About Us
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.

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






































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)Matsumura Blues Festival in St Kilda Prince Bandroom June 2024 | ![]() DalicadosMatsumura Blues Festival in St Kilda in June 2024 | ![]() DoggerelMatsumura Blues Festival at the Powerhouse Place in Mildura June 2024 |
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![]() Mark EastonMatsumura Blues Festival in Mildura 2024 | ![]() Guest artistsMatsumura Blues Festival Mildura June 2024 | ![]() Sayaka Ohno Taiko DrummerMatsumura Blues Festival in St Kilda Prince Bandroom June 2024 |
![]() DoggerelMatsumura Blues Festival in Mildura June 2024 | ![]() Okinawa cultural performerMatsumura Blues Festival in Mildura June 2024 | ![]() Happy punters!Matsumura Blues Festival in Mildura June 2024 |
![]() Nick Kipridis The Streamliners and Stage ManagerMatsumura Blues Festival in Mildura June 2024 | ![]() Sebastian backstage at the Prince BandroomMatsumura Blues Festival in St Kilda June 2024 | ![]() Sonorous (NZ)Matsumura Blues Festival in Mildura June 2024 |
![]() Nigel Wearne and The SpectresMatsumura Blues Festival in Mildura in June 2024 | ![]() Green Room Prince BandroomMatsumura Blues Festival in St Kilda in June 2024 | ![]() Welcome CeremonyCommunity elders conduct welcome ceremony at Matsumura Blues Festival 2024 at the Powerhouse Place in Mildura, Victoria. |
CONTACT US
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...
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Heather Para from RoadSong for her continuing sage advice and generosity.
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The talented and generous visual artist Bradley (@_the_bradley) for designing the jailhouse poster and logo!
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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.
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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