KEY POINTS

• The band, After Hours was formed in April this year because of a shared love for music and a desire to connect with the Melbourne community.
• Birch is an engineer in Australia and had dreamed of busking for years. He waited five long years, and when the right moment came, he found his fellow musicians through mutual friends. Zyra, a student who now works in Melbourne, shared the same passion. When she joined Birch in a spontaneous busking session, it was the beginning of their new musical journey. Arbs is their guitarist and a music graduate who moved to Australia for love. He quickly joined, adding his expertise and passion for guitar to the mix.
• With each member balancing work, studies, and personal commitments, one of the main challenges for their group is finding time to busk together but their dedication to music and to each other keeps them going. They make it work busking on Wednesdays and Saturdays, often along Swanston and Elizabeth Streets, where their music brings warmth to passersby.