Enjoy our Lord Mayor’s City Hall Concerts for your free lunchtime concert in the City Hall from February through to November every Tuesday from 12-1pm. Concerts are FREE!
UPCOMING SHOWS
Tuesday 6 June 2023 – The Australian String Diva Show
International classical pop performer, Suzie G, will dazzle you with her sense of fun and glamorous musical renditions with music from around the globe. Be delighted with her charming stage style and flare as she takes you into her world. Featuring her trademark white, electric violin she dazzles her audiences with the sheer beauty of sound, interactive stage moves and virtuosity. Suzie’s extensive range includes the major classical hits, gypsy showstoppers and heart-stopping, iconic pieces such as ‘Hallelujah’. Her career spans over three decades and includes many TV appearances, special events and playing alongside many well-known international artists.
This Lord Mayor’s City Hall Concert is produced by Evolution Productions.
Tuesday 13 June 2023 – JMI Jazz Orchestra
The JMI Jazz Orchestra is an 18-piece big band made of up of students and staff from the Jazz Music Institute. The JMI Jazz Orchestra pays tribute to the incredible music of Duke Ellington and Count Basie. Through performing the music of these legends gives the students a strong foundation of understanding the breadth of Big Band music. The JMI Jazz Orchestra performs regularly around Brisbane at various locations and community festivals. In 2021 and ‘22 the JMI Jazz Orchestra toured to regional Queensland and last year toured interstate to perform at Big Band Blast.
This Lord Mayor’s City Hall Concert is produced by Anje West.
Tuesday 20 June 2023 – The Manilowsss
The Manilows are a Brisbane based band covering pop rock songs from the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and 2000s. They bring their own special touch to each song with an energy that has seen them become regulars at corporate and social events and weddings around South-East Queensland.
This outstanding group performs for many Brisbane events including festivals, parties and corporate functions. The combination of smash hits with great audience interaction will have you singing popular tunes long after the concert is over. Wear your favourite rock ‘n’ roll gear, and we’ll have you dancing in the aisles.
Tuesday 27 June 2023 – Celtic Music: Australian Heart
‘Asleep at the Reel’ evoke the sounds of lively Irish pubs, of flying fiddles and rich vocal harmonies. Many of their songs are stories, some hundreds of years old. The band’s repertoire is delivered by high quality musicians including Tamworth Golden Fiddle Award winner Hugh Curtis.
The music is powered by the song writing of Brisbane historian, Mark Cryle, who was described by the Courier Mail’s Noel Mengel as one of the best songwriters in Australia. Mark Cryle (guitar, vocals), Michael Nolan (bass, vocals), Hugh Curtis (fiddle, mandolin), Suzanne Hibbs (drums), with special guest Michael Fix (guitar, vocals).
This Lord Mayor’s City Hall Concert is produced by Salubrious Productions.
**THIS CONCERT IS IN THE ITHACA AUDITORIUM WITH LIMITED SEATING.
Tuesday 11 July 2023 – The Honey Sliders present the best of Neil Young
The Honey Sliders have brought full houses to City Hall with their amazing homages to The Beatles Abbey Road, and last year’s The Beatles Rooftop Concert raising the roof! This year, the band is joined by some very special guests to pay tribute to one of the greatest folk/rock songwriters of all time, Neil Young.
The legendary rocker wove his way into the hearts of music lovers across the globe with songs like Heart of Gold, Old Man, Are You Ready For The Country and the beautiful Harvest Moon. His signature sound is a confluence of burnished country-folk and rock ‘n’ roll.
For this very special concert, The Honey Sliders are joined by the maestro of pedal steel Michel Rose (Slim Dusty, John Williamson and many more), Luke “Fiddleboy” Moller, (Dolly Parton, Hayes Carl), on fiddle, mandolin and banjo, and Brisbane’s rising star Dana Gehrman on harmonica and vocals.
This Lord Mayor’s City Hall Concert is produced by Anje West.
Tuesday 18 July 2023 – Chukale
Directed by percussionist and singer Gustavo Cereijo, Afro-Cuban Salsa Ensemble ‘Chukale’ have been delighting Australian audiences since 2005.
Chukale is made up of Gustavo Cereijo, performing with percussion & vocals, Alex Osorio on the Timbales, Christo “El Pulpo” Iconomidis on Piano and Ben Young on Trombone.
