68 upcoming events
Sean Valenzuela
Playing original compositions as well as reimagining music from Ghibli films and composers like Joe Hisaishi, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Nobuo Uematsu, filtered through a jazz trio lens, with heavy inspiration from 90s and 2000s Japanese VGM textures and a lot of spontaneous improvisation.
Sean Valenzuela (keyboards), Josh Spolc (bass), Alex Inman-Hislop (drums).
Trio Downunder
ELIZABETH LIM - clarinet, SUE NEWSOME - bass clarinet, RICHARD ROURKE - clarinet
Music by Mozart, Alan Holley (new commission), Stravinsky, Poulenc, Ross Edwards and Graham Powning
Shedding
Bringing together 10 visual artists and 10 musicians, SHEDDING transforms Machine Hall into an immersive experience of art, sound and performance.
Live Band: Cameron Undy, dom_ifa, Gabriel Haslam, Godriguez
Electronic: More Joyous, Sinister Minister, Free State, Tunnel Signs
Music performance: Benjamin Samuels, James Domeyko
BHPN at Lazy Thinking
WEYÓN - wonder y horror musica
Manticora - Harsh noise artist | Living on stolen Dharawal land |
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Skye Schreyer
Singing Stones
For our second instalment, we welcome Erik Luebs, US-born musician and sound designer based in Japan. Luebs approaches techno with a playfully disruptive technique, reinterpreting the fundamentals using built-from-scratch patches and labyrinthine sequencing. Erik will dive into the more introspective textural, sound design and field recording elements of his music and offer a different pace and experience than his typical sets.
szem + Mind on Fire
Mind on Fire: Brad Gill - vibraphone and Sam Gill - saxophones
Since forming in 2017, they have developed a unique approach to blending improvisation and experimental composition, amassing a substantial body of work for duo and expanded formations. For this performance, they’ll be appearing in duo format.szem is the left-field electronic project of visual and sound artist Laura Hunt. Combining hardware synthesis, electronic sampling, and percussive sculptures with cut-up vocals and poetry, Hunt creates ambient sonic environments.
JAZZ UPSTAIRS featuring DELAY 45
Delay 45 are led by trumpeter Tom Avgenicos, in close collaboration with pianist Roshan Kumarage, bassist Dave Quinn and drummer Ashley Stoneham.
Gill / Spence / Nilsson (AUS/SWE) + Hill / Hall / Raymond / Wishart
Gill / Spence / Nilsson (AUS/SWE)
Sam Gill (saxophones), Alister Spence (piano & preparations) and Peter Nilsson (drums & percussion) come together for their third public performance as a trio.Hill / Hall / Raymond / Wishart
Gabriella Hill (tenor saxophone), Louis Wishart (trumpet), Henry Hall (double bass) and Daniel Raymond (drums) present original compositions embedded within a collective improvisational framework.Dialectic, Raven + Migret @ Lazy Thinking
Dialectic: drummer/electronic artist with a unique ‘soundtrack’ performance combining music and visuals
Raven: (Peter Hollo) experimental cello player utilising loops and melodies
Migret: two piece atmopshermic rock with haunting vocalsHelping to raise funds for the treatment of eating disorders (which have the highest mortality rate of any mental illness) via The Butterfly Foundation
Conventus Innominatus
A special one night only limited-capacity screening of ‘Soul in Flames’ a feature documentary chronicling the rise and fall of COLD MEAT INDUSTRY.
With performances from:
Mx Robert Frost
vaguepostingOstinato - a short repeated pattern
Created and performed by Michelle St Anne, and underscored by a live chamber music ensemble featuring Jim Denley, Daniel Raymond, and Alex Tucker, the work unfolds as a live negotiation between sound and body, structure and rupture, control and release.
Cerulean Winter Night
An intimate winter gathering in the Blue Mountains bringing together Dungeon Synth and Dark Ambient artists.
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Lurid Orb
Most Ominous Mystic
Atavus Infectum
Mythscribe
Aniseed ShroudPACT UNDERGROUND: AFTER THE FLOOD
Julien Mier - found sounds and fragments of samples from anything like broken toys, thrown out objects on the streets and other interesting sound sources.
