This Week in Folk

All the News From The Week That Was

Releases This Week

Measurements – Didirri
iTunes

Timber and Steel Recommends – Go To This Gig

Bello Winter Music

Thursday 12th to Sunday 15th July – Bellingen, NSW

Gigs Next Week

Adam Eckersley & Brooke McClymont
Saturday 7th July – Dubbo RSL, Dubbo, NSW

Andrew Swift
Friday 6th July – Big4 Holiday Park, Bowen, QLD
Saturday 7th July – Rowes Bay Beachfront Holiday Park, Townsville, QLD
Sunday 8th July – Island Gateway Holiday Park, Airley Beach, QLD
Monday 9th July – Cape Palmerston Holiday Park, Cape Palmerston, QLD
Tuesday 10th July – Discovery Parks, Tannum Sands, QLD
Wednesday 11th July – Captain Cook Holiday Village, Seventeen Seventy, QLD
Friday 13th July – Racecourse Hotel, Ipswich, QLD

All Our Exes Live In Texas
Friday 13th July – Queenscliff Town Hall, Queenscliff, VIC

Allison Forbes, Montgomery Church
Friday 6th July – The Pub, Tamworth, NSW
Saturday 7th July – House Concert, Nabiac, NSW

Appalachian Heaven Stringband
Saturday 7th July – Open Studio, Melbourne, VIC

Bello Winter Music
Thursday 12th to Sunday 15th July – Bellingen, NSW

Ben Harper & Charlie Musselwhite
Wednesday 11th July – Arts Centre, Melbourne, VIC

Ben Mastwyk w/ Cat Canteri
Friday 6th July – Slyfox, Sydney, NSW

Birdsville Big Red Bash
Tuesday 10th to Thursday 12th July – Birdsville, QLD

Brad Butcher
Saturday 7th July – Maree Camel Cup, Maree, SA

Brendon Moon
Friday 6th July – Golden Age Cinema & Bar, Sydney, NSW

Bryan Estepa w/ The Dardi Shades, Harvey Russell
Sunday 8th July – Union Hotel, Sydney, NSW

Burr Daisy Stringband & Patrick Wilson
Sunday 8th July – The Old Bar, Melbourne, VIC

Busby Marou
Tuesday 10th to Thursday 12th July – Birdsville Big Red Bash, Birdsville, QLD

Cat Canteri
Friday 6th July – Sly Fox, Sydney, NSW
Saturday 7th July – Wauchope Arts, Wauchope, NSW
Sunday 8th July – Lefty’s Old Time Music Hall, Brisbane, QLD
Tuesday 10th July – Brisbane Unplugged Gigs, New Farm, QLD
Wednesday 11th July – 5 Church St, Bellingen, NSW
Thursday 12th July – Beach Hotel, Byron Bay, NSW
Friday 13th July – Upper Lansdowne Hall, Upper Lansdowne, NSW

Catherine Britt
Thursday 12th July – Reef Hotel, Cairns, QLD

Chaika
Saturday 7th July – The Newsagency, Sydney, NSW

Claire Anne Taylor
Friday 13th July – Longley International Hotel, Longley, TAS

Colin Lillie
Saturday 7th July – Teneriffe Festival, Brisbane, QLD

Courtney Robb w/ Mandy Connell
Friday 13th July – Some Velvet Morning, Melbourne, VIC

Dan Tuffy and Lucie Thorne
Friday 6th July – The Copping Hall, Copping, TAS
Saturday 7th July – Saint John Craft Beer, Launceston, TAS
Friday 13th July – House Concert, Hazelbrook, NSW

Daniel Champagne
Friday 6th July – Sol Bar, Maroochydore, QLD
Saturday 7th July – Nimmel Hall, Gold Coast, QLD

Devil on the Rooftop w/ Hello Tut Tut
Friday 6th July – The Metropole Guesthouse, Katoomba, NSW

Didirri
Friday 6th July – The Loft, Warrnambool, VIC
Saturday 7th July – Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine, VIC
Thursday 12th July – Sookie Lounge, Belgrave, VIC
Friday 13th July – Karova Lounge, Ballarat, VIC

Emily Wurramara and Alice Skye
Friday 6th July – Wesley Anne, Melbourne, VIC

Folk In The Frost feat. Kay Proudlove, The Black Moon Band, Wolf Gordon
Friday 13th July – Ryan’s Hotel, Thirroul, NSW

FolkSwagon feat. Maroubra Caves, Othrship, Rees Lucia
Wednesday 11th July – Cafe Lounge, Sydney, NSW

Gentle Leader
Friday 6th July – Record Crate, Sydney, NSW

George Washingmachine’s Blues Rinse w/ Ray Beadle
Friday 13th July – Music at Street Market, Sydney, NSW

Gretta Ziller
Sunday 8th July – The Union Hotel, Melbourne, VIC

Harrison Storm
Friday 6th July – Record Crate, Sydney, NSW
Saturday 7th July – The Catfish, Melbourne, VIC
Sunday 8th July – Cellar Door Sessions, Adelaide, SA

Hello Tut Tut
Friday 6th July – The Metropole Guesthouse, Katoomba, NSW
Saturday 7th July – Softys, Newcastle, NSW
Friday 13th to Sunday 15th July – Bello Winter Music, Bellingen, NSW

Honky Tonk Jubilee! feat. James Ellis and the Jealous Guys, Bakersfield Glee Club, The Canyon Callers
Saturday 7th July – Thornbury Theatre, Melbourne, VIC

Honky Tonkin’ feat. James Ellis and the Jealous Guys, King Arthur
Thursday 12th July – The Rooks Return, Melbourne, VIC

Illawarra Folk Club Soul of a Poet feat. Chloë & Jason Roweth, Matt Nightingale, Alex Hood
Friday 6th July – City Diggers, Wollongong, NSW

In The Round at Leadbelly Night feat. Timothy James Bowen, Kay Proudlove, Missy Lancaster
Wednesday 11th July – Leadbelly, Sydney, NSW

Infinity Broke, The Tall Grass, Mark Moldre
Friday 13th July – The Factory Floor, Sydney, NSW

Jack Carty & Gus Gardiner
Saturday 7th July – Rous Mill Hall, Rous Mill, NSW
Thursday 12th to Sunday 15th July – Bello Winter Festival, Bellingen, NSW

James Ellis and the Jealous Guys
Saturday 7th July – Thornbury Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
Thursday 12th July – The Rooks Return, Melbourne, VIC

Jeff Lang
Friday 13th July – Trinity Sessions, Adelaide, SA

Jenny Mitchell w/ Nigel Wearne
Friday 6th July – Saint Monday, Yackandandah, VIC
Saturday 7th July – Secret Show, Melbourne, VIC
Monday 9th July – House Concert, Woodford, QLD

Jim Mongrel
Friday 13th July – Servo Food Truck Bar, Port Kembla, NSW

John Flanagan Trio
Friday 6th July – Pelican Playhouse, Grafton, NSW
Saturday 7th July – Wauchope Arts, Wauchope, NSW
Sunday 8th July – The Junkyard, Maitland, NSW

Justin Townes Earle
Friday 6th July – Skylark Room, Melbourne, VIC ***CANCELLED***
Saturday 7th July – Queenscliff Town Hall, Queenscliff, VIC ***CANCELLED***
Tuesday 10th July – The Lansdowne, Sydney, NSW ***CANCELLED***
Wednesday 11th July – The Street Theatre, Canberra, ACT ***CANCELLED***
Friday 13th July – Hardys Bay RSL, Hardys Bay, NSW ***CANCELLED***

Julia Johnson
Saturday 7th July – Street Theatre, Canberra, ACT
Thursday 12th July – Petersham Bowling Club, Sydney, NSW

Kasey Chambers
Saturday 7th July – Araluen Arts Centre, Alice Springs, NT
Wednesday 11th July – Frankston Arts Centre, Frankston, VIC
Thursday 12th July – Burrinja Theatre, Upwey, VIC
Friday 13th July – The Palms at Crown, Melbourne, VIC

Kay Proudlove
Wednesday 11th July – Leadbelly, Sydney, NSW
Friday 13th July – Ryan’s Hotel, Thirroul, NSW

Lady Lyon
Sunday 8th July – Symposium, Sydney, NSW

Lily and King
Friday 6th July – Delatite Hotel, Mansfield, VIC

Lloyd Spiegel
Saturday 7th July – The Piping Hot Chicken Shop, Ocean Grove, VIC
Friday 13th July – The Thornbury Theatre, Melbourne, VIC

Mark Lucas & Steph Miller
Sunday 8th July – Staves Brewery, Sydney, NSW

Mark N the Blues
Thursday 12th July – The Temperance Society, Sydney, NSW

Matty T Wall
Saturday 7th July – The Ellington Jazz Club, Perth, WA
Sunday 8th July – The Ellington Jazz Club, Perth, WA
Thursday 12th July – The Old Museum, Brisbane, QLD
Friday 13th July – The Beach Hotel, Byron Bay, NSW

Merpire
Friday 6th July – The Corner Hotel, Melbourne, VIC
Saturday 7th July – Port Fairy Winter Festival, Port Fairy, VIC
Thursday 12th July – The Little Guy, Sydney, NSW
Friday 13th to Sunday 15th July – Bello Winter Festival, Bellingen, NSW

Michael Waugh & Rich Davies
Friday 6th July – The Milk Factory, Brisbane, QLD

Mimi Gilbert w/ Merpire
Thursday 12th July – The Little Guy, Sydney, NSW

Mirabel Foundation 20th Birthday Fundraiser feat. Paul Kelly, Deborah Conway, Mark Seymour & Cameron McKenzie, Ross Wilson, Vika & Linda Bull, Clare Bowditch, Dave Larkin, Davey Lane, Benny Walker, Ella Hooper
Friday 6th July – Prince of Wales, St Kilda, VIC

Moonshine Coalition w/ Devil Goat Family String Band
Friday 13th July – The Skylark Room, Upwey, VIC

My Friend the Chocolate Cake
Friday 6th July – Gardens Theatre, QUT, Brisbane, QLD
Saturday 7th July – Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide, SA

Perch Creek
Friday 6th July – Major Tom’s Kyneton, VIC
Saturday 7th July – Sand Point Music Club, Sandy Point, VIC

Pete Murray
Friday 6th July – Twin Towns, Tweed Heads, QLD
Saturday 7th July – Redland Bay, Redland Bay, QLD
Thursday 12th July – Highfields, Toowoomba, QLD
Friday 13th July – The Triffid, Brisbane, QLD

Porch Light Sessions feat. Leroy Lee, Julia Johnson, Carl Manwarring
Thursday 12th July – Petersham Bowling Club, Sydney, NSW

Raised By Eagles
Friday 6th July – Caravan Music Club, Melbourne, VIC

Regina Spektor
Sunday 8th July – Hamer Hall, Melbourne, VIC
Monday 9th July – Sydney Opera House, Sydney, NSW

Ro
Sunday 8th July – The Junk Bar, Brisbane, QLD

Sam King
Saturday 7th July – Street Theatre, Canberra, ACT

Sara Storer & The Sunny Cowgirls
Friday 6th July – The Capital, Bendigo, VIC
Saturday 7th July – Hamilton Performing Arts Centre, Hamilton, VIC

Sarah Leete
Friday 6th July – Buffs Club, Mt Isa, QLD
Saturday 7th July – Leichhardt Hotel/Motel, Cloncurry, QLD
Friday 13th July – Maraboon Tavern, Emerald, QLD

Sea Shanty Session
Wednesday 11th July – The Brothers Public House, Melbourne, VIC

Stiff Gins & Mi-Kaisha
Friday 13th July – Bondi Pavilion, Sydney, NSW

Swamp Fat Jangles
Thursday 12th July – Leadbelly, Sydney, NSW

Teneriffe Festival
Saturday 7th July – Brisbane, QLD

Tesse
Thursday 12th July – The Lansdowne, Sydney, NSW
Friday 13th July – The Catfish, Melbourne, VIC

The Black Sorrows
Friday 6th July – Hotel Gearin, Katoomba, NSW
Saturday 7th July – Belmont 16s, Belmont, NSW
Sunday 8th July – Camelot Lounge, Sydney, NSW
Tuesday 10th to Thursday 12th July – Birdsville Big Red Bash, Birdsville, QLD
Friday 13th and Saturday 14th July – The Red Country Music Festival, Port Hedland, WA

The Blues Preachers
Friday 6th July – Music at Street Market, Sydney, NSW

The Easy Leaves & Hana Brenecki
Sunday 8th July – The Grace Emily Hotel, Adelaide, SA

The Emerald Ruby
Friday 6th July – Sappho Books Cafe & Wine Bar, Sydney, NSW
Sunday 8th July – Queen Street Mall, Brisbane, QLD
Thursday 12th July – Element Bar Coffs Harbour, Coffs Harbour, NSW
Friday 13th July – Two Goats Cafe and Baa, Armidale, NSW

The Legend of Luke Kelly
Thursday 12th July – Anita’s Theatre, Thirroul, NSW
Friday 13th July – Enmore Theatre, Sydney, NSW

The Little Lord Street Band
Saturday 7th July – Whalebone Brewing Company, Exmouth, WA
Sunday 8th July – Yardie Homestead Caravan Park, North West Cape, WA
Friday 13th July – Newman Hotel, Newman, WA

The Red Country Music Festival
Friday 13th and Saturday 14th July – Port Hedland, WA

The Weeping Willows
Thursday 12th July – The Golden Barley Hotel, Sydney, NSW
Friday 13th July – Two Goats Cafe and Baa, Armidale, NSW

Totally Gourdgeous
Saturday 7th July – Tomerong Hall, Tomerong, NSW
Thursday 12th July – Wentworth Falls, NSW

Tubular Bells for Two
Saturday 7th July – Milton Theatre, Milton, NSW
Friday 13th July – Glen St Theatre, Belrose, NSW

Whiskey Dram, Rusted Tongue, Victor Cripes
Friday 6th July – The Catfish, Melbourne, VIC

Winterfest
Friday 6th to Sunday 22nd July – Hart’s Mill, Adelaide, SA

Friday Folk Flashback

“Wreck of the Dandenong” – The Raglins

This Week in Folk

All the News From The Week That Was

Releases This Week

Over The Years – Graham Nash
iTunes

It Ain’t Texas (But It Ain’t Bad) – James Ellis and the Jealous Guys
Amazon

All The Things That I Did and All The Things That I Didn’t Do – The Milk Carton Kids
Bandcamp

Timber and Steel Recommends – Go To This Gig

Devil on the Rooftop

Thursday 5th July – Petersham Bowling Club, Sydney, NSW
Friday 6th July – The Metropole Guesthouse, Katoomba, NSW

Gigs Next Week

19-Twenty
Friday 29th June – The Abbey, Canberra, ACT
Saturday 30th – LazyBones Lounge, Sydney, NSW

Adam Eckersley & Brooke McClymont
Friday 29th June – Woodburn Evans Head RSL, Evans Head, NSW
Saturday 30th June – Bush to Bay Music Festival, Hervey Bay, QLD

Andrew Swift
Friday 29th June – Tumut River Brewing Company, Tumut, NSW
Sunday 1st July – Big4 Northstar Holiday Resort, Tweed Heads, NSW
Monday 2nd July – Discovery Parks Fraser Street, Hervey Bay, QLD
Tuesday 3rd July – Bargara Beach Holiday Park, Bargara Beach, QLD
Wednesday 4th July – Fishermans Beach Holiday Park, Emu Park, QLD
Thursday 5th July – Nature Tourist Resort, Cape Hillsborough, QLD
Friday 6th July – Big4 Holiday Park, Bowen, QLD

Alice Terry
Saturday 30th June – Quarterdeck, Narooma, NSW

Allison Forbes, Montgomery Church
Friday 29th June – Two Goats Cafe and Baa, Armidale, NSW
Wednesday 4th June – Lizotte’s, Newcastle, NSW
Friday 6th June – The Pub, Tamworth, NSW

Ben Wilson
Saturday 30th June – Star Court Theatre, Lismore, NSW
Sunday 1st July – Lefty’s Old Time Music Hall, Brisbane, QLD

Bonnie Kay and the Bonafides
Saturday 30th June – The Commons, Sydney, NSW

Brad Butcher
Friday 29th June – Woodburns Head RSL, Evans Head, NSW

Brendon Moon
Thursday 5th July – Golden Age Cinema & Bar, Sydney, NSW

Bush to Bay Music Festival
Saturday 30th June – Bay Central Tavern, Hervey Bay, QLD

Cash Savage and the Last Drinks w/ Blake Scott
Friday 29th June – Corner Hotel, Melbourne, VIC

Cat Canteri & Ben Mastwyk
Wednesday 4th July – Heritage Hotel, Bulli, NSW
Thursday 5th July – Rambin’ Nights, Brass Monkey, Cronulla, NSW
Friday 6th July – Slyfox, Sydney, NSW

Dan Tuffy and Lucie Thorne
Friday 29th June – The Skylark Room, Upwey, VIC
Saturday 30th June – Saint Monday, Yackandandah, VIC
Sunday 1st July – Northcote Social Club, Melbourne, VIC
Thursday 5th July – House Concert, Upper Woodstock, TAS
Friday 6th July – The Copping Hall, Copping, TAS

Daniel Champagne
Friday 29th June – Pelican Playhouse, Grafton, NSW
Saturday 30th June – Tintenbar Hall, Northern Rivers, NSW
Sunday 1st July – Live’ n Lounging, Campbelltown, NSW
Thursday 5th July – Black Bear Lodge, Brisbane, QLD
Friday 6th July – Sol Bar, Maroochydore, QLD

Devil on the Rooftop
Thursday 5th July – Petersham Bowling Club, Sydney, NSW
Friday 6th July – The Metropole Guesthouse, Katoomba, NSW

Didirri
Saturday 30th June – Neck Of The Woods Festival, Townsville, QLD
Thursday 5th July – Barwon Club, Geelong, VIC
Friday 6th July – The Loft, Warrnambool, VIC

Emily Wurramara and Alice Skye
Friday 6th July – Wesley Anne, Melbourne, VIC

Ess-Em
Friday 29th June – Hamilton Station Hotel, Newcastle, NSW
Saturday 30th June – Factory Floor, Sydney, NSW

FolkSwagon feat. Maia Marsh, Tomi Gray, Shalane Connors
Wednesday 4th July – Cafe Lounge, Sydney, NSW

Fred Smith w/ Jon Brooks
Saturday 30th June – Civic Pub, Canberra, ACT

Gabriella Cohen
Friday 29th June – Bank Hotel, Sydney, NSW

Gretta Ziller
Sunday 1st July – Union Hotel, Melbourne, VIC

Harrison Storm w/ Hollie Col, Gentle Leader
Friday 6th July – Record Crate, Sydney, NSW

Hello Tut Tut
Wednesday 4th July – Smith’s Alternative, Canberra, ACT
Thursday 5th July – Petersham Bowling Club, Sydney, NSW
Friday 6th July – The Metropole Guesthouse, Katoomba, NSW

Hollie Matthew
Thursday 5th July – MoshPit, Sydney, NSW

Honky Tonkin’ feat. King Arthur, James Ellis and the Jealous Guys
Thursday 5th July – The Rooks Return, Melbourne, VIC

Hussy Hicks
Friday 29th June – The General, Mt Hotham, VIC
Saturday 30th June – The Spotted Mallard, Melbourne, VIC

Illawarra Folk Club Soul of a Poet feat. Chloë & Jason Roweth, Matt Nightingale, Alex Hood
Friday 6th July – City Diggers, Wollongong, NSW

Jack Carty & Gus Gardiner
Friday 29th June – Trinity Sessions, Adelaide, SA
Saturday 30th June – Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle, WA
Sunday 1st July – Good Nights, Bunbury, WA
Tuesday 3rd July – Smith’s Alternative, Canberra, ACT
Thursday 5th July – Camelot Lounge, Sydney, NSW

Jacob Diamond
Friday 29th June – Badlands, Perth, WA

James Ellis and the Jealous Guys
Wednesday 4th July – The Spotted Mallard, Melbourne, VIC
Thursday 5th July – The Rooks Return, Melbourne, VIC

Jeff Lang
Friday 29th June – Smith’s Alternative, Canberra, ACT
Saturday 30th June – Camelot Lounge, Sydney, NSW

Jenny Mitchell w/ Nigel Wearne
Thursday 5th July – North East Artisans, Benalla, VIC
Friday 6th July – Saint Monday, Yackandandah, VIC

John Flanagan Trio
Saturday 30th June – Megan Hall, Dorrigo, VIC
Sunday 1st July – The Lennox Sessions, Lennox Head, NSW
Thursday 5th July – The Junk Bar, Brisbane, QLD
Friday 6th July – Pelican Playhouse, Grafton, NSW

Justin Townes Earle
Wednesday 4th July – The Spotted Mallard, Melbourne, VIC ***CANCELLED***
Thursday 5th July – Caravan Music Club, Melbourne, VIC ***CANCELLED***
Friday 6th July – Skylark Room, Melbourne, VIC ***CANCELLED***

Kasey Chambers
Friday 29th June – Twin Towns, Tweed Heads, NSW
Saturday 30th June – Bush to Bay, Bay Central Tavern, Pialba, QLD
Sunday 1st July – Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane, QLD
Thursday 5th July – The Desert Cave, Coober Pedy, SA

Lily and King
Sunday 1st July – Firelight Festival, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 6th July – Delatite Hotel, Mansfield, VIC

Live’ n Lounging feat. Daniel Champagne, Rob O’Brien
Sunday 1st July – House Concert, Campbelltown, NSW

Lizzie Flynn & The Reckoning
Friday 29th June – The Old Museum, Brisbane, QLD

Lloyd Spiegel
Friday 29th June – The Soundlounge, Currumbin, QLD
Saturday 30th June – The Old Museum, Brisbane, QLD
Sunday 1st July – Oddfellows Hall, Kempsey, NSW

Luke Wellington and Lady Lyon
Sunday 1st July – Franks Wild Years, Thirroul, NSW

Maia Marsh
Saturday 30th June – Brighton Up Bar, Sydney, NSW
Wednesday 4th July – Folkswagon, Cafe Lounge, Sydney, NSW

Matt Joe Gow
Sunday 1st June – Rochester Hotel, Melbourne, VIC

Matty T Wall
Tuesday 3rd July – The Perth Blues Club, Perth, WA

Melody Moko
Saturday 30th June – Springvale Vineyard, Swansea, TAS
Tuesday 3rd July – Rosny Farm Arts Centre, Hobart, TAS

Merpire
Saturday 30th June – Wesley Anne, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 6th July – The Corner Hotel, Melbourne, VIC

Mirabel Foundation 20th Birthday Fundraiser feat. Paul Kelly, Deborah Conway, Mark Seymour & Cameron McKenzie, Ross Wilson, Vika & Linda Bull, Clare Bowditch, Dave Larkin, Davey Lane, Benny Walker, Ella Hooper
Friday 6th July – Prince of Wales, St Kilda, VIC

Neck Of The Woods Festival
Saturday 30th June – Townsville, QLD

Nigel Wearne
Sunday 1st July – The Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine, VIC
Thursday 5th July – North East Artisans, Benalla, VIC
Friday 6th July – Saint Monday, Yackandandah, VIC

Northern Rivers Old Timey Bluegrass Session
Sunday 1st July – Rous Hotel, Lismore, NSW

Oh Willy Dear, Buddy Glass
Sunday 1st July – Union Hotel, Sydney, NSW

Perch Creek
Friday 29th June – Jive Bar, Adelaide, SA
Sunday 1st July – Thornbury Bowls Club, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 6th July – Major Tom’s Kyneton, VIC

Pete Murray
Friday 29th June – Rosemount Hotel, Perth, WA
Saturday 30th June – Rosemount Hotel, Perth, WA
Sunday 1st July – Roebuck Hotel, Broome, WA
Thursday 5th July – Villa Noosa, Noosa, QLD
Friday 6th July – Twin Towns, Tweed Heads, QLD

Raised By Eagles
Saturday 30th June – The Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine, VIC
Friday 6th July – Caravan Music Club, Melbourne, VIC

Ro
Tuesday 3rd July – The Workers Club, Melbourne, VIC

Sara Storer & The Sunny Cowgirls
Friday 6th July – The Capital, Bendigo, VIC

Sarah Leete
Saturday 30th June – Watertank Cafe, Alice Springs, NT
Sunday 1st July – Gap View Hotel, Alice Springs, NT
Wednesday 4th July – Memorial Club, Tennant Creek, NT
Thursday 5th July – Post Office Hotel, Camooweal, QLD
Friday 6th July – Buffs Club, Mt Isa, QLD

Sea Shanty Session
Wednesday 4th Wednesday – The Brothers Public House, Melbourne, VIC

Secret Garden Party feat. Melody Moko, Claire Anne Taylor, Archer
Saturday 30th June – Springvale Vineyard, Swansea, TAS

Stiff Gins
Saturday 30th June – Blak Markets Naidoc Art Festival, Sydney, NSW

The Black Sorrows
Friday 6th July – Hotel Gearin, Katoomba, NSW

The Bottlers
Saturday 30th June – Factory Floor, Sydney, NSW

The Emerald Ruby
Friday 29th June – Brackets and Jam, Green Point, NSW
Sunday 1st July – The Captain Cook Hotel, Sydney, NSW
Friday 6th July – Sappho Books Cafe & Wine Bar, Sydney, NSW

The Little Lord Street Band
Friday 29th June – The Provincial Geraldton, Geraldton, WA
Sunday 1st July – RAC Monkey Mia Dolphin Resort, Monkey Mia, WA
Thursday 5th July – Ningaloo Reef Resort, Coral Bay, WA

The Spooky Men’s Chorale
Saturday 30th June – Chatswood Concourse, Sydney, NSW

The Teskey Brothers
Friday 29th June – Meeniyan Town Hall, Meeniyan, VIC
Saturday 30th June – The Forum, Melbourne, VIC

The Volatinsky Trio & Tinel Dragoi Romani Gypsy w/ Joseph Zarb
Sunday 1st June – Django Bar, Sydney, NSW

Tom Kendall & Paddy Montgomery
Saturday 30th June – Farouk’s Olive, Melbourne, VIC

Tristen Bird w/ Nathan Power
Friday 29th June – Territory Wildlife Park, Darwin, NT
Friday 29th June – Humpty Doo Hotel, Humpty Doo, NT
Saturday 30th June – Darwin Railway Club, Darwin, NT

Tubular Bells for Two
Friday 29th June – The Joan, Penrith, NSW
Saturday 30th June – Conservatorium of Music, Newcastle, NSW

Vardos
Friday 29th June – Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne, VIC

Whiskey Dram, Rusted Tongue, Victor Cripes
Friday 6th July – The Catfish, Melbourne, VIC

Whoa Mule
Friday 29th June – House Concert, Newcastle, NSW
Saturday 30th June – House Concert, Pretty Beach, NSW

Wifey, Peabody, Kid Cornered & the Ice Chest Orchestra
Friday 29th June – LazyBones Lounge, Sydney, NSW

Winter Pop Up Tour feat. Merpire, Georgia Fields, Matilda Abraham, PHENO
Saturday 30th June – Wesley Anne, Melbourne, VIC

Friday Folk Flashback

“Angel From Montgomery” – Passenger, Stu Larsen, The Once

This Week in Folk

All the News From The Week That Was

Releases This Week

Endless Chatter – Merpire
Bandcamp

Stare Into The Dark – Sam Newton
Bandcamp

Timber and Steel Recommends – Go To This Gig

Jack Carty & Gus Gardiner

Friday 22nd June – Solbar Playhouse, Maroochydore, QLD
Saturday 23rd June – Old Museum, Brisbane, QLD
Thursday 28th June – Spotted Mallard, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 29th June – Trinity Sessions, Adelaide, SA

Gigs Next Week

19-Twenty
Friday 29th June – The Abbey, Canberra, ACT

Adam Eckersley & Brooke McClymont
Friday 22nd June – Musicians Club, Broken Hill, NSW
Saturday 23rd June – Cobar Bowling & Golf Club, Cobar, NSW
Friday 29th June – Woodburn Evans Head RSL, Evans Head, NSW

Alana Wilkinson w/ Ella Belfanti
Monday 26th June – Some Velvet Morning, Melbourne, VIC

Allison Forbes, Montgomery Church
Saturday 23rd June – The Retreat Hotel, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 29th June – Two Goats Cafe and Baa, Armidale, NSW

Andrew Swift
Friday 22nd June – Light Of Day Festival, Ocean Grove, VIC
Saturday 23rd June – House Concert, Ballarat, VIC
Sunday 24th June – House Concert, Hoppers Crossing, VIC
Thursday 28th June – Jindabyne Theatre, Jindabyne, NSW
Friday 29th June – Tumut River Brewing Company, Tumut, NSW

Archie Roach and Tiddas
Friday 22nd June – Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide, SA
Saturday 23rd June – Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide, SA

Argyle Sun-Sets feat. Julia Johnson, Ria Brcic, Alain Booth
Sunday 24th June – Upstairs at Fred’s, Camden, NSW

Ben Wilson
Friday 22nd June – The Two Goats, Armidale, NSW
Saturday 23rd June – Federal Hotel, Bellingen, NSW
Thursday 28th June – The Lismore Quad, Lismore, NSW

Blues Angels
Saturday 23rd June – Troubadour Central Coast, Woy Woy, NSW

Brad Butcher
Friday 22nd June – Mt Isa Show Grounds, Mt Isa, QLD
Saturday 23rd June – Mt Isa Show Grounds, Mt Isa, QLD
Thursday 28th June – Solbar, Maroochydore, QLD
Friday 29th June – Woodburns Head RSL, Evans Head, NSW

Brenden James, Burden Man, The Emerald Ruby, Tinsmith
Sunday 24th June – House Concert, Earlwood, NSW

Brooke Russell
Thursday 28th June – Caz Reitop’s Dirty Secrets, Melbourne, VIC

Cash Savage and the Last Drinks w/ Blake Scott
Saturday 23rd June – Lansdowne Hotel, Sydney, NSW
Friday 29th June – Corner Hotel, Melbourne, VIC

Cecilia Brandolini
Thursday 28th June – The Sewing Room, Perth, WA

Chango TRee
Friday 22nd June – No. 5 Church St, Bellingen, NSW

Colin Lillie
Saturday 23rd June – The Triffid Americana Sessions, Brisbane, QLD

Daggy Man
Saturday 23rd June – House Concert, Sydney, NSW

Dan Flynn
Saturday 23rd June – Charles Weston Hotel, Melbourne, VIC

Dan Johnson, Robert McClymont and Mark Lee
Sunday 24th June – Staves Brewery, Sydney, NSW

Dan Tuffy and Lucie Thorne
Saturday 23rd June – The Wheatsheaf, Adelaide, SA
Sunday 24th June – Memorial Hall, Asbourne, SA
Friday 29th June – The Skylark Room, Upwey, VIC

Daniel Champagne
Friday 22nd June – Lush Factory, Tilba, NSW
Saturday 23rd June – Mumbulla Hall, Bega, NSW
Sunday 24th June – Nethercote Hall, Eden, NSW
Wednesday 27th June – Leadbelly, Sydney, NSW
Thursday 28th June – Number 5 Church St, Bellingen, NSW
Friday 29th June – Pelican Playhouse, Grafton, NSW

Ella Belfanti
Friday 22nd June – The Edinburgh Castle, Melbourne, VIC
Monday 26th June – Some Velvet Morning, Melbourne, VIC

Emily Wurramara and Alice Skye
Thursday 28th June – Waywards, Sydney, NSW

Ess-Em
Saturday 23rd June – Reverence Hotel, Melbourne, VIC
Sunday 24th June – Old Bar, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 29th June – Hamilton Station Hotel, Newcastle, NSW

FolkSwagon feat. Ollie Brown, Christine Jane, Bek Sarkoezy
Wednesday 27th June – Cafe Lounge, Sydney, NSW

For Folk Sake feat. Estelle Conley, Julia Johnson, Hannah Matysek
Saturday 23rd June – 107, Sydney, NSW

Gabriella Cohen
Friday 22nd June – The Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine, VIC
Saturday 23rd June – The Gasometer Hotel, Melbourne, VIC
Sunday 24th June – Karova Lounge, Ballarat, VIC
Friday 29th June – Bank Hotel, Sydney, NSW

Gaelic Club Trad Month feat. Aisling Vaughan
Friday 22nd June – Gaelic Club, Sydney, NSW

Get Folked Punk feat. Spencer Scott, Jim Lynch, Josh & Anna, sooze, Zac Tazewell, Cedar Grey
Friday 22nd June – The Croatian Wickham Sports Club, Newcastle, NSW

Get Folked Punk feat. Vetty Vials, Sooze, TeaganLou, Lazar, Monica and the Explosion, Alana Mundi, Lysytsa, Sister Ursuline
Thursday 28th June – LazyBones Lounge, Sydney, NSW

Green Room Banjo Sessions feat. Crow Mountains, Whoa Mule, Judy Jones, Good Tom Wallace
Wednesday 27th June – Petersham Bowling Club, Sydney, NSW

Gretta Ziller w/ Andrew Swift
Friday 22nd June – Light of the Day Festival, Ocean Grove, VIC
Saturday 23rd June – House Concert, Ballarat, VIC
Sunday 24th June – House Concert, Hoppers Crossing, VIC

Harrison Storm
Thursday 28th June – Junk Bar, Brisbane, QLD

Hinterlandt, Jep & Dep, Chintzy Lopez, Donna Amini, Geoff Towner
Sunday 24th June – The Gasoline Pony, Sydney, NSW

Honky Tonkin’ feat. King Arthur, James Ellis and the Jealous Guys
Thursday 28th June – The Rook’s Return, Melbourne, VIC

Hussy Hicks
Friday 22nd June – Wheatsheaf Hotel, Adelaide, SA
Thursday 23rd June – Cooee Arthouse, Aldinga, SA
Sunday 24th June – Wheatsheaf Hotel, Adelaide, SA
Thursday 28th June – Hotel High Plains, Dinner Plain, VUC
Friday 29th June – The General, Mt Hotham, VIC

Jack Carty & Gus Gardiner
Friday 22nd June – Solbar Playhouse, Maroochydore, QLD
Saturday 23rd June – Old Museum, Brisbane, QLD
Thursday 28th June – Spotted Mallard, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 29th June – Trinity Sessions, Adelaide, SA

Jacob Diamond
Friday 29th June – Badlands, Perth, WA

James Bennett
Friday 22nd June – Merewether Garden Sessions, Newcastle, NSW

Jeff Lang
Fruday 29th June – Smith’s Alternative, Canberra, ACT

Jep & Dep
Saturday 23rd June – Baroque Room, Katoomba, NSW
Sunday 24th June – The Gasoline Pony, Sydney, NSW

Joseph Tawadros & James Tawadros
Monday 26th June – Camelot Lounge, Sydney, NSW

John Flanagan Trio
Wednesday 27th June – Smith’s Alternative, Canberra, VIC
Thursday 28th June – Django @ Camelot, Sydney, VIC

Julia Johnson
Saturday 23rd June – For Folk Sake, 107, Sydney, NSW
Sunday 24th June – Argyle Sun-Sets, Upstairs at Freds, Camden, NSW

Kasey Chambers
Friday 22nd June – Anita’s Theatre, Thirroul, NSW
Saturday 23rd June – Panthers, Bathurst, NSW
Sunday 24th June – Canberra Playhouse Theatre, Canberra, ACT
Thursday 28th June – The Event Centre, Caloundra, QLD
Friday 29th June – Twin Towns, Tweed Heads, NSW

Lady Lyon
Wednesday 27th June – The Hideaway Bar, Sydney, NSW

Liam Gale & the Ponytails
Sunday 24th June – Freda’s, Sydney, NSW

Little Wise
Saturday 23rd June – Beerfarm, Metricup, WA
Sunday 24th June – Flyin’ Shows at Ronnie Nights, Fremantle, WA

Lizzie Flynn & The Reckoning
Friday 29th June – The Old Museum, Brisbane, QLD

Lloyd Spiegel
Friday 22nd June – Hickinbotham of Dromana, Dromana, VIC
Saturday 23rd June – The Cabaret Club, Ballarat, VIC
Wednesday 27th June – 5 Church Street, Bellingen, NSW
Thursday 28th June – Byron Theatre, Byron Bay, NSW
Friday 29th June – The Soundlounge, Currumbin, QLD

Maia Marsh
Sunday 24th June – Petersham Bowling Club, Sydney, NSW
Thursday 28th June – Robin Hood Hotel, Sydney, NSW

Mark Lucas & The Dead Setters
Friday 22nd June – The Merton Hotel, Sydney, NSW

Marlon Williams
Friday 22nd June – Forum, Melbourne, VIC

Merpire
Saturday 23rd June – The Workers Club, Geelong, VIC

Mick Daley, Adam Young, Katie Brianna
Friday 22nd June – Marrickville Bowling Club, Sydney, NSW

Monsieur Camembert
Saturday 24th June – Camelot Lounge, Sydney, NSW

Montgomery Church
Saturday 23rd June – The Retreat Hotel, Melbourne, VIC
Sunday 24th June – The Kitchen Door, Barjarg, VIC
Friday 29th June – Two Goats Cafe and Baa, Armidale, NSW

My Friend the Chocolate Cake
Friday 22nd June – Blue Mountains Theatre, Springwood, NSW
Saturday 23rd June – Canberra Theatre Centre, Canberra, ACT

Old Man River
Friday 22nd June – The Leadbelly, Sydney, NSW

PBC 2018 Membership Drive feat. Johnny G and the E-Types, Caitlin Harnett Band, Maia Marsh, Andy Golledge Band, Joseph Liddy and the Skeleton Horse
Sunday 24th June – Petersham Bowling Club, Sydney, NSW

Perch Creek
Friday 22nd June, Theatre Royal, Castlemaine, VIC
Saturday 23rd June – The Evelyn, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 29th June – Jive Bar, Adelaide, SA

Pete Murray
Friday 29th June – Rosemount Hotel, Perth, WA

Plonk Family Band
Thursday 28th June – Giant Dwarf, Sydney, NSW

Raised By Eagles
Sunday 24th June – Chapel On Little Ryrie, Geelong, VIC

Sara Storer & The Sunny Cowgirls
Friday 22nd June – Goulburn Workers, Goulburn, NSW
Saturday 23rd June – Oberon RSL, Oberon, NSW

Sarah Blasko
Friday 22nd June – 170 Russell, Melbourne, VIC

Sean McMahon
Sunday 24th June – The Union Hotel, Melbourne, VIC

Shawn Lidster, Pay the Fiddler
Saturday 23rd June – Hardys Bay Club, Hardys Bay, NSW

The Black Sorrows
Friday 23rd June – Highfields Tavern, Highfields, QLD
Saturday 24th June – Caloundra RSL, Caloundra, QLD
Sunday 24th June – Bird’s Basement, Melbourne, VIC

The Emerald Ruby
Sunday 24th June – House Concert, Earlwood, NSW
Thursday 28th June – The Temperance Society, Sydney, NSW
Friday 29th June – Brackets and Jam, Green Point, NSW

The Little Lord Street Band
Friday 29th June – The Provincial Geraldton, Geraldton, WA

The Loaded Dog Folk Club feat. Brett Robin Wood, New York Public Library
Saturday 23rd June – Annandale Community Centre, Sydney, NSW

The Teskey Brothers
Friday 22nd June – Oxford Art Factory, Sydney, NSW
Saturday 23rd June – The Zoo, Brisbane, QLD
Thursday 28th June – Republic Bar, Hobart, TAS
Friday 29th June – Meeniyan Town Hall, Meeniyan, VIC

The Water Runners
Friday 22nd June – The Sebel Harbourside, Kiama, NSW

Tubular Bells for Two
Friday 22nd June – GPAC, Geelong, VIC
Saturday 23rd June – The Cube, Wodonga, VIC
Friday 29th June – The Joan, Penrith, NSW

Tullara
Thursday 28th June – Marlborough Hotel, Sydney, NSW

Vardos
Friday 29th June – Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne, VIC

Whiskey Dram
Saturday 23rd June – CERES Organic Market & Grocery, Melbourne, VIC

Whoa Mule, Judy Jones
Wednesday 27th June – Petersham Bowling Club, Sydney, NSW
Friday 29th June – House Concert, Newcastle, NSW

Wifey, Peabody, Kid Cornered & the Ice Chest Orchestra
Friday 29th June – LazyBones Lounge, Sydney, NSW

Winter Moon
Friday 22nd June – The B.East, Melbourne, VIC

Friday Folk Flashback

“Twa Sisters” – Emily Smith

This Week in Folk

All the News From The Week That Was

Releases This Week

ILOVEYOUSORRYPLEASEFORGIVEMETHANKYOU – Old Man River

Ink, Dust, and Luck – The Brothers Comatose

Get You House In Order – Whoa Mule

Timber and Steel Recommends – Go To This Gig

Shelley’s Murder Boys

Sunday 17th June – The Golden Barley, Sydney, NSW

Gigs Next Week

19-Twenty
Friday 15th June – Lizotte’s, Newcastle, NSW

Adam Eckersley & Brooke McClymont
Friday 15th June – Prince of Wales Hotel, Bunbury, WA
Saturday 16th June – Odd Fellow, Fremantle, WA
Tuesday 19th June – Kalgoorlie Hotel, Kalgoorilie, WA
Friday 22nd June – Musicians Club, Broken Hill, NSW

Alice Terry
Saturday 16th June – Leadbelly, Sydney, NSW
Sunday 17th June – Leadbelly, Sydney, NSW
Thursday 21st June – Smith’s Alternative, Canberra, ACT

Altan
Friday 15th June – The Factory Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Saturday 16th June – Fly By Night Musicians Club, Fremantle, WA

Archer
Friday 15th June – The Wesley Anne, Melbourne, VIC

Archie Roach and Tiddas
Friday 15th June – Odeon Theatre, Hobart, TAS
Friday 22nd June – Dunstan Playhouse, Adelaide Festival Centre, Adelaide, SA

Balkan Gypsy Party feat. Nadya and Zoran’s 101 Candles
Friday 15th June – Camelot Lounge, Sydney, NSW

Bonnie Kay and the Bonafides
Saturday 16th June – Cauliflower Hotel, Sydney, NSW

Brid Harper and Dermot Byrne
Friday 15th June – Illawarra Folk Club, City Diggers, Wollongong, NSW
Saturday 16th June – The Metropole Guesthouse, Katoomba, NSW
Sunday 17th June – The Doss House, Sydney, NSW

Brooke Russell
Friday 15th June – Chapel Off Chapel, Melbourne, VIC

Cat Canteri
Friday 15th June – Saint Monday, Yackandandah, VIC
Saturday 16th June – Major Tom’s, Kyneton, VIC

Christine Jane
Friday 15th June – Griffin Theatre Company, Sydney, NSW

Claymore
Friday 15th June – Ariette’s Concert Lounge, Melbourne, VIC

Daggy Man
Saturday 16th June – House Concert, Brisbane, QLD

Daniel Champagne
Friday 15th June – Leadbelly, Sydney, NSW
Saturday 16th June – Tea Club, Nowra, NSW
Sunday 17th June – Rhythm Hut, Gosford, NSW
Friday 22nd June – Lush Factory, Tilba, NSW

Devil Goat Family String Band
Sunday 17th June – The Lomond Hotel, Melbourne, VIC

Ella Belfanti
Saturday 16th June – Open Studio, Melbourne, VIC
Sunday 17th June – The Drunken Poet, Melbourne, VIC
Thursday 21st June – Littlefoot Bar, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 22nd June – The Edinburgh Castle, Melbourne, VIC

Emily Wurramara and Alice Skye
Friday 15th June – Milk Factory, Brisbane, QLD

Emma Davis
Saturday 16th June – Some Velvet Morning, Melbourne, VIC

Eric Bogle
Friday 15th June – Thornbury Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
Saturday 16th June – Lighthouse Theatre, Warnnambool, VIC

Ess-Em
Friday 15th June – Transit Bar, Canberra, ACT
Sunday 17th June – Dicey Riley’s Hotel, Wollongong, NSW

eüsh
Friday 15th June – 107, Sydney, NSW

Figgy Folk Session
Monday 18th June – Figtree Hotel, Figtree, NSW

FolkSwagon feat. Liam Gale & The Ponytails, Lola Sola, Storm & Stone
Wednesday 20th June – Cafe Lounge, Sydney, NSW

Fox ‘n’ Firkin
Thursday 21st June – The Back Room, Brisbane, QLD

Gabriella Cohen
Saturday 16th June – Black Bear Lodge, Brisbane, QLD
Friday 22nd June – The Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine, VIC

Gaelic Club Trad Month feat. Aisling Vaughan
Friday 22nd June – Gaelic Club, Sydney, NSW

Gaelic Club Trad Month feat. Get Folked
Friday 15th June – Gaelic Club, Sydney, NSW

Georgia Fields, Pheno, Matilda Abraham, Merpire
Friday 15th June – The Newsagency, Sydney, NSW
Saturday 16th June – Smiths Alternative, Canberra, ACT

Green Mohair Suits
Saturday 16th June – Leadbelly, Sydney, NSW
Sunday 17th June – Leadbelly, Sydney, NSW

Gretta Ziller & Andrew Swift
Friday 15th June – Acoustic Picnic, Brookvale, NSW
Sunday 17th June – Lizottes, Newcastle, NSW
Thursday 21st June – Pistol Petes, Geelong, VIC
Friday 22nd June – Light of the Day Festival, Ocean Grove, VIC

Griffin Up Late feat. Lady Lyon, Christine Jane, Estelle Conley, Kay Proudlove
Friday 15th June – Griffin Theatre Company, Sydney, NSW

High Tea feat. Brett Winterford
Thursday 21st June – House Concert, Sydney, NSW

Hinterlandt
Friday 15th June – Halfback Books / Hall’s Books & Records, Sydney, NSW

Honky Tonkin’ feat. King Arthur, James Ellis and the Jealous Guys
Thursday 21st June – Rooks Return, Melbourne, VIC

Hussy Hicks
Friday 15th June – The Stag and Hunter Hotel, Newcastle, NSW
Saturday 16th June – 5 Church Street, Bellingen, NSW
Sunday 17th June – House Concert, Tyndale, NSW
Friday 22nd June – Wheatsheaf Hotel, Adelaide, SA

Illawarra Folk Club feat Brid Harper and Dermot Byrne, Stringline
Friday 15th June – City Diggers, Wollongong, NSW

Jack Carty & Gus Gardiner
Friday 22nd June – Solbar Playhouse, Maroochydore, QLD

Jacob Diamond
Saturday 16th June – The Wheatsheaf, Adelaide, SA

James Bennett
Friday 22nd June – Merewether Garden Sessions, Newcastle, NSW

Joseph Tawadros
Sunday 16th June – Darwin Entertainment Centre, Darwin, NT

John Flanagan Trio
Saturday 16th June – Old Church On The Hill, Bendigo, VIC
Sunday 17th June – Lost Ones Gallery, Ballarat, VIC

Karl Broadie Bunker Showcase
Tuesday 19th June – Coogee Diggers, Sydney, NSW

Kasey Chambers
Friday 15th June – The Cube, Campbelltown, NSW
Saturday 16th June – Rooty Hill RSL, Rooty Hill, NSW
Sunday 17th June – Ulladulla Service Club, Ulladulla, NSW
Thursday 21st June – Seymour Centre, Sydney, NSW
Friday 22nd June – Anita’s Theatre, Thirroul, NSW

Kay Proudlove
Friday 15th June – Griffin Theatre Company, Sydney, NSW
Wednesday 20th June – LazyBones Lounge, Sydney, NSW

Lady Lyon
Friday 15th June – Griffin Theatre Company, Sydney, NSW

Little Wise
Saturday 16th June – Red Mill Studio, Bunbury, WA
Sunday 17th June – Bridgetown Pottery-Restaurant, Bridgetown, WA
Thursday 21st June – Beaufort St Songwriters Club, Perth, WA

Lloyd Spiegel
Friday 15th June – The Skylark Room, Upwey, VIC
Friday 22nd June – Hickinbotham of Dromana, Dromana, VIC

Lyn Bowtell, Andrew Swift, Gretta Ziller
Friday 15th June – The Acoustic Picnic, Brookvale, NSW
Sunday 17th June – Lizotte’s, Newcastle, NSW

Marlon Williams
Friday 22nd June – Forum, Melbourne, VIC

Mark Lucas & The Dead Setters
Friday 22nd June – The Merton Hotel, Sydney, NSW

Medusa’s Wake
Saturday 16th June – Norton’s Irish Pub, Sydney, NSW

Mic Conway’s National Junk Band
Sunday 17th June – Camelot, Sydney, NSW

Mick Daley, Adam Young, Katie Brianna
Friday 22nd June – Marrickville Bowling Club, Sydney, NSW

My Friend the Chocolate Cake
Friday 15th June – Capital Theatre, Bendigo, VIC
Friday 22nd June – Blue Mountains Theatre, Springwood, NSW

Old Man River
Saturday 16th June – The Hummingbird, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 22nd June – The Leadbelly, Sydney, NSW

Out of Abingdon
Friday 15th June – 5 Church Street, Bellingen, NSW

Papa Pilko And The Binrats
Friday 15th June – Hotel Steyne, Manly, NSW

Perch Creek
Friday 15th June – Miami Markette, Gold Coast, QLD
Saturday 16th June – Star Court Theatre, Lismore, NSW
Sunday 17th June – Pelican Playhouse, Grafton, NSW
Thursday 21st June – The Workers Club, Geelong, VIC
Friday 22nd June, Theatre Royal, Castlemaine, VIC

Richard Perso
Saturday 16th June – Tumut River Brewing Co, Tumut, NSW
Sunday 17th June – The Old Canberra Inn, Canberra, ACT

Rick Hart
Friday 15th June – Drunken Poet, Melbourne, VIC

Sam Buckingham and Timothy James Bowen
Friday 15th June – Rous Mill Hall, Rous Mill, NSW
Saturday 16th June – West End Sessions, Brisbane, QLD
Sunday 17th June – Lennox Sessions, Lennox Head, NSW

Sam Newton
Friday 15th June – The House Dining, Sydney, NSW

Sara Storer & The Sunny Cowgirls
Saturday 16th June – Mount Pleasant Tavern, North Mackay, QLD
Friday 22nd June – Goulburn Workers, Goulburn, NSW

Sarah Blasko
Friday 15th June – The Rosemount, Perth, WA
Thursday 21st June – The Capitol Theatre, Bendigo, VIC
Friday 22nd June – 170 Russell, Melbourne, VIC

Sean McMahon
Sunday 17th June – The Union, Melbourne, VIC

Settin’ The Woods On Fire: A Hank Williams Tribute feat. Brielle Davis, Katie Brianna, Kylie Whitney, Peta Caswell, Smith & Jones
Saturday 16th June – Marrickville Bowling Club, Sydney, NSW

Shelley’s Murder Boys
Sunday 17th June – The Golden Barley, Sydney, NSW

St. Vincent
Sunday 17th June – Carriageworks, Sydney, NSW

Stiff Gins
Friday 15th June – Boomalli Aboriginal Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW

String Theories
Friday 15th June – Upper Lansdowne Hall, Upper Lansdowne, NSW
Saturday 16th June – Dorrigo Wholefoods, Dorrigo, NSW

The Andy Golledge Band
Sunday 17th June – The Lord Gladstone, Sydney, NSW

The Emerald Ruby
Wednesday 20th June – LazyBones Lounge, Sydney, NSW

The Little Lord Street Band
Friday 15th June – Indi Bar, Scarborough, WA

The Royal High Jinx
Sunday 17th June – Mantra Studio Kitchen and Bar, Yarraville, VIC

The Teskey Brothers
Friday 15th June – Fat Controller, Adelaide, SA
Saturday 16th June – Rosemount Hotel, Perth, WA
Sunday 17th June – Rosemount Hotel, Perth, WA
Thursday 21st June – Oxford Art Factory, Sydney, NSW
Friday 22nd June – Oxford Art Factory, Sydney, NSW

The Thirroul Pick
Saturday 16th June – The Thirroul Railway Institute Hall, Thirroul, NSW

The Water Runners
Friday 22nd June – The Sebel Harbourside, Kiama, NSW

Tubular Bells for Two
Friday 15th June – Melbourne Arts Centre, Melbourne, VIC
Saturday 16th June – Melbourne Arts Centre, Melbourne, VIC
Wednesday 20th June – The Capital, Bendigo, VIC
Thursday 21st June – Horsham Town Hall, Horsham, VIC
Friday 22nd June – GPAC, Geelong, VIC

Winter Moon
Friday 22nd June – The B.East, Melbourne, VIC

Zoë Ryan
Thursday 21st June – Staves Brewery, Sydney, NSW

Friday Folk Flashback

“Red and Gold” – Fairport Convention

This Week in Folk

All the News From The Week That Was

Releases This Week

Milyakburra – Emily Wurramara
Bandcamp

George Jackson & Patrik Ahlberg – George Jackson & Patrik Ahlberg
Bandcamp

Timber and Steel Recommends – Go To This Gig

Top Half Folk Festival

Friday 8th to Monday 11th June – Mary River, NT

Gigs Next Week

19-Twenty
Friday 15th June – Lizotte’s, Newcastle, NSW

Adam Eckersley & Brooke McClymont
Sunday 10th June – Mumballup Tavern, Donnybrook, WA
Thursday 14th June – Settler’s Tavern, Margaret River, WA
Friday 15th June – Prince of Wales Hotel, Bunbury, WA

Aleyce Simmonds
Friday 8th June – Nundle Memorial Hall, Nundle, NSW

Alison Ferrier & Justine Wahlin
Saturday 9th June – The Junkyard, Maitland, NSW
Sunday 10th June – Dangar Island Bowling Club, Dangar Island, NSW

Altan
Friday 8th to Monday 11th June – National Celtic Festival, Portarlington, VIC

Archer
Friday 8th June – Old Bank Bar, Dubbo, NSW
Saturday 9th June – House Concert, Bathurst, NSW
Friday 15th June – The Wesley Anne, Melbourne, VIC

Archie Roach and Tiddas
Friday 8th June – State Theatre Centre of WA, Perth, WA
Friday 15th June – Odeon Theatre, Hobart, TAS

Balkan Gypsy Party feat. Nadya and Zoran’s 101 Candles
Friday 15th June – Camelot Lounge, Sydney, NSW

Belle Harvey & Helen Townsend w/ Slim Dime
Saturday 9th June – House Concert, Sydney, NSW

Ben Camden
Friday 8th June – Some Velvet Morning, Melbourne, NSW

Ben Wilson
Friday 8th June – Mullumbimby Ex-Services Club, Mullumbimby, NSW
Saturday 9th June – Miami Marketta, Miami, QLD

Blues On The Mountain Music Festival
Saturday 9th June – Mangrove Mountain Public Hall, Mangrove Mountain, NSW

Bluegrass at Yulli’s feat. Crow Mountain
Wednesday 13th June – Yulli’s, Sydney, NSW

Brid Harper and Dermot Byrne
Friday 8th to Monday 11th June – National Celtic Festival, Portarlington, VIC
Wednesday 13th June – The Fifth Province, Melbourne, VIC
Thursday 14th June – Smith’s Alternative, Canberra, ACT
Friday 15th June – Illawarra Folk Club, City Diggers, Wollongong, NSW

Brooke Russell
Friday 8th June – The Wesley Anne, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 15th June – Chapel Off Chapel, Melbourne, VIC

Busby Marou
Sunday 10th June – Big Red Bash, Birdsville, QLD

Burralow and Kit & The Cub
Friday 8th June – The Lithgow Tin Shed, Lithgow, NSW

Casey Atkins and His Press Studs w/ Sam Newton
Sunday 10th June – The Union, Sydney, NSW

Cat Canteri
Friday 15th June – Saint Monday, Yackandandah, VIC

Cecilia Brandolini & Hannah Mae
Wednesday 13th June – Indi Bar, Scarborough, WA

Chaika
Wednesday 13th June – City Recital Hall, Sydney, NSW

Christine Jane
Friday 8th to Monday 11th June – Peak Festival, Perisher, NSW
Friday 15th June – Griffin Theatre Company, Sydney, NSW

Claymore
Friday 8th to Monday 11th June – National Celtic Festival, Portarlington, VIC
Friday 15th June – Ariette’s Concert Lounge, Melbourne, VIC

Colin Lillie
Friday 8th to Monday 11th June – National Celtic Festival, Portarlington, VIC

Dan Sultan
Friday 8th June – Wagga Wagga Civic Centre, Wagga Wagga, NSW

Daniel Champagne
Friday 8th June – Polish Club, Canberra, ACT
Saturday 9th June – Smoking Horse, Braidwood, NSW
Sunday 10th June – Metro Social, Katoomba, NSW
Wednesday 13th June – Lizotte’s, Newcastle, NSW
Thursday 14th June – Brass Monkey, Cronulla, NSW
Friday 15th June – Leadbelly, Sydney, NSW

Diamond Duck
Friday 8th June – Mullumbimby Ex-Services Club, Mullumbimby, NSW
Saturday 9th June – 63 First Ave, Sawtell, NSW

Direwolf w/ Lady Lyon, Nic Cassey
Friday 8th June – Waywards, Sydney, NSW

Ella Belfanti
Friday 8th June – Hidden Wine Bar, Gold Coast, QLD
Saturday 9th June – Raw Espresso, Gold Coast, QLD

Elli Schoen and Asha Jefferies
Friday 8th June – Bloodhound Bar, Brisbane, QLD
Saturday 9th June – Wesley Anne, Melbourne, VIC
Sunday 10th June – Brighton Up Bar, Sydney, NSW

Emily Wurramara and Alice Skye
Thursday 14th June – Sol Bar, Sunshine Coast, QLD
Friday 15th June – Milk Factory, Brisbane, QLD

Emma Davis w/ Mark Harding, Julia Johnson
Thursday 14th June – Waywards, Sydney, NSW

Eric Bogle
Friday 8th June – Southern Cross Club, Canberra, ACT
Sunday 10th June – Lizottes, Newcastle, NSW
Wednesday 13th June – Westside PAC, Shepparton, VIC
Thursday 14th June – Wellington Entertainment Centre, Sale, VIC
Friday 15th June – Thornbury Theatre, Melbourne, VIC

Ess-Em
Saturday 9th June – The Hideaway Bar, Sydney, NSW
Friday 15th June – Transit Bar, Canberra, ACT

eüsh
Thursday 14th June – Lass O’Gowrie Hotel, Newcastle, NSW
Friday 15th June – 107, Sydney, NSW

FolkSwagon feat. Goldheist, Miles Thomas, Emily Soon
Wednesday 13th June – Cafe Lounge, Sydney, NSW

Fox n Firkin
Saturday 9th June – Lefty’s Old Time Music Hall, Brisbane, QLD

Gabriella Cohen
Friday 8th June – The Northern, Byron Bay, NSW
Saturday 9th June – Jet Black Cat Music, Brisbane, QLD

Gaelic Club Trad Month feat. Get Folked
Friday 15th June – Gaelic Club, Sydney, NSW

Gaelic Club Trad Month feat. Kejafi
Friday 8th June – Gaelic Club, Sydney, NSW

Gadjo Guitars
Thursday 14th June – Temperance Society, Sydney, NSW

Gretta Ziller
Friday 8th June – The Fox Den, Gloucester, NSW
Saturday 9th June – Grafton Ex Services, Grafton, NSW
Sunday 10th June – Laurieton United Services, Laurieton, NSW
Friday 15th June – Acoustic Picnic, Brookvale, NSW

Griffin Up Late feat. Lady Lyon, Christine Jane, Estelle Conley, Kay Proudlove
Friday 15th June – Griffin Theatre Company, Sydney, NSW

Hinterlandt
Friday 15th June – Halfback Books / Hall’s Books & Records, Sydney, NSW

Honky Tonkin’ feat. James Ellis and the Jealous Guys, King Arthur
Thursday 14th June – The Rooks Return, Melbourne, VIC

Hussy Hicks
Friday 8th to Monday 11th June – Peak Festival, Perisher, NSW
Friday 15th June – The Stag and Hunter Hotel, Newcastle, NSW

Illawarra Folk Club feat Brid Harper and Dermot Byrne, Stringline
Friday 15th June – City Diggers, Wollongong, NSW

In The Round feat. Taryn La Fauci, Lisa Caruso, Eddie Boyd, Gentle Leader
Wednesday 13th June – Leadbelly, Sydney, NSW

Jacob Diamond
Friday 8th to Saturday 9th June – Palm Creek Folk Festival, QLD
Thursday 14th June – Bloodhound Bar, Brisbane, QLD

Joseph Tawadros
Sunday 10th June – Woodend Winter Festival, Woodend, VIC
Tuesday 12th June – Bird’s Basement, Melbourne, VIC
Thursday 14th June – Camelot Lounge, Sydney, NSW

Kasey Chambers
Thursday 14th June – Mingara Recreation Club, Tumbi Umbi, NSW
Friday 15th June – The Cube, Campbelltown, NSW

Lachlan Bryan and The Wildes
Friday 8th June – The Tamworth Hotel, Tamworth, NSW
Saturday 9th June – Servo Food Truck Bar, Port Kembla, NSW
Sunday 10th June – Quarterdeck, Narooma, NSW

Lady Lyon
Friday 8th June – Waywards, Sydney, NSW
Friday 15th June – Griffin Theatre Company, Sydney, NSW

Lazy Colts
Thursday 14th June – Arcadia Liquors, Sydney, NSW

Lee Kernaghan
Friday 8th June – Shoppingtown Hotel, Doncaster, VIC
Saturday 9th June – Macs Hotel, Melton, VIC
Sunday 10th June – Chelsea Heights Hotel, Chelsea Heights, VIC

Liam Gale
Sunday 10th June – The Little Guy, Sydney, NSW

Lizzie Flynn & The Reckoning
Friday 8th to Monday 11th June – Peak Festival, Perisher, NSW

Lloyd Spiegel
Friday 8th June – The Stag and Hunter, Newcastle, NSW
Saturday 9th June – Camelot Lounge, Sydney, NSW
Sunday 10th June – Harmonie German Club, Canberra, ACT
Friday 15th June – The Skylark Room, Upwey, VIC

Mic Conway
Sunday 10th June – Coolart Wetlands Observatory, Somers, VIC
Sunday 10th June Satellite Lounge, The Village Green Hotel, Mulgrave, VIC

Michael Meeking And The Lost Souls
Friday 15th June – The Merri Creek Tavern, Melbourne, VIC

My Friend the Chocolate Cake
Friday 15th June – Capital Theatre, Bendigo, VIC

National Celtic Festival
Friday 8th to Monday 11th June – Portarlington, VIC

Old Man River
Saturday 9th June – WeMove Studio, Mullumbimby, NSW

Out of Abingdon
Friday 15th June – 5 Church Street, Bellingen, NSW

P.K. Stoltz, Driza & Looch, The Stationmasters
Friday 8th June – The Moshpit, Sydney, NSW

Palm Creek Folk Festival
Friday 8th to Monday 11th June – Mountain View Lake Eco Park, Palm Creek, QLD

Papa Pilko And The Binrats
Saturday 9th June – The Union, Sydney, NSW
Sunday 10th June – Black Duck Brewery, Port Macquarie, NSW
Friday 15th June – Hotel Steyne, Manly, NSW

Paul McKenna Band
Friday 8th to Monday 11th June – National Celtic Festival, Portarlington, VIC

Peak Festival
Friday 8th to Monday 11th June – Perisher, NSW

Perch Creek
Friday 8th June – The Metropole Guesthouse, Katoomba, NSW
Sunday 10th June – Smiths Alternative, Canberra, ACT
Thursday 14th June – Black Bear Lodge, Brisbane, QLD
Friday 15th June – Miami Markette, Gold Coast, QLD

Porch Light Sessions feat. Witches Leap, Michael O’Donnell, Lucy Lowe
Thursday 14th June – Petersham Bowling Club, Sydney, NSW

Queen Porter Stomp
Friday 8th June – The Gasoline Pony, Sydney, NSW

Raised By Eagles
Friday 8th June – The Greenwood Bar, Launceston, TAS
Saturday 9th June – Mountain Mumma, Sheffield, TAS
Sunday 10th June – Republic Bar & Cafe, North Hobart, TAS

Rick Hart
Friday 15th June – Drunken Poet, Melbourne, VIC

Rose Zita Falko w/ Brooke Russell
Friday 8th June – The Wesley Anne, Melbourne, VIC

Sam Buckingham and Timothy James Bowen
Friday 8th June – Hibernian House, Sydney, NSW
Saturday 9th June – Heritage Hotel, Bulli, NSW
Friday 15th June – Rous Mill Hall, Rous Mill, NSW

Sarah Blasko
Friday 8th June – The Gov, Adelaide, SA
Friday 15th June – The Rosemount, Perth, WA

Sea n Sound Festival
Friday 9th June – The Wharf Tavern, Mooloolaba, QLD

Siobhan Owen
Friday 8th to Monday 11th June – National Celtic Festival, Portarlington, VIC

Smith & Jones
Friday 8th June – Old Bank Bar, Dubbo, NSW
Saturday 9th June – House Concert, Bathurst, NSW

Smoke on a Foggy Highway: The Morrisons play Paul Kelly
Wednesday 13th June – Camelot Lounge, Sydney, NSW

Sparrow-Folk
Saturday 9th June – SeeChange Arts Festival, Jervis Bay, NSW

Stiff Gins
Monday 11th June – SeeChange Arts Festival, Jervis Bay, NSW
Friday 15th June – Boomalli Aboriginal Art Gallery, Sydney, NSW

