Events - monthly schedule

(See the main events page for events with specific dates and where I'll have significant participation.)

I've decided to list regular events chronologically to provide a better view of what's happening during the month, focusing on Melbourne's East and South-east.  Most of these places accept a tad of poetry as well, particularly bush poetry.  In a few places like Burrinja and Peninsula Folk Club, you can buy dinner and have a beer, others have tea/coffee and biscuits.  One special place even has mulled wine on offer but you'll have to try all the venues to find out which one.

Click on the venue to go directly to their web page!

Day, Event

Weekly every Tuesday - Folk Sessions


Weekly every Wednesday - Kelly's Cabin Sessions


Weekly every Saturday and Sunday - Kelly's Live Music

Weekly every Sunday - Live Music in Upwey

Fortnightly Friday - Our Kinda Country Club



1st Tuesday of the month - Mountain Pickers Association



1st  Friday of the month - Selby Folk Club

1st Saturday of the month - Gemco Open Stage

1st Saturday of the month - Coronet Bay Music Night


1st Saturday of the month - Bush Dance

1st Sunday of the month - Mahogany Bluegrass Jam

1st Sunday of the month - Peninsula Folk Club

2nd Tuesday of the month - Victorian Folk Music Club


2nd Thursday of the month - Acoustic Brew



2nd Friday of the month - Fathers in the chapel






3rd Thursday of the month - Burrinja Open Mic Night


3rd Friday of the the month - B.A.D. Folk

3rd Saturday of the month - Verandah Music


3rd Sunday of the month - People's Place Music Club

4th Wednesday of the month - Fiddle music in the hills

Last Friday of the month - Ranges Burrinja Folk Club


Last Friday of the month - Doveton Open Mic Night



Last  Sunday of the month - Library Sunday Sessions

What and Where

Victorian Folk Music Club (Ringwood Folk).  (Also - every 2nd Tuesday there's a concert and on the 1st Saturday of each month there's a dance.)

Kelly's Bar and Kitchen, 1510 Mount Dandenong Tourist Road, Olinda.  Live music in a log cabin, hosted by Alex Legg.

7pm at Kelly's Bar and Kirchen, Olinda.

1pm at the Burrinja Cafe in Upwey.  New acts every week.  Free entry!

Country music in the Latrobe Valley. Held at the Clubhouse at Crinigan Road, Morwell at 7.30pm.  For more information contact the president Dawn O'Connell on 0412161419 or [email protected]   (There is no website.)

Bluegrass music in the hills, at Burrinja Cafe in Upwey
8pm start. (no official website yet?)
351 Glenfern Rd, Upwey, Mel 75 B12

Folk and related music in the hills at Selby.

Unplugged music and frivolity (yes.. frivolity!) at Emerald, hosted by Carol.

8pm, Community Hall at Fred Gatton Reserve, Bantering Bay Road, Coronet Bay.  (There is no website.)

Hosted by the Victorian Folk Music Club in Ringwood.

Bluegrass jam  led by James in Frankston.

Folk and related music in Frankston.

A concert with a focus on traditional music at Ringwood. (There is always music every Tuesday, the other sessions are less formal.)

A mixed bag of acoustic performances, play on your own or with the backing of the house band (bass, guitar, keyboards, drums and digderidoo!) led by Michelle Chandler.  Perform or just enjoy the show with a meal, wine and coffee -  at the Burrinja Cafe, Upwey.

In it's 10th year, Fathers is a completely unplugged venue, allowing  just your voice and your instrument - it's strictly and purely acoustic!  The sound properties of the chapel allow the spoken word to be heard even right at the back.  Currently there is no official website. Performances start at 7.30pm at St. Johns Anglican Church, Childers Street, Cranbourne.  The place has been undergoing renovations so the hall is being used temporarily.  The people here are awesome!

Held in Upwey's Burrinja Cultural Centre, Brian hosts a fun night that's friendly and open to all who enjoy live music.  Gold coin donation - how cheap is that!

For lovers of acoustic music! Held in Berwick for both B.A.D. folk and others less bad.

Acoustic music, folk, country, bluegrass and related genres in Dromana.

At the Mahogany Neighbourhood Centre,  Frankston North.

Workshop on fiddle but will welcome guitarists too!  Run by Maggie in Upwey at the Ranges Community Music School in Upwey.

Formerly the Dandenong Ranges Folk Club, held in Burrinja Cafe in Upwey.   Feature artists and support acts are scheduled well in advance (no walk-ups here!)

At Doveton Neighbourhood Learning Centre, 34 Oak Avenue, Doveton, 3177
Ph. 9791 1449
Email: [email protected]

Monthly live Sunday Sessions, 2.15-3.30pm, April to October
Narre Warren Library, Overland Drive, Narre Warren
Local artists, live and free!