nipaluna/Hobart Lunchbox Concerts 2025: Summer Season Pass

Our immensely popular lunchtime concert series returns to the Hobart Town Hall!

Curated by VDB’s Artistic Director, Julia Fredersdorff, our 2025 Summer Series showcases some of Lutruwita/Tasmania's finest musical talent, alongside international and interstate guests, in an eclectic program of music spanning a rich variety of genres and styles. 

Experience glorious classical song, folk storytelling, sublime piano sonatas, and enter the mystical world of plants.

Escape the hustle and bustle and step into an oasis of calm listening to beautiful music in the glorious surrounds of the Hobart Town Hall Ballroom.

TUESDAY 4 NOVEMBER @ 1.05pm - JACQUELINE WARD & KAREN SMITHIES (TAS)
Soprano Jacqueline Ward is joined by pianist Karen Smithies for a beautiful concert of music by Handel, Benjamin Britten, Dominick Argento, and more.

TUESDAY 11 NOVEMBER @ 1.05pm - FORGET-ME-NOT (TAS, DEN, SLO)
Van Diemen’s Band reunites with mandolin wizard Luke Plumb and special guests Khalida de Ridder (violin) and Slovenian singer Rebeka Dragolič for a very personal program of joy, love, loss and survival.

TUESDAY 18 NOVEMBER @ 1.05pm - KRISTIAN CHONG (VIC)
Melbourne-based pianist Kristian Chong performs Schubert's final - and arguably greatest - piano sonata D960 in B-flat Major. 

TUESDAY 25 NOVEMBER @ 1.05pm - PATTERNS OF PLANTS (VIC, NSW, TAS)
Van Diemen’s Band teams up with Melbourne’s Astra Ensemble to present Japanese composer Mamoru Fujieda’s magnum opus “Patterns of Plants”

FOUR-CONCERT SEASON PASS NOW ON SALE FOR $40 (available until 4 November 2025) - includes priority entry queue.