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: Wednesday 19 March 2025 at 8:45 pm.

• 7.00 pm: Rebetika Jam: 6th Anniversary: Triakosia, 300 Queens Parade, Clifton Hill
  
  
• 7.30 pm: Omid Shayan and friends: Bar 303, 303 High Street, Northcote: Details
  
  

• 7.00 pm: Sea Shanties and Folk Songs: Mission to Seafarers, 717 Flinders Street, Docklands: Details
  
  
• 7.00 pm: νέα ΣΚΟΥπα/Nea SKOUpa: Mikrasiatika+: Odyssey Greek Restaurant, 100 Ormond Road, Elwood: Bookings (after 5pm): 0449 850 191: More information
  
  
• 7.30 pm: Max Koenig Trio: The Brunswick Green, 313-315 Sydney Road, Brunswick: Details
  
  
• 8.00 pm: Ken Murray and Joel Brennan: Deep Riffs: Tempo Rubato, 14 Breese Street, Brunswick: Tickets
  
  

• 7.00 pm: Salvatore Rossano and Emiliano Beltzer: Ciccio Pizza, 98 Kent Road, Pascoe Vale: Details
  
  
• 7.00 pm: Kavisha Mazzella + John Englezos + Romaan: The Simba Sessions: 54 Ebden St, Kyneton: Details
  
  
• 7.30 pm: Trudy Fatnowna Edgeley: Portland Arts Centre, 4A Glenelg St, Portland: Tickets
  
  
• 7.30 pm: Mastaneh Nazarian and Liz Frencham: Mark Street Hall, 1 Mark Street, North Fitzroy: Details
  
  
• 7.30 pm: Tokyo Groove Jyoshi: Bird's Basement, 11 Singer Lane, Melbourne: Tickets
  
  
• 8.00 pm: The East Pointers (CAN): Northcote Social Club, 301 High Street, Northcote: SOLD OUT: Tickets
  
  
• 8.00 pm: Drippin' in Gold: Bar 303, 303 High Street, Northcote: FREE: Information
  
  
• 8.00 pm: Pirritu + Gavin Somers with Jarrah Band members: Ragtime Tavern, 206 Tyler Street, Preston
  
  

• 2.00 pm: Kristina Olsen and Peter Grayling: Brunswick Ballroom, 314 Sydney Road, Brunswick: Tickets
  
  
• 3.00 pm: Los Coyones Lite: Sandy Street Art Project, 58 Station Street, Sandringham: Information
  
  
• 3.00 pm: Craig Woodward and friends: Old Time Music Jam Session: The Merri Creek Tavern, 111 High Street, Northcote
  
  
• 4.00 pm: Makepisi + The Avenue: RAISE YOUR VOICE: An afternoon of music, food and frivolity to raise funds to build and stock a library at Nkowa Nkowa Primary School, South Africa: 395 Old Moorooduc Rd, Tuerong: Tickets
  
  
• 5.00 pm: Les Gyori and Alexander Nettelbeck: Steinway Gallery, 1163 High Street, Armadale: Tickets
  
  
• 6.30 pm: Afrobiotics + Uptown Brown: Strathbogie Memorial Hall, Main Street, Strathbogie: Tickets
  
  
• 7.30 pm: Tokyo Groove Jyoshi: Bird's Basement, 11 Singer Lane, Melbourne: Tickets
  
  
• 8.00 pm: Hong Yang Trio: Ragtime Tavern, 206 Tyler Street, Preston
  
  

• 12.00 noon: Älpen Musikanten: Austrian Club Geelong, 240 Plantation Road, Corio: Information
  
  
• 2.00 pm: Melbourne School of Tarantella: Festa Pugliese, Anzano de Puglia Club, 191 Leakes Road, Truganina: FREE
  
  
• 2.45 pm: Vardos + Angela Costi: THE HEART OF THE ADVOCATE book launch: Old Melbourne Jail/Old Magistrates' Court, 377 Russell Street, Naarm/Melbourne: Register
  
