Georgia Mooney: Supergroup feat. Fanny Lumsden, R.W. Grace, Stu Larsen
Sunday 31st March – Giant Dwarf, Sydney, NSW
Gigs Next Week
19-Twenty Friday 29th March – Indian Ocean Hotel, Scarborough, WA
Saturday 30th March – Bridgetown Hotel, Bridgetown, WA
Áine Tyrrell Friday 29th March – St Martins Hall, Mullumbimby, NSW
Sunday 31st March – Kingscliff Beach Hotel, Kingscliff, NSW
Friday 5th April – Cooee Arthouse, Aldinga, SA
Aleyce Simmonds Friday 29th March – The Gunnedah Hotel, Gunnedah, NSW
Andrew Swift Friday 29th March – Centro CBD, Wollongong, NSW
Saturday 30th March – The Hydro Majestic, Medlow Bath, NSW
Friday 5th April – The Edge Hill Tavern, Cairns, QLD
Archer Saturday 30th March – The Merri Creek Tavern, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 5th April – The Main Bar, Ballarat, VIC
Ash Grunwald Friday 5th April – Club Sapphire, Merimbula, ACT
Ben Panucci Thursday 4th April – Waywards, Sydney, NSW
Bex Marshall Friday 29th March – City Golf Club Toowoomba, Toowoomba, QLD
Saturday 30th March – RoyalMail, Goodna, QLD
Sunday 31st March – The Shaws Bay Hotel, Ballina, NSW
Black Mountain String Band Saturday 30th March – Tuggeranong Arts Centre, Canberra, ACT
Black Rabbit George Friday 29th March – LazyBones Lounge, Sydney, NSW
Saturday 30th March – The Stag & Hunter Hotel, Mayfield, NSW
Boatkeeper Saturday 30th March – The Foundry, Brisbane, QLD
Friday 5th April – The Vanguard, Sydney, NSW
Bob Evans w/ Madelin Leman Friday 29th March – Sooki Lounge, Belgrave, VIC
Saturday 30th March – Karova Lounge, Ballarat, VIC
Bones Atlas Saturday 30th March – Eat Burger, Cronulla, NSW
Busby Marou Friday 29th March – Bridge Hotel, Sydney, NSW
Saturday 30th March – Milton Theatre, Ulludulla, NSW
Caitlin Harnett Sunday 31st March – Botany View Hotel, Sydney, NSW
Thursday 4th April – High Tea, Sydney, NSW
Charlie Collins Friday 29th March – The Workers Club, Melbourne, VIC
Saturday 30th March – Black Bear Lodge, Brisbane, QLD
Claymore Saturday 30th March – Publication Mornington, Mornington, VIC
Claude Hay Friday 29th to Sunday 31st March – The Big Hawkesbury Blues Weekend II, Windsor, NSW
Friday 5th April – Federal Hotel, Bellingen, NSW
Daniel Champagne Tuesday 2nd April – Paragon Theatre, Queenstown, TAS
Wednesday 3rd April – Republic Bar & Cafe, Hobart, TAS
Thursday 4th April – Royal Oak, Launceston, TAS
Friday 5th April – Mountain Mumma, Sheffield, TAS
Didirri Friday 29th to Sunday 31st March – The Hills Are Alive Festival, Loch, VIC
Emma Beau Saturday 30th March – Veteran Hall, Veteran, QLD
Emma Russack Saturday 30th March – Coalchella, Scarborough Wombarra Bowling Club, Wombarra, NSW
Festival of Small Halls feat. The Once, John Flanagan Friday 29th March – Hallston Hall, Hallston, VIC
Saturday 30th March – Tarwin Lower Mechanics Institute Hall, Tarwin Lower, VIC
Sunday 31st March – Soldiers Memorial Hall, South Goornong, VIC
Wednesday 3rd April – Old Glenlyon Shire Hall, Glenlyon, VIC
Thursday 4th April – Sedgwick Public Hall, Sedgwick, VIC
Friday 5th April – Gargarro Sound Shell, Girgarro, VIC
Flying Seamen Thursday 4th April – The Coach and Horse Hotel, Sydney, NSW
Georgia Mooney: Supergroup feat. Fanny Lumsden, R.W. Grace, Stu Larsen Sunday 31st March – Giant Dwarf, Sydney, NSW
Georgia State Line w/ Cookie Baker Friday 5th April – Macedon Railway Hotel, Macedon, VIC
Giffen w/ Bonniesongs Thursday 4th April – Django at Camelot, Sydney, NSW
GraceJean Saturday 30th March – CERES Joe’s Market Garden, Melbourne, VIC
Sunday 31st March – The Lost Ones, Ballarat, VIC
Gretta Ziller Saturday 30th March – Hornsby RSL Club, Hornsby, NSW
Friday 5th and Saturday 6th April – Man from Snowy River Bush Festival, Corryong, VIC
Grigoryan Brothers Friday 29th March – Venue 114, Bokarina, QLD
Saturday 30th March – Ipswich Civic Centre, Ipswich, QLD
Grizzlee Train Sunday 31st March – Hardys Bay Community Club, Hardys Bay, NSW
High Tea feat. Andy Golledge, Caitlin Harnett, Leroy Lee Thursday 4th April – House Concert, Sydney, NSW
Hollie Col Saturday 30th March – Rad, Wollongong, NSW
Honey Saturday 30th March – Walter Wines, Mudgee, NSW
Monday 1st March – Bright & Balanced Living, Blackheath, NSW
Honky Tonkin’ feat. James Ellis and the Jealous Guys, King Arthur Thursday 4th March – The Rook’s Return, Melbourne, VIC
Imogen Clark, The Rick Hart Trio, Lloyd Clarke Saturday 30th March – Ferntree Gully, VIC
Jamie Hutchings and Darren Cross Friday 5th April – Egg Records, Sydney, NSW
JD & The Hunger Men Wednesday 3rd March – Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Sydney, NSW
Jen Mize and Mark Sholtez Friday 29th March – The Spotted Mallard, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 5th April – The Old Museum, Brisbane, QLD
John Flanagan Friday 29th March – Hallston Hall, Hallston, VIC
Saturday 30th March – Tarwin Lower Mechanics Institute Hall, Tarwin Lower, VIC
Sunday 31st March – Soldiers Memorial Hall, South Goornong, VIC
Wednesday 3rd April – Old Glenlyon Shire Hall, Glenlyon, VIC
Thursday 4th April – Sedgwick Public Hall, Sedgwick, VIC
Friday 5th April – Gargarro Sound Shell, Girgarro, VIC
John Mayer Friday 29th March – Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney, NSW
Jordan Ireland Saturday 30th March – Coalchella, Scarborough Wombarra Bowling Club, Wombarra, NSW
Kallidad Friday 29th March – The Manly Fig, Sydney, NSW
Saturday 30th March – The Rhythm Hut, Gosford, NSW
Katie Noonan’s Elixir with Michael Leunig Saturday 30th March – The Spiegeltent, Hobart, TAS
Sunday 31st March – The Spiegeltent, Canberra, ACT
Friday 5th April – Redland Performing Arts Centre, Redland, QLD
Liam Gale & The Ponytails Friday 29th March – LazyBones Lounge, Sydney, NSW
Lisa Caruso Saturday 30th March – The Stag & Hunter Hotel, Mayfield, NSW
Thursday 4th April – Waywards, Sydney, NSW
Luka Bloom Friday 29th March – Caravan Music Club, Melbourne, VIC
Saturday 30th March – Memo Music Hall, St Kilda, VIC
Wednesday 3rd April – The Gov, Adelaide, SA
Friday 5th April – The Charles Hotel, Perth, WA
Lyn Bowtell Friday 29th March – The Manly Fig, Sydney, NSW
Madelin Leman Friday 29th March – Sooki Lounge, Belgrave, VIC
Saturday 30th March – Karova Lounge, Ballarat, VIC
Mark Wilkinson Friday 29th March – His Majesty’s Theatre, Perth, WA
Saturday 30th March – His Majesty’s Theatre, Perth, WA
Friday 5th April – Wheatsheaf Hotel, Adelaide, SA
Matt Corby w/ Eliott, Blessed, The Teskey Brothers Friday 29th March – Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, NSW
Saturday 30th March – UC Refectory, Canberra, ACT
Friday 5th April – Convention & Exhibition Centre, Brisbane, QLD
Matty T Wall Sunday 31st March – The Bassendean Hotel, Bassendean, WA
Melbourne Celtic Piping Session Sunday 31st March – The Last Jar, Melbourne, VIC
Merpire Friday 29th to Sunday 31st March – By The Meadow, Bambra, VIC
Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission Friday 29th March – Republic Bar, Hobart, TAS
Friday 5th April – Sound Lounge, Currumbin, Gold Coast, QLD
Mojo Juju Friday 5th April – Spiegeltent, Canberra, ACT
Mr Alford Sunday 31st March – Red Gum BBQ, Red Hill, VIC
Nathan Seeckts Friday 5th April – Young Street Supper Club, Frankston, VIC
Neil Murray Friday 29th March – Northcote Uniting Church, Melbourne, VIC
Saturday 30th March – Caravan Music Club, Bentleigh East, VIC
Oliver Downes Friday 5th April – The Westernport Hotel, San Remo, VIC
Pat Tierney Friday 29th March – The Junk Bar, Brisbane, QLD
Thursday 4th April – LazyBones Lounge, Sydney, NSW
Friday 5th April – Some Velvet Morning, Melbourne, VIC
Pierce Brothers Friday 29th March – Halls Gap Hotel, Halls Gap, VIC
Saturday 30th March – Westernport-Hotel, San Remo, VIC
Ramblin’ Nights feat. Sean McMahon & The Owls, Dave Favours & The Road Side Ashes Thursday 4th April – Slyfox, Sydney, NSW
Richard Perso Saturday 30th March – Delatite Hotel, Mansfield, VIC
Rick Hart Saturday 30th March – Ferntree Gully, VIC
Sunday 31st March – Kellybrook Winery, Wonga Park, VIC
Riley Pearce Saturday 30th March – Caves House Hotel, Yallingup, WA
Sunday 31st March – Caves House Hotel, Yallingup, WA
Ro Friday 29th March – The Gasometer Hotel, Melbourne, VIC
Sunday 31st March – The Porch Sessions, Marion, SA
Friday 5th March – Bank Hotel, Sydney, NSW
Rory McLeod Wednesday 3rd March – The Royal Exchange, Newcastle, NSW
Thursday 4th March – Petersham Bowling Club, Sydney, NSW
Sam Newton Thursday 4th April – LazyBones Lounge, Sydney, NSW
Scott Cook and The She’ll Be Rights Friday 29th March – Healesville, VIC
Saturday 30th March – St Georges Parish Hall, Malvern, VIC
Sunday 31st March – The Spotted Mallard, Melbourne, VIC
Sea Shanty Session Wednesday 3rd April – The Brother’s Public House, Melbourne, VIC
Sean McMahon Thursday 4th April – Sly Fox, Sydney, NSW
Friday 5th April – The Junkyard, Maitland, NSW
Shaky Stills Saturday 30th March – Rainbow, Melbourne, VIC
Skyscraper Stan Friday 29th March – Smith’s Alternative, Canberra, ACT
Saturday 30th March – Union Hotel, Sydney, NSW
Tally Ho & the 10-to-Go’s Saturday 30th March – Leura LeisureFest, Leura, NSW
The Big Hawkesbury Blues Weekend II Friday 29th to Sunday 31st March – Hawkesbury Hotel, Windsor, NSW
The Black Sorrows Friday 29th March – The Palms At Crown, Melbourne, VIC
Sunday 31st March – Royal Hotel, Meredith, VIC
Friday 5th April – Mandurah Performing Arts Centre, Mandurah, WA
The Bottlers, Handsome Young Stranger, Medusa’s Wake Sunday 31st March – Union Hotel, Sydney, NSW
The BUg Weekly Tues New Farm Folk Night feat. The Ocelots, The Pockets Tuesday 2nd April – New Farm Bowls Club, Brisbane, QLD
The Djangologists Saturday 30th March – The Gasoline Pony, Sydney, NSW
The Frank Burkitt Band Friday 29th March – Illawarra Folk Club, Wollongong, NSW
Saturday 30th March – The Vanguard, Sydney, NSW
Sunday 31st March – Franks Wild Years, Thirroul, NSW
Wednesday 3rd March – Tumut River Brewing Co, Tumut, NSW
Thursday 4th March – Nest, Tumbarumba, NSW
Friday 5th March – Saint Monday, Yackandandah, VIC
The Go Set Friday 29th March – Bendigo Hotel, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 5th April – Vinnies Dive, Southport, QLD
The Long Johns Saturday 30th March – Veteran Hall, Veteran, QLD
Sunday 31st March – Kingscliff Beach Hotel, Kingscliff, NSW
The Northern Folk Friday 29th to Sunday 31st March – The Hills Are Alive Festival, South Gippsland, VIC
Friday 5th April – The Old Church on the Hill, Bendigo, VIC
The Ocelots Saturday 30th March – The Foundry Brisbane, Brisbane, QLD
Sunday 31st March – Solbar, Maroochydore, QLD
Wednesday 3rd April – Element Bar, Coffs Harbour, NSW
Friday 5th April – The Vanguard, Sydney, NSW
The Once Friday 29th March – Hallston Hall, Hallston, VIC
Saturday 30th March – Tarwin Lower Mechanics Institute Hall, Tarwin Lower, VIC
Sunday 31st March – Soldiers Memorial Hall, South Goornong, VIC
Wednesday 3rd April – Old Glenlyon Shire Hall, Glenlyon, VIC
Thursday 4th April – Sedgwick Public Hall, Sedgwick, VIC
Friday 5th April – Gargarro Sound Shell, Girgarro, VIC
The Pigs Friday 5th April – Wesley Anne, Melbourne, VIC
The Porch Sessions feat. Ro, Oly Sherman, Delia Obst Sunday 31st March – House Concert, Marion, SA
The Ramblin Roses Sunday 31st March – The Lomond Hotel, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 5th April – Willie Smith’s Apple Shed, Grove, TAS
The Royal High Jinx Sunday 31st March – Pirates Tavern, Williamstown, VIC
The Slipdixies Sunday 31st March – Bar Open, Melbourne, VIC
The Sweet Jelly Rolls Friday 29th to Sunday 31st March – The Big Hawkesbury Blues Weekend II, Windsor, NSW
The Waifs Saturday 30th March – Caves House Hotel, Yallingup, WA
Sunday 31st March – Caves House Hotel, Yallingup, WA
Thursday 4th March – Freo.Social, Fremantle, WA
Winterbourne Thursday 4th April – The Aardvark, Fremantle, WA
Z-Star Delta Saturday 30th March – Lock 11 Lawns, Mildura, VIC
Sunday 31st March – Birdhouse, Wagga Wagga, NSW
Man of Constant Sorrow: Tribute to “O Brother Where Art Thou” feat. All Our Exes Live in Texas, The Morrisons, Tommy Dean, Luke Escombe, Brian Campeau Music, Diamond Duck, Shelley’s Murder Boys
Saturday 23rd March – City Recital Hall, Sydney, NSW
Gigs Next Week
Áine Tyrrell Thursday 28th March – Dusty Attic Music Lounge, Lismore, NSW
Friday 29th March – St Martins Hall, Mullumbimby, NSW
Alice Skye Sunday 24th March – Rock the Block, Ballarat, VIC
Andrew Swift Friday 22nd March – Finn Mac Cool’s, Adelaide, SA
Saturday 23rd March – Coopers Alehouse, Wallaroo, SA
Friday 29th March – Centro CBD, Wollongong, NSW
Archie Roach Friday 22nd March – The Memo, Healesville, VIC
Saturday 23rd March – Anglesea Memorial Hall, Anglesea, VIC
Bex Marshall Saturday 23rd March – Seagulls Club, Tweed Heads, NSW
Sunday 24th March – Bearded Dragon Hotel, Tamborine, QLD
Thursday 28th March – No. 5 Church Street, Bellingen, NSW
Friday 29th March – City Golf Club Toowoomba, Toowoomba, QLD
Bluegrass, Old Timey and Acoustic Music Campout Weekend Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th March – Fat Wombat Farm, Yetholme, NSW
BluesFest Sunday 24th March – War Memorial Park, Sydney, NSW
Bob Evans w/ Madelin Leman Thursday 28th March – The Publican, Mornington, VIC
Friday 29th March – Sooki Lounge, Belgrave, VIC
Bonnie Kay and the Bonafides Friday 22nd March – Federal Hotel, Bellingen, NSW
Saturday 23rd March – Yamba Shores Tavern, Yamba, NSW
Busby Marou Saturday 23rd March – Bimbadgen, Pokolbin, NSW
Thursday 28th March – Heritage Hotel, Bulli, NSW
Friday 29th March – Bridge Hotel, Sydney, NSW
Cat and Clint Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th March – Yackandandah Folk Festival, Yackandandah, VIC
Celtic Pipers Gathering Saturday 23rd March – Ross Hotel, Ross, TAS
Celtic Piping Concert Friday 22nd March – St Andrews Anglican Church, Evandale, TAS
Charlie Collins Friday 22nd March – The Lansdowne, Sydney, NSW
Friday 29th March – The Workers Club, Melbourne, VIC
Claire Anne Taylor Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th March – Yackandandah Folk Festival, Yackandandah, VIC
Claude Hay Friday 29th to Sunday 31st March – The Big Hawkesbury Blues Weekend II, Windsor, NSW
Colin Lillie Thursday 28th March – Heritage Hotel, Bulli, NSW
Corey Legge Friday 22nd March – Ryan’s Hotel, Thirroul, NSW
Saturday 23rd March – Club Sapphire, Canberra, ACT
