Lineup 2026
Augie March
Straddling the various sub and mainstream cultures of the Australian music world with relative comfort and ease for years, Augie March have continued to do what they do regardless of what ice cream flavour is melting on the contemporary footpath.
You can see them one night making tender dreams and roiling nightmares come alive on a theatre stage, the next night tearing it up in a dive, the next being the nicest bunch of neo-folkies you ever met at your local RSL as they work out a set for the winery up in the lofty hills the following afternoon.
Incomparable in this land and any other - intelligent, passionate, funny and all broken up, and still making brilliant original music when most of their peers have gone into advertising.
Friday, August 28
St Peter’s Church - 13 Duke Street, Daylesford
Doors open 7:00pm - licensed bar at venue
Beans
Growing up on Wadawurrung Country around the garage rock scene of Geelong, Australia - Beans are a bunch of old friends delivering organ driven garage psych. Fronted by The Murlocs drummer Matt Blach, Beans serves a rhythmic blend of soaring organ and rhythmic guitar over banging lockstep beats.
Supporting Magic Dirt
Saturday, August 29
Bullarto Hall, via the Spa Country Rail
Train departs Daylesford Station - 18 Raglan Street, Daylesford
6.00pm sharp (evening show) - wood-fired pizzas & licensed bar at venuePlease arrive at Daylesford Station 15 minutes prior to depature
Hana & Jessie-Lee’s Bad Habits
Hana & Jessie-Lee’s Bad Habits are a Melbourne-based outfit known nationwide for their electrifying live shows, sharp lyrics, and dynamic blend of country, rock ’n’ roll and soul.
Fronted by Hana Brenecki’s gritty, emotionally rich vocals and Jessie-Lee Zubkevych’s commanding guitar work, paired with the burning rhythm section of Kate Alexander and Julia Watt, the band delivers a modern, genre-defying take on country music. Their last album 'Say What You Mean' won the 2024 Music Victoria Award for 'Best Country Work' and gained them spots at top festivals including Port Fairy Folk Festival, Riverboats, Queenscliff, Gympie Muster, Tamworth Country Music Festival, and Out on the Weekend.
Closing out 2025, Hana & Jessie-Lee’s Bad Habits supported U.S. country star Nikki Lane and finished the year with a 23-date national tour with Mick Thomas & The Roving Commission, previewing new material ahead of their July 2026 Europe tour and anticipated third album due out in 2027.
Saturday, August 29
The Old Schoolhouse, Koorocheang - 1140 Werona-Kingston Road, Kooroocheang
Doors open 12:30pm - licensed bar and a BBQ lunch from the Kooroocheang Fire Brigade will be available for purchase
Henry Wagons
supported by Queenie
Henry Wagons has a unique knack for seizing your attention - onstage, on-air, or onscreen. Equal parts charismatic frontman, thoughtful storyteller and unfiltered entertainer, he’s one of Australia’s most singular creative forces, straddling music, media, and performance with disarming ease.
Over the past two decades, he’s become a cornerstone of Australia’s Americana / Alt-Country scene, helping ignite the genre’s local rise. With seven records fronting the band Wagons and three acclaimed solo albums, his discography is deep, diverse and unafraid to walk the darker, more theatrical side of country.
Henry is a man of many musical expressions - currently fronting CASH: The American Recordings, a critically lauded show that channels the raw intensity and confessional power of Johnny Cash’s final recordings. Whether commanding a full band, fronting the visceral CASH show, or standing solo with nothing but his baritone and six strings, Henry delivers performances that are poetic, wild, and unforgettable.
Friday, August 28
Bullarto Hall, via the Spa Country Rail
Train departs Daylesford Station (18 Raglan Street, Daylesford)
6.00pm sharp (evening show) - wood-fired pizzas & licensed bar at venuePlease arrive at Daylesford Station 15 minutes prior to depature
Kate Miller-Heidke
Kate Miller-Heidke is a genre-defying singer-songwriter and creative powerhouse who moves effortlessly through the worlds of indie-pop, folk, musical theatre, and opera, with 5 top-ten albums including Child In Reverse, O Vertigo!, Nightflight, and Curiouser, and multi-platinum singles such as The Last Day On Earth and Caught In The Crowd.
Classically trained at Queensland Conservatorium, she has performed at the New York Metropolitan Opera and the English National Opera; composed Opera Australia’s The Rabbits; wrote Muriel’s Wedding: The Musical and Bananaland: A Musical Comedy with her collaborator Keir Nuttall, represented Australia at Eurovision in 2019 with her original song Zero Gravity, and is a Logie-nominated Coach on Channel 7’s The Voice Australia.
Performing songs from her brand new album, out this spring, in which Kate takes the folk music that was the first love of her songwriting youth, and refracts it through a darker, more experienced lens, fusing gothic folk, theatrical storytelling, wry humour, rich musical textures, and cinematic imagery, to focus on the ills - and the hopes - of the modern world. Life in the Internet age, with its distortions, seductions, and impact on our humanity.
