel, Adelaide, SA
Sunday 2nd September – Some Velvet Morning, Melbourne, VIC

Georgia Mulligan
Wednesday 5th September – Heya Bar, Brisbane, QLD
Thursday 6th September – The Foundry, Brisbane, QLD

Get Folked Punk feat. Whiskey Dram, Teri Young, Teresa Dixon Music, Jim Lynch, Knifey Spoony, Award BIOS, Nic Roser
Friday 31st August – House Concert, Newcastle, NSW

Grace Turner
Friday 31st August – Oxford Art Factory, Sydney, NSW

Great Aunt
Friday 31st August – Brouhaha Brewery, Maleny, QLD
Sunday 2nd September – Tumut River Brewing Co, Tumut, NSW
Monday 3rd September – Hippo Co, Canberra, ACT
Thursday 6th September – Newport Bowls Club, Newport, NSW

Greta Stanley
Tuesday 4th September – The Foundry, Brisbane, QLD
Thursday 6th September – The Valley Drive In, Brisbane. QLD
Friday 7th September – Leadbelly, Sydney, NSW

Hannah Matysek
Friday 31st August – The House Dining, Sydney, NSW
Saturday 1st September – Paddington RSL, Sydney, NSW
Sunday 2nd September – Blacksheep, Sydney, NSW
Wednesday 5th September – Parliament on King, Sydney, NSW

Hollow Coves w/ Harrison Storm
Saturday 1st September – Northcote Social Club, Melbourne, VIC

Honky Tonkin’ feat. James Ellis and the Jealous Guys, King Arthur
Thursday 6th September – The Rook’s Return, Melbourne, VIC

Imogen Clark
Friday 31st August – Old Bank Restaurant & Bar, Dubbo, NSW
Saturday 1st September – Roth’s Wine Bar, Mudgee, NSW
Tuesday 4th September – Laruche, Brisbane, QLD
Wednesday 5th September – Ric’s Big Backyard, Brisbane, QLD
Friday 7th September – The Stag & Hunter Hotel, Newcastle, NSW

James Ellis and the Jealous Guys
Saturday 1st September – The Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine, VIC
Thursday 6th September – The Rook’s Return, Melbourne, VIC

Jeff Lang
Saturday 1st September – The Bundy Hall, Bundalaguah, VIC

John Flanagan String Band
Saturday 1st September – Merris Creek Tavern, Melbourne, VIC

John Schumann
Wednesday 5th September – Lizottes, Newcastle, NSW

Kay Proudlove
Saturday 1st September – Oxford Art Factory, Sydney, NSW

King Street Crawl 2018
Sunday 2nd September – Newtown, Sydney, NSW

King St Crawl at The Midnight Special feat. Freya Josephine Hollick, James Thomson, Jason Walker and Jep and Dep
Sunday 2nd September – The Midnight Special, Sydney, NSW

King Street Crawl at The Townie feat. DWEEB CITY, Danaïdes, Alice Terry, Jeremy Costa, Boysnlove, WAWAWOW, Dirty Slutz, Stacy Gacy, Ess-Em, Cap A Capo
Sunday 2nd September – The Townie, Sydney, NSW

King Street Crawl at The Union feat. Richard In Your Mind, The Andy Golledge Band, Spike Vincent, Caitlin Harnett, Pan-Pacific Grand Prix, Baby Beef
Sunday 2nd September – The Union, Sydney, NSW

Kristy Cox and The Weeping Willows
Friday 31st August – Trinity Sessions, Clarence Park, SA
Saturday 1st September – The Barn at Wombat Flat, Neale Flat, SA

Lachlan Bryan & The Wildes w/ The Weeping Willows
Sunday 2nd September – The Caravan Club, East Bentleigh, VIC

Leah Flanagan
Friday 31st August – Merri Creek Tavern, Melbourne, VIC
Saturday 1st September – The Retreat Hotel, Melbourne, VIC
Sunday 2nd September – Some Velvet Morning, Melbourne, VIC

Low Down Riders
Thursday 6th September – The Gasoline Pony, Sydney, NSW

Mahbilil Festival
Saturday 1st September – Jabiru, NT

Maleny Music Festival
Friday 31st August to Sunday 2nd September – Sunshine Coast, QLD

Merpire
Friday 31st August – The Gasometer Hotel, Melbourne, VIC
Tuesday 4th September – Laruche, Brisbane, QLD
Wednesday 5th September – Laruche, Brisbane, QLD

Michael Waugh and Rich Davis
Saturday 1st September – The Three Brothers Arms, Macclesfield, SA
Sunday 2nd September – Grace Emily Hotel, Adelaide, SA

Nathan Power
Friday 31st August – T-Bone Brewery, Hobart, TAS
Sunday 2nd September – Next Door Bar, Franklin, TAS

Oh Pep!
Thursday 6th September – Black Bear Lodge, Brisbane, QLD

Owen Campbell
Friday 7th September – Coogee Diggers, Sydney, NSW

Paul Greene & Emma Anglesey
Friday 31st August – Sly Fox, Sydney, NSW
Saturday 1st September – Heritage Hotel, Bulli, NSW

Pete Wild & Kate Burke
Friday 7th September – Bega Valley Commemorative Civic Centre, Bega, NSW

Ramblin’ Nights feat. Ben Leece, Adam Young, Katie Brianna, Sarah Humphreys
Thursday 6th September – Sly Fox, Sydney, NSW

Redfern Shanty Club
Monday 3rd September – The Dock, Sydney, NSW

Ro
Tuesday 4th September – Laruche, Brisbane, QLD
Wednesday 5th September – Heya Bar, Brisbane, QLD

Rose Zita Falko
Sunday 2nd September – The Union, Melbourne, VIC

Ruby Gilbert
Tuesday 4th September – Empire Hotel, Brisbane, QLD
Wednesday 5th September – Ric’s Big Backyard, Brisbane, QLD

Sahara Beck
Wednesday 5th September – Empire Hotel, Brisbane, QLD

Sea Shanty Session
Wednesday 5th September – The Brothers, Melbourne, VIC

Sean McMahon
Friday 31st August – Nimbin Bush Theatre, Nimbin, NSW
Sunday 2nd September – Bellingen Brewery, Bellingen, NSW
Wednesday 5th September – Folkswagon, Cafe Lounge, Sydney, NSW

Shaky Stills
Saturday 1st September – The Lomond, Melbourne, VIC

Sian Evans
Saturday 1st September – Maleny Music Festival, Sunshine Coast, QLD
Sunday 2nd September – The Junk Bar, Brisbane, QLD

Smith & Jones
Friday 31st August – Panthers, Bathurst, NSW

Songs of Life and Death at Sea feat. Forty Degrees South
Thursday 6th September – Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, NSW

Sounds like Sunday feat. Dearly Departed
Sunday 2nd September – The Pourhouse, Maitland, VIC

Stephen Grady
Friday 31st August – The Loft, Warrnambool, VIC
Sunday 2nd September – Railway Hotel, Macedon, VIC

Steve Coffee & The Dustbowl Dirt Band, Fred Smith
Sunday 2nd September – Humph Hall, Brookvale, NSW

StiffGins
Saturday 1st September – Mosman Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Wednesday 5th September – LibraryMuseum, Albury, NSW

Tate Sheridan
Saturday 1st September – Smith’s Alternative, Canberra, ACT
Wednesday 5th September – Folkswagon, Cafe Lounge, Sydney, NSW

Teresa Dixon
Friday 31st August – Get Folked House Show, Newcastle, NSW
Sunday 2nd September – Monster House, Sydney, NSW
Wednesday 5th September – Hamilton Station, Newcastle, NSW
Friday 7th September – House Concert, Cresent Head, NSW