String Theories
Friday 15th June – Upper Lansdowne Hall, Upper Lansdowne, NSW

The Emerald Ruby
Thursday 14th June – Lass O’Gowrie Hotel, Newcastle, NSW

The ‘Johnny Can’t Dance’ Cajun Band w/ Craig Woodward & Jeremy Marcotte
Sunday 10th June – Open Studio, Melbourne, VIC

The Little Lord Street Band
Friday 15th June – Indi Bar, Scarborough, WA

The Paul McKenna Band
Friday 8th to Monday 11th June – National Celtic Festival, Portarlington VIC

The Punch Sessions feat. Paula Punch, Marko Simec, Tom Walters
Sunday 10th June – The Gasoline Pony, Sydney, NSW

The Teskey Brothers
Thursday 14th June – Theatre Royal, Castlemaine, VIC
Friday 15th June – Fat Controller, Adelaide, SA

The Water Runners
Friday 8th to Monday 11th June – Peak Festival, Perisher, NSW

The Willing Ponies
Sunday 10th June – George Hotel, Sydney, NSW

Top Half Folk Festival
Friday 8th to Monday 11th June – Mary River, NT

Tubular Bells for Two
Thursday 14th June – Wangaratta Performing Arts Centre, Wangaratta, VIC
Friday 15th June – Melbourne Arts Centre, Melbourne, VIC

Vanishing Shapes
Sunday 10th June – The Oriental Hotel, Newcastle, NSW

Whiskey Dram
Friday 8th June – Oscar’s Alehouse, Belgrave, VIC
Saturday 9th June – Star Hotel, Yackandandah, VIC

Whoa Mule
Saturday 9th June – The Gasoline Pony, Sydney, NSW

Wombats Crossing
Wednesday 13th June – Blackheath Golf and Community Club, Blackheath, NSW

Woodend Winter Arts Festival
Friday 8th to Monday 11th June – Woodend, VIC

Zoe Ryan
Saturday 9th June – Sappho Books Cafe & Wine Bar, Sydney, NSW

Friday Folk Flashback

“The Dusty Miller” – John Hartford

This Week in Folk

All the News From The Week That Was

Releases This Week

Noonday Dream – Ben Howard
iTunes

Petty – Carpenter, Smith & Jones

You Are Not Alone – Courtney Robb

The Ballad of Sally Rose: Expanded Edition – Emmylou Harris

God’s Favourite Customer – Father John Misty

Pink Is The Colour Of Unconditional Love – Gabriella Cohen
Bandcamp

Hospital Hill – Jack Carty & Gus Gardiner
Bandcamp

Lump – Lump
iTunes

Rascals & Rogues – Medusa’s Wake
Bandcamp

Hell-On – Neko Case

Dearly Beloved – Ruby Gilbert

How It All Unfolds – Tesse

Timber and Steel Recommends – Go To This Gig

The Paul McKenna Band

Friday 1st June – Upper Lansdowne Memorial Hall, Upper Lansdowne, NSW
Saturday 2nd June – Django Bar, Sydney NSW
Sunday 3rd June – Bloomfield Hall, Orange, NSW
Tuesday 5th June – Smith’s Alternative, Canberra, ACT
Wednesday 6th June – Yuin Folk Club, Cobargo School of Arts Hall, Cobargo, NSW
Friday 8th to Monday 11th June – National Celtic Festival, Portarlington VIC

Gigs Next Week

Adam Eckersley & Brooke McClymont
Friday 1st June – Wheatseaf Hotel, Adelaide, SA
Sunday 3rd June – Boston Bay Wines, Port Lincoln, SA
Wednesday 6th June – Ceduna Memorial Hall, Cenduna, SA

Aleyce Simmonds
Friday 8th June – Nundle Memorial Hall, Nundle, NSW

Altan
Friday 8th to Monday 11th June – National Celtic Festival, Portarlington, VIC

Archie Roach and Tiddas
Friday 8th June – State Theatre Centre of WA, Perth, WA

Ben Camden
Friday 8th June – Some Velvet Morning, Melbourne, NSW

Ben Wilson
Saturday 2nd June – Secret Show, Lismore, NSW
Tuesday 5th June – Howl & Moan Records, Byron Bay, NSW
Friday 8th June – Mullumbimby Ex-Services Club, Mullumbimby, NSW

Bonnie Kay and the Bonafides
Friday 1st June – The Commons Local Eating House and Downtown Bar, Sydney, NSW
Saturday 2nd June – Music at Street Market, Sydney, NSW

Brooke Russell
Sunday 3rd June – THE B.EAST, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 8th June – The Wesley Anne, Melbourne, VIC

Burralow and Kit & The Cub
Friday 8th June – The Lithgow Tin Shed, Lithgow, NSW

Busby Marou
Friday 1st June – Imperial Hotel , Eumundi, QLD
Saturday 2nd June – – Spotted Cow, Toowoomba, QLD

Castlecomer
Friday 1st May – Transit Bar, Canberra, ACT
Saturday 2nd June – Northcote Social Club, Melbourne, VIC

Cat Canteri
Friday 1st June – Selby Folk Club, Selby, VIC
Saturday 2nd June – Baby Black Espresso, Bacchus Marsh, VIC
Sunday 3rd June – Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine, VIC

Claymore
Friday 8th to Monday 11th June – National Celtic Festival, Portarlington, VIC

Colin Lillie
Friday 8th to Monday 11th June – National Celtic Festival, Portarlington, VIC

Courtney Robb
Sunday 3rd June – Wheatsheaf Hotel, Adelaide, SA

Dan Sultan
Saturday 2nd June – Tanks Art Centre, Cairns, QLD
Friday 8th June – Wagga Wagga Civic Centre, Wagga Wagga, NSW

Daniel Champagne
Friday 1st June – Workers Club, Geelong, VIC
Saturday 2nd June – Town Hall, Yackandandah, VIC
Tuesday 5th June – Jindy Sessions, Jindabyne, NSW
Wednesday 6th June – Uni Bar, Wollongong, NSW
Thursday 7th June – Smith’s Alternative, Canberra, ACT
Friday 8th June – Polish Club, Canberra, ACT

Denmark Festival of Voice
Friday 1st to Monday 4th June – Denmark, WA

Diamond Duck
Wednesday 6th June – House Concert, Newcastle, NSW
Thursday 7th June – Two Goats Cafe and Baa, Armidale, NSW
Friday 8th June – Mullumbimby Ex-Services Club, Mullumbimby, NSW

Direwolf w/ Lady Lyon, Nic Cassey
Friday 8th June – Waywards, Sydney, NSW

Eilen Jewell
Friday 1st June – Hardy’s Bay RSL, Hardy’s Bay, NSW

Ella Belfanti
Saturday 2nd June – Raw Espresso, Gold Coast, QLD
Sunday 3rd June – Tonic on Chirn, Gold Coast, QLD
Friday 8th June – Hidden Wine Bar, Gold Coast, QLD

Elli Schoen and Asha Jefferies
Thursday 7th June – Beach Hotel, Byron Bay, NSW
Friday 8th June – Bloodhound Bar, Brisbane, QLD

Eric Bogle
Friday 1st June – Casino RSM Club, Casino, NSW
Saturday 2nd June – Music by the Sea, Sandgate Town Hall, Sandgate, QLD
Sunday 3rd June – Byron Theatre Centre, Byron Bay, NSW
Thursday 7th June – Camelot Lounge, Sydney, NSW
Friday 8th June – Southern Cross Club, Canberra, ACT

Ess-Em
Friday 1st June – Kirra Sports Club, Coolangatta, QLD
Saturday 2nd June – Fat Louie’s Gigs, Brisbane, QLD

Fallon Cush & Hoolahan
Sunday 3rd June – Union Hotel, Sydney, NSW

FolkSwagon feat. Dom Youdan, Harrison, Zoë Ryan
Wednesday 6th June – Cafe Lounge, Sydney, NSW

Gabriella Cohen
Friday 8th June – The Northern, Byron Bay, NSW

Gretta Ziller
Friday 1st June – The Royal Hotel, Gympie, QLD
Saturday 2nd June – Americana Sessions at the Triffid, Brisbane, QLD
Saturday 2nd June – House Concert, Tamborine Mountain, QLD
Sunday 3rd June – Cinder & Smoke House Concert, Brisbane, QLD
Thursday 7th June – The Pig & Tinderbox, Tamworth, NSW
Friday 8th June – The Fox Den, Gloucester, NSW

Harry James Angus
Friday 1st June – Mullumbimby Civic Memorial Hall, Mullumbimby, NSW
Saturday 2nd June – Bellingen Memorial Hall, Bellingen, NSW
Tuesday 5th June – Melbourne International Jazz Festival, Melbourne, VIC

High Tea feat. Georgia Fair
Thursday 7th June – House Concert, Sydney, NSW

Honky Tonkin’ feat. James Ellis and the Jealous Guys, King Arthur
Thursday 7th June – The Rooks Return, Melbourne, VIC

Illawarra Folk Club feat. The Thomsons
Saturday 2nd June – City Diggers, Wollongong, NSW

Iron & Wine
Friday 1st June – Canberra Theatre, Canberra, ACT
Saturday 2nd June – Astor Theatre, Perth, WA

Jacob Diamond
Friday 1st June – PSAS Art Space, Fremantle, WA
Saturday 2nd June – 6 Degrees, Albany, WA
Sunday 3rd June – Goodnights, Bunbury, WA
Thursday 7th June – The Gaso, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 8th to Saturday 9th June – Palm Creek Folk Festival, QLD

James Ellis and the Jealous Guys
Friday 1st June – Tanswells Hotel Beechworth, Beechworth, VIC
Saturday 2nd June – The Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine, VIC
Thursday 7th June – The Rooks Return, Melbourne, VIC

Jemma Nicole w/ Nathan Power, Joyce Prescher
Sunday 3rd June – The Retreat Hotel, Melbourne, VIC

John Flanagan Trio
Sunday 3rd June – The Bridge, Castlemaine, VIC

Joyce Prescher
Sunday 3rd June – The Retreat Hotel, Melbourne, VIC
Monday 4th June – Freddie Wimpoles, Melbourne, VIC
Thursday 7th June – Wesley Anne, Melbourne, VIC

Kasey Chambers
Friday 1st June – Civic Theatre, Wagga Wagga, NSW
Saturday 2nd June – Swan PACC, Swan Hill, NSW
Sunday 3rd June – Mildura MAC, Mildura, VIC

Lachlan Bryan and The Wildes
Friday 1st June – Music on the Hill, Red Hill, VIC
Thursday 7th June – The Sly Fox, Sydney, NSW
Friday 8th June – The Tamworth Hotel, Tamworth, NSW

Leah Senior
Saturday 2nd June – Secret Show, Sydney, NSW

Lee Kernaghan
Thursday 7th June – Costa Hall, Geelong, VIC
Friday 8th June – Shoppingtown Hotel, Doncaster, VIC

Lizzie Flynn & The Reckoning
Sunday 3rd June – The Bearded Lady, Brisbane, QLD
Friday 8th to Monday 11th June – Peak Festival, Perisher, NSW

Lloyd Spiegel
Friday 8th June – The Stag and Hunter, Newcastle, NSW

Lucy Wise
Saturday 2nd June – Stratford Courthouse, Stratford, VIC
Sunday 3rd June – Gippsland Acoustic Music Club, Tyers, VIC

Maddi Lyn
Sunday 3rd June – Illawarra Music Foundry, Wollongong, NSW

Mary Coughlan
Saturday 2nd June – Monte’s Lounge, Alice Springs, NT

Medusa’s Wake
Sunday 3rd June – Botany View Hotel, Sydney, NSW

Megan Cooper w/ Gretta Ziller
Saturday 2nd June – House Concert, Tamborine Mountain, QLD
Sunday 3rd June – Cinder & Smoke House Concert, Brisbane, QLD

Montgomery Church
Saturday 2nd June – Cooma Ex-Services Club, Cooma, NSW

National Celtic Festival
Friday 8th to Monday 11th June – Portarlington, VIC

P.K. Stoltz, Driza & Looch, The Stationmasters
Friday 8th June – The Moshpit, Sydney, NSW

Paul Andrew Carey
Saturday 2nd June – Union Hotel, Melbourne, VIC
Sunday 3rd June – The Drunken Poet, Melbourne, VIC

Paul McKenna Band
Friday 8th to Monday 11th June – National Celtic Festival, Portarlington, VIC

Peak Festival
Friday 8th to Monday 11th June – Perisher, NSW

Perch Creek
Saturday 2nd to Sunday 3rd June – Denmark festival of Voice, Denmark, WA
Thursday 7th June – Lizottes, Newcastle, NSW
Friday 8th June – The Metropole Guesthouse, Katoomba, NSW

Raised By Eagles
Saturday 2nd June – Lefty’s Old Time Music Hall, Brisbane, QLD
Sunday 3rd June – Queen Street Mall, Brisbane, QLD
Friday 8th June – The Greenwood Bar, Launceston, TAS

Ramblin’ Nights feat. Lachlan Bryan & The Wildes, Not Good With Horses
Thursday 7th June – The Sly Fox, Sydney, NSW

Red Dog Studio Sessions feat. Rita​ ​B​, Matt Hall, Jerry Salvador, CloudBird
Saturday 2nd June – Red Dog Studio, Sydney, NSW

Rick Hart
Sunday 3rd June – Some Velvet Morning, Melbourne, VIC

Rose Zita Falko w/ Brooke Russell
Friday 8th June – The Wesley Anne, Melbourne, VIC

Sam Buckingham and Timothy James Bowen
Saturday 2nd June – Wesley Anne, Melbourne, VIC
Thursday 7th June – No. 5 Church St, Bellingen, NSW
Friday 8th June – Hibernian House, Sydney, NSW

Sancha & the Blue Gypsies
Friday 1st June – Foundry616, Sydney, NSW

Sarah Blasko
Friday 1st June – Metro Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Friday 8th June – The Gov, Adelaide, SA

Sarah Carroll w/ Leah Flanagan
Saturday 2nd June – Marrickville Bowling Club, Sydney, NSW

Shawn Lidster w/ Pay the Fiddler
Saturday 2nd June – Halekulani Bowling Club, Budgewoi, NSW

Siobhan Owen
Friday 8th to Monday 11th June – National Celtic Festival, Portarlington, VIC

Songstress Sunday feat. Jess Parker, Brooke Russell, Brooke Taylor
Sunday 3rd June – THE B.EAST, Melbourne, VIC

The Paul McKenna Band
Friday 1st June – Upper Lansdowne Memorial Hall, Upper Lansdowne, NSW
Saturday 2nd June – Django Bar, Sydney NSW
Sunday 3rd June – Bloomfield Hall, Orange, NSW
Tuesday 5th June – Smith’s Alternative, Canberra, ACT
Wednesday 6th June – Yuin Folk Club, Cobargo School of Arts Hall, Cobargo, NSW
Friday 8th to Monday 11th June – National Celtic Festival, Portarlington VIC

The Shack feat. Beamish Boys, The Fallen Robins and the Trippy Hippy Band
Friday 1st June – The Shack, Sydney, NSW

The Songwriter Sessions feat. Matt Joe Gow, Alison Ferrier, Paul Andrew Carey
Saturday 2nd June – Union Hotel, Melbourne, VIC

The Water Runners
Friday 8th to Monday 11th June – Peak Festival, Perisher, NSW

Tom West
Saturday 2nd June – Chateau Apollo, Adelaide, SA

Top Half Folk Festival
Friday 8th to Monday 11th June – Mary River, NT

Trad Singing Session
Sunday 3rd June – Old Fitzroy Hotel, Sydney, NSW

Woodend Winter Arts Festival
Friday 8th to Monday 11th June – Woodend, VIC

Zoë Ryan
Friday 1st June – Grand Hotel, Bega, NSW
Wednesday 6th June – Folkswagon, Cafe Lounge, Sydney, NSW

Friday Folk Flashback

“1952 Vincent Black Lightning” – Red Molly

This Week in Folk

All the News From The Week That Was

Releases This Week

Goodbye Gondwana – Jacob Diamond
iTunes

Dawn Of The Dark – Tori Forsyth
iTunes

Storm Boy – Xavier Rudd
iTunes

Timber and Steel Recommends – Go To This Gig

Iron & Wine

Friday 25th May – Sydney Opera House, Sydney, NSW
Saturday 26th May – Sydney Opera House, Sydney, NSW
Tuesday 29th May – The Gov, Adelaide, SA
Wednesday 30th May – QPAC, Brisbane, QLD
Friday 1st June – Canberra Theatre, Canberra, ACT

Gigs Next Week

Adam Eckersley & Brooke McClymont
Thursday 31st May – Coomealla Club, Dareton, NSW
Friday 1st June – Wheatseaf Hotel, Adelaide, SA

