#1 Dads
Wednesday, 21 October [SOLD OUT]
Thursday, 22 October [SOLD OUT]
Tickets $46.95
After six years away from Australian stages, #1 Dads returns for a long-awaited run of intimate shows.
The solo project of Tom Iansek (Big Scary, No Mono), #1 Dads has quietly become one of Australia's most beloved indie acts. Iansek's songs are built on understated arrangements, honest songwriting and the kind of melodies that linger long after the show is over.
Across four albums, including the ARIA-nominated About Face and Golden Repair, #1 Dads has earned a devoted following while Iansek has also become one of Australia's most respected producers, working with artists including Maple Glider, Kate Miller-Heidke, The Paper Kites, Ruby Gill and Lisa Mitchell.
The tour coincides with the release of Every Little Fire, Iansek's most personal album to date.
Rowena Wise w Miranda vs Arizona
Friday, 30 October
Tickets $38
This October and November, Rowena Wise takes her full band on the road for 10+ dates across Australia to support her sophomore album, Bad Things Feel Good*. The record is a tender, point-blank look at the pain of transformation and what it means to be flesh and blood — from Melbourne to Brisbane, Sydney to Hobart and beyond.
Written over two years of near-constant touring and recorded live over three days at The Ratshack in Collingwood with producer Rob Muinos (Julia Jacklin, Didirri), the album traces heartbreak, estrangement, and the knottier growing pains of adulthood through candid poetic lyricism and a raw live production. The songs hold space rather than demand attention, and live, they hit even harder.
Since debuting in 2018, she has amassed over 10 million streams, earned airplay across triple j, Double j and Unearthed, and toured extensively across Australia, the UK, Europe, the USA and Canada, supporting artists including Holy Holy, Ball Park Music, Bernard Fanning and PaulDempsey. Her 2024 debut album, Senseless Acts of Beauty, was praised by CLASH Magazine as “carefully etched indie folk” and shortlisted for the Australian Music Prize. Her highly anticipated sophomore album, Bad Things Feel Good*, a tender, point-blank meditation on transformation, is out August 7, 2026 via Beloved Records.
The Dark Ages House Party
Saturday, 31 October
Free entry
You are summoned to Ye Olde Mapleton Public House for a night of feasting, drinking, dancing and general medieval misbehaviour. Entry is free. Kings, queens, knights, witches, wenches, peasants, plague doctors and creatures of questionable origin are all welcome. Don thy finest medieval garb and join the rabble in the Main Bar for a night of music, merriment and behaviour unbecoming of respectable townsfolk.
But for those wishing to sin in considerably greater comfort, leave the peasants behind and book thy place at the table for a feast of rather indecent proportions. The Dark Ages set menu will fill thy belly before thou are released back amongst the common folk.
Eat. Drink. Dance. Repent.
Way Dynamic w Jessie L. Warren
Friday, 6 November [SOLD OUT]
Tickets $39.80
Way Dynamic, the project of Melbourne songwriter Dylan Young, shares his new single ‘Officially’. The song is included on the first-ever international release of the album Massive Shoe, out on 2 Oct via Jagjaguwar, which also features the recent BBC 6 Music playlisted single ‘Miffed It’.
‘Officially’ is released ahead of Way Dynamic’s upcoming UK, Ireland and North American tour. "I wrote ‘Officially’ the week I met my girlfriend, so it really is a shamefully joyous love song,” Dylan explains. Part delirious and part lament, he continues, “But it also contends with the downside of being addicted to someone - I am a very compulsive person." It’s a jubilant number that enhances Massive Shoe’s take on relationships squandered and flourishing....
Massive Shoe is Way Dynamic’s playful and understated, luminous and textured third album, originally released on Spoilsport Records. It’s minimalist folk-pop, art rock and baroque pop, produced and largely played by Young, who moonlights in Melbourne’s beloved Cool Sounds and Good Morning and has played drums with Snowy Band and Kankawa Nagarra.
Life Drawing Sessions
Wednesday, 11 November
Tickets $35
Join us for an inspiring evening of life drawing accompanied by live music at Mapleton Public House. Whether you're an experienced artist or simply curious to explore figure drawing for the first time, this welcoming session is designed to be relaxed, social and creatively rewarding.
Settle in for an evening of observation, creativity and good company. With live music and all drawing materials provided, all you need to do is turn up and enjoy the experience.
Limited tickets available – bookings essential.
