End of Year Party featuring Tim Scanlan and Mana Okubro
Friday 5 December 2025
BBQ: 6-7pm
Concert: 7pm
One man band Tim Scanlan teams up with fiddler Mana Okubo from Japan’s ‘John John Festival’, mixing ancient tunes and drones with modern beats and sounds.
Like a kind of psychedelic ceilidh, with guitar, fiddle, harmonica, stomping foot percussion and a heap of effects pedals bringing the party.
The Murks ‘Storms Are Closing In’ Album Launch
Friday 31 October 2025
Doors at 6:30pm
Concert: 7pm
The Murks are back at The G.R.A.I.N. Store, this time with an album launch. Recorded in 2024, “Storms Are Closing in” brings together influences from rock, blues, punk, folk and disco to create a musical experience as dynamic, vibrant and unexpected as the weather.
The Murks will be supported by The Numurkah Ukulele Club.
The Tuckshop Ladies
The triceps aren’t what they used to be, but the funny bone is sharper than ever.
Saturday 18 October 2025
‘Sing For Your Tucker’ Workshop: 2-3:30pm
Concert: Doors at 6:30pm
The Tuckshop Ladies take everyday absurdities and turn them into hilarious songs, armed with ukuleles, harmonies, and razor-sharp wit.
SEASONS
A sonic journey through time, and transformation with The Recorder Co-op
Saturday 13 September 2025
Concert: 2-4pm
Open Rehearsal Workshop: 11-12pm
(included in ticket)
A vibrant concert of Renaissance gems and contemporary Australian works — including a new trio inspired by local frog calls recorded in Nathalia.
Let three recorder players guide you through the shifting seasons of sound and story, echoing the themes of The G.R.A.I.N. Store’s Seasons exhibition.
Open Mic IV
Friday 1 August 2025
Doors: 6:30pm
Performance starts: 7pm
Bring your instrument, favourite song to belt or a story/poetry to share to an appreciate audience at The G.R.A.I.N. Store Nathalia.
Valley Road with Simon Marks
Friday 4 July 2025
Doors: 6:30pm
Concert: 7-9pm
From the basalt hills of Central Victoria to the banks of the Murray, Valley Road and Simon Marks bring songs rooted in landscape, memory, and the stories that grow from the land.
Angelus
Friday 2 May 2025
Doors: 6:30pm
Concert: 7-9pm
Angelus blend classical finesse, layered harmonies, and a touch of whimsy in a sound that’s both poetic and playful. Their captivating performances feature original songs and refreshed covers, with guitar, keys, cello, and the occasional kazoo solo weaving earworm melodies and clever harmonies.
Harmony Day PPP
Friday 21 Mar 2025
Doors: 6:00pm
Concert starts: 6:30pm
An open mic night that blends singing, poetry, and storytelling, celebrating the beauty of language and cultural diversity with each performance incorporating a language from another culture.
Songs Unbound 2
Friday 14 Feb 2025
Doors: 6:30pm
Concert starts: 7pm
Five extraordinary singer-songwriters will transport you with their original songs in a rare and intimate ‘Songs-in-the-Round’ style concert. Each artist takes turns performing and sharing the stories, inspirations and experiences behind their songs. Come and experience something a bit different and a bit magical.
Featuring: Matilda Grace, Squish Davis, Emmy Ryan, Madi Corville-Walker, and hosted by Erin Heycox.
Kankawa and Archer
Friday 6 December 2024
6-9:30pm
Experience an unforgettable evening with Walmatjarri Elder and blues legend Kankawa Nagarra, the Queen of the Bandaral Ngardu Delta,” whose soulful music tells a rich tale of life and advocacy.
Joining her is Archer, known as “Australia’s Woody Guthrie,” bringing poetic lyrics and timeless melodies that echo the spirit of the land.
Geoff Achison
Friday 29 November 2024
Artist Talk 2-3pm
Concert 6:30-9:30pm
Geoff Achison will return to our beautiful outdoor stage to celebrate the release of his new album ‘Don’t Play Guitar Boy’ which celebrates his thirty years as a recording artist.
This show features a captivating mix of Geoff’s unique guitar style and flair on a blend of blues, rock and folk, framed by Geoff’s charming stories told with his wry sense of humour.
St Kilda Film Fest
Sat 5 October 2024 from 6:30pm
SMOTA Auditorium,
Chapel Street, Nathalia
Experience a curated selection of award-winning short films that offer interesting storytelling and visual exploration.
7pm – The Nathalia Collection: See films celebrating local groups and events
8pm – Award Winners from the St Kilda Film Festival
9pm – Directors Choice from the St Kilda Film Festival
All tickets include movie snacks (popcorn and drinks). You can watch all three sessions or choose specific sessions to attend.
