We’re hoping to be back in early 2021 with small intimate shows. Keep safe.
All MOTH shows postponed.
Friday 3 April POSTPONED
Rob Snarski & Shane O’Mara
Red Hill Pavilion
Doors 7pm. Tasty food, local wines and beers available. Existing tickets valid for the new date.
Friday 1 May POSTPONED Michael Waugh, Greta Ziller
Red Hill Pavilion
Doors 7pm. Tasty food, local wines and beers available. Existing tickets valid for the new date.
Summer line-ups
Friday 3 January
Daniel Champagne, Sunday Lemonade
Red Hill Pavilion
Recently described as ‘the finest guitar player of his generation’ the young Australian born & Nashville based Daniel Champagne spent his late teens and early twenties touring the world with the likes of Ani DiFranco, John Butler, INXS, Lucinda Williams and Rodrigo y Gabriela, Tommy Emmanuel and Albert Lee. Daniel returns to Australia early next year for a national tour and plays MOTH on January 3rd.
Originally from the Mornington Peninsula, now non-stop touring musicians Tyson & Laura form Sunday Lemonade, a melodic, folky, ray-of-sunshine any day of the week! After spontaneously packing their lives into a van, the pair are spreading laughter and sharing stories with ears all across Australia. They return to the Peninsula in January to support Daniel at MOTH.
Doors 7pm. Tasty food, local wines and beers available.
Friday 7 February
Olympia plus support
Red Hill Pavilion
On the back of a huge year touring the sophomore release, ‘Flamingo’ to international critical acclaim, Olympia will perform an intimate showcase of her work at Music on the Hill.
Described by the Herald Sun as a ‘local guitar bully and counter-culture connoisseur’, recent tours have included with Anna Calvi, Julia Jacklin and Fred Arminsen with comparisons including Joey Santiago (Pixies) and David Bowie.
Don’t miss this rare chance to hear this relentlessly original artist provide a new insight into her work.
Loca duo Jack The Fox return to the Red Hill Pavilion after a triumphant set at the MOTH 4th birthday bash in 2018.
Doors 7pm. Tasty food, local wines and beers available.
2020 MOTH memberships available!
MOTH 2020 Memberships now available. MOTH members receive :
- a $5 discount on every MOTH gig ticket*
- priority release ticket offers
- exclusive line up announcements
- waiting list priority for sold out shows
- plus that warm, fuzzy feeling of being part of a wonderful. community arts initiative.
MOTH 2020 membership $25.
Purchase 2020 MOTH memberships here.
*One ticket discount per show per membership
Spring/Summer line-ups
Friday 15 November
Georgia Fields
Main Ridge Estate, 80 William Road, Red Hill
Doors 7pm. Tasty platters, Main Ridge Estate wines and local beers available.
Friday 6 December
The Dusty Millers, Matt Joe Gow
Red Hill Pavilion
Doors 7pm. Tasty food, local wines and beers available.
Spring line-ups
Friday 6 September
Ed Kuepper SOLD OUT
Red Hill Pavilion
Friday 4 October
Lucie Thorne plus support
Red Hill Pavilion
Kitty & Frank album launch at MOTH
Painting landscapes with dream-soaked synths, irresistible beats, poetry and pathos, Lucie Thorne presents her extraordinary new art/pop concept album Kitty & Frank. With Kitty & Frank, Thorne traces the wild true stories of young frontier woman Kitty Walsh and her lover, the charismatic bandit & bushranger Frank Gardiner. In the 1860’s Gold Fever came to Wheogo NSW and like Deadwood, it didn’t end well. Delivered live with Thorne’s trademark storytelling warmth and charm, Kitty & Frank inhabits a sonic world that calls to mind a meeting of David Bowie’s Blackstar and Kate Bush’s Ariel, whilst spanning a tale of Shakespearean proportions. All this at the hands of one of Australia’s finest song-poets who has ventured to triumphant new ground with staggering certitude.
Lucie is touring far and wide throughout the spring to celebrate the album’s release – and for the MOTH show she’ll be joined by stellar bandmates Hamish Stuart (drums) Alice Williams (bass & harmonies).
Doors 7pm. Food by Nordie. Local wines and beers available.
Friday 18 October
David Bridie
Red Hill Pavilion
Doors 7pm. Food by Nordie, local wines and beers available.
Friday 1 November
Dyson Stringer Cloher
Red Hill Pavilion
Doors 7pm. Food by Nordie, local wines and beers available.
Friday 15 November
Georgia Fields
Main Ridge Estate, 80 William Road, Red Hill
Doors 7pm. Tasty platters, Main Ridge Estate wines and local beers available.
August, September, October line-ups
Friday 2 August
Little Georgia, Simon Imrei
Red Hill Pavilion
Coming off the back of an array of band shows and festival stages folk rock duo Little Georgia are taking us back to their roots with the announcement of their latest tour “THROUGH THE PAST”.
Collaborators Ashleigh Mannix and Justin Carter will be heading out on the road during July and August with a run of intimate duo shows along the East Coast of Australia.
Support by Melbourne-based, ex-Peninsula singer-songwriter Simon Imrei.
Food by Nordie. Local wines and beers available.
