Upcoming Live Performances
PORT FAIRY FOLK FESTIVAL PRESENTS
Skerryvore - Festival of Folk
Supporting act to be announced
Thu 6 Mar 2025 8pm | Burrinja Theatre
The Scots are coming!
Skerryvore, three-time winners of Scotland’s “Live Act of the Year” award, stand as a powerful force in the country’s vibrant live music scene. With their unique blend of modern alt-pop and traditional Scottish roots music, Skerryvore have captivated a diverse global audience and redefined the genre for contemporary listeners.
Renowned for their unmatched sound, Skerryvore’s performances are epic in melody, rich in emotion, and deeply rooted in Scottish heritage while resonating with audiences around the world.
Featuring an exhilarating mix of bagpipes, fiddles, accordions, and whistles, seamlessly combined with guitar, vocals, bass, drums, and keys, Skerryvore embodies the very best of contemporary Scottish traditional music.
“Skerryvore have crafted a world beating fusion, which takes pride in their heritage and above all else is a pure joy to listen to.” – Folk Radio UK
“A spectacular mix of traditional Scottish folk music and the most diverse rock elements.” – Süddeutsche Zeitung, GERMANY
Check out the offical music video for Angel Of Christmas on YouTube.
Doors: 7:30pm
Duration: approx 2.5 hours
Age suitability: at parental discretion. This event may not be suitable for babies and younger children due to content and/or noise levels.
Tickets - $58 ~ $53
Burrinja Presents
Old Man Luedecke (CAN) - Festival of Folk
Supporting act to be announced
Thu 13 Mar 8.00pm | Lyre Room
Old Man Luedecke is one of Canada’s best loved and most intriguing roots singer-songwriters. Known for his masterful banjo playing, he was born and raised in Toronto and now lives rurally on the south shore of Nova Scotia. With a storyteller’s heart, his narrative-driven songs are playful, coy and soul-warming; his music appeals to anyone looking for new growth from old roots.
On his 2024 album, She Told Me Where to Go, Luedecke let go of the chains and abandoned his signature old-time Appalachian-based sound… and he went electric! ‘She Told Me Where to Go’ is a journey through the darkness and light of mid-life. The songs wrestle, long form, with the value of an artist in a time when music is ingested in fifteen second increments. There's hopefulness in ‘Guy Fieri’ but ‘Holy Rain’ and ‘Misfits in Old Clothes’ capture the ongoing struggle.
Old Man Luedecke is a 2-time JUNO and multi-East Coast Music award winner and Polaris Prize nominee. Equally at home on festival main stages, in theatres, or in living rooms, his honesty and charisma allow him to connect effectively with his audiences.
Check out Old Man Luedecke on YouTube.
Doors: 7:30pm
Duration: approx 3.5 hours
Age suitability: at parental discretion. This event may not be suitable for babies and younger children due to content and/or noise levels.
Tickets - $30 - $35
Jarrah Records Presents
The Waifs | Regional Tour 2025
With Special Guests
Tue 18 Mar 7.30PM | Burrinja Theatre
Following the success of their recent Australia-wide, sold-out fifty-date “Up All Night’ 25th Anniversary album tour, The Waifs continue to forge a proudly independent path with no sign of slowing down. The band are thrilled to add additional regional shows to their 2025 touring plans.
The original independent avant-garde folk heroes turned multiplatinum-selling, multiple ARIA Award-winning, international touring outfit have released eight LPs, self-titled The Waifs (1996), Shelter Me (1998) and Sink or Swim (2000), Up All Night (2003), Sun Dirt Water (2007), Temptation (2011), Beautiful You (2015) and Ironbark (2017), and two live albums A Brief History (2004) and Live from the Union of Soul (2009).
From bustling cities to regional and coastal towns, the Waifs continue to share their folk-infused, feel-good sounds with adoring, multi-generation audiences thanks to their enchanting live shows and affable natures.
Duration - approximately 170 mins
7pm doors open
7.30pm Special Guests TBC (45mins)
8.30pm The Waifs (105-115min)
Age suitability: at parental discretion. This event may is not suitable for babies and younger children due to content and/or noise levels.