The Audreys
Friday 7th September – Republic Bar & Cafe, Hobart, TAS

The Demon Drink
Saturday 1st September – Mt Gravatt Marketta, Brisbane, QLD

The Djangologists
Thursday 6th September – The Temperance Society, Sydney, NSW

The Glorious North
Saturday 1st September – The Labour In Vain, Melbourne, VIC

The Long Johns w/ The Scrims
Friday 7th September – Sooki Lounge, Belgrave, VIC

The McClymonts
Friday 31st August – Inverell RSM, Inverell, NSW
Saturday 1st September – Casino RSM, Casino, NSW
Friday 7th September – Canberra Southern Cross Club, Canberra, ACT

The Scrims
Friday 7th September – Sooki Lounge, Belgrave, VIC

The Shack feat. Sancha and the Blue Gypsies, Rosie McDonald and Nigel Lever
Saturday 1st September – The Shack, Sydney, NSW

The Weeping Willows
Friday 31st August – Trinity Sessions, Clarence Park, SA
Saturday 1st September – The Barn at Wombat Flat, Neale Flat, SA
Sunday 2nd September – The Caravan Club, East Bentleigh, VIC

Thelma Plum
Friday 31st August – The Foundry, Brisbane, QLD
Saturday 1st September – Solbar, Maroochydore, QLD
Thursday 6th September – Mojos Bar, Fremantle, WA
Friday 7th September – The River, Margaret River, WA

Tony McManus
Friday 31st August – Magda Community Artz, Brisbane, QLD

Top End Folk Club Sunday Sessions
Sunday 2nd September – Darwin Railway Club, Darwin, NT

Twilight in Tulsa
Sunday 2nd September – The Grandview Hotel, Melbourne, VIC

Whiskey Dram
Friday 31st August – House Concert, Newcastle, NSW

Who’s Your Daddy? feat. Deadwood 76, Dave Favours & The Roadside Ashes, Harvey Russell & The Widowmakers
Sunday 2nd September – Marrickville Bowling Club, Sydney, NSW

Z-Star Trinity
Friday 31st August – Apollo Bay Hotel, Apollo Bay, VIC
Saturday 1st September – Apollo Bay Hotel, Apollo Bay, VIC
Sunday 2nd September – The Labour In Vain, Melbourne, VIC

Friday Folk Flashback

“Paddy’s Lament” – Sinead O’Connor

This Week in Folk

All the News From The Week That Was

Releases This Week

Old Dog, New Tricks – Brian Campeau
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Butcherbird – John Williamson
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Native Tongue – Mojo Juju
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Lightsleeper – Neil and Liam Finn
iTunes

Songs You Make At Night – Tunng
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Timber and Steel Recommends – Go To This Gig

Kristy Cox, Travis List and The Weeping Willows

Friday 31st August – Trinity Sessions, Clarence Park, SA

Gigs Next Week

5th Annual John Dengate Memorial Get Together feat. Pukes: Pyrmont Ukulele Group, North By Northeast, Sean Dengate, Roisin Dengate, Cal Dengate, Lachlan Dengate & Band, Peter Mace, Seamus Gill, Gail Copley, Ralph Pride, Mary Jane Field, Jenny Watson
Sunday 26th August – Friend in Hand, Sydney, NSW

Albert Lee
Friday 24th – Sound Lounge, Gold Coast, QLD
Saturday 25th – Gympie Muster, Gympie, QLD

Andrew Swift
Thursday 23rd to Sunday 26th August – Gympie Music Muster, Gympie, QLD

Andy Golledge
Saturday 25th August – Oxford Art Factory, Sydney, NSW

Ashbury Medicine Show
Wednesday 29th August – Some Velvet Morning, Melbourne, VIC

Ben Leece
Sunday 26th August – The Gasoline Pony, Sydney, NSW

Ben Panucci
Friday 25th August – Golden Age Bar and Cinema, Sydney, NSW

Ben Wright Smith
Friday 24th August – The B East, Melbourne, VIC

Black Rabbit George
Friday 31st August – Beach Hotel, Byron Bay, NSW

Bob Dylan
Friday 24th August – Entertainment Centre, Brisbane, QLD

Bonnie Kay and the Bonafides
Sunday 26th August – Hawkesbury Hotel, Windsor, NSW
Friday 31st August – NOLA Smokehouse and Bar, Sydney, NSW

Brad Butcher
Friday 24th to Sunday 26th August – Gympie Music Muster, Gympie, QLD

Brian Campeau
Wednesday 29th August – Leadbelly, Sydney, NSW

Cameron Jones Quartet & The Djangologists
Sunday 26th August – Staves Brewery, Sydney, NSW

Cat Canteri
Thursday 30th August – George Kerford Hotel, Beechworth, VIC

Catherine Britt
Friday 31st August – Rooty Hill RSL Club, Rooty Hill, NSW

Charm of Finches
Saturday 25th August – The Skylark Room, Upwey, VIC
Sunday 26th August – The Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine, VIC

Colin Lillie
Friday 24th August – Epilogue Lounge, Alice Springs, NT

Dan Parsons
Sunday 26th August – Leadbelly, Sydney, NSW

Dan Tuffy and Lucie Thorne
Friday 31st August – Ex-Services Club, Mullumbimby, NSW

Dave Wells
Friday 31st August – 48 Watt Street, Newcastle, NSW

Demi Mitchell
Sunday 26th August – Leadbelly, Sydney, NSW
Wednesday 29th August – Coal & Cedar, Newcastle, NSW

Didirri
Saturday 25th August – The Railway Club @ Darwin Festival, Darwin, NT

Emma Davis
Friday 31st August – Yarra Hotel, Melbourne, VIC

Folk in the Yard feat. Ben Drysdale
Sunday 26th August – House Concert, Sydney, NSW

FolkSwagon feat. Timothy James Bowen, Ollie Thorpe, Charlie Gradon
Wednesday 29th August – Cafe Lounge, Sydney, NSW

For Folk Sake feat. Alice Terry, Eüsh, Lady Lyon
Saturday 25th August – 107, Sydney, NSW

Fraser A. Gorman
Saturday 25th August – Anglesea Memorial Hall, Anglesea, VIC
Friday 31st August – Howler, Melbourne, VIC

Fred Smith w/ Jen Lush
Sunday 26th August – Smith’s Alternative, Canberra, ACT

Free Fallin – A Tribute to Tom Petty feat. Michael Carpenter, Smith & Jones
Saturday 25th August – The Stag and Hunter, Newcastle, NSW

Gary and James Daley
Thursday 30th August – Johnston Street Jazz, Sydney, NSW

Georgia State Line
Sunday 26th August – The Old Bar, Melbourne, VIC

Get Folked Punk feat. Whisky Dram, Teresa Dixon, Teri Young, Love struck Delusion, Joshua Cottreau, Pete Woods
Thursday 30th August – Lazybones, Sydney, NSW

Get Folked Punk feat. Whiskey Dram, Teri Young, Teresa Dixon Music, Jim Lynch, Knifey Spoony, Award BIOS, Nic Roser
Friday 31st August – House Concert, Newcastle, NSW

Gretta Ray
Friday 24th August – Woolly Mammoth, Brisbane, QLD

Gretta Ziller
Thursday 23rd to Sunday 26th August – Gympie Music Muster, Gympie, QLD

Hannah Cameron w/ Ben Panucci
Saturday 25th August – Golden Age Bar and Cinema, Sydney, NSW

Hannah Matysek
Friday 24th August – Marrickville Ritz, Sydney, NSW
Sunday 26th August – Rooty Hill RSL, Sydney, NSW

Harrison Storm
Thursday 30th August – The Lansdowne, Sydney, NSW

Hello Tut Tut
Saturday 25th August – South Melbourne Market, Melbourne, VIC

High Tea feat. Meadows
Thursday 30th August – House Concert, Sydney, NSW

Hollow Coves
Friday 24th August – NightQuarter, Gold Coast, QLD
Saturday 25th August – Solbar, Maroochydore, QLD
Thursday 30th August – The Lansdowne, Sydney, NSW

Honky Tonkin’ feat. James Ellis and the Jealous Guys, King Arthur
Thursday 30th August – The Rook’s Return, Melbourne, VIC

