71 upcoming events

  • Wings - An Immersive Art-Science Experience

    Friday 7th August 2026 – Wednesday 19th August 2026
    11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
    The Coal Loader, Waverton (map)
    General Admission | $15, Concession (students/seniors) | $10, Schools | $250 per school

    ‘Wings’ is an installation exploring the birdlife of North Sydney in the century old tunnels at The Coal Loader in Waverton: a multi-sensory event that brings science and creativity together. ‘Wings’ features sculpture from Tom Buckland, video and photography from Anne Morphett, music from Narelle Yeo, Sarah Levins, Jerome Blazé and Alexis Weaver, science installs from Alice Motion, costume from Brendan De La Hay and actor/musicians from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

    Tickets valid for entry anytime between 11am and 4pm. 7-19 August 2026. c.45 minute installation

    Every day at 12pm and 2pm there will live performances from musicians and actors from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

  • JETRIO LAZY THINKING RESIDENCY

    Wednesday 19th August 2026
    7:00 PM
    Lazy Thinking, Dulwich Hill (map)
    $15

    Sean Valenzuela (keyboard)
    Blain Cunneen (guitar, bass)
    Alexander Inman-Hislop (drums)

    with Pete Longhurst and Alex Jasprizza

  • jetrio

    Thursday 20th August 2026
    6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
    The Rocks Square, The Rocks (map)
    Free

    Sean Valenzuela | piano
    Blain Cunneen | guitar
    Alexander Inman-Hislop | drums

    jetrio is a Sydney-based three-piece that produces music that lands somewhere between meditative jazz, minimalist composition, and ambient improvisation.

  • Satu in the Beyond

    Thursday 20th August 2026
    7:00 PM
    Pier 2/3, Dawes Point (map)
    $35 - $79

    ACO Underground’s spinoff band Satu in the Beyond returns with a show featuring music from their upcoming album Far Field Theory, featuring musicians drawn from the punk, indie and contemporary classical sound worlds.

    Satu Vänskä violin & vocals
    Richard Tognetti violins
    Paul Beard keyboards
    Kiah Gossner electric bass
    Bree van Reyk drums 

  • little music party x Lazy Thinking Fundraiser

    Friday 21st August 2026 – Saturday 22nd August 2026
    5:30 PM – 1:00 AM
    Lazy Thinking, Dulwich Hill (map)
    $25

    Party Dozen
    Jack Ladder
    Julia Why?
    Arketek
    Marlene Claudine Radice
    Forgotten Hardware
    Corrupted Mutex
    Everything which breathes and moves

  • endless library - Fundraiser

    Saturday 22nd August 2026 – Sunday 23rd August 2026
    4:00 PM – 4:00 AM
    To be announced
    $30

    the newly established endless library, doinked with an eviction notice just as we opened our doors, is opening, and closing. endless library is a volunteer-run cooperative formed with the purpose of creating a third space in sydney. a community library interested in alterities, egregore thinking, knowledge-sharing, esoterica and local culture. this is not the end of endless! it is only the beginning! the library lives on, and will be reseeding in another inner west location imminently!!

    LINE-UP (first announce)
    ⭒ D-Grade x Sera
    ⭒ Eddy Diamond
    ⭒ Jacques Emery [live]
    ⭒ Mara [live]
    ⭒ Marcus McKenzie
    ⭒ Organarchy Sound System [live]
    ⭒ Tony Hughes
    ⭒ Wingnut x Grimgutz x Nar

    • HEAPS MORE TBA
  • Tajrish Trio: Tajrish 3AM Vibes

    Saturday 22nd August 2026
    6:30 PM
    Local Edition, Glebe (map)
    General admission $30, Concession/Student $25

    Nima Saeidi - Guitar
    Babak Ghazanfari - piano and electronic instruments
    Amirsalar Makhzani - Percussions

    Tajrish Trio is a new collaborative musical project formed during late-night improvisation sessions. The trio’s repertoire spans a diverse range of musical styles, heavily influenced by Eastern and Iranian musical traditions.

  • Functionally Inert 1

    Saturday 22nd August 2026
    7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
    Fatamorgana, Alexandria (map)
    $15 / $20 / PWYC

    Jesse Varde solo
    Clare Cooper solo
    Autoclave solo
    WRFT - Wong, Raymond, Fedorovitch Trio plus special guest

  • Vacuus Rituale V

    Saturday 22nd August 2026
    8:00 PM – 11:00 PM
    The Little Lost Bookshop, Katoomba (map)
    $20

    James Heighway is an experimental sound and noise artist from the Blue Mountains using synthesizers, guitars, circuit bent keyboards in improvised live format.

    Abre Ojos is sound and vision for dystopian meditation, come with them on a ritualised, psychedelic doom journey.

    scariestgirlintheworld delivers a gritty, harsh and meditative sonic palette.

