Friday, 12th September
Writers In The Round – J Raymond, L Louise & P Cornelius
🎶 Writers in the Round – Jack Raymond, Lecia Louise & Pete Cornelius 🎶
Get ready for a night of foot-stomping storytelling, fiery guitar riffs, and raw, soulful blues. Experience the smoky, mountain roots voice of Jack Raymond, the electrifying, genre-bending guitar power of Lecia Louise, and the seasoned, blues-soaked Americana sound of Pete Cornelius. From the Victorian highlands to Noosa’s coastline, international tours to Tasmanian roots—these three incredible artists bring heart, grit, and groove to every note. Whether you’re here to move, sway, or simply listen, this is a night of unforgettable live music you won’t want to miss!
Multiple Ticket Prices + BF
Saturday, 13th September
Badinage
(George Lane Matinee Sessions)
Post-rock instrumental darlings Badinage are proud to launch their latest single Banter at a special George Lane matinee session. This is the first single from their forthcoming second full-length album, which sees the band exploring new aural soundscapes, characterised by driving rock rhythms overlaid with sweeping melodic orchestration.
“Badinage paint a massive pulsating sonic painting in their music: glittering, shining and anthemic with an instrumentation that recalls the music of bands like Died Pretty with the emotional impact and pulse quickening thrills of Sigur Rós or Mogwai.” (Backseat Mafia EP Review 8.5/10) Support on the night is Catherine McQuade and the Perfect Storm
Multiple Ticket Prices + BF
Badinage (George Lane Matinee Sessions) Tickets, George Lane, St Kilda | TryBooking Australia
Saturday, 13th September
X – At Home With You: 40th Anniversary Second Show
n 1984, X finally made it back into the studio to make a follow-up to their classic debut album X-Aspirations. The end result became another classic Australian album, AT HOME WITH YOU. This year marks the 40th anniversary of this iconic release.
This also coincides with the 45th anniversary of X-Aspirations, said to be one of the most important recordings in Australia’s music industry! Support for the evening will be Fenn Wilson and the Weather.
Multiple Ticket Prices + BF
Sunday, 14th September
Melbourne Ska Bar Edition 2
Ska punk outfit Admiral Ackbar’s Dishonourable Discharge hails from Melbourne, Australia. Made up of Toffer Rush-Vocals/Guitar, Matt Sexworth-Guitar/Vocals, Crow-Bass/Vocals, Dan-Drums, RISTOVSKI!-Sax/Vocals, the dishonourable Barnaby Joyce-Tombone/Vocals, Taffy-Trumpet/Vocals and Brendan-Trumpet/Vocals. Known for fast, nonstop live shows, laced with self deprecation and party fairs, the roving gang of angry nerds are notorious for fun, zany antics, and extremely liberal use of cusses and insults.
Self described as sounding like if Frenzal Rhomb were to push Reel Big Fish down the stairs as Operation Ivy stared on slack jawed.
One time players of a wedding, regular perpetrators of chaos, and once described as a cheap knock off of Fishbone by some guy, Admiral Ackbar’s Dishonourable Discharge pride themselves in dysfunction
Multiple Ticket Prices + BF
Melbourne Ska Bar Edition 2 Tickets, George Lane, St Kilda | TryBooking Australia
Friday, 19th September
Sammi Palinkas
SAMMI PALINKAS – ‘NO SETTLIN” ALBUM LAUNCH LIVE AT GEORGE LANE
Rising Melbourne country artist Sammi Palinkas has been turning heads across the Aussie country scene with her modern country edge. Now, she’s bringing her high-energy live show to George Lane, St Kilda, to celebrate the release of her highly anticipated debut album NO SETTLIN’
Multiple Ticket Prices + BF
Sammi Palinkas Tickets, George Lane, St Kilda | TryBooking Australia
Saturday, 20th September
Checkerboard Lounge
(George Lane Matinee Sessions)
Semi-finalists at the 2020 International Blues Challenge in Memphis TN, recording at the legendary SUN Studio and a new incredible live album to launch, word keeps spreading about this formidable act.
Legendary underground institution, Checkerboard Lounge, deliver a dynamic, soulful well of emotion and playful abandon in collective improvisation over classic blues, soul and originals.
