Gig Guide Archive
Yes, this is time travel.
There are 9,112 gigs in the archive.
May '24
Mon
6
Monday Night Confessions
W/ Escape Squares [Harry Sutherland], Sabine Tapia & Harley Coleman [duo]
8:00pm Church St Studios
450 FEST: NIGHT 1
W/ Introverse, edsel, TSK.MP3, Sentime, Seamus O’Hea, Jasper Devir, Billy Salt, weatherboy, Lokhee Nyx
7:00pm The Vanguard
Nick Cave [solo]
7:00pm State Theatre
Sun
5
Nick Cave [solo]
7:00pm State Theatre
Paul Mason
7:00pm Palomino Lounge
Yasmina Sadiki
5:00pm Union Hotel
Caitlin Harnett [solo]
4:00pm Warren View Hotel
Lachy Hamilton's YeahNuptet
2:30pm Petersham Bowlo
FUTUREPROOF 5 Youth Music Fest
W/ Rippled Sun, Zephyr, SYDA, Calamity, Ben & The Churchgoers, Verrater, Deaf Perception, Esme Rowling, Alas, Indigo, Sunday’s Fault, Cross Pollinate, Pearle, AJ Stanton
2:30pm Red Rattler
“All Ages youth music festival celebrating Youth Week 2024”
Sat
4
James Pepper
11:00pm Oxford Art Factory
Oddisee & DJ Unown (USA)
W/ Kobie Dee, Inq., Yibby, Diola [DJ], Flywaves [DJ], Kween G [host]
8:00pm Red Rattler
Ngaiire + Sydney Symphony + GODTET: "Fireflies"
8:00pm Sydney Opera House
Album launch for 'These Shining Years'
Single launch for 'Highway Woman'
Album launch for 'Every Flightless Bird'
Mark Wilkinson
7:30pm The Great Club
Oscar Badman
7:30pm Sappho Books, Cafe & Bar
Joeys Coop
7:00pm Camelot Lounge
House Party Vol. 1
W/ Spinning Cupids, Radicals, General Shrubs, Oneira, Zephyr, Aylyza
6:00pm Highfield, Caringbah
The Fine China crew kick off their series of showcases for local Shire talent.
Album launch for 'Silver Bullets'
EP launch for "Only Change Is Permanent"
Annual event hosted by sarcoma awareness charity Stars In The Sky
Disquiet Vol 0.1
W/ Overboard, Dethorned, Street Worms, There Goes Me, Dolor, Zephyr, Failsafe
4:00pm Lazy Thinking
"a day festival of locally based all ages punk/hardcore/metal/alternative bands"
Cosmic Boogie
W/ Tom Bruce b2b Cleo [Start Local Records], E Davd, Brother Nature
3:00pm The Lord Gladstone
MoshPit's 7th birthday
W/ Muddy Jewels, The Sugar Beats, The Windjammers, Josh Shipton & The Blue Eyed Ravens, Victa, The Hot Ness, Scholar of Sin, Spurs for Jesus, Goldfish Smarts, The Dirty Mack, Slack Punks, Chillaum, White Knuckle Fever, Aria Nova, The Bottlers
1:00pm MoshPit Bar
Fri
3
For fans of loud and noisy music
Album launch for 'Fifth From The Sun'
Single launch for “Follow The Leader”
Nick Cave
7:00pm ICC Sydney Theatre
The Skids (UK)
7:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
KID QUILL (USA)
6:00pm The Vanguard
Happy birthday 2SER! There'll be DJs spinning from 5pm, and bands begin at 8pm.
Thu
2
Kitty Of The Valley just took out the Bootleggers band comp - congrats legends!
Silver Tongue
8:00pm Enmore Hotel
THE HUSH
7:00pm The Duke of Enmore
May residency! Every Thursday night.
Pierce Brothers
7:00pm The Lansdowne
Wed
1
Official Dandy Warhols Afterparty
W/ Super American Eagle [Brent DeBoer of The Dandy Warhols] (USA), Zia McCabe [aka DJ Rescue] (USA), Sad Girl Sex Club, HIGH
9:00pm Pleasure Club
Mahesh & Tapestries of Sound
8:00pm The Townie
Queen Porter Stomp
7:00pm Gasoline Pony
Apr '24
Tue
30
Nick Cave [solo]
7:00pm State Theatre
NOTHING BUT THIEVES (UK)
7:00pm Hordern Pavilion
Mon
29
VTEN (NPL)
Nick Cave [solo]
7:00pm State Theatre
This string of theatre shows has Nick Cave performing solo accompanied by Colin Greenwood of Radiohead on bass
Sun
28
Val Moogz
7:00pm Palomino Lounge
Out Of The Cave Vol. 1
W/ The Cluster, Sundays Fault, Slack Punks, During The Storm, Geoff Holmes & Friends, Potential, The World Is Not Round, And Laments, Tenth Muse, Martin Carter Project, Rick Hopkins
3:00pm Crowbar
As always, Lazy Thinking shows operate on a Pay What You Can model, with all door takings going directly to the artists - no one turned away for lack of funds
Funds for Falasteen
W/ Ella Haber, 3awadi, Betty, Jafar, FEVER BREAK [DJ], Al Jamel Collective [DJ], JOJ BOUK [DJ], Sangria [DJ], Kos [DJ], Attu [DJ], Yousef [DJ]
3:00pm The Lord Gladstone
All proceeds are going to Gaza relief - features a blend of Palestinian, Arab, and local inner west musicians, poets, DJs, visual artists, and much more!
Ponypalooza mini-festival
W/ Copperline, Mark Lucas & The Dead Setters, The Safety Of Life At Sea, Winter Starlings
2:00pm Gasoline Pony
Empty Fish Tank are celebrating 10 years as a band since their debut release 'Same Old Same Old'
Sat
27
Foreground Music [DJ]
11:59pm Pleasure Club
Stormcellar
10:30pm The Townie
The Manfredo Experiment
10:00pm Golden Age Cinema & Bar
Ed Kuepper
8:30pm Avalon RSL
Single launch for 'Self Help Tape'. Please note that Final Girls have been replaced on the lineup by No Cake (not reflected on ticket link)
The Hot Ness
8:00pm MoshPit Bar
Alex Lloyd
7:30pm The Bridge Hotel
Album launch
King Dude
7:00pm The Vanguard
LOCAL PRODUCE
W/ What You're Made Of, Nerv, The Kindness, Vermanic, Beth Jackson
7:00pm The Great Club
Paul Hayward & Sidekicks
3:00pm Gasoline Pony
Don’t miss this Sat afternoon gig on south King St if you dig early Talking Heads, Joy Division & Television. Because that’s the kinda cool stuff you’re gonna hear from Indie post-punk-funk powerhouse Fret!
Fri
26
YAWDOESITALL
10:00pm Golden Age Cinema & Bar
Single launch for 'Lover, Lover, Lover'
Album launch for 'What Do We Do While We Wait'
Buried THeRaPy
7:30pm Sappho Books, Cafe & Bar
ALT ROCK FEST 2024
W/ Dirty Suits, Tshitaki, Desert Runner, Falconwulf
7:30pm New Brighton Hotel, Manly
Debut LP launch for 'Hills to Die On'
Marcus Whale
Second show! Album launch for 'Ecstasy'
5 bands for 5 bucks
W/ The Dead Posies, Seeker, Drama Club, Speaking of Which, BadHoax
Music Makers Club #96
W/ Lily Begbie, DVNTs, Francis Eden, Before the King
Album launch for ‘Celestial Millenial’
The Strides
7:00pm Brass Monkey
6LACK (USA)
7:00pm Hordern Pavilion
Vaudeville Smash
6:00pm The Vanguard
Single launch for 'Moon Dust (Unplugged)'
New themed jams for trans, non-binary, and female identifying folk!
Hermitage Green (IRE)
6:00pm Hotel Steyne
Thu
25
Raising funds for the Women And Girls Emergency Centre (WAGEC) in Redfern
Breaking Sound
W/ Ben Harris, Dana 帥 Free, Lxgcy, Dilan Aimanda
Friendship Festival Extravaganza
W/ Demolition Man, Bennetts Grove, Milly McPherson, Maschinekrieger
7:30pm Petersham Bowlo
Lebanon Hanover (CHE/UK)
7:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
Wed
24
Tue
23
James Taylor (USA)
8:00pm ICC Sydney Theatre
Mon
22
Sun
21
Jesse Redwing
7:00pm Palomino Lounge
Meshky & Friends
5:00pm Gasoline Pony
Mezcaltones
4:00pm Union Hotel
Two sets
Sat
20
The Manfredo Experiment
10:00pm Golden Age Cinema & Bar
Sin City
9:00pm Enmore Hotel
Wiweka 005
W/ Dave Stuart [DJ], Kleo [DJ], Mehmet Alpdogan [DJ], Ryan Rayana [DJ], Lars Meuter [DJ], Ameer Mikhael [DJ]
9:00pm The Burdekin
Johnny Hunter
8:00pm Low 302
Launch for 'Frustration' and also touted as the "final shows in Australia" as the band look to move to the UK. (1st show announced)
Album tour for STUMPS' second album, 'Arcadia'. It'll be a show full of good vibes from all these mates on the bill. All quality live acts
The last time you saw something like this, it was in the pages of the Drum Media you picked up from Waterfront whilst the bands were rehearsing at Troy Horse for a big night at The Annandale. 78 Saab, darlings of Ivy League Records and the greater Sydney indie scene, had shimmery summery tunes all over national airwaves for a time back then and deservedly so. They are celebrating those sunny days on the road and the anniversary of their best record, 2004's “Crossed Lines”, produced by the genius ear of the era, Tim Whitten (Gersey, Powderfinger, Art of Fighting, Gaslight Radio). Their dear mates The Devoted Few must have broken out of the boarded up Hopetoun hotel recently - their ghosts will never leave - because they are fittingly along for the ride.
Mark Lucas
7:30pm Sappho Books, Cafe & Bar
Mark Wilkinson
7:00pm Brass Monkey
The World Is Not Round
W/ Pat Skinner & The Open Range, Lamphead., Carmon
7:00pm The Alley @ The Agincourt
Who's Your Daddy
7:00pm Gasoline Pony
ih8bxngus album listening party
W/ ih8bxngus, stewy.xx, elijah love, flaco blanco, haychi, blackbird, valdoxan
4:00pm Lazy Thinking
Swell Time #3
W/ Fig, Baby Beef, Micra, Betty, The Good Kids, Mannequin Radio, PEEL, Dead Sea Dolls, Alina b2b Kato, Jas Peters b2b Lazy Suzan, Prop Joe [DJ], Jarha [DJ], Ellen The Generous [DJ]
3:00pm The House of Music & Booze
Fri
19
DONK.WORLD PRESENTS:
W/ Donnay Soldier (UK), Eugene McCauley (IRE), Ageusic B2B Mitsubishi Max, Crescendoll, DJ Dogcunt
9:00pm Red Rattler
Please note that 'HI-VIZ RAVEWEAR STRONGLY ENCOURAGED!!!!'
Transit Recordings Launch
W/ LE CROCKETT [DJ], POLLY POCKET [DJ], HONEY & VINEGAR [DJ], NICHOLAS JARKO [DJ], PINOT [DJ], SOX N SLIDES [DJ]
9:00pm The Burdekin
The Future Thrills
9:00pm Vic on the Park
SWIM
Single launch for 'Gimme A Chance'
Presented by The Band Next Door / 2SER
Johnny Hunter
8:00pm Low 302
Launch for 'Frustration' and also touted as the "final shows in Australia" as the band look to move to the UK. (2nd show announced)
Genevieve Lily
7:30pm Sappho Books, Cafe & Bar
"Live music and onstage Q&As"
Neil Murray
7:00pm The Great Club
Ruth Lorelle
7:00pm Lazy Thinking
Single launch for '3D Movie'
Hussy Hicks
7:00pm Camelot Lounge
Pseudo Echo
7:00pm Caringbah Hotel
Thu
18
Imogen Clark
8:00pm Enmore Hotel
Tony Gorman’s Monday Club
Gorman / Boyd / Morley / Rapp / Elphick
Johnny Hunter
8:00pm Low 302
Launch for 'Frustration' and also touted as the "final shows in Australia" as the band look to move to the UK. (3rd show announced)
THE POSTCARDS
7:00pm The Duke of Enmore
Launch show for the second single from the duo's forthcoming debut album 'Unbroken'
Noah Dillon
7:00pm The Vanguard
Zane Banks
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
New themed jams for trans, non-binary, and female identifying folk!
dust + friends [dj]
5:00pm The Lord Gladstone
Celebrating one year of their brilliant EP "et cetera, etc" with a photo exhibition at Goodspace upstairs soundtracked by their new remix release. The band will then be DJing with friends in the courtyard from 9pm.
Wed
17
Tue
16
Mon
15
Sun
14
Jeremy Passion (USA) & Gabe Bondoc (USA)
7:00pm Factory Theatre
Didirri
7:00pm Avalon RSL
Alice Terry
7:00pm Palomino Lounge
SUNDOWN SERENADE
W/ ROSE CARLEO [BAND], BLACK OWL TRIO [WITCHSKULL, HEKATE], RAFF IACURTO [ROBOT GOD]
7:00pm The Duke of Enmore
Album launch show for "You'll Take On The World".
Gaia Rising
W/ Songs of Tom Smith, Outer Space Cowboys, Josh Shipton and the Blue Eyed Ravens
6:30pm MoshPit Bar
Alex Lloyd
6:30pm Brass Monkey
Navi
4:00pm Union Hotel
The Wiggles: Wiggle GROOVE
3:00pm ICC Sydney Theatre
Mount Trout
W/ Anthony Guerra [Love Chants, 番長TASTE, Mysteries of Love, Vodka Sparrows, Your Intestines, Vavenge], Fully Feudal
2:00pm Petersham Bowlo
Sat
13
The Manfredo Experiment
10:00pm Golden Age Cinema & Bar
Elise Nolte
9:30pm Ramblin' Rascal Tavern
STÜM
9:00pm UNSW Roundhouse
The Radiators
8:30pm Caringbah Hotel
Single launch for 'Hell’s Getting Hotter With You'
Sons Of The East
8:00pm Avalon RSL
The Soul Movers
7:00pm Camelot Lounge
OhGeesy (USA)
EP launch for 'Every Single Dream'
Big Merino
7:00pm Gasoline Pony
All Ages
"first and last show for a while but excited to share new music" - IYKYK
Ekla presents: Samsara
W/ SOLLYY [DJ], AYSHE [DJ], FARAZZLED B2B PAT.D, NICH [DJ], MAYKE [DJ], SANG [DJ]
6:00pm Studio Killa
PsyconFest Vol. X
W/ Seen Herbivore, Othrship, Mia Petra, Madame Rêve, Lulu Ilanda, Godriguez, Very Fast Band, Balko, Zsa Zsa
5:00pm 107 Projects, Redfern
Full venue take-over across three stages!
Buddhadatta (JPN)
5:00pm The Midnight Special
The Wiggles: Wiggle GROOVE
3:00pm ICC Sydney Theatre
There are two additional earlier sessions on this day, if you'll be up that early
The Patsy Recliners
3:00pm Gasoline Pony
DIRT FEST
W/ BIFTER, CLUB HALIFAX, CLUTCH4LOVE, CRYSTAL CHEMIST, CRASH & THE CRAPENTERS, DEAD ROUTES, DESERT RUNNER, ECHO FACILITY, GLOBAL SOUNDS, MAYEFLOWER, MENARKU, MR ROARKE, PIZZABOYS, POLYMICS, RECAST, RUBIO, SNOW LEOPARD, SUPAADRY, TATZUMAKiii, THOMAS JAMES MAHONY, THREATNIQUE, UGLY MUG, WELL?, WISDWM
1:00pm The House of Music & Booze
Fri
12
OVERDRIVE RAVE
W/ Laura King [DJ], Gaston Fiore [DJ], Part Time Killer [DJ], Vizionn [DJ]
10:00pm The Abercrombie
Womp Krew presents:
W/ GOWCHII [DJ], Howlitt [DJ], Karmel Jager [DJ], Odd Socks b2b Bill Kill, Zoib b2b Streetflicker
9:00pm Tokyo Sing Song @ The Marly
Launch party for Gowchii's 'Megaraptor' EP
C.W. Stoneking
8:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Daddy Longlegs & the Swamp Donkeys
8:00pm Jah Bar
Album launch for 'The Shadow of a Wave'
Album launch for 'The Wreckage' from this incredible lo-fi bedroom pop producer, part of the GIRLINEORA collective who make up the rest of this lineup.
The Go Set
7:00pm The Vanguard
Jason Singh
7:00pm The Bridge Hotel
Cajun Moon
7:00pm Gasoline Pony
YOUNG FRANCO
7:00pm Metro Theatre
Austral
7:00pm Camelot Lounge
Single launch for 'Sleep Too Much'
Sons Of The East
All ages and free with RSVP. Second year in a row for this Southern Sydney youth music comp! Free parking and 10 minutes from Penshurst train station, with an accessible viewing platform and fully wheelchair accessible.
Thu
11
BADSISTA (BRA) [DJ]
9:00pm The Abercrombie
MIRA
Jesse Redwing
8:00pm The Duke of Enmore
The Slingers
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
This Is
7:30pm Sappho Books, Cafe & Bar
FLOODLIGHTS
7:30pm The Great Club
Chris Isaak (USA)
7:00pm State Theatre
Launch show for Tiny Chair's debut single, "Wake Up Call"
Charm of Finches
7:00pm Camelot Lounge
Beryl
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Greening Out
W/ Genie Loci, Blind Trust, Memory Motel, Apocalypse Boyo, Kobee & ThreeThree45 [EP launch], Ammaani, Oli Atkins, All Her Years, Sunstalkersss, Curtis Finch
3:00pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Ten bands for ten bucks!
Wed
10
JASON ARIGATO [aka Albert Poeschl] (GER)
7:30pm Gasoline Pony
Single launch for 'V8'
Chris Isaak (USA)
7:00pm State Theatre
Tue
9
Leah Senior
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Mon
8
Monday Night Confessions
W/ The Antripodean Collective [Hannaford / Tinkler / Barker / Velheim]
8:00pm Church St Studios
Sun
7
The Grogans
7:30pm The Lansdowne
Anuv Jain (IND)
The Shout Brothers
6:00pm Golden Barley Hotel
SHAMFEST Day 2
W/ THE CROOKED FIDDLE BAND, THE MORRISONS, MARRICKVILLE SHANTY SINGERS, PEANUT GALLERY, ULTRA VIOLET, C.J. MIFSUD
2:00pm Petersham Bowlo
A free two-day festival? In THIS economy?! Believe it! If the rain has you spooked, don't stress — it's all indoors. Today's performances will include AUSLAN interpreters.
Sat
6
CLUB Ctrl Presents:
W/ Justin Martin (USA) [DJ], POOLCLVB [DJ], AROHA [DJ], Tali (NZ) [DJ]
9:00pm The Abercrombie
The Cumquats
8:00pm Enmore Hotel
Velvet Trip
7:30pm Avalon RSL
Single launch for 'Don't Look At Me Now'
Tedeschi Trucks Band (USA)
7:00pm State Theatre
The Vovos
7:00pm Trocadero Room
EP launch for 'Flower Crown Out Of Red Flags', which is an objectively funny title, no notes
Miramar
6:30pm The Vanguard
Cosmic Boogie
W/ JNR. [DJ], 99 Nissan Patrol [DJ], Rubio [DJ], Cricket [DJ], Öncüm Yılmaz [DJ]
3:00pm The Lord Gladstone
SHAMFEST Day 1
W/ CROCODYLUS, GOOD PASH, A.D.K.O.B., ASTROVAN, MVSHROOM PEOPLE, THE STICKER CLUB
2:00pm Petersham Bowlo
A free two-day festival? In THIS economy?! Believe it! Killer lineup today, and one just as huge for Sunday. Today's performances will also include AUSLAN interpreters. (And if the rain has you spooked, don't stress — it's all indoors.)
Fri
5
The Manfredo Experiment
9:00pm Golden Age Cinema & Bar
All-month residency on Saturdays in April. Two members of jazz collective Manfredo Lament performing with a cast of guest players.
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets
8:30pm UTS Underground
INFECTIOUS GROOVES (USA)
8:00pm UNSW Roundhouse
EP launch and celebrating the 5th anniversary of the band!
Last show for The Night Packers' current drummer, and their "last for a while". The Smoking Ruins are fronted by Judy McGee of 80s post-punk legends pel mel.
Harry Manx
7:30pm The Great Club
Cell Block 69
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
SETH SENTRY
7:00pm The Lansdowne
Locked In Lummo
7:00pm Three Wise Monkeys
Emily Wurramara
7:00pm Waywards @ The Bank Hotel
Tedeschi Trucks Band (USA)
7:00pm State Theatre
Please welcome Windsor to the gig guide!
The Sooks
7:00pm The House of Music & Booze
Thu
4
Snowy & Nat Pavlovic
8:00pm Trocadero Room
Blind Boys of Alabama (USA)
8:00pm City Recital Hall
Imogen Clark
7:00pm Enmore Hotel
Solo show from Honey 2 Honey's Rory J S, with selections provided by SUMAC label co-founder T. Morimoto. 50% of proceeds go to Medical Aid for Palestinians.
Francesca Naibo
$5 from each ticket will go towards cancer research and support services
Ashley Naylor Spaceship
6:30pm MoshPit Bar
Sex On Toast
6:30pm The Lansdowne
Eunuchs
W/ Warwick Kennedy and the Strangers, Elliott Road, DEEPFAITH [VR DJ OPERA SET]
6:30pm Oxford Art Factory
Album launch for 'Harbour Century'
JONI VOVO
W/ MARA MAYA DEVI, SILAS AGAIN-WALKER, SINN VICIOUS, MANISH INTEREST
6:00pm The Duke of Enmore
Single launch for 'Unfinished Love'
Wed
3
Tue
2
Mon
1
Elvis Costello & The Imposters (UK)
8:00pm Sydney Opera House
Mar '24
Sun
31
Elvis Costello & The Imposters (UK)
8:00pm Sydney Opera House
Lorraine Nash (IRE)
4:00pm Petersham Bowlo
Gladdy Jazz
4:00pm The Lord Gladstone
Yasmina Sadiki
2:00pm Yulli's Brewery
Sat
30
Rumpus Room presents:
W/ EFESIAN [DJ], Mulhearn [DJ], Jas [DJ], Obeido [DJ], Felix! B2B Chip, Flaneur B2B Louisando, Exulto [DJ]
8:00pm Civic Underground
Gladys Knight (USA)
7:30pm The Star Event Centre
Butter Bath
7:00pm The Lansdowne
SPACE NIGHT Dress-up Party
W/ Doctor Robot, Stieble Eltron, Icevena, Taras Jones, Phil Picasso
7:00pm Botany View Hotel
Femme Fest 24
W/ Flangipanis, Downgirl, Private Wives, Laurapanic, Rubber Necker
7:00pm Marrickville Bowling Club
5 bands for 5 bucks
W/ Flora, Flyss, Clay Western, LUCIDBLOOM, Lemon Joe
Fri
29
Bury Me Standing
9:00pm Enmore Hotel
Pho The Girls: Open Air Session
W/ Maggie Tra [DJ], Xanthe [DJ], Nadia Sandiego [DJ], NikiTaTas [DJ]
5:00pm The Lord Gladstone
Courtyard party
Thu
28
The Runes
9:30pm The Lord Gladstone
Sydney 80s rock band apparently revived after 'a long hiatus'
Grace Petrie (UK)
9:00pm Enmore Hotel
EIGHTY-SIX
W/ BULLET TOOTH (UK) [DJ], KILLJOY [DJ], Matt Brockman [DJ], Hotbabe93 [DJ], NickyT [DJ], Kaptcha [DJ], Liza [DJ]
9:00pm Civic Underground
Jesse Redwing Trio
9:00pm Pleasure Club
Sweet Dreams Bitter Reality 5 Year Anniversary
W/ daine, Prophecy Girl, Sidney Phillips & lil ket, EKO ATARI, Chonzu, 8oa da Rilla, xsweetdreamsx
8:00pm Oxford Art Factory
Cheeky Leash
7:30pm Buddy’s Bar, Newtown
Steve Poltz (USA)
7:00pm The Great Club
New themed jams for trans, non-binary, and female identifying folk!
The Cambodian Space Project (KHM)
6:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
The Alley Presents: Bandathon '24
W/ Alex Fears, Jack Of Hearts, Miryko, Neon Sunset, Reddshift, Saint Vanz, Tiny Chair, The Capital Romantics, The Monty Shambles, The Smashed Avocados, hotyap93 [mc]
5:30pm The Alley @ The Agincourt
Wed
27
Godtet
9:30pm The Caterpillar Club
LUKA BLOOM (IRE)
8:00pm Factory Theatre
thuy (USA)
7:00pm Oxford Art Factory
Ben Lee & Ione Skye: Weirder Together
6:30pm The Great Club
Hilary Geddes
W/ Showa 44 [Carl Dewhurst & Simon Baker], Geddes / Dewhurst / Baker
Tue
26
Milan Ring
9:00pm The Caterpillar Club
UMI (USA)
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
Tex Crick
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Mon
25
Address will be sent to ticket purchasers
Sun
24
Truffles
7:30pm The Dock, Redfern
Skyscraper Stan and the Commission Flats
Alice Terry
7:00pm Palomino Lounge
Mickey Kojak Soundsystem
7:00pm Mary's Underground
Alice Terry
7:00pm Palomino Lounge
Claire Anne Taylor
6:00pm Petersham Bowlo
NGANA BIRRUNG: BLACK STARS [Campbelltown Edition]
W/ Kaiit, Miss Kaninna, Kootsie Don
6:00pm Campbelltown Arts Centre
Jess Locke
5:00pm Beatdisc Records
Jess Locke is promoting her new album "Real Life". Delighted to be able to add the wonderful Beatdisc Records to the Venue Directory - their first live show in 4 years. This little store has a long history of some iconic in-store gigs, and it's great to see them jump back in with
"GOOD LORD" Courtyard Party
W/ The Land of Rah [ambient set] [live], Wolfgang Saker [visuals], 150cc [DJ], Kafi [DJ], Kai Kawai [DJ], Pixelchick [DJ], Nazty Gurl [DJ]
3:00pm The Lord Gladstone
"Pre-launch" party for FFJ's new EP "In The Keep", with a special live performance by this one-off pairing!
All ages and curated/presented by Inner West label One Day
Aqua (DEN)
W/ 2 Unlimited (BEL), East 17 (UK), Phats & Small (UK), Big Brovaz (UK), Booty Luv (UK), Urban Cookie Collective (UK)
1:00pm Enmore Theatre
Chloe Matharu (UK)
1:00pm Humph Hall
CUT PASTE PLAY: Day 2/2
W/ Clocked Out [Vanessa Tomlinson and Erik Griswold], the music box project [Jane Aubourg, Elizabeth Jigalin, Naomi Johnson, Peter Leung, Joseph Lisk], Ossicle Duo [Benjamin Anderson and Hamish Upton], Jane Aubourg, Amanda Cole, Hamed Sadeghi
10:00am Church St Studios
Sat
23
Single launch for 'Jameson On Ice'
Ash Grunwald
8:30pm Avalon RSL
BATTLESNAKE
SILVESTRE DANGOND (COL)
8:00pm Hordern Pavilion
Lachy Dooley
8:00pm The Dock, Redfern
JESSICA MAUBOY
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Summer Dance: AFTER DARK
W/ CARISTA (NLD) [DJ], Batu (UK) [DJ], DjRUM (UK) [DJ]
ALEXANDER NETTELBECK TRIO
8:00pm Butchers Brew Bar
Jazz Doof In A Warehouse
W/ Foshe, HAZTET, LEVOS [DJ], Lux Trevis, Subjectiv [DJ]
8:00pm Secret Location
"strictly underground jazz doof business" BYO 18+
This is Darkhorse's first show with their new bassist and Crêam Söda's first ever excursion to Dee Why!
WINTERBOURNE
7:30pm Factory Theatre
Dream Alley Dream #10
W/ Penelope Trappes, Luke M de Zilva, Monster Studies
Local Produce
W/ Obscura Hail, The Bancrofts, Bad Hoax, Sunset Sherbet, The Dizzy Ducks
7:00pm The Great Club
Elsy Wameyo
TURTLE SKULL
6:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Epic psych rock sound sure to leave you in a trance-like state. New single launch
CUT PASTE PLAY: Day 1/2
W/ Anna Koch, Home Is: Hinano Fujisaki [with Bonnie Stewart, Jacques Emery, Lauren Tsamouras], Laura Chislett and Satsuki Odamura, Clocks and Clouds, Sumn Conduit [Ben Carey & Sonya Holowell], Brendan Kerin [welcome]
1:00pm Church St Studios
Fri
22
WILCO (USA)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Samantha Loveridge [DJ]
8:00pm The Abercrombie
ALEXANDER NETTELBECK TRIO
7:30pm Church St Studios
Single launch for "This Mess"
MANFREDO LAMENT
7:00pm The Vanguard
YNG Martyr
Lydia Lunch & Joseph Keckler (USA)
7:00pm The Great Club
Ross James Tipper
7:00pm Palomino Lounge
REPULSE
W/ Butterknife, Second Idol, Justina., Fever Break [DJ], Gnocchi the Gnartist [DJ]
7:00pm The Lord Gladstone
Combined gig and exhibition (the latter featuring works by 12 female/non-binary artists)
Single launch for 'Not A Good Night (If You Can Remember It)'
Album launch
NGANA BIRRUNG: BLACK STARS [Penrith Edition]
W/ Kaiit, Miss Kaninna, Kootsie Don
Thu
21
Mali Jo$e
10:00pm Golden Age Cinema & Bar
Jesse Redwing
9:00pm Enmore Hotel
Wilco (USA)
9:00pm Sydney Opera House
HOTEL
8:00pm Union Hotel
Shark & Fox
AKA Emily-Rose Sarkova & Jaron Freeman-Fox (CAN).
Milly McPherson
8:00pm The Royal
Yb. has had to pull out and is replaced by Milly McPherson
Breaking Sound
W/ Little Hollow, Speak to Walls, The Cracked Tiles
Buddy's is now doing live bands every Thursday night in their upstairs bandroom
Gracie Jean and The Rolling Blizzards
W/ Charlotte Rose, Piper Butcher
Lydia Lunch & Joseph Keckler (USA)
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Japanese Buddhist punk band. Need I say any more?
Wed
20
Halestorm (USA)
Paul Hayward and Sidekicks
7:00pm Gasoline Pony
Reuben Tsang
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Tue
19
Mon
18
Sun
17
LG Fuzz
7:30pm The Dock, Redfern
DANIEL REEVE
W/ ORPHEUS & THE UNDERWORLD, BRING BACK THE KANE, BOURKES BAND
7:00pm The Duke of Enmore
River Dreams
7:00pm Palomino Lounge
High Fashion is a new project from Western Sydney kings Sollyy + FRIDAY*.
Chasin the Train
5:00pm The Bridge Hotel
Charles Jenkins
5:00pm Golden Barley Hotel
It's A Family Affair
W/ Alannah Russack’s Entropy Band, The After Thoughts, The Sticker Club [two sets], Simon and the Harmonic Sun Travellers
2:30pm Petersham Bowlo
Under 5s get in free! Hosted by The Sticker Club, this wonderful series of afternoon gigs for families has been running for 12 years! They tell us: "some of those kids who came along way back then as toddlers (and were inspired by some local rock and roll) are now grown up and in their own bands!"
Indietronic Underground
W/ SpaceCop2, SelfDivision, Myxi Bun, Adam Ahh, Nikkita
1:00pm Staves Brewery
Big fish, little fish, cardboard box! Yes, this is a different kind of Sunday sesh — it's a family-friendly rave, mainly geared to kids 8 and under, but with real DJs playing real bangers (and a licensed bar area for a cheeky one) as well as balloons, bubbles, and face painting. It's also a strobe-free event, which we love to see.
Sat
16
Green Horse
9:00pm Enmore Hotel
Soul Messengers
8:00pm Butchers Brew Bar
Moussa Diakite Trio
W/ Hugh B & The Modern Pop Ensemble, JJ Spence Band
8:00pm Marrickville Bowling Club
P!NK (USA)
8:00pm Accor Stadium
Part of the Great Souther Nights series
First ever show for Eeyore!
NLA
7:30pm The Alley @ The Agincourt
A show presented by the best Instagram-tile-based gig guide in Sydney @bestbandsyouveneverheard
STRIP OF CLEEVE
7:30pm Factory Floor @ The Factory
VILLE VALLO (FIN)
7:00pm Metro Theatre
The Hotbox
W/ Emjaysoul, Tahoe, FromHereOn, Lilpixie, Angelo the Poet, Ruu
7:00pm Waywards @ The Bank Hotel
BARKAA
7:00pm The Lansdowne
Joan & The Giants
Mark Lucas
6:30pm Sappho Books, Cafe & Bar
Stitcher
W/ Help Street, Ellen & The Ooroos, Lila & Jack [Jet City Sports Club], Debaser DJs
Velvet Trip
6:30pm Mary's Underground
Rah! Records Social Club
W/ Boomtown Ruins, Scarecrow, Grizzly The Hermit, DJ Jimmy The Hand, Mighty Ash, Primitive, Matt Xander, B.Raw, Boo Lawson, GhostAttacK
6:00pm MoshPit Bar
fred again again.. again.. AGAIN???.. (UK) [DJ]
W/ Joy (Anonymous) (UK) [DJ], Dameeeela, Sam Alfred
6:00pm The Domain
Foreground Music Vol. 4
W/ TOBLERON3 [DJ], Max Living [DJ], Foreground Music DJs, James and John [DJ]
6:00pm The Lord Gladstone
Courtyard party. Free before 9pm
Heavy Demo VOL 3.
W/ Sarah Mary Chadwick, Georgia Mulligan, Sunscreen, Sad Girl Sex Club
4:00pm The House of Music & Booze
NEW BLOOM FESTIVAL
W/ CITIZEN (USA), MOVEMENTS (USA), TOUCHE AMORE (USA), NO PRESSURE (USA), FLESHWATER (USA), SOFTCULT (CAN)
2:30pm UNSW Roundhouse
BOOTY BLOCK PARTY
W/ Bootleg Rascal, Dante Knows, Lazy Ghost, Lyall Moloney, Chandler Jewels, MAXINE, Jess Reiss, King Ibis, Atlas Franklin Alexander, Sophian, Awa Mbaye, Christian Adjeisa, Camino Gold, Malaika Mfalme
2:00pm The Lady Hampshire
ALEX MATHER
Low Flung
W/ Megan Alice Clune, Aura Hunting, Lucas Abela, Verna Bloom, Mike Nigro
2:00pm Join The Dots, Marrickville
Due to rain this has MOVED to Join The Dots in Marrickville (opposite the Factory Theatre). Celebrating the release of the prolific Danny Wild's final (!) album under his Low Flung alias, "Full Stop". Promises "no cost, good hangs, excellent music". Get some nature with your music.
Fri
15
Clay J Gladstone
9:00pm Vic on the Park
The Tumbling Paddies (IRE)
SANDY (IRN)
8:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
SUNSOUND PRESENTS: IT’S GETTING LATE
W/ THVRSDY, Tommy Gunn, Xnywolf, Delawou, TAKTiX
8:00pm The Fusebox @ The Factory
First-ever show for this new Astral People signing, the dreamy-grungy new project from the artist formerly known as Essie Holt (who's also linked to the HANDSOME Syd-nematic Universe). Support act ioakim's track 'backseat' has been on repeat at SM HQ too. Show is free, but you've gotta RSVP, so hit the link above.
EP launch for 'Don't Get Me Started'
Hear No Evil is a new weekly gig series at Three Wise Monkeys (we see what they did there). Dying For Meg Ryan's track 'dunce' featured in our Fav Songs of 2023 - you can head to the Reads tab at the top of the page to check out the list.
Le Shiv
Thu
14
189 Enmore: Troc Night
W/ Paige [Night Service] (UK), Hot Babe [DJ], BrooklynZane b2b Kayle Kopping, Jennifer Stealth [DJ]
9:30pm Trocadero Room
MORCHEEBA (UK)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Jesse Redwing
8:00pm The Dock, Redfern
The Pleasures
8:00pm The Midnight Special
The Tumbling Paddies (IRE)
If you like happy dreampop and shoegaze, this is a great local band creating that sound!
Virna Sanzone & Kevin Hunt [Duo]
BREADCLUB
7:00pm The Vanguard
Old Mervs
7:00pm Dee Why RSL Club
Tim Hecker (CAN)
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Fred Again Again.. Again.. (UK)
6:30pm Qudos Arena
The Vampires [ft. Chris Abrahams]
6:30pm Brass Monkey
Wed
13
Matt Ottignon Quartet: The Music of Mark Simmonds’ "Fire"
8:30pm Foundry 616
Celebrating the 30 year anniversary of Mark Simmonds' "Fire". It won best the Best Jazz Album ARIA at the time of release, but according to this press release was largely forgotten until the artist's death in 2020, due to him having stopped performing in the late 90s. As reference points for the work, Matt Ottignon suggests: "Ornette Coleman’s piano-less quartet and the music of John Coltrane and Archie Shepp". Also features Jonathan Zwartz on bass.
Janine (NZ)
7:30pm The Lansdowne
Post
7:00pm The Vanguard
Fred Again Again.. (UK)
6:30pm Qudos Arena
Song Khúc Lượn Bay (Two Sounds Gliding)
W/ Bree van Reyk, Doldrums
A collaborative project between Vietnamese folk and pop performer and multi-instrumentalist Ðǎng Lan and singer-songwriter Toby Martin, best known as the frontman of Youth Group. Their self-titled record is intimate, challenging, and haunting.
Tue
12
Mon
11
Monday Night Confessions / Earshift Music Showcase
W/ Delay 45, Cameron Undy [album launch]
8:00pm Church St Studios
Sun
10
KARD (KOR)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Suburban Bukowskis
7:30pm The Dock, Redfern
噪門計畫 NoiseGate Live Music Festival
W/ As Muse Gone, PALERAVEN, Tiny Chair, The Nest 恍惚公社, Foresee 肆海
7:00pm 3by3 Studios, Waterloo
Paul Mason
7:00pm Palomino Lounge
POP CRIMES: The Songs of Rowland S. Howard
W/ Lydia Lunch, Mick Harvey, Jonnine Standish, Harry Howard, Hugo Race, Genevieve McGuckin, JP Shilo, Conrad Standish, TJ Howden
6:00pm Factory Theatre
Taylor Acorn (USA)
5:30pm Oxford Art Factory
JOHNNY G AND THE E TYPES
3:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Biennale of Sydney Opening Weekend: Sunday Session
W/ Taikoz, Maissa Alameddine & The Rubai, Yirinda
1:30pm White Bay Power Station
Muharrem Aslan (TUR)
1:00pm Brass Monkey
Sat
9
On The Stoop
9:45pm The Townie
End Notes
9:00pm Golden Age Cinema & Bar
True Vibenation
8:00pm The Dock, Redfern
Single launch for 'How 'Bout Time?'
Darren "D.C." Cross
8:00pm Annandale Community Centre
Something Else X Moonshift X Undisclosed
W/ Undisclosed [Ulia & Jas Manning], Dave Stuart b2b Oscar.Mike, Milla
8:00pm Secret Location
Machinations
7:45pm The Bridge Hotel
KATY STEELE
7:30pm The Great Club
FRIPPS AND FRIPPS
7:30pm Factory Floor @ The Factory
Sophisticated Dingo
Ephemera Trio
7:30pm Seymour Centre
Trio featuring Keyna Wilkins (piano/flute/compositions), Elsen Price (double bass/loop pedal), Will Gilbert (trumpet)
LORD KAOS
W/ HYBRID NIGHTMARES, THE VEIL, IRREPARABLE, CHLORINE GARGOYLE
7:00pm The Fusebox @ The Factory
Surf Trash
6:30pm Mary's Underground
Pacific Avenue
6:00pm Oxford Art Factory
Evening Records 4th Birthday
W/ Lady Lyon, Maia Toakley, Pan-Pacific Grand Prix, Charlie Finn, K. Walsh, Dj Old Nawty
4:00pm Petersham Bowlo
TOOMUCHMONEYFEST 7
W/ Too Birds, BAYANG (tha Bushranger), G.U.N., Super Death, S.C.U.M.
4:00pm The House of Music & Booze
FREEKIN WEEKENDS X SOMETHING ELSE & MOONSHIFT
W/ Neeco [DJ], Dave Stuart b2b Oscar.Mike [DJ], Garth & Pip [DJ], Magda Bytnerowicz [DJ], Lewba [DJ]
1:00pm Factory Theatre
Courtyard show
CURRENT ENERGIES: A Festival of Contemporary Electronic Music
W/ Szem, Joyce Hinterding, Verna Bloom, ilex, Alexis Weaver, Jacqui O'Reilly, Aunty Jacqui Jarrett [Welcome], Mija Healey [DJ]
11:00am Church St Studios
Celebrating International Women's Day, curated by local sound art / ambient / film score composer Mara Schwerdtfeger, and includes a screening of the incredible "Sisters With Transistors" documentary (essential viewing).
Fri
8
Yogi B (MYS)
Decay Audio's 2nd Birthday
W/ Machinedrum (USA), ZULI (EGY), Elvin Brandhi (UK), Wanja, Noneless, Fever Break, Decay DJs
8:00pm The Abercrombie
Yothu Yindi
8:00pm City Recital Hall
Part of the Great Southern Nights series
MILKU
8:00pm Waywards @ The Bank Hotel
Single launch for 'Run'
2024 Biennale of Sydney: 'Lights On' Opening Night
W/ Charlotte Adigéry & Bolis Pupul (BEL), Vv Pete x UTILITY & Friends, HALFQUEEN
7:00pm White Bay Power Station
Pho The Girls x Cosmic Boogie: International Women's Day
W/ Maggie Tra [DJ], Nemo [DJ], JB [DJ], NikiTaTas [DJ], Xanthe [DJ], Ming Zhe [DJ], Nadia Sandiego [DJ], Cricket [DJ], Rubio [DJ], Earnest J [DJ]
6:00pm The Lord Gladstone
Free entry before 8pm ($10 after). Pho The Girls is a "collective, founded by Maggie Tra, that provides a safe space for female and non binary DJ's to explore music."
Thu
7
Black Country, New Road (UK)
9:00pm Sydney Opera House
Jesse Redwing
9:00pm Enmore Hotel
GILBERTO GIL (BRA)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Judy Collins (USA)
New themed jams for trans, non-binary, and female identifying folk!
OLIVER CRONIN
7:00pm Mary's Underground
MINAMI DEUTSCH (JPN)
7:00pm Marrickville Bowling Club
CHUTNEY
7:00pm The Great Club
The Subterraneans
Maple Glider [solo]
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Wed
6
Arooj Aftab (PAK)
8:00pm City Recital Hall
GILBERTO GIL (BRA)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
The SongBirds (USA)
7:00pm Camelot Lounge
Elly May Barnes
7:00pm Mary's Underground
Tue
5
Mon
4
Monday Night Confessions
W/ Zela Margossian [quintet], Sam Gill & Phillipa Murphy Haste [duo]
8:00pm Church St Studios
CYMANDE (UK)
WITCH (ZMB)
Sun
3
Hannah MTSK
8:00pm The Dock, Redfern
Alice Terry
7:00pm Palomino Lounge
When Chai Met Toast (IND)
5:30pm Oxford Art Factory
Steppin' Up: A WAGEC Fundraiser
W/ Bria [DJ], Freda [DJ], Sasha Soh [Astral Planes] [DJ], Kos [Kosher Groove] [DJ], Ali Baster [SIXBUX] [DJ], Ali Basta [SIXBUX] [DJ], DJ Frazer Moore [Free Up Soundsystem]
3:00pm Doc Sprocket Cycle Workshop
South King bike shop rave / fundraiser for the Women's And Girls Emergency Centre in Redfern. Features an "unnecessarily large soundsystem". Entry by donation and BYO.
Single launch for 'Emergency 000' - kids show
ONE DAY SUNDAYS
W/ jayteehazard, farnozz, yemi sul, capital zee, ryu salem, nazty gurl, frazzled
1:00pm Factory Theatre
Lonnie Lee
1:00pm Brass Monkey
Sat
2
Queer As Fvck at The Townie: A Mardis Gras Celebration
W/ No Illuminati, Dorian Blue [drag], Antonio Mantonio [drag], Gaia Rising
9:30pm The Townie
Mark Blair
9:00pm Miranda Hotel
Alex Lloyd
8:30pm Avalon RSL
EP launch for 'Forever Light' from this wonderful hyperpop duo!
Thaikkudam Bridge (IND)
7:30pm UNSW Roundhouse
Jonas Brothers (USA)
7:30pm Qudos Arena
Grace Cummings
7:00pm The Lansdowne
All proceeds go to: UNICEF Australia's Children in Gaza Crisis Appeal and Doctors Without Borders. Cash on door, BYO (no glass)
Mia Dyson
7:00pm The Great Club
Album launch for 'Australian Dream'
Courtyard show
Fri
1
Debut single launch for 'Love on the Underground'
Jonas Brothers (USA)
7:30pm Qudos Arena
The 'Biths' play joyous fuzzy indie pop that's a proper blast of sunshine - a great live act. This set's got a super rare solo support slot from Liam Finn as well, his first in close to a year!
SESAME GIRL
7:00pm The Vanguard
Yours Truly
7:00pm The Lansdowne
Fundraiser For Gaza
W/ Bract x Bayang (Tha Bushranger), Yes I'm Leaving, Potential, Succour
6:30pm Petersham Bowlo
Double single launch for 'Alive' and 'Mall Cop'
Feb '24
Thu
29
Dianne Cripps
Sage Dwyer
8:00pm The Midnight Special
Boogie At The Rat
W/ Memory Motel, Dead Routes, LG FUZZ, Tiger, Masons Video Club, Sprinter, 990x, Zootism
7:00pm Red Rattler
Fundraiser gig for Homelessness and First Nations Food relief: profits go to First Nations Response and CUDL
FRIDAY*
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Sun Dress
Single launch for 'Lifting Up The Pavement'
Wed
28
MR BRUCE (UK)
7:00pm The Vanguard
Tall Shaun
7:00pm Brass Monkey
Gill / Murphy-Haste / Calligeros / Geddes
Tue
27
Fred Again.. (UK)
9:30pm Sydney Opera House
Life is full of surprises. Be warned... there are 120,006 people attempting to buy tickets at the time of writing, and we don't see that making for a lot of leftovers.
Mon
26
Lonnie Holley (USA)
W/ Moor Mother (USA), Irreversible Entanglements (USA)
Sampha (UK)
8:00pm Hordern Pavilion
Sun
25
Stieble Eltron
8:00pm The Dock, Redfern
Jesse Redwing
7:00pm Palomino Lounge
Hamrofest - Nepalese Metal Night
6:30pm MoshPit Bar
A couple of last-minute lineup adjustments for this Sunday afternoon pay what you can series.
Xaddy's Day 2 Night Party [Mardi Gras]
W/ Xander Khoury, Atarangi (NZ), Oscar Nñ (USA), Nasthug (JPN), Habibitch (FRA)
1:00pm The House of Music & Booze
Sat
24
Summer Dance: AFTER DARK
W/ Sam Alfred B2B Club Angel, Zed Bias [DJ], Kai Lover [DJ]
KINGS OF CONVENIENCE (NOR)
8:15pm Enmore Theatre
No Cigar
8:00pm UTS Underground
Single launch for 'Worms'
Beth Hart (USA)
8:00pm ICC Sydney Theatre
The Necks
5 bands for 5 bucks
W/ Gavin Bowles & the Distractions, Milly Mcpherson, Camino Gold, Zink, Rolling Holy
The Animals (UK)
7:30pm The Bridge Hotel
Georgia Gets By
7:30pm The Lansdowne
JACK LADDER & THE DREAMLANDERS
7:00pm Mary's Underground
FERGUS JAMES
Owls of Neptune
6:30pm The Alley @ The Agincourt
The Night Packers are launching their debut EP, "Loose Carry". Nice one fellas! They've been sending us shows since they formed back in July 2022, and I reckon their guitarist and vocalist Dave Wilks is one of the cheeriest correspondents we've got on record. Always heaps of enthusiasm and support, so cheers for that!
Summer Dance
W/ Chaos In the CBD (NZ), Jennifer Loveless, Cleo
FREEKIN WEEKENDS X BYPASS
W/ Bobbe [Vibe Positive] b2b Deepa, Ciara b2b Wavyrager, DJ Mistry, Andy Lowe b2b Nausheen, Tyson Koh
1:00pm Factory Theatre
Courtyard show
Fri
23
The Necks
THE PHARCYDE (USA)
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
Single launch for 'Unkind'
BOO SEEKA
7:30pm Metro Theatre
MOURNFUL CONGREGATION
W/ Illimitable Dolor, Tyrannic, Golgothan Remains
Tijuana Cartel
7:00pm The Lansdowne
The Velvet Club
7:00pm The Chippo Hotel
Kim Salmon: 'Haunted Grooves'
7:00pm Camelot Lounge
Apparently Kim's loop pedal is a member of the band, according to the bio
Mahalia Barnes
7:00pm Brass Monkey
Heaps Gay: "Hot Mess"
W/ Pxssy Palace (UK), Cookiee Kawaii (USA), Crescendoll, Pa777ience, Club Chrome, Charlie Villas, Ruby Teys, Stelly G, Pea Oh Ma, Heaps Gay DJs
4:00pm The House of Music & Booze
Thu
22
Michael Rother & Friends: 50 Years Of Neu!
8:00pm City Recital Hall
Cavetown (UK)
7:30pm UNSW Roundhouse
New themed jams for trans, non-binary, and female identifying folk!
Mulalo
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Wed
21
Annaliesa Rose & the Buds
8:30pm Foundry 616
GREENTEA PENG (UK)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
LAUREN TSAMOURAS
W/ NOVAK MANJLOVIC / LAURENCE PIKE / TOM AVGENICOS
Tue
20
Da Zhangwei [or: Wowkie Zhang] (CHN)
7:00pm ICC Sydney Theatre
Lou Barlow (USA)
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Quite a get - Dinosaur Jr / Sebadoh / The Folk Implosion legend playing a solo show in the Nest! Usual story, two sessions (the other is 8:15pm), entry by ballot only
Mon
19
Sun
18
ARIG
8:00pm The Dock, Redfern
Rum Jungle
6:00pm Mary's Underground
Bonnie Kay and the Sweet Patooties
4:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Pay what you can.
Steve Smith & Pete Marley
3:00pm Hopsters Brewery
Johnny G Trio
2:00pm Yulli's Brewery
GLAM FEST
W/ SLAUGHTER (USA), George Lynch (USA) [of Dokken], Janet Gardner (USA) [of Vixen], H.E.A.T (SWE), Tyketto (USA).+ Jetboy (USA), The Cruel Intentions (SWE), Sisters Doll, Ablaze, Dept. of Gloom, Crosson, The Black Cardinals, Ragdoll, Cassidy Paris, DJ Paul Miles, Wicked Smile
1:00pm Metro Theatre
FREEKIN WEEKENDS X LIQUID SYDNEY
W/ Swisherman [DJ], Adarah [DJ], Seltay [DJ], Cuddlepie [DJ]
1:00pm Factory Theatre
Courtyard show
Sat
17
Medina Quartet
10:00pm Golden Age Cinema & Bar
mumfighter
W/ Bayang (Tha Bushranger), Eko Atari, Gregor McMurray, DJ Mememaster
7:30pm Trocadero Room
EP launch for 'Chaos Magick'
Pallas Haze
Garage Noise
7:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
The Wreckery & Halfway
7:00pm The Great Club
KING RAAM (IRN)
7:00pm The Fusebox @ The Factory
Debut single launch for Double Happiness!
Foreground Music Vol. 3
W/ Sangria [DJ], Supadark [DJ], Chilli Kon Kahn [DJ], Foreground Music DJs
6:00pm The Lord Gladstone
Courtyard party
Rum Jungle
6:00pm Mary's Underground
Resistance
W/ Rukus, Durry, Dole Bludga, Scum Fu, Blood Trails, Eviction, Amammoth, Maggot Cave, Vile Grubz
1:30pm MoshPit Bar
FREEKIN WEEKENDS X BANANA BOMB RECORDS
W/ ROYALSTON [DJ], ARTINIUM [DJ], CHRIS MUNKY [DJ], QIREX [DJ], MC ELLAZ
1:00pm Factory Theatre
Courtyard show. 'Non stop DnB'
Day Party: Elefant Traks
W/ EDSEVEN [DJ], DGGZ [DJ], DJ HARU, QUEEN BEE COLLECTIVE DJs, NICORINA [DJ], SADIVA [DJ], WAZA [DJ]
1:00pm The Lady Hampshire
Fri
16
MARVELL
9:00pm Vic on the Park
Haiku Hands
8:00pm Secret Marrickville Location
Riot City (CAN)
8:00pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Single launch. "Lady & The Amp" is a new weekly series of free gigs on Friday nights at the Lady Hampshire in Camperdown.
Downstairs show. Single launch for "Big Farmer"
Winter in Estonia
7:30pm The Alley @ The Agincourt
Models
7:30pm The Bridge Hotel
Single launch for 'Every Nitty Thing'
Abducted Fest: Volume IV
Try as we might, we can't find a full line-up for this event, even though tickets are on sale and the event appears to be on. Yasmina Sadiki is playing... we'll update the website if the rest of the roster comes to light.
Thu
15
Yasmina Sadiki
8:00pm The Midnight Special
kol isha [Miriam Waks]
FUN LOVIN’ CRIMINALS (USA)
7:30pm Metro Theatre
Huge pop vibe on this regular live music night at the Lady — some super fun up and comers.
Mainland Break (USA)
W/ Civic Video, Camino Gold, The Causeway
SAHARA BECK
7:00pm The Vanguard
Left Handed Dream: Nico Niquo and Elmo Aoyama
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Wed
14
Doctor Robot's Valentine's Day Special "Love Show"
W/ Doctor Robot, Irene Nicola, Tom Adamson
7:30pm 12 Taps
Daniel Champagne
7:00pm Brass Monkey
K.FLAY (USA)
7:00pm Oxford Art Factory
Tue
13
James Morley
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
SOOJIN (KOR)
6:30pm Metro Theatre
Mon
12
Paul Weller (UK)
8:00pm Sydney Opera House
Sun
11
Saad Music
8:00pm The Dock, Redfern
ULTRA
Charlie Finn
7:00pm Palomino Lounge
Blondshell (USA)
7:00pm Oxford Art Factory
Pay what you can.
Sat
10
BLIND GUARDIAN (GER)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
Paul Weller (UK)
8:00pm Sydney Opera House
James Reyne
8:00pm Selina's @ Coogee Bay Hotel
Lachy Doley [solo]
7:00pm Camelot Lounge
Rowena Wise
P!NK (USA)
6:00pm Allianz Stadium
Demon Days: Day 0.1
W/ JACK ANTHONY, JORDAN KENNY, SUPAHONEY, PITT
"Soft launch" for a new monthly event at the Gladdy
Greg Arnold [of Things of Stone & Wood]
1:00pm Brass Monkey
Fri
9
Ralph McTell (UK)
KATATONIA (SWE)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
Paul Weller (UK)
8:00pm Sydney Opera House
The Murmurs
8:00pm Botany View Hotel
Raintalker
DOMi & JD Beck (FRA/USA)
7:30pm Factory Theatre
Mali Asha
7:30pm Sappho Books, Cafe & Bar
The Angels
7:00pm The Bridge Hotel
Single launch for 'Pint of VB'. 100% of ticket sales go to Gaza aid.
The Allniters
7:00pm Brass Monkey
MUROKI (NZ)
7:00pm The Vanguard
NF (USA)
7:00pm Qudos Arena
P!NK (USA)
6:00pm Allianz Stadium
Thu
8
Guillaume Gargaud's "Les Accords Perdus" (FRA)
All proceeds go to Palestine Children's Relief
ROMANIE
7:00pm The Vanguard
The Angels
7:00pm The Bridge Hotel
Jack Davies and the Bush Chooks
7:00pm The Great Club
New themed jams for trans, non-binary, and female identifying folk!
JOEYY (USA)
W/ Marlon DuBois (USA) + Eera (NOR), Laker Brady (USA), Ricky Chix (USA)
7:00pm Factory Theatre
DOMi & JD BECK (FRA/USA)
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Simple Minds (UK)
6:30pm Sydney Opera House
Two shows on the same night - the other at 9:30pm
Wed
7
PETEY (USA)
7:30pm Factory Theatre
Hemlocke Springs (USA)
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
ALISTER SPENCE TRIO
Tue
6
MILKY CHANCE (GER)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Downstairs show. $10 on the door.
Mon
5
Monday Night Confessions
W/ Les Accords Perdus (FRA), Survival of the Fiddes
8:00pm Church St Studios
Sun
4
Mitch Anderson Trio
8:00pm The Dock, Redfern
Ryosuke Kiyasu (JPN)
W/ Lucas Granpa Abela, The Valentitanic Trio, Throat Pleats, _chuckr, Couch
7:00pm Red Rattler
Alice Terry
7:00pm Palomino Lounge
Fantastic to have this new bar (sister bar to the excellent Fortunate Son across the road) hosting live music! Debut show of a weekly Sunday series.
Bad Jeep Country
4:00pm Union Hotel
Pay what you can.