    Wall of Goats is a Gadigal-based music project combining feedback, sample sequencing, and overwhelming distortion

  • GRANPA: AUDIENCE CURATED & MIXED LIVE 7" : VOL 1 LAUNCH

    Saturday 22nd August 2026
    9:30 PM – 10:30 PM
    Redfern Oval Community Room, Redfern (map)
    $5.00 - $30.00

    Performing to celebrate the release of the new single, which is the first of a series of audience curated and mixed 7” records each limited to 200 copies, released as splits between dualplover and various labels.

  • Sunsets at Sunwin's

    Sunday 23rd August 2026
    2:30 PM
    DM @hence_therefore (instagram) for address

    Cooks River house concert

    @hence_therefore - electronic music, sometimes overthought, sometimes improvised.
    @gi._.__
    @psymon__stez 

  • Sam Gill Scattered

    Sunday 23rd August 2026
    4:00 PM
    The Church, Alexandria (map)
    Free, by ballot only

    This performance will feature a set of recently-composed music inspired by Sam’s 2024 travels in Greece and Bulgaria.

    Sam Gill - alto & soprano saxophones; Paul Cutlan - clarinet & bass clarinet; Luke Sweeting - accordion; Yutaro Okuda - guitar; Jacques Emery - double bass.

  • Brieley Cutting with Mark Oliveiro (Piano & Live Electronics)

    Sunday 23rd August 2026
    4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
    Master Music Studios, Glebe (map)
    General Admission $40.00, Concession (Pensioners, Children) $30.00

    Domenico Scarlatti  (1685-1757) - Sonata in E major K.380, Sonata in D minor K.9, Sonata in B flat major K.551
    Franz Liszt (1811-1886) - Petrarch Sonnet 104, from Years of Pilgrimage (Second Year, Italy) 
    Frederic Chopin (1810-1849) - Nocturnes Op.62 No.2 in E major & Op.72 No.1 (posth) in E minor
    Mark Oliveiro - new work premiere, piano with live electronics, performed with Mark Oliveiro
    Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1826) - Sonata in A flat Major Op.110

  • Murray-Brennan Duo

    Sunday 23rd August 2026
    5:00 PM
    Church Street Studios, Camperdown (map)
    Tickets via email: alanholleymusic@gmail.com

    For this concert new works by Albanian composers Enis Mullaj and Kris Sopoqoti along with Australian composers Alan Holley, Johanna Selleck, Paul Moulatlet and Ken Murray are performed by the Murray Brennan Duo on trumpet and guitar.  

  • LOOP: The First Act

    Sunday 23rd August 2026
    6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
    Glebe Town Hall, Glebe (map)
    RSVP

    Over two hours we will gather in an open jam format to share, improvise and connect.

    @chaoscollective.official will be our resident musicians and source of sound for the night.

  • 15 Years Of Art As Catharsis

    Sunday 23rd August 2026
    6:30 PM
    Lazybones Lounge Restaurant & Bar, Marrickville (map)
    $37.43

    For 15 years, Art As Catharsis has championed experimental sounds from the Australian underground. These anniversary showcases bring together some of the many threads that have shaped the Art As Catharsis community.

    • Black Aleph
    • Instrumental (adj.)
    • Brian Campeau (VIC)
    • HELU
    • Migret
  • In Loving Memory of Lazy Thinking

    Monday 24th August 2026
    6:00 PM
    Lazy Thinking, Dulwich Hill (map)
    $20 / PWYC

    A noisy farewell will be taking place at @lazythinking__ in its final week of gigs.

    @scariestgirlintheworld
    @vivisection93
    @manticora.doll
    Florens Fitzpatrick’s Grapefruit Technique (@defcux ) performing a hybrid set

  • Truffle Boils // Kate Wadey

    Monday 24th August 2026
    8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
    Church Street Studios, Camperdown (map)
    $15 Student / $25 General Admission

    Truffle Boils
    Peter Farrar - alto saxophone
    Tom Avgenicos - trumpet
    Sam Dobson - double bass
    Jodie Michael - drums

    Kate Wadey Trio
    Kate Wadey - voice
    Matt McMahon - piano
    Sam Dobson - bass

  • Gabriel Fischer Makronomaly

    Tuesday 25th August 2026 · 6:30 PM
    Tuesday 25th August 2026 · 8:30 PM
    Phoenix Central Park, Chippendale (map)
    Free, by ballot only

    Makronomaly II is written for 4 snare drums, 4 speakers, and 1 performer. It is the second chapter of an ongoing investigation into sound as a physical thing, not something we simply hear, but something that moves through us, that vibrates surfaces, that makes the air itself visible.

    Gabriel Fischer is a percussionist, foley artist and composer. He holds a Master of Percussion from the Musikhochschule Lübeck and has performed with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra and Ensemble MusikFabrik, among others.

  • kankan (Maira Shimada) + Hill Hall Egami

    Tuesday 25th August 2026
    7:30 PM
    Stadium Rockdale, Rockdale (map)
    $25 full / $15 concession on the door only (cash or EFT)

    kankan (Maira Shimada) is a solo performance project using radio, bamboo flute, and other methods. Fishing around in an exponential pond of noise.

