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Global Village Gig Guide
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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NOTE: As of Wednesday evening, 8 April 2026, this Gig Guide will not be updated for a short time while I have some painfully needed maintenance to an ageing body. Normal service and updates will resume post-surgery and recuperation. No thoughts and prayers please; just become a PBS member and support the Global Village - as above.
This Gig Guide was updated manually on: Wednesday 8 April 2026 at 8:00 pm
WEDNESDAY 8 April, 2026:
- 7.00 pm: Rebetiko Jam: Triakosia, 300 Queens Parade, Clifton Hill
- 6.00 pm: David Bridie: Up Close and Personal: Odessa at Leavers, 80 Albert Street, Creswick: More information/Tickets
- 6.30 pm: Riccardo Tesi & Guia: Retablos: Button, Strings, Songs and Windows with George Butrumlis: Point Lonsdale Uniting Church, 11 Kirk Road, Point Lonsdale: More information/Tickets
- 7.30 pm: Womaloya: A Trans-Oceanic Music Collaboration between Réunion Island and Australia: The Coolroom at the Northern Arts Hotel, 359 Barker Street, Castlemaine: More information/Tickets
- starts: Riccardo Tesi & Guia + Makepisi + Frank Yamma + Lucy Wise Duo + Queen of Hearts + Isabel Rumble + much more: Cresfest: Creswick: More information/Tickets
- 6.00 pm: Del Barrio + Melbourne Salsa Allstars + Grupo Niche + more: Salsa Festival: The Timber Yard, 351 Plummer Street, Port Melbourne: More information
- 8.00 pm: Paco Peña: Flamenco in Concert: Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Concert Hall, 31 Sturt Street, Southbank: More information/Tickets
- 8.00 pm: Uncle Frank Yamma + Charles Maimarosia: The Archies Creek Hotel, 89-91 Archies Creek Road, Archies Creek: More information
- 8.00 pm: Asanti Beats: Old Plates Record, 384 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy: More information
- 8.00 pm: Lissa-Kathe (QLD): Celtic and Australian nature-inspired harp music and songs: Upwey Belgrave RSL, 1 Mast Gully Road, Upwey: FREE: RE-SCHEDULED from Saturday: More information
- 10.00 pm: Maloya fusion grooves: Bar Oussou, 653 Sydney Road, Brunswick
- 2.00 pm: Rosie Westbrook etc: Order is Just Friendship with Chaos: TarraWarra Museum of Art, 313 Healesville-Yarra Glen Road, Healesville: More information
- 2.30 pm: Anatreptix: Retreat Hotel, Sydney Road, Brunswick
- 3.00 pm: Craig Woodward & Friends: Old-time Jam Session: The Merri Creek Tavern, 111 High Street, Northcote
- 4.00 pm: Szara Fox & the Midnight Secrets: Bodriggy Brewing Co, 245 Johnston Street, Abbotsford
- 7.00 pm: Sarita McHarg plus Saby Bhattacharya plus Manmit Singh: A sacred Journey in Sound: The Open Space, 11 Acacia Street, Abbotsford: More information
- 8.00 pm: Enzo and Paul (La Mauvaise Réputation) with Les Gyori and Ryan Griffith: Jazz Manouche Français: Quad Club, 345 Victoria Street, Brunswick: More information
- 9.00 pm: Ken & Rory Maher with Johnny Wilson and Tony Hargreaves: Farewell Gig: Lomond Hotel, 225 Nicholson Street, East Brunswick: 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
- 1.00 pm: Chris Gogerly: Latin/Jazz Instrumental Guitar: Hickinbotham of Dromana, 194 Nepean Highway, Dromana: More information
- 3.00 pm: Tarab Ensemble: In the Shadows of Music: Theatre Royal, Castlemaine: More information
- 5.00 pm: Mpaphi Trio: Old Plates Record, 384 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy: More information
- 6.00 pm: Amerigos y Natalia: Paris Cat, 6 Goldie Place, Melbourne: More information/Tickets
- 6.00 pm: Vardos: Front Bar, Wesley Anne, 250 High Street, Northcote: FREE: More information
- 7.45 pm: Bohemian Nights : Ringwood Folk Club: More information/Tickets
- 8.00 pm: Tony McManus: Lomond Hotel, 225 Nicholson Street, East Brunswick: More information/Tickets
- 7.30 pm: Kavisha Mazzella, Beck Sian, Anouk Ely and Freya Josephione Hollick: Women in Song: GEMCO Theatre, 19 Kilvington Drive, Emerald
- 7.00 pm: Tony McManus (Canada): House concert: details: 0417 055 190
- 7.00 pm: Elsa Mouratidou with Taxim Trio: Kon Velanis, Themelis Samarkos and Con Kalamaras: Oakleigh Music Hall, 95-97 Drummond Street, Oakleigh: More information