Tickets - $75
Burrinja Presents
Charm of Finches - Festival of Folk
Supporting act to be announced
Fri 28 Mar 8.00pm | Lyre Room
Australian sister duo Charm of Finches delivers intricate folk-pop that is simultaneously graceful and darkly bewitching. Their seamless blood harmonies traverse melancholy and wonder in equal measure.
They return performing songs from their latest album as well as exciting new material. The sisters, Mabel and Ivy Windred-Wornes, have toured extensively through the UK, Europe and Canada in 2022, 2023 and 2024.
Their fourth studio album ‘Marlinchen In The Snow’ was recorded in rural Nova Scotia with acclaimed Canadian producer Daniel Ledwell (Jenn Grant, Oh Pep!), inspired by the frozen beauty of the landscape and their transient life on the road with their music. It was released on iconic Australian Indie label Spunk Records in April 2024, debuting on the national ARIA charts Top 30 Aus Albums.
Their third album ‘Wonderful Oblivion’ released in 2021 through New York-based label AntiFragile Music saw them win the Australian Folk Music Awards Best Folk Album (2022) and Music Victoria Best Contemporary Folk Act (2021).
They have been nominated twice for the prestigious Australian Music Prize.
“Wonderful Oblivion is a triumphant indie folk effort – nostalgic yet fresh, haunting, but at the same time serene. ” - We Found New Music
“Melbourne sister duo Charm of Finches are perched for stardom. For lovers of tight sibling harmonies, chamber folk, and those who long to be carried-away by a lullaby...” – Ariana Morgenstern KCRW Today's Top Tune
Check out the music video for Middle Of Your Mess on YouTube.
Doors: 7:30pm
Duration: approx 2.5 hours
Age suitability: at parental discretion. This event may not be suitable for babies and younger children due to content and/or noise levels.
Tickets - $28 ~ $33
Flying Saucer Presents
Ross Wilson & The Peaceniks
Sun 6 April 2025 4.00pm - 6.00pm | Burrinja Theatre
With special guest support, artist - Nikki Nicholls
Ross Wilson is hitting the road with his all-star band The Peaceniks to celebrate over “50 Years of Hits” including all the Daddy Cool and Mondo Rock favourites you’d expect along with the latest offering from an almost 6-decade career, tracks from his latest EP on Bloodlines Records, “She’s Stuck On Facebook All The Time”, and everything in between.
From Daddy Cool to Mondo Rock and as a solo artist with no less than 26 ARIA Top 40 hits to his credit as a singer, songwriter and producer, Ross Wilson is one of Australia’s most awarded, respected, and well-known artists! From the legendary Band Daddy Cool whose number one anthem “Eagle Rock” and debut album "Daddy Who?" smashed all previous sales records in Australia an astounding 50 years ago in 1971, to the 1977 formation of Mondo Rock, delivering 80’s hits ‘Cool World’, ‘State of The Heart’, ‘Chemistry’, ‘No Time’, and ‘Come Said The Boy’ and into the 21st century as a solo performer, Wilson has never been out of the limelight. His latest release in 2023,n Facebook All The Time”, is a modern-day tragicomedy in the blues genre. Twice inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame, Wilson’s live performances are legendary.
Duration: 120 mins including interval
Age suitability: at parental discretion. This event may not be suitable for babies and younger children due to content and/or noise levels.
Tickets - $69 ~ $74
Alist Entertainment presents
Jimeoin - Pandemonium
Fri 11 Apr 7.30pm | Burrinja Theatre
Support Act - Bob Franklin - Award-winning stand-up comic, writer, director and actor
Direct from a sell-out season at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, don’t miss Jimeoin’s hilarious new show Pandemonium.
A night spent with this comedy legend is not only funny but full of handy tips. Jimeoin will teach you how to make your bed with very little effort, how to prank your partner and get away with it and how to talk dirty in a nice way…. you’ll come out the other side having laughed yourself stupid and maybe with a life hack or two.
Have you ever wondered what goes on inside Jimeoin’s head? By the end of this show you’ll know that it’s absolute Pandemonium!
“What a fantastic performer, what a wonderful comedian” ★★★★★ Seedoeatreview
“Has his victims doubled up in agonising laughter” ★★★★★ The Herald, Edinburgh
“Wickedly Funny…Exhilarating” ★★★★1/2 The Age
Bob Franklin – 20 mins
Interval – 20 mins
Jimeoin – 75 mins
Duration: 115 mins including interval.
