68 upcoming events

  • Michaela Gleave Universal Maintenance

    Saturday, March 7, 2026
    3:30 PM – 4:00 PM
    Artspace, Woolloomooloo (map)

    As part of the opening programs for Event Horizon, Michaela Gleave will initiate her first Universal Maintenance performance, an ongoing series devised for her project at Artspace. In *Universal Maintenance *Gleave undertakes acts of care—tuning the space through sonic interventions, resetting sound loops as they drift out of phase, tending soil and organic matter, curating and re-ordering documents, inflating balloons to restore balance within the spatial and atmospheric field.

  • Runa Cara Album Launch

    Saturday, March 7, 2026
    7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
    21 Shepherd, Marrickville (map)

    Runa Cara is the partnership between Irish-Australian percussionist and indie-folk singer-songwriter Bonnie Stewart (aka Bonniesongs) and Danish-Australian contemporary cellist and nyckelharpist Freya Schack-Arnott.

    Runa Cara will be joined for support sets by Ben Ward and Grace Barr (with Yolanda Frost).

  • Ronan Apcar - Brahms and the Opposite of Brahms

    Sunday, March 8, 2026
    4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
    The Church, Alexandria (map)

    Ronan Apcar is a pianist, musician, and composer with a love for music across many styles – jazz to the avant-garde, contemporary art music to house music.

    JOHANNES BRAHMS Fantasies, Op. 116 No. 4; Fantasies, Op. 116 No.5; Fantasies, Op. 116 No. 6; Fantasies, Op. 116 No. 7
    LEO ORNSTEIN Suicide in an Airplane
    GERARD BROPHY Abraço
    FREDERIC RZEWSKI Winnsboro Cotton Mill Blues

    Tickets: Free, by ballot only

  • SPLINTER FEST @ 21 Shepherd

    Sunday, March 8, 2026
    4:00 PM – 9:00 PM
    21 Shepherd, Marrickville (map)

    Splinter Orchestra takes over 21 Shepherd and the surrounding streets in an immersive festival of sound.

    [Session 1] 4-6pm An ongoing, unfolding long-form play with and within the venue.
    [Dinner] 6-7pm We’ll have some food to share for dinner.
    [Session 2] 7-9pm A nearby outdoor performance, a sound walk, a set of small groupings from within Splinter.

  • Chris Abrahams & Sam Gill // Fate Maps (Thomas/Schack-Arnott/Endean)

    Monday, March 9, 2026
    7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
    21 Shepherd, Marrickville (map)

    Chris Abrahams - piano; Sam Gill - alto, soprano & sopranino saxophones
    join forces for their fourth duo meeting.

    FATE MAPS: Clayton Thomas - double bass; Freya Schack-Arnott - cello; Aviva Endean - clarinets (replacing Phillippa Murphy-Haste).

  • Dual Attractor Album Launch - Claire Edwardes

    Monday, March 9, 2026
    7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
    Machine Hall, Sydney (map)

    Missy Mazzoli- Orizzonte (vibraphone + electronics)
    Caroline Shaw (arr. Abby Fisher) - in manus tuas (marimba solo) 
    Kate Moore - Joyful Melodies (vibraphone solo) 
    Gemma Peacocke - I Promise Not to Poison You xoxo: Hemlock, Crocus Sativus (marimba solo)
    Anna Meredith (arr. Jessica Wells) - Bumps Per Minute: from 18 Studies for Dodgems; Joy Subdivision,  Norcanaoe, Tom Cruise Runs (vibraphone + electronics) 
    Claire Edwardes/Paul Mac - Dual Attractor (drums + electronics) 

    Claire Edwardes (percussion)

  • Lauren Tsamouras' Another Green World // Tessie Overmyer

    Monday, March 9, 2026
    8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
    Church Street Studios, Camperdown (map)

    Lauren Tsamouras’ Another Green World
    Lauren Tsamouras - piano
    Brendan Clark - bass
    Ashley Stoneham - drums
    Danica Hobden - guitar (GERMANY)

    Tessie Overmyer
    Tessie Overmyer - alto saxophone
    Miles Rooney - trumpet
    Jonathan Zwartz - double bass
    Abby Constable - drums

  • Ronan Apcar + Jetsets Flight Crew Trio

    Tuesday, March 10, 2026
    7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
    Stadium Rockdale, Rockdale (map)

    Ronan Apcar - Using the full range of the piano as well as synthesisers, effects pedals, drum machines, and various keyboard instruments, Ronan has been combining various disciplines and instruments into a solo improvisation-based practice and developing new works over the past year.