Angus & Julia Stone
Friday 25th May – Flinders University Plaza, Adelaide, SA
Saturday 26th May – Arts Centre, Fremantle, WA

Archie Roach and Tiddas
Sunday 27th May – Canberra Theatre Centre, Canberra, ACT

Augie March
Friday 25th May – The Zoo, Brisbane, QLD
Saturday 26th May – The Lansdowne, Sydney, NSW
Sunday 27th May – The Lansdowne, Sydney, NSW

Ayleen O’Hanlon
Thursday 31st May – The Merri Creek Tavern, Melbourne, VIC

Ben Camden
Friday 25th May – Smiths Alternative, Canberra, ACT
Saturday 26th May – Factory Theatre, Sydney, NSW

Ben Salter
Friday 25th May – Compass Pizza, Melbourne, VIC

Bonnie Kay and the Bonafides
Friday 1st June – Downtown Bar, Sydney, NSW

Busby Marou
Friday 25th May – Long Jetty Hotel, Long Jetty, NSW
Saturday 26th May – Hoey Moey, Coffs Harbour, NSW
Sunday 27th May – Soundlounge, Gold Coast, QLD
Thursday 31st May – The Triffid, Brisbane, QLD
Friday 1st June – Imperial Hotel , Eumundi, QLD

Busk for a Cure
Saturday 26th May – Newtown, Sydney, NSW

Castlecomer
Friday 25th May – Byron Bay Brewery, Byron Bay, NSW
Saturday 26th May – The Big Pineapple Festival, Caloundra, QLD
Sunday 27th May – Black Bear Lodge, Brisbane, QLD
Friday 1st May – Transit Bar, Canberra, ACT

Cat Canteri
Friday 1st June – Selby Folk Club, Selby, VIC

Cecilia Brandolini
Saturday 26th May – Sawtell Hotel & Fishtales Restaurant, Sawtell, NSW
Sunday 27th May – The Green Owl, Brisbane, QLD

Dan Sultan
Saturday 26th May – Darwin Entertainment Centre, Darwin, NT

Daniel Champagne
Friday 25th May – The Gasometer, Melbourne, VIC
Saturday 26th May – The Loft, Warnambool, VIC
Sunday 27th May – Martians Cafe, Deans Marsh, VIC
Thursday 31st May – Baha, Rye, VIC
Friday 1st June – Workers Club, Geelong, VIC

Darren Cross and Tim Evans
Friday 25th May – Willie Smith’s Apple Shed, Huonville, TAS
Saturday 26th May – Brisbane Hotel, Hobart, TAS
Sunday 27th May – Next Door Bar, Franklin, TAS

Denmark Festival of Voice
Friday 1st to Monday 4th June – Denmark, WA

Diamond Duck
Friday 25th May – Major Tom’s, Kyneton, VIC
Saturday 26th May – House Concert, Reservoir, VIC
Sunday 27th May – Warehouse Show, Melbourne, VIC

Diana Anaid w/ Ben Camden
Friday 25th May – Smiths Alternative, Canberra, ACT
Saturday 26th May – Factory Floor, Sydney, NSW

Eilen Jewell
Friday 25th May – Theatre Royale, Castlemaine, VIC
Saturday 26th May – Meeniyan Town Hall, Meeniyan, VIC
Sunday 27th May – Chateau Apollo, Adelaide, SA
Wednesday 30th May – Leadbelly, Sydney, NSW
Thursday 31st May – Leadbelly, Sydney, NSW
Friday 1st June – Hardy’s Bay RSL, Hardy’s Bay, NSW

Ella Belfanti
Saturday 26th May – Raw Espresso, Gold Coast, QLD
Sunday 27th May – The Green Owl, Brisbane, QLD
Monday 28th May – Rics Bar, Brisbane, QLD

Fanny Lumsden
Sunday 20th to Friday 25th May – Norfolk Island Country Music Festival, Norfolk Island

FolkSwagon feat. MoSoul Gigi Edgley and Jake Edgley, Cairyn Jay
Wednesday 30th May – Cafe Lounge, Sydney, NSW

Gabriella Cohen
Friday 25th May – Golden Age Cinema & Bar, Sydney, NSW

Get Folked Punk feat. Billy Puntton, Driza Dickinson, Eddie Lawlor, Semin & Garfukel, Uke Paley, Sarah Cherlin, Mac and Cheese, Jim Dusty
Thursday 31st May – LazyBones Lounge, Sydney, NSW

Greta Stanley
Saturday 26th May – The Big Pineapple Festival, Caloundra, QLD

Gretta Ziller
Friday 25th May – Albury SSA, Albury, NSW
Sunday 27th May – Hardys Bay Club, Hardys Bay, NSW
Friday 1st June – The Royal Hotel, Gympie, QLD

Harry James Angus
Friday 1st June – Mullumbimby Civic Memorial Hall, Mullumbimby, NSW

Harvey Russell w/ Sam Shinazzi, Peta Caswell
Thursday 31st May – The Gasoline Pony, Sydney, NSW

Honky Tonkin’ feat. James Ellis and the Jealous Guys, King Arthur
Thursday 31st May – The Rooks Return, Melbourne, VIC

Imogen Clark
Friday 25th May – Central Hotel, Shellharbour, NSW
Saturday 26th May – Young Ex Services, Young, NSW

Iron & Wine
Friday 25th May – Sydney Opera House, Sydney, NSW
Saturday 26th May – Sydney Opera House, Sydney, NSW
Tuesday 29th May – The Gov, Adelaide, SA
Wednesday 30th May – QPAC, Brisbane, QLD
Friday 1st June – Canberra Theatre, Canberra, ACT

Jacob Diamond
Friday 1st June – PSAS Art Space, Fremantle, WA

James Bennett
Friday 25th May – The Elwood Lounge, Elwood, VIC
Saturday 26th May – Livefast Cafe, Halls Gap, VIC
Sunday 27th May – Daylesford Cider Company, Musk, VIC

James Ellis and the Jealous Guys
Sunday 27th May – Noisy Ritual People-Powered Urban Winery, Melbourne, VIC
Thursday 31st May – The Rooks Return, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 1st June – Tanswells Hotel Beechworth, Beechworth, VIC

Jed Rowe & Michael Waugh
Saturday 26th May – Bayview Country Art Club, Bittern, VIC

John Flanagan Trio
Saturday 26th May – Beechworth Town Hall, Beechworth, VIC
Sunday 27th May – Blue Tongue Berries, Seymour, VIC
Wednesday 30th May – Yinnar Hotel, Yinnar, VIC

Jordan Ireland w/ Purplorchestra
Saturday 26th May – Austinmer Surf Lifesaving Club, Austinmer, NSW

Kasey Chambers
Friday 25th May – Club Forster, Forster, NSW
Saturday 26th May – Laurieton United Services Club, Laurieton, NSW
Thursday 31st May – Griffith Regional Theatre, Griffith, NSW
Friday 1st June – Civic Theatre, Wagga Wagga, NSW

Leah Senior
Saturday 26th May – Golden Age Cinema & Bar, Sydney, NSW

Loren Kate
Friday 25th May – Cooee Arthouse, Aldinga, SA
Sunday 27th May – The Cheese Factory Studio Gallery, Meadows, SA

Lucy Wise
Friday 25th May – Smith’s Alternative, Canberra, ACT
Sunday 27th May – Tathra Hotel, Tathra, NSW
Wednesday 30th May – Karbeethong Lodge, Mallacoota, VIC
Thursday 31st May Briagolong Hotel, Briagolong, VIC

Maddi Lyn
Sunday 27th May – Upstair’s At Freds, Camden, NSW

Mark Wilkinson
Friday 25th May – The Workers Club, Geelong, VIC
Saturday 26th May – The Thornbury Theatre, Melbourne, VIC

Mary Coughlan
Tuesday 29th May – The Jazzlab, Melbourne, VIC
Thursday 31st May – Caravan Music Club, Bentleigh East, VIC

Mary Webb & Loren Kate
Sunday 27th May – The Cheese Factory Studio Gallery, Meadows, SA

Mic Conway
Friday 25th May – St Andrews Community Centre, St Andrews, VIC
Saturday 26th May – Torquay Bowls Club, Torquay, VIC

Monsieur Camembert
Saturday 26th May – The Brass Monkey, Cronulla, NSW

Montgomery Church
Friday 25th May – Cooma Little Theatre, Cooma, NSW

Music & Anything Festival
Saturday 26th May – Dungog Showground, Dungog, NSW

Paul Andrew Carey
Saturday 26th May – Retreat Hotel, Melbourne, VIC

Perch Creek
Thursday 31st May – Fly By Night, Fremantle, WA

Plonk Family Band
Friday 25th May – Giant Dwarf, Sydney, NSW

Sam Buckingham and Timothy James Bowen
Friday 25th May – Cooee Arthouse, Aldinga, SA
Wednesday 30th May – Eldorado Road Wines, Beechworth, VIC
Thursday 31st May – The Skylark Room, Upwey, VIC

Sancha & the Blue Gypsies
Friday 1st June – Foundry616, Sydney, NSW

Sarah Blasko
Saturday 26th May – Odeon Theatre, Hobart, TAS
Friday 1st June – Metro Theatre, Sydney, NSW

Smith & Jones
Friday 25th May – The Hub, Bathurst, NSW

Sofiella & The Handsome Husbands
Saturday 26th May – Tintenbar Up Front, Tintenbar, NSW

The Acfields
Friday 25th May – Billroy’s Blues Bar, Bendigo, VIC
Saturday 26th May – Northcote Uniting Church Hall, Melbourne, VIC
Sunday 27th May – The Lost Ones, Ballarat, VIC

The Big Pineapple Festival
Saturday 26th May – Caloundra, QLD

The Bitter Darlings
Friday 25th May – Yarra Hotel, Melbourne, VIC
Saturday 26th May – Grace Emily Hotel, Adelaide, SA

The Collingwood Casanovas
Saturday 26th May – The Rooks Return, Melbourne, VIC
Wednesday 30th May – Bar Open, Melbourne, VIC

The Emerald Ruby
Saturday 26th May – Like Minds, Avoca, NSW

The Mid North
Saturday 26th May – 5 Church Street, Bellingen, NSW

The Paul McKenna Band
Friday 25th May – Bison Bar, Nambour, QLD
Saturday 26th May – Old Museum, Brisbane, QLD
Sunday 27th May – Ex Services Club, Mullumbimby, NSW
Wednesday 30th May – The Old Gazette Theatre, Dorrigo, NSW
Thursday 31st May – Ross Family Studio/Glasshouse, Port Macquarie, NSW
Friday 1st June – Upper Lansdowne Memorial Hall, Upper Lansdowne, NSW

The Shack feat. Beamish Boys, The Fallen Robins and the Trippy Hippy Band
Friday 1st June – The Shack, Sydney, NSW

The Sweet Jelly Rolls
Friday 25th May – Moonshine Bar, Hotel Steyne, Manly, NSW

The Water Runners
Saturday 26th May – Servo Food Truck Bar, Port Kembla, NSW

The Willing Ponies
Sunday 27th May – George Hotel, Sydney, NSW

The Yearlings and Lucie Thorne
Friday 25th May – The Old Church on the Hill, Bendigo, VIC
Sunday 27th May – The Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine, VIC

Tom West
Sunday 27th May – The Bay Pizzaria, Port MacDonnell, SA

Friday Folk Flashback

“Crawdad Song” – Woody Guthrie

This Week in Folk

All the News From The Week That Was

Releases This Week

Inner North – Cat Canteri
Bandcamp

Dancing With The Beast – Gretchen Peters
iTunes

This is Santa Rosa Fangs – Matt Costa
iTunes

Deafman Glance – Ryley Walker
Bandcamp

Timber and Steel Recommends – Go To This Gig

The Weather Station w/ Darren Hanlon, James Kenyon

Friday 18th May – Milton Theatre, Milton, NSW
Sunday 20th May – Oxford Art Factory, Sydney, NSW

Gigs Next Week

Adam Eckersley & Brooke McClymont
Friday 18th May – Caloundra RSL, Caloundra, QLD
Saturday 19th May – Highfields Tavern, Toowoomba, QLD

Áine Tyrrell
Sunday 20th May – The Gasometer Hotel, Melbourne, VIC
Sunday 20th May – Handsome Her, Melbourne, VIC

Angus & Julia Stone
Friday 18th May – Costa Hall, Geelong, VIC
Saturday 19th May – Festival Hall, Melblourne, VIC
Tuesday 22nd May – Odeon, Hobart, TAS
Wednesday 23rd May – Princess Theatre, Launceston, TAS
Friday 25th May – Flinders University Plaza, Adelaide, SA

Ben Panucci
Friday 18th May – Botany View Hotel, Sydney, NSW

Ben Salter
Friday 18th May – Hobart Brewing Co., Hobart, TAS
Saturday 19th May – Grace Emily Hotel, Adelaide, SA
Sunday 20th May – The Three Brothers Arms, Macclesfield, SA
Friday 25th May – Compass Pizza, Melbourne, VIC

Bluegrass @ Yulli’s feat. Richard Galluzzi
Wednesday 23rd May – Yulli’s, Sydney, NSW

Blues on Broadbeach Music Festival
Thursday 17th to Sunday 18th May – Broadbeach, QLD

Bobby Alu
Friday 18th May – Solbar, Maroochydore, QLD
Saturday 19th May – Black Bear Lodge, Brisbane, QLD
Sunday 20th May – Hotel Brunswock, Brunswick Heads, NSW

Bonnie Kay and The Bonafides
Saturday 19th May – The Stag and Hunter Hotel, Mayfield, NSW

Bonniesongs
Saturday 19th May – Venue 505, Sydney, NSW

Broads
Thursday 24th May – Some Velvet Morning, Melbourne, VIC

Busby Marou
Friday 18th May – Memo Music Hall, Melbourne, VIC
Saturday 19th May – Westernport Hotel, San Remo, VIC
Thursday 24th May – The Bridge Hotel, Sydney, NSW
Friday 25th May – Long Jetty Hotel, Long Jetty, NSW

Caitlin Harnett
Friday 18th May – The House Dining, Sydney, NSW

Castlecomer
Saturday 19th May – Metro Lair, Sydney, NSW
Friday 25th May – Byron Bay Brewery, Byron Bay, NSW

Cat Canteri
Friday 18th May – Basement Discs In-Store Performance, Melbourne, VIC
Saturday 19th May – Old Church On The Hill, Bendigo, VIC
Sunday 20th May – Northcote Social Club, Melbourne, VIC

Dan Sultan
Friday 18th May – The Cardinia Cultural Centre, Cardinia, VIC
Saturday 19th May – The Memo, Healesville, VIC

Daniel Champagne
Thursday 17th to Sunday 20th May – Blues On Broadbeach, Broadbeach, QLD
Thursday 24th May – Sooki Lounge, Belgrave, VIC
Friday 25th May – The Gasometer, Melbourne, VIC

Darren Cross and Tim Evans
Thursday 24th May – The Chapel, Burnie, TAS
Friday 25th May – Willie Smith’s Apple Shed, Huonville, TAS

Diamond Duck w/ Broads
Thursday 24th May – Some Velvet Morning, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 25th May – Major Tom’s, Kyneton, VIC

Diana Anaid
Friday 18th May – The Caravan Music Club, Melbourne, VIC
Thursday 24th May – Hotel Cambridge, Newcastle, NSW
Friday 25th May – Smiths Alternative, Canberra, ACT

Eilen Jewell
Wednesday 23rd May – Thornbury Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
Thursday 24th May – Caravan Music Club, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 25th May – Theatre Royale, Castlemaine, VIC

Ella Belfanti
Saturday 19th May – Raw Espresso, Gold Coast, QLD
Sunday 20th May – Rics Bar, Brisbane, QLD

Fanny Lumsden
Thursday 17th to Saturday 19th May – Music in the Mulga, Eulo, QLD
Sunday 20th to Friday 25th May – Norfolk Island Country Music Festival, Norfolk Island

Folk Frontiers feat. Julia Johnson, Rev. Eli Bones
Thursday 24th May – The Record Crate, Sydney, NSW

FolkSwagon feat. Gentle Leader, Suami Amabel, Alice Joy
Wednesday 23rd May – Cafe Lounge, Sydney, NSW

Gabriella Cohen
Friday 25th May – Golden Age Cinema & Bar, Sydney, NSW

Grant-Lee Phillips
Friday 18th May – Hardys Bay Club, Hardys Bay, NSW
Saturday 19th May – The Triffid Beer Garden, Brisbane, QLD

Gretta Ziller
Saturday 19th May – Paynesville Wine Bar, Paynesville, VIC
Friday 25th May – Albury SSA, Albury, NSW