  
• 3.00 pm: Langue de Chat: The Brunswick Green, 313-315 Sydney Road, Brunswick: Details
  
  
• 3.00 pm: The New Monos + Salvatore Rossano + more: Murga Madre Latin Carnival: Open Factory, 9 Cobham Street, Reservoir: Details
  
  
• 3.00 pm: Afrovival + Dave Marama & the GBD Trio: PBS Flight 1067 to Africa Live to Air: Live at City Hall: Kingston City Hall, 979-985 Nepean Highway, Moorabbin: FREE: Information
  
  
• 5.00 pm: Gamelan DanAnda + The Jawa Pitu Band: PBS Global Village Live to Air: Live at City Hall: Kingston City Hall, 979-985 Nepean Highway, Moorabbin: FREE: Information
  
  
• 5.00 pm: Central Australian Aboriginal Women's Choir: Melbourne Recital Centre, 31 Sturt Street, Southbank: Details
  
  
• 5.00 pm: Rose Gonzalez: Rose's Debut Album: Soft launch #2: Cross St Music Hall, 16-22 Cross Street, Brunswick: Tickets
  
  
• 5.00 pm: Kekoson: Latin BBQ Block Party: Barton Fink, 816-818 High Street, Thornbury: Details
  
  
• 6.00 pm: Lucy Wise and Rain of Animals: Lomond Hotel, 225 Nicholson Street, East Brunswick
  
  
• 7.30 pm: Danilo Rojas: Album Launch: Cueca: Jazzlab, 27 Leslie Street, Brunswick: Details
  
  
• 6.30 pm: Sabor y Ritmo: Afro-Cuban jazz: Basement, Paris Cat, 6 Goldie Place, Melbourne: Tickets
  
  
• 8.30 pm: Quarter Street: Domingo Latino: The Night Cat, 137-141 Johnston Street, Fitzroy: Details
  
  

• 7.30 pm: Central Australian Aboriginal Women's Choir: Brunswick Ballroom, 314 Sydney Road, Brunswick: Tickets
  
  

• 8.00 pm: Vardos: Greek Tribute Night: The Drunken Poet, 65 Peel Street, West Melbourne: More information
  
  

• 5.00 pm: Senes Flamenco: Flamenco Dance Workshop: Meigas, 33 Armstrong Street, North Ballarat Central: Tickets
  
  
• 7.00 pm: Backyard Utopia: Castlemaine Fringe Festival: Flaming Galah Fringe Hub, Mechanics Lane, Castlemaine: More information
  
  
• 7.00 pm: Rebetika Jam: Triakosia, 300 Queens Parade, Clifton Hill
  
  
• 7.30 pm: Omid Shayan and friends: Bar 303, 303 High Street, Northcote: Details
  
  
• Clare Sands: The Gasometer, 484 Smith Street, Collingwood
  
  

• 6.00 pm: Ania Reynolds: Solo Piano Dinner Set: Wesley Anne, 250 High Street, Northcote: Details
  
  
• 7.00 pm: Sea Shanties and Folk Songs: Mission to Seafarers, 717 Flinders Street, Docklands: Details
  
  
• 7.00 pm: νέα ΣΚΟΥπα/Nea SKOUpa: Mikrasiatika+: Odyssey Greek Restaurant, 100 Ormond Road, Elwood: Bookings (after 5pm): 0449 850 191: More information
  
  
• J Papadopoulos + N Koutsaliotis + A Yiangoulli: Bouzouki and Bites: Philhellene, Moonee Ponds: 0468 945 669
  
  

• 7.00 pm: Del Barrio: The Plough Hotel, 333 Barkly Street, Footscray: Information
  