Jake Blount and Libby Weitnauer
Friday 24th August – House Concert, Austinmer, NSW
Saturday 25th August – House Concert, Croydon, NSW

James Ellis and the Jealous Guys
Friday 24th August – The Gem Bar, Melbourne, VIC
Thursday 30th August – The Rook’s Return, Melbourne, VIC

Jason Walker
Sunday 26th August – The Gasoline Pony, Sydney, NSW

John Schumann
Wednesday 29th August – Great Western Hotel, Rockhampton, QLD

Kristy Cox, Travis List and The Weeping Willows
Friday 31st August – Trinity Sessions, Clarence Park, SA

Lachlan Bryan and The Wildes
Thursday 23rd and Friday 24th August – The Gympie Muster, Amamoor Creek State Forest, QLD

Lara Duncan
Sunday 26th August – Modus Operandi Brewing Co., Mona Vale, NSW

Little Wise
Thursday 30th August – Starward Whiskey Distillery, Port Melbourne, VIC

Maleny Music Festival
Friday 31st August to Sunday 2nd September – Sunshine Coast, QLD

Matt Ward
Saturday 25th August – Grace Emily Hotel, Adelaide, SA

Medusa’s Wake, Handsome Young Strangers, Whiskey Dram
Sunday 26th August – Union Hotel, Sydney, NSW

Merpire
Friday 31st August – The Gasometer Hotel, Melbourne, VIC

Nathan Power
Friday 24th August – Oscar’s Alehouse, Belgrave, VIC
Thursday 30th August – Republic Bar, Hobart, TAS
Friday 31st August – T-Bone Brewery, Hobart, TAS

Pete Murray
Friday 24th August – The Cube, Campbelltown, NSW
Saturday 25th August – Station Resort, Jindabyne, NSW
Sunday 26th August – The Basement, Belconnen, ACT

Quinton Trembath
Friday 24th August – Transit Bar, Canberra, ACT
Saturday 25th August – House Concert, Melbourne, VIC

Riogh
Sunday 26th August – Wollongong Figtree RSL Bowling Club, Wollongong, NSW

Sea Shanty Session
Wednesday 29th August – The Brothers, Melbourne, VIC

Sean McMahon
Friday 24th August – Flow Bar, Old Bar, NSW
Sunday 26th August – Lennox Sessions, Lennox Head, NSW
Wednesday 29th August – The Rails, Byron Bay, NSW
Thursday 30th August – Green Owl, Brisbane, QLD
Friday 31st August – Nimbin Bush Theatre, Nimbin, NSW

Seisiúin Bhána
Saturday 25th August – The Gaelic Club, Sydney, NSW

Shaky Stills
Saturday 25th August – Rainbow Fitzroy, Melbourne, VIC

Sing Up The Power feat. Witches Leap, Luke O’Shea
Saturday 25th August – Red Hill Environmental Education Centre, Gulgong, NSW

Smith & Jones
Friday 24th August – The Agrestic Grocer, Orange, NSW
Saturday 25th August – The Stag and Hunter, Newcastle, NSW
Friday 31st August – Panthers, Bathurst, NSW

Stephen Grady
Sunday 26th August – Old Bar, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 31st August – The Loft, Warrnambool, VIC

Teresa Dixon
Friday 24th August – House Concert, Bundadoon, NSW
Saturday 25th August – Fundraiser gig, Newcastle, NSW
Sunday 26th August – House Concert, Katoomba, NSW
Thursday 30th August – Get Folked Punk, Lazybones, Sydney, NSW
Friday 31st August – Get Folked House Show, Newcastle, NSW

The Audreys
Friday 24th August – Seppelt Wines, Great Western, VIC
Saturday 25th August – The Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine, VIC

The Backsliders
Saturday 25th August – Wollongong Town Hall, Wollongong, NSW

The Black Sorrows
Saturday 25th August – Redcliffe Leagues Club, Redcliffe, QLD
Sunday 26th August – Tewantin Noosa RSL, Tewantin, QLD

The Gympie Music Muster
Thursday 23rd to Sunday 26th August – Gympie, QLD

The Heggarties
Saturday 25th August – Exeter Hotel, Adelaide, SA

The McClymonts
Friday 24th August – Gateway Hotel, Geelong, VIC
Saturday 25th August – The Palms at Crown, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 31st August – Inverell RSM, Inverell, NSW

The Water Runners
Friday 24th August – The Gasoline Pony, Sydney, NSW
Sunday 26th August – Upstairs at Fred’s, Camden, NSW

The Weeping Willows
Friday 24th August – The Green Owl, Brisbane, QLD
Friday 31st August – Trinity Sessions, Clarence Park, SA

Thelma Plum
Friday 31st August – The Foundry, Brisbane, QLD

Tony McManus
Friday 24th August – The Metropole, Katoomba, NSW
Sunday 26th August – Petersham Bowling Club, Sydney, NSW
Friday 31st August – Magda Community Artz, Brisbane, QLD

Top End Folk Club Sunday Sessions
Sunday 26th August – Darwin Railway Club, Darwin, NT

Twilight in Tulsa
Friday 24th August – The Lomond Hotel, Melbourne, VIC

Whisky Dram
Sunday 26th August – Union Hotel, Sydney, NSW
Thursday 30th August – Get Folked Punk, Lazybones, Sydney, NSW
Friday 31st August – House Concert, Newcastle, NSW

Whoa Mule
Saturday 25th August – House Concert, Croydon, NSW

Wise Women w/ Tim Woodz
Sunday 26th August – House Concert, Melbourne, VIC

Witches Leap
Saturday 25th August – Red Hill Environmental Education Centre, Gulgong, NSW
Sunday 26th August – Black Box Theatre, Dubbo, NSW

Xavier Rudd
Friday 24th August – The Forum, Melbourne, VIC
Saturday 25th August – Costa Hall, Geelong, VIC
Monday 27th August – The Forum, Melbourne, VIC

Z-Star Trinity
Friday 24th August – The Duck on Clarence, Port Macquarie, NSW
Saturday 25th August – Shoal Bay Country Club, Shoal Bay, NSW
Sunday 26th August – The Wickham Park Hotel, Islington, NSW
Thursday 30th August – Birdhouse, Wagga Wagga, NSW
Friday 31st August – Apollo Bay Hotel, Apollo Bay, VIC

Friday Folk Flashback

“I Feel Like Going Home” – Battlefield Band

This Week in Folk

All the News From The Week That Was

Releases This Week

Strings – Bonniesongs
Bandcamp

The World Has A Gentle Soul – Melanie Horsnell and Steve Appel
iTunes

Timber and Steel Recommends – Go To This Gig

Dashville Skyline 2018 Official Warm-Up Party feat. The Sweet Jelly Rolls, Magpie Diaries, Grace Turner, Lyle Dennis, Sam Newton

Saturday 18th August – Ramblin’ Rascal Tavern, Sydney, NSW

Gigs Next Week

Albert Lee
Friday 17th August – Brass Monkey, Sydney, NSW
Saturday 18th to Sunday 19th August – Sydney Guitar Festival, Sydney, NSW
Tuesday 21st – Lizotte’s, Newcastle, NSW
Wednesday 22nd – The Art House, Wyong, NSW
Thursday 23rd – The Zoo, Brisbane, NSW
Friday 24th – Sound Lounge, Gold Coast, QLD

Andrew Swift
Friday 17th August – Flow Bar, Old Bar, NSW
Saturday 18th August – No 5 Church Street, Bellingen, NSW
Sunday 19th August – House Concert, Murphy’s Creek, QLD
Thursday 23rd to Sunday 26th August – Gympie Music Muster, Gympie, QLD

Bangalow BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
Fruday 17th and Saturday 18th August – Bangalow Showground, Bangalow, NSW

