Get ready to stomp your feet and sway by the lake as a bluegrass showdown comes to Melville Summer Music.
Back by popular demand are the Hamilton Hillbillies, delivering knee-slapping rhythms, lightning-fast fingerpicking, and harmonies that will have you hooting and hollering. This powerhouse lineup features ex-members of the Sensitive New Age Cowpersons, pub rocker Jim Fisher, National banjo champion Ian Simpson, mandolinist Adam Gare, and upright bassist Tom Fisher. Get ready for some of the hardest-driving bluegrass this side of Kentucky!
Joining the Hamilton Hillbillies is the Justin Walshe Folk Machine, an acoustic storm of bluegrass instruments and wild storytelling. With nearly twenty years of touring, this Fremantle six-piece delivers their award-winning, uniquely Australian “mongrelgrass” with energy and flair.
Don’t miss this double header of bluegrass magic!
Arrive from 4.30pm to set up your picnic blanket. Folder chairs are welcome – please allow space for people with picnic blankets to set up in front, so everyone can see.
+ Free parking will be available on Piney Lakes Reserve, access via the Piney Lakes car park off Murdoch Drive.
+ Food truck providers will be announced closer to the event.
+ Bring your own reusable plates, cups and cutlery, as we try to reduce waste at our events.
+ The Justin Walshe Folk Machine will take the stage at 5.00pm, followed by a short break before The Hamilton Hillbillies kick off at 6.00pm. The event will finish at 7.00pm.
