event archive 2023

Simmer is an evening program of experimental music and art at Penrith Regional Gallery this Summer. Rich with sensorial encounters, Simmer awakens the senses as the sun sets over the gardens and …

The music box project invites you to SOUND PARTY – an end of year celebration of new music & old friends plus the launch of something new for 2024! Join us for some music outside the usual order …

A night of festive free jazz, end of year sonic celebrations and improvised merriment. BELIEVE are excited to present their last concert of the year, alongside the exceptional community that is HOME …

Opus Now #29 exploring newly composed music and interrelationships with improvisation Where: Temple on the Park, Australia Street, Newtown When: Friday December 15th • 7pm (Doors Open 6:30pm) Tickets: …

Summer Deliriant Sydney (Part 1) Featuring Banana (MP Hopkins & Alexandra Spence) w/ Jim Denley Marlene Radice (ACT) Couch w/ Yusuke Akai Venus Observed (Phoebe Bognar and Clayton Thomas) Verna …

The legendary Eugene Chadbourne from the United States joins Nunchukka Superfly, Esse And The Brave New Sounds from Canada and Andy Burns from Perth. A smorgasbord of homegrown and overseas talent. Be …

Inside/outside: Jim Denley (flutes, gumnut, voice) and Mel Herbert (violin) have been making music together for over ten years, mainly in the Splinter Orchestra, or in smaller assemblages that have …

100clicksWest continues its commitment to the best of new music in 2023 by bringing five exciting double bills to the Blue Mountains! These concerts once again feature an eclectic array of artists …

Havens is the second project from New Resource, rendering the contours of displacement in order to extricate a semblance of comfort and stability from entangled anxieties. Developed while Sam and Dale …

Simmer is an evening program of experimental music and art at Penrith Regional Gallery this Summer. Rich with sensorial encounters, Simmer awakens the senses as the sun sets over the gardens and …

New Mountain is a three channel live video work by Rachel Peachey and Paul Mosig, exploring human/environment relationships in the context of deep time with accompanying sound by Gail Priest, Chris …

PsyconFest takes over Lazybones Lounge for its 9th edition with an eclectic night of fusion infused acid jazz, electronica, neo-soul, psychedelic jazz and electronica. On the line-up four incredible …

Tones, moves, strings is a three-part program featuring 42 intimate performances, spanning music and dance, which will pop up across the North and South buildings daily at 10.30am, 12.30pm and 2.30pm. …

Tones, moves, strings is a three-part program featuring 42 intimate performances, spanning music and dance, which will pop up across the North and South buildings daily at 10.30am, 12.30pm and …

An evening of indie rock, electronica and shapeshifting visuals by a radical Mexican film collective. Mount Eerie , the indie-rock musical project of American songwriter Phil Elverum, brings his …

For the fourth performance of the Josh Shipton Orchestra our chief lunatic has decided to only use bass instruments and has come through with his promise made at orchestra 3 of composing “50 Shades Of …

Show up. Listen up. Get involved. We’re staging a gallery take-over that is part live ‘Pirate Radio’ performance, part futuring workshop, and part sound exhibition about the importance of …

Tones, moves, strings is a three-part program featuring 42 intimate performances, spanning music and dance, which will pop up across the North and South buildings daily at 10.30am, 12.30pm and 2.30pm. …

Tones, moves, strings is a three-part program featuring 42 intimate performances, spanning music and dance, which will pop up across the North and South buildings daily at 10.30am, 12.30pm and …

Tones, moves, strings is a three-part program featuring 42 intimate performances, spanning music and dance, which will pop up across the North and South buildings daily at 10.30am, 12.30pm and 2.30pm. …

Tones, moves, strings is a three-part program featuring 42 intimate performances, spanning music and dance, which will pop up across the North and South buildings daily at 10.30am, 12.30pm and …

dualpLOVER has been risen from the dead to output their first physical release since Senyawa’s Acaraki LP in 2014!!! and its a blistering little thing featuring Lucas Abela on glass with Zach …

