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2026 New Creatives Festival
What do you get when you mix students from the Con’s classical, composition, contemporary, digital, jazz and music theatre degrees and allow them to dream up their own collaborative projects? Come and find out in this imaginative two-day festival celebrating the musical voices of tomorrow.
AVANT GARDENS SPRING — Ensemble Offspring
BRYN HARRISON Listenings III (1999); NARDI SIMPSON Where Water Amplifies (2026); JANE STANLEY Floral Streets (2026); HELEN GRIME Embrace (2015); GERARD BROPHY Selected movements from Just outside Van..… (2020); REMY LE BOEUF New Work (2026); ANDREW CLASSEN Waveland Suite (2014, arr. 2025)
Jason Noble (clarinets); Arkie Moore (trumpet – Hatched Emerging Performer); Claire Edwardes (Artistic Director, percussion)
Blue Divers, Peter Fonda, Angophora
House show next Sat! $20, limited spots. DM @jonfloodmusic if you’d like to come.
Blue Divers, Peter Fonda, Angophora
Sodium Tail / Occultations 2xCD-R Launch
Sodium Tail / Occultations 2xCD-R Launch
w/ Cottage Hag
Hill Hall Egami // Irchins // Gillmond Wong UPRISING
Hill Hall Egami:
Gabriella Hill — soprano saxophone
Henry Hall — double bass
Mari Egami — prepared pianoIrchins:
Ben Lopes - Guitar
Alex Tucker - DrumsGillmond Wong UPRISING:
Aidan Wong - tenor saxophone
Sam Gill - alto saxophone
Daniel Raymond - drumsMetin Yilmaz Quartet
The Metin Yilmaz Quartet weaves quartertones/microtonal scales and Kurdish Anatolian modes into intricate rhythmic landscapes, where contemporary sensibilities meet timeless tradition.
• Metin Yilmaz – Bilûr/Kaval (Traditional Flute)
• Jodie Michael – Drums
• Matt McMahon – Piano
• Steve Elphick – Double BassImad Dably and David Rodriguez
A meeting between Moroccan Gnawa music and guitar, improvisation and electronics. Beginning from Imad Dably’s guembri, voice and Gnawa traditions, the duo stretches the music into spacious improvisation, with David Rodriguez’s psychedelic guitar, looping, dub and West African-informed rhythmic ideas.
Anna McMichael, Helen Svoboda, Tilman Robinson: The Weddell Seal
MCMICHAEL, SVOBODA & ROBINSON: Foghorn, Shallow Dive, Drifting Floe, Cold-water Coral, Haul-out, Pelagic, Fast Ice + Powers of Navigation, Benthic (improv)
CAT HOPE: VibrissaeAnna McMichael (violin) and Helen Svoboda (double bass, voice), with sounds of the Antarctic Weddell Seal. Live sound design by Tilman Robinson using underwater field recordings.
Singing Stones featuring Jacqui O’Reilly
For our sixth episode of Singing Stones, we invite Jacqui O’Reilly, an artist and musician from Aotearoa New Zealand, based on Gadigal Land. Her practice explores voice, repetition, layering and the processing of electroacoustic sounds to build ephemeral and intimate ambient music.
TANGENTS
Ollie Bown (electronics)
Evan Dorrian (drums)
Peter Hollo (cello)
Adrian Lim-Klumpes (piano, keys, mallets)YOU MUST RSVP: duxextra@gmail.com
Australian String Quartet: Voyager
Garth Knox Satellites
Béla Bartók String Quartet No.4
Ludwig van Beethoven String Quartet in B-flat Major Op.130, and Grosse Fuge, Op.133BIGYUKI (US/JAP) + Distant Birds
BIGYUKI Grooves, improvisation, deep bass veering from hypnotic to euphoric.
BIGYUKI - keyboards
Jharis Yokley - drums
Randy Runyon - guitarSupporting will be Distant Birds, the hypnotic new collaboration between Chris Abrahams (The Necks) and Dave Symes (Boy & Bear).
Chris Abrahams - keyboards
Dave Symes - bass
Evan Mannell - drums
Matthew Ottignon - saxophoneSoft Attack // James Shortland Trio (MEL)
Soft Attack
Jacques Emery - double bass
Novak Manojlovic - piano
Tom Avgenicos - trumpetJames Shortland Trio
James Shortland - Double Bass
Miro Lauritz - Piano
Alex Young - DrumsVoyager - Australian String Quartet
Garth Knox’s Satellites opens Voyager with a kaleidoscopic exploration of sound and texture that expands the sonic possibilities of the string quartet. Bartók’s arresting String Quartet No.4, a tour de force of rhythmic energy, then takes you to a playground of Hungarian folk influences and raw emotion.
Beethoven’s monumental String Quartet in B-flat Major, Op.130, then unfolds with lyricism and grandeur, before concluding with the awe-inspiring Grosse Fuge, a work of uncompromising power that pushes the boundaries of musical form.
Deep Mind
DEEP MIND is a Seoul-based contemporary jazz collective consisting of: Jaeshin Park (bass), Jongkuk “JK” Kim (drums), Youngwoo Lee (piano, synthesizers) and Joonho Song (guitar). Their music is built on tight rhythmic foundations, layered with fluid textures and open-ended interaction. While rooted in jazz, their sound expands into electronic music, alternative R&B, and experimental elements.
Freyja Garbett’s Music From The Waves Sandy Evans (saxophones), Freyja Garbett (keyboards), Max Alduca (bass), Miles Thomas (drums).
Parramatta Lanes
Lanes Jazz Bar
JB Band: Japanese and Brazilian-influenced jazz led by Aidan Wong.
Leo Marland Quartet: Leo Marland (alto saxophone), Louis Wishart (trumpet, piano), Henry Hall (bass), Tom Vogel (drums) exploring the intersection of jazz improvisation, texture and rhythm.
The Sydney Conservatorium Jazz Orchestra (SCJO): celebrates the music of Thad Jones.Erby Stage
KILAT: raw black metal trio from Naarm / Melbourne featuring Karina Utomo, Rama Parwata and Benjamin Andrews.
Nongkrong: Indonesian-Australian arts collective dedicated to creating spaces for our diaspora.Sound Baths
14 free Sound Baths as part of Parramatta Lanes Festival.
From Wed 21st to Sat 24th
Session 1: 6:00pm - 6:30pm
Session 2: 7:00pm - 7:30pm
Session 3: 8:00pm - 8:30pm
Session 4: 9:00pm - 9:30pm (Friday & Saturday only)Wednesday and Saturday sessions feature Szem & Santo
Thursday and Friday sessions feature Ocean & Malaika.Parramatta Lanes
Lanes Jazz Bar
Corina 5pm – 5:45pm
Dink 6:15pm – 7pm
Distant Birds Chris Abrahams (The Necks) and Dave Symes (Boy & Bear) 7.30pm & 8.45pmjacques emery presents: invisible threads
Across the 70 minutes of invisible threads, Jacques Emery’s double bass creates a sonic landscape of continuous transformation.
Using conventional and extended techniques, alternative tunings and just intonation, Emery moves between visceral sub-frequencies, glimmering harmonics and rapid bowstrokes.
Birds of a Feather Soirée - Celebrating the First Birthday of 21 Shepherd
Birds of a Feather Soirée celebrates the first birthday of The Living Room Theatre’s home at 21 Shepherd.
Performances by:
Mari Egami
Louis Wishart
Isabella RahmeTomeka Reid Quartet
Tomeka Reid Quartet
Tomeka Reid cello
Mary Halvorson guitar
Jason Roebke bass
Tomas Fujiwara drumsVéronique Serret (solo) violin, vocals
Sir Richard Bishop (USA)
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.
NOF EP LAUNCH
NOF, the project is a dark melding of minimalist, hypnotic loops, drum machine pulses and bleak, atmospheric guitar that drips with feedback and tension.
Opening the night is Renetica (Rubber Necker / Reza Feza).
