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Earthly Delights has performed for hundreds of private and public shows.

Private performances have included literally hundreds of medieval feasts, Celtic ceilidhs, gypsy parties, school bush dance, birthday parties, solstice celebrations, Christmas shows, church, garden and function room weddings, preschool and childcare shows, conferences and conventions. They have played in everything from grand halls, function rooms, restaurants, churches, woolsheds, rainforests, buses, boat lounges and elevators.

Public events organised by others, but featuring the band Earthly Delights, have included Festivals (e.g. Majors Creek , National Folk Festival , Illawarra Folk Festival , Port Fairy Folk Festival , Brisbane's Medieval Fayre , Cobargo Folk Festival , Canberra's Floriade - most recent years, the National Multicultural Festival Canberra , Thredbo Shakespeare Festival ), National Gallery exhibitions (e.g. Turner, The Queen's Pictures, Rembrandt, Paris, Book of Kells, The Italians), Folk Clubs (e.g. Merry Muse and the Folk Room), Theatre entertainment (e.g. the Canberra Theatre, the Royal Theatre, Street Theatre, Theatre 3, ACT Museum, the Llewellyn Hall), major club shows (Labour Club, Southern Cross Club, Yacht Club), big celebratory stage performances (for the Olympics, Canberra's Millennium celebrations, Australia Day), National Trust Fairs, St. Patrick's Day events and performances in city spaces, major shopping centres, new and old Federal Parliament Houses, art centres, Universities, the Prime Minister's Lodge, the Governor General's residence, the National Botanic Gardens and pubs. The band has also made several live ABC radio broadcasts.

In addition to the above public events, Earthly Delights has organised dozens of public dances of their own - with Aylwen Garden and others doing the publicity, ticketing and catering, with John Garden drawing up the program and lining-up guest performers, and with the band (together with John) playing for and leading most of the on-night dancing. These events have included many highly successful balls at Canberra's grand Albert Hall - including a 'Celtic-meets-Gypsy' dance, a 'Millennium Masquerade' and a 'Dickensian Christmas Carol Ball', and a dozen other themed events at Canberra's St. John's Church Hall - including a 'Medieval Bushdance', a 'Playford Ball', a 'Contra Dance', an 'Evening of Quadrilles', a 'Dance Games' night and a 'Vintage Dance Day'.