    Jetsets Flight Crew Trio
    Ellen Kirkwood – trumpet 
    Jim Denley – alto saxophone/flutes 
    David Turner – guitar

  • Hand to Earth Ŋurru Wäŋa

    Wednesday, March 11, 2026
    6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
    Phoenix Central Park, Chippendale (map)

    In Hand to Earth, Yolŋu song keepers Daniel and David Wilfred recontextualise their 40,000 year old song tradition in a resolutely contemporary setting with Korean-born vocalist Sunny Kim, trumpet and electronics maestro Peter Knight, and woodwind virtuoso Aviva Endean.

    Tickets: Free, by ballot only

  • Undertow

    Wednesday, March 11, 2026 – Thursday, March 12, 2026
    7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
    21 Shepherd, Marrickville (map)

    Wednesday 11th March 7pm
    Thursday 12th March 7pm

    A performance by Collective Disorder (previously Chronology Arts Collective).
    With Elizabeth Jigalin, Gideon Payten-Griffiths, Nikki Heywood, Ryuichi Fujimura and Stephen Adams.

    Collective Disorder is a project of interdisciplinary collaboration between movement and sound artists of diverse backgrounds, experiences and disciplines.

  • METROPOLIS with Cone of Confusion and Psymatic 2000

    Thursday, March 12, 2026
    7:00 PM – 10:30 PM
    Mothership Studios, Marrickville (map)

    For the 100th anniversary of the making of Fritz Lang’s iconic silent movie Metropolis, Cone of Confusion and Psymatic 2000 team up for an audiovisual experience: a psychedelic cinema experience with an original soundtrack performed live.

    The silent movie will be screened with a soundtrack performed live by psych jazz band Cone of Confusion and augmented by visual installations and effects by Psymatic 2000.

  • Another Green World + Believe

    Friday, March 13, 2026
    7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
    Tango, Camperdown (map)

    Another Green World:
    Brendan Clarke, bass
    Ashley Stoneham, drums
    Hilary Geddes, guitar
    Lauren Tsamouras, piano and electronics.

    BELIEVE:
    Peter Farrar, saxophones and percussion
    Novak Manojlovic, piano and percussion
    Clayton Thomas, double bass and percussion
    and Laurence Pike, drums and percussion

  • Lights On – Opening Night 2026

    Friday, March 13, 2026
    7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
    White Bay Power Station, Rozelle (map)

    Lights On marks the opening of 25th Biennale of Sydney

    Hand to Earth (AUS)
    Niecy Blues (USA)
    DJ Haram (USA)
    INBRAZA BAILE (AUS)
    Joe Namy (Lebanon / USA / UK)

  • LISTENING SPACE ~ LIVE

    Friday, March 13, 2026
    7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
    Church Street Studios, Camperdown (map)

    An evening of ambient, immersive and exploratory music across three acts.

    Laura Altman has woven her way through improvised, exploratory and folk music scenes with intuitive clarinet playing, free improvisation and composition.
    Land Systems is the melodic ambient project of Eora/Sydney-based producer Nathan Moas.
    Jacqui O’Reilly’s experimental practice investigates identity, place and sensory perception with a focus on sound as material, to explore social and environmental relations.

  • Schumann's Companion

    Friday, March 13, 2026 – Sunday, March 15, 2026
    7:00 PM – 6:00 PM
    Hayes Street Studio, Bay (map)

    Friday 13 March 2026 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
    Sunday 15 March 2026 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm

    Robert Schumann: Piano Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op.47 (1842)
    Andrew Norman: Companion Guide to Rome (2010)

    Violin: Helena Rathbone,Cello: Chris Pidcock, Piano:Lee Dionne

  • Timothy Constable 1971: In A Silent Way

    Friday, March 13, 2026 – Saturday, March 14, 2026
    6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
    Utzon Room Sydney Opera House, Sydney (map)

    Friday 13 March 2026 6:00pm
    Saturday 14 March 2026 6:00pm

    Percussionist Timothy Constable presents an eclectic program of music composed in 1971.
    JOLIVET - Heptade 
    ZAWINUL - In a Silent Way [emus notes that In a Silent Way was recorded Feb 1969]

    TIMOTHY CONSTABLE - percussion, DAVID ELTON - trumpet, MUSICIANS OF THE SYDNEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

  • Sayaka Botanic and HUH (Japan)

    Saturday, March 14, 2026
    7:30 PM – 11:00 PM
    Petersham Bowling Club, Petersham (map)

    SayakaBotanic brings together instruments, electronics, magnetic tape, and fragments of voice, setting sonic and visual experiments in dialogue.

    HUH are a freeform-freakout / noise improvisation duo formed in Tokyo by Kyosuke Terada (guitar/voice) and Takuma Mori (drums/voice).

    Jacques Emery presents Giant Shimmer, a polyrhythmic percussion suite for drum kit, singing bowls, and a detuned 12-string electric guitar played with drumsticks.