Grigoryan Brothers
Friday 18th May – St Michael’s Uniting Church, Melbourne, VIC

Harrison w/ Áine Tyrrell
Sunday 20th May – The Gasometer Hotel, Melbourne, VIC

Harvey
Sunday 20th May – The Glenmore, Sydney, NSW

Hat Fitz & Cara
Thursday 17th to Sunday 20th May – Blues on Broadbeach, Gold Coast, QLD

Hollie Col
Friday 18th May – Embiggen Books, Melbourne, VIC

Honky Tonkin’ feat. King Arthur, James Ellis and the Jealous Guys
Thursday 24th May – The Rooks Return, Melbourne, VIC

Imogen Clark
Friday 18th May – Shoalhaven Bowls, Shoalhaven, NSW
Saturday 19th May – Club Sapphire, Merimbula, NSW
Friday 25th May – Central Hotel, Shellharbour, NSW

Iron & Wine
Wednesday 23rd May – Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne, VIC
Wednesday 23rd May – Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 25th May – Vivid Live, Sydney Opera House, Sydney, NSW

James Bennett
Friday 18th May – Tanswells Hotel, Beechworth, VIC
Saturday 19th May – Gypsy Bar, Echuca, VIC
Sunday 20th May – Bullant Brewery, Bruthen, VIC
Thursday 24th May – Baxter’s Lot, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 25th May – The Elwood Lounge, Elwood, VIC

John Flanagan Trio
Wednesday 23rd May – Ararat Live, Ararat, VIC

Justin Bernasconi
Friday 18th May – Music on the Hill, Red Hill, VIC

Kasey Chambers
Wednesday 23rd May – Casino RSM, Casino, NSW
Thursday 24th May – Coffs Ex-Servics Club, Coffs Harbour, NSW
Friday 25th May – Club Forster, Forster, NSW

Kieran Waters
Sunday 20th May – Yandina Hotel, Yandina, QLD

Lee Kernaghan
Saturday 19th May – Ord Valley Muster, Kununurra, WA

Loren Kate
Friday 25th May – Cooee Arthouse, Aldinga, SA

Lucy Wise
Saturday 19th May – House Concert, Bateman’s Bay, NSW
Sunday 20th May – House Concert, Bundanoon, NSW
Thursday 24th May – Django Bar, Sydney, NSW
Friday 25th May – Smith’s Alternative, Canberra, ACT

Mark Wilkinson
Friday 18th May – Leadbelly, Sydney, NSW
Saturday 19th May – Leadbelly, Sydney, NSW
Thursday 24th May – The Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine, VIC
Friday 25th May – The Workers Club, Geelong, VIC

Mary Coughlan
Saturday 19th May – Petersham Bowling Club, Sydney, NSW
Sundat 20th May – Canberra Irish Club, Canberra, ACT

Mary Webb
Sunday 20th May – Grace Emily Hotel, Adelaide, SA

Monsieur Camembert
Saturday 19th May – Camelot Lounge, Sydney, NSW

Montgomery Church
Friday 18th May – Wellington Food, Wine & Cottages, Wellington Mills, WA
Saturday 19th May – Good Earth Surf Shop, Bunbury, WA
Friday 25th May – Cooma Little Theatre, Cooma, NSW

Nigel Wearne
Friday 18th May – Wellington Food, Wine & Cottages, Wellington Mills, WA
Saturday 19th May – Good Earth Surf Shop, Bunbury, WA
Sunday 20th May – Jackadders Music Club, Woodlands, WA
Monday 21st May – Monday Supper Club, Maylands, WA

Plonk Family Band
Friday 25th May – Giant Dwarf, Sydney, NSW

Radnor & Lee
Saturday 19th May – Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
Sunday 20th May – Metro Theatre, Sydney, NSW

Rick Hart
Saturday 19th May – The Pinnacle, Melbourne, VIC
Sunday 20th May – Pistol Pete’s, Geelong, VIC

Sam Buckingham and Timothy James Bowen
Thursday 24th May – Wheatsheaf Hotel, Adelaide, SA
Friday 25th May – Cooee Arthouse, Aldinga, SA

Sancha & the Blue Gypsies
Sunday 20th May – Lazybones Lounge, Sydney, NSW

Shaun Kirk
Friday 18th to Sunday 20th May – Blues on Broadbeach, Gold Coast, QLD

Smith & Jones
Friday 25th May – The Hub, Bathurst, NSW

Sparrow-Folk
Friday 18th May – Smith’s Alternative, Canberra, ACT

The Backsliders
Saturday 19th to Sunday 20th May – Blues on Broadbeach, Broadbeach, QLD

The Bitter Darlings
Friday 25th May – Yarra Hotel, Melbourne, VIC

The Collingwood Casanovas
Friday 18th May – Railway Hotel, Melbourne, VIC
Saturday 19th May – The Rooks Return, Melbourne, VIC
Wednesday 23rd May – Bar Open, Melbourne, VIC

The Gadflys
Friday 18th May – The Gasoline Pony, Sydney, NSW

The Emerald Ruby
Thursday 24th May – The Annandale Hotel, Sydney, NSW

The Robert Cray Band
Friday 18th May – Governor Hindmarsh, Adelaide SA
Sunday 20th May – Blues On Broadbeach Music Festival, QLD

The Sweet Jelly Rolls
Friday 25th May – Moonshine Bar, Hotel Steyne, Manly, NSW

The Weather Station w/ Darren Hanlon, James Kenyon
Friday 18th May – Milton Theatre, Milton, NSW
Sunday 20th May – Oxford Art Factory, Sydney, NSW

The Yearlings and Lucie Thorne
Thursday 24th May – The Lost Ones, Ballarat, VIC
Friday 25th May – The Old Church on the Hill, Bendigo, VIC

This Way North
Saturday 19th May – Tanswells Hotel, Beechworth, VIC
Thursday 24th May – The Workers Club, Melbourne, VIC

Tom West
Thursday 24th May – The Toff in Town, Melbourne, VIC

TRADgambalanga!
Friday 18th to Sunday 20th May – Gohery’s Farm, Tangambalanga, VIC

Vanishing Shapes
Saturday 19th May – Diggers Tavern, Bellingen, NSW
Sunday 20th May – Oddfellows Hot Club, West Kempsey, NSW

Witches Leap
Friday 18th May – Hornsby Folk Club, Beatrice Taylor Hall, Sydney, NSW

Wolf and Willow
Friday 18th May – Embiggen Books, Melbourne, VIC

Friday Folk Flashback

“Ain’t It Enough” – Old Crow Medicine Show

This Week in Folk

All the News From The Week That Was

Releases This Week

Cosmic Wink – Jess Williamson
Bandcamp

Lost Souls – Loreena McKennitt
iTunes

The Prodigal Son – Ry Cooder
iTunes

Timber and Steel Recommends – Go To This Gig

Marlon Williams & The Yarra Benders w/ The Weather Station

Saturday 12th May – Forum Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
Monday 14th May – The Gov, Adelaide, SA
Tuesday 15th May – Rosemount Hotel, Perth, WA
Wednesday 16th May – The Triffid, Brisbane, QLD
Thursday 17th May – Metro Theatre, Sydney, NSW

Gigs Next Week

19-Twenty
Friday 11th May – Towradgi Beach Hotel & Waves, Fairy Meadow, NSW
Saturday 12th May – Quarterdeck, Narooma, NSW

Adam Eckersley & Brooke McClymont
Friday 11th May – Brothers Leagues, Cairns, QLD
Saturday 12th May – Dalrymple Hotel, Townsville, QLD
Sunday 13th May – Mt Pleasant Tavern, MacKay, QLD
Tuesday 15th May – Glenmore Tavern, Rockhampton, QLD
Wednesday 16th May – Hervey Road Tavern, Gladstone, QLD
Thursday 17th May – Melbourne Hotel, Bundaberg, QLD
Friday 18th May – Caloundra RSL, Caloundra, QLD

Angus & Julia Stone
Friday 11th May – Civic Theatre, Newcastle, NSW
Saturday 12th May – Horden Pavilion, Sydney, NSW
Monday 14th May – Enmore Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Thursday 17th May – Ulumbarra, Bendigo, VIC
Friday 18th May – Costa Hall, Geelong, VIC

Archie Roach and Tiddas
Friday 11th May – The Tivoli, Brisbane, QLD

Ben Salter
Friday 11th May – Saints & Sailors Seafood Bar & Grill, Portarlington, VIC
Saturday 12th May – Major Tom’s, Kyneton, VIC
Friday 18th May – Hobart Brewing Co., Hobart, TAS

Blues on Broadbeach Music Festival
Thursday 17th to Sunday 20th May – Broadbeach, QLD

Blues On The Mountain feat. The Detonators, That Red Head
Saturday 12th May – Mangrove Mountain Public Hall, Mangrove Mountain, NSW

Bobby Alu
Friday 11th May – The Homestead, Hobart, TAS
Saturday 12th May – Wesley Anne, Melbourne, VIC
Sunday 13th May – Sooki Lounge, Belgrave, VIC
Friday 18th May – Solbar, Maroochydore, QLD

Burradise Festival
Friday 11th to Sunday 13th May – Culburra Beach, NSW

Busby Marou
Friday 11th May – Dalrymple, Townsville, QLD
Saturday 12th May – Union Jack, Cairns, QLD
Thursday 17th May – Sooki Lounge, Belgrave, VIC
Friday 18th May – Memo Music Hall, Melbourne, VIC

Caitlin Plunkett
Saturday 12th May – Old Canberra Inn, Canberra, ACT

Cat Canteri
Friday 18th May – Basement Discs In-Store Performance, Melbourne, VIC

Cecilia Brandolini
Saturday 12th May – Compass Pizza, Melbourne, VIC
Monday 14th May – Open Studio, Melbourne, VIC
Thursday 17th May – Treehouse On Belongil, Byron Bay, NSW

Dan Sultan
Friday 11th May – Gpac – Drama Theatre, Geelong, VIC
Friday 18th May – The Cardinia Cultural Centre, Cardinia, VIC

Daniel Champagne
Friday 11th May – Riverbend Gazebo, Clarendon, SA
Saturday 12th May – The Wheatsheaf, Adelaide, SA
Sunday 13th May – Live On The Deck, Williaston, SA
Thursday 17th to Sunday 20th May – Blues On Broadbeach, Broadbeach, QLD

Darren Cross & Tim Evans
Friday 11th May – Backyard Sessions, Orange, NSW
Saturday 12th May – The Great Northern Hotel, Katoomba, NSW
Sunday 13th May – Union Hotel, Sydney, NSW

Diamond Duck
Saturday 12th May – The Metropole Guesthouse, Katoomba, NSW
Sunday 13th May – Evergreen Music, Brookvale, NSW

Diana Anaid
Friday 18th May – The Caravan Music Club, Melbourne, VIC

Didirri
Friday 11th May – Republic Bar, Hobart, TAS

Doggn It
Sunday 13th May – The Merton Hotel, Sydney, NSW

Domini Forster
Saturday 12th May – Compass Pizza, Melbourne, VIC

Duncan Phillips
Sunday 13th May – The Rainbow, Melbourne, VIC

Ella Belfanti
Saturday 12th May – Raw Espresso, Gold Coast, QLD
Sunday 13th May – The Alleygators, Currumbin Waters, QLD

Fairlight Folk feat. Chloe & Jason Roweth, Salleh & Strazz
Saturday 12th May – Fairlight Folk, Fairlight, NSW

Fanny Lumsden
Tuesday 15th May – Aussie Road Crew, QLD
Wednesday 16th May – Aussie Road Crew, QLD
Thursday 17th to Saturday 19th May – Music in the Mulga, Eulo, QLD

FolkSwagon feat. Harley Mavis, Jesse Morris, Mat Morgan
Wednesday 16th May – Cafe Lounge, Sydney, NSW

Grant-Lee Phillips
Friday 11th May – Memo Music Hall, St Kilda, VIC
Saturday 12th May – Yarraville Club, Yarraville, VIC
Sunday 13th May – Thornbury Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
Tuesday 15th May – Brass Monkey, Cronulla, NSW
Wednesday 16th May – Camelot Lounge, Sydney, NSW
Thursday 17th May – The Wicko, Newcastle, NSW
Friday 18th May – Hardys Bay Club, Hardys Bay, NSW

Harvey
Sunday 13th May – The Glenmore, Sydney, NSW

Hat Fitz & Cara
Friday 11th May – Burradise Festival, Culburra Beach, NSW
Saturday 12th May – 1692 Murrumbateman Rd, Gundaroo, NSW
Thursday 17th to Sunday 20th May – Blues on Broadbeach, Gold Coast, QLD

Honky Tonkin’ feat. King Arthur, James Ellis and the Jealous Guys
Thursday 17th May – The Rooks Return, Melbourne, VIC

Imogen Clark
Friday 11th May – Norwood Hotel, Norwood, SA
Saturday 12th May – Victoria Hotel, O’Halloran, SA
Friday 18th May – Shoalhaven Bowls, Shoalhaven, NSW

James Bennett
Friday 11th May – Shambles Brewery, Hobart, TAS
Saturday 12th May – The Black Cocky Music Lounge, Scamander, TAS
Sunday 13th May – Marakoopa Cafe, Mole Creek, TAS
Tuesday 15th May – Cally Hotel, Warrnambool, VIC
Wednesday 16th May – The Loft Live Music, Warrnambool, VIC
Thursday 17th May – Some Velvet Morning, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 18th May – Tanswells Hotel, Beechworth, VIC

John Flanagan Trio
Saturday 12th May – The Barn, Neales Flat, SA
Sunday 13th May – The Wheatsheaf Hotel, Adelaide, SA

Jordan Brodie and Jaga Band
Saturday 12th May – Humph Hall, Brookvale, NSW

Jordan Ireland with Purple Orchestra
Friday 11th May – The Alpha Gallery, Sydney, NSW

Justin Bernasconi
Friday 11th May – Wesley Anne, Melbourne, VIC
Friday 18th May – Music on the Hill, Red Hill, VIC

Lachlan Bryan
Sunday 13th May – Mt Coot-tha Songwriters Festival, Brisbane, Queensland

Laura And Susie w/ Witches Leap
Friday 11th May – Paragon Cafe, Katoomba, NSW

Lazy Colts & Maia Marsh
Wednesday 16th May – The Botany View Hotel, Sydney, NSW

Liam Gale & the Ponytails
Friday 11th May – Sofar Sounds, Sydney, NSW

Loren Kate
Saturday 12th May – Wirra Creek Music, Willunga, SA
Sunday 13th May – Wheatsheaf Hotel, Adelaide, SA

Lucy Wise
Friday 11th May – Martians Cafe, Deans Marsh, VIC
Saturday 12th May – Under the Sun, Strathbogie, VIC
Sunday 13th May – Old Castlemaine Gaol, Castlemaine, VIC
Tuesday 15th May – Yackandandah Courthouse, Yackandandah, VIC

Mark Lang
Friday 11th May – Portland Arts Centre, Portland, VIC

Mark Wilkinson
Friday 11th May – The Street Theatre, Canberra, ACT
Friday 18th May – Leadbelly, Sydney, NSW

Marlon Williams & The Yarra Benders w/ The Weather Station
Saturday 12th May – Forum Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
Monday 14th May – The Gov, Adelaide, SA
Tuesday 15th May – Rosemount Hotel, Perth, WA
Wednesday 16th May – The Triffid, Brisbane, QLD
Thursday 17th May – Metro Theatre, Sydney, NSW

Mem Davis
Tuesday 15th May – Coogee Diggers, Sydney, NSW

Missy Higgins w/ Gordi
Friday 11th May – Canberra Theatre, Canberra, ACT
Saturday 12th May – Thebarton Theatre, Adelaide, SA
Sunday 13th May – Palais Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
Monday 14th May – Palais Theatre, Melbourne, VIC

Montgomery Church and Smith & Jones
Friday 11th May – Smith’s Alternative, Canberra, ACT
Friday 18th May – Wellington Food, Wine & Cottages, Wellington Mills, WA

Mt Coot-tha Songwriters Festival
Sunday 13th May – Brisbane, Queensland

Nicole Brophy
Saturday 12th May – The Song Lounge, Bangalow, NSW

Nigel Wearne
Friday 18th May – Wellington Food, Wine & Cottages, Wellington Mills, WA

Open Folkin’
Friday 11th May – The Old Church on the Hill, Bendigo, VIC

Radnor & Lee
Thursday 17th May – The Triffid, Brisbane, QLD

Ruby Boots
Friday 11th May – Rosemount Hotel, Perth, WA

Sarah Blasko
Saturday 12th May – The Triffid, Brisbane, QLD

Shaun Kirk
Friday 11th May – Gasometer Hotel, Melbourne, VIC
Saturday 12th May – Baby Black Cafe, Bacchus Marsh, VIC
Friday 18th to Sunday 20th May – Blues on Broadbeach, Gold Coast, QLD

