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: Wednesday 28 October 2020 at 10.00 pm.

THURSDAY 29 October, 2020:

• 6.00 pm: Bush Gothic: Death, Love and Trouble: Salon: Melbourne Recital Centre, 31 Sturt Street, Southbank: CANCELLED
   

FRIDAY 30 October, 2020:

• 8.00 pm: Queen of Hearts Mariachi: Halloween Live in Your Loungeroom: ON-LINE:  https://www.facebook.com/events/781165359315202/
   
• 8.30 pm: Semeli Papavasileiou and Meraki Trio + Bufos Puppet Theatre: Greek Fringe: ON-LINE:  https://www.facebook.com/events/342556110286171/
   
• Bella Ciao: Barbarossa Claypots, Hardware Lane, Melbourne
   

SATURDAY 31 October, 2020:

• 8.30 am:  Subramanya Sastry: Bansuri Meditations: ON-LINE:   humanitix.com/bansuri-meditations-2
  

SUNDAY 1 November, 2020:

• 7.45 pm: Contradance: Uniting Church Hall, 72 Highfield Road, Canterbury: CANCELLED
   

WEDNESDAY 4 November, 2020:

• 8.00 pm: Vanessa Estrada, Juan Carlos Acosta Latino, Elisabeth Sutherland + Juan Veron: Suitcase: Earth Music Open Mic: ON-LINE: The Boite's Facebook page - FREE
  

THURSDAY 5 November, 2020:

• 9.00 am: Thomas Lorenzo: The Balance of Nature: ON-LINE:   https://www.thomaslorenzo.com/live-stream-concerts/
   
• 7.00 pm: Santa Taranta: Sonu - Songs from the Homeland: Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre, 31 Sturt Street, Melbourne: CANCELLED
   

SATURDAY 7 November, 2020:

• 5.00 pm: Kekoson: Transcontinental Vibrations: ON-LINE: facebook.com/TranscontinentalVibrations
   

SUNDAY 8 November, 2020:

• 3.30 pm: S.E.N.E.S. (Aya Kitaoji with Alejandro Florez and Luke Koszanski on Flamenco guitars and "El Brujo de Madrid" Angel Mellado on vocals): 5 Elements: ON-LINE:  trybooking.com/BMDUB
  

MONDAY 9 November, 2020:

• 12.00 noon: Saray Iluminado: Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre, Sturt Street and Southbank Boulevard, Southbank: CANCELLED
   

THURSDAY 12 November, 2020:

• 3.00 pm: Thomas Lorenzo: The Corroboree and the Punishments of the Bush Spirits: ON-LINE:  https://www.thomaslorenzo.com/live-stream-concerts/
  

SATURDAY 14 November, 2020:

• Zulya and the Children of the Underground: Transcontinental Vibrations: ON-LINE:  facebook.com/TranscontinentalVibrations
  
  
• 7.00 pm: Small Island Big Song: Watch Party: ON-LINE:  trybooking.com/BMBKU  Trailer:  vimeo.com/251029800;  info:   boite.com.au/post/small-island-big-song-watch-party-and-q-a
   
• 8.00 pm: Stavrina Dimitriou + Dean Georgalas (bouzouki), Con Kalamaras (bagalama) and Achilles Yiangoulli (guitar): Women of Rebetika: Kew Court House, 188 High Street, Kew: CANCELLED
   

SUNDAY 15 November, 2020:

• 1.00 pm: Sing with Zosia Kaszubska (Poland): ON-LINE WORKSHOP:  trybooking.com/BMEQQ
   
• 3.00 pm: Sing with Olga Emelina (Russia): ON-LINE WORKSHOP: trybooking.com/BMEQQ
   

SATURDAY 21 November, 2020:

• Bashka: Transcontinental Vibrations: ON-LINE:  facebook.com/TranscontinentalVibrations
  
  
• 6.00 pm: Anja & Zlatna: Beautiful Balkans - Songs About Him: Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre, 31 Sturt Street, Southbank: CANCELLED
   

SUNDAY 22 November, 2020:

• 3.30 pm: Iaki Vallejo Quartet: Open Studio, 204 High Street, Northcote:  https://www.trybooking.com/BMIMT
   

THURSDAY 26 November, 2020:

• 6.00 pm: Saray Iluminado: Happiness: Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre, Sturt Street and Southbank Boulevard, Southbank: CANCELLED
   

FRIDAY 27 November, 2020:

• 8.30 pm: Bonnie's Trio: Ragtime Tavern, 206 Tyler Street, Preston:  https://www.facebook.com/events/661762637853599/
  

SUNDAY 29 November, 2020:

• Boite End of Year Celebration: ON-LINE: The Boite's Facebook page: FREE
  

SUNDAY 6 December, 2020:

• 7.45 pm: Contradance: Uniting Church Hall, 72 Highfield Road, Canterbury

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