    Hinano Fujisaki and Mitch Elliott will open the night in duo formation.

  • Sounds of Prayer

    Saturday, March 14, 2026
    6:00 PM – 7:15 PM
    Taikoz, Ultimo (map)

    Sydney Onikenbai Club - Onikenbai is a powerful traditional performing art passed down in and around Kitakami City in Iwate Prefecture.
    Moment of Silence | Asuka - A shared moment of silence for remembrance and prayer led by ASUKA with singing bowls.
    Main Performance | Aji - An immersive sound journey blending mantra, handpan, flutes, didgeridoo, and traditional instruments into a meditative soundscape.
    Special Collaboration - A collaborative piece with Special Guest: Ryuji from Taikoz (Taiko), where rhythm and resonance merge into a powerful expression of prayer.

  • The Bridge of Eight Paths: Muharrem Aslan, Alister Spence duo

    Saturday, March 14, 2026
    7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
    Local Edition , Glebe (map)

    Muharrem Aslan - Baglama
    Alister Spence - piano
    Muharrem and Alister explore ways to bring together Anatolian bağlama music—with its evocative quarter-tone language—and jazz and free improvisation on the piano, an instrument defined by equal temperament. This performance marks their debut as a duo.

  • Echoes of Home

    Sunday, March 15, 2026
    2:30 PM – 3:30 PM
    Church Street Studios, Camperdown (map)

    Sirius Chamber Ensemble presents a concert of Australian music.
    “Bellbirds” Troy Russell
    “Collaroy Skies” Gareth Lewis
    “Call from the Deep” Corinna Bonshek
    “The Dreaming Land” Natalie Williams
    “Three Places for a New Millennium” Stuart Greenbaum
    A new work by Kenya Wilkins in collaboration with Gumeroy Newman

  • Fiona Hill & Gary Daley InFlux

    Sunday, March 15, 2026
    4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
    The Church, Alexandria (map)

    In:Flux is an improvised, electroacoustic, ambient performance by jazz musician Gary Daley on accordion and composer/improviser Fiona Hill on electronics and gestural controllers.

    Tickets: Free, by ballot only

  • Franck Vigroux + Antoine Schmitt presents: VIDEOPOLIS

    Sunday, March 15, 2026
    6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
    The Vanguard, Newtown (map)

    French audiovisual artists Franck Vigroux andAntoine Schmittpresent their new live performance VIDEOPOLIS. A live audiovisual duo, blending electronic sound with generative visual systems. Vigroux’s raw, physical approach to electronic music meets Schmitt’s algorithmic and conceptual visual art. Videopolis emerges from the chaos of a world overwhelmed by images corrupted by dark forces.

  • HUH / Sakaya Botanic / withdawe / Meow Meow Casio

    Sunday, March 15, 2026
    6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
    Lazy Thinking, Hill (map)

    HUH are a freeform-freakout / noise improvisation duo formed in Tokyo by Kyosuke Terada (guitar/voice) and Takuma Mori (drums/voice).
    HUH are joined by Sakaya Botanic (Yokohama), withdawe (Mitch Elliott and Jasper Craig-Adams) and Meow Meow Casio.

  • PETER KNIGHT with TYMBAL ECHOES 

    Sunday, March 15, 2026
    6:30 PM – 9:00 PM
    The Peoples Republic, Marrickville (map)

    Peter Knight is a composer, trumpeter, and producer who operates between genres, categories, and cultures. Peter’s new solo album, For a Moment the Sky Knew My Name, was recently released on ROOM40. This is the premiere live performance of the work.
    Peter Knight - trumpet/electronics/voice and Quinn Knight - drums/SPD/synthesiser

    Tymbal Echoes is legendary drummer Simon Barker and phenomenal next generation saxophonist Hinano Fujisaki who first came together after reflecting on mesmeric experiences such as listening to cicadas and gurgling creeks, or sitting in front of a campfire.

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  • The Loft Sessions (Special Edition)

    Sunday, March 15, 2026
    6:45 PM – 9:00 PM
    Melody Street Studios, Coogee (map)

    Immersive sound journey by The Nano Symphony, supported by Rémi Marchand.
    **
    THE NANO SYMPHONY Signature psychedelic-classical experience. Weaving live string and wind instruments together with piano and expressive electronics.

    RÉMI MARCHAND For his ambient solo project, Rémi brings together his influences of blues music, 70s prog and fusion.

  • Jorik Bergman (GERMANY) // Pyc/Gill/Undy/Tucker

    Monday, March 16, 2026
    8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
    Church Street Studios, Camperdown (map)

    Jorik Bergman (GERMANY)
    Jorik Bergman: Flute
    The Germany-based Dutch flutist and composer is making her Sydney debut and has invited two local Sydney musicians to build bridges and embrace the moment.

    Pyc/Gill/Undy/Tucker
    Cassidy Pyc – electric guitar
    Sam Gill - saxophones
    Cameron Undy – electric bass 
    Alex Tucker – drums

  • Microfiche

    Wednesday, March 18, 2026
    7:30 PM – 10:00 PM
    21 Shepherd, Marrickville (map)

    Microfiche are one of the most creative and boundary-pushing improvising jazz acts to emerge from the Sydney scene in the last 10 years.

    Max Alduca - double bass
    Nick Calligeros - trumpet
    Holly Conner - drums & electronics
    Hilary Geddes - guitar
    Sam Gill - saxophones & percussion
    Phillippa Murphy-Haste - clarinets & viola

  • On Diamond

    Thursday, March 19, 2026
    7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
    Phoenix Central Park, Chippendale (map)

    Melbourne/Naarm-based On Diamond take an anomalous look at alternative pop. Their sound relies on an interactive group dynamic and is inspired by folk, noise, rock, jazz, and improvised music, with lyrics that are personal and poetic. The current ensemble features Lisa Salvo (vocals), Scott McConnachie (guitar and synth), Myka Wallace (drums), Jules Pascoe (bass), and Duré Dara (percussion).

    Tickets: Free, by ballot only

  • Asteroid Ekosystem – Sounds Have Dreams (Album Launch Concerts)

    Friday, March 20, 2026 – Saturday, March 21, 2026
    7:15 PM – 11:00 PM
    21 Shepherd, Marrickville (map)

    Alister Spence – piano
    Ed Kuepper – electric guitar
    Lloyd Swanton – double bass
    Toby Hall – drums

    Dates: Friday 20 March & Saturday 21 March 2026

  • James Morley

    Friday, March 20, 2026
    7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
    The Church, Alexandria (map)

    Switzerland-based Australian cellist James Morley plays:

    SALVATORE SCIARRINO Ai limiti della notte
    GIUSEPPE COLUMBI Chiacona
    GYÖRGY LIGETI Sonata for solo cello
    JANE SHELDON The Unfolding Hour
    DAVID FULMER Star of the North - Requiem for Zhanaozen
    FERGUS HALL Adrift
    LIZA LIM Spirit Weapons I
    BRETT DEAN Eleven Oblique Strategies
    HEINRICH IGNAZ FRANZ VON BIBER Passacaglia

    Tickets: Free, by ballot only

  • Liquid Architecture presents Tujiko Noriko and Mara

    Friday, March 20, 2026
    6:00 PM – 11:00 PM
    White Bay Power Station, Rozelle (map)

    Tujiko Noriko (JPN) - Japanese experimental-pop artist and film composer

    Mara (AUS) - Sydney-based composer, curator and experimental musician working with the viola as well as electronic music traditions

    Peter Hollo DJ (Utility Fog) (AUS)

  • SURIDI Trio

    Friday, March 20, 2026
    1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
    St Stephens Uniting Church, Sydney (map)

    Diane Berger (flute), Richard Rourke (clarinet), Sumiko Yamamura (pianoforte)

    Parallax - Paul Moulatlet (b.1955) Flute, clarinet & piano
    Clarinet concerto K622 slow mvt - W.A. Mozart (1756- 1791)
    Leaves . . . . in . . . time - Howard Dillon (b.1954) Flute, clarinet & piano
    Il Gardellino RV 428 1st and 2nd mvts - A. Vivaldi (1678- 1741)
    Cirrus - Alan Holley (b.1954) Flute, clarinet & piano
    Where the Rivers Meet - Johanna Selleck (b.1959) Flute & piano

  • Andrée Greenwell & Muses Trio

    Sunday, March 22, 2026
    4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
    The Church, Alexandria (map)

    The concert includes both new and reimagined songs from Greenwell’s extensive catalogue of performing arts and concert works, made especially for this piano trio.

    The program will include pieces set to lyrics by leading Australian and international contemporary writers such as Jordie Albiston, Fiona Benson (UK), Alison Croggon, Katy Didden (US), Ross Gibson, Maryanne Lynch and Felicity Plunkett. The concert also features the world premier of Katie Liu’s Shorebird Suite.

    Tickets: Free, by ballot only

  • Contemporary Classical Evening

    Sunday, March 22, 2026
    5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
    Church Street Studios, Camperdown (map)

    Diane Berger, flutes and Richard Rourke, Clarinet, are members of the Opera Australia Orchestra and pianist Sumiko Yamamura is one of Australia’s leading chamber pianists. New works by Alan Holley, Howard Dillon and Paul Moulatlet and a work by Johanna Selleck plus Mozart and Vivaldi.

  • Shanasheel

    Sunday, March 22, 2026
    5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
    Glebe Town Hall, Glebe (map)

    Led by Iraqi-born violinist and joza (Iraqi kamancheh) player Nawres Alfreh, Shanasheel explores the worlds of maqam, regional folk repertoires, and classical forms. Focusing exclusively on instrumental music, Shanasheel crafts journeys built on melody, improvisation and rhythmic conversation. Their repertoire moves between classical works, village songs, and newly arranged pieces.

  • Distant Cities

    Wednesday, March 25, 2026
    7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
    Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Sydney (map)

    Composer Cyrus Meurant presents his recently completed two-part work Distant Cities for cello and piano, inspired by Rimbaud’s Les Illuminations.
    Saxophonist Andrew Smith will then join him to perform Constancies for alto saxophone and piano.
    Solo piano compositions, including “Sortie” (from the ballet Au revoir mon ami), “Monday III” from the album Monday to Friday (composed for people living with dementia) and Mneme.

    Cyrus Meurant, piano; Andrew Smith, alto saxophone; Daniel Yeadon, cello

  • Jana Irmert :: Alexandra Spence & Mara

    Wednesday, March 25, 2026
    7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
    Suite7a, Haymarket (map)

    Jana Irmert is a Berlin-based sound artist and composer working across spatial composition, film and live performance, using extensive experimentation with field recordings.

    Alexandra Spence and Mara will collaborate live for the first time with an improvised electro-acoustic set.

  • JAZZ UPSTAIRS - Gary Daley's ​ROUND THE SUN BAND

    Wednesday, March 25, 2026
    6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
    St Stephens Uniting Church, Sydney (map)
    $20/$15

    Round the Sun band for this performance features: • Gary Daley, composer, piano accordion and electronics • Hilary Geddes, electric guitar • Jacques Emery, double bass • Nic Cecire, drums.

  • Lauren Tsamouras' Another Green World

    Thursday, March 26, 2026
    7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
    21 Shepherd, Marrickville (map)
    General Admission: $30.00, Concession: $20.00

    Led by pianist and composer Lauren Tsamouras, Another Green World draws on elements of Greek traditional music as a way of exploring Tsamouras’ Greek heritage and what it means to be Greek-Australian today.

    Lauren Tsamouras (piano), Hilary Geddes (guitar), Brendan Clark (bass) and Ashley Stoneham (drums).

  • Alice Morgan & Ronan Apcar

    Friday, March 27, 2026
    7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
    The Church (map)
    Free, by ballot only

    Pianist Ronan Apcar and saxophonist Alice Morgan join forces to present a contemporary take on saxophone playing

    PAUL STANHOPE phoSpheric Variations ELIZABETH JIGALIN New work World premiere EINOJUHANI RAUTAAVARA Notturno KEVIN JUILLERAT L’Étang du Patriarche ANDREW HOWES The Eyes of the Earth GERARD BROPHY trois tableaux

  • Andromeda Sax Quartet presents: Hazel

    Friday, March 27, 2026
    7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
    Flow Studios, Camperdown (map)
    General Admission: $60.00, Under 30: $30.00, Student: $30.00

    Featuring the Australian premiere of NZ composer Gemma Peacocke’s enchanting Hazel, this concert flows through mesmerising rainscapes by Jabra Latham, to the dappled moonlight of Alex Turley.

    Paige Gullifer, soprano saxophone Ryan Piccione, alto saxophone Henry Docker, tenor saxophone Rachel Down, baritone saxophone

  • Bobby Singh & Friends

    Friday, March 27, 2026
    7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
    The Vanguard, Newtown (map)
    General Admission: $49.96, Concession: $44.86

    Tabla virtuoso Bobby Singh is coming to Sydney to promote his extraordinary new album Sutradhaar - a cross-cultural musical journey featuring some of Australia’s finest musicians and composed by his guru, Dr Aneesh Pradhan, arranged by Sandy Evans. Including Jeff Lang, Greg Sheehan, Lara Goodridge, Shenzo Gregorio, Ben Walsh, Zela Margossian, and Tjupurru.

  • Liquid Architecture presents Ruhail Qaisar and Marcus Whale

    Friday, March 27, 2026
    6:00 PM – 11:00 PM
    White Bay Power Station, Rozelle (map)
    Adult (Early bird): $35, Mob Tix: $10

    Ruhail Qaisar (IND) - noise music and power electronics

    Marcus Whale (AUS) - genre-agnostic electronic singer-songwriter

    Jungist (FBi Radio) (AUS)

  • Perfect Actress / Saw In Half / Black Metal 3 / Eratics

    Friday, March 27, 2026
    7:30 PM – 11:00 PM
    Petersham Bowling Club (map)
    $10

    PERFECT ACTRESS - Perfect post-punx playing powerfully. First show of ‘26!

