Merry Muse Folk Club – Monaro Folk Society

The Merry Muse is held on the second Sunday of the Month 4pm-7pm at the Canberra Irish Club, 6 Parkinson St Weston.

The blackboard is pre-booked and there are still available opportunities on October 11. Please contact Eileen at ua.gro.kloforanom@esumyrrem if you are interested in playing or have any queries. Otherwise come along for a fine afternoon of listening to music.

Sunday 11 October Peter Campbell plus Coolibah Coolective plus blackboard

Admission $20 Full $15 Members and Concessions

Tickets at Try Booking https://www.trybooking.com/DQCBX or at door.

Peter Campbell

IN A WORLD CRAVING AUTHENTICITY, AUSTRALIAN SINGER-SONGWRITER PETER CAMPBELL CUTS THROUGH THE NOISE. In the words of his own song Pete has willingly carried a Burden of Hope for just on 60 years. On the road as a solo artist for the first 20, he developed a distinctive voice charged with honesty, activism and compassion. After a long and rewarding career in design, Pete returned to the stage with a wealth of material that had never been heard. This music has a timelessness to it – a rare blend of infectious alt-folk and contemporary relevance – a call to action, connection and healing. His second album, Across the Border, was produced by folk legend Noel Paul Stookey (Paul of Peter, Paul & Mary fame) at his studio in Blue Hill, Maine, USA. CONTACT & BOOKINGS ua.llebpmacretep@cisum petercampbellsongs Peter D Campbell Peter Campbell PP&M covered his song Wild Places on their album Such is Love and he toured with them. In 2020 he wrote Waited Too Long which became the anthem for the United Nations International Summit on Domestic/Family Violence in the COVID-19 Era, a three-day online conference out of New York attended by leaders and experts from 47 countries and opened by Pope Francis. It was the enthusiastic response to Waited Too Long that convinced him to return to the stage. In 2025 Pete’s startling fifth album, Burden of Hope, was released in Australia and the USA where it immediately debued at #20 Top Albumn of the Month on the Folk Alliance International’s Folk Radio Chart across 200+ radio stations across America. Pete will be touring Burden of Hope throughout 2026.

Coolibah Coolective

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There’s a new kid in the Capital. Coolibah Coolective are dreamy, jazzy indie-folkies with a sunny disposition, weaving warm cello, acoustic guitar and bass with crisp percussion, razor-edged strings and a touch of acoustic twang. Think banjolele meets electric slide uke.

Their growing repertoire of original, story-driven songs is rich in melody, harmony, groove and atmosphere — music with plenty to say and no empty calories or acoustic wallpaper.

Sunday 8 November Merry Muse at Majors Creek

Sunday 15 November – note third Sunday – Peace Concert – Take a stand – Don’t Pick a side (Lili Thomas)

Sunday December 13 Wheeze and Suck Band (2 sets)

Past Performers

Alternate Route, Ami Williamson, Bluegrass Mountain Band, Cassidy’s Ceili, Canberra Union Voices Choir, Craig and Simone, Crooked Fiddle, Daisy Chain, David Griggs, Del Rey, Donal Baylor, Drummond and Lynne, Ecopella, Enda Kenny, Franklyn B Paverty, Frencham and Smith, Freyja Rain, Liz Frencham and Robbie Long, The Fuelers, Fred Pilcher, Full Circle, Greg Carlin, Hazy Gates, Humbug, Juke Baritone, and the Swamp Dogs, Julia Johnson, Julia Johnson, Karen Lynne, The Lenders, The Little Stevies, The Lonely Fates, Lotsi, Mackenzie Jones, Mal Webb, Maureen O’Brien, Mihirangi, Mike Compton, Mr Fibby, New York Public Library, Paverty Bush Band, P J Wolf, Queen Juanita, The Rooftop Revellers, Sam Burke, Sam Buckingham, Selalu, Sanji, The Shiny Bum Singers, Shanagolden, Simone, Sophie and Chanel, Spicy Fruit Chutney, Dr Stovepipe, Triplika, Truckstop Honeymoon, Turnip Sundae, Ukeleles Canberra, What She’s Having, Wheeze and Suck Band, Women in Docs and many more.