This is a Gig Guide for worldwide, global, acoustic and folk music (whatever each of these terms means) in the Melbourne and nearby areas. It is provided through the Global Village radio program, heard on Sundays 5-7 pm on Melbourne station PBS 106.7 FM, digital and streaming on-line.

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This Gig Guide was last updated: Tuesday 22 October 2019 at 9.30 pm.
 

THURSDAY 24 October, 2019:

• 7.30 pm: Vardos: Hungarian Extravaganza: Darebin Music Feast: Open Studio, 204 High Street, Northcote
   
• 8.00 pm: Charm of Finches + Loren Kate (SA): Merri Creek Tavern, High Street, Westgarth
   

FRIDAY 25 October, 2019:

• 6.00 pm: Rosario De Marco: Edinburgh Castle Hotel, 681 Sydney Road, Brunswick
   
• 6.00 pm: Hello Tut Tut: Village Festival - Main Stage, Edinburgh Gardens, North Fitzroy
   
• 8.00 pm: Dr Hernández: 8 Remedios CD Launch: Spotted Mallard, 314 Sydney Road, Brunswick
   
• 8.45 pm: Vardos: Village Festival - Entrance: Edinburgh Gardens, North Fitzroy
   

SATURDAY 26 October, 2019:

• 11.00 am: Iaki Vallejo + Open Jam Kafeneio + Thando, MoMO and Ror + Adrian Eagle + Allara Briggs-Pattison + Fipe Preuss & Irihipeti Wahetine’s Vasa Pasifika + and MIRAZ (Saray Illuminado quartet, Kud Dukat dancers, projection artist Elmedin Žunić, and internationally recognised poet Aiša Hadžiahmetovic): Generations: Immigration Museum, 400 Flinders Street, Melbourne
   
• 1.00 pm: Schunkel band:  Plough Hotel, Footscray  
   
• 2.15 pm: Jawa Pitu Band: Village Festival - Main Stage, Edinburgh Gardens, North Fitzroy
   
• 3.00 pm:  Craig Woodward & Friends: Old-time Jam Session: Darebin Music Feast: Merri Creek Tavern, High Street, Westgarth - free
   
• 5.30 pm: No Borders Music: Village Festival - SunHouse, Edinburgh gardens, North Fitzroy
   
• 6.00 pm: Vardos Trio and Folk Dancing: Korona Csárda: 760 Boronia Road,  Wantirna: 9801 8887
   
• 7.30 pm: Melbourne Georgian Choir and the Vocal Agents: Church of St Mark, 100 Hodgkinson Street, Clifton Hill: 9417 1983
   
• 7.30 pm: Matthew Fagan and Laura Uhe: Espana El Vito the Spirit of Spain: Art Gallery of Ballarat, Ballarat
   
• 8.00 pm: Mike McLellan and Mike Brady: Caravan Club, South Oakleigh Club, 1 Victor Road, East Bentleigh
   
• 8.00 pm: The Senegambian Jazz Band: The Eastern, Ballarat East
   
• 10.30 pm: Mandacaru: Village Festival - Main Stage: Edinburgh Gardens, North Fitzroy
   

SUNDAY 27 October, 2019:

• 2.00 pm: Taste of India's Diwali Dhamakka: Darebin Music Feast: Preston City Hall, 284 Gower Street, Preston
   
• 2.00 pm: Orkeztra Glasso Bashalde: Village Festival - Entrance: Edinburgh Gardens, North Fitzroy
   
• 3.30 pm: Matthew Fagan, Laura Uhe and Nicholas Young: Danza El Vito Ritual Fire Dance - Carmen Flamenco: Castlemaine Town Hall, Castlemaine:  0438 881 985
   
• 5.00 pm: Tapsalteerie: The Thornbury Local, 635 High Street, Thornbury
   
• 5.30 pm: Cariño Son: Darebin Music Feast: Open Studio, 204 High Street, Northcote
   
• 6.00 pm: Rosario De Marco: Darebin Music Feast: Wesley Anne, 250 High Street, Northcote 
   
• 8.00 pm: Opa Bato + guests: Darebin Music Feast: Café Gummo, 711 High Street, Thornbury
   