  
• 7.00 pm: Wala - Is Life + Mamba Negra: Theatre Royal, Castlemaine: Tickets
  
  
• 7.00 pm: Buena Vista Social Club Tribute Night: The Night Cat, 137-141 Johnston Street, Fitzroy: Tickets
  
  
• 7.30 pm: Kavisha Mazzella & Giri Mazzella with Lingua Madre Choir: Mark Street Hall, 1 Mark Street, North Fitzroy: Tickets
  
  
• 8.00 pm: Opa! Bato: Bar 303, 303 High Street, Northcote: Details
  
  
• 8.00 pm: Bonnie and Mickey: Ragtime Tavern, 206 Tyler Street, Preston: Details
  
  
• 9.00 pm: Bijan Mortazavi: National Theatre, 20 Carlisle Street, St. Kilda: Tickets
  
  

• 3.00 pm: Craig Woodward and friends: Old Time Music Jam Session: The Merri Creek Tavern, 111 High Street, Northcote
  
  
• 3.00 pm: Sanacori: Shepparton Italian Festa: Shepparton Showgrounds, Shepparton: FREE: Details
  
  
• 6.00 pm: Fred Nii Addo and the Geelong Community Drummers: The Door Gallery Cafe, 8/100 Lower Papermill Road, Fyansford, Geelong: Tickets
  
  
• 7.00 pm: Rebetiki Trio (Achilles Yiangoulli, Sotirios Kiokpasoglou and Tony Iliou): Rebetes: A Brief History: Odeon, 267 Swan Street, Richmond: Details
  
  
• 7.30 pm: Grisha Goryachev: Flamenco Guitar: Genazzano FCJ College, 301 Cotham Rd, Kew: Tickets
  
  
• 7.30 pm: Piretska: The BEAST, 80 Lygon Street, East Brunswick: Details
  
  
• 8.30 pm: NH66 Music Band + more: Rhythms Of The South: Laundry Bar, 50 Johnston Street, Fitzroy: Tickets
  
  
• Charm of Finches: Darebin Arts Centre, corner St Georges Road and Bell Street, Preston
  
  

• 1.30 pm: Mare Profondo Duo: Kavisha Mazzella & Rosario De Marco + special guest GIRI: Anderson Inlet Angling Club, 88 The Esplanade, Inverloch: Tickets
  
  
• 1.30 pm: Sanacori and Melbourne School of Tarantella: Ricotta Festival, That's Amore Cheesery, Thomastown: Information
  
  
• 1.30 pm: One Spirit Africa: BBQs of the World: Dandenong Market, Clow & Cleeland Streets, Dandenong: FREE
  
  
• 2.00 pm: Jarabi Band + Immy Owusu + more: Music in Exile Autumn Fundraiser: Bodriggy Brewing Co., 245 Johnston Street, Abbotsford: Tickets
  
  
• 6.00 pm: Aditya Gadhvi: Live in Folk Concert: Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre: Tickets
  
  
• 7.00 pm: Audrey Klein: Dance Around the World folk dance classes: McKinnon Public Hall, 118 McKinnon Road, Mckinnon: Details
  
  
• 8.30 pm: Tumbao Social: Domingo Latino: The Night Cat, 137-141 Johnston Street, Fitzroy: Details
  
  

• 7.30 pm: Grisha Goryachev: Flamenco Guitar: Rowville Secondary College Performing Arts Centre, Humphreys Way, Rowville: Tickets
  
  

• 7.30 pm: Panorama Brasil: Brazilian Jazz: The Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts, Monash University, 48 Exhibition Walk, Clayton: Information
  
  

• 7.00 pm: Penelope Swales and the Stranded Assets + Mal Webb and Kylie Morrigan: ARC Switchroom, Yinnar: Information
  
  
• 7.30 pm: Panorama Brasil: Brazilian Jazz: Jazzlab, 27 Leslie Street, Brunswick: Information
  
  
• Kapelle Grüetzi Mitenand: Austrian Club, 90 Sheehan Road, Heidelberg West: More information
  
