Upcoming Live Performances
Burrinja Presents
Ganga Giri & Charlie Needs Braces - Live in the Lyre
Dance Party
Sat 26 Jul 7.00pm | Lyre Room
For one night only, Burrinja’s Lyre Room transforms into a full-blown dance party, with two powerhouse First Nations acts taking the stage: Charlie Needs Braces and Ganga Giri.
This isn’t a sit-down gig — it’s a celebration of rhythm, culture and movement. From Charlie’s upbeat looped vocals and storytelling grooves to Ganga’s pulsing didgeridoo-driven soundscapes, expect a night of deep beats, electric energy and powerful connection to Country.
Whether you're a seasoned dancer or just ready to feel the music in your bones — come join us for a night that moves body and spirit alike.
Check out Ganga Giri and Charlie Needs Braces on YouTube.
Duration: approx. 2 hours
General Admission (standing)
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
A-List Entertainment Presents
Akmal
Sat 23 Aug 8.00pm | Burrinja Theatre
Akmal returns with a smash-hit tour after a spiritual journey to India to find himself. Unfortunately, when he got there, he couldn’t find himself anywhere. After all, India is a big place…
On his return to Australia, he was pleased to discover he had been here the entire time. This has absolutely nothing to do with his upcoming show, and he’s sorry he mentioned it.
Stand-up, movies, sketch, TV appearances, radio DJ, talk show host and a published author, Akmal is one of Australia’s most respected, successful and accomplished comics. Lightning quick and a master of unscripted comedy gold, Akmal has an incredible ability to deal with hot topics in an hilarious and slightly offensive way.
As seen on Thank God You’re Here, Have You Been Paying Attention?, Just For Laughs and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala.
'Akmal's strength is his stream-of-consciousness ramblings and his interaction with the audience.' - The Age
'Akmal is an explosion of laughter and entertainment.' - Telegraph Mirror
Doors: 7:40pm
Age suitability: Restricted 15+. Occasional coarse language. This event is not suitable for babies due to content and/or noise levels.
Tickets $49.90 - $54.90
A-List Entertainment Presents
Ross Noble - Cranium of Curiosities
Fri 29 Aug 8.00pm | Burrinja Theatre
Roll up, roll up! Or use a more conventional form of transport to get to the show. It’s entirely your choice. Unless you accidentally become trapped in a barrel*.
Should that happen, then just find an incline and start rolling to see the one and only Ross Noble.
He is the Wizard of Waffle, The Rambler Royale, The Noodlers’ Noodler, and he’s back live on stage to tour a tornado of tangents.
What the show will be about is anybody’s guess, but that’s all part of the fun when you look inside his Cranium of Curiosities.
*We strongly advise trying not to get trapped in a barrel before or during the performance. Despite the expression “barrel of laughs,” it may impede your enjoyment of the show and potentially anger a cooper**.
**barrel maker. We are fairly certain the mascara mishap music maker Alice Cooper would be fine with it.
“Thrilling to watch… weepingly funny” Daily Mail
"No one does off-the-wall noodling better" - Evening Standard (4 Stars)
Doors: 7:30pm
Age suitability: Restricted 15+. Occasional coarse language. This event is not suitable for babies due to content and/or noise levels.
Tickets $51.90 - $56.90
Burrinja Presents
The Maes - Live in the Lyre
Thu 25 Sep 7.30pm | Lyre Room
The Maes bring modern folk to life with lush harmonies and acoustic mastery on guitar, mandolin, fiddle and banjo. Born in Central Victoria, the sisters grew up immersed in a melting pot of music from around the world washed up on stolen land. The Maes are outstanding live, with engaging storytelling and spine-tingling harmonies. The sisters draw their audience in like your sweetest and scariest friend. With echoes of Gillian Welch and The Waifs, there is a timeless luminescence and simplicity to the songwriting and sound of Maggie and Elsie Rigby.
As well as selling out headline shows around the country and overseas, their international festival appearances include appearances at the Telluride Bluegrass Festival (USA) Edmonton Folk Festival (Canada) Orkney Folk Festival (UK) and Woodford Folk Festival (Aus).
The band's fourth studio album, 'Abreast' is coming out in July of 2025 and will be supported by a tour of the UK opening for Grace Petrie as well as playing the Shetland and Orkney Folk Festivals. The Maes are also celebrating the album's release by curating a one-day folk-festival-style event, 'Abreastival' in Castlemaine's iconic Theatre Royal. The band's previous albums, 2019's self-titled record and 2017's Take Care, Take Cover won the Music Victoria, Folk/Roots Album of the Year among a host of other accolades.
"The Maes folk/pop sensibility is alluring. I'm a sucker for harmonies and these girls cover this ground with such bluegrass perfection, it makes me realise so many styles of our music grow from the same old tree - we are merely branches away from each other." – Troy Cassar-Daley
"I’ve always had such love for The Maes! Their timeless sound is always sung with such sincerity and emotion straight from the heart." – Josh Teskey
Duration: approx. 3 hours
General Admission (standing)
Age suitability: at parental discretion. This event may not be suitable for babies and younger children due to content and/or noise levels.
