Shows

2026

• Fri

  03

  Apr

  2026

  Sun

  05

  Apr

  2026

  National Folk Festival (Heronbones Project)

  Various

  Exhibition Park, Canberra, ACT

  

   

  https://www.folkfestival.org.au/

  Featuring Dan West

• Sun

  26

  Apr

  2026

  The Heronbones Project (Ruth Hazleton) Album Launch

  Doors 6pm | Show 7pm

  Brunswick Ballroom, Sydney Road Brunswick

  

  TICKETS: 3https://moshtix.com.au/v2/event/the-heronbones-project-ruth-hazleton-/186793

  All Ages Event | Accessible Event | Dining Tix Available

  DOORS 6PM // KITCHEN OPENS 6PM // SHOW STARTS 7PM

  Ruth Hazleton brings her darkfolk album project Heronbones to the stage, featuring Naarm instrumentalist & producer Dan West on guitar, live electronics, beats and pieces, and Lostii on synths & vocals.

  Heronbones is a collection of stories (both traditional and composed), told through soundscape. Drawing from deep wells of folklore and trad song, Hazleton reshapes these narratives through a darkfolk lens, blending electronic sampling and sound design with guitar and banjo. The project realises an artistic vision seeded many years ago, inspired by 90s downbeat, electronica and triphop.
  A Naarm/Melbourne-based singer, banjo player, guitarist and songwriter, Hazleton has remained a prominent figure in Australia’s folk music scene for over 30 years and was awarded ‘Artist of the Year’ at the 2021 Australian Folk Music Awards.

  Special Guests: Lotus Threads is a poetry and music project by poet Panda Wong and musician Hannah Wu (electronics and Guzheng). Joined by harpist/instrumentalist Genevieve Fry, Lotus Threads explore collaboration and the links between music and spoken word.

  “Ruth Hazleton doesn’t just interpret folk traditions – she inhabits them… What makes [her music] most compelling is her ability to hold tradition and transformation in the same hand… one of the most vital, visionary artists working in folk music today’. ~ Stevie Connor, Sound Café (Canada)

  “Ruth Hazleton has the rare gift to make the new sound old and the old sound new. Past and present flow together through her stunning vocal delivery of these fine songs.”
  ~ Thomm Jutz (Nashville, USA)

  “A masterclass on every level” ~ Sista Mary, Bay FM