Icelandic song-poet and raconteur, Svavar Knútur returns to Australia following his 2024 Woodfordia Festival of Small Halls Tour joining forces with Portuguese-Canadian, Nico Paulo who play Castlemaine ahead of their appearance at Port Fairy Folk Festival.

Svavar Knutur is a master storyteller and self professed public‑health troubadour whose hauntingly beautiful folk-infused songs explore grief, hope and redemption. Drawing inspiration from Nick Drake, Leonard Cohen and Joni Mitchell, and other masters of the troubadour art, his emotive vocals weave humour into tales of the northern wilds. With his recent double‑album Ahoy!, he continues a 15‑year musical odyssey through the storm ridden way of waves of the human heart.

“A night with Svavar will bring you to hell and back… smiling and laughing all the way,” as Australian musician Pete Uhlenbruch puts it.

Catch this Nordic troubadour at the Taproom and prepare for a night of raw emotion, laughter and unforgettable storytelling.

Nico Paulo’s critically-acclaimed, self-titled debut from 2023 introduced listeners to her melodically dynamic, open-hearted songwriting as she explored the interconnected nature of relationships and the flow of time in lush, sophisticated pop arrangements. Her new EP, Interval_o, released in 2025, finds presence in the process of becoming, celebrating transformational time with intuitive songwriting in warm ambient and minimalist soundscapes. Both records owe their textural intricacy to friend and collaborator Joshua Van Tassel (Rose Cousins, Bahamas).

Lighting out from her home base on the island, Paulo has established herself as a spellbinding live performer—warbling, swooning, fluttering, dancing—on stages around the world.

Svavar Knutur Website: www.svavarknutur.com

Svavar Knutur Live in Concert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ao9IQWjDi0&list=RD7Ao9IQWjDi0

Nico Paulo: https://nicopaulo.com

Nico Paulo: LIVE - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r5J4Xbv2uc