- 7.30 pm: Fred Smith with Liz Frencham and Dave O'Neill: Kilderkin Distillery, Mount Pleasant, Ballarat: More information/Tickets
- 7.30 pm: Kutcha Edwards: 60 Cycles Around the Sun: Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Concert Hall, 31 Sturt Street, Southbank: More information/Tickets
- 8.00 pm: Asanti Beats: Old Plates Record, 384 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy: More information
- 10.30 am: Sanacori: Coburg Mall, Coburg
- 12.00 noon: Queen of Hearts: Capital Theatre, Bendigo: FREE: More information
- 1.00 pm: Vardos: Hungarian Folk Festival: Buda historic home, 42 Hunter Street, Castlemaine: More information
- 2.00 pm: Nat Bartsch: Forever Changed - Relxed Performance: The Round - Studio, 379-399 Whitehorse Road, Nunawading: More information/Tickets
- 3.00 pm: The Southerly Winds Recorder Orchestra: St George's Hall, 292-294 Glenferrie Road, Malvern: More information
- 3.00 pm: Craig Woodward & Friends: Old-time Jam Session: The Merri Creek Tavern, 111 High Street, Northcote
- 7.00 pm: Christine Collister with Michael Fix: House concert: details: 0417 055 190
- 7.00 pm: Fred Smith: America: House on the Hill Concerts, Clifton Hill: More information/Tickets
- 8.00 pm: Arte Kanela Flamenco: The Open House, Geelong Arts Centre, 50 Little Malop Street, Geelong: More information/Tickets
- 2.00 pm: Nat Bartsch: Forever Changed: The Round - Studio, 379-399 Whitehorse Road, Nunawading: More information/Tickets
- 9.00 pm: Balkan Soul: Ritam 2: The Central Club Hotel, 291-295 Swan Street, Richmond: More information/Tickets
- 2.00 pm: Fred Smith: Domesticity: The Forge Theatre & Arts Hub, Bairnsdalel: More information/Tickets
- 4.00 pm: Rosario De Marco: Edinburgh Castle Hotel, Sydney Road, Brunswick
- 5.00 pm: Mpaphi Trio: Old Plates Record, 384 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy: More information
- 6.00 pm: La Mauvaise Réputation presents: LES DEUX: Le Bar Supper Club, 6 North Con, Beaumaris: More information
- The Three Seas: Jazzlab, 27 Leslie Street, Brunswick: More information/Tickets
- 8.00 pm: Penelope Swales and the Stranded Assets: The Ember Lounge, Memo Music Hall, 88 Acland Street, St Kilda: More information/Tickets
- 6.00 pm: Yasamin Shahhosseini: New poetics for the oud: Salon, Melbourne Concert Hall, 31 Sturt Street, Southbank: Postponed until Wednesday 25 November 2026: More information/Tickets
- 8.00 pm: The Seduceaphones: Final Show! + Sorbo Amplio + Max König: Northcote Social Club, 301 High Street, Northcote: 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
- 6.30 pm: Tantana: Brunswick Ballroom, 314 Sydney Road, Brunswick
- 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
- 5.00 pm: Mpaphi Trio: Old Plates Record, 384 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy: More information
- 7.00 pm: Ruth Hazleton: The Heronbones Project - Album Launch with Dan West and Lostii + Lotus Threads: Brunswick Ballroom, 314 Sydney Road, Brunswick: More information
- 7.30 pm: ZÖJ (Gelareh Pour & Brian O’Dwyer): Grass: A Nation’s Battle for Life: Capitol Theatre, Swanston Street, Melbourne: More information
- 8.00 pm: Slava Grigoryan and Al Slavik: And So, It Turns: Tempo Rubato, 34 Breese Street, Brunswick: More information/Tickets
- 8.00 pm: Asanti Beats: Old Plates Record, 384 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy: More information
- 8Foot Felix: Bergy Bandroom, 64 Sydney Road, Brunswick
- Not Drowning, Waving with Telek: Theatre Royal, Castlemaine
- 3.00 pm: Craig Woodward & Friends: Old-time Jam Session: The Merri Creek Tavern, 111 High Street, Northcote
- 8.00 pm: Estudiantina of Melbourne: Toundas Forever: Wesley Anne, 250 High Street, Northcote: More information
- 8.00 pm: Slava Grigoryan and Al Slavik: And So, It Turns: The Shed Theatre @ The Pig & Whistle, 365 Purves Road, Main Ridge: More information/Tickets
- 9.00 pm: Queen of Hearts: Lulie Tavern, Collingwood: FREE: More information
- Radical Son: Queenscliff Uniting Church, Queenscliff: More information/Tickets
- 3.00 pm: Slava Grigoryan and Al Slavik: And So, It Turns: Theatre Royal, Castlemaine: More information/Tickets
- 6.00 pm: Rosario De Marco: Wesley Anne, 250 High Street, Northcote: More information