The Chop: Beat Cypher
W/ Prolifik The Gifted, Threatnique, The Kit Complete, Mumbles, Waxn, Waza, Foster Sample, Supaadry, Tatzumakiii, Wisdwm, Newborn Noise, Open Beat Cypher
3:00pm Titus Jones Bar
Laneway Festival 2024: Sydney
W/ Stormzy (UK), Steve Lacy (USA), Dominic Fike (USA), AJ Tracey (UK), Angie McMahon, Confidence Man, d4vd (USA), Dope Lemon, Eyedress (PHL), Faye Webster (USA), horsegiirL (GER), Nia Archives (UK), Paris Texas (USA), Raye (UK), Skin on Skin (CDN/FRA), Suki Waterhouse (UK), Teenage Dads, Unknown Mortal Orchestra (NZ), Blondshell (USA), DOMi & JD Beck (FRA/USA), Hemlocke Springs (USA), Miss Kaninna, JK-47, Pretty Girl, Vacations
2:00pm Sydney Showground
Pinky Ring
2:00pm Union Hotel
Sat
3
SEKSENDÖRT (TUR)
Wednesday 13 (USA)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
First ever headline show for NLA - congrats!
Leila Harris
7:30pm Sappho Books, Cafe & Bar
Address TBA for ticket holders. BYO. Single launch for 'Sunshine'
Moussa Diakite & Wassado
7:00pm Camelot Lounge
grandson (USA)
Owen Campbell & Jesse Redwing
7:00pm The Great Club
To Octavia
THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT
7:00pm Enmore Theatre
METAL ALLIANCE FESTIVAL
W/ Asura, Pyrefly, Loner, Buried Shallow, Thraxas!, Diskust, Stormtide, Burial Chamber, Deprivation, Vexation
4:00pm Factory Floor @ The Factory
Jacob Thomas
Solo set. Gig from 1-2pm @ Shannons Reserve Surry Hills
Fri
2
Radio Free Alice
9:00pm Vic on the Park
AJ TRACEY (UK)
8:15pm Enmore Theatre
Louis Tomlinson (UK)
8:00pm Qudos Arena
The Living End
8:00pm Selina's @ Coogee Bay Hotel
WOLFMOTHER
8:00pm Dee Why RSL Club
The Moving Stills
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
d4vd (USA)
Emad Younan
7:30pm Sappho Books, Cafe & Bar
The Bancrofts
Strip Of Cleeve
7:00pm The Chippo Hotel
GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV (ZAF)
7:00pm Metro Theatre
The night is titled 'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Bread', and it is celebrating 'the greatest book/film series to ever bless our timeline: ''Twilight'''
Thu
1
Steve Lacy (USA)
8:00pm Sydney Opera House
Nia Archives (UK)
Paris Texas (USA)
8:00pm Oxford Art Factory
FAYE WEBSTER (USA)
7:30pm Metro Theatre
Amanda Palmer (USA)
7:30pm City Recital Hall
Dan Webster & Emily Lawler (UK)
7:00pm Camelot Lounge
THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS
7:00pm Hotel Steyne
GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV (ZAF)
7:00pm Factory Theatre
Hinano Fujisaki
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Jan '24
Wed
31
Steve Lacy (USA)
8:00pm Sydney Opera House
RAYE (UK)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Nicole Whitlock (USA)
7:00pm Brass Monkey
Welcome back to this wonderful regular Dully improvisational jazz and experimental series for 2024! Words Fail is a trio featuring Chris Abrahams (The Necks), Clayton Thomas and Miles Thomas.
Tue
30
Unknown Mortal Orchestra (NZ/USA)
8:00pm Sydney Opera House
RUDIMENTAL (UK)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
World's Only
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Late addition to Phoenix Central Park's current season with the world debut of this "intercontinental transient ambient group", featuring local legends Alister Hill (guitar), Darren Lesaguis (spoken word), Jenny Trinh aka Wytchings (electronics), Justin Tam aka Tzekin (saxophone), Reginald Harris (bass) and Thomas William Smith aka T. Morimoto aka Cleptoclectics (electronics). As usual, two shows, with entry via ballot only.
Mon
29
Sun
28
Closing Night Party feat. Mo Laudi (ZAF)
The Subterraneans
8:00pm The Dock, Redfern
LORD HURON (USA)
7:00pm Factory Theatre
RAFF IACURTO
7:00pm The Duke of Enmore
Benjamin Skepper: Praeludium Y Fuga Remixed
5:00pm ACO Pier 2/3
Pay what you can.
Evening Records Mini-Showcase
W/ Maia Toakley, Charlie Finn, Magic Nic, Pan-Pacific Grand Prix, Cowboy Simple
Sat
27
Finely Tuned: Tornado Wallace & Fantastic Man
10:00pm Moonshine Bar (The Thirsty Mile)
Haztet
10:00pm Golden Age Cinema & Bar
SWITCH
W/ Litmus, Caleb Jackson b2b Flexy Ferg, DARKHORSE, Grouse, Melton b2b Smalltits
8:00pm Selina's @ Coogee Bay Hotel
EP launch for 'Is It Real'
The Chairs
7:00pm Sappho Books, Cafe & Bar
Bernie Hayes Quartet
7:00pm Camelot Lounge
Benjamin Skepper: Praeludium Y Fuga Remixed
6:00pm ACO Pier 2/3
New Beginnings Festival
W/ DOBBY, SOLCHLD, ChikChika, The Strides, Avaye Rood
Psyched As Festival
W/ ARSE, Babitha, C.O.F.F.I.N., DARTZ (NZ), Dead Witch, Flight to Dubai, Forest Hall, Lady Lyon, Los Tones, Misty Lanes, PEEL, Psyched As House Band, Salarymen, Straight Arrows, Sunscreen, Absolutely Everybody DJs, Bloody Legend DJs, Dead Witch DJs, Murder on The Dancefloor DJs, Psyched As DJs, Tom Cruze and the Mission Impossibles DJs, YEAH RAD DJs
Just about did cartwheels when I saw this lineup - what a day!
Fri
26
Blak Powerhouse
W/ JK-47, 3%, BECCA HATCH, MISS KANINNA, RONA, MI-KAISHA, MAANYUNG
5:00pm Powerhouse Museum
Second edition of this Invasion Day event curated by First Nations social enterprise We Are Warriors. If you were at last year's event — especially Barkaa's powerful, raw set — you know how special it was. There will also be market stalls, art, and a WAW film premiere, as well as a mystery special guest scheduled before 3%'s set. The event is free, but for non-First Nations attendees, we highly recommend buying some merch on the night if you can, or donating to an Indigenous organisation based on Gadigal or the country you live or work on.
Yabun Festival 2024
W/ EMILY WURRAMARA, TASMAN KEITH, VELVET TRIP, FRED LEONE, CHASING GHOSTS, TJAKA, MI-KAISHA, FRANK YAMMA, GLVES, CINDY DRUMMOND, GREEN HAND BAND
10:00am Victoria Park
Thu
25
Mac the Knife
W/ Liquid Zoo, Our Mutual Friend, Doctor Robot's Late Night Boogie
9:00pm The Lord Gladstone
EP Launch for Merry Go Creek
Al Young
8:00pm The Dock, Redfern
Single launch for 'Find Ourselves / Find Each Other'
New themed jams for trans, non-binary, and female identifying folk!
Wed
24
Noah Kahan (USA)
8:00pm Hordern Pavilion
YARAGAA MAYRAA: SONGS ON THE EAST WIND
W/ The Djinama Yilaga Choir, Barayagal Choir, The Stiff Gins
7:00pm LazyBones
Tue
23
OXXXYMIRON (RUS)
Noah Kahan (USA)
8:00pm Hordern Pavilion
Please note - this Banana is not the local experimental duo!
Danika
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Mon
22
Sun
21
Swansea Hit And Run
8:00pm The Dock, Redfern
Phil Jamieson
6:30pm Avoca Beach Theatre
Deborah Conway and Willy Zygier: 'Songs from the Book of Life'
5:00pm ACO Pier 2/3
Yasmina Sadiki
5:00pm Union Hotel
SARRENDA
W/ Jazmine Nikkita [DJ], Kimani [DJ], Lady Chika [DJ], Marcaida [DJ]
3:00pm The House of Music & Booze
Pay what you can.
Sat
20
Haztet
10:00pm Golden Age Cinema & Bar
Late Nights at the Thirsty Mile: Astral People with Silentjay & Setwun
10:00pm Moonshine Bar (The Thirsty Mile)
"Special guest features by Baro Sura, Agung Mango, CD, GLO, KHYA, MAMMOTH., Scruffs and many more surprises"
SUO (USA)
9:00pm ACO Pier 2/3
Autobahns (CHE)
9:00pm Enmore Hotel
Solo project of Alex Lee (Repairs, Heavy Birthday, Subterranean Rain), and joined for this performance by Andrew Brocchi (also of Repairs and currently of Exek). Releases on Chemical Imbalance and Anywave.
Courtney Barnett
8:00pm City Recital Hall
BECKY HILL (UK)
Pseudo Echo
7:30pm The Bridge Hotel
Mark Lucas
7:30pm Sappho Books, Cafe & Bar
MERCI, MERCY
7:00pm The Vanguard
RYOSUKE KIYASU (JPN)
W/ Milat/Ratlicker [split set], Ulterior Noises, Oysterket, Urethra Stockage, Rapacity
7:00pm Secret Marrickville Location
Ryosuke Kiyasu is of Japanese noise grind act Sete Star Sept, performing a "solo kamikaze drum show". Ask a band for location! All ages.
Cowboy Malfoy
7:00pm The Lansdowne
NOFX (USA)
6:00pm Hordern Pavilion
David Keenan (IRE)
6:00pm ACO Pier 2/3
Alma Zygier
Eliza Hull
3:00pm ACO Pier 2/3
Fri
19
Litmus
Trophie
9:00pm ACO Pier 2/3
Phil Jamieson
8:00pm New Brighton Hotel, Manly
Laure Briard (FRA)
8:00pm Waywards @ The Bank Hotel
Lisa O'Neill (IRE)
8:00pm City Recital Hall
Pseudo Echo
7:30pm The Bridge Hotel
Tijuana Cartel
7:30pm Avalon RSL
The Leash
Freddy
7:30pm Sappho Books, Cafe & Bar
Gengahr (UK)
7:00pm Mary's Underground
Will Clift
Ellie and the Vandelles
7:00pm Brass Monkey
BEANS ON TOAST (UK)
7:00pm The Vanguard
Áine Tyrrell
Your Locals
W/ ELARA, CULTISTS, ALTERTH, Recast, Immortal Within, Kerosene
6:30pm Seven Hills Community Centre
All ages! Go support some local and up and coming heavy music from Western Sydney! More artists to be announced (check @yourlocals.aa for more). Under 12s free entry.
Julie Byrne (USA)
6:00pm ACO Pier 2/3
Alma Zygier
David Keenan (IRE)
3:00pm ACO Pier 2/3
Thu
18
Peter Cat recording Co. (IND)
9:00pm ACO Pier 2/3
Downstairs show
Door sales only - $10
Likemind Society
W/ JOEDOLSKI, GIRLINEORA [ANNABELLE SCOBIE, CHERRY RYPE, LILPIXIE], NULL, PTJ, SACH47, STEWY XX
8:00pm Oxford Art Factory
Gracie Abrams (USA)
7:00pm Hordern Pavilion
Mick Harvey & Amanda Acevedo (AUS/MEX)
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Kee’ahn
6:00pm ACO Pier 2/3
Wed
17
Peter Cat recording Co. (IND)
9:00pm ACO Pier 2/3
Patrick Wilson
8:00pm The Midnight Special
Elly May Barnes
7:00pm Mary's Underground
Julie Byrne (USA)
6:00pm ACO Pier 2/3
Mon
15
Neil Gaiman & FourPlay String Quartet
9:00pm Sydney Opera House
BRUNO MAJOR (UK)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Sun
14
Conic Rose (GER)
8:00pm ACO Pier 2/3
Last minute free front bar show! Zeke supported the Cosmic Psychos last night at the Metro.
LILJA (NOR)
5:00pm ACO Pier 2/3
Sydney's quadruple threat record store + bar + restaurant + venue combo is back at it for 2024. Pay what you want.
Josh Meader Trio
2:00pm ACO Pier 2/3
Sat
13
Haztet
10:00pm Golden Age Cinema & Bar
Late Nights at the Thirsty Mile: Astral People & Kerfew
W/ Nabihah Iqbal (UK) [Live]
10:00pm Moonshine Bar (The Thirsty Mile)
Conic Rose (GER)
9:00pm ACO Pier 2/3
Dean writes in: "Puketiro Superhero is Fi who also plays in a great band from Palmerston North called SODA BOYZ who have toured here before, plus a collection of multi-instrumentalists on the album. On tour it's a duo with the band filled out with local musicians in each city. The Sydney version will be with me, Josh and Nick (so members of Ted Danson With Wolves, Bract, Potential, Arafura, PURE MASS and more). It's the end of their "low key world tour" which has also seen shows in the UK, Japan and South Korea." DM a band for address.
Single launch for 'End Of Town'. More Penrith gigs please!
The Smashed Avocados
W/ With Sonnet and the Bread Boys, Liquid Squid
EP launch for 'Rockamole'
Ousiyu (Julia) Luo
A performance featuring the zheng (a traditional Chinese instrument dating back to ~220BC) with a number of collaborators on flute, piano and percussion.
CUMBIAMUFFIN
7:00pm The Great Club
John Floreani
7:00pm The Lansdowne
LILJA (NOR)
6:00pm ACO Pier 2/3
Harold López-Nussa (CUB)
1:00pm ACO Pier 2/3
Fri
12
Late Nights at the Thirsty Mile: Wavyland
10:00pm Moonshine Bar (The Thirsty Mile)
Mambo Brown Trio
10:00pm The Townie
Ben Mastwyk & His Millions
9:00pm Enmore Hotel
Conic Rose (GER)
9:00pm ACO Pier 2/3
Adam Newling
8:00pm Avalon RSL
Anoushka Shankar
8:00pm Sydney Opera House
The Hot Sauce Committee
7:30pm The Alley @ The Agincourt
John Lawrie & The Welcome Strangers
Single launch for 'No Brakes'
LOCAL PRODUCE
W/ Stitcher, Cactus Lane, The World Is Not Round, Belvedeer, The Postcards
7:00pm The Great Club
Alex Cameron & Roy Molloy
7:00pm The Lansdowne
Harold López-Nussa (CUB)
6:00pm ACO Pier 2/3
Thu
11
Josh Meader Trio
9:00pm ACO Pier 2/3
Brent Faiyaz (USA)
8:00pm ICC Sydney Theatre
Nabihah Iqbal (UK)
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
LILJA (NOR)
6:00pm ACO Pier 2/3
Wed
10
Austin Millz (USA)
8:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
Harold López-Nussa (CUB)
7:30pm ACO Pier 2/3
STRIP OF CLEEVE
7:00pm The Vanguard
ELITA (CAN)
Alex Cameron & Roy Molloy
7:00pm The Lansdowne
Tue
9
Sun
7
PETER 'BLACKIE' BLACK [THE HARD ONS]
W/ BRETT PEARL [ARROWHEAD], RAFF IACURTO
7:00pm The Duke of Enmore
Sat
6
Haztet
10:00pm Golden Age Cinema & Bar
Casa Rosa
9:00pm Vic on the Park
Summer Dance: After Dark
W/ Yung Singh (UK) [DJ], Lady Shaka (NZ) [DJ], Munasib [DJ]
OVERMONO (UK)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
Lightning Ground
7:00pm Lidcombe Bowling Club
Summer Dance
W/ Bicep (UK), Ross From Friends (UK), Willo
Sweet Echoes: A Fundraiser for Medical Aid for Palestinians
W/ Blue Divers, Monica Brooks, Rory J S [Honey 2 Honey], Hugh B & the Modern Pop Ensemble, Eddy Diamond [DJ], Cousin [DJ], Jon Watts [DJ]
2:00pm Petersham Bowlo
Entry by donation. Wonderful lineup. "Kids + dogs welcome"
Fri
5
Objekt (GER) B2B CCL (USA/GER)
11:00pm Civic Underground
THE EAST POINTERS (CAN)
7:00pm The Vanguard
SUN ROOM (USA)
7:00pm Avalon RSL
Thu
4
Wed
3
Mon
1
Private Function
W/ West Thebarton, SEASIDE, Boudicca, Nancy and the Jam Fancy's
2:00pm Vic on the Park
NYD 2024 'DAY ONE' REVERENCE
W/ BASEMENT JAXX (UK) [DJ], FAITHLESS (UK) [DJ], LTJ BUKEM (UK) [DJ], PLUMP DJs (UK), DILLINJA (UK) [DJ]
1:00pm Greenwood Hotel
Dec '23
Sun
31
Sat
30
Master KG (ZAF)
Fri
29
D.C. Cross
8:00pm The People's Republic
This is the LAST EVER People's Republic show in Nick Shimmin's wonderful Camperdown space, with Darren "D.C" Cross (Gerling, Jep & Dep, The ELF, Betty Airs, + + +) playing this show as a celebration of and in support of his new record "Wizrad" - his fourth under the "D.C" moniker, which represents his fingerpicking musings on acoustic steel string guitar... gorgeous, reflective pieces. This is a beautiful way to send off this chapter of this unique series after 13 years. Please email nshimmin@dodo.com.au for reservation and details.
5 bands for 5 bucks
W/ Cismic, Dead Sea Dolls, Junk, Venus Fly Trap, Vinted Vineer
Thu
28
Sun
24
A Very Cringy Christmas featuring Josh Shipton
W/ Irene Nicola, Doctor Robot, WhatEva, The Oh Malaise
6:30pm MoshPit Bar
Sat
23
Haztet
10:00pm Golden Age Cinema & Bar
Address given to ticket holders, etc. "Dress: Elegant. (black tie, Gatsby, pimp type shit)"
Gocsy's Big Xmas Muck Around
W/ Jack Anthony, Tallulah, Deadshowws, Emmy Mack [DJ]
7:00pm The Lady Hampshire
A Psychotic Christmas
W/ The Psychotic Turnbuckles, The Dark Clouds, DISGRACE
7:00pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Abercrombie 1st Birthday
W/ ASTRAL PEOPLE DJs, BANQUET DJs, BODEGA COLLECTIVE DJs, CHIC COACH [MUVA], CLUTCH4LOVE, DOG DAYS DJs, ENTITY DJs, FAN CLUB DJs, FBI RADIO DJs, FINER THINGS DJs, GALLERY RECS, JASON DE COX [ANGELS ONLY], JUSTIN MUSCAT [RAW], LOLLY BAG DJs, LOST SOUNDSYSTEM, LOVEJOY, NICHE DJs, PARALLEL DJs, PEOPLE'S PARTY DJs, PLACE DJs, PROXY SOUNDSYSTEM, SDBR DJs, SWEAT IT OUT DJs, UNDISCLOSED DJs, UNDR CTRL DJs, VEER EAST DJs
6:00pm The Abercrombie
15 hours - runs 'til 9am. Big!
EP launch for ‘Runaway Train’
Fri
22
BBQ, DJs, "spin and win all night"
No Cents: 2023 Booster Pack
W/ RenzoMck, AR the Eternal, Lxgcy, Narakel, Zzarni [DJ]
8:00pm The Chippo Hotel
A Very Jolly Alleymass
W/ Doozys, Sonnet & The Bread Boys, Cosmic Caravan
7:30pm The Alley @ The Agincourt
Dragon
7:30pm The Bridge Hotel
EJ WORLAND
7:00pm The Vanguard
"All profits are being donated to Cystic Fibrosis Community Care, an organisation that supports those living with CF." Curated by Egoism - their drummer Adam lives with the condition and has received support from this organisation. "This is our chance to say thanks and give something back."
Music Makers Club #93
W/ Rue Tiay, Ash Morse, Nora, Charlotte Adelle, Sunset Sherbet
SPEED: ALL AGES XMAS SHOW
W/ Shinto Katana, Potion, Trenchknife, Compound
Krystal Rivvers
W/ These New South Whales, Maia Toakley, Hatchling, Swirly Dan [of Art Vs Science] [DJ]
7:00pm Beach Road Hotel
Luke O'Shea & Friends Christmas Show
7:00pm Brass Monkey
Thu
21
Jesse Redwing
8:00pm Enmore Hotel
Ben Abraham's Christmas Special
7:00pm The Great Club
Jackson Carroll
7:00pm Brass Monkey
Debaser X HIJINX Christmas Party
W/ Manfredo Lament, Betty, Euan Hart, The Slims, BODYWIRE
6:00pm Oxford Art Factory
Wed
20
Tue
19
Sun
17
Album launch for 'Stars For A Blanket'
The Honey Giant's Heart
4:00pm Union Hotel
Last show for the year for this fledgling Sunday live music series. Pay what you can.
Jack Nolan Trio
3:00pm Yulli's Brewery
Summer Deliriant: Day 2/2
W/ Yusuke + Marlene + Nick Dan, String Club, Ghostships: A Ghost Hobo Cover Band, Splinter Orchestra, Mike Nigro
2:00pm Sydney Park
Billed as "battery-powered and acoustic" and with "micro hifi". Curated by Danny Wild (aka Low Flung), and knowing this legend is behind the project gives me absolute certainty that this will be a sublime experience, especially as a chaser for the night before.
Elefant Traks: Day Party
W/ Scruffs [DJ], Carolina Gasolina [DJ], Diola [DJ], DGGZ [DJ]
2:00pm The Lady Hampshire
TRANSGENRE
W/ Cry Club, Those Who Dream, Blake Williams, Cherish, Enpriestess, Final Girls, FVNERAL, KHAOS EMRLD, Noctica, Nonnie [Solo], Two Knives, Wolfjay
1:00pm Red Rattler
All ages. "A celebration of the best and brightest trans and non-binary voices in Australian music"
Sat
16
Robert Ellis (USA) [solo]
9:00pm Enmore Hotel
Summer Dance: AFTER DARK
W/ jamesjamesjames B2B Willaris. K, Crybaby B2B CaucasianOpportunities, Isa
A Very BATTLESNAKE Christmas
8:30pm Avalon RSL
Freak Out or Folk Off
W/ Lemons, Please, Jordan Kenny, Luke Norton, Louis Wishart
7:30pm The Temperance Society
Darren Hanlon Christmas Show
7:00pm The Great Club
Album launch for 'Friends In Low Places'
Hybrid Theory (PRT)
7:00pm Metro Theatre
Blackened Rose
W/ Wicked Envy, Mayeflower 'Requiem of the Rose' Single Release
$10 entry at the door (card only). All proceeds go directly to the Wayside Chapel
Summer Deliriant: Day 1/2
W/ Banana [w/ Jim Denley], Marlene Radice, Couch [w/ Yusuke], Venus Observed, Verna Bloom
5:00pm Pratten Park Bowling Club
CG Discs: Label Launch "Jazz Doof"
W/ Manfredo Lament, Middle James, Kosher Groove, LEVOS, Seen Herbivore, Lux Trevis
4:00pm Atomic Brewery
The Wiggles
4:00pm Qudos Arena
There are three shows on the one day (what?!?!) but I figured I'd go with the time mostly likely to be palatable to readers of this site
Summer Dance
W/ Eris Drew B2B Octo Octa, Roza Terenzi, Mez
Blossom Rot Records Christmas Party
W/ SWEETIE, MEGAFÄUNA, CLASSIC, BRIDGE DOG, WILES, BODY TYPE DJs
3:00pm Marrickville Bowling Club
UNDR Ctrl: Not Another Disco Party
W/ Ariane [DJ], Callyy [DJ], Eddy Diamond [DJ], The Essential Mix [DJ]
2:00pm The Lady Hampshire
Fri
15
Pop Filter
8:00pm Petersham Bowlo
Album launch for 'Cono'. "Featuring members of bands The Ocean Party, Cool Sounds, and Snowy Band to name a few"
THE CRUEL SEA
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
First ever headline show for Beat 'Em Up Gently, we are informed. Congrats!
miramar
Lowkey one of the gigs of the week. If you're a fan of Big Thief then waste no time checking out Beryl, and SM faves Bridge Dog are making some of the best dream pop in the country right now (not to mention the cutest hand-drawn stickers).
CROCODYLUS XMAS
W/ Crocodylus, The Blamers, Cammy Cautious and The Wrestlers
7:00pm The Lady Hampshire
Thu
14
Jesse Redwing
8:00pm Enmore Hotel
Brendan Maclean
7:30pm The Lansdowne
Hugh B and the Modern Pop Ensemble
7:00pm Cricketers Arms
Album launch for 'Hourglass'
Jack Botts
7:00pm Brass Monkey
M HUNCHO (UK)
7:00pm Metro Theatre
Powerhouse Late: Late
W/ 700 Feel, Clarissa Mei, Indira Elias, Maggie Tra [DJ], Astronafrica [DJ]
5:00pm Powerhouse Museum
This is an end of year celebration of the Powerhouse Late program, with previous collaborators and performers contributing to this event.
Wed
13
Tue
12
PACHYMAN (USA)
M HUNCHO (UK)
7:00pm Metro Theatre
Evita Manji (GRC)
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Two performances, one at 6:30pm and the other at 8:15pm. Free, entry by ballot only - RSVP via the link.
Mon
11
Sun
10
Jimmy Webb (USA)
7:00pm City Recital Hall
Single launch for 'Lost In My Mess'
OCEANFROMTHEBLUE (KOR)
6:30pm Factory Floor @ The Factory
GENE MAYNARD BAND
4:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Lazy Thinking is a recently-opened "restaurant, bar and a record store that sells only independent Australian music". They've just started doing shows in their space, and they've launched out the gates with some brilliant curation - acts like Patamon, AnSo, Gift Giver, V.I.P.P, Negative Gears and then this lineup are a strong signal that owner and curator Jim Flanagan knows where it's at. These shows are pay-what-you-can.
Sat
9
Lux Trevis
10:00pm Golden Age Cinema & Bar
BLAWAN [LIVE] (UK)
90s Oz Indie legends KNIEVEL, are the musical vehicle for producer to the stars, record label head honcho and all-round good guy, Mr Wayne Connolly. A rare gig for them, not to be missed by fans of the original sound of 90s Indie Pop/Rock.
SoSo
8:00pm The Fusebox @ The Factory
Rock Ko Fol (USA)
7:00pm Mary's Underground
Velvet Trip
7:00pm The Lansdowne
Jackie Brown Jr
7:00pm Waywards @ The Bank Hotel
FBi TURNS 20: FUNDRAISER & BLOCK PARTY
W/ 1300, Anusha, Aquenta, Armlock, Babitha, BAYANG (tha Bushranger), Becca Hatch, Carnations, Crescendoll, Diola, Dobby, Dust, FRIDAY*, GAUCI, Hoops, Anna Lunoe x Bad Ezzy x Nina Las Vegas, Isa, Jamaica Moana, Jane, Johnny Lieu, Juice Webster, Maina Doe, Marcus Whale, Mazzacles, Milan Ring, Ninajirachi, Party Dozen, Rydeen, Salllvage, Scruffs + Friends, Simon Caldwell, Slim Set + Friends, Teether, Walkerboy x T Breezy x Utility, Zion Garcia
3:00pm Marrickville Bowling Club
This all-day celebration of a radio station that has profoundly impacted the lives of many, many people over its 20 year history is putting on this celebratory / fundraising lineup that spans the Bowlo, the Red Rattler, and an outdoor stage on Faversham St
For fans of John Fahey and American primitivism genres
FANGZstock
W/ FANGZ, LOSER, Closure, Mac the Knife, Neighbourhood Void, Starcrazy, Lady Lazarus, WELL?, Lady Lyon, Ed Barnes, Blake Cateris, Sarah Yagki, Bronte Alva
1:00pm The Lady Hampshire
Fri
8
miniflora
8:00pm Church St Studios
Plus Side
8:00pm Golden Barley Hotel
grentperez
Hot Milk (UK)
7:30pm Mary's Underground
Harry Connick Jr. (USA)
7:30pm ICC Sydney Theatre
Intercity Death; Syd + Melb deathcore/hardcore joint gig
Single launch for 'Lead and Leather'
Single launch for 'Mantle'
Big Skeez
7:00pm The House of Music & Booze
Booker Magazine Issue #1 Launch Party
W/ Kosher Groove, Jonathan Chalouhi [DJ], Gnocchi the Gnartist [DJ], Dragons in Hats
7:00pm The Chippo Hotel
Single launch
Thu
7
Neal Caine Quintet (USA)
8:30pm Foundry 616
ALLAH-LAS (USA)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
Jesse Redwing
8:00pm Enmore Hotel
Album launch for 'Nothing Wrong'
Souls Of Mischief (USA)
W/ Hieroglyphics (USA), Breakbeat Lou, The Architect, Thes One [of People Under The Stairs]
COM'Z (JPN)
7:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
Hundreds (GER)
7:00pm The House of Music & Booze
Single launch for 'Give Me The Night'
They Hate Change (USA)
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Two performances, one at 6:30pm and the other at 8:15pm. Free, entry by ballot only - RSVP via the link.
Wed
6
Survival of the Fiddes
8:30pm Foundry 616
Kraftwerk (GER)
8:00pm ICC Sydney Theatre
EOY Celebration for Mother Hen Touring
Tue
5
Mon
4
Sun
3
Final EVIL
8:00pm MoshPit Bar
Satu In The Beyond
7:00pm Mary's Underground
Album launch for 'Who Made You King?'
Boiler Room X House Of Mince
5:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
THE MEZCALTONES
4:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
King O.P.P
4:00pm Yulli's Brewery
Sat
2
EP launch for FW [Shogun from Royal Headache / Antenna etc etc ect]! First ever show for GG! Freakbeat, you've done it again!
19-Twenty
7:00pm Brass Monkey
Single launch for 'Pleased To Meet You'
CLAUDIA FOREVER
Karise Eden
7:00pm Django Bar @ Camelot Lounge
Fletcher (USA)
7:00pm Hordern Pavilion
MIRAMAR
7:00pm The Lady Hampshire
MAYEFLOWER
7:00pm The Vanguard
Prop Records Courtyard Show
W/ Rory JS [Honey 2 Honey], Loose-y Crunch-e, Weeping [DJ], Gi [DJ]
5:00pm Prop Records
Sydney Cringe Festival #3
W/ Terrificus, Doctor Robot, Scruffamudda, Blurst, Toydeath, Tom Adamson, Peter Fenwick, S.Miles, Sandwich Magic, Whateva Eva, LHI, DJ Underwatermelon, The Vidiot [visuals], Anita Douche, Liver Ouchie & The Clown Bride [hosts]
5:00pm Red Rattler
Secret co-headliner TBA
Boiler Room World Tour 2023
W/ Interplanetary Criminal (UK), DJ Seinfeld (SWE), Effy (UK), Prospa [DJ] (UK), Prozak (IRE), AYEBATONYE, Soju Gang
2:00pm Sydney Showground
Sweat It Out: Summer Selects
W/ Pixelchick [DJ], Kai Kawai [DJ], Tam [DJ], Beddy White [DJ], PJ [DJ]
2:00pm The Lady Hampshire
Newtown Street Party
W/ Sweet Talk, Rissa, Salarymen, Lady Lyon, Greatest Hits, Manfredo Lament, Evening Records DJs
1:00pm Eliza St, Newtown
All-afternoon street takeover behind the Courty in Newtown!
Good Things Festival
W/ Fall Out Boy (USA), Limp Bizkit (USA), Devo (USA), I Prevail (USA), Bullet For My Valentine (UK), Corey Taylor (USA), Pennywise (USA), Spiderbait, Slowly Slowly, Enter Shikari (UK), Behemoth (POL), Sepultura (BRA), Taking Back Sunday (USA), PVRIS (USA), Bloom, Boom Crash Opera, Eskimo Joe, Frenzal Rhomb, Hanabie, Jebediah, Luca Brasi, Magnolia Park, Make Them Suffer, Ocean Sleeper, Royal & The Serpent, Short Stack, Slaughter To Prevail, Stand Atlantic, Tapestry, The Plot In You, While She Sleeps
1:00pm Centennial Park
Fri
1
MID CITY
10:00pm The Lansdowne
Crame Brulee
8:00pm Golden Barley Hotel
M. Ward & The Undertakers (USA)
8:00pm The Great Club
Hunting Thompson
7:30pm The Alley @ The Agincourt
Jacob Lee
Mi-Sex
7:00pm Brass Monkey
INTO THE ABYSS: AN EVIL CHRISTMAS!
W/ ASTRO DEATH, IRON BLANKET, SOMA PLUME, PLASTIC BATH, HIGH
7:00pm The Duke of Enmore
Gladdy End of Year Party
W/ Elliott Road, Ellen & the Ooroos, TWOMINUTEHATE, Good Ramen, The Lazy Eyes, Sangria, DEBASER DJs
7:00pm The Lord Gladstone
Stucco Fest: Stucc In The 90s
W/ Manfredo Lament, Euterpe, Chuey and the Dumplings, Zsa Zsa, Lemonise, Ben's Boys, Such Big Water, Beryl's Peril, Isa [DJ], Sleep Exchange [DJ], Mazzacles [DJ], Colour Trove, Rydeen [DJ], Sweet Boy Sonnet + Mitch Brown, Vertigo, Beatswa + Wes, Harriet and the Hags, Volcha
2:00pm Stucco Housing Cooperative
Nov '23
Thu
30
Mosaic Jazz Collective
8:30pm Foundry 616
We Will Intersect
Album launch for this legit improvisational supergroup featuring Adrian Lim-Klumpes (Tangents, Triosk), Nick Calligeros (Microfiche), Miles Thomas (various) and Nicholas Meredith (aka Kcin)
Schirenc (AET)
7:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Richard Chicken
7:30pm MoshPit Bar
Single launch
Liquid Squid
Electric Callboy (GER)
7:00pm Hordern Pavilion
LEISURE (NZ)
Single launch for 'Microdosing'
RYAN DOWNEY
7:00pm The Vanguard
David Sharp & The Sunday Best
7:00pm The House of Music & Booze
Ngulmiya
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Two performances, one at 6:30pm and the other at 8:15pm. Free, entry by ballot only - RSVP via the link.
Wed
29
Tessie Overmyer Quartet
8:30pm Foundry 616
The Golden Strangers
8:00pm Butchers Brew Bar
Limp Bizkit (USA)
8:00pm Hordern Pavilion
Sarah Humphreys & Tim Woodz
7:00pm The Midnight Special
Tue
28
COREY TAYLOR [of Slipknot] (USA)
7:00pm Metro Theatre
Edge of a Cloud: Alexandra Spence x Elia Bosshard
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Two performances, one at 6:30pm and the other at 8:15pm. Free, entry by ballot only - RSVP via the link.
Mon
27
Monday Night Confessions
W/ Tom Botting Quintet, Lauren Tsamouras & Novak Manojlovic [duo]
8:00pm Church St Studios
TOPS (CAN)
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
Sun
26
Devo (USA)
8:00pm ICC Sydney Theatre
SOLKYRI
7:00pm The Vanguard
Pretty Dumb's final show
The Terrys' Battle Of The Bands
6:00pm The Lansdowne
From The Cherry Tree
W/ Cherry Rype, Red Dredd, Milk Crate, Sunshine, Lilpixie, Emjaysoul, Surprise Guest
STRAY DOGS
4:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Annie Hamilton
4:00pm Waywards @ The Bank Hotel
Green Mohair Suits
3:00pm Union Hotel
Book launch for the latest title from local author (and member of punk chairkickers Romance!) Max Easton. Tickets are Pay What You Can with a suggested price of $5.
Raise the Curtain: A benefit for Brenda
W/ Pat M'Gash, Ally Ray, Linda Montana, Rusty Gates, Glee Club, Cynthia Su
2:00pm MoshPit Bar
Sat
25
The Cavemen (NZ)
10:00pm Enmore Hotel
The Strand Soul Quartet [ft. Rami]
9:00pm The Strand Hotel
Features members of World Champion, Royel Otis and Genesis Owusu’s Black Dog Band
Ali Penney & The Moneymakers
8:00pm Butchers Brew Bar
Thy Art Is Murder
8:00pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Gary Óg (UK)
W/ Katelin Tierney (IRE), Martin Healy (IRE)
No Stiff Bodies
W/ Sollyy [DJ], 3urie [DJ], Boosie [DJ], Katayanagi Twins [DJ] (NZ), Kilimi [DJ], Poppa Jax [DJ] (NZ)
7:00pm The House of Music & Booze
Peter Bibby
7:00pm Botany View Hotel
First Nations rap trio debuted during SXSW Sydney. This is the single launch for their Presets-sampling track "Our People"
The Delta Riggs
7:00pm Mary's Underground
Single launch for 'My Own Fairytale'
Happy birthday Crowbar! 11th year in the biz - that's counting from the launch of the original Crowbar in Brisbane. Heaps of great memories from the Sydney chapter of this venture: it's a wonderful, constantly evolving community space, and the recent PA upgrade in the band room sounds fucking incredible. Congrats legends. We're mid-way through this week of celebrations, the remaining shows in the series are being headlined by Miles Away (tonight) and Bad/Dreems (tomorrow).
Fri
24
GiRLTHING 14th Birthday
9:00pm The Lansdowne
Craig Calhoun
8:00pm Butchers Brew Bar
Mick Harvey & Amanda Acevedo
8:00pm The Great Club
VENUE LAUNCH: LIVE AT THE TROC
W/ Straight Arrows, Mega Fauna, Drop Down, Liquid Circuit
8:00pm Trocadero Room
Here it is - debut gig for the newly renovated space that used to host Hideaway Bar (and later HiWay), with a heckin' great lineup and running "'til late" with DJs.
Chappell Roan (USA)
The Angels
7:30pm The Bridge Hotel
Frankie and The Witch Fingers (USA)
7:00pm Mary's Underground
The Rions
7:00pm Oxford Art Factory
Interceptors feat. Les Gock
7:00pm Paddo RSL
All funds go to help support the Women's Justice Network
REECE MASTIN
7:00pm The Lansdowne
5 Bands For 5 Bucks
W/ Sightless, Fool, Vermanic, The Mirrors, Oniera
PsyconFest #9
W/ AstroVillain, EK & the Ekstraordinaires, Bike Thief, Yasmina Sadiki
7:00pm LazyBones
METAL ON THE NORTHSIDE #17
W/ DECIMATOR, STEP IN BLOOD, GREEN MALASHI, FIST
7:00pm The Chatswood Club
The Cavemen (NZ)
7:00pm Secret Location
5 piece band show previewing upcoming 2024 album 'Another You'
Debut show for Tiny Chair
Thu
23
Henry Wagons
8:00pm The Midnight Special
The Undertones
8:00pm Butchers Brew Bar
JESSIE MURPH (USA)
7:30pm Metro Theatre
Single launch for 'Make You Happy'
Breaking Sound
W/ Lauren Coniglio, Charlotte Adelle, ALIYA, NEAV
Felicity Urquhart and Josh Cunningham
7:00pm Camelot Lounge
Vince Jones
7:00pm Camelot Lounge
IMOGEN CLARK
7:00pm The Vanguard
Holiday event featuring guest appearances from CLEWS, Lindsay McDougall, Molly Millington, Sarah Belkner and Timothy James Bowen
Abyss X
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Two performances, one at 6:30pm and the other at 8:15pm. Free, entry by ballot only - RSVP via the link.
Wed
22
Evans / Robson Quartet
8:30pm Foundry 616
Liza Ohlback
8:00pm Butchers Brew Bar
JOY ANONYMOUS (UK)
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
Måneskin (ITA)
7:30pm Hordern Pavilion
Laura’s band for this show features Rory and Tim of Honey 2 Honey!
Salty Sweet
Tue
21
Mon
20
Sun
19
The real winners from this show are going to be anyone that makes it in time to see Dust, the silent assassins who stealthily went from blitzing front bars all over Sydney and Newcastle, to playing multiple UK/EU tours and absolutely flooring a sold-out Enmore while supporting Slowdive a couple of months ago. This date on the Bloc Party and Interpol 20-year nostalgia run tour caps off a gigantic year for the Newcastle five-piece. You absolutely do not want to miss this opportunity to see them open a show like this and then watch the audience stampede for the merch as the last notes of "Joy (Guilt)" die out.
You Am I
7:00pm Avalon RSL
It's You Am I playing an RSL gig on the Northern Beaches on a Sunday evening. I don't need to explain this to you.
Szikrabab
W/ Aparna Nagashayana, Mahya Panahi, Maharshi Rava, Dave Sattout
SUSHI TACO & FRIENDS
4:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Rick Price
1:00pm Brass Monkey
Refuge & Ripples presents:
W/ Pinto (USA) [DJ], Oscar de Lima [DJ], Said Dami [DJ], Jerk Boy [DJ], Penelope [DJ], ZXP [DJ], Kazzi [DJ]
1:00pm The Lady Hampshire
Sat
18
Summer Dance: AFTER DARK
W/ Adam Pits (UK) [DJ], Lisene (UK) [Space Cadets] [DJ], Manami (UK) [DJ]
TYLER ICU (ZAF)
9:00pm Metro Theatre
The Strand Soul Quartet [ft. Rami]
9:00pm The Strand Hotel
Features members of World Champion, Royel Otis and Genesis Owusu’s Black Dog Band
Charles Jenkins
8:00pm Golden Barley Hotel
Euan Hart
8:00pm Union Hotel
All ages show
Paces
Dave Warner’s from the Suburbs
7:00pm Camelot Lounge
Original band reunion (minus one late band member), allegedly one of the "big 3" Aussie bands in 1978.
New Wave #7
W/ Bloodyarvo, Brown Snake, Dopamine, No Cigarettes, Soulcrushh
7:00pm The House of Music & Booze
Templum Vol. 5
W/ Eduardo McGregor (MEX) [DJ] & Christopher Erre (ARG/CAN) [DJ]
7:00pm Botany View Hotel
PANIA
7:00pm Mary's Underground
Double launch - The Last Martyr with new single 'Burn It Down' and Live Like Animals launching album 'Modern State Of Mind'
The Hornsby High Festival
W/ The Tin Heads, Atlantic Avenue, Gilded Rose, Pocketwatch, Goblet, Pilot Buffalo, Streless
5:00pm Hornsby Inn
Fridayz Live
W/ Jason Derulo (USA), Boyz II Men (USA), Flo Rida (USA), Kelly Rowland (USA), Jojo (USA), 112 (USA), Baby Bash (USA), Travie McCoy (USA), Havana Brown, Abbie Chatfield [Host], Fatman Scoop (USA) [Host]
4:30pm Giants Stadium
Summer Dance [Daytime]
W/ Todd Terje (NOR) [DJ], Andy Webb [DJ], Reenie [DJ]
Josh Shipton and The Blue Eyed Ravens
W/ Doctor Robot, S.Miles, Sandwich Magic
2:00pm The Great Club
Daytime show for the launch of JS&TBER's kids EP "Would You Rather?"
Fri
17
Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers
9:00pm Metro Theatre
The Original Wailers (JAM)
8:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
The Pretty Littles
8:00pm The House of Music & Booze
EP launch for 'Manic' - % of door proceeds to support Redfern Women's Shelter
Vicious Circle
W/ Inebrious Bastard, Supressant, Squirt Circle, Serial Pest, Snitch Trial
7:30pm MoshPit Bar
Single launch for 'Second Sight' and part of the second coming of Great Southern Nights. "Free entry with RSVP"
Alta Falls
Debut single launch for 'Dinosaur'
The Hollywood Waltz
7:00pm The Lady Hampshire
Single launch for ‘You Said It Wouldn’t Happen’
Hijinx x Gladdy: Band Night 10
W/ Jordan Kenny, Up At Night, Oniera, Rat Boy School Excursion, Jazz Hamilton [DJ]
6:30pm The Lord Gladstone
Thu
16
Joji (USA)
8:00pm Qudos Arena
SUICIDAL TENDENCIES (USA)
7:30pm Metro Theatre
Kerala Dust (UK)
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
JOHN OTWAY (UK)
7:00pm The Vanguard
xmunashe
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Two performances, one at 6:30pm and the other at 8:15pm. Free, entry by ballot only - RSVP via the link.
Powerhouse Late: Hopetoun
W/ iOTA, Alannah Russack + Adam Gibson + Peter Fenton, Christa Hughes
6:00pm Powerhouse Museum
Huge exhibition celebrating the history and incredible range of talent that came through the doors of the sadly missed Hoey - every night, every week. For a kid from the country that moved to Sydney with no inroads to discover Sydney's local music scene beyond international gig supports and triple j, the Hoey was a sudden explosion of access to so many subcommunities within our local live music community. The threads still run deep - and there's never been a space that's quite taken its place. RIP Hoey. What will be your spiritual successor?
Wed
15
Chronically Online
W/ Patch., Astrovan, Gabriel Valentine, Rosemary, Blue Foot, Larry's, Awkward Silence
7:00pm Red Rattler
Tue
14
Album launch for austraLYSIS, debut show of the summer season of this wonderful experimental/improvised music programme
Last minute move to Mary's Underground
x/o (CAN)
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Two performances, one at 6:30pm and the other at 8:15pm. Free, entry by ballot only - RSVP via the link.
Mon
13
BEBE REXHA (USA)
Sun
12
Children of Zeus (UK)
9:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
Banana
7:00pm Petersham Bowlo
Downstairs album launch for this duo featuring Alexandra Spence and MP Hopkins!
BURAY (TUR)
THE JAZZ WEST COMBO
4:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Landing Vol. 4
W/ The Cat's Miaow, Bluetung, Lorry, String Club, DJ Mistry b2b gi
3:00pm Petersham Town Hall
Hosted by Prion Audio and Suite7a
Tip: Manners Park have a couple of members of Crow
Community Fundraiser For Palestine. $10 Donation At Door
Sat
11
BIG WETT
8:00pm Factory Theatre
YAWDOESITALL
8:00pm Botany View Hotel
Downstairs show. Single launch for 'Ms Pendle Hill'
EP launch for ‘Right Where I Want To Be’
MI-SEX
7:00pm The Bridge Hotel
SHAYFEST 2023
W/ PARTICLES, WHITE KNUCKLE FEVER, THE LOUD HAILERS, BLUESHOUND, CONOR O’DONAGHUE, TILLY STREET QUARTET, REDFERN SHANTY CLUB, ABBY CONSTABLE QUARTET, LOS MONAROS, ESEN BORJIGIN, INFINITE SKIES, AYRE AND THE ANGELS, D.O.G., FREDE
1:00pm Marrickville Bowling Club
"20 bucks! Family-friendly. Kids under 12 free. All proceeds to the Gender Centre."
Fri
10
Single launch for 'Funkovski'
Perry Keyes
7:00pm Camelot Lounge
Lake Crook Mouth
7:00pm Buddy’s Bar, Newtown
EP launch for 'Free To Experiment'
SYNTHESIS 2.0
W/ BARNEY OR KATO [DJ], DJ KANKA, DJSPARK, VIXXIE [DJ], D3W4N [DJ]
New Resource
Launch show for 'Havens', a new project from this "post-classical and electro-acoustic" duo.
The Gadflys
7:00pm The Great Club
THE CHEMISTRY
7:00pm Brass Monkey
Thu
9
Satsang (USA)
8:00pm The Great Club
Tallboyshort pres. Angels With Dirty Faces
7:30pm The Chippo Hotel
ANTYTILA (UKR)
Strong catalogue and always deliver live - my favourite band
Nat Bartsch
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Two performances, one at 6:30pm and the other at 8:15pm. Free, entry by ballot only - RSVP via the link.
Wed
8
All ages show
COLD CAVE (USA)
7:30pm Factory Theatre
GAZAL
7:00pm Mothership Studios
Warehouse EP launch party for "I Accidentally Burnt The House Down". RSVP required.
Sun
5
Steve Vai (USA)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Tea Tairovic (SRB)
Chasin the Train
5:00pm The Bridge Hotel
Radio Rejects
W/ The Final Fall, Automatic Heroes, Billy Puntton and The Backup Plan
4:30pm MoshPit Bar
JOHNNY G AND THE E TYPES
4:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
MANIFESTO Zine Launch
W/ Julia Why?, Hotel, Second Idol, Muscle Mary, Final Girls, Princess Unit
4:00pm The House of Music & Booze
Launch of the first issue of Manifesto's brand new zine. Manifesto is "a Sydney-based feminist initiative that champions women, trans and non-binary musicians and artists". Presales include a free copy of the zine.
EP launch
Sat
4
Special warehouse party hosted by Ritmo Collective
Album launch for ‘Decent Shapes’ with an absolutely top tier lineup!
ARCHIE
9:00pm Vic on the Park
Theo Parrish (USA)
8:00pm City Recital Hall
These guys are a post-punk-funk groove machine, who have really been impressing the punters for a while now. Imagine Joy Division meets Television meets funky Talking Heads for an idea of where they’re at. Highly recommend not missing this one if you’re around South Newtown that night, especially with the excellent Botany View Hotel PA and soundperson at their disposal.
SAN CISCO
8:00pm Metro Theatre
Felipe Baldomir
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
MOUNTAIN: Clark (UK) x Melanie Lane
7:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Free, entry by ballot only - RSVP via the link.
Woodes
7:00pm The Great Club
The League
W/ Mari. [live band], Lee Monro [Figgkidd], Dxvndre, Becanimae, Flow State, Prolifik
7:00pm Waywards @ The Bank Hotel
Fripps & Fripps
5:30pm The Lansdowne
Fri
3
James and John All Night Long [DJ]
9:00pm The Lord Gladstone
A continuing occasional series of parties at the Gladdy featuring these Debaser-affiliated DJs spinning "disco, soul and funk, with sprinklings of groove-driven house". Free entry before 10pm.
Example (UK)
Grooveman Spot (JPN)
W/ Edseven [DJ], Naiki [DJ], Arisse [DJ], GC OConnor [DJ], Kase Avila [DJ], Jade Kenji [DJ]
9:00pm Red Rattler
LAGWAGON (USA)
8:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
South Summit
8:00pm The Lansdowne
The entire month of gigs at Yulli's during November will be a Support Act fundraiser, to coincide with the Aus Music T-Shirt Day awareness campaign
The Kite String Tangle
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
MOUNTAIN: Clark (UK) x Melanie Lane
7:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Free, entry by ballot only - RSVP via the link.
EP launch for 'Fibonacci Sequins'
Sunder
7:30pm The Alley @ The Agincourt
BP write in: "It's a themed party! Going to be decorating the whole room and having prizes for best dressed in the theme of Wall Street Collapse. Mood = dress like you just got fired from Wall Street."
Flamingo Blonde
7:00pm Vic on the Park
EP Launch for 'The Horror Movie'
LADY H HOUSE PARTY
W/ Boogie Monster [DJ], Bria [DJ], Rebecca Rosenfunk [DJ]
7:00pm The Lady Hampshire
FERGUS BAILEY & THE TEETH
W/ Isobel Knight, Beryl, Warwick Kennedy & The Strangers
7:00pm The Vanguard
Album launch for 'Cut Me Free'
STEEL ASSASSINS FESTIVAL 2023
W/ HARLOTT, SILENT KNIGHT, ELM STREET, ALARUM, KILLRAZER, FORSAKEN AGE, TAROT, FLITCRAFT, PYREFLY, FIRESTORM, WILDSIDE, VISUALIS, SNAKE BITE WHISKEY, RAWTISM, WOE, DURTY TRIIX, SHOCKWAVE, DECHAROT
5:00pm The Bridge Hotel
Two day festival, starting on Friday night and finishing at 'Sunday 1am'
Thu
2
Illy
8:00pm Miranda Hotel
MOUNTAIN: Clark (UK) x Melanie Lane
7:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Free, entry by ballot only - RSVP via the link.
Breaking Sound
W/ Bixie Major, Flying Lights Club, Sergio Akueran, Sonnet and The Breadboys
7:30pm The Lansdowne
RILEY PEARCE
7:00pm The Vanguard
Eugene Chadbourne (USA)
W/ Nunchukka Superfly, Esse And The Brave New Sounds (CAN), Andy Burns
FRIDAY*
C.J. Lee
7:00pm The Duke of Enmore
Awa Mbaye with Devaura & Thom
7:00pm Waywards @ The Bank Hotel
EP Launch for 'Enthusiasm'
The World Is Not Round
W/ Pat Skinner & The Open Range, Social Strangers
Album release party
Half Alive (USA)
7:00pm Metro Theatre
Wed
1
Charlie Puth (USA)
8:00pm ICC Sydney Theatre
MS KITTERIDGE AND BOK CHOY
W/ Paul Cutlan, Phillippa Murphy-Haste, Mary Rapp
Last gig in this series for 2023! Presented in collaboration with Sydney International Women's Jazz Fest
MOUNTAIN: Clark (UK) x Melanie Lane
7:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Collaboration between the UK Warp Records electronic titan and an Australian choreographer, with accompaniment from musicians from the Canberra Symphony Orchestra. Unlike most Phoenix shows, this is a single performance for each of the four nights in this series. Free, entry by ballot only - RSVP via the link.
Oct '23
Tue
31
Sparks (USA)
9:00pm Sydney Opera House
Heaps of people writing in that they're super excited to be seeing this wonderfully idiosyncratic LA pop duo in their 50th year! If you're not familiar, you owe it to yourself to see the wonderful documentary "The Sparks Brothers" directed by Edgar Wright - highly recommended.
Secret house show, a bonus gig for this Melbourne supergroup with members of UV Race, Lower Plenty and Deaf Wish after playing the Enmore Hotel on Saturday night! Ask a band for the location.
Sun
29
Katchafire (NZ)
8:00pm Dee Why RSL Club
Makaya McCraven (USA)
8:00pm Factory Theatre
THE WESTERN DISTRIBUTORS
4:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Nick Barker
4:00pm Golden Barley Hotel
Soul Messengers
"Table Bookings on (02) 9979 6633"
Flight Facilities
Sat
28
HTTM is a Melbourne band featuring members of Lower Plenty, Deaf Wish, The UV Race, Guy & Marcus and Luxury Tax
The Plague
8:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Album launch
Paul McCartney (UK)
8:30pm Allianz Stadium
Yours & Owls Halloween Party
W/ Marvell, Apricot Ink, Scatter Light, Silky Roads
8:00pm New Brighton Hotel, Manly
Simple Things Laneway Party
W/ Caliti, The Gould Brothers, Luca Attanasio, Winny, Rocco, Simple Things DJs
8:00pm The House of Music & Booze
Soul Messengers
8:00pm Butchers Brew Bar
The Lemon Twigs (USA)
8:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
"Trick or Trash" Halloween Party
W/ O.M.R, COLD/HEAT, TIRED MINDS, GUTTER PIG, SYNTHETIC SURFACES
7:00pm The Duke of Enmore
ELLA HOOPER
7:00pm The Vanguard
Didirri
7:00pm Mary's Underground
Bonetwister
7:00pm The Midnight Special
THE LADY HALLOWEEN SPECIAL
W/ Captain K [DJ], Daniel Lupica [DJ], Jane Fondu [DJ]
7:00pm The Lady Hampshire
Groundswell 2023 [Day 2]
W/ Crocodylus [DJ], Le Shiv, Edgecliff, Grxce, The Vandastruts, Taj Ralph, Ah Honey, Ben Harris
7:00pm LABEL.
Sam Buckingham
Thornhill
W/ Holding Absence (UK), Thousand Below (USA), Bloom
Halloween House Show Spooktacular
W/ Bennetts Grove, MR. INDUSTRY, L.A.R.M, skruish, BABEFINGERS, Inimata, Bad Rice, Tommy Dript [live art]
5:30pm Secret Location
Presented by Farr St. and Hijinx Alley, a house show "just off Sydenham Road", with address to be revealed to ticket holders two hours before the show. Single launch for Bennetts Grove's 'Lobster'.
SydneyMusic.net x Glengarry Takeover
W/ Downgirl [DJ], Bridge Dog [DJ], Rat Boy School Excursion [DJ], Robert F. Cranny [DJ], SydneyMusic DJs
2:00pm Glengarry Castle, Redfern
Save the date, we're doing another party! We love independent spaces that foster local community, and we reckon the Glengarry is a classic example of such a space. We're bringing a bunch of musicians along to DJ some of their favourite tunes, along with local artists displaying some of their work, a merch stall and a great afternoon party atmosphere. Come through, bring your mates: a perfect way to spend a Saturday afternoon before heading on to your evening plans - and being located 100m from Redfern Station makes it the easiest detour in the world!
According to their bio, The Sticker Club have been creating music for kids ("of all ages") since 2012. They include Half A Cow Records' Nic Dalton (hello Nic), Alison Galloway from Smudge and (more recently) Victoria (the band), other members are from bands such as Faker, Agnes Kain, Intercontinental Playboys and The Afterthoughts. They've also been hosting a series of family-oriented shows called "It's A Family Affair" at the Petersham Bowlo over the last 10 years. This looks like a wonderful family-friendly community-centric event. Lady Lyon supporting will rule also, would love to see them play in this kind of context - they'll be great.
Fri
27
Divorce Club
W/ Crescendoll, Kirin J Callinan [DJ], LILPIXIE, Cherry Rype, Laura Miers [DJ], Somewhere, Verna Bloom, Lekias, Weyon [DJ], Batemans Bay [Live/DJ], Our Dead Dad Came Back As A Durrie
11:59pm The Lansdowne
Paul McCartney (UK)
8:30pm Allianz Stadium
Promoting his new album 'Sublimation' as part of a 36 date tour
Single launch for 'Breathe In'
Party Dozen
8:00pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Our PD! After a good year of jetting around the globe and getting all manner of international acclaim, they're back on home turf. Should be a cracker!
Press Club
7:30pm Mary's Underground
Great Gable
7:30pm The Lansdowne
5 Bands for 5 Bucks
W/ Polly, The Corners, Red Revel, The Substitutes, Nuclear Love Antenna
Bob Evans
7:00pm The Great Club
Groundswell 2023 [Day 1]
W/ Motorik [DJ/Curator], End in Tears [DJ], Reenie [DJ], Redman [DJ]
7:00pm LABEL.
Matthew Sheens
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Two performances, one at 6:30pm and the other at 8:15pm. Free, entry by ballot only - RSVP via the link.
Thu
26
Breaking Sound
W/ THOM, The Carry On, Space Plants, Claudie Grace
OAF x HIJINX PRESENT:
W/ ISAAC PUERILE, EKO ATARI, STEALTHYN00B, GLASS BOYS
7:00pm Oxford Art Factory
Set vs Set [OCTOBER FINAL]
Wed
25
Alex Tucker and Daniel Raymond
As part of the ongoing (excellent!) Ms Kitteridge & Bok Choy series of experimental shows in an inner west pub (yes!), this show features two local drummers playing experimental pieces that display, according to the bio, "unique systems of patterning and rhythmic organisation" which is a concept I can absolutely get behind.
ALLERDYCE
7:00pm The Vanguard
Mildlife
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Two performances, one at 6:30pm and the other at 8:15pm. Free, entry by ballot only - RSVP via the link.
Tue
24
Mon
23
Sun
22
EBO TAYLOR (GHA)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
Lauv
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Inner West Jazz Fest: Day 2 of 2
W/ HOME IS, Lloyd Swanton [solo], Alister Spence & Alexandra Spence [duo], Laura Altman [solo], Mike Nock's Springboard
Carla Geneve
8:00pm Mary's Underground
Kosheen (UK)
5:30pm Oxford Art Factory
Yasmina Sadiki
5:00pm Union Hotel
Cait out of 8
3:00pm Yulli's Brewery
This Americana/folk duo is launching their new single "Love Ya Like I Can". Bradley Christmas is the frontman for Copperline and a member of The Gin Palace.
Sat
21
Mark Seymour & The Undertow
8:00pm Factory Theatre
Lauv
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Inner West Jazz Fest: Day 1 of 2
W/ BELIEVE, Hilary Geddes [solo], Jane Sheldon, Sam Gill & Phillipa Murphy-Haste [duo], Phil Slater Quintet
Peach Fur
7:30pm Waywards @ The Bank Hotel
MOUNTAIN WIZARD DEATH CULT
W/ BARBARION, MAGGIE PILLS, DANE BLACKLOCK & THE PREACHERS DAUGHTER, DJ AZARIA
7:00pm The Duke of Enmore
SCOTT DARLOW
7:00pm The Vanguard
SCIENTIST (JAM)
Asteroid Eksosystem
7:00pm The Great Club
SOMEDAY SOON
W/ Peach PRC, What So Not, 1300, Cassette For Kids, Daily J, Kornél Kavács (SWE), Lazywax, Northeast Party House, Royel Otis, Sam Alfred, Sly Withers, Surprise Chef, Sycco, Tangela, Tyne-James Organ, Willo, Yb.
3:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
EP launch
Fri
20
GOOD PASH
8:00pm The Lady Hampshire
Happy Mondays (UK)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Big Twisty & The Funk Nasty
8:00pm Miranda Hotel
Minor Gold
8:00pm Petersham Bowlo
Zach Goldfinch
8:00pm Meraki Arts Bar
To get the address, ask around. You know, DM an artist or something. Possibly my favourite DIY space, every show I've seen here has been incredible. This one's a heckuva lineup.
XG (JPN)
7:00pm Hordern Pavilion
Second ever show by this new band featuring Peter Oxley (living his post-Sunnyboys life), as well as Craig Tilmouth from indigenous 90s band Nokturnl.
Charli Lucas
W/ Dizzy Days, Don West, Logan, Seaside, Sophisticated Dingo, Surely Shirley
6:30pm Oxford Art Factory
Thu
19
Kanho Yakushiji (JPN)
8:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
CANNONS
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
Chloe Dadd
Set vs Set [Heat 3]
W/ Acts of Insanity, Jack of Hearts, BELVEDEER
Caity Baser
6:00pm Mary's Underground
Wed
18
Jackson Dean (USA)
8:00pm Factory Theatre
TERROR ON TAPE! HALLOWEEN SPECIAL VAMPYR'
7:00pm The Duke of Enmore
Tue
17
Mon
16
Earl Sweatshirt (USA)
8:30pm Metro Theatre
Sun
15
Masego (JAM/USA)
8:00pm Hordern Pavilion
Phony Ppl (USA)
SOAKED OATS (NZ)
7:00pm The Vanguard
Marrickville Music Festival
W/ Haiku Hands, The Smashed Avocados, Emad Younan, ChillCheney, Glo, SXY XMS, Good Pash, hellogrimbo, Smalls, The Minties, Coast, LilPixie, The Smoking Ruins, Boys at the Back, Obba Layé, Exploding Happiness, Mister Ott, Performing Brazil, Gaia Rising, Freyja Garbett, Abigail Wighton, Juliet Lochrin, Jay Squire, AJ Stanton, FLYWAVES [DJ], MAXINE, Peah Oh Ma
2:00pm Marrickville Road
Sat
14
Angel Du$t (USA)
9:00pm The Chippo Hotel
Peach Pit (CAN)
9:00pm Metro Theatre
They Might Be Giants (USA)
8:00pm City Recital Hall
Drapht
7:30pm The Lansdowne
SONGER (UK)
7:30pm Mary's Underground
The Lovetones
W/ Lewis Goldmark [ex-Belles Will Ring], The Wednesday Night
7:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
DARKER HALF
W/ DEPARTMENT OF GLOOM, GRAVITY STONE, FEATURING MARLENA DARLI
7:00pm The Duke of Enmore
Heavy Chest
7:00pm Vic on the Park
LIZ STRINGER
7:00pm The Vanguard
Jacob Fitzgerald & The Electric City
7:00pm The Lord Gladstone
Jacob Fitzgerald & The Electric City
7:00pm The Lord Gladstone
Wombat
7:00pm The Lady Hampshire
Little Quirks
7:00pm Waywards @ The Bank Hotel
Uni Tunes Live
W/ Before The King, Charli Lucas, Jazzy Dale, Kyle Charles Hall
Parramatta Lanes
W/ Shady Nasty, Grand Final, Holy Soul, Girl and Girl, Great West, DJ Petedisc [Pete from Beatdisc Records]
5:00pm Erby Place Carpark
Mode Festival
W/ Adi Toohey b2b Zjoso, Command D, D-Grade, Darwin (CAN), DJ Voices (USA), Fukhed, Guy Contact [live], Hiroko Yamamura (USA), jamesjamesjames, Jensen Interceptor, Kalyani, Klon Dump (GER), Ludwig A.F. (GER), object blue b2b TSVI (UK), Pangaea (UK), Parris b2b Danielle (UK), Setwun [live], sim0ne (UK), Simon Caldwell b2b Mazzacles, SPFDJ (GER), Surgeon (UK), Tzusing (CHN), Yikes
3:00pm Cockatoo Island
Fri
13
WIIGZ
10:00pm Golden Age Cinema & Bar
RAAVE TAPES
10:00pm The Lansdowne
The Cracked Tiles
8:00pm Botany View Hotel
EP launch for 'God In Maine'. Presented by Bubblegum Sydney.
Dan Sultan
8:00pm City Recital Hall
STRUNG OUT (USA)
7:30pm Mary's Underground
Tia Gostelow
7:30pm The Lansdowne
EP launch for 'Man o' The Week'
老王樂隊 (Your Woman Sleep with Others) (TWN)
7:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
Album launch for ‘In The Black Water’
BRIDGE LEFT TO BURN
7:00pm Factory Floor @ The Factory
Parramatta Lanes
W/ Oyobi, Sachet [Album Launch], Small Intestines, Rat Boy School Excursion, Richie 1250 [DJ]
5:00pm Parramatta Square
Thu
12
KiNG MALA
7:30pm The Lansdowne
CHUTNEY
7:30pm The Great Club
The Grogans
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
Flight Facilities
7:30pm Sydney Town Hall
CLEA
Hobo Johnson (USA)
7:00pm Metro Theatre
Prateek Kuhad (IND)
7:00pm Hordern Pavilion
Zion Garcia
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
A performance backed by Full Circle featuring a group of 'like-minded Western Sydney artists' (frankly, it's a who's-who) including Nick Ward, Sollyy, Dylan Atlantis, FRIDAY* and Breakfast Road. Two performances, one at 6:30pm and the other at 8:15pm. Free, entry by ballot only - RSVP via the link.
Parramatta Lanes x ACE
W/ Sidney Phillips x Lil Ket, yumcha dimarco [Bayang (tha Bushranger) DJ set], S.C.U.M, Index [DJ], Sevy, Loppy B
5:00pm Erby Place Carpark
Parramatta Lanes
W/ Bass Traps, Manfredo Lament, Victor Valdes' Mariachi Band, Box of Chocolates, Dinta T
5:00pm Centenary Square
Wed
11
HUMAN NOISE X HEKKA
8:00pm The Lansdowne
NU METAL MAYHEM
W/ Waylon Reavis (USA), Anders Colsefni (USA), Kaosis (NZ) [covers], Sin Soto, Piston Fist
8:00pm Crowbar
Parramatta Lanes
W/ Carla Wehbe, Salty, Lola Scott, Cap Caret, DJ Stacey Queffert
5:00pm Parramatta Square
Parramatta Lanes
W/ Zeadala, Spvrrow, Saif, Zion Garcia, Gemma Navarrete, Ruu, Annelise
5:00pm Centenary Square
Tue
10
Mon
9
Radwimps (JPN)
7:30pm Hordern Pavilion
Sun
8
The Southern River Band
7:30pm The Lansdowne
JACK DAVIES
7:00pm The Vanguard
Dave Jensen
4:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
FEELS GOOD FESTIVAL
W/ VOLUMES (USA), Gravemind, Above, Below, UNI/VS, Teeth, The Wandering, Keepsake, Broken Earth, Spectre
3:00pm Crowbar
Drey Rollan Trio
3:00pm Yulli's Brewery
Lightning Ground
3:00pm Staves Brewery
Nardi Simpson
10:30am Art Gallery of NSW
Part of AGNSW's 'Volume' festival, a free morning series called 'Tones'
Sat
7
SEB WILDBLOOD (UK) [DJ]
10:00pm The Abercrombie
Skeleten
W/ Moopie [DJ], Bria b2b Evie [DJ], Ayebatonye b2b Ben Fester [DJ], Acopia [live]
Launch show for new record 'Under Utopia'. Russ was one half of local electronic duo Fishing (and before then, a member of We Say Bamboulee)
7" launch for a Zach Hill / Lucas Abela (!!!!) collab release
Oktüberfest [Muscular Dystrophy benefit]
W/ Australis Uber Alles, Spurs for Jesus, Hoon, Tantichrist, Private Wives, Sick Fizz, Crankees, The Owen Guns, The Strike Outs
9:00pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Camino Gold
9:00pm Vic on the Park
Dog Trumpet
8:30pm Avalon RSL
New Wave #6
W/ Belvedeer, Echo Facility, Fever Pitch, The Red, UGLY Mug
8:00pm The House of Music & Booze
She Wants Revenge (USA)
8:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
Ash Grunwald
8:00pm The Great Club
GLADES
7:30pm The Lansdowne
House of Her
6:30pm The Alley @ The Agincourt
Hamed Sadeghi
2:30pm Art Gallery of NSW
Part of AGNSW's 'Volume' festival, a free afternoon series called 'Strings'
FREEKIN WEEKENDS: LIQUID SYDNEY
W/ tassone [DJ], floor twenty [DJ], dread maiden [DJ], adarah [DJ]
1:00pm Factory Theatre
Maissa Alameddine
10:30am Art Gallery of NSW
Part of AGNSW's 'Volume' festival, a free morning series called 'Tones'
Fri
6
Yes, as in the Frenzel two
The All Mother
8:00pm Botany View Hotel
Marvell
8:00pm The House of Music & Booze
Yoke Lore (USA)
7:30pm The Lansdowne
Redd Volkaert & Bill Kirchen (USA)
7:30pm The Great Club
Bad Manners (UK)
7:30pm Manning Bar, USYD
Premiere for ‘Pocket Aces’
Ocean Alley
6:15pm Hordern Pavilion
Del Lumanta
2:30pm Art Gallery of NSW
Part of AGNSW's 'Volume' festival, a free afternoon series called 'Strings'
JWPaton
10:30am Art Gallery of NSW
Part of AGNSW's 'Volume' festival, a free morning series called 'Tones'
Thu
5
Josh Shipton Orchestra
Hedy Blaazer
8:00pm The Midnight Special
Ash Grunwald
8:00pm Brass Monkey
Orpheus and the Underworld
7:30pm Petersham Bowlo
CANAAN COX (USA)
7:00pm The Vanguard
VOLUME:
W/ Mount Eerie (USA), Black Belt Eagle Scout (USA), Naretha Williams, Dean Hurley (USA), Colectivo Los Ingrávidos (MX), Malena Szlam (CL/CA)
7:00pm Art Gallery of NSW
YOKE LORE (USA)
7:00pm The Great Club
Omega Ensemble
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Two performances, one at 6:30pm and the other at 8:15pm. Free, entry by ballot only - RSVP via the link.
ASHWARYA
Powerhouse Late: Resonance
W/ Sione Teumohenga [aka Lonelyspeck] [Live], Bract [Live], "The Wheel" by Low Flung [movie screening], Bluetung [DJ]
5:00pm Powerhouse Museum
Incredible lineup for a special Powerhouse Late event curated by Liquid Architecture and Del Lumanta, alongside the '1001 Remarkable Objects' exhibition.
Jeremy Nicholas
2:30pm Art Gallery of NSW
Part of AGNSW's 'Volume' festival, a free afternoon series called 'Strings'
Akio Suzuki (JPN)
10:30am Art Gallery of NSW
Part of AGNSW's 'Volume' festival, a free morning series called 'Tones'
Wed
4
VOLUME:
W/ Alexandra Spence, Akio Suzuki (JPN), Hiromi Miyakita (JPN), Annea Lockwood (NZ/US), Corinne and Arthur Cantrill, David Shea (US/AU), David Toop (UK), JWPATON, Philip Samartzis, Vanessa Tomlinson
7:00pm Art Gallery of NSW
Single launch for 'A Good Feminist'
A-LIN (TWN)
6:00pm Hordern Pavilion
Helena Massey
2:30pm Art Gallery of NSW
Part of AGNSW's 'Volume' festival, a free afternoon series called 'Strings'
Kaleena Briggs
10:30am Art Gallery of NSW
Part of AGNSW's 'Volume' festival, a free morning series called 'Tones'
Tue
3
VOLUME:
W/ FUJI||||||||||TA (JPN), Mindy Meng Wang 王萌, crys cole (CAN), Oren Ambarchi, Loraine James (UK), R. Rebeiro
7:00pm Art Gallery of NSW
Ghost (SWE)
6:30pm Qudos Arena
David Shea
2:30pm Art Gallery of NSW
Part of AGNSW's 'Volume' festival, a free afternoon series called 'Strings'
David Toop (UK)
10:30am Art Gallery of NSW
Part of AGNSW's 'Volume' festival, a free morning series called 'Tones'
Mon
2
"Playing the songs of Gomez and more" - yes, those guys
Monday Night Confessions: Season 4 Part 6
W/ Carl Dewhurst, Anderson/Carbonara/Kim
8:00pm Church St Studios
Beat Kitchen Records Courtyard Takeover
7:00pm The Lady Hampshire
Seaworthy
2:30pm Art Gallery of NSW
Part of AGNSW's 'Volume' festival, a free afternoon series called 'Strings'
Jannah Quill
10:30am Art Gallery of NSW
Part of AGNSW's 'Volume' festival, a free morning series called 'Tones'
Sun
1
SOHRAB PAKZAD (IRN)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
The Jenerasions
7:00pm The Duke of Enmore
Alexandra Kay (USA)
6:30pm Mary's Underground
Clayton Thomas
2:30pm Art Gallery of NSW
Part of AGNSW's 'Volume' festival, a free afternoon series called 'Strings'
Off The Rails Festival
W/ Amyl and The Sniffers, The Mark Of Cain, Private Function, RVG, Shady Nasty, Full Flower Moon Band, Dust, Southeast Desert Metal, DOWNGIRL, The Neptune Power Federation, Chimers, Organs, Itchy & The Nits
2:00pm Railway Parade
Trevor Brown
10:30am Art Gallery of NSW
Part of AGNSW's 'Volume' festival, a free morning series called 'Tones'
Sep '23
Sat
30
Son Little (USA)
8:00pm City Recital Hall
Bondi Cigars
8:00pm Brass Monkey
MITCH JAMES (NZ)
7:00pm The Lansdowne
Metal lineups brighten my day whenever I'm updating this guide. They have the best band names, there's absolutely no question about this.
Get along to this extremely rare and terrific double-bill if you wanna hear the original sound of very early 80s Sydney electronic post-punk, accompanied on the night by mind-expanding video art. Both of these bands were actually doing these things back in the day. Check out Idiom Flesh’s limited material on music streamers first and you’ll think you’re hearing an excellent contemporary post-punk band on 2SER, but instead you’ll be hearing the original that can’t be beat!
Kingdom Calm
6:30pm The Alley @ The Agincourt
AFTERMATH
W/ ASTRODEATH, BARE BONES, DR COLOSSUS, ENDLESS VALLEY, MOUNTAIN WIZARD DEATH CULT, NUMIDIA, RICK DANGEROUS AND THE SILKIE BANTAMS, THE BLACK CARDINALS, THE BLACK SWAMP, VILIFY, YANOMAMO
4:00pm Crowbar
Chris Dolman
2:30pm Art Gallery of NSW
Part of AGNSW's 'Volume' festival, a free afternoon series called 'Strings'
Heaps Gay Street Party (Roadwerk): A 10th Birthday
W/ BIG WETT, BILLY DAVIS & FRIENDS, C.FRIM, CHERRY CHOLA, CHIC COACH, DAMEEEELA, DIOLA, FRIED PORK CHOP, GAFF.E, HOUSE OF SILKY, JACOUI CUNNINGHAM, KAVI, KING C*NTESSA, LADY FUR, MASON BROWNE X ALEX MORRIS, MISS KANINNA, MUNGMUNG, MUNSAIB, ROSIE RIVETTE, SHAKE DADDY, SHARON MANHATTAN, SHOW US YA TIPS, SIALA, SOUR, STEREOGAMOUS, THE DREADED SKATER, TSEBA, YVNGCWEED, VVPETE, ZOTDOTCOM
2:00pm Secret Marrickville Location
Listen Out Festival
W/ ARRDEE (UK), COI LERAY (USA), FOUR TET (UK), FRICTION (UK), ICE SPICE (USA), JBEE (UK), JPEGMAFIA (USA), JYOTY (UK), KENNY BEATS (USA), LIL UZI VERT (USA), MALLRAT, MARC REBILLET (USA), METRO BOOMIN (USA), PIRI (UK), SKRILLEX (USA), SPINALL (NGR), VENBEE (UK), WONGO B2B LITTLE FRITTER, YOUNG FRANCO, YUN PINKU (UK)
1:00pm Centennial Park
Datu Arellano (PHL)
10:30am Art Gallery of NSW
Part of AGNSW's 'Volume' festival, a free morning series called 'Tones'
Fri
29
Yes, this is Patrick from Schitt's Creek — his first Australian tour, on the back of his third album. No, we cannot guarantee he'll play that 'Simply The Best' cover.
The Rions
8:00pm Dee Why RSL Club
DODGY (UK)
8:00pm Manly Leagues Club
Ben Gerrans [DJ]
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
5 Bands for 5 Bucks
W/ Tallulah, Milky Wave, Bad Manors, Lilith Snaps, The Capital Romantics
The Detonators
7:00pm The Great Club
Jack Mannix [DJ]
6:00pm Ace Hotel
Joji Malani
2:30pm Art Gallery of NSW
Part of AGNSW's 'Volume' festival, a free afternoon series called 'Strings'
Chloe Kim
10:30am Art Gallery of NSW
Part of AGNSW's 'Volume' festival, a free morning series called 'Tones'
Thu
28
Stina Tester
8:00pm Meraki Arts Bar
LUCA BRASI [ACOUSTIC]
7:30pm The Vanguard
Ondara (USA)
7:00pm Mary's Underground
Chaperone
7:00pm The Duke of Enmore
VOLUME:
W/ Lonnie Holley (USA), Maissa Alameddine, Hamed Sadeghi, KMRU (KE/DE), Marian Abboud, Vicki Van Hout
7:00pm Art Gallery of NSW
Big Sand
6:00pm Powerhouse Museum
Debut show for this new experimental live format by Sally Coleman that's been in the making for literally years - a virtual character created using Unreal Engine and performed with motion capture. Part of the Powerhouse Museum's "Late" series, there will be two performances on the evening: one at 6pm and 8pm.
George Tilliankis
2:30pm Art Gallery of NSW
Part of AGNSW's 'Volume' festival, a free afternoon series called 'Strings'
Marcus Whale
10:30am Art Gallery of NSW
Part of AGNSW's 'Volume' festival, a free morning series called 'Tones'
Wed
27
Kid Hank
8:30pm Meraki Arts Bar
Lee Jones Quartet
8:30pm Foundry 616
Tom Ryder
8:00pm The Midnight Special
Kojey Radical (UK)
7:30pm Mary's Underground
PIRI (UK)
7:00pm Oxford Art Factory
JPEGMAFIA (USA)
7:00pm UNSW Roundhouse
VOLUME:
W/ amby downs, Corinne and Arthur Cantrill, Ellen Fullman (USA), Theresa Wong (USA), JG Thirlwell (AU/US), JWPATON, Lisa Lerkenfeldt, Loren Mazzacane Connors (USA), Primitive Motion, Saint Abdullah (IR/US)
7:00pm Art Gallery of NSW
Curated in collaboration with Lawrence English (Room40)
Ms Kitteridge & Bok Choy
W/ Novak Manojlovic & Nick Calligeros, Tessie Overmyser Trio [Tessie Overmyer, Chloe Kim, Jacques Emery]
Hillary Geddes
2:30pm Art Gallery of NSW
Part of AGNSW's 'Volume' festival, a free afternoon series called 'Strings'
Solomon Frank
10:30am Art Gallery of NSW
Part of AGNSW's 'Volume' festival, a free morning series called 'Tones'
Tue
26
VOLUME:
W/ Lonnie Holley (USA), Mourning [A] BLKstar (USA), Lee Bains III (USA), Jeff Parker (USA), Hilary Geddes, Lea Bertucci (USA), Maya Deren (UA), KMRU (KEN)
7:00pm Art Gallery of NSW
Candle Drum
2:30pm Art Gallery of NSW
Part of AGNSW's 'Volume' festival, a free afternoon series called 'Strings'
Ben Carey
10:30am Art Gallery of NSW
Part of AGNSW's 'Volume' festival, a free morning series called 'Tones'
Mon
25
Monday Night Confessions: Season 4 Part 5
W/ Hinano Fujisaki, Eminovski/Hislop [duo]
8:00pm Church St Studios
EP Launch for 'Home Is'
HOLY HOLY
6:00pm The Lansdowne
Kosheen (UK)
6:00pm Oxford Art Factory
Darren D.C Cross
2:30pm Art Gallery of NSW
Part of AGNSW's 'Volume' festival, a free afternoon series called 'Strings'
Kate Brown
10:30am Art Gallery of NSW
Part of AGNSW's 'Volume' festival, a free morning series called 'Tones'
Sun
24
JelloRio (CHN)
7:00pm Metro Theatre
VOLUME:
W/ TENGGER (KR/JP), Kim Moyes, Megan Alice Clune, Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries (KR), Dena Springer (USA), Alvin Ruiyuan Zhong
6:00pm Art Gallery of NSW
The Specialties
3:00pm Yulli's Brewery
Luke M de Zilva
2:30pm Art Gallery of NSW
Part of AGNSW's 'Volume' festival, a free afternoon series called 'Strings'
BOAT SHOW
Sonya Hollowell
10:30am Art Gallery of NSW
Part of AGNSW's 'Volume' festival, a free morning series called 'Tones'
Sat
23
Comin' Correct: Celebrating 50 Years of Hip-Hop
W/ Ciecmate and Viliani, DJ Skae, 2.L.O.C.O. IN CRIME, Benji PK, O_T_, Bhoky101 & Hoktwo, Bomb Threat, Suttle and Risby Rapture, Deluxe, DJ Myme
8:00pm Red Rattler
Jemima Dunsmore
8:00pm Meraki Arts Bar
SHINIGAMI (JPN)
W/ Pyramid Mission, Mumfighter, Holliday Howe, Gregor McMurray
8:00pm Botany View Hotel
We love a four-band lineup! If you're heading down, get there for the openers - Bridge Dog are a big dreamy fave at SMHQ.
Single launch for 'S.O.S.'
Debaser's 1st Birthday Party
W/ Bodywire, Safford, Yasmina, Maia Toakley, Ellen and the Ooroos, Liquid Zoo, Sangria DJs, Debaser DJs, Bodywire DJs
4:00pm The Lord Gladstone
Joseph Tabua
2:30pm Art Gallery of NSW
Part of AGNSW's 'Volume' festival, a free afternoon series called 'Strings'
Niki Johnson
10:30am Art Gallery of NSW
Part of AGNSW's 'Volume' festival, a free morning series called 'Tones'
Fri
22
DIVERS
9:00pm Vic on the Park
Sidechains
W/ Mechatok (GER), cult shotta [DJ], agony [DJ], index [DJ], cass lee [DJ], orca [DJ]
9:00pm The Lansdowne
Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets (UK)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Jesse Chard
8:00pm Mothership Studios
Musician often performing under his "The Vidiot" alias performing a work called 'Music For Four Synthesisers'
Single launch for 'The Go Along'
VOLUME:
W/ Joe Rainey (USA), Sumn Conduit, Sonya Holowell, Tahlia Palmer, Serwah Attafuah
7:00pm Art Gallery of NSW
EP release for 'Space To Heal'
Happy Mag Launch: The Western Sydney Issue
W/ Friday*, Breakfast Road, The Great West, Ula
7:00pm Waywards @ The Bank Hotel
Music Makers Club
W/ Miloviti, Lizard Lounge, Fever Pitch, Westwind
CICADA (TWN)
P1Harmony (KOR)
6:30pm Hordern Pavilion
Thu
21
LIKEMIND SOCIETY
W/ Kez 93, Lime King, Kapow, LILPIXIE, Planet Mahal, Stewyxx, Blake G, NULL, Taylor Westbrook, Likemind Society (Live Set), B2B/Open Decks
8:00pm Oxford Art Factory
Nick Mulvey (UK)
8:00pm Factory Theatre
Nick Mason's Saucerful Of Secrets (UK)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Bloodz Boi (CHN)
W/ Nerdie & BAYANG (tha Bushranger), Eko Atari, ealing [DJ], Parasol [DJ]
7:30pm The Lansdowne
I love you alive band
Niki (IDN)
7:00pm Hordern Pavilion
Chaperone
7:00pm The Duke of Enmore
Wed
20
Kid Hank
8:30pm Meraki Arts Bar
ANNA OF THE NORTH (NOR)
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
USYD Battle of the Bands Final
W/ Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers [headliners], finalists
6:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
Tue
19
Mon
18
Monday Night Confessions: Season 4 Part 4
W/ Grief Hope Love, Spirograph Studies
8:00pm Church St Studios
Sun
17
Crvena Jabuka (BIH)
6:30pm Brass Monkey
"Sydney's only live music venue that also sells bicycles and bicycle accessories"
WASTED ONES
4:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Our first ever listing for the Warren View! Once a reliable haunt for gigs, it's been a hot minute but we've heard rumblings of ambition for them to get back onto Sydney's gig-going map, and here we go! Victoria, if you've not heard them, are Max from Songs, Pat and Cam from Youth Group, and Alison from Smudge and they rule. Get amongst.
The Patsy Recliners
3:00pm Yulli's Brewery
Sat
16
Doctor Robot and S.Miles will be playing each other’s music as a one-off!
Magic Dirt
8:00pm Avalon RSL
Single launch for 'Curb My Bite'
Damian Cowell
7:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
You might know him from Root!, The DC3, Damian Cowell's Disco Machine, or one of Australia's greatest bands of all time - TISM
Georgia Mooney
7:00pm Mary's Underground
Album launch for 'Full of Moon', the debut full-length from this member of local folk/country act All Our Exes Live in Texas.
Dog Trumpet
7:00pm Camelot Lounge
Oxford Art Factory 16th Birthday
W/ Cash Savage & The Last Drinks, The Southern River Band, Caitlin Harnett & The Pony Boys, Velvet Trip, Girl and Girl, Smooch, Jet City Sports Club, GIMMY, Cong, Josie and The Hell Racers, Maxine Gillon, O.M.R, Perfect Actress, Psychedelic Soul Afterparty With >>>, King O.P.P, DJ Buz, Goldie Fawn B2B Wicked Lady
7:00pm Oxford Art Factory
WELL FUCK ME
Alex Lloyd
7:00pm The Bridge Hotel
Best Served Loud: Western Sydney Edition
W/ Becca Hatch, Vv Pete, Isaac Puerile, SOLLYY
5:00pm The Albion Hotel, Parramatta
Quite simply some of the hottest shit coming out of Sydney, full stop. If you saw VV Pete support Denzel Curry earlier this year, you know. If you have heard literally any Sollyy joint, you know. And if you don't know, now you know.
SWELL TIME #2
W/ Babitha, [secret artist], Georgia Mulligan, Pyjama Sundayz, Poolroom., Mega Fäuna, Barley Passable, Maia Toakley, Kavi, Court Jester, Ellen The Generous, Discgus, Spindos
1:00pm The House of Music & Booze
Fri
15
Single Launch for 'Dreams'
Single launch for 'Entropic Hope'
GUM
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
Rock Against Racism
W/ Liquid Zoo, Creeping Jenny [fka Speed Dial], Boys At The Back, Lez Beckett
7:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Enmore Gazette’s Endless Summer
W/ EGOISM, Rat Boy School Excursion, Safety First
7:00pm The Lady Hampshire
A night of sad cute queer pop bands programmed by a hyperlocal Instagram meme page? Believe it!!!!!! (Mark Zuckerberg is first against the wall but along with sad cute queer pop bands and dodgy "tobacconists" that spring up overnight next to small bars who sell $14 two-sip "martinis" — bitch that's a gin shot — hyperlocal IG meme pages are the lifeblood of the inner west community and I will die on this hill.) Free, just RSVP at the link.
Release show for 'Black Is The New Green'
D.B.A.T.L.S
W/ Performance Management, Thee Economy, DJ Camomile
Art exhibition by KyleWilkinsun and Keb Mckenzie
Thu
14
Single launch for 'Hey Ga'
Chaperone
7:00pm The Duke of Enmore
Two sets, second chapter of an all-month residency on Thursdays
Papa M & A Broken Sail
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Two shows - 6:30pm and 8:15pm. Entry by ballot selection only.
Wed
13
Morgan Evans
9:00pm Sydney Opera House
Kid Hank
8:30pm Meraki Arts Bar
Continuing Dully's own "Ms Kitteridge & Bok Choy", a regular series of jazz and experimental music front bar shows
Tue
12
Morgan Evans
8:00pm Sydney Opera House
Extreme - or, the band with Rihanna's guitarist!
Incredible improvisational trio led by Adam Connelly (formerly of Megastick Fanfare) and comprising Jono Boulet (ARSE/Party Dozen) and Hugh Deacon, doing a special intimate Jetsets show - alongside modular synth ambient/noise legend Ben Carey!
Mon
11
Sun
10
Sat
9
Cumbiamuffin
9:00pm The Lansdowne
Forest Claudette
8:00pm Oxford Art Factory
The Soul Movers
8:00pm The Great Club
'Dumb Luck' album launch. If you haven't encountered, this is Murray Cook's post-Wiggles project
Ryutaro Endo (JPN) + friends
8:00pm Fatamorgana
"+ friends" includes Anthony Guerra, Shayne Bowden, Nick Dan, Shota Matsumura, Riley Jones. Incredible DIY space in Alexandria.
Austin Mackay
7:30pm The Lady Hampshire
Launch show for this amazing local supergroup’s debut tape release at this gorgeous artist-run DIY space! The band encourage that attendees come dressed as a perfect actress (listen to their eponymous track for ideas)
D.C. Maxwell
7:00pm Vic on the Park
"Soca, Dancehall, Reggae & More!"
Bands & Burlesque
W/ Bloody Legend, Papa Pilko & The Bin Rats, High, Billie Burnout, Cleo Rapture
7:00pm The Duke of Enmore
Album launch for Anarazel
"Introducing Playfield, a new Sydney based event focused on bringing together Australia’s best and brightest cloud rap, underground electronic, experimental pop + all in between." - the crew behind this last put on a show back in May featuring BBIANCA, DoloRRes, Sidney Phillips and Trophie. It was a banger, and they're all artists on my radar to watch now - incredible stuff. If you're interested in emergent strains of pop as it's being formed - and it's all superhero shit if you ask me - then you'd do well to check this out. The curators have taste, and the acts are great.
A self-described 'Vicious Co-Headliner'. Pay what you wish.
The Neptune Power Federation
W/ The Stripp, Serial Killer Dinner Party, Outer Control, The Owen Guns, Idle Threat, The Limited
5:00pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Fri
8
LVL1 Collective presents:
W/ MAKK [DJ], SENTINAL b2b HEADNOISE [DJ], COTTO [DJ], miss behave [DJ], EFESIAN [DJ], JÄXM [DJ]
11:30pm The Lansdowne
STÄLKER (NZ)
8:00pm The Lady Hampshire
CASEY BARNES
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
CLAMM
7:00pm Vic on the Park
Stalker (NZ)
7:00pm The Burdekin
ICE TOP (MNG)
7:00pm Metro Theatre
Supahoney
7:00pm Yulli's Brewery
A Swift Farewell
Karise Eden
7:00pm Brass Monkey
Thu
7
TIGER
Karise Eden
8:00pm Foundry 616
Off the Rails Band Comp [Heat 3]
W/ Crash & The Crapenters, DANIAL, The Engine
7:00pm The House of Music & Booze
Chaperone
7:00pm The Duke of Enmore
Wed
6
Kid Hank
8:30pm Meraki Arts Bar
Mon
4
Sun
3
Pitfall Festival
W/ Orpheus Omega, Triple Kill, Lycanthrope, Firestorm, Path of Victory, The Absolution Sequence, Torizon, Livewire
8:00pm Crowbar
The Presets [DJ]
8:00pm Dee Why RSL Club
PG ONE (CHN)
7:00pm Metro Theatre
EVIL Penultimate Edition
W/ The EVIL Glitch Quartet, The EVIL Evil Trio of Evil, _chuckr, Koolooz (Melbourne)
6:30pm MoshPit Bar
COUNTRY GOLD
4:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Lachy Hamilton's YeahNuptet
4:00pm Petersham Bowlo
Sat
2
Coalesce #5
W/ Alice Longyu Gao (CRN/USA), SEBii (USA), Cult Shotta, Bbianca
8:00pm Mary's Underground
In Peril Fest
W/ Ocean Sleeper, Gravemind, Diamond Construct, Stepson, Above, Below, Elision, Headstrong, Diesect, Synge
8:00pm Crowbar
Album launch for 'Bound to Get The Blues'
The Presets [DJ]
8:00pm Dee Why RSL Club
The Slingers
7:30pm The Lansdowne
Album launch for a 'bootleg' collection of live recordings
The House's 1st Birthday
W/ Andy Golledge Band, Dr Sures Unusual Practice, Lady Lyon, G.U.N., Mannequin Radio, Elliot Road, Organs [DJ], Heavy Demo [DJ], Tropical Dave Vs Ziyad [DJ], Absolutley Everybody [DJ], Early Mark [DJ], Flanno Vs Jacko [DJ]
3:00pm The House of Music & Booze
Fri
1
Three Man Down (THA)
10:00pm Metro Theatre
Album launch for 'The Serpent Tide'
The Slingers
8:00pm The House of Music & Booze
Downstairs show
Album launch
The Presets [DJ]
8:00pm Miranda Hotel
Baby Beef
7:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
EP launch for 'Baby's Teeth'. This is the Beef in their luxuriously large band configuration - full of friends from various acts including the likes of Joseph Liddy & the Skeleton Horse, The Buoys, Skeleten, Megafauna, Babitha and more - yeah, it's a bit of an experience, and one that only gets trotted out ever so often. Worth a look.
Dear Seattle
7:30pm The Lansdowne
Spinning Cupids
Single launch for 'Cavities'
CHRIS LANZON
7:00pm The Vanguard
Aug '23
Thu
31
The Golden Strangers
8:00pm The Midnight Special
Jeff Martin (CAN)
8:00pm Factory Theatre
The Presets [DJ]
8:00pm Miranda Hotel
Single launch for 'in my arms'
Neil Frances
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
Single launch for 'I'm Still Here'
Crowbar Sounds Good Band Series [FINALS]
W/ Blind Eliza, Bridge Left To Burn, Great Job!, Acts of Insanity, GRXCE, Dysfunction
7:00pm Crowbar
The Regime Presents: The Ham Jam
7:00pm The Lady Hampshire
Nazar (AGO/UK)
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Entry by ballot (see link for more information). Two sets: 6:30pm and 8:15pm
Wed
30
Kid Hank
8:30pm Meraki Arts Bar
Thee Cha Cha Chas
8:00pm The Midnight Special
"Ms Kitteridge & Bok Choy jazz and experimental music series" held in the inner west 'burbs!
Tue
29
J.I.D (USA)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Kelela (USA)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
Mon
28
J.I.D (USA)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Monday Night Confessions: Season 4 Part 1
W/ Blood & Bones [Greening & Barnett], Sandy Evans, Andrew Robson Quartet
8:00pm Church St Studios
Sun
27
I am Morbid (USA)
7:30pm Factory Theatre
Manish Gandharva (NPL)
W/ John Chambling Rai and the Band (NPL), Gorkhali Takma Band (NPL), Tunna Bell Thapa (NPL), JK and the Band (NPL), 8848 Band (NPL), DJ Bidhan
7:00pm Metro Theatre
Zhang Xing Te (CHN)
6:00pm Oxford Art Factory
ROB LUCKEY AND THE LUCKY BASTARDS
4:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Dead Marines
3:00pm Union Hotel
Two sets. Band features Bernie Hayes (Dog Trumpt, Whitlams affiliate), Bow Campbell (Front End Loader) and Brendan Gallagher (Karma County).
Sat
26
Carolina Gasolina [DJ]
10:00pm Golden Age Cinema & Bar
Avatar (SWE)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
Kathleen Turner Overdrive
W/ Master Nate & The Reprobates (CAN), Forklift Assassins, Owen Guns
8:00pm MoshPit Bar
Shout outs to Sonic Death Monkey and Barry Jive & the Uptown Five, who may or may not also be appearing at this show.
Gordi
8:00pm City Recital Hall
Dippers were previously known as 'Thigh Master'. Album launch for 'Clastic Rock'
Ben Challenger fest. Giacomo Panetta
7:00pm Factory Floor @ The Factory
Rah
7:00pm Meraki Arts Bar
Album launch for "No Life Left"
Evanescence (USA)
7:00pm Qudos Arena
ANGELA ROSERO & MAGDALENA MIRA
6:30pm Church St Studios
“Raices (Roots): A Transcendent Musical Encounter” - Colombian musician Rosero is the lead singer of Cumbiamuffin, while Chilean vocalist Mira is of the eponymous band of the same name. Two shows, with the other being at 8:30pm.
Beat Kitchen Records and Pari present: Back to the Area
W/ Risk Death, LILPIXIE, Josef
5:00pm Pari, Parramatta
Western Sydney! The home of some of the most exciting emerging talent in Australia right now, an incredible cluster of creative communities... and yet a lot of what is happening in its native environment doesn't hit our radar. Here's an opportunity to check it out. This evening will also feature art by Hamza, and Indonesian food by Lawan.
Fri
25
Athletica Presents:
W/ Traxman (USA) [DJ], baschoe [DJ], DJ Innes, Rydeen [DJ]
11:30pm The Lansdowne
The Conclave
W/ Uncle Bif [DJ], Bäufman [DJ], Sollyy [DJ], Prestige Of T.F.R.A [DJ]
10:00pm Civic Underground
Âme [live] (GER)
Shane Nicholson
8:00pm Brass Monkey
'Hearts On Fire' single launch for Sydney's all-genre king of the geetar. Location to be sent on the day. Check socials for more details!
'Trouble in Paradise' EP launch
Album launch
Porfi Baloa y sus Adolescentes
8:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
EP launch for 'Before The Dust Settles'. Night is pitched as 'witch house, shoegaze, dream pop and goth inspired devastation'. dusk2dawn is a new project from Finn Parker (Eternal Dust) and Jack Mannix (Circle Pit, DERO Arcade).
DARK HORSE
W/ SCHKEUDITZER KREUZ, INEBRIOUS BASTARD, CHLORINE GARGOYLE
7:30pm Waywards @ The Bank Hotel
The claim is 'Sydney’s longest running hardcore band'
Metal on the Northside
W/ The Plague, Petrol, Scavenger Cult, Scholar of Sin
7:30pm The Chatswood Club
True Vibenation
7:30pm The Lansdowne
5 Bands For 5 Bucks
W/ Flud, Southbound, The Smashed Avocados, Hokkaido, Blank Display
Cuban Social Club
7:00pm The Great Club
Cuban Social Club
7:00pm The Great Club
Pink Matter
Cuban Social Club
7:00pm The Great Club
Terror Bite
7:00pm The House of Music & Booze
Avery Pickup
6:30pm Disorder Gallery
EP launch gig for "The View From Her Bed"
Thu
24
Zü Zü
8:00pm Meraki Arts Bar
Vinny Lunar
8:00pm Meraki Arts Bar
WATTY THOMPSON
7:30pm The Midnight Special
Charlie McGee
7:00pm Gasoline Pony
He of Formidable Vegetable, launching new album 'Permaculture & Rhymer's Manual'
Album launch for 'Re-Entry'
Actress (UK)
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Entry by ballot (see link for more information). Two sets: 6:30pm and 8:15pm
Free event (RSVP required) "exploring consent with artists and BDSM practitioners including Sidney McMahon, Mistress Tokyo, Demon Derriere, Luke George, WeiZen Ho and DJ Isa (Athletica)"
Wed
23
Tue
22
Jerome Blazé
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Entry by ballot (see link for more information). Two sets: 6:30pm and 8:15pm
Sun
20
Album launch (it's sublime) for MP Hopkins. In the downstairs performance space, bring cash ($15). A really wonderful regular series of experimental/ambient/noise music.
Juntao Liao (CHN)
5:30pm Oxford Art Factory
Lacey Cole
3:00pm Yulli's Brewery
Dave Dempsey Benefit Concert
W/ Runaway Train, Tony Cini & the Arc Riders, The Throwbacks
1:00pm The Bridge Hotel
Tyne-James Organ
W/ Annie Hamilton, Death By Denim, Rum Jungle, The Moving Stills, Asha Jefferies, Dear Sunday, Highline, Mitch Santiago, Ra Ra Viper, Tai Ralph, 90ivy, Angela Rose, Bronte Alva, Salted Ham, Southey, The Paddy Cakes, The Splints
1:00pm Factory Theatre
Sat
19
Middle James
10:00pm Golden Age Cinema & Bar
Giant Swan (UK) [Live]
W/ Female Wizard, Toiling X SOLSA [Live], Sirenik [Headnoize] [DJ], Jungist [Decay Audio] [DJ]
10:00pm The Lansdowne
In Good Hands
9:00pm Vic on the Park
Shaggin' Wagon
8:00pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Nathan Cavaleri
8:00pm The Lady Hampshire
Single launch for 'All Things/Hands to Dirt'
Shaggin' Wagon
7:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
The Superjesus
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
Nightmare Rites
W/ Cauldron Black Ram, Altars, Tyrannic, Blasfemancia
La Dispute (USA)
7:00pm Metro Theatre
Low Flung
5:00pm Join The Dots, Marrickville
Launch for new record "The Wheel", which has a companion feature film that will be screened at this event. Entry by RSVP only - send an email to danny@snaileditions.com. He requests you specify: "name, number of seats and city"
FFO "The Velvet Underground, Modern Lovers, early Wire, early The Fall, Husker Du, Go-Betweens, Tactics & The Gun Club", according to Dave from The Night Packers
Fri
18
Close Friends #2
W/ Glo [Live], Yasmina Sadiki [Live], Scruffs b2b Hungry Jack [DJ], Farazzled [DJ]
8:00pm SHADES
Flyying Colours
8:00pm Mary's Underground
Spurs For Jesus
8:00pm The House of Music & Booze
Single launch for 'Absence'
Balu Brigada
8:00pm Vic on the Park
KATIE NOONAN
8:00pm The Great Club
Convenience Store
Single launch for 'What's Not To Like'
Beks & Friends Showcase
W/ Beks, Clara Fable [Burlesque], Ms. Licorice, Lillith, Taylor BW, Holliday Howe, Clio
7:00pm Ginger's @ The Oxford Hotel
"EP preview" show for Beks. Ticket covers both the primary show at Ginger's and the "VIP afterparty" at Universal across the road for a "live club performance" by the headliner.
Single launch for 'OK (blurrier)'
Tracey Yarad
Thu
17
Carmon
8:00pm Meraki Arts Bar
Somber Hills
Loveless (USA)
7:30pm Metro Theatre
Start of a Thursday night residency for the month
The Regime Presents: The Ham Jam
7:00pm The Lady Hampshire
Presented by Void + Southern Steppa. "Showcasing UK breakbeat music from 1990 to the present day". Runs late. Go after your gig. 👍
OAF x HIJINX
W/ Sevy, Too Birds, Sidney Phillips, Trophie, FEVERBREAK [DJ]
7:00pm Oxford Art Factory
This late-notice announce is worth reconsidering your Thursday night plans for: a glimpse of some of what's happening in forward-thinking electronic/hip-hop/pop music across a broad spectrum. Too Birds are an incredible Naarm industrial noise rap trio - one of their members is Teether, who played a buzzed-about solo set at Phoenix Central Park last week with a metal band configuration that included his frequent collaborator Kuya Neil (look up their album "Stressor" from this year, it's incredible) on guitar. Sevy appeared in that Phoenix set as a featured guest - excellent local rapper that's been active the last 3-4 years with a really magnetic presence as a performer. Sidney Phillips is another frequent collaborator in this expanded universe. Trophie is full neon hyperpop. Very exciting lineup!
SURG PRESENTS: HIGH ROTATION 3
W/ Left Lane, Radar Backwards, Orpheus and the Underworld, Aela [DJ], Gnocchi (The Gnartist) [DJ], Overduedvd [DJ], Mazzacles [DJ]
6:00pm The Lord Gladstone
That's SURG, the Sydney University Radio Group, and this is a lineup I know *nothing* about. Like, literally never heard of any of this. But it's a full venue takeover, and I'm sure there'll be some chaos so - here you go. UPDATE: as we update the playlist, Left Lane are fucking great.
Tracey Yarad
Album launch for 'All These Pretty Things'
Wed
16
Kid Hank
8:30pm Meraki Arts Bar
GRIEVOUS BODILY CALM
7:00pm The Vanguard
The Pat Capocci Combo
7:00pm The Lady Hampshire
Tue
15
Grievous Bodily Calm
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Entry by ballot (see link for more information). Two sets: 6:30pm and 8:15pm
Mon
14
Sun
13
Void of Vision
7:00pm Factory Theatre
Keratin are a "post-hardcore/skramz band" from Naarm/Melbourne - they feature members of To The North, Make More, Jazz Tiger, Nature Trails and Gil Cerrone. Dean from Pure Mass introduces TBX: "[they're] brand new, featuring members of all the best heavy bands in the history of Sydney and the world, incl. Canine, Thorax, Ether Rag, Pure Evil Trio, Dispossessed, Mana, NASHO and I'm sure several more"
MANGROVE BOOGIE KINGS
4:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Spirit of House Afternoon Dance
W/ Fallen Disco & Soul of Sydney DJs, Phil Toke [DJ], Adrian Benedek [DJ], RSF [DJ], Terry A [DJ]
4:00pm Redfern Surf Club
Café of the Gate of Salvation
4:00pm Petersham Bowlo
Inner West Music Fest
W/ Ant Gallery, Boho Tokyo, Soulcraft, Mangrove Swamp, Shane Frew Trio
11:00am Pratten Park Bowling Club
An Ashfield community volunteer-run initiative
Sat
12
EP launch for 'Wild Ride'
Cøsmix
8:00pm Bucketty's, Brookvale
Joe Kay [Soulection] (USA)
Double headline tour from Scranton PA's emo lords and alt-rockers from Perth, AKA the Scranton of the West.
"Cracks in the Reflection Room"
W/ Alera, Headwreck, Father Deer Hands, Finding Better Health
6:30pm The Burdekin
Caitlin Harnett & The Pony Boys
W/ Lady Lyon, Charlie Finn, Evening Records [DJ]
6:00pm Redfern Surf Club
These first-in-best-dressed gigs tend to hit capacity early, and Caitlin Harnett's raucous fanbase will be yeeing their haws down early, so do the same if you're keen. Free, but bring a gold coin (at least!) for door donations to the Women's & Girls' Emergency Centre.
Fri
11
Niche x Waywards: LIVE
W/ Baby Prince, Reyanna Maria, Theo Landish, VVPete, ZPluto
9:00pm Waywards @ The Bank Hotel
Bronte Alva
8:00pm Botany View Hotel
Launching album #2 'Expired Candy'
Can a Beast by another name Bourbon as hard? The fellas are back to find out.
Billy Puntton And The Mental Health Plan
W/ Link-18Z, ESS-EM, Holding
7:30pm The House of Music & Booze
Launch for 'Simpsons Instead'
RAW WAVS
W/ Imagine the Rapper // DONNY D // Geran // Slurpy and Daniel Raymxnd [aka Trigz] // Bigredcap, St.Bedlam, Scarecrow, ADHD
7:00pm The Chippo Hotel
Liberty Hall House Party
W/ Mildlife, Lazywax, First Beige, Soju Gang [DJ], BRIA [DJ], Morning Mood, Lux Trevis, Champs
What So Not
7:00pm UNSW Roundhouse
Kicking off a weekend of sweet free shows at RSC! If you're keen it's best to get down early — doors open at 5pm — as the Club is a small room and these first-in-best-dressed gigs are infamous for filling up fast. Bring a gold coin (at least!) for door donations to the Women's & Girls' Emergency Centre.
Thu
10
Co-headline with these two double bassists playing solo material
Black Jaguar
8:00pm Meraki Arts Bar
Band competition that's running four Thursdays in August. Kelly's don't typically publish the gig lineups publicly as far as we can see, but Ant Gallery (hello!) have sent in the first week's lineup. The final takes place on the 31st.
EP launch
Single launch for ‘Place in Your Paradise’
The Bloody Beetroots [DJ] (ITA)
W/ Ember, Bass Candy, Astrogirl
Megan Alice Clune
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Entry by ballot (see link for more information). Two sets: 6:30pm and 8:15pm
Wed
9
Kid Hank
8:30pm Meraki Arts Bar
Tue
8
Teether
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Entry by ballot (see link for more information). Two sets: 6:30pm and 8:15pm
Mon
7
Monday Night Confessions
W/ The World According to James, Wilbur Whitta + Alister Spence
7:30pm Church St Studios
Sun
6
LANY
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
Banana [Alexandra Spence & M.P. Hopkins]
W/ Volcha [Hayley Chan & Uma Volkmer]
7:00pm Secret Location
OUTER SPACE COWBOYS
7:00pm The Dock, Redfern
The Stray Dogs
6:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Dead Marines
5:00pm Gasoline Pony
ROBERT SUSZ & The Continental Blues Party
5:00pm The Lord Gladstone
Ministry of Sound's Testament: 00s Session
W/ The Bloody Beetroots [DJ] (ITA), Digitalism [DJ] (GER), Freq Nasty (NZ/UK), Stanton Warriors (UK), Act Yo Age, Bang Gang Deejays, Cassette, Dirty South, Groove Terminator, Kato, Kid Kenobi, Minx, Ritual, Skool of Thought (UK), Tommy Trash, Yolanda Be Cool
2:00pm Overseas Passenger Terminal
Sat
5
Caribbean Party
W/ DJ Fasmwa, DeeJay KoolBreeze, Lady Bacchanal, Judgement
10:00pm The Alley @ The Agincourt
WELL FED FEST
W/ HONEST CROOKS, TRENCHKNIFE, WINNERS CIRCLE, SPLINTER, HELL ON EARTH, SKORN, FATLIP
8:00pm Crowbar
RINI
8:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
Thandi Phoenix
7:30pm The Lansdowne
Flaming Wrekage
W/ Freedom Of Fear, Remission, Anoxia, Complexant
7:30pm Factory Floor @ The Factory
International Blues day
W/ Darren Jack, Simon Kinny Lewis, Big Mama & The Hanged Men
7:00pm LazyBones
THE CROOKED FIDDLE BAND
7:00pm The Vanguard
Ministry of Sound's Testament: 90s Session
W/ Barbara Tucker (USA), Inner City (USA), Phil Hartnoll (UK), Tall Paul (UK), Alan Thompson, Illya, Jade, John Course, John Ferris, Johnny Gleeson, Jumping Jack, Mark Dynamix, Simon Caldwell, A bunch more
4:00pm Overseas Passenger Terminal
Behind The Boosh Afterparty
W/ Dave Brown [The Mighty Boosh] [DJ], Diva Cups [DJ], Turbo vs Sui [The Faders DJs]
4:00pm Redfern Surf Club
Afterparty for the 'Behind The Boosh' exhibition taking place at M2 Gallery in Surry Hills
Fri
4
Dave Stuart [Something Else] B2B Nathaniel Garry [Touch of Loft]
W/ Fean Dojos
10:00pm Secret Location
"An integral part of the Madchester scene along with the Stone Roses, Charlatans, Happy Mondays and James this will be their First Time in Australia since 1993!!!" I'm... so, so, so intrigued. Like, what am I going to see at this?
FRED LEONE
8:00pm Golden Age Cinema & Bar
The Butchulla songman launches his debut single 'Yirimi Gundir'.
Paco Peña (ESP)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Primary II [Bobby Gray]
W/ Ally Barrientos, Charnel Rizk, Georgia Bolos, Thom
8:00pm Waywards @ The Bank Hotel
Emma Pask
8:00pm The Great Club
Last show of 2023 for incredible improvisational jazz quartet Tangents. And Microfiche will be launching a new EP!
FANGZ/Captives 7-inch split launch
Big Words
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
The Pigs
7:00pm Camelot Lounge
Big Dog Zydeco
7:00pm Gasoline Pony
GROUP THERAPY #1
W/ These New South Whales, Sophisticated Dingo, Deepa, Muscle Mary, Jake Stone
7:00pm Mary's Underground
Launch show for this new regular night at Mary's Underground
BELIEVE
7:00pm The People's Republic
One of Sydney's most mindblowing new jazz quartets featuring percussionist Laurence Pike from PVT/Szun Waves/Liars but the whole quartet is full of absolute rockstars - they're amazing. And then, in one of Sydney's most amazing house show spaces, located in Camperdown. Shoot us an email if you're having trouble finding where to RSVP and we'll fill you in.
Single launch for ‘Happy Ever After’
Thu
3
"A night of local Sydney and Wollongong acts performing some of your favourite songs in their own renditions, in styles of pop punk, rock, and death metal along with some of their very best original works."
Mark Lau Group
Chengdu Corp. (CHN)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Suburban Bukowskis
8:00pm Hollywood Hotel
GEORGE WASHINGMACHINE
8:00pm The Dock, Redfern
Frank Sultana
8:00pm Brass Monkey
Dave Graney & The Coral Snakes
7:30pm Factory Theatre
Crowbar's Sounds Good Band Series [Heat 4]
W/ Dysfunction, Elestial, Madison Minor, Social Strangers, St. Heartless, The Toothpicks
7:00pm Crowbar
Ziggy and Miles
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Entry by ballot (see link for more information). Two sets: 6:30pm and 8:15pm
AK LIU ZHANG (CHN)
Wed
2
Kid Hank
8:30pm Meraki Arts Bar
WILBUR WHITTA’S JAZZ JOINT
8:00pm The Dock, Redfern
The Regime Presents: The Ham Jam
W/ Pro Uno [ft. Keggles MC], Ordinary Jaz Youth, Open Jam
7:30pm The Lady Hampshire
Tue
1
Blueshound
8:00pm The Dock, Redfern
GIRIBOY (KOR)
7:30pm Metro Theatre
Simon James Phillips
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Entry by ballot (see link for more information). Two sets: 6:30pm and 8:15pm
Jul '23
Sun
30
Asmeir (CHN)
7:00pm Hordern Pavilion
Flying Lights Club
7:00pm MoshPit Bar
The On And Ons
6:00pm Golden Barley Hotel
Mayonnaise (PHL)
6:00pm UNSW Roundhouse
Sat
29
The Final Picnic Party
W/ Adi Toohey & Ben Fester, Andy Webb & Hugh B, Barney Kato & Magda Bytnerowicz, Baschoe & Rakish, Bobbe (Vibe Positive) & Bria, DJ Low Clearance & Narae, Isa & Deepa, Lewba & Revived Pleasure, Peace & DJ Dior Saddle Bag, Simon Caldwell & Kali, Honor Munro, Kelly Lovemonster , Rahnee Bliss, Stelly G
9:00pm The Lansdowne
End of an era: Kali's long-running (15 years!) series of parties is finishing due to "unsustainable" losses. Finishing with a total rip snorter of a party (that lineup!) seems appropriate. Congratulations to Picnic and for everything you've contributed to Sydney's dance culture.