Seats are allocated, so don’t wait to book!
CLASSIFICATION NOTICE: Under 15s must be accompanied by a parent or adult guardian
Lucy Wise
Friday 6 September 2024
Doors 6pm
Show 7-9pm
Effortlessly blending acoustic, traditional folk, roots and pop sounds, Lucy Wise is an award-winning singer-songwriter with a voice that pulls hearts out from the shadows.
Lucy masterfully articulates the things we don’t often say out aloud, describing in rich detail what it’s like to live in the world at this particular time. Lucy’s warm stage presence invites the listener in, her intricate guitar work providing a vibrant backdrop.
Heart Strings – Tenzin Choegyal
Saturday 3 August 2024 7pm
Join us for an intimate concert with Tenzin Choegyal, one of the world’s finest Tibetan musicians in the Tibetan tradition.
Tenzin is a master of traditional Tibetan instruments the lingbu (bamboo flute) and dranyen (3-stringed lute), but is best known for his extraordinary vocal ability.
His unique style embraces meditative mantras, joyful folk tunes and spoken word, infused with the essence of Tibetan wisdom and a sound as expansive as the ocean and majestic as the Himalayas.
Garage Girls
Saturday 27 July 2024
7pm at SMOTA Auditorium
Meet Alice Anderson. Mechanic. Trailblazer. Entrepreneur. Part history, part farce, part who-done-it, Garage Girls shines a light on one remarkable young woman’s short but eventful life. Who was Alice Anderson? Why did she drive her baby Austin all the way to Alice Springs? Who were all those women, dressed in greasy dungarees…and don’t they look a little bit like men?
Early bird tickets: $25
General admission: $35
Concession: $20
The Things We Do For Love
7 & 8 June 2024
Tickets $10-$30
Join our art trails event with magical interactive inventions and lights installations that will explore the meaning of love as told by the Nathalia community.
The tour will be followed by a party at The G.R.A.I.N. Store with live music, food, karaoke, a ‘Spoil-A-Tron’ machine surprises throughout the night.
Meet at 6pm
Tour starts 6:30pm
Party 7:30-9:30pm
Broken Creek Yeah Nah Album Launch
Friday 3 May 2024
Doors at 6pm, Show from 7pm
A musical road trip across old and new Australia on banjo, fiddle, guitar, double bass and vocals with surprise special guests!
Songs about small-town Australia, tunes inspired by the land and reimagined bush ballads.
Early bird tickets: $20
General admission: $25
Concession: $15
Piano Pizza Poetry and Pizzazz
Thursday 21 March 2024
6:30-8:30pm
Our second multicultural Piano, Poetry, Pizza and Pizzazz. The G.R.A.I.N. Store invites anyone (experienced performer or first time star) to perform one song, reading, or instrumental with an emphasis on multicultural and multilingual pieces.
The night will be concluded with five sing-along/play-along songs.
To sign up to perform, visit The G.R.A.I.N. Store during opening hours or send an email to info@thegrainstore.org
Songs Unbound
A showcase of local women and non-binary songwriters in the round.
Friday 1 March 2024
From 6:30pm
Tickets: $20 | concession: $10 | under 12 FREE
A unique and intimate musical concert in celebration of International Women’s Day where 5 local songwriters share their original songs and the stories, inspirations and experiences behind their music.
Beginner Ukulele Workshop
Sunday 2 February 2024
10-2pm
In a fun and relaxed, two hour workshop you will be introduced to the basics of playing the ukulele including simple strumming patterns, how to play chords and read chord charts. Everything you need to get started playing your first songs. You will be guided by patient and experienced tutors from the
Numurkah Ukulele Club who will have you strumming along in no time! After lunch, join in a ukulele jam session open to all. No instrument – No worries! There will be ukuleles available to borrow on the day.
Simon Marks with Band
Friday 1 December 2023
6-9:30pm
Join us for our end of year celebration with live music from Simon Marks in the back yard.
Doors and food served at 6pm.
Kim Ritchie 6:30-7:10pm
Simon Marks with Band 7:30-9:30pm
Drinks at bar prices.
Book Launch at The G.R.A.I.N. Store
Sunday 12 November 2023 2pm
FREE EVENT
The U3A writers group would like to invite all those interested to the official launch of Bruce Lees’ book Another Funeral.
Despite the grim title, it is a light-hearted and at times, humorous novella.
Bruce will talk briefly about his work including a reading from the book.
There will be an opportunity to purchase a signed copy.
Light refreshments will be available.
