This is a Gig Guide for worldwide, global, acoustic and folk music (whatever each of these terms means) in the Melbourne/Naarm 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 updated manually on: Tuesday 20 January 2026 at 8:30 pm

• 7.00 pm: Omadoss: Odyssey, 100 Ormond Road, Elwood: Book: 0449 850 191
  
  

• start: Andy Irvine (Ireland) + The Pairs (Canada) + Whiskey Dram + Charles Maimarosia (Solomon Islands) + Gusto Gusto + Ad Barker + more: Newstead Live: Newstead: More information/Tickets
  
  
• 6.00 pm: Rosario De Marco: Wesley Anne, 250 High Street, Northcote: FREE
  
  
• 7.00 pm: Brodie Buttons (NSW) + Sarah Segal-Lazar (Canada) + The Johnny Can't Dance Cajun Band: Seafaring Strangers: The Mission to Seafarers, Flinders Street, Docklands: More information
  
  
• 7.00 pm: Malcura + more: Single launch: Shotkickers, 738R High Street, Thornbury: More information
  
  
• 8.00 pm: Asanti Beats: Old Plates Record, 384 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy: More information
  
  

• 3.00 pm: Craig Woodward & Friends: Old-time Jam Session: The Merri Creek Tavern, 111 High Street, Northcote
  
  
• 5.00 pm: Karavana Flamenca: Fiesta: Archies Creek Hotel, 89-91 Archies Creek Road, Archies Creek: More information
  
  

• 12.30 pm: Bernardo Soler + Ellie Carter + Amangpintor (Philippines): Hickinbotham of Dromana: 5981 0355
  
  
• 4.00 pm: Steamboat Whistlers: Drunken Poet, 65 Peel Street, West Melbourne: More information
  
  

• 6.00 pm: Sanfona: Handle Bar, Bendigo: More information
  
  
• 7.00 pm: Wendy Rule: Bar 303, 303 High Street, Northcote: More information
  
  
• 7.00 pm: Francesco Bufarini + The Rustica Project: Open Factory, 9 Cobham Street, Reservoir: bookings contact 0439 856 407More information
  
  
• 7.30 pm: Ania Reynolds: Tractor Factor: Album Launch: Ragtime Tavern, 206 Tyler Street, Preston: More information
  
  
• 7.30 pm: Atongo Zimba Trio: The Coolroom, The Northern Arts Hotel, 359 Barker Street, Castlemaine: More information
  
  
• 8.00 pm: Asanti Beats: Old Plates Record, 384 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy: More information
  
  

• 1.00 pm: Sanfona: Maurocco Bar, Castlemaine: More information
  
  
• 3.00 pm: Craig Woodward & Friends: Old-time Jam Session: The Merri Creek Tavern, 111 High Street, Northcote
  
  
• 6.00 pm: Paco Lara and dancer Sebastián Sánchez: Jerezañía: Bird's Basement, 11 Singers Lane, Melbourne: More information
  
  
• 6.30 pm: Panorama Brasil All-Stars featuring Dany Maia and Jacqueline Gawler: Paris Cat, 6 Goldie Place, Melbourne: More information/Tickets
  
  
• 7.30 pm: Karavana Flamenca + A Las Raices: The Very Best of Gypsy Kings: Garfield Picture Theatre, 47-51 Nar Nar Goon - Longwarry Road, Garfield: More information
  
  

• 2.00 pm: Sanfona: Bright Brewery, Bright: More information
  
  
• 2.00 pm: Tasos Bagourakis, Paddy Montgomery, Tony Iliou: Αγιασμός & Κοπή Βασιλόπιτας: Pancretan Society, Members Pavilion, 90 Cathies Lane, Wantirna South: bookings: 0403 489 771: More information
  
  
• Paco Lara and dancer Sebastián Sánchez: Workshop: 'Symphony of Dance', 314 Mt Alexander Road, Travancore : More information
  
  
• Atongo Zimba: Sunkunne Sound: Warburton Valley Market, Warburton
  
  

• 7.00 pm: Tenzing Choegyal: Open Space, 11 Acacia Place, Abbotsford: More information
  
  

• 3.00 pm: Craig Woodward & Friends: Old-time Jam Session: The Merri Creek Tavern, 111 High Street, Northcote
  
  
• 6.00 pm: Afrospace Interchange, Fem Belling, Rara Zulu, Kee'ahn and Brian Abrahams: Mama Africa - Our Kind of Jazz: Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre, 31 Sturt Street, Southbank: SOLD OUT: More information/Tickets
  
  
• 8.30 pm: Afrospace Interchange. Fem Belling, Rara Zulu, Kee'ahn and Brian Abrahams: Mama Africa - Our Kind of Jazz: Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre, 31 Sturt Street, Southbank: SECOND SHOW: More information/Tickets
  
