Twelve Concordia members are thrilled to be participating in the Melbourne FAME Festival taking place at University College, Melbourne University from January 11 to 18, 2026. The week of rehearsals will culminate in a concert involving 120+ musicians from all over Australia.
Don’t forget, there’s free public transport on weekends until February, 2026.
“Multicultural Melbourne” – the 2026 Melbourne FAME Festival Concert
Saturday, January 17th, 7 to 9pm
The Edge, Fed Square
Federation Square, 2 St Kilda Rd, Southbank VIC 3004, Australia
Tickets from Humanitix – General admission $35, Concession $30, under 16, free.
FAME, the Federation of Australasian Mandolin Ensembles is the patron of mandolin orchestra festivals held approximately every 18 months in capital cities around Australia. The 2026 Melbourne FAME Festival will be held in January 2026 with musicians from mandolin orchestras in Perth, Brisbane, the ACT, Sydney and, of course, in Melbourne.
The players will spend a week intensively rehearsing under the baton of Stephen Lalor. Stephen, a renowned, mandolin virtuoso from Sydney, is also a talented composer and musical arranger and has also been commissioned to create a major work for the Festival Concert which will have its World premiere in the Edge Auditorium at Federation Square on Saturday 17th of January, 2026.
The program will feature music from various cultures as a representation of the Melbourne’s multicultural makeup.