Ali Azimi (IRN)
8:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
Battlesnake
8:00pm Oxford Art Factory
Dads of Ashfield
8:00pm Petersham Bowlo
The Oh Yeahs
8:00pm MoshPit Bar
New Wave #5
W/ Dying For Meg Ryan, Liquid Squid, Scared of Sharks, The Engine, Vertigo
7:00pm The House of Music & Booze
Single launch for 'Silly Boy'
Free monthly series held outdoors, with a sausage sizzle!
Fri
28
Bruno Diegues (BRA)
Rita B
8:00pm Botany View Hotel
Featuring live local R&B and hip-hop. RSVP encouraged.
JessB x Gold Fang
8:00pm Waywards @ The Bank Hotel
Jacquees (USA)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
5 Bands For 5 Bucks
W/ Sapling, TIGER, Triptychs, Infinite Skies, Rehab Doll
Metal On The Northside #13
W/ GOSIKA, ADRIAAAN, ENDLESS GRIN, TOMORROWS NEW FORMAT
7:30pm The Chatswood Club
Innercity Uprising Present: Welfare Not Warfare. "Invest In Community Not In Death"
Downstairs show, launching SBW’s self-titled debut EP!
Single launch for 'Psychosane'
Thu
27
Hylander
8:15pm Phoenix Central Park
IBID
Matt Ross & The Mavericks
8:00pm The Dock, Redfern
Adam Martinic
8:00pm The Norfolk, Redfern
Jack of Hearts
7:30pm MoshPit Bar
Billie Eternal
Album launch for 'Billie Eternal and the Jetcats'
Crowbar's Sounds Good Band Series [Heat 3]
W/ Acts of Insanity, Bridge Left To Burn, Destruction of the Healer, Hokkaido, Major Arcana, Reddshift
7:00pm Crowbar
Melanie Oxley and Chris Abrahams
7:00pm Camelot Lounge
Album launch. The OLC is the "Ozanam Learning Centre", a community inclusion centre operated by Vinnies NSW in Woolloomooloo. They've written in: "[The OLC is] an amazing space next door to the Matthew Talbot hostel ... aimed at providing opportunities for inclusion and support for those who need it, giving people who are homeless or needing help a place to connect, learn, participate in activities, and access support. As part of their service, they offer a music program that gives people an opportunity to continue their love of music and expand their musical talents. The OLC Music Collective are participants ... who have formed a band. They’re about to launch their third album, 'Alternate Voices' which features twelve original songs that delves into the personal stories, aspirations, and growth of the band members."
Wed
26
Jake Scott (USA)
8:00pm Oxford Art Factory
AUTOMATIC (USA)
7:30pm The Lansdowne
Tue
25
Mon
24
Monday Night Confessions
W/ Mike Nock's Springboard, Sweet Tooth [Zwartz, Kim, Geddes]
7:30pm Church St Studios
Sun
23
White Knuckle Fever
7:30pm The Dock, Redfern
Yep - it is what it says. Local drummers showing their stuff, with a swap store and a few local repairers and craftspeople present as well!
Sat
22
MARK N [Bloodyfist records] [DJ]
W/ Mookie [DJ], Andrew Wowk [DJ], Vic Zee [DJ], Luke Snarl [DJ]
10:00pm Level 3 @ Kings Cross Hotel
All vinyl breakbeat set from Mark N, night presented by Swarm.
Demolition
8:00pm MoshPit Bar
Sudan Archives (UK)
W/ All City Jimmy (USA), Chanel Loren (UK)
Lucas Abela
W/ G.U.N, GodFire, Behind You, Angel Grindr, The All Mother, BABEFINGERS
7:00pm Secret Location
Google "Lucas Abela" (or "Justice Yeldham")
Eugene Gibson Band
7:00pm The Dock, Redfern
Jah Tung
W/ Chelle Tamika [live], G.I.D [live], DJ MK-1, B.Hopp [DJ] [ForeignDub], Nicole Tania [DJ], Soul of Sydney DJs
4:00pm Redfern Surf Club
Album release party
Fri
21
Last show for O.M.R for a while before they head off to Melbourne!
Gavin Bowles & The Distractions
9:20pm Bucketty's, Brookvale
K-Indie Music Festival
W/ CHEEZE (KOR), So Soo Bin (KOR), JYLPO, Peace Kwon
8:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
Excellent very loud lineup. Debut show for mysterious as-yet-untitled band billed as "Endless Nameless".
Single launch for 'Tapestry Girls'
KAYCYY (USA)
7:30pm The Lansdowne
SWOON. The UK shoegazers' last Australian tour in 2018 - their Sydney stop at that time was also at the Metro - was absolutely divine. A must see band that hasn't lost any of their magic - for them to finally be getting their dues after being unfairly overlooked and ignored back in the 90s is a delight. Hit up any of their records to see what the fuss is about. UPDATE: This is a rescheduled (and upgraded!) show after Simon Scott (who, by the way, is an amazing ambient and found sound composer - check out his solo releases) sustained an injury that had them cancel their appearance at the Daydream Festival tour with Modest Mouse.
Screamy P's
W/ DOCTOR ROBOT, DURRY MUMS, SANDWICH MAGIC, DJ MEDIKAL, KANA FRAZER [DJ], LAZY SUSAN + LNESTEPPA [DJ]
7:00pm The Lord Gladstone
Thu
20
Arlo Parks (UK)
8:00pm Sydney Opera House
Downstairs show
Adam Martinic
8:00pm The Norfolk, Redfern
Crowbar Sounds Good Band Series [Heat 2]
W/ Blind Eliza, Elestial, Good Ramen, jan., Lemon Joe, Tom Ryder
7:00pm Crowbar
Last show from Toque before they head off overseas for a break!
RUFFAGE #2
W/ ELI [DJ], HAZE [DJ], SOFIE LOIZOU [a.k.a. ANOMIE] [DJ], ALEC SANDER [a.k.a. DUNJ] [DJ], VAUGHAN HEALEY [DJ]
7:00pm SHADES
Free but "limited capacity so RSVP is wise". Second round of a wide-ranging showcase of UK breakbeat music from the 90s to the present day. Presented by the teams behind VOID and Southern Steppa. LD writes in: "expect sub-bass weapons along the lines of Jungle, UK hardcore, original Dubstep, 'ardcore, Drum n Bass, early rave breakbeat, 140, future bass, left-field bleep and more"
Powerhouse Late: All Around, Underground
W/ Godriguez Trio, Szem [aka Laura Hunt], R-T-FAX, Josef Wells, 700 Feel [DJ/Curator], Passive Kneeling [Visuals], Lad Street [Visuals]
5:00pm Powerhouse Museum
Wed
19
James Grandison
8:00pm Meraki Arts Bar
Elly-May Barnes
7:00pm Mary's Underground
Exhibition: 'Stills In Motion'
W/ Bleach Red, Stunt Double, The Duke Of Randwick
Photo exhibition by Reilly Wilson
Wes Pudsey & The Sonic Aces
7:00pm The Lady Hampshire
Tue
18
Mon
17
Monday Night Confessions
W/ Miniscule of Sound [Vinson, Barker, Undy], Jack Stoneham's Pholtophagy
7:30pm Church St Studios
Sun
16
The Tremolomen
7:30pm The Dock, Redfern
Xu Binglong (CHN)
Chasin the Train
5:00pm The Bridge Hotel
BIG DOG ZYDECO
4:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Sat
15
Miau
8:30pm The Long Goodbye
Skunkhour
8:00pm Avalon RSL
Molly Rocket
8:00pm Vic on the Park
Exhumed (USA)
8:00pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Single launch for 'Sun Drenched Dread'
The Stray Dogs
8:00pm Petersham Bowlo
Casa Rosa
8:00pm Botany View Hotel
Charley
7:30pm The Lansdowne
Busted Head Racket
W/ Billiam and the Split Bills, Cammy Cautious and The Wrestlers, O.M.R
7:00pm Studio 178, Petersham
First stop for B.H.R.'s "Junk Food" EP tour, at this awesome DIY house show space in Petersham. DM a band or @_studio178 on Instagram for the address.
BUBBLEGUM #3
W/ Holliday Howe, KHAOS EMRLD, MPHILLY, Daikon [DJ], Cass Lee [DJ], Princess Bubblegum [DJ]
7:00pm The Burdekin
Third iteration of this local hyperpop night!
Dream Alley Dream #8
W/ SPILL (GER), Witness K, Angela Garrick
Incredible lineup for this continuously evolving DIY series up in the Mountains (... we sometimes do the odd border-crossing listing in this guide) - SPILL is a duo with Tony Buck (The Necks) and Meredith Maloney (on piano / clavinet). They've put out five records, so it's a thing. Witness K is a Sydney band that just released their debut album on New York's ever/never records. Angela Garrick is a solo pianist, also from Sydney. This is a great series, it's wonderfully curated - high recommend!
Punk AF Radio's Lifeline Mental Health Fundraiser
W/ Topnovil, The Dark Clouds, The Strike Outs, Crash & the Crapenters
7:00pm MoshPit Bar
Fri
14
Lucid Safari
8:00pm Botany View Hotel
Dog Trumpet
8:00pm The Great Club
Jordy Maxwell
8:00pm The Chippo Hotel
Oneohtrix Point Never (USA)
8:00pm City Recital Hall
This show is billed to make full use of City Recital Hall's brand new 360º spatial audio set-up!
Kirin J Callinan
W/ Aya Gloomy, Danial [Daniel Stricker of Midnight Juggernauts / DeepFaith]
8:00pm Mary's Underground
Playing a show celebrating 10 years since the release of his debut album “Embracism”, as well as covering his work since.
Single launch for 'Friends In Hell'
Chaotic Dischord (UK)
7:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
HUMAN NOISE
7:00pm The Vanguard
December Avenue (PHL)
7:00pm Factory Theatre
Album launch show at this Marrickville artist-run space!
Thu
13
Adam Martinic
8:00pm The Norfolk, Redfern
Conner O’Donoghue & Scott Johnston
8:00pm The Dock, Redfern
BIRDEE 王煒
If you want to hear a slice of some of our phenomenal emerging local hyperpop, you'd do well to dive into this lineup.
Birdsville are making the trek up from Wollongong bringing some efficient anthemic riff-driven shoutalongs along with them. Restless Leg includes former members of Peabody and Bluebottle Kiss.
Wed
12
Tue
11
Mon
10
Single launch for Michael J Brady trio
Sun
9
Noah Cyrus (USA)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
Timothy James Bowen
8:00pm Brass Monkey
Mary Jane
7:30pm The Dock, Redfern
KODE9 (UK)
6:00pm Civic Underground
Brett Myers from Died Pretty's other band. Two sets.
Sat
8
Selasie
10:00pm Golden Age Cinema & Bar
The Brights
9:00pm Union Hotel
Joan & The Giants
9:00pm Bucketty's, Brookvale
Davey Higgins & TLPM
8:00pm Petersham Bowlo
1NCE GAIN PRESENTS: OBLIVIA
W/ YAWDOESITALL and the GOOD CITIZENS, TAWANDA, DEVAURA, KENOBI [f.k.a. OVO], SHZAR
8:00pm SHADES
Art/video exhibition along with a line-up I know very little about, but I'm playing some of the acts now - this is some seriously good stuff.
EP launch for 'Reverie'
We usually don't put bio copy in these blurbs, but I'm going to lift this out of Nestter Donuts' Bandcamp: "from Alicante/Barcelona in Spain comes the most amazing Flamenco Trash one man band you never heard of.. born and raised 1993 by a Gipsy Flamenco Family grew up Playing in the dirtiest clubs in Alicante/Benidorn (UK and NL tourist hot spot Nr.1) and made contact with the British music and just wanted to Trash and tear in pieces but took the Best out of it .. until he created his own Music Style Flamenco Trash with that Mission he toured around Spain and the Rest of Europe as one man band or in Bands such as the Suicide Generation , he’s deep in wild Trash Rock’n’Roll he is the Spanish Bastard Son of Hasil Adkins this is no Doubt and he has a flair for Flamenco Music transported by his parents to little Nestter when he still was a baby, he was Born as a Twin, his Brother works a ‚real‘ Jop but Nestter he’s the Black sheep in the Family he loves to gets Nacked on stage and plays with his Skin-Marracas and torture his Flamenco Trash guitar like no other Flamenco Devil before, he is wild, crazy and he is the one and only Donut that calls himself Nestter, please welcome Spains Number 1 nutjop to your house and let yourself go into the Wild Wild World of Flamenco Trash with Nestter Donuts" ... so there!
Single launch for 'Don't Get Too Close'
Lazybones' 10th B'day Party!
W/ Zoe K Experience, The Strides, Mister Ott, Steve Hunter Band, DJ Dovi
7:00pm LazyBones
Romance
W/ Cammy Cautious & The Wrestlers, Hugh M. Hominid, DJ 80-HD
Launch for Romance's 7" (titled "Seven Inches Of ..."). Band includes writer Max Easton (also from Basic Human), Greg Clennar (Display Homes), Ben Luke (V.I.P.P, Dumbbells) and Jane ("first timer"!) Max also reports that this is the first multi-band lineup to take place at The Louis in quite some time, great to see another pub taking a punt at gigs!
illicit x HIJINX
W/ O.M.R, Bennetts Grove, The Blue Tongues, Elliott Road, At Arm's Length, D.B.A.T.L.S, Mimi, Nicche, Heath Kerr, Fortue, Ketwell, Sillybitchesdie, BXVKE
3:00pm The House of Music & Booze
ALL DAYER 12 bands for $10
W/ Browning Mummery, Chyrsalis, endprojekt, Schkeuditzer Kreuz, Milat, Bespoke Decay, Rod Cooper, Ulterior Noises, Ratlicker, Urethra Stockade, Dysterhet, John Bunting
1:00pm MoshPit Bar
Fri
7
Deeper Rhythms
W/ Simon Caldwell [DJ], Illya [DJ], Mimi J [DJ], Megan X B2B Darcy Doogan [DJ]
Single launch for 'My Name Is Jim'
EP launch for 'The Sky Would Fall In'
Mushroom Mayhem
W/ 1800-DEATH-TRAP, DEDPAN, Lazuli Mood, Plastic Bath
8:00pm Waywards @ The Bank Hotel
Album launch for 'South of the Border'
NEW AGE FRUITS
7:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
First of four sold out dates at The Lansdowne
Single launch for 'Medicine'
KLAVIER KREIGER
W/ Schkeuditzer Kreuz, REPTYLE DYSFUNCTION
Thu
6
Drax Project (NZ)
8:00pm Oxford Art Factory
Adam Martinic
8:00pm The Norfolk, Redfern
SENSORIUM
W/ KLAVIER KREIGER, RBRNRSE, DEFEKTRO, TONE GENERATOR & the Body Without Organs
8:00pm Crowbar
Welcome to Lamrock
Aidan’s Anime Band will play jazz interpretations of music from their favourite anime
The Slingers
7:00pm The House of Music & Booze
Touring in support of a new record out on Flightless Records (home of King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Tropical Fuck Storm, Amyl & The Sniffers, Babe Rainbow, etc)
The Land of Rah
Album / comic book launch for "Yerdan Gnoccovich & Some Other Broken Hearted Cowboys" - the 18 track record is paired with a 168 page comic
The Cloud Surfers
7:00pm The Dock, Redfern
Shane Nicholson
7:00pm Camelot Lounge
Amazing line-up put on by Dinosaur City Records
Wed
5
No Fixed Address
8:00pm Art Gallery of NSW
Tue
4
Mon
3
Sun
2
Matt Lamb Trio
7:30pm The Dock, Redfern
"Angry shoegaze noise rockers from Newcastle/Mulubinba", "vortex shoegaze to transcend to" and "loud doomers" (Pure Mass features Dean and Josh from Ted Danson With Wolves and, separately, Potential, Bract, and a whole swag of other bands)
Sat
1
Official afterparty for Collarbones' last-ever Sydney show at the Marrickville Bowlo - free access for all ticketholders for that gig! Lorenzo Senni is an experimental electronic musician that’s released music on Warp Records, among other labels. We’re not clear just yet whether he’s playing live or DJing.
Caribbean Party
W/ DJ Fasmwa, DeeJay KoolBreeze, Lady Bacchanal, DJ Viper
10:00pm The Alley @ The Agincourt
Note that I think this is full venue and not just the basement/alley part of the Agincourt.
Sam Alfred
TRAUMASQUAD PRESENTS: WASTELAND
W/ Cyndiket, Synic, Lucid Recrdz, Twilight Shawty, DXTRS, Like Mind Society, Diskusting, Flood Flaco, BecAnimae, Aztec Flow
8:00pm SHADES
Copy snippet: '9 acts, 3 songs each, plus a headline performance from Traumasquad'
Surprise Chef
8:00pm The Great Club
Farewell tour. Collarbones are bowing out after well over a decade of unique and wonderful music, and many many iconic shows. They're returning to the Marrickville Bowlo after originally playing in 2011 for the launch of their debut album "Iconography" (and blowing the venue's speakers in the process). A huge innings, and glad we get to see them do one more lap before calling it a day. You'll probably want to get on this so you can say you got to see a really important part of Sydney's musical history in the flesh... and so you can hear just how hard "Hypothermia" crushes live. As if that wasn’t enough, you’ve also got supports from Bayang x Bract, who released (and I don’t say this lightly) the best album to come out of Sydney this year so far IMO - an incredible pairing - and California Girls, the solo project of Gus McGrath, who also plays drums in Perfect Actress with Marcus from Collarbones.
Dulcie
8:00pm The Lady Hampshire
Mild Minds
8:00pm Oxford Art Factory
The New Style Presents: The Cut
W/ No Intent, Dxvndre, Ill P + Darksyde, Ratu, Lxgcy, Emefbanx, Wisdwm [Beats], Atihcual [Beats], Threatnique [Beats], Flywaves [DJ], Wicked Bandit [DJ]
8:00pm Secret Location
Powered by Honey Trap Sound System, curated by The Wicked Bandit - a night of Sydney MCs doing their craft over live beats.
Touring in support of a new record, with Tim Rogers (You Am I) seemingly a bona fide permanent fixture! Stacked line-up too - Downgirl and Crankees both locals absolutely smashing it on the local scene. Energy should be off the charts.
CAN YOU HANDLE THE ACID TEST
W/ Grinding Eyes, Turtle Skull, Chimers, Magic Machine, No Cake, Monochrome
8:00pm The House of Music & Booze
Cap Carter
8:00pm Mary's Underground
Sarah Yagki
BEFORE THE KING
7:00pm The Lansdowne
BAD//DREEMS
W/ Children Collide, Dr Sure’s Unusual Practice, Sad Girls Sex Club
7:00pm Factory Theatre
Boom Boom Kid (ARG)
W/ Whopping Big Naughty, Reptyle Dysfunction
Jun '23
Fri
30
riddo.
Single launch for 'Omissions'
Casual Swimwear's debut show: they describe themselves as "a 5-piece violin-synth-rock-yeehaw party band for fans of the B-52’s, Regurgitator, etc." - the band's got members of local acts S.Miles and The Shrugs. Tim (S.Miles) Cheeseman assures us: "it’ll get weird!"
"LLLUSH is a curated evening of femme fronted folk dream-pop, cinematic indie rock and brooding psych blues"
Album launch for 'The Vanishing Existence'
Single launch for 'Marbles'. Sam is excellent: previous single 'Lady Zombies' is an absolutely killer slice of alt-pop - fun, smart, just enough of a dash of Regina Spektor-core for the whimsy but nails the landing. Really fun live show too.
Set Mo
NEW WAVE #4
W/ Bad Manors, Cutthroat Kelly, Fergus Bailey & The Teeth, Real Moxy, Tom Ryder
8:00pm The House of Music & Booze
Launch for a split lathe-cut 8-inch EP. Incredible DIY house show space! Absolutely brilliant pairing: Jamie is the former Bluebottle Kiss songwriter and guitarist, now also releasing brilliant records as both a solo artist and with Infinity Broke. Darren 'D.C.' Cross - a one-time member of Gerling, also had a project called The ELF, also one half of folk duo Jep & Dep - now makes gentle instrumental fingerpicked acoustic music, it's really gorgeous stuff. Hit it up. Instructions to receive address can be found at the "more info" link.
MINI SKIRT
W/ The Blamers, Cammy Cautious and the Wrestlers, Alan Elrod, Pist Idiots [DJ]
8:00pm Crowbar
Amanda Brown's "8 Guitars"
8:00pm City Recital Hall
Go-Betweens member with a new (debut, believe it or not) solo record "Eight Guitars". The pieces feature 8 different guitarists -- if it's the same lineup as the album, those guitarists will be Kirin J Callinan, Daniel Champagne, Brendan Gallagher, Damien Lane, Shane O’Mara, Bruce Reid and Danny Widdicombe.
Kahukx
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
Enclave presents “To The Lost”: a fundraiser toward suicide prevention
W/ Buzz Kull, Enclave, Canine, Muscle Mary
7:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Great cause with an excellent line-up
Timothy James Bowen
7:00pm Camelot Lounge
Copy snippet: 'esoteric grazing platter with selections of grime, footwork, hardcore and hyperpop'
Single launch for 'Intravenous'
DC THE DON (USA)
6:00pm Mary's Underground
Thu
29
Single launch for 'Keep On'
Bud Rokesky
8:00pm The Midnight Special
EP launch for 'Better Without You'
Esoteric (UK)
7:30pm The Lansdowne
Bonkers as hell funeral doom metal band from Birmingham, formed in 1992. Their first album "Epistomological Despondency" is a deadset classic of gurgling slow-as-shit psychedelic metal on acid.
FELIVAND
7:00pm Mary's Underground
Yasmina Sadiki
7:00pm The Norfolk, Redfern
Robert Susz and The Jukejoint
3:00pm The Dock, Redfern
Wed
28
Damon Poppleton Quartet
8:00pm Butchers Brew Bar
Fleur Wiber & Justine Wahlin
7:30pm The Midnight Special
Tue
27
Mon
26
Sun
25
Single launch for 'Love Shack, Maybe'
BOB MOOG’S [belated] BIRTHDAY // 30th ANNIVERSARY ELECTRONIC MUSIC PICNIC
W/ Four Canoes [live], SWLABR [live], Telharmoneom [live], Non Bossy Posse [live], Black [DJ], Dot [DJ], Phoebe Jeebe [DJ], Bass Bitch [DJ], Tim Ritchie [DJ], LukeSnarl [live], Severed Sound System [live]
9:00am Sydney Park
An absolutely massive all-day picnic ("fam, kid and dog friendly") featuring some of the original pioneers of 90s rave culture, 30 years on from their original Bob Moog birthday picnic celebration - Moog of course being the founder of the legendary synthesiser company that inspired a generation of electronic musicians. Brendan writes in with some of the connections this event represents: "featuring artists from 20th century events/labels such as Vibe Tribe, Punos, Frigid, Terse Tapes, Dual Plover, Zónar recordings, Natural Experience, Pete's Musicians Market, The Hordern Parties [!], early 90s underground raves & train tunnel parties, Reclaim The Streets... the list goes on…"
Sat
24
First ever show for Steroid! This will be a wild night at the Enmore Hotel featuring Nashville’s Snõõper, who last night blew the roof off an excellently attended Oxford Art Factory, with an incredible local support roster in tow (a sidebar from last night: R.M.F.C and Carnations are rapidly becoming two of my favourite acts to see live, and they absolutely scorched in a room like that.) And now, here’s the opposite end of the spectrum: demonstrating this post-hardcore band’s clear connection to and affection for some of Sydney’s absolute best, in a classic Aussie front bar pub setting. This will be a moment. They’re supported by Shogun’s (Royal Headache) relatively recently formed band Antenna, who are absolutely incredible. And once again - a first-ever set from Steroid which I know nothing about, but being connected to the Freakbeat/Studio 178 expanded universe can only indicate that it’s going to absolutely rule. Make this show part of your night. Bands usually start at 9pm, but times can vary.
Closure presents:
W/ Nina Las Vegas [DJ], Caitlin Medcalf [DJ], Prize Fight [DJ], Massi
9:00pm Oxford Art Factory
Rah! Records Social Club
8:00pm MoshPit Bar
Donny Benét
8:00pm Mary's Underground
Second instalment of Metro Social's series "Blooded" - Safford also tell us that the show will also be recorded and pressed onto vinyl at a later date. This show is a co-headline and set times will be decided on the night.
Uncultured
W/ Holliday Howe [Live], Parasol [DJ], Darkmoneyz [DJ], Cass Lee [Live], Mayke [DJ], Gregor McMurray [DJ], Orca! [DJ]
8:00pm SHADES
Gemini Moon Cult Sacrifice Bonanza #3
W/ Hibiscus Biscuit, Before The King, Heroin Wendy
8:00pm Botany View Hotel
Hey please don't look at me seeking answers, I'm just the guy entering the gigs into the guide
Gemini Moon Cult Sacrifice Bonanza #3
W/ Hibiscus Biscuit, Before The King, Heroin Wendy
8:00pm Botany View Hotel
Hey please don't look at me seeking answers, I'm just the guy entering the gigs into the guide
Album launch for 'Symbolic Flesh Entombed'
Dink
7:30pm Meraki Arts Bar
Young Lions
EP launch for 'Multiplicity'. These guys started playing shows around the time that we started recording gigs, and it's been brilliant to watch them go from opening supports on various lineups (I fondly remember an early set from the band on a Tuesday night at The Vanguard in early 2022) to headlining their own launch at the Lansdowne! Great shoegazey dream pop, well worth a look.
🦄 If you've never been to a TU show you need to change that. This week. 🦄
Happy Happy Medium Sad
W/ Rat Boy School Excursion, Toque, The Tin Knees, Big Reef
7:00pm Greenhouse Studios
Winter Magic Festival
W/ Thundamentals, Doctor Robot, The Syndicate, Dan Mac & The Swirly Train, Gene Gibson, Midnight Tea Party, Flow State, Sam Bucca, Alan Healy and Friends, Cammy Cautious & the Wrestlers, Linda Mzzi, Alasdair Greenbard, Club Halifax, Samba Ninja, Narrownecks, Hearty Fire, Menace, Mic Conway, Acid Amora, Two If By Sea, Molohi, The Honey Stompers
1:00pm All of Blimmin' Katoomba
Fri
23
Last ever show for Noodle House
Positive
W/ Anthony Pappa [DJ], Robbie Lowe [DJ], Barrie Barton [DJ], Jono Fernandez [DJ], James Elder [DJ]
8:00pm SHADES
Positive is a new club night. Anthony Pappa (Naarm) rules - has been a giant since the early 2000s.
LOCAL PRODUCE V
W/ Capital Romantics, King Fusion, Southwest Corduroy, The Laces, VHS
8:00pm The Great Club
Single launch
Handsome Gang
8:00pm Secret Location
Launch party for new collab album by HANDSOME (fka Caitlin Park) and a host of collaborators including Flowerkid, St. South, Jamaica Moana, KAVI, Hope D, Chloe Dadd, Lupa J, total tommy and Olive Rush (EGOISM)
Single launch for 'Pressure Socks'
Hosted by Metal Evilution (the same crew putting on metal shows in Chatswood and other places) - album launch for Lithik
Watsky (USA)
Paul Dempsey
8:00pm Factory Theatre
Damien Leith
8:00pm Brass Monkey
Single launch for 'Curious Fruit'
DEVILLE (SWE)
8:00pm The House of Music & Booze
Kingswood
7:30pm The Lansdowne
Presented by Grindhead Records
Kye
5 Bands For 5 Bucks
W/ Smalls The Artist, Atlantic Avenue, Modus Fire, The Hush, Jilkbox
We're back to five bucks! A small victory in these economically challenging times!
Never heard of these guys but they're now signed to Third Man Records, and released an earlier EP in 2020 on Sydney's Computer Human Records - home of local legends Tee Vee Repairman and Liquids. They've also played shows with (also local legends) Gee Tee and Research Reactor Corp in the States.
Sarah McLeod
6:00pm The Vanguard
Push Magazine Issue 04 Launch
W/ Cherry Chola, Cammy Cautious and the Wrestlers
Dark Day Dark Night: Night 2/2
W/ Kaleidoscope Dream, Mowgli May [DJ], Zia Jade
4:00pm South Eveleigh Precinct
Thu
22
Believe
Incredible free-flowing experimental jazz quartet. See this band.
Absolute trailblazers, NFA are one of Australia's first Indigenous rock groups, with an incredible legacy - from incessant local touring, to playing with The Clash, Peter Tosh and Cold Chisel, to international tours and film & TV. That history is retold beautifully in Donald Robertson's new book, which comes recommended, but it's not just past glories - their music remains urgent and vital today. A rare, and daresay unmissable show.
Ollie Thorpe Trio
8:00pm The Dock, Redfern
Equinox Roots Rising
W/ Canning Duck, Gus Sanders & The Shamans, The Marrakesh Club
8:00pm The Great Club
Noah Dillon
7:30pm The Lansdowne
Breaking Sound
W/ Boys at the Back, Sofia Stergio, Estelle Andrew
Rai Thistlethwayte
7:00pm Camelot Lounge
Billy Ocean (UK)
7:00pm ICC Sydney Theatre
RUFFAGE
W/ Eli [DJ], Ross Fader [DJ], Garage Pressure [DJ], Vaughan Healy [DJ], Luke Snarl [DJ]
7:00pm SHADES
VOID and Southern Steppa are collaborating on this night "showcasing UK breakbeat music from 1990 to present day". Heaps of great stuff in the world of breakbeats, dnb, bass music and more. Free, but registration recommended via the link!
Adam Martinic
7:00pm The Norfolk, Redfern
The Norfolk are now doing free gigs upstairs every Thursday
Folk Bitch Trio
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Entry by randomly selected ballot only. Two shows: one at 6:30pm and one at 8:15pm.
Sarah McLeod
6:00pm Brass Monkey
Dark Day Dark Night: Night 1/2
W/ Andy Golledge, Crawfish Po'Boys, Victoria Anthony [DJ]
4:00pm South Eveleigh Precinct
Tue
20
Arushi Jain (IND/USA)
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Entry by randomly selected ballot only. Two shows: one at 6:30pm and one at 8:15pm.
Sun
18
Daoiri Farrell (IRE)
8:00pm Brass Monkey
Stephen Cummings
8:00pm The Great Club
Hamrofest
6:30pm MoshPit Bar
Nepalese Heavy Metal Bands showcase
Numpty Dumpty Showcase
W/ Suburban Bukowskis, Cloudbird, Whatever Eva, Matt Thomson, Tyler Mahoney
3:00pm Town & Country
Sydney MicroFest 5 (Concert 3)
2:00pm Kogarah School of Arts
Last show of this year's annual microtonal and mesotonal festival
Sat
17
Creamy G's Freaky Deaky Dance Party #6: The Grand Finale
W/ Astrophysical Maser, S.Miles, Tom Adamson, Doctor Robot, Terrificus
8:00pm The Lord Gladstone
Creamy G's has been a phenomenal series at the Gladdy highlighting the extraordinary calibre of Sydney's weirdo music subculture - a cross-section of performance art and musical performance, with a really high hit rate and exactly the kind of disorienting magic you want to stumble across as you walk into the front bar of a pub. This is going to be one of Doctor Robot's last shows "for a while", and the line-up features some of the absolute best going on in this universe. Terrificus make chaotic, joyful, mayhemic industrial noise with leaf blowers, custom-rigged boomboxes and strobe lights. S.Miles promotes mental wellbeing through dental health. Tom Adamson is a legit shredder with an entire performance arc packed with garage-pop-rock-new-wave bangers. And Astrophysical Master is new to me but we're told to expect "a unique form of techno tweaked with nature". This has been a really unique, wonderful little series in Sydney's amazingly diverse music universe. Go see it off, it'll rule.
10cc (UK)
8:00pm ICC Sydney Theatre
Crankees
8:00pm Crosstalk Records
First ever full band in-store at Leichhardt's finest record store!
SYML
8:00pm The Great Club
Abundance 2.0
W/ Moopie [DJ], Barney Kato [DJ], Mehmet Alpdogan [DJ], Will Freeth [DJ], Jono Xidias [DJ]
8:00pm SHADES
The Audreys
8:00pm The Lady Hampshire
If you haven't encountered them before, this band features Peter "Blackie" Black and Ray Ahn from The Hard-Ons and Julien Crendal from Zeahorse playing punk tunes in a three-piece guitar-bass-drums configuration.
Necko
8:00pm Factory Floor @ The Factory
Caitlin Harnett & The Pony Boys
W/ Jet City Sports Club, Salarymen
8:00pm The House of Music & Booze
Single launch for CH&TPB's 'Even Cowgirls Cry'. If you're scrolling this list as someone that doesn't go to many gigs and are wondering what some good tried-and-true mainstays in the Sydney music scene at the moment are, you'd do well to get along to this gig: all three gig relentlessly, have built a solid following and are doing great things: Caitlin Harnett with her brand of alt-country Australiana filtered through an inner-west rodeo aesthetic, Jet City's sublime jangle-pop, and Salarymen's dreamy space-indie.
DIGITAL (MGL)
7:00pm UNSW Roundhouse
Pseudo Echo
7:00pm Metro Theatre
INCREDIBLE line-up of local ambient / electronic pop / minimal / noise music, very very highly recommended. Saw Bluetung play a night at Shades a few weeks ago, incredible gentle palette of field recordings, guitar and synth layers. Mx-Ai is a newer alias of Wade Gilmour, a longtime supporter of the scene and one-time operator of label/promoters The Finer Things (TFT) which ran in the early 2010s: they released 12"s from Scissor Lock (Marcus Whale), Guerre (Lavurn Lee/Cassius Select/Fake), Nagakin, True North and more.
Buttered
BLACKPINK (KOR)
6:00pm Qudos Arena
Absolutely incredible that Vivid have booked this influential cut-and-paste Japanese experimental pop master as a free gig - a gift to the public. Absolutely get down and see this: his "Point" and "Sensuous" albums are both masterful examples of his meticulous approach to self-sampling, with guitars, drums, synth, and bass all chopped and arranged to millisecond precision.
Fri
16
360
The Church
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
3 Falling
8:00pm Meraki Arts Bar
Glenn Hopper
8:00pm Botany View Hotel
Single launch for 'birchgrove'
Songwriter for Cold Chisel's solo catalogue is huge and he's a great performer. Real gravitas.
Obongjayar (NGA/UK)
8:00pm City Recital Hall
Lachie Gill
7:00pm The Vanguard
Live music performances are alongside the exhibition "Hello, Goodbye"
BLACKPINK (KOR)
6:00pm Qudos Arena
Thu
15
This night will be a moment. Perfect Actress arrived fully formed the second they played their first show and they've been gigging solidly since. With Marcus Whale on bass (and some gorgeous vocal lead moments), Gus McGrath (California Girls) on drums, and Naomi from Carnations on vox and keys (update: Perfect Actress wrote in to round out the background info: “Darren’s first band was called Ethix and he’s a guitar protege who opened for Short Stack once :)”. They rule and they're launching their debut EP at this gig. Lottie World is an 'effervescent bedroom pop diva', according to P.A.
HEALTH: pummelling android industrial noise merchants. They've been around for the better part of two decades but particularly hit their stride with 2009's Get Color and 2012's slicker and even more abrasive Death Magic. Imagine Nine Inch Nails got into a studio with Ben Frost, produced by Flood... perhaps? Shout-out to Tasmanian legend Striborg for an extremely rare Sydney appearance, and shoutout to Shaun P. from the Mess+Noise forum days, who I imagine will be flipping his lid at this announcement.
Tilli Kay
8:00pm Meraki Arts Bar
Benjamin Skepper
7:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Entry by randomly selected ballot only. This show does not have two sessions - only the one at 7:30pm
The Colosseum: Future Legends
W/ Mason Dane, Baby Prince, Tommy Gunn, Izel Jamez, DJ Nems
Yerin Baek (KOR)
6:30pm Metro Theatre
Wed
14
Mid-week boogie! Go on, you know you want to!
Yes, that's POND's frontman, songwriter and famed chaos-bringer. He's "over east" (ask a West Australian, they'll tell you) touring his fourth solo record. Carnations are an absolutely ripping opener, saw them the other night before Optic Nerve and they crushed (Naomi on MicroKORG and vocals is also in Perfect Actress)
Yasmina Sadiki [solo]
7:00pm 5 Eliza
Free show in the new downstairs bar at 5 Eliza
Machine Dreams
W/ Doctor Robot, Nick Wilkinson, Bianca Pina, Jon Potter [art], Dave Faint [art], Dale Ball [art]
A full live show containing all of the magic of a Doctor Robot show, with the addition of 'an interview with ChatGPT housed inside a robot body'
Mon
12
Ella Mai (UK)
8:00pm Sydney Opera House
WavyLand 5th Birthday
W/ Eartheater (USA), George Clanton (USA), King Woman (USA), Varg²™ (SWE), Iglooghost (UK), C.FRIM, Debby Friday (CAN)
6:00pm Metro Theatre
Sun
11
Here After
W/ Gordon Koang, Dante Knows, EGOISM, Antenna, The Empty Threats
9:00pm Mary's Underground
The official "after party" for Here Now being held outside Mary's Underground at 3pm the same day.
Humming Grotto is a fantastic experimental music series held downstairs at Petersham Bowlo once a month. An excellent reflection of what's bubbling away beneath the surface in Sydney's rich and diverse ambient / noise / improvised scene.
Esa Williams and his Afro Synth Band (UK)
W/ Osayo, Kwame Anthem, DJ Pluggy, DJ K Time, DJ Trey
6:00pm Tumbalong Park
GOD SAVE THE SHIRE
W/ Telenova, Rum Jungle, Fripps & Fripps, Darcy Lane, New Age Fruits
5:30pm Highfield, Caringbah
Sydney MicroFest 5 (Concert 2)
4:00pm Kogarah School of Arts
Here Now
W/ Gordon Koang, Dante Knows, Egoism, Eluize [DJ], Reenie [DJ], Chelseydagger [DJ]
3:00pm Mary's Underground
This is a food and bev festival being held in the triangle of land on Macquarie Place Park in Circular Quay, just outside Mary's Underground (where Laneway Festival used to be held when it was good and not owned by Live Nation). Please note that Gordon Koang, Dante Knows and Egoism are being advertised as "stripped back" performances; the same acts will be playing later on in the evening in Mary's proper presumably with full band setups.
Sydney MicroFest 5 (Concert 1)
1:00pm Kogarah School of Arts
Series of three concerts featuring microtonal and mesotonal music
Soft Centre Festival
W/ amby downs, Amnesia Scanner x Freeka Tet: kaaos.in (FIN/FRA), aya (UK), Bract x Bayang (tha Bushranger), Corin x Tristan Jalleh pres. Lux Aeterna, Cutting Room, daine, D-Grade x Wingnut pres. Wings of D'sire, deli girls (USA), Hand to Earth, Lydian Dunbar x Garden Reflexxx, mad miran (NLD), Marcus Whale pres. Needlemouth (feat. Eugene Choi & Megan Hanson), Nerdie (DJ), Slikback x Weirdcore pres. VOID (KEN), Sote x Tarik Barri pres. Majestic Noise (IRN, NLD), Utility x t Breezy x Walkerboy, Zourrybot
1:00pm Carriageworks
"Traversing leftfield club, noise and ambient music, contemporary dance and endurance performances, immersive A/V concerts, cutting-edge digital art and large-scale lightworks,"
Sat
10
Launch show for 'Walking Thru My Mind'
Russell Crowe's Indoor Garden Party
W/ The Gentlemen Barbers, Janet Devlin, Lorraine O'Reilly, Myth of Her
8:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
Yes, it is actually Russell Crowe (and friends) and not some Gen Z scamps getting creative with band names. They did three or four of the same gigs about a month ago as well!
'END is a collection of musicians from various corners of extreme music, including current and former members of Counterparts, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Fit For An Autopsy, Misery Signals, Shai Hulud, and Reign Supreme.'
Alex Lloyd
8:00pm Brass Monkey
Injury presents: 'Your Love Is Your Reality'
W/ Trophie [live], Parasol [DJ], Kavi [live], Rhinestone Cowgirl [DJ], DJ Juju, Fever Break [DJ]
8:00pm SHADES
Martin Frawley & Lachlan Denton
8:00pm Petersham Bowlo
Martin's the singer and songwriter from Twerps, Lachlan Denton is from The Ocean Party, and they seem to be top mates. They played a show at the PBC a few months ago and it was incredibe. Highly recommended.
The Kevin Borich Express
7:00pm Camelot Lounge
Michael Bublé (CAN)
6:00pm Qudos Arena
ASTRAL PEOPLE VIVID PARTY
W/ Madlib [DJ] (USA), LIV.E (US), NIGHT SLUGS 15: BOK BOK & GIRL UNIT (UK), SKELETEN, Close Counters, Elle Shimada, Club Angel, CRYBABY (DJ), CRESCENDOLL (DJ), MUNASIB (DJ), ISA (DJ)
3:00pm Carriageworks
Flying Lotus replaced by Madlib DJ set
Fri
9
Single launch for 'Figure 8'
PULP FRICTION
8:00pm The Chippo Hotel
BoyWithUke (USA)
8:00pm Factory Theatre
Paper Lace (UK)
8:00pm Brass Monkey
Album launch for 'Same Ocean Different Sea'
Optic Nerve
W/ Pale Horsey, Carnations, Boba Lego, Monica Cantucci [Drag Performance]
8:00pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Debut album launch for these excellent local garage punk legends, with a top lineup to boot!
Harmonize (TZ)
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
This Newcastle post-punk quintet's EP ‘et cetera, etc’ might be one of the best releases to come out of Australia so far this year, and their live shows have been going from strength to strength over the last year or so. Catch them while they're still playing a tiny room.
Whoops. Kelly's On King changed their ticketing provider and we lost our feed of their gigs. Sorry about that everyone! Service has now been restored and we should have them back in the mix.
Michael Bublé (CAN)
6:00pm Qudos Arena
Thu
8
Reckless Records Showcase
W/ Josh Owen, Ella Hooper, The Hollywood Waltz
8:00pm Waywards @ The Bank Hotel
Cerrone (FRA)
8:00pm City Recital Hall
Two Melbourne acts getting a lot of buzz - Floodlights were recently handpicked by Pavement to open for them during their Australian tour. Our Carlson offers demented yobbo-core rave anthems - imagine an Aussie listening to Parklife, taking a bunch of pingers and then letting loose yelling along to a bunch of drum machines. Which is to say: it's good.
Laufey (USA)
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
Dani El-Rassi
7:00pm Camelot Lounge
Single launch for 'Get What I Want'
The Southern River Band
7:00pm The Vanguard
RVG
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Entry by randomly selected ballot only. Two shows: one at 6:30pm and one at 8:15pm.
Wed
7
Yazmin Lacey (UK)
8:00pm City Recital Hall
Tug Dumbly & Benito Di Fonzo
7:30pm Hollywood Hotel
Double headline, and the debut gig for Indie Clarke.
Tue
6
Ichiko Aoba (JPN)
8:00pm City Recital Hall
Laura Jean sadly had to withdraw from this Singular Voices show, but Leah Senior has stepped in to perform in duo mode.
Entry by randomly selected ballot only. Two shows: one at 6:30pm and one at 8:15pm.
Stephen Sanchez (USA)
6:00pm Metro Theatre
Mon
5
Keeley Forsyth (UK)
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Entry by randomly selected ballot only. Two shows: one at 6:30pm and one at 8:15pm.
Sun
4
Thundercat (USA)
8:00pm Sydney Opera House
The Change (NPL)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
Curated by 3NDLES5. DX features members of Total Control, Diät and Den. Great lineup!
Jacoténe
Ethel Cain (USA)
Level 1 show
The Night Packers
4:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Sat
3
The Hot Sauce Committee
11:00pm Bootleggers @ Kelly's On King
This isn't actually the upstairs room at Kelly's - it's a free front bar show (and yes, 11pm). It's the band's first ever show. I don't know anything about them.
Clash Palace
9:00pm Union Hotel
Squarepusher (UK)
Renroc Rab
8:00pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Matt Maltese (UK)
8:00pm The Lansdowne
Posh Isolation Presents
W/ Lust For Youth (SWE), Croation Amor (DNK), HTRK, YL Hooi
Damaged Goods Club
8:00pm Vic on the Park
Run It Back
8:00pm Waywards @ The Bank Hotel
Max Richter (GER/UK): Ambient Orchestra
7:30pm Sydney Opera House
Maina Doe
Ethel Cain (USA)
“Where Only Memory Can Find You“ Album Launch
BACK ON THE MAP VOL. 2
W/ Speed, Sunami (USA), Scowl (USA), Blind Girls, Devoidance, Downside, Geld, Horsepower, Migraine, No Brainer, Relentless, Terminal Sleep, Trenchknife, World of Joy
2:00pm Metro Theatre
"Two stages. No barriers."
Fri
2
Sweat Presents:
W/ Jordan Brando [DJ], Luke Alessi [DJ], Ca Lou [DJ], Polar [DJ], ANIKA [DJ]
10:00pm The Abercrombie
Studio Party: Mad Racket
W/ Plaid (UK), Ken Cloud (DJ), Simon Caldwell (DJ), Zootie (DJ), Jimmie James (DJ)
Sleaford Mods (UK)
This is an "Industry Launch Night" with music industry peeps DJing between the bands. I believe this is a launch night for the Lady Hampshire but also an industry networking event.
Live music performances are alongside the exhibition "Chrysalis: Transformation in the works of Female Artists"
Adam Newling
Neon Garden (CHN)
8:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
Ásgeir (ISL)
8:00pm City Recital Hall
The Ramalamas
8:00pm The Great Club
Finding Better Health
W/ LAMPHEAD, BROOKLYN COMIC, GOOD AS GONE, KING HIDEOUS
8:00pm Factory Floor @ The Factory
'Calypso' single launch
Ashli
Ethel Cain (USA)
Free gig for the release of DZ's new album R.I.F.F.
“Where Only Memory Can Find You“ Album Launch
BACK ON THE MAP VOL. 2 Pre-show
W/ Whatever, Forever, Pinwheel, Subrosa, Futureheaven
7:00pm The House of Music & Booze
triple j celebrates 15 years of Unearthed High
W/ LASTLINGS, Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers, JACOTÉNE, Arno Faraji
5:00pm Tumbalong Park
Thu
1
Weyes Blood (USA)
Particles rule!! Instrumental guitar 'n' drums duo featuring Skarlett Saramore of Downgirl on drums. Last ever show for Mole Men as well.
Jaguar Jonze
Pirra
'Movement, Saga & Fable' EP Launch
First of a four week residency on Thursday nights in June (they're skipping the 8th), with different supports for each show.
Jen Cloher
Mo'Ju
6:00pm Mary's Underground
May '23
Wed
31
Alfa Mist (UK)
Jemima Dunsmore
8:00pm Meraki Arts Bar
Cat Power (USA)
8:00pm Sydney Opera House
Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert'
Budjerah
The latest project from local hybrid media artist The Vidiot, hosted in a "Secret Marrickville Venue": "The Televisual Memory of Our Lost Futures is an exploration into the notion of televisual nostalgia and its effects on our mental states. It delves into why we often feel a need to return to the past, with its familiar and comforting views."
The Necks
Lara Andallo
6:30pm Mary's Underground
Tue
30
Mon
29
Martha Marlow
Performing with Chris Abrahams (The Necks)
Sun
28
Studio Party: House of Mince 12th Birthday
W/ Rakish [DJ], DeepFaith [live], Atarangi [DJ], He Valencia / MoMA PS5 [DJ]
Yaeji (USA)
José González (SWE)
8:00pm Sydney Opera House
Big Mama Trio
7:30pm The Dock, Redfern
Birdz & Fred Leone Present: Girra
"Psychedelic rock, funk, doom rock"
Guttermouth (USA)
6:00pm Mary's Underground
Alex Lloyd
6:00pm The Vanguard
Adrian Dzvuke
The Western Distributors
4:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Yasmina Sadiki
3:00pm Yulli's Brewery
'Kid-friendly matinee show'
Sat
27
Joseph Wells
10:00pm Golden Age Cinema & Bar
Studio Party: Future Classic
W/ Nikki Nair (USA), Martyn Bootyspoon (USA), Shake Daddy [DJ]
Yaeji (USA)
Warwick Kennedy & The Strangers
8:00pm Botany View Hotel
The Chairs (TWN)
8:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
Not Another Disco Party
W/ Mildlife DJs, Robbie C [DJ], DJ Macaroni [DJ], Cricket [DJ]
8:00pm The House of Music & Booze
The Laurels
8:00pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Co-headline. Yes, that's all separate bands called Debbies, Dribs, and Dip. The alliteration is... delightful. (Now can we get Muscle Mary, Marilyn Maria, and Memory Motel all on a bill together soon?)
José González (SWE)
8:00pm Sydney Opera House
Pania
Darren & Olivia Coggan
7:00pm Brass Monkey
“Bono’s America” EP Launch. This was originally slated to be held at The Chippo, but it's been moved to Ashfield Bowlo. Tickets are pay-what-you-want at the door.
QUEER AS FVCK
W/ GAIA RISING, LUNAR MODULE, ANTONIO MANTONIO, J STARR, TINA MARTINI
7:00pm The Duke of Enmore
The Whistlin' Donkeys (IRE)
7:00pm Metro Theatre
Robert Forster
7:00pm Factory Theatre
Mitch McLennan
3:00pm MoshPit Bar
Fri
26
Studio Party: Picnic
W/ Levon Vincent (USA), Kali, Barney Kato b2b Reenie
Kimbra (NZ)
Bronte’s Fight - A Fundraiser
W/ Infinity Broke, Mark Moldre, The Gin Palace, Joey’s Coop, The Finalists
8:00pm Petersham Bowlo
Mark Moldre's 22-year-old daughter is battling a rarer form of breast cancer, and this gig is being pulled together by Mark as a fundraiser. It's a stellar local lineup - featuring members of Bluebottle Kiss, Crow, Glide, Died Pretty and more.
snarskicircuslindyband
8:00pm The Great Club
I'm not sure why they renamed the show from being their names to "snarskicircuslindyband" but this is Lindy Morrison (The Go-Betweens) and Rob Snarski (I don't know who that is)*. I'd love to see a Lindy Morrison band, I reckon it would rule. No support act - two sets. * From the Blackeyed Susans, you philistine. - CW
José González (SWE)
8:00pm Sydney Opera House
As a minor departure from tradition with their long-running "Canned Heat" nights on Fridays, Yulli's are holding what they're calling a "psych mini-fest'
Tseba is a new 'anonymous' (hint: it's Basenji) project on Future Classic and managed by Astral People. Lucy Cliché does crunchy hardware techno / electro.
1300 Mania
W/ 1300, Srirachi, SOLLYY, GDC, Sidney Phillips, Lil Ket, stealthyn00b
7:30pm The Lansdowne
2MBS Fundraiser: "Beyond Babylon"
W/ Davey Higgins and the Legendary Pantsmen, dprk, Severed Sound System
7:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Fundraiser for radio station 2MBS Fine Music Sydney, hosted by the station's Contemporary Music Collective (CMC)
Becca Hatch
FBi Radio Dance Class Club Night
W/ CRESCENDOLL [DJ], Merph [DJ], ALILIA [DJ], C0NSOLE [DJ], GRAC [DJ], FINEDINING [DJ], KETJKI [DJ], TAKLIMAKAN [DJ]
6:00pm Club 77
Part of FBi Radio’s female, trans and non-binary dance music mentorship program, with the graduating cohort showcasing everything they’ve learnt. They're joined by alumni Crescendoll (class of 2020) and former Dance Class mentor Merph. Free entry before 9pm.
One Night Only: The Return of Frigid
W/ Sir Robbo [DJ], Sub Bass Snarl [DJ], Prince Valium [DJ], Eli [DJ]
6:00pm The Lord Gladstone
First reunion in 17 years of the original Frigid crew. Frigid organisers Sir Robbo (Shane Roberts) playing his final Australian set before relocating to the UK, alongside Sub Bass Snarl (Seb Chan and Luke Snarl Dearnley) will be joined by OG Frigid regulars Prince Valium (Dale Harrison) and Eli. “A healthy dose of bass heavy business”
Thu
25
Carmon
8:00pm Meraki Arts Bar
Outer Space Cowboys
8:00pm The Dock, Redfern
1300 Mania
W/ 1300, Srirachi, SOLLYY, GDC, Sidney Phillips, Lil Ket, stealthyn00b
7:30pm The Lansdowne
Believe the hype. After drip-feeding singles across the pandemic that absolutely ruled our living rooms ('who the fuck are these guys? what is happening??' might have been my utterance when first hearing 'Smashmouth'), this gang of five (jokingly self-described as 'the BTS of Burwood') were playing still-early gigs a year ago: notable outings included their Genesis Owusu support at the Enmore, and an inspired booking at Phoenix Central Park. They crushed, and have only improved their force ever since. This will soon be a tiny room by 1300 standards, so see them while they're still doing 'em. Trust me on this.
The Bancrofts
7:30pm MoshPit Bar
Annie Hamilton [solo]
7:00pm Redfern Surf Club
Note: none of the posters I've seen actually indicate a start time for the set. They just say "doors open from 4pm" which... very helpful. So, maybe take a look at Annie's instagram or something on the day of to figure out when to time it.
Fake (CAN) x Lenny Gash
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Fake is Lavurn Lee, aka Cassius Select - perhaps you even know him as Guerre. This is a collaboration with Lenny Gitonga, an architectural and set designer. Entry by randomly selected ballot only. Two shows: one at 6:30pm and one at 8:15pm.
Wed
24
Tue
23
Bree van Reyk x Mick Turner present Superclusters
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Entry by randomly selected ballot only. Two shows: one at 6:30pm and one at 8:15pm.
Mon
22
Fantastic ongoing improvised jazz series in Camperdown
Bad//Dreems [acoustic]
5:00pm Young Henrys Brewery
Sun
21
The High Kings (IRE)
8:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
Twinkling Stars
7:30pm The Dock, Redfern
Open House
7:00pm MoshPit Bar
Storm Cellar
4:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Sat
20
The Honey Giants
8:00pm Botany View Hotel
Mountain Wizard Death Cult
8:00pm The House of Music & Booze
Ocie Elliott (CAN)
8:00pm The Great Club
Good Lekker
8:00pm The Lady Hampshire
The High Kings
8:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
Cutthroat Kelly
7:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Aya Yves (NZ)
7:30pm The Lansdowne
Russell Crowe's Indoor Garden Party
W/ The Gentlemen Barbers, Janet Devlin, Lorraine O'Reilly, Myth of Her
7:30pm The Bridge Hotel
Ask a band for the location…
SUMAC Label Night
W/ DJ Plead [DJ], Jon Watts [DJ], Jannah Quill [DJ], T. Morimoto [DJ]
6:00pm Club 77
The Vanns
6:00pm Oxford Art Factory
The Gurge play 'Unit' in full for its 25th anniversary birthday.
Pyramid Mission
3:00pm MoshPit Bar
Fri
19
First ever show for The Horribles. Stacked lineup!
Tommy Gun
Mannequin Radio
8:00pm Botany View Hotel
Marilyn Maria and Muscle Mary's double single launch has sadly been cancelled due to illness, but you can still catch Mannequin Radio at the Botany tonight!
Chris Masuak & Dog Soldier
W/ Starcrazy, The Dark Clouds, Pocketwatch
8:00pm The House of Music & Booze
The Lady Hampshire are doing gigs again??? And they're ticketed?? Have they added a band room to the pub or what's going on? Hit us up if you know!
'Feel This Way' Single Launch
Newcastle "dual record launch"!
W/ Drugs in Sport, Lachlan X Morris, The Hot Ness
8:00pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Russell Crowe's Indoor Garden Party
W/ The Gentlemen Barbers, Janet Devlin, Lorraine O'Reilly, Myth of Her
7:30pm The Bridge Hotel
MALLRAT
7:00pm UNSW Roundhouse
"EXPERIMENTAL POP x HIPHOP x PUNK x DANCE POP"
Seaweed on Sticks
7:00pm The Vanguard
Blindfolded And Led To The Woods (NZ)
6:00pm The Burdekin
Kita Alexander
5:00pm Mary's Underground
Thu
18
Winston Surfshirt
8:00pm Mary's Underground
Swansea Hit and Run
8:00pm The Dock, Redfern
Free show, ground floor
Jim Moginie
7:00pm LazyBones
Midnight Oil guitar 'n' keys wizard in an intimate space like LazyBones is an absolute treat!
EMPEROR (NOR)
7:00pm Metro Theatre
New use of an old space. The Albert Palais is being leased by a local church, but it looks like someone is running monthly gigs under the moniker "Live at Al Pal" - this is the debut show.
Tom Snowdon
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Entry by randomly selected ballot only. Two shows: one at 6:30pm and one at 8:15pm.
Wed
17
Tue
16
Honey 2 Honey
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Entry by randomly selected ballot only. Two shows: one at 6:30pm and one at 8:15pm.
Mon
15
450 Records presents: Fest 2
W/ Rendezvous Ballroom, Allora, The Chosen One, The Empty Spaces, Hugo Sack, Marco Mendoza, David Ross
6:00pm The Vanguard
Sun
14
Mary Jane
7:30pm The Dock, Redfern
The Turner Brown Band (US/AUS)
5:00pm The Vanguard
SATELLITE V
4:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Gladdy Jazz
W/ Angelina Pona, Cairn Peterson, Jarrah Henderson, Lachie Mills
3:00pm The Lord Gladstone
Grease Fire
3:00pm Union Hotel
Sat
13
Bootleg Rascal
8:00pm The Lady Hampshire
Terza Madre Comeback Special
8:00pm The Midnight Special
'Featuring members of Enclave, HOTEL, and The Laurels, Terza Madre take their cues from Giallo cinema soundtracks, the lavish orchestral arrangements of Ennio Morricone and the nostalgic star power of Italian pop icons Mina Mazzini, Massimo Ranieri, and Milva.'
