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Matsumura Blues Festival Inc is a Victorian community-based live music organisation.

Our main goal is to organise unforgettable intimate live music events to showcase the talents of some exceptional musicians.

Our events will bring together local community members to establish new connections, through the perfect medium of live music.

 

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​Our Next Project Coming Up...


 

​Poster Design by Visual Artist @_the_bradley_ 
 

Commencing in June 2025, Matsumura will present a new Jailhouse Concert Series in the heart of Kew, Victoria. It will take place at the historic 1888 Kew Court House which has been redeveloped into a purpose-built live music performance space. This venue will showcase the talents of carefully selected original artists to join the concert series line-up, with a focus on blues, soul, roots, Americana, funk, alternative folk, bluegrass and alternative country music.

Jailhouse Concert Series 2025
Upcoming Program...


Saturday 7 June 2025
Come Heavy Sleep
(feat. Rosie Luby & Kier Stevens)

Saturday 16 August 2025
Sonorous (NZ)

Saturday 4 October 2025
Ingrid and the Ministers

We hope you can join us for the launch and become one of our foundation
Jailhouse concert goers!

Tickets on sale now for our first two concerts.

 

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Past Events Gallery
 

Launch Video

Looking back to 2024...

Matsumura Blues Festival 2024
Prince Bandroom, St Kilda
1 June 2024
featuring...

19-Twenty, Minnie Marks, Dalicados, Phil Para Band, Doggerel, Eisa Champroo, Windsavers, Sonorous (NZ), George & Noriko, Mark Easton, Okinawa Americana (JPN/US), Sayaka Ohno, Tony J Hunt

Festival animations created by the talented
Swinburne University Animation Students 

 


MATSUMURA BLUES FESTIVAL 2024
Powerhouse Place, Mildura 
8 & 9 June 2024
featuring...

Nigel Wearne & The Spectres, The Streamliners, Doggerel, Paper Jane, Sonorous (NZ), Constellation Prize, Mark Easton, Okinawa Americana (JPN/US), Eisa Champroo, Tony J Hunt & Special Guests

Festival animations created by the talented Swinburne University Animation Students

Major Sponsors: Tasco Petroleum
& Mildura Rural City Council

 

Photo Gallery 2024






 

Sonorous (NZ)

Sonorous (NZ)

Matsumura Blues Festival in St Kilda Prince Bandroom June 2024

Dalicados

Dalicados

Matsumura Blues Festival in St Kilda in June 2024

Doggerel

Doggerel

Matsumura Blues Festival at the Powerhouse Place in Mildura June 2024

Mark Easton

Mark Easton

Matsumura Blues Festival in Mildura 2024

Guest artists

Guest artists

Matsumura Blues Festival Mildura June 2024

Sayaka Ohno Taiko Drummer

Sayaka Ohno Taiko Drummer

Matsumura Blues Festival in St Kilda Prince Bandroom June 2024

Doggerel

Doggerel

Matsumura Blues Festival in Mildura June 2024

Okinawa cultural performer

Okinawa cultural performer

Matsumura Blues Festival in Mildura June 2024

Happy punters!

Happy punters!

Matsumura Blues Festival in Mildura June 2024

Nick Kipridis The Streamliners and Stage Manager

Nick Kipridis The Streamliners and Stage Manager

Matsumura Blues Festival in Mildura June 2024

Sebastian backstage at the Prince Bandroom

Sebastian backstage at the Prince Bandroom

Matsumura Blues Festival in St Kilda June 2024

Sonorous (NZ)

Sonorous (NZ)

Matsumura Blues Festival in Mildura June 2024

Nigel Wearne and The Spectres

Nigel Wearne and The Spectres

Matsumura Blues Festival in Mildura in June 2024

Green Room Prince Bandroom

Green Room Prince Bandroom

Matsumura Blues Festival in St Kilda in June 2024

Welcome Ceremony

Welcome Ceremony

Community elders conduct welcome ceremony at Matsumura Blues Festival 2024 at the Powerhouse Place in Mildura, Victoria.

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Matsumura Blues Festival Inc is wholly run by volunteers and operates on a not-for-profit basis. Our community organisation is based in the City of Boroondara.

We respectfully acknowledge the traditional owners of the lands of the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people. We acknowledge and uphold their continuing relationship to this land.​

A special thanks to...

  • Heather Para from RoadSong for her continuing sage advice and generosity. 

 

  • The talented and generous visual artist Bradley (@_the_bradley) for designing the jailhouse poster and logo!

 

  • Thanks to the Boroondara City Council for their generous in-kind support in providing the venue and venue staff for our first concert on 7 June 2025 under its Community Arts Venue Grant program and to the assistance provided by Essential Events and Catering.

 

  • Thank you also to The Postmaster Hotel and Skinny Dog Hotel for their generous in-kind promotional support and encouragement.

 

 

We are searching for festival sponsors to help support the costs of running these community events in 2025 and beyond.

Please get in touch if you would like to partner with us, we would love to hear from you.

We express our gratitude for the in-kind and other promotional supporters

of the Jailhouse Concert Series 2025, including:​

Leon Storch, for his vintage pics

Visual Artists: @_the_bradley_ and @isthatyoufran

Coleman's Music, Melbourne 

Learn Music Kew - @learnmusic_kew

Frets n' Notes, Kew

Mitsuoko's Japanese Cafe, Kew

Kiraku Japanese Restuarant

The Wasabi Place, Kew

Chooks & Chips, Kew 

Via Verona, Kew

Bob Stewarts, Kew

Q Art Gallery, Kew Court House

Noisette, Kew

Briquettes, Kew East

Cannings Free Range Butchers 

Cobblers of Kew

David Banks

Amanda Jackes

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©2023 Matsumura Blues Festival Inc

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