A diverse group of artists with an improvisation practice come together in an experimental multidisciplinary collaboration process to divine something to do with, for, or in-front of, an audience. …

JACK PREST [electronics] with CLAIRE EDWARDES JASON NOBLE FREYA SCHACK-ARNOTT BENJAMIN FREEMAN with special guest APHIR SATURDAY October 14th at 7.30 p.m. [doors at 7] ALL PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC …

12pm PANEL: Walking the Plank in the United States: Stories of Un/lawful Radio Transmission Hosted by Heather Contant 1pm – PERFORMANCE: The Splinter Orchestra 2pm WORKSHOP: Futuring Cultures of …

People Skills (USA) xNoBBQx (Syd/Bris) S*Glass (USA) Wytchings Anthony Guerra Friday October 20th 8pm Fatamorgana People Skills (USA) xNoBBQx (Syd/Bris) S*Glass (USA) Wytchings Anthony Guerra Friday …

Oct 21st/22nd 2023 at Annandale Creative Arts Centre. 5 sets a night across 2 rooms and 2 x nights, featuring some of the best improvisers in the city. Curated by Clayton Thomas and Laurence Pike with …

Back from the realms of deepest, darkest outer-space Asteroid Eksosystem, Australia’s most dynamic improv-group, return with their only Australian show for 2023 and a brand new live album, Recorded …

After being main support to MUDHONEY for a run of Victorian shows, PAUL KIDNEY EXPERIENCE return to Sydney for the first time in nearly 2 years. This 8-piece free-rock band will be launching their …

Join the Oxtail Recordings family for Saturday arvo hangs in the yard at Prop Records to celebrate the release of three new albums: Mike Nigro’s “Low Light,” Zoltan Fecso’s …

Dream Alley Dream is proud to present Dream Alley Dream #9: Fully Feudal, Rand & Holland and Bluetung. Fully Feudal (Sydney) is Toto of Perspex and Xilch (guitar, vox), with Elmo Aoyoma (violin), …

A diverse group of artists with an improvisation practice come together in an experimental multidisciplinary collaboration process to divine something to do with, for, or in-front of, an audience. …

Ryutaro Endo (Japan) https://ryutaroendo.bandcamp.com/track/guitar-solo-1 https://on.soundcloud.com/nv295 https://on.soundcloud.com/LK5Et https://on.soundcloud.com/1rFF5 a combination of friends; …

With courage and sincerity, experimental vocalist-songwriter and accordionist Melanie Eden intimately explores landscapes of madness to transform suffering into the divine. Inspired by Leonard …

Don’t miss an extraordinary evening with two of the most exciting and innovative young performers in Australia, both launching new solo releases and both en route to Nexus Arts in Adelaide and …

HINTERLANDT is a Sydney-based quartet playing original music written by Australian-German composer, Jochen Gutsch. With its combination of contemporary chamber music, indie songwriting and jazz …

An evening of expansive vocals, propulsive electronics and AI animation by leading First Nations artists and collaborators. Expect avant-garde powwow by Ojibwe musician Joe Rainey , who transforms …

Tones, moves, strings is a three-part program featuring 42 intimate performances, spanning music and dance, which will pop up across the North and South buildings daily at 10.30am, 12.30pm and 2.30pm. …

Tones, moves, strings is a three-part program featuring 42 intimate performances, spanning music and dance, which will pop up across the North and South buildings daily at 10.30am, 12.30pm and …

Tones, moves, strings is a three-part program featuring 42 intimate performances, spanning music and dance, which will pop up across the North and South buildings daily at 10.30am, 12.30pm and 2.30pm. …

Tones, moves, strings is a three-part program featuring 42 intimate performances, spanning music and dance, which will pop up across the North and South buildings daily at 10.30am, 12.30pm and …

Tones, moves, strings is a three-part program featuring 42 intimate performances, spanning music and dance, which will pop up across the North and South buildings daily at 10.30am, 12.30pm and 2.30pm. …