    SAW IN HALF - Yet to beat the “screamo” allegations.

    BLACK METAL 3 - Huge drone/noise with synth (Mitch Elliott), guitar (Jasper Craig-Adams), sax and flute (Hinano Fujisaki).

    ERATICS - First show! Feat. members of Witness K, Double Date, Ex- Colleague, Osbo, The Baby and many more.

  • Rise and Fall

    Friday, March 27, 2026
    6:30 PM – 9:00 PM
    Local Edition (map)
    General admission $30, Concession/Student $25

    Karolina Beimcik - voice, violin Parizad d. - visual arts Hugh Stuckey - guitar Jay Dagbar - tabla

    Rise and Fall is an immersive audiovisual performance exploring the fragile balance of nature through improvisational jazz and Indian classical music. The project weaves Polish and Indian folk influences into a spontaneous, evolving soundscape.

  • Guitar Club w Hinano Fujisaki & Alex Inman-Hislop

    Saturday, March 28, 2026
    4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
    The Church, Alexandria (map)
    Free, by ballot only

    Guitar Club brings together Hamburg-based guitarists Danica Hobden and Pouya Abdi with Sydney musicians Hinano Fujisaki and Alex Inman-Hislop.

    DANICA HOBDEN Gamelan; Pescatarian; Sleepwalker; Warmbluetig; Brouwer’s Will

    POUYA ABDI Facereader; Kunterbunt

  • The Sydney Cringe Festival 5

    Saturday, March 28, 2026
    4:00 PM – 11:55 PM
    Red Rattler Theatre, Marrickville (map)
    $25

    The Sydney Cringe Festival is back and we are here to be your weirdest event of the year.

    Cassy Judy, Designer Mutts, Doctor Robot, Julio Stinky, Myxi Buns, S. Miles, Scruffamudda, Sister Ursuline, Terrificus, The Lost Futures, Tom Adamson, Whatever Eva and Skitzenbitz, DJ Underwatermelon, The Clown Bride, LIVING SCIENCE Dept. (Visuals)

  • Ross McHenry, Julius Schwing, Django Rowe // Chaos Collective

    Monday, March 30, 2026
    8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
    Church Street Studios, Camperdown (map)
    General Admission: $25.00, Concession/Student: $15.00

    Ross McHenry, Julius Schwing, Django Rowe
    Ross McHenry - bass
    Julius Schwing - guitar
    Django Rowe - guitar

    Chaos Collective
    Ben Lopes - guitars, composition
    Saskia Shearer - percussion
    Maddy Briggs - piano
    Lilly Innis - cello

  • Ensemble Apex: Behind Me Is The Dark

    Wednesday, April 1, 2026 – Thursday, April 2, 2026
    8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
    The Nielson, Point (map)
    Min $30 - Max $75

    Brigitta Muntendorf - Shivers on Speed *
    Lisa Illean - Januaries *
    Anna Þorvaldsdóttir - Hrim *
    György Ligeti - Kammerkonzert

    Wed 1 Apr, 8:00pm
    Thu 2 Apr, 8:00pm

  • Liquid Architecture presents Allara and Liam Keenan

    Friday, April 3, 2026
    6:00 PM – 11:00 PM
    White Bay Power Station, Rozelle (map)
    Adult (Early bird): $35, Mob Tix: $10

    Allara (AUS) - Yorta Yorta double bassist and composer

    Liam Keenan (AUS) - Gomeroi guitarist

  • Jon Rose & Erik Griswold Unnamed Road

    Thursday, April 9, 2026
    7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
    Phoenix Central Park, Chippendale (map)
    Free, by ballot only

    Jon Rose and Erik Griswold are two of Australia’s foremost improvising experimentalists. Unnamed Road engages two violins: one an amplified tenor violin, and keyboards — a regular piano and a MIDI keyboard hooked up to samples of prepared piano - in free improvisation.

  • D.C Cross and Andrew Tuttle - A seated listening experience

    Friday, April 10, 2026
    6:00 PM – 10:00 PM
    Annandale Community Centre, Annandale (map)
    $15.50

    D.C Cross (Sydney) + Andrew Tuttle (Brisbane). No Drums Records presents “A seated listening experience”, supported by the Inner West Council. After several years developing a friendship and mutual appreciation society, innovative folk musicians D.C Cross and Andrew Tuttle combine to present a double-headline tour along the Australian east coast in April 2026.

  • Desire Path: Zoltan Fecso & Anna Morley

    Friday, April 10, 2026
    6:30 PM
    Local Edition (map)
    General admission $30, Concession/Student $25

    Anna Morley - Vibraphone Zoltan Fecso - Synthesizer

    On Desire Path, Zoltan Fecso and Anna Morley channel their sense of improvisation and minimalism in a thoughtful exchange of musical ideas. Vibraphone and a Prophet 08 synthesiser are the only instruments used by the duo, moving between propulsive sequences and hazy ambience.