  

• start: Kofi Kunkpe Music (Ghana) + Grace Barbé (Seychelles) + Natty Dolasi (Solomon Islands) + deborahN (Torres Strait) + Will Pound & Jenn Butterworth (UK) + Chris Stout & Catriona McKay (Scotland) + Grassy Strings (India) + Geoffrey Williams (UK) + Kerryn Fields (New Zealand) + The Beez (Germany) + more: Cresfest: Creswick: More information
  
  

• 10.30 am: Bright Mathonsi (Soweto, South Africa): RAISE YOUR VOICE - VOCAL MASTERCLASS: Woodleigh School Penbank Campus, 460 Mornington-Tyabb Road, Moorooduc: More information
  
  
• 1.00 pm: Queen of Hearts Mariachi: Frida Kahlo Exhibition: Bendigo Art Gallery, Bendigo: Details
  
  
• 7.30 pm: Penelope Swales and the Stranded Assets + Mal Webb and Kylie Morrigan: Stratford Courthouse Theatre, 66 Tyers Street, Stratford: Tickets
  
  
• 8.00 pm: Brazjaz: Jazzlab, 27 Leslie Street, Brunswick: Details
  
  

• 3.00 pm: Sicilian Arts Collective Australia (SACA): Giovanni Johnny di Stefano + Jeanette Taranto + more: Ciuri Ciuri: Autumn Sicilian Salottu #4: Open Factory, 9 Cobham Street, Reservoir: Information
  
  
• 4.00 pm: Penelope Swales and the Stranded Assets + Mal Webb and Kylie Morrigan + Morrigan and Wilding: Bar 303, 303 High Street, Northcote: Tickets
  
  
• 5.00 pm: Frank Jones, Dave Steel and Bill Jackson: Kitchen Table Tour: Lomond Hotel, 225 Nicholson Street, East Brunswick: Details
  
  
• 8.30 pm: Sazón: Domingo Latino: The Night Cat, 137-141 Johnston Street, Fitzroy: Details
  
  

• 7.30 pm: Penelope Swales and the Stranded Assets + Mal Webb and Kylie Morrigan: The Mudbrick Pavillion, 1 Develling Drive, Mallacoota: Tickets
  
  

• 2.00 pm: Anatreptix: Retreat Hotel, Sydney Road, Brunswick: FREE: Details
  
  
• 8.00 pm: Rosario De Marco: The Thornbury Local, 635 High Street, Thornbury: Details
  
  
• 10.00 pm: The Mouth: Bar Oussou, 653 Sydney Road, Brunswick: Details
  
  

• 2.30 pm: Con Kalamaras et al: Songs from Smyrne: Birds Basement, 11 Singers Lane, Melbourne: details TBA: More information
  
  

• 5.00 pm: Senes Flamenco: Flamenco Dance Workshop: Meigas, 33 Armstrong Street, North Ballarat Central: Tickets
  
  
• 7.00 pm: Rebetika Jam: Triakosia, 300 Queens Parade, Clifton Hill
  
  

• 7.30 pm: Rodrigo y Gabriela: Northcote Theatre, High Street, Northcote: Tickets
  
  

• 11.00 am: Akasa + Makepisi: Workshops: Meeniyan Town Hall, South Gippsland Highway, Meeniyan: More information
  
  
• 2.00 pm: Akasa + Makepisi: Concert: Meeniyan Town Hall, South Gippsland Highway, Meeniyan: More information
  
  
• 6.30 pm: Victor Hugo Orellana and Giovanni Riveros: Concierto Intime o Dos Caras: Caminito La Boca, 205-207 Nicholson Street, Footscray: 0423 080 691: More information
  
  
• 6.30 pm: Dandelion Wine: The Cauldron, downstairs, 24 Block Place, Melbourne: More information
  
  
• 7.00 pm: Salih Resitoglu + Ertugrul Erkisi + Dimitrios Kakaletris + John Georgakopoulos + Oscar Toraman: Multicultural Maqam Songs: Australia Western Thrace Turkish Association Conference Hall, 103-109 Union Street, Windsor: Tickets
  
  
• 8.00 pm: Alice Hurwood: 'Can We Talk Sometime' Album Launch: Wesley Anne, 250 High Street, Northcote: Tickets
  
  

• 3.00 pm: Andy Baylor and the Banksia Band: Cross Street Music Hall, 16-22 Cross Street, Brunswick: Information
  
  

• 10.00 am: Pika Pika Latin Cuban Festival: 277-283 Queensberry Street, Carlton: More information
  
  
• 7.00 pm: Sacred Earth (Penny & Jethro Williams): Live in Concert 2025: Darebin Arts Centre, 401 Bell Sreet, Preston: Tickets
  
  

• 10.30 am: Pika Pika Latin Cuban Festival: 277-283 Queensberry Street, Carlton: More information
  
  
• 2.00 am: Frank Jones: Twice Round the Moon album launch + Joneswing: Brunswick Ballroom, 314 Sydney Road, Brunswick: Tickets
  
  

• 5.00 pm: Senes Flamenco: Flamenco Dance Workshop: Meigas, 33 Armstrong Street, North Ballarat Central: Tickets
  
  
• 7.00 pm: Rebetika Jam: Triakosia, 300 Queens Parade, Clifton Hill
  
  

• 7.30 pm: Tarab Ensemble + The Victorian Trade Union Choir: In Other Words: Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre, 31 Sturt Street, Southbank: Details
  
  

• 2.00 pm: Anatreptix with guest Kosta Barlas: Happy Birthday Markos Vamvakaris: Retreat Hotel, Sydney Road, Brunswick: FREE: Details
  
  

• 8.00 pm: Xani: Album launch + Elana Stone: Northcote Social Club, 301 High Street, Northcote: More information
  
  

• 7.00 pm: Demotika + Estudiantina of Melbourne: Odeon, 267 Swan Street, Richmond: More information
  
  

• start: National Celtic Folk Festival: Portarlington: More information
  
  
• 7.00 pm: William Barton + Mohsen Sharifian/Lian Band + Aunty Delmae Barton: From Harbour to Harbour 2: The National Theatre, 20 Carlisle Street, St Kilda: More information
  
  
• 8.00 pm: Dobet Gnahoré + Charles Maimarosia: Meeniyan Town Hall, South Gippsland Highway, Meeniyan: More information
  
  

• 2.00 pm: Anatreptix with Tim Mandilas on clarinet: Retreat Hotel, Sydney Road, Brunswick: FREE: Details
  
  

• Anatreptix: Retreat Hotel, Sydney Road, Brunswick
  
  

• 7.00 pm: The Stiff Gins: Meeniyan Town Hall, 97 Whitelaw Street, Meeniyan: Details
  
  

• Anatreptix: Retreat Hotel, Sydney Road, Brunswick
  
  

• 7.30 pm: Tango Noir: Paris Cat, 6 Goldie Place, Melbourne
  
  

• 7.30 pm: Bohemian Nights: Wyreena Music Cafe, 13-23 Hull Road, Croydon: Tickets
  
  

• 6.00 pm: Marjan Farsad + Sara Naeini: Drum Theatre, Corner Lonsdale and Walker Streets, Dandenong: Tickets
  
  

• Anatreptix: Retreat Hotel, Sydney Road, Brunswick
  
  
• 7.30 pm: The High Kings (Dublin): Northcote Theatre, High Street, Northcote: Details
  
  

• Anatreptix: Retreat Hotel, Sydney Road, Brunswick
  
  

• Anatreptix: Retreat Hotel, Sydney Road, Brunswick
  
  

• Anatreptix: Retreat Hotel, Sydney Road, Brunswick
  
  

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