Dana Sipos Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th March – Yackandandah Folk Festival, Yackandandah, VIC
Didirri Friday 29th to Sunday 31st March – The Hills Are Alive Festival, Loch, VIC
Doc & the Delegates Sunday 24th March – Criterion Pub and Kitchen, Newcastle, NSW
Felicity Dowd Sunday 24th March – St Peter’s Church, Candelo, NSW
Festival of Small Halls feat. The Once, John Flanagan Friday 22nd March – Mechanics Institute Hall, Murtoa, VIC
Saturday 23rd March – Wycheproof Shire Hall, Wycheproof, VIC
Sunday 24th March – Caldwell Hall, Caldwell, VIC
Wednesday 27th March – Merton Memorial Hall, Merton VIC
Thursday 28th March – Boolorra Memorial Hall, Boolarra, VIC
Friday 29th March – Hallston Hall, Hallston, VIC
Flying Seamen Thursday 28th March – The Coach and Horse Hotel, Sydney, NSW
FolkSwagon feat. Brendon Moon, The Frank Burkitt Band, Yossif Kay Wednesday 27th March – Cafe Lounge, Sydney, NSW
For Folk Sake feat. Lola Sola, The Mango Balloon, My Good Sauce Saturday 23rd March – 107, Sydney, NSW
Fred Smith Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th March – Yackandandah Folk Festival, Yackandandah, VIC
Get Folked Punk feat. Hatakaze, Jonno Read, sooze, Drew Elliott, Tom Walters Thursday 28th March – LazyBones Lounge, Sydney, NSW
Gleny Rae Virus and Her Young Bastards Sunday 24th March – Marrickville Bowling Club, Sydney, NSW
GraceJean Sunday 24th March – Mitcham Social, Mitcham, VIC
Wednesday 27th March – The Drunken Poet, Melbourne, VIC
Great Aunt Friday 22nd March – Open Studio, Melbourne, VIC
Thursday 28th March – Newport Bowls Club, Newport, VIC
High Lonesome Friday 22nd March – Cedar Bar & Kitchen, Bellingen, NSW
Honky Tonkin’ feat. James Ellis and the Jealous Guys, King Arthur Thursday 28th March – The Rook’s Return, Melbourne, VIC
Hussy Hicks Saturday 23rd March – The Old Museum, Brisbane, QLD
Introducing Nashville feat. Brandy Clark, Devin Dawson, Lindsay Ell, Tenille Townes Friday 22nd March – The Abbey, Canberra, NSW
Saturday 23rd March – Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
Jen Mize and Mark Sholtez Friday 29th March – The Spotted Mallard, Melbourne, VIC
John Flanagan Friday 22nd March – Mechanics Institute Hall, Murtoa, VIC
Saturday 23rd March – Wycheproof Shire Hall, Wycheproof, VIC
Sunday 24th March – Caldwell Hall, Caldwell, VIC
Wednesday 27th March – Merton Memorial Hall, Merton VIC
Thursday 28th March – Boolorra Memorial Hall, Boolarra, VIC
Friday 29th March – Hallston Hall, Hallston, VIC
John Mayer Monday 25th March – Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Brisbane, QLD
Wednesday 27th March – Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 29th March – Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney, NSW
Kallidad Friday 29th March – The Manly Fig, Sydney, NSW
Katie Noonan’s Elixir with Michael Leunig Friday 22nd March – Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne, VIC
Saturday 23rd March – Meeniyan Town Hall, Meeniyan, VIC
Sunday 24th March – Anglesea Town Hall, Anglesea, VIC
Kyle Lionhart Saturday 23rd March – Day on The Lawn, Hobart, TAS
Lachlan Bryan Sunday 24th March – The Union, Melbourne, VIC
Little May Saturday 23rd March – Day on The Lawn, Hobart, TAS
Luka Bloom Friday 22nd March – Milton Theatre, Milton, NSW
Sunday 24th March – Meeniyan Town Hall, Meeniyan, VIC
Wednesday 27th March – The Spotted Mallard, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 29th March – Caravan Music Club, Melbourne, VIC
Lyn Bowtell Friday 29th March – The Manly Fig, Sydney, NSW
Madelin Leman Thursday 28th March – The Publican, Mornington, VIC
Friday 29th March – Sooki Lounge, Belgrave, VIC
Man of Constant Sorrow: Tribute to “O Brother Where Art Thou” feat. All Our Exes Live in Texas, The Morrisons, Tommy Dean, Luke Escombe, Brian Campeau Music, Diamond Duck, Shelley’s Murder Boys Saturday 23rd March – City Recital Hall, Sydney, NSW
Mark Lucas & The Dead Setters Friday 22nd March – The Merton Hotel, Sydney, NSW
Thursday 28th March – Raising Voices, Red Bar, Sydney, NSW
Mark Oats and Matt Zarb Saturday 23rd March – Flow Bar, Old Bar, NSW
Mark Wilkinson Friday 22nd March – Lizotte’s, Newcastle, NSW
Sunday 23rd March – Heritage Hotel, Bulli, NSW
Friday 29th March – His Majesty’s Theatre, Perth, WA
Matt Corby Friday 22nd March – Entertainment and Convention Centre, Townsville, QLD
Saturday 23rd March – Munro Martin Parklands, Cairns, QLD
Friday 29th March – Hordern Pavilion, Sydney, NSW
Mic Conway with Robbie Long Sunday 24th March – Django at Camelot, Sydney, NSW
Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission Friday 22nd March – Paddington RSL, Sydney, NSW
Saturday 23rd March – Hardy’s Bay Club, Hardy’s Bay, NSW
Sunday 24th March – Lizotte’s, Newcastle, NSW
Friday 29th March – Republic Bar, Hobart, TAS
Miss Moses Old-time Jam Saturday 23rd March – Miss Moses, Melbourne, VIC
Mojo Juju Friday 22nd March – Spiegeltent, Hobart, TAS
Monsieur Camembert Saturday 23rd March – Camelot Lounge, Sydney, NSW
Montgomery Church Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th March – Yackandandah Folk Festival, Yackandandah, VIC
Mr Alford Friday 22nd March – Macedon Railway Hotel, Macedon, VIC
Sunday 24th March – The Lost Ones, Ballarat, VIC
Nat Henry Saturday 23rd March – The Stag & Hunter Hotel, Newcastle, NSW
Wednesday 27th March – Musos Corner, Newcastle, NSW
Nathan Power Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th March – Yackandandah Folk Festival, Yackandandah, VIC
Sunday 24th March – Empire Hotel, Beechworth, VIC
Neil Murray Friday 29th March – Northcote Uniting Church, Melbourne, VIC
Nicky Bomba Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th March – Yackandandah Folk Festival, Yackandandah, VIC
OldTime/Bluegrass Session Friday 22nd March – Plantbased Wholefoods, Katoomba, NSW
Peppertown Jam feat. Melody Moko Wednesday 27th March – The Stag and Hunter, Newcastle, NSW
Pierce Brothers Friday 22nd March – Kambri at ANU, Canberra, ACT
Saturday 23rd March – Bimbadgen, Pokolbin, NSW
Thursday 28th March – Sooki Lounge, Belgrave, VIC
Friday 29th March – Halls Gap Hotel, Halls Gap, VIC
Red Tail Ring Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th March – Yackandandah Folk Festival, Yackandandah, VIC
Sunday 24th March – The Gallery Gigs at North East Artisans, Benalla, VIC
Resonant Rogues Friday 22nd March – Westernport Yacht Club, Balnarring, VIC
Sunday 24th March – Warrandyte Festival, Warrandyte, VIC
Riley Pearce Sunday 24th March – Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, WA
Ro Friday 29th March – The Gasometer Hotel, Melbourne, VIC
Rory McLeod Friday 22nd March – Railway Hotel, Darwin, NT
Saturday 23rd March – Blockgigs, Katherine, NT
Thursday 28th March – The Taproom – Shedshaker Brewing, Castlemaine, VIC
Saoirse Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th March – Yackandandah Folk Festival, Yackandandah, VIC
Sara Storer Friday 22nd March – Noojee Hotel, Noojee, VIC
Saturday 23rd March – Caravan Music Club, Melbourne, VIC
Scott Cook and The She’ll Be Rights Friday 22nd March – The Main Bar, Ballarat, VIC
Saturday 23rd March – House Concert, Quarry Hill, VIC
Sunday 24th March – House Concert, Echuca, Victoria
Friday 29th March – Healesville, VIC
Sea Shanty Session Wednesday 27th March – The Brother’s Public House, Melbourne, VIC
Skyscraper Stan Saturday 23rd March – Cherry Bar, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 29th March – Smith’s Alternative, Canberra, ACT
Smith & Jones Friday 22nd March – Open Studio, Melbourne, VIC
STAV. Friday 22nd March – Kulchajam, Byron Bay, NSW
Saturday 23rd March – Bank Corner Espresso and Bar, Newcastle, NSW
Saturday 23rd March – Servo Food Truck Bar, Port Kembla, NSW
Sunday 24th March – St Peter’s Church, Candelo, NSW
Tesse and Georgia Mulligan w/ Ainsley Farrell Saturday 23rd March – Some Velvet Morning, Melbourne, VIC
The Big Hawkesbury Blues Weekend II Friday 29th to Sunday 31st March – Hawkesbury Hotel, Windsor, NSW
The Black Sorrows Friday 22nd March – The Star Hotel, Gundagai, NSW
Saturday 23rd March – Rewind In The Vines, Griffith, NSW
Friday 29th March – The Palms At Crown, Melbourne, VIC
The Go Set Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th March – Yackandandah Folk Festival, Yackandandah, VIC
Friday 29th March – Bendigo Hotel, Melbourne, VIC
The Hillbilly Goats Saturday 23rd March – Palmwoods Hotel, Palmwoods, QLD
The Loaded Dog Folk Club feat. MaD aDaM & Seamus Gill Saturday 23rd March – Annandale Community Centre, Sydney, NSW
The Maes Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th March – Yackandandah Folk Festival, Yackandandah, VIC
The Northern Folk Friday 29th to Sunday 31st March – The Hills Are Alive Festival, South Gippsland, VIC
The Once Friday 22nd March – Mechanics Institute Hall, Murtoa, VIC
Saturday 23rd March – Wycheproof Shire Hall, Wycheproof, VIC
Sunday 24th March – Caldwell Hall, Caldwell, VIC
Wednesday 27th March – Merton Memorial Hall, Merton VIC
Thursday 28th March – Boolorra Memorial Hall, Boolarra, VIC
Friday 29th March – Hallston Hall, Hallston, VIC
The Paper Kites Saturday 23rd March – Forum, Melbourne, VIC
The Pigs Friday 22nd March – Penrose Hall, Penrose, NSW
The Rio Gypsy Swing Sessions Wednesday 27th March – The Rio Bar, Sydney, NSW
The Royal High Jinx Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th March – Yackandandah Folk Festival, Yackandandah, VIC
The Settlement Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th March – Yackandandah Folk Festival, Yackandandah, VIC
The Sweet Jelly Rolls Friday 29th to Sunday 31st March – The Big Hawkesbury Blues Weekend II, Windsor, NSW
Theodore Kid Saturday 23rd March – Cauliflower Hotel, Sydney, NSW
Tom Dockray and Mitch Power Thursday 28th March – Caz Reitop’s Dirty Secrets, Melbourne, VIC
Tori Forsyth Saturday 23rd March – The Junkyard, Maitland, NSW
Yackandandah Folk Festival Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th March – Yackandandah, VIC
Z-Star Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th March – Yackandandah Folk Festival, Yackandandah, VIC
“And it’s you, and only you, who is lucky enough to be seated in this spot, in this place where you can see and hear all of this, though of course every other punter rests immersed in their own private perspective and their own version of the same colourful things. For this is the festival and this itself is Cobargo, as the crowd draws you on to the next main event” – Elizabeth Walton reviews the Cobargo Folk Festival. Review here
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St Patrick’s Day Weekend
Sunday is St Patrick’s Day and that means this weekend is going to be full of trad and folk music goodness around the country. In our regular tradition for St Patrick’s Day here’s some of the amazing Irish music happening around the country this weekend
Friday 15th March Blue Mountains Music Festival feat. Luka Bloom, Wallis Bird, Daoirí Farrell, More – Katoomba, NSW
Festival of Small Halls feat. The Once, John Flanagan – Orroroo Memorial Hall, Orroroo, SA
Friday Folk ‘n’ Irish feat. Shauna, Tony and Brother Eamonn – Brother’s Public House, Melbourne VIC
Get Folked Punk feat. Whiskey Dram, Billy Demos, Uku-Paley – Sydney Steel Rd Marrickville, Graffiti lane, Sydney, NSW
Heart of Ireland feat. Sásta – Majestic Cinemas, Nambour, QLD
John & Maggie Carty – The Gaelic Club, Sydney, NSW
St Patricks Day Warm Up – Gilroy’s, Sydney, NSW
St Patrick’s Day Weekend feat. Hairy Lemon – P.J. Gallagher’s Enfield, Sydney, NSW
St Patrick’s Day Weekend feat. Live Irish Music and Irish Dancers – The Fiddler, Rouse Hill, NSW
St Patrick’s Day Weekend feat. Rattlin Dog – The Criterion, Sydney, NSW
The Sydney Ramblers – The Tea Gardens, Sydney NSW
Saturday 16th March Blue Mountains Music Festival feat. Luka Bloom, Wallis Bird, Daoirí Farrell, More – Katoomba, NSW
Bluegrass All Stars, Pat McKernan – Brother’s Public House, Melbourne, VIC
Cutthroat Folk Fest feat. The Bottlers, Topnovil, The Buffalo Grass Boys, Grizzlee Train, Handsome Young Strangers, Operation Ibis, Trashed Again, SemenandGarfuckel, Medusa’s Wake, The Sweet Jelly Rolls, Paddy McHugh, Whiskey Dram, The Lurkers, Black Rats, Swamp Gully Howlers, Ess-Em, Shelley’s Murder Boys- Factory Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Dunnstown St Patrick’s Day Festival – Dunnstown, VIC
Festival of Small Halls feat. The Once, John Flanagan – Beltana Assembly Hall, Beltana, WA
Fox ‘N’ Firkin w/ Billy Puntton, Jodie Flange, The Lost Cause, Wheat Paste – Vinnies Dive, Southport, QLD
Heart of Ireland feat. Sásta – The Star Gold Coast, Broadbeach, QLD
O’Leary & The MunsterBucks – Southport Sharks, Southport, QLD
Paddy’s Day Weekend at The Irish Club of WA feat. Open Music Session, Tommy O’Brien, Craic ‘n On – Irish Club Western Australia, Perth, WA
Paddy’s Day Weekend at The Wild Rover feat. Flying Seamen, Echo Dear – The Wild Rover, Sydney, NSW
St Patrick’s Day Weekend feat. Corked – The Criterion, Sydney, NSW
St Patrick’s Day Weekend feat. David Taylor – P.J. Gallagher’s Entertainment Quarter, Sydney, NSW
St Patrick’s Day Weekend feat. Fancy Dan – The Wanderer, Sydney, NSW
St Patrick’s Day Weekend feat. Live Irish Music and Irish Dancers – The Fiddler, Rouse Hill, NSW
The Gaelic Club Session feat. Aisling Vaughan, Angus Barbary – The Gaelic Club, Sydney, NSW
Sunday 17th March – The Gaelic Club, Sydney, NSW
St Patrick’s Day Weekend feat. Shannonside – P.J. Gallagher’s Enfield, Sydney, NSW
The Go Set – The Munster Arms Hotel, Ballarat, VIC
The Last Aurochs w/ Aisling Vaughan – The Gaelic Club, Sydney, NSW
Witches Leap – Hotel Blue, Katoomba, NSW
Sunday 17th March Blue Mountains Music Festival feat. Luka Bloom, Wallis Bird, Daoirí Farrell, More – Katoomba, NSW
Dunnstown St Patrick’s Day Festival – Dunnstown, VIC
Festival of Small Halls feat. The Once, John Flanagan – Red Cliffs Civic Centre, Red Cliffs, VIC
Flying Seamen – The Riverview Hotel, Sydney, NSW
Flying Seamen – Jimmy’s Bar and Restaurant, Sydney, NSW
Fox ‘N’ Firkin w/ Blarney Stone, The Dangerous Folk – Lefty’s Old Time Music Hall, Brisbane, QLD
Frozen Water Trade – The Gaelic Club, Sydney, NSW
Great Aunt – Fat Goat, Upwey, VIC
Happy St Patrick’s Day feat. Boondockers, Old Melbourne Road, Shaun McKeegan -The Munster Arms Hotel, Ballarat, VIC
Heart of Ireland feat. Sásta – Kedron-Wavell Services Club Inc., Brisbane, QLD