Hosting the evening, Jay Katz and Miss Death will bookend the live performances with The Sounds Of Destruction DJ set.
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 | bassBukhu and Nosh - Echoes of the Steppe
Bukhu and Nosh - drawing from Mongolian folk, world music, cinematic, experimental electronic and contemporary classical influences. Exploring the Morin Khuur and harmonic overtone vocal techniques, a contemporary take on the tradition of Mongolian bards.
Maryam Rahmani
Maryam Rahmani is an Iranian-born composer, vocalist and santur player living in Adelaide.
Maryam strives to preserve and share Persian tradition and culture through her music, and her relocation to Adelaide in 2019 has seen her explore a new world of cross-genre collaboration with many different artists from around Australia.
Noah Mejia's Abacá // Leo Marland Quartet
Leo Marland Quartet
Leo Marland - Alto Saxophone + Compositions
Louis Wishart - Trumpet + Piano
Henry Hall - Double Bass
Tom Vogel - Drum SetNoah Mejia’s abacá
Noah Mejia - Alto Saxophone + Compositions, Aurelia Flores - Tenor Saxophone
Leah Reinhardt - Vocals, Miles Rooney - Trumpet
Oscar Lubbock - Piano, Ruby Firmstone - Guitar
Henry Hall - Bass, Tom Vogel - Drum SetWill Guthrie x James Rushford
Will Guthrie is an Australian drummer/percussionist living in France.
James Rushford is an Australian composer-performer on piano, synthesizers and portative organ.As a duo, Rushford and Guthrie released Real Real World in 2021.
Belle Chen + Underwards
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
Saxophonist and composer, Kali Gillen premieres a new work.
Kali Gillen | saxophones
Roshan Kumarage | piano
Michael Brady | guitar
Sabine Tapia | double bass
Jack Rosenzweig | drumsPresenting 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 | pianoChris E Chen + Mark Cauvin: UTOPIA
Mark Cauvin: UTOPIA - double bass, electronics and gesture.
Commissioned by ART ZOYD STUDIOS and developed during a recent residency in France. Bowed textures and transformed sound unfold through composition and improvisation.Chris E Chen - voice and electronics.
Her own weird and sad version of ‘girl-in-her-bedroom’ music, featuring her voice and a variety of electronic echoes, ring mod resonances, bleeps and bloops.Jazz Upstairs featuring HILL/HALL/RAYMOND
Gabriella Hill (tenor saxophone), Henry Hall (double bass), and Daniel Raymond (drums)
Their interest as an ensemble lies at the intersection of composition for chordless instrumentation and free improvisation.
SIWJF - Sumn Conduit plus Bonnie Stewart Solo
Sumn Conduit is the duo project of Dharawal vocalist, composer and writer Sonya Holowell, and modular synthesist and composer Ben Carey.
Bonnie Stewart is a composer, improviser and multi-instrumentalist working across songwriting, jazz and free improvisation. For this debut solo performance, Bonnie explores the space between songwriting and improvisation
Misaki Umei & Cracked Suzies + Dorka
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.
Tim O'Dwyer Trio Reunion Concert
Formed in 2004, the Tim O’Dwyer (alto saxophone) Trio with Darren Moore (drums) and Clayton Thomas (bass) connected detailed, intricate composition with forceful, visceral improvisation.
In their first decade they toured the East Coast of Australia three times, performed at all the major jazz festivals in Australia, toured Japan (2010), released 2 albums and have also played at Mosaic Festival (2007) in Singapore, the Brave Festival Poland, and the famous Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland (2010).
Kris Davis performs with the Conservatorium
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.
MICHAEL BEACH
Michael Beach (Solo) with special guest ANGIE (Solo)
YOU MUST RSVP: duxextra@gmail.com
Unorganised 2
Defektro
Rapacity
Monoeater
Scariestgirlintheworld
Halloween Special
Marlene Claudine Radice
Zsa LaFine
Weyon
Kilton Dawn
Meow Meow Casio
Resonance + Sydney Con Choir
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.Sovereign Air - Ben Denham
Ben Denham’s Sovereign Air - screening and performance.