• 8.15 pm: Sikander: Village Festival - Main stage: Edinburgh Gardens, North Fitzroy
     

TUESDAY 29 October, 2019:

• 7.00 pm: Bohemian Nights: Budapest Restaurant and Palinka Bar, Elsternwick: 9530 0849
   

WEDNESDAY 30 October, 2019:  

• 6.30 pm: Adam Simmons and Alessandra Garosi: Song Appetit: The Clyde Hotel, 385 Cardigan Street, Carlton
   

THURSDAY 31 October, 2019:

• 8.00 pm: The Thin White Ukes and Oblique Strategies: Bowie and Eno: Just for One Day: Wesley Ann, 250 High St, Northcote
  
  

FRIDAY 1 November, 2019:

• 7.00 pm: Dr Hernández: Alexandra Town Hall, Alexandra
   

SATURDAY 2 November, 2019:

• 8.00 pm: Dr Hernández: Ruffy Town Hall, Ruffy
   
• 8.30 pm: Del Barrio: Open Studio, 204 High Street, Northcote
   

SUNDAY 3 November, 2019:

• 11.00 am: Bohemian Nights: Soul Food: Clemenger Auditorium, National Gallery of Victoria - free
   
• 1.00 pm: Rosario De Marco: Cosmopolitan Hotel, corner High Street and Cosmo Road, Trentham
   
• 7.45 pm: Contradance: Beckett Uniting Church Hall, 72 Highfield Road, Canterbury
   
• Babaganoush + more: Oakleigh Glendi, Oakleigh - free:  www.oakleighglendi.com.au 
   

WEDNESDAY 6 November, 2019:

• 8.00 pm: Stephen Pigram: Spotted Mallard, 314 Sydney Road, Brunswick
   

THURSDAY 7 November, 2019:

• 7.00 pm: Liz Carroll & Kate Burke: The Oratory, Abbotsford Convent, 1 St Heliers Street, Abbotsford: 9417 1983
   

FRIDAY 8 November, 2019:

• 6.00 pm: Vardos: From the Caravan to the Club:  Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre, corner Southbank Boulevard and Sturt Street, Southbank  
   
• 6.30 pm: Archie Roach: Erindale Community Environment Farm, 30 Gastons Road, Eltham - SOLD OUT
   
• 7.00 pm: Dr Hernández: Bellevue, Lakes Entrance: 5155 1966
   
• 8.00 pm: Senes Flamenco: Alejandro Florez, Angel Mellado, Aya Kitaoji + Javier Fredes, Antony Hadjon: La Vida una Cancion: Box Hill Community Arts Centre, 470 Station Street, Box Hill: 9417 1983
   

SATURDAY 9 November, 2019:  

• 12.00 noon: Abbotsford Convent Open Spaces Festival 2019:  Abbotsford Convent, 1 St Heliers Street, Abbotsford
  
  
• 2.00 pm: Matthew Fagan, Laura Uhe, Fernando Mira and Nicholas Young:  Elvito Carmen Flamenco: Deakin Edge, Federation Square, Melbourne
   

SUNDAY 10 November, 2019:

• 12.00 noon: Abbotsford Convent Open Spaces Festival 2019:  Abbotsford Convent, 1 St Heliers Street, Abbotsford
  
  
• 12.15 pm: Beyatti Trio with John Norton: Fawkner Festa: C B Smith Reserve, Jukes Road, Fawkner.
   
• 5.00 pm: Dr Hernández: The Mudbrick Pavilion, Mallacoota
   
• 6.00 pm: Mimmo Cavallaro (Calabria): Thornbury Theatre, High Street, Thornbury
   
• 8.00 pm: Cordillera: Open Studio, 204 High Street, Northcote
   

WEDNESDAY 13 November, 2019:

• 7.30 pm:  Stella Savy, Darrell Belle and Wayne Parker: Zanmi de Zil:   Alliance Française de Melbourne, 51 Grey Street, St Kilda
   

THURSDAY 14 November 2019:

• 5.30 pm: Rosario De Marco + Emma Heading-Knight: State Library of Victoria, 328 Swanston Street, Melbourne
   
• 6.00 pm: The Lost Clog: Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre, 31 Sturt Street, Southbank
   
