November at MEMO Music Hall is a month for people who still care about the record.
At MEMO Music Hall this month, anniversary albums get the full front-to-back treatment, a St Kilda soul institution comes home, and a few of the country’s best songwriters play rooms small enough to hear them breathe.
Here’s what’s on.
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Alma Zygier and Band
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- 1 November
- Tickets here
Yes, her parents are Deborah Conway and Willy Zygier. No, she’s not coasting on it.
Alma Zygier took the left turn into jazz and blues, and eight years in, she’s one of the most compelling young voices doing it. Think smoky, playful and a little bit odd, with horn arrangements that swing.
Her dad raised her on classic jazz and blues records, and it shows.
Paul Kelly is a fan too: her take on a 1930s standard closes his 2021 Christmas album. A Sunday arvo well spent.
Lisa Miller & The Credit Card Band
Quiet Girl With A Credit Card 30th Anniversary Vinyl Launch w/ Shane Reilly
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- 6 November
- Tickets here
Three decades on, Lisa Miller’s debut is finally getting a vinyl pressing, and she’s marking it with a proper do.
After a sold-out run-through for 3RRR, she’s bringing the full album to MEMO, with extra room for deep cuts and favourites from the back catalogue.
Original players Sam Lemann, Bruce Haymes and Ashley Davies are back on board, joined by Tamara Murphy on bass and Shane Reilly on pedal steel. Reilly also opens the night with a set of ambient steel guitar.
It’s the last Melbourne show of this project for 2026, so don’t sleep on it.
Katie Noonan
w/ Mark Wilkinson
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- 8 November
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- Selling fast
Five-time ARIA winner Katie Noonan is about to drop her 30th studio album, Alone but All One, and this is a rare chance to hear it live.
It’s a hushed, tender record about love and everything that comes after, and it features her first songwriting collaboration with author Trent Dalton. Just Katie, her piano and a string quartet, recorded in her lounge room in the hills behind Nambour on Gubbi Gubbi Country.
She describes it as music for people in the middle of a life shift, whether that’s grief, separation or quiet reinvention. Bring tissues and a friend. Mark Wilkinson supports.
Kris Mizzi – Live at MEMO
w/ Sage Roadknight
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- 12 November
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Kris Mizzi is a Melbourne folk storyteller with a voice that’s tough and gentle at once, and a live show that swings from funny to spiritual to properly moving.
Paul Samwell-Smith, the producer behind Cat Stevens and the Yardbirds, reckons his songs sink in deeper the more you spend time with them. Sage Roadknight opens.
Tex Perkins & Matt Walker – ‘Before The Show’ Tour
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- 13 November
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- Selling fast
Two of Australia’s most respected musicians, one long friendship, and a new album tracked mostly in first takes.
Before The Show is loose, honest and lived-in, and that carries onto the stage, where no two nights are the same.
Expect the new songs plus a few well-chosen favourites. Grab a ticket before they’re gone.
John Schumann & The Vagabond Crew
- 14 November
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- Selling fast
Few Australian songwriters have soundtracked the national story like John Schumann. This show covers the lot: the Redgum years, Etched in Blue, True Believers, Lawson, Behind the Lines, Ghosts and Memories and more. Expect tales of honour, justice and love of country, delivered with plenty of dry wit.
The Vagabond Crew can go from thunderous to hushed in a heartbeat, and they dust off a few lost gems along the way. Audiences say they laughed, sang and wished it went longer.
Joseph Tawadros – Oud Virtuoso
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- 18 November
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- One night only
Joseph Tawadros AM has eight ARIAs, a Cairo childhood and an instrument that’s the great-great-grandparent of the guitar.
The oud is an Arabic lute, and in his hands it goes fast, tender, funny and haunting, often in the same piece. Now London-based, he’s back in Australia for a handful of solo shows, and MEMO gets exactly one of them.
Steve Balbi – ‘Leave Enough’ Album Tour
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- 19 November
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The Noiseworks and Mi-Sex man is back with his fifth solo record, Leave Enough, a warm, human-sounding collection that nods to Bowie, Lennon and Radiohead.
He’s touring it with a three-piece: Casper Tromp on keys and synth, and Tully Ryan on drums and percussion. Only three shows nationally, so get in early.
The record is available on limited-edition vinyl and CD, and only at the shows. There’s also a Community Ticket for anyone feeling the cost-of-living squeeze, so money shouldn’t keep you out of the room.
Lachy Doley – Returns Home Tour
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- 20 November
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- Selling fast
Hammond organ wizard Lachy Doley has spent the past year on the road overseas, including alongside Joe Bonamassa.
Now he’s home for six shows, his first Aussie headline dates in over a year and his only ones for 2026. Expect a blur of blues, soul and funk, powerhouse Hammond and some seriously wild Clavinet work, with special guests along for the ride.
Grand Wazoo – The Hometown Soul Revue
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- 21 November
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St Kilda soul royalty Grand WaZoo are celebrating 45 years, and they’re doing it a stone’s throw from where it all began.
Trumpeter John Montesante started the band here in 1981 and is still at the helm. The 13-to-14-piece line-up serves up Motown, Stax-style grooves and R&B from the 60s and 70s.
Soul men Wylie J Miller and Walter Brown and soul queens Ms Melanie and Anastasia Aspeling front the show, backed by the legendary WaZoo Horns. Eat on Acland Street first, then come on up.
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This article was made in partnership with MEMO Music Hall.