Sovereign Air (2026) is an essay and audio-visual work of electronic and dialectical synthesis. The work comes out of the practice atmospheric listening; a multi-sensory activity that includes an awareness of the air and its touch on skin, environmental sound, and audible analogues of air pressure changes produced in a synthesizer system.
eerie house 01
an afternoon of experimental sounds and noises in my backyard
-manticora
-damon martinez
-dj teenie weenie
Delphine Dora (FR), Luke M de Zilva and Alexandra Spence
Delphine Dora (FR) - bridges improvisation, folk, contemporary classical, experimental and electroacoustic music.
Alexandra Spence - acoustic instruments, objects and electronics.
Luke M de Zilva with Jacques Emery (double bass) and Mara Schwerdtfeger (viola) perform two long-form songs, partly improvised, partly prepared, all acoustic and avant-folk-minimalist.
DELPHINE DORA [FR] with MONICA BROOKS
Delphine Dora is a French musician, vocalist, improviser, composer, and sound artist
Monica Brooks solo piano
YOU MUST RSVP: duxextra@gmail.com
Dave Wilson (NZ) // Number Junky (WA)
Dave Wilson
Dave Wilson - saxophone & bass clarinet
Jess Green - guitar
Véronique Serret - violin
Tom Botting - double bassNumber Junky
Kristian Borring - guitar
Zac Grafton - double bass
Peter Evans - drumsShortlist (Hill/Undy/Tucker) + Dewhurst/Gill/Tucker
SHORTLIST
Gabriella Hill (tenor saxophone)
Cameron Undy (bass)
Alex Tucker (drums)Dewhurst/Gill/Tucker
Carl Dewhurst (guitar)
Sam Gill (saxophones)
Alex Tucker (drums)RISING TIDE FUNDRAISER
Rising Tide is a movement of ordinary people across the nation, called by extraordinary times, to take disruptive collective action on climate.
Expect a variety of music, such as experimental music group Australian P.O.P Music (Pianist Ronan Apcar , Violinist Sola Hughes , Flautist Maria Zhdanovich ), performing a structured improvisation on the artwork 3000 Days and Counting . Melbourne-based artist QiQi , will perform excerpts from their sold out immersive show; Echoes of the Earth.
NOSFERATU with Cone of Confusion and Psymatic 2000
An original soundtrack performed live to the screening of 1922 silent movie Nosferatu
The silent movie will be screened with a soundtrack performed live by Eora/Sydney-based psych jazz band Cone of Confusion and augmented by visual installations and effects by Psymatic 2000
Paul Cutlan's Pan Demons' Band
Paul Cutlan assembles a group of special friends to perform two versions of his curated improvisation Pan Demons’ Band. This 50-minute work features constantly shifting groups of one to five musicians communicating in sound.
Featuring: Sandy Evans, Andrew Robson, Sam Gill, Phillip Johnston, Phillippa Murphy-Haste, James Greening, Gary Daley, Ollie Miller, Chloe Kim, Nic Cecire, Lloyd Swanton and Steve Elphick.
Land Systems Bryophyte
Land Systems is the melodic ambient project of Eora/Sydney-based musician Nathan Moas.
Bryophyte, releasing in November through Oxtail Recordings, will be his seventh ambient release, and for the first time on cassette tape.
Vazesh
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 - bassYOLO Solos Vol.11 with Alice Morgan and Ronan Apcar
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 MorganAzimuth
Isabella Rahme (Curator)
Ria Andriani sings, writes and lifts the voices that usually go unheard. A classically trained soprano and a writer, she has spent this year working beyond the concert voice: spoken poetry, performance art and improvisation.
Andrea Lim is a violinist and interdisciplinary artist working across performance and sound. Her current practice complicates the subject matter of morality in today’s socio-political climate.