Rose Carleo Band
8:00pm The Duke of Enmore
C.W. Stoneking [solo]
8:00pm The Great Club
Winston Surfshirt
8:00pm Mary's Underground
That list of ARIA chart achievements is wild
Smokin' Soul
W/ The Family Flame, Canning Duck, Dusty D, Mel Eden, Delaross [DJ], Polos [DJ]
7:00pm Secret Location
Secret inner west warehouse location! Ticket holders will get the address 24 hours before the show.
Armandinho (BRA)
7:00pm Big Top, Luna Park
Perry Keyes
6:00pm Camelot Lounge
Macklemore (USA)
6:00pm Hordern Pavilion
MoshPit 6th Birthday Party Day 6
W/ The Baddies, Australian Beefweek Show, The Crankees, Zipper Clone, Whopping Big Naughty, WIG
5:00pm MoshPit Bar
Two solo sets previewing music from each of the artists' upcoming releases
Ongoing series for kids featuring legit faves
Fri
12
HOON
8:00pm The House of Music & Booze
Bootleg Rascal
8:00pm The Lady Hampshire
Winston Surfshirt
8:00pm Mary's Underground
‘Blood Of My Blood’ Single Launch
GT & The Talent
8:00pm Meraki Arts Bar
Lil Tecca (USA)
Skeleten & Friends: Music Party at the Studio?
W/ Skeleten, BV, Natalia, Command D, Spindos
8:00pm Secret Location
Hosted by Skeleten, aka Russ Fitzgibbon (Fishing) in a secret location. Waitlist only right now. Features a reformed BV (formerly Black Vanilla, aka Jarred Beeler / DJ Plead, Marcus Whale of Collarbones and Perfect Actress, Lavurn Lee / Cassius Select / Guerre) in a very rare appearance - it's been years since their last performance! An incredible line-up with a great selection of local artists and DJs.
ShitBox Rally Charity
W/ Left Lane, Elliot Road, Banana Farm, Goon Gremlins
Raising funds for Cancer Council
Moussa Diakite & Wassado
7:00pm Camelot Lounge
Moussa always puts on a phenomenal show. Go see him.
Okisma
7:00pm The Chippo Hotel
Showcase for up-and-coming artists at the repurposed venue formerly the site of The Old 505 in Eliza St, Newtown. Great to see this back up and running!
Macklemore (USA)
6:00pm Hordern Pavilion
Thu
11
Jesse Redwing
8:00pm The Dock, Redfern
Able Joseph
Good At Feeling Helpless' EP launch
Winston Surfshirt
7:00pm Mary's Underground
"... whispers of kosmische, tape music, post-punk and minimalist composition echoing into a formless ambient space ..."
Macklemore (USA)
6:00pm Hordern Pavilion
Wed
10
All live electronic acts. Luke Dearnley (host of Vitalise) writes in: "expect repetitive beats, heavy bass, bafflingly complex-looking modular synthesisers and more..."
deca joins (TWN)
7:00pm Metro Theatre
Tue
9
'Songs For Lost Socks'
W/ Cate Guirguis, Eva Diana, Leila Rosamund, Nicola De Sensi
7:00pm The Vanguard
Mon
8
RUMBO
Sun
7
Tug Dumbly & Benito Di Fonzo
6:00pm The Dock, Redfern
JOHNNY G AND THE E-TYPES
4:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Sat
6
Close Counters
8:00pm The Lady Hampshire
Liberty Hall House Party
W/ Pist Idiots, Children Collide, Crocodylus, ARSE, Jet City Sports Club, Champs (DJ)
Don Broco (UK)
6:00pm Metro Theatre
MoshPit 6th Birthday Party Day 3
W/ White Knuckle Fever, Rubber Necker, The Drowning Mermaids, The FnC's, oWo, The Hot Ness
5:00pm MoshPit Bar
Nag Nag Nag VIII Festival: Day Two
W/ 100%, TEE VEE REPAIRMAN, SCOTT & CHARLENE'S WEDDING, MODAL MELODIES, 208L CONTAINERS, CARNATIONS, SPLIT SYSTEM, 1-800-MIKEY, THE GLASS PICTURE, THE CANNANES, THE BLINDS, BOILING HOT POLITICIAN, WANDERLUST, PERFECT ACTRESS
2:00pm Portugal Madeira Club
Continues from the previous evening at Marrickville Bowlo.
Fri
5
Prophecy Girl
8:00pm SHADES
Sidechains presents, Melbourne artist, supported Charli XCX on recent tour …
CUMBIAMUFFIN
8:00pm The Great Club
MoshPit 6th Birthday Party Day 2
W/ Victa and the King St Horns, P.K Stoltz and the Infinite Dream, Stalking Like Candy
8:00pm MoshPit Bar
Abby Bella May
8:00pm The Lady Hampshire
The Riot
Playing album 'Hearts vs Mind' in entirety to celebrate its 10th birthday! That's Alannah Russack of The Hummingbirds supporting.
Luke O'Shea & Lyn Bowtell
7:00pm Brass Monkey
The Murlocs
7:00pm Metro Theatre
The Duke Celebrates 666 Days Of Live Music
W/ Fangz, Downgirl, Papa Pilko and the Bin Rats, Beautiful Stink
7:00pm The Duke of Enmore
Nag Nag Nag VIII Festival: Day One
W/ XILCH, KITCHEN'S FLOOR, G2G, BLONDE REVOLVER, GUPPY, DEMOLITION, UNCLE PIT
6:00pm Marrickville Bowling Club
This INCREDIBLE two-day festival (it continues the following day) is impeccably curated, featuring an amazingly strong roster of emerging local as well as interstate acts. As the name would suggest, this is the eighth iteration of the festival, it's incredibly exciting to see such a strong showing this year. UPDATE: this entry has now been broken up into the two days now that the festival running times have been announced. The Saturday event is being held at the Portugal Madeira Club.
Thu
4
The 'Calling Out' Single Launch
Singer-songwriter that got a start being discovered by Pendulum's guitarist, now touring with him as an 'electronic rock' lineup
MoshPit 6th Birthday Party Day 1
W/ Aphrodisiac, South West Corduroy, Spinning Cupids
7:30pm MoshPit Bar
Happy birthday MoshPit! Keeping South King weird. We love you.
Sophie May
6:30pm The Lansdowne
Wed
3
Cian Ducrot
Ho99o9 (USA)
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
The Tin Knees
Appears to be entry by RSVP? But free
Tue
2
Nothing But Thieves (UK)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Mon
1
PHUM VIPHURIT (THA)
6:30pm Metro Theatre
Apr '23
Sun
30
Never Settle (CHN)
8:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
Christa Hughes
8:00pm The Dock, Redfern
Bernie Hayes Quartet
8:00pm Golden Barley Hotel
Gavin Bowles & The Distractions
'On The Telephone' single launch
Jonny Gretsch's Wasted Ones
4:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Country & Inner Western
W/ Bad Jeep Country, Pan-Pacific Grand Prix, Buddy Dingo, Bower
2:00pm The House of Music & Booze
Sat
29
Y.O.G.A.
9:00pm Vic on the Park
Athletica
W/ Papaphilia, Bayang (Tha Bushranger) [live], E3P (DJ), Salllvage (DJ), Index (DJ), Isa (DJ)
9:00pm Red Rattler
EP launch for Papaphilia, 'Athletica' being a regular series of club events
Rum Jungle
8:00pm Avalon RSL
Tom Beau and the Idiots
8:00pm Enmore Hotel
Steve Balbi
8:00pm Brass Monkey
Mel Blue
8:00pm Waywards @ The Bank Hotel
Pretty Girl
8:00pm Oxford Art Factory
Ivan Ooze
8:00pm The Burdekin
Atlas Franklin Alexander
C.O.F.F.I.N
7:30pm The Lansdowne
Bring Back The Kane
7:00pm The Duke of Enmore
Soul Messengers
7:00pm Butchers Brew Bar
Bootleggers used to do '5 Bands for 5 Bucks', now it's 60% of the bands for 200% of the cost. This economy, man. (Nah but seriously, any venues opting to take a crack at free or cheap cash-on-door shows are legends, we appreciate all of you!)
Regular series of metal gigs... in Chatswood!
Sleep Token (UK)
6:30pm Metro Theatre
Front bar show - Dark Clouds album launch
Rollerball
6:00pm The Vanguard
"A ¼ Century Tour: The year was 1998 and a hot box Rent-A-Shed in West Burleigh had no idea what was about to shake it’s foundations…" 🤩
Mike Day N Nite
W/ Triple One, Organs, Bayang (Tha Bushranger), Pzmst
4:00pm The House of Music & Booze
NB: Triple One were previously listed as the secret headliner. Fundraiser for the Michael Tok Foundation, with a stated goal to "f**k sarcoma".
The Hoo Haa's
3:00pm Gasoline Pony
DAYDREAM
W/ Modest Mouse (USA), Tropical Fuck Storm, Beach Fossils (USA), Cloud Nothings (USA), Majak Door
2:45pm Hordern Pavilion
Yes, you read that ripper lineup right — it's a new mini-fest, and one that can't be scuppered by the whims of the increasingly pissy weather gods at that. Update: Slowdive have had to cancel sadly _sadface_
Fri
28
The Terrys
8:00pm The Great Club
Melbourne two-piece metal/punk outfit make return to town. Lojetz (self-described "noise merchants") have promised us that this night is "guaranteed to be noisy", and will be playing alongside Ulterior Noises' "art noise". In short, noise appears to be the order of business.
The Blue Tongues
8:00pm Meraki Arts Bar
Nagging Doubts
8:00pm Botany View Hotel
Giant Hammer's first show! Congratulations! And nice work as always to Studio 178 for their incredible series of house shows. Hint: click 'Add to Calendar' to get the address. $10 in cash on the door.
Big Moist and the Smoking Durries
Keith Potger
7:00pm Petersham Bowlo
Founding member of The Seekers doing a solo show at the bowlo!
Ruel
7:00pm ICC Sydney Theatre
In Hearts Wake
6:30pm Metro Theatre
Blues Arcadia
5:00pm The Vanguard
Thu
27
SPITE is an up-and-coming series of local community-run gigs created to highlight artists from the heavier side of Sydney's music scene, with a particular focus on trans & queer musicians.
Marcus writes in: "It's a new night I'm starting that is intended to have a very mixed bill of different kinds of performance, mostly musical but some not, some danceable, some less so - all under a pulsing blue light."
Suburban Bukowskis
8:00pm Hollywood Hotel
Rebekka Neville & Handsome Strangers
7:00pm Gasoline Pony
Wed
26
Henry Wagons
8:00pm The Midnight Special
Beach Fossils
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
Laurel (UK)
6:30pm Metro Theatre
Tue
25
Australian Beefweek Show
W/ Handsome Young Strangers, Medusa's Wake, MD Horne's Last Call
11:30am Marrickville Bowling Club
Mon
24
Killer line-up out in the classic Selina's venue room down in Coogee! We love to see it!
YNG N RICH RECORDS TOUR (KOR)
W/ SUPERBEE, UNEDUCATED KID, HOMIES, ROYAL 44, LIL GIMCHI, KHAN, OXYNOVA, PAUL BLANCO
7:00pm Metro Theatre
"bringing the best of Korean Trap to Sydney!"
Sun
23
THE AMAZING WOOLOOMOOLOOSERS
4:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
The Bloody Mongrüls
3:30pm Petersham Bowlo
CROWTALK WEEKENDER
W/ Sister2Sister, Low Stakes, MINERS, Bad Drip, NAIF, Sydneymusic.net DJs
1:00pm Crowbar
Huge, 'chaotic good' (their words) line-up featuring a real range. We back it. Crosstalk Records landed on the scene around the middle of last year and has quickly become an indispensible community hub in the form of a music and hi-fi shop. It's even got a vintage hi-fi gear museum room! They're top people, they've been throwing themselves behind anything community oriented that they can help with and it's delightful to see this celebratory Record Store Day weekend event at Crowbar just up the road.
Sat
22
Yasmina Sadiki
10:00pm Golden Age Cinema & Bar
Money Boys
9:00pm Vic on the Park
I remember once I was in this random studio in an old run down house in the back hills behind Byron. The studio engineer there started telling us a story about a session he'd just wrapped up, all wild-eyed: "I just had this band here called Zeahorse, they were so loud, they were so intense, the entire house was shaking from the noise they were creating... and then suddenly a lightning storm kicks off right above us and raged for hours creating this intense energy - we all thought the house was about to get hit". He then proceeded to play some of the session and... well I'll be damned if it didn't sound like the most colossal stoner rock approximation of a thunderstorm I'd care to think of. I need to see Zeahorse, that little anecdote really made an impression on me, but I've never got to seeing them. Repo Man I've recently discovered while updating this gig guide, and their 2021 album is also a fucking legendary thing of beauty: a post-punk punk-post gloom-psych broodgaze epic, RIYL The Chameleons UK, Bauhaus, Ride, Joy Division, Porcupine Tree, heck I reckon those new guys Enclave or maybe PEEL have a thing or two in common with them... hopefully that covers enough of you?
Dee Minor and the Dischords
8:00pm Brass Monkey
Metal United Down Under
W/ Evocatus, Mourners, Plague Dweller, Decimator, Pyrefly
8:00pm The Chippo Hotel
"Heavy Blues Trio" from Melbourne, touring up here with country/rock collective/label/promoters Heartsville Music Group (Jenny Don't and the Spurs, Pan-Pacific Grand Prix, Lillie May)
Smudge!!!! Supports The Tryouts are also ones to watch — if you dig Cheekface, The Weakerthans, and similar power pop vibes check out 'Wolf at the Door'. (And hey, it's on The Playlist this week! Links at sydneymusic.net/playlist).
Bugs
8:00pm The Lady Hampshire
Tim Cheeseman (S.Miles) writes in: "It’s Spencer Spark’s single launch for ‘Wake Up’ - an ‘80s style workout-pop track and they’re doing a live set with an aerobics class at the same time. Scruffamudda making bleep bloops and S.Miles will be playing too with a guitarist for the first time. "
'Live For The Rush' single launch
Original headliners Midnight Dreamers sadly had to bail due to a health issue. "We are sorry to anyone who got tickets but don’t give them up! Please still head and support all the other wonderful bands on the line up!!"
CLAMM
6:30pm The Lansdowne
The Stranglers (UK)
6:00pm Metro Theatre
Swell Time
W/ Le Shiv, Fig, Sweetie, Jet City Sports Club, Liquid Time, Lahgo, Borderlines, Hatchling, Kunjifuri
2:00pm The House of Music & Booze
Fri
21
Gutter Pig - 'a 3 piece band hailing from the streets of Bankstown' - is the solo project from Ryan Durrington (formerly from defunct Sydney band Naughty Boys)
Scatter Light
8:00pm Botany View Hotel
OK HOTEL
8:00pm The Chippo Hotel
Pete McCredie
Thu
20
daine
8:00pm The Lansdowne
WILSN
8:00pm Waywards @ The Bank Hotel
HEXIS
7:00pm The Burdekin
Michael Carpenter & The Banks Brothers
7:00pm Camelot Lounge
Buddhadatta (JPN)
7:00pm The Midnight Special
Gena Rose Bruce
6:00pm The Vanguard
Wed
19
Cody Jon
7:00pm The Vanguard
Cody Jon
3:30pm The Vanguard
All ages show
Tue
18
The World Is A Vampire
W/ The Smashing Pumpkins (USA), Jane's Addiction (USA), Amyl & The Sniffers, Redhook
3:00pm Hordern Pavilion
Sun
16
Green Room
8:00pm Brass Monkey
The Tremolomen
8:00pm The Dock, Redfern
Equinox Roots Rising
W/ Canning Duck, Gus Sanders & The Shamans, The Marrakesh Club
8:00pm The Great Club
The 1975 (UK)
6:00pm Qudos Arena
Lee Jones (UK)
5:30pm LazyBones
British jazz-rock guitarist plays his debut Sydney performance in a quintet made up of local musicians
The Morrisons
4:00pm Union Hotel
Sat
15
Jade Kenji & Qozmea
10:00pm Golden Age Cinema & Bar
"What's The Point Of Anything?" single launch
Jack Botts
8:00pm Factory Theatre
ROCKAPALOOZA
W/ The Dark Clouds, The Dead Set, Evil Love Mule, Kontrasto, Sunkenface, The Limited
8:00pm MoshPit Bar
Creamy G's Freaky Deaky Dance Party
W/ Nigel Hornberry, Peter Fenwick, Toque, Loz'd In Space
7:30pm The Lord Gladstone
Richard Clapton
7:30pm State Theatre
Stable Label and Friends
W/ Dave McCormack, The Brights, Buddy Dingo, Stay Golden, Worry Mall
7:00pm Petersham Bowlo
Nicole Millar
6:30pm The Lansdowne
Lazy Ghost
6:00pm The Vanguard
The Radiators
6:00pm Brass Monkey
Live & Local Hip Hop
W/ Lil Arts, Mari, Yung Brother, Emerald Brunt, Sonboy, Blache Sea, DJ Kaizen
5:30pm 107 Projects, Redfern
Thee Cha Cha Chas
5:00pm The Midnight Special
WEILONG FESTIVAL III
W/ TOTALLY UNICORN, THE BLACK CARDINALS, OUTCEST, LOJETZ, BINDI KILL, CRÊAM SÖDA, BIKE THIEF, LIZARD LOUNGE
4:00pm Secret Location
HUGE lineup curated by Scrotal Records, to be held in an as-yet unannounced location which will be disclosed on the day. Also with record stalls and pizza!
Fri
14
Higher Intelligence Agency (UK)
W/ Blip and Spikey (live) (aka Low Flung & E Davd), Paper-Cuts & Penne (DJ), Tangela (DJ), Ivy (DJ)
9:00pm Civic Underground
'Summer's Coming' single launch!
Some blast from the past stuff here. Fun fact, original keyboard player for The Radiators is Kirin J Callinan's dad.
Extension Cord
8:00pm Botany View Hotel
Dr Sure's Unusual Practice
W/ California Girls, Perfect Actress, No Cake
8:00pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Pyjama Sundayz
W/ SILKYEDGEZ, LOTTIE WORLD, STANLEY COOCHIE, DIVA CUPS (DJ)
8:00pm Mary's Underground
Looks like this might be the launch show for gigs at the new Lady Hampshire … ?
BYOG #2
W/ Moody Beach, Germ Donor, Muscle Mary, Bad Drip, BYOG Crew (DJ)
8:00pm The House of Music & Booze
Buddy Guy (USA)
7:30pm State Theatre
The 1975 (UK)
7:00pm ICC Sydney Theatre
Local “surf-punk shit-stirrers” (their words) launching their debut single "Fuck Or Fight"
These New South Whales
6:30pm The Lansdowne
Trauma Squad
W/ Lotus Born, Brooklyn Comic, BART XL, Betray the Pack, becanimae, adriaaan
6:00pm The Burdekin
Thu
13
Satin Cali
8:00pm The House of Music & Booze
Melody Pool
7:00pm Camelot Lounge
Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats (USA)
W/ St. Paul & The Broken Bones (USA)
5:30pm Enmore Theatre
Wed
12
Buddy Guy (USA)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Tony McManus (SCO/CAN)
7:00pm Petersham Bowlo
Celtic guitarist. Apparently "he has also just been listed as one of the "50 transcendental guitarists of all time" by Guitar Player Magazine"
Salted Ham
7:00pm Oxford Art Factory
Tue
11
Mon
10
Keb' Mo (USA)
8:00pm Factory Theatre
Marcus King (USA)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Sun
9
Mary Jane
7:30pm The Dock, Redfern
Counting Crows (USA)
7:00pm Enmore Theatre
Fist Full of Songs
W/ Matt Joe Gow & The Dead Leaves, Copperline, Duncan Phillips, Stefanie Duzel
5:00pm Petersham Bowlo
Sat
8
Long Weekend Fest Day 2
W/ Deckhead, Jamie Doom (Bang Gang), Discovery Daft Punk Show
8:00pm Waywards @ The Bank Hotel
Loulou Holliday
5:00pm The Midnight Special
Fri
7
Sydney Unplugged
W/ The Cardinals, The Dead Riders, Gene Gibson, The Grand Union, Liam Whelan, The Myth Of Her, Rachel Guidice, Well?, Wicked Envy, Wicked Things, Yasmina Sadiki
8:00pm Crowbar
Zac & George
8:00pm The Chippo Hotel
Bonnie Raitt (USA)
6:30pm ICC Sydney Theatre
Bad Friday Lite
W/ Dante Knows, Cool Sounds, Mac The Knife, Liyah Knight, MungMung, Doctor Robot, DJ Macaroni, 1tbsp (DJ), Clutch4Love (DJ)
2:00pm The House of Music & Booze
Exceptionally cool. Vibes for days.
Thu
6
The Melodrones
W/ Chimers, Dope (Jarrod Quarrell [Lost Animal] & Stuart Grant [Primitive Calculators]), Elmo
8:00pm The House of Music & Booze
Dr Gumbo
8:00pm The Dock, Redfern
THE PINK STONES (USA)
8:00pm The Midnight Special
Long Weekend Fest Day 1
W/ VV Pete (live), Kymie (live), Flywaves (DJ), Carolina Gasolina (DJ), Caucasian Opportunities (DJ)
8:00pm Waywards @ The Bank Hotel
The Marvellous Hearts Band
8:00pm Golden Barley Hotel
Marlin's Dreaming (NZ)
8:00pm Mary's Underground
Sabire (genre: "Acid Metal" - yes) write in: "expect the Mezcal-izer, skulls 'n' chains, bullet belts, eyeliner, potato chip consumption and the introduction of a new and bloody stage antic"
"Piano, poetry, improvised text, reading, and guitar on Easter eve"
Wed
5
The Doobie Brothers (USA)
8:00pm State Theatre
Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit (USA)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Christone "Kingfish" Ingram (USA)
7:00pm Metro Theatre
Tue
4
Mon
3
d4vd (USA)
8:00pm Mary's Underground
Monday Night Confessions
W/ Loretta Palmeiro + Marck Isaacs (duo), The Truffle Boils (trio)
6:30pm Church St Studios
Sun
2
White Knuckle Fever
7:30pm The Dock, Redfern
Hair-singeingly loud yob rockers Yes I'm Leaving playing with Naarm-based self-described "bratwave duo" Hearts and Rockets, the latter touring in support of single "Clown Town". Good little chaser for an afternoon barefoot sesh on the bowling green, I reckon.
The Exploding Festival
W/ Exploding Happiness, Gustavo Swing, Night Radio, Equa Hey
4:00pm The Soda Factory
Exploding Happiness describe themselves as a 9-piece "Funk & World Music Collective" and are approaching their 30th year in action. Impressive innings! Looks like an interesting mix of genres line-up.
Stray Dogs
3:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Sat
1
Bentley Trio
11:00pm Golden Age Cinema & Bar
Phil & The Tiles
9:00pm Enmore Hotel
Hotel
9:00pm Union Hotel
Liminal Bliss' single launch
Dave Graney & Clare Moore
8:00pm The Great Club
Smooth Sailing Yacht Rock Party
7:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
"Hi! I'm Hollywood Steve. You've caught me relaxing in my music nook ..." If you're of a certain age, those the were the words that transported you into a world that you otherwise might not have had a compass to navigate: a sudden cultural phenomenon from the 70s retroactively dubbed "Yacht Rock". Suddenly, you contextualised and/or discovered a world of The Doobie Brothers, Hall & Oates, Michael MacDonald (as separate from The Doobie Brothers), STEELY DAN, Kenny Loggins, Christopher Cross – and Warren Fucking G. Suddenly, you had access to an entire musical slice of Americana filtered through a lens of glossy studio production and probably a fuckload of cocaine, I guess. The excesses of the American dream laid rich in luxurious music for vibing to, for 70s people. And you know what? I reckon the guitar solo on "Peg" by Steely Dan might be one of my favourite things in the world ever. I also think "I Keep Forgetting" by Michael MacDonald is an incredible work of art, and not only because it created "Regulate". Hall & Oates fricken crush. And actually I think the riff for "Saiing" by Christopher Cross rules, and I'm not ashamed to admit it. And all the things that are completely obvious and non-controversial, but regardless I am saying them out loud. ANYWAY. If none of what I've said makes sense, please search YouTube for "Yacht Rock". Thank me later. This is a cover show. Sometimes we cover them.
Chutney
The Moving Stills
7:30pm The Lansdowne
LP (USA)
7:00pm Enmore Theatre
Teddie
5:00pm Cockatoo Island
ROCKS - no "the" in this band name - are a punk band that was formed in Sydney in 1977. They made a bit of a stir with their early track "You're So Boring". Apparently they haven't played in a while.
Mar '23
Fri
31
'Appetisers' EP Launch
Jesse Redwing
9:00pm Ramblin' Rascal Tavern
Kurt Vile & The Violators (USA)
8:30pm Sydney Opera House
KUČKA
8:00pm Mary's Underground
The Whitlams Black Stump Band
8:00pm Factory Theatre
Flyying Colours
7:30pm The Lansdowne
Epic Melbourne shoegazers launch their new album "You Never Know"
Jack Harlon
Vallis Alps
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
Dog Trumpet
7:00pm Django Bar @ Camelot Lounge
Ned Collette's a must-see - gorgeously understated but very literate singer/songwriter, many fond memories of his gigs over the years. This is an incredible DIY space well worth checking out: a house that's being used as a practice and recording space as well as for gigs: address is 178 New Canterbury Road, Petersham and $20 on the door. Keep an eye on Ned's socials for more info. Fairfield Convention is a duo featuring Blue Mountains musicians Jon Flood and Brett Thompson (the latter being of Rand/Holland)
Thu
30
Launch show for Toque's new (and debut) single 'Remnant'. This gig was rescheduled after Hiway Bar sadly closed their doors for good unexpectedly last week.
Zoe K
8:00pm The Dock, Redfern
'Paris is Gone‘ single launch
Jon Stevens
8:00pm Factory Theatre
Phoebe Go
7:00pm The Vanguard
Now this is interesting - project of former Snakadaktal and Two People member, record was produced by Simon Lam (you know him from Kllo, the impossibly attractive cousins from Melbourne that knocked out some proper bangers and slow-burns over the years. "Riding on rough textures, grit and determination". I'm listening.
Highfalutin
7:00pm The Midnight Special
Peter Manjarres (COL)
6:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
Wed
29
Tue
28
The Wiggles
10:00am Enmore Theatre
Mon
27
Sun
26
Outer Space Cowboys
7:30pm The Dock, Redfern
The Coolahbahs
7:00pm MoshPit Bar
SY
7:00pm The Vanguard
Selfish Sundays #3
W/ Cry Club, Second Idol, Marilyn Maria, Jack R Reilly (solo), Amends (solo), DJ BMC
4:00pm Crowbar
"It's A Family Affair"
W/ Lord Esme, The Sticker Club, Angie Who, The After Thoughts
3:00pm Petersham Bowlo
"KIDS 0-5 FREE"
Sat
25
British India
8:00pm Avalon RSL
GI JANE
8:00pm Petersham Bowlo
WILLIAM CRIGHTON & LIZ STRINGER
7:00pm Factory Theatre
Rah! Records Social Club
7:00pm MoshPit Bar
'Dementophobia' single launch
Chintzy Lopez
3:00pm Gasoline Pony
Pat from MoshPit says "final residency date of this magnificent band"
Fri
24
Being safe in the knowledge that there is a rock show that you can walk into at midnight (for free no less!) on a Friday night is one of the true marks of a healthy nightlife. Cheers to the Graveyard Shift legends for their pursuit of supporting this noble goal!
Canned Heat is an excellently curated free weekly series hosted in the Yulli's Brewery
Jesse Redwing
9:00pm Ramblin' Rascal Tavern
TOWNS
8:00pm The Chippo Hotel
Winterbourne
8:00pm Mary's Underground
Killer line-up: supports are both incredible lush dream-pop / shoegaze bands, and Euterpe are celebrating the launch of their new EP!
'Bloody Good Life' Single Launch
ROBERT HENKE (MONOLAKE) AND ELECTRIC INDIGO
8:00pm City Recital Hall
He's been musician-in-residence at MONA in Hobart for the last few years, and has more bands to his name than you can shake a stick at: Giants of Science, The Gin Club, The Wilson Pickers, Hownowmer and The Young Liberals. Ben's playing in solo mode drawing from his considerable collection of songs. Should be a ripper.
Rum Jungle
8:00pm The House of Music & Booze
Mia Wray
7:30pm The Lansdowne
Miramar
Mother Hen's 10th Birthday
W/ Tim Easton (USA), Dan Brodie, Katie Bates, James Thomson, Hana & Jessie-Lee's Bad Habits
7:00pm Golden Barley Hotel
Local touring company celebrating their 10th birthday with a free front bar show!
Steve Poltz (CAN/USA)
7:00pm Camelot Lounge
Self-described "ska-punk party birds" launching their record 'Avian Overlords'
Shannen James
7:00pm The Vanguard
5 Bands for 5 Bucks
W/ Be Frank, Telopia, Luke Kelly, Temperate, Kingdom Calm
Dead Boys (USA)
6:00pm The Bridge Hotel
Thu
23
The Burning Hell (CAN)
8:00pm Petersham Bowlo
Goorie
8:00pm The Dock, Redfern
Rum Jungle
8:00pm The House of Music & Booze
Pale Waves (UK)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
Gabriel Paris
8:00pm Factory Floor @ The Factory
Melody Moko
7:00pm Camelot Lounge
Steve Poltz (CAN/USA)
7:00pm Camelot Lounge
Wed
22
Men I Trust (CAN)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
Niamh Regan (IRE)
8:00pm Petersham Bowlo
Bad Omens (USA)
8:00pm Factory Theatre
JC Stylles Quartet
8:00pm Butchers Brew Bar
Billy Bragg (UK)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Eloise (UK)
7:30pm Mary's Underground
Morgan Wallen (USA)
7:30pm Qudos Arena
Tue
21
Men I Trust (CAN)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
Billy Bragg (UK)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Morgan Wallen (USA)
7:30pm Qudos Arena
Grace Petrie
7:00pm The Vanguard
Mon
20
Sun
19
Blackstreet (USA)
8:00pm Factory Theatre
1nOnly (USA)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Continental Blues Trio
7:30pm The Dock, Redfern
My Chemical Romance (USA)
7:30pm Qudos Arena
Nepalese Metalfest
7:00pm MoshPit Bar
Kingswood
7:00pm Brass Monkey
1NONLY (USA)
6:00pm Enmore Theatre
Single launch for Stellar Sea. $10-15 donation suggestion, hit up a band in the DMs for the address
Yes, this is listed as starting at 5pm! Respect for the fans' sleep hygiene? You simply love to see it.
JC Stylles
5:00pm LazyBones
NYC-based jazz guitarist playing in a guitar/organ/drums trio format with original collaborators from a couple of decades back
Mortal Blow Big Band
4:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Left Lane
4:00pm Union Hotel
Chasin the Train
4:00pm The Bridge Hotel
Formed in 1986. Members of Moving Pictures and the Glenn Shorrock Band.
Sat
18
Ned Olive
9:00pm Union Hotel
Kingswood
8:30pm Avalon RSL
HEAVY DEMO Vol. 2
W/ Scott & Charlene's Wedding, Moody Beach, Dust, Antenna, Yutts (Chris Yates of 1000 bands + 2SER presenter) (DJ), DJ Jen (Tee Vee Repairman), Sam Wilkinson (Shrapnel / Dumbells / Day Ravies) (DJ), Dead Witch (Jaimee and Eva) (DJ), Debaser (Oscar Byrne, 2SER) (DJ)
8:00pm The House of Music & Booze
This is a CRACKING lineup! "Heavy Demo" is the Rik Saunders (Melodrones) radio show on 2SER, and this is an IRL version of the same. And what a cast: the last visit to Sydney by Scott & Charlene's Wedding was an absolute delight - it's a rare opportunity to catch the amazing Melbourne band. Dust put on a scorching show and are a must see. Moody Beach's fuzz pop is a delight. Antenna is a new Shogun (Royal Headache / Shogun & The Sheets / Finnoguns Wake) punk project. And a legend convention of DJs rounding out the lineup. Excellent stuff!
Fantabulosa ft. Boy George (UK)
8:00pm ICC Sydney Theatre
Yb.
8:00pm Waywards @ The Bank Hotel
Yann Tiersen
8:00pm City Recital Hall
Reyanna Maria
8:00pm Golden Age Cinema & Bar
MAT MCHUGH & THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS
7:30pm Factory Theatre
Two much-loved Sydney bands that have been on ice for a bunch of years are back for an ace double headliner. Love to see it!
Reckless are launching their single 'Gossip'
HOT SITUATION. Bayang (tha Bushranger) is one of Sydney's brightest emerging talents: the Western Sydney rapper has been releasing a constant stream of tracks with a many local producers. Now, he's launching an entire LP with the incredible industrial metal trio Bract. Their lead single Homesick is a gigantic rib-rattler with sustained drones, distorted beats and howling feedback. This album launch show at a Parramatta artist-run space is rounded out with a diverse line-up from Doe Ramada's rave-inflected rap, to Optic Nerve's fast-paced punk, to Robber's sludgier form of the same.
Discjosè
5:00pm The Midnight Special
Fri
17
Reckless are launching their single 'Gossip'
CINTA
8:00pm Marrickville Bowling Club
"Beach Meets Bitumen"
W/ Locos, Coogee Bay Rd Band, Tonico, Fireborn, The Outside World
8:00pm MoshPit Bar
"5 Bands from Coogee are going on tour way out to the gritty inner west. Will they survive? Will Erskineville survive the onslaught from the sunny beaches?" I'm copying and pasting this because it wasn't a thing I was expecting to read while updating the gig guide. What are bands from Coogee? Where do they hang out? How do they work? Insights gratefully received.
'Haircut' single launch
Babitha
7:30pm Mary's Underground
Peking Duk
7:00pm Enmore Theatre
Three piece featuring former members of Lime Spiders, Lemonheads, Nature Strip launching their new single 'You're Not What I'm Looking For'. Support act features Suzy Goodwin from Suzy & the Snakepit.
Debut show for this psych punk/garage four-piece, which includes members of Moth King and Dick Dudley.
Thu
16
Rochelle Jordan (CAN)
8:00pm Pleasures Playhouse
If the name sounds familiar, you might have heard Rochelle guest on tracks by Machinedrum and his associated project J-E-T-S (with Jimmy Edgar - they put out a great record, check out the track with the Tkay Maidza feature), as well as fellow Canadian Jacques Greene.
Clannad (IRE)
8:00pm State Theatre
Soul II Soul (UK)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Eugene Gibson
8:00pm The Dock, Redfern
The Reytons (UK)
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
Nancy and the Jam Fancys
W/ Tantichrist, Tom Beau and The Idiots
PRECIOUS ENERGY + GODTET
7:30pm The Lansdowne
Double headline bill of excellent improvisational jazz
Thou (USA)
7:00pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Wed
15
Mdou Moctar (NGA)
9:00pm Sydney Opera House
Tuareg psych rock band make a return to Sydney playing two night in the Utzon room
Tue
14
Mdou Moctar (NGA)
9:00pm Sydney Opera House
Tuareg psych rock band make a return to Sydney playing two night in the Utzon room
Mon
13
Bikini Kill (USA)
8:00pm Sydney Opera House
Solo piano performance in this wonderful weekly improvisational music series
Lil Ugly Mane (USA)
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
Sun
12
Moderat! Finally!! The pairing of German 00s electronic crossover pioneers Apparat and Moderat released their fourth record in 2021 and will be finally making it over here.
Mary Jane
7:30pm The Dock, Redfern
A Night of Underground Folk
W/ Darren "DC" Cross, JESSICA, Jon Flood, Helena Massey Trio
7:00pm Golden Barley Hotel
Gentle and ethereal folk for free in the front bar at the Barley... we love to see it!
The link says of Perfect Actress "NO LINK TO BE FOUND AS YET BUT GOOD BAND" and you know what I have to agree.
'Remnant' Single Launch
Johnny Gretch's Wasted Ones
4:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Sat
11
WHAMMY
11:30pm Crowbar
Midnight in the front bar for free! C'mon, you know it's a good idea.
Dear Sunday
9:00pm Vic on the Park
Nick Barker & The Reptiles
8:00pm The Bridge Hotel
Earthless (USA)
8:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
Eugene “Hideaway” Bridges (USA)
8:00pm Brass Monkey
DARK GLADFO - The Darkness
W/ Doctor Robot, Infinite Skies, Inaugural, Josh Shipton & The Blue Eyed Ravens
8:00pm The Lord Gladstone
Soaked Oats (NZ)
7:30pm The Lansdowne
OneRepublic (USA)
7:00pm ICC Sydney Theatre
Dream Alley Dream #6
W/ Jasmine Guffond, Alexandra Spence, Gail Priest
Dream Alley Dream mixes things up, with a brilliant ambient/experimental lineup presented in collaboration with Blue Mountains City of the Arts and Blue Mountains Cultural Centre. All three musicians are highly accomplished sound artists, highly worth the trek up the hill if you're Sydney based. Speaking of, we're keen to get around activity on the periphery of Sydney like this where we can, but for any creative communities outside Syd that want to be able to present more comprehensive coverage of what's going on in your neighbourhood: did you know SydneyMusic.net is open source? You can deploy your own customised version completely free and run your own version of the site with only a small amount of technical knowledge. If you set one up, we'll link to it!
Fri
10
Jesse Redwing
9:00pm Ramblin' Rascal Tavern
Four date Friday residency across March continues!
Madeleine Peyroux (USA)
8:00pm State Theatre
Album launch. Under 18s welcome if accompanied by an adult.
Dean Lewis
8:00pm Hordern Pavilion
The Velvet Club
Mayhem in Marrickville
W/ Black Jesus, Bastardizer, Horrisonous, Grim, Blasfemancia
7:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Freakbeat House Show (Vol 1)
W/ Research Reactor Corp, Itchy & The Nits, Gee Tee, Ghoulies
7:00pm Secret Petersham Location
A new house show series?? In Petersham??? With an absolutely stacked lineup???? The address is said to be being announced on the day. Keep an eye on Freakbeat's Instagram page, which seems to be the only place to get info about their doings.
Thu
9
Swansea Hit and Run
8:00pm The Dock, Redfern
Crumb (USA)
8:00pm Factory Theatre
First ever Aussie tour for this neo-psych band from Brooklyn
Alice Phoebe Lou (SA/GER)
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
"Arcadia is a series of gigs for NB, trans, and female driven acts"
Peach Fur
7:30pm The Lansdowne
RICCHI E POVERI (ITA)
7:30pm Enmore Theatre
"Space Jazz / Future Soul / Experimental Prog"
Night Mares: A Women's Week Fundraiser
W/ Lara (Lady King), Crotch (Bodytype / Sweetie), Caitlin Harnett (Pony Boys, Andy Golledge band), Imi (Joseph Liddy, Riverdreams, EJ Worland), Hayley (Lady Lyon), Kiri, MUNG MUNG, Bonnie Stewart + Freya Schack-Arnott (Bonniesongs / Runa Cara), Son Zad (HOTEL, Terza Madre), Ali Mollica (The Morning Star), The UteroVision Choir featuring Georgia Mulligan, Ashley Bundang (Bored Shorts, Classic), Jane Doutney (ADKOB), Sarah Corry (LEFT), Freyja Fox (Megafauna), and many more!
6:00pm The Vanguard
"PALAVA are an all female-identifying arts collective who run community arts events in Sydney. Our NIGHT MARES event will be fundraising to ensure our 2023 group exhibition can go ahead and continue to support more female-identifying and non-binary artists. A portion of profit made will also be donated to SHARE THE DIGNITY, which bring dignity to women and girls experiencing homelessness, domestic violence, and period poverty through the distribution of period products."
Curator and DJ Krystel Diola curates Powerhouse Late: Instrumental, the second iteration of her Thinking About You music series.
Wed
8
Sacred Reich (USA) / Vio-lence (USA)
8:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
KOKOROKO (UK)
8:00pm Factory Theatre
Our mates over at Astral People and Handsome Tours (hello friends) doing the lord's work bringing an awesome neo jazz/afrobeat collective out from the UK. Given the individuals concerned with putting the show on, and the fact that they don't tour a dud, I'm going to stick my neck out there and suggest you take a look into this one. – JH
Western Sydney's best and only boy band, kings of the west and of my heart. Pop perfection that goes deceptively hard.
Armand Hammer (USA)
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
The 2 legendary rap poets - ELUCID and Billy Woods - are gracing Sydney with their hypnagogic, ominous and enrapturing sounds! Coming off of their 2021 Alchemist-produced album 'Haram', the duo are at the centrepoint of a burgeoning experimental hiphop movement you don't want to miss.
The Streets (UK)
7:00pm Hordern Pavilion
Tue
7
CRJ's last tour in 2019 was one of the most anticipated pop events of recent Australian history. She'd completely skipped the continent with her instant classic E•MO•TION, and by the time she rolled around to tour Dedicated the fans were at fever pitch. And then the show was just... fine? Much the same as Dedicated is a forgettable quagmire, the show ran as a perfectly serviceable run through some well loved classics. Carly seemed oblivious to the excitement and depth of connection to her work, barely acknowledged the audience or band, and did a perfunctory run through the songs. To be honest, especially as (for the crowd) a long-anticipated Event To Be Remembered, the whole thing was completely forgettable. CRJ has returned with a new record that's definitely a step above Dedicated - let's see if she can actually deliver a connection with her fans this time.
Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn
7:30pm City Recital Hall
Mon
6
Angel Olsen (USA)
8:00pm Sydney Opera House
Drugdealer (USA)
8:00pm Factory Theatre
Upgraded after a stampede for tickets had them disappear instantaneously when they went on-sale. Big plus for the new venue: the show is now all ages!
Sun
5
Richard Marx (USA)
7:30pm State Theatre
Backstreet Boys (USA)
7:30pm Qudos Arena
Big Mama Trio
7:30pm The Dock, Redfern
This long-running (number 30!!) series of experimental noise continues cranking out the weirdness. Never stop!
Debut show for The Magician, in the downstairs Green Room
Buddy Dingo making the drive in his ute from Tangambalanga near the NSW / Vic border to play his first show in Sydney for yonks and will be joined by his Sydney band featuring Jase and Luke.
House of Mince presents: Unknown Pleasures
W/ Deep Faith, Downgirl, California Girls, Chela, Patamon, Aaron Manhattan (DJ)
4:00pm The Duke of Enmore
You call that a lineup? This is a lineup!
Katie Reid
3:00pm Yulli's Brewery
Sat
4
LP launch + a rare set from Melodie Nelson!
The Proclaimers (UK)
8:00pm State Theatre
Peaches (CAN)
8:00pm City Recital Hall
Performing "The Teaches of Peaches" in full, celebrating the electroclash classic's 20th anniversary! I do appreciate that the ticket price is $69.
Cymande (UK)
Seymour Nights @ Sydney WorldPride
W/ Chela, Jamaica Moana, Etcetera Etcetera, Beks
7:30pm Seymour Centre
Backstreet Boys (USA)
7:30pm Qudos Arena
Single launch!
Griffin Ford's "InZaNiT Band"
4:00pm The Midnight Special
Fri
3
I yelled "fuck!!!!!" when I saw this and now you can too. No seriously, Shady Nasty are one of Sydney's finest bands - a fluid blend of post-hardcore intersecting with just about any genre they care to mash into the stew. To have them playing a free midnight show is close to too good to be true. Get on board.
Lucille Croft
10:00pm Tokyo Sing Song @ The Marly
Cherish were going to be launching 'Project XOXO' at this gig, but have had to pull out due to Covid
Honey Nothings
9:00pm Yulli's Brewery
Jesse Redwing
9:00pm Ramblin' Rascal Tavern
Four date residency every Friday in March, bar the 17th
Monstress
8:30pm Meraki Arts Bar
Nakhane
8:00pm City Recital Hall
A sideshow for the Melbourne up-and-comers around their dates supporting Pavement
Naarm band celebrating their debut album "A Force to be Rockin'" With through Legless Records (Split System, Stiff Richards, C.O.F.F.I.N.)
WE THREE (USA)
7:30pm Factory Theatre
Boy and Bucket
7:00pm Meraki Arts Bar
This is a wild one: a 7pm gig, after which they boot out all the punters and then have another artist play at 8:30pm (see below)... for $20 and $25 respectively.
'Sweet Baby Brown Eyes' Single Launch
Handsome Young Strangers
W/ Dave Favours and the Roadside Ashes, Looch Lewis and the Press Gangsters
7:00pm MoshPit Bar
Thu
2
PSA: 'Chaperone' is the new band name for 'Alpha Goose', who changed their name after a member left the group
The Wandering Stars
Jockstrap (UK)
8:00pm Mary's Underground
Freaks 4 Hire
W/ Doctor Robot, Scruffamudda, Loz'd In Space, Smut Machine, Julio Stinky
7:30pm Hiway Bar
Alright!!! So you're all across Sydney's burgeoning weirdo scene yes? It's probably always been there, but certainly at least for me I'd only encountered the absolute fringes. But here once again is absolutely infatiguable agent of party Doctor Robot ("from the year nine million!"), the costumes, the talk box, the tin whistle solos that temporarily elevate you to the heavenly realms (tell me I'm wrong) - what I'm saying is he rules. Scruffamudda: absolutely mayhemic but relentlessly catchy sonic-blender (loops and bleeps and rapping). The other acts I don't know but we'll both probably know them soon. I sense a scene really beginning to build here and it's fucking glorious. Don't be too late to the party: live a little. Trust me.
Heilung (GER)
7:00pm Big Top, Luna Park
Heilung is an experimental folk music band made up of members from Denmark, Norway, and Germany. Their music is based on texts and runic inscriptions from Germanic peoples of the Bronze Age, Iron Age, and Viking Age. Heilung describe their music as "amplified history from early medieval northern Europe"
The Bancrofts
7:00pm Django Bar @ Camelot Lounge
Snoop Dogg (USA)
7:00pm Qudos Arena
Brooke McClymont & Adam Eckersley
7:00pm Camelot Lounge
Chunyin
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Experimental electronic side project of Rainbow Chan. Two sessions, 6:30pm and 8:15pm - entry by ballot. More info at the link.
Wed
1
Indie-Queers Sydney World Pride Edition
W/ SL8ERBOY, Awa Mbaye, Safety First
Snoop Dogg (USA)
7:00pm Qudos Arena
Okinawa Americana (JPN)
7:00pm The Vanguard
Feb '23
Tue
28
Del Amitri (UK)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
No idea who this is but it's their "first Australian shows in more than thirty years": they have a smattering of charting singles including "Nothing Ever Happens", “Kiss This Thing Goodbye”, “Always The Last To Know” and “Roll To Me”. I'm still none the wiser, but I'm sure there's someone reading this that's frothing over having just discovered the show. So whoever you are, enjoy!
Ed Sheeran support act's own headline show while in town. Moved from OAF to the Metro!
This regular series of improvised music continues going strong! This week sees Simon Ferenci doing a solo trumpet performance. Lisathe is a trio featuring bassist Brendan Clark, guitarist/pedal steel player Oliver Thorpe and drummer Miles Thomas.
Outdoor courtyard dance setting on a weeknight - slated to run until 11:30pm. How nice!
TORIA RICHINGS
7:00pm The Vanguard
Mon
27
"A weekly show presenting original jazz/improvised music"
Sun
26
The Too Easy Band contains alumni of: Front End Loader, Dead Marines, Psyclone Smyle, Clouds, Don Walker, Sleepy Jackson, The Ride Ons, Gadflys, King Curly, Mess Hall and The Aerial Maps.
Eugene Gibson
7:30pm The Dock, Redfern
Necko
6:30pm Brass Monkey
"... debut residency of KaSH Trio - an explorative chordless collaboration from emerging jazz musicians Kalon Captain (drums), Sean Niven (double bass) and Harry Tompsett (tenor saxophone)"
The Continental Robert Szus
4:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Sat
25
Huck Hastings
8:00pm Vic on the Park
Unwritten Law (USA)
8:00pm Dee Why RSL Club
Supahoney
8:00pm Marrickville Bowling Club
The Moving Stills
8:00pm Avalon RSL
Hyperpop Appreciation: Alone Together Afterparty
W/ 14strk (DJ), BBianca (live), Kavi (Live), Cass Lee (DJ)
7:30pm SHADES
The Charli XCX doco "Alone Together" is screening at Golden Age earlier in the day, and Shades are putting on a lineup of hyperpop to keep the vibes going. $10 on the door.
Rah! Records Social Club
7:00pm MoshPit Bar
Brilliant to see a second instalment of this excellent initiative by Yours & Owls with Crowbar. I went to the first one with ARSE headlining - it was a really nice turnout of great humans and the bands ruled. Very exciting, very free, very good burgers.
Fri
24
Tanzer
8:00pm Vic on the Park
Album launch for Inebrious Bastards!
Horror My Friend
8:00pm The Chippo Hotel
Nick Vulture + Abigail Brighton
8:00pm Butchers Brew Bar
Double bill of acoustic and indie folk
New duo featuring members of Library Siesta and YEEVS launching their new EP ‘A Movie I Used to Love’
5 bands for 5 bucks
W/ Speed Dial, Amy Solylo, Shawnee's Angels, Oracle, Florah
Does what it says on the label. All tickets on the door.
ONE STEP CLOSER (USA)
W/ Born Free, Primitive Blast, GELD, Histamine
7:00pm The House of Music & Booze
Ed Barnes
W/ Blake Cateris, Billy Puntton & The Mental Health Plan, Rita B
7:00pm The Lord Gladstone
Lineup accompanies “A Day At The Beach” exhibition featuring 8 local artists
Kav Temperley
7:00pm The Vanguard
Eskimo Joe frontman playing tracks from his new solo album and the EJ back catalogue. Dress code: Black fingernails, monkey-shit brown sweater. (Not officially.)
Queer In Warrane #3
W/ Baschoe b2b Deepa (DJ), Chela (Live), Djanaba (DJ), Glo (Live), Fried Pork Chop (DJ), Lydia Kivela (Live)
5:00pm Hyde Park Barracks
Thu
23
The Organ Trio
8:00pm The Dock, Redfern
Hotel
8:00pm The Midnight Special
"Ken Allars (NED) and Novak Manojlovic present a rare live offering ... marrying synthesizers, tape loops, drum machines and more with their own distinctive and critically lauded voices on trumpet and piano respectively", while ".ilex is the solo hybrid acoustic/electronic project of Sydney drummer and percussionist Holly Conner"
Breaking Sound
W/ North of Quasi, Sonnet and the Breadboys, Bixie Major, Maisie's Vacation
Special collaborative performance - Party Dozen in a new context on The Other Side (ahem) of town
Queer In Warrane #2
W/ Dylan Atlantis (Live), Perfect Actress (Live), Lottie World (Live), FBi radio DJs
5:00pm Hyde Park Barracks
Powerhouse Late: Queerbourhood
W/ Marcus Whale, Jamaica Moana, Anso, BVT, Imbi, Sarah Jessica Carpark, Grace, Brendan Maclean, Liam Gale, Clarissa Mei, Stereogamous (DJ), Papi Chulo (DJ), Hip-Hop-Hoe (DJ)
5:00pm Powerhouse Museum
Heckin' stacked cast, suspect this will be a pretty fast rotation through this sizeable number of performers. "A night championing Sydney’s diverse and vibrant LGBTQIA+ music communities, Powerhouse Late: Queerbourhood features live music and performances curated by Jonny Seymour and Paul Mac who have been supporting Sydney’s emerging queer artists for decades."
Wed
22
Tue
21
Mon
20
"A weekly show presenting original jazz/improvised music"
Sun
19
Future Islands (USA)
8:00pm Sydney Opera House
Tijuana Cartel
5:30pm Oxford Art Factory
Satellite V
4:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Seymour Nights @ Sydney WorldPride
W/ Troy, Seann Miley Moore, Tanzer, LAVRENCE
4:30pm Seymour Centre
Vitalise Week 7
W/ Mara, Jónó Mí Ló, Rory Stenning, In conversation with: OTIS Audio
4:00pm Fatamorgana
This week of the ongoing Vitalise series runs a little earlier with a mellow line-up: a gorgeous selection of ambient and slow burn electronic music, co-ordinated by Danny Wild (Low Flung) and the Campsie Centre For Electronic Research, and hosted in the incredible upstairs DIY warehouse space that is now known as Fatamorgana. This week's workshop will feature a demo of OTIS' "Love Beams" effects pedal - an incredible multi-mode delay unit that packs an unbelievable number of functions into its little metal box.
Sat
18
CRANKEES
11:30pm Crowbar
Straight after the Cosmic Psychos. Love that the Crowie is really committing to the late night rock show thing - we need more of it!
At Arm's Length
8:30pm Factory Floor @ The Factory
SIMA Jazz: NOW fest triple bill
W/ Mike Nock (NZ), Surfing Soundwaves, Believe
8:00pm The Great Club
SIMA = Sydney Improvised Music Association. Line-up featuring noted pianist Mike Nock, a three-piece ensemble led by Freyja Garbett, and BELIEVE: I saw their debut performance last week and they absolutely blew the roof off Church St Studios. BELIEVE have Laurence Pike (of PVT / Szun Waves / Triosk / Liars) providing his distinct style on the kit, with a quartet that under no circumstances lets themselves be overshadowed by Loz's broad range of experience and reputation. You can find some video footage of that performance on the SydneyMusic Discord server under #gigs-photos if you're keen to check it out.
Forest Claudette
8:00pm The House of Music & Booze
The Cannanes
8:00pm Golden Barley Hotel
Two sets in the GB front bar
Tickets $10 on the door
Creamy G's Freaky Deaky Dance Party #4
W/ Toydeath, Sandwich Magic, Tom Adamson, Doctor Robot
7:30pm The Lord Gladstone
I got a really simple, succinct summary of what this gig is about from one of the artists and I really like it: "Creamy G's aims to highlight Sydney's most unique and interesting underground/independent performers." While I like the statement's accuracy and humility, it's also the wildest understatement of the century: the weird, the crazy, the fun, the "out there" - whatever that looks like, you'll find it with artists and acts like these. Take Doctor Robot ("from the Year Nine Million!") and his talk box solos on his synthesiser as he seeks to understand the human experience as a newcomer to Earth with a bag of songs and a wild silver get up. ToyDeath I remember seeing I think at Laneway 2007 (back when it wasn't owned by Live Nation) - a wild, late night booking which had a handful of people watching three people in animal costumes that were playing circuit bent children's toys through guitar pedals. Haven't seen them since, I bet they're gonna rule. Sandwich Magic (Daisy Knight, the project of a former member of Dweeb City) does songs about sandwiches. And it's Tom Adamson's album launch. Love this!
Old Mervs
7:30pm The Lansdowne
Cell Block 69
7:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
COLLISION 2: Heatstroke Music & Fashion
W/ L.A.R.M., Lemonise, Alpha Goose, Yasmina Sadiki
It's just been announced that this will be Alpha Goose's last ever show :(
Queer As Fvck @ The Duke
W/ Gaia Rising, Kye Keen, Antonio Mantonio (Drag), Choking Hazard (Drag), George Dykeal (Drag)
7:00pm The Duke of Enmore
Samantha Fish
7:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
Dog Trumpet
7:00pm Django Bar @ Camelot Lounge
Well shit: all this time I've been entering gigs for Dog Trumpet completely oblivious to who they were... "Dog Trumpet is spearheaded by brothers Peter O'Doherty and Reg Mombassa who were founding members of iconic Australian band Mental As Anything"
Ngana Birrung: Penrith
W/ JK-47, Keely, Prodikal-1, A Girl
Tickets are free with RSVP via the website!
Baby Beef
5:00pm The Midnight Special
Vic Simms
3:30pm Petersham Bowlo
Free gig as part of the “Inner West BBQ for the Voice to Parliament” - the BBQ’s happening at 2pm up the road at Petersham Park. Vic Simms is a total icon with a hell of a story, would love him to write a memoir sometime. His album 'The Loner' is a classic of 70s protest music if you’re not across. Def someone to catch when the chance arises, and this is a good one. Albo will be there!
Fri
17
Kae Tempest
9:00pm Sydney Opera House
Honey Nothings
8:30pm Botany View Hotel
Arch Enemy (SWE)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
Club Miramar 3/3
W/ MIRAMAR (Live + DJ), Atlas Franklin Alexander (Live), Mayke (DJ), Anton Hartman (DJ)
8:00pm Meraki Arts Bar
The Lachy Doley Group
8:00pm Brass Monkey
'Reoccurring Nightmare' Launch
TURNSTILE THE REAL OPENING ACT FOR WORLDPRIDE 🌈 (beg borrow or steal a ticket to this show I promise you)
Charlie Gradon
7:00pm The Vanguard
Thu
16
Conner O’Donoghue
8:00pm The Dock, Redfern
Tickets for this highly anticipated gig from the hardcore punk five-piece evaporated in seconds after going on sale for the original booking at The Metro. It's clear this kind of insane demand was always expected by the bookers: Laneway clearly wanted the pent-up demand to send people in the direction of the festival, but anyone wailing to the heavens had their prayers answered: Turnstile are up for a Grammy, which means they've dropped out of Laneway to jet back to the States, and now have two mega Sydney gigs to cater to demand (the other is at the Big Top at Luna Park). The people win!
Quinn XCII (USA)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
Mahesh & Tapestries of Sound
7:30pm Petersham Bowlo
‘Circling Beyond the Square’ EP launch
Jamie Hutchings
7:00pm Django Bar @ Camelot Lounge
Vengaboys (NLD)
W/ Whigfield, Alice Deejay, N-Trance, Reel 2 Real feat. The Mad Stuntman, Nick Skitz (DJ)
7:00pm Big Top, Luna Park
Local pop-rock artist launching new single ‘Eye To Eye’, playing to her largest headline audience yet!