• 8.00 pm: Bohemian Nights: Open Studio, 204 High Street, Northcote
   

FRIDAY 15 November, 2019:

• 8.00 pm: Dr Hernández: Vine Hotel, Wangaratta
   

SATURDAY 16 November, 2019:

• 4.00 pm: Archie Roach + Dr Lou Bennett: Tell Me Why: Wurdi Youang (North), level 5, Geelong Library and Heritage Centre, Geelong
   
• 7.30 pm:  Pascal Latra and Kat Stevens: Female voices of rebetika: Roza, Rita, Mittaki, Bellou: Boite World Music Cafe, 1 Mark Street, North Fitzroy
   
• 8.00 pm: Dr Hernández: Bright Art Gallery, Bright
   
• 8.30 pm: Giorgos Malliaros, The Dean Georgalas Bouzouki Orchestra, Con Kalamaras and Achilles Yiangoulli: Stelios Kazantzidis - a Live Tribute: Caravan Music Club, 1 Victor Road, Bentleigh East
   

SUNDAY 17 November, 2019:  

• 1.00 pm: Rosario De Marco:   Elmswood Estate, 75 Monbulk Road, Seville 
   
• 2.00 pm: Adi Sappir, STAV, Gabriela Georges, Fouad Harraka (oud, violin), Matan Franco (keys and vocals) Charles Yarak (nei, qanoon), percussionists George El-Azar and Joseph  Bartouney + special belly dance performance by Ekaterini and poetry reading by Farah Beaini and Idan Ben-Barak.: Under the Olive Tree: Immigration Museum, 400 Flinders Street, Melbourne 
   
• 5.00 pm: Dr Hernández: Albury Entertainment Centre, Albury
   

WEDNESDAY 20 November, 2019: 

• 6.30 pm: Fem and Zvi Belling: Song Appetit: The Clyde Hotel, 385 Cardigan Street, Carlton
   

THURSDAY 21 November, 2019:

• 6.00 pm: Saray Iluminado: The Light Within:  Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre, corner Southbank Boulevard and Sturt Street, Southbank 
   
• 8.30 pm: Ajak Kwai x Lisa Salvo and Maria Moles + Ausecuma Beats x ZFEX + Kang JJ x Karate Boogaloo: Music In Exile: The Curtin, Lygon Street, Carlton
   

FRIDAY 22 November, 2019:

• 8.00 pm: Dr Hernández: Yarroweyah Hall, Yarroweyah
   
• 9.00 pm: The Public Opinion Afro Orchestra + more: Over Under Away: Colour, Queensberry Street, Carlton
   

SATURDAY 23 November, 2019:

• 7.30 pm: Synthesis: Balkan Ethno Music from Macedonia: Thornbury Theatre, 859 High Street, Thornbury: 0420 976 847 
   
• 7.30 pm: Dean Frenkel and David Jones with Roman Korchev: CD launch: Boite World Music Cafe, 1 Mark Street, North Fitzroy 
   
• 8.00 pm: Dr Hernández: Charlton Golf Club, Charlton
   

SUNDAY 24 November, 2019:

• 2.30 pm: Dr Hernández: Red Rock Theatre, Cororooke
   
• 6.00 pm: Rosario De Marco: Wesley Anne, 250 High Street, Northcote
   

WEDNESDAY 27 November, 2019:

• 7.00 pm: Apoorva Krishna & The Australian Sruthi-Laya Quintet: Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre, Sturt Street, Southbank
   

FRIDAY 29 November, 2019:

• 8.00 pm: Dr Hernández: Ruby Hall, Ruby
   
• 9.00 pm: Sanacori: Open Studio, 204 High Street, Northcote
   

SATURDAY 30 November, 2019:

• 7.30 pm: Babaganoush: Launch of film clip: Symphony 36, Warburton
   
• 7.30 pm: Various: the Boite’s 40th birthday year celebrations: The Laundry, Abbotsford Convent, 1 St Heliers Street, Abbotsford 
   
• 8.00 pm: Dr Hernández: Mechanics Institute, Tarwin Lower
   

SUNDAY 1 December, 2019:

• 7.30 pm: Dr Hernández: Tyers Hall, Tyers
   
• 7.45 pm: Contradance: Beckett Uniting Church Hall, 72 Highfield Road, Canterbury
   

TUESDAY 3 December, 2019:

• 7.00 pm:  Bohemian Nights: Budapest Restaurant and Palinka Bar, Elsternwick: 9530 0849
   

WEDNESDAY 4 December, 2019:  

• 6.30 pm: Richard Tedesco: Song Appetit: The Clyde Hotel, 385 Cardigan Street, Carlton
   

FRIDAY 6 December, 2019:

• 8.00 pm: Dr Hernández: Bena Public Hall, Bena
   

SATURDAY 7 December, 2019:

• 3.00 pm: Alex Vargas: The Boite 40 Years History project launch: Mark Street Hall, 1 Mark Street, North Fitzroy  
   
• 8.00 pm: Dr Hernández: Grand Ridge Brewery, Mirboo North
   

SUNDAY 8 December, 2019:

• 1.00 pm: Rosario De Marco: Cosmopolitan Hotel, corner High Street and Cosmo Road, Trentham 
   
• 2.00 pm: Sanacori Italian Ensemble: Assisi Centre Festival
   
• 5.00 pm: Sumudi Suraweera and Baliphonics (Sri Lanka) + Australian Art Orchestra: Of Deities and Demons: The Pavilion, Arts Centre, 100 St Kilda Road, Melbourne 
   
• 7.30 pm: Dr Hernández: Toora Hall, Toora
   

FRIDAY 13 December, 2019:

• 7.00 pm: VulgarGrad: Spotted Mallard, 314 Sydney Road, Brunswick
   

SATURDAY 14 December, 2019:

• 8.45 pm: Babaganoush: Open Studio, 204 High Street, Northcote
   

SUNDAY 15 December, 2019:

• 1.00 pm: Rosario De Marco: Elmswood Estate, 75 Monbulk Road, Seville 
   
• 3.30 pm: Dr Hernández: Delatite Hotel, Mansfield
   

SUNDAY 22 December, 2019:

• 5.30 pm: Dr Hernández: Christmas Show: Open Studio, 204 High Street, Northcote
   

WEDNESDAY 25 December, 2019:  

• 12.00 noon: Phil Carroll and Steve Grant: Grossi's Florentino, Melbourne
   

SATURDAY 28 December, 2019:

• 8.00 pm: Boban Markovic: Max Watts, Swanston Street, Melbourne: 1300 762 545
   

SUNDAY 29 December, 2019:

• 6.00 pm: Rosario De Marco: Wesley Anne, 250 High Street, Northcote
   

TUESDAY 31 December, 2019:

• Bohemian Nights: San Telmo, Melbourne

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2020

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SUNDAY 5 January, 2020:

• 1.00 pm: Rosario De Marco:  Cosmopolitan Hotel, corner High Street and Cosmo Road, Trentham
   

FRIDAY 10 January, 2020:

• The East Pointers (Canada): Northcote Social Club, 301 High Street, Northcote
   

SUNDAY 19 January, 2020:

• 1.00 pm: Rosario De Marco: Elmswood Estate, 75 Monbul Road, Seville
   

SATURDAY 25 January, 2020:

• Ludovico Einaudi with Redi Hasa (cello) and Federico Mecozzi (violin, viola): Seven Days Walking: Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Domain Gardens, Melbourne - 1300 182 183
   

SUNDAY 26 January, 2020:

• 6.00 pm: Rosario De Marco: Wesley Anne, 250 High Street, Northcote
   

SUNDAY 16 February, 2019:

• 1.00 pm:  Rosario De Marco: Cosmopolitan Hotel, corner High Street and Cosmo Road, Trentham
   

SUNDAY 23 February, 2020:

• 5.00 pm: Sunny Yim (Korea) + Daniel Wilfred + Peter Knight: Hand to Earth: The Pavilion, Arts Centre, 100 St Kilda Road, Melbourne
   

SUNDAY 31 May, 2020:

• 5.00 pm: Amir ElSaffar (Iraq/USA) + Australian Art Orchestra: The Pavilion, Arts Centre, 100 St Kilda Road, Melbourne

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