Medusa’s Wake – Norton’s Irish Pub, Sydney, NSW
Paddy’s Day Weekend at The Irish Club of WA feat. Luna, Ciaran O’Sullivan, John Battista & Friends, Maggie’s Delight – Irish Club Western Australia, Perth, WA
Paddy’s Day Weekend at The Wild Rover feat. The Sweet Jelly Rolls, The Lurkers, John Maddox Duo – The Wild Rover, Sydney, NSW
Sean Roche – The National Hotel, Fremantle, WA
St Paddy’s Day at The Kinny feat. Shawn Lidster – The Kincumber Hotel, Kincumber, NSW
St Paddy’s Day Party Get Your Leprechaun On – Cauliflower Hotel, Sydney, NSW
St Patrick’s Celebrations feat. Cameron Mather, The Sydney Ramblers, Claddagh, Bacon & Cabbage, DJ Podgee – The Tea Gardens, Sydney, NSW
St Patrick’s Day 2019 feat. The Pikemen, Paddy Fitzgerald, Ewan Baker – The Last Jar, Melbourne, VIC
St. Patrick’s Day at Bondi – Hotel Bondi, Sydney, NSW
St Patrick’s Day at Irish – Irish Murphy’s, Hobart, TAS
St Patricks Day At The Grain Store feat. John & Maggie Carty, Miggeldy Higgins, Steel City Sue, J.J.King Irish Soul, Bill Wiseman – Grain Store, Newcastle, NSW
St Patrick’s Day At The Weeds – The 3 Weeds, Sydney, NSW
St Patrick’s Day Babylon feat. The Irish Wolfhounds – Babylon, Newcastle, NSW
St Patrick’s Day feat. Eric Mewburn – Bracken Ridge Tavern, Bracken Ridge, QLD
St Patrick’s Day feat. Exiles, Fir Croi, Cassidy’s Ceili – Canberra Irish Club, Canberra, ACT
St Patrick’s Day feat. Soul Jamz, Lenny Duff, Blackwater – Penrith Gaels Cultural and Sporting Association, Kingswood, NSW
St Patrick’s Day feat. Tongue & Mike Kerin Duo, The Sharkey Finns – Maloneys Hotel, Sydney, NSW
St Patrick’s Day Get Lucky at the Glenmore – The Glenmore, Sydney, NSW
St Patrick’s Day Weekend feat. Cath & Him, Rob Henry Duo – P.J. Gallagher’s Enfield, Sydney, NSW
St Patrick’s Day Weekend feat. Fancy Dan – The Wanderer, Sydney, NSW
St Patrick’s Day Weekend feat. Live Irish Music and Irish Dancers – The Fiddler, Rouse Hill, NSW
St Patrick’s Day Weekend feat. Uncorked, Paddy’s Craic – The Criterion, Sydney, NSW
Sydney St Patrick’s Day in The Rocks feat. DJ Podgee, Strawberries and Cabbage, Blackwater, Medusa’s Wake, The Chris Harper Experience, The Bottlers – The Rocks, Sydney, NSW
The Bottlers – Frankie’s Pizza, Sydney, NSW
The Gaelic Club Session feat. Aisling Vaughan, Angus Barbary – The Gaelic Club, Sydney, NSW
The River Folk Festival St Patrick’s Day Irish Session – The River Folk Festival, Warburton, VIC
The Sunday Patty’s Day Shindig feat. Jasper Lay, Wolf Stone – Cobargo Hotel, Cobargo, NSW
Whiskey Dram – Botany View Hotel, Sydney, NSW
Gigs Next Week
19-Twenty Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – Blue Mountains Music Festival, Katoomba, NSW
Afenginn Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – Blue Mountains Music Festival, Katoomba, NSW
Aleyce Simmonds Thursday 14th to Sunday 17th March – CMC Rocks, Ipswich, QLD
Alice Skye Sunday 17th March – Music for the Mob, Shore Reserve, Coburg, VIC
Allan Caswell Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – Blue Mountains Music Festival, Katoomba, NSW
Archer Friday 15th March – Torbay Hall, Torbay, WA
Saturday 16th March – Great Southern Playback Theatre Company, Denmark, WA
Archie Roach Friday 22nd March – The Memo, Healesville, VIC
Backsliders Saturday 16th March – Forth Valley Blues Festival, Forth, TAS
Sunday 17th March – Republic Bar & Cafe, Hobart, TAS
Bex Marshall Friday 15th March – Club Sapphire, Canberra, ACT
Saturday 16th March – Quarterdeck, Narooma, NSW
Blue Mountains Music Festival Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – Katoomba, NSW
Bluegrass All Stars, Pat McKernan Saturday 16th March – Brother’s Public House, Melbourne, VIC
Bluegrass @ Yulli’s feat. Stillhouse Union, Dr Coocachoo Wednesday 20th March – Yulli’s, Sydney, NSW
Bluegrass, Old Timey and Acoustic Music Campout Weekend Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th March – Fat Wombat Farm, Yetholme, NSW
Bob Evans w/ Caitlin Harnett Friday 15th March – 48 Watt St, Newcastle, NSW
Saturday 16th March – Heritage Hotel, Bulli, NSW
Bonnie Kay and the Bonafides Friday 15th March – Club Sapphire, Canberra, ACT
Saturday 16th March – Quarterdeck, Narooma, NSW
Brad Butcher Saturday 16th March – The Loaded Dog, Tarago, NSW
Brunswick Music Festival Sunday 3rd to Sunday 17th March – Melbourne, VIC
Busby Marou Friday 15th March – The Triffid, Brisbane, QLD
Saturday 16th March – Kingscliff Beach Hotel, Kingscliff, NSW
Caitlin Harnett Friday 15th March – 48 Watt St, Newcastle, NSW
Saturday 16th March – Heritage Hotel, Bulli, NSW
Carl the Bartender Thursday 21st March – Golden Barley, Sydney, NSW
Cat and Clint Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th March – Yackandandah Folk Festival, Yackandandah, VIC
Celtic Piping Concert Friday 22nd March – St Andrews Anglican Church, Evandale, TAS
Charlie Collins Friday 22nd March – The Lansdowne, Sydney, NSW
Charlie Gradon Thursday 21st March – Kings Cross Hotel, Sydney, NSW
Charm of Finches Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – The River Folk Festival, Warburton, VIC
Chloe & Jason Roweth Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – Blue Mountains Music Festival, Katoomba, NSW
Claire Anne Taylor Friday 15th March – Copping Hall, Hobart, TAS
Saturday 16th March – Saint John Craft Beer, Launceston, TAS
Sunday 17th March – Two Oaks, Somerset, TAS
Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th March – Yackandandah Folk Festival, Yackandandah, VIC
CMC Rocks Thursday 14th to Sunday 17th March – Ipswich, QLD
Concert for Kate – A Benefit for Kate Stewart feat. Sally Seltmann, Peter Fenton, Smudge, Bernard Fanning, Phil Jamieson, Paul Dempsey, You Am I Friday 15th March – Enmore Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Copperline Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – Blue Mountains Folk Festival, Katoomba, NSW
Corey Legge Friday 15th March – Tumut River Brewing Co., Tumut, NSW
Saturday 16th March – The Catfish, Melbourne, VIC
Thursday 21st March – The Stag & Hunter Hotel, Newcastle, NSW
Friday 22nd March – Ryan’s Hotel, Thirroul, NSW
Dana Sipos Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – The River Folk Festival, Warburton, VIC
Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th March – Yackandandah Folk Festival, Yackandandah, VIC
Daoirí Farrell Trio Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – Blue Mountains Music Festival, Katoomba, NSW
Dunnstown St Patrick’s Day Festival Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th March – Dunnstown, VIC
DuOuD Saturday 16th March – Corner Hotel, Melbourne, VIC
Ess-Em Saturday 16th March – Cutthroat Folk Fest, Factory Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Festival of Small Halls feat. The Once, John Flanagan Friday 15th March – Orroroo Memorial Hall, Orroroo, SA
Saturday 16th March – Beltana Assembly Hall, Beltana, WA
Sunday 17th March – Red Cliffs Civic Centre, Red Cliffs, VIC
Wednesday 20th March – Goroke and District Memorial Hall, Goroke, VIC
Thursday 21st March – Pomonal Community Hall, Pomonal, VIC
Friday 22nd March – Mechanics Institute Hall, Murtoa, VIC
Figgy Folk Session Monday 18th March – Figtree Hotel, Figtree, NSW
Flying Seamen Saturday 16th March – The Wild Rover, Sydney, NSW
Sunday 17th March – The Riverview Hotel, Sydney, NSW
Sunday 17th March – Jimmy’s Bar and Restaurant, Sydney, NSW
Thursday 21st March – The Coach and Horse Hotel, Sydney, NSW
FolkSwagon feat. Liam Gale & The Ponytails, A Star Pilot From Saturn, Lady Lyon Wednesday 20th March – Cafe Lounge, Sydney, NSW
Forth Valley Blues Festival Friday 15th and Saturday 16th March – Recreation Ground, Forth, TAS
Fox ‘N’ Firkin Saturday 16th March – Vinnies Dive, Southport, QLD
Sunday 17th March – Lefty’s Old Time Music Hall, Brisbane, QLD
Fred Smith Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th March – Yackandandah Folk Festival, Yackandandah, VIC
Friday Folk ‘n’ Irish feat. Shauna, Tony and Brother Eamonn Friday 15th March – Brother’s Public House, Melbourne VIC
Front Country Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – Blue Mountains Music Festival, Katoomba, NSW
Monday 18th March – Petersham Bowling Club, Sydney, NSW
Frozen Water Trade Sunday 17th March – The Gaelic Club, Sydney, NSW
Georgia State Line Friday 15th March – The Gem, Melbourne, VIC
Get Folked Punk feat. Whiskey Dram, Billy Demos, Uku-Paley Friday 15th March – Sydney Steel Rd Marrickville, Graffiti lane, Sydney, NSW
Glenmaggie Blues & Roots Festival Saturday 16th March – Glenmaggie Mechanics Institute, Glenmaggie, VIC
Great Aunt Sunday 17th March – Fat Goat, Upwey, VIC
Friday 22nd March – Open Studio, Melbourne, VIC
Green Mohair Suits Thursday 21st March – Django at Camelot, Sydney, NSW
Gregory Alan Isakov Friday 15th March – Jive, Adelaide, SA
Saturday 16th March – Factory Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Gretta Ziller Friday 15th March – Twin Towns Clubs & Resorts, Tweed Heads, QLD
Sunday 16th March – Hamilton Hotel, Hamilton, QLD
Sunday 17th March – Tewantin Noosa RSL, Tewantin, QLD
Grizzlee Train Saturday 16th March – Cutthroat Folk Fest, Factory Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Hat Fitz and Cara Friday 15th March – Four5Nine, North Perth, WA
Saturday 16th March – The Nukara Music Festival, Geraldton, WA
Handsome Young Strangers Saturday 16th March – Cutthroat Folk Fest, Factory Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Heart of Ireland feat. Sásta Friday 15th March – Majestic Cinemas, Nambour, QLD
Saturday 16th March – The Star Gold Coast, Broadbeach, QLD
Sunday 17th March – Kedron-Wavell Services Club Inc., Brisbane, QLD
High Lonesome Saturday 16th March – The Spare Room, Sawtell, NSW
Hollie Col Friday 15th March – House Concert, Sawtell, NSW
Saturday 16th March – Headland Cafe, Valla Beach, NSW
Sunday 17th March – The Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle, NSW
Honey Saturday 16th March – Figtree Food Company, Mudgee, NSW
Honky Tonkin’ feat. James Ellis and the Jealous Guys, King Arthur Thursday 21st March – The Rook’s Return, Melbourne, VIC
Hussy Hicks Wednesday 20th March – Soundlounge, Gold Coast, QLD
Imogen Clark Thursday 14th to Sunday 17th March – CMC Rocks, Ipswich, QLD
Innocent Eve Friday 15th March – House Concert, Gympie, QLD
Sunday 17th March – Bearded Dragon Hotel, Tamborine, QLD
Introducing Nashville feat. Brandy Clark, Devin Dawson, Lindsay Ell, Tenille Townes Monday 18th March – Lismore City Hall, Lismore, NSW
Tuesday 19th March – The Old Museum, Brisbane, QLD
Thursday 21st March – The Factory Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Friday 22nd March – The Abbey, Canberra, NSW
J Mascis Friday 15th March – Howler, Melbourne, VIC
Saturday 16th March – Theatre Royal, Castlemaine, VIC
Jamie Hutchings & Darren Cross Friday 15th March – Dusty Attic Music Lounge, Lismore, NSW
Saturday 16th March – Tapp Bar, Port Macquarie, NSW
Sunday 17th March – Flow Bar, Old Bar, NSW
Jane Aubourg Wednesday 20th March – Rad, Wollongong, NSW
Jim Lauderdale Thursday 14th to Sunday 17th March – CMC Rocks, Ipswich, QLD
Jo Jo Smith, Lucie Thorne, Claire Anne Taylor Friday 15th March – Copping Hall, Hobart, TAS
Saturday 16th March – Saint John Craft Beer, Launceston, TAS
Sunday 17th March – Two Oaks, Somerset, TAS
John & Maggie Carty Friday 15th March – The Gaelic Club, Sydney, NSW
John Flanagan Friday 15th March – Orroroo Memorial Hall, Orroroo, SA
Saturday 16th March – Beltana Assembly Hall, Beltana, WA
Sunday 17th March – Red Cliffs Civic Centre, Red Cliffs, VIC
Wednesday 20th March – Goroke and District Memorial Hall, Goroke, VIC
Thursday 21st March – Pomonal Community Hall, Pomonal, VIC
Friday 22nd March – Mechanics Institute Hall, Murtoa, VIC
Julia Jacklin Friday 15th March – Metro Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Saturday 16th March – Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle, NSW
Thursday 21st February – Perth Festival, Perth, WA
Kasey Chambers Thursday 14th to Sunday 17th March – CMC Rocks, Ipswich, QLD
Katie Noonans’ Elixer and Michael Leunig Friday 15th March – Newcastle Civic Theatre, Newcastle, NSW
Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th March – Blue Mountains Music Festival, Katoomba, NSW
Friday 22nd March – Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne, VIC
Kim Churchill Friday 15th March – Forth Valley Blues Festival, Forth, TAS
Les Chauffeurs á Pieds Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – Blue Mountains Music Festival, Katoomba, NSW
Little Wonders Saturday 16th March – Cooee Arthouse, Aldinga, SA
Sunday 17th March – Cooee Arthouse, Aldinga, SA
Luka Bloom Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – Blue Mountains Music Festival, Katoomba, NSW
Wednesday 20th March – Factory Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Friday 22nd March – Milton Theatre, Milton, NSW
Luke Combs Tuesday 19th March – Enmore Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Wednesday 20th March – Enmore Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Mandy Connell Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – The River Folk Festival, Warburton, VIC
Thursday 21st March – Royal Oak Hotel, Melbourne, VIC
Mark Wilkinson Friday 15th March – Lifeway Christian Church, Lara, VIC
Saturday 16th March – The Spotted Mallard, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 22nd March – Lizotte’s, Newcastle, NSW
Martha Marlow Friday 15th March – Bondi Pavilion, Sydney, NSW
Matt Corby Thursday 21st March – Great Western Hotel, Rockhampton, QLD
Friday 22nd March – Entertainment and Convention Centre, Townsville, QLD
Medusa’s Wake Saturday 16th March – Cutthroat Folk Fest, Factory Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Sunday 17th March – Sydney St Patrick’s Day in The Rocks, Sydney, NSW
Sunday 17th March – Norton’s Irish Pub, Sydney, NSW
Mélisande (électrotrad) Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – Blue Mountains Music Festival, Katoomba, NSW
Merpire Friday 15th March – Brunswick Library, Melbourne, VIC
Mick Thomas and The Roving Commission Friday 15th March – Garden of Unearthly Delights, Adelaide, SA
Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th March – Blue Mountains Folk Festival, Katoomba, NSW
Thursday 21st March – Smiths Alternative, Canberra, ACT