Peggy Polias writes music about safety, secrecy and the things people keep in journals.The Expanded Voice: Experimental Sound Showcase
Curated by artist Frances Barrett and focuses on artists working at the intersection of performance and the voice. This inaugural program has invited artists; Archie Barry, Brian Fuata, Jane Sheldon, Joel Stern, Nicole Smede, Sage Pbbbt, Mara Schwerdtfeger and Sonya Holowell to contribute to 1-week lab environment and undertake a process of exchange and new work development with each other and audiences.
The Expanded Voice: Experimental Sound Showcase will feature the program’s participating artists, offering a suite of performances that centre the unique ways in which they each work with the voice.
2 x 2 Double Shot: Ibid and dos+
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.
Sydney-based musicians Laura Chislett and Brad Gill formed dos+ early last year to explore spontaneous collaboration and sonic interaction between their two instruments, flute and vibraphone.
Barker/Mielczarek/Fujisaki + Longlist
Barker/Mielczarek/Fujisaki
Simon Barker (drums)
Nick Mielczarek (guitar)
Hinano Fujisaki (tenor saxophone)Longlist (Hill/Undy/Green/Tucker)
Jess Green (guitar)
Gabriella Hill (tenor saxophone)
Cameron Undy (bass)
Alex Tucker (drums)TL;DR
TL;DR is one of the most distinctive groups to emerge from the Australian jazz scene in recent years. Led by established composer and trumpeter Peter Knight (formerly Artistic Director of the Australian Art Orchestra), the group also features Helen Svoboda (bass/voice), Theo Carbo (guitar) and Quinn Knight (drums).
Chaos Collective - Seeing Red
Program of original works that push improvisation into unfamiliar territory, combining live electronics, experimental compositional techniques and a work built around a visual score. The performance will feature two compositions by Ben Lopes, Seeing Red and Microscapes, alongside Maddy Briggs’ electric toothbrush guitar.
Ben Lopes - guitar
Maddy Briggs - piano, guitar
Lily Innis - cello
Saskia Shearer - percussion
Mina Johansson - tenor saxophoneFreedman Jazz Fellowship – Finalists Concert 2026
This years finalists are saxophonist Andrew Saragossi (Vic), drummer Chloe Kim (NSW), vocalist Holli Scott (WA) and guitarist Theo Carbo (Vic). The finalists will all perform in Sydney on Saturday November 14th at the ACO Neilson, Pier 2/3. The fellowship recipient will be announced on the night.
This year’s concert will also feature a special guest performance by former Fellowship recipient Helen Svoboda.
MARA! – In Essence
MARA! are going back to basics with a concert by the core quintet. The program will feature treasures from the band’s eclectic repertoire of original and traditional music.
Sandy Evans - saxophones
Lloyd Swanton – double bass
Paul Cutlan – saxophones & clarinets
Llew Kiek – bouzouki, bağlama & guitars
Mara Kiek – voice & percussionFlute & Piano - Jessica Scott & Nathaniel Kong
Works by Louis Ganne / Pierre Sancan / Rosalind Carlson / Carolyn Morris / Kerin Bailey / Astor Piazzolla / Valerie Coleman
Jessica Scott and Nathaniel Kong present a diverse exploration of the flute repertoire from 20th century French, to modern local Australian and tango by Piazzolla.
EPHEMERA QUARTET + Thomas / Innis / Roberts / Schack-Arnott / Murphy-Haste
Ephemera: a musical exploration of celestial landscapes such as pulsars, craters, planetary atmospheres, stars, sun and void. Merging the sound worlds of jazz and contemporary classical, and set to real space sounds and projections, it is a unique sonic experience. The ensemble is led by Keyna Wilkins (piano/flute/compositions) with Elsen Price (double bass/loop pedal), Will Gilbert (trumpet) with new addition of Shane Carpini (drumset) and includes freely improvised pieces.
