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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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This Gig Guide was updated manually on: Sunday 1 February 2026 at 8:10 pm
WEDNESDAY 4 February, 2026:
- 7.45 pm: Queen of Hearts: Queen Victoria Market Summer Night Markets, North Melbourne
- 7.30 pm: QiQi with Invictus Quartet + Elysian Blues: Kew Courthouse, High Street, Kew: More information
- 7.00 pm: Tenzing Choegyal: Open Space, 11 Acacia Place, Abbotsford: More information
- 7.00 pm: Transylvanian Gypsy Kings (TGK) + Snuff Puppets + more: Snuff Salooon Queer As!: Footscray Drill Hall, 395 Barkly Street, Footscray: More information
- 8.00 pm: Asanti Beats: Old Plates Record, 384 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy: More information
- 10.00 pm: Sabor y Ritmo: Bar Oussou, 653 Sydney Road, Brunswick: 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
- 7.00 pm: Transylvanian Gypsy Kings (TGK) + Snuff Puppets + more: Snuff Salooon Queer As!: Footscray Drill Hall, 395 Barkly Street, Footscray: More information
- 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
- 8.00 pm: Ausecuma Beats: Bar Oussou, 653 Sydney Road, Brunswick: FREE
- The Royal High Jinx: Ararat Town Hall, Ararat
- 8.00 pm: Asanti Beats: Old Plates Record, 384 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy: More information
- 8.30 pm: Lazr Bees: Single Launch plus One Spirit Africa + Ostralishe Kapelye: Evelyn Hotel, 351-353 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy: More information
- Atongo Zimba: Sunkunne Sound: Home Hotel, Launching Place
- Estudiantina of Melbourne: Summer in the Park, Camberwell Civic Precinct Hub, Camberwell
- 11.00 am: Vardos: SANDY STREET BEATS, 58 Station Street, Sandringham: More information
- 12.00 noon: Footscray Gypsy Orchestra, Kim and the Meme, Kavisha Mazzella, Luca Sartori + much more: Harcourt Bushfire Benefit: Old Gaol Castlemaine, 36-48 Bowden Street, Castlemaine
- 3.00 pm: Craig Woodward & Friends: Old-time Jam Session: The Merri Creek Tavern, 111 High Street, Northcote
- 7.30 pm: Ustad Irfan Khan with Bobby Singh: MHCMS Sarod Recital: Clayton Community Centre, 9/15 Cooke Street, Clayton: More information/Tickets
- 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
- 4.00 pm: Agobloco: Cortejo de Carnaval: Roving from St Kilda Sports Club, 66 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda to Cleve Gardens and back: More information
- Estudiantina of Melbourne: Mediterranean Fiesta, Centreway, Keilor East
- 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
- 8.00 pm: Asanti Beats: Old Plates Record, 384 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy: More information
- 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
- 8.00 pm: Ausecuma Beats: Bar Oussou, 653 Sydney Road, Brunswick: FREE
- 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
- 8.00 pm: Asanti Beats: Old Plates Record, 384 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy: More information
- 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
- 6.00 pm: Xylourides: Brunswick Music Festival: Brunswick Ballroom, 314 Sydney Road, Brunswick: 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
- 6.00 pm: Alfio Antico & Go Dugong + Khaled Kurbeh + Rafet: Brunswick Music Festival: Brunswick Ballroom, 314 Sydney Road, Brunswick: 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
- 2.00 pm: Smt Rajrupa Chowdhary (Sarod): Melbourne International Festival of Hindustani Classical Music: Hawthorn Arts Centre, 360 Burwood Road, Hawthorn: More information/Tickets
- 3.00 pm: Craig Woodward & Friends: Old-time Jam Session: The Merri Creek Tavern, 111 High Street, Northcote
- 6.30 pm: David Lumsden, Martyn Wyndham-Read, Margret RoadKnight, The O’Hanlons: Footscray Folk: A Singout featuring the pioneers of the sixties Australian folk scene: A fundraiser for Melbourne’s Folk History: Bluestone Hall at Borderlands Cooperative, 30a Pickett Street, Footscray: CHANGE OF LOCATION AND TIME: More information
- 6.00 pm: Christine Anu: Brunswick Music Festival: Brunswick Ballroom, 314 Sydney Road, Brunswick: More information/Tickets
- 7.30 pm: Vd Kalapini Komkali (Vocal): Melbourne International Festival of Hindustani Classical Music: Hawthorn Arts Centre, 360 Burwood Road, Hawthorn: More information/Tickets
- 9.00 pm: The Mandé Spirit: Brunswick Music Festival: Bar Oussou, 653 Sydney Road, Brunswick: More information/Tickets
- Queen of Hearts Mariachi: Beechworth Spring Ditch Festival
- 10.00 am: Pt Uday Bhawalkar (Dhrupad Vocal): Melbourne International Festival of Hindustani Classical Music: Hawthorn Arts Centre, 360 Burwood Road, Hawthorn: More information/Tickets
- 7.00 pm: Ustad Shujaat Khan (Sitar): Melbourne International Festival of Hindustani Classical Music: Hawthorn Arts Centre, 360 Burwood Road, Hawthorn: More information/Tickets
- 8.00 pm: Ganna: Utopia Tour: Jazzlab, 27 Leslie Street, Brunswick: More information/Tickets
- 8.00 pm: Ausecuma Beats: Bar Oussou, 653 Sydney Road, Brunswick: FREE
- 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
- 6.00 pm: Paulo Almeida & Band, Kattimoni and more: Reggae on the River: Lady Cutler Showboat, Docklands: More information/Tickets
- 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:
- Queen of Hearts Mariachi: Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show, Carlton Gardens
- 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
- 6.30 pm: Riccardo Tesi & Guia: Retablos: Button, Strings, Songs and Windows: CoAsIt, 199 Faraday Street, Carlton: More information
- 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
- 7.00 pm: Estudiantina of Melbourne + more: A Crossroads of Rebetiko and West African Blues Forever: Salon, Melbourne Recital Centre, 31 Sturt Street, Southbank
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