With ORCHESTRA CORDA SPIRITUS

Presented 4mbs festival of classics

HOWARD AINSWORTH MEMORIAL CONCERT WITH CORDA SPIRITUS

Conducted by CHEN YANG                   

This concert marks 10 years since the passing of 4MBS Broadcasts Manager/Announcer Howard Ainsworth.

Enjoy beautiful Baroque music by Rameau, Bach, Telemann, Handel, Corelli, and other favourites.

EVENT INFO

Sunday 1 June 2025

Box office 1.00pm

Doors to theatre 2.00pm

Performance 2.30pm

(Times are approximate and may vary)

TICKETS

Adult $35.00/ Door $40.00

4MBS/Subscribers/Concessions $30.00 / Door $35.00

F/T Students/Children $15.00 / Door $20.00

Under 18 welcome with parent/guardian

2% credit card fee applied at check out

Presented by QUEENSLAND YOUTH ORCHESTRAS

Join us for a vibrant morning of music at String Spectacular, featuring Queensland Youth Orchestras’ Junior String Ensemble 1 alongside special guests Southside Strings.

Conducted by the esteemed Chen Yang, this concert celebrates the energy, talent, and teamwork of our young string players in a joyful performance for all ages.

EVENT INFO

Saturday 31 May 2025

Doors 10.00am

Performance 10.30am

TICKETS

All tickets $12.00

Under 18 welcome with parent/guardian

2% credit card fee applied at check out

With the brisbane symphony orchestra

Presented 4mbs festival of classics

Swoon to the sounds of the silver screen with this concert of classical masterpieces from iconic films! Enjoy Strauss’ Thus Spake Zarathustra, Fanfare and The Blue Danube (from 2001: A Space Odyssey), Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyries (from Apocalypse Now), Saint-Saëns’ Symphony No. 3 ‘Organ’ (from Babe), plus music by Barber, Mozart, and more!

with Mark Hooper, Piano

EVENT INFO

Sunday 25 May 2025

Box office 1.00pm

Doors to theatre 1.30pm

Performance 2.00pm

(Times are approximate and may vary)

TICKETS

Adult $50.00/ Door $55.00

4MBS/Subscribers/Concessions $45.00 / Door $50.00

F/T Students/Children $25.00 / Door $30.00

Under 18 welcome with parent/guardian

2% credit card fee applied at check out

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "The future of acoustic guitar playing in Australia." — Tony Hillier, ABC Radio

This one-night-only collaboration brings together two young Australian guitar virtuosos, Jordan Brodie and Elias Bartholomeo, to showcase the boundless possibilities of one guitar and a vivid imagination.

Featuring a captivating blend of blues, jazz, folk, country, and original compositions, the performance masterfully

walks a tightrope of genres, highlighting both solo artistry and dynamic duets. Audiences worldwide are captivated by the creativity and endless energy these two artists bring, making this much more than just a night of acoustic guitar.

This concert is a guaranteed source of awe and anticipation, promising an unforgettable musical experience. With captivating performances and a wide array of styles - there's something for everyone. Don't miss this rare opportunity to witness two emerging masters of the guitar!

EVENT INFO

Thursday 22 May 2025

Box Office and Doors 6:30pm

Performance 7:30pm

TICKETS

ALL TICKETS $35 / Door $40

Under 18 welcome with parent/guardian

2% credit card fee applied at check out

Presented by BRISBANE WRITERS FESTIVAL

For more than thirty years, Ian Rankin has thrilled readers with the exploits of Detective Inspector Rebus, one of the definitive heroes of modern crime fiction. Midnight & Blue finds Rebus in a devilish predicament — after a lifetime spent putting Edinburg’s most wanted away, Rebus finds himself behind bars.

Interweaving two mysteries that will puzzle even the most seasoned armchair detectives, Midnight & Blue is another triumph of tartan noir.

Artists

Ian Rankin

Born in the Kingdom of Fife in 1960, Ian Rankin graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 1982, and then spent three years writing novels when he was supposed to be working towards a PhD in Scottish Literature. His first novel The Flood was published in 1986, while his first Rebus novel, Knots & Crosses, was published in 1987. The Rebus series is now translated into twenty-two languages and the books are bestsellers on several continents. Ian has received an OBE for services to literature, opting to receive the prize in his home city of Edinburgh, where he lives with his wife and two sons.

Ron Serdiuk

Ron Serdiuk runs Brisbane's Specialist genre bookshop, Pulp Fiction.

EVENT INFO

Tuesday 20 May 2025

Doors 7:30pm

Interview 8:00pm

TICKETS

Adult $49.00

Concession $44.00 (Sold Out)

Add a book $24.99

Under 18 welcome with parent/guardian

Booking Fee - Flat Rte $4.95

Presented by BRISBANE WRITERS FESTIVAL

One of the masters of modern fiction, Alan Hollinghurst has enthralled readers with his elegant and cutting examinations of life among England’s upper classes. The decade-spanning Our Evenings perfectly encapsulates a changing society through the prism of two very different men, one as lovable as the other is loathsome – a talented, mixed-race actor and an ambitious politician. 

Recalling his Man Booker Prize winning The Line of Beauty with its effortless melding of the personal and political, Our Evenings is another masterpiece from a preeminent prose stylist. 