Milo M - bringing their songwriting practice (as heard in Knock Knock and Giant Hammer) into dialogue with experimental textures and open forms.
Withdrawe - Mitch Elliott (electronics) and Jasper Craig-Adams (guitar).
Gadigal jazz on top
Hinano Fujisaki
ICE RINK (Dieyoungs & Mishko)
Kurt Lam
film night with improvised live scores
9pm Chaos Collective perform to a selection of short films including scenes from Jacques Cousteau and Allegro Non Troppo
10pm Angus McGrath (California Girls) performs a live score for The Adventures of Prince Achmed
Sounding the Farm
Sounding the Farm is an environmental sound installation by Zemzemeh, created from recordings gathered on farms in Doon Doon and across the Tweed region. Cattle calls, birdsong, insects, gates, footsteps, wind, water, machinery, and the subtle pulse of daily labour are reimagined through spatial audio, looping, layering, live Persian instruments, and electro-acoustic transformation.
Sean Valenzuela
Playing original compositions as well as reimagining music from Ghibli films and composers like Joe Hisaishi, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Nobuo Uematsu, filtered through a jazz trio lens, with heavy inspiration from 90s and 2000s Japanese VGM textures and a lot of spontaneous improvisation.
Sean Valenzuela (keyboards), Josh Spolc (bass), Alex Inman-Hislop (drums).
You're NOT Forgotten-Fundraising Concert for Iran
Presented by the Iranian House of Music (IHOM) NSW, an expression of solidarity and compassion dedicated to supporting fellow Iranians who have been affected by the recent tragedies and hardships in Iran.
This concert presents a blend of Iranian classical and folk music, performed by reputable local musicians. The performance features traditional Iranian instruments accompanied by the rich tones of classical music through a professional string orchestra.
Hayley Chan EP LAUNCH // Michael Avgenicos' Eudaemons
Michael Avgenicos’ Eudaemons
Michael Avgenicos - saxophones
Peter Koopman - guitar
Max Alduca - double bass
Tim Geldens - drumsHayley Chan EP LAUNCH
Hayley Chan - drums & percussion
Creatures/Inhabitants is a 25-minute semi-improvised piece that intricately explores depictions of landscapes and animals, and the inner workings of the human mind. Expanding on these ideas, Hayley is now set to release her debut solo EP Desert Meditations in June 2026.Sound the Alarm - Save Me Last album release
All money raised for this event will be donated to organisations capable of impacting lives directly in Palestine.
Two sets by SOUND THE ALARM
20 piece ensemble.
Playing pieces from ‘Save me last’ and other works.Sing Me The Ocean
Jessie Newling - Sing Me The Ocean for Voice and Live Electronics
In this new experimental work, underwater recordings and the human voice are drawn together into a musical offering to the deep. Jessie uses motion sensors worn on her hands to shape her sound with movement and gesture.
CAMERON UNDY'S 20 CENT DOG
Postage stamp version of the 6 piece group, 20th Century Dog.
CAMERON UNDY (Guitar)
CARL DEWHURST (Bass)
GABE HASLAM (Drums)House/Music: Andrew Tuttle and Darren Cross
As D.C Cross, Darren has continued to refine and define the notion of ecstatic guitar, a uniquely Australian take on the solo instrumental guitar.
Andrew Tuttle dwells in an exploratory musical world, where the five-string banjo sits serenely and purposefully with shimmering waves of decay, reverberation and processed electronics.
Anna da Silva Chen and Lee Dionne in recital
Cheng Jin Koh Dancing Marionettes for Violin and Piano (2021)
W.A Mozart Sonata for Piano and Violin in G Major, K. 301 (1778)
Grazyna Bacewicz Stained Glass (2023)
Olli Mustonen Sonata for Violin (2012/2013)Violinist and Hayes favourite Anna da Silva Chen collaborates with pianist and director Lee Dionne on this program of virtuosic music for violin and piano.
Lagu within Irama
Focusing on the musical structure and aesthetic principles of Javanese gamelan, this talk will build on concepts explored in the previous lecture and emphasise the construction of melody within the Javanese concept of irama.
Musicians from Langen Suka will provide live demonstrations on the museum’s bronze gamelan set, illustrating instrumental techniques across gongs and metallophones.