Dining with the Stars
Thursday, 12 November [BOOKED OUT]
Free to attend; dinner booking essential
Dining with the Stars is an intimate new experience coming to Mapleton Public House this November, pairing dinner in the hinterland with an evening under the stars.
Guests book a table and dine à la carte as usual, before heading next door to the Mapleton Observatory for a private guided tour of the night sky… on us.
Each evening is limited to just eight guests, with a maximum of two groups of four, keeping the experience small and intimate. With the Sunshine Coast Hinterland now recognised as a Dark Sky Reserve, it’s a pretty special way to spend an evening in Mapleton.
Our first evening is planned for Thursday 12 November, with a second date scheduled for Thursday 17 December. From there, we hope to make Dining with the Stars a regular monthly Thursday night experience.
All observatory visits are subject to weather conditions, with bookings strictly limited.
Two Metre Tall Brewery x MPH
Saturday, 14 November
Tickets $120 pp
We're delighted to welcome Ashley Huntington, founder of Tasmania's cult-favourite Two Metre Tall, to Mapleton Public House for an intimate lunch celebrating wild fermentation, exceptional produce and a shared respect for the land.
From his farm in Tasmania's Derwent Valley, Ash has spent decades challenging conventions in brewing and cider making, producing extraordinary farmhouse ales and ciders through natural fermentation and a deep connection to the land.
This is a rare opportunity to meet one of Australia's most interesting and uncompromising producers, hear the stories behind his craft and taste a selection of Two Metre Tall's remarkable creations.
Only 18 seats available. Tickets purchased individually.
Meg Washington w Jenny Mitchell
Sunday, 15 November [SOLD OUT]
Tickets $55
Meg Washington is a platinum-selling, award-winning, and genre-defying singer-songwriter who fluently weaves the worlds of jazz, pop, folk and musical theatre together.
Solo, Meg’s shows are an intimate, captivating spell. Alone at the piano, the soaring melodies and lyrical poetry of her songwriting are laid bare, as Meg makes her way through a selection of songs from her impressive five-album catalog. Each night is truly unique, with a setlist often chosen according to the special, connected moment that is shared between artist and audience.
On The Everything’s Going to Be Fine Tour, Meg brings her unforgettable show around Australia, providing a rare opportunity to hear Meg’s electrifying voice up close and to experience one of Australia’s best musicians in a never-to-be repeated live performance.
Katy Steele
Sunday, 22 November
Tickets $50
Following a successful national run of UNDRESSED shows earlier this year and the release of her limited-edition Undressed album, Katy Steele is taking her intimate live experience to regional Victoria, Queensland and New South Wales.
Expect a raw, unfiltered performance with Katy stripped bare on stage. In an intimate duo setting, the songs are returned to their purest form- voice, piano, guitar and nothing to hide behind. Known for the soaring anthems of Little Birdy and the richly layered production of her solo work, Katy returns to where every song begins, revealing the heart of the music in its purest form.
The UNDRESSED album is a conscious unravelling of everything Katy has released before, featuring stripped-back interpretations of songs from her solo catalogue, beloved Little Birdy favourites, and timeless covers including Patti Smith's Because The Night, Lou Reed's Perfect Day, and Michael Jackson's Ben.
Honest, immersive and moving, THIS IS ME, UNDRESSED invites audiences into a rare live experience where every lyric, every story and every note takes centre stage.
Allegra Kreiger (USA) w Hana Stretton
Wednesday, 25 November
Tickets $51
Allegra Krieger is a songwriter, composer & multi-instrumentalist based in New York City. She has released six albums to date, the latest of which was described by Rolling Stone as “ten songs of heady philosophical meanderings packed with emotional dynamite,” and likened her “finely phrased lyrics” to those of “Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, and David Berman.”
New York Times: “Deceptively understated songwriter”
Aquarium Drunkard: Krieger sings measured soliloquies recounting her memories, observations, and curiosities straddling the mortal and divine. Finger-picked guitars float like sunlight, illuminating forgotten corners of the universe where Krieger finds inspiration.
Paste: The NYC singer-songwriter’s fourth album skates with ease between cosmic surrealism and grounded, conversational lyrics, and its poetry is a well-oiled, ghostly apparatus only she sees in full… Krieger’s poetry is a well-oiled, ghostly machine.. and the music it produces is as heartbreakingly mature as inherited antique jewelry.
Liminal
Friday, 4 December
Tickets $34.70
Liminal is an experimental psychedelic rock band based in the Northern Rivers, Australia.
