The 2025 Lyrebird Festival in the Megalong Valley opens with a stunning program for string quartet and guitar, featuring award winning Australian guitarist Andrew Blanch, recently returned from a sold out concert tour of the USA. Two evocative Australian guitar quintets, Anne Cawrse's 'Imperfect Fourth' and Iain Grandage’s ‘Black Dogs’,…

'From Argentina with Love' is a 60-minute journey through Argentina’s rich musical heritage, featuring iconic tangos by Piazzolla and Gardel alongside lesser-known but equally beautiful música folklórica, folkloric music from the countryside of Argentina. Performed by Mendoza-born mezzo-soprano María Eugenia Nieva and leading Australian guitarist Andrew Blanch, the pair have…

Back in the Megalong Valley by very popular demand, Scottish-born James Crabb is widely regarded as one of the world’s leading ambassadors of the classical accordion. Performed with the lush strings of the Bowerbird Collective, this recital will be an extraordinary musical journey from the Scottish Isle to Argentina. The…

Magic Sky is an enchanting and otherworldly program, featuring new works from Australian female composers for marimba and harp performed by two of Australia’s leading performers, Claire Edwardes and Emily Granger. A Hush Foundation project, Magic Sky speaks to the innate healing powers of music, reviewed as “expertly and vividly…

Join all 10 Lyrebird Festival artists in an extravaganza of talent and musical vibrancy in a program that features unexpected instrumental combinations and a rare musical chemistry. Featuring Seckou Keita, James Crabb, Emily Granger, Claire Edwardes, Andrew Blanch and the Bowerbird Collective. The Lyrebird Festival returns in 2025, from Thursday…