Theatre of Light: the Ectoplasmic Apparition Machine
Curated by Naomi Oliver and Mx Robert Frost. Featuring an astral projected performance by Katya Petetskaya.
Naomi Oliver is a contemporary artist with a multimedia practice that includes video, glitch and sound.
Mx Robert Frost performs exploratory, experiential sound works and build electronic devices and installations.
Katya Petetskaya is a transdisciplinary artist working across performance and visual art.Sydney MicroFest 8
2pm Concert
Phonehenge by Greg Schiemer for hand held devices.
Orbit by Michael Hugh Dixon for solo horn with 22 pre-recorded horns.
Hydra by Phil Joseph for hydrasynth explorer in Bohlen-Pierce tuning.
Artesian Fountains by Kraig Grady for Meta-slendro vibraphone and Meta-slendro reed organ.4:30pm Concert
Fanfare Awaken for trumpet, horn, trombones.
Co-creators by Michael Hugh Dixon for tenor recorder, horn, trombone.
Seeking its Way by Brad Gill for flute, recorder, horn, trombone, vibraphone.
Project by The Music Box Project: Elizabeth Jigalin, Naomi Johnson, Peter Leung.
Tonality Flux by Amanda Cole for diamond vibraphone.
Flutatone by Amanda Cole for flute and lumatone.
Beaut music by The Yak Herders: Andy Milne, Farrah Sa’adullah, Brad Gill, Lillian Hearne, Christian Laki, Heather Darvey.Sonance Volume 3
Genre-bending, synth-infused modern classical music featuring The Nano Symphony & Cassie To.
The Nano Symphony creates a textural world of ethereal soundscapes blended with voice, piano, clarinet, and viola. They’ll be sharing new works from their debut album Dimensional.
Cassie To will share pieces performed on piano with string quartet and ambient synths.
Vents and Tonebird
The launch of:
- Tonebird CD - In a room by the river - Splitrec 34
- Vents CD - Vents (relative pitch) https://relativepitchrecords.bandcamp.com/album/vents
Tonebird
Melanie Herbert - violin; Romy Caen - harmonium, synthVents
Peter Farrar - submerged tiles; Dale Gorfinkel - air drum; Jim Denley - flutesJake Baxendale WAYPEOPLE (NZ) // Adam Halliwell (MEL)
Jake Baxendale WAYPEOPLE
Jake Baxendale - woodwinds
Chelsea Prastiti - voice
Jia Ling “Jessie” - guzheng
Luke Sweeting - piano
Maximilian Alduca - double bass
Tim Geldens - drumsAdam Halliwell
Adam Halliwell - guitar and voice
Adam Halliwell is a Naarm based musician known for playing with groups such as Mildlife and I Hold The Lions Paw. ‘Sono Una Pera’, explores original songs sung in Italian and the weaving of improvisation through them.Flora Carbo (Melb) + Adam Halliwell (Melb)
Special all Naarm/Melbourne edition of Jetsets.
ADAM HALLIWELL - Italian folk songs inspired by a quasi-Italian upbringing. Experimental instrument techniques, out dated midi technology, pop sensibilities, plain song bardisms weaving between organic song forms and modal improvisation.
FLORA CARBO - A new project featuring loopy songs, drum machine and saxophone FX - optimistic, sparse, vulnerable, present and direct.
dprk launch their new LP
dprk launch their new LP ‘Gnomes of Zürich’ along with:
Oxsun Ox from New Zealand, and
Chris Petro’s new project Factory Breath
Cone of Confusion
Cone of Confusion takes audiences through textural soundscapes and improvisation, blending sounds between psych, ambient, prog rock and jazz fusion.
Stelarc: Antipodean Apparatus
Antipodean Apparatus: Stelarc /// Hullick /// The Amplified Elephants
Stelarc now encases himself in machinery and becomes symbiotic with the next stage of human evolution: Cyborg. The body as mechanised apparatus.
Hullick has built robotic sound machines that represent some other futurist pathway born from the industrial revolution. As separate acts, Hullick, and neurodiverse ensemble The Amplified Elephants, build anciently modern sound worlds from these creation-augmenting machines.
