Gig Guide
Below you'll find every live music event taking place in Sydney, all on one page.
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Dec '22
Wed
7
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.
Alannah Russack + Pete Campbell
7:00pm Gasoline Pony
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.
"Hell Is Empty" 7" release
Stuart Coupe Publicity’s Christmas Extravaganza
W/ Miguel Rios, Josie Laver, Mark Lucas, Anna Weather, Craig Lyons, Toria Richings, Wayne Gillespie
7:30pm The Midnight Special
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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
KOTA The Friend (USA)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
Last Dinosaurs
8:00pm Oxford Art Factory
Jacob Collier (UK)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Thu
8
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.
The Comet Is Coming (UK)
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
Sammi Constantine
7:30pm The Lansdowne
Othrship
8:00pm The Royal
Palace
8:00pm UNSW Roundhouse
Jacob Collier (UK)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Swansea Hit and Run
8:00pm The Dock, Redfern
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Harry Manx (CAN)
8:00pm The Great Club
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Fri
9
Rah! Records Showcase
W/ IZZY N THE PROFIT, BEYOND DOPE, SCARECROW Ft. PYNE, 1 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.
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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'.
Highways
7:00pm The Vanguard
DEBUT PERFORMANCE. Huge!! First-ever performance for Highways, a Sydney supergroup featuring Otto from sleepmakeswaves and steve, Lachie from DZ Deathrays, Steve de Wilde from Mammals, Keelan Butterick from Stare at the Clouds, and Michael Cardell.
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
Queen P
8:00pm Waywards @ The Bank Hotel
Kim Salmon & The Surrealists
8:00pm The Great Club
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.
Nerve
8:00pm The House of Music & Booze
Midland (USA)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
The Crystal Method (USA)
8:00pm Factory Theatre
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Sat
10
"I'm a Barbie Bitch" EP launch
NORMFEST '22
W/ 1300, Gee Tee, Research Reactor Corp, Babitha, Annie Hamilton, CK & the 45s, Ziggy Ramo
3:00pm The Great Club
Good Pash Christmas Bash
W/ Baby Beef, Down Girl, Good Pash, Papa Pilko and the Binrats, Patamon, Sweetie
5:00pm Factory Floor @ The Factory
Horse Drawn Cadillac
7:00pm LazyBones
Hayley Mary
7:30pm The Lansdowne
Erika de Casier
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
Greatest Hits
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
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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
Two sets from the venerated legends best known for their three records released in the 90s. Andy Marks is back behind the kit.
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.
30 Years of Frenzal: The Art Show!
W/ Frenzal Rhomb, Operation Ibis, Sick Fizz & Outcest
8:00pm Crowbar
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A night of VHS Industrial and electronic post-punk (Cold/Heat ‘Walking Dead’ single release)
Sun
11
Manfredo Lament
4:30pm Union Hotel
The On and Ons
4:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
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TheEJT
6:30pm LazyBones
Azealia Banks (USA)
7:00pm Enmore Theatre
Thirsty Merc
7:00pm Manly Leagues Club
Motor Club 87
7:30pm The Dock, Redfern
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THE BIG REVEAL
8:00pm The Great Club
Things of Stone & Wood (Acoustic)
8:00pm Brass Monkey
Mon
12
NASHVILLE PUSSY (USA)
8:00pm Crowbar
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.
Wed
14
Jason Bruer & Hammerhead
7:00pm LazyBones
"Ethereal-indie-folk-lofi-zen-punk" certainly has my attention
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
Sunset Rollercoaster 落日飛車 (TWN)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Clinton Kane
8:00pm Metro Theatre
Dry Cleaning (UK)
9:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
Click the link if you want to see a confronting album cover
Thu
15
Going Under
7:00pm Mary's Underground
"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.
Jane Walker Trio
7:00pm LazyBones
Breaking Sound
W/ Mathilde Anne, Tayla, Imposters In Chrome, Rah
Emerging artists showcase by Breaking Sound Sydney.