Artists

Alan Hollinghurst

Alan Hollinghurst is the author of seven novels, The Swimming-Pool Library, The Folding Star, The Spell, The Line of Beauty, The Stranger’s Child, The Sparsholt Affair and Our Evenings. He has received the Somerset Maugham Award, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction and the 2004 Man Booker Prize. He lives in London.

Carody Culver

Carody Culver is the editor of Griffith Review. Her writing has appeared in Kill Your Darlings, Peppermint, Books+Publishing, The Toast and elsewhere. Her chapbook, The Morgue I Think the Deader it Gets, was published by Cordite in 2022. She’s interviewed writers and public figures including Grace Tame, Jonathan Franzen, Waleed Aly, Clementine Ford, Anna Funder and Cory Doctorow. 

EVENT INFO

Tuesday 20 May 2025

Doors 5:30pm

Interview 6:.00pm

TICKETS

Adult $49.00

Concession $44.00

Add a book $34.99

Under 18 welcome with parent/guardian

Booking Fee - Flat Rte $4.95

Presented by voxalis opera and southern cross soloists

Just as light refracts and disperses through a prism, revealing a spectrum of colors, the human soul is layered with emotions and experiences that make each of us unique. Explore the chromaticism of humankind in this one-night-only performance featuring Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder, reimagined for string quartet and voice, alongside Arvo Pärt’s unique chamber and vocal works, including Fratres, Spiegel im Spiegel, and My Heart’s in the Highlands.

A turning point in Mahler’s compositional journey, Rückert-Lieder reflects themes of love, solitude, and contentment, anticipating his later masterpieces. In this rare arrangement, each song becomes an intimate universe, where voice and strings intertwine with unparalleled poignancy. Pärt’s minimalist style creates a transformative stillness, suspending time with music of breathtaking simplicity and depth. Together, these works promise an evening of introspection and transcendence.

Featuring the “stars of Australian chamber music”, Queensland’s renowned lyric soprano Leanne Kenneally, and emerging mezzo-soprano Aylish Ryan, this concert celebrates artistic collaboration, showcasing both established talent and emerging brilliance.

Don’t miss this unique opportunity to experience the infinite colors of the human soul through the unparalleled power of live music.

Artists:

Leanne Kenneally (soprano)

Aylish Ryan (mezzo soprano)

Southern Cross Soloists

EVENT INFO

Saturday 10 May 2025

Box Office and Doors 7:00pm

Performance 7:30pm

TICKETS

Adult $65 / Door $70

Concession/Full-time Student $55 / Door $60

U30 years of age $39 / Door $40

Under 18 welcome with parent/guardian

2% credit card fee applied at check out

Presented by QUEENSLAND WIND AND BRASS

In honour of Alisa Jones’ 10th anniversary as QWAB’s Musical Director, our first Major Concert for 2025 will be a “Captain’s Call” with Alisa curating a program based on pieces nominated by band and audience members.

The Program includes:

·         Balkan Dance – Etienne Crausaz

·         Carmen Fantasy – G. Bizet, Arr. Eiji Suzuki

·         Equus – Eric Whitacre

·         Esprit De Corps – Robert Jager

·         Four Scottish Dances – Malcom Arnold, Arr. J.P. Paynter

·         Lord of the Rings – Johan De Meij, Arr. Paul Lavender

·         The Man from Snowy River – Bruce Rowland, Arr. Barry Bignell

·         My Neighbour Totoro – Joe Hisaishi, Arr. Hiroshi Goto

·         Perthshire Majesty – Samuel R. Hazo

EVENT INFO

Saturday 10 May 2025

Box Office Open 6:00pm

Doors to Theatre 6:30pm

Performance 7:00pm

TICKETS

Adult $30 / Door $35

Concession $20 / Door $25

Student $15 / Door $20

Child Under 12 $0 / Door $0

Under 18 welcome with parent/guardian

2% credit card fee applied at check out

the QWO Concert scheduled for Saturday 8 March, HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO SATURDAY, 3 MAY 2025.

Presented by QUEENSLAND WIND Orchestra

The Queensland Wind Orchestra returns to The Old Museum with a concert full of exciting works, including Donald Hunsberger’s fantastic arrangements of John Williams’ music from Star Wars, Michele Fernández’s Unidad en Rítmo, Robert Russell Bennett’s Suite of Old American Dances, and more.

Robert Russell Bennett: Suite of Old American Dances

• Kimberly K. Archer: For those taken too soon...

• Cedric Thorpe Davie: Variations and Fugue on "The Wee Cooper of Fife"

• John Williams arr. Donald Hunsberger: Star Wars Trilogy

• Michele Fernández: Unidad en Rítmo: An Afro-Latin Tribute to Cultural Unity

• William Owens: After the Darkness...

Conducted by David Law.

Tickets on sale now, including Inspire! enabling children from grades 5-12 to sit in the orchestra during sound check and get a musician’s view of the music, conductor, and sound. To join the Inspire! program, purchase a ticket (e.g. concession ticket) and register at https://qwo.org.au/inspire.