Ben Panucci
Sunday 19th August – The Gaso Upstairs, Melbourne, VIC

Ben Wright Smith
Friday 24th August – The B East, Melbourne, VIC

Bennett, Bowtell & Urquhart
Friday 17th August – The Gulf Country Frontier Days Festival, Gregory Downs, QLD

Bill Jackson & Pete Fidler
Friday 17th August – Caravan Music Club, Melbourne, VIC

Black Rabbit George
Saturday 18th August – Nightquarter, Gold Coast, QLD

Bluegrass at Yulli’s feat. Soho & Co
Wednesday 22nd August – Yulli’s, Sydney, NSW

Bob Dylan
Saturday 18th August – ICC Sydney Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Sunday 19th August – Enmore Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Monday 20th August – WIN Entertainment Centre, Wollongong, NSW
Wednesday 22nd August – Entertainment Centre, Newcastle, NSW
Friday 24th August – Entertainment Centre, Brisbane, QLD

Brad Butcher
Friday 17th August – Bridge Hotel, Forth, TAS
Sunday 19th August – Saint John Craft Beer, Launceston, TAS
Friday 24th to Sunday 26th August – Gympie Music Muster, Amamoor, QLD

Charm of Finches
Saturday 18th August – Horti Hall, Melbourne, VIC

County Katoomba Traditional Irish Music Weekend
Friday 17th to Sunday 18th August – The Clarendon Guesthouse, Katoomba, NSW

Darby
Sunday 18th August – The Little Guy, Sydney, NSW

Dashville Skyline 2018 Official Warm-Up Party feat. The Sweet Jelly Rolls, Magpie Diaries, Grace Turner, Lyle Dennis, Sam Newton
Saturday 18th August – Ramblin’ Rascal Tavern, Sydney, NSW

Demi Mitchell
Saturday 18th August – Franks Wild Years, Thirroul, NSW

Fairlight Folk feat. Bruce Watson, Westminster, The Dixie Chooks
Saturday 18th August – Fairlight Folk, Fairlight, NSW

Figgy Folk Session
Monday 20th August – Figtree Hotel, Figtree, NSW

Fiona Boyes
Friday 17th August – Pistol Pete’s Food n Blues, Geelong, VIC
Saturday 18th August – Melbourne, VIC

FolkSwagon feat. Feelds, Naked Strangers, Lucy Lowe
Wednesday 22nd August – Cafe Lounge, Sydney, NSW

Fraser A. Gorman w/ Sasha March, Ryan Martin John
Saturday 18th August – Grace Emily, Adelaide, SA

Georgia State Line
Saturday 18th August – Major Tom’s, Kyneton, VIC

Gretta Ray
Friday 17th August – Jive Bar, Adelaide, SA
Saturday 18th August – Jack Rabbit Slims, Perth, WA
Thursday 23rd August – Oxford Art Factory, Sydney, NSW
Friday 24th August – Woolly Mammoth, Brisbane, QLD

Gretta Ziller & Andrew Swift
Friday 17th August – Flow Bar, Old Bar, SA
Saturday 18th August – No 5 Church Street, Bellingen, NSW
Sunday 19th August – House Concert, Murphys Creek, QLD
Thursday 23rd to Sunday 26th August – Gympie Music Muster, Gympie, QLD

Gympie Music Muster
Thursday 23rd to Sunday 26th August – Gympie, QLD

Hannah Cameron w/ Merpire
Saturday 18th August – The Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine, VIC

Hannah Matysek
Friday 17th August – North Richmond Panthers, Sydney, NSW
Saturday 18th August – North Richmond Panthers, Sydney, NSW
Thursday 23rd August – The Little Guy, Sydney, NSW
Friday 24th August – Marrickville Ritz, Sydney, NSW

Hello Tut Tut
Thursday 23rd August – Paris Cat Jazz Club, Melbourne, VIC

Honky Tonkin’ feat. James Ellis and the Jealous Guys, King Arthur
Thursday 23rd August – The Rook’s Return, Melbourne, VIC

Imogen Clarke, Brad Butcher, Hannah Lawes
Sunday 19th August – Saint John Craft Beer, Launceston, TAS

Jake Blount and Libby Weitnaue
Wednesday 22nd August – Smith’s Alternative, Canberra, ACT
Friday 24th August – House Concert, Austinmer, NSW

James Ellis and the Jealous Guys
Saturday 18th August – Major Tom’s, Kyneton, VIC
Sunday 19th August – Noisy Ritual People-Powered Urban Winery, Melbourne, VIC
Thursday 23rd August – The Rook’s Return, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 24th August – The Gem Bar, Melbourne, VIC

Jane Aubourg
Saturday 18th August – Servo Food Truck Bar, Port Kembla, NSW

Jeff Lang
Friday 17th August – 5 Church St, Bellingen, NSW

Jo Meares with Michael Bridges
Thursday 23rd August – Gasoline Pony, Sydney, NSW

Joshua Seymour
Sunday 19th August – Edinburgh Castle, Melbourne, VIC

Justin Bernasconi
Saturday 18th August – Old Church On The Hill, Bendigo, VIC

Kallidad
Friday 17th August – Townsville Cultural Festival, JCU, Townsville, QLD

Kasey Chambers
Friday 17th August – Regent Theatre, Yarram, VIC
Saturday 18th August – Wonthaggi Arts Centre, Wonthaggi, VIC

Katie Bates
Sunday 19th August – Rochester Hotel, Melbourne, VIC

Kelly Country Pick
Friday 17th to Sunday 19th August – Beechworth, VIC

King Arthur
Friday 17th August – Kastoria Music Club, Melbourne, VIC
Thursday 23rd August – The Rook’s Return, Melbourne, VIC

Kristy Cox and The Weeping Willows
Friday 17th August – Saints & Sailors Seafood Bar & Grill, Portarlington, VIC
Saturday 18th August – Sale Greyhound Club, Sale, VIC
Sunday 19th August – The Old Church on the Hill, Bendigo, VIC
Monday 20th August – Bayview Country Art Club, Bittern, VIC
Wednesday 22nd August – Tourist Hotel, Queanbeyan, NSW
Thursday 23rd August – Royal Theatre, Quirindi, NSW

Lachlan Bryan and The Wildes
Thursday 23rd and Friday 24th August – The Gympie Muster, Amamoor Creek State Forest, QLD

Maggie Carty
Sunday 19th August – Gaelic Club, Sydney, NSW

Magpie Diaries
Saturday 18th August – Ramblin’ Rascal Tavern, Sydney, NSW
Sunday 19th August – Union Hotel, Sydney, NSW

Matty T Wall
Saturday 18th August – Settler’s Tavern, Margeret River, WA
Sunday 19th August – Settler’s Tavern, Margeret River, WA

Melanie Horsnell
Friday 17th August – Caravan Music Club, Melbourne, VIC
Sunday 19th August – Trinity Sessions, Adelaide, SA

Merpire
Saturday 18th August – The Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine, VIC
Sunday 19th August – The Gasometer Hotel, Melbourne, VIC

Mic Conway
Friday 17th August – The Metropole Guesthouse, Katoomba, NSW

Mojo Juju
Sunday 19th August – Sydney Opera House, Sydney, NSW

My Friend the Chocolate Cake
Friday 17th August – Heath Ledger Theatre, State Theatre Centre of WA, Perth, WA

Nathan Power
Friday 17th August – The Caledonian, Wonthaggi, VIC
Sunday 19th August 19 – Westernport, San Remo, VIC
Friday 24th August – Oscar’s Alehouse, Belgrave, VIC

Paddy McHugh
Friday 17th August – The Junk Bar, Brisbane, QLD
Saturday 18th August – The Junk Bar, Brisbane, QLD

Peppertown Jam
Wednesday 22nd August – The Stag & Hunter Hotel, Newcastle, NSW

Pete Murray
Thursday 23rd August – Macquarie Inn, Dubbo, NSW
Friday 24th August – The Cube, Campbelltown, NSW