Wed
15
Skyla
6:30pm Brass Monkey
Ngana Birrung: Campbelltown
W/ JK-47, Keely, Prodikal-1, T Breezy, Walker Boy
6:00pm Campbelltown Arts Centre
Ngana Birrung is Dharug for Black Stars, and features a strong lineup of First Nations hip-hop artists. Note that this Campbelltown gig is sold out, but take a look at the other lineups for this series in Rosehill and Penrith
Tue
14
Peturbator (FR)
8:00pm Factory Theatre
"Improvisation in the hopes of sinking Saint Valentine’s Love Boat with adventures through jazz, ambient and eastern music" - Josh Shipton (of the Blue-Eyed Ravens, and curator of the regular MoshPit Bar EVIL series), Mike Kennett (Dave Carr’s Fabulous Contraption), Alia Josephine (Vermillion Trio)
"(mic open between sets for declarations of love!)"
Mon
13
Monday Night Confessions
W/ Chris Cody & Tessie Overmyer (duo), Steve Barry (quartet)
7:30pm Church St Studios
This gorgeous, idiosyncratic space in Camperdown presents a reliably excellent series of improvised jazz every Monday night. You can see some video of the space in the SydneyMusic.net Discord (link in the footer at the bottom of this page) - check out #gigs-photos
Sun
12
Wasabi Bytes
8:00pm Hustle & Flow
"Tales of the City" debut album launch event for a new hip hop / electronica act. First live set we've been aware of at this famously rambunctious location.
Echo Deer
7:30pm The Dock, Redfern
Ya Levis (DRC/FRA)
Wayne Gillespie & Famous Blue Raincoat
5:00pm Bayview Hotel, Gladesville
Playing songs with his 6-piece band off their recent album FRAZZ - apparently it's "folk, rock and jazz"
Stormcellar
4:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
As the ticket link says: "Victoria, Wifey and Buddy Glass feature members of Youth Group, Smudge, John Reed Club, Peabody, Hand Me My Jetpack, The Gadflies, GiveGoods and more" - need more be said? (also a member of the Sydney band Songs)
THE KIDS
W/ SODA SIMULATOR, TERESA GREEN, DYSFUNCTION, GEORGIE WINCHESTER
2:30pm Factory Floor @ The Factory
Nice local lineup in a cute courtyard setting. Can back Moody Beach as a nice amped up fuzzy guitar pop sound, while Jet City lean a little more on the jangle side of town.
Carl Cox & Eric Powell's Mobile Disco
W/ Carl Cox (UK) (DJ), Eric Powell (UK) (DJ)
1:00pm Royal Randwick
Under The Bridge
W/ Endless Bore, Scræpe, Crêam Söda, Boiling Hot Politician, Numbskull, Grand Final, Birthday Raven, Dial Up Modem, Arsenico, Techno Prisoners, Succour
1:00pm Secret Location
No idea where this is being held - under a bridge, apparently - but it's a huge lineup! DM a band, you'll probably get told where it is!
Sat
11
Boney M (GER)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Kosher Groove
8:00pm Union Hotel
Soul Messengers
8:00pm Butchers Brew Bar
Zack Fox
8:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
Absolutely stellar DIY gig series up in the Blue Mountains. In their own words: "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 visiting artists with the focus on the experimental." Keep an eye on this project - it's a good'n.
Fri
10
Germein
8:00pm The Great Club
Club Miramar 2/3
W/ MIRAMAR (Live + DJ), Forward Fox (Live), 4ket (DJ), Ration L (DJ)
8:00pm Meraki Arts Bar
Nothing, Nowhere (USA)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
Yung Gravy (USA)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Lock up ya mums (or take them to a VIP meet and greet, mums have got needs too).
The Comfort
8:00pm The Chippo Hotel
"DEXAMPHETAMINE/GHOLA" launch from this incredible Western Sydney rapper who has absolutely destroyed every time I've seen him. Put him on the "must watch" list. That's Nerdie from superstar-ascendant Korean-Australian hip-hop/electronic band 1300 on the lineup, likely on the decks (although I'd love to hear a solo set - his productions are frankly incredible)
Very excited to be tipped off about this fantastic series of metal shows in Chatswood (thank you Darsh) - these folks are doing the lord's work. We're keen to ensure this guide reflects everything that's happening in all corners of Sydney: hit us up if you have any pointers!
Frontman for Something Corporate and Jack's Mannequin, out on his own (or as he has it, "in the Wilderness").
Snake Bite Whisky
7:00pm The Vanguard
'The Afterthought' EP launch
Redd Volkaert (USA)
7:00pm Brass Monkey
THE SATANIC TOGAS
7:00pm The Duke of Enmore
Thu
9
This is the best artist website we've seen in quite some time: http://www.ourcarlson.club/
Yorke
7:30pm The Lansdowne
Benito Di Fonzo
7:30pm The Townie
Two sets
Bad Drip
7:00pm The Duke of Enmore
Wed
8
Ross From Friends (UK)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
Two absolute giants - Ed Kuepper being the co-founder of The Saints, Laughing Clowns, and more recently his instrumental Asteroid Ekosystem project. Jim White - of The Dirty Three, Xylouris White, and more recently with Springtime - has been offering his inimitable musical drumming to various frontpersons and collaborators such as Bill Callahan, Gareth Liddiard (The Drones, TFS) and Marisa Anderson.
Ben Harper (USA)
8:00pm State Theatre
Tue
7
Fred again.. (UK)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Darren Hayes
8:00pm ICC Sydney Theatre
Raye (UK)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Slowthai (UK)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
THE BACKSEAT LOVERS (USA)
8:00pm Factory Theatre
Christian Lee Hutson (USA)
6:15pm Phoenix Central Park
Christian Lee Hutson is a pretty core part of the Phoebe Bridgers expanded universe - co-songwriter for Bridgers, Boygenius and Better Community Oblivion Centre. In town as part of the aforementioned's backing band, he's doing two special free shows (entry by ballot allocation only) at 6:30pm and 8:15pm in the remarkable Phoenix Central Park space. His music goes almost to the extremes of whisper-quiet folk, gorgeously understated but well placed. Now signed to American label ANTI-, he also supported Bridgers' Oxford Art Factory tour back in 2018 (what a different time that was) - selling CD-Rs up the back and everything!
Mon
6
Lexi Jayde (USA)
7:30pm The Lansdowne
"A weekly show presenting original jazz/improvised music." BELIEVE is: Laurence Pike (PVT / Szun Waves / Triosk / Liars), Clayton Thomas (The Ames Room / Now Now festival), Novak Manojlovic (Hekka / Microfiche) and Peter Farrar (The Prophets)
Sun
5
Cowboy Junkies (CAN)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Conner O’Donoghue
7:30pm The Dock, Redfern
Launch show for single "Bull Frog"
"(mic open between sets for declarations of love!)"
"Ambient psych-rock" and "stoner psychedelic sludge". Put it on your ice cream.
Soul Messengers
4:30pm Collaroy Beach Club
Vitalise @ Good Space: Week 5
W/ LUCY CLICHÉ, THE GOOD SHADOW, SWINGING TASTY BAG, ORGANARCHY, METHODIX (DJ), ATMM (VJ)
NOTE: MOVED FROM GOOD SPACE TO KINGS X HOTEL. Clan Analogue - yes, they're very much still at it! - are launching a 14 track compilation called "Cognition 303 - Bassline Deviations" featuring a cross-section of Australian electronic artists celebrating the 40th birthday of the engine room of acid/techno: the Roland TB-303 bass synthesizer/sequencer. This lineup is intended to coincide with this, and features an excellent local roster of Sydney electronic producers/performers. Tickets on door only.
"Don't Cry No Tears" single launch
Naked Strangers
2:00pm Yulli's Brewery
Sat
4
Cherish
11:59pm Crowbar
Free front bar show with hair-singeing Sydney hardcore queers. Love them.
Me First & The Gimme Gimmes (USA)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
BLAUhAUS
8:00pm Golden Age Cinema & Bar
TEX AND TIM
W/ Tim Rogers and The Twin Set, Tex Perkins and The Fat Rubber Band
8:00pm Factory Theatre
Tex and fucking Tim. Back at it. That price tag though, Jesus.
Halestorm (USA)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Bread Club
8:00pm Waywards @ The Bank Hotel
The Sooks
Tay Oskee
7:30pm The Lansdowne
Ella Hooper
7:00pm Brass Monkey
Pleasure: Endurance Session
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
After having run these "Endurance Session" events in a warehouse in Marrickville two years in a row (and with last year's probably up there as one of my gigs of the year), it's exciting to see Pleasure's noteworthy concept evolve into a space like Phoenix Central Park. The concept is simple: Adam Connelly (ex Megastick Fanfare), Jono Boulet (Party Dozen, ARSE, millions of other things) and Hugh Deacon (The Good Boys) get together and play improvisational music for 6 hours straight, with many friends rotating in and out to help evolve the structure of the event. Entry by ballot now, which has closed - but you might get lucky if you keep your eyes peeled.
Backsliders
6:00pm The Vanguard
Blues band showcasing their FIFTEENTH album. Rob Hirst (Midnight Oil) is hitting the tubs.
Fri
3
"Hangover" single launch
Club Miramar 1/3
W/ MIRAMAR (Live + DJ), Tayla (Live), 4ket (DJ), Nathxn (DJ)
8:00pm Meraki Arts Bar
This kicks off a three week residency of gigs headlined by local electronic act Miramar and featuring a lineup of friends curated by the band. Runs until 2am.
Little Green
Absolutely stacked lineup. Fig are a sublime "slow glam" act on record - go check them out on the playlist. Should be a ripper.
Outrageous line-up! Do you remember Twerps? They were one of the poster acts for Melbourne's heady "dolewave" scene back in the early 2010s but, like most of their colleagues (ok, Dick Diver), disappeared without a trace without explanation. Will there be a dolewave conspiracy documentary in a decade's time? Will it feature Darren Levin (editor of one of this website's spiritual forefathers Mess+Noise) as a talking head? But I digress. One of Twerps' key members Martin Frawley has re-appeared in Free Time, who are based in New York and who appear to be touring Australia for a crop of dates. But look! Martin is ALSO doing a set with no other than living legend Dan Kelly (yes, he's related to Paul Kelly - nephew/uncle). Did you know that Dan Kelly and the Alpha Males (Dan's band) originally had Gareth Liddiard (The Drones) and Tom Carlyon (of criminally underrated Aussie band Devastations) in their line-up when they formed? Wild times. Okin Osan is the project of local Rose Chan - skuzzy, sunny power pop. And Pash is some gorgeous jangle glossiness. Tick. Tick. Tick. Tick.
'Cactus' single launch
19-TWENTY
7:00pm The Vanguard
Good Space x Debaser Presents: Imbued
W/ The Toothpicks, Allora
Thu
2
Switchfoot (USA)
8:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
Cockney Rejects (UK)
8:00pm Marrickville Bowling Club
M.Ward (USA)
8:00pm Factory Theatre
Death by Carrot
8:00pm The Duke of Enmore
Knucks (UK)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
Yard Act (UK)
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
We welcome any and all efforts to make Sydney weirder. What's your flavour? A "drag superhero who embodies and defends their own ideals of empathy, self-expression, autonomous identity and gender non-conformity"? "Bizarre and off-beat songs ... about Club Sandwiches"? "Songs about Mum culture, Yoga, Grant Denyer and more"?
Dead Marines (Bernie Hayes, Bow Campbell & Brendan Gallagher)
7:00pm Django Bar @ Camelot Lounge
A line-up featuring "balkan infused prog, 8 bit flavoured weirdo rock and middle eastern inspired psych". A warning that the line-up represented here doesn't reflect playing times: "Who’s headlining? We don’t know. Who’s opening? We don’t know that either. Why? Thanks to recent breakthroughs in CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY, lineup order will be determined on the night mere seconds before performance via DIGITAL ALEATORIC GENERATION to keep you on your toes."
Wed
1
CJ Stranger & Sunset Stranger
8:00pm The Midnight Special
Fontaines D.C. (IRE)
8:00pm UNSW Roundhouse
This is almost worth cancelling my honeymoon over. Irishmen Fontaines D.C are hot as hell right now, and I'll be wishing I was at this show while sipping pina coladas on Seminyak beach with my wife.
Jan '23
Tue
31
Citizens
8:00pm Factory Theatre
Two improvisational duos - donation suggested for entry
Sun
29
Moktar مُخْتار
W/ Sophie McAlister (DJ), DJ Earl Grey
"A cavalcade of poetry and song" - apparently this duo did this as a regular event at The Friend in Hand in Glebe for about a decade under the name "Bardflys".
MORTAL BLOW BIG BAND
4:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Selfish Sundays
W/ ARSE, Enclave, Muscle Mary, Georgia Mulligan (solo), August Auzins (solo), Horror MyFriend (DJs)
4:00pm Crowbar
You bloody ripper. Crowbar teaming up with Yours and Owls for a killer arvo/evening line-up - totally free!
Country & Inner Western
W/ Sweet Talk, Lady Lyon, Manson Family Values, David M Western
2:00pm The House of Music & Booze
The bootscooters won't give up until they've taken over every last corner of the Inner West! Another quality line-up of the good local stuff.
Sat
28
Rah! Records Social Club w/ BEYOND DOPE
W/ BC & OLD MATE HAMB, MATT XANDER, GRIZZLY THE HERMIT, PUNKTUATION, BOO LAWSON, JACQUI LOMAS, GHOSTNOTE
8:30pm MoshPit Bar
Noiseworks
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Dande & The Lion
8:00pm Botany View Hotel
This will be preceded by a vinyl market running from 11am-4pm, with DJs from midday
Party Dozen
Something About Midnight
W/ Dream Lawn, Peripheral Vision, Salted Ham
6:30pm The Alley @ The Agincourt
JOY.
6:30pm Great Hall (Sydney Uni)
This is our first listing for Sydney Uni's Great Hall which makes me wonder why it's as underutilised for contemporary music as it is. There might be some good opportunity there! Wonder what the booking fee is? This is being put on by "entertainment discovery platform" Fever - it's sort of like SydneyMusic but they're shooting for global, it's for-profit and it looks like part of their business model is getting into the ticketing game. The gig itself (and the rest of their "Originals" series) is kind of a promotional initiative, with the selling point being that the artist plays amidst "thousands" of candles (putting that in quotes as that's from the press release) - you just know that's gonna look svelte on Instagram and TikTok. The show comes at a premium: an eye-watering $75 to sit up the front (you can be up the back for $45): it's quite a steep ask for a local act, but maybe that's making sure there's budget for the cleaners to get all of the melted candlewax sorted after bump out.
That's Hayley Mary (formerly of The Jezebels) doing her solo material. Unsure if these gigs are full band affairs or stripped back instrumentation,
GLAM FEST
W/ Faster Pussycat, Wednesday 13, Eclipse, Enuff Z'Nuff, Pretty Boy Floyd, Tuff, Sisters Doll, Crosson, Dept. Of Gloom, Star Crazy
4:00pm Factory Theatre
Tim Freedman
4:00pm Brett Whiteley Studio
Psyched As Forever
W/ Pist Idiots, Johnny Hunter, Forest Hall, PEEL, Julia Why?, Nick Nuisance & the Delinquents, Psyched As House Band, Moody Beach, Murray Darling, Iain T. McKelvey & The Midnight Tangos, Germ Donor
1:00pm Petersham Bowlo
Despite being extremely sold out, we thought it fitting to acknowledge this stacked line-up (look at it!) celebrating the life of Richard ‘Millzy’ Mills, one of the co-founders of label/party collective Psyched As. All profits from ticket sales will be donated to the Bula'Bula Arts Centre in Ramingining (NT).
Fri
27
PJ Orr
9:00pm Yulli's Brewery
Borderline Destruction
W/ UNEARTH, King Parrot, The Ascended, Complexant, flaming wrekage
8:00pm Crowbar
Hotel
8:00pm Botany View Hotel
Album launch for the incredible Potential, releasing their album after three excellent singles that have just got me more and more pumped for the full thing. Potential play (in their own words) "weirdo dark-pop synth-wave" - great songwriting, drum machines, harmonised sax, grinding chorus bass, it's a fucking treat. Loose Fit are an incredible support, also offering bursts of sax, intensive post-punk rhythms with little elements of dub all over it - their debut record was recorded and mixed by Jonathan Boulet of Party Dozen and ARSE. And at the greatest venue in Sydney - the PBC!
5 Bands for 5 Bucks
W/ Airline, Siphon, Dimi Xomusic, Radio Row, Slack Punks
Grenade Jumper
Azure
7:00pm Red Rattler
Thu
26
Blak Powerhouse
W/ Nooky, Barkaa, Kobie Dee, Kanada The Loop, Mi-Kaisha, Tom Foolery
5:00pm Powerhouse Museum
A night of live music, art, a film screening, and talks put together by Indigenous social enterprise We Are Warriors. Free, but ticket registrations are recommended.
Yabun Festival
W/ Tia Gostelow, DRMNGNOW, Aodhan, Denni, ROBERT K CHAMPION Presents Manta Milmilpa, Blanche, MAURIAL SPEARIM, Jacob Ridgeway, Carissa Nyalu, KYARNA ROSE & MATTY WALKER, PRODIKAL-1, MICKILLAKID, ONE OUT, CHILL CHENEY, BLACX & SCRAPZ, IZZY
10:00am Victoria Park
Wed
25
Doctor Robot
W/ Happy Shadowz, DJ Pasito (Shane from DZ Deathrays), DJ Catkings
9:00pm The Lord Gladstone
Ty Segall (USA)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
KEHLANI (USA)
8:00pm Hordern Pavilion
God I am VERY excited about this... "It Was Good Until It Wasn't" is an absolutely stunning record
Tue
24
Mon
23
The Dead South (CAN)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Gwyn Ashton
8:00pm Butchers Brew Bar
Sun
22
Marc Rebillet (USA)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
LIL DARKIE (USA)
8:00pm Factory Theatre
Big Mama Trio
7:30pm The Dock, Redfern
DAVE JENSEN AND HIS GOOD INTENTIONS
4:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Liquid Zoo
4:00pm Union Hotel
Chants and Drones: an evening of New Music for Acoustic and Electrified guitar
W/ Darren "DC" Cross, Jeremy Nicholas, Liam Keenan
3:00pm The Old Shopfront
Entry by donation. BYO. And is this a new DIY space?
Sat
21
Eagle Ray
10:00pm Golden Age Cinema & Bar
DJ Masda (JPN/GER)
W/ Moopie (A Colourful Storm) (DJ), Magda Bytnerowicz (DJ), Simon Caldwell (DJ), Ivy (DJ), many more
10:00pm The Bridge Hotel
DJ Masda is a selector originating from out of Japan, a key figure in party crew/label Cabaret as well as Energy Flash Distribution. More recently he's been based in Berlin. This party has been organised by Polka and Brighter Days, and runs all the way up to midday the following day.
Midnight Tea Party
8:30pm Botany View Hotel
Sesame Girl
8:00pm Vic on the Park
Marc Rebillet (USA)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
If the name doesn't ring a bell, google "Loop Daddy". Wildly charismatic, utterly ridiculous, and even inspirational, with improvised bangers for days.
First Aussie tour in 5 years! "Impressionistic folk music" in the warm, welcoming environs of the PBC
IVEY
8:00pm Waywards @ The Bank Hotel
Marty Mone
8:00pm Factory Theatre
LSF
Final ever show
HEAVY FEST
W/ Thrall, Mammons Throne, Terra Mortem, Maggot Cave, Wicked Sisters, Carnal Viscera, Foothills, Anoxia, Celestial Oath, Besomora
7:00pm The Vanguard
Alex Lloyd
7:00pm Brass Monkey
Big Moist & the Smoking Durries
6:30pm The Bridge Hotel
You'll see Cockatoo Island on this guide every Saturday afternoon for the next few months - up through March.
Alma Zygier
4:00pm Brett Whiteley Studio
Casual Collusion
W/ Got Music Social Club (DJ), Off The Top Radio (DJ), Barney Kato (DJ), Natalie Lawrence (DJ)
3:00pm The Lord Gladstone
A courtyard party at the Gladdy feature "dub, house, electro, jazz, hip hop, world beats and beyond " Hosted by Got Music Social Club and Off The Top Radio, coming together for the very first time.
Summertime Festi-Ville
W/ This Is A Robbery, Woolworths Flu Shot, Brody Greg, Jude Joseph, Granfalloon, Operation Ibis, Ess-Em, Billy Puntton & the Mental Health Plan
3:00pm The Great Club
Mitch McLennan
2:30pm MoshPit Bar
Fri
20
The Whole Wide World Band
9:00pm Yulli's Brewery
Two acts straight from Wollongong to show you how they do it down south! Private Wives is a three-piece all-girl riotous punk act - you know the drill, the drum fill, the chanty-shouted vocals, the riffs... all of which get stuck in your head for days after. They do it with panache. Chimers we've written about many times on this guide - we love them, they're great, you need to see them. New single "Generator" dropping January 13! Go for it.
The Midnight Tides
8:30pm Botany View Hotel
Lord have mercy! Here comes a psych/stoner hurricane featuring Jay Whalley (Frenzel Rhomb), his wife "Loz Sutch" as she is known (also: "the High Priestess") and a couple of their mates. They're doing two nights at the ripping small space that is MoshPit Bar (we love you guys dearly MoshPit, never change, stay weird forever)
Pip Millett (UK)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
Music in Exile presents "Building Bridges"
W/ Ausecuma Beats, Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange (Z*F*E*X)
8:00pm Mary's Underground
"Melbourne’s Music in Exile label, a not-for-profit aimed at profiling musicians from refugee and migrant backgrounds that give the city its world-class reputation in the arts, started the Building Bridges series, a collection of recordings aimed at keeping individuals connected and inspired during lockdown. One such project was a match made somewhere in musical heaven. The minds behind Ausecuma Beats, a nine-piece, Melbourne-based ensemble comprised of members from Senegal, Mali, Cuba and Guinea, spent weeks recording and sharing material remotely with the Zeitgeist Freedom Energy Exchange, also known as Z*F*E*X." More info at the link.
sobeit Live
W/ Felix Dame, Maury Rum, Sam, Smoke1, baschoe (DJ), sobeit (DJ)
8:00pm The House of Music & Booze
Shayfer James
8:00pm The Great Club
Ex-Bad Seed/Wreckery figure Ed Clayton-Jones explores his catalogue of darkly disjointed songs of longing at semi-legendary St Peters' haunt the Town & Country with a band featuring, among others, former The Cruel Sea bassist Ken Gormly. Supported by Last Motel and Steve Broughton. Tickets $15, in what seems to be some sort of ironic, retro move, on the door only.
Holy holy holy hell, the lads are back with a new EP.
Alivan Blu
Clews
7:30pm The Lansdowne
Monthly electronic music night running at Knox St Bar in Chippendale that we’d previously not been aware of.
Gigs are back at the Agincourt!
Darling Street
7:00pm The Vanguard
Lil Silva (UK)
Heatstroke Presents: Collision 1
W/ Alpha Goose, Red Revel, The Sal Vulcano Tribute Choir
6:30pm Red Rattler
A cool fusion of music and fashion. Blurb from event: "4 bands performing in original garments by 4 fashion designers - all the excitement of a live show, all the allure of a catwalk."
Thu
19
Prime Minister
8:00pm The Duke of Enmore
Gracie Abrams (USA)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Sonic Drops
8:00pm The Dock, Redfern
Benito Di Fonzo
7:30pm The Townie
Two sets
Emerging artists showcase by Breaking Sound Sydney. More artists to be announced!
Keybroads
W/ Sarah Cherlin, Spencer Spark, Emily Sarkova, Jenny Douglas, Analise Wren
7:30pm MoshPit Bar
EMMA DONOVAN AND PAUL GRABOWSKY
7:00pm City Recital Hall
"The Old Rugged Cross", a one-night, two-legend tribute to country gospel.
Black Rainbow Fundraiser
W/ Lupa J, Lucy Cliché, Salllvage, California Girls, Jungist (DJ), G Spot (DJ)
7:00pm Waywards @ The Bank Hotel
The official bio: "FAINT presents a fundraising live music and performance event for Black Rainbow (NT) an Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander social enterprise in the pursuit of positive health and well-being for First Nations LGBQTIA+SB (Brotherboy & Sistergirl) communities." - this is a really exciting local lineup for a really worthy cause. Get amongst.
Beans on Toast
7:00pm The Vanguard
Nat Bartsch
7:00pm Camelot Lounge
Wed
18
Gracie Abrams (USA)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Elton John (UK)
8:00pm Allianz Stadium
Gracie Abrams (USA)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Kingsley James
8:00pm The Midnight Special
Chloe Kim
Tue
17
Jordan Rakei
8:00pm Metro Theatre
Elton John (UK)
8:00pm Allianz Stadium
Mon
16
The White Tree
6:30pm The Vanguard
Sun
15
Liking this trend of free gigs at Crowbar on Sundays!
Coloured Stone
For all fans of emo & screamo. The last time I saw mowgli, I was moved. They really gave it their heart and soul.
White Knuckle Fever
6:00pm The Dock, Redfern
Two sets
That's Blackie of the Hard Ons and Nunchukka Superfly
Out of Nowhere
4:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Sat
14
Lola Scott
10:00pm Golden Age Cinema & Bar
Nothing quite like the chaotic energy of a 9pm Enmore Hotel show - two punk sets, about as no frills as it comes. Glorious.
Jack Botts
8:30pm Avalon RSL
Adam Newling
8:00pm Brass Monkey
Sounds Like Sunset formed in Pennant Hills in 1997. Famously, no matter how small the venue they're playing, they'll bring their full scale amp stacks and play at the volume they would if they were playing a gig at the SCG. I'm saying they're loud. Their sound draws a lot from the original wave of the UK's shoegaze influences - think Lush, Ride - but there's definitely an Australiana to it, so I'm gonna dub it "pubgaze". Key Out draws from a similar well of influences but with a little more gentleness - some lovely background vocals and textures adding a wooziness to a rock solid core guitar band sound. Their record's out on Half A Cow - it was mixed by Wayne Connolly (as was SLS' last release).
"Grindhead Records presents another night of Sludge, Grind and black metal all in one package"
UB40 (UK)
7:00pm Big Top, Luna Park
Seymour Nights: Heartsville Music Group
W/ Zane Banks, The Banks Brothers, Harry Foxton
6:00pm Seymour Centre
Martha Marlow ft. Chris Abrahams
4:00pm Brett Whiteley Studio
Fri
13
Powerman 5000 (USA)
9:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
Doctor Robot
8:00pm Botany View Hotel
Crank Williams & Patsy DeCline
W/ Dave Favours & The Roadside Ashes, Tall Squeeze
8:00pm MoshPit Bar
PRIMARY
W/ Awa Mbaye, Claudiah, Claire Knight, Gazal, Jayde Ellen, Lavrence, Nat Leila, Bobby Gray (DJ)
8:00pm Waywards @ The Bank Hotel
Billed as a festival comprised of the many artists and projects that intersect with a local studio producer Bobby Gray (as a clarification, that's "producer" as in: "turns your demos into proper recordings", not "plays a gig with Ableton Live and a make-believe tabletop modular synthesiser"). So anyway, it appears that Bobby's put on a lineup of artists he's worked with and he'll be DJing a bit around it. Great way to make a community around an environment visible! Hope it's a lovely night!
Elderbrook
8:00pm Metro Theatre
Antenna is not to be confused with the Scientists/Hoodoos/Southend supergroup formed in the late 90s. It is, in fact, a new punk group fronted by Shogun (yes, another one!), he of Royal Headache/Shogun & The Sheets/Finnoguns Wake/many more fame.
Selfish Sons 18+
Gigs are back at the Agincourt!
Surprise Chef
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
Gypsys of Pangea
W/ The Shadow Ministers, John Lawrie & The Welcome Strangers, Greasefire
7:00pm The Chippo Hotel
I'm going to gently and without hyperbole say that HTRK are my favourite Australian band of all time, and that you should absolutely see them at least once. They've plotted a fascinating trajectory from their early days as a grinding noisy post-punk trio, and subsequently evolving through various colours and hues of textural electronic music: from barely-perceptible darks to a gradually increasing brightness, calm, and reflectiveness - even looseness - that's appeared over the years, all the while retaining an ever-present sensuality that's been a signature core component of their music. I got chucked in the deep end with this band about a decade ago when I was asked by their label to design some simple lighting for a gig and it changed my life. HTRK are a national treasure - no knowing how this temporary SydFest pop-up venue will treat their vibe, but get amongst one of their two nights.
Alice Terry
7:00pm The Vanguard
Selfish Sons (All Ages)
Thu
12
Conor O'Donoghue
8:00pm The Dock, Redfern
Rina Sawayama (USA)
8:00pm UNSW Roundhouse
IDK (USA)
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
Sajjan Raj Vaidya
7:00pm Hordern Pavilion
The Serviette Union
7:00pm The Vanguard
Rai Thistlethwayte
7:00pm Camelot Lounge
This is the kick-off for a five-night series of early evening / sunset gigs over two weeks in the Seymour Centre courtyard - yes, that quite-well-treed courtyard area that you look at every time you turn from City Rd into Cleveland St. More in the guide below.
Wed
11
Ben De La Cour (USA) & Katie Bates
8:00pm The Midnight Special
Tue
10
Bicep (UK)
8:30pm Enmore Theatre
You hear "Just" or "Glue" at a party and you roll your eyes because they're so ubiquitous but then you start dancing because they're just SO GOOD. Go take a look at their Printworks 2018 live show on YouTube (on Resident Advisor's channel) if you want to get a feel for what they're about.
Mon
9
Yung Lean (SWE)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Sun
8
Freddie Gibbs (USA)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Mary Jane
7:30pm The Dock, Redfern
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith (USA)
The Specialties
4:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Humming Grotto is a stunning monthly series of sound art, ambient, noise and other outsider sounds - an often peaceful, sometimes intense, always mesmerising series of lineups that show off a wonderful dimension of Sydney. It's held downstairs at the PBC - so don't be alarmed if you turn up to the main room and there are toddlers running around and the ding of the bistro pass bell. Head downstairs and I guarantee that once the door closes behind you you'll be transported into another world.
Hello Freshwater! Small bar featuring a couple of bands on a Sunday afternoon for their 10th birthday
Sat
7
Example (UK)
10:00pm Metro Social @ The Metro Theatre
Extreme Trans Neptunian Objects
10:00pm The Townie
Two double basses, percussion and drums. Looks like a collective of seasoned improvisers (I spy Tomas Ford from Anoesis in the lineup) playing one of their first shows under this project name. Guessing this will be the usual “two sets from 10pm” deal
Lex from Crankees and Seethin' is turning 40 and throwing a big do next month to celebrate - including Canine's first show in almost four years!
New project by Alex Crowfoot from long running Sydney electronic duo ollo. Self-described comparisons: Grizzly Bear, Stereolab, David Sylvian, late period Talk Talk. Inga Lileström is a name we haven't heard in these parts in a long while, a singer-songwriter that came up amidst a very dynamic time in Sydney's music community in the mid- to late-2000s, with a number of releases on Groovescooter Records.
Joey Bada$$ (USA)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Grace Petrie
7:30pm Factory Theatre
An annual party in its 7th year, "throwing Afrobeats, Dancehall and Reggae like only Caribbean DJs can"
Call to the Morning: Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith (USA)
5:30am Strickland Estate
Yes, that's 5:30am IN THE MORNING. See in the sunrise in Vaucluse overlooking Sydney Harbour soundtracked by ambient synth angel KAS. Honestly... sounds pretty lush.
Fri
6
Honey Dijon
9:00pm Metro Theatre
Phil Jamieson
8:30pm Avalon RSL
ELECTRONIC BODY MUSIC
W/ TONE GENERATOR & The Body Without Organs, MILITARY POSITION, RBRNRSE
8:00pm Crowbar
I've heard a number of self-described practitioners of EBM produce something that is very much just a synthed-up take on post-punk: very lyrical, melodic, drawing more from the lineage of Joy Division, Bauhaus and The Cure with a dash of the likes of Throbbing Gristle and Einsterzende Neubeuten. This line-up seems a bit further down the noise rabbit hole: have a listen to Military Positions, with a cascade of no-input effected blasts underneath a distorted vocal snarling over the top. Tone Generator & The Body Of Organs offer a blast of deconstructed bludgeons to the head with noise tone generators fashioned into various cuts and sweeps, with low sine waves throbbing underneath. In the blackened room of Crowbar, this might well just melt your brain in the best way possible. Want some catharsis? This might be your ticket.
Remi Wolf (USA)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Formidable Vegetable
7:00pm Petersham Bowlo
Thu
5
This has a shot at being gig of the year, five days into 2023. Magdalena Bay are incredible! Familiarise yourself with their stuff on YouTube if you haven’t had the pleasure. Massive, interesting, intelligent, fun, sexy pop with an absolutely blender full of musical influences. Hyperpop, sure, but so much more besides.
BOO!
7:30pm The Royal
This is verrrrrrry borderline as our policy is no cover bands or musicians in this guide... but we'll make an exception. This is the covers project of Bec Sandridge from our of Melbourne. Those that know know that Bec has attitude and it looks like the covers span a solid range so... see how you go?
June Jones
Wed
4
Rachel Baiman (USA)
8:00pm The Midnight Special
Lil Nas X (USA)
8:00pm Hordern Pavilion
Shygirl (UK)
8:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
Pinkpantheress (USA)
7:00pm UNSW Roundhouse
Tue
3
Sun
1
Shaggin' Wagon
4:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
A comeback show (second time they've played in the last 12 months) of a Sydney band from 1977. I don't know anything more than that... but if Aussie rock history is your thing, this might be a good look-in while you nurse your hangover into submission.
Dec '22
Sat
31
Another night of thrash and riffs in the Duke, a venue bent on ever-deepening its affinity with the filthy and the 🤘 brootal 🤘. Get sweaty.
I have no idea what this vibe's going to be like, probably awful ($699 Diamond VIP tickets!!!!) but at least Confidence Man rule and you'll get a pretty view of the fireworks!
NYE Jamboree
W/ Andy Golledge Band, Caitlin Harnett & The Pony Boys, Watty Thompson, Dead Witch, Bad Jeep Country, Jet City Sports Club, Swine
2:00pm Marrickville Bowling Club
This'll be a wild one. A collision of the Inner West's deeply overlapping country and punk universes, and a bunch of other stuff between. Golledge and his crew famously and frequently end up in the buff more often than they don't, Harnett is a talented tunewriter with a cracking band (check out Robbie on the kit, who also plays for Joe Liddy & The Skeleton Horse amongst tons of other groups), Swine features Nick Ryan from Golledge's band in a four-piece unit that will blast your face off. Jet City Sports Club play sweet jangle pop with hooks for days. This is a solid lineup is what I'm saying. A real nice time. And yet it's sold out. But don't let that stop you from keeping an eye out for these acts next time they're playing!
Fri
30
Midnight Tea Party
10:30pm The Townie
Last minute catch for this one - haven't seen it promoted anywhere but it's there sitting on the Crankees' Facebook page! Another yob-punk band (is that what we call it?) drawing from the rich Australian piss-and-vinegar of the Cosmic Psychos or, more recently, The Chats. I mean, they have a single called "Punch The Boss", what more can I say?
The Lemons' Odnoo (MNG)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
Thu
29
Blink and you’ll miss it 15 minute live set from Sydney queer icon Marcus Whale (Collarbones, BV, Scissor Lock). I caught his new material a couple of weeks ago at the Bearded Tit and honestly if you’re in the neighbourhood I would definitely stop by for this. Let us know what kind of vibe the Ace is conjuring up with their new bar space too!
Banana Farm
7:00pm LazyBones
There's always money in a banana stand, but is there in a banana farm?
This line-up's affiliated with Clan Analogue, a collective of electronic musicians and DJs that started in Sydney in 1992, putting on many gigs and parties over the years.
Tue
27
Chunk & The Distractions
8:00pm Brass Monkey
Sat
24
A Very Cringy Xmas
W/ Josh Shipton and the Blue Eyed Ravens, Doctor Robot, Benito Di Fonzo, Irene Nicola
8:00pm MoshPit Bar
Fri
23
S.Miles X-Massacre!
W/ S.Miles, The Vidiot, SANDWICH MAGIC, Bev and Marge, FREAKY PROJECTIONS BY SMUT MACHINE
9:00pm The Townie
Please note: starts at 9 rather than usual later Townie set times! A wild pre-Xmas bash with some incredibly colourful personalities!
Billed as a Christmas party, and also as a ruckus. Ho ho ho.
Recycletastic 189 has been a really lovely community space to watch thriving in the last year with a steady stream of music performances and other activities taking place in their shopfront. They're closing for a hiatus from 25/12/22, and are expecting to reappear somewhere in Enmore/Newtown in August next year or thereabouts. Lemonise started life in the 189 shopfront window and are returning for an awesome send off.
Lord Gladstone Christmas Party
W/ L.A.R.M., At Arm's Length, D.B.A.T.L.S., Mac the Knife, Memory Motel, Safford, Dial Up Modem, Doctor Robot
3:00pm The Lord Gladstone
Excellent local line-up! Great stuff!
Thu
22
Carla & Charlie's Holiday Hoedown
W/ Charlie Collins, Carla Wehbe, Charley, Cody Jon, Egoism, Gretta Ray, Hollie Col, Maddy Jane, Ned Houston, Salty, Sarah Wolfe, Xavier Dunn
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
Carle Wehbe and Charlie Collins and their bands host an all-star party of "loved originals, classic covers and holiday classics". Don't be a yee-hawmbug.
Wed
21
Sound/Vision: Live Electronic Music and Visuals
W/ Nina Buchanan, Del Lowmanta, Low Stakes, LowkSnarl, Low Flung
8:00pm SHADES
🔊🔊🔊 NEW SPACE ALERT 🔊🔊🔊 Hello to SHADES, a new space operated by the owners of Golden Age Cinema & Bar who have been reliably putting on free gigs every week for god knows how long. Get amongst it with a free gig featuring incredible line-up of home grown electronic music and visuals. This is going to rule. Exciting to see something new. And so incredibly... Central! *rapturous applause, exits stage*
Tue
20
ATM
7:00pm Foundry 616
New trio comprised of tenor saxophonist Alex Jasprizza, double bassist Tomas McKeever Ford, and vibraphonist Milan Monk performing completely improvised music.
SydneyMusic.net Merch Launch and Xmas Party!!
W/ Grupo DJs (Party Dozen and Arse), Potential DJs, Low Stakes, DJ Don Vaper (sleepmakeswaves / Highways), SydneyMusic.net DJs
6:00pm Crosstalk Records
Hello!!! We're doing a little event with some friends in Crosstalk Records' amazing new space. Come and say hi, drink some free beer, and have a nice time! We'll also have merch available for sale and good tunes playing. Totally free, RSVP via the link.
Mon
19
Sun
18
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
8:00pm Sydney Opera House
The Clouds
8:00pm Factory Theatre
Steve Kilbey
7:30pm Foundry 616
Eagle-eye gig spotter DS sends this in - solo gig from The Church frontman.
Himalayan Metal Fest
W/ Screaming Marionette (NEP), CHRONIC, Chillaum
Runners & the Young
5:00pm Gasoline Pony
Melbourne alt-country band formed in 1988. $5 show too!
Caitlin Harnett & The Pony Boys
W/ Sweet Talk W/ Magic Nic & The General Electric, Jasper & The Jokers, Love Police DJs, Evening Record DJS, C&IW DJS
3:00pm The House of Music & Booze
Sat
17
Julian Munyard
10:00pm Golden Age Cinema & Bar
Mark Wilkinson
8:00pm The Great Club
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
8:00pm Sydney Opera House
The Clouds
8:00pm Factory Theatre
They're back!
The Angels
7:30pm The Bridge Hotel
An Othr Christmas Party
W/ Thunder Fox, Othrship, Rosie and the Quest, Gaia Rising
7:00pm Botany View Hotel
This is a HOT SITUATION. Shady Nasty have surreptitiously become one of Sydney’s best live bands - a dizzying amalgam of every genre in a blender. Not afraid to fuse abrasive hardcore with trap with extraordinarily delicate jazz sensibilities while finding pop smarts in the DNA of all the connecting tissue. The supporting cast of friends includes Nerdie of 1300 DJing. This week of gigs before Christmas just keeps intensifying. As Discord regular DJY says: “absolutely get amongst it if you haven't seen them this year, they're crushing it” and I couldn’t agree more.
Music video shoot for The Bottlers
Milk! Records 10th Anniversary
W/ Courtney Barnett, Hachiku, Lily Morris, Ribeiro
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Two performances at 6:30pm and 8:15pm, entry by ballot allocation - enter the ballot via the website.
THE PORKERS
W/ BIRDMAN (or the unexpected virtue of a Tony Hawk Pro Skater Cover band), ANTY! (The Bennies), FAUX EFFECTS, WISHFUL THINKING, CHRIS DUKE & THE ROYALS, ESS-EM
5:00pm Mary's Underground
"Seven of the best local/interstate Ska & Punk acts." I think Birdman actually did get to do a gig for Tony Hawk or something? I haven't heard of Wishful Thinking since I saw them at Sonfest Christian Music Festival in 2004.
Bernie Hayes
5:00pm Gasoline Pony
50 Million Beers
3:00pm Butchers Brew Bar
The Peters
3:00pm Gasoline Pony
Peter O’Doherty, Peter Mitchell, Peter Doyle and Reg (Peter) Mombassa play some of their favourite songs!
Fri
16
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
8:00pm Sydney Opera House
Above & Beyond (UK)
8:00pm Hordern Pavilion
Pi’erre Bourne (USA)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
The Angels
7:30pm The Bridge Hotel
Milk! Records 10th Birthday Xmas Party
W/ Courtney Barnett, Hachiku, Jess Ribeiro, Kee’ahn, Lily Morris
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
Well the headline and the line-up says it all really doesn't it?
Local Produce
W/ Great Job, Moonwood, The Future Thrills, Tom Ryder, Abbey Frances
6:00pm The Great Club
Thu
15
Satu in the Beyond
8:00pm The Great Club
Infinite Dreams 002: Sydney Is Weirder Than You Think!
W/ TERRIFICUS, DR ROBOT 9000000, HUGH M. HOMINID
8:00pm Hiway Bar
Epic lineup. No really, it's a great lineup. Absolutely demented acts, absolutely fantastic stuff. Get weird. Get along.
Breaking Sound
W/ Mathilde Anne, Tayla, Imposters In Chrome, Rah
Emerging artists showcase by Breaking Sound Sydney.
"Going Under" is Mary's Underground's free live music event - first Thursday of every month. Joe Liddy and his Horse Friends are all time. Do go, it'll be a blast.
Wed
14
Dry Cleaning (UK)
9:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
Click the link if you want to see a confronting album cover
Marcus Whale
8:30pm The Bearded Tit
Special show debuting new material: "All New Songs. All New Looks. All New World." - this will be a really exciting new chapter of the MW experience!
Clinton Kane
8:00pm Metro Theatre
Sunset Rollercoaster 落日飛車 (TWN)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Safia
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
I recall these guys were doing Enmore Theatres at one point, so I'm going to guess this is a pre-cycle intimate couple of shows to road test some new material or something.
Leah Kate (USA)
7:30pm The Lansdowne
"Ethereal-indie-folk-lofi-zen-punk" certainly has my attention
Tue
13
Véronique Serret
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Presenting "Prima Volta". Two performances at 6:30pm and 8:15pm, entry by ballot allocation - enter the ballot via the website.
Sun
11
Things of Stone & Wood (Acoustic)
8:00pm Brass Monkey
Motor Club 87
7:30pm The Dock, Redfern
Thirsty Merc
7:00pm Manly Leagues Club
Azealia Banks (USA)
7:00pm Enmore Theatre
The On and Ons
4:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Manfredo Lament
4:30pm Union Hotel
Sat
10
Two sets from the venerated legends best known for their three records released in the 90s. Andy Marks is back behind the kit.
30 Years of Frenzal: The Art Show!
W/ Frenzal Rhomb, Operation Ibis, Sick Fizz & Outcest
8:00pm Crowbar
A party thrown by Miramar, who I don't know but I did see support act Self Tape play a set the other week and he played an absolutely sublime mix of dance music. I'm not going to go into sub-genres. You know how to use Bandcamp. Have a listen, reckon this will be a lovely night.
A night of VHS Industrial and electronic post-punk (Cold/Heat ‘Walking Dead’ single release)
Frankie’s Pizza Goes To Hell: The Final Campaign (Last Ever Show)
W/ Kissteria, Sabïre, Besomora, Dee Minor & the Dischords
8:00pm Frankie's Pizza
And just like that, Frankie’s leaves us, after 10 years of the reliable knowledge of “well, Frankie’s is definitely open” when discussing next steps during an evening. You’ve probably noticed their hectic run of shows leading up to this, the culmination. Runs til 3:30am. Will likely be A Time.
Alec Benjamin (USA)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
Erika de Casier (DEN)
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
Greatest Hits
Hayley Mary
7:30pm The Lansdowne
"Art For All", a huge free show to celebrate the opening of the new Sydney Modern wing of the Art Gallery of NSW just across the road from the Domain. Tickets are free, but you'll need to register via the link above. Hosted by Courtney Act!
Good Pash Christmas Bash
W/ Baby Beef, Down Girl, Good Pash, Papa Pilko and the Binrats, Patamon, Sweetie
5:00pm Factory Floor @ The Factory
NORMFEST '22
W/ 1300, Gee Tee, Research Reactor Corp, Babitha, Annie Hamilton, CK & the 45s, Ziggy Ramo
3:00pm The Great Club
"I'm a Barbie Bitch" EP launch
Fri
9
Queen P
8:00pm Waywards @ The Bank Hotel
The Crystal Method (USA)
8:00pm Factory Theatre
Melbs-born, Berlin-based honcho of the Superconscious record label bringing a selection of DJs and his own live show to upstairs at Harry's!
Kim Salmon & The Surrealists
8:00pm The Great Club
Midland (USA)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
Nerve
8:00pm The House of Music & Booze
30 YEARS OF HARDWARE
W/ RICHIE HAWTIN, JOSEPH CAPRIATI, VICTOR RUIZ (LIVE), SAMA ABDULHADI
8:00pm Home Nightclub
UPDATE: moved from the Hordern to Home Nightclub, starts later, greatly expanded lineup. "Hardware is the longest running producer of electronic shows in Australia and has been an innovative force when the company was established by Richie McNeill (DJ Richie Rich) in 1991" // Shoutout to Discord member MeaTTraY who sent me a Richie Hawtie DJ set which was an immersive minimal techno experience - absolutely brilliant. I feel like this would be a really special night celebrating a golden tradition of classic techno. Not EDM, not your million-bpm screech fests, but real, classic 90s techno.
Huh, I played guitar in a band with Jim once upon a time. We did precisely one show. There we go! Who is Art vs Science in 2022? Who's gonna be turning up to this gig? I'm actually genuinely curious to see what their life lessons and musings have yielded forth to them when it comes to being a party band that got massive on the back of some silly songs that were the sound of three guys having fun. Keep an eye out for them on the SydneyMusic.net playlist and we can figure that out together.
Daste
💥💥💥 Um. Shit. So. This is an incredible lineup, in the most gorgeous space that no-one knows about - an upstairs loft-ish room above a mechanics' garage. I've been here once and it was the most incredible warm vibe of strength and supportiveness, just fucking "be exactly who you are". That was when "The Altar" were operating in there. I'm not sure who has put on this gig but basically, I have a sense that this will be a really incredible vibe. If you want to feel connected to beautiful people that aren't afraid to get really fucking loud and - no, I said REALLY fucking LOUD - ... do this. Potential and Chimers rule. It's a clear-cut winner. Do it. Go on, do it.
Anti-fascist punks from the most isolated city on the planet Last Quokka return with the second single off their forthcoming LP, due out in early 2023. Eat The Rich is a no-holds-barred, raucous, piss-taking commentary on the elitist private school boy wankers of Perth's 'golden triangle'.
Rah! Records Showcase
W/ IZZY N THE PROFIT, BEYOND DOPE, SCARECROW Ft. PYNE, chillcheney, BOO LAWSON, GRIZZLY THE HERMIT, BIGGIE DEEZ, OLD MATE HAMB, MC WORMIE, VORISN
7:00pm MoshPit Bar
Underground Australian hip hop label putting on a stacked end-of-year finale.
DEBUT PERFORMANCE. Huge!! First-ever performance for Highways, a Sydney supergroup featuring Otto from sleepmakeswaves, Lachie from DZ Deathrays, Steve de Wilde from Mammals, Keelan Butterick from Stare at the Clouds, and Michael Cardell.
Thu
8
Jacob Collier (UK)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Harry Manx (CAN)
8:00pm The Great Club
Palace
8:00pm UNSW Roundhouse
Swansea Hit and Run
8:00pm The Dock, Redfern
Sammi Constantine
7:30pm The Lansdowne
The Comet Is Coming (UK)
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
Buffalo Daughter
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Two performances at 6:30pm and 8:15pm, entry by ballot allocation - enter the ballot via the website.
Wed
7
Apparently the revitalised Wolfmother, back in a three piece configuration, is a nice time! Frankie’s is getting replaced by a new Metro light rail station, so this is one of your last opportunities to give it a send-off
Terror Reid (USA)
Hip hop side project from DJ/producer Getter
Last Dinosaurs
8:00pm Oxford Art Factory
Jacob Collier (UK)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Stuart Coupe Publicity’s Christmas Extravaganza
W/ Miguel Rios, Josie Laver, Mark Lucas, Anna Weatherup, Craig Lyons, Toria Richings, Wayne Gillespie
7:30pm The Midnight Special
Alannah Russack + Pete Campbell
7:00pm Gasoline Pony
Did you know that Rai Thistlethwayte is a sometimes member of Joe Satriani's band? I did not know that until I read this ticket page. The more you know.
"Hell Is Empty" 7" release
Don't know who Basil's Kite are, but Justice Yeldham is great if watching a guy literally smash a sheet of glass against his face with contact mics attached is your thing. He's been at it for decades now. JY will never die, it would seem.
Tue
6
Lachlan Bryan & Alan Fletcher
8:00pm The Midnight Special
Massive buzz around this NYC hardcore punk band - think I had 4 different people recommend them to me a couple of weeks before their new album was released! Absolute face-kicking sound, should be a proper riot.
The Bancrofts
Soulfly
7:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
Andrea Lam
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Presenting "Glimpses: Light and Shadow". Two performances at 6:30pm and 8:15pm, entry by ballot allocation - enter the ballot via the website.
Mon
5
Sun
4
Kamasi Washington (USA)
8:00pm Sydney Opera House
Kim Churchill
8:00pm Brass Monkey
Mephiskapheles (USA)
W/ The Resignators (VIC), Catbite (USA), Chris Duke and the Royals
8:00pm Crowbar
Big Mamma Trio
7:30pm The Dock, Redfern
Ceschi (USA)
7:00pm Butchers Brew Bar
Evil #29
W/ Defektro, The Josh Shipton Trio, Toque +1, _chucker (Dahyo Lloyd and Maddy Briggs)
7:00pm MoshPit Bar
Daz/Darren/D.C./"it's the guy from Gerling" Cross is in a sublime acoustic duo with Jessica Cassar that has been active since 2012. In this show they're performing separately with their own projects. I've seen Daz play solo - he's doing sublime, meditative reflections in acoustic fingerpicking form. Gorgeous stuff. And for JESSICA I'll just take it straight from the ticket description: "described as 'Kate Bush on Valium'".
4 Kings
4:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Sister2Sister (Acoustic)
3:00pm Crosstalk Records
Ticket required from Eventbrite to secure a spot
Sunday Setlists
W/ Blind Eliza, Vinyl 45, Cosmic Caravan, Step In Blood, Valiant
2:30pm Factory Floor @ The Factory
Odd model here - $35 entry covers "2x food or drink options on arrival", and you can enter a code to "support" a specific act playing. If you know more about how and why this works, please let us know!
Sat
3
Front bar show with some of Sydney's - and I'm taking their words here - "weirdest musicians". Three live music sets with an additional "extra special cabaret/sideshow performance" from "former paralympian, Cirque du Soleil and Coney Island cast" Sarah Birdgirl.
Surprise Chef
8:30pm Oxford Art Factory
Edith
8:00pm The Chippo Hotel
I don't know much about Buckcherry, but you should never pass up an opportunity to see The Lionheart, The Ocho, Le Champion, Y2J Chris Jericho live in person. Drink it in, man. PS: If anyone from Silverback Touring is reading this, book Research Reactor Corp as opener!
Ray Beadle
8:00pm Brass Monkey
NEIGHBOURHOOD XMAS
W/ BIG WHEELS, THE WATTLES, ORGANS, IAIN T. MCKELVEY & THE MIDNIGHT TANGOS, MAIA TOAKLEY, JASPER & THE JOKERS
8:00pm Waywards @ The Bank Hotel
Gaudion
The Sunday Estate
7:30pm The Lansdowne
pocketwatch
W/ SONIC CTRL, The Marrakesh Club, House of Monkeys, Wave & Curls
7:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
The Vampires
6:00pm 107 Projects, Redfern
Single launch for 'Khan Shatyr' from jazz collective The Vampires now featuring Chris Abrahams (The Necks, Springtime, +++) NB there are two shows: one at 6pm, one at 8pm.
Boiler Room
W/ Ellen Allien (GER), Sam Alfred, Mell G, Barney Kato, Jennifer Loveless, Tangela, Yikes
5:00pm Hordern Pavilion
CK & Central
3:00pm The House of Music & Booze
Fri
2
Yours Truly
8:00pm Metro Theatre
China Crisis (UK)
8:00pm Factory Theatre
King Tide
8:00pm Django Bar @ Camelot Lounge
Clay J Gladstone
8:00pm The Chippo Hotel
YIBBY & Chub.E
Hot situation!!! The Cannanes we love. They've been around since the 80s, they do what they want, their music has been released on the USA's K Records and 555 Records, and Chapter Music locally, they're delightful live. And the Petersham Bowlo is maybe Sydney's best music venue: a simple, community space, that exists for the community, that is loved by the community, and that does a bang up stellar job of doing what it does. And really decent sound!! And family friendly! Wayne Connolly is the Australian producer of some renown - lots of big Triple J records in the 00s - and musician with bands like Knievel and The Welcome Mat. And The Night Packers are new on the scene, have a great energy and a lot of enthusiasm and we love to see it!
Rooftop garden show! 'Keeping Score' EP launch
Hag Mag Issue 5 Launch Party
W/ S.Miles, Throat Pleats, DJ Sassi, Happy Shadowz, Jungist
6:00pm 107 Projects, Redfern
Mag issue launch! Great space! Get weird!
Thu
1
Sharon Van Etten (USA)
9:00pm Sydney Opera House
This is like if Rammstein and Electric Six had a baby, and I mean that with the greatest respect
Bliss N Eso
8:00pm Metro Theatre
Christa Hughes
8:00pm The Dock, Redfern
KK Juggy herself! Whether you know her from her solo career, her days in Machine Gun Fellatio or her work with her late father Dick, Christa's a living legend and an icon of the Sydney stage.
The Butlers
8:00pm The Chippo Hotel
Monthly Australian folk music showcase. Support these acts and hear some amazing up and coming folk musicians.
Adalita
7:00pm The Vanguard
Remember Magic Dirt from playing Crowbar the other week? This is Adalita, who fronts the band. I reckon this blurb would be best written by a non-man. So... if you would like to describe who Adalita is, we'd love to put your blurb here! As with any other gig as well! You can write in via contact@sydneymusic.net
Art As Catharsis 10 Year Anniversary
W/ Hashshashin, Brian Campeau, Bonniesongs, Instrumental (adj)
7:00pm LazyBones
MOD CON
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Two performances at 6:30pm and 8:15pm, entry by ballot allocation - enter the ballot via the website.
Nov '22
Wed
30
Conrad Sewell
8:00pm Factory Theatre
Sarah Humphreys
8:00pm The Midnight Special
Asteroid Ekosystem
8:00pm The Great Club
Two sets from new improvisational quartet featuring Ed Kuepper, Alister Spence, Lloyd Swanton & Toby Hall
EMC Emerging Artists Showcase
W/ Arky Waters, Eluize, ANGE, Jamaica Moana, Dekleyn
8:00pm The Lansdowne
Each night is $29.30, or you can pick up tix for both Tuesday and Wednesday nights for $40 at the same link!
Benito Di Fonzo
7:30pm Hollywood Hotel
Suburban Bukowski's singer/songwriter playing a solo show as "Benito Pongs (Poems & Songs)"
Hayley Jensen
6:30pm Brass Monkey
Tue
29
EMC Emerging Artists Showcase
W/ Gregor McMurray, Black Dahlia, Holliday Howe, 1tbsp, Goose & Hosca
7:00pm The Lansdowne
Each night is $29.30, or you can pick up tix for both Tuesday and Wednesday nights for $40 at the same link!
Mon
28
Sun
27
Khruangbin (USA)
9:00pm Sydney Opera House
Big Thief (USA)
8:45pm Enmore Theatre
Mitch Anderson Trio
7:30pm The Dock, Redfern
Steve Lacy (USA)
7:00pm Hordern Pavilion
Sold out, but you know that doesn't mean anything now right? Ticket resale is above ground now with services like Tixel, and we can make last minute decisions all we like! All my fellow ADHDs know what I'm talking about, right? Steve is playing two nights at the Hordern - this night and the following. He brings an iPhone-enabled, ultra-Gen-Z take on classic soul, rnb and the spectrum of modern genres that have come since. You'll probably know his songs "Playground", or maybe you know his band The Internet.