    Hill Hall Egami brings together three musicians — Gabriella Hill on soprano saxophone, Henry Hall on double bass, and Mari Egami on piano — who come together to explore the possibilities and unexpected sounds of their instruments.

  • JAZZ UPSTAIRS featuring ALISTER SPENCE TRIO

    Wednesday 26th August 2026
    6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
    St Stephens Uniting Church, Sydney (map)
    Donation ($20 suggestion), Concession ($10 suggestion)

    Alister Spence - piano, samples
    Lloyd Swanton - double bass
    Toby Hall - drums, glockenspiel

    Formed in Sydney more than twenty-five years ago, the Alister Spence Trio released their eighth album, Gather, in February 2025.

  • Inner West Jazz Fest

    Thursday 27th August 2026
    7:00 PM
    21 Shepherd, Marrickville (map)
    Single Night $50.00, Three Night Pass $120.00

    ALIEN MEAL - Henry Hall, double bass and electronics; Tom Vogel, drums and electronics

    HILARY GEDDES QUARTET - Hilary Geddes, guitar; Matthew Harris, piano; Max Alduca, double bass; Alexander Inman-Hislop, drums

    BELIEVE WITH SCOTT TINKLER! - Peter Farrar, saxophones and percussion; Novak Manojlovic, piano and percussion; Clayton Thomas, double bass and percussion; Laurence Pike, drums and percussion; With special guest Scott Tinkler (Melbourne), trumpet

  • House/Music - HiIary Geddes Quartet

    Friday 28th August 2026 · 6:00 PM
    Friday 28th August 2026 · 8:00 PM
    Justice & Police Museum, Sydney (map)
    $35

    Hilary Geddes is an Australian guitarist and composer whose work moves between jazz, indie and experimental music. Her album Redleaf (Earshift Music) merges jazz, indie and experimental influences with pianist Matt Harris, double-bassist Maximillian Alduca and drummer Alexander Inman-Hislop.

  • Water

    Friday 28th August 2026
    6:30 PM
    Local Edition, Glebe (map)
    $30 / $25

    Jay Dahzen - Voice
    Melodica, Baglama, Keyboards
    Oren Janiv - Didgeridoo
    Micheal Trifunovic - Guitar
    Jon Jugeta - Percussion
    Valerios Calocerinos - Double Bass

  • Inner West Jazz Fest

    Friday 28th August 2026
    7:00 PM
    21 Shepherd, Marrickville (map)
    Single Night $50.00, Three Night Pass $120.00

    SAM GILL TRIO - Sam Gill, saxophones; Jacques Emery, double bass; Simon Barker, drums

    JESS GREEN, DYLAN VAN DER SCHYFF with SANDY EVANS - Jess Green, guitar and electronics; Dylan van Der Schyff, drums and electronics; with special guest Sandy Evans, saxophones

    MIKE NOCK PLAYS ONDAS - Mike Nock, piano and compositions; Ben ‘Donny’ Waples, double bass; Laurence Pike, drums 

  • Pendulum (θ2)

    Saturday 29th August 2026
    4:30 PM – 9:30 PM
    Nauti Studios, Forest Lodge (map)
    $25

    celosiafields,
    Cooper,
    Emilee Robinson,
    f0ulplay,
    Jake Starr,
    Jason Styles,
    MTHR.LDE,
    Oliver Whitehouse,
    Paperclip,
    Peter Hollo,
    Tamara Elkins,
    Willow Ferris,
    Yvette James & Bridie Lunney

  • Inner West Jazz Fest

    Saturday 29th August 2026
    6:30 PM
    21 Shepherd, Marrickville (map)
    Single Night $50.00, Three Night Pass $120.00

    ALEX JASPRIZZA GROUP - Alex Jasprizza, saxophone; Hinano Fujisaki, saxophones; Felix Bornholdt, piano; Holly Conner, drums

    DENLEY OSBORNE HEYWOOD EGAMI - Jim Denley, woodwinds; Tony Osborne, voice and movement; Nikki Heywood, voice and movement; Mari Egami, piano and objects

    DASIKA KELLER SVOBODA - Niran Dasika, trumpet and electronics; Andrea Keller, piano; Helen Svoboda, double bass and voice (Melb)

    JAMES MULLER TRIO - James Muller, guitar (Adelaide); Brett Hirst, double bass; Tim Firth, drums

  • Sophie Hutchings

    Saturday 29th August 2026
    8:00 PM
    Pier 2/3, Dawes Point (map)
    $49

    Composer and pianist Sophie Hutchings performs an intimate solo show before heading to Europe for an extended tour.