Tones, moves, strings is a three-part program featuring 42 intimate performances, spanning music and dance, which will pop up across the North and South buildings daily at 10.30am, 12.30pm and …

Tones, moves, strings is a three-part program featuring 42 intimate performances, spanning music and dance, which will pop up across the North and South buildings daily at 10.30am, 12.30pm and 2.30pm. …

Tones, moves, strings is a three-part program featuring 42 intimate performances, spanning music and dance, which will pop up across the North and South buildings daily at 10.30am, 12.30pm and …

Tangents (Last Show for 2023) - 2nd Set Microfiche (EP Launch) - 1st Set tickets through moshtix 6pm* Bar Open* 7pm* Doors* 7:30pm* Microfiche* 8:30pm* Tangents* Tangents (Last Show for 2023) - 2nd …

The Valentitanic Trio Mike Kennett (guitar, piano and keys), Josh Shipton (fretless guitar, electric upright bass and vocals), Alia Josephine (saxophone) and Tim Bradley (drums) form a four piece trio …

To celebrate the launch of new album ‘The Wheel’ on 12” vinyl and digital, Low Flung presents the premiere of feature length film ‘The Wheel’. Saturday August 19th - Join The Dots, Sydney (Warrang) - …

RIDES/REVERSALS Live at the Bandstand by Qtopia Sydney is an experimental sound showcase centering queer and/or neurodiverse artists exploring various methods of music production across a range of …

Show at Fatamorgana July 1st, 8pm Mala Herba Lucy Cliche & Chokepoint MALA on tour to Dark Mofo 82a Henderson Rd Alexandria $15 Show at Fatamorgana July 1st, 8pm Mala Herba Lucy Cliche & …

From 5:00pm on Saturday July 1st, the Hopsters Taproom will be hosting Weekend Experimentations, featuring live and experimental improvised music from Nìk Nák and Joe Manton in collaboration with …

100clicksWest continues its commitment to the best of new music in 2023 by bringing five exciting double bills to the Blue Mountains! These concerts once again feature an eclectic array of artists …

Innerwest Noisefest is finally back for the second year. This year features the who’s who of experimental/noise royalty including the 40th anniversary show for the long running BROWNING MUMMERY. $10 …

‘Meredith Maloney’ will present the first set. In the second set, the Spence/Buck duo will play from their recently released album “Mythographer” https://alisterspence.bandcamp.com/album/mythographer …

Dream Alley Dream in collaboration with Blue Mountains City of the Arts presents Dream Alley Dream #8: SPILL Witness K Angela Garrick This event will be held at Wentworth Falls School of Arts. …

Join Chaos Collective once again as they fill the wings of the Chau Chak Wing Museum with noise and colour. Weaving together improvisation with electronic and experimental practice in both new and old …

Show at Fatamorgana FRIDAY JUNE 2nd 8- midnight Vanity Productions (Copenhagen) Verna Bloom Jono’ Mi’Lo’ SwevenSky Chariot Show at Fatamorgana FRIDAY JUNE 2nd 8- midnight Vanity Productions …

Winter Ekphrasis is a series of four events held at Tempe Jets (for $10 a pop!) over the month of June. Writers of all genres and levels of experience are invited to write live, in response to live …

VIVID SYDNEY Natural Wonder curated by Lianne Rosler 5-9pm 08 JUNE 2023 CHORDATA 6-8pm Powerhouse Museum 500 Harris Street Ultimo A gift of sound and vision performed by CHORDATA who create live …

A showcase of amazing Indigenous talent, sharing their musical journeys. The term “Big Noters” suggests that a person is too sure themselves or thinks they are better than. This is not the case with …

Winter Ekphrasis is a series of four events held at Tempe Jets (for $10 a pop!) over the month of June. Writers of all genres and levels of experience are invited to write live, in response to live …

On 15 June 2023, Meers Hall in the Art Gallery of New South Wales’ new North Building transforms into a pulsing, experimental ‘lofi’ club for Playback. This night of live music features American …