The Lucky Country
MARK MUNK ROSS (2025–26 First Nations Composer in Residence) - The Lucky Country
Mark Munk Ross (voice)
Claire Edwardes (Artistic Director, percussion)
Lamorna Nightingale (flutes)
Jason Noble (clarinets)
Rowena Macneish (cello)Panel with Sonya Holowell, Nicole Smede, Mark Munk Ross and Cianna Walker.
Believe - Nature's God album release
Clayton Thomas | bass, percussion
Peter Farrar | saxophones, percussion
Novak Manojlovic | piano, percussion
Laurence Pike | drums, percussionWith special guests Mike Nock & Hilary Geddes in their first ever duo performance.
Raga, Irama & Rasa | Javanese Music and Dance Performance
Free one-hour performance featuring the full ensemble of Langen Suka and classical Javanese dance by Melbourne-based artist Mirasstity Akacia Putri.
Langen Suka is perhaps Australia’s premier performing gamelan ensemble. Since the 1980s, the group has been promoting the arts of central Javanese gamelan music and dance in Sydney through performances, demonstrations, workshops, courses and weekly practice sessions.
Iranian classical music with Mahya Panahi & Sohrab Kolahdooz
An intimate evening of Iranian classical music, with acclaimed percussionist Sohrab Kolahdooz and tanbur virtuoso Mahya Panahi.
Sohrab Kolahdooz is an Iranian-Australian percussionist whose work spans Persian classical music, contemporary performance, and intercultural collaboration.
He is joined by Mahya Panahi, an accomplished tanbur player and ethnomusicologist whose work is deeply rooted in the musical heritage of western Iran.
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[TOWERS]Chris Cody Mountain to Sea // Sarah Purdon Quartet
Chris Cody Mountain to Sea
Chris Cody - piano
Sandy Evans - saxophones
Lloyd Swanton - double bass
Nic Cecire - drumsSarah Purdon Quartet
Sarah Purdon - trumpet
Thomas Odell - piano
Sabine Tapia - double bass
Jack Rosenzweig - drumsHouse/Music: claire rousay
Canadian–American musician, composer and artist claire rousay has created a unique form of musique concrète, zeroing in on personal emotions and the minutiae of everyday life. Voicemails, haptics (feedback through touch), iPhone field recordings, whispers and conversations all become layered with autotune vocals tinged with emo-pop inflections.
Harry Ward & Noora Ylönen with guest Ben Ward
Violinist Harry Ward is joined by Finnish pianist Noora Ylönen and brother Ben on double bass.
Dimitri Shostakovich arr. Dimitri Tsyganov Selection of 10 Preludes Op. 34
Liza Lim Cardamom
Johann Joseph Vilsmayr Partita No. 5 in G minor
Ben Ward and Harry Ward New Work (2026)
Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 5 Op.24 ‘Spring’Band Of Five Names
Band Of Five Names
Phil Slater - trumpet
Matt McMahon - piano
Simon Barker - drumsThe group draws on a long shared history and a musical vocabulary developed through sustained collaboration. Their performances move between composition and improvisation, drawing on influences from their collective performing history.
LUSH
Niki Johnson is a contemporary percussionist and composer-performer whose musical practice incorporates interdisciplinary collaboration and artistic research.
Clayton Thomas is a double bassist and organiser specialising in the field of improvised and experimental music.
Lauren Tsamouras is a pianist, composer and improviser who leads and composes for her contemporary jazz/improvised music duo Another Green World.The Oresteia
Electra, Cassandra, Orestes, Clytemnestra and Agamemnon relive their murderous tragedies in Liza Lim‘s first opera, The Oresteia.
Performed for the first time since its world premiere in 1993, The Oresteia is directed by Imara Savage and performed by six of Australia’s most adventurous singers, alongside the world-leading specialists in Lim’s music, ELISION Ensemble.
ASHFIELD COMPETITION
THE MOST SINISTER AND FRIGHTENING COMPETITION OF THE YEAR RETURNS.
Joined by haunting music from Saoirse Prince, Manticora, Twinleaf and Yam (short hike two ludo).
Volant
Volant, meaning the ability to fly, are a contemporary jazz quartet inspired by the beauty and intricacy of birds – and the freedom they embody.
Led by saxophonist Matthew Ottignon, and completed by pianist Lauren Tsamouras, bassist Hannah James, and drummer Hayley Chan.
