Martin Hayes // Castlemaine // Australian Tour 2026 // Theatre Royal // 18+

Sat, 21 Feb, 2026 at 09:00 am UTC+11:00

Theatre Royal | Castlemaine

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Martin Hayes \/\/ Castlemaine \/\/ Australian Tour 2026 \/\/ Theatre Royal \/\/ 18+
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Martin Hayes, virtuosic Irish fiddler, and one of the most significant talents in Irish traditional music will return to Australia February 2026.
โ€œโ€ฆ ๐š ๐ฆ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฉ๐ก๐ซ๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐ญ๐จ ๐›๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐›๐ž๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐š ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ž โ€˜๐€๐ข๐ฌ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐†๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ.โ€™
๐‡๐ž ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐ฐ๐ก๐ข๐ฅ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐ž-๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐ง ๐ž๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ง๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ.โ€
Edinburgh Music Review

Martinโ€™s special sound, his mastery of his chosen instrument โ€“ the violin โ€“ his acknowledgement of the past and his shaping of the future of the music, combine to create a formidable artistic intelligence. He has drawn inspiration from many musical genres, but remains grounded in the music he grew up with in East County Clare. He has the ability to place the tradition within a wider contemporary context, creating an exquisite and insightful interpretation of Irish music.
โ€œ๐ˆ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ž๐œ๐š๐๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž, ๐ฐ๐žโ€™๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ค ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐š๐ง ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ค ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐š๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ซ ๐‰๐ข๐ฆ๐ข ๐‡๐ž๐ง๐๐ซ๐ข๐ฑ ๐จ๐ซ ๐‰๐จ๐ก๐ง ๐‚๐จ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ž.โ€
The Irish Times
Martin Hayesโ€™ soulful interpretations of traditional Irish music are recognized the world over for their exquisite musicality and irresistible rhythm. Praised by the Irish Times as a musician with an โ€œ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐š๐›๐ฅ๐ž ๐š๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐๐ฏ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐žโ€, Martin is the founder of the musical supergroup ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐†๐ฅ๐จ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ , (with whom he tours internationally and with whom he shared the prestigious Meteor Prize in 2014 for their debut album), ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐„๐ง๐ฌ๐ž๐ฆ๐›๐ฅ๐ž, and ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐Œ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ง ๐‡๐š๐ฒ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ž๐ญ. Martin toured and recorded with the late guitarist Dennis Cahill for over twenty years. They performed for President Obama at The White House in 2011.
Martin has created collaborations with extraordinary musicians in the classical, folk and contemporary music worlds with the likes of Bill Frisell, Ricky Skaggs, Jordi Savall, Brooklyn Rider and the RTE Concert Orchestra, as well as many of the greatest traditional Irish musicians over the past forty years. Martin has contributed music, both original and traditional arrangements to modern dance, theatre, film and television.
He has performed on stage with musicians such as Sting and Paul Simon, and has recorded with Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Project.
On this forthcoming Australian tour Martin will be accompanied by ๐Š๐ฒ๐ฅ๐ž ๐’๐š๐ง๐ง๐š. Hailed as a โ€œfirst rateโ€ and โ€œversatileโ€ musician by The New Yorker, guitarist and composer Sanna performs traditional Irish music as well as jazz and improvised music, composing for ensembles, and producing recordings for many artists.
Kyle Sanna has collaborated with and performed alongside modern virtuosos like Yo-Yo Ma and Edgar Meyer, and with some of the greatest living interpreters of the Irish tradition including Martin Hayes and Seamus Egan
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Theatre Royal, Upstairs, 54A Mostyn St, Castlemaine VIC 3450, Australia, Castlemaine

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