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.
Satu in the Beyond
8:00pm The Great Club
Fri
16
Local Produce
W/ Great Job, Moonwood, The Future Thrills, Tom Ryder, Abbey Frances
6:00pm The Great Club
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?
The Angels
7:30pm The Bridge Hotel
Pi’erre Bourne (USA)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
Above & Beyond (UK)
8:00pm Hordern Pavilion
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
8:00pm Sydney Opera House
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Sat
17
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!
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
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.
Music video shoot for The Bottlers
Hands Like Houses
7:00pm Crowbar
An Othr Christmas Party
W/ Thunder Fox, Othrship, Rosie and the Quest, Gaia Rising
7:00pm Botany View Hotel
The Angels
7:30pm The Bridge Hotel
Gold Fang
8:00pm The House of Music & Booze
Mark Wilkinson
8:00pm The Great Club
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
8:00pm Sydney Opera House
Julian Munyard
10:00pm Golden Age Cinema & Bar
Sun
18
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
Runners & the Young
5:00pm Gasoline Pony
Melbourne alt-country band formed in 1988. $5 show too!
Himalayan Metal Fest
W/ Screaming Marionette (NEP), CHRONIC, Chillaum
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
8:00pm Sydney Opera House
The Clouds
8:00pm Factory Theatre
Mon
19
Tue
20
SydneyMusic.net Merch Launch and Xmas Party!!
W/ Grupo DJs (Party Dozen and Arse), Potential DJs, Low Stakes, Otto (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.
Steve Hunter Band
7:00pm LazyBones
TORIA RICHINGS
8:30pm The Vanguard
Wed
21
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
0:00am 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.
Last show of the year from ARSE and Chimers with DJ sets from Party Dozen, Pleasure & Scarpin.
Fri
23
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
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Excellent local line-up! Great stuff!
Billed as a Christmas party, and also as a ruckus. Ho ho ho.
Jacket Weather
9:00pm Vic on the Park
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
Tue
27
Wed
28
Thu
29
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.
Banana Farm
7:00pm LazyBones
There's always money in a banana stand, but is there in a banana farm?
Fri
30
Sat
31
NYE Jamboree
W/ Andy Golledge Band, Caitlin Harnett & The Pony Boys, Watty Thompson, Dead Witch, Bad Jeep Country, Jet City Sports Club, Swine
0:00am Marrickville Bowling Club
Shaggin' Wagon
4:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Jan '23
Tue
3
Rachel Baiman (USA)
8:00pm The Midnight Special
Shygirl (UK)
8:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
Wed
4
Pinkpantheress (USA)
7:00pm UNSW Roundhouse
Lil Nas X (USA)
8:00pm Hordern Pavilion
Thu
5
Phil Jamieson
8:30pm Avalon RSL
Magdalena Bay (USA)
9:00pm Oxford Art Factory
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.
Fri
6
Formidable Vegetable
7:00pm Petersham Bowlo
Remi Wolf (USA)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Honey Dijon
9:00pm Metro Theatre
Sat
7
An annual party in its 7th year, "throwing Afrobeats, Dancehall and Reggae like only Caribbean DJs can"
Grace Petrie
7:30pm Factory Theatre
Joey Bada$$ (USA)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
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!
mclusky (UK)
8:00pm Oxford Art Factory
THEY GOT MORE SONGS THAN A SONG CONVENTION SING IT
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.
DJ Koze
8:00pm UNSW Roundhouse
Example (UK)
10:00pm Metro Social @ The Metro Theatre
Sun
8
BONNEY KAY AND THE BONAFIDES
4:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Freddie Gibbs (USA)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Mon
9
Yung Lean (SWE)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
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.
