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Music surrounded by history

Pack a picnic and make your way to Thomastown on March 30 for an afternoon of live music at the picturesque historic Ziebell’s Farmhouse and Heritage Garden.

The Gardenia Road farmhouse and garden will host Music on the Lawn, featuring local performers, from 2.5pm.

Among those set to entertain event-goers is local poetic rock band, The Bone Folders, who will perform an acoustic set.

Band member Ian Marks said the set will include an original song, Bluestone & Roses, which is about the German settlement of the area.

Ziebell’s Farmhouse and Heritage Garden form part of the Thomastown Pioneer Precinct, which includes the Westgarthtown dairy farming settlement.

The area was established in 1850 by German and Wendish immigrants.

Marks said Music on the Lawn coincides with the 175th anniversary celebrations of the arrival of the German and Wendish immigrants to the area.

“This will be a very special day in an unique and historical part of suburban Melbourne,” he said.

Music on the Lawn will be held at 100 Gardenia Road, Thomastown.

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