Pete Wild and Kate Burke
Sunday 19th August – Tathra Hotel, Tathra, NSW

Quinton Trembath
Wednesday 22nd August – The Hamilton Station Hotel, Newcastle, NSW
Thursday 23rd August – House Concert, Sydney, NSW
Friday 24th August – Transit Bar, Canberra, ACT

Raised by Eagles
Friday 17th August – Heritage Hotel, Bulli, NSW
Saturday 18th August – Grand Junction – The Junkyard, Maitland, NSW
Sunday 19th August – Grand Junction – The Junkyard, Maitland, NSW

Ramblin’ Nights feat. Raised by Eagles, JD And The Hunger Men, Sean McMahon
Friday 17th August – Heritage Hotel, Bulli, NSW

RAPT & The Dustbowl Dirt Band
Friday 17th August – Macquarie Towns Folk Club, Richmond, NSW

Sea Shanty Session
Wednesday 22nd August – The Brothers, Melbourne, VIC

Sean McMahon
Friday 17th August – Heritage Hotel, Bulli, NSW
Saturday 18th August – Franks Wild Years, Thirroull, NSW
Wednesday 22nd August – Coal and Cedar, Newcastle, NSW
Thursday 23rd August – Grand Junction, Newcastle, NSW
Friday 24th August – Flow Bar, Old Bar, NSW

Shakers and Makers feat. Charlie Gradon, Daniel J. Mathew and more
Saturday 18th August – Hibernian House, Sydney, NSW

Smith & Jones
Saturday 18th August – Sweetness Cafe & Lolly Shop, Molong, NSW
Friday 24th August – The Agrestic Grocer, Orange, NSW

Solid Air – A Tribute to Nick Drake feat. Emad Younan, Leroy Lee, Matt Tonks, Michael Azzopardi, Matt Ralph, Andy Gordon, Nat James
Thursday 23rd August – Django at Camelot, Sydney, NSW

Songwriter Circle feat. Montgomery Church, Genni Kane, Jon Wilby
Sunday 19th August – Club Millthorpe, Millthorpe, NSW

Stephen Grady
Thursday 23rd August – Junk Bar, Brisbane, QLD

Teresa Dixon
Friday 17th August – Southern Valley Folk Club, Towamba, NSW
Saturday 18th August – Cobargo Pub, Cobargo, NSW
Friday 24th August – House Concert, Bundadoon, NSW

The Audreys
Friday 24th August – Seppelt Wines, Great Western, VIC

The Black Sorrows
Friday 17th August – Kingston Arts, Moorabbin, VIC
Saturday 18th August – The Spotted Mallard, Melbourne, VIC
Thursday 23rd August – The Saloon Bar, Launceston, TAS

The Collingwood Casanovas w/ King Arthur, Lucky Oceans
Friday 17th August – Kastoria Music Club, Melbourne, VIC

The Glorious North
Sunday 19th August – The Standard Hotel, Melbourne, VIC​

The Gulf Country Frontier Days Festival
Thursday 16th to Sunday 19th August – Gregory Downs, QLD

The Gympie Music Muster
Thursday 23rd to Sunday 26th August – Gympie, QLD

The Loaded Dog Folk Club feat. Shiny Bum Singerrs, Dallas De Brabander
Saturday 18th August – Annandale Neighbourhood Centre, Sydney, NSW

The McClymonts
Friday 24th August – Gateway Hotel, Geelong, VIC

The Teskey Brothers
Thursday 23rd August – The Lighthouse, Darwin, NT

The Water Runners
Friday 17th August – Sebel Harbourside, Kiama, NSW
Friday 24th August – The Gasoline Pony, Sydney, NSW

The Weeping Willows
Friday 17th August – Saints & Sailors Seafood Bar & Grill, Portarlington, VIC
Saturday 18th August – Sale Greyhound Club, Sale, VIC
Sunday 19th August – The Old Church on the Hill, Bendigo, VIC
Monday 20th August – Bayview Country Art Club, Bittern, VIC
Wednesday 22nd August – Tourist Hotel, Queanbeyan, NSW
Thursday 23rd August – Royal Theatre, Quirindi, NSW
Fruday 24th August – The Green Owl, Brisbane, QLD

Tony McManus
Sunday 19th August – Lauriston Hall, Lauriston, VIC
Wednesday 22nd August – School of Arts Hall, Cobargo, NSW
Friday 24th August – The Metropole, Katoomba, NSW

Top End Folk Club Sunday Sessions
Sunday 19th August – Darwin Railway Club, Darwin, NT

Twilight in Tulsa
Saturday 18th August – The Fitzroy Pinnacle, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 24th August – The Lomond Hotel, Melbourne, VIC

Vanishing Shapes
Friday 17th August – Momo Wholefood, Newcastle, NSW

Xavier Rudd
Friday 17th August – Odeon Theatre, Hobart, TAS
Saturday 18th August – Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide, SA
Friday 24th August – The Forum, Melbourne, VIC

Z-Star Trinity
Friday 17th August – The J, Noosa, QLD
Sunday 19th August – Bearded Dragon Hotel, Tamborine, QLD
Wednesday 22nd August – The Brass Monkey, Cronulla, NSW
Thursday 23rd August – Heritage Hotel, Bulli, NSW
Friday 24th August – The Duck on Clarence, Port Macquarie, NSW

Friday Folk Flashback

“If I Had A Hammer” – Aretha Franklin

This Week in Folk

All the News From The Week That Was

Releases This Week

Sunday Morning Cinema – Dan Parsons
Bandcamp

Meet Me at the River – Dawn Landes
Bandcamp

Timber and Steel Recommends – Go To This Gig

Julia Johnson w/ Clarissa Mei, Emily Stewart, Rosanna Stevens

Friday 10th August – 107 Projects, Sydney, NSW

Gigs Next Week

Adelaide Guitar Festival
Thursday 9th to Sunday 12th August – Adelaide, SA

Albert Lee
Friday 10th August – Meeniyan Town Hall, Meeniyan, VIC
Saturday 11th August – Adelaide Guitar Festival, Adelaide, SA
Sunday 12th August – The Charles Hotel, Perth, WA
Wednesday 15th August – Blue Mountains Theatre, Springwood, NSW
Thursday 16th August – The Basement, Canberra, ACT
Friday 17th August – Brass Monkey, Sydney, NSW

Aleyce Simmonds and Brad Butcher
Saturday 11th August – The Green Owl, Brisbane, QLD

Andrew Swift
Sunday 12th August – Central Coast Country Music Festival, The Entrance NSW
Thursday 16th August – Lazybones, Sydney, NSW
Friday 17th August – Flow Bar, Old Bar, NSW

Bangalow BBQ & Bluegrass Festival
Fruday 17th and Saturday 18th August – Bangalow Showground, Bangalow, NSW

Ben Panucci w/ The Tambourine Girls, Maia Marsh
Saturday 11th August – The Union Hotel, Sydney, NSW

Bennett, Bowtell & Urquhart
Friday 17th August – The Gulf Country Frontier Days Festival, Gregory Downs, QLD

Bill Jackson & Pete Fidler
Friday 17th August – Caravan Music Club, Melbourne, VIC

Black Rabbit George
Friday 10th August – 5 Church St, Bellingen, NSW
Saturday 11th August – Stag + Hunter, Mayfield, NSW
Sunday 12th August – Flow Bar, Old Bar, NSW
Thursday 16th August – Solbar, Maroochydore, QLD

Black Mountain Unplugged Festival
Friday 10th to Sunday 12th August – Helenvale, QLD

Bob Dylan
Saturday 11th August – Botanic Park, Under the Grand Marquee, Adelaide, SA
Monday 13th August – Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne, VIC
Tuesday 14th August – Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne, VIC

Brad Butcher
Saturday 11th August – The Green Owl, Brisbane, QLD

Brian Campeau
Sunday 12th August – Camelot Lounge, Sydney, NSW

Cat Canteri
Saturday 11th August – Blues Tram, Bendigo, VIC

Catherine Britt
Friday 10th August – Sawtell RSL Club, Sawtell, NSW
Saturday 11th August – Sawtell RSL Club, Sawtell, NSW