EVENT INFO

SATURDAY 3 MAY 2025

Box office 6:00pm

Doors to theatre 6:30pm

Performance 7:00pm

TICKETS

Adult $29.00 / $30.00 door

Concession $19.00 / $20.00 door
(Aged 12-17 / Concession Card)

Child U12 $14.00 / $15.00 door

Family $70.00 / $75.00 door

Member $19.00 (online only)

SEASON PASS - available prior to first concert, online only

Adult $85.00

Concession $55.00
(Aged 12-17 / Concession Card)

Under 18 welcome with parent/guardian

2% credit card fee applied at check out

Presented by the kelvin grove wind orchestra

musical director - dale hubbard

Supported by GUEST vocalist - connor willmore

The first KGWO concert of 2025 promises to be a real adventure!

Join us in our quest to find hidden treasure, of the musical kind.

Where in the world will this take us?

What will we find?

Will we discover any Gold, or encounter any Pirates along the way?

Will we meet any adventurers looking for a New World?

More info: www.kgwo.org.au

EVENT INFO

Sunday 27 April 2025

Box Office 1.00pm

Doors to Theatre 1.30pm

Performance 2.00pm

TICKETS

Adult $30 / Door $35

Concession/Tertiary Student $22.50 / Door $25

School Age Students $15 / Door $20

Family (2 Adults/2 Children) $75/ Door $80

Children under 5 Free (Seat booking Req)

Under 18 welcome with parent/guardian

2% credit card fee applied at check out

West Australian garage rock legends The Stems made a triumphant return to the live stage to celebrate their 40th anniversary in August and September of 2024 with a series sold out shows across Australia and Europe. The hugely successful tour meant that some fans missed out on tickets, so back by public demand, original members, Dom Mariani, Julian Matthews, and Dave Shaw and acclaimed guitarist Ashley Naylor (Even/Paul Kelly/The Church) are set to do again in late April with a run of selective shows across the east coast of Australia.

The Stems attained their own legendary status in the Australian and International music scene – roaring out of Perth with a sound and style that definitively captured the spirit and enthusiasm of sixties garage music - lurching fuzz-tone guitars, brooding organ, solid gold garage-punk, and primo power pop! The Stems not only created a distinctive sonic identity but also penned unforgettable songs while delivering electrifying live performances.

In the late '80s, The Stems achieved acclaim with a series of singles and EPs and the timeless 'At First Sight – Violet are Blue' LP in 1987. The group disbanded in late 1987 and made a significant comeback in 2003, playing to sold-out crowds nationwide. Since then, they have continued to tour regularly in front of audiences across Australia, Europe, Japan, and the United States.

EVENT INFO

Saturday 26 April, 2025

Box office and bar 6:30pm

Doors to studio 7:30pm

Performance 8.00pm

NOTE: This is a standing only show. No seating available.

TICKETS

Adult $59.90 / Door $65

Under 18 welcome with parent/guardian

2% credit card fee applied at check out

Dare to Dream Jr

On The Boards Theatre Company is presenting the Australian Premiere Production of DARE TO DREAM Jr

Disney’s Dare to Dream JR. is a 60-minute musical revue that follows an eager group of trainees on their first day at a fictional Walt Disney Imagineering Studio. As the group sets out to help each other discover their dreams, they work together to explore the power of dreams to unite, inspire, and make anything possible.

Drawing from a century of beloved Disney films, Dare to Dream JR. features songs appearing for the first time ever in a Disney stage musical, including fan-favourites from The Princess and the Frog, Coco, Encanto, and Frozen II. This musical revue is a thrilling mix of contemporary songs, timeless classics, and brand-new medleys that are sure to surprise and delight Disney lovers of all ages.

Dare to Dream JR. turns a century of Disney magic into a theatrical celebration of music, creativity, and the dreams that live inside us all.

EVENT INFO

Wednesday 16 April 2025 5:00pm and 7:30pm

Box Office and Foyer 4.00pm
Doors to Theatre 4.30pm & 7.00pm

ADULTS $50.00 / Door $55.00

Concessions $44 .00 / Door $45.00

GROUP OF 10 or more

Student (min 10) $30.00 per ticket (online only)

Adult (min 10) $40.00 per ticket (online only)

ALL TICKETS AT THE DOOR $45 Concession/ $55 Adults

Under 18 welcome with parent/guardian

2% credit card fee applied at check out

Presented by brisbane concert Orchestra

Join the Brisbane Concert Orchestra for Conductor’s Cut, a concert celebrating Matthew Schwarz’s 10 years as Musical Director of BCO. This special program features music selected by Matthew and the orchestra members, reflecting a decade of shared musical journeys.

The evening includes Holst’s majestic Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity, selections from The Sound of Music, and the serene fifth movement of Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony, among other works. Baritone soloist Camilo Lopez will also feature in this program, performing Mahler’s Urlicht and a song from his Rückert-Lieder cycle.

Set in the historic Concert Hall of the Old Museum Building, this concert offers a moment to reflect on and enjoy the music that has shaped the orchestra’s journey over the past decade.

EVENT INFO

Sunday 13 April 2025

Box Office 2:00pm

Doors to Theatre 2.30pm

Performance 3.00pm

TICKETS

Adult $35.00 / Door $40.00

Concession/Senior /Tertiary Students $30.00 / Door $35.00

Child Under 18 $15.00 / Door $20.00

Family (2 adults + 2 children U18) $75.00 per family / Door $80.00

Under 18 welcome with parent/guardian

2% credit card fee applied at check out

With Guests The Brewster Brothers

This is it, folks – The Angels playing their new album from start to finish!