STANDING ROOM
MANFREDO LAMENT
Kurt Lam | keys, synth
Gabriel Haslam | drums
Finn Koslowski | alto saxophone
Luke Gerber | bassCRACKED SUZIES feat. LEVOS & PATTERN DELAY
Abby Constable | drums
LEVOS | Buchla modular synthesizer
Pattern Delay | keys, syths, effectsMIMI J
Mimi J | DJjetrio
jetrio is a Sydney-based three-piece that produces music that straddles the line between insistent minimalist composition and ambient improv. Sean Valenzuela on piano, Blain Cunneen on guitar, and Alexander Inman-Hislop on drums build atmospheres by zooming in on details until they take on new meaning. Melodic cells repeat, evolve, and loop back on themselves until something much bigger emerges.
Obradovic-Tixier Duo (FRA/CRO) // Oscar Peterson
Obradovic-Tixier Duo
David Tixier - piano, keyboards, DSP, compositions
Lada Obradovic - drums, voice, toys, glockenspiel, compositionsOscar Peterson Quartet
Matt Harris - piano
Sam Killick - guitar
Oscar Peterson - double bass
Ryu Kodama - drumsHouse/Music - Believe
Believe is a new free jazz supergroup comprising four of the most inventive improvisers and composers in Sydney’s creative music scene.
Drummer and composer Laurence Pike,
Bassist Clayton Thomas,
Keyboardist Novak Manojlovic, and
Alto saxophonist Peter Farrar.Lone Hemispheres
Jason Noble (bass clarinet), Lamorna Nightingale (flute), Claire Edwardes (marimba) and Véronique Serret (violin).
Mauricio Kagel – Schattenklänge: II. Presto (bass clarinet) (1995) 5’
Connor d’Netto – Some kinda way: part 3 (through) (clarinet + electronics) (2025) 5’30
Martin Wesley-Smith – For Marimba & Tape (1983) 11′
Kaija Saariaho – Noa Noa (flute + electronics) (1992) 8’30
Christos Hatzis – Fertility Rites (movt 1) (marimba + electronics) (1997) 4’
Tristan Coelho – Daybreak (flute + electronics) (2018) 7’
Kate Moore – Synaesthesia Suite (violin + electronics) (2014) 15′Lauren White Quartet // Jordan Chung
Lauren White Quartet
Lauren White - double & electric bass
Matt Thomson - piano & keyboard
Hilary Geddes - guitar
Alex Hirlian - drumsJordan Chung - piano
Jordan’s recent exploration of solo piano playing has uncovered a newfound perspective on long-form improvisation and navigating a performance without any pre-conceived structure.Portrait Parade
Ruth Crawford Seeger: Suite for Wind Quintet (1952)
Valerie Coleman: Portrait of Langston (2007)
Francois Poulenc: Sextet for Winds and Piano (1932)Flute: Rosie Gallagher, Oboe: Phoebe Xu, Clarinet: Oliver Shermacher, Bassoon: Ben Hoadley, Piano: Lee Dionne
MITSURU TABATA / SHOJI HANO Duo (JPN)
For the first time ever in Australia: MITSURU TABATA (Boredoms, ZENI GEVA, Acid Mothers Temple etc) & SHOJI HANO (collaborator with Peter Brötzmann, Derek Bailey, Tetsu Yamauchi, Keiji Haino and in Dare Devil Band with Makoto Kawabata). This dynamic duo with amazing pedigree tour with their debut duo release “Meeting” (UFO Creations).
Marcus Whale "Nether" Album Launch
Marcus Whale
Grasps
Weyón (Hybrid)
Peter Hollo & Jungist (DJ)
Bree Van Reyk & Chloe Kim & Jacques Emery
Jeremy Rose’s Infinity + Freyja Garbett - Album launch
Jeremy Rose’s Infinity feat. Alexander Flood
Jeremy Rose - saxophone and electronics, Zac Sandilands - keyboards, Ben Carey - modular synthesizer, Alexander Flood - drums
Freyja Garbett - Sowden House Album launch
Freyja Garbett - keys, Nick Garbett - trumpet , Michael Avgenicos - saxophone, Hilary Geddes - guitar, Dave Quinn - bass, Miles Thomas - drums
House/Music - Wytchings
Wytchings is the music project of artist Jenny Trinh. Trinh creates electronic soundscapes that are introspective yet familiar, and that soundtrack the abstract experiences of growing up amid the changing urban landscapes of Western Sydney.
