I love writing songs and performing them at gigs, festivals and for theatre projects.

My latest musical project is Lizzie Flynn and The Runaway Trains with Gareth Mewes (violin), Benja King (double bass) and Sam De Santi (guitar, banjo, mandolin).

LATEST NEWS

The new album with 10 tracks, Wonderdust,  is finished and available from Bandcamp. A big launch event is planned for April. Details to come.

UPCOMING GIGS

• Saturday 21 February 2026 – part of BUgFest $3. Details here.
• April 2026 – Wonderdust album launch. Venue and support acts to be confirmed.
• 6 September – Lizzie Flynn & The Runaway Trains, The Burrow.

Recent performances

• 16-18 January 2026 39th Illawarra Folk Festival, Wollongong, NSW
• 9-11 January 2026 Cygnet Folk Festival Tasmania
• 8 January 2026 – MONA, Hobart, 2-4pm, mona.net.au
• GOOD FOLK SUMMER SPECIAL – 3 January 2026, The Cave Inn with Amaidi, Charley Castle & The Boy in the Well.
• 2025 Maleny Music Festival, November
• 2025 Peak Festival, Perisher Valley, NSW
• BUgFest, April 2025, The Cave Inn, Brisbane
• Song Boat from Shetland with Barry Nisbet, March 2025
• Auckland Folk Festival, January 2025
• Concert at The Cave Inn, Woolloongabba, January 2025
• Fabulous Festive Folk, It’s Still a Secret, South Brisbane, December 2024
• Celtic Connections with Munsterbucks, Samford, August 2024
• Concert at Can You Keep a Secret, Woolloongabba, July 2024
• The Triffid Folk Music Revival, Newstead, Brisbane, May 2024
• The BUg – Brisbane Unplugged gigs, with Scott Cook, April 2024
• Celtic Connections with Munsterbucks, Rathdowney, QLD, August 2024
• Cobargo Folk Festival, NSW, March 2024
• Celtic Connections with Munsterbucks, South Brisbane, February 2024
• Illawarra Folk Festival, January 2024
• Concert, with Dallahan, Catchment Brewery, January 2024
• Woodford Folk Festival 2023/2024
• Celtic Connections with Munsterbucks, Tamborine Mountain, QLD, November 2023
• Maleny Music Festival, QLD, November 2023

RECENT FESTIVALS

We were super excited have played at the recent Illawarra Folk Festival (2026), Cygnet Folk Festival (2026), Maleny Music Festival (2025), Peak Festival (2025), 2023/2024 Woodford Folk Festival and 2024 Cobargo Folk Festival!

This website also includes information on Fly Little Sparrow with Lisa Brennan.

There’s also information here about my three original cabarets, which have featured in the Queensland Cabaret Festival – Stop the Clocks (2022)  Yours Sincerely Banana Brain (2021) and It Takes a Lot Not To End Up Dead (2019).

Thanks so much for taking the time to visit.

Lizzie

This original cabaret debuted at the 2020 Queensland Cabaret Festival with actors Ella Macrokanis, Emma Whitefield and a live band featuring Peter Stewart (piano), Rory Dollard (guitar), Reuben Johnson (bass) and Andre Bonetti (percussion).

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