 Following the sold-out success of their 50 Not Out and 50 Not Out Reprise tours, celebrating the band’s 50th anniversary, The Angels are returning to the here and now, putting the spotlight on their acclaimed new album Ninety Nine.

 “The Angels still rage with the passion and intensity of a young rock band just starting out.” (STACK) “You have to hand it to The Angels … there’s more than enough here to excite any veterans of the 1979 Sydney Opera House riots.” (The Australian)

 The Angels – Exclusive Album Showcase will open with a support set from a couple of guys you might know: The Brewster Brothers. Then The Angels will be playing the complete Ninety Nine album, followed by an extended encore featuring the band’s classic hits.

 It’s a triple treat for fans. The Angels – Exclusive Album Showcase. 51 Not Out and still ready to rock.

 Let the night roll on!

Supported by The Brewster Brothers

EVENT INFO

Saturday 12 April 2025 - 8:00pm

Box Office & Foyer Bar Open 6:30pm

Doors to Theatre Open 7:30pm

Performance 8:00pm

TICKETS

Adult $55.00 / Door $60.00

Fully seated, theatre style event.

Under 18 welcome with parent/guardian

2% credit card fee applied at check out

Meat Loaf was known for his incredibly powerful voice and his theatrical live shows. The Bat Out of Hell trilogy—Bat Out of Hell, Bat Out of Hell II: Back into Hell, and Bat Out of Hell III: The Monster Is Loose - sold over 65 million albums worldwide alone.

Meat Loaf earned a Grammy Award for Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance for the song 'I'd Do Anything for Love', and he was particularly popular in Europe, especially the UK, where he received the 1994 Brit Award for best-selling album and single.

His other hits include songs such as, 'You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth', 'Two Out of Three Ain't Bad' and Paradise by the Dashboard Light.

In addition to writing all the hits for Meat Loaf, Jim Steinman went on to write and produce hits for artists such as Bonnie Tyler, Celine Dion, Air Supply as well as collaborations with Sir Andrew Loyd Webber.

Established in 1997 in Melbourne Australia, Neil Anthony's tribute to Meat Loaf is the longest running professional tribute to the music of Meat Loaf and Jim Steinman in the world. 

This two hour show not only encompasses the music of Meat Loaf, but also includes the Jim Steinman hits of many amazing artists

EVENT INFO

Friday 11 April 2025 8pm

Adults $45/$50 Door
Concession $35/$40 Door

Early Bird $40

TIMES

BOX OFFICE 6:30pm

DOORS 7:30pm

PERFORMANCE 8:00pm

Presented by queensland youth orchestras

The first Morning Music concert of 2025 opens with a delightful program featuring flute, violin, viola, and cello soloists performing works by Debussy, Lalo, Saint-Saëns, Bruch, Dutilleux, and Reger. From the dreamy elegance of Debussy’s Piano Trio to the fiery brilliance of Lalo’s Symphonie Espagnole, this concert promises a captivating morning of music in the beautiful Old Museum Concert Hall.

EVENT INFO

Thursday 10 APRIL 2025

Box office 9:45am

Doors to theatre 10:00am

Performance 10:30am

TICKETS

All tickets $12.00

Under 18 welcome with parent/guardian

2% credit card fee applied at check out

Presented by Brisbane Philharmonic Orchestra

Metro Concert #1

BPO’s opening concert for 2025 takes flight with two incredible ballet suites – the magnificent Firebird by Stravinsky and evocative Australian work Wild Swans.

Opening with the BPO-commissioned world premiere of Time is Escaping Her from rising Australian star Eleanor Brimblecombe, this vibrant work sets the stage for soloist Alex Raineri on the harpsichord. Poulenc’s Concert champetre is witty and whimsical, delightful in its bravura.

Nina Korbe opens a stunning second half as soloist for the Kats-Chernin, with the Wild Swans vignettes drawing the listener into a playful, magical world. Firebird continues that magic with scenes taken from Stravinsky’s ballet, from lush enchanted gardens to fiery battles.

Conductor: Lucas D. Lynch

Soloists: Nina Korbe (Soprano), Alex Raineri (Harpsichord)

PROGRAM:

Brimblecombe  |  Time Is Escaping Her (World Premiere)

Poulenc  |  Concert champetre

Kats-Chernin  |  Wild Swans Suite

Stravinsky  |  Firebird Suite (1919)

EVENT INFO

SUNDAY 6 APRIL 2025

Box office 2:00pm

Doors to theatre 2:30pm

Performance 3:00pm

TICKETS

Adult $38.00 / $40.00 door

Concession $28.00 / $30.00 door
(High-School/University Student, Pensioner, Seniors Card)

Child U12 $23.00 / $25.00 door

Member $23.00 (online only)

Under 18 welcome with parent/guardian

2% credit card fee applied at check out

The Handmade Design Market is heading to The Old Museum, Bowen Hills on Sunday 6 April to showcase 60 exhibitors including slow fashion, handmade jewellery, ceramics, handmade cakes, vegan chocolate and more! Register your FREE entry ticket HERE https://events.humanitix.com/the-handmade-conscious-shopping-design-market-brisbane

EVENT INFO

Sunday 6 April 2025

Open 10:00am - 3:00pm

TICKETS

Free with online registration

Presented by double-u artists

Following the release of their first new music in 10 years last November, ARIA Award-winning act The Audreys unveil a brand new country-soaked ballad, Beatles V Stones, alongside the announcement of their fifth studio album, Ruin & Repair, due out on Friday March 14. The troubadours are also taking Ruin & Repair on the road around Australia, with an extensive list of dates also announced today.