Central Coast Country Music Festival
Friday 10th to Sunday 12th August – The Entrance, NSW

Charlie & Jensen
Saturday 11th August – The Record Crate, Sydney, NSW
Sunday 12th August – Hardys Bay Club, Hardys Bay, NSW

Clea w/ Asha Jefferies, Papperbok
Friday 10th August – Black Bear Lodge, Brisbane, QLD

County Katoomba Traditional Irish Music Weekend
Friday 17th to Sunday 18th August – The Clarendon Guesthouse, Katoomba, NSW

Dan Parsons
Saturday 11th August – Black Bear Lodge, Brisbane, QLD

Daniel Champagne
Friday 10th August – The Factory Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Saturday 11th August – Enmore Theatre, Sydney, NSW

Diana Anaid
Saturday 11th August – Hamilton Hotel, Hamilton, QLD

Elsen Price
Friday 10th August – St Stephen’s Uniting Church, Sydney, NSW

FolkSwagon feat. Hannah Matysek, Jon Cotton, Estelle Conley
Wednesday 15th August – Cafe Lounge, Sydney, NSW

Gadjo Guitars
Saturday 11th August – The Gasoline Pony, Sydney, NSW

Gretta Ray
Thursday 16th August – Corner Hotel, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 17th August – Jive Bar, Adelaide, SA

Gretta Ziller
Friday 10th August – Temora Ex-Services, Temora, NSW
Saturday 11th August – Dubbo RSL Club, Dubbo, NSW
Sunday 12th August – Central Coast Country Music Festival, The Entrance, NSW
Thursday 16th August – LazyBones Lounge, Sydney, VIC
Friday 17th August – Flow Bar, Old Bar, SA

Gretta Ziller & Andrew Swift
Thursday 16th August – LazyBones Lounge, Sydney, VIC
Friday 17th August – Flow Bar, Old Bar, SA

Hannah Cameron w/ Monique Clare
Friday 10th August – The Junk Bar, Brisbane, QLD

Hannah Matysek
Wednesday 15th August – Folkswagon, Cafe Lounge, Sydney, NSW
Friday 17th August – North Richmond Panthers, Sydney, NSW

Honky Tonkin’ feat. James Ellis and the Jealous Guys, King Arthur
Thursday 16th August – The Rook’s Return, Melbourne, VIC

James Ellis and the Jealous Guys
Sunday 12th August – Golden Barley Hotel, Sydney, NSW
Thursday 16th August – The Rook’s Return, Melbourne, VIC

Jeff Lang
Friday 10th August – The Agrestic Grocer, Orange, NSW
Saturday 11th August – Lizotte’s, Newcastle, NSW
Sunday 12th August – Dangar Island Bowling Club, Dangar Island, NSW
Friday 17th August – 5 Church St, Bellingen, NSW

Jim Mongrel
Friday 10th August – Brisbane Hotel, Hobart, TAS
Saturday 11th August – The Old Bar, Melbourne, VIC
Saturday 11th August – Reverence Hotel, Melbourne, VIC

Julia Johnson w/ Clarissa Mei, Emily Stewart, Rosanna Stevens
Friday 10th August – 107 Projects, Sydney, NSW

Justin Bernasconi & William Alexander
Thursday 16th August – The Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine, VIC

Kallidad
Friday 10th to Sunday 12th August – Black Mountain Unplugged Festival, Helenvale, QLD
Sunday 12th August – Coalescence Festival, Mission Beach, QLD
Thursday 16th August – IronBar, Port Douglas, QLD
Friday 17th August – Townsville Cultural Festival, JCU, Townsville, QLD

Kasey Chambers
Wednesday 15th August – West Gippsland Arts Centre, Warrigal, VIC
Friday 17th August – Regent Theatre, Yarram, VIC

Katie Bates
Wednesday 15th August – The Drunken Poet, Melbourne, VIC

Kelly Country Pick
Friday 17th to Sunday 19th August – Beechworth, VIC

King Arthur
Thursday 16th August – The Rook’s Return, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 17th August – Kastoria Music Club, Melbourne, VIC

Kristy Cox and The Weeping Willows
Thursday 16th August – The Wesley Anne, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 17th August – Saints & Sailors Seafood Bar & Grill, Portarlington, VIC

Leroy Lee
Friday 10th August – The House Dinging, Sydney, NSW

Liam Gale
Sunday 12th August – The Little Guy, Sydney, NSW

Lily and King
Friday 10th to Sunday 12th August – Black Mountain Unplugged Festival, Helenvale, QLD

Little Quirks
Friday 10th August – Sunk Cocktail Bar, North Narrabeen, NSW
Saturday 11th August – The Record Crate, Sydney, NSW

Low Down Riders
Friday 10th August – Bellingen Brewery Co., Bellingen, NSW
Saturday 11th August – The Bearded Lady, Brisbane, QLD
Saturday 11th August – Sol Bar, Maroochydore, QLD
Sunday 12th August – Peregian Originals, Peregian Beach, QLD

Magpie Diaries
Friday 10th August – Customs House, Newcastle, NSW

Matty T Wall
Friday 10th August – The Ellington Jazz Club, Perth, WA

Melanie Horsnell
Wednesday 15th August – Archive Wine Bar, Geelong, VIC
Friday 17th August – Caravan Music Club, Melbourne, VIC

Merry Muse feat. Helen and Tony Romeo
Sunday 12th August – Merry Muse, Canberra, ACT

Mic Conway
Friday 10th to Sunday 12th August – Black Mountain Unplugged Festival, Helenvale, QLD
Friday 17th August – The Metropole Guesthouse, Katoomba, NSW

Michael Meeking And The Lost Souls
Sunday 12th August – The Merri Creek Tavern, Melbourne, VIC

Mojo Juju
Wednesday 8th to Saturday 11th August – Arts Centre, Melbourne, VIC

Monique Clare
Friday 10th August – The Junk Bar, Brisbane, QLD

My Friend the Chocolate Cake
Friday 17th August – Heath Ledger Theatre, State Theatre Centre of WA, Perth, WA

Nathan Power
Friday 17th August – The Caledonian, Wonthaggi, VIC

Paddy McHugh
Friday 10th August – Brisbane Hotel, Hobart, TAS
Saturday 11th August – The Old Bar, Melbourne, VIC
Saturday 11th August – Reverence Hotel, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 17th August – The Junk Bar, Brisbane, QLD

Paul Hayward and Sidekicks
Saturday 11th August – The Gasoline Pony, Sydney, NSW

Pete Murray
Friday 10th August – Norwood, Norwood, SA
Saturday 11th August – Norwood, Norwood, SA

Ramblin’ Nights feat. Raised by Eagles & Guests
Wednesday 15th August – The Brass Monkey, Cronulla, NSW
Thursday 16th August – Slyfox, Sydney, NSW
Friday 17th August – Heritage Hotel, Bulli, NSW

RAPT & The Dustbowl Dirt Band
Friday 17th August – Macquarrie Towns Folk Club, Richmond, NSW

Richard Perso
Saturday 11th August – Yazzbar, Yass, NSW
Sunday 12th August – Old Canberra Inn, Canberra, ACT

Sea Shanty Session
Wednesday 15th August – The Brothers Public House, Melbourne, VIC

Sean McMahon
Friday 10th August – Taprooms, Castlemaine, VIC
Saturday 11th August – Major Toms, Kyneton, VIC
Wednesday 15th August – Brass Monkey, Cronulla, NSW
Thursday 16th August – Sly Fox, Sydney, NSW
Friday 17th August – Heritage Hotel, Bulli, NSW

Strings On King Old Time/Bluegrass Jam Session feat. Good Tom Wallace
Tuesday 14th August – MoshPit, Sydney, NSW