  
• Atongo Zimba: Sunkunne Sound: Kallista Market, Kallista
  
  
• Atongo Zimba: Sunkunne Sound: Bar Oussou, 653 Sydney Road, Brunswick
  
  

• The Royal High Jinx: Ararat Town Hall, Ararat
  
  

• Atongo Zimba: Sunkunne Sound: Home Hotel, Launching Place
  
  

• 3.00 pm: Craig Woodward & Friends: Old-time Jam Session: The Merri Creek Tavern, 111 High Street, Northcote
  
  
• 9.00 pm: Lucy Wise, folk duo Valley Road and a collaboration between the two acts: Bushlarks: Lomond Hotel, 225 Nicholson Street, East Brunswick: More information
  
  
• Estudiantina of Melbourne: Oakleigh Music Festival, Warrawee Park, Oakleigh
  
  
• Anatreptix: Retreat Hotel, Sydney Road, Brunswick
  
  
• Joseph Tawadros with MSO: Myer Music Bowl
  
  
• Atongo Zimba: Sunkunne Sound: Violet Town Market, Violet Town
  
  

• 3.30 pm: Ustad Irfan Khan with Bobby Singh: Hawthorn Library, Peppercorn - Meeting Room 2, 584 Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn: More information/Tickets
  
  
• 7.30 pm: Ustad Irfan Khan with Bobby Singh: MHCMS Sarod Recital: Clayton Community Centre, 9/15 Cooke Street, Clayton: More information/Tickets
  
  

• 6.45 pm: Bohemian Nights: Summer Sounds, Edendale Community Environment Farm, 30 Gastons Road, Eltham: More information/Tickets
  
  
• 7.45 pm: Sanacori: Summer Sounds, Edendale Community Environment Farm, 30 Gastons Road, Eltham: More information/Tickets
  
  
• Atongo Zimba: Sunkunne Sound: Home Hotel, Launching Place
  
  

• 2.00 pm: Martin Hayes (Ireland): Castlemaine Theatre Royal, Castlemaine: More information/Tickets
  
  
• 3.00 pm: Craig Woodward & Friends: Old-time Jam Session: The Merri Creek Tavern, 111 High Street, Northcote
  
  
• 7.30 pm: Martin Hayes (Ireland): Castlemaine Theatre Royal, Castlemaine: SOLD OUT: More information/Tickets
  
  

• 5.00 pm: The Beez (Germany) + Sarah and Silas (Royal High Jinx/Bushwackers) + The Folksters: House concert: details: 0417 055 190
  
  

• 7.30 pm: Martin Hayes (Ireland): Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre, 31 Sturt Street, Southbank: More information
  
  

• 6.00 pm: Bohemian Nights: The Melbourne Athanaeum Library, Level 1, 188 Collins Street, Melbourne
  
  
• 7.30 pm: Anja and Zlatna: Kew Court House, 188 High Street, Kew: More information/Tickets
  
  

• 12.00 noon: Alpen Musikanten - Alpski Muzikantje: Bellows and Beverages: Accordion Society of Australia - Victoria branch: Wesley Anne, 250 High Street Northcote: More information
  
  
• 3.00 pm: Craig Woodward & Friends: Old-time Jam Session: The Merri Creek Tavern, 111 High Street, Northcote
  
  
• 7.00 pm: Bill Jackson, Frank Jones and Dave Steel: The Kitchen Table Tour: Tarwin Lower Mechanics Institute Hall, 27 River Drive, Tarwin Lower: More information/Tickets
  
  

• 7.30 pm: Doug DeVries and Diana Clark: Live at The Count's: The Count’s, The Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts, 48 Exhibition Walk, Clayton: More information/Tickets
  
  

• 7.30 pm: Roberto Fonseca: La Gran Diversión Tour: Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Concert Hall, 31 Sturt Street, Southbank: More information/Tickets
  
  

• 3.00 pm: Craig Woodward & Friends: Old-time Jam Session: The Merri Creek Tavern, 111 High Street, Northcote
  
  
• 5.00 pm: David Lumsden, Martyn Wyndham-Read, Margret RoadKnight: Footscray Folk: A Singout featuring the pioneers of the sixties Australian folk scene: A fundraiser for Melbourne’s Living Museum of the West and Footscray Historical Society: Ercildoune, Footscray Historical Society, 66 Napier Street, Footscray: CANCELLED: More information/Tickets
  
  

• 8.00 pm: Ganna: Utopia Tour: Jazzlab, 27 Leslie Street, Brunswick: More information/Tickets
  
  