Formed back in 2004 by Coates and guitarist Tristan Goodall, The Audreys have gone on to release four full-length albums, with 2006’s Between Last Night and Us, 2008’s When the Flood Comes and 2011’s Sometimes the Stars all taking home the ARIA Award for Best Blues & Roots Album, as well as their most recent album, 2014’s ‘Til My Tears Roll Away scoring an ARIA nomination itself. Renowned for their dynamic and silken sonic wiles, The Audreys became a beloved fixture on the Australian touring scene, with countless gigs in their wake, and have also ticked off club and festival shows in North America, the UK, and Europe. Hitting pause briefly in 2016, with Coates releasing her first solo album, Taasha Coates and Her Melancholy Sweethearts, The Audreys continued to share their musical magic and tour up until the COVID years hit; and, devastatingly, The Audreys journey changed irrevocably in 2022 with the untimely passing of Goodall. But for Coates, the chance to continue The Audreys creative pursuits is also a chance to pay ongoing homage to Goodall, with The Audreys also celebrating 20 years in 2024 since Coates and Goodall first started the project, and The Audreys now courageously venturing into a brand new chapter; and it’s one that will joyfully include some extensive Australian touring kicking off not long after brand new album; Ruin & Repair releases into the world. 

“I’ve overcome a lot of hurdles to get to this point and I’m really gosh darn happy to be here!” Taasha Coates reveals. “We have a whole national tour coming up starting at the end of March and running right through until June. It will be lots of songs from the new album and lots of old Audreys favourites. Can’t wait!”

EVENT INFO

Saturday 5 APRIL 2025

Box office 6:30pm

Doors to theatre 7:30pm

Performance 8:00pm

TICKETS

Adult $44.00 / $45.00 door
General admission (no allocated seating)

Under 18 welcome with parent/guardian

2% credit card fee applied at check out

Presented by THE QUEENSLAND CHOIR

Written by Carl Orff between 1935 and 1936, Carmina Burana is arguably the most successful and widely performed work composed by any 20th century composer.

Well known for its dramatic music, it has become a part of popular culture. The "O Fortuna" movement is often used in commercials, movies, and social media videos.

Soloists: Leanne Kenneally (Soprano), Leon Warnock (Baritone), Elliott Beauchamp (Tenor)

Conducted by Kevin Power OAM

This will be one of his last concerts before retiring from the choir. Not to be missed.

EVENT INFO

Saturday 5 APRIL 2025

Box office and bar 6:00pm

Doors to theatre 7:00pm

Performance 7:30pm

TICKETS

Adult $68.00 / Door $70.00

Concession/Senior $60.00 / Door $65.00

Student $20.00 / Door $25.00

Under 18 welcome with parent/guardian

2% credit card fee applied at check out

Experience the limitless potential of young Queensland musicians
at the

Queensland Youth Orchestras Annual Fundraising Gala

Saturday 29 March 2025

6:00pm Arrival canapes
7:00pm an exquisite 4-course dinner and drinks
with donation opportunities and entertainment throughout the evening

Our flagship orchestra, the Queensland Youth Symphony, will once again perform under the “Golden Baton” of a mystery Guest Conductor, and the QYO Big Band will be on hand to wrap up the evening with some smooth jazz.

The highlight of our live auction will be the opportunity to bid for the “2026 Golden Baton”, which gives the successful bidder the opportunity to conduct QYS at the 2026 Fundraising Gala Dinner!   You can bid for yourself or a friend, colleague or family member you want to see up on the stage!

There will be many other attractive donation opportunities throughout the night, so you can support QYO’s musical program.

At QYO we aim to provide Queensland’s most talented musicians with the best possible orchestral training. More importantly, we foster in young people a lifelong connection to music, which provides countless benefits that transcend music: emotional support, wellbeing, confidence and generosity. We hope you can join and support us!

Dinner provided by Cuisine on Cue.

If you are unable to attend we invite you to donate towards a 2025/2026 QYO initiative via - Donate to QYO

Strictly an 18+ event

EVENT INFO

SATURDAY 29 MARCH 2025

6:30 pm Arrival, drinks & canapes

7:30pm 4-course dinner, drinks and entertainment

TICKETS - Please call the Venue Office is you experience any issues with purchasing tickets online - (07) 3257 4089.

Table of 8 people $2600.00

Single seat with dinner $325.00

Strictly 18+ only event

2% credit card fee applied at check out

Barry Adamson has been creating all of his life.

Brought up in Manchester’s Moss Side, Adamson learnt to play the bass overnight for Magazine, Manchester’s most influential band of that era.

When they disbanded, five albums later in 1981, his singular style was spotted by The Birthday Party, with whom he played several times.

