Our immensely popular lunchtime concert series returns to the Hobart Town Hall for five more fabulous concerts!

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

Experience virtuosic percussion, thundering piano, Australia's only prog-Baroque quartet and toe-tapping Balkan folk, and brilliant Baroque duets.

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 15 APRIL @ 1.05pm - ENSEMBLE OFFSPRING (NSW)
Standing at the forefront of musical innovation, Ensemble Offspring's Claire Edwardes (percussion) and Zubin Kanga (piano) perform a virtuosic program of new music.

TUESDAY 22 APRIL @ 1.05pm - STEFAN CASSOMENOS (VIC)
Hailed as ‘a pianist of great passion and power’, Stefan Cassomenos performs a kaleidoscopic program of spectacular piano masterpieces, culminating in Liszt’s monumental transcription of Beethoven’s epic Symphony No. 5.

TUESDAY 29 APRIL @ 1.05pm - CROISSANTS & WHISKEY (TAS/VIC)
Prog-baroque quartet Croissants and Whiskey brings a new energy to old instruments, with an unconventional blend of harpsichord, violone, baroque viola, and recorders.

TUESDAY 6 MAY @ 1.05pm - XENOS (TAS)
Ready your heart and your feet for the evocative and exciting urban-folk of Eastern Europe.

TUESDAY 13 MAY @ 1.05pm - KARINA SCHMITZ & SIMON MARTYN-ELLIS (TAS)
This sumptuous program of duos by Schubert, Beethoven and Carulli features VDB's 2025 Mentors-in-Residence Karina Schmitz (viola) and Simon Martyn-Ellis (Romantic guitar).

THREE-CONCERT SEASON PASSES ($30) for Concerts 3,4&5 are available until 29 April 2025.

Contact the host of nipaluna/Hobart Lunchbox Concerts 2025: Autumn Season Pass