Thu
12
Sajjan Raj Vaidya
7:00pm Hordern Pavilion
Rai Thistlethwayte
7:00pm Camelot Lounge
IDK (USA)
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
Rina Sawayama (USA)
8:00pm UNSW Roundhouse
PRIMARY
8:00pm Waywards @ The Bank Hotel
Fri
13
Gala 6
W/ ENGRAVED, TOPNOVIL, SMACKED YOUTH, DISKUST, THE BLOODS, TWREKZ, THE BIFTERS, ONLY AT THE MOVIES, DECIMATOR, REKLEZZ, MUZZY
3:00pm Crowbar
Selfish Sons (All Ages)
Selfish Sons 18+
Elderbrook
8:00pm Metro Theatre
Crank Williams & Patsy DeCline
W/ Dave Favours & The Roadside Ashes, Tall Squeeze
8:00pm MoshPit Bar
Adam Newling
8:00pm Brass Monkey
Jack Botts
8:30pm Avalon RSL
Sat
14
Sun
15
Tue
17
Elton John (UK)
8:00pm Allianz Stadium
Jordan Rakei
8:00pm Metro Theatre
Wed
18
Thu
19
EMMA DONOVAN AND PAUL GRABOWSKY
7:00pm City Recital Hall
"The Old Rugged Cross", a one-night, two-legend tribute to country gospel.
Nat Bartsch
7:00pm Camelot Lounge
Beans on Toast
7:00pm The Vanguard
Breaking Sound
Emerging artists showcase by Breaking Sound Sydney. More artists to be announced!
Shayfer James
8:00pm The Great Club
Fri
20
Alex Lloyd
7:00pm Brass Monkey
Alivan Blu
Clews
7:30pm The Lansdowne
Dappled Cities
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
Holy holy holy hell, the lads are back with a new EP.
Pip Millett (UK)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
Sat
21
Big Moist & the Smoking Durries
6:30pm The Bridge Hotel
HEAVY FEST
W/ Thrall, Mammons Throne, Terra Mortem, Maggot Cave, Wicked Sisters, Carnal Viscera, Foothills, Anoxia, Celestial Oath, Besomora
7:00pm The Vanguard
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.
IVEY
8:00pm Waywards @ The Bank Hotel
Marty Mone
8:00pm Factory Theatre
Sun
22
Mon
23
Rachel Baiman (US)
8:00pm The Midnight Special
The Dead South (CAN)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Wed
25
Elise Walsh + Bella Groove
7:00pm LazyBones
Ty Segall (USA)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
KEHLANI (USA)
9:00pm Hordern Pavilion
God I am VERY excited about this... "It Was Good Until It Wasn't" is an absolutely stunning record
Thu
26
Spurs for Jesus
7:00pm Brass Monkey
Borderline Destruction
W/ UNEARTH, King Parrot, The Ascended, Complexant, Flaming Wreckage
8:00pm Crowbar
Fri
27
Sat
28
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
Sun
29
MORTAL BLOW BIG BAND
4:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
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Powerman 5000 (USA)
9:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
Feb '23
Wed
1
City & Colour (USA)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Finneas (USA)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
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.
Joey Cape
8:00pm Crowbar
Thu
2
Yard Act (UK)
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
M.Ward (USA)
8:00pm Factory Theatre
Cockney Rejects (UK)
8:00pm Marrickville Bowling Club
Knucks (UK)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
Fri
3
19-TWENTY
7:00pm The Vanguard
100 GECS (USA)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
The Vamps (UK)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Sat
4
Backsliders
6:00pm The Vanguard
Blues band showcasing their FIFTEENTH album. Rob Hirst (Midnight Oil) is hitting the tubs.
Lara D
7:00pm Factory Floor @ The Factory
Debut tour for first release "Yours Truly", namechecks Kehlani and SZA.
Halestorm (USA)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Me First & The Gimme Gimmes
8:00pm Metro Theatre
TEX AND TIM
8:00pm Factory Theatre
Tex and fucking Tim. Back at it. That price tag though, Jesus.