His establishment as a solo artist came after a three-year stint with Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds with the release of his classic first solo album, Moss Side Story – the ultimate soundtrack to an “imaginary film” – which raised Adamson’s name as a composer of diverse complexity; able to tell a story with music, where the images were those supplanted in the minds of the listeners. Adamson has worked with some of the film industry’s most intriguing mavericks including Derek Jarman (The Last of England, 1987), David Lynch (The Lost Highway, 1997), Oliver Stone (Natural Born Killers, 1994) and Danny Boyle (The Beach, 2000).

Having released nine studio albums, including the 1992 Mercury Music Prize nominated Soul Murder, 1996’s Oedipus Schmoedipus, which includes collaborations with Jarvis Cocker, Nick Cave and The Associates’ Billy McKenzie, and his most recent release, Know Where To Run, which was in part inspired by a US tour, playing with Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds.

After 32 years, Adamson’s talents are as much demand by new generations of artists as he was after his first solo release, with collaborations in recent years across a variety of art forms, including an Olivier Award winning ballet performance by Sylvie Guillem and the Ballet Boyz scored by Adamson.

It was always a logical progression for Adamson to move behind the camera and once again his brooding film noir style and dark comedy has seen him write, direct and score a number of short films, including ‘The Swing The Hole and The Lie’’ (2014) as well as the 2017 video for They Walk Amongst Us.

Barry Adamson’s most recent release ‘Memento Mori’ (Anthology 1978-2018), brings together the artist’s writing and recording career over the last 40 years charting his career from 1978’s Magazine track, ‘Parade’ (co-written by Adamson, from their debut album Real Life); to his work as founding member, alongside Nick Cave, of the Bad Seeds (‘From Her To Eternity’, co-written by Adamson); through his nine solo albums, from 1989’s Moss Side Story to the latest Love Sick Dick EPs, bringing everything up to date with a brand new unreleased track, ‘The Hummingbird’.

Barry Adamson’s memoir ‘Up Above The City, Down Beneath The Stars’ is published by Omnibus Press on 30 September 2021.

Musician, composer, writer, photographer, filmmaker. Barry Adamson is not a man to take it easy.

EVENT INFO

Sunday 23 March 7:30pm

Box office & bar 7:00pm

Performance 7:30pm

TICKETS

GENERAL ADMISSION $55

ALL TICKETS AT THE DOOR $60

Under 18 welcome with parent/guardian

2% credit card fee applied at check out

Adding to their volumes of East Coast myth-making, The East Pointers’ forthcoming anthology of celebratory anthems and incendiary tune sets is a natural evolution of playing to ‘hometown’ crowds of thousands the world over, full family kitchen parties and an honest reckoning with heartbreak and victory.

Still channeling Koady Chaisson as a writing partner, Tim Chaisson (fiddle, vocals, guitar) and Jake Charron (keys, guitar, vocals) have alchemised the love, grief and experience of years of musical map-making, traveling, partying and friendship into an album that captures heroic joy, sharp pain, courageous expansion, lonely challenges and triumphant homecoming.

In their ten year career, The East Pointers have gathered many accolades, winning a JUNO for their debut album Secret Victory and further nominations for their double EP House of Dreams and Safe in Sound, and multiple East Coast Music and Music PEI awards.

Alongside traveling the world and supporting their community through such initiatives as Koady’s Stay Cool Swim Cold challenge, which has raised thousands of dollars for diverse charities, and Annedemic: The East Pointers and Friends Read Anne of Green Gables, they are also the founding directors of Goolaholla! festival, a gift of love and music to Tim and Koady’s hometown of Souris.

Their base in Canada’s smallest province, Prince Edward Island, provides both inspiration and challenge, and a sensibility tempered by grueling winters, short-lived golden summers and a tight-knit community of some of the best songwriters and musicians in the world.

Confidently grounded by the band’s traditional roots and spotlighting their most honest songwriting to date in an album that is jubilant, entrancing and frank by turns, The East Pointers continue their legacy of packing the dancefloor while celebrating the Sisyphian task of being human.

EVENT INFO

Sunday 23 March 7:30pm

Box office & bar 6.00pm

Doors to theatre 7:00pm

Performance 7:30pm

TICKETS

GENERAL ADMISSION $40 / On the Door $45

CONCESSION $35 / On the Door $40

Children under 12 Free (limited number available)

NOTE:  This is a General Admission event with limited seating, plus mostly standing (dancing) space available.

Under 18 welcome with parent/guardian

2% credit card fee applied at check out

2025 Grammy® award winner for Best Contemporary Blues Album and winner of several Blues Music Awards, Ruthie Foster's musical journey is as eclectic and vibrant as her soulful voice.

Born into a family steeped in gospel tradition, Ruthie's earliest influences were the voices of her mother, grandmother, and the gospel singers she grew up listening to — artists like the Gospel Keynotes and the Blind Boys of Alabama. However, her path to becoming a solo artist wasn't a straightforward one. Despite a deep love for music, Ruthie initially shied away from the spotlight, preferring to play guitar, piano, and write songs for others.