Friday 22nd March – Paddington RSL, Sydney, NSW
Mojo Juju Friday 22nd March – Spiegeltent, Hobart, TAS
Montgomery Church Friday 15th to Saturday 17th March – The Great Alpine Pick, Beechworth, VIC
Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th March – Yackandandah Folk Festival, Yackandandah, VIC
Moulettes Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – Blue Mountains Music Festival, Katoomba, NSW
Nathan Power Friday 15th March – Blue Bean Love Restaurant, Hepburn Springs, VIC
Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th March – Yackandandah Folk Festival, Yackandandah, VIC
Neil Murray Friday 15th March – The Courthouse Hotel, Mullumbimby, NSW
Sunday 17th March – Tintenbar Up Front, Tintebar, NSW
Neko Case Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – Blue Mountains Music Festival, Katoomba, NSW
Nicky Bomba Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th March – Yackandandah Folk Festival, Yackandandah, VIC
Nigel Wearne Friday 15th March – House Concert, Melbourne, VIC
Thursday 21st March – Caravan Music Club, Bentleigh East, VIC
O’Leary & The MunsterBucks Saturday 16th March – Southport Sharks, Southport, QLD
Old Time Jamboree feat. The Dreamlanders, Good Gosh, Black Horses Friday 15th March – Austrian Australian Club, Canberra, ACT
Paddy’s Day Weekend at The Irish Club of WA feat. Open Music Session, Tommy O’Brien, Craic ‘n On Saturday 16th March – Irish Club Western Australia, Perth, WA
Paddy’s Day Weekend at The Irish Club of WA feat. Luna, Ciaran O’Sullivan, John Battista & Friends, Maggie’s Delight Sunday 17th March – Irish Club Western Australia, Perth, WA
Paddy’s Day Weekend at The Wild Rover feat. Flying Seamen, Echo Dear Saturday 16th March – The Wild Rover, Sydney, NSW
Paddy’s Day Weekend at The Wild Rover feat. The Sweet Jelly Rolls, The Lurkers, John Maddox Duo Sunday 17th March – The Wild Rover, Sydney, NSW
Paddy McHugh Saturday 16th March – Cutthroat Folk Fest, Factory Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Paul Andrew Carey Friday 15th March – Swamplands Bar, Melbourne, VIC
Perch Creek Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – Blue Mountains Music Festival, Katoomba, NSW
Pierce Brothers Friday 15th March – The Barwon Club Hotel, Geelong, VIC
Saturday 16th March – Forth Valley Blues Festival, Forth, TAS
Thursday 21st March – UOW UniBar, Wollongong, NSW
Friday 22nd March – Kambri at ANU, Canberra, ACT
Polska Travels Folk Music Workshop feat. Krishna Nagaraja Friday 15th March – Castlemaine Anglican Church, Castlemaine, VIC
Ralph McTell Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – Blue Mountains Folk Festival, Katoomba, NSW
Red Tail Ring Friday 15th March – House Concert, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – The River Folk Festival, Warburton, VIC
Sunday 17th March – Blue Tongue Berries, Seymour, VIC
Wednesday 20th March – Woodfolk House Concert Series, Woodford, VIC
Thursday 21st March – Caravan Music Club, Bentleigh East, VIC
Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th March – Yackandandah Folk Festival, Yackandandah, VIC
Resonant Rogues Friday 15th March – Tanswell’s, Beechworth, VIC
Saturday 16th March – Ballarat Trades Hall, Ballarat, VIC
Sunday 17th March – Garden Concert, Bendigo, VIC
Thursday 21st March – The Garage 117 Cafe, Phillip Island, VIC
Friday 22nd March – Westernport Yacht Club, Balnarring, VIC
Richard Perso Saturday 16th March- The Old Canberra Inn, Canberra, ACT
Sunday 17th March – Contentious Character Vineyard, Wamboin, NSW
Robyn Hitchcock Friday 15th March – MONA, Hobart, TAS
Rory McLeod Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – Blue Mountains Music Festival, Katoomba, NSW
Wednesday 20th March – House Concert, Culburra Beach, NSW
Friday 22nd March – Railway Hotel, Darwin, NT
Saoirse Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th March – Yackandandah Folk Festival, Yackandandah, VIC
Sara Storer Friday 15th March – Halekulani Bowling Club, Budgewoi, NSW
Saturday 16th March – Hornsby RSL Club, Sydney, NSW
Sunday 17th March – Lizottes, Newcastle, NSW
Friday 22nd March – Noojee Hotel, Noojee, VIC
Sarah Humphreys, Kristen Lee Morris, Loren Kate Friday 15th March – Cooee Arthouse, Aldinga, SA
Scott Cook and The She’ll Be Rights Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – The River Folk Festival, Warburton, VIC
Thursday 21st March – House Concert, Apollo Bay, VIC
Friday 22nd March – The Main Bar, Ballarat, VIC
Sea Shanty Session Wednesday 20th March – The Brother’s Public House, Melbourne, VIC
Sean Roche Sunday 17th March – The National Hotel, Fremantle, WA
She Shanties Monday 18th March – The Dock, Sydney, NSW
Shelley’s Murder Boys Saturday 16th March – Cutthroat Folk Fest, Factory Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Skyscraper Stan Friday 15th March – Major Tom’s, Kyneton, VIC
Saturday 16th March – The Eastern, Ballarat, VIC
Smith & Jones Saturday 16th March – Under Western Skies Festival, Dubbo, NSW
Sunday 17th March – Django@Camelot, Sydney, NSW
Friday 22nd March – Open Studio, Melbourne, VIC
St Joan Friday 15th March – The Newsagency, Sydney, NSW
Saturday 16th March – Rad, Wollongong, NSW
St Paddy’s Day at The Kinny feat. Shawn Lidster Sunday 17th – The Kincumber Hotel, Kincumber, NSW
St Paddy’s Day Party – Get Your Leprechaun On Sunday 17th March – Cauliflower Hotel, Sydney, NSW
St Patrick’s Celebrations feat. Cameron Mather, The Sydney Ramblers, Claddagh, Bacon & Cabbage, DJ Podgee Sunday 17th March – The Tea Gardens, Sydney, NSW
St Patrick’s Day at Bondi Sunday 17th March – Hotel Bondi, Sydney, NSW
St Patrick’s Day at Irish Sunday 17th March – Irish Murphy’s, Hobart, TAS
St Patrick’s Day At The Grain Store feat. John & Maggie Carty, Miggeldy Higgins, Steel City Sue, J.J.King Irish Soul, Bill Wiseman Sunday 17th March – Grain Store, Newcastle, NSW
St Patrick’s Day At The Weeds Sunday 17th March – The 3 Weeds, Sydney, NSW
St Patrick’s Day Babylon feat. The Irish Wolfhounds Sunday 17th March – Babylon, Newcastle, NSW
St Patrick’s Day feat. Eric Mewburn Sunday 17th March – Bracken Ridge Tavern, Bracken Ridge, QLD
St Patrick’s Day feat. Exiles, Fir Croi, Cassidy’s Ceili Sunday 17th March – Canberra Irish Club, Canberra, ACT
St Patrick’s Day feat. Soul Jamz, Lenny Duff, Blackwater Sunday 17th March – Penrith Gaels Cultural and Sporting Association, Kingswood, NSW
St Patrick’s Day feat. Tongue & Mike Kerin Duo, The Sharkey Finns Sunday 17th March – Maloneys Hotel, Sydney, NSW
St Patrick’s Day Get Lucky at the Glenmore Sunday 17th March – The Glenmore, Sydney, NSW
St Patrick’s Day Weekend feat. Cath & Him, Rob Henry Duo Sunday 17th March – P.J. Gallagher’s Enfield, Sydney, NSW
St Patrick’s Day Weekend feat. Corked Saturday 16th March – The Criterion, Sydney, NSW
St Patrick’s Day Weekend feat. David Taylor Saturday 16th March – P.J. Gallagher’s Entertainment Quarter, Sydney, NSW
St Patrick’s Day Weekend feat. Fancy Dan Saturday 16th March – The Wanderer, Sydney, NSW
Sunday 17th March – The Wanderer, Sydney, NSW
St Patrick’s Day Weekend feat. Hairy Lemon Friday 15th March – P.J. Gallagher’s Enfield, Sydney, NSW
St Patrick’s Day Weekend feat. Live Irish Music and Irish Dancers Friday 15th March – The Fiddler, Rouse Hill, NSW
Saturday 16th March – The Fiddler, Rouse Hill, NSW
Sunday 17th March – The Fiddler, Rouse Hill, NSW
St Patrick’s Day Weekend feat. Rattlin’ Dog Friday 15th March – The Criterion, Sydney, NSW
St Patrick’s Day Weekend feat. Shannonside Saturday 16th March – P.J. Gallagher’s Enfield, Sydney, NSW
St Patrick’s Day Weekend feat. Uncorked, Paddy’s Craic Sunday 17th – The Criterion, Sydney, NSW
Stiff Gins Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – Blue Mountains Music Festival, Katoomba, NSW
Stillhouse Union Sunday 17th March – Gasoline Pony, Sydney, NSW
Wednesday 20th March – Bluegrass at Yulli’s, Sydney, NSW
SummerSalt feat. Xavier Rudd, Yothu Yindi & The Treaty Project Saturday 16th March – Leura Park Estate, Geelong, VIC
Sydney St Patrick’s Day in The Rocks feat. DJ Podgee, Strawberries and Cabbage, Blackwater, Medusa’s Wake, The Chris Harper Experience, The Bottlers Sunday 17th March – The Rocks, Sydney, NSW
Tally Ho & 10-to-Go’s Friday 15th March – Carrington Place, Katoomba, NSW
Tesse and Georgia Mulligan w/ Ainsley Farrell Thursday 21st March – Golden Age Cinema, Sydney, NSW
The Black Sorrows Sunday 17th March – By The C at Leura Park Estate, Geelong, VIC
Sunday 17th March – John Power Memorial Concert at Memo Music Hall, St Kilda, VIC
Friday 22nd March – The Star Hotel, Gundagai, NSW
The Bottlers Saturday 16th March – Cutthroat Folk Fest, Factory Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Sunday 17th March – Sydney St Patrick’s Day in The Rocks, Sydney, NSW
Saturday 17th March – Frankie’s Pizza, Sydney, NSW
The Buffalo Grass Boys Saturday 16th March – Cutthroat Folk Fest, Factory Theatre, Sydney, NSW
The Courtyard Sessions feat. Tyne-James Organ, Abigail Wighton Friday 15th March – Seymour Centre, Sydney, NSW
The Emerald Ruby Friday 15th March – Open Studio, Melbourne, VIC
Sunday 17th March – 303, Melbourne, VIC
The Gaelic Club Session feat. Aisling Vaughan, Angus Barbary Saturday 16th March – The Gaelic Club, Sydney, NSW
Sunday 17th March – The Gaelic Club, Sydney, NSW
The Go Set Saturday 16th March – The Munster Arms Hotel, Ballarat, VIC
Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th March – Yackandandah Folk Festival, Yackandandah, VIC
The Great Alpine Pick Friday 15th to Saturday 17th March – The Old Priory, Beechworth, VIC
The Grubby Urchins Sunday 17th March – Bar 303, Melbourne, VIC
Wednesday 20th March – The Brothers Public House, Melbourne, VIC
The Hillbilly Goats Sunday 17th March – CSi Club Southport, Gold Coast, QLD
The Last Aurochs w/ Aisling Vaughan Saturday 16th March – The Gaelic Club, Sydney, NSW
The Lurkers Saturday 16th March – Cutthroat Folk Fest, Factory Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Sunday 17th March – The Wild Rover, Sydney, NSW
The Maes Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – Blue Mountains Music Festival, Katoomba, NSW
Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th March – Yackandandah Folk Festival, Yackandandah, VIC
The New Graces Friday 15th March – Candelo Town Hall, Candelo, NSW
Saturday 16th March – Smith’s Alternative, Canberra, ACT
The Northern Folk Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – Blue Mountains Music Festival, Katoomba, NSW
The Once Friday 15th March – Orroroo Memorial Hall, Orroroo, SA
Saturday 16th March – Beltana Assembly Hall, Beltana, WA
Sunday 17th March – Red Cliffs Civic Centre, Red Cliffs, VIC
Wednesday 20th March – Goroke and District Memorial Hall, Goroke, VIC
Thursday 21st March – Pomonal Community Hall, Pomonal, VIC
Friday 22nd March – Mechanics Institute Hall, Murtoa, VIC
The Paper Kites w/ Timberwolf Friday 15th March – Miami Marketta, Miami, QLD
Saturday 16th March – The Triffid, Brisbane, QLD
The Pigs Friday 22nd March – Penrose Hall, Penrose, NSW
The Porch Sessions feat. The Ruiins, Greta Stanley, Banjo Jackson Sunday 17th March – House Concert, Kingston Park, SA
The Rio Gypsy Swing Sessions Wednesday 20th March – The Rio Bar, Sydney, NSW
The River Folk Festival Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – Warburton, VIC
The Royal High Jinx Sunday 17th March – Whittlesea Community Festival, Whittlesea, VIC
Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th March – Yackandandah Folk Festival, Yackandandah, VIC
The Settlement Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th March – Dunnstown St Patrick’s Day Festival, Dunnstown, VIC
Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th March – Yackandandah Folk Festival, Yackandandah, VIC
The Sunday Patty’s Day Shindig feat. Jasper Lay, Wolf Stone Sunday 17th March – Cobargo Hotel, Cobargo, NSW
The Sydney Ramblers Friday 15th March – The Tea Gardens, Sydney NSW
Sunday 17th March – The Tea Gardens, Sydney NSW
The Sweet Jelly Rolls Saturday 16th March – Cutthroat Folk Fest, Factory Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Sunday 17th March – The Wild Rover, Sydney, NSW
The Water Runners Saturday 16th March – Tathra Hotel, Tathra, NSW
Sunday 17th March – Tathra Hotel, Tathra, NSW
This Way North Friday 15th March – Halls Gap Hotel, Halls Gap, VIC
Saturday 16th March – Glenmaggie Blues & Roots Festival, Glenmaggie, VIC
The Woohoo Revue Friday 15th March – The B.East, Melbourne, VIC
Timberwolf Friday 15th March – Miami Marketta, Miami, QLD
Saturday 16th March – The Triffid, Brisbane, QLD
Tomato/Tomato Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – Blue Mountains Music Festival, Katoomba, NSW
Wednesday 20th March – Soundlounge, Gold Coast, QLD
Thursday 21st March – Django at Camelot, Sydney, NSW
Tori Forsyth Friday 22nd March – The Junkyard, Maitland, NSW
Twilight On The Trail w/ Smith & Jones Sunday 17th March – Django@Camelot, Sydney, NSW
Ukulele Death Squad Saturday 16th March – The Regal Theatre, Adelaide, SA
Saturday 16th March – The Regal Theatre, Adelaide, SA
Wallis Bird Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – Blue Mountains Music Festival, Katoomba, NSW
Wednesday 20th March – The Old Museum, Brisbane, QLD
Thursday 21st March – The Factory Floor, Sydney, NSW
Whiskey Dram Friday 15th March – Get Folked Punk, Sydney Steel Rd Marrickville, Sydney, NSW
Saturday 16th March – Cutthroat Folk Fest, Factory Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Sunday 17th March – Botany View Hotel, Sydney, NSW
William Crighton Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – Blue Mountains Music Festival, Katoomba, NSW
Witches Leap Saturday 16th March – Hotel Blue, Katoomba, NSW
Yackandandah Folk Festival Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th March – Yackandandah, VIC
Z-Star Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – Blue Mountains Music Festival, Katoomba, NSW
Friday 22nd to Sunday 24th March – Yackandandah Folk Festival, Yackandandah, VIC
Cobargo Folk Festival is set in a sleepy farming town that kind of feels like it’s a million miles from care. But if you’d rather that in metric terms, it’s at least a kilometre away from Sydney for every two people that call this tiny town their home, deep down in the south, edging close to the New South Wales – Victorian border.
