SARAH BELKNER & FRIENDS MONDAY RESIDENCY AT BUTCHERS BREW BAR: SEPTEMBER 2026

SARAH BELKNER is back at Butchers Brew by popular demand with the 3rd instalment of her residency, bringing together community, songs & stories.

Each Monday in September Sarah will be bringing her unique existential indie singer-songwriter vibes to Butchers Brew, teaming up with a different great local artist each week. Together they bring a residency filled with old songs, brand new songs, stories & a sing along or two for everyone to enjoy. The artists coming along are the incredible LEROY LEE, HUCK HASTINGS, SAM BUCKINGHAM & EMMA JONES. Each week is its own adventure & a great way to warm the heart at the start of the week.

  SARAH BELKNER is a singer, instrumentalist, songwriter, arranger, composer, musical director & studio producer living on Gadigal Country.

Her Ep ‘Humans’ (2015) & two albums ‘But You Are, But It Has’ (2017) & ‘The Apple’ (2023) have seen her gain accolades such as Double J album of the week, a song featured in the hit series ‘Offspring’ & performances at The Great Escape UK, as well as supporting artists including Sarah Blasko, Lisa Mitchell & The Veils.

She has become a revered touring musician/ MD performing with many great artists including Missy Higgins, Neil Finn & Tim Minchin.She has also sat in the producers seat for the likes of Missy Higgins, Brendan Maclean & Leah Flanagan.

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WEEK 3 Mon 21st Sept: SARAH BELKNER & SAM BUCKINGHAM

Sarah is so incredibly excited to collaborate with the one & only    SAM BUCKINGHAM. They have been wanting to do something together for a long time, so this will be a really special night. A real inspiration on so many levels, Sam sings from the soul & brings people together with her supportive, frank & gorgeous songs.

With a voice that silences rooms & songs that cut straight to the bone, Sam has spent years building one of Australia's most devoted live followings. She’s lapped the country six times on sold out headline tours & jumped on tour with some of the country's biggest names incl.Paul Kelly, Kate Miller-Heidke, The Whitlams & Ben Lee. She’s also played at Woodford, Wild Village & Queenscliff Music Festivals, & toured with the Festival of Small Halls.  

Her new album “BeautifulMachine” - a cross-Pacific collaboration with Australian-born/ Nashville-based producer Clare “LOLLIES” Reynolds - debuted at #4 on the ARIA charts in March 2026. Sam wrote the songs for Beautiful Machine on hikes, beach walks, lying on the couch in her underwear & on long drives to see her family (while someone else was driving, of course)/ These songs mark a new chapter in her songwriting career, & in her life.

“I’ve been falling deeper in love with my body & the Earth” says Sam. “In a time when we’re seemingly obsessed with building ‘bigger & better’ technology, all I can think about is how the natural world is so brilliantly designed—it’s the most beautiful machine we’ll ever have. So this album is a love letter to myself, my body, the earth & all of humanity. As we keep progressing, my only wish is that we remember we ARE the natural world—and we must care for ourselves & each other accordingly.” 

The Beautiful Machine tour is seeing Sam reach every corner of the country, treating audiences to intimate acoustic versions of crowd favourites from DEAR JOHN, Cyclone & Quiet Revolution, alongside the stunning new songs - brought to life using Ableton Push to sample sounds from the album & live loop her vocals. Her voice commands a room. Her stories will reach inside your soul. Her songs have been described by fans as “poetry” & “life changing.” This is not background music — this is the kind of show where the room goes quiet (really quiet), &  something passes between the stage & the audience that’s hard to explain but impossible to forget.

“Raw & full of power, which somehow allows the gentle to shine through” Fanny Lumsden

“Buckingham wowed the crowd with her soaring vocals, silencing the room" Stack Magazine

“Masterful songwriting” Kate Miller Heidke

“Iconic” Kia Handley (ABC)

“Powerful” Bernard Zuel

“Byron Bay’s next big thing" Courier Mail

🎫 LIMITED TIX!!  $23 Prebook/ $25 Door/ $74 Multipass to all 4 events ( = 20% Discount)

Doors from 6pm

We are a Licensed Venue. Outside Food is Welcome but No Outside Drinks/ Water Bottles allowed.

Under 18s permitted if under the direct supervision of a Guardian/ Adult