Performed alongside tracks from her incredible back catalogue, with collaborator Keir Nuttall on guitar, don’t miss one of Australia’s most singular voices, and endlessly inventive artists, at her most fearless, expansive, and self-assured.
Saturday, August 29
St Peter’s Church - 13 Duke Street, Daylesford
Doors open 7:00pm - licensed bar at venue
Leah Senior
Australian-based folk diviner Leah Senior silences audiences with vivid lyricism and a voice that soars with a disarmingly honest Sandy Denny-like clarity. She effortlessly weaves together springtime baroque pop playfulness with a fragile blend of bedroom folk.
Leah Senior’s fifth record, Pt. Roadknight explores Leah’s introspective, nature-loving side while honing the singular baroque psych folk that has captivated listeners around the world.
Her captivating performances have seen her share the stage with Simon Joyner, Wilco, Jessica Pratt, Bedouine, Sylvie, Iron & Wine, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard and more, gracing festival stages such as Levitation, Desert Daze, Hopscotch Festival, Riverboats Music Festival, Port Fairy Folk Festival and Golden Plains.
Sunday, August 30
Glenlyon Community Hall - Daylesford-Malmsbury Road, Glenlyon
Doors open 10:30am - fresh scones and tea/coffee from the local community will be available for purchase
Lior with String Quartet
Experience acclaimed Australian singer/songwriter Lior in an intimate concert with string quartet, performing reimagined selections from his celebrated back catalogue, offering audiences a warm and elegant chamber-style evening.
Lior first came to national attention with his independent debut Autumn Flow, featuring much-loved songs including This Old Love and Daniel. The album became one of Australia’s most successful independent releases, earning multiple ARIA Award nominations. His follow-up albums continued this success and cemented his reputation as a powerful live performer.
Lior is also known to classical audiences for Compassion, his acclaimed orchestral collaboration with composer Nigel Westlake.
This one-off performance echoes the atmosphere of classic salon concerts, creating a rare opportunity to experience Lior’s songwriting up close, enriched by lush string arrangements.
Don’t miss this unforgettable evening with one of Australia’s finest artists.
Thursday, August 27
St Peter’s Church - 13 Duke Street, Daylesford
Doors open 7:00pm - licensed bar at venue
Magic Dirt
supported by Beans
Magic Dirt, the seminal female-fronted alternative rock band from Geelong, emerged in the early 1990s before quickly building a fierce live reputation alongside acts including Dinosaur Jr, Sonic Youth and Pavement. Their breakthrough EP Life Was Better topped alternative charts for 75 weeks, while landmark albums including Friends In Danger, Young and Full of the Devil, What Are Rockstars Doing Today and the ARIA-nominated Tough Love cemented their place as one of Australia’s defining rock bands.
Renowned for explosive live shows, Magic Dirt became festival favourites at Big Day Out, Meredith, Falls and Splendour in the Grass, while touring internationally across the UK, Europe, Japan and New Zealand.
Following the tragic passing of founding bassist Dean Turner in 2009, the band entered hiatus before reuniting nearly a decade later in honour of their bandmate and legacy. Today, Magic Dirt remain one of Australia’s most influential and enduring live acts.
Saturday, August 29
Bullarto Hall, via the Spa Country Rail
Train departs Daylesford Station (18 Raglan Street, Daylesford)
6.00pm sharp (evening show) - wood-fired pizzas & licensed bar at venuePlease arrive at Daylesford Station 15 minutes prior to depature
Milly Strange
Milly Strange delivers a powerful blend of folk storytelling and gritty alt-rock, crafting songs that are raw, intimate, and emotionally charged. Inspired by artists like PJ Harvey, Angel Olsen, and Sharon Van Etten, her music explores contrasts - light and dark, beauty and unease - through vivid imagery and dynamic soundscapes.
Her self-titled debut album is a cathartic dive into grief, transformation, and identity, earning airplay across Triple J, Double J, PBS, and more. Rolling Stone praised the release as “the arrival in Australian music of a young indie rock singer-songwriter of supreme talent, assured spirit, and encyclopaedic musical knowledge.”
Based in Melbourne, Milly has supported artists like Folk Bitch Trio and Peter Bibby and sold out headline shows with her five-piece band.
Supporting Pony Face
Sunday, August 30
Bullarto Hall, via the Spa Country Rail
Train departs Daylesford Station - 18 Raglan Street, Daylesford
12.00pm sharp (afternoon show) - wood-fired pizzas & licensed bar at venuePlease arrive at Daylesford Station 15 minutes prior to depature
Pony Face presents ‘Nebraska’
supported by Milly Strange
For the first time in ten years, Pony Face will revisit Nebraska - the iconic, lo-fi album made famous by Bruce Springsteen. Guest starring Mo’Ju, Loretta Miller, and Shane O'Mara.