  • Niran Dasika / Kyrie Anderson / Ross McHenry

    Sunday 30th August 2026
    4:00 PM
    The Church, Alexandria (map)
    Free, by ballot only

    Niran Dasika is a trumpeter, improvisor and composer based in Melbourne whose work encompasses jazz, free improvisation and electronic music. 
    Kyrie Anderson stands as one of the country’s most sought-after drummers, both on stage and in the studio.
    Ross McHenry is a multi-award-winning producer, composer, bassist, and arts industry leader whose practice spans contemporary improvised music, chamber music, and the development of interdisciplinary new work.

  • Singing Stones

    Sunday 30th August 2026
    6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
    Petersham Bowling Club, Petersham (map)
    General Admission $10.00, FREE ENTRY - for First Nations

    Zoltan Fecso from Naarm, Melbourne. 

    His work explores the many perceptual possibilities of listening, often using prepared instruments, field recordings and electronic sound sources with a regard for improvisation, extended duration and fine detail.

  • Scott Tinkler / Carl Dewhurst / Simon Barker (NSW/VIC)

    Monday 31st August 2026
    8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
    Church Street Studios, Camperdown (map)
    $15 Student / $25 General Admission

    Scott Tinkler - trumpets
    Carl Dewhurst - guitar
    Simon Barker - drums

    Drawing on over 30 years of collaboration, this trio explores rhythmic systems and structures that are used as the primary source of musical manipulation in their improvisations.

  • Storyteller | Sydney Fringe

    Tuesday 1st September 2026 · 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
    Wednesday 2nd September 2026 · 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
    Thursday 3rd September 2026 · 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
    Friday 4th September 2026 · 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
    Saturday 5th September 2026 · 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
    Erskineville Town Hall, Erskineville (map)
    $10 - $27

    Drawing on folk tales, poetry, and horror films, Melanie Walters presents a recital of contemporary flute works that weaves stories through music and text.

    This eclectic program of recent music for solo flute includes compositions by Nathalie Joachim, Amy Beth Kirsten, and Andrew Ford.

  • ilex

    Tuesday 1st September 2026
    7:00 PM
    Phoenix Central Park, Chippendale (map)
    Free, by ballot only

    ilex is the creative outlet and solo project of Sydney drummer, percussionist, and electronic music producer, Holly Conner.

    Sometimes heavy, industrial, and highly rhythmic; sometimes texturally rich, intricate, and emotional - ilex is a performer with her own distinctive brand of percussion-meets-electronic music.

  • Andrea Keller Quartet

    Thursday 3rd September 2026 · 6:30 PM
    Thursday 3rd September 2026 · 8:30 PM
    Phoenix Central Park, Chippendale (map)
    Free, by ballot only

    A multi-award-winning pianist and composer, Andrea Keller has released over 20 albums of her work, forging a distinct sound at the forefront of jazz and improvised music.

    This will be the second meeting of these four players together: Andrea Keller (piano), Phil Slater (trumpet), Simon Barker (drums), Stephen Magnusson (guitar).

  • LOCK & KEY IV: Bike Thief // ChooKi // Arsonist

    Thursday 3rd September 2026
    8:00 PM – 11:55 PM
    The Red Rattler, Marrickville (map)
    $25.00

    High-energy hybrid club percussion unit BIKE THIEF (Felix Bornholdt - keyboards, Jacques Emery - bass, Alex Inman-Hislop - drums).

    FR3AK POP machine ChooKi creates high-saturation, low-fidelity experimental, electronic music.

    Arsonist is an obsessive, Bengali born, chooser of music, who experiments with its form and function.

  • Divisions with Miles Walter

    Friday 4th September 2026 · 6:15 PM – 7:15 PM
    Friday 4th September 2026 · 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM
    Hayes Street Studio, Neutral Bay (map)
    General Admission $45.00, Pensioner / Veteran $35.00, Student / Artist $25.00

    Anton Dvorak Slavonic Dances, Op.72 for Four Hands (selection)
    Miles Walter the utopia is elsewhere for Piano Trio (2025) Aus Premiere
    Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No.2 arr. for Piano Trio Ferdinand Reis (1801-02)
    George Benjamin Divisions for Four Hands (2024-25) Aus Premiere
    Helena Winkleman Threesome in a High-den for Piano Trio (2024)
    Miles Walter impromptu FOR herr schubert (2026) World Premiere

    Composer / Piano: Miles Walter, Violin: Ike See, Cello: Melissa Barnard, Piano: Lee Dionne

  • Pure Space :: Decade Deep

    Friday 4th September 2026 – Sunday 6th September 2026
    7:30 PM – 5:00 AM
    To be announced
    $20 – $60

    𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 19:30-22:15.
    Mara (live)
    Mija Healey (DJ) featuring DJ Off It (jobfit, poetry) 
    sera

    𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲 22:00-06:00
    amuwa
    Andy Garvey
    Eastern Distributor
    Neurodancer

  • Opus Now #37

    Saturday 5th September 2026
    6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
    St Johns College (USYD) The College Tower, Camperdown (map)
    Adults $40, FT Students $25

