Music and Other Events

Music and More Calendar

April
2024
Eric Bogle, 50 years
April 27 & 28

Here at the winery, more info in the newsletter,
email or ph for bookings.

September
2024
Sept 7, Judy Small, Ami Williamson
Sept 8, Mike McClellan +??

Concerts here at the winery, more info in the newsletter,
email or ph for bookings.

November
2024
The Troubadour Weekend
Nov 16 & 17

Here at the winery, more info later in the year, booked performers and open stage,
email or ph for bookings.

March
2025
Burke & Wills Folk Festival
March

Here at the winery, more info on this page.
email or ph for bookings.

On going
On line Music & Chat show

Created by Andrew Pattison and Kieran Butler. Episodes online at Troubadour Tunes
Free, financed by donations

Please note that we no longer allow dogs to our events at the winery, including the camping area.

Beware of scammers, we do not presell tickets, pay on the day but please prebook and promise to let us know if your numbers change or you can’t make it. If you do have to cancel at short notice please consider a donation for late cancelation.

For more information about concerts see our current newsletter.

More about the Burke & Wills Folk Festival below.

The 2024 line up included Scott Cook with Belinda Mae, Cate Taylor with Matthew Arnold, Fred Smith, Kris Mizzi, The Beez Duo, Bruce Watson, Don & Angie, Dingo's Breakfast, Fred Smith, Geoffrey Graham, Marilla Homes, The Peppercorns, Tim Woodz, Tom Lewis (N.Irl.), Vikki Clayton (UK/NZ) The White Top Mountaineers, Winter Wilson and more …!

The 2025 programme will be available closer to the event
Here is the old 2024 programme as example of the format.

Held here at our Winery each year, you become Andrew and Heathers guests for the weekend!

This is one of the world’s smallest folk festivals, and is more like a private garden party with almost non-stop music and entertainment than a 'festival' per se.

The event is held on the Labour Day weekend every March and usually attracts a full house of around 150 people.  Consequently booking is initially by invitation, which means that priority is given to people who have attended before, and their friends, and if all tickets are not taken by the end of November it is then opened up to anyone.

Despite the small size of the event the performers are mostly of international calibre and repute, and much of the audience are former Port Fairy Folk Festival attendees who now prefer the smaller and more intimate space of the Burke & Wills Folk Festival, where they can be up close and personal with great performers, and really enjoy the social side of the event too.

Basic camping and decent showers and toilets. But this does need to be pre-booked, and may book out, so that we don’t overflow. Some local B&B accommodation can also be found, and day tickets are also available.

The 2024 festival tickets cost $180, and day tickets $60, Friday evening $45. Payment is not needed with bookings, and there is no charge for camping, but we do ask campers to take their rubbish home with them where possible.

No dogs please at any of our events (including the camping ground.)

Enquiries, bookings: ph (03) 5425 5400, email: wineandmusic@bigpond.com

Andrew Pattison's Wine and Music background.....

Andrew Pattison and a mate left England in an old London taxi in 1973 and drove overland towards Australia for what was planned to be a two year adventure. But Andrew stayed in Australia, first working on a wheat farm in Western Australia, then heading to visit friends in Melbourne, and soon after starting a mobile discotheque, as a way to earn a living without having to face the boss every morning.

As an antidote to the disco music Andrew and a couple of friends opened a late night folk music coffee lounge in South Melbourne called The Troubadour in 1978, presenting the best of Melbourne's singer songwriters and contemporary folk artists. The venue had an emphasis on listening, not talking, during the performances, and consequently quickly gained a reputation as a great place to perform and soon the top names in Australia's acoustic music scene were appearing there regularly, people like Doug Ashdown, Mike McClellan, Ross Ryan, Margret Roadknight and many others.

The venue moved to a slightly larger space in Brunswick Street, Fitzroy in 1982, a move which opened it up to presenting international performers, - Jesse Winchester, Mickey Newbury, John Hammond, Tom Paxton, Peter Sarstedt, to mention only a few. A memorable night was one when John Denver walked in on an 'open stage' evening and asked if he could play, staying on to perform an hour long concert set.

Andrew and his then wife Ann finally decided they had taken the venue as far as they could, and a desire to live in the country saw them buy a small vineyard and open Lancefield Winery in 1986, and soon after they sold The Troubadour, but kept the music interest alive by putting on a concert with a spit roast lunch every Sunday at the winery. And Andrew continued to be involved in touring international acts around Australia.

The original Troubadour venue finally closed in 1990, but Andrew kept his connection with it by running a 'pop up' version, The Troubadour Wine Bar, in a marquee at major folk festivals for the best part of twenty years, starting in 1992 at Port Fairy Folk Festival, and then adding Maleny (now Woodford) and The National Folk Festivals, and later The Maldon Folk Festival and Newstead Live!

Andrew still runs his own mini-festival, The Burke & Wills Folk Festival, at his Burke & Wills Winery every March. The Winery also presents occasional intimate summer concerts with top national and international performers. Over the years these have included not only the cream of Australia's singer songwriters and country folk artists but also top international musicians including Guy Clark, John Hammond, Tom Rush, Albert Lee and Vince Gill, Bert Jansch, Ralph McTell, The Amazing Rhythm Aces, The Peter Rowan Bluegrass Band, Rambling Jack Elliott, Jimmy Webb, Chris Hillman & Herb Pedersen, Mickey Newbury, Dougie MacLean, Danny O'Keefe, Chris Smither, Vin Garbutt, Josh White Jr. and many others.

Wine and music turned out to be a very good pairing!

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