The festival is held in the town’s rural Showgrounds, somewhere over the hill but not that far away. In fact it’s pretty close to where the colonial settlers planted themselves down in Yuin country back in 1829, and began to clear the heavily timbered hills for their dairy farms, shipping fresh creamy butter all the way up the coast to old Sydney town, to satiate the hungry colony.
It’s still largely dairy country today. The little round hillsides form a corral around a strip of hand cut timber houses. They frame the main road as it leads through a town that gets plugged with backyard fruit in lemon season. There’s even a timber bridge over Narira creek, though the creek doesn’t always flow.
As a music venue, it’s close enough to Bermagui to go for a dip between acts, yet it’s nestled in the hinterland, away from the strong sea breeze that cuts through the noon tide air. The festival vibe stamps that ‘far away land’ kind of magic feel on the ticket as you walk through the tunnel of ferns and fronds that make a romantic bower over the entry gates.
Like so many of Australia’s favourite folk events, Cobargo holds its own in the highly contested festival scene. This is Djirringanj country, where the people of the Yuin Tribal Nation commemorate the late Auntie Eileen Morgan with a welcome that features Djaadjawan Dancers, Robbie Bundle and the Stiff Gins.
The Stiff Gins are introduced by Sean Burke of Akolele on Wallaga Lake, a coastal hamlet that rests in the shadow of Mount Gulaga. Sacred Gulaga is the mother of the Yuin tribes, which was appropriated to the white-man name of Mount Dromedary for a century or more, before its cultural re-emergence.
Emma Donovan and Nadi Simpson of The Stiff Gins got their start at Redfern Music College in 1997. Their first release got them banned from radio because of just one word, they say, retelling their yarn with giggles until they are caroused into an impromptu rendition to show how that single word can sometimes bring you down. “Gather your things and walk out the door, I don’t want to see you f’n face any more”, the song goes. “We were young”, they giggle. “Very young,” they say.
These days they sing more about meditating and and less about sex. They sing songs about their kids as life grows in and around them, like 10 billion stars being called down from the ancient skies on the same day, for the same night, for an experience they made right here, in this place. Their voices are as clear as the flowing streams they are singing about, as they make their way through old inland towns, a long, long way from home. Their vocal lines will drench you as they call you in, and everything that is beautiful in this world will drift off the mother’s voice. Their spirit caresses the heart like a salt water wind returning to its place and breathing on your soul. Their tales follow their journey back to the heritage Australia forgot in its race to obliterate the most beautiful sapphires of our indigenous cultures and lands. They take the audience across the border of contemporary life and onto a traditional road, in yarns that span the continent and their spiritual home, the home whitefellas were in such a rush to cast off, like unaccounted bails of wool falling off the back of a road train, forgotten in a ditch somewhere along the way.
The big superband-style sound of On The Stoop is a real show stopper. In their accordion infused vaudevillian style they sing of how funny life is, and that in most instances, you should just get over yourself, and get on with being ‘you’, especially when it comes to taking a laugh at religion. Where the Stiff Gins got themselves banned from radio with one foul word, On The Stoop got themselves banned from playing in churches with their tune ‘Temples and Boardrooms’, with their funky, light ska riffs and punchy bass lines.
With silver threaded side burns lining his jaw, lead singer Joe Manton sings of the subtle hand of virtue, painting portraits that slip and slide around his lament for our times, as many of the musicians do, speaking out about the injustices of exchanging blood for oil in a world that screams “just give me the cash”. The smooth lines deliver heart felt lyrics, overlaid with thick schmaltzy harmonies that ebb and flow through the tight horns, crafted by a young red head chick, and a smooth hitter smacking it out up on the Gretsch kit as Manton makes one liners about one trick ponies.
Meanwhile bunions burst from thongs, and bare feet tap the grass – or what’s left of it after the sets are made, and the show goes on, with all its razzmatazz and bobby socks, the blonde bleached dreads, and the band’s response to the call from the audience to get more intense, with a little hint of Jaco bass, the crunchy leads, and all the sexy hooks thrown in.
To the cerise haired ladies and rather large men, the spiky mohawk-hair and the long lace shifts; the rusted out HiAce with no door handles parked under the bull ride sponsor sign, the little kids sitting hatless in the sun as they tear apart their mini catalogue guitars; the old man with the pointy jaw crouched below a half grown plane tree, still lush with the groans of summer though autumn has technically begun. Of course this is Australia and the trees will do as they please, not ascribe themselves to a European stance that declares the coming of autumn on this day or that. This calendar of comeuppance is not even aligned to the physics of our planet which officially delivers the equinox on the 16th of March. Not today, the 3rd of March, when the government declares that summer is already over. Yet the politicians are wandering around in the heat anyway, hoping you might vote for them in two weeks’ time at the state elections.
To the gentlemen in the designated smoking area far away from it all, where the children run between the rows of seats, crawling over the benches amongst the people snoozing with bandannas left to lie flat like sun screens across their faces.
To the long beards and the short trousers, and the one long sock with crocks, to the coffee grinders, their eftpos machines, to the harmonium sounds escaping under the flaps of the Magpie tent. To the kids crawling over the scaffold towards the Quaama Dry River Rodeo Committee sign, playing a game with imaginary cattle in the grey timber pens. To the fallen plastic chairs while Sally’s in the Galley, and the balladeers lament. To the pop up tents above dusty Subarus, the silver range rovers of an earlier vintage, the avenue of upright love hearts made from palm fronds and pink flags fashioned for Instagram, the babes in prams two weeks old, indoctrinated into the festival flow, though they would probably have been inducted even if their delivery had been delayed, as ripe bumps are no impediment to a good folk festival experience.
To the double bass and fiddle sessions held under the dappled shade of the one tree on the hill, playing Impromptu reels as the tradition flows; to the gaberdine high wasted dresses and tattooed arms carrying beers and kombucha up the road with a side of Daz’s Bliss Beat Curry, and plates of delicious, well priced offerings from the official food stand, where you can take a bet either way, vegetarian or lamb or both. Non bleached paper towels and plastic forks, a bet each way no matter which way you take it. To the applause wandering on the breeze as the winds shake the tents at their foundations and the bunting flags flap around. If they were prayer flags we’d all be all right. It’s a welcome breeze that shakes the heat out of the sun, though the sensible ones cover up their arms with long sleeved printed anthem shirts for one cause or another, while dads sit down with babies strapped around their torsos, to eat their tucker over the top of their baby’s heads, trying to catch the crumbs with a paper napkin. It’s quiet, it’s sparse, and though there are thousands here, it doesn’t feel that way.
There are showers for when it gets too hot and the creek is a little too dry for a dip, real toilet blocks, without queues at plastic portaloos, without the traffic jams of being in a bigger town. Though the oval is fully packed with triangle tents and camper vans, amongst the fleet of de-robed ambulances and old school busses making up the carnival camping ground.
The tin whistles breeze through the blades of grass shaking the crickets onto the dirt. The dreads may be wound up or left to flow down in the dance of it all.
And it’s you, and only you, who is lucky enough to be seated in this spot, in this place where you can see and hear all of this, though of course every other punter rests immersed in their own private perspective and their own version of the same colourful things. For this is the festival and this itself is Cobargo, as the crowd draws you on to the next main event.
Til sundown today, perhaps even midnight, in these little hills not far from the sea, this is the way it flows. You see old friends you’d forgotten. You chat and listen, as the little white clouds puff up on the horizon, tracing the curving line of the farm top trees, high above the pastures and lush green grasses of the hills around the town. Hats with feathers, baskets and boobies, kids swinging off the gates, men with peaked caps and pony tails, it’s all a part of the show.
When it comes to the experiences of Melissa Crabtree and Dayan Kai, you’d think there would be a change of heart from the jubilant festival feels. For the circumstances of their trip to Australia and travelling to the show were impossible to imagine.
Blind from birth, Dayan was refused a visa to travel to Australia unless he underwent a series of medical tests including x rays and blood tests, at his own expense. (Pre visa tests to prove what exactly???)
That was just the start. His home island of Maui didn’t house the correct machine to conduct the tests, so he had to fly, at his own expense, to another island where he could have the scans done. To make matters worse there were no connecting flights, so this had to be done in the most convoluted way imaginable, with Dayan accompanied by his partner Maya, because – did we mentioned he cannot see at all? – so obviously he cannot travel alone. Double the cost.
The life of the musician couldn’t be harder than what these guys are going through, and yet here they are, loving and living life as legendary balladeers. Arriving back home after he got the all clear on the scans, they were evicted from their hosue, where they home schools Dayan’s three kids. They had no luck at all finding a place to go with their ducks and chooks and collection of all the instruments Dayan has mastered (piano, guitar, mandolin, woodwinds, brass, percussion, and the list goes on…) as well as all the other elements of homey island life. After much persuasion the landlord agreed to let them stay until this month long Australian tour completes – but relief was yet to find them. Still waiting on his visa’s, the team missed out on booking all the sensibly priced tickets, and had to go with expensive international connections.
From there it was a down hill stumble across delayed flights, unplanned stopovers and broken down cars that left them stranded several thousand feet from the first gig, with the call going out across the Cobargo social networks for urgent help to pick them up. Somehow they got to the show in tact and on time, and with spirits so high you could hear their sounds drifting out across the wake of the festival, as velvety voices and slick solos hung their hooks up in the sky. In fact they delivered such a polished show that the audience didn’t even notice that Dayan is blind. And in true Australian spirit, the generous good folk of Cobargo pitched in with a bucket load of fundraising during the festival to help set things right.
Their memorable catchy tunes sing the good morning songs to welcome the ones who are born, filling all the aural spaces as they take you on a drive across the Mississippi. These are definitely the songs you’d want to to have as your soundtrack on that journey. Melissa Crabtree and Dayan Kai are touring Australia for a month, gradually picking up shows around the towns they are playing, leading in to Blue Mountains Music Festival and Yackandandah before they head back home.
South coast local Corey Legge is back to singing solo after his Swamp Stompers band ended its sensational run. The pressures and realities of van life were clean shaved right off this youngster at the end of a gruelling tour with his band in recent years, which ended in Katoomba one night, where he found himself writing new material on his mate’s couch, just wanting to go home. His long dark night of the soul came in the form of an existential crisis asking the gods what’s the use of trying anymore, when you’re 24 and feel like you’re reached the end of the road, when all that is left is lying on a mate’s couch, watching a rat run underneath your bed. He came home to the Bega Valley and reinvented himself as a solo act, which is giving him the time and space to get a fresh take on the realities of life as a muso. His act was followed by American duet the Rayos who ask, are we sleep walking through our lives? The audience resounds – YES! Though you’d have to say Corey himself has not succumbed to the banalities – not yet anyway.
Susan O’Neill (SON) is discovered standing up there on the big stage, telling her feet where to go, rolling out the loops and super imposed harmonies made possible only by complex technology, in her super short skirt with a sweet lady Jane blue chiffon overlay.
Her bass doubling achieves a sound no less perfect than a studio recording, impressive considering as she says we are all only animals after all. With advice to ignore the taxers of dreams, and to stop being afraid of our own lives, she dabbles with two mics, chasing down a melting sound that is bound to fulfil this gal’s destiny as a rising super star.
Some use loops as as a gimmick, an enhancer, but SON uses them as an instrument, an integrated part of the act, affectionally referred to as ‘The Band”. She plays along with the world’s tiniest tambourine, sharing yarns of being stuck in the snow, with a choice of harbouring in a church or a pub, leaving the audience to guess which one she chose.
And in a world where the trend is to sing with a forced hiatus at the back of the throat, and other fashionable affectations, SON falls prey to none of those passing trends, in delivers it all in a voice that is refreshingly free of affectations and fashions – it’s just a good strong honest voice that deserves international acclaim. It certainly demands a world wide ear.
After Womad and Port Fairy, she’s headed back to Ireland to seclude herself in a seaside mansion, alone, for a month to write songs. Maybe two, but the solitude of the lonely, desolate Irish beach is what she craves to complete her new material, – preferably without snow.
SON shows up later with fellow Irish compatriot Sharon Shannon, rolling out a trumpet solo, as you do when you’re a lyrically gifted singer song writer, loop mastering guitarist. Sharon’s line up sounded so powerful you’d pick for certain that they had a back line of great percussionists – although they didn’t have one at all – they were just sublimely rhythmical players.
Cobargo regular Scott Cook – the prairie home companion of a travelling balladeer – showed off his smooth showmanship and great ear for narrative, joined by Melbourne based Liz Frencham on bass, taking the audience into the long summer evenings when the wind runs through your hair, sucking on icy pops as you journey to a place where you can see forever on a clear night.
