Upcoming:
November
Sat
14
Nov
2:00pm
Exhibition Opening Event: Angeline Bartholomeusz, Never-Never Country
2:00 - 4:00pm Saturday 14th November
Join us for a opening of Angeline Bartholomeusz's solo exhibition, Never-Never Country.
Angeline paints vignettes of her response to the landscape. Each painting depicts her imagination capturing emotions rather than reality. The artwork’s layered approach invites viewers to perceive the landscape’s mystical and ever-changing nature, echoing the poem’s themes of illusion and wonder within the Australian environment.
Sun
15
Nov
3:00pm
3pm, Sunday 15th November
Enter The Village Square. On your left, music and fables.
On your right, your own imagination.
The Village Square ombines live music performance and storytelling. Set in an imagined town from another time, as all good fairy tales are, it weaves together tales of love and loss, misfortune and mirth, the graceful and the 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 something captivating and quietly extraordinary about "The Village Square" - Arts Review, 2026 Melbourne Fringe
Sat
21
Nov
7:00pm
7pm, Saturday 21st November
Join Swiss-Australian composer and pianist Amy Rita for the global launch of her new holiday album — an evening of never-before-heard solo piano written to transport audiences into the warmth of the Christmas and holiday season.
Personal and heartfelt, this collection draws on the feelings that define this time of year: family, nostalgia, joy, and togetherness. Performed live for the first time ahead of its worldwide streaming release, Amy's music invites listeners into a beautiful, reflective pause — a moment to slow down and celebrate the season.
The evening runs for one hour, including an interval, in the surrounds of Nightingale Gallery Armadale.
Thu
26
Nov
7:00pm
7pm, Thursday 26th November
The Nightingale Performing Arts Australia Piano Series continues with renowned pianist and internationally acclaimed Steinway Artist Jerry Wong, Professor of Piano and Head of Keyboard at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music.
Sat
28
Nov
2:00pm
exhibition opening event: Angela Marcuccio, Nacre
2:00 - 4:00pm Saturday, 28th November
Join us for the opening event of Angela Marcuccio's solo exhibition, Nacre.
Angela portrays an intimate exploration of femininity, identity and adornment through expressive monochromatic portraiture.
December
Wed
2
Dec
7:00pm
Thirteen ways of looking at a blackbird
7pm, Wednesday 2nd December
Two maverick Melbourne composers. Two groundbreaking Australian women of 20th century music. Margaret Sutherland and Peggy-Glanville Hicks – you may know their names, but do you know their stories? Their legacy?
Open your ears and broaden your mind with this fascinating concert/talk about the birth of modernism in Australia, and the determined women who shook up Australia’s parochial music scene.
13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird features international tenor Daniel Szesiong Todd and acclaimed pianist Ioanna Salmanidis showcasing some of Sutherland and Glanville-Hicks’ finest works for voice and piano. They are joined by rising-star musicologist Aidan McGartland, who has brought his Melbourne roots to the world stage, with his work on Australian women composers featured in numerous international publications.