Morning Music series at Clocktower Centre features nostalgic performances from August to December including Disney classics and Christmas carols
The Clocktower Centre Morning Music series continues with five captivating tribute performances commencing on 19 August.
The popular program pays homage to Disney classics, The Beach Boys, Dame Julie Andrews and British pop icon Cilla Black, offering audiences a perfect morning of music alongside breakfast and lunch options at the onsite Clocktower Café. The Morning Music series has been dazzling audiences throughout 2025 as the venue celebrates its 25th anniversary.
Danielle Matthews, the inaugural winner of the Rob Guest Endowment Award, opens the program with Wish Upon a Star: The Disney Songbook, featuring her three-piece band performing classics from Pinocchio, Beauty and the Beast and Frozen. Cabaret star Drew Downing follows with Good Vibrations: The Songs of the Beach Boys, bringing the soundtrack of a generation to the historic venue.
Clocktower Centre Morning Music series
- Wish Upon a Star: The Disney Songbook: Tuesday 19 August, 11am
- Good Vibrations: The Songs of the Beach Boys: Tuesday 9 September, 11am
- Practically Perfect (Julie Andrews tribute): Tuesday 14 October, 11am
- Cilla: You’re My World: Tuesday 11 November, 11am
- Rejoice and Be Merry (Christmas show): Tuesday 9 December, 11am
- Venue: Clocktower Centre, 750 Mt Alexander Road, Moonee Ponds
- Bookings: clocktowercentre.com.au
Check out our gig guide here.
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Rosa McCarty and Jonathan Guthrie-Jones star in Practically Perfect, a glorious tribute to Dame Julie Andrews featuring songs from Mary Poppins, My Fair Lady and The Sound of Music. The production comes from JTM Productions, creators of successful shows including California Dreaming and Carole King: The Songbook of her Life.
Danielle O’Malley channels British pop icon Cilla Black in Cilla: You’re My World, sharing stories from Liverpool while performing Anyone Who Had a Heart and Alfie. The series concludes with Rejoice and Be Merry, a Christmas celebration featuring Australian tenor Roy Best, singer Michelle Fitzmaurice and concert pianist William Schmidt performing O Holy Night, White Christmas and The Holy City.
Patrons can purchase a five-show package that includes a free 12-month Clocktower Centre membership. The venue, which began as the Essendon and Flemington Mechanics Institute, now serves as a modern centre for arts and culture with a recently refurbished café featuring a restored 1898 Bechstein grand piano.
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