Venue Profile
Sydney Opera House Concert Hall
2 Circular Quay E
Sydney NSW 2000 [see map]
https://www.sydneyoperahouse.com
Capacity: 2679
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Upcoming Gigs (15)
June 2025
Mon
9
Parkway Drive
The first-ever Australian metal band to perform at the Opera House. Performing with a symphony orchestra.
Tue
10
Performing 'I Should Coco' in its entirety for the album's 30th anniversary. First Australian tour in 17 years.
July 2025
Sat
12
Kiasmos (ISL)
September 2025
Sun
7
Russell Morris
Thu
11
October 2025
Thu
16
Lime Cordiale [with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra]
Fri
17
Lime Cordiale [with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra]
Sat
18
Lime Cordiale [with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra]
Mon
20
Gregory Porter (USA)
November 2025
Mon
17
Tue
18
December 2025
Tue
2
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard [with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra]
Wed
3
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard [with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra]
Thu
4
Loyle Carner (UK)
Sun
7
Parcels
Past Gigs (130)
June 2025
Tue
3
Japanese Breakfast (USA)
Sun
1
Pat Metheny (USA)
May 2025
Sat
31
Ezra Collective (UK)
Fri
30
Beth Gibbons (UK)
Debut solo shows for the Portishead frontwoman. Performing two shows in one night - one at 6pm and one at 9pm. Tickets to both can be accessed via the More Info link.
Thu
29
Marlon Williams (NZ)
Tue
27
Anohni & The Johnsons (USA/UK)
Exclusive Australian performance of their new show 'Mourning The Great Barrier Reef'. Described as "a ceremony fit for the purpose of grieving a loss of such monumental scale". The band will perform songs set to footage of the Reef curated by Anohni herself.
Mon
26
Anohni & The Johnsons (USA/UK)
Exclusive Australian performance of their new show 'Mourning The Great Barrier Reef'. Described as "a ceremony fit for the purpose of grieving a loss of such monumental scale". The band will perform songs set to footage of the Reef curated by Anohni herself.
Sun
25
Sigur Rós (ISL) [with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra]
Sat
24
Sigur Rós (ISL) [with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra]
Fri
23
Sigur Rós (ISL) [with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra]
Wed
21
Tommy Emmanuel
Fri
16
Tommy Emmanuel
Thu
8
Chris De Burg (UK/IRL)
April 2025
Wed
23
Salim Sulaiman (IND)
Tue
22
Mon
21
Gregory Porter (USA)
Tue
15
Delta Goodrem
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of 'Mistaken Identity'.
Mon
14
Delta Goodrem
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of 'Mistaken Identity'.
Sun
6
Parcels
March 2025
Sun
30
Bijan Mortazavi (IRN)
Tue
25
MJ Lenderman (USA)
Mon
17
Mumford & Sons (UK)
Exclusive Australian show to promote their upcoming fifth album 'Rushmere'.
Fri
7
Nils Frahm (DEU)
Wed
5
Nils Frahm (DEU)
Tue
4
Goran Bregović (BIH)
Mon
3
Mariza (PRT)
February 2025
Wed
26
Jordan Rakei
Tue
25
Hania Rani (POL)
Thu
20
Kaleo (ISL)
Sat
15
Max Richter (UK/DEU)
Fri
14
Max Richter (UK/DEU)
January 2025
Sat
25
Gillian Welch and David Rawlings (USA)
Fri
24
Gillian Welch and David Rawlings (USA)
Thu
23
Gillian Welch and David Rawlings (USA)
Wed
8
Rufus Wainwright (CAN/USA)
Sun
5
Tom Odell (UK) [with the Sydney Metropolitan Orchestra]
Sat
4
Tom Odell (UK) [with the Sydney Metropolitan Orchestra]
Fri
3
Rock The House
W/ Leo Sayer, Glenn Shorrock, Russell Morris, Wendy Matthews, Jack Jones, Ella Hooper
Evening show.
Rock The House
W/ Leo Sayer, Glenn Shorrock, Russell Morris, Wendy Matthews, Jack Jones, Ella Hooper
Matinee show.
December 2024
Mon
2
Waxahatchee (USA)
November 2024
Tue
26
The Cult (UK)
Fri
22
The The (UK)
Thu
21
The The (UK)
Thu
14
October 2024
Mon
21
Sun
20
Sat
19
Electric Fields [with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra]
Mon
14
Kutcha Edwards & The Sydney Symphony
Sat
12
Herbie Hancock (USA)
Fri
11
Herbie Hancock (USA)
September 2024
Sun
29
Ha Anh Tuan (VNM)
Fri
13
Laufey (ISL)
Sat
7
The Cat Empire [with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra]
Fri
6
The Cat Empire [with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra]
Thu
5
The Cat Empire [with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra]
August 2024
Tue
6
Khalid (USA)
Mon
5
Khalid (USA)
July 2024
Sun
7
Zakir Hussain with Triveni
June 2024
Thu
6
Fever Ray (SWE)
Wed
5
Fever Ray (SWE)
Sun
2
Snoh Aalegra (USA)
Sky Ferreira (USA)
Sat
1
May 2024
Fri
31
BARKAA
Thu
30
Astral People present
W/ MALA [dj], ALEC SANDER [dj], JUNGIST [dj]
Tue
28
Astral People Present: Spice Trail
W/ Sid Sriram (IND/USA), Priya Ragu (LKA/CHE), Raf-Saperra (IND/UK), Munasib, Rakish
Sun
26
Air (FRA)
Playing 'Moon Safari' in full
Sat
25
Air (FRA)
Playing 'Moon Safari' in full
South Summit
Mon
20
Engelbert Humperdinck (UK)
Mon
13
Angie McMahon
Sun
12
Angie McMahon
Thu
9
Troy Cassar-Daley & Jem Cassar-Daley
Sat
4
Ngaiire + Sydney Symphony + GODTET: "Fireflies"
April 2024
Tue
2
Elvis Costello & The Imposters (UK)
Mon
1
Elvis Costello & The Imposters (UK)
March 2024
Sun
31
Elvis Costello & The Imposters (UK)
Thu
21
Wilco (USA)
Tue
19
Graham Nash (USA)
Thu
7
Black Country, New Road (UK)
Tue
5
Yussef Dayes (UK)
February 2024
Tue
27
Fred Again.. (UK)
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
12
Paul Weller (UK)
Sat
10
Paul Weller (UK)
Fri
9
Paul Weller (UK)
Thu
8
Simple Minds (UK)
Two shows on the same night - the other at 9:30pm
Thu
1
Steve Lacy (USA)
January 2024
Wed
31
Steve Lacy (USA)
Tue
30
Unknown Mortal Orchestra (NZ/USA)
Mon
15
Neil Gaiman & FourPlay String Quartet
Fri
12
Anoushka Shankar
December 2023
Mon
4
Caroline Polachek (USA)
October 2023
Tue
31
Sparks (USA)
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.
Fri
13
September 2023
Wed
13
Morgan Evans
Tue
12
Morgan Evans
July 2023
Thu
20
Arlo Parks (UK)
June 2023
Mon
12
Ella Mai (UK)
Sun
4
Thundercat (USA)
Sat
3
Max Richter (GER/UK): Ambient Orