The Maes in Concert

We’re thrilled to welcome The Maes back to the Blue Mountains as part of their biggest-ever Australian headline tour, celebrating the release of their brand-new album Abreast.

Sisters Maggie and Elsie Rigby will fill the Baroque Room with their luminous harmonies, warm storytelling, and acoustic brilliance on guitar, banjo, fiddle and mandolin.
Don’t miss this special night in a dedicated “listening space” setting. It’s folk, but with heart, humour and harmonies that stay with you.

The Maes are celebrating the release of their fourth studio album, ‘Abreast’, with a national headline tour encompassing their favourite cities and small towns in Victoria, Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia! Already in 2025 so far they have toured the UK opening for Grace Petrie and played the Shetland and Orkney Folk Festivals. They celebrated the album’s release day with a sold-out folk-festival-style event, ‘Abreastival’ in their home town of Castlemaine, Central Victoria. The band’s previous albums, 2019’s self-titled record and 2017’s Take Care, Take Cover won the Music Victoria, Folk/Roots Album of the Year among a host of other accolades.

The Maes bring modern folk to life with lush harmonies and acoustic mastery on guitar, mandolin, fiddle and banjo. Born in Central Victoria, the sisters grew up immersed in a melting pot of music from around the world washed up on stolen land. The Maes are outstanding live, with engaging storytelling and spine-tingling harmonies. The sisters draw their audience in like your sweetest and scariest friend. With echoes of Gillian Welch and The Waifs, there is a timeless luminescence and simplicity to the songwriting and sound of Maggie and Elsie Rigby.

As well as selling out headline shows around the country and overseas, their international festival appearances include the Telluride Bluegrass Festival (USA) Edmonton Folk Festival (Canada) Orkney Folk Festival (UK) and Woodford Folk Festival (Aus).

‘The Maes folk/pop sensibility is alluring. I’m a sucker for harmonies and these girls cover this ground with such bluegrass perfection, it makes me realise so many styles of our music grow from the same old tree – we are merely branches away from each other.’ – Troy Cassar-Daley

I’ve always had such love for The Maes! Their timeless sound is always sung with such sincerity and emotion straight from the heart. – Josh Teskey

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Room configuration will be seated and allocated and tables require group bookings. Guests will not be able to move seating between sections or transfer from assigned seats.

Section A Theatre style seating will be allocated from the front of the stage to the back, based on booking types and the order that they are received.
Individual group bookings for section A are unlikely to be able to be placed together unless requested prior to the event date.
Guests will be emailed their seat allocations prior to the event date.

Section A – Theatre Style Seating $30 pre + bf / $35 door per person
Section B – Bar Area Cabaret Table Seating $30 pre + bf / $35 door per person
Section C – Back Lounge Cabaret Table Seating $25 pre + bf / $30 door per person
(Please note that there are 2 stairs to access the lounge)

*Door sales only available if not sold out prior.
Discount show pre-bookings will close 6pm on the day of the event.

RUN TIMES
Doors & Bar Open: 6PM (no guest entry prior)
Performance Start: 7PM