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: Sunday 24 October 2021 at 8.10 pm.

TUESDAY 26 October, 2021:

• 5.00 pm: Gelareh Pour + Shohrat Tursun: Launch of photographic exhibition ‘Peoples and Landscapes in Motion: from the Silk Roads to Australia' (Barat Ali Batoor, Hoda Afshar, John Gollings, and Muzafar Ali):  ON-LINE:  FREE:  https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/peoples-and-landscapes-in-motion-from-silk-roads-to-australia-tickets-190846485977
  

WEDNESDAY 27 October, 2021:

• 7.30 pm: Robyn Archer: Mother Archer's Cabaret for Dark Times: Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre, 31 Sturt Street, Southbank: 9699 3333:   CANCELLED
   

THURSDAY 28 October, 2021:

• 7.00 pm: Rosario De Marco: Bar Oussou, 653 Sydney Road Brunswick
  
  

FRIDAY 29 October, 2021:

• 7.00 pm: Rosario De Marco: Mediterranean Sounds with No Borders: Edinburgh Castle Hotel, 681 Sydney Road, Brunswick
  
  

SATURDAY 30 October, 2021:

• 10.00 am:  Coco's Lunch: Vocal Workshop: Community Church of St. Mark's, 100 Hodgkinson Street, Clifton Hill:   https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing?eid=780363&&fbclid=IwAR1dXPsMJbCPjBv2_AMnmmsR7zNM-n0ezR-s65832iky8ToRE-pHb10lWxU 
  
  

SUNDAY 31 October, 2021:

• 2.30 pm: Stella Savy + choir with Carl Pannuzzo, Tim Neal, Geoffrey Williams, Barry Deenick, Barry Kay, Dany Fry, and Kylie Auldist: Freedom Road: Ulumbarra Theatre, Bendigo:  https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing?eid=777448& : POSTPONED
  
  
• 6.00 pm: Rosario De Marco:  Mediterranean Sounds with No Borders:   Wesley Anne, 250 High Street, Northcote
   

MONDAY 1 November, 2021:

• 8.30 pm: Charm of Finches: Brunswick Ballroom, 314 Sydney Road, Brunswick:  https://www.moshtix.com.au/v2/event/charm-of-finches/131207   : POSTPONED to Friday 26 November
  

THURSDAY 4 November, 2021:

• 7.00 pm:  Anthony Schulz (accordion) and Adrian Sherriff (shakuhachi): Song Appetit: ON-LINE:   https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing?eid=822593&
  
• Lamine Sonko and band: 13:12: ACMI, Federation Square, Melbourne:  POSTPONED to 2022
   

FRIDAY 5 November, 2021

• 8.00 pm: The Lost Clog + Big Fiddle Little Fiddle: St Margaret's Hall, 1 Pitt Street, Eltham:  rescheduled from August:  POSTPONED
   
• 8.00 pm: Tetras: Rebetika Vradia: 279 Albion Street, Brunswick:  https://www.facebook.com/events/128153465952118/ 
   

SATURDAY 6 November, 2021:

• 6.00 pm:  Saray Iluminado: Songs of Hope and Homeland: Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre, 31 Sturt Street, Southbank: 9699 3333:  CANCELLED
   
• 6.30 pm: Son Quba:  111 Main Road, Hepburn Springs:   https://www.facebook.com/events/605849183760788/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A
  
• 7.00 pm:  Thando: JazzLab, 27 Leslie Street, Brunswick:   https://www.facebook.com/events/231703855674132/?acontext=%7B  
  
  
• 7.00 pm: Shayan and Melbourne Amplified Strings: Chalice Hall, Northcote Uniting Church, 251 High Street, Northcote:  https://www.facebook.com/events/317559166738140  :  POSTPONED
  
  
• 8.00 pm: 8Foot Felix + The PirateSka Rebellion: Celebrating 10 Years: The Night Cat, 137-141 Johnston Street, Fitzroy:  https://www.facebook.com/events/4143158279060542/  :  POSTPONED to Saturday December 11
   

SUNDAY 7 November, 2021:

• 12.30 pm: Rosario De Marco:  Hickinbotham at Dromana, 194 Nepean Highway, Dromana
  

WEDNESDAY 10 November, 2021:

• 8.00 pm: The Boite's Suitcase Open Mic: ON-LINE:   https://www.facebook.com/Boite.wmc/
  
  

FRIDAY 12 November, 2021:

• 6.00 pm: Ruth Roshan and Tango Noir: Paris Cat, 6 Goldie Place, Melbourne:   https://www.facebook.com/events/245212994242813/
  
  
• 6.00 pm: Coco's Lunch: Shifting Time: Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre, 31 Sturt Street, Southbank: 9699 3333
   
• 6.00 pm: Rosario De Marco: Betwixt, 45 Sturt Street, Southbank
  
  
• 7.30 pm: Parvyn Singh and Josh Bennett: Creswick Courthouse, Creswick
   

SATURDAY 13 November, 2021:

• 10.00 am:  Coco's Lunch: Vocal Workshop: Community Church of St. Mark's, 100 Hodgkinson Street, Clifton Hill:   https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing?eid=780363&&fbclid=IwAR1dXPsMJbCPjBv2_AMnmmsR7zNM-n0ezR-s65832iky8ToRE-pHb10lWxU
   

SUNDAY 14 November, 2021:

• 11.00 am: Polish Festival @ Federation Square: Federation Square, Flinders Street, Melbourne:   https://www.facebook.com/events/315135693751682/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3AAnull%7D
  
  
• 7.30 pm: Tripataka:  JazzLab, 27 Leslie street, Brunswick:   https://www.facebook.com/events/1817848041898713/
  

THURSDAY 18 November, 2021:

• Saray Iluminado: fortyfivedownstairs, 45 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
   

FRIADY 19 November, 2021:

• 7.00 pm: Zulya and the Children of the Underground: Six Days Loving: Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre, 31 Sturt Street, Southbandk: 9699 3333:   https://www.melbournerecital.com.au/events/2021/six-days-loving/ - capacity: 36 people
   
• 8.00 pm: Con Kalamaras and Stavroula Thomopoulos with Effie Chaniotis: Erinaki – An evening of traditional Greek songs: Hawthorn Arts Centre, 360 Burwood Road, Hawthorn: https://www.facebook.com/events/1598704753854569/
   

SATURDAY 20 November, 2021:

• 6.00 pm: Anja and Zlatna: Songs of Farewell: Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre, 31 Sturt Street, Southbank: 9699 3333
   

FRIDAY 26 November, 2021:

• 8.30 pm: Charm of Finches: Brunswick Ballroom, 314 Sydney Road, Brunswick
   

SATURDAY 27 November, 2021:

• 6.30 pm: Amaru Tribe + Guests:  A Night in Colombia: Palais Hepburn, 111 Main Road, Hepburn Springs:  https://www.facebook.com/events/259253589266513
   
• 7.30 pm: Malcura:  The Toff in Town, 2/252 Swanston Street, Melbourne:   https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/malcura-tickets-164927842617. : POSTPONED
   
• Nela Trifkovic + more: The Konstantin Projekt: Grandmother's Tongue:  Melbourne Mission for Seafarers, Flinders Street, Melbourne 
   

SUNDAY 28 November, 2021:

• Nela Trifkovic + more: The Konstantin Projekt: Grandmother's Tongue:  Melbourne Mission for Seafarers, Flinders Street, Melbourne 
   

SATURDAY 4 December, 2021:

• The Ugly Uncles + guests: Creswick Town Hall, Creswick
   

SATURDAY 11 December, 2021:

• 8.00 pm: 8Foot Felix + The PirateSka Rebellion: Celebrating 10 Years: The Night Cat, 137-141 Johnston Street, Fitzroy
   

SUNDAY 12 December, 2021:

• 11.00 am: Karavana Flamenca + more: Spain at the Grove: The Grove Gippsland, 27Uren Road, Krowera:   https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/cant-travel-travel-to-spain-at-the-grove-gippsland-tickets-189524301287
   

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TUESDAY 1 February, 2022:

• 8.00 pm: Bill Jackson with Kerryn Tolhurst, Paddy Montgomery, Ruth Hazleton, Fiona Steele: The Wayside Ballads Vol 3 - launch: Brunswick Ballroom, 314 Sydney Road, Brunswick:  https://www.moshtix.com.au/v2/event/bill-jackson-album-launch-the-wayside-ballads-vol-3-rescheduled/127056
  
  

 SATURDAY 12 February, 2022:

• Justin Bernasconi + Mandy Connell: Sleeping Like a Maniac launch:   Brunswick Ballroom, 314 Sydney Road, Brunswick:   https://www.moshtix.com.au/v2/event/justin-bernasconi/130966

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