Smith & Jones
Friday 11th May – Smith’s Alternative, Canberra, ACT

Sparrow-Folk
Thursday 17th May – Smith’s Alternative, Canberra, ACT
Friday 18th May – Smith’s Alternative, Canberra, ACT

Sunday Trad Sessions with The Celtic Tones
Sunday 13th May – The Doss House, Sydney, NSW

The Audreys
Saturday 12th May – Darwin Railway Club, Darwin, NT

The Black Sorrows
Saturday 12th May – Riverstone Schofields Memorial Club, Riverstone, NSW
Sunday 13th May – The Brass Monkey, Cronulla, NSW
Thursday 17th May – Spiegeltent, Canberra, ACT

The Bottlers
Friday 11th May – Dicey Riley’s, Wollongong, NSW

The Button Collective
Saturday 12th May – The Metropole Guesthouse, Katoomba, NSW

The Collingwood Casanovas
Saturday 12th May – The Rooks Return, Melbourne, VIC
Saturday 12th May – The Lomond Hotel, Melbourne, VIC
Wednesday 16th May – Bar Open, Melbourne, VIC

The Gadflys
Friday 18th May – The Gasoline Pony, Sydney, NSW

The Robert Cray Band
Wednesday 16th May – Enmore Theatre, Sydney NSW
Thursday 17th May – Croxton Bandroom, Melbourne VIC
Friday 18th May – Governor Hindmarsh, Adelaide SA

The Villebillies
Sunday 13th May – Gasoline Pony, Sydney, NSW

The Weather Station
Friday 11th May – Northcote Social Club, Melbourne, VIC
Saturday 12th May – Forum Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
Monday 14th May – The Gov, Adelaide, SA
Tuesday 15th May – Rosemount Hotel, Perth, WA
Wednesday 16th May – The Triffid, Brisbane, QLD
Thursday 17th May – Metro Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Friday 18th May – Milton Theatre, Milton, NSW

This Way North
Friday 11th May – The Hamilton Station Hotel, Newcastle, NSW
Saturday 12th May – Culburra Beach Fest, Culburra, NSW

Vanishing Shapes
Sunday 13th May – The Oriental Hotel, Newcastle, NSW
Thursday 17th May – 5 Sawyers, Newcastle, NSW

Witches Leap
Friday 11th May – Paragon Cafe, Katoomba, NSW
Friday 18th May – Hornsby Folk Club, Beatrice Taylor Hall, Sydney, NSW

Friday Folk Flashback

“Calliope House Set” – The Gatehouse Well

This Week in Folk

All the News From The Week That Was

Releases This Week

Be More Kind – Frank Turner
iTunes

Solastalgia – Missy Higgins
iTunes

Can’t Wake Up – Shakey Graves
Bandcamp

Western Movies – Traveller

Empire – William Crighton
iTunes

Timber and Steel Recommends – Go To This Gig

Diamond Duck

Wednesday 9th May – Franks Wild Years, Thirroul, NSW
Thursday 10th May – Django Bar, Sydney, NSW

Gigs Next Week

19-Twenty
Friday 4th May – Indi Bar, Perth, WA
Saturday 5th May – Settlers Tavern, Margaret River, WA
Friday 11th May – Towradgi Beach Hotel & Waves, Fairy Meadow, NSW

Adam Eckersley & Brooke McClymont
Friday 11th May – Brothers Leagues, Cairns, QLD

Áine Tyrrell
Friday 4th to Sunday 6th May – Sacrededge Festival, Queenscliff, VIC

Angus & Julia Stone
Friday 4th May – Munro Martin Parklands, Cairns, QLD
Saturday 5th May – Ski Club, Darwin, NT
Wednesday 9th May – Anitas Theatre, Thirroul, NSW
Thursday 10th May – UC Refectory, Canberra, ACT
Friday 11th May – Civic Theatre, Newcastle, NSW

Archie Roach and Tiddas
Sunday 6th May – Hamer Hall, Arts Centre, Melbourne, VIC
Wednesday 9th May – Enmore Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Friday 11th May – The Tivoli, Brisbane, QLD

Ash Grunwald
Saturday 5th May – Narara Music Festival, Mt Penang Gardens & Event Park, Kariong, NSW

Australian Celtic Festival
Friday 4th to Sunday 6th May – Glen Innes, NSW

Belle & Sebastian
Friday 4th May – Palais Theatre, Melbourne, VIC
Saturday 5th May – Sydney Opera House, Sydney, NSW
Monday 7th May – The Tivoli, Brisbane, QLD

Ben Salter
Friday 4th May – The Bison Bar, Nambour, QLD
Saturday 5th May – The Green Owl, Brisbane, QLD
Sunday 6th May – The Green Owl, Brisbane, QLD
Friday 11th May – Saints & Sailors Seafood Bar & Grill, Portarlington, VIC

Bobby Alu
Friday 4th May – Moonshine Bar, Manly, NSW
Saturday 5th May – Venue 505, Sydney, NSW
Sunday 6th May – Transit Bar, Canberra, ACT
Thursday 10th May – The Apple Shed, Willie Smiths, Grove, TAS
Friday 11th May – The Homestead, Hobart, TAS

Burradise Festival
Friday 11th to Sunday 13th May – Culburra Beach, NSW

Busby Marou
Thursday 10th May – Mt Pleasant Hotel, Mackay, QLD
Friday 11th May – Dalrymple, Townsville, QLD

Cat and Clint
Sunday 6th May – Tylden Junction, Tylden, VIC

Cecilia Brandolini
Wednesday 9th May – Bar Oussou, Melbourne, VIC
Thursday 10th May – The Drunken Poet, Melbourne, VIC

Chasing the Moon
Sunday 6th May – Django Bar, Sydney, NSW

Dan Sultan
Friday 4th May – Milton Theatre, Milton, NSW
Friday 11th May – Gpac – Drama Theatre, Geelong, VIC

Dana Gehrman & Ayleen O’Hanlon
Tuesday 8th May – The Gasometer Hotel, Melbourne, VIC

Daniel Champagne
Friday 4th May – Mountain Mumma, Sheffield, TAS
Saturday 5th May – Red Velvet Lounge, Cygnet, TAS
Sunday 6th May – Marakoopa Cafe, Mayberry, TAS
Tuesday 8th May – Brother Jenkins, Cairns, QLD
Wednesday 9th May – The Shack, MacKay, QLD
Thursday 10th May – Bellevue, Townsville, QLD
Friday 11th May – Riverbend Gazebo, Clarendon, SA

Darby w/ Nic Cassey
Saturday 5th May – Golden Age Cinema & Bar, Sydney, NSW

Darren Cross & Tim Evans
Thursday 10th May – Two Heads Brewing, Bathurst, NSW
Friday 11th May – Backyard Sessions, Orange, NSW

Davidson Brothers
Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th May – Meatstock, Sydney Showground, Sydney, NSW
Sunday 6th May – Petersham Bowling Club, Sydney, NSW

Diamond Duck
Wednesday 9th May – Franks Wild Years, Thirroul, NSW
Thursday 10th May – Django Bar, Sydney, NSW

Diana Anaid
Friday 4th May – The Milk Factory, Brisbane, QLD
Sunday 6th May – Stones Corner Festival, Brisbane, QLD

Didirri
Friday 4th May – Four5Nine, Perth, WA
Wednesday 9th May – The Grace Emily, Adelaide, SA
Thursday 10th May – The Grace Emily, Adelaide, SA
Friday 11th May – Republic Bar, Hobart, TAS

Echo Deer
Sunday 6th May – Miss Peaches, Sydney, NSW

Ella Belfanti
Saturday 5th May – Raw Espresso, Gold Coast, QLD
Monday 7th May – Turnstyle Community Hub, Brisbane, QLD
Thursday 10th May – The Milk Factory, Brisbane, QLD

Fanny Lumsden
Friday 4th May – Private Show, Serina, QLD
Saturday 5th May – Private Show, Yeppoon, QLD
Monday 7th May – Beef Week, Rockhampton, QLD

Finders Keepers Market Sydney
Friday 4th to Sunday 6th May – Barangaroo Reserve, Sydney, NSW

FolkSwagon feat. Direwolf, Sasha March, Merpire
Wednesday 9th May – Cafe Lounge, Sydney, NSW

Grant-Lee Phillips
Tuesday 8th May – The Gov, Adelaide, SA
Friday 11th May – Memo Music Hall, St Kilda, VIC

Greta Stanley
Friday 4th to Sunday 6th May – The Planting Festival, Woodford, NSW

Grizzlee Train
Friday 4th May – The Retreat Hotel, Melbourne, VIC
Saturday 5th May – Smith’s Alternative, Canberra, ACT

Harvey
Sunday 6th May – The Glenmore, Sydney, NSW

Hat Fitz & Cara
Friday 4th May – House Concert, Hurstbridge, VIC
Saturday 5th May – Northcote Social Club, Melbourne, VIC
Sunday 6th May – Way Out West Roots Music Club, Newport, VIC
Friday 11th May – Burradise Festival, Culburra Beach, NSW

High Tea feat. Sam Buckingham
Thursday 10th May – House Concert, Sydney, NSW

Honky Tonkin’ feat. King Arthur, James Ellis and the Jealous Guys
Thursday 10th May – The Rooks Return, Melbourne, VIC

Illawarra Folk Club-May Day Concert
Saturday 5th May – City Diggers, Wollongong, NSW

Imogen Clark
Friday 4th May – Gateway Hotel, Geelong, VIC
Saturday 5th May – Matthew Flinders Hotel, Chadstone, VIC
Thursday 10th May – Slug and Lettuce, Parafield Gardens, SA
Friday 11th May – Norwood Hotel, Norwood, SA

James Bennett
Friday 4th May – Longley International Hotel, Longley, TAS
Saturday 5th May – Géographe Restaurant + Espresso Bar, Coles Bay, TAS
Sunday 6th May – Willie Smith’s Cider Makers, Grove, TAS
Wednesday 9th May – The Homestead Tasmania, Hobart, TAS
Thursday 10th May – Republic Bar & Cafe, Hobart, TAS
Friday 11th May – Shambles Brewery, Hobart, TAS

Jen Mize & Mark Sholtez
Friday 4th May – Little Village Sessions, USQ, Toowoomba, QLD

Jordan Brodie
Friday 4th May – The Naked Bean, Grafton, NSW
Saturday 5th May – 5 Church St, Bellingen, NSW
Sunday 6th May – House Concert, Port Macquarie, NSW
Thursday 10th May – 5 Sawyers, Newcastle, NSW

Jordan Ireland with Purple Orchestra
Friday 11th May – The Alpha Gallery, Sydney, NSW

Justin Bernasconi
Friday 11th May – Wesley Anne, Melbourne, VIC

Kieran Waters
Sunday 6th May – Hub Brewing, Brisbane, QLD

Laura And Susie w/ Witches Leap
Friday 11th May – Paragon Cafe, Katoomba, NSW

Liam Gale & the Ponytails
Friday 11th May – Sofar Sounds, Sydney, NSW

Lily & King
Saturday 5th May – Bar Open, Melbourne, VIC

Lolo Lovina
Saturday 5th May – Django Bar, Sydney, NSW

Lucy Wise
Saturday 5th May – Selby Community House, Selby, VIC
Wednesday 9th May – House Concert, Geelong, VIC
Thursday 10th May – Camperdown Courthouse, Camperdown, VIC
Friday 11th May – Martians Cafe, Deans Marsh, VIC

Mama Kin Spender
Wednesday 9th May – The Foundry, Brisbane, QLD

Mark Lang
Friday 11th May – Portland Arts Centre, Portland, VIC

Mark Wilkinson
Friday 4th May – The Brass Monkey, Cronulla, NSW
Thursday 10th May – Heritage Hotel, Bulli, NSW
Friday 11th May – The Street Theatre, Canberra, ACT

Mary Webb
Friday 4th May – The Edwards, Newcastle, NSW

Mick Thomas’s Roving Commission
Friday 4th May – The Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine, VIC
Saturday 5th May – The Cabaret Club, Ballarat, VIC
Sunday 6th May – The Gasometer Hotel, Melbourne, VIC

Missy Higgins w/ Gordi
Friday 4th May – QPAC Concert Hall, Brisbane, QLD
Saturday 5th May – Empire Theatre, Toowoomba, QLD
Sunday 6th May – Anita’s Theatre, Wollongong, NSW
Monday 7th May – Enmore Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Tuesday 8th May – Enmore Theatre, Sydney, NSW
Friday 11th May – Canberra Theatre, Canberra, ACT

Montgomery Church and Smith & Jones
Friday 11th May – Smith’s Alternative, Canberra, ACT

Narara Music Festival
Saturday 5th May – Mt Penang Gardens & Event Park, Kariong, NSW

Old Timey Good Times feat. The Plough, Richard Galluzzi
Friday 4th May – Petersham Bowling Club, Sydney, NSW

Porch Light feat. Giffen, Naomi Nash
Thursday 10th May – Petersham Bowling Club, Sydney, NSW

Rich Davies and The Low Road
Saturday 5th May – Northcote Social Club, Melbourne, VIC

Rick Hart
Sunday 6th May – Retreat Hotel, Melbourne, VIC

Ruby Boots
Friday 4th May – Northcote Social Club, Melbourne, VIC
Saturday 5th May – Leadbelly, Sydney, NSW
Friday 11th May – Rosemount Hotel, Perth, WA

Shaun Kirk
Friday 4th May – The Skylark Room, Upwey, VIC
Saturday 5th May – Narara Music Festival, Kariong, NSW
Friday 11th May – Gasometer Hotel, Melbourne, VIC

Shelley’s Murder Boys
Saturday 5th May – The Yo Yo Bar, Kembla Heights, NSW
Thursday 10th May – Gasoline Pony, Sydney, NSW

Symposium feat. Brendon Moon, Huckleberry Hastings, Kyoshi, Spruced Moose
Sunday 6th May – Symposium, Sydney, NSW

Terra Lightfoot
Friday 4th May – Nightquarter, Gold Coast, QLD
Saturday 5th May – Sol Bar, Maroochydore, QLD
Sunday 6th May – Kingscliff Beach Hotel, Kingscliff, QLD

The Audreys
Friday 4th May – Lost Ones, Ballarat, VIC
Saturday 5th May – Banyena Town Hall, Banyena, VIC
Sunday 6th May – Capital Theatre, Bendigo, VIC

The Black Sorrows
Friday 4th May – Royal Queensland Yacht Squadron, Manly, QLD
Saturday 5th May – A Day on the Plain, Jimbour, QLD
Sunday 6th May – The Shed, Sunshine Coast, QLD

The Bottlers
Friday 11th May – Dicey Riley’s, Wollongong, NSW

The Djangologists
Saturday 5th May – The Gasoline Pony, Sydney, NSW

The Emerald Ruby
Saturday 5th May – The Yo Yo Bar, Kembla Heights, NSW
Thursday 10th May – The Hideaway Bar, Sydney, NSW

The Heggarties w/ Matt Ward, The April Family
Saturday 5th May – The Retreat Hotel, Melbourne, VIC

The Little Lord Street Band
Friday 4th May – The Junkyard, Maitland, NSW
Saturday 5th May – The Tamworth Hotel, Tamworth, NSW
Sunday 6th May – Shady Pines Saloon, Sydney, NSW

The Northern Folk
Friday 4th May – The Bellingen Brewery & Co., Bellingen, NSW

The Planting Festival
Friday 4th to Sunday 6th May – Woodford, NSW

The Songwriter Sessions feat. Paul Andrew Carey, Gretta Ziller, Lachlan Bryan
Saturday 5th May – Union Hotel, Melbourne, VIC

The Weather Station w/ Grand Salvo, James Kenyon
Friday 11th May – Northcote Social Club, Melbourne, VIC

This Way North
Friday 4th May – The Bearded Lady, Brisbane, QLD
Saturday 5th May – Solbar, Maroochydore, QLD
Friday 11th May – The Hamilton Station Hotel, Newcastle, NSW

Tobias Hengeveld
Sunday 6th May – The Gasometer Hotel, Melbourne, VIC

Whoa Mule w/ Shelley’s Murder Boys
Thursday 10th May – Gasoline Pony, Sydney, NSW

William Crighton
Saturday 5th May – Narara Music Festival, Mt Penang Gardens & Event Park, Kariong, NSW

Friday Folk Flashback

“High On The Mountain Top” – The Infamous Stringdusters