    Gabi Sultana piano, Chris Pidcock cello

    Steve Reich Piano Counterpoint for solo piano and tape (1973/2011) – 12 mins
    Veronique Vella Talba (2021) for cello and piano – 5 mins
    Walter Wolff Sonata for cello and piano (2013) – 23 mins 
    Kate Moore Velvet (2010) for cello and piano – 13 min
    Shimmering Light (2025) for solo piano – 12 mins
    Claude Debussy Clair de lune (1890) from Suite bergamasque – 3 min
    Minuet (1886) from Petite Suite arr. Cello and Piano – 3 min

  • Comfortable - Hamed Sadeghi

    Saturday 5th September 2026
    8:00 PM
    City Recital Hall, Sydney (map)
    Standard tickets $55 - $85

    Hamed Sadeghi presents Comfortable, a new work for an 8-piece ensemble of tar, woodwinds, brass, double bass and percussions that weave together ancient Middle Eastern resonance and contemporary jazz.

    Hamed Sadeghi - Composer, Tar
    Michael Avgenicos - Alto Saxophone
    Tom Avgenicos - Trumpet
    Paul Cutlan - Bass Clarinet
    Sandy Evans - Soprano and Tenor Saxophone
    Sohrab Kolahdooz - Percussions
    Lloyd Swanton - Double Bass
    Adem Yilmaz - Percussions

  • Darren "D.C." Cross + Bree van Reyk

    Tuesday 8th September 2026
    7:30 PM
    Stadium Rockdale, Rockdale (map)
    $25 full / $15 concession on the door only (cash or EFT)

    Darren “D.C.” Cross with a rare performance of fully improvised guitar music. His latest 9th solo D.C. Cross album - Open Guitar (Volume 2), features over three hours of improvised acoustic guitar recorded directly in natural environments: mountain tops, beneath flight paths, swamps, lakes, and rivers. Cross uses open tunings and fingerpicking on the acoustic guitar—sometimes tuned to 432 Hz, sometimes not. The album is over 3hours long.

    Bree van Reyk is a drummer, percussionist, composer, sound artist and occasional maker of unkempt musical instruments. Her solo performances centre on exploring minimal, experimental, and meditative experiential soundscapes using rustic, self-invented instruments and found objects.

  • Blauhaus

    Thursday 10th September 2026
    6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
    The Rocks Square, The Rocks (map)
    Free

    Jack Rosenzweig | drums
    Zigi Blau | keys, synths, effects

    An entirely improvised solo set achieved by live-looping keys, seaboard and drums.

  • Hand to Earth with the ACO Quartet

    Friday 11th September 2026
    7:00 PM
    Pier 2/3, Dawes Point (map)
    $35 - $79

    Daniel Wilfred voice, bilma; David Wilfred yidaki, voice; Sunny Kim voice percussion; Peter Knight trumpet, electronics, synthesiser; Aviva Endean clarinets, winds, electronics
    Richard Tognetti violin; Satu Vänskä violin; Stefanie Farrands viola; Julian Thompson cello 

  • Shakuhachi Masters Concert

    Friday 11th September 2026
    7:00 PM
    New Church, Roseville (map)
    Adult $40.00, Concession and student $25.00, Children 12 and under $15.00

    Traditional shakuhachi solo repertoire, ensemble music and contemporary works brought to life by Teruo Furuya, Kazushi Matama, and Kaoru Kakizakai from Japan, together with Riley Lee, Bronwyn Kirkpatrick and Lindsay Dugan from Australia.

    Joined by special guest Satsuki Odamura on koto.

  • Ensemble Offspring - Reich: Rejoice: Repeat

    Saturday 12th September 2026 · 2:00 PM
    Saturday 12th September 2026 · 7:00 PM
    Pier 2/3, Dawes Point (map)
    $35 - $75

    Steve Reich Come Out for tape (1966)
    Steve Reich Quartet for two vibraphones and two pianos (2013)
    Steve Reich Piano Counterpoint for piano and tape (1973/2011)
    Steve Reich Radio Rewrite for large ensemble (2012)

    Gabi Sultana (Malta) - piano soloist in Piano Counterpoint.
    Gabi is joined by Ronan Apcar, Claire Edwardes and Niki Johnson in Quartet.

  • Paul Nicolaou: Elemental Resonance

    Saturday 12th September 2026 · 3:00 PM
    Saturday 12th September 2026 · 7:00 PM
    Pier 2/3, Dawes Point (map)
    $15 - $35 (3pm), $20 - $40 (7pm)

    Tristan Coelho The Old School
    Nigel Westlake (arr. Alice Giles) Toward the Midnight Sun
    Christopher Larkin (arr. Paul Nicolaou) Moss Grotto from Hollow Knight: Silksong
    Paul Nicolaou Pythia, Oracle of Delphi; Improvisation by Candlelight; Improvisation upon Water; Naiads and their Flowing Springs
    Ross Edwards The Harp and the Moon
    Andrew Schultz Heard on the wind from Sonatina, Op. 108; Ripples on Water from Sonatina, Op. 108
    Mary Doumany Fire from The Elements
    Natalia Mann Fire Tree
    *Stuart Greenbaum 9 Candles for Dark Nights *7pm performance only.