Sydney Guitar Festival
Thursday 9th to Sunday 19th August – Sydney, NSW

Teresa Dixon
Friday 10th August – House Concert, Yackandandah, VIC
Saturday 11th August – Hall Concert, Cudgewa, VIC
Sunday 12th August – Jindy Sessions House Concert, Jindabyne, VIC
Friday 17th August – Southern Valley Folk Club, Towamba, NSW

Tesse
Thursday 16th August – Golden Age Cinema & Bar, Sydney, NSW

The Black Sorrows
Friday 10th August – Emerald STAR Hotel, Emerald, QLD
Saturday 11th August – Village Festival, Yeppoon, QLD
Friday 17th August – Kingston Arts, Moorabbin, VIC

The Blues Tram feat. Luke Watt, Cat Canteri
Saturday 11th August – The Blues Tram, Bendigo, VIC

The Bottlers
Friday 10th August – Bush Music Club, Addison Rd Community Centre, Sydney, NSW
Thursday 16th August – Frankie’s Pizza By The Slice, Sydney, NSW

The Collingwood Casanovas
Sunday 12th August – Bar Open, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 17th August – Kastoria Music Club, Melbourne, VIC

The Djangologists
Friday 10th August – Hotel Blue, Katoomba, NSW
Saturday 11th August – Halfback Books / Hall’s Books & Records, Dee Why, NSW

The Gulf Country Frontier Days Festival
Thursday 16th to Sunday 19th August – Gregory Downs, QLD

The McClymonts
Saturday 11th August – Mt Isa Mines Rotary Rodea, Mt Isa, QLD

The Spooky Men’s Chorale
Friday 10th August – Chapel of the Holy Trinity, St Columba Anglican School, Port Macquarie, NSW
Saturday 11th August – Mullumbimby Civic Memorial Hall, Mullumbimby, NSW
Sunday 12th August – Princess Theatre, Brisbane, QLD

The Sweet Jelly Rolls
Thursday 16th August – Frankie’s Pizza By The Slice, Sydney, NSW

The Turner Brown Band
Friday 10th August – Leadbelly, Sydney, NSW
Saturday 11th August – Adelaide Festival Theatre, Adelaide, SA
Sunday 12th August – Adelaide Festival Theatre, Adelaide, SA

The Twoks
Saturday 11th August – Kew Court House, Kew, VIC

The Water Runners
Friday 17th August – Sebel Harbourside, Kiama, NSW

The Western Distributors
Sunday 12th August – Marrickville Bowling Club, Sydney, NSW

The Willing Ponies
Sunday 12th August – The George Hotel, Sydney, NSW

Tony McManus
Friday 10th to Sunday 12th August – Adelaide Guitar Festival, Adelaide, SA
Thursday 16th August – The Spotted Mallard, Melbourne, VIC

Vanishing Shapes
Friday 17th August – Momo Wholefood, Newcastle, NSW

Xavier Rudd
Friday 10th August – Night Quarter, Gold Coast, QLD
Saturday 11th August – The Tivoli, Brisbane, QLD
Sunday 12th August – The Tivoli, Brisbane, QLD
Friday 17th August – Odeon Theatre, Hobart, TAS

Z-Star Trinity
Friday 10th August – The Factory Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Saturday 11th August – Mangrove Mountain Public Hall, Mangrove Mountain, NSW
Friday 11th August – The J Noosa, Noosa Heads, QLD

Friday Folk Flashback

“The Laird of Drumblair/Little John’s Hame” – Tommy Peoples

This Week in Folk

All the News From The Week That Was

Releases This Week

Demons – Emma Davis
iTunes

Timber and Steel Recommends – Go To This Gig

Davidson Brothers Mid Winter Bluegrass Party feat. Davidson Brothers, Pete Denahy, Collingwood Casanovas, Burr Daisy Stringband, Liam Gerner

Sunday 5th August – The Curtin Bandroom, Melbourne, VIC

Gigs Next Week

Adelaide Guitar Festival
Thursday 9th to Sunday 12th August – Adelaide, SA

Albert Lee
Saturday 4th to Sunday 5th August – Melbourne Guitar Show, Melbourne, VIC
Saturday 4th August – Caravan Club, Melbourne, VIC
Sunday 5th August – The Skylark Room, Upwey, VIC
Wednesday 8th August – Flem-Ken Bowling Club, Melbourne, VIC
Thursday 9th August – Thornbury Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 10th August – Meeniyan Town Hall, Meeniyan, VIC

Aleyce Simmonds & Brad Butcher
Friday 3rd August – Rooty Hill RSL, Rooty Hill, NSW
Sunday 5th August – Harmonie German Club, Canberra, ACT

Alison Ferrier
Saturday 4th to Sunday 5th August – Melbourne Guitar Show, Melbourne, VIC

Andrew Swift
Friday 3rd August – York On Lilydale, Mt Evelyn, VIC
Saturday 4th August – Gateway Hotel, Geelong, VIC
Sunday 5th August – Whalers Hotel, Warrnambool, VIC

Ballads, Boots and Leather feat. The Weeping Willows, Deborah Helen Wright
Friday 3rd August – Some Velvet Morning, Melbourne, VIC

Black Mountain Unplugged Festival
Friday 10th to Sunday 12th August – Helenvale, QLD

Black Rabbit George
Thursday 9th August – Junk Bar, Brisbane, QLD
Friday 10th August – 5 Church St, Bellingen, NSW

Bob Dylan
Wednesday 8th August – Perth Arena, Perth, WA

Bonnie Kay and the Bonafides
Saturday 4th August – Shady Pines, Sydney, NSW

Brad Butcher
Friday 3rd August – Rooty Hill RSL, Sydney, NSW
Saturday 4th August – Red Boot Hoot Ronald McDonald House Fundraising Event, Brisbane, QLD
Sunday 5th August – Harmonie German Club, Canberra, ACT

Brooke Russell
Sunday 5th August – Shedshaker Brewery Taproom, Castlemaine, VIC

Carl Manwarring
Friday 3rd August – The House Dining, Sydney, NSW

Cat Canteri
Saturday 4th to Sunday 5th August – Melbourne Guitar Show, Melbourne, VIC

Catherine Britt
Friday 10th August – Sawtell RSL Club, Sawtell, NSW

Clea w/ Ash Hendricks, Lola Scott
Friday 3rd August – Waywards, Sydney, NSW
Saturday 4th August – The Workers Club, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 10th August – Black Bear Lodge, Brisbane, QLD

Daniel Champagne
Saturday 4th to Sunday 5th August – Melbourne Guitar Show, Melbourne, VIC
Wednesday 8th August – Flemington & Kensington Bowling Club, Flemington, VIC
Thursday 9th August – Sydney Guitar Festival Gala, The Concourse, Chatswood, NSW
Friday 10th August – The Factory Theatre, Sydney, NSW

Davidson Brothers Mid Winter Bluegrass Party feat. Davidson Brothers, Pete Denahy, Collingwood Casanovas, Burr Daisy Stringband, Liam Gerner
Sunday 5th August – The Curtin Bandroom, Melbourne, VIC

Dearly Departed
Saturday 4th August – The Stag and Hunter Hotel, Newcastle, NSW
Sunday 5th August – The Pourhouse, Maitland, NSW

Djangologists
Friday 10th August – Hotel Blue, Katoomba, NSW

Elsen Price
Friday 10th August – St Stephen’s Uniting Church, Sydney, NSW

Fiona Boyes
Friday 3rd August – The Skylark Room, Upwey, VIC
Saturday 4th to Sunday 5th August – Melbourne Guitar Show, Melbourne, VIC

FolkSwagon feat. Lady Lyon, Darby, Chris Raicevich
Wednesday 8th August – Cafe Lounge, Sydney, NSW

Fox n Firkin, All Strings Attached, Wheat Paste, Trashqueen
Saturday 4th August – The Bearded Lady, Brisbane, QLD

Free Fallin’ – A Tribute To Tom Petty feat. Michael Carpenter, Smith & Jones
Saturday 4th August – Leadbelly, Sydney, NSW