Liminal were selected for both 2024 and 2025 SXSW Sydney, they have played extensively in the grass roots psych scene in across the east coast of Australia, opened for DJO with a wildly electronic set, and even launched their own truly community focused festival, Anemoia, sharing the stage with acts such as Fungus and Nice Biscuit. Their live shows are meticulously crafted to reflect the detail captured in their records.
Having released their debut LP "Place" and sophomore LP "White Dots" independently, Liminal are set to release their most daring project yet, "Hyper Normal". Written and produced by Alako Myles, the upcoming LP is an audiophonic homage to the strange corners of the world, a sonic salute to the likes of David Lynch, and will bend the minds of all who hear it, pushing Liminal into their new era of creativity.
Hillbilly Goats
Sunday, 6 December
Tickets $35
Festival favourites, People’s Choice Australian Folk Band of the Year (2022), Golden Fiddle Recipients (2020) and 4 time “Bluegrass” Golden Guitar finalists, the Hillbilly Goats exude an undeniable passion for mountain music, the instruments and the harmonies. Their mission is to strip back the layers of modern music and transport you on a journey that began centuries ago when the immigrants first settled in the Appalachian Mountains of America.
Their recordings feature award nominated originals, but mostly paint a picture of traditional songs from 1710 through to the 1940’s with a high energy quirky edge. Featuring Banjo, Bones, Double Bass, Fiddle, Tap Dancing, 3 part Harmonies and more, the Goats tell tales of the history of Mountain Music’s evolution into Blues, Country & Bluegrass.
Dining with the Stars
Thursday, 17 December [BOOKED OUT]
Free to attend; dinner booking essential
Dining with the Stars is an intimate new experience coming to Mapleton Public House this November, pairing dinner in the hinterland with an evening under the stars.
Guests book a table and dine à la carte as usual, before heading next door to the Mapleton Observatory for a private guided tour of the night sky… on us.
Each evening is limited to just eight guests, with a maximum of two groups of four, keeping the experience small and intimate. With the Sunshine Coast Hinterland now recognised as a Dark Sky Reserve, it’s a pretty special way to spend an evening in Mapleton.
Our first evening is planned for Thursday 12 November, with a second date scheduled for Thursday 17 December. From there, we hope to make Dining with the Stars a regular monthly Thursday night experience.
All observatory visits are subject to weather conditions, with bookings strictly limited.
North and Elsewhere w Herston Grange
Sunday, 20 December
Tickets $20
Sunshine Coast sister duo North and Elsewhere return home on their Safe Harbour album tour, joined by Brisbane indie rock outfit Herston Grange in support.
Raised on folk music and family harmonies, sisters Hazel and Roanna Law weave beautiful harmonies with thoughtful songwriting exploring nature, connection and the human experience. Finalists for Youth Artist of the Year at the 2026 Australian Folk Music Awards and recent winners of the national ListenUp Music Songwriting Prize, the pair are making their mark on Australia's folk scene.
Opening the afternoon, Herston Grange bring their blend of indie rock, folk influences and heartfelt songwriting, with their debut album vignettes on the way.
Pachyman (PR)
Saturday, 2 Janurary
Tickets $53.05
Pachyman (Pachy García) is a Puerto Rico-born, Los Angeles-based producer and musician working in the lineage of dub reggae. Drawing from vintage production techniques and the methodologies of genre masters like King Tubby and The Scientist, Pachyman constructs expansive soundscapes that showcase an intuitive understanding of repetition, space, and sonic architecture.
Originally trained in reggae and experimental rock bands in Puerto Rico, Pachyman's artistic evolution reflects a diverse musical palette spanning synth-pop, dub techno, vaporwave, chillwave, soul-jazz, Kosmische musik, and krautrock. His work synthesizes these influences while remaining rooted in dub reggae's core philosophy, creating a distinctive sound that balances experimental edges with dancefloor-driven energy.
Winey Witches Supper Club
Last Wednesday of the Month
Tickets $60 p/p
Winey Witches is a monthly Supper Club for women promoting empowerment, connection and self-care through shared dining, wine tasting and conversation.
On the last Wednesday of each month, join fellow local women to enjoy a shared main course, paired with matching wine that you most likely haven’t tried before. Come and learn about wine, have a whine and unwind on a semi-regular basis.
If you would like to enquire about a gig at Mapleton Public House, please reach out to events@mapleton.pub.