Candlelight Concerts
PRESENTED BY FED SQUARE WITH SUPPORT FROM FEVER
An Open Air annual favourite, Candlelight Concerts returns with two intimate outdoor concerts, featuring Thelma Plum and Drifting Clouds, under the glow of candlelight.
Free, all-ages, by candlelight – our annual Candlelight Concert series featuring original artists has become THE must-do Melbourne summertime concert experience.
Bring your picnic blanket and a loved one to settle in for an evening of live music at the Square – with two of Australia’s most distinctive and celebrated First Nations artists, across two summer evenings.
We recommend arriving early to secure a spot. If you can’t find one, there will be additional areas where you can watch the concert on the screen.
Tuesday 9 February, 8.30pm–9.30pm | Main Square
Gamilaraay singer-songwriter and musician Thelma Plum brings her spellbinding storytelling and soaring vocals to Fed Square, in an intimate concert by candlelight as part of Open Air. The ARIA Award-winning artist is known equally for her heartfelt ballads and pop bangers, and her songs that wrestle with her own experiences as a young Aboriginal woman growing up in Australia.
Wednesday 10 February, 8.30pm–9.30pm | Main Square
Dubbed “the most chill band in Arnhem Land”, Drifting Clouds, led by Yolŋu songwriter Terry Guyula, blend dreamy ’80s-inspired synth-pop with ancient Songlines sung in language. It’s a sound unlike anything else in Australian music, a transcendental coastal groove made for a warm summer night under the stars.