Boxties at Toonarbin
Date: Thursday 9 April 2026
Time: 7.00pm (doors open 6.30pm)
Venue: “Toonarbin” 51 Dornoch Terrace, West End
Ticket price: $64 (includes complimentary glass of champagne)
Street parking is available.
We’re delighted to be returning to “Toonarbin” for another concert, in one of Brisbane’s oldest historic residences, a grand family home that houses a superb Australian art collection, curated by the owners, Carmel and Allen.
The magnificently restored Toonarbin provides a wonderful venue for a true chamber music experience - up close and personal.
Join us in the ballroom, sit side-by-side with some great Australian art and immerse yourself in music that is soulful, reflective, colourful and joyous.
It’s the perfect environment to experience chamber music inspired by both the old and new, where arrangements of Philip Glass, Shaun Martin and Nina Simone sit alongside ancient folk ballads.
We’re delighted to be joined by special guest artist, Bridget Matthews, for our first Toonarbin concert of the year.
Hope to see you there.
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“Toonarbin” is one of Brisbane’s oldest homes. Built in the 1860’s it was a home to three generations of Captain Henry O’Reilly’s family until it was sold to the Catholic Church in the 1920’s. It became a convent for the next 80 years, undergoing substantial modification including the red brick cladding that you see today around the original Georgian mansion.
The convent was then sold by the Church. On the brink of being gutted and modernized, it was bought in 2007 by the present owners. Over the next five years they undertook a painstaking restoration of the interior of the building to its original magnificent form. Today it is a grand family home, much like it was in Brisbane’s early days.
“Toonarbin” houses a beautiful art collection of Australian paintings covering the period from the late 1800’s.
Boxties at Omarama
Date: Saturday 28 March 2026
Time: 5.00pm (doors open 4.30pm)
Venue: 234 Latrobe Terrace, Paddington
Ticket price: $64 (includes complimentary glass of champagne)
Street parking is available.
You’re invited to “The Boxties at Omarama”, an intimate chamber music concert at the extraordinary home of long-time Paddington residents, Barbara and Hugh.
Omarama, meaning “place of light”, aptly describes the feeling this beautiful house inspires. It’s a feast for the senses, with objects of great beauty to be discovered in every nook and cranny - luminous artworks, finely crafted furniture and a fabulous collection of art nouveau and art deco ceramics.
It’s the perfect environment to experience an eclectic program of chamber music that includes arrangements of Phillip Glass, François Poitou, Nina Simone and Barbra Streisand, to mention just a few.
This is music that flourishes in the intimacy of small spaces. It’s soulful, reflective, colourful and joyous and we’re delighted to be able to share it with you in this special place.
So join us and guest artist, Bridget Matthews, at Omarama for our first concert of the year.
Christmas In Good Company
DATE: Tuesday 16 December
TIME: 7.00pm (6.30pm doors open)
VENUE: Marcia’s on Montague
TICKETS: $69 (Christmas snacks and treats provided)
Cold drinks available for purchase.
BYO alcoholic drinks.
The Boxties invite you to join us for Christmas in Good Company, our annual celebration of all things Christmassy, the show where we invite you to sing along with us.
This year, Christmas In Good Company will be held at Marcia’s, which is appropriate given how much fantastic communal singing has happened there throughout the year.
The Boxties will perform Christmas tunes inspired by some of our favourite artists - Barbra Streisand, Kristin Chenoweth, Ella Fitzgerald, Tori Amos, Joni Mitchell and a whole bunch more.
Join us for a celebration of the season’s turning, the year’s ending and an evening where there’s time to sing, time to talk, time to listen and time to party. We’ll have lyric sheets at hand so get ready to sing - Rudolph’s gonna need your help!
Seating is limited so early booking is encouraged.
Boxties at Toonarbin
Date: Saturday 5 July 2025
Time: 4.00pm (doors open 3.30pm)
Venue: “Toonarbin” 51 Dornoch Terrace, West End
Ticket price: $86 (includes concert, drinks and nibbles)
Street parking is available.
We’re delighted to be returning to “Toonarbin” for another concert, in one of Brisbane’s oldest historic residences, a grand family home that houses a superb Australian art collection, curated by the owners, Carmel and Allen.
“Toonarbin” will soon be undergoing renovations, so this will be our last time there for 2025.
This time we’re starting in the late afternoon, so we’d like to offer our guests a little more to eat and drink – a relaxing way to help soak up the historic atmosphere, the music and the artworks.
We’ve asked our friend, expert wine writer and sommelier Olivia Evans, to choose wines that complement the surroundings, and to talk about how wine, like music and art, is a product of time, place and artistry.
Join us in the ballroom, sit side-by-side with some great Australian art, enjoy some wine on the grand back terrace, and immerse yourself in music with great storytelling, truthfulness and emotional generosity at its heart.
Tickets include the concert, wine (or non-alcoholic beverages) and nibbles.
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“Toonarbin” is one of Brisbane’s oldest homes. Built in the 1860’s it was a home to three generations of Captain Henry O’Reilly’s family until it was sold to the Catholic Church in the 1920’s. It became a convent for the next 80 years, undergoing substantial modification including the red brick cladding that you see today around the original Georgian mansion.
The convent was then sold by the Church. On the brink of being gutted and modernized, it was bought in 2007 by the present owners. Over the next five years they undertook a painstaking restoration of the interior of the building to its original magnificent form. Today it is a grand family home, much like it was in Brisbane’s early days.
“Toonarbin” houses a beautiful art collection of Australian paintings covering the period from the late 1800’s.
Boxties Among The Bottles
BOXTIES AMONG THE BOTTLES
with Olivia Evans
Date: Sunday 27 April 2025
Time: 3.00pm - 5.00pm
Venue: Barrels and Stills, Hawthorne
2/119 Riding Rd, Hawthorne
Ticket price: $64
(includes show and 5 wines to taste)
Snacks and other non-alcoholic beverages available to purchase.
All wines from the tasting will be available for purchase following the event.
In Boxties Among the Bottles, the Boxties and sommelier Olivia Evans come together to take you on a sensory journey, featuring notes both of song and of wine.
Together, we’ve developed an intimate show – part wine tasting, part concert – that explores the sounds, flavours, memories and emotions evoked by good music and good wine.
We’re bringing those two worlds together in partnership with some of Brisbane’s best bottle shops – places that can inspire us on our wine journey.
Apart from being a wine writer, wine judge, and former Sommelier at the award-winning Fleet Restaurant in Brunswick Heads, Olivia is a great storyteller, an entertaining host, and the Boxties’ perfect artistic partner.
We’re excited to return to Barrels and Stills, a boutique retailer that has not only a fabulous collection of fine wines, but also beers, spirits and quality deli provisions - even books!
So, if you’re interested in a relaxing afternoon of wine and music, join us there, among the bottles.
IN GOOD COMPANY
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