Malumba’s dolce sounds of classical guitar, double bass and violin offer an overtone of Villa Lobos as their rising melodies drop down in on the sounds of a Bacchanalian feast. The experience is infused with the gentle offerings of a kit drummer not afraid to hold back as he lands his open hands gently upon the snare. The band move inside and outside of a 12/8 feel, a little bit Russian Caravan, a little bit gypsy swing. Morticia and Gomez would be quite inspired by all the drama of this Andalusian intermezzo in high heat, as the musicians lilt into the hint of a dance before young Ruby takes to the stage.
Melanie Horsnell is found sitting in the front row of a darkened Gulaga hall with her daughter Gypsy, and the budding young photographer takes my camera to shoot Jordie Lane, (unsurprisingly, very well) though it was a surprise to find them there as rumour had it Melanie was still in Montreal. But it was just a quick trip to the home of the dual lingua franca for a folk alliance conference, and she was back at home in time to play her local Cobargo show.
And then, while Gypsy mastered the mysteries of shooting SLR in the dark without a flash, there was this moment between Jordie and Clare Reynolds, in a shattering rendition of the single The Winner, (released today) – this one incandescent moment, so intimate, so dripping with shattered emotions and broken lives, clambering for reconnection in a world that throws you smashed and battered so far from the pitch you fell you had won, this moment, this raw sound and intimate gaze that felt almost inappropriate to look at, let alone photograph, as Jordie and his Roland playing sweet mama rolled out such big immense, open chested harmonies, staring so deeply into each other eyes, infused in the one mic, with this one united angelic sound, so precious it could gently melt the wings of the white doves as they ascend to heaven. How can two people can stand alone before a crowd of silent listeners with only their voices and a few strings on a jangly guitar, the music paired back so far it is barely there at all, yet hold those silent thousands spellbound, lost in the moment, which goes on and on and on until it fades away into the black recess of the night? This is the miracle of music – and a testament to the superb sound quality of the engineers who craft quality live production, and the Gulaga venue crew achieved this exceptionally well. They captured it, we caught it, but it was Jordie and Clare who created it, made it, became it. And we have only them to thank for giving us back a part of our souls. You didn’t make a mess of anything Jordie, you’re the winners.
The festival’s guitar workshops brought the young at heart together with the young in years, sharing stories of cutting their teeth on the high fretted cheap guitars the middle child gets, when the family has no money to pay for music lessons or middle-child photos. “It was uncool to be seen carrying an instrument back then anyway,” American Richard Gilewitz says. He shares the stage with Nick Charles, Corey Legge, Daniel Champagne and John Hudson. Their styles span the genres and influences from old time blues and jazz to contemporary classics. Daniel gives a nod to his old teacher Dave Crowden and major festival sponsor Magpie Music, acknowledging the difference between inspiring, and very patient, dedicated teachers – and their counterparts, who have the capacity to stop students from learning and playing all together.
They play a round of Dave Stewart’s “Lily Was Here” together, before veering off into rounds of their solo work, featuring everything from Leo Kottke inspired tunes to Lindsay Buckingham’s Looking out for Love, which sees a shift in Corey Legge’s usual picking style, and Daniel Champagne’s releases a harmonious explosion of percussive sounds that transcend the tent and escape into the skies before we hear a round of Georgia on my Mind. This is nothing short of an indulgence of guitars – 30 strings pushing the notes around in an endearing sequence of short stories played their own way – noodling around the chord substitutions and harmonious inflections of the genres, always coming back to the blues.
Goanna’s Shane Howard met Bob Brown, pioneering Australian Green early in his career and was so swept up in the movement that he easily came to believe there is no greater job than fixing this mess the planet is in. He recounted the infuriating neo liberal putdown – anyone speaking up for the state of our world, it seems, can be silenced by the phrase “Get A Job”.
“Yeah I’ve got a job,” Shane Howard says, his indignant gaze slipping downwards under the broad brim of his feathered Akubra.
His eye raises up to meet the audience as directly as a cornered snake that’s ready to strike.
“It’s called fixing the planet – for you. And your grand kids. Taking good care of this country has to be something worth fighting for.”
It’s all a matter of the heart for this epic statesman of the Australian rock scene.
“When you die your heart is weighed against a feather”, Howard says. “If your heart is lighter than a feather then it’s time to ascend,” he says, implying that if you fail this test you’d better get back down here and sort the mess out while you can, since life is so often taken for granted. In any moment, all could be lost.
Shane Howard has dedicated his life to the environmental and the spiritual cause, like those he spent many years touring with, such as Carole King, who got her own private member’s bill through parliament to save the forests in Utah.
These are stories that travel close to the heart of the forest campaigners in the Cobargo region such as Sean Burke, who has spent most of his life battling to save the Great Southern Forests that are under constant threat from “timber mining”, including the sacred forests of mother Gulaga, which have finally been released from the grips of the loggers through the irrepressible work of Sean, Marco and their mates, and form part of the festival crew.
Music is so often the code to unlock the peoples’ heart, and often the only way to express the disillusionment people feel at the state of the world. Musicians have always carried the voice of the people through protests songs, whether Bob Marley, Bob Dylan, Woodie Guthrie, Billie Holiday or other lesser known saviours of the psyche. Closer to home it was the Fagans who hosted the festival’s protest song workshop with Dayan Kai and Melissa Crabtree, sharing their ballads of the road that help us all to touch the light.
From his biggest hit Solid Rock, to his present day works, Shane Howard’s psalms and anthems express the longing of the sacred heart of our first nations people; the ballads of the lost and downtrodden; the ones our present world system can not abide. He casts each nugget into the vault of the crooner, with a reassuring voice that the balladeers and poets of all time would be proud of, from Leonard Cohen to Oodgeroo Noonuccal, to Rumi and the other mystics. For we are all, from the intolerant to the dispossessed, we are one race, and our race to obliterate that reality is the ultimate race to the bottom of the gene pool. For in the heart of each of us, beyond the heroes and the wannabes, the winners and the outcasts, we are all in our own way searching for our personal Makarrata, our treaty, that brings reconciliation from within, reconciliation with our past and our common future, in a way that doesn’t pit brother against brother in the bitter, greedy fight for more.
“I will meet you in the red earth where two rivers meet,” Howard sings, declaring that it’s ‘time’ to draw on our government to fix the parlous situation we find ourselves in. It’s a perfect end to a star filled night like this, when the wicked fun of the kilt clad Skerryvore lads at the end of the line to chase the night home, and the curtains close on the 2019 Cobargo festival.
19-Twenty Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – Blue Mountains Music Festival, Katoomba, NSW
Afenginn Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Monday 11th March – Art at RRRTAG, Cororooke, VIC
Tuesday 12th March – The Spotted Mallard, Melbourne, VIC
Wednesday 13th March – Smith’s Alternative, Canberra, ACT
Thursday 14th March – Django at Camelot, Sydney, NSW
Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – Blue Mountains Music Festival, Katoomba, NSW
Áine Tyrrell Friday 8th March – South Hobart Living Arts Centre, Hobart, TAS
Alanna & Alicia Friday 8th to Sunday 10th March – Sanford Bush Festival, Sanford, VIC
Alejandro Escovedo Saturday 9th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, VIC
Tuesday 12th March – Thornbury Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
Wednesday 13th March – Caravan Club, Melbourne, VIC
Aleyce Simmonds Thursday 14th to Sunday 17th March – CMC Rocks, Ipswich, QLD
Allan Caswell Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – Blue Mountains Music Festival, Katoomba, NSW
Andrew Clermont Friday 8th to Sunday 10th March – Sanford Bush Festival, Sanford, VIC
Archer Sunday 10th March – Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, WA
Friday 15th March – Torbay Hall, Torbay, WA
Archie Roach Saturday 9th March – Nayri Niara Good Spirit Festival, Bruny Island, TAS
Saturday 9th March – Spiegeltent, Hobart, TAS
Ash Grunwald Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Asha Jefferies Saturday 9th March – The Triffid, Brisbane, QLD
Ben Salter Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Bex Marshall Friday 8th March – Harmonie German Club, Canberra, ACT
Sunday 10th March – Angels Bayside Cafe/Restaurant, Canberra, ACT
Friday 15th March – Club Sapphire, Canberra, ACT
Blue Mountains Music Festival Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – Katoomba, NSW
Bluegrass & Old Timey Music Jam Session Sunday 10th March – Tarana Pub, Tarana, NSW
Bluegrass Oldtime Jam Sunday 10th March – The Old City Bank, Katoomba, NSW
Bob Evans w/ Caitlin Harnett Thursday 14th March – Narrabeen RSL, Narrabeen, NSW
Friday 15th March – 48 Watt St, Newcastle, NSW
Bonnie Kay and the Bonafides Sunday 10th March – Marrickville Bowling Club, Sydney, NSW
Friday 15th March – Club Sapphire, Canberra, ACT
Brad Butcher Friday 8th March – The Old Bank, Dubbo, NSW
Brunswick Music Festival Sunday 3rd to Sunday 17th March – Melbourne, VIC
Busby Marou Friday 8th March – Torquay Hotel, Torquay, VIC
Saturday 9th March – Memo Music Hall, St Kilda, NSW
Friday 15th March – The Triffid, Brisbane, QLD
Caitlin Harnett Thursday 14th March – Narrabeen RSL, Narrabeen, NSW
Friday 15th March – 48 Watt St, Newcastle, NSW
Carl the Bartender Saturday 9th March – Stag & Hunter, Newcastle, NSW
Thursday 14th March – Transit Bar, Canberra, ACT
Charm of Finches Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – The River Folk Festival, Warburton, VIC
Chloe & Jason Roweth Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – Blue Mountains Music Festival, Katoomba, NSW
Chris Pickering Experiment Friday 8th March – Junkyard, Maitland, NSW
Claire Anne Taylor Sunday 10th March – Little Nook Café, Darlington, WA
Monday 11th March – Dôme Cafe Group, Maylands, WA
Friday 15th March – Copping Hall, Hobart, TAS
CMC Rocks Thursday 14th to Sunday 17th March – Ipswich, QLD
Come Sail Your Ships – A Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Tribute feat. Ukulele Death Squad Tuesday 12th March – The Grace Emily Hotel, Adelaide, SA
Wednesday 13th March – The Grace Emily Hotel, Adelaide, SA
Thursday 14th March – The Grace Emily Hotel, Adelaide, SA
Concert for Kate – A Benefit for Kate Stewart feat. Sally Seltmann, Peter Fenton, Smudge, Bernard Fanning, Phil Jamieson, Paul Dempsey, You Am I Friday 15th March – Enmore Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Copperline Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – Blue Mountains Folk Festival, Katoomba, NSW
Corey Legge Friday 8th March – Flow Bar, Old Bar, NSW
Saturday 9th March – Dusty Attic Music Lounge, Lismore, NSW
Sunday 10th March – Lefty’s Old Time Music Hall, Brisbane, QLD
Thursday 14th March – LazyBones Lounge, Sydney, NSW
Friday 15th March – Tumut River Brewing Co., Tumut, NSW
Craig Woodward Friday 8th March – Cafe Gummo, Melbourne, VIC
Saturday 9th March – Miss Moses, Melbourne, VIC
Dana Sipos Wednesday 13th March – Lomond Hotel, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – The River Folk Festival, Warburton, VIC
Daoirí Farrell Trio Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Wednesday 13th March – The Brass Monkey Cronulla, NSW
Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – Blue Mountains Music Festival, Katoomba, NSW
Darren Cross Friday 8th March – Disgracelands Presents, Gwynneville, NSW
Sunday 10th March – Petersham Bowling Club, Sydney, NSW
Thursday 14th March – Federal Hotel, Bellingen, NSW
Didirri Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Duncan Phillips Sunday 10th March – Big Pig Little Pig, Moorabbin, VIC
DuOuD Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – WOMADelaide, Adelaide, NSW
Thursday 14th March – Oxford Art Factory, Sydney, NSW
Dusty Ravens, Peter Fenton Friday 8th March – The Gasoline Pony, Sydney, NSW
Fanny Lumsden Friday 8th March – Collie Hall, Collie, NSW
Festival of Small Halls feat. The Once, John Flanagan Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Wednesday 13th March – Allendale East Public Hall, Allendale East, SA
Thursday 14th March – Lameroo Memorial Hall, Lameroo, SA
Friday 15th March – Orroroo Memorial Hall, Orroroo, SA
FolkSwagon feat. Maizy & Gaia Christine, Jane Cameron, James Henderson Wednesday 13th March – Cafe Lounge, Sydney, NSW
Front Country Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Tuesday 12th March – Northcote Social Club, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – Blue Mountains Music Festival, Katoomba, NSW
Georgia State Line & Patrick Wilson w/ William Alexander Friday 8th March – Major Tom’s, Kyneton, VIC
Saturday 9th March – Merri Creek Tavern, Melbourne, VIC
Sunday 10th March – The Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine, VIC
Giffen Saturday 9th March – Annandale Creative Arts Centre, Sydney, NSW
GoldenPlains Thirteen Saturday 9th to Monday 11th March – Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre, Meredith, VIC
Gregory Alan Isakov Friday 8th March – The Croxton, Melbourne, VIC
Saturday 9th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Thursday 14th March – Badlands, Perth, WA
Friday 15th March – Jive, Adelaide, SA
Greta Stanley Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Gretta Ziller
Thursday 14th March – Byron Theatre, Byron Bay, NSW
Friday 15th March – Twin Towns Clubs & Resorts, Tweed Heads, QLD
Hat Fitz and Cara Thursday 14th March – Mojo’s Bar, Fremantle, WA
Friday 15th March – Four5Nine, North Perth, WA
Hollow Coves Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Honky Tonkin’ feat. James Ellis and the Jealous Guys, King Arthur Thursday 14th March – The Rook’s Return, Melbourne, VIC
Hussy Hicks Friday 8th March – Cuddihy Park, Mudgeeraba, QLD
Saturday 9th March – The Fyrefly, St Kilda, VIC
Saturday 10th March – ChillOut Festival, Daylesford, VIC
Imogen Clark Thursday 14th to Sunday 17th March – CMC Rocks, Ipswich, QLD
In The Round at Leadbelly feat. Alice Terry, Phil Stack, Billie McCarthy Tuesday 12th March – Leadbelly, Sydney, NSW
Innocent Eve Saturday 9th March – Beer & Wine Festival, Biloela Civic Centre, Biloela, QLD
Sunday 10th March – Keppel Bay Sailing Club, Yeppoon, QLD
Friday 15th March – House Concert, Gympie, QLD
J Mascis Friday 8th March – Miami Marketta, Miami, QLD
Saturday 9th March – Solbar, Maroochydore, QLD
Monday 11th March – The Palais, Adelaide, SA
Jamie Hutchings Friday 8th March – Disgracelands Presents, Gwynneville, NSW
Thursday 14th March – Federal Hotel, Bellingen, NSW
Jamie Smith’s Mabon Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – WOMADelaide, Adelaide, NSW
Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Jim Lauderdale Thursday 14th to Sunday 17th March – CMC Rocks, Ipswich, QLD