Winter Ekphrasis is a series of four events held at Tempe Jets (for $10 a pop!) over the month of June. Writers of all genres and levels of experience are invited to write live, in response to live …

Black Quantum Futurism, ​​ Clare Cooper, Nadeena Dixon, Haines and Hinterding and Julie Vulcan will question how we experience time across scientific, cosmological, geological, cultural and queer …

After years exploring the outer reaches of experimental music, electro-acoustic constructs and broad-lensed improvisation, four of Sydney’s jazz lovers return to a classic format with fresh …

Described as “an intense and highly evocative piece, standing as a landmark in Australian chamber music” (Kim Williams AM), Richard Meale‘s Incredible Floridas explores musical and …

Described as “an intense and highly evocative piece, standing as a landmark in Australian chamber music” (Kim Williams AM), Richard Meale‘s Incredible Floridas explores musical and …

Winter Ekphrasis is a series of four events held at Tempe Jets (for $10 a pop!) over the month of June. Writers of all genres and levels of experience are invited to write live, in response to live …

Dubbed as the ‘music festival for people who don’t like music festivals’, the underground alternative musical offering NAG NAG NAG returns in 2023 for it’s 8th iteration over …

For the fifth Surfacing Series live event, two unique renderings of acoustic instruments with electronics. Megan Alice Clune launches her new album, Furtive Glances, with an intimate set of melodic …

Nik Kamvissis - Dead At Slugs’ book launch Featuring performances by Francis Plagne, Clare Cooper and Jack Sargeant Saturday May 20 3-6pm Frontyard Projects 228 Illawarra Road, Marrickville DEAD AT …

Club 77 In Residence | SUMAC Label Night w/ DJ Plead, Jon Watts, Jannah Quill & T. Morimoto Sydney / Eora based producer, DJ Plead, is taking over Club 77 every Saturday night throughout the month …

100clicksWest continues its commitment to the best of new music in 2023 by bringing five exciting double bills to the Blue Mountains! These concerts once again feature an eclectic array of artists …

Artist Frances Barrett presents Mouth, a night focused on the voice presented at the Clothing Store Artist Studios. Through poetry, improvised performance and song, audiences are invited to explore …

The Contemporary Music Collective of 2MBS Fine Music Sydney presents Beyond Babylon. Featuring DJ sets by CMC Presenters and live performances by: Davey Higgins and the Legendary Pantsmen dprk (Nick …

Dream Alley Dream is a nonprofit, DIY monthly event based at Bursill Lane Studios, Katoomba. We are passionate about audio-visual curation and celebrating the work of local, emerging and visiting …

100clicksWest continues its commitment to the best of new music in 2023 by bringing five exciting double bills to the Blue Mountains! These concerts once again feature an eclectic array of artists …

Piano, poetry, improvised text, reading, and guitar on Easter eve. … The restaurant in my head is soft and warm The background is orange red and black It is very much inside, like a cave We are eating …

Art Week | Performance Night Co-presented by SCA and SCASS Event: 5-8pm, Thursday 6 April 2023 Exhibition: Until 22 April, 2023 SCA lights up with performances and installations from exhibiting …

On April 13th we celebrate JoSh’s 47th time around the sun in the style befitting a madman of the wilds of Inner Western Sydney. 18 guitarists have been selected to play a series of game pieces, …

The first of a new, irregular, mixed bill of musical and other performances under a pulsing blue light. ~ LUCY CLICHE (LIVE) ~ JACQUES EMERY ~ MAKEDA (DJ) ~ MARCUS WHALE ~ KIKA GARCIA (PERFORMANCE) A …

Opus Now #27 returns in 2023 on Friday March 3rd! Featuring microtonal music from Terumi Narushima and Kraig Grady Haydn’s final string quartet Opus 77 n.2 in F major Runa Cara + FSA/BW play …

Celebrating the stories, voices and practices of artists with Asian heritage living in Australia Threshold celebrates emerging and experimental voices in sound and music performance whose heritage …