  • Jordan Chung

    Sunday, April 12, 2026
    4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
    The Church, Alexandria (map)
    Free, by ballot only

    Jordan Chung presents a new set of original music for solo piano. Drawing from an array of influences, the performance will explore the freedom of improvisation.

  • The Malfunctioning Joy Machine, or, States of the Soul

    Wednesday, April 15, 2026
    7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
    Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Sydney (map)
    $25 Adult, $15 Conc

    Unsuk Chin Etude
    Elizabeth Younan Piano Sonata No. 2
    Alexander Scriabin Piano Sonata No. 3
    Alexander Scriabin Piano Sonata No. 10
    J.S. Bach Partita No. 5 in G Major

    Lee Dionne, piano

  • Mitchell Riley & Jack Symonds O Mensch!

    Friday, April 17, 2026
    7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
    The Church, Alexandria (map)
    Free, by ballot only

    *O Mensch!* transforms 21 poems by Friedrich Nietzsche into a series of musical declarations in major living French composer Pascal Dusapin’s intimate song cycle. Mitchell Riley - baritone and Jack Symonds - piano.

  • Mesos Trio

    Saturday, April 18, 2026
    4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
    The Church, Alexandria (map)
    Free, by ballot only

    The Mesos Trio is an Australian Folk/Indian classical ensemble featuring Susie Bishop (violin), Maharshi Raval (tabla) and Elsen Price (double bass). They perform unique arrangements of Folk music from the broader European community and Indian Classical inspired improvisations.

  • Murmurations

    Sunday, April 19, 2026
    4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
    The Church, Alexandria (map)
    Free, by ballot only

    Laura Chislett - flute Satsuki Odamura - koto Brad Gill - percussion

    This performance will consist of structured improvisations: Kaze, Flung Ink, Crossways, Murmuration

  • Convergence

    Friday, May 1, 2026
    7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
    Seymour Centre (map)
    Premium: $65, A Reserve: $55 Concession: $45

    Hamed Sadeghi leads through delicate exchanges with a string trio and the purity of classical opera, to the depths of Persian classical music.

    Performed by Hamed Sadeghi (tar, composition), Aida Manouchehrpour (soprano), James Tarbotton (violin), Beth Condon (viola), Freya Schack-Arnott (cello) and Sohrab Kolahdooz (percussion).

  • Martin’s Music for Solo Cello - works by Martin Wesley-Smith

    Friday, May 1, 2026
    7:00 PM – 8:15 PM
    Flow Studios, Camperdown (map)
    $45

    One of the biggest musical influences in Rachel Scott’s life was the composer Martin Wesley-Smith (1945 – 2019) and she has often programmed his works in concerts over the last two decades. Over the last year, she has been recording all the works he wrote for solo cello – some for cello alone, some for singing cellist, and the incredible ‘Welcome to the Hotel Turismo’ for cello and audio-visuals.

    For one night only in Sydney, she’ll launch her new CD of all of Martin’s music for solo cello.

  • The Music of Steve Lacy: Phillip Johnston & Saxophone Special

    Friday, May 1, 2026
    6:30 PM – 9:00 PM
    Local Edition, Glebe (map)
    General admission $30, Concession/Student $25

    Phillip Johnston - Alto Saxophone
    Peter Farrar - Alto Saxophone
    Tim Clarkson - Tenor Saxophone
    Jim Loughnan - Baritone Saxophone

    This performance pays homage to the compositions of American soprano saxophone virtuoso Steve Lacy, as well as original jazz and New Music works by Johnston.

  • Omega Ensemble: Howl

    Saturday, May 2, 2026
    2:00 PM – 8:30 PM
    Pier 2/3, Point (map)
    Min $39 - Max $109

    Sat 2 May, 2:00pm

    Sat 2 May, 7:00pm

    Missy Mazzoli Tooth and Nail**
    Anna Meredith Tuggemo
    Daniel Wohl New Work
    Pierre Jalbert Howl
    Danny Elfman **Piano Quartet

  • SCM New Music Ensemble with Ensemble Contrechamps

    Thursday, May 7, 2026
    7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
    Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Sydney (map)
    Adult $25, Conc $15

    Katia Geha* and they leave me in the dark*
    Beth Roche* Refraction, Reflection*
    Jessie Cox* Enter the Impossible*
    Gerard Grisey* Excerpts* from Vortex Temporum

  • Cal Folger Day + Phil Christie

    Friday, May 8, 2026
    6:30 PM – 9:00 PM
    Local Edition (map)
    General admission $30, Concession/Student $25

    Cal Folger Day - tenor guitar  Phil Christie - keys and electronics Jack Duffy - uilleann pipes

    Touring Australia for the first time in conjunction with the Audible Edge Experimental Music Festival in Boorloo, these two projects both explore verbatim historical texts through lithe ensemble playing. Drawing on garage rock, jazz modalities and minimalist repetition, songs are both tightly structured and gloriously open to chance.