Jo Jo Smith, Lucie Thorne, Claire Anne Taylor Friday 15th March – Copping Hall, Hobart, TAS
John Butler Trio Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – WOMADelaide, Adelaide, NSW
John Flanagan Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Wednesday 13th March – Allendale East Public Hall, Allendale East, SA
Thursday 14th March – Lameroo Memorial Hall, Lameroo, SA
Friday 15th March – Orroroo Memorial Hall, Orroroo, SA
John Prine Saturday 9th March – State Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Julia Jacklin Friday 8th March – Jet Black Cat Music, Brisbane, QLD
Friday 8th March – The Foundry Brisbane, Brisbane, QLD
Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – WOMADelaide, Adelaide, SA
Saturday 9th March – The Triffid, Brisbane, QLD
Tuesday 12th March – Spiegeltent, Hobart, TAS
Thursday 14th March – The Forum, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 15th March – Metro Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Karl-Christoph Saturday 9th March – The Old City Bank, Katoomba, NSW
Kasey Chambers Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Thursday 14th to Sunday 17th March – CMC Rocks, Ipswich, QLD
Katie Noonans’ Elixer and Michael Leunig Friday 15th March – Newcastle Civic Theatre, Newcastle, NSW
Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – Blue Mountains Music Festival, Katoomba, NSW
Kay Proudlove Thursday 14th March – LazyBones Lounge, Sydney, NSW
Leanne Tennant Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Monday 11th March – Bar 303, Melbourne, VIC
Les Chauffeurs á Pieds Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Wednesday 13th March – Maygars Hill Vineyard and Cottage, Longwood East, VIC
Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – Blue Mountains Music Festival, Katoomba, NSW
Liz Phair w/ Ali Barter Friday 8th March – Oxford Art Factory, Sydney, NSW
Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – WOMADelaide, Adelaide, SA
Saturday 9th to Monday 11th March – GoldenPlains, Meredith, VIC
Monday 11th March – The Croxton Bandroom, Melbourne, VIC
Tuesday 12th March – The Triffid, Brisbane, QLD
Liz Stringer Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Lloyd Spiegel Saturday 9th March – Blues on the Water, Sydney, NSW
Lomond Acoustica feat. Scott Cook, Dana Sipos, Mandy Connell Wednesday 13th March – Lomond Hotel, Melbourne, VIC
Luka Bloom Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Tuesday 12th March – The Basement, Canberra, ACT
Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – Blue Mountains Music Festival, Katoomba, NSW
Luke Combs Wednesday 13th March – Palais Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
Thursday 14th to Sunday 17th March – CMC Rocks, Ipswich, QLD
Luke O’Shea and Lyn Bowtell Saturday 9th March – Maleny RSL, Maleny, QLD
Sunday 10th March – The Royal Hotel, Gympie, QLD
Thursday 14th March – Oodies Cafe, Bundaberg, QLD
Maggie & John Carty Thursday 14th March – Plantbased Wholefoods, Katoomba, NSW
Friday 15th March – The Gaelic Club, Sydney, NSW
Maizy Saturday 9th March – Beers to the Bush, Dubbo, NSW
Wednesday 13th March – FolkSwagon, Cafe Lounge, Sydney, NSW
Mandy Connell Friday 8th March – Holgate Brewery, Woodend, VIC
Wednesday 13th March – Lomond Hotel, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – The River Folk Festival, Warburton, VIC
Margaret Roadknight Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Mark Wilkinson Saturday 9th March – Smith’s Alternative, Canberra, ACT
Sunday 10th March – Smith’s Alternative, Canberra, ACT
Friday 15th March – Lifeway Christian Church, Lara, VIC
Marlon Williams Friday 8th March – Melbourne Zoo Twilights, Melbourne, VIC
Saturday 9th to Monday 11th March – Golden Plains, Meredith, VIC
Martha Marlow Friday 15th March – Bondi Pavilion, Sydney, NSW
Mary Coughlan Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Mélisande (électrotrad) Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – Blue Mountains Music Festival, Katoomba, NSW
Merpire Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th March – Panama Festival, Golconda, TAS
Friday 15th March – Brunswick Library, Melbourne, VIC
Mick Thomas and The Roving Commission Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Friday 15th March – Garden of Unearthly Delights, Adelaide, SA
Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – Blue Mountains Music Festival, Katoomba, NSW
Miss Moses Old Time Jam Saturday 9th March – Miss Moses, Melbourne, VIC
Mojo Juju Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Monique Clare Thursday 14th March – Johnston Street Jazz, Sydney, NSW
Moulettes Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Tuesday 12th March – Northcote Social Club, Melbourne, VIC
Wednesday 13th March – Lazybones Lounge, Sydney, NSW
Thursday 14th March – The Stag & Hunter, Newcastle, NSW
Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – Blue Mountains Music Festival, Katoomba, NSW
Mélisande (électrotrad) Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – Blue Mountains Music Festival, Katoomba, NSW
Mr Alford Monday 11th March – Bar 303, Melbourne, VIC
Murray Kyle Friday 8th March – House Concert, New Brighton, NSW
Nayri Niara Good Spirit Festival Saturday 9th March – Cloudy Bay, Bruny Island, TAS
Neil Murray Friday 8th March – FAWWA Writers Centre, Swanbourne, WA
Friday 15th March – The Courthouse Hotel, Mullumbimby, NSW
Neko Case Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Tuesday 12th March – Metro Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Wednesday 13th March – Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne, VIC
Thursday 14th March – Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – Blue Mountains Music Festival, Katoomba, NSW
Nigel Wearne Thursday 14th March – The Spotted Mallard, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 15th March – House Concert, Melbourne, VIC
Niq Reefman Friday 8th March – House Concert, Mt Kembla, NSW
Old Time Jamboree feat. The Dreamlanders, Good Gosh, Black Horses Friday 15th March – Austrian Australian Club, Canberra, ACT
Papa Pilko And The Binrats, Rosa Maria Saturday 9th March – Vic on the Park Hotel, Sydney, NSW
Perch Creek Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – Blue Mountains Music Festival, Katoomba, NSW
Pierce Brothers Friday 8th March – Mojos Bar, Fremantle, WA
Saturday 9th March – The Prince Of Wales Hotel, Bunbury, WA
Thursday 14th March – Karova Lounge, Ballarat, VIC
Friday 15th March – The Barwon Club Hotel, Geelong, VIC
Port Fairy Folk Festival Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy, VIC
Ralph McTell Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Tuesday 12th March – State Theatre Centre of WA, Perth, WA
Wednesday 13th March – Trinity Sessions, Adelaide, SA
Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – Blue Mountains Folk Festival, Katoomba, NSW
Red Tail Ring Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Wednesday 13th March – Ararat Hotel, Ararat, VIC
Thursday 14th March – The Spotted Mallard, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 15th March – House Concert, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – The River Folk Festival, Warburton, VIC
Resonant Rogues Friday 8th to Sunday 10th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Wednesday 13th March – Pistol Pete’s, Geelong, VIC
Thursday 14th March – Merri Creek Tavern, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 15th March – Tanswell’s, Beechworth, VIC
Robyn Hitchcock Friday 15th March – MONA, Hobart, TAS
Rory McLeod Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – Blue Mountains Music Festival, Katoomba, NSW
Sal Kimber & The Rollin’ Wheel Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Sanford Bush Festival Friday 8th to Sunday 10th March – Sanford, VIC
Sara Storer Thursday 14th March – Club York, Sydney, NSW
Friday 15th March – Halekulani Bowling Club, Budgewoi, NSW
Sarah Humphreys, Kristen Lee Morris, Loren Kate Friday 15th March – Cooee Arthouse, Aldinga, SA
Sass the Patriarchy feat. Axe Girl, Grace Sanders, Hyclass, This Way North Friday 8th March – The Aardvark, Fremantle, WA
Scott Cook and The She’ll Be Rights Friday 8th March – Oddfellows Hall, Kempsey, NSW
Saturday 9th March – House Concert, Newcastle, NSW
Sunday 10th March – Shopfront Arts Co-Op, Sydney, NSW
Monday 11th March – Mia Mia, VIC
Tuesday 12th March – Victorian Folk Music Club, Ringwood, VIC
Wednesday 13th March – Lomond Hotel, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – The River Folk Festival, Warburton, VIC
Sea Shanty Session Wednesday 13th March – The Brothers Public House, Melbourne, VIC
Shaky Stills Sunday 10th March – Swamplands Bar, Melbourne, VIC
Sharon Shannon Friday 8th and Saturday 9th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Sunday 10th and Monday 11th March – WOMADelaide, Adelaide, NSW
Wednesday 13th Wednesday – The Factory Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Skerryvore Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Skyscraper Stan Friday 15th March – Major Tom’s, Kyneton, VIC
Slim Dime Friday 8th to Sunday 10th March – Sanford Bush Festival, Sanford, VIC
Smith & Jones Saturday 9th March – The Victoria, Bathurst, NSW
Snail. Friday 8th March – The Old City Bank, Katoomba, NSW
St Joan Sunday 10th March – The Brass Monkey, Cronulla, NSW
Friday 15th March – The Newsagency, Sydney, NSW
Stella Donnelly Saturday 9th March – Estonian House, Melbourne, VIC
Saturday 9th March – Estonian House, Melbourne, VIC
Sunday 10th March – Panama Festival, Golconda, TAS
Stiff Gins Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – Blue Mountains Music Festival, Katoomba, NSW
Strings On King Bluegrass Night feat. The Plough Tuesday 12th March – MoshPit, Sydney, NSW
Tally Ho & 10-to-Go’s Friday 15th March – Carrington Place, Katoomba, NSW
The Bottlers Saturday 9th March – Frankie’s Pizza By The Slice, Sydney, NSW
The Convict Voice feat. ReCollected, Don Brian, Pete and Sue McMahon Friday 8th March – Addison Rd Community Centre, Sydney, NSW
The Courtyard Sessions feat. Goldheist, Ben Panucci Friday 8th March – Seymour Centre, Sydney, NSW
The Courtyard Sessions feat. Secret Headliner Friday 8th March – Seymour Centre, Sydney, NSW
The Emerald Ruby, GraceJean Friday 15th March – Open Studio, Melbourne, VIC
The Maes Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – WOMADelaide, Adelaide, SA
Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – Blue Mountains Music Festival, Katoomba, NSW
The Mission Songs Project Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
The Northern Folk Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – Blue Mountains Music Festival, Katoomba, NSW
The Once Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Wednesday 13th March – Allendale East Public Hall, Allendale East, SA
Thursday 14th March – Lameroo Memorial Hall, Lameroo, SA
Friday 15th March – Orroroo Memorial Hall, Orroroo, SA
The Paper Kites Friday 8th March – The Palais, Adelaide, SA
Saturday 9th March – The Rosemount Hotel, Perth, WA
Sunday 10th March – Dunsborough Tavern, Dunsborough, WA
Friday 15th March – Miami Marketta, Miami, QLD
The Pigs Friday 8th March – Lizotte’s, Newcastle, NSW
Saturday 9th March – Clarendon Guest House, Katoomba, NSW
The Punch Sessions feat. Tanya Sparke, Lisa Schouw, Wendy Banfield, Scarlett Vespa, Paula Punch & the Fireflys Sunday 10th March – The Gasoline Pony, Sydney, NSW
The Ramalamas, Darren Cross, The Finalists Sunday 10th March – Petersham Bowling Club, Sydney, NSW
The River Folk Festival Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – Warburton, VIC
The Rio Gypsy Swing Sessions Wednesday 13th March – Rio Bar, Sydney, NSW
The Royal Hi Jinx Friday 8th to Sunday 10th March – Sanford Bush Festival, Sanford, VIC
The Settlement Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
The Slipdixies Saturday 9th March – Inverloch Jazz Festival, Inverloch, VIC
The Wednesday Shindig Wednesday 13th March – 4 Pines Brewing Company, Brookvale, NSW
The Weeping Willows Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Wednesday 13th March – The Spotted Mallard, Melbourne, VIC
Thursday 14th March – Caravan Club, Melbourne, VIC
The Western Flyers Saturday 9th March – The Thirroul Railway Institute, Thirroul, NSW
Sunday 10th March – Petersham Bowling Club, Sydney, NSW
This Way North Friday 8th March – The Aardvark, Fremantle, WA
Saturday 9th March – Blues in the Hills, Araluen, WA
Sunday 10th March – Clancy’s Fish Pub, Dunsborough, WA
Friday 15th March – Halls Gap Hotel, Halls Gap, VIC
Timberwolf Saturday 9th March – The Rosemount Hotel, Perth, WA
Sunday 10th March – Dunsborough Tavern, Dunsborough, WA
Friday 15th March – Miami Marketta, Miami, QLD
Tomato/Tomato Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Wednesday 13th March – The Spotted Mallard, Melbourne, VIC
Thursday 14th March – Caravan Club, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – Blue Mountains Music Festival, Katoomba, NSW
Traditional Graffiti Sunday 10th March – Galleria, Ettalong Beach, NSW
Twilight in Tulsa Friday 8th March – Coburg RSL, Melbourne, VIC
Saturday 9th March – Swamplands Bar, Melbourne, VIC
Sunday 10th March – Edinburgh Castle, Melbourne, VIC
Van Walker Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Wallis Bird Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Wednesday 13th March – The Garden of Unearthly Delights, Adelaide, SA
Thursday 14th March – Northcote Social Club, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – Blue Mountains Music Festival, Katoomba, NSW
William Crighton Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – Blue Mountains Music Festival, Katoomba, NSW
WOMADelaide Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Botanic Park, Adelaide, NSW
Z-Star Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Friday 15th to Sunday 17th March – Blue Mountains Music Festival, Katoomba, NSW
Saturday 2nd March – Smith’s Alternative, Canberra, ACT
Sunday 3rd March – Django, Sydney, NSW
Tuesday 5th March – The Spotted Mallard, Melbourne, VIC
Wednesday 6th March – Pistol Pete’s Food n Blues, Geelong, VIC
Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Gigs Next Week
19-Twenty Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd March – Girrakool Blues Festival & BBQ, Kariong, NSW
Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Afenginn Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Áine Tyrrell Friday 1st to Monday 4th March – Nannup Music Festival, Nannup, WA
Monday 4th March – Kidogo Arthouse, Fremantle, WA
Friday 8th March – South Hobart Living Arts Centre, Hobart, TAS
Alana Wilkinson Friday 1st to Monday 4th March – Nannup Music Festival, Nannup, WA
Alanna & Alicia Friday 8th to Sunday 10th March – Sanford Bush Festival, Sanford, VIC
Alejandro Escovedo Sunday 3rd March – Camelot Lounge, Sydney, NSW
Tuesday 5th March – Lizottes, Newcastle, NSW
Wednesday 6th March – Junk Bar, Brisbane, QLD
Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Amber Lawrence Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd March – Silverton Sunsets Music Festival, Silverton, NSW
Andrew Clermont Friday 8th to Sunday 10th March – Sanford Bush Festival, Sanford, VIC
Archer Friday 1st to Monday 4th March – Nannup Music Festival, Nannup, WA
Ash Grunwald Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Asha Jeffries Friday 1st to Monday 4th March – Nannup Music Festival, Nannup, WA
Ashlea Reale & The Outlaws Sunday 3rd March – Bar Orient, Fremantle, WA
Ben Mastwyk Friday 1st March – Coburg RSL, Melbourne, VIC
Sunday 3rd March – The Labour in Vain, Melbourne, VIC
Ben Salter Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Ben Wright Smith Saturday 2nd March – Miss Moses, Melbourne, VIC
Bernard Carney Friday 1st to Monday 4th March – Nannup Music Festival, Nannup, WA
Bill Jackson Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd March – Cobargo Folk Festival, Cobargo, NSW
Brad Butcher Friday 8th March – The Old Bank, Dubbo, NSW