Singing drummer Carl Pannuzzo, guitar master Shannon Bourne, Hammond virtuoso Tim Neal and uber-musical bassist, Zoe Frater curate shows fitting to events and venues, no two shows being the same, but each unforgettable live experiences, from standing ovations at Wangaratta Jazz Festival to crammed inner Melbourne pubs
Multiple Ticket Prices + BF
Checkerboard Lounge Tickets, George Lane, St Kilda | TryBooking Australia
Saturday, 20th September
The Music of JJ Cale
Experience the laid-back groove of JJ Cale’s timeless music, brought to life by an all-star band featuring Gallie (vocals/guitar), Bruce Haymes (keys), Steve Hadley (bass), and Danny McKenna (drums), Shane Reily (Pedal Steele/Guitars). From classics like Cocaine and After Midnight to Call Me the Breeze, don’t miss this night of masterful songwriting.
Multiple Ticket Prices + BF
The Music of JJ CALE Tickets, George Lane, St Kilda | TryBooking Australia
Saturday, 4th October
Pinky Beecroft (Machine Gun Fellatio)
Pinky Beecroft is an unpredictable thing. He was the singer songwriter and front-person of Machine Gun Fellatio – a band known for legendary live shows, extreme off-stage shenanigans and a string of radio hits. At the height of their success Pinky abruptly quit the circus and disappeared. There were rumours: he’d gone into hiding in Norway; he’d relocated to the Arizona desert; he’d passed away. Thence followed mourning, weeping, whispers, conjecture, alleged sightings.
Some facts: Pinky has played some rare and wonderful solo shows, recorded albums, won an ARIA Award for Song Of The Year and performed sell-out tours as a stand-up comedian. His eccentric presence has featured on TV shows as eclectic as The Glasshouse and the World 9-Ball Championship. And now after many, many years away he’s coming back to Melbourne, for one night only, to play at George Lane.
Multiple Ticket Prices + BF.
Pinky Beecroft (Machine Gun Fellatio) Tickets, George Lane, St Kilda | TryBooking Australia
Friday, 24th October
Nicole Shenko 20th Anniversary Alchemy
Nicole Shenko returns to the stage to mark the 20th anniversary of her debut album Alchemy.
With her unmistakable voice and artistry, the songs of Alchemy carry a timeless ache—balancing vulnerability with raw, electric power. Backed once again by her acclaimed band, featuring some of the finest players in Australian music, Nicole will take the stage this October before embarking on a short national tour to promote the release of her new single Blue Like The Sky to close out 2025. The celebration leads into her next chapter: the release of her highly anticipated new album The Morbid Edge in 2026.
Multiple Ticket Prices + BF
Nicole Shenko 20th Anniversary Alchemy Tickets, George Lane, St Kilda | TryBooking Australia
Saturday, 1st November
The Julia Deans and Jonnie Goes To Church Show
Julia Deans and Celia Church have been crossing musical paths since the early ’90s — from Headless Chickens and Banshee Reel, to Fur Patrol’s #1 hit Lydia and Celia’s acclaimed collaborations with Jon von Goes. When they finally met in Melbourne, their voices blended effortlessly and their friendship has been inseparable ever since.
Julia has gone on to become NZ rock royalty, with Silver Scroll and Taite Prize nominations, solo albums, and collaborations with the likes of Neil Finn and Tami Neilson. Celia has toured, recorded, and built a rich catalogue with Jonnie Goes To Church — their debut album drawing praise from Tim Rogers, Angie Hart and Rebecca Barnard.
Now, for one special night, the Julia Deans return to Melbourne for a show that brings it all together: a little Julia solo, a little Julia & Celia, a little Jonnie Goes To Church, and a lot of magic from a quarter century of sisterhood and song.
Multiple Ticket Prices + BF.
The Julia Deans and Jonnie Goes To Church Show Tickets, George Lane, St Kilda | TryBooking Australia
Friday, 14th November
Mark Snarski
Mark Snarski returns to Australia in November for five shows in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth and Fremantle to celebrate the release of the last of his trilogy I Like To Leave A Place As If I Never Stayed only found at shows and on Bandcamp.
It is a double album. Stay was recorded at Tutu Estudios in Avilés with the assistance of Sergio Tutu and Héctor Moriv, who had previously co-produced the second of his trilogy Such Are The Sounds Of Trains. Leave comes from embers of his first, I Have To Burn Everything Before I Start Cooking, which was co-produced by Matt Walker and Rowan Matthews at Stovepipe in Upwey.
In Melbourne and Sydney he will be accompanied by Jason Kain, co-founder of The Jackson Code, whilst in Perth long-time friends will be putting country tinges on songs that someone once described as 13 Bar Blues.
Multiple Ticket Prices + BF.
Mark Snarski Tickets, George Lane, St Kilda | TryBooking Australia