Geoff Achison
Friday 13 October 2023
6-9:30pm
Geoff Achison will be returning to The G.R.A.I.N. Store for a performance in the backyard and a guitar workshop during the day. Dinner will be served 6-7pm, drinks at bar prices. Geoff often hits the road alone providing a complete show with only his acoustic guitar and vocals. A multi-dimensional player, his music is firmly steeped in the blues and all of its derivatives with occasional forays into folk, country and even classical styles. As a song-writer, Geoff explores a myriad of themes from love & loss to politics & philosophy and often with his wry sense of humour shining through.
The Bushwackers supported by Broken Creek
Friday 2 September 2023
6-9:30pm
SOLD OUT
The Bushwackers play Australian music, much of it is based on the traditional folk and working songs from the early 20th century, infused with their own brand of contemporary subject matter and instrumentation. With laconic, distinctive Australian sound Dobe Newton and Roger Corbett voice 50 years of songs, tunes and dance calls. As much as the music has changed, the spirit of the songs and stories that inspired the first Bushwackers has not.
The Bushwackers will be supported by folk duo Broken Creek. Erin and Lachlan Heycox create intricate folk arrangements with banjo, guitar, violin and vocals.
William Kelly:
Film Screening & Tribute
Saturday 5 August 2023
5:30-9pm
Tickets: $20
SOLD OUT
Hiroshima, Japan was bombed 6 August 1945; the world’s first deployed atomic bomb. In Screening the film William Kelly’s Big Picture: Can Art Stop a Bullet, The G.R.A.I.N. Store Board also pays tribute to Bill Kelly, our inaugural Chairperson, and his wife Veronica Kelly, an inaugural Board member. At three points during the screening we will be speaking with people near and far about the important contributions Bill and Veronica have made to the international peace movement.
Carter & Carter Host SMOTA 2
Friday 4 August 6-9pm
Merelyn and David Carter are an award-winning country duet with over 20 years experience in the music industry. They will be running workshops with St Mary of the Angel’s music students to share their songwriting expertise. On Friday 4 August, the SMOTA students will be performing what they learnt at The G.R.A.I.N. Store, hosted by Carter & Carter.
The Murks: Alone Together
Friday 7 July 2023
7:00 – 9:00pm
The Murks are an indie rock band from Numurkah made up of Kim Carter, Tim Watson, Squish Davis, Bailey Slade and Ruby Wyatt-Carter. Each band member has a unique taste in music and different genre influences when it comes to songwriting. At ‘The Murks: Alone Together’, you’ll see the 5 band members perform individually, then they’ll perform a set together.
Some Shiny Days
Sunday 4 June 2023
2:00 – 4:00pm
Thirty years of newspaper columns about childhood, fatherhood and living with kids that became a father’s journey told in bite-sized, well-chewed sticky little pieces – Some Shiny Days The Rebirth is former Shepparton News journalist John Lewis’ musical play based on his popular Friday columns. The play was written after the publication of his book Some Shiny Days in 2001 which contained more than 50 columns. Some Shiny Days the play was first produced and performed by Shepparton Theatre Arts Group over two seasons to sell-out audiences at Mooroopna’s West Side Performing Arts Centre in 2005. Whimsical, funny, reflective and silly in equal measure – the play with original music captured those magical moments of ordinary madness that means being a parent, and especially a father, of small children.
Now, nearly 20 years after it was first presented to the world, Some Shiny Days is being reborn at Nathalia’s GRAIN Store gallery and performance space in June. A cast of 10 local actors aged from seven-something to seventy-something will present the play in a single performance as a rehearsed reading directed by veteran arts performer and producer Liz Zito, with original musical accompaniment by the author – John Lewis. At the same time, copies of a new, expanded edition of the book Some Shiny Days, will be available for sale at The GRAIN Store.
Open Mic II
Friday 2 June 2023
5:30 – 7:30pm
The G.R.A.I.N. Store invites all experienced and aspiring performers to share 1-2 songs as a soloist or with a band. You are welcome to play any instrument, sing, or both!
To sign up or ask questions, visit The G.R.A.I.N. Store during opening hours or email Ruby at info@thegrainstore.org.
Sparrows of Kabul
Saturday 20 May 2023
7:00-9:30pm
Fred Smith and band will be presenting this extraordinary song cycle on Australia’s involvement in Afghanistan, culminating in the dramatic evacuation from Kabul in August 2021. Fred was there at the beginning in Uruzgan Province and returned at the end working from Kabul International Airport. We are left admiring the courage and tenacity of thousands of Afghans who braved the human logjams outside the gates of Kabul International Airport, and the soldiers and diplomats who helped them.
Piano Pizza Poetry and Pizzazz
Friday 3 March 2023
6:00-9:00pm
Missed this event? You can watch it here!
