UPCOMING EVENTS

Past Events

2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013

2025

BTB Goes to The Festival of Voices in Tasmania!
3 – 6 July

BTB members kick off three days of singing (and four days of fun) in Hobart.

Saturday 28 June Fundraising
Bunnings Coburg Sausage Sizzle – come along and support the choir to raise funds for our first trip to the Festival of Voices in Hobart!

Morning crew at Bunnings.

The Big Cosy Sing Sunday 22 June
A sumptuous feast of warm winter song – bringing light to the darkness on the solstice weekend: a joyful and heartfelt collaboration between Merri-Bek singers and song leaders.

Hosted by: Loz Irwin-Ray & Beyond the Bathroom, Emily Hayes & Brunswick Rogues, Flip Case & Shift the Table, Nicki Johnson and Craig Barrie & Brunswick Community Gospel Choir with support from Community Music Victoria.

Loz Irwin-Ray conducting the Beyond the Bathroom Choir at the Big Cosy Pride Sing 2025
Song leaders at The Big Cosy Pride Sing

Sunday 11 May Mothers’ Day Gig at Bunnings Coburg

BTB celebrating Mothers’ Day at Bunnings Coburg

Natty D – Songs and Stories of the Solomon Islands
Natty is a warrior of tribal songs of the Solomon Islands, the bearer of deep cultural knowledge and rare mystic chants.

Bar 303, Northcote on Wednesday 26 March 
Beyond The Bathroom Choir / Omid Shayan

Bar 303 Loz conducting
Loz conducts BTB at Bar 303

2025 Sydney Road Street Party Sunday 2 March
Beyond The Bathroom Choir & Brunswick Community Gospel Choir

BTB Choir performing Lead with Love with keyword signing
BTB choir singing Lead With Love using Key Word Sign language

2024

Charity fundraiser event for The Big Issue

East Brunswick Hotel, 15 December 2024.
Performers included *Beyond The Bathroom Choir *Oliver Downes *Brunswick Community Gospel Choir *Pirritu
*Loz Irwin-Ray

Victor Jara Remembrance

7.30pm, Monday 16 September – Victor Jara Remembrance (Community Choirs + Soloists)
Solidarity Hall, Victorian Trades Hall, 54 Victoria Street, Carlton
Performers included: Beyond The Bathroom, Pia Nesvara, Nick Varga, Victorian Trade Union Choir, Brunswick Rogues Choir, Canto Coro Reunion choir, and more!

A Great Big Sing

A sumptuous feast of warm winter song on the solstice weekend: a joyful and heartfelt collaboration between Merri-Bek singers and song leaders.

Workshop with Natty D (Musical Traditions and Stories from the Solomon Islands)
2023
BTB ft. Pirritu, Wesley Anne Northcote, Nov 2023. See the Live Music Video 

Facebook event link: https://fb.me/e/6r7QdFdnl

BTB performing at the Fitzroy Primary School fete.
Fitzroy School Fete, Fitzroy Primary School, Oct 2023
BTB Sing at Bunnings Coburg, June 2023
Natty D Workshop, East Brunswick Hotel, April 2023
Coburg Farmers’ Market 2023
2022
Pillars of Light Festival, Melbourne CBD, 20 Dec 2022
Sydney Road Sing, Brunswick, 10 Dec 2022
Supporter Scheme Event, Victoria Hotel Brunswick, 13 Nov 2022
Beyond the Bathroom at CERES Market, 18 June 2022
Beyond the Bathroom sing with Anna Smyrk, Charles Weston Hotel, 10 April 2022
A collaboration with musician Anna Smyrk
2021
Anna Smyrk Workshop, Siteworks, 7 Dec 2021
A collaborative workshop and recording session with musician Anna Smyrk
Sing in the Paddock, CERES Joe’s Market Garden, 22 May 2021
2020
Big Cosy Virtual Sing, 18 July 2020
A collaborative community choir event held with Just Holler, Brunswick Rogues and more
All proceeds from this event went to Pay the Rent.
2019
On a tram
Royal Arcade
State Library of Victoria
Flinders Street Station
The Basement Discs
Flash Mob, Melbourne CBD, 17 Dec 2019
Songs at the Market, Queen Victoria Market, 8 Dec 2019
Big Cosy Sing, Brunswick Uniting Church, 1 June 2019
A collaborative community choir event held with Just Holler, Brunswick Rogues and Vox Chops
Songs at the Market, Coburg Farmers Market, 6 April 2019
2018
Big Cosy Sing, Brunswick Uniting Church, 23 June 2018
A collaborative community choir event held with Just Holler, Brunswick Rogues and Vox Chops
Sydney Road Street Party, Brunswick, 4 March 2018
2017
Dunmoochin Art Foundation, Cottles Bridge, 25 Nov 2017
Untidy Towns Book Launch, Yarraville, 7 Oct 2017
A YA novel written by choir member Kate O’Donnell
Big Winter Warmer, Northcote Uniting Church, 4 June 2017
A collaborative community choir event held with Just Holler, Brunswick Rogues and more
Donate Life Service of Remembrance, Collingwood, 28 May 2017
2016
Beyond the Bathroom @ Northcote Uniting Church, 3 Dec 2016
A joint performance with folk duo Charm of Finches
Donate Life Service of Remembrance, Collingwood, 2016
A Morning of A Capella, CERES Community Environment Park, 2016
2015
Beyond the Bathroom @ Abbotsford Convent, 2015
2014
Album Launch, Northcote Uniting Church, 2014
Album Recording, Collins Street Baptist Church, 2014
Sydney Road Street Party, Brunswick, 2014
2013
Northcote Kris Kringle Market, 2013