ADELAIDE'S INTIMATE CONCERT VENUE
Friday 28 November 7.30pm
The Maes - 'Abreast' Tour
The Maes are celebrating the release of their fourth studio album, ‘Abreast’, with a national headline tour encompassing their favourite cities and small towns in Victoria, Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia! Already in 2025 so far they have toured the UK opening for Grace Petrie and played the Shetland and Orkney Folk Festivals. They celebrated the album’s release day with a sold-out folk-festival-style event, ‘Abreastival’ in their home town of Castlemaine, Central Victoria. 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 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 the Telluride Bluegrass Festival (USA) Edmonton Folk Festival (Canada) Orkney Folk Festival (UK) and Woodford Folk Festival (Aus).
‘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
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The Maes have just been announced to tour with Marlon Williams through Europe in April 2026.
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Special guest is Naomi Keyte.​​
​Bar 6.30pm, Music 7.30pm
Tix $30(+BF)
Saturday 6 December 7.30pm
Darren Hanlon - Xmas Tour
Darren Hanlon plays Trinity Sessions as part of the 20th anniversary of his beloved national Xmas tour.
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​Bar 6.30pm, Music 7.30pm
Tix $35(+BF)
10 tix left
Friday 12 December 7.30pm
The Audreys
Fresh off their recent national tour to celebrate the release of their 5th album Ruin & Repair, alt-folk darlings The Audreys return for a few intimate end of year shows. And what better way to celebrate December shows than to put out a Christmas single. November 14th sees the release of The Audreys' cover of Dolly Parton’s 'Hard Candy Christmas”. First made famous in the 1982 movie The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, the song has been redone in that melancholy style The Audreys have become famous for. Pop along and celebrate the new(ish) album, hear the new single, and maybe even wear a Santa hat. Hey, we won’t judge! Hard to believe that The Audreys first played at Trinity Sessions 20 years ago on 6 February 2005.
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Special guest Axe & The Ivory​​
​Bar 6.30pm, Music 7.30pm
Tix $40(+BF)
Friday 16 January 7.30pm
Musewood with Harp2Harp
Launching with sold-out shows at the Adelaide Fringe in 2025, Musewood is a South Australian group of four songwriters performing folk flavoured contemporary music on acoustic instruments. Musewood. With Emma Horwood and Visnja weaving vocal harmonies, two harps, woodwind and violin, Michael Castronini on guitar and Ashley Hill on piano, harp guitar and mandolin, the band combines folk, classical, rock and pop flavours in an unexpected and unforgettable soundscape.
Harp2Harp is the combined talents of soprano and concert harpist Emma Horwood and contemporary folk singer-songwriter Visnja on Celtic harp, piano and woodwind. Drawing on their enthusiasm for classical and folk traditions, Visnja and Emma explore contemporary issues in original songs, alongside timeless emotions and human foibles, set off by their progressive take on harp playing and soaring voices.
​Bar 6.30pm, Music 7.30pm
Tix $35(+BF)
Friday 23 January 7.30pm
Peter Head - Headonistic
Peter's doing a short trip back to the home town of Adelaide , to work with his old friends, Chris Finnen (gtr.), Ron Kosmider-bass, and Mark Meyer (drums) to celebrate his 80th birthday and the release of the book 'Headonism" about his first 40 years in rock, written by Mark Cornwall.
What a career including Headband, featuring Chris Bailey on bass and vocals, Mauri Berg on guitar, and Joff Bateman on drums & vocals. Peter played piano AND Hammond organ, and began song-writing seriously. The band eventually released 3 singles, a very progressive album of originals, and did support for John Mayall, Elton John, then the Rolling Stones.
After Headband broke up in early 1974, Peter started a new band with combined members of Fraternity and Headband, amongst others ,and called it “The Mount Lofty Rangers” - Regular singers included Bon Scott, Robyn Archer , and Glenn Shorrock.
​Bar 6.30pm, Music 7.30pm
Tix $35(+BF)