    Paul Nicolaou Harp

  • Match Percussion Trio | Sydney Fringe

    Saturday 12th September 2026
    7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
    Lane Cove Civic Centre, Lane Cove
    $20 - $25

    Jazz, African and Latin influenced music for mallets (vibes and marimba) and hand percussion.

    Daryl Pratt (percussion/composer)
    Alison Pratt (percussion)
    Jess Ciampa (percussion)

  • OFFERING IIII

    Saturday 12th September 2026 – Sunday 13th September 2026
    9:00 PM – 3:30 AM
    TBA - EORA
    $21.95 - $27.40

    CORIN B2B PTWIGGS
    JLL0MLL0 B2B DJ DW
    MANTICORA B2B FLORENS FITZPATRICK
    EALING B2B E3P
    OBELISK B2B ARSONIST

  • Muharrem Aslan – Sounds of Anatolia

    Sunday 13th September 2026
    7:00 PM
    21 Shepherd, Marrickville (map)
    General Admission $40.00, Seniors/Students $30.00, Students under 16 Free

    Solo performance by Muharrem Aslan, where the bağlama unfolds layered melodies, modal colour, and contemporary sonic exploration rooted in Anatolian tradition.

    Central to the performance is Fourtemolo, a technique developed by Aslan that enables two independent melodic lines to be performed simultaneously on the bağlama, expanding both its sonic range and musical vocabulary.

  • Gabriella Hill Trio

    Thursday 17th September 2026
    6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
    The Rocks Square, The Rocks (map)

    Gabriella Hill | tenor saxophone
    Jacques Emery | double bass
    Daniel Raymond | drums.

  • SCM New Music Ensemble

    Friday 18th September 2026
    7:00 PM
    Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Sydney (map)
    Adult $25 Conc $15

    Anna Meredith Moon
    J.S. Bach Prelude from Partita No. 3 in E major for solo violin, BWV 1006.1
    Esa-Pekka Salonen Fog
    Liza Lim Songs Found in a Dream
    SCM Student Premiere (to be announced)

    Benjamin Northey, conductor

  • Bryce Dessner’s Trembling Earth

    Saturday 19th September 2026 · 7:00 PM
    Sunday 20th September 2026 · 2:00 PM
    Sydney Opera House, Sydney (map)
    $30 - $147

    LIGETI  Concert Românesc 
    Bryce DESSNER  Trembling Earth (Cello Concerto) AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE 
    Bryce DESSNER  St. Carolyn by the Sea 
    DVOŘÁK  Symphony No. 8

    Umberto Clerici  Conductor 
    Anastasia Kobekina  Cello 
    Bryce Dessner,Zane Banks Electric Guitar 

  • Mesos Trio at Church Street Studios

    Saturday 19th September 2026
    8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
    Church Street Studios, Camperdown (map)
    General Admission $40.00, Concession $20.00

    The Mesos Trio are a Sydney based trio featuring Susie Bishop, Maharshi Raval and Elsen Price.

    They perform arrangements of Gaelic Folk music, Indian Classical music and unique original music with voice, violin, Indian tabla and double bass.

  • An Augmentation Of Sitar By Ravi | Sydney Fringe

    Friday 25th September 2026 · 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
    Sunday 27th September 2026 · 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
    Pottery Lane Performance Space, Lane Cove (map)
    $15 - $40

    Sitar like never before. Every night is unique, with live collaborations. Expect an interactive, genre-defying experience that breaks all the rules.

  • ZÖJ: May The Devil's Ear Be Deaf (Album Launch)

    Friday 25th September 2026 · 6:30 PM
    Saturday 26th September 2026 · 6:30 PM
    Local Edition, Glebe (map)
    $25 / $35

    May The Devil’s Ear Be Deaf unfolds through improvisation, Persian poetry, and musical dialogue between Gelareh Pour (voice, kamancheh) and Brian O’Dwyer (drum kit).

    Created in the spirit of the album recorded live at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity in Canada.

  • Mahk Making Spaces

    Sunday 27th September 2026
    5:00 PM
    Sydney Opera House, Sydney (map)
    Free event. Registration is required.

    Tomoyuki Hisatome (composer); Zhao Chuqiao (guzheng); Clare Maclean (composer); Lee Eonhwa (gayageum); Oliver O’Reilly (composer, saxophone): Choi Eunji (haegeum): Lachlan Blackwood (composer, kit); Bruce Crossman (composer); Joshua Hill (percussion); Ying Liu (composer, erhu); Tang Yuyan (guzheng); John Encarnação (songwriter, acoustic guitar/vocals); Brendan Smyly (saxophone); Tang Yuyan (guzheng); Andrián Pertout (composer); Hyelim Kim (composer, taegum recording); Noel Burgess (composer, electronics).
     