Sun
5
Cowboy Junkies (CAN)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Mon
6
Girl In Red (NOR)
7:30pm Metro Theatre
Phoebe Bridgers (USA)
8:00pm Hordern Pavilion
Tue
7
THE BACKSEAT LOVERS (USA)
8:00pm Factory Theatre
Slowthai (UK)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
Fred again.. (UK)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Wed
8
Geoff Tate
7:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
Ross From Friends (UK)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
Geoff Tate
8:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
Ben Harper (USA)
8:00pm State Theatre
Thu
9
Yorke
7:30pm The Lansdowne
HED PE (USA)
7:30pm Crowbar
Germein (UK)
8:00pm The Great Club
Tickets for this highly anticipated tour from the hardcore punk five-piece evaporated in seconds after going on sale. If you can get your hands on a ticket, I suspect this will be an all-time experience.
Fri
10
Redd Volkaert (USA)
6:00pm The Great Club
Zack Fox
8:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
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).
Sat
11
Postponed from Nov 16.
King Tide
7:00pm LazyBones
Darkest Hour (USA)
Boney M (GER)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Tue
14
Skyla
6:30pm Brass Monkey
Peturbator (FR)
8:00pm Factory Theatre
Wed
15
Marlon Williams (NZ)
7:30pm Enmore Theatre
Osees (USA)
8:00pm Factory Theatre
Sting (UK)
8:00pm Aware Super Arena (ICC)
Thu
16
Vengaboys (NLD)
7:00pm Big Top, Luna Park
The Chills
8:00pm City Recital Hall
Quinn XCII (USA)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
Sting (UK)
8:00pm Aware Super Arena (ICC)
The Lachy Doley Group
8:00pm Brass Monkey
Fri
17
Samantha Fish
7:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
Charlie Gradon
7:00pm The Vanguard
Bon Iver (USA)
8:00pm Aware Super Arena (ICC)
Arch Enemy (SWE)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
Mother Mother (CAN)
9:00pm Factory Theatre
Kae Tempest
9:00pm Sydney Opera House
Sat
18
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"
Old Mervs
7:30pm The Lansdowne
Sunnyboys
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Thundamentals
8:00pm Metro Theatre
Bon Iver (USA)
8:00pm Aware Super Arena (ICC)
The Exploited (USA)
9:00pm Factory Theatre
Sun
19
Future Islands (USA)
8:00pm Sydney Opera House
Architects (UK)
8:00pm Hordern Pavilion
Mon
20
Alexisonfire
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Tue
21
Soccer Mommy (USA)
8:00pm Factory Theatre
Thu
23
ONE STEP CLOSER (USA)
7:00pm The House of Music & Booze
The Scientists
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
No Cigar (NZ)
7:30pm The Lansdowne
Horror My Friend
8:00pm The Chippo Hotel
Julia Jacklin
9:00pm Enmore Theatre
Fri
24
HARDCORN
W/ FANGZ, SCABZ, MOUNTAIN WIZARD DEATH CULT, FATHER DEER HANDS, CRUCIAL TIMES & BILLY PUNTTON, THE MENTAL HEALTH PLAN
6:00pm The House of Music & Booze
FANGZ
W/ SCABZ, MOUNTAIN WIZARD DEATH CULT, FATHER DEER HANDS, CRUCIAL TIMES, BILLY PUNTTON & THE MENTAL HEALTH PLAN
6:00pm The House of Music & Booze
ANVIL (CAN)
7:00pm Crowbar
Kav Temperley
7:00pm The Vanguard
Eskimo Joe frontman playing trakcs from his new solo album and the EJ back catalogue. Dress code: Black fingernails, monkey-shit brown sweater. (Not officially.)
Henry Wagons & The Only Children
8:00pm The Great Club
Laura Jean
8:00pm Factory Theatre
Sat
25
Sun
26
Richard Madden
6:00pm The Vanguard
Mon
27
Tue
28
Del Amitri (UK)
0:00am 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!