Growing up in the rich musical tapestry of Gause, Texas, Ruthie found herself drawn to the diverse sounds and arrangements of local gospel choirs and musicians. Despite her reluctance to take centre stage, Ruthie's talent was undeniable, and her mother encouraged her to step up and sing out. She stood out as a young black girl with a guitar in a choir scene dominated by pianos, but with her grandmother’s vocal coaching and encouragement from her mother and the church community, she recognised her own power — as a songwriter, a musician, and as a captivating singer.

Now, with a new album, Mileage, recently released on Sun Records, Ruthie Foster stands as a testament to the power of authenticity and resilience in music

EVENT INFO

Saturday 22 March 2025 8:00pm

Box Office, Foyer and Bar 6.30pm
Doors to Theatre 7.30pm

ADULTS $80

ALL TICKETS AT THE DOOR $85

Under 18 welcome with parent/guardian

2% credit card fee applied at check out

a message from troubadour -

Unfortunately we have to postpone Kristin’s show tomorrow night (Wednesday 5 March) at The Old Museum. 

The impending tropical cyclone Alfred is too much of a risk to have the show go ahead. 

This is absolutely not a decision made lightly. 

Touring is a series of dominoes whereby each show falls directly into the next, so the knock on effect with travel & accommodation logistics has a huge impact.
We have worked closely with the venue to find an alternative date which is now FRIDAY 14 MARCH, 2025.

Sorry for any inconvenience this has caused you, we really with it wasn’t this way either!

Please stay safe out there. x

Presented by troubadour presents

To celebrate the release of her acclaimed “Clear Pond Road” album, 2023 saw Kristin Hersh play her first shows in Australia for seven years. A slew of sold out dates during an east coast spring had Kristin reconnect with her favourite country in the world and convinced her that she needed to get back to play again as soon as she could.

 Currently in the studio completing another Throwing Muses album for an early 2025 release, Kristin Hersh will be playing headline shows along the east coast and returning to Adelaide and Perth for the first time in a decade, as well as appearing at Port Fairy Folk and Blue Mountains Music festivals.

 Troubadour Presents: Kristin Hersh Australian Tour 2025

 The inimitable Kristin Hersh is a musician's musician, a songwriter's songwriter, and an innovator's innovator.

 Her first band, Throwing Muses, began recording and playing out when they were just 14 years old and they're still going. Their 2020 critically acclaimed Sun Racket album was hailed as "a perfect record”.

 “Hersh published an autobiography, Rat Girl: A Memoir, in 2010, and Clear Pond Road similarly looks back on her extraordinary life…like Hersh herself, the album resists convention and refuses to be pinned down. 4 stars” - Slant Magazine

 "One of indie rock's most fascinating figures" - The Guardian

 Wildly prolific, she has released more than 20 albums solo, with Throwing Muses and with her noise rock band, 50 Foot Wave.

 She's also a celebrated author: Rolling Stone named her first book, Rat Girl, one of the ten best rock memoirs of all time.

 NPR said of her second book, Don't Suck, Don't Die, "...one of the most beautiful rock memoirs ever written."

 Her third, the game-changing Seeing Sideways, pushes the envelope of creative non-fiction while telling the story of raising her 4 sons on a tour bus.

 Kristin’s ‘Clear Pond Road’ album is a cinematic road trip; a series of personal vignettes from a fiercely independent auteur, sitting plush with layers of all-consuming strings and mellotron. It’s a watershed moment in a career overflowing with creative firsts and inspirational thinking; an elegant piece of personal reportage, a home movie caught in time.

QUOTES ON KRISTIN HERSH

 “Few artists understand the intensity of living one’s art like Hersh” - The Guardian

 "Kristin Hersh is a musical genius" - Huffington Post

 "A fearless rock innovator" - New York Times

 “There are not many musicians who can process and distill their personal experience into art as skillfully as Hersh does, and few bodies of work can stand comparison with the series of powerful and affecting albums she has produced over the past few decades.”
- Spectrum Culture

 "The work of an artist both singular and shape-shifting, always herself but never predictable"
– Uncut

 "The portal to Hersh's carefully documented world of otherness" - Mojo

 "A stunning, stealthy, faintly malevolent collection of songs" - Q

EVENT INFO

NEW DATE: FRIDAY 14 MARCH 2025

Foyer and bar opens 6:00pm

Doors to theatre 7:00pm

Performance 7:30pm

TICKETS

Adult $60.00/ Door $65.00

Under 18 welcome with parent/guardian

2% credit card fee applied at check out

LOVE POLICE PresentS

Love Police invite you to discover their two latest international stars this March.

MUIREANN BRADLEY and JON MUQ, making their Australian debut in a nostalgic adventure through old-worldly folk and rhythm and blues along the East Coast on a sweet double bill, and an evening of song. 

Hailing from Ballybofey in County Donegal, Muireann Bradley is a 17-year-old folk and blues guitarist, with a knack for performing acoustic fingerpicking country, piedmont and ragtime blues styles taking audiences back to musical traditions from the 1920s through to the ‘40s across folk, country and Americana.

Releasing her debut album, I Kept These Old Blues in 2023, Muireann has since toured Europe, sharing her sentimental songs with sold out crowds along the way.

