Melville Summer Music | Hamilton Hillbillies vs The Justin Walshe Folk Machine

Melville Summer Music is back for its fourth annual season of free, family-friendly concerts near you! Join us beneath the trees and lush parklands of the City of Melville to enjoy lively tunes from talented local artists – all while sharing a picnic with family and friends.  

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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!  

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☼♬ Event Information ♬☼

⬜ 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.   

☼♬ Getting there ♬☼

If you can, please ride, bus (510) or ride share to the event.

ACROD parking and audience set down will be located in the car park next to the Piney Lakes Sensory Playground with entry off Murdoch Drive.

General parking will be in the Piney Lakes Reserve / Sensory Playground car park, with entry off Murdoch Drive. Please follow traffic warden instructions with overflow car parking on the reserve.

☼♬ Accessibility Information ♬☼

The event will begin in late afternoon daylight and continue into early evening, though music will finish before full sundown.

Music will be amplified.

Attendees using ACROD parking will be required to travel a short distance across grass to the event.

Attendees using overflow parking are required to travel across grass, approximately 80m to the event.

Piney Lakes Reserve is relatively flat with some sloping across the event area.

Accessible toilets will be available on site, including an additional portable accessible toilet. Both facilities are designed for ease of access, with space for wheelchairs, mobility devices and assistance dogs. They feature grab rails and wider doors for enhanced accessibility.


☼♬ Other Information ♬☼

Please note, there will be a photographer and videographer capturing pictures and footage of the event, with content taken to be used for City of Melville’s promotional purposes.

This event is FREE. No bookings required. Everyone is welcome.