  • AVANT GARDENS AUTUMN

    Saturday, May 9, 2026 – Sunday, May 10, 2026
    4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
    Private Homes, Sydney (map)
    General Admission: $99, Pensioner: $79, Student: $39

    SATURDAY 9 MAY 4PM, WOOLLAHRA, SYDNEY
    SUNDAY 10 MAY 4PM, HURLSTONE PARK, SYDNEY

    SOFIA GUBAIDULINA Eight Etudes for Double Bass Solo (2007)
    NIKI JOHNSON Under Ocean’s Skin from Shimmer Suite (2024)
    ANTHONY BRAXTON Composition No. 152 (1991)
    JANE STANLEY Desert Rose from Four Desert Flowers (2010)
    KAIJA SAARIAHO Ciel étoilé (Starry Sky) (1999)
    JACK SYMONDS Releasing the Marble*▴ (2026)
    PAULINE OLIVEROS *Wind Horse *- An Improvisation Chart (1989)

    Lamorna Nightingale (flutes)
    Niki Johnson (percussion)
    Benjamin Ward (double bass)

  • The 100clicksWest 10th Birthday Fest

    Saturday, May 16, 2026
    2:00 PM – 10:30 PM
    100clicksWest, Falls (map)
    FESTIVAL PASS: $150, Afternoon concert: $75, Evening concert: $75

    Afternoon Concert: 16 May 2026, 2-6pm
    The Music Box Project - Imaginary Radio Station
    Jim Denley and the Eternally Orchestrating Sonoverse
    Trevor Brown - Chromo Suono Solo
    Monika Brooks

    Evening Concert: 16 May 2026, 7.30-10.30pm
    SPEL with Jason Noble and Louisa Rankin
    W.E.S.T. - Wilcox Encarnaçao Swanton Trio
    Hilary Geddes Quartet

  • Emus Fundraiser

    Sunday, June 7, 2026
    7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
  • Cerulean Winter Night

    Saturday, June 27, 2026
    5:00 PM – 11:30 PM
    The Baroque Room, Katoomba (map)
    $25

    An intimate winter gathering in the Blue Mountains bringing together Dungeon Synth and Dark Ambient artists.

    Tir, Lurid Orb, Most Ominous Mystic, Atavus Infectum, Mythscribe, Aniseed Shroud

recent past events

  • Iranian Music Festival

    Friday, March 6, 2026 – Sunday, March 8, 2026
    7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
    Leichhardt Town Hall, Leichhardt (map)

    Friday, 6 March 2026 | 7:00–8:00 pm - Eishan Ensemble
    Friday, 6 March 2026 | 9:00–10:00 pm - Zela Margossian Quintet
    Saturday, 7 March 2026 | 4:00–5:00 pm - Sama Ensemble
    Saturday, 7 March 2026 | 7:00–8:00 pm - Dela Ensemble
    Sunday, 8 March 2026 | 1:00–2:00 pm - Magic Music
    Sunday, 8 March 2026 | 4:00–5:00 pm - Pouya Abdi
    Sunday, 8 March 2026 | 7:00–8:00 pm - CozyMinimal

  • Michael Vorfeld (Berlin) and Guests

    Friday, March 6, 2026
    7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
    21 Shepherd, Marrickville (map)

    Michael Vorfeld (Berlin) percussion and film in a night of collaborations:

    with Philip Samartzis (presenting Air Pressure)

    and in Quintet with
    Jim Denley, woodwinds
    Saskia Shearer, percussion
    Uma Volkmer, trumpet
    Clayton Thomas, double bass

  • Sur Aur Sitaar - An Evening With Ustad Shujaat Khan in Sydney

    Friday, March 6, 2026
    6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
    Science Theatre, UNSW, Kensington (map)

    Ustad Shujaat Khan — one of India’s finest sitar virtuosos.

    Intimate Indian classical music concert.

  • AnSo

    Thursday, March 5, 2026
    7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
    Phoenix Central Park, Chippendale (map)

    AnSo, an interdisciplinary South Korean artist and performer residing and creating on Dharug land, blends their Korean culture with contemporary performance in their practice. For this performance at Phoenix Central Park, AnSo will be collaborating with harpist Isabella Rahme, as well as choreographers and movement artists Emmy Harkins, Risako Katsumata, Alana Searles, and Amara Shin

    Tickets: Free, by ballot only

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