The Holy Soul are playing a free show to ‘launch’ a new ‘single’ called High, out soon. It’s from our new album Get Old, out in a couple of months. Our rad friends Melodie Nelson are playing too, and …

100clicksWest continues its commitment to the best of new music in 2023 by bringing five exciting double bills to the Blue Mountains! These concerts once again feature an eclectic array of artists …

Exhibition: 9 March – 22 April, 2023 Ultra-Sonic weaves unconventional musical and sonic lines through the flotsam and jetsam of the shipwreck of installation art to create a new territory in an …

The Sydney Improvisers Composers Kollektiv Orchestra is 10 -15 Piece ensemble focusing on conduction (conducted improvisation) and open form improvisation. Lead by Trevor Brown, the ensemble draws …

Arts & Cultural Exchange (ACE) invites you and your friends to celebrate the incredible artists and musicians of Club Weld at Picture of Everything. Arts & Cultural Exchange (ACE) invites you …

A new contemporary pocket opera for one singer and chamber ensemble. Composed by Hildigunnur Rúnarsdóttir with libretto by Josephine Truman with visiting award winning Icelandic soprano Hallveig …

Dream Alley Dream in collaboration with Blue Mountains City of the Arts and Blue Mountains Cultural Centre presents Dream Alley Dream #6; Jasmine Guffond, Alexandra Spence and Gail Priest. This event …

Witness K launch their exceptional new S/T album on evernever records at prop records courtyard on March 18th from 4pm. Witness K launch their exceptional new S/T album on evernever records at prop …

The Republic has long been a huge admirer of the work of a sublime guitarist who has been quietly producing wonderful music in Northern Europe for many years, so when we heard he was coming to Sydney …

This first-time meeting between multi-disciplinary artist Mara Schwerdtfeger (Alaska Orchestra) and legendary improviser Chris Abrahams (The Necks), will fuse live piano, viola and electronic …

Fri March 31 – Sydney – Studio 178 w. FAIRFIELD CONVENTION. 176–178 New Canterbury Rd, Petersham, 6pm–9pm Walk up only, $20. Fri March 31 – Sydney – Studio 178 w. FAIRFIELD CONVENTION. Walk up only, …

Music starting at 6pm Adam Gottlieb – unknown instruments Victoria Stolz – charcoal drawings Aviva Endean – clarinets, plastic tubes, pocket amplifier Jim Denley – flute, gumnut, vocals Join us at the …

Throughout January Kate Brown is artist in residence at Sydenham International ‘Air/Light/Body Into the Physical; culminates in a live collaborative sound performance by Kate Brown + Alexandra Spence …

Dream Alley Dream is a two person, nonprofit, DIY monthly event based at Bursill Lane Studios, Katoomba. We are passionate about audio-visual curation and celebrating the work of local, emerging and …

Ken Allars // Novak Manojlovic Ken Allars (NED) and Novak Manojlovic have each developed a reputation as being pre-eminent among the Australian contemporary music scene for their creative breadth, …

Antarctica’s beauty and infinite complexity are explored in Speak Percussion’s Polar Force: an immersive and multi-sensorial live music performance that combines custom-built instruments with pristine …

8th House Ghosts are excited to announce ELECTRONIC BODY MUSIC An evening of Industrial Darkwave TONE GENERATOR & The Body Without Organs + MILITARY POSITION + RBRNRSE + DEFEKTRO. Darkwave …

NZ folk luminary returns to Sydney! Maxine Funke (NZ) returns to Australia for her first tour in almost five years, for a special night of homespun and impressionistic folk music. The last few years …

As part of the SoundOut Festival 2023 we have arranged for the ever inventive and virtuosic Jon Rose and extraodinary Peter Knight, who has just stepped down as Director of the Australian Art …

SoundOut 2023 27th -29th January @Drill Hall Gallery ANU, Canberra This is the 14th year of the annual SoundOut festival, and in 2023 we will bring to you the continuation of this incredible …