  • DELAY 45 ‘I’ll Go Where You Go’ Album Launch

    Friday 2nd October 2026
    7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
    21 Shepherd, Marrickville (map)
    $20 – $30

    Delay 45 return to the quartet format to launch their fourth album.

    Tom Avgenicos, trumpet
    Roshan Kumarage, piano
    Dave Quinn, bass
    Ashley Stoneham, drums

  • Velvet

    Wednesday 7th October 2026
    7:30 PM
    Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Sydney (map)
    $25 Adult $15 Conc

    Benjamin Britten Cello Sonata in C Major Op.65
    Elliott Carter Sonata for Cello and Piano
    Kate Moore Velvet
    Igor Stravinsky Suite Italienne

    Minah Choe cello
    Daniel Herscovitch piano

  • SCM New Music Ensemble

    Friday 9th October 2026
    7:00 PM
    Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Sydney (map)
    Adult $25 Conc $15

    Stuart Greenbaum Chamber Concerto
    Andrew Boss Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Chamber Orchestra, I. Prologue and Concertante
    Paul Stanhope Dawn And Darkness (Chamber Orchestra Version)
    Elena Kats-Chernin Force Majeur

    Benjamin Northey, conductor

  • Ronan Apcar: The Clouds Are Gathered for the Final Storm

    Saturday 10th October 2026
    8:00 PM – 9:30 PM
    21 Shepherd, Marrickville (map)
    $20 – $30

    Ronan Apcar launches The Clouds Are Gathered for the Final Storm, an electronic music album exploring grief, transformation, ecology, and impermanence.

    Performed by: Ronan Apcar (electronics, synthesisers, samples, field recordings)

  • Jeremy Rose and Chris Abrahams: TONE

    Friday 16th October 2026
    7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
    21 Shepherd, Marrickville (map)
    $25 – $35

    Chris and Jeremy previously collaborated on The Vampires’ ARIA award winning album Nightjar. Their forthcoming duo album, TONE, is set for release early 2027.
     
    Chris Abrahams - piano, synthesizers
    Jeremy Rose - saxophone, bass clarinet and electronics

  • Tomeka Reid Quartet

    Friday 23rd October 2026
    7:30 PM
    Pier 2/3, Dawes Point (map)
    $49 - $99

    Tomeka Reid Quartet 
    Tomeka Reid cello
    Mary Halvorson guitar
    Jason Roebke bass
    Tomas Fujiwara drums

    + Véronique Serret (solo) violin, vocals

  • Sir Richard Bishop (USA)

    Friday 23rd October 2026
    8:00 PM
    Marrickville Bowling Club, Marrickville (map)
    $59.11

    Sir Richard Bishop returns to Australia for a rare run of intimate performances.

    Best known as a founding member of the legendary Sun City Girls, Bishop has spent more than forty years exploring the outer reaches of folk, improvisation, psychedelia and global musical traditions. His solo work has earned international acclaim for its virtuosic guitar playing, adventurous spirit and singular musical vision.

  • Kris Davis Trio + Soojin Suh Coloris Trio

    Saturday 24th October 2026
    7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
    St Stephens Uniting Church, Sydney (map)
    $89, Concession $79.00

    Kris Davis Trio
    Kris Davis | piano
    Robert Hurst | bass
    Johnathan Blake | drums

    Soojin Suh Coloris Trio
    Soojin Suh | drums
    Jaehun Kang | piano
    Hoo Kim | bass

  • Belle Chen + Underwards

    Monday 26th October 2026
    7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
    21 Shepherd, Marrickville (map)
    $25 – $59

    Belle Chen brings her solo performance Ravel In The Forest to the Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival. Chen creates musical worlds that blur the boundaries between classical, jazz and electronic music.

    Underwards is led by award-winning composer and trumpeter Ellen Kirkwood, with Hilary Geddes (guitar), Brendan Clark (electric bass) and Alex Inman-Hislop (drums).

  • KG project + Sophie Min

    Monday 26th October 2026
    8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
    Church Street Studios, Camperdown (map)
    $25 – $35

    Saxophonist and composer, Kali Gillen premieres a new work.
    Kali Gillen | saxophones
    Roshan Kumarage | piano
    Michael Brady | guitar
    Sabine Tapia | double bass
    Jack Rosenzweig | drums

    Presenting an intimate solo set of original music, improvisation, prepared piano and reimagined standards, Sophie Min explores the space between composition and spontaneity, allowing familiar material to evolve in unexpected ways.
    Sophine Min | piano

  • Misaki Umei & Cracked Suzies + Dorka

    Thursday 29th October 2026
    7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
    Heaps Normal Health Club, Marrickville (map)
    $25 – $49

    Debut collaboration between Tokyo-based pianist, composer and electronic artist Misaki Umei and Eora/Sydney drummer and producer Cracked Suzies (Abby Constable).

    Multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and songwriter Dorka Foster (vocals, flute) presents her new project – a deeply personal exploration of contemporary jazz, art-pop, and groove-driven songwriting. The project features Zigi Blau on keys and synthesizers, Ebony Tait on vocals, and Chloe Kim on drums.

  • Kris Davis performs with the Conservatorium

    Thursday 29th October 2026
    7:30 PM
    Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Sydney (map)
    free entry, online booking required

    Performance celebrating the culmination of pianist and composer Kris Davis’ week-long residency with Sydney Conservatorium of Music jazz students.

    This special concert will feature her performing alongside Conservatorium musicians in a dynamic and inspiring program.

  • Resonance + Sydney Con Choir

    Saturday 31st October 2026
    7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
    Paddington Uniting Church, Paddington (map)
    General Admission $59.00, Student/Under 25 $25.00

    Andrea Keller | piano
    Sandy Evans | saxophones
    Kristin Berardi | voice
    Jenny Barnes | voice
    Resonance is a new collaboration that aims to reconcile the challenges, demands, and glass ceilings faced by mid-career and elder women. The suite includes three new works by Michele Morgan, Hazel Smith and Andrea Keller and settings of poems by Sara Teasdale and Jeannie Greensfelder.

  • Vazesh

    Thursday 5th November 2026
    8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
    21 Shepherd, Marrickville (map)
    $30 – $40

    Vazesh is a fully improvised trio. Their debut album captures the spontaneous composition of the group, something that is often difficult to replicate in a studio setting.

    Hamed Sadeghi - tar
    Jeremy Rose - saxophone and bass clarinet
    Lloyd Swanton - bass

  • YOLO Solos Vol.11 with Alice Morgan and Ronan Apcar

    Friday 6th November 2026 · 6:15 PM – 7:15 PM
    Friday 6th November 2026 · 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM
    Hayes Street Studio, Neutral Bay (map)
    General Admission $45.00, Pensioner/Veteran $35.00, Student/Artist $25.00

    Andrew Howes Lyrebird Concerto for sax and piano (2026)
    Andrew Ball Raiju (2026)
    Luciano Berio Sequenza IV for piano (1965-66)
    Ryo Noda Phoenix for solo sax (1983)
    Gerard Brophy Abraco for solo piano (2000)

    Piano: Ronan Apcar
    Saxophone: Alice Morgan

  • Suzanne Ciani

    Friday 20th November 2026
    7:00 PM
    Pier 2/3, Dawes Point (map)
    $35 - $119

    The doyenne of electronic music, she pioneered sound design with early synthesizers in the 1970s.

    Suzanne Ciani synthesizers

recent past events

  • Mara

    Tuesday 18th August 2026
    7:00 PM
    Phoenix Central Park, Chippendale (map)
    Free, by ballot only

    Mara is a composer and curator who plays the viola and collaborates with her laptop to create live performances and recorded pieces for film, dance, and gallery spaces.

    Following the release of her album At Every Corner, Mara returns with Air Leak / Loosening My Grip; a two-track offering that gently extends the world of her 2024 long-play.

  • Gary Daley's Round the Sun // Noah Mejia's Abacá

    Monday 17th August 2026
    8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
    Church Street Studios, Camperdown (map)
    $15 Student / $25 General Admission

    Gary Daley’s Round the Sun
    Gary Daley - piano, accordion, compositions
    Hilary Geddes - guitar
    Jacques Emery - double bass
    Nic Cecire - drums

    Noah Mejia’s Abacá
    Noah Mejia - Saxophone, Aurelia Flores - Saxophone
    Leah Reinhardt - Vocals, Samantha Baxendale - Vocals
    Oscar Lubbock - Piano, Ruby Firmstone - Guitar
    Henry Hall - Bass, Tom Vogel - Drums

  • Denmond Wong Returns!! // Magneti

    Sunday 16th August 2026
    7:00 PM
    Stadium Rockdale, Rockdale (map)
    Fifteen bucks entry, tips accepted

    Denmond Wong Returns!!
    Daniel Raymond (drums)
    Jim Denley (alto saxophone)
    Aidan Wong (tenor saxophone)

    Magneti
    Cass Pyc (guitar)
    Mari Egami (piano)

  • Fundraiser Concert for Gaza Artist Fund

    Sunday 16th August 2026
    2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
    Flute Tree & The Woodwind Group, Leichhardt (map)
    General Admission $35.00, Concession $20.00

    100% of the funds raised from this concert will go towards Alaa Zaqout. Alaa dearly wishes to complete her Masters studies in Design and return to Gaza to help rebuild her beloved city as an interior designer.

    Pavle Cajic is a pianist and composer of a classical background who has ventured into jazz and enjoys exploring music of different cultures through collaboration and improvisation. 
    Keyna Wilkins is a pioneering Australian/British composer-musician. She was one of three finalists for the Australian Art Music Awards for Individual Excellence in 2021 and 2018 (APRA/AMCOS).
    Honora Ryan is a classical pianist and singer.
    They will be joined by several fantastic local student musicians.

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