Music + Making
= Magic

About Dawny.

Dawny Magic (Dawn Lysons) is a registered Primary School Teacher (JCU) with further qualifications in Music Making for Children (JCU) and Communication Design (Griffith University - Queensland College of Art). She is also an experienced performer, recording artist, classroom music teacher and youth choir conductor and has most recently worked as a Child Safety Education Officer, writing, creating and composing engaging educational resources for school aged children to help keep them safe.

Dawny's other musical projects include Úna Heera, Day of Embers and Dawn/Band of Dawn, all of which have performed at events and festivals around the world including:

Woodford Folk Festival (2012/13, 2017/18, 2019/20), Bushtime - Woodford (2021/2022), Laura Street Festival (2021), Neurum Creek Festival (2023, 2024), Maleny Music Festival (2024), The Gas Acoustic Sessions (2023), Troubadour Wagons Solstice (2023), Tastes of Moreton Bay Festival (2023), Mindful Shift (2023), Wolvi Stomp Festival (2023), Newstead Roots Festival (2023), Palm Creek Folk Festival (2011, 2017, 2022), Kiama Jazz & Blues Festival (2022), Gulgong Folk Festival (2022), Triffid Garden Residency (2021-2022), O'Heart Festival - Tyalgum (2021), The Cultural Festival (2010, 2011, 2017, 2019), Summer Solstice (2021), The Front Room - North Wales (2022), The Acoustic Lounge - Southport UK (2022), Red Arrow Brewing - Vancouver Island August Residency (2022), Bendigo Blues & Roots Festival (2023), The Tablelands Folk Festival (2023), Cowichan Fall Fair (2022) Canada, Karise Eden Support Act (2021), Jeff Martin Support Act (2011, 2012, 2013), The Tea Party Support Act (2013), Pete Murray Support Act (2011), and The Grates Support Act (2011).