George Washingmachine’s Blues Rinse
Thursday 9th August – LazyBones Lounge, Sydney, NSW

Gretta Ziller & Megan Cooper
Friday 3rd August – Music At Magool’s, Captain Creek, QLD
Sunday 5th August – Willy Ed’s Music Accessories, Gladstone, QLD

Handsome Young Strangers
Thursday 9th August – The Golden Barley, Sydney, NSW

Hannah Cameron
Friday 9th August – Northcote Social Club, Sydney, NSW
Friday 10th August – The Junk Bar, Brisbane, QLD

Honky Tonkin’ feat. James Ellis and the Jealous Guys, King Arthur
Thursday 9th August – The Rook’s Return, Melbourne, VIC

International Blues Day feat. Isaiah B Brunt Band, Don Hopkins, Jesse Redwing, Bonnie Kay and the Bonafides, Blues Dj – Sista Feminista, Catherina Behan
Saturday 4th August – Shady Pines, Sydney, NSW

Jeff Lang
Saturday 4th to Sunday 5th August – Melbourne Guitar Show, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 10th August – The Agrestic Grocer, Orange, NSW

Jeff Martin
Friday 3rd August – Tapp Bar, Port Macquarie, NSW
Saturday 4th August – No. 5 Church St, Bellingen, NSW

John Schumann
Wednesday 8th August – Darwin Railway Club, Darwin, NT

Julia Johnson w/ Clarissa Mei, Emily Stewart, Rosanna Stevens
Friday 10th August – 107 Projects, Sydney, NSW

Justin Bernasconi
Saturday 4th August – The Guildford Family Hotel, Guildford, VIC
Saturday 4th to Sunday 5th August – Melbourne Guitar Show, Melbourne, VIC

Kallidad
Thursday 9th August – Cruise, Cooktown, QLD
Friday 10th to Sunday 12th August – Black Mountain Unplugged Festival, Helenvale, QLD

Kasey Chambers
Friday 3rd August – Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide, SA
Saturday 4th August – Sir Robert Helpmann Theatre, Mt Gambier, SA
Sunday 5th August – Lighthouse Theatre, Warrnambool, VIC
Thursday 9th August – Tanks, Cairns, QLD

Lady Lyon
Friday 3rd August – The Hampshire, Sydney, NSW
Thursday 8th August – Folkswagon, Cafe Lounge, Sydney, NSW

Lazy Colts
Saturday 4th August – Hotel Gearin, Katoomba, NSW
Sunday 5th August – Union Hotel, Sydney, NSW

Lily and King
Friday 10th to Sunday 12th August – Black Mountain Unplugged Festival, Helenvale, QLD

Magpie Diaries
Saturday 4th August – Hardys Bay Club, Hardys Bay, NSW
Sunday 5th August – Staves Brewery, Sydney, NSW
Friday 10th August – Customs House, Newcastle, NSW

Matty T Wall
Friday 10th August – The Ellington Jazz Club, Perth, WA

Mic Conway
Friday 10th to Sunday 12th August – Black Mountain Unplugged Festival, Helenvale, QLD

Mitch Rodgers & James Van Cooper
Saturday 4th August – The Noble Hops, Sydney, NSW

Mojo Juju
Wednesday 8th to Saturday 11th August – Arts Centre, Melbourne, VIC

Monique Clare
Friday 3rd August – House Concert, Brisbane, QLD
Friday 10th August – The Junk Bar, Brisbane, QLD

Paddy McHugh & Jim Mongrel
Friday 10th August – Brisbane Hotel, Hobart, TAS

Paul Dempsey w/ Fraser A. Gorman
Friday 3rd August – The Grand Hotel, Mornington, VIC
Saturday 4th August – Theatre Royal, Castlemaine, VIC

Peta Caswell and The Lost Cause, The Polygamy 3, Driza and Looch
Sunday 5th August – Moshpit, Sydney, NSW

Pete Murray
Friday 10th August – Norwood, Norwood, SA

Porch Light Sessions feat. Sarah Humphreys, Brodie Buttons, Callum Wylie
Thursday 9th August – Petersham Bowling Club, Sydney, NSW

Raised By Eagles
Saturday 4th August – The Spotted Mallard, Melbourne, VIC

Rezza House Concerts feat. Allison Forbes, The Weeping Willows
Saturday 4th August – House Concert, Reservoir, VIC

Ro
Friday 3rd August – The Newsagency, Sydney, NSW

Sarah Humphreys
Saturday 4th August – Hotel Gearin, Katoomba, NSW
Thursday 9th August – Porch Light Sessions, Petersham Bowling Club, Sydney, NSW

Sea Shanty Session
Wednesday 8th August – The Brothers Public House, Melbourne, VIC

Sean McMahon
Saturday 4th August – Tanswells, Beechworth, VIC
Sunday 5th August – Wandilagong Hotel, Wandilagong, VIC
Thursday 9th August – Merri Creek Tavern, Northcote, VIC
Friday 10th August – Taprooms, Castlemaine, VIC

Southern Gentlemen
Thursday 9th August – Sutherland Acoustic, Tradies, Gymea, NSW

Sydney Guitar Festival
Thursday 9th to Sunday 19th August – Sydney, NSW

Teri Young & Teresa Dixon
Wednesday 8th August – The Drunken Poet, Melbourne, VIC

The Black Sorrows
Sunday 5th August – FeNaClNG Festival, Bulgarra Oval, Karratha, WA
Thursday 9th August – Mount Pleasant Tavern, Mackay, QLD
Friday 10th August – Emerald STAR Hotel, Emerald, QLD

The Bootleg Sessions feat. Electric Tommy Johnston, MOG, Mach81, Hannah Blackburn
Monday 6th August – The Phoenix, Canberra, ACT

The Bottlers
Friday 10th August – Bush Music Club, Addison Rd Community Centre, Sydney, NSW

The Little Lord Street Band
Friday 3rd August – Froth Craft Brewery, Exmouth, WA

The Spooky Men’s Chorale
Friday 10th August – Chapel of the Holy Trinity, St Columba Anglican School, Port Macquarie, NSW

The String Contingent
Friday 3rd August – Forbes Town Hall, Forbes, NSW
Saturday 4th August – Mitchell Conservatorium, Bathurst, NSW
Sunday 5th August – Mitchell Conservatorium, Lithgow, NSW

The Turner Brown Band
Friday 3rd August – Tuggeranong Arts Centre, Canberra, ACT
Saturday 4th August – Milton Theatre, Milton, NSW
Sunday 5th August – The Waterfront – Cafe & General Store, Sydney, NSW
Friday 10th August – Leadbelly, Sydney, NSW

The Weeping Willows
Friday 3rd August – Ballads, Boots and Leather, Some Velvet Morning, Melbourne, VIC
Saturday 4th to Sunday 5th August – Melbourne Guitar Show, Melbourne, VIC
Saturday 4th August – Rezza House Concerts, Reservoir, VIC

Tony McManus
Friday 10th to Sunday 12th August – Adelaide Guitar Festival, Adelaide, SA

Vardos
Friday 3rd August – Eltham World Music Cafe, Eltham, VIC

Wellington Bluegrass Jammers August Jam
Sunday 5th August – Bond Street Event Centre, Sale, VIC

Whiskey Dram, The Dufranes, Someone Else’s Wedding Band
Saturday 4th August – Bombay Rock, Melbourne, VIC

Women In Folk feat. Sian Evans, Monique Clare
Friday 3rd August – House Concert, Brisbane, QLD

Xavier Rudd
Friday 3rd August – Uni Hall, Wollongong, NSW
Saturday 4th August – Enmore Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Sunday 5th August – Civic Theatre, Newcastle, NSW
Friday 10th August – Night Quarter, Gold Coast, QLD

Z-Star Trinity
Friday 10th August – The Factory Theatre, Sydney, NSW

Friday Folk Flashback

“Dust of Uruzgan” – Fred Smith