Brunswick Music Festival Sunday 3rd to Sunday 17th March – Melbourne, VIC
Busby Marou Thursday 7th March – Sooki Lounge, Belgrave, VIC
Friday 8th March – Torquay Hotel, Torquay, VIC
Caitlin Harnett Friday 1st March – The Unicorn Hotel, Sydney, NSW
Chaika Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd March – Cobargo Folk Festival, Cobargo, NSW
Thursday 7th March – 107, Sydney, NSW
Chris Pickering Experiment Thursday 7th March – Ramblin’ Nights, Slyfox, Sydney, NSW
Friday 8th March – Junkyard, Maitland, NSW
Claire Anna Taylor Friday 1st to Monday 4th March – Nannup Music Festival, Nannup, WA
Thursday 7th March – Mojos Bar, Fremantle, WA
Cobargo Folk Festival Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd March – Cobargo, NSW
Colin Jones & The Delta Revue Friday 1st March – Erskineville Warehouse, Sydney, NSW
Daniel Champagne Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd March – Cobargo Folk Festival, Cobargo, NSW
Daoirí Farrell Saturday 2nd March – Smith’s Alternative, Canberra, ACT
Sunday 3rd March – Django, Sydney, NSW
Tuesday 5th March – The Spotted Mallard, Melbourne, VIC
Wednesday 6th March – Pistol Pete’s Food n Blues, Geelong, VIC
Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Davey Craddock Friday 1st to Monday 4th March – Nannup Music Festival, Nannup, WA
Didirri Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Duncan Phillips Saturday 2nd March – The Drunken Poet, Melbourne, VIC
Dusty Ravens, Peter Fenton Friday 8th March – The Gasoline Pony, Sydney, NSW
Eric Bogle Friday 1st to Monday 4th March – Nannup Music Festival, Nannup, WA
Fanny Lumsden Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd March – Silverton Sunsets Music Festival, Silverton, NSW
Friday 8th March – Collie Hall, Collie, NSW
FolkSwagon feat. Elizabeth Fader, Maia Marsh, Storm & Stone Wednesday 6th March – Cafe Lounge, Sydney, NSW
Front Country Wednesday 6th March – Smith’s Alternative, Canberra, ACT
Thursday 7th March – Kastoria Music Club, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
FRUKE Fest – Fringe Ukulele Festival Sunday 3rd March – Carclew Mansion, Adelaide, SA
Georgia State Line & Patrick Wilson w/ William Alexander Sunday 3rd March – Wandi Pub, Wandiligong, VIC
Friday 8th March – Major Tom’s, Kyneton, VIC
Girrakool Blues Festival & BBQ Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd March – Mt Penang Gardens, Kariong, NSW
Gregory Alan Isakov Wednesday 6th March – The Triffid, Brisbane, QLD
Friday 8th March – The Croxton, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Greta Stanley Friday 1st to Monday 4th March – Nannup Music Festival, Nannup, WA
Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Gretta Ziller Thursday 7th March – Balance for Better, Foy’s Arcade, Melbourne, VIC
Hat Fitz and Cara Friday 1st to Monday 4th March – The Nannup Music Festival, Nannup, WA
Hayley Marsten Sunday 3rd March – Flow Bar, Old Bar, NSW
Hollow Coves Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Honky Tonk Heaven Saturday 2nd March – Grace Emily Hotel, Adelaide, SA
Honky Tonkin’ feat. James Ellis and the Jealous Guys, King Arthur Thursday 7th March – The Rook’s Return, Melbourne, VIC
Husky Saturday 2nd March – Macedon Ranges Music Festival, Gisborne, VIC
Hussy Hicks Friday 1st March – Wauchope Arts Hall, Wauchope, NSW
Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd March – Girrakool Blues Festival & BBQ, Kariong, NSW
Friday 8th March – Cuddihy Park, Mudgeeraba, QLD
Innocent Eve Friday 1st March – Seabreeze Hotel, Mackay, QLD
Friday 1st March – Cape Gloucester Resort, Cape Gloucester, QLD
Irish Seisiún Sunday 3rd March – The Croatian Wickham Sports Club, Newcastle, NSW
J Mascis Friday 1st March – The Factory Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Saturday 2nd March – McCabe Park, Wollongong, NSW
Wednesday 6th March – The Northern, Byron Bay, NSW
Thursday 7th March – The Triffid, Newstead, QLD
Friday 8th March – Miami Marketta, Miami, QLD
James Ellis and the Jealous Guys Saturday 2nd March – The Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine, VIC
Sunday 3rd March – The Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine, VIC
Wednesday 6th March – The Spotted Mallard, Melbourne, VIC
Thursday 7th March – The Rook’s Return, Melbourne, VIC
Jamie Hutchings, Darren Cross Thursday 7th March – LazyBones Lounge, Sydney, NSW
Friday 8th March – Disgracelands Presents, Gwynneville, NSW
Jamie Smith’s Mabon Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – WOMADelaide, Adelaide, NSW
Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
John Butler Trio Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – WOMADelaide, Adelaide, NSW
John Flanagan Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
John Lawrie & The Welcome Strangers Saturday 2nd March – Bank Hotel, Sydney, NSW
John Prine Tuesday 5th March – The Tivoli, Brisbane, QLD
Thursday 7th March – Palais Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
Jordie Lane Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd March – Cobargo Folk Festival, Cobargo, NSW
Julia Jacklin Tuesday 5th March – UOW Unibar, Wollongong, NSW
Wednesday 6th March – ANU, Canberra, ACT
Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – WOMADelaide, Adelaide, SA
Kasey Chambers Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Kat Wilson Friday 1st to Monday 4th March – Nannup Music Festival, Nannup, WA
Katie Noonan’s Elixir with Michael Leunig Friday 1st March – Majestic Theatre, Pomona, QLD
Saturday 2nd March – Cairns Performing Arts Centre, Cairns, QLD
Kimberley Wheeler & Roadside Holiday Wednesday 6th March – The Drunken Poet, Melbourne, VIC
Les Chauffeurs á Pieds Saturday 2nd March – Mountain Mama, Sheffeild, TAS
Sunday 3rd March – Brookfield Shed, Margate, TAS
Wednesday 6th March – Mungo Park Music, Newlyn North, VIC
Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Little Wise Friday 1st to Monday 4th March – Nannup Music Festival, Nannup, WA
Sunday 3rd March – Settlers Tavern, Margaret River, WA
Liz Phair w/ Ali Barter Friday 8th March – Oxford Art Factory, Sydney, NSW
Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – WOMADelaide, Adelaide, SA
Liz Stringer Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Lloyd Spiegel Saturday 2nd March – Macedon Ranges Music Festival, Gisborne, VIC
Loren Kate Friday 1st to Monday 4th March – Nannup Music Festival, Nannup, WA
Lou Bradley Friday 1st March – Braidwood Servicemens Club, Braidwood, NSW
Saturday 2nd March – The Shack Folk Club, Sydney, NSW
Low Down Riders Thursday 7th March – The Gasoline Pony, Sydney, NSW
Luka Bloom Friday 1st March – Venue 114, Sunshine Coast, QLD
Saturday 2nd March – Princess Theatre, Brisbane, QLD
Tuesday 5th March – Byron Theatre, Byron Bay, NSW
Wednesday 6th March – Glasshouse, Port Macquarie, NSW
Thursday 7th March – Lizotte’s, Newcastle, NSW
Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Macedon Ranges Music Festival Saturday 2nd March – Gisborne Steam Park, Gisborne, VIC
Magpie Diaries Friday 1st to Monday 4th March – Nannup Music Festival, Nannup, WA
Wednesday 6th March – Ronnie Nights, Fremantle, WA
Maizy Saturday 2nd March – The Old City Bank, Katoomba, NSW
Margaret Roadknight Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Marlon Williams w/ Laura Jean Friday 8th March – Melbourne Zoo Twilights, Melbourne, VIC
Mary Coughlan Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Matty T Wall Friday 1st March – The Catfish, Melbourne, VIC
Saturday 2nd March – Pistol Pete’s Food n Blues, Geelong, VIC
Sunday 3rd March – Harmonie German Club, Canberra, ACT
Mélisande (électrotrad) Thursday 7th March – The Founders Room, Hobart, TAS
Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Melody Moko Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd March – Silverton Sunsets Music Festival, Silverton, NSW
Michael Waugh Friday 1st to Monday 4th March – Nannup Music Festival, Nannup, WA
Mick Thomas’ Roving Commission Saturday 2nd March – The Publican, Mornington, VIC
Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Mojo Juju Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Montgomery Church Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd March – Cobargo Folk Festival, Cobargo, NSW
Mr Alford Friday 1st March – The Drunken Poet, Melbourne, VIC
Sunday 3rd March – Red Gum BBQ, Red Hill, VIC
Murray Kyle Friday 1st March – Entertainment Quarter, Sydney, NSW
Saturday 2nd March – House Concert, Faulconbridge, NSW
Friday 8th March – House Concert, New Brighton, NSW
Nannup Music Festival Friday 1st to Monday 4th March – Nannup, WA
Natalie Henry w/ Jack Rayne Sunday 3rd March – The Hamilton Station Hotel, Newcastle, NSW
Neil Murray Friday 1st to Monday 4th March – Nannup Music Festival, Nannup, WA
Sunday 3rd March – Redcliffe on the Murray, Pinjarra, WA
Friday 8th March – FAWWA Writers Centre, Swanbourne, WA
Neko Case Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Niq Reefman
Friday 8th March – House Concert, Mt Kembla, NSW
Pierce Brothers Friday 1st March – The Grand Hotel, Mornington, VIC
Thursday 7th March – Rosemount Hotel, Perth, WA
Friday 8th March – Mojos Bar, Fremantle, WA
Port Fairy Folk Festival Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy, VIC
Ralph McTell Friday 1st March – Thornbury Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
Sunday 3rd March – Old Museum, Brisbane, QLD
Tuesday 5th March – City Recital Hall, Sydney, NSW
Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Ramblin’ Nights feat. Chris Pickering Experiment, Adam Young Thursday 7th March – Slyfox, Sydney, NSW
Resonant Rogues Friday 1st March – Fridays on My Mind, Wodonga, VIC
Saturday 2nd to Monday 4th March – Nannup Music Festival, Nannup, WA
Friday 8th to Sunday 10th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Robyn Hitchcock Friday 1st March – The Tote, Melbourne, VIC
Sunday 3rd March – The Eastern, Ballarat, VIC
Ruben Neeson & Caitlin Harnett Friday 1st March – The Unicorn Hotel, Sydney, NSW
Russell Morris Friday 1st March – Kingston Arts, Moorabbin, VIC
Sunday 3rd March – Crown, Melbourne, VIC
Sal Kimber & The Rollin’ Wheel Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Sanford Bush Festival Friday 8th to Sunday 10th March – Sanford, VIC
Sara Storer Saturday 2nd March – Silverton Sunsets Music Festival, Silverton, NSW
Scott Cook and The She’ll Be Rights Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd March – Cobargo Folk Festival, Cobargo, NSW
Tuesday 5th March – House Concert, Wingham, NSW
Thursday 7th March – 5 Church Street, Bellingen, NSW
Friday 8th March – Oddfellows Hall, Kempsey, NSW
Sea Shanties with The Grubby Urchins Wednesday 6th March – The Brothers Public House, Melbourne, VIC
Shane Howard Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd March – Cobargo Folk Festival, Cobargo, NSW
ShantyDay in The Rocks Sunday 3rd March – The Hero of Waterloo, Sydney, NSW
Sharon Shannon Friday 1st March – Milton Theatre, Milton, NSW
Saturday 2nd March – Cobargo Folk Festival, Cobargo, NSW
Sunday 3rd March – Riverside Theatre Parramatta, Parramatta, NSW
Wednesday 6th March – Thornbury Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
Thursday 7th March – The Caravan Club, East Bentleigh, VIC
Friday 8th and Saturday 9th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Silverton Sunsets Music Festival Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd March – Silverton Hotel, Silverton, NSW
Sing out Sister feat. Alanna and Alicia, Kavisha Mazzella, Suzette Herft Thursday 7th March – The Lomond Hotel, Melbourne, VIC
Skerryvore Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd March – Cobargo Folk Festival, Cobargo, NSW
Thursday 7th March – Spotted Mallard, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Slim Dime Friday 8th to Sunday 10th March – Sanford Bush Festival, Sanford, VIC
Snail. Friday 8th March – The Old City Bank, Katoomba, NSW
Stella Donnelly Saturday 2nd March – Farmer & The Owl, Wollongong, NSW
Wednesday 6th March – Golden Age, Sydney, NSW
Thursday 7th March – Golden Age, Sydney, NSW
Stiff Gins Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd March – Cobargo Folk Festival, Cobargo, NSW
Sydney Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Get-Together Saturday 2nd March – Annandale Community Centre, Sydney NSW
The Audreys Friday 1st March – The Junk Bar, Brisbane, QLD
Saturday 2nd March – The Bison Bar, Nambour, QLD
The Bushwackers Friday 1st to Sunday 3rd March – Silverton Sunsets Music Festival, Silverton, NSW
The Convict Voice feat. ReCollected, Don Brian, Pete and Sue McMahon Friday 8th March – Addison Rd Community Centre, Sydney, NSW
The Courtyard Sessions feat. Alice Terry Friday 8th March – Seymour Centre, Sydney, NSW
The Courtyard Sessions feat. Z-Star Delta Friday 1st March – Seymour Centre, Sydney, NSW
The Go Set Wednesday 6th March – Bombay Rock, Melbourne, VIC
The Hillbilly Goats Friday 1st to Monday 4th March – 21 Party Bands in Paradise, Cape Gloucester Resort, Cape Gloucester, QLD
Saturday 2nd March – Seabreeze Hotel, Mackay, QLD
Sunday 3rd March – Beaches Rosslyn Bay, Yeppoon, QLD
The Maes Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – WOMADelaide, Adelaide, SA
The Mission Songs Project Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
The Once Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
The Little Lord Street Band Friday 1st to Monday 4th March – Nannup Music Festival, Nannup, WA
The Paper Kites Friday 1st March – 48 WATT ST, Newcastle, NSW
Saturday 2nd March – Twilight At Taronga, Sydney, NSW
Friday 8th March – The Palais, Adelaide, SA
The Pigs Friday 8th March – Lizotte’s, Newcastle, NSW
The Ramshackle Army Wednesday 6th March – Bombay Rock, Melbourne, VIC
The Rio Bar Gypsy Swing Sessions Wednesday 6th March – The Rio, Sydney, NSW
The Royal Hi Jinx Friday 8th to Sunday 10th March – Sanford Bush Festival, Sanford, VIC
The Settlement Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
The Shack Presents Flat Rock Boys, Chris Roodenrys, Lou Bradley Saturday 2nd March – The Narrabeen Tramshed, Sydney, NSW
The Slipdixies Saturday 2nd March – The Brunswick Green, Melbourne, VIC
Sunday 3rd March – Open Studio, Melbourne, VIC
The Weeping Willows Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
This Way North Friday 1st to Monday 4th March – Nannup Music Festival, Nannup, WA
Sunday 3rd March – Settlers Tavern, Margaret River, WA
Friday 8th March – The Aardvark, Fremantle, WA
Timberwolf Friday 1st March – 48 WATT ST, Newcastle, NSW
Saturday 2nd March – Twilight At Taronga, Sydney, NSW
Tomato/Tomato Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Tracy McNeil Saturday 2nd March – Macedon Ranges Music Festival, Gisborne, VIC
Twilight at Taronga feat. The Paper Kites, Timberwolf, Eliott Saturday 2nd March – Taronga Zoo, Sydney, NSW
Twilight in Tulsa Sunday 3rd March – Grand View Hotel, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 8th March – Coburg RSL, Melbourne, VIC
Tyler Childers Tuesday 5th March – The Tivoli, Brisbane, QLD
Wednesday 6th March – The Spotted Mallard, Melbourne, VIC
Thursday 7th March – Palais Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
Ukulele Death Squad Sunday 3rd March – FRUKE Fest, Adelaide, SA
UnitefortheNight Fundraiser feat. Gordi, Josh Pyke, I Know Leopard, Kav Temperley Thursday 7th March – Metro Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Van Walker Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Wallis Bird Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
William Crighton Friday 1st March – Indian Ocean Hotel, Scarborough, WA
Friday 1st to Monday 4th March – Nannup Music Festival, Nannup, WA
WOMADelaide Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Botanic Park, Adelaide, NSW
Z-Star Friday 1st March – The Courtyard Sessions, Seymour Centre, Sydney, NSW
Sunday 3rd March – Tomerong School of Arts, Tomerong, NSW
Friday 8th to Monday 11th March – Port Fairy Folk Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
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