Raag And Rhythm - A Classical Evening With Pandit Rakesh Chaurasia
Flute maestro Pandit Rakesh Chaurasia is known for his command over the bansuri and his ability to blend tradition with innovation and carries forward the rich legacy of his uncle, the iconic Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia.
With Zuheb Ahmed Khan - tabla.
In Trio
A group improvisation inspired by archival and found electro-acoustic sound from Ngunnawal Country and South-to-Eastern Asia
Sia Ahmad - tapes, field recordings, voice, electronics, bells
Akka - field recordings, jewellery, voice, drones, electronics
Kashif Sheikh (Heart Armour) - electric guitar, electronicsSam Gill Scattered
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.
Inner West Jazz Fest
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
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.
Inner West Jazz Fest
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
Inner West Jazz Fest
ALEX JASPRIZZA GROUP - Alex Jasprizza, saxophone; Hinano Fujisaki, saxophones; Felix Bornholdt, piano; Holly Conner, drums
DENLEY OSBORNE HEYWOOD JIGALIN - Jim Denley, woodwinds; Tony Osborne, voice and movement; Nikki Heywood, voice and movement; Liz Jigalin, accordion, 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
Flora Carbo / Kyrie Anderson / Ross McHenry
Flora Carbo is a saxophonist, composer and music leader from Naarm (Melbourne, Australia). Her unique practice creates novel musical environments that connect people through improvisation, composition and conceptual works, led by her explorations into the vocal qualities of the alto saxophone.
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.Scott Tinkler / Carl Dewhurst / Simon Barker (NSW/VIC)
Scott Tinkler - trumpets
Carl Dewhurst - guitar
Simon Barker - drumsDrawing 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.
Kris Davis Trio + Soojin Suh Coloris Trio
Kris Davis Trio
Kris Davis | piano
Robert Hurst | bass
Johnathan Blake | drumsSoojin Suh Coloris Trio
Soojin Suh | drums
Jaehun Kang | piano
Hoo Kim | bass
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Shoeb Ahmad
Sia Ahmad has traversed many different musical landscapes over her 21 years of performing live and making records - improvisation, sound art, noise - but nothing binds her work together like the left-of-field songwriting she’s pursued under her birth name Shoeb Ahmad.
Low Flung is the long-standing project of Sydney based visual artist Danny Wild. Danny fuses field recordings and instruments with synthesized soundscapes and digi basslines.
Genie is a dj and producer based on Ngunawal, Ngunnawal and Ngambri land best known for her genre-shifting sets.
Jerry Solstice - Stadium Rockdale Fundraiser
A night to raise funds for Stadium Rockdale to cover the cost of repairs, upgrades and a new piano.
Sundowners (debut), Gabriella Hill, Peter Farrar, Mari Egami, Nick Dan, Andrew Fedorovitch, Jim Denley, Sam Dobson, Alex Tucker, Aidan Wong, Nick Ashwood, Aviva Endean, Daniel Raymond, Cassidy Pyc, Ellen Kirkwood, David Turner, Alexandra Spence, Planktan Sanquin, Max Alduca, Ira Hadzic, Evan Dorrian.
2 Jazz Duos at Knox Bar
IBID is Keyna Wilkins (piano/flute) and Shane Carpini (drumset). Together they play jazz/classical/folk interpretations of stream of consciousness improvisations and their own compositions inspired by philosophy, astronomy and human behaviour.
Sora-Jackson Duo come from two distinct musical worlds and first found common ground playing jazz standards. This instrumental combination, where harmonic and melodic material can be shared, is a flexible framework to form an intimate and dynamic dialogue, a sound world that can range from bell-like to percussive. Mikaela (piano) and Ewan (guitar).
Driftwood / distaff / angophora
Naarm-based ambient experimental band Driftwood
Nick Ashwood | guitar, organ, objects
Aviva Endean | woodwinds, organ, objectsSupported by Distaff & Angophora