Our first multicultural Piano, Poetry, Pizza and Pizzazz. Come into The G.R.A.I.N. Store and book your spot. We are always keen to have new people try out their performance idea in the warm, supportive atmosphere of our G.R.A.I.N. Store audience. This year, the more different languages we hear, the better; Yorta Yorta, Gaelic, Ukrainian, French, Anglo, Icelandic… The rich mix of cultures celebrated through harmony week.
This event is in collaboration with Cultural Diversity Week 2023, featuring events across the Moira Shire from 3 March – 21 March.
Thank you to Moira Shire for a grant supporting this event.
The Murks
Friday 3 February 2023
7:00-9:00pm
Come and see local indie rock band ‘The Murks’ perform in the back garden for The G.R.A.I.N. Store’s start of year celebration.
Tickets:
General Admission (entry and food): $20
Entry Only: $15
Concession (entry and food): $10
Record Party
Friday 4 November 2022
From 6:00pm
Your opportunity to bring one track on vinyl, CD or digital format to play and share with The G.R.A.I.N. Store community.
Drinks at bar prices, BYO food
This event has been postponed. A new date has not been decided yet.
Open Mic
Friday 7 October 5:30-7:30pm
The G.R.A.I.N. Store invites all experienced and aspiring performers to share 2-3 as a soloist or with a band. You are welcome to play any instrument, sing, or both!
To sign up or ask questions, visit The G.R.A.I.N. Store during opening hours (Thursday-Saturday, 11-4pm) or email Ruby at info@thegrainstore.org.
Carter & Carter Host SMOTA
Friday 26 August 6-9pm
Missed this event? You can watch it here!
Merelyn and David Carter are an award-winning country duet with over 20 years experience in the music industry. They will be running workshops with St Mary of the Angel’s music students to share their songwriting expertise. On Friday 26 August, the SMOTA students will be performing what they learnt at The G.R.A.I.N. Store, hosted by Carter & Carter.
PPP Night
Friday 1 July from 6pm
Piano, Pizza and Poetry Night is an opportunity for members of the community to play piano, read a poem, sing or perform in any way you like.
$10 entry, Book in here or at the door
The bar will be open $2-$5
Pizza $5 each
Broken Creek:
Small Town Anthropologies
Saturday April 9 10am-12pm (workshop)
Saturday April 9 7pm-8:30pm (performance)
Missed this event? You can watch it here!
To celebrate the release of their debut album ‘Small Town Anthropologies’, Chamber folk duo Broken Creek (Erin Lancaster and Lachlan Heycox) are giving a special performance at The G.R.A.I.N. Store to launch their album which will feature a ‘pop up choir’ formed from the workshop
participants to be known as The Broken Creek Chorale. Locals are invited to join in the performance with a ‘Pop Up Choir’ workshop. No musical skill or experience is necessary, just a willingness to give it a go and learn some beautiful folk music.
Neil Murray
Friday February 4th, 2022
6:30-10:00pm
Neil has composed many iconic Australian songs . . . it’s pretty safe to say that we all know and love “My Island Home”
Neil will be on stage with outstanding instrumentalist, Damien Neil.
Support act Kim Ritchie
Music helps Kim Ritchie see things in a different light
Kim is a Country and Variety singer with a difference. She came into the world blind, a love of music and performing has given her a clear view of the world around her.
Free BBQ, vegetarians catered for. Bar at affordable prices $2.00 – $5.00
A Gala Concert Event – Celebrating 10 Years of Live Music
Friday December 3rd
The Broken Creek Band (Erin Lancaster), Madi Colville Walker and Stone & Wood (Simon Marks) are just a few of the many musical artists that have performed at the G.R.A.I.N. Store over the past 10 years. Join us as we celebrate our 10th birthday.
Tickets here
Winter Warmer Listening Party
Friday October 1st –
Postponed to November 5th
Bring in your favourite track on vinyl, CD or digital format to share with a crowd while warming up with mulled wine and delicious slow cooked dinner. Fiona Byrnes will be our DJ for the evening, so your precious tracks will be played with an opportunity for you to explain why you love the song (this is not mandatory, but we would love to hear your stories!).
$15 entry
Drinks at bar prices
Dinner can be purchased on the night
BEHIND THE SCENES: The making of Can Art Stop a Bullet? William Kelly’s Big Picture.
This international award winning film started life right here in Nathalia. An evening of images from filming on 5 continents with insights into background stories of amazing places and peopel with Bill kelly and guest presenters director Mark Stret, producer Fiona Cochrane and key production cre. For all who have seen the film, this is a great (and rare) opportunity. Join us for a lively night. For those who haven’t yet seen it, you can stream it here.
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