- 7.00 pm: The Spooky Men’s Chorale: 25 Years of Pointless Grandeur: Elisabeth Murdoch Hall, Melbourne Recital Centre, 31 Sturt Street, Southbank: More information/Tickets
- 8.00 pm: Asanti Beats: Old Plates Record, 384 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy: More information
- 3.00 pm: Bayt Saleh – Abou Saleh, Jacinta Elarmaly, Kazaband, Laila Shousha bellydance, Sawa Music Band, Yallateef Dabke, Zaffe: Mousiqa Bil Madina (Music in the City): Federation Square, Flinders Street, Melbourne: FREE: More information
- 3.00 pm: Craig Woodward & Friends: Old-time Jam Session: The Merri Creek Tavern, 111 High Street, Northcote
- 8.00 pm: Panorama Brasil: The Music of Hermeto Pascoal: Jazzlab, 27 Leslie Street, Brunswick: More information/Tickets
- 5.30 pm: Mike Dawes: Genazzano FCJ College: Madeleine Centre for Music and Performing Arts, 301 Cotham Road, Kew: More information/Tickets
- 8.00 pm: Mike Dawes: Genazzano FCJ College: Madeleine Centre for Music and Performing Arts, 301 Cotham Road, Kew: More information/Tickets
- 7.30 pm: Mike Dawes: Geelong West Town Hall, 153 Pakington Street, Geelong West: More information/Tickets
- 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
- 9.00 pm: Queen of Hearts + MEZA: Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy: More information
- 7.30 pm: Ernest Aines: Genazzano FCJ College: Madeleine Centre for Music and Performing Arts, 301 Cotham Road, Kew: More information/Tickets
- 6.00 pm: A Live Tribute Concert for Achilles Yiangoulli: Brunswick Ballroom, 314 Sydney Road, Brunswick: More information/Tickets
- 7.00 pm: Bobby Singh, Vinod Prasanna, and Adrian McNeil: Traditional Indian Classical Music: Tecoma Uniting Church, Tecoma: More information
- 8.00 pm: Asanti Beats: Old Plates Record, 384 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy: More information
- Lazr Bees: Bar Oussou, 653 Sydney Road, Brunswick
- 3.00 pm: Craig Woodward & Friends: Old-time Jam Session: The Merri Creek Tavern, 111 High Street, Northcote
- 7.00 pm: Canberra Tango Quintet: Echoes of Piazzolla: Zero Hour: Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre, 31 Sturt Street, Southbank: More information/Tickets
- Not Drowning, Waving with Telek: Brunswick Ballroom, 314 Sydney Road, Brunswick
- 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
- 7.30 pm: Sanacori: Open Factory, Reservoir
- pm: Sanacori: Festa Della Repubblica, Reggio Calabria Club, Bulla
- 12.00 noon: Ania Reynolds/Synthotronica: Footscray: FREE: More information
- 8.00 pm: Seun Kuti & Egypt 80 with Public Opinion Afro Orchestra: Rising: Hamer Hall, Arts Centre, St Kilda Road, Melbourne: More information/Tickets
- 12.00 noon: Ania Reynolds/Synthotronica: Footscray: FREE: More information
- 12.00 noon: Ania Reynolds/Synthotronica: Footscray: FREE: More information
- 5.00 pm: Rose M Gonzalez + Sophie Marcheff: Bar 303, 303 High Street, Northcote: More information/Tickets
- 12.00 noon: Ania Reynolds/Synthotronica: Footscray: FREE: More information
- Kristina Olsen: Brunswick Ballroom, 314 Sydney Road, Brunswick
- 12.00 noon: Ania Reynolds/Synthotronica: Footscray: FREE: More information
- 7.00 pm: Estudiantina of Melbourne + Mande Blues Ensemble: A Crossroads of Rebetiko and West African Blues: Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre, 31 Sturt Street, Southbank: More information/Tickets
- 7.30 pm: Zoë Barry: The Nervous Atmosphere: Her Majesty's Theatre, 17 Lydiard St South, Ballarat Central: More information/Tickets
- 8.00 pm: Tango Noir: Paris Cat, Melbourne: More information/Tickets
- 11.00 am: Apolline, Chooks, Possums on the Porch + much more: Geelong Folk Festival: Geelong West Town Hall, 153 Pakington Street, West Geelong: More information
- 5.00 pm: Rose M Gonzalez + Daniel Nistico: Bar 303, 303 High Street, Northcote: More information/Tickets
- 6.00 pm: Lamia Yared and Efrén López: Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre, 31 Sturt Street, Southbank: More information/Tickets
- 5.00 pm: Rose M Gonzalez + Adam May and Paul Carey: Bar 303, 303 High Street, Northcote: More information/Tickets
- 6.00 pm: Yasamin Shahhosseini: Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre, 31 Sturt Street, Southbank: More information/Tickets
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