A benchmark for Latin music in Australia, Chukale has supported international salsa icons, including Sonora Carruseles from Colombia, Venezuela’s Grammy Award-Winners Los Amigos Invisibles, Grammy Award-Winning Cuban cultural institutions Los Van Van, Chucho Valdes’ Afro-Cuban Messengers and Juan De Marcos’ Afro-Cuban All Stars.
This Lord Mayor’s City Hall Concert is produced by Evolution Productions.
Tuesday 25 July 2023 – From Stage to Screen
Paying homage to the best loved songs from stage to screen, Jonathon Welch AM, ARIA, Logie and Helpmann award winning singer and conductor of the legendary ‘Choir of Hard Knocks’, brings his stunning voice to this exciting programme as he celebrates 45 years in the music industry. From Casablanca to the Wizard of Oz, Student Prince, South Pacific, Oklahoma, My Fair Lady, Les Miserable and the King & I, Jonathon will enchant and delight you with his glorious tenor renditions of these great classics From Stage to Screen.
This Lord Mayor’s City Hall Concert is produced by Salubrious Productions.
Tuesday 1 August 2023 – Australian Piano Duo Festival & Songs from the Young
Australian Piano Duo Festival’s Artistic Director, Jenni Flemming, along with the fine piano teachers from the Young Conservatorium, Griffith University, proudly present their brilliant young students performing Duets and Trios. Combined with talented vocal soloists from the Willie Wagtail and Canary Children’s Choirs, these highly talented young pianists and vocalists will perform an exciting program of music from the popular Classics to the latest Movie Themes.
This concert is produced by Viva La Musica.
Tuesday 8 August 2023 – Queensland Police Pipes and Drums
The Queensland Police Pipes & Drums (QPP&D) was originally formed in 1956 by a keen and committed group of police officers wishing to represent the QPS and compete in pipe band contests.
Today, the QPP&D’s professional musicians perform at official engagements such as police inductions, Anzac Day and various other events, where they provide a spectacular addition to formal procedures.
QPP&D serves the Queensland community by regularly performing at charity and community events, playing a variety of tunes surprising many with their energetic take on the Mexican Hat Dance as well as performing old favourites such as ‘The Black Bear’ and ‘Scotland the Brave’.
This Lord Mayor’s City Hall Concert is produced by Evolution Productions.
Tuesday 15 August 2023 – The Crooners: Swinging and Spinning
THIS CONCERT IS AUSLAN INTERPRETED.
International celebrities, Tim ‘Mac’ McCallum and Tony ‘Dee’ Doevendans perform some of the all-time favourite swing and jazz classics from Sinatra to Bublé, Nat ‘King’ Cole to Bennett. Instead of treading the boards, these two leading men will ‘wheel’ them, chair to chair, hat to hat.
With their exuberant showmanship and unique crooning voices, The Crooners will have toes tapping and hearts melting. Come fly with them as they swing and spin your lunchtime away in an intimate cabaret of song and prose.
This Lord Mayor’s City Hall Concert is produced by Salubrious Productions.
Tuesday 22 August 2023 – Ricardo Bona’s Panoramas do Brasil
Brazilian virtuoso accordionist Ricardo Bona has taken Australia by storm since he settled in Brisbane in 2017. Performing internationally with award-winning ensemble Mzaza, and inspiring a new generation of musicians around the country through his constant touring and featured appearances in festival and concert programs, Ricardo now leads his exquisite ensemble in a celebration of ‘musica brasileira’, and will also be joined by professional dancers Ju and Rafa.
While popular throughout Europe for decades, the accordion found popularity in Brazil in the 1950s, and has become one of the most common instruments in the country, its expressive and unique sounds heard in the beautiful melodies played in ‘choro’ music, and then becoming the featured instrument in the energetic ‘forro’ style of music in Brazil’s north-east.
This program, created especially for the Lord Mayor’s City Hall Concert, introduces the audience to a musical panorama that shares the accordion’s journey throughout Brazil’s contemporary musical history, from delicate melodies in polkas and classically-inspired pieces by Pixinguinha and Jacob do Bandolim, and then across the vast musical landscape to joyous, rhythmic songs from the great forro and baiao composers Luis Gonzaga and Dominguinhos, giving the listener an exceptional musical experience.
This Lord Mayor’s City Hall Concert is produced by Anje West.
