2018
Fri 19 – Sun 21 October: Kangaroo Valley Folk Festival
Sat 7 July: The Newsagency
Wed 13 June: City Recital Hall: A Little Lunch Music
Thurs 29 Mar – Mon 2 April: National Folk Festival
Sat 3 Mar: Summer Hill Folk Festival
Sat 17 Feb: The Loaded Dog Folk Club
Fri 12 – Sun 14 Jan: Cygnet Folk Festival
2017
Wed 27 Dec – Mon 1 Jan: Woodford Folk Festival
Fri 10 – Sun 12 Nov: Majors Creek Folk Festival
Fri 3 Nov: Australian Music Week
Sat 8 July: Chaika @ One Space HQ Bondi
Sat 17 June: Vivid Sydney: Chaika @ Django Bar
Sun 7 May: Bundanoon House Concerts
Sun 30 April: 5 Lands @ The Rhythm Hut
Sat 4 Mar: Summer Hill Folk Festival
Sat 7 Jan: Chaika + Sharon Shannon Band (Ireland) @ The Basement
2016
Sat 26 Nov: Jungle Love Festival, Imbil, QLD
Sat 26 Nov: Queen Street Mall, Brisbane
Fri 25 Nov: Green Jam at QPAC, Brisbane
Fri 14 – Sun 16 Oct: Kangaroo Valley Folk Festival
Thurs 22 Sept: Chaika + The Willie Wagtails @ Lamps
Sat 10 Sept: Humph Hall charity concert for UNHCR
Sat 3 Sept: Glebe Markets, Glebe
Sat 21 May: Wauchope Community Arts Centre, Wauchope
Fri 20 May: The Unorthodox Church of Groove, Newcastle
Thurs 19 May: Camelot Lounge, Marrickville, with Mara & Llew Kiek
Sun 15 May: Jane’s, Wollongong with House of Maqam
Sat 14 May: Berrima Smalls concert series, Berrima
Fri 13 May: Smith’s Alternative, Canberra
Thurs 12 May: Sutherland Acoustic, Gymea
2015
Fri 11 Dec: Chaika + Orchestra @ The Basement
Fri 23 – Sun 25th Oct: Dorrigo Folk & Bluegrass Festival
Fri 16th – Sun 18th Oct: Kangaroo Valley Folk Festival
Fri 15th May: River Music, Nowra Showground Pavilion, including a preview of new material workshopped at Bundanon.
Mon 11th – Sun 17th May: Artists-in-Residence at Bundanon
Thurs 23rd April: Camelot Lounge, supporting The String Contingent‘s album launch “Facets”
Sat 18th April: ChaikaFest, Tomerong (workshops & concert)
Fri 17th April: House Concert, Congo NSW
Thurs 2nd – Mon 6th April: The National Folk Festival
Fri 27th Mar – Sun 1st February: Cobargo Folk Festival
2014
Sun 31st August: Django Bar, Marrickville
The Mountains Tour:
FRIDAY MAY 23: CANBERRA The Artist’s Shed, Queanbeyen, Support: Jeni & Mahesh
SATURDAY MAY 24: KATOOMBA The Clarendon Guesthouse
SUNDAY MAY 25: MITTAGONG Mittagong Playhouse
THURSDAY MAY 29: Wodonga Arts Space Wodonga
FRIDAY MAY 30: MELBOURNE The Breslin Gallery – Featuring a special Art meets Music collaboration with guest artist Shay Tobin.
SATURDAY MAY 31: MELBOURNE Farouk’s Olive, Thornbury *With the Willie Wagtails (MELB)*
FRIDAY JUNE 6: NEWCASTLE The Unorthodox Church of Groove
SATURDAY JUNE 7: BELLINGEN 5 Church St.
SUNDAY JUNE 8: BRISBANE WITH MZAZA (BRIS) Steven Bowerman’s Vision Gallery
THURSDAY JUNE 12: AVOCA BEACH Avoca Beach Picture Theatre
FRIDAY JUNE 13: OFFICIAL SYDNEY LAUNCH! THE FOUNDRY 616
SATURDAY JUNE 14: SYDNEY Red Rattler, Marrickville – An Oxfam fundraiser with the Solidarity Choir
SUNDAY JUNE 15: NOWRA River Music with support from Chooks on a hot tin roof
2013
Fri 11th – Sun 13th October: Dungog Music Festival
Fri 25th – Sun 27th October: Kangaroo Valley Folk Festival
Sun 8th September: The Independent Theatre. ‘Balkan Soundscapes’ for the Twilight Series
Thurs 25th April – Sunday 28th April: St Albans Folk Festival.
Sun Feb 24th: The Independent Theatre, North Sydney “Twilight Series” Chai & Chaika
Fri Feb 22nd: Wollongong Conservatorium: Chaika at the Wollongong Con Chamber Music series
Sat Feb 16th: Mittagong Playhouse, Mittagong
Fri Feb 15th: The Merry Muse, Canberra
Sat Feb 9th: Neighbourhood Productions: Chaika & Steve Mushin
Fri Feb 8th: Open Studio, Melbourne
Thursday Feb 7th: Arc, Yinnar, VIC
Sun Feb 3rd: Mini Festival @ Tomerong Hall, Tomerong, NSW
Sat Feb 2nd: The Rhythm Hut, Gosford
Fri Jan 25th: Avoca Beach Picture Theatre
2012
December 22nd: Cafe Church, Glebe: A very CHAIKA Christmas with ‘Laura & Susie’ and special guests
October 26th – 28th: Dorrigo Festival
August 31st: Camelot Lounge, Marrickville, supporting The Tango Saloon
May 26: The Loaded Dog Folk Club supporting John Dengate
May 16: Chaika at The Basement, Sydney, with The Lurkers.
May 12: Frogfest @ The Red Rattler, Marrickville.
May 6: Frogfest on the Central Coast at Kantara House.
April 20-22: St Albans Folk Festival, St Albans. www.stalbansfolkfestival.com.au
April 5-9: The National Folk Festival, EPIC, Canberra. Opening concert at Flute & Fiddle tent for MoFo (Modern Folk); ‘Folk vs Folk’ in The Majestic; Chai & Youth tents. www.folkfestival.org.au
March 25: 5 Lands at The Rhythm Hut, Gosford. www.therhythmhut.com.au
March 21: ALBUM LAUNCH at Venue 505, Surry Hills, with My Sauce Good.
March 2: Hibernian House 401/402, Surry Hills, with Annushka.
February 24-26: Cobargo Folk Festival. www.cobargofolkfestival.com
February 10: MoFo (Modern Folk) at The Gaelic Club, Surry Hills, with The String Contingent.
2011
October 26: ‘Der Golem’ at CuriousWorks. Chaika performed live improvised score to silent film.
October 21-23: Kangaroo Valley Folk Festival
September 24: ‘Chaika Chillout’ at Cafechurch, Glebe.
August 11: Venue 505, Surry Hills, supporting Takadimi.