• 7.30 pm: Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek and Asmâa Hamzaoui & Bnat Timbouktou: Ritual and Rebellion: Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Concert Hall, 31 Sturt Street, Southbank: More information
  
  

• 7.30 pm: Barcelona Guitar Trio & Dance: Tribute to Paco de Lucía: Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Concert Hall, 31 Sturt Street, Southbank: More information/Tickets
  
  

• 3.00 pm: Craig Woodward & Friends: Old-time Jam Session: The Merri Creek Tavern, 111 High Street, Northcote
  
  

• 1.00 pm: Estudiantina of Melbourne: Ta Nisa/The Islands: Album Launch: Brunswick Ballroom, 314-316 Sydney Road, Brunswick: More information
  
  

• 12.00 noon: Apolline . Austral . Claymore . Cora Browne Trio . Erin Russell . Gráinne Hunt (Ire) . Greenfieldz . Homebru . Jules Stewart (USA) . Kathryn Clements . Melbourne Ceili Band . Maggie Carty . Out Of Hand . Phil Lester . Sally's Ukelele . Sam O’Connell . Shona Williams . Sue Foley . Suzette Herft . Victorian Irish Dance Academy . Victoria Welsh Male Choir... and more: Melbourne Celtic Festival 2026: Mission to Seafarers, 717 Flinders Street, Melbourne: More information
  
  

• 3.00 pm: Craig Woodward & Friends: Old-time Jam Session: The Merri Creek Tavern, 111 High Street, Northcote
  
  
• 5.00 pm: Ruger: Festival Hall, West Melbourne: More information/Tickets
  
  

• 2.00 pm: Ausecuma Beats: Live at City Hall: Sunday Sounds: Kingston City Hall, 979-985 Nepean Highway, Moorabbin: More information
  
  
• 6.00 pm: La Mauvaise Réputation presents: LES DEUX: Le Bar Supper Club, 6 North Con, Beaumaris: More information
  
  

• ZÖJ (Gelareh Pour & Brian O’Dwyer): Grass: A Nation’s Battle for Life: Castlemaine State Festival, Theatre Royal, Castlemaine:
  
  

• 10.00 am: Vardos + more: World Piano Day: Sandringham Village Square, 58 Station St, Sandringham: More information
  
  
• 3.00 pm: Craig Woodward & Friends: Old-time Jam Session: The Merri Creek Tavern, 111 High Street, Northcote
  
  

• 2.00 pm: Ruth Hazleton: Heronbones launch: Brunswick Ballroom, 314-316 Sydney Road, Brunswick: More information
  
  
• 5.00 pm: Vardos + more: Closing: Castlemaine State Festival, The Taproom, 9 Walker Street, Castlemaine: More information
  
  

• Riccardo Tesi & Guia: CoAsIt, Carlton
  
  

• starts: Riccardo Tesi & Guia + Makepisi + Frank Yamma + Lucy Wise Duo + Queen of Hearts + Isabel Rumble + much more: Cresfest: Creswick: More information/Tickets
  
  
• 8.00 pm: Paco Peña: Flamenco in Concert: Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Concert Hall, 31 Sturt Street, Southbank: More information/Tickets
  
  

• Riccardo Tesi & Guia + Makepisi + Frank Yamma + Lucy Wise Duo + Queen of Hearts + Isabel Rumble + much more: Cresfest: Creswick: More information/Tickets
  
  

• Riccardo Tesi & Guia + Makepisi + Frank Yamma + Lucy Wise Duo + Queen of Hearts + Isabel Rumble + much more: Cresfest: Creswick: More information/Tickets
  
  

• 7.00 pm: Tony McManus (Canada): House concert: details: 0417 055 190
  
  

• 7.00 pm: Christine Collister with Michael Fix: House concert: details: 0417 055 190
  
  

• 6.00 pm: La Mauvaise Réputation presents: LES DEUX: Le Bar Supper Club, 6 North Con, Beaumaris: More information
  
  

• 6.00 pm: Yasamin Shahhosseini: New poetics for the oud: Salon, Melbourne Concert Hall, 31 Sturt Street, Southbank: More information/Tickets
  
  

• 1.00 pm: Effie Andrianou (Vocals), Vangelis Ginis (Vocals), Angelo Avramakis (Bouzouki), Giorgos Spirou (Bouzouki), Stan Fournarakis (Piano), George Boutroumlis (Accordion), Nicholas Baltas (Guitar): Perasmenes Mou Agapes (Μy past loves): Brunswick Ballroom, 314 Sydney Road, Brunswick: More information/Tickets
  
  

• 8.00 pm: Estudiantina of Melbourne: Toundas Forever: Wesley Anne, 250 High Street, Northcote: More information
  
  

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