Entertainment
18 June, 2025
Small hall, but big on music
MACHANS Beach Community Hall celebrates its uniqueness with the Small Halls 2025 Coastal Queensland Winter tour next month.
Woodfordia Incorporated’s Festival of Small Halls 2025 is being hosted at the hall in Tucker St on Friday, July 4, with music, food and drink.
Taking the best folk and contemporary acoustic artists from across Australia, the festival is a series of tours on the road to small local halls in communities all over Australia.
Running at the Machans Beach hall from 6.30pm on Friday, July 4, the night will see local café Mayhem at Machans undertake catering duties alongside a volunteer-run bar, providing visitors with a truly local experience.
The Festival of Small Halls is a way of exploring the vast country of Australia in the spirit of hospitality and great fun.
Featuring both international and Australian musicians, the Machans Beach event will be headlined by Canadian folk duo Champagne Weather, Australian duo Charm of Finches, as well as Machans Beach’s own Jasmine Maraea.
Connecting folk roots to modern minimalist music, Canada’s Champagne Weather makes time stand still, with their music wrapping around the audience and creating transformative musical moments.
Performing songs from their latest album as well as exciting new material, Australian sister duo Charm of Finches, consisting of sisters Mabel and Ivy Windred-Wornes, deliver intricate folk-pop that harmoniously unite melancholy and wonder.
Machans Beach Community Association member and event organiser Morag Gane said the night was expected to be a great success, following similar outcomes in previous years.
“This is the third year that we’ve run it and it’s been very successful,” Ms Gane said.
“We’ve sold out tickets both other times and tickets are selling well at the moment for $35 per person.
“It’s something we would very much like to keep as a community, it’s a quality night of entertainment at a reasonable price.
“Because we are a community organisation, we don’t make any profit,” she said.
“Machans Beach Community Hall is actually the only community-owned hall in the Cairns region.”
For tickets visit https://bit.ly/4jVbAso
or call Ms Gane on 0400 126 498.
