Live Music Venues in Sydney
Here’s every live music venue in Sydney that's hosted gigs since SydneyMusic's inception in 2022.
Whether you’re looking for the best gigs in your neighbourhood, planning an Inner West music crawl across the free front bar shows of Newtown, or scoping out potential stages for your band's EP launch, the live venue that's right for you is right here.*
Scroll by suburb, click the venue name to see gig listings for this week and beyond, and don't forget to pour one out for the Sydney live music venues that have closed their doors (marked with a 🕯️).
* Unless it's not! If we're missing your venue or don't have a gig listing, please let us know. Venues will appear here once at least one gig has been listed in the guide.
Alexandria
Allambie Heights
Ambarvale
Annandale
Ashfield
Avalon Beach
Avoca Beach
Balgowlah Heights
Balmain
Bankstown
Barangaroo
Birchgrove
Blacktown
Bondi
Bondi Beach
Bondi Junction
Botany
Broadway
Brookvale
Camden
Campbelltown
Camperdown
Castle Hill
Centennial Park
Chatswood
Chippendale
Church Point
Collaroy
Cranebrook
Dangar Island
Darlinghurst
- ARQ (1)
- Ching-A-Lings (5)
- Club 77 (12)
- COMA Gallery (1)
- Disorder Gallery (1)
- Ginger's @ The Oxford Hotel (1)
- Low 302 (128)
- Meraki Arts Bar (51)
- OAF Gallery @ Oxford Art Factory (301)
- Oxford Art Factory (310)
- The Burdekin (135)
- The Cell Block Theatre (National Art School) (1)
- The Long Goodbye (2)
- The Strand Hotel (2)
Darlington
Dawes Point
Dee Why
Doonside
Dural
Earlwood
Elizabeth Bay
Enmore
Gladesville
Glebe
Glendenning
Glenorie
Haymarket
Homebush
Hornsby
Kellyville Ridge
Kensington
Kogarah
Lane Cove
Leichhardt
Leumeah
Lewisham
Lidcombe
Lilyfield
Liverpool
Malabar
Manly Vale
Marayong
Maroubra
Marrickville
- 12 Taps (1)
- Addison Road Community Centre (5)
- Baba's Place (1)
- Camelot Lounge (110)
- Casablanca Vintage (1)
- Django Bar @ Camelot Lounge (29)
- Factory Floor @ The Factory (125)
- Factory Theatre (302)
- Flight Path Theatre (1)
- Fraser Park (Sydney Portugal Community Club) (5)
- Gasoline Pony (217)
- Herb Greedy Hall (2)
- Join The Dots, Marrickville (5)
- LazyBones (532)
- LVL 1 @ LazyBones Lounge (13)
- Man on Marrickville (1)
- Marrickville Bowling Club (294)
- Marrickville Golf Club (6)
- Marrickville Road (3)
- Marrickville Town Hall (3)
- Mixtape Brewing & Bar (31)
- Monster Mouse Studios (3)
- Mothership Studios (4)
- Pepito's (1)
- Portugal Madeira Club (5)
- Railway Parade (1)
- Red Rattler (70)
- Resist Records (1)
- Secret Marrickville Location (11)
- Slipway @ Mothership Studios (1)
- Studio Killa (8)
- The Courtyard @ The Factory (15)
- The Fusebox @ The Factory (40)
- The Great Club (192)
- Titus Jones Bar (3)
- Vic on the Park (285)
- Wildflower (1)
- Yia Yia's Dive Bar @ The Great Club (16)
Millers Point
Milsons Point
Miranda
Moore Park
Mount Druitt
Mount Pritchard
Neutral Bay
Newport
Newtown
- 5 Eliza (12)
- Bar OPPIL (1)
- Bootleggers @ Kelly's On King (316)
- Botany View Hotel (207)
- Buddy’s Bar, Newtown (73)
- Doc Sprocket Cycle Workshop (4)
- Egg Records (1)
- Eliza St, Newtown (1)
- Enmore Theatre (375)
- Garden Lounge Creative Space (1)
- Hum on King (1)
- Luna Studio (1)
- Mary's Newtown (4)
- Pleasure Club (105)
- Stucco Housing Cooperative (4)
- The Marly, Newtown (2)
- The Midnight Special (160)
- The Townie (131)
- The Vanguard (364)
- Tokyo Sing Song @ The Marly (10)