In 2014, Pony Face released their version of Nebraska, selling out club venues and festivals with their reimagining of Bruce Springsteen’s classic lo-fi, American Gothic album. Nebraska not only validated the power of bedroom recordings but also went on to inspire artists like Beck, The National, Sufjan Stevens, and Bon Iver.
Pony Face’s Nebraska is a calculated, meditative reimagining of Springsteen’s towering masterpiece, taking the record down a path his band wouldn’t, couldn’t have travelled. Stevie Van Zandt, when urging Springsteen to release Nebraska as is, surmised that “the fact that you didn't intend to release it makes it the most intimate record you'll ever do. This is an absolutely legitimate piece of art."
Now, with forty two years of contemplation of that statement, Pony Face present Nebraska.
Sunday, August 30
Bullarto Hall, via the Spa Country Rail
Train departs Daylesford Station - 18 Raglan Street, Daylesford
12.00pm sharp (afternoon show) - wood-fired pizzas & licensed bar at venuePlease arrive at Daylesford Station 15 minutes prior to depature
Public Figures
Public Figures is the uncompromising project of longtime collaborators Evie Vlah and Gigi Argiro. Punk with purpose, earworms galore, and songs that dive headfirst into identity, power , and resistance. Delivered with explosive honesty and infectious energy, it has taken only a couple of big tunes for them to cut through, and there’s plenty more on the way.
Joined by the magnetic Lakota Vella on lead guitar and Mary-Lou Hylands on bass, Public Figures have quickly become a live force, packing out rooms and sharing stages with Shannon & the Clams (US), Magic Dirt, Gut Health, and this November , the infamous Fed Square show with Amyl and The Sniffers. This is punk with purpose: urgent, dynamic, and impossible to ignore.
Supporting Romy Vager
Saturday, August 29
Bullarto Hall, via the Spa Country Rail
Train departs Daylesford Station - 18 Raglan Street, Daylesford
12.00pm sharp (afternoon show) - wood-fired pizzas & licensed bar at venuePlease arrive at Daylesford Station 15 minutes prior to depature
Queenie
Raised on Lutruwita/Tasmania’s vast, open landscapes and now based in Naarm/Melbourne, Queenie’s work carries a sense of expansiveness, self assurance and feminine power.
Known for her emotionally charged songwriting and electrifying live performances, she continues to build a reputation as a singular force within Australia’s alternative landscape. Queenie’s songwriting has already garnered national attention, with her single Not Divine shortlisted for APRA 2025 Song of the Year that also saw her take out the APRA 2026 Professional Development Award in the Country/Americana genre.
With performances at Panama, Beyond the Valley and Party in the Paddock festivals under her belt + recently lending her powerful vocals to Naarm punk band Private Function at their final show, it’s clear that Queenie’s musical prowess cannot be confined by scene or genre. She is here to be heard and the people will listen.
Supporting Henry Wagons
Friday, August 28
Bullarto Hall, via the Spa Country Rail
Train departs Daylesford Station - 18 Raglan Street, Daylesford
6.00pm sharp (evening show) - wood-fired pizzas & licensed bar at venuePlease arrive at Daylesford Station 15 minutes prior to depature
Romy Vager
supported by Public Figures
As lead singer and songwriter of RVG, Romy Vager has proven time and again that she is one of the most highly regarded Australian songwriters on the world stage. RVG's 2023 album Brain Worms won the Australian Music Prize and AIR Independent Album of the Year, was nominated for a J Award and was feature album across a suite of radio stations including Double J, RRR, PBS and 2SER.
From years of touring throughout the US, UK and Europe, Romy has enchanted audiences and created a dedicated international fanbase. She has become the act of choice to support for innumerable international artists including Pixies, Billy Nomates and Kurt Vile, which has allowed Romy to connect with audiences across the world. 2026 sees the next evolution of her project.
Saturday, August 29
Bullarto Hall, via the Spa Country Rail
Train departs Daylesford Station - 18 Raglan Street, Daylesford
12.00pm sharp (afternoon show) - wood-fired pizzas & licensed bar at venue
Please arrive at Daylesford Station 15 minutes prior to depature
William Crighton
ARIA Award-winning singer-songwriter William Crighton has carved out a place in Australian music. A pioneer of Bush-Psych and a vital voice in Australian music, Crighton weaves stories of land, spirit and struggle with raw intensity. His music carries the weight of ancient winds, grounding modern truths in timeless song.
Across four acclaimed studio albums, including his latest release Colonial Drift, Crighton has become renowned for crafting songs that feel both deeply personal and unmistakably Australian.
Crighton’s commanding live performances have earned him a reputation as one of the country’s most compelling touring artists. He has toured alongside acts including Midnight Oil and The Dead South, while appearing at major festivals such as Glastonbury, Bluesfest, WOMADelaide, Riverboats Music Festival and Port Fairy Folk Festival.
Sunday, August 30
The Old Schoolhouse, Kooroocheang - 1140 Werona-Kingston Road, Kooroocheang
Doors open 12:30pm - licensed bar and a BBQ lunch from the Kooroocheang Fire Brigade will be available for purchase
