Robbie Melville

We are delighted to welcome back internationally acclaimed singer Fiona Ross to Kilderkin Distillery. Her last performance here was a sell-out, and this will be not a show to miss.

Fiona Ross has secured her reputation as a highly gifted interpreter of Scots song. Her honest, earthy singing style and extensive repertoire showcase the richness of the Scots song tradition. Fiona delights audiences whether sharing a “muckle ballad”, a heart-rending love song or a rousing Jacobite chorus. Fiona was a Finalist for Scots Singer of the Year in the prestigious Scots Trad Music Awards 2019. Her most recent album, Sunwise Turn (Fiona Ross & Shane O'Mara), won Best Folk Album in Music Victoria's 2020 Awards and was Finalist for Traditional Album of the Year in the Australian Folk Music Awards 2021.

After a hiatus of more than 30 years the Geelong Folk Music Club are pleased to announce that Geelong will once again host a Folk Festival.

The Village Square is a show that combines live music performance and storytelling. Set in an imagined town some years ago (as all good fairy tales are), The Village Square presents narratives of love and loss, misfortune and mirth, the graceful and grotesque. 

Featuring renowned cellist Zoe Knighton, award winning guitarist/composer Robbie Melville, and the charismatic and much-loved Richard Piper as The Narrator, the fables sparkle with the magic of traditional mythology. 

There is a town high in hazy mountain air where birds steal dreams from sleeping residents, where machinery parts are made of vegetables, where music and language swim together in the river, and where the townsfolk live out lives of joy and sorrow. Welcome back to The Village Square.

With a new cycle of whimsical stories and compositions, the acclaimed collaboration returns, bringing together the captivating, madcap narration of Richard Piper and the creative chemistry of cellist Zoe Knighton and guitarist Robbie Melville. Together, the trio roam through contemporary folk tales filled with humour, longing, and beauty.

There is a town high in hazy mountain air where birds steal dreams from sleeping residents, where machinery parts are made of vegetables, where music and language swim together in the river, and where the townsfolk live out lives of joy and sorrow. Welcome back to The Village Square.

With a new cycle of whimsical stories and compositions, the acclaimed collaboration returns, bringing together the captivating, madcap narration of Richard Piper and the creative chemistry of cellist Zoe Knighton and guitarist Robbie Melville. Together, the trio roam through contemporary folk tales filled with humour, longing, and beauty.

There is a town high in hazy mountain air where birds steal dreams from sleeping residents, where machinery parts are made of vegetables, where music and language swim together in the river, and where the townsfolk live out lives of joy and sorrow. Welcome back to The Village Square.

With a new cycle of whimsical stories and compositions, the acclaimed collaboration returns, bringing together the captivating, madcap narration of Richard Piper and the creative chemistry of cellist Zoe Knighton and guitarist Robbie Melville. Together, the trio roam through contemporary folk tales filled with humour, longing, and beauty.

There is a town high in hazy mountain air where birds steal dreams from sleeping residents, where machinery parts are made of vegetables, where music and language swim together in the river, and where the townsfolk live out lives of joy and sorrow. Welcome back to The Village Square.

With a new cycle of whimsical stories and compositions, the acclaimed collaboration returns, bringing together the captivating, madcap narration of Richard Piper and the creative chemistry of cellist Zoe Knighton and guitarist Robbie Melville. Together, the trio roam through contemporary folk tales filled with humour, longing, and beauty.

There is a town high in hazy mountain air where birds steal dreams from sleeping residents, where machinery parts are made of vegetables, where music and language swim together in the river, and where the townsfolk live out lives of joy and sorrow. Welcome back to The Village Square.

With a new cycle of whimsical stories and compositions, the acclaimed collaboration returns, bringing together the captivating, madcap narration of Richard Piper and the creative chemistry of cellist Zoe Knighton and guitarist Robbie Melville. Together, the trio roam through contemporary folk tales filled with humour, longing, and beauty.

There is a town high in hazy mountain air where birds steal dreams from sleeping residents, where machinery parts are made of vegetables, where music and language swim together in the river, and where the townsfolk live out lives of joy and sorrow. Welcome back to The Village Square.

With a new cycle of whimsical stories and compositions, the acclaimed collaboration returns, bringing together the captivating, madcap narration of Richard Piper and the creative chemistry of cellist Zoe Knighton and guitarist Robbie Melville. Together, the trio roam through contemporary folk tales filled with humour, longing, and beauty.

There is a town high in hazy mountain air where birds steal dreams from sleeping residents, where machinery parts are made of vegetables, where music and language swim together in the river, and where the townsfolk live out lives of joy and sorrow. Welcome back to The Village Square.

With a new cycle of whimsical stories and compositions, the acclaimed collaboration returns, bringing together the captivating, madcap narration of Richard Piper and the creative chemistry of cellist Zoe Knighton and guitarist Robbie Melville. Together, the trio roam through contemporary folk tales filled with humour, longing, and beauty.

Celebrate the release of award-winning pianist and composer Nat Bartsch's tenth album, Acceptance Does Not Mean Surrender, a powerful musical response to our climate crisis. Inspired by conversations with eight climate scientists, hear their voices embedded in Nat’s evocative works, along with sounds of nature and stunning cinematography of the natural environment by Stefan Raabe.

Joined by Nat's ARIA-nominated jazz quartet and members of Monash Art Ensemble, each movement guides listeners through themes that emerged from Nat’s research, offering a space to process climate grief, connect with nature, and cultivate resilience.

Celebrate the release of award-winning pianist and composer Nat Bartsch's tenth album, Acceptance Does Not Mean Surrender, a powerful musical response to our climate crisis. Inspired by conversations with eight climate scientists, hear their voices embedded in Nat’s evocative works, along with sounds of nature and stunning cinematography of the natural environment by Stefan Raabe.

Joined by Nat's ARIA-nominated jazz quartet and members of Monash Art Ensemble, each movement guides listeners through themes that emerged from Nat’s research, offering a space to process climate grief, connect with nature, and cultivate resilience.

Nat celebrates the launch of Acceptance Does Not Mean Surrender in Brisbane, with her ARIA-nominated jazz quartet and members of Brisbane chamber music ensemble Topology.

Don’t miss Nat’s first performance in Brisbane since 2022 - this time, sharing music for climate resilience, featuring the voices of climate scientists, a new collaboration between some of Melbourne and Brisbane’s finest jazz and classical artists, and the beautiful plant-filled environment.

Robbie Melville - guitar Sophie Dunn - violin/viola Phil Mcleod - accordion

Robbie Melville's Secret Trio makes instrumental music. The three musicians wander through a landscape of chamber music, contemporary jazz, Nordic folk and imaginary film scores.

Featuring violinist Sophie Dunn (Devil Goat Family String Band), accordionist Phil Mcleod (The Blue Grassy Knoll) and guitarist/composer Robbie Melville, their performances balance meticulous composition with free-spirited improvisation, moving from one small story to the next.

Inspired by the understated humour of Richard Brautigan, the observant photographs of Viktor Kolář and the quietly cinematic scores of Mark Orton, the trio embraces restraint as readily as exuberance, finding equal joy in melody, texture and the unexpected. Melville introduces many of the pieces with a story. Some of them are true. Then the trio plays.

The name Secret Trio comes from Melville's reluctance to admit - even to himself - that he was beginning another musical project.