LITTLE GEORGIA – Stoned
SIMON IMREI – Stand Still
Friday 6 September
Ed Kuepper SOLD OUT
Red Hill Pavilion
Friday 4 October
Lucie Thorne plus support
Red Hill Pavilion
Kitty & Frank album launch at MOTH
Painting landscapes with dream-soaked synths, irresistible beats, poetry and pathos, Lucie Thorne presents her extraordinary new art/pop concept album Kitty & Frank. With Kitty & Frank, Thorne traces the wild true stories of young frontier woman Kitty Walsh and her lover, the charismatic bandit & bushranger Frank Gardiner. In the 1860’s Gold Fever came to Wheogo NSW and like Deadwood, it didn’t end well. Delivered live with Thorne’s trademark storytelling warmth and charm, Kitty & Frank inhabits a sonic world that calls to mind a meeting of David Bowie’s Blackstar and Kate Bush’s Ariel, whilst spanning a tale of Shakespearean proportions. All this at the hands of one of Australia’s finest song-poets who has ventured to triumphant new ground with staggering certitude.
Lucie is touring far and wide throughout the spring to celebrate the album’s release – and for the MOTH show she’ll be joined by stellar bandmates Hamish Stuart (drums) Alice Williams (bass & harmonies).
Food by Nordie. Local wines and beers available.
July and August line-ups
Friday 2 August
Little Georgia, Simon Imrei
Red Hill Pavilion
Coming off the back of an array of band shows and festival stages folk rock duo Little Georgia are taking us back to their roots with the announcement of their latest tour “THROUGH THE PAST”.
Collaborators Ashleigh Mannix and Justin Carter will be heading out on the road during July and August with a run of intimate duo shows along the East Coast of Australia.
Support by Melbourne-based, ex-Peninsula singer-songwriter Simon Imrei.
Food by Nordie. Local wines and beers available.
Friday 5 July The Chris Commerford Band, Spud Thompson, Maxon
Red Hill Pavilion
Spud Thompson is a cheeky, emotive vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter whose work runs the whole gamut of human emotions.
Emerging pop queen MAXON is currently shaking audiences across the state with her trademark vocal and boundless song-writing talents.
Food by Nordie. Local wines and beers available.
May line-ups
Friday 17 May
MOTH Acoustic Club presents
Anna Cordell
Unplugged at Main Ridge Estate
MOTH Acoustic Club returns to the exquisite Main Ridge Estate tasting room in mid-May with Melbourne singer-songwriter Anna Cordell.
Annas rich folk music straddles that place between light and dark where true human emotion exists. Her penchant for the minor key coupled with her intricate nylon and electric guitar playing and haunting yet uplifting voice make for an incredibly enthralling performance.
Tasty platters, Main Ridge Estate wines and local beers available.
Main Ridge Estate, 80 William Road, Red Hill. Doors 7pm, performance 8.15 prompt.
ANNA CORDELL – The Moon
Autumn line-ups
Friday 8 March – MOTH International Women’s Day Show
Kylie Auldist, Thando, Xani, Clio with a seven-piece, all-female band. Plus Ling Marra.
Southern Peninsula Arts Centre Theatre, 245 Eastbourne Road, Rosebud
A celebration of women on music. Featuring soul and funk legend Kylie Auldist, Zimbabwe-born and Melbourne-based RnB singer-songwriter Thando, contemporary violinist, composer and singer-songwriter Xani and Melbourne keyboardist and singer-songwriter Clio.
Band: Xani Kolac (violin), Biddy Connor (viola), Anita Quayle (cello), Clio Renner (keys), Claire Cross (bass), Alex Roper (drums), Kathleen Halloran (guitar).
Music director – Xani Kolac.
Plus local world music acapella group Ling Marra.
Local wines and beers available.
Group discount: 5 tickets 25% off.
Discounts for music students. Please contact info@musiconthehill.com.au for more info.
Friday 5 April
Ryan Downey, Hannah Cameron
Red Hill Pavilion
The defining feature of Ryan Downey’s music is his voice; a jaw-dropping amalgamation of Leonard Cohen and a spirited Bill Callahan by way of a mid-century crooner. His 2018 debut album Running is a glorious and perfectly constructed 21st century folk gem, and not a note detracts from Downey’s rich baritone as he sings a song cycle of humour and pathos, self-analysis, sex, love and modern life.
Support by Melbourne singer-songwriter Hannah Cameron.
Food by Nordie. Local wines and beers available.
Friday 3 May
William Crighton solo and unplugged
w/ Beans on Toast (UK)
Red Hill Pavilion
Summer Line-ups
Friday 1 February
Freya Josephine Hollick, Jed Rowe
Freya Josephine Hollick is an old-timey, country songbird and brings blues and honky tonk goodness that transports you back to early Appalachia, through wartime romance, the golden era of country music and into a cosmic hootenanny.
With a voice that floats between Maybelle Carter, Dolly Parton and Skip James, Freya Josephine Hollick is a lady not to be missed.
Support by Melbourne singer-songwriter Jed Rowe.
FREYA JOSEPHINE HOLLICK – ‘Tough As A Sundried Dead Man’s Skin’
Friday 4 January
Archer, Taylah Carroll
One of the last true great Australian poets, his songs follow the rivers and the mountain ranges and the plastic cyber gullies of the peculiar world we inhabit. A man who sings from the bedrock, where comedy and tragedy walk hand in hand.
Support by local singer-songwriter Taylah Carroll.
Become a member of MOTH!
MOTH 2019 Memberships now available. MOTH members receive a $5 discount on every MOTH gig ticket*, priority release ticket offers, MOTH member updates, exclusive line up announcements and waiting list priority for sold out shows. Join now and receive a $5 on November tickets*.
MOTH 2019 membership $25.
Purchase 2019 MOTH memberships here.
Membership transaction via TryBooking. (Receipts will resemble tickets. MOTH 2019 membership cards available from the door at MOTH shows from January).
Proceeds from memberships will go towards the purchasing of equipment, artist payments and future MOTH community initiatives.
*One discount per membership per gig only. MOTH memberships are not transferable.