MAISIE PETERS (UK)
7:30pm Metro Theatre
Ed Sheeran support act's own headline show while in town. Moved from OAF to the Metro!
Mar '23
Wed
1
Darren Hayes
8:00pm Aware Super Arena (ICC)
Thu
2
Brooke McClymont & Adam Eckersley
7:00pm Camelot Lounge
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"
Pavement (USA)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Kim Churchill
8:00pm The Great Club
Jockstrap (UK)
8:00pm Mary's Underground
Eric Bibb
8:00pm Factory Theatre
Fri
3
WE THREE
7:30pm Factory Theatre
Surf Trash
8:00pm The Great Club
Electric Six
8:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
Nakhane
8:00pm City Recital Hall
Sat
4
Backstreet Boys (USA)
7:30pm Qudos Arena
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.
The Proclaimers (UK)
8:00pm State Theatre
Motor Ace
9:00pm Factory Theatre
Sun
5
Backstreet Boys (USA)
7:30pm Qudos Arena
Mon
6
Angel Olsen (USA)
8:00pm Sydney Opera House
Tue
7
Sacred Reich / Vio-lence With Special Guests
7:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn
7:30pm City Recital Hall
Sacred Reich (USA) / Vio-lence (USA)
8:00pm Manning Bar, USYD
Carly Rae Jepsen (CAN)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
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.
Wed
8
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.
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
Thu
9
Jo Fabro
7:00pm Brass Monkey
RICCHI E POVERI (ITA)
7:30pm Enmore Theatre
Alice Phoebe Lou (SA/GER)
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
Fri
10
Dean Lewis
8:00pm Hordern Pavilion
Andrew Bird (USA)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Eugene “Hideaway” Bridges (USA)
8:00pm Brass Monkey
Sat
11
Soaked Oats (NZ)
7:30pm The Lansdowne
Sun
12
Moderat (GER)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
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.
Mon
13
Lorde (NZ)
7:00pm Aware Super Arena (ICC)
Lil Ugly Mane (USA)
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
Bikini Kill (USA)
8:00pm Sydney Opera House
Tue
14
Lorde (NZ)
7:00pm Aware Super Arena (ICC)
Mdou Moctar (NGA)
9:00pm Sydney Opera House
Tuareg psych rock band make a return to Sydney playing two night in the Utzon room
Wed
15
Beach Bunny (USA)
8:00pm Factory Theatre
King Princess (USA)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
IAN NOE
8:00pm The Great Club
SUPERSUCKERS
8:00pm Crowbar
Mdou Moctar (NGA)
9:00pm Sydney Opera House
Tuareg psych rock band make a return to Sydney playing two night in the Utzon room
Thu
16
Kingswood
7:00pm Paddo RSL
The Reytons (UK)
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
Soul II Soul (UK)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Fri
17
Sat
18
Kingswood
7:00pm Brass Monkey
MAT MCHUGH & THE BEAUTIFUL GIRLS
7:30pm Factory Theatre
Yann Tiersen
8:00pm City Recital Hall
Sun
19
My Chemical Romance (USA)
7:30pm Qudos Arena
Mon
20
My Chemical Romance (USA)
7:30pm Qudos Arena
Billy Bragg (UK)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Tue
21
Men I Trust (CAN)
8:00pm Metro Theatre
Billy Bragg (UK)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Wed
22
Billy Bragg (UK)
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Thu
23
Murray Cook's Soul Movers
7:00pm Brass Monkey
Fri
24
Dead Boys (USA)
6:00pm The Bridge Hotel
Mia Wray
7:30pm The Lansdowne
ROBERT HENKE (MONOLAKE) AND ELECTRIC INDIGO
8:00pm City Recital Hall
JOSHUA RADIN (USA)
8:00pm Factory Theatre
Winterbourne
8:00pm Mary's Underground
Sat
25
WILLIAM CRIGHTON & LIZ STRINGER
7:00pm Factory Theatre