Heaven
5:00pm The Bridge Hotel
Five-piece heavy rock/metal band formed in Sydney Australia in 1980
Heavy Metal Country
5:00pm Union Hotel
THE WESTERN DISTRIBUTORS
4:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Gold coin donation at the door to benefit the Women's & Girls' Emergency Centre, so bring change!
Best In The West Fest
W/ Oslow, Totty, Amends, Hedy Blaazer, Jamie Hay, Vetty Vials
4:00pm Petersham Bowlo
Pay what you wish afternoon show at the best venue in Sydney! Some really good staples here!
SOFT CENTRE: UNFURL (Closing Concert)
W/ Chuquimamani-Condori, ABADIR, YL Hooi, E Fishpool x Mara Schwerdtfeger, Mx-Ai, akka, VOLTA HYMN, Eek pres. 6 Down, 6 Across
The Oh Yeahs
W/ Spinning Cupids, Sightless, St. Heartless, A Rose For Jade
2:30pm The Fusebox @ The Factory
So we have a THIRTY FIVE DOLLAR show taking place at the diminutive Factory Fusebox, and the ticket page has "enter one of the codes into the promo box to support that artist". We badly need to do some work on the economics of live music if this is considered to be a normal way to put on shows featuring relatively new bands that are still becoming established. Do better, Sydney. Do better, Century Venues. Let's see some creativity rather than just jacking up the door prices.
Sat
26
Stormcellar
11:00pm The Townie
Sunk Loto
9:00pm Factory Theatre
SOFT CENTRE: UNFURL (Late Night Program #2)
W/ ABADIR (Egypt), Anuraag, E3P, salllvage, /amalg
9:00pm Secret Location
Indie 500
W/ Annie Hamilton, The Moving Stills, Jet City Sports Club, Sam Windley, The Sooks
8:00pm The House of Music & Booze
Ray Beadle
8:00pm The Great Club
The Coronas (IRL)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
Sophisticated Dingo
8:00pm Botany View Hotel
Absolute legends Underground Lovers celebrate 30 years of their 1992 Guernica / 4AD release "Leaves Me Blind".
3REE
8:00pm The Chippo Hotel
With Confidence
8:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
Hello Penrith, first gig listing for you folks. Welcome to the guide!
Weird Science 2
W/ INTALOOPA (live), ALICIA MAYHEM (DJ), EMULATE (DJ), MR FUZION (DJ), NYQUEST (live), KOMYOUN (live)
6:00pm Knox St Bar
Second event in a series put on by a collective called Synthwave Dreamz, teaming up with Surveillance Party. Don't know anything about them, but there seems to be some energy over here. Hello!
Reggae Carnival Market Day
W/ Inner West Reggae Disco Machine, Skeng Teng Hifi
Fri
25
Amammoth are a must-see... absolutely crushing stoner metal. After midnight is a perfect hour for these kinds of shenanigans.
Khruangbin (USA)
9:00pm Sydney Opera House
SOFT CENTRE: UNFURL (Late Night Program #1)
W/ FITNESSS (USA), Horse MacGyver, SOLSA, Stev Zar, WeiZen Ho
9:00pm Pleasures Playhouse
Pleasures Playhouse - the repurposed abandoned cinema in the middle of Chinatown - is available for bookings until the end of the year and we're seeing all sorts of great events pop up in this classic space. The Soft Centre Unfurl program is incredible - take a look at the website to take in the full program of acts. This late-running selection of mind-bending electronic music with likely be a heady experience.
One Night In Enmore
W/ Paraphernalia, The Toothpicks, Asaiah Riley, Derrik 'n' The Idiots
8:00pm Recycletastic
$7 on the door!
Baby Beef have a new fully beefed out (har har) band featuring members of the likes of Joseph Liddy & the Skeleton Horse, The Buoys, Skeleten, Megafauna and Babitha.
Not Good, Not Bad
8:00pm Botany View Hotel
“Equus Pallidus” EP launch
Kim Moyes of the Presets (along with a ton of production credits for local bands) playing whatever the heck he wants.
Our first listing for the Manly Fig! A monthly night at the Seaforth Bowlo that's all about music and community — and they even make it clear on their site that there is no talking during performances as it's a "listening venue", but there are "two 20-minute breaks for catching up with friends". We can get behind that. Shows start 8pm sharp.
Album launch. Arguably one of the best alt country, cowgirl blues, down to earth, and fun bands to watch and line dance to right now <3
The Whitlams' Black Stump Band
8:00pm Avalon RSL
Bakers Eddy
Richie Lewis (Tumbleweed) & Friends
7:00pm Brass Monkey
5 Bands for 5 Bucks
W/ Inner City Cowboy, Spencer Spark, Cosmic Caravan, The Duke of Randwick, The Daturas
Dog Trumpet
7:00pm The Great Club
Thu
24
Shoutout Roy Molloy and fans <3
ALESTORM
8:00pm Metro Theatre
J.WLSN
8:00pm The Midnight Special
Mary Jane
8:00pm The Dock, Redfern
Free front bar gig
LANEOUS presents
W/ UNCOMFORTABLE SCIENCE, NATALIE SLADE, CINTA, Frankie & KTB (DJ)
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
Described as "a modern soul revue". Lachlan Mitchell (Laneous, Vulture St Tape Gang, Barney McCall, Harry James Angus, Jazz Party, Kafka) leads a rotating jazz/soul band with Uncomfortable Science, this time featuring three members of GODTET, with another special guest yet to be announced.
Melanie Oxley and Chris Abrahams
7:00pm Camelot Lounge
‘Something About You’ single launch. This duo collaboration has been running since 1989. Melanie Oxley was previously in an 80s Australian dance pop band called The Sparklers! She's also played on a Triffids EP! Chris Abrahams is the legendary Australian jazz pianist from The Necks, as well as Springtime - a collaborative project with Tropical Fuck Storm/The Drones' Gareth Liddiard and the Dirty Three's Jim White.
Ashli (USA)
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Free show, two performances at 6:30pm and 8:15pm, entry by ballot allocation - enter the ballot via the website.
Incredible lineup kicking off a packed series of events that is well worth a look. Check out Indonesian abstract two-piece Senyawa, who you might have previously heard on the Red Dead Redemption 2 soundtrack with American saxophone mutilator Colin Stetson - their latest album has a host of collaborators including the legendary Room40 honcho Lawrence English, alongside incredible Melbourne jazz drummer Joe Talia, and many others. Meanwhile Rinuwat is an explosive fusion of doom metal combined with Indonesian instrumentation - last year's album Dua Naga is a belter and their live show has been spoken of with reverence. Troth from Newcastle have only played in Sydney a couple of times - their mesmerising show blends found sounds, gentle ambience and otherworldly reverbed vocals.
Wed
23
Seeker Lover Keeper
8:00pm The House of Music & Booze
Free show. First set is original cowpunk music, second set is a Danzig tribute.
JACKIE MARSHALL
6:00pm The Vanguard
Alt-folk. Bio copy: "Jackie Marshall is hitting the road with her guitar and her longtime pal and tour manager to the Stones & Grateful Dead Sam Cutler as MC". What?
Tue
22
Sonic Drops
8:00pm The Dock, Redfern
Sam Fender (UK)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Have you ever been at a party when Channel Tres kicks in? You need to be at this show.
Mon
21
Sun
20
keshi (USA)
8:00pm UNSW Roundhouse
Outerspace Cowboys
8:00pm The Dock, Redfern
Free front bar gig
Dean Lewis
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Michael Griffin Quartet
8:00pm The Med
So, look... a place like The Med doesn't look like a lot of the spaces that feature in these pages but doing a small amount of reading on this local saxophonist yields: "compositions featured in the Australian Jazz Real Book" (which sent me down a wormhole of checking that out - it's a website, not a book... and huge to dive into, lot going on there), "nominated for 2016 young Australian Jazz artist of the year" (looks like there are 4 nominees per year). His band features Aaron Blakey, who has a weekly gig with his own quartet at the Botany View Hotel on Thursday nights. Now I'm obviously at the edge of my realm of experience - my jazz tastes stray more into the abstract, but if this sort of jazz is your thing, love to know your thoughts. You can hit us up at contact@sydneymusic.net if you have suggestions for jazz gigs that you think deserve airtime. And if you head along, let us know what you thought!
10 YEARS OF CROWBAR
W/ PHIL JAMIESON, Tyler Richardson (Luca Brasi), Jamie Hay, Jono Barwick
8:00pm Crowbar
Ruby Gill
7:00pm The Vanguard
Moussa Diakate Trio
4:30pm Union Hotel
Incredible lineup of local experimental music with Cheflee (from Toro y Moi’s band) topping the bill. Location is a great warehouse space - you’ll see the address when you hit “Add to Calendar” just above. Doors at 4pm, entry via alleyway next to the post office.
Surf Club Sundays returns! In between Flume support dates, MAY-A will (fingers crossed) finally headline your friendly neighbourhood RSC after four COVID postponements. Get down there early and bring your spare change — it's a free show, but there's a gold coin donation at the door to benefit the Women's & Girls' Emergency Centre.
F#CK YEAH and FAREWELL FRANKIES
W/ ASTRODEATH, BARE BONES, CAPTIVES, HAMMERS, MOUNTAIN WIZARD DEATH CULT, RICK DANGEROUS & THE SILKIE BANTAMS
4:00pm Frankie's Pizza
Farewell show for Frankies Pizza. Free entry.
New Atlantis
W/ Deepchild, Panos Couros, Icevena, Low Stakes, Hethre Contant, Strakt (Allinaire vs AJ), e:m:p, 80T, Alex White, Kelvison, Click Agree, Ilya, LukeSnarl
A free event from UNSW Sonic Arts and Vitalise Sydney showcasing new and experimental sound. Live modular synthesis, 8-channel soundscapes, modular synth performances... and an octophonic PA!
DM sends in this tip, reckons it'll be a cracker. Three sets, free entry. Props to Yulli's for really going for it with free live music multiple times per week, every week. Appreciate the commitment. FYI - if you prefer not driving, it's a super short stroll across Sydney Park from St Peters station to get to the brewery.
Sat
19
Free front bar show after the Cannanes set for the Chapter Records 30th sadly had to be postponed.
David Gray (UK)
8:15pm ICC Sydney Theatre
Nic Cassey
8:00pm Botany View Hotel
Free front bar gig
Tech N9ne (USA)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
Vance Joy
8:00pm Sydney Opera House
The Whole Wide World, tonight launching their latest single 'Psychic Showdown', were formerly known as Griffin Ford & The Variables, HR House Band, and Letter Openers (and presumably also at various points Kathleen Turner Overdrive, Sonic Death Monkey, and Barry Jive & The Uptown Five). It's never too late to reinvent yourselves, folks.
Colin Hay
8:00pm City Recital Hall
Peter Hook & The Light (UK)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Our first listed gig at the iconic Shakey! This one's free entry, but it's also a fundraiser for the Community Union Defence League, which has been doing some great mutual aid work in multiple cities across the country. Party on, comrades.
Hardcore Superstar (SWE)
7:00pm The Fusebox @ The Factory
Event downgraded from Manning Bar to the Factory Theatre's Fusebox
Buncha interstate metal alongside Sydney-based headliners. Endless Loss are launching an EP.
Vetta Borne
7:00pm The Vanguard
TEX PERKINS AND THE FAT RUBBER BAND
7:00pm Mary's Underground
Incredible lineup forming the latest chapter of a wonderful community DIY series that runs once a month in Katoomba. Worth the drive or train trip, headed up for last month's event and it was an absolute delight.
Jonathan Bone
3:00pm MoshPit Bar
New Atlantis
W/ Deepchild, Panos Couros, Icevena, Low Stakes, Hethre Contant, Strakt (Allinaire vs AJ), e:m:p, 80T, Alex White, Kelvison, Click Agree, Ilya, LukeSnarl
A free event from UNSW Sonic Arts and Vitalise Sydney showcasing new and experimental sound. Live modular synthesis, 8-channel soundscapes, modular synth performances... and an octophonic PA!
Extra Spicy + Stoney Roads: Jungle / Footwork Day Party
W/ Nickname (DJ), Grips (UK) (DJ), Mincy (DJ), Possible People (DJ), Myledo (DJ), Low Stakes (DJ)
2:00pm Factory Theatre
Free daytime outdoor party at The Factory! Two impeccably excellent local identities in Stoney Roads and Extra Spicy, putting on a selection of selectors. Jungle and Footwork. Go have a dance! As we've previously mentioned, we want to be able to surface what's happening with parties in Sydney - but it probably shouldn't go in the gig guide, and we're not quite sure how to the manage the curation of such a guide. Do you have any ideas? Let us know!
Steve Hunter Trio & 3rdEyeLazerCat
11:30am LazyBones
Free entry, part of Marrickville Music Festival - and yes, that's doors at 11.30am!
Marrickville Music Festival
W/ Taylor B-W, Vazesh, BOI, Solidarity Choir, Euterpe, Kamarah, Madame Wu ft. Elise Graham & Riverkid, Marrickville High School Rock Band, Sammy Honeysett, Paris City Cowboys, Mari., Marrickville Public School Choir, Lucid Hoops, Polly, IBID, Lachlan McKenzie Quartet, Sarah Yagki, Meshky, Michelle Sutton, Andalus Arabic Choir, Inner West Voices, Marrickville West Primary School Concert and Rock Band
11:00am Marrickville Road
Thanks to DS for pointing this one out. Packed day of local community activity! Beautiful stuff!
Fri
18
We love LNRC! Here's where to go when gig #1 wraps and your ears aren't ringing enough yet. (Please wear your ear protection, kids.)
Ninajirachi + friends
W/ cookii, mulalo & Caucasian Opportunities, Agony, nerdie, Sandro Dallarmi
9:00pm Red Rattler
CONAN GRAY (USA)
9:00pm Hordern Pavilion
We previously had this listed as a free front bar show, but we were wrong! It happens! It's actually a $15 cover — but dogs get in free (if accompanied by a ticket holder). Yes, you read right: dogs at the rock show. DOGS AT THE ROCK SHOW.
Ben Salter
9:00pm Petersham Bowlo
Ben is ex-Gin Club, Giants of Science and Wilson Pickers. With band, I think? Nice location for a nice show!
Hot Chip (UK)
8:00pm UNSW Roundhouse
Three stalwarts of the late’90s Sydney indie guitar scene reform to play together again for the official Sydney launch of a new double compilation album ‘Hanging onto the ‘90s’. The album features previously unreleased material from 40 Australian bands from the 1990s and is being released by the Sound As Ever collective whose Facebook page has over 18,000 followers. Between them, Atticus, Oliver and Deepstar 6 racked up hundreds of gigs around Sydney and built up loyal followings. All three are now getting back together for the first time in decades, with one of the bands, Atticus (with members now in Ups and Downs and The Electorate), also launching a full album of never before released material. [Free front bar show – Ed.]
The Teskey Brothers
8:00pm ICC Sydney Theatre
Pseudo Echo
8:00pm Factory Theatre
Suzi Quatro (USA)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Dead Witch
8:00pm Waywards @ The Bank Hotel
FREE ENTRY. Really like what Rik Saunders (The Melodrones) is up to with his evolving real life manifestation of his Heavy Demo radio show. He did a weekend event over at The House of Music & Booze the other week to launch the concept, now he has a weekly (yes, weekly!) event at the Lansdowne. One to keep an eye on!
Flume
W/ Channel Tres (USA), Caroline Polachek (USA), Toro y Moi (USA), MAY-A
8:00pm Sydney Showground
Left Lane
8:00pm Botany View Hotel
Vance Joy
8:00pm Sydney Opera House
The Southern River Band
7:30pm The Lansdowne
KATCHAFIRE (NZ)
7:30pm Metro Theatre
Miau
7:30pm The Dock, Redfern
Sex On Toast
7:30pm Mary's Underground
Reboot Fest
W/ Young Lions, Rumours, Radicals, Future Static, Days Like These, Relapse, A Swift Farewell, Father Deer Hands, 51st Avenue, Broken Earth, Sick Visor, Murkwood
7:00pm Factory Floor @ The Factory
Katy Steele
7:00pm The Vanguard
Of the band Little Birdy, who formed in WA in the early 00s. Touring her single "Feel So Bad"
Thu
17
The Psychedelic Furs (UK)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Groove Armada (UK)
8:00pm Hordern Pavilion
Toria Richings
8:00pm Brass Monkey
Anoesis
'Dancing Waters' Album Launch (experimental jazz)
Tim Rogers & The Twin Set
8:00pm The Great Club
Matt Schofield
8:00pm Factory Theatre
Breaking Sound
W/ Aleks Matic, Harriette B, SHRUG, The Duke of Randwick
Emerging artists showcase by Breaking Sound Sydney.
MOONCHILD (USA)
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
Dave Mason w/ Brendan Gallagher
7:00pm Django Bar @ Camelot Lounge
Gracie Jean
7:00pm The Vanguard
Kalyna Rakel (CAN)
7:00pm Gasoline Pony
Self-described "high energy weirdo rock music"
Wanha! Journey To Arnhem
W/ Djakapurra Munyarryun, Dhapanbal Yunupingu, the Andrew Gurruwiwi Band
6:00pm Sydney Opera House
Forecourt show. Free gig as part of SOH's 50th anniversary celebrations, RSVP required via the link.
Wed
16
Grand Baxter & Harvey Russell
8:00pm Butchers Brew Bar
Wednesday Jazz Joints
8:00pm The Dock, Redfern
Hosted by Wilbur Whitta with a rotating cast of Sydney jazz musicians, free every Wednesday.
Jenny Don't and The Spurs
8:00pm The Midnight Special
The Tryouts
7:00pm The Vanguard
Tue
15
Allen Stone (USA)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Continental Blues Trio
8:00pm The Dock, Redfern
Emerging artist showcase by Breaking Sound
Mon
14
The Black Crowes (USA)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Sun
13
Olive Diaz Trio
8:00pm The Dock, Redfern
Free front bar gig
The Black Crowes (USA)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Hayley Jensen
7:00pm Brass Monkey
Delly Ranx (JAM)
6:00pm Portugal Madeira Club
Live reggae artist from Jamaica playing at Marrickville's Portugal Madeira Club!
The Peters
5:00pm Gasoline Pony
50 Million Beers
4:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
We love 50 Million Beers. Rock 'n' roll and country - some great originals with a bunch of standards chucked into the set. A really solid Sunday afternoon vibe.
Chris Carrapetta
4:00pm Petersham Bowlo
No nonsense Australiania. Copperline is the real deal as well!
South King 500 Festival (MoshPit Edition)
W/ White Knuckle Fever, Looch Lewis and the Press Gangsters, Josh Shipton and the Blue Eyed Ravens, Blurter, Asaiah Riley, Shark Arm, AudioBox, JoinThe Ranks
3:00pm MoshPit Bar
Sat
12
Yev Kassem
9:00pm Golden Age Cinema & Bar
SHADOW
8:00pm Waywards @ The Bank Hotel
BKR X YUTH PRESENTS: DAYTIME DANCE
W/ Solly, Carolina Gasolina, Wildflower DJs, Dr.T & Ed Physical, Salem, Kenfo, BKR DJs
8:00pm The House of Music & Booze
Surf Shop Cops
8:00pm Botany View Hotel
Perry Keyes
8:00pm Django Bar @ Camelot Lounge
Brissie-based prog metal act launching a new EP
BRUTEFEST 2022
W/ Skeletal Remains (USA), Stalker (NZ), Misery, Pestilential Shadows, Diabolic Rites, Burden Man, Remains, The Plague, Anoxia, Munitions, Robber, Horrisonous, Flaming Wrekage, Blasfemancia, Sumeru, Ashen, Dark Horse, Laceration Mantra
8:00pm Crowbar
Free front bar show! Buddy Glass playing with full band.
Epidemy
8:00pm MoshPit Bar
Frankie and the Witch Fingers (USA)
Horrorshow
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
Normally a MCs and DJs setup, but apparently have a live band this time around!
Ron S. Peno & The Superstitions
W/ Fabels, Nothing But Dust, MD Horne
7:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Ron is the lead singer and "principal co-composer" in Australian rock music legends from the 80s and 90s Died Pretty! Fabels are rad. MD Horne I've seen on a lot of Midnight Special and CCXO lineups, and those sorts of people have good taste. Might be worth a look.
The Beefs
Dekleyn
7:30pm The Lansdowne
Mimi the Desert Pearl
SONIDO & Magdalena Mira Band present ‘Folclor de Sydney’, a concert performance of Latin American folkloric music by some of Sydney's leading musicians.
Secret location / DM for address type of thing. You can do that one of two ways: by DMing Potential’s Instagram (linked under “Visit website”), or you can email to potentialsyd@gmail.com. But this looks tops, get to it!
Perry Keyes
5:00pm Django Bar @ Camelot Lounge
I've heard Perry Keyes talked about in hushed reverent tones by songwriters that know their stuff - seems like he's a real one that has just plugged along with his craft. This might be your opportunity to confirm that. From ticket description: "According to the Sydney Morning Herald, 'Keyes is the best chronicler of Sydney we've ever had'"
Lisa Richards
5:00pm Captain Cook Hotel
Lisa Richards is releasing her 8th album! Huge! Playing a bunch of tracks off it, hadn't heard of gigs at the Captain Cook Hotel, how good, hope it goes great gang!
Fri
11
SLY WITHERS
9:00pm Metro Theatre
Rah Records Showcase
W/ ST. BEDLAM, QOSMEA, 1NEOUT, VERSE, MISCHA DB, B. RAW, BRITISH FLOWER
8:00pm MoshPit Bar
(Hip Hop Night, 12 artists)
Disclaimer: There are only 3hree of them now.
TWENTY YEARS OF REPRESSED RECORDS!!! Congrats legends!! What a legacy, what a delight, what an influence, how fucken cool. The night promises to be "a night of unhinged Hardcore, purtrid Punk, and gotesque Death Metal". Awesome. Go on, you know you want to.
Free Entry. See next week's edition of this weekly series for a quick summary of what Heavy Demo is all about.
Thunder Fox
8:00pm The House of Music & Booze
Dead City Ruins
8:00pm Factory Floor @ The Factory
Gothic post punk for Gimps and Simps alike! [Free front bar show - Ed]
Loretta
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
Elliott Road
Free show! Amends are delightful and great!
Declan Kelly & Friends
7:00pm Gasoline Pony
The 046
7:00pm The Vanguard
Thu
10
Millimetres
8:00pm The Dock, Redfern
Free front bar gig
Ash Grunwald
8:00pm Brass Monkey
Everchange
7:00pm The Chippo Hotel
Kyoshi
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Free show, two performances at 6:30pm and 8:15pm, entry by ballot allocation - enter the ballot via the website.
Ngaiire
6:00pm Sydney Opera House
Special free Forecourt show as part of SOH's outdoor concert series to celebrate their 50th anniversary. Ngaiire will be performing with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra. RSVP required - check the link.
Powerhouse Late: 2022 FBi SMAC Awards
W/ Optic Nerve, Milan Ring, Kobie Dee
5:00pm Powerhouse Museum
FBi’s annual awards event. These were historically invite-only, it’s nice to see that this has been opened to the public.
Wed
9
Wednesday Jazz Joints
8:00pm The Dock, Redfern
Wilbur Whitta hosts a rotating cast of Sydney jazz musicians in this free weekly series.
Hanson (USA)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Did you know "MMMBop" was produced by the Dust Brothers, who also produced the Beastie Boys' "Paul's Boutique" and Beck's "Odelay"?
Ladyhawke (NZ)
8:00pm Factory Theatre
LIL UGLY MANE (USA) - POSTPONED
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
This tour has been postponed.
Dua Lipa (UK)
7:30pm Qudos Arena
RUSS (USA)
7:30pm Hordern Pavilion
Winter Starlings
7:00pm Gasoline Pony
Tue
8
Blueshound
8:00pm The Dock, Redfern
The Dock are doing live music most nights a week these days. Blueshound having a regular Tuesday night residency, featuring musicians James Kelly, Scott Johnston, Al Britton and Bootsie Booth, playing a mix of originals and standards.
Mon
7
Slowly Slowly
7:00pm The Vanguard
Sun
6
4 Kings
5:00pm LazyBones
A blues/rock band. Noticed they've done a couple of gigs at the Marrickville Bowlo as well.
"(FREE!)"
WHISPERS AND ROARS FESTIVAL (Day 2)
See website for full line-up
Sat
5
Pricey
8:00pm Waywards @ The Bank Hotel
Not to be confused with rnb singer Pricie, Pricey is the solo project of Josh Price – the former guitarist and occasional vocalist of The Chats. He is touring in support of his debut solo album, On the Job, with his backing band. A similar cruisy pub-rock vibe – if that's your thing, you'll probably have fun with it.
THE LACHY DOLEY GROUP
8:00pm Leichardt Bowling Club
For fans of the blues and the clavinet! This performance looks epic.
Leanne Paris Band
8:00pm Brass Monkey
Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival Closing Party
W/ Monstress, Natalie Slade, Honey Point (DJs)
8:00pm Mary's Underground
I'm putting this here because someone is going to be reading this page and this will be exactly what they're looking for: "soulful pop, pumping ska sequences and raw hard hitting dub-reggae"
Lincoln's Gold are finally being excommunicated from our otherwise pure and well-behaved music scene. Witness the group's final ever show.
The Gadflys
7:00pm Django Bar @ Camelot Lounge
"1980s CANBERRA, ‘a dysfunctional, socialist utopia.’ Politicians, public sculpture and no culture. Home to the Gadflys, a group who emerged amidst the unlikely yet burgeoning Canberra punk scene, they soon transcended the strictures of punk and ’80s synth pop to develop a unique style. Opting to play acoustic instruments – classical guitar, clarinet and double bass – their sound became less abrasive and more melodic though they still retained the urgency and energy of punk."
Cocoricò 'Minifest'
W/ Eastern Distributor (DJ), DJ Scorpion, LV & Dithyra (DJ), Waxlily (DJ), Lansbury (DJ), Anusha (DJ)
2:00pm The House of Music & Booze
You know what? I'm going to add a party. This seems to be a pretty fresh new collective, they seem passionate, I'm stoked for them. Hope it goes amazingly! We're still trying to work out the best way to surface parties. Love to speak to anyone that has thoughts on good ways to do that.
10 Years of Steel Assassins Festival (Day 2)
W/ BENGAL TIGERS, AFTERMATH, EYEFEAR, BASTARDIZER, RAVEN BLACK NIGHT, HORIZON'S EDGE, WOE, HELL MACHINE, REVENGER, SARALISSE, CHARIOT ARCANA
1:30pm The Bridge Hotel
Note that this is a two day metal festival. Ticket link is a single day pass for Saturday. Two day tickets available from Moshtix.
WHISPERS AND ROARS FESTIVAL (Day 1)
"Celebrating Sydney-based female-identifying emerging artists in the Whispers & Roars Festival 2022! A collective of 18 artists ages 14-30 are presenting original works this year across a weekend long festival." See website for full line-up
An adorable initiative in which big-name artists play shows for small punters – we're talking toddlers, mostly, who will often just wander onto the stage wielding balloons. So much fun you'll be tempted to go childless just for the experience. Previous headliners include Jon Toogood of Shihad, Ben Lee, Josh Pyke and Toby Martin.
Fri
4
Mall Grab
9:00pm UNSW Roundhouse
Solid producer has been knocking out a steady line of banging house, techno, rave, a whole blender of stuff. Originally from Newcastle (like, a couple hours north - not the British one), he's now based in London.
Battlesnake
8:30pm Mary's Underground
These people play a lot of headline shows! I respect the hustle!
EP launch! New release is a collaboration with Lloyd Swanton of The Necks, which sounds like my exact shit.
UPSAHL (USA)
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
TikTok star who's featured on a G Flip track and co-written with Dua Lipa.
The Allniters
7:30pm Dee Why RSL Club
Andy Bull
7:30pm The Lansdowne
Playing his first headlining shows in two years, in support of his new single 'Dying Star'. You probably remember his triple j hits 'Dog', 'Keep On Running' and 'Baby I Am Nobody Now'. The piano-pop artist is on the precipice of releasing a new album, his first in eight years. Expect new material as well as the classics, with band in tow.
10 Years of Steel Assassins Festival (Day 1)
W/ DESECRATOR, MASON, PURENVY, THUNDASTEEL, VEXATION, KILL:DEATH:RATIO, GOSIKA
7:00pm The Bridge Hotel
Note that this is a two day metal festival. Ticket link is a single day pass for Friday. Two day tickets available from Moshtix.
ACO Underground present Satu in the Beyond
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Free show, two performances at 6:30pm and 8:15pm, entry by ballot allocation - enter the ballot via the website.
Thu
3
Soilwork (SWE)
9:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
Melodic death metal act releasing on Nuclear Blast Records
Cap Carter
8:30pm The Lansdowne
Lee Sullivan and The Sleepers
W/ Glenn Hopper Trio, Mannequin Radio
8:00pm The House of Music & Booze
IDLES (UK)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
One of Sydney's hardest bands, ARSE, are launching their aptly titled new single 'Go Hard'. They've put together a strong lineup, too. Novocastrians Dust will blow your mind, and G.U.N will knock your head right off. Free entry! [Editor’s Note: Bill’s right, this is an unmissable line-up)
Wiigz
BREKKY BOY
7:00pm The Vanguard
"Montreux Jazz Award nominees Brekky Boy are a powerhouse jazz electronic trio hailing from the South Coast, NSW"
Hextape
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Free show, two performances at 6:30pm and 8:15pm, entry by ballot allocation - enter the ballot via the website.
Powerhouse Late: Underground
W/ Loose Fit, Party Dozen, 1-800-Mikey, Moody Beach, Perfect Actress
5:00pm Powerhouse Museum
FREE and incredible lineup!! Basically a representation of some of Sydney’s top bands in an always-incredible space. If you can make a 5pm start, suggest trying to do the whole thing. It’s all gold.
Wed
2
IDLES (UK)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
The hottest ticket circa January 2019 was IDLES, as they tore through pubs and clubs with absolute vigour. Two albums later, they return to conquer sold-out theatres with Melbourne legends Pinch Points in tow. All is love.
Tue
1
Part of the Women's International Jazz Fest. Seems like a nice night of experimental jazz! Rebel Scum includes Bonnie S who also fronts Bonniesongs. Donation entry (suggested $10-20)
Lisa Oduor-Noah
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Free show, two performances at 6:30pm and 8:15pm, entry by ballot allocation - enter the ballot via the website.
Oct '22
Mon
31
Sun
30
Dave Weir Trio
8:00pm The Dock, Redfern
Free front bar gig
The Sisters of Mercy (UK)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Continuing their spooky tradition of playing Halloween shows at the Enmore. If you've ever wanted to pick up a goth, tonight is your night.
Kizz Daniel (NGR)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
BLACK MARIAS
4:00pm Marrickville Bowling Club
"(FREE!)"
Sat
29
Voiid
9:00pm Waywards @ The Bank Hotel
Super talented four-piece garage punk from Brisbane / Meanjin here to introduce us in person to their new single Lexapro. Not afraid to use their platform to tackle socially important issues like informed consent, drug abuse, and abortion, Voiid are one of the most important new voices in Australian punk working today. If you’re into stuff like Bikini Kill or early Sleater-Kinney, give Voiid a go.
Suzy and the Snakepit
8:00pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Raised As Wolves
8:00pm The Lord Gladstone
George Ezra
8:00pm ICC Sydney Theatre
Free stacked line-up!
Touring in support of their excellent new album 'Partly Cloudy', the Sydney indie-rockers will be joined by Brisbane power-pop/nu-emo champions Melaleuca.
Great Job!
Baby-faced folk-punk kids raised on The Front Bottoms, The Hotelier, AJJ and Jeff Rosenstock. In support of their forthcoming EP.
Deez Nuts
7:00pm Oxford Art Factory
Eternal Dust are putting on a big Halloween show with Dionysus, Wanderlust and Gyrate. I'm particularly fond of Gyrate; a great Fall-inspired post-punk group who seem to play a completely different set everytime I see them. Fantastic stuff.
Exhumation Deathfest
W/ ABRAMELIN, AFTERMATH, Golgothan Remains, Plague Dweller, Besomora, Pustilence , Unbound
3:00pm Crowbar
The Shrugs
3:00pm MoshPit Bar
Fri
28
Free midnight gig. Not sure who goes around calling themselves "Ramones" but good luck to you!
Ash Grunwald
8:30pm Factory Theatre
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever
8:00pm Metro Theatre
Blood Incantation (USA)
W/ Dead Congregation (GRC), Faceless Burial
This is a sick lineup!!
Free show, as far as I can tell
WAVVES (USA)
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
One of many belated international tours finally happening in the back-end of 2022. A belated 10-year anniversary tour for Wavves' third (and best) album 'King of the Beach'. It will be played in full. Party on.
Wolfmother
7:30pm Dee Why RSL Club
I've not seen the show, but MTK lead singer Bryn is a big deal now after playing Spider on Heartbreak High. Do what you will with that information, I'm here to tell you that the band are amazing live. Very tight and their new single is great.
"Known as Australia’s favourite festival blues and roots party band"
5 Bands for 5 Bucks
W/ Oh Yeahs, Vice Presley, Dear Scarlett, Tom Ryder, Green Room
Thu
27
Parcels
9:00pm Enmore Theatre
Night Songs (Night 2)
8:30pm Carriageworks
RSM (Live)
8:00pm The Dock, Redfern
Free gig
Paul Greene
8:00pm Brass Monkey
Simultaneously two of Sydney's most well-respected and underrated songwriters, Jack and Lisa put out acclaimed debut albums in 2020. Both will be taking to the piano at the Midnight Special to share what they've been working on since.
THNDO (ZWE)
7:30pm Mary's Underground
WAVVES (USA)
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
Incredible lineup! Launch party for a surf video called RAGE 400, shot by Toby Cregan.
Wed
26
Parcels
9:00pm Enmore Theatre
Alex Lahey
8:30pm Oxford Art Factory
The first headlining tour from everyone's favourite miserablist Melbourne lesbian in some three years. Her third album is in the can, due 2023, and this tour will be a sneak preview of what's to come – plus the bangers you all know and love.
Night Songs (Night 1)
8:30pm Carriageworks
Another sent in from the legend that is DS: "experimental music based on the pied butcherbird". And that experimental music is by Jon Rose and Hollis Taylor, along with the Ensemble Offspring. It looks to be an hour-long performance, an original work. Get some culture ya barbarian.
Miguel Rios
8:00pm The Midnight Special
Wolfmother
8:00pm Crowbar
Yes. Wolfmother. The actual Wolfmother. Playing at Crowbar. Just up the road from where they cut their teeth at the Annandale Hotel nearly 20 years ago. Can Stockdale still play the hits? Only one way to find out.
Sun
23
Harry Manx (CAN)
8:00pm The Great Club
Pouya (USA)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
White Knuckle Fever
8:00pm The Dock, Redfern
Hat tip to The Dock, a longstanding institution in Redfern that has gone all in on live music in their small bar space. Tom's tells us he wants to get around putting on as much stuff as he can. We hear bigger things are in the works as well...
Steve Smyth
8:00pm Mary's Underground
Handsome Young Strangers
6:30pm Union Hotel
Donny Benet & friends
6:00pm Pleasures Playhouse
The final night of Pleasures Playhouse sees Mr. Experience take to the stage with two fellow purveyors of kitsch, the mighty Baby Beef and the enigmatic S. Miles. Sold out, of course.
The Exploding Festival ft. Exploding Happiness
W/ Night Radio, Miau, Wee free kings, Chintzy Lopez (feat Philip Ricketson of the Hoo Haa's), Manny, Hannah and the Hepcats
3:00pm Petersham Bowlo
This looks like a real range! "Australian gothic" to "smooth evening sounds" to "Iconic cheeky bluesy jazzy, tinged with soulful chaos" is some of the range in the submission I was given. Wild times. Hope it's a great time gang!
Sat
22
Butterfingers
9:00pm Waywards @ The Bank Hotel
Want to feel old? Butterfingers are celebrating 15 years of their signature song 'Figjam'.
Black Alien (BRA)
9:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
Aldous Harding (NZ)
9:00pm City Recital Hall
The Animals (UK)
8:00pm Factory Theatre
AKA 'Animals and Friends', given it's literally just the original drummer and some new guys. The other remaining members are either dead or suing for rights of the name. Still, 'House of the Rising Sun', though. Eh? Eh?
There's been a trend of small spaces like the Chippo and others (OAF Gallery, Waywards) charging crazy door fees like $25 for bands playing amongst their first batch of shows. Pleased to see in the last week or so things seem to have settled back to more sane levels - a $7 show is a fine amount to take a blind punt on a band. However, an act of faith like this is a two-way contract: it relies on you, good punter, to get yourself out and try checking out some bands you've never seen. So let's reward a low door fee with a great turnout! No idea who these bands are, just noticed the recent return to earth on door prices and figured I'd point it out.
Newcastle-based pop-punk/post-hardcore trio touring in support of their second studio album 'Can't Stay Forever'. New line-up, new material, potential new lease on life. See for yourself.
ASHFIELD!!! BOWLING!!! CLUB!!! Lex tells us "this is the first punk show at Ashfield bowlo, hopefully not the last lol." So... IT'S FREE // IT'LL BE EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT IT TO BE // GET TO ASHFIELD BOWLO AND LET'S GET LIVE MUSIC HAPPENING IN ASHFIELD
Free show!
What a lineup!! Have you shopped at Repressed and wondered what a Nic and Mitch curated gig would sound like? Between this and November's Crowbar show, here's your chance! Native Cats are stalwarts from Tasmania, absolute legends. Troth are down from Newcastle, one of the first times they've played Sydney. Honey 2 Honey play some kind of mercurial slinky electro lounge rnb. Blue Divers I don't know! Let me know how to describe them if you have a description. Anyway, celebrate a great record store that has been greatly influential in helping amazing music reach people's ears!
We never thought we'd see it happen, but they're BACK. Led by Jamie Hutchings' singular brand of songwriting - that has continued into his solo work and with his newer band Infinity Broke - and Ben Fletcher's searing Jag tones. A classic band, and we get a fleeting moment to catch them live.
ioakim
8:00pm Golden Age Cinema & Bar
An intriguing new name on Sydney's pop scene, managed by former Amy Meredith frontman Christian Lo Russo. Has a couple of bedroom-pop bangers in the arsenal. Worth checking out if that's your bag.
The Delta Riggs
7:30pm Mary's Underground
This one is gonna be loud. Melbourne-based Outright are back in Sydney for the first time in four years to launch "Keep You Warm", their second LP of blistering, socially conscious hardcore punk. Get in early & check out Post Truth (featuring members of Novacastrian legends Conation), Stabbitha & the Knifey-Wifeys (over from SA to launch their new record) and Eora-based J.O.Y.
I Know You Know
W/ Before The King, Pat Skinner & The Open Range
HEAVY DEMO VOL. 1
W/ Straight Arrows, The Melodrones, Bad Jeep Country, Heavy Metal Country, Reenie (DJ), Jack Ladder (DJ), Sad Girls Sex Club (DJ), King O.P.P. (DJ), Buz (DJ), Jen (DJ), Tee Vee (DJ)
5:00pm The House of Music & Booze
Rik Saunders here and I was just hoping to tell you about my event 'Heavy Demo': Heavy Demo is my radio programme I’ve been doing for the last two years. Guests come on and share their vinyl collections with me and we have a trip down memory lane throughout as I gently interview the guest in a 'this is your life' manner. Guests reminisce about where they bought the records, anecdotes about the musicians on the records and other topics include how their music taste has influenced the person they have grown to become. There’s a dry sense of humour that underpins it. Anyway it’s about time I turn it into an event to help showcase some of the talent that is simmering away here in Sydney. It’s an evening held at a new venue called “The House of Music and Booze” consisting of vinyl DJs (previous guests of the show) + bands. I’m trying to invoke the spirit of John Peel here by just spotlighting some really fantastic songwriting that is going on.
Fountain Chorus
W/ Lia and Ray, Laura Hunt, Mara Schwerdtfeger, Wanderlust, Harrison Rae
3:00pm COMA Gallery
This looks like an incredible afternoon of improvised sound manipulation, organic instruments and electronic music. Take a look at the website for information on the artists featured, a gallery in Darlinghurst should be a wonderful setting for this.
Vice Presley
3:00pm MoshPit Bar
Fri
21
Towns
11:59pm Crowbar
Adelaide pop-punk duo, tour constantly and have a devoted following. Playing in the front bar after Magic Dirt, just around midnight.
Lola Scott
9:00pm The House of Music & Booze
Cumbiamuffin
9:00pm The Great Club
Now then children, if you don't know who Magic Dirt are: they were 90s and 00s legends that came up through the depths of Melbourne's indie rock scene and successfully crossed over into Triple J land, this putting them on the consciousness of broader Australia. Fronted by Adalita (now with her own respectable solo career). We love The Laurels and No Cake - with the former doing a form of garage shoegaze, and the latter doing bottom-heavy yobbo rock anchored with a big fat Moog. Both bands have Kat Harley playing bass and synths respectively. No Cake also have Pete Kostic, who plays in Front End Loader and Regurgitator.
FREE GIG. "Weirdo dark-pop synth-wave plus-a-sax three-piece" playing a launch show for their new single "Non-Zero-Sum Game", featuring members of Ted Danson With Wolves, Clean Shirt, Burlap, Arafura, Narrow Lands, PURE MASS... and out through Black Wire Records who we LOVE <3
Australian Country Music Showcase
W/ THE SILVERLINE, Aimee Hannan, Andy Penkow
8:00pm Petersham Bowlo
Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers
8:00pm Vic on the Park
Free front bar show with Canberra via Wollongong via Brisbane (it's complicated) indie-punk darlings signed to Domestic La La. Great fun.
Very excited about AGONY, a collaboration between Grasps and a visual collaborator, Luca Bianchino. The new EP, out recently, is an incredible blitz of emotionally-charged hyperpop. I love it.
Alright, Marrickville Bowling Club's bookings just ramped the fuck up! Normally there's about 8 gigs listed on their website at any given moment, now there's 16. Great space, seen some awesome shows here, always unassuming but reliable. The Bowlo continues its operations at the opposite end of the room almost as though it were oblivious to the incredible music that's come off that stage. In short: Bowlo shows are good. And not to get too political about it, but ... Bowlos are better without pokies.
Formed out of the pandemic in tandem with Mega Faüna, Sweetie impressively sold out the Lansdowne on the back of their first single and first-ever headlining show. Check out their debut EP 'Collision'.
Moussa Diakite rules. That is all.
Thu
20
The Josh Shipton Orchestra
"It's a 20+ piece one-off improv band led by Josh with game pieces"
Al Di Meola (USA)
8:00pm State Theatre
Thanks Darsh for suggesting this gig. OK real talk... I was aware of this show already and debated to myself about whether to add this gig. How many jazz fusion nerds are there out there reading this guide? I don't know. But I am one of them. Billy Cobham, Chick Corea, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Herbie Hancock, Stanley Clarke, Jeff Beck... and Al fucking Di Meola. Honestly, his "Elegant Gypsy" might be up in there in a list of my favourite albums of all time. It rips. And this guy is a beast on the guitar. And now I'm thinking I should probably get a ticket to this ...
Harry Manx (CAN)
8:00pm Brass Monkey
Entry is free with RSVP! Great one-two punch lineup from two incredible songwriters and sound creators. Rainbow Chan has gone from strength to strength over the last decade as she's evolved her electronic pop across genre, language and thematic dimensions. Sui Zhen is up from Melbourne, with her 2019 album "Losing Linda" being amongst highlight from that year for me. Highly recommended, and a great look at Liveworks' fascinating program.
Carla Geneve
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Free show, two performances at 6:30pm and 8:15pm, entry by ballot allocation - enter the ballot via the website.
Wed
19
Sun
16
The Darkness (UK)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
"Heartbeats is a live music fundraising initiative spearheaded by five Sydney cardiologists, aiming to raise money for children and teens with congenital or childhood acquired cardiac disease, and their families." - The Murmurs are those cardiologists!
Free gig showcasing fresh jazz musicians from Eora
Menfredo Lament
4:30pm Union Hotel
2 x 45 min sets
Outdoor daytime gig, free, pleasant vibes. Lovely situation!
Springfest 2022
1:00pm Crowbar
"Rockstar School aims to create a happy, healthy, resilient community through music and keep alive the Australian and Inner West tradition of rock music." That's pretty direct and to the point! This is the music school's young performers doing their annual show. I remember when I did my first one at our country town's annual performance thing. It ruled. I was hooked. Such a fucken cool experience to have as a kid. I reckon maybe it'd be worth showing up and see what incredible talent is out there - and also seeing what they're about when they talk about "[creating] a happy, healthy, resilient community through music". Family friendly! All ages!
Sat
15
Leisure
8:30pm The Lansdowne
Free front bar show!
Skunkhour
8:00pm Metro Theatre
Incredible lineup! Joseph Liddy and co always bring a sweaty, unstoppable funk/soul/no-cringe vibe. Zigg Zaggers is gorgeous minimal contemplations with ambient synth noodles. I'll write a better blurb or this later but this gig guide update is taking ages tonight.
Lo
8:00pm Golden Age Cinema & Bar
We Lost The Sea
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
Album launch for 'What You're Worth'. The band provide event accessibility information at the ticket link, which we think is an excellent initiative!
Maddy Jane
7:30pm Mary's Underground
Parramatta Lanes // ANOTHER STAGE // LOOK IT'S A VERY BIG EVENT OK GO TO THE WEBSITE
W/ Party Dozen, 1800-Mikey, California Girls, Good Pash, Cammy Cautious and The Wrestlers , DJ Petedisc (Beatdisc Records), ............. Sundown Drumming Circle
7:00pm Centenary Square
Paramatta Lanes // Night 4
W/ Mike Champion, Phil Fresh, Lolita Mae, Imbi & Grace, Salem DJ (Sauna)
6:00pm Parramatta Square
Free event series as part of a four night run of gigs out in Parramatta. More info on website.
Martini Shakers
4:00pm Gasoline Pony
Whopping Big Naughty
3:00pm MoshPit Bar
Press Club
2:00pm Resist Records
Free all ages gig at this awesome metal/hardcore/punk record store!
Mode Festival 2022
2:00pm Cockatoo Island
🚨🚨🚨 "A brand new music and arts festival reaching forward and exploring electronica’s potential." this one completely snuck up on us, I was unaware of this happening! Thank you Darsh for sending this in. He says: "Experimental electronic music fest at a really cool location! Seems like good fun. There are official afterparties too (deets emailed to ticket holders)". Great tip! The line-up's a lot to take in, so pop over to the site and see if it's your bag.
Fri
14
Free! It's happening every week consistently. This is good, this is what we like to see. A reliable late night gig. Good one. The one's I've been to have been crackers. Good work team.
CLAYTON DOLEY'S BAYOU BILLABONG
Hello Roseville!! Introducing venue "Eastern Lounge". Clayton Doley's group is a "10 piece powerhouse of mighty funk horns, soul vocals, infectious grooves and above all, great original songs"
Passenger
8:45pm Enmore Theatre
Agnes Obel
8:30pm City Recital Hall
Tex Perkins and Matt Walker
8:00pm The Great Club
"9 NEW SONGS" screams the ticket headline
Stompin' on the State
W/ PERSECUTOR, THE MEAT , BURN IN HELL, HISTAMINE, FACECUTTER
8:00pm Hiway Bar
Two Melbourne bands described as "furious powerviolence/hardcore-punk attack" and "raging hardcore" tell us they are coming to "stomp on the state of New South Wales". Stomp! Have a stompin' good time, legends!
miramar
8:00pm Waywards @ The Bank Hotel
Daily J
7:30pm The Lansdowne
Montaigne
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
Free weekly showcase at the Marly! The series used to be upstairs at the Lord Gladstone, now here, fresh curation, new stuff. Get in there! See what's going on!
Paramatta Lanes // Night 3
W/ Joseph Liddy and the Skeleton Horse, Mung Mung, Nicole Issa, Jordan Ireland & The Zig Zaggers, Lachlan Wylie
6:00pm Parramatta Square
Free event series as part of a four night run of gigs out in Parramatta. More info on website.
Thu
13
Mild Orange
8:00pm Oxford Art Factory
Big Scary
8:00pm Factory Theatre
Tex Perkins and Matt Walker
8:00pm The Great Club
Laura Jean
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Free show, two performances at 6:30pm and 8:15pm, entry by ballot allocation - enter the ballot via the website.
Free event series as part of a four night run of gigs out in Parramatta. More info on website.
Wed
12
Uni Tunes
W/ ATARI Y, Astral Juice, Before The King, Chuey, The Lenores, Rozera
7:30pm The Lansdowne
Presented by Sydney Uni Radio Group (SURG), Uni Tunes features a "diverse festival-style lineup of some of Sydney’s most talented up and comers"
Paramatta Lanes // Night 1
W/ Daphnie, Zhuli, Aless Arias, Jarred Bleechmore, Ellen Mara
6:00pm Parramatta Square
Free event series as part of a four night run of gigs out in Parramatta. More info on website.
Tue
11
Single launch
ArrDee (UK)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
Mon
10
Monday Night Confessions
W/ Soft Attack, Chloe Kim, Mike Nock & Laurence Pike
7:30pm Church St Studios
Incredible Monday night jazz gig presented by 505, of the former iconic venue of the same name. A rare pairing of pianist Mike Nock and Laurence Pike (of PVT / Triosk / Liars). Chloe Kim is playing with a new ensemble, featuring Sandy Evans (saxophone), Zela Margossian (piano), Hilary Geddes (guitar, a brilliant jazz guitarist and also a member of The Buoys) and Jonathan Zwartz (bass). Soft Attack is a "modern chamber jazz ensemble" led by double bassist Jacques Emery, alongside Novak Manojlovic on piano / keyboards, and Thomas Avgenicos on trumpet / effects.
Sun
9
A Spring Affair 2022
W/ BIXIE MAJOR, APOCOLYSEBOYO, TRASH SPRINGFIELD, LARISKA, PACKING DHAKA, SASH LYNCH
8:00pm Crowbar
WASTED ONES
5:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Free show!
Sat
8
Lacey Cole
10:00pm Golden Age Cinema & Bar
Free show. Starts at 10pm. Launch show for "Badwater: Volume 1 & 2"
Katie Noonan, Tyrone Noonan & Band
9:00pm Enmore Theatre
Don't call it a george comeback because apparently the rights to the name don't belong solely to the Noonan siblings! This is a Polyserena 20th anniversary show "with band" (a band, not the band).
Turpentine Babycino
9:00pm Botany View Hotel
Free gig!
Fabels are dope. RIYL if you like HTRK, or maybe imagine a Beach House that's spookier and witchier. Scattered Order are Sydney post-punk legends, formed in 1979.
The Uplifting Bell Ends
8:30pm The Lansdowne
"Everyone’s favourite psychedelic folk rock pranksters" apparently! Influenced namechecked include "The Grateful Dead, The Flying Burrito Brothers, The Rolling Stones and The Band"
Bootleg Rascal
8:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Sickick (USA)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
OXFORD ART FACTORY 15TH BIRTHDAY
W/ Pacific Avenue, Nice Biscuit, Lazywax, Fig, Baby Beef & Next Of Kin, Abby Bella May, Peel, Salarymen, Sunfruits, Baby Cool, Liquid Zoo
8:00pm Oxford Art Factory
Art of Fighting
8:00pm The Vanguard
Karen Lee Andrews
8:00pm The Great Club
The Jim Dusty Drive-Thru Garbage Casino
W/ Lily Morris, Griffin Ford & the Letter Openers
8:00pm Petersham Bowlo
This phenomenal series of living room shows continues with two sets featuring US drummer Pheeroan akLaff: one solo, and one with Sydney saxophonist Peter Farrar. If you haven't been to a People's Republic show, get along: they're a must. Address provided via RSVP, which is essential. Entry by donation - cash only.
Amazing series of house shows putting on experimental music in Katoomba. Delightful to see this reliably selling out each gig. Grab a ticket and do a Mountains trip!
NO KERFEW
W/ Anika, Anorah Marina (live), Aparna Nagashayan (live), Bindi Bosses (live), Bobby Vibe Positive, Deepa, Desilva, DJ Minstry, Gurugayatri, ITI, Jhassic, Kāmna, Nabu (live), Nausheen, Neil Kumar, Nico Ghost (live), Radha (live), Rakish, Scalymoth, Uncle Kal (MC), Kerfew DJS B2B
3:00pm The House of Music & Booze
In their own words: "Kerfew is an Australia-wide creative collective of South Asian musicians, designers and broadcasters who use art as a means to explore, reimagine and celebrate the cultures and stories that are shaped by the uniquely Australian South Asian diaspora experience. Existing as a monthly radio show on Area3000, we've been sharing our stories and perspectives through the air, but we’re ready now to bring this to you in the flesh - through Kerfew’s launch party."
Fri
7
Canned Heat is a new weekly series of free gigs at Yulli's Brewery in Alexandria
King Stingray
9:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
Bec Sandridge
9:00pm Vic on the Park
WAAX
9:00pm Metro Theatre
Cousin Tony's Brand New Firebird
8:30pm Oxford Art Factory
G.U.N
8:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Art of Fighting
8:00pm The Vanguard
The Butterfly Effect
8:00pm UNSW Roundhouse
WA band - first time playing in Sydney!
Clamm
8:00pm Waywards @ The Bank Hotel
Sierra Ferrell Band (USA)
8:00pm The Great Club
BOYS LIKE GIRLS (USA)
8:00pm UNSW Roundhouse
BLOOM. previously held their gigs / parties at goodspace, upstairs from the Lord Gladstone. It looks like they’re now moving to The Marly, every Friday from 7pm. A new free series with some fresh curation!
Behind You is immense, blow-your-face-off we-don't-care-if-we-just-ruined-your-car-speakers hip hop with a punk and filthy electronic edge, absolutely brutal. Have a listen on the SydneyMusic.net playlist. Bayang (Tha Bushranger) is building a lot of hype, we're keen to see him soon.
Tyr
7:00pm The Bridge Hotel
Front bar show! Guessing that means it's free. OIL! are up from Adelaide and this caught my eye: "sounds like running as fast as you can through a field of computer chips and sonic lightning storms, drawing influences from kraut rock greats such as CAN and NEU!" - well, that's my shit right there.
Thu
6
King Stingray
9:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
mxmtoon (USA)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
A community run event bringing together new and emerging folk musicians at the Petersham Bowlo. Wholesome af.
Wed
5
Watchhouse (USA)
9:00pm Factory Theatre
Leon Bridges (USA)
9:00pm Sydney Opera House
Grentperez
8:30pm Oxford Art Factory
Lucky Day
8:00pm The Vanguard
Eskimo Joe
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Tue
4
Leon Bridges (USA)
9:00pm Sydney Opera House
FRAZEY FORD (CAN)
8:00pm The Vanguard
Mon
3
Leon Bridges (USA)
8:00pm Sydney Opera House
Sun
2
Free Crowbar show with Western Sydney's Amends topping the bill, alongside emo rock band Greenwood and Satellites Were Set Alight (featuring members of Above Below, Speakeasy and Recovery Room)
A brand new event series from Sydney's iconic institution 505 (of the former venue of the same name). This is the launch show for a new brand new series of jazz gigs that will be happening every Sunday at The Lansdowne. Free entry.
Sat
1
Nia Archives (UK)
9:00pm Mary's Underground
Playing at Listen Out fest as well. This is her sideshow!
Fripps & Fripps
9:00pm Vic on the Park
Grace Sanders
9:00pm Golden Age Cinema & Bar
50 Million Beers
8:00pm Butchers Brew Bar
50 Million Beers are an iconic Inner West institution and you should see them at least once. They've been at this a while, they crush at exactly what their brief is (Americana, Blues, Rock 'n' Roll), and their significant audience of devotees rule.
Seth Sentry
8:00pm Metro Theatre
Confession
8:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
Band of Michael Crafter (I Killed The Prom Queen, Carpathian, Bury Your Dead)
Verge Collection
8:00pm The House of Music & Booze
Free front bar show!
Teenage Dads
7:30pm The Lansdowne
The Darrans
W/ Punish, Tantichrist, Birthday Raven, Smitty & B. Goode
7:00pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Satin Cali
Sonic Gravy
W/ Black Rheno, Rick Dangerous & The Silkie Bantams, High As Hell, Hypergiant, Master Leonard, Wicked Sisters
5:00pm The Vanguard
Teenage Dads
4:00pm The Lansdowne
Ukebebe's 10th Birthday
2:30pm Waverly Park
Calling all families with young children! This is a "jazz for kids" event comprised entirely of original compositions intended to pique kids' interests in music. This looks dope - SydneyMusic is for everyone!
Sep '22
Fri
30
Dust rule. This series of gigs rules. It being free rules. It being late rules. We love you Heartsville Music Group!
Louis The Child
10:00pm Oxford Art Factory
Free show in a brewery in an industrial area! Canned Heat is a weekly series of Friday night gigs.
PJ O'Brien Band
8:00pm Butchers Brew Bar
Wombat
8:00pm Factory Theatre
Muroki
The Ritzy Kids
8:00pm The Bridge Hotel
A bunch of young bucks playing their first gig ever at the Bridge. Apparently they formed in 2020 and were going to do their first show with Luca Brasi, but then the pandemic happened. Hell of a wait. Hope it's a fun one lads!
Christan Values
8:00pm Botany View Hotel
Congratulations, this is the most difficult to find band ever. Good work.
Willaris K.
8:00pm UNSW Roundhouse
Jeremy Zucker (USA)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
RESCHEDULED AGAIN. At long last, the much-delayed "These Are Not Your Dreams" tour takes place. Feel feelings! Wear earplugs!