For JON MUQ, a singer-songwriter born in Uganda and now living in Austin, Texas, this tour also marks his first Australian run. Drawing from African as well as western musical trends and traditions, Muq’s music is a precious gift to audiences as he shares his stories, culture and voice with audiences around the world. Whether that is through his tours with Billy Joel, Norah Jones, and Mavis Staples or from his debut album, Flying Away, produced by Dan Auerbach.

 MUIREANN BRADLEY and JON MUQ: two divine musical storytellers, on the one double act run up and down the East Coast.

EVENT INFO

Thursday 13 March 2025

Foyer and Bar Open 6:00pm

Doors to Theatre 7:00pm

Support Act - Jon Muq 7:30pm

Main Act - Muireann Bradley 8:45pm

(Times are approximate only and may vary)

TICKETS

Adult $54.50 / Door $55.00

Under 18 welcome with parent/guardian

2% credit card fee applied at check out

SUPPORT: GERMAINE DUNES

Presented by Love Police

BUCK MEEK, lead guitarist of Big Thief, and a solo Artist in his own right, brings his music to Australia this March.

Touring the East Coast with his band, BUCK MEEK shares his soulful songs that will delight all music fans, transporting audiences to the environmental landscapes that inspired his third solo album Haunted Mountain. 

 This outstanding collection of songs was written by Buck as he ventured across mountains and ranges, from the cold springs in the Serra da Estrela of Portugal, to the submerged volcano of Milos in the Cyclades, and the Valle Onsernone in the Swiss Alps, through to the Santa Monica range the legendary singer/songwriter and magnificent guitarist now calls home.

 When Big Thief toured Australia in 2022, audiences were struck by the delicate musicianship of the band. Now we’re back in business with Buck Meek touring the country with his own band, sharing those mind-blowing songs and stories in a new adventure around Australia. 

Buck Meek and his band will also support Cat Power at Festival Hall Melbourne, for all other shows he will be sharing the stage with LA-based singer, songwriter and science fiction lover Germaine Dunes.

EVENT INFO

SUNDAY 2 MARCH 2025

Box Office & Bar 6:00pm

Doors 7:00pm

Support 7:30pm

Buck Meek 8:40pm

(Note: times are approximate and may vary on the night)

TICKETS - General Admission, Standing only

Adult $54.50 / Door $60.00

Under 18 welcome with parent/guardian

2% credit card fee applied at check out

Presented by LAING ENTERTAINMENT

When Slim Dusty’s Travelling Country Band played their last full show with Slim in 2002, the band members all went their separate ways.

Fast-forward to 2016, at the Slim Dusty Music Festival in Kempsey, NSW, they found themselves on-stage together for the first time in years. And it felt like only yesterday as the old songs, friendships and memories came flooding back.

One comment from an audience member, “This show has to go on the road!” got them all thinking, why not? There aren’t many bands around where all the members were part of the Slim Dusty Show!

And what an experience this will be; five musicians who will be sharing stories, some of their own music and of course the songs of Slim Dusty which will sound pretty darn genuine because they’ll be played by his own band!

EVENT INFO

SATURDAY 1 MARCH 2025

Box office and Bar 6.30pm

Doors to theatre 7.30pm

Performance 8.00pm

(Times are approximate and may vary)

TICKETS

Adult $60.00/ Door $65.00

Concession/Senior $55.00 / Door $60.00

Child Under 15 $40.00 / Door $45.00

Under 18 welcome with parent/guardian

2% credit card fee applied at check out

The 2025 (almost) National Tour

Denis Carnahan is taking his hilarious one man cult hit musical comedy show Cricket The Musical on its first National Tour in 2025. Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney, Brisbane and Canberra - 5 cities for 2025. The 2024/25 cricket season has been filled with controversy and pantomime, from the American World Cup to the touring Indians, and the still fresh drama of Bazball, the Wandering Bairstow, and alleged Lords going feral. So Australia’s hardest working musical sports satirist uses his unique satirical spin to investigate this season, along with the game’s history of treachery, villainy, facial hair, and illegal abrasives. For almost two decades, Carnahan has been producing songs and parodies about the many colourful characters and controversies Australian Sport produces. They go to air weekly on ABC Grandstand, and have previously featured on The Footy Show, Fox Sports, Triple M and many more. His songs about Stuart Broad’s sportsmanship, MCC selection policies, and Mitchell Johnson’s moustache and other sports have had millions of hits on YouTube. Prepare yourself to boo the villains and cheer the heroes as Cricket The Musical brings the songs to life on stage, with videos, sketches and caricatures celebrating the many controversies of this summer’s matches

“Great show. Really enjoyed it” Ian Chappell - if you don’t know who he is, this might not be the show for you.

“Hilarious. My favourite musical - even better than The Lion King” Ryan, aged 14

“...takes you through the eras with song, laughter and characters. “Great fun performed by a mad genius”” Andrew Moore - ABC Sport commentator

“Had me in stitches. And I needed a laugh after India beat Australia” Mary - cricket fan from Esperance WA

“It’s Brilliant. He’s the Spinal Tap of Australian sport” Jim Wilson - Sports broadcaster.

EVENT INFO

Saturday 15 February, 2025

Doors 7:30pm

Performance 8.00pm

TICKETS

Adult $50 / Door $55

Concession/Senior $50 / Door $55

Student /Child $50 / Door $55

Under 18 welcome with parent/guardian

2% credit card fee applied at check out