- Waywards @ The Bank Hotel (214)
- Young Henrys Brewery (2)
North Curl Curl
North Sydney
Olympic Park
Parramatta
Penrith
Penshurst
Petersham
Phillip Bay
Potts Point
Potts Points
Randwick
Redfern
Richmond
Rockdale
Rosehill
Roseville
Rouse Hill
Rydalmere
Ryde
Seaforth
Seven Hills
Smithfield
Stanmore
St Marys
Summer Hill
Surry Hills
- Beresford Upstairs (2)
- Brett Whiteley Studio (9)
- Butter (5)
- Claire's Kitchen, Surry Hills (2)
- Cricketers Arms (1)
- Golden Age Cinema & Bar (112)
- Hollywood Hotel (29)
- Hotel Harry (2)
- Lolly Loft Studio (1)
- Shakespeare Hotel (2)
- The Carrington Hotel (Surry Hills) (1)
- The Gaelic Club (8)
- The Med (1)
- The Nocturne (2)
- The Playground @ Surry Hills Markets (1)
- The Soda Factory (13)
Sydney
- Ace Hotel (9)
- Anzac Memorial, Hyde Park (1)
- Art Gallery of NSW (64)
- ArtHouse Hotel (1)
- Australian National Maritime Museum (1)
- Chinatown Country Club (1)
- Chinese Laundry (3)
- City Recital Hall (113)
- Civic Underground (14)
- Cockatoo Island (20)
- Darling Harbour Theatre (5)
- Dingbats Party Pit (1)
- Drama Theatre @ Sydney Opera House (13)
- Fleet Steps (1)
- Frankie's Pizza (12)
- Home Nightclub (3)
- Hyde Park Barracks (3)
- ICC Sydney Theatre (83)
- Inferno's Rock Room (3)
- Ivy (21)
- Joan Sutherland Theatre @ Sydney Opera House (19)
- Jolene's (3)
- Kasippu (8)
- Machine Hall Precinct (11)
- Mary's Underground (189)
- Metro Social @ The Metro Theatre (107)
- Metro Theatre (350)
- Opera Bar (1)
- Pleasures Playhouse (6)
- Ramblin' Rascal Tavern (39)
- Simo's Dive (Boat Gig) (12)
- Since I Left You (SILY) (8)
- State Library of NSW (1)
- State Theatre (58)
- Stitch Bar (9)
- St Stephens Uniting Church (2)
- Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Music Cafe (1)
- Sydney Opera House Concert Hall (146)
- Sydney Opera House Forecourt (27)
- Sydney Opera House - Playhouse (3)
- Sydney Theatre Company, Theatre 1 (2)
- Sydney Town Hall (4)
- The Alley @ The Agincourt (133)
- The Domain (9)
- The Studio @ Sydney Opera House (22)
- Three Wise Monkeys (14)
- Tiva (1)
- Tumbalong Park (24)
- Utzon Room @ Sydney Opera House (34)
Sydney Olympic Park
Ultimo
Vaucluse
Waterloo
Waverley
Wentworth Falls
Windsor
Woollahra
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SydneyMusic has received DGR (Deductible Gift Recipient) status from the Australian Taxation Office.
SydneyMusic.net is a not-for-profit initiative, built and maintained by a small team of passionate music lovers. We don't receive any government funding or run advertising - we run this site because we love this city and its incredible music scene.
We are at risk of shutting down due to a lack of funding. Make a donation today to help us keep the site running, support the scene, and get more people to shows.
All donations over $2 to SydneyMusic.net are now tax deductible
SydneyMusic has received DGR (Deductible Gift Recipient) status from the Australian Taxation Office.
SydneyMusic.net is a not-for-profit initiative, built and maintained by a small team of passionate music lovers. We don't receive any government funding or run advertising - we run this site because we love this city and its incredible music scene.
We are at risk of shutting down due to a lack of funding. Make a donation today to help us keep the site running, support the scene, and get more people to shows.