5 Bands for 5 Bucks
W/ Hunting Thompson, Trillion, Terra Pines, Foxlore, Flint Violet
Gabriella Cohen
7:00pm The Vanguard
Turtle Skull: A really unique blend of doom and happy psych. Get ready to lose yourself in their music. Greyhound does doomy post-rock with a really impressive instrumental variety and texture.
Agung Mango
6:30pm Mary's Underground
Thu
29
Aaron Blakey 4tet
8:00pm Botany View Hotel
Free front bar show
Grace Cummings
8:00pm The Great Club
Tove Lo (SWE)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
Bvllvds
8:00pm The Midnight Special
Common Kings (USA)
8:00pm Factory Theatre
Skyscraper Stan And The Commission Flats
7:30pm Mary's Underground
Single / video launch for "Today Is The First Day of The Rest of Your Life"
Salted Ham
Ngaiire
7:30pm City Recital Hall
Get Folked
7:00pm LazyBones
Lineup TBA. Regular folk music event held at LazyBones on L1 in a restaurant setting.
Michael Waugh
7:00pm Django Bar @ Camelot Lounge
Wed
28
BLXST (USA)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
Pronounced "Blast". A longtime West Coast workaholic who has exploded onto the pop culture map in the last couple of years. Feature appearances on the recent Kendrick Lamar, Kehlani and Rick Ross albums have done a lot to boost his profile.
Ben Lerner Quartet
8:00pm Butchers Brew Bar
Charm of Finches
7:00pm The Vanguard
Tue
27
Melbourne jazz trio performing original music at this bar out in Dulwich Hill!
Sun
25
Alt-J
8:00pm Metro Theatre
Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts
8:00pm Botany View Hotel
Free front bar show
IAN ROBERT KRAHE (1957-78) was punk rock pioneer at the forefront of the birth of Australian rock, before his tragic death in 1978. His dynamic, intense and irreverent approach to guitar left its mark upon the music of Evil Roomers and X and earned him a place in Australian rock history. This gig will be celebrating the life, music and legacy of Ian on the day of his 65th birthday. His music will be performed by his guitar brother Geoff Holmes (Evil Roomers, X, Wildcat Tamers, Scattered Order) and Jim Dickson (Radio Birdman, The Survivors, The Passengers, Pubert Brownfridge) and John Butler (X) as well as Ian Krahe’s nephew - Luke Alan Edwards (Slack Punks)
TRUCK
5:00pm The Bridge Hotel
Featuring Dave Leslie (Baby Animals) and Andy McLean (Horsehead) - single launch for 'Unconventionally Rising'
Mortal Blow Big Band
4:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Free show. Someone fill us in on what this is?
Adore
4:00pm Petersham Bowlo
Sat
24
Aodhan
10:00pm Vic on the Park
Honey 2 Honey
9:00pm Golden Age Cinema & Bar
Album launch show for their absolutely brilliant album "To Water A Road"! Free show, recommend checking this out!
Single launch for new single 'Young Guns'. Eagle Ray is the new solo project of Tom Kell from PEEL, performing with a full band.
ALT-J (UK)
8:00pm Hordern Pavilion
The Driver Era
8:00pm UNSW Roundhouse
Tom Grennan (UK)
8:00pm Factory Theatre
The Valery Trails
8:00pm The Great Club
Nyxen
8:00pm Oxford Art Factory
Hard-Ons
8:00pm The House of Music & Booze
Beckah Amani
Mickey Kojak
7:30pm The Lansdowne
Krystal Rivvers
7:00pm Mary's Underground
Recycletastic on Enmore Road are starting to do shows! Fundraiser for No Milk in My T, a trans support organisation.
I thought the early show would be All Ages but it says it's 18+...????
Fri
23
Jesse Curnow
10:00pm Vic on the Park
Kobie Dee
7:30pm The Lansdowne
Telenova
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
Free show!
MD Horne
7:00pm The Black Swan Bar
Free show, with two sets! And hello to the Shire, our first gig listing for your part of Sydney! Joining Mark will be special guests including Driza Dickinson, Andy Hallett and Carrie Phillis.
Thu
22
"Female fronted, ethereal, post-punk five piece". Are launching a recent single - a "spooky, 60's inspired" track, apparently.
Ramirez (USA)
8:00pm Oxford Art Factory
Honne (UK)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Aaron Blakey 4tet
8:00pm Botany View Hotel
Free front bar show
Creed Bratton (USA)
7:30pm Factory Theatre
Turns out that the guy from The Office (US) is also a blues rock musician who played with a band called The Grass Roots back in the 70s. SydneyMusic.net's gig guide: helping you with music trivia since 2022!
Loren Kate
6:30pm Django Bar @ Camelot Lounge
Andrew Tuttle
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Andrew previously created works under the name Anonymeye and will performing works from his new album Fleeting Adventures. Free show, two performances at 6:30pm and 8:15pm, entry by ballot allocation - enter the ballot via the website.
Wed
21
Red Revel
8:00pm Botany View Hotel
Meg Mac
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
USYD Battle of the Bands ft. The Jezabels
6:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
The Jezabels, I am informed, played their first ever gig at the USyd BotB in 2007. And so here they are, headlining the same event in 2022. That's a cute vibe! The finalists play from 6-9pm, then the Jezzies are on a bit after that.
Tue
20
A.GIRL
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Free show, two performances at 6:30pm and 8:15pm, entry by ballot allocation - enter the ballot via the website.
Mon
19
Sun
18
Goanna
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Geoff Bull and the Finer Cuts
8:00pm Botany View Hotel
Free front bar show
EP launch
EVIL TWIN
5:00pm Garden Lounge Creative Space
EVIL TWIN is "EVILan afternoon of weird experimental music live in our lounge room", experimental vs improvised live terror within improvised noise – sibling to the long-standing regular EVIL night at MoshPit
Highfalutin + Hollie Matthew Band
4:30pm Union Hotel
4 KINGS
4:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Sat
17
Wilson Blackley
10:00pm Golden Age Cinema & Bar
Upstairs gig!
Church & AP (NZ)
8:00pm The Chippo Hotel
Crotch: featuring Body Type's Soph McComish & Sweetie's Lil Keenan
Beddy Rays
8:00pm Factory Theatre
Rapaport
8:00pm Butchers Brew Bar
Noir City
W/ Creep Features, Satin Cali, Sputnik Sweetheart, The Sooks, Local Safari
7:30pm The Lansdowne
Fri
16
Upstairs gig. LPR Sydney showcase.
Stevan
9:00pm Vic on the Park
"Crash Parties" single launch
Old Mervs
8:00pm Waywards @ The Bank Hotel
Truckload of Sky: The Music of David McComb (The Triffids)
8:00pm Factory Theatre
This is an interesting one. A night of unreleased music by David McComb, performed by friends of his inc. members of The Triffids and Black-eyed Susans. Apparently they've done an album of the songs that had never been put to tape. Kind of surreal.
South Summit
Yumi Zouma (NZ)
8:00pm Oxford Art Factory
Lowkey, breezy New Zealand pop. Their latest record is really lovely. Chuck it on and see if it's your thing.
Single launch
They're launching their new single... wait for it... it's called... "Blue Shell The 1%". Hey speaking of, has anyone noticed that Facebook events now don't hyperlink to the tickets? They're so bitchy about wanting a cut that they make you copy and paste the URL into a new tab. So petty!
Thu
15
HOODOO GURUS
8:00pm Hordern Pavilion
It's a good idea to witness Hoodoo Guru's godlike harmonised vocals at least once in your life.
EP launch. This looks like fun!
Aaron Blakey 4tet
8:00pm Botany View Hotel
Free front bar show
The Chats
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Dora Jar
7:30pm The Lansdowne
This appears to be a hotly anticipated last minute announce. Dora Jar is an American "bedroom pop" musician that is supporting Billie Eilish on a bunch of dates. Tickets go on sale Tuesday 28/8, and from the sound of the terse PR copy on the ticket, they're going to go quickly. Does anyone know anything about Dora Jar? Tell us about her in our Discord, we'd love to hear from you!
Marianas Trench (CAN)
7:30pm Factory Theatre
Na Noise (NZ)
7:00pm The Vanguard
First trip over the ditch for this NZ three piece self-described "fuzz trio". They're being brought over by Third Eye Stimuli Records, who have put out albums by The Laurels, Sunfruits and newcomers PEEL. Gonna guess some shoes may be gazed in the making of this performance.
Elsy Wameyo
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Free show, two performances at 6:30pm and 8:15pm, entry by ballot allocation - enter the ballot via the website.
Wed
14
Safety First
7:00pm The Vanguard
Sampa The Great
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Um... huge????? Usual deal - by ballot only, check the website, two shows: 6:30pm & 8:15pm
Tue
13
Sun
11
Josh Shipton and the Blue Eyed Ravens
W/ The Siren Of Silence, The Violet Bard
8:00pm Town & Country
Free front bar gig
Bonnie Kay & The Bonafides
4:30pm Union Hotel
Seems to be an ever-so-often daytime outdoor live courtyard thing? Btw the DJs for some of the other weekends are really nice, but we haven't got to covering parties yet!
Sat
10
Absolutely stellar lineup. Do this. Free front bar show
ANSO
9:00pm Golden Age Cinema & Bar
Kanada The Loop
9:00pm Vic on the Park
Start Your Own Cult
8:00pm The Chippo Hotel
Riley Pearce
8:00pm Waywards @ The Bank Hotel
The Moving Stills
7:30pm The Lansdowne
Free weekly night
Fri
9
Free front bar show. That's Toby Martin from mid-2000s Sydney indie rock band Youth Group.
Yes I'm Leaving: scorching full-blooded eardrum-shattering yob rock. Snape: big guitars with big hearts. Potential: "darkwave doom throuple from so called Sydney". Heckin' yes.
Have you noticed? There's a new music venue in town! The House of Music & Booze in St Peters has started putting on gigs after a couple of months of soft trials. Great local line-up of C.O.F.F.I.N, who have spent a lot of time on the road with Amyl & The Sniffers. Caitlin Harnett and the Pony Boys are a robust crew of alt-country stalwarts who I'm pretty sure could lay claim to having played every bar in town. Plan your trip, check out a new space. Good stuff.
Casey Barnes
8:00pm The Great Club
Rebecca Black. Yes, "Friday". Yes, THAT "Friday". Now an evolving pop artist in the ever shape-shifting world of hyperpop: a remix by Dylan Brady (100 gecs) certainly suggests some recognition in the world. I have no idea what kind of performance she's doing - and note this is Metro Social, not the main room. Might be an interesting pop gig to check out though!
Death by Denim
7:30pm The Lansdowne
Peach Fur
7:00pm Waywards @ The Bank Hotel
Thu
8
Litter
9:30pm Frankie's Pizza
The Church
8:00pm Metro Theatre
Balu Brigada (NZ)
8:00pm The Great Club
Buzz Kull is awesome darkwave stuff. Really enjoyed the album from a couple of years back. I don't know the rest of the lineup, but Buzz Kull are great.
The Wattles
8:00pm The Midnight Special
Emma-Jean Thackray
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
CORIN
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Free show, two performances at 6:30pm and 8:15pm, entry by ballot allocation - enter the ballot via the website.
Wed
7
Tue
6
Eric Nam (KOR/USA)
7:00pm Enmore Theatre
Agung Mango
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Free show, two performances at 6:30pm and 8:15pm, entry by ballot allocation - enter the ballot via the website.
Sun
4
EVIL #26
W/ DIRK THE JERK AND THE WORKS, JOCHEN GUTSCH, HEATHER VOMITS UP GOD, THE RAVENESQUE TRIO
7:00pm MoshPit Bar
God bless we love you MoshPit Bar. Keep being you.
Sat
3
Rob Snarski and Lindy Morrison
8:00pm The Great Club
Rob Snarski (of The Blackeyed Susans) and Lindy Morrison (who needs no introduction, unless she does, in which case The Go-Betweens and you'd better get on that). Also featuring members of The Triffids and Rebecca's Empire, with guest vocalists Peter Milton Walsh (The Apartments) and Jessica Black (of Jep & Dep, which is a folk duo with Gerling's Darren Cross)
Hops & Dreams
W/ Adam Newling, Iain T. McKelvey & The Midnight Tangos, Maia Toakley
8:00pm Vic on the Park
Yes it's a beer festival
Hayden James
8:00pm Hordern Pavilion
Sappho
8:00pm Golden Age Cinema & Bar
LAKE CROOK MOUTH
7:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Crocodylus
7:30pm Mary's Underground
Private Function
7:00pm Oxford Art Factory
Cosmic Boogie
W/ Andrew Wowk (DJ), Fly Waves (DJ), Karmel Jäger (DJ), Lachy MacNeill (DJ), Meat Tray (Live), Rubio (DJ), Sofia Gonzales (DJ)
3:00pm The Lord Gladstone
An early version of the SydneyMusic.net website had a "rave finder", where we tried to give pointers on the best party collectives doing stuff around town. We'll try find a way to get that back on the site - it was a useful resource, but we need more people in the know to help us track down where the good stuff is! In the meantime... Gladdy parties are a good time, and Cosmic Boogie comes recommended to us. Runs til 3am.
Fri
2
Panic! At The Metro
W/ Aburden, Closure, Alera, Finding Better Health
Panic! At The Metro is a monthly punk/hardcore night. Their first show had a strong lineup, and despite not knowing anything about these bands I'm going to take a punt and guess these folks know what they're doing. If you know more than us about these bands, drop us a line. We'd love to hear your take and we can post it here instead!
Hatchie
8:00pm Factory Theatre
Vintage Crop
7:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Honey Nothings
Ascending next crop stuff. If you want to dip your head into what the pop kids are coming up with, this could be your opportunity.
Thu
1
Battlesnake
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
New free monthly night at Mary's Underground called "Going Under" promises a curated series with - and I stress, we're promised but I cannot speak to the accuracy of the claim - "special guests, one off collaborations and all sorts of other crazy shit". We'll keep an eye out.
JD Burgess Band
7:00pm Gasoline Pony
Also free... I think ... ?
Luke Howard
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Free show, two performances at 6:30pm and 8:15pm, entry by ballot allocation - enter the ballot via the website.
Aug '22
Wed
31
Lachlan Bryan
8:00pm The Midnight Special
Free...? I think ... ?
Sun
28
Jesse Redwing
4:30pm Union Hotel
Free front bar arvo show. Two sets.
2 Plug 2 Fest
W/ Alibii, Buffalo Paradise, Ducey Muncs, East Denistone, Isobel Knight, John Lawrie & The Welcome Strangers, Lahi & the Diks, Lucid Hoops, Sunder, Tayla and the Wandering Stars
1:00pm Hiway Bar
From what we can tell, this is a fledgling music podcast called "The Plug" that is programming an all-day lineup of bands from Sydney and surrounds that they've featured. How good!
Sat
27
Baptizm
10:00pm Golden Age Cinema & Bar
The latest project of Alex Wall of Bleeding Knees Club / Wax Witches, sees him teaming up with his partner Matilda Dodds to create a blend of sounds inspired by Portishead, Moon-Duo and Suicide.
Another free rock show at the Enmore! We love to see it! Same lineup as last night’s Duke appearance with the replacement of the headliner in Rapid Dye (thanks for the tip DPC!)
FELIVAND
8:00pm Mary's Underground
Antipodes (NZ)
8:00pm Butchers Brew Bar
EAST COAST LOW
7:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
OK I'm going to go out on a limb and put down everything on the Marrickville Bowlo's gigs page (linked under "Visit Website" above)... I'm guessing if there isn't a link it's a free show? We'll figure out how to get the most helpful information from the Bowlo bookings as soon as possible!
Free monthly night
Weird Science
W/ ZEROTONINE, GRYFF, NYQUEST, EMULATE, KOMYOUN, MR FUZION, 41S, MR?E
7:00pm Knox St Bar
Sent in to us by friend of the site RP. I know very little about this scene but very intrigued! The only knowledge or connection I can see in this lineup that I know of is Infusion: Manny Sharrad is billed as a "special guest" across the night. The gig promises both live electronic and DJ sets. "Synthwave" and "Retrowave" is referenced. As is "Live Sax". Sounds smooth. If someone can write a more informed blurb for this gig, please send it in! :)
The film Chopper, with an all new score by Springtime & Mick Harvey!
resonantwave
W/ Deepsea Lights, T.Wilds, Sonori, Tilman Robinson
A free event combining projected art and atmospheric music/soundscapes from various genres.
Mattie Slur album launch
Fri
26
'Buffet' single launch
Local underground punks Negative Gears are doing their first show in roughly 4 years. Joined by Melbourne’s Vampire and fellow Sydney-sider lo-fi hardcore group OSBO.
High Ace
8:00pm The Great Club
Musical project of Jeff Lang and Alison Ferrier, launching their new album Snowcap Menace
Teen Jesus & The Jean Teasers
8:00pm Crowbar
5 Bands for 5 Bucks
W/ In View, ALIBII, Jasper & The Jokers, Midnight Removalists, Quaint
This group who came together during lockdown and quickly carved out a name for themselves as purveyors of tight-knit, anti-capitalist rock are launching their second EP.
Free gig at the Gladdy’s upstairs space! Event is launching a new regular series called “Debaser” which includes a gallery exhibition of a rotating cast of artists.
Thu
25
Hot tip! Rare live show in the Marly basement. Launch of a new single from a new project by Xavier Dunn, who is both a solo artist and a prolific producer/writer for Jack River, GRAACE, CXLOE and heaps more. That’s Nerdie from 1300 on the support! Tickets on the door only.
Debbies
8:00pm The Royal
Free show. Wollongong & Jervis Bay band, previous triple j Unearthed finalists -- described as "anthemic pop-punk" and the presser tells me they've had a million streams. All glory to the algorithm!
Sex on Toast
7:00pm The Vanguard
Mindy Meng Wang 王萌 & Tim Shiel
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Free show, two performances at 6:30pm and 8:15pm, entry by ballot allocation - enter the ballot via the website.
At The Altar of The Amplifier
W/ Kusum Normoyle, Peter Blamey
Wed
24
Tyler Cooney Quartet
8:00pm Butchers Brew Bar
Thirsty Merc
8:00pm Factory Theatre
The Bloomvilles
7:00pm Gasoline Pony
Tue
23
AJR
8:00pm Hordern Pavilion
Ruel
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Free show as a consolatory event for Splendour In The Grass' first day cancellation. Tickets on "sale" 8/08.
Raria
7:00pm The Vanguard
Mon
22
Gang of Youths
7:00pm Enmore Theatre
Special intimate acoustic show alongside their Qudos date
Sun
21
Alexandra Younes
8:00pm The Great Club
Fletcher (USA)
7:00pm UNSW Roundhouse
Sabbath Sessions
W/ Carnal Viscera, Larry Leadfoot, War Rages Within, Horissonous, Plague Dweller, Asura
7:00pm Frankie's Pizza
Moon Brain
4:30pm Union Hotel
Sat
20
New ensemble project from Jordan Ireland (ex-Middle East, Stolen Violin, Purple Orchestra)! An "instrumental percussion and synth ensemble based in the Illawarra" creating "sparkling kosmiche, disco-house and spiritual jazz".
Bek Jensen + band
8:00pm Butchers Brew Bar
Free front bar show!
BAYNK (NZ)
8:00pm Oxford Art Factory
Free gig curated by 2SER's The Band Next Door. Great lineup - check the link for descriptions!
Coconut Cream
8:00pm Golden Age Cinema & Bar
Typically we don't publish the band or promoter's gig promo copy, but make of this what you will: "A guitar trio inverted, a mysterious device with all the bells and whistles, and a gratifying descent into sludge, smoke, and celestial mayhem."
Well this is a venue I didn't expect to see appearing on the gig guide!
For fans of post-rock and textured, instrumental rock. Hashshashin blends various traditional instruments from the middle-east and beyond.
All Excess is a free monthly night at Frankie's. Bands from 7pm.
The Beaut Utes
3:00pm Butchers Brew Bar
Fri
19
Holy shit so wait let me get this straight... the songs are written by the guy from Front End Loader, the guitarist plays with Don Walker, Clouds, the Sleepy Jackson and The Ride Ons, and the drummer is from The Mess Hall and The Aerial Maps???
Voyager
8:00pm Crowbar
Colossus Records 4th Birthday
W/ Downgirl, Dust, Behind You, G.U.N
Slowly Slowly
8:00pm Avalon RSL
Thu
18
The Sooks
9:30pm Frankie's Pizza
Free. Bands start at 9:30pm.
E for Echo
8:00pm Butchers Brew Bar
Oops, that's me pricking my ears up: "dream-pop soundscapes led by gritty guitars, 90s synths and lush layered vocal hooks". Never heard of these guys but apparently they formed in 2016. And here's a new one... NSW Parenting Vouchers accepted. 😌💆
Free front bar show
Live From The Lab 2022
W/ Flowertruck, Kid Fiction, Ms. Thandi, MUNGMUNG, Gloomie
7:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
Free show put on by USYD! "Celebrate National Science Week with music inspired by science! Gig hosted by Associate Professor Alice Motion and featuring the artists involved in LFTL 2022. This will be the first time these science research inspired tracks are performed live, along with additional hits from each artist’s catalogue."
Marcus Whale
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Marcus (Collarbones, Scissor Lock, Black Vanilla/BV) performing a set of his own solo material, describing the performance as MTV Unplugged Cosplay (ha!) Free show, two performances at 6:30pm and 8:15pm, entry by ballot allocation - enter the ballot via the website.
Wed
17
Magpie Diaries
8:00pm The Midnight Special
I *think* this is free from what I've been able to gather. Album launch for 'The Machine, The Fool & Us'. Meteor Infant sounds like some pretty nice textural songwriter stuff judging from the track on the SMn playlist.
Sun
14
Sat
13
Ruby Gill
10:00pm Golden Age Cinema & Bar
Running Touch
8:00pm Metro Theatre
Chris Cheney
8:00pm Factory Theatre
Spacey Jane
8:00pm Big Top, Luna Park
Ages 13+
Harrison Storm
8:00pm The Great Club
Golden Vessel
7:30pm Mary's Underground
🚨🚨🚨 NEW HOUSE GIG SERIES ALERT. A little bit outside of our purview of Sydney, but we'll make an exception. Brett writes in: "My friend Jon and I have a new monthly night in Katoomba called Dream Alley Dream. We basically like putting on weird shit and experimental music minus the noise snobs and drum circles/fire twirling." Hello, we like you guys. Who wants to carpool up the mountains?
Fri
12
Liz Stringer
8:00pm Mary's Underground
Soaked Oats
8:00pm Waywards @ The Bank Hotel
Garrett Kato
8:00pm The Great Club
Spacey Jane
8:00pm Big Top, Luna Park
Ages 18+
Sigur Rós (ISL)
7:15pm ICC Sydney Theatre
Stacked local metal lineup that we just heard about!
Between You & Me
6:00pm Crowbar
Thu
11
Sally Seltmann
8:00pm The Vanguard
Launching new album "Early Moon"
COALESCE
W/ daine, cookii x Lonelyspeck x Hearteyes, Donatachi, Nuum, Caitlin Medcalfe (DJ), Kavi (DJ), Sidechains (DJ), Agony (DJ)
7:30pm Civic Underground
Interesting combination of electronic/pop/hyperpop scenes from around Australia coming together for a pretty packed lineup! We've been fans of Adelaide's Lonelyspeck for some time at SMn, this debut live combo with fellow like-minds looks pretty special. daine we've noticed popping up all over the place lately - I'm informed by the gig blurb at the link that they've been mentored by Charli XCX. Wild! Basically - suspect this will be a good deep dive into what's happening in the experimental pop space at the grassroots level. Bunch of great local selectors in there as well!
Mixael Cabrera
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
Bec Sandridge
7:30pm Mary's Underground
Ben Salter (solo)
7:00pm Golden Barley Hotel
Special last minute one-off show for Ben Salter, doing two sets in solo mode. Ben is just having a short break from his residency at MONA in Hobart and it's a very rare chance to see him for free in the Inner West.
Cameron Deyell & Laurence Pike
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Free show, two performances at 6:30pm and 8:15pm, entry by ballot allocation - enter the ballot via the website.
Wed
10
Sun
7
The Ravenesque Trio features Josh Shipton (who's been described elsewhere here as "for fans of Nick Cave and second hand book smells", Tim O’Driscoll (aka Mr Plebatron), Dom Fubelli (aka Doctor Robot)
Charlie Finn (w/ band)
4:30pm Union Hotel
Free front bar arvo show
Sat
6
Infinity Broke is Jamie Hutchings (of Bluebottle Kiss renown) with his brother Scott, and Reuben Wills.
Victoria is Max from Songs, Alison from Smudge, and Patrick and Cameron from Youth Group. Nice to see all these legends coalesce into something new, and something really fun! I saw an early show of theirs at Hiway Bar and it ticks all the boxes you'd hope they would. Some nice wandery Pavement or Built To Spill-like vibes in amongst it, and vocal duties are split between the axe-wielders. Should make for a great free front bar show.
Library Siesta launching their new single "Second Teenagehood"
Bloods
Yours Truly
8:00pm The Chippo Hotel
Fripps & Fripps
8:00pm Waywards @ The Bank Hotel
Eliza and The Delusionals
7:30pm The Lansdowne
Y.O.G.A.
Whores (USA)
7:00pm The Vanguard
Gang of Youths
6:00pm Qudos Arena
Vile Incarnations Festival
W/ Misery, Mytile Vey Lorth, Golgothan Remains, Burial Chamber
5:00pm Crowbar
Fri
5
Free. Late. Outrageous. Curated by Heartsville. I went to the first one of these nights and it absolutely ripped. God bless late night lineups.
Blank Generation is a series of late night gigs at The Metro. Civic are from Melbourne - their debut album "Future Forecast" was released by Flightless Records (King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard's home turf). ARSE and Maple Moths we've gushed about here before. Satanic Togas I haven't heard of but cool!
Confidence Man
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
New album is a suprisingly house-y rave fest. Rave pianos and everything! The kids are alright.
Thu
4
Bonobo (UK)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Recurring showcase of musicians playing folk and folk-adjacent music. Come down to support the local folk music scene!
Superorganism
6:30pm Phoenix Central Park
Free show, two performances at 6:30pm and 8:15pm, entry by ballot allocation - enter the ballot via the website.
Wed
3
Bonobo (UK)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Jo Meares & Michael Bridges
8:00pm The Midnight Special
Crocodylus
7:30pm Mary's Underground
Jul '22
Sun
31
Solkyri
8:00pm The Vanguard
Bird's Robe affiliated post-rock group celebrates 10 year anniversary
Sabbath Sessions
W/ Burn The Highway, Ethereal Realm, Bridge Left To Burn, Step In Blood
7:00pm Frankie's Pizza
I don't know Golden Fang or Manners Park but Geoff and Bon are great. 90s indie and slow-core vets both from Sydney legends El Mopa. Beautiful acoustic indie folk.
The Night Packers
6:30pm Petersham Bowlo
Debut show! New band featuring members of Tactics, The Shorts of Jordan and Bathurst Easter Races. They namecheck the Velvets, Television, Husker Du and the Go-Betweens as influences.
"Humming Grotto is a monthly series of sound and listening that takes place on the last Sunday of the month, downstairs at the PBC." Tim Coster will be performing "textural keyboard music" - he's released on Oren Ambarchi's Black Truffle label and has performed as a quartet with Francis Plagne, Joe Talia, and Eiko Isibashi. Loose-y Crunché is the "no rules" experimental alter ego of Luce Cliché.
Charlie & Jensen
4:00pm Union Hotel
If you like acoustic music and unique instruments and sounds then this is for you (Mandolin + Mandocello)
Evening Records & Friends: Round 4
W/ CAITLIN HARNETT & THE PONY BOYS, DEAD WITCH, MAIA MARSH, DJ GAZZY 3000
2:00pm The Lord Gladstone
Free show. It's an adventure to see CAITLIN HARNET & THE PONY BOYS - make sure you catch them live at least once for an unforgettable experience. If you like Andy Golledge you'll love them!
Sat
30
Chapter Records is a label synonymous with taste. Based out of Melbourne for most of its waking life, it's associated with acts like Crayon Fields, Dick Diver, Twerps, The Goon Sax to name just a tiny number. The Cannanes were slated for this show but sadly have to pull out for pandemic reasons. Guy Blackman (label head, solo songwriter and former member of Minimum Chips) will be playing solo instead! Also joining is fellow (but much more recent) label signees Thibault, which is led by Nicole (also from Minimum Chips). NB: it runs late, music starts at 10pm.
Big Words
10:00pm Golden Age Cinema & Bar
Free front bar show with a heckuva one-two punch lineup. Optic Nerve offer a twangy twist on hardcore running at breakneck speed. Perfect Actress (Marcus Whale on bass! California Girls’ Gus McGrath on drums!) we saw play their first ever show at the Red Rattler in early July - chuck sardonic dolewave vocals, post-punk and a shit-tonne of intricate bass runs into a blender and you’ve got yourself a winner. On a packed night of gigs, you’d do well to see if you can time your night with a stop in here.
Acopia
The Apartments
7:30pm The Great Club
Band of Peter Milton Walsh (also of Laughing Clowns), who have been active since 1978.
"Be there, be doomed, be droned." Great gig for any doom/drone/sludge lovers.
Pressure Fest 2022
W/ Body Type, Skeleten, Moaning Lisa, Maina Doe, ARSE, Gordon Koang, Velvet Trip, Goddess911, Lorelei, Eternal Dust, Andras (DJ), Deepa (DJ), Bria (DJ), Ciara (DJ)
4:00pm The Marly, Newtown
Packed!! All three levels, incredible lineup, free
Fri
29
Single Launch
Husky
8:00pm Waywards @ The Bank Hotel
Parquet Courts (US)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
The Kids Are Gonna Start It Up
W/ Pockewatch, At Arm’s Length, Nervous Wrecks, Polly
7:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Mel Blue presents: Mel Says
W/ Miramar, Bread Club, Mel Blue, AHJU (DJ), Lex Barlin (DJ), Lovejoy (DJ)
7:30pm The Lansdowne
Downstairs show! Potential features Nick and Dean formerly of Ted Danson With Wolves - they're doing darkwave/post-punky stuff. Bract play industrial doom (Josh is in this group as well), and Sunrun is a brand new group playing their second ever show featuring members of Oslow, Sweater Season, Snape and Between The Devil & The Deep. Great lineup! Great people!
Majak Door
7:30pm The Great Club
Thu
28
Rose Carleo Band
9:30pm Frankie's Pizza
Aaron Blakey 4tet
8:00pm Botany View Hotel
Griffin Ford
8:00pm The Midnight Special
Sold out, whatcha gonna do
Check out the descriptions for the acts on the ticket URL ... this sounds like good value to me
Wed
27
Walking Deads
8:00pm Botany View Hotel
Holly Humberstone (US)
8:00pm Factory Theatre
Come along and have a Big Queer Cry! (sold out)
Tue
26
Surfaces (USA)
7:30pm Metro Theatre
Mon
25
Sun
24
Jungle (UK)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Surprise second show, just announced a few days before!
Geoff Bull & the Finer Cuts
4:00pm Botany View Hotel
Sat
23
Sametime
8:30pm Botany View Hotel
Dominic Breen
8:00pm Avalon RSL
The Faim
8:00pm The Lansdowne
Dave Tice's Buffalo Revisited
7:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Former original frontman of Buffalo playing the band's tracks with a relatively fresh band
Ed Barnes
Fri
22
Memory Motel
8:30pm Botany View Hotel
Hinds (ESP)
8:00pm Oxford Art Factory
LOUIS TOMLINSON
8:00pm Hordern Pavilion
Blake Scott
8:00pm Factory Floor @ The Factory
Blake's better known as a member of The Peep Tempel. His band includes Jacey Ashton (Sappho, The Red Brigade) and Olivia Bartley (aka Olympia)
Free show!
This show will rule for anyone after a metal show tonight. Their new album RIPS and they feature former Sydney-sider Brendan Sloan, whose solo project Convulsing is also opening - the two Convulsing albums are some of the best death metal around and the live band features Pete Kossen from excellent defunct Sydney bands Making and Tanned Christ. Brendan also used to be in Dumbsaint.
Cap Carter
8:00pm The Vanguard
(Sold out) Hard hitting and very raw R&B from this Western Sydney musician. Coincides with a new single launch.
PUP (CAN)
8:00pm Factory Theatre
Polytech
W/ Sophie P-Y (visuals), DIN, Crescendoll (DJ), Lucy Cliche, Source Decay (DJ)
8:00pm Red Rattler
Really awesome looking new event (series…? hopefully?!) curated by Ali Wan Hill and Sophie Penkethman-Young. DIN is the live techno project of Rainbow Chan and Alex Ward (Moon Holiday) - it’s huge, raw, and their gigs are relatively rare so this is an event! Land Systems, previously on the lineup, is unwell and will be being replaced by local legend Lucy Cliche. Runs til 1am. Should be good.
Vi-Nil Records: "Indie Sounds From The Harbour City" Launch
W/ The Labradogs, Shacked!, Peter "Blackie" Black, The Conspirators
7:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Whoa whoa whoa this is COOL. I'm going to break my "no PR copy" rule because this tells you everything you need to know: "Eighties indie label Vi-Nil Records released the likes of Hard-Ons, Lipstick Killers, Psychotic Turnbuckles, Labradogs, Conspirators, The Klerks and more. Their new compilation album INDIE SOUNDS FROM THE HARBOUR CITY (1983-1987) showcases the cross section of bands on the label"
Jack Carty
7:00pm The Great Club
The Audreys
6:30pm Camelot Lounge
Thu
21
Baby Velvet
8:00pm The Vanguard
Album launch
Aaron Blakey 4tet
8:00pm Botany View Hotel
Venue upgraded to the Enmore Theatre. High energy. sample driven, experimental hip hop. Peggy brings so much raw energy into every show it's astonishing. Definitely an experience to remember!
The messiest of messy rock and roll bands. They just toured USA with Amyl and the Sniffers. Lots of spilt beer!
Wed
20
Exploding out of LA, Starcrawler with Arrow de Wilde on lead vocals will bring their incendiary punk rock to the OAF.
Orville Peck (USA)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Gay cowboy country! 🌈
Tue
19
Alex the Astronaut
7:00pm City Recital Hall
Sun
17
Sunday Sabbath @ Frankie's
W/ Robot God, Aver, Dead Posies, Frozen Planet 1969
7:00pm Frankie's Pizza
(cont.) I don't think we ever really got a fitting conclusion to the saga - the content got removed from the Channel V site and I think a lot of fans got upset but really it was all pretty funny and just an odd situation to begin with.
Rema (NGA)
6:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
Geoff Bull & the Finer Cuts
4:00pm Botany View Hotel
Sat
16
Free front bar show
Mimi The Desert Pearl
8:30pm Botany View Hotel
Vacations
8:00pm The Lansdowne
This Newcastle band have just completed a massive 32 date tour around the States. Lowkey slacker jangle rock. Good stuff. My 13yo got me onto them.
Great line-up of old school heavy metal
Boy & Bear
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
God I remember when a couple of these guys were in a Christian pop band called "Wintersound" and old mate was performing as "The Dave Hosking Trio" - they sounded like a John Mayer and Dave Matthews tribute band... how times change
Electronic hyperpop duo - namechecks "SOPHIE, Grimes, FKA Twigs and Bladee" in their bio
GLASS ANIMALS (UK)
8:00pm Hordern Pavilion
Josh Shipton and the Blue Eyed Ravens
7:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Let Josh sing you dark and mysterious songs about his dark and mysterious feelings. Features a revolving lineup of tops Sydney musicians that can be anywhere from 2 to 9 members. For fans of Nick Cave and 2nd hand book smells.
MYD
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
Kat Edwards
Double album launch for the two acts at the top of the bill
(To further expand on the previous day's rather obscure reference...) Honestly seeing this band listed has brought back floods of memories over the time Andy Clemmensen plagiarised an album review by respected writer Craig Mathieson of Kanye West's My Beautiful Twisted Dark Fantasy and then got pilloried by the internet for a good week. I still have a PDF of the Mess+Noise thread if you'd like to relive the hilarity all over again. It's genuinely one of my favourite online Australian music moments ever.
Fri
15
Florange
8:30pm Botany View Hotel
Rah Records Social Club (Hip Hop Night)
W/ Bigredcap, Scarecrow, Sarah Maxwell, MN Cappo, Billy Hiatus, Yianax, DJ Micks King, Ghostnote, Matt Xander
8:00pm MoshPit Bar
NEW VENUE - moved from the Golden Barley (we love you, but this is your loss fam) What an absolute ripper. The Unicorn should need no introduction, if you haven’t seen them, this is your gig. I’m not giving you any more information! 😈 Crankees is a new band - formed back in March by members of a slate of other bands (The Escapes, Seethin', Lojetz and NO DŌZ) that I don't know, but they're launching their 7" at this show.
CLEWS
8:00pm Mary's Underground
Mid City
8:00pm The Chippo Hotel
Greta Stanley
8:00pm Waywards @ The Bank Hotel
Huge show!! PD have built their unique approach and their reputation for scorchin', skronkin' shows over the last decade. With their third album “The Real Work” it feels like they're entering a new era. They've been signed to Temporary Residence internationally (who also release stuff by William Basinski, My Disco, Eluvium, Hauschka, Mono... the real deal in other words!!!) PD's sound is evolving, with groove and jazz forays alongside their awe-inspiring squalls of noise. I saw support act dust supporting ARSE the other night at the Vic on the Park and they absolutely crushed as well - punk onslaught with some interesting synth additions in places, and good larrikin energy.
thats why there are ruberes on pencils
Liz Martin Band
7:00pm Django Bar @ Camelot Lounge
Flocka MG
6:30pm The Great Club
Wet Leg (UK)
5:00pm The Lansdowne
FREE SHOW. With the Yeah Yeah Yeahs cancelling their Hordern show, Wet Leg are doing a free gig this afternoon (5pm). RSVPs required via the above link. RSVP does not guarantee entry - you'll need to get there early. Good luck!
Thu
14
Aaron Blakey 4tet
8:00pm Botany View Hotel
Lara Andallo
8:00pm The Lansdowne
Mitch Santiago
8:00pm The Vanguard
Infinite Dreams 001: Explorations of the Infinite Body
W/ Black Dahlia, Bura Bura, Murder Club '87, The Vidiot (MC/Live Video Synthesis)
8:00pm Hiway Bar
Tomboi Records Artist Showcase
W/ Benedict, Greg Gould, Joan & The Giants, Forces & Fury, Pomara, Parker, Lion
8:00pm The Great Club
Tomboi Records is a newly launched label which "represents Women, LGBTQIA+ and POC in music". This showcase lineup features their recent signings.
Wed
13
Tue
12
Epik High (KOR)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
South Korean alternative hip hop
Josue
7:00pm The Vanguard
Sun
10
Matt Joe Gow
5:30pm Golden Barley Hotel
Free show. Alt country goodness. Acoustic set from Matt Joe Gow accompanied by Bradley Christmas from Copperline.
long awaited EP launch!
SÉANCE
W/ XCherishX, J.O.Y, Pleasure Corpse, Edna Metriosis, Lese Majeste, S.C.U.M
1:30pm Fatamorgana
Absolutely thrilled to hear about The Altar Collective, a brand new DIY initiative currently doing shows in a space in Alexandria. You'll need to DM them for the address. This weekend's show is a curation of "queer, BIPOC and femme front hardcore, punk, drag and noise". It's presented in two acts: Act 1 is at 2pm,.and Act 2 is at 4pm.
Sat
9
Single launch for The Dead Riders
I don't know anything about Battlesnake but I did see Downgirl absolutely destroy the Duke of Enmore once and that was a fantastic time so I'm betting this will be quite the chaotic event
Free show presented by CCXO
Solo project of Gus McGrath, originally from Canberra. An abrasive in-your-face mix of crunchy club music, distorted shouted vocals and autotune, all peppered with some great synth hooks. At the Vic, I reckon things are going to get sweaty. Gus is in the new band Perfect Actress with Marcus Whale and couple of other Sydney legends.
Husky (VIC)
8:00pm Waywards @ The Bank Hotel
Nice little two-hitter of psych-rock. Saw PEEL a couple of months ago supporting The Laurels - they're a fricken great little shoegaze/psych band with lots of drone-y and synth elements. Buried Feather tread more in the classic 70s breed of stoner psych. Reckon this'll be a top vibe in Bowlo mode.
Suzi & Cheap Date
Fri
8
The legends at Heartsville are now booking the Lansdowne's late nights on Fridays, a concept similar to the previous operators' "Graveyard Shift". This is the debut show.
Butter Bath
8:30pm Botany View Hotel
Hollie Col
8:00pm Mary's Underground
“BLOOM. Presents …” is a weekly showcase of emerging Australian musicians upstairs at the Lord Gladstone
Well hello! Packed lineup. Phenomenal lineup. Perfect Actress is the brand new band of Marcus Whale (Collarbones, Black Vanilla/BV, Scissor Lock), as well as members of Carnations, California Girls and probably a bunch of bands/projects I don't know about.
Johnny Hunter
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
Grindhouse Presents...
7:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Can someone help us out with info on who is playing this show ... ?
Low Pressure is a free weekly series of gigs held every Friday at The Marly, featuring excellently curated lineups of emerging acts.
Thu
7
Aaron Blakey 4tet
8:00pm Botany View Hotel
Thornhill
8:00pm Factory Theatre
Terry Serio and the Half Truths
8:00pm Hollywood Hotel
Glenn Hopper
8:00pm The Midnight Special
For Folk Sake is a monthly event hosted at the PBC. Zane Banks (of "The Banks Brothers" fame with his brother Jy) is part of the Heartsville family of alt-country acolytes doing great things.
Wed
6
Pete Ross
8:00pm The Midnight Special
Tue
5
Sun
3
While She Sleeps
8:00pm Factory Theatre
Experimental and improvised music night at Moshpit, EVIL that runs the first Sunday of every month. You'll hear about 1000 cool noises and exactly 0 choruses. Avant garde music's friendliest night! (Full disclosure: AS plays in The Ravenesque Trio)
Handsome Young Strangers
7:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Aries (USA)
7:00pm Metro Theatre
Peter Fenton (Crow)
4:30pm Union Hotel
Free front bar show
Sat
2
Liyah Knight
10:00pm Golden Age Cinema & Bar
EJ Worland
8:00pm The Lansdowne
Free front bar show. Spawn are up from Melbourne.
Free front bar show. If you haven't seen ARSE, go see ARSE. If you have seen ARSE, you don't need any further encouragement and you'll already have marked it. Three piece yob-punk from the excellent GRUPO family ft. Dan Cunningham (Parades, Polish Club) and Jono Boulet (Party Dozen)
Frantic, quality hardcore. Riffs on riffs on riffs!
Sydney garage punk band formed in 1984. This is the bit where I need Wikipedia's help. Are you ready? "Comprising former professional wrestlers who re-located to Australia around 1982 from their hometown of Pismo Beach in California, after being banned from the Pismo Beach Wrestling Alliance by promoter Sammy Duke" And there we have it.
Local Safari
6:30pm The Great Club
Fri
1
Album launch
Bread Club
8:00pm The Vanguard
Stand Atlantic
8:00pm Metro Theatre
Cloning
Gut-punching sub-bass is the bio
Great Job!
8:00pm Vic on the Park
Hindsight
8:00pm Crowbar
Free front bar show!
Panic! at The Metro
W/ Windwalker, Deficit, Elision, Broken Earth
Cosmic Spice
7:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Low Pressure is a free weekly series of gigs held every Friday at The Marly, featuring excellently curated lineups of emerging acts.
Jun '22
Thu
30
White Knuckle Fever
8:00pm Hollywood Hotel
"My pussy slams, my pussy jams, my pussy fought in Vietnam" - Celia Curtis, your new favourite front-person.
Nick Ward
8:00pm Mary's Underground
Really impressed with Nick Ward. His bright, reflective bedroom pop has heart and heft, and he seems to be a thoughtful, principled musician. Check out our interview with him over on the Reads page.
The Good Boys (solo set)
8:00pm The Midnight Special
As part of the The Middle East Cinematic Universe (Jordan Ireland, Joe Liddy + The Skeleton Horse, et al), this sees hooded mysterio Andy playing his surf rock twang in solo format. The Good Boys rip as a band, this should be a fun stripped back version.
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets
8:00pm Crowbar
Wed
29
"New Idea" is a new artist showcase series. 100% of ticket sales go to Support Act. You might know Sarah Saint James' track "Mad At God", which went mega-viral on TikTok in 2021.
EP launch
Tue
28
Penelope Trappes
8:00pm Phoenix Central Park
FREE. Two shows - 6:30pm and 8:15pm. Entry by ballot on website only. Philip Sherburne (of Pitchfork) describes her thusly: "Summoning the great ghosts of vintage 4AD and Kranky, the Australian singer and producer makes inky dream pop that's as heavy and welcoming as a weighted blanket."
Sun
26
Cousin Tony's Brand New Firebird
8:00pm The Vanguard
Free front bar show. Two solo sets from Sydney frontmen of other bands: Ben is from The High Ceilings, Billy from Yes I'm Leaving.
Stray Dogs
4:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Evening Records and Friends …
W/ Papa Pilko & The Binrats, Iain.T McKelvey & The Midnight Tangos, Daux Dive, DJ Gazzy 3000
3:00pm The Lord Gladstone
There’s a real energy around the simmering Inner West alt-country scene, and Evening Records appear to be in the thick of it. You’ll know some of the other acts in their orbit - the likes of Ruben Neeson, Caitlin Harnett and the Pony Boys, etc. This afternoon curation should be a nice relaxed Sunday arvo gig.
Sat
25
Album launch
Free show put on by CCXO. Gloomie was the support act for the Union Hotel's surprise Tropical Fuck Storm show at King St Carnival, and has played alongside Big White, The Buoys and Poolroom.
Cop this sick lineup! Maple Moths I've previously enthused to friends as being "scorching down-tuned buzzsaw guitars riding atop deafening stoner-y bass and drums". No Cake are sick and include Pete Kostic (Regurgitator, Front End Loader) and Kat Harley (The Laurels, many other bands). Chimers offer a disarmingly punchy two piece guitar-and-drums sound. It's good.
Art As Catharsis: Celebrating 10 Years
W/ Bear The Mammoth, Lachlan R. Dale, Black Aleph, Joseph Rabjohns, Raven
8:00pm Hiway Bar
Art As Catharsis is a much loved experimental music record label celebrating a decade in the game. This excellent lineup features Melbourne post-rockers Bear The Mammoth. Peter Hollo of the excellent noise/folktronica/ambient FBi radio show “Utility Fog” will be playing alongside Lachlan R Dale and with his own solo Raven project
Josh Pyke
8:00pm Factory Theatre
The Grogans
8:00pm Oxford Art Factory
Free front bar show
Aloe Vera
8:00pm Golden Age Cinema & Bar
'Picking Up The Pieces' EP Launch
Rejuve(nation): The Lansdowne Launch
W/ Surprise Headliner, Donny Benét, RVG, Caitlin Harnett & the Pony Boys, First Beige, Hayley Mary, Full Flower Moon Band, Lady King
5:00pm The Lansdowne
The Lansdowne is back! The owners of the Oxford Art Factory have taken over as licensees and the future of the venue is secured. Thank fuck! This is a pretty stacked event. It’s free, but RSVP is encouraged via the link above (does not guarantee entry - first come first served). Runs til 5am! Lots of DJs!
Rouse Hill Psychedelia Day 2
W/ Splinter Orchestra, Barricades, Megan Alice Clune, flower boy 卓颖贤, dnka+zil, Madame Lark with Trent Arkleysmith, Loose-y Crunché, BRIA, Alon Ilsar, Damian Barbeler & Paul Mac, Synth Primitive
4:00pm Rouse Hill Estate
Day 2 - more info on event above
Fri
24
Dave Graney & Clare Moore
8:00pm The Great Club
Everything Was Funny album launch
Harvey Sutherland
8:00pm Oxford Art Factory
Command D
8:00pm Golden Age Cinema & Bar
Free front bar show
Hot Potato Band
8:00pm Factory Theatre
I've been listening my way through the SydneyMusic.net playlist (shameless plug - you can find the links on the right → if you're on a computer or alllllll the way down the bottom ↓ of this page if you're on a mobile device) and CloudBird and Jack Bird (no relation? 🤔) really jumped out at me: gorgeous, reflective smouldering country with the added gravitas of texture and reverb. Real mood stuff. Meanwhile Grizzly MacDuff can not found on streaming services (respect!), but they pull out a twangy, higher energy power pop / country mood - big strums, big sounds. Add to that the fact that Petersham Bowlo gigs fucken rule, I reckon if this description is ticking boxes for you you're probably onto a winner here.
Free. Bands from 8pm
Low Pressure is a free weekly series of gigs held every Friday at The Marly, featuring excellently curated lineups of emerging acts.
Rouse Hill Psychedelic Festival Day 1
W/ Thrum III, Jon Rose, Jaslyn Robertson, Sumn Conduit, Dahyo Lloyd & Emily Yali, Deepfake, Tim Gruchy, Shoeb Ahmad, Jonathan Watson, Damian Barbeler & Paul Mac, Synth Primitive
6:00pm Rouse Hill Estate
“ This psychedelic adventure is inspired by the radical musical ideas and abstract art of Dr John Buchanan Rouse Terry, a descendant of the Rouse family, who created immersive performances in the mid-1960s. Featuring an eclectic mix of electronic and experimental music acts, using both contemporary and retro technology (a nod to John Terry’s work), artists will respond creatively to the rural landscape of the property to create an unforgettable and sensory experience for all visitors. Plus, digitised sections of 16mm film hand-painted by Dr Terry will be projected throughout the site.”
Thu
23
flowerkid
8:00pm Mary's Underground
Jonti
8:00pm Phoenix Central Park
It's taken a bloody long time, but beatmaker Jonti (with prior releases on Stones Throw Records, home of the likes of J Dilla and Madvillian) is finally back with a new record "The Moonblades" and will be previewing it at these special two gigs (6:30pm & 8:15pm). Entry by ballot on website only.
Molto Bene and the Vague Arrangements
8:00pm Hollywood Hotel
K.Walsh
8:00pm The Midnight Special
Breaking Sound
W/ parpar, Lolita Mae, Stella Gray, Alexandra Younes
Jack Colwell & Friends
8:00pm Golden Age Cinema & Bar
Ben Lee
8:00pm Oxford Art Factory
Wed
22
Tue
21
Injury Reserve (USA)
8:00pm Factory Theatre
Sun
19
Feast Your Mind
W/ Rufflefeather, Khan, Jack Harlon & The Dead Crows, Comacozer, Frozen Planet 1969, Foot, Sour Cream, Trillion
3:00pm Crowbar
Curated by Copper Feast Records: "showcasing a selection of anomalies in the Australian heavy psych, stoner rock and doom scene"
Sat
18
The Jezabels
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Heartsville Music Group presents…
W/ James Ellis & The Jealous Guys, Pan Pacific Grand Prix, Josh Josh
8:00pm Enmore Hotel
James Ellis and crew up from Melbourne. Heartsville are another collective in the running-strong local alt-country set
Free front bar show
This Melbourne psych/shoegaze group namecheck Ride and Slowdive, will blast out your earholes if you're not wearing earplugs and are dearly beloved by many.
Lisa Mitchell
8:00pm Factory Theatre
An X show is relatively rare, and their 1979 debut record X-aspirations is a stone cold 70s punk classic. Support act DollSquad is a Malbourne all-girl garage group from the 1960s.
'Insignificant Other' single launch. Discover vouchers accepted on the door if not sold out prior
Jamey Foxton
7:00pm The Vanguard
Fri
17
Litmus
11:30pm Oxford Art Factory
Late midnight show
Running Touch
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Kyle Lionhart
8:00pm The Lansdowne
Bad Pony
8:00pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Ball Park Music
8:00pm Hordern Pavilion
The Hordern! Our BPMs! They've bloody done it!
Motor Ace
8:00pm Factory Theatre
British India
8:00pm Crowbar
Free front bar show
This free Friday night gig series at the Yulli's brewery has been assembled by CCXO, who have built a steady reputation with solid curations of Sydney's emerging bands across venues such as Waywards, Hiway Bar and more.
Svntax Error
8:00pm The Fusebox @ The Factory
Instrumental psych post-rock, with theremins
Cakes Da Killa (US)
8:00pm Oxford Art Factory
Chelsea Wolfe (USA)
8:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
Tygapaw (USA/JAM) Ableton Masterclass + Party
W/ Aquenta, Abebatonye, Crescendoll
7:00pm Red Rattler
Love this novel concept presented by Irregular Fit! Tygapaw injects "Jamaican heritage into techno" and is breaking down their production process in a Q+A masterclass. A fantastic support roster of emerging BIPOC producers filling out the lineup which plays until 2am.
Low Pressure is a free weekly series of gigs held every Friday at The Marly, featuring excellently curated lineups of emerging acts.
Thu
16
Moussa Diakite Trio
8:00pm The Midnight Special
Wallace
8:00pm The Vanguard
Yeule
8:00pm Oxford Art Factory
Retro surf / country funk
Meg Mac
8:00pm Sydney Opera House
Timba & The Peeps
8:00pm Factory Floor @ The Factory
Western Sydney RnB
Alpha Wolf
W/ Fit For A King (USA), Great American Ghost (USA), Paledusk (JPN)
8:00pm Factory Theatre
Spiritualized (UK)
8:00pm Big Top, Luna Park
Wed
15
Tue
14
Alfie Templeman (UK)
8:00pm Oxford Art Factory
Mon
13
Long Weekend Fest
W/ Leroy Macqueen, Mylee Grace, Euan Hart, Maia Marsh
8:00pm Waywards @ The Bank Hotel
Sun
12
Xylouris White (VIC)
8:00pm The Great Club
Egoism
8:00pm Waywards @ The Bank Hotel
The Stormy Sea
8:00pm Petersham Bowlo
Early 4pm show. Album launch.
Free early show (4:30pm)
Sydney Microfest 2022
W/ Basil’s Kite, Michael Hugh Dixon, full line-up of microtonal musicians
8:00pm Kogarah School of Arts
How cool! "Celebrating the world of microtonal music across all genres, this three-concert event offers audiences the opportunity to experience notes-between-the-notes, promising to ‘open your ears and excite your inner musical experience’, with a multitude of instruments and some pieces triggering electric tones and coloured light."
Lightning Ground
0:00am MoshPit Bar
Sat
11
Winston Surfshirt
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
15 Denies single launch
Free front bar show
Penny Ikinger Band (VIC)
W/ The On and Ons, Paul Berwick's Magnetic Quartet
8:00pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Did not know that Penny Ikinger was "a former member of Sydney '60s punk fanatics the Wet Taxis". Her most recent album, “Tokyo”, is a collaboration with Radio Birdman's Deniz Tek.
Dreamtime Drumming: a showcase of African and Aboriginal song and dance
W/ African Vibes, Brolga Dance Academy, Lucky Lartey, Lizzy Jarret, Aunty Bronwyn Spearim-Hoy, DJ I Sight
8:00pm Red Rattler
Early show. Doors 4:30pm
Free Vivid show.
Perfume Genius (US)
8:00pm Carriageworks
Vivid show. Queer Christmas in June
Long Weekend Fest
W/ Mickey Kojak, Middle Name Dance Band, Sappho, AnSo
8:00pm Waywards @ The Bank Hotel
Bodyjar
8:00pm Crowbar
Later show (c/w show above)
Free front bar show
Big Twisty & The Funknasty
8:00pm The Lansdowne
Keli Holiday
Adam of Peking Duk
Early 3pm show
Perfume Genius
0:00am Carriageworks
Fri
10
Jim White & Marisa Anderson
8:00pm Marrickville Bowling Club
That's Jim White of Dirty Three fame
CHAI (JPN)
8:00pm Carriageworks
Totally Unicorn
8:00pm The Great Club
Will the Great Club still be standing after this? Must-see band. 10/10 sweaty shirtless hugs. 🦄 — JH
Lucy Dacus (US)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
Free. Bands from 8pm
Cult Shφtta
8:00pm The Lansdowne
Western Sydney pairing of rapper E11even and Lil Golo. "5.2m views on TikTok. Over 2.6m streams on Spotify and over 1m views on YouTube" because culture is all about the numbers babey!
Post black metal. Big lineup!
Thu
9
Jamie Hutchings
8:00pm Django Bar @ Camelot Lounge
One of our true national treasures playing one of his occasional Django shows. Singer and songwriter for Bluebottle Kiss and Infinity Broke playing his solo tunes. Often has one or two mates jump up to accompany some tunes. A treat. — JH
Debut EP launch
The Andy Golledge Band
8:00pm Tumbalong Park
Free Vivid show
Vivid show + album launch!
The Banks Brothers are a sick bluegrass / country / duo that are frequently seen playing up and down the Inner West pub run. This sees them in trio mode with man of a million bands Michael Carpenter, who has put his hand to performing with and producing too many bands and artists to count. — JH
Vivid show + album launch!
Kitten Heel
8:00pm The Royal
Free front bar show
Cate Le Bon (UK)
8:00pm Carriageworks
Vivid show
Cate Le Bon
8:00pm Carriageworks
Jamie Hutchings
7:00pm Django Bar @ Camelot Lounge
Wed
8
Andy Shauf
7:30pm Factory Theatre
Tue
7
Daux Dive
8:00pm The Vanguard
Apr '22
Tue
12
Mar '22
Apr '00
Fri
13
about the archive
This is just what's in the database. It may have errors.
We're interested in the notion of creating a more complete archive of gigs that have taken place in Sydney over the years... but we're not there just yet. For now, enjoy this!