Four Winds has announced its 2026 season. The idyllic, hilltop Barragga Bay venue offers intimate contemporary and classical performances across the year, describing its lineup as “artistry woven with place, culture and community”.

“Our 2026 program and curatorial team are diverse, ambitious and deeply connected to our Sapphire Coast audience,” said Executive Director of Four Winds Leigh Small. “One week you’ll be transported by immaculate chamber music, the next you’ll be swept into the innovation of First Nations artists creating living new music, followed by exquisite improv jazz or New Orleans-style folk. It’s an exhilarating year ahead.”

Four Winds. Photo © David Rogers

Improvising trio The Necks kicks off the year on 8 February with a performance to celebrate the release of triple album Disquiet, the group’s 20th studio release.

Violinist Doretta Balkizas and pianist Brieley Cutting team up on 21 February for a program of French and German classics before the Gryphon Baryton Trio – comprising baryton player Laura Vaught, violist Katie Yap and cellist Josephine Vains – arrive on 15 March for a...