Supported by Clayton Thomas (double bass), Lily Innis (cello), Mariel Roberts (cello), Freya Schack-Arnott (cello) & Phillippa Murphy-Haste (viola, clarinet) Quintet
Lotte Betts-Dean
Australian mezzo-soprano Lotte Betts-Dean is known for adventurous programming and a wide-ranging repertoire spanning contemporary, chamber and early music, opera, oratorio and cross-genre projects. A committed advocate of new music, she has premiered numerous works and recorded portrait albums of composers including Michael Finnissy, Stuart MacRae, Catherine Lamb and Arthur Keegan.
The Cloud of Unknowing
The Cloud of Unknowing brings together Jim Denley, Alex Tucker and Samuel Dobson on saxophone, flute, percussion, double bass and found objects. Their music unfolds through spontaneous acts of collective listening and creation, revealing ephemeral sonic worlds at the intersection of gesture, sound, object and place.
Essendon Airport
Essendon Airport began as a duo in Melbourne in 1978, formed by David Chesworth on Wurlitzer electric piano and Robert Goodge on guitar, accompanied by a homemade drum machine. Their music embraced minimalism, repetition, irony, and experimentation.
Reuniting original collaborators Paul Fletcher and Barbara Hogarth, and joined by pedal steel guitarist Graham Lee (The Triffids, KLF), the quintet will perform music from their new album MOR, re-engaging with their early minimalist work and revisiting songs from the Sonic Investigations era in expanded full-band arrangements.
The Alister Spence Trio
Featuring Alister Spence (piano), Lloyd Swanton (double bass) and Toby Hall (drums), the Alister Spence Trio brings together three of Australia’s most acclaimed musicians. Renowned for its original compositions, interplay and energetic performances.
BROADCAST INTO OBLIVION
Writing Dancing Press presents:
A concert of two works and a book and CD launchBROADCAST INTO OBLIVION
A chamber workNikki Heywood – voice and text
Mark Cauvin – double bass and compositionFollowed by a short trio featuring special guest Elizabeth Jigalin on prepared piano.
SEIMS National Tour
SEIMS - math-rock; sweeping through post-rock to hardcore to electronic to jazz
with Mowgli, Fabulous Contraption & Foiled Fishing Plans
Suzanne Ciani
The doyenne of electronic music, she pioneered sound design with early synthesizers in the 1970s.
Suzanne Ciani synthesizers
Future Classics 2026
Lamorna Nightingale Flutes, Jason Noble Clarinets, Arki Moore Trumpet, Ronan Apcar Piano, Claire Edwardes Percussion, Niki Johnson Percussion, Jack Symonds Lead Mentor
New Works by REMY LE BOEUF, HAO ZHEN, AUDREY ORMELLA, MOSES MOHAMMED KINGTON-WALBERG, JUDE DONAHUE
Artists for Palestine
Artists for Palestine is a feature concert that we hope can uplift us, connect us with likeminded people and importantly fundraise for those in Palestine.
Artists for Palestine will feature a collective of immensely talented Sydney Musicians. Also featured on the night will be Art Stalls, Special Guest Speakers, DJ’s, Poets, Auctioned Prizes, Food and Beverages.
Featuring - Sound the Alarm
Miān: CozyMinimal Album Launch
CozyMinimal blends traditional Iranian melodies into the framework of modern minimalism.
Ehsan Kachooei, Setar
Shervin Mirzeinali, Piano
Ali Yarmomohammadi, Tar
Arman Gouniaei, TombakDanica Hobden & Hinano Fujisaki (AUS/GER) // Runa Cara
Danica Hobden & Hinano Fujisaki
Hinano Fujisaki - Tenor Saxophone / Flute
Danica Hobden - Guitar
Sabine Tapia - Bass
Bonnie Stewart - DrumsRuna Cara
Bonnie Stewart - guitar, percussion, voice
Freya Schack-Arnott - cello, voice3'O live at Eight O'Clock Sharp
3’O brings together:
percussionist Fabian Hevia,
pianist and accordionist Gary Daley, and
vibraphonist Daryl Pratt.Featuring Fabian’s Chilean-infused compositions alongside new works created especially for this unique ensemble.