Age suitability: MA15+ for adult themes and coarse language. Event not suitable to babies due to content and/or noise levels.
Tickets - $54.90 - $59.90
Burrinja Presents
Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow 2025
Sat 26 Apr 7.30pm | Burrinja Theatre
Australia’s most iconic comedy tour is hitting the road for a huge 27th year! Bringing together the brightest stars from the 2025 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, we’re delivering top-tier humour straight to your town!
Featuring a dynamic line-up of comedy legends and fresh faces includes:
Sam Taunton (MC)
Alex Ward
Con Coutis
Robyn Reynolds
Janty Blair
This year’s Roadshow promises nation-wide happiness. So, grab your friends, lock in your tickets and prepare for a much-needed dose of laughter as the 2025 Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow rolls into Upwey!
‘A seamless and ultra-hilarious evening!’ Scenestr
‘We were laughing from the moment the lights went down, to well into the drive home.’ Scenestr
Duration: approx 2 hours including interval
Performances often contain coarse language, adult themes, sexual references and material that may offend. The show is recommended for people aged 15 years or older.
Smoke machine/hazer may be used during this performance
Tickets - $19 - $39
Burrinja Presents
Daoirí Farrell (IRE) - Live in the Lyre
Supporting act to be announced
Thu 1 May 8.00pm | Lyre Room
A product of Dublin’s famous club An Góilin Traditional Singers, since launching his solo live career at Celtic Connections in 2016, Daoirí Farrell has gone from strength to strength. He can boast numerous honours from BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards and RTÉ Folk Award nominations to ALSR Celtic Music accolades, with his music and live performances earning the acclaim of respected publications including MOJO, The Irish Post, Songlines and more.
Daoirí’s fourth album, ‘The Wedding Above In Glencree’, was released in 2023, made the RTÉ Radio 2 playlist in Ireland and reached number 11 on the Official UK Folk Albums Chart.
He has toured and played major folk festivals across the world, including at the National Folk Festival in Australia, in the USA as a guest singer for Lúnasa, and with Transatlantic Sessions across the UK.
‘He has the best Irish traditional voice currently around; if there’s better, I’ve yet to hear it.’ Folk Radio UK
‘The finest Irish male folk singer-storyteller this side of Christy Moore and Paul Brady.’ The Weekend Australian
Check out Daoirí Farrell on YouTube.
Doors: 7:30pm
Support (TBA) 8pm
Daoirí Farrell 9pm
Duration: approx 3 hours
Age suitability: at parental discretion. This event is not be suitable for babies and younger children due to content and/or noise levels.
Tickets - $35 - $40
Luna Live Presents
Ed Kuepper. Solo. At Last!
We haven't done this for years
Sat 3 May 2025 8.00pm | Burrinja Theatre
"We haven't done this for years… time flies. Surprisingly it's been some years since I've done any solo shows, so lo and behold... that is what I'm going to do in April/May. I'll be trying out some new songs, and deconstructing some audience faves and some older beloved tunes in a relatively loving and spontaneous way. Do join me, dear friends!” - Ed Kuepper
Doors: 7:40pm
Duration: approx 90 mins with no interval
Age suitability: at parental discretion. This event may not be suitable for babies and younger children due to content and/or noise levels.
Tickets - $59.90
Burrinja Presents
Garry Starr - Classic Penguins
Wed 14 May 7.30pm | Lyre Room
Warnings: Strictly 18+ years. This performance involves full nudity. There will be some audience participation.
Literature! Literature! Literature! It might not rhyme with anything but it’s still very important. Garry Starr is back and he’s hell-bent on saving books from extinction by performing every Penguin Classic novel ever written. In an hour. Mostly naked (but with flippers).
Comic wunderkind Starr takes us on a literary adventure through the world’s most iconic works of fiction. From The Little Prince to Moby Dick and everything in between, nothing is safe from being lampooned with the utmost nincompoopery.
‘A very funny man who is peculiarly averse to wearing trousers’ ★★★★★ Scotsman (UK)
‘Brilliantly ticklish… joyfully silly’ ★★★★ Guardian (UK)
Doors: 7pm
Duration: approx 60 mins with no interval
Age suitability: strictly 18 years and older.