GHOSTS BETWEEN STREAMS II
DELAY 45 w/ JORDAN EAST & STRINGS
Tom Avgenicos | trumpet, fx; Roshan Kumarage | keyboards; Dave Quinn | basses; Ashley Stoneham | drums, percussion; Thibaud Kessell | electronics, synths; String quartet; Jordan East | ProjectionsJUDY BAILEY YOUNG COMPOSERS AWARD WINNER 2026 Sabine Tapia
CHLOE KIM’S MUSIC FOR 50 MUSICIANS Video Screening
Sarah Elise Thompson - Eternal Light EP Launch
Sydney-based composer and pianist Sarah Elise Thompson will be performing in her debut Australian shows in celebration of her new EP eternal light joined by the Nomad String Quartet.
Subject Matter by Karl Javernig
Karl Javernig is a Blue Mountains based jazz musician and video artist. He will be premiering his audio visual work Subject Matter at Superposition Festival. Pairing natural and abstract imagery with elements of improvised jazz and art music played live using classical guitar, effects and layered loops.
Hamed Sadeghi
Persian-Australian composer and tar player Hamed Sadeghi performs solo, offering an intimate celebration of his cultural heritage in its purest form.
'Murmurations' at Eight O'Clock Sharp
Sabine Tapia (double bass), Thomas Odell (piano) and Matt Simmonds (drums) combine the intricacies of the piano trio tradition with expansive original compositions.
Drawing on influences from folk, improvised music and contemporary jazz, the trio has developed a distinctive musical language shaped by the individual creative voices of its members.
Ghasedak & Hobab
Ghasedak & Hobab is a multidisciplinary performance bringing together Persian dramatic storytelling, movement, choreography and music.
Created by Dr Elnaz Sheshgelani, theatre maker, choreographer and educator, with music by Dr Shervin Mirzeinali and Mahya Panahi, bringing together electronics and tanbour. The work is based on the story of the same name by renowned screenwriter, thinker and dramatist Naseh Kamgari.
Cyrus Meurant and Andrew Smith
Four Pieces for soprano saxophone and electric organ
Sortie for solo piano
Three Poems for solo tenor saxophone [PREMIERE]
Distant Cities (Book I) for solo piano
Constancies for alto saxophone and pianoAndrew Smith: soprano, alto and tenor saxophones
Cyrus Meurant: piano and electric organ, compositionsBurra Korain: Matt McMahon | Piano
Matt McMahon launches Burra Korain, a new solo piano album inspired by the ancient landscapes, histories and personal memories of the Grose Valley in the Blue Mountains.
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recent past events
Blue Velvet
Sina , ghostly vocals and reverb-drenched guitar conjures soundscapes at the intersection of ambient music and shoegaze.
Western Sydney experimental, ambient musician Wytchings , and experimental noise artist S.C.U.M , blend their sonic worlds together for a debut, collaborative performance, weaving the ethereal with ritualistic noise abrasions.
Musician and performance artist Marcus Whale and experimental electronic producer Grasps unite for a collaborative performance, combining their surreal, atmospheric soundscapes at the intersection of dense club sounds and hazy electronica.
Jeremy Rose and Chris Abrahams: TONE
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 electronicsAndrew Tuttle and Darren Cross - ‘AT/DC’ album launch + JWPaton
Australian multi-instrumentalist composers and improvisers Andrew Tuttle and Darren Cross present AT/DC, a debut duo album released on the esteemed Room40 label’s Someone Good imprint. Tuttle and Cross respectively blend banjo and acoustic guitar motifs with digital synthesis, processed electronics and manipulated field recordings.
Special guest JWPATON is a Yuin artist and musician. Working with lo-fi field recordings he creates layered processed manipulations of original source material.
Bright Phantoms Album Launch
“Bright Phantoms” is the debut album from Naarm based experimental duo Lillian Albazi and Oscar Neyland, voice and double bass. Weaving together fragments of post-punk, folk, modern classical, noise, found percussion, free improvisation and rock.
Tom Avgenicos is a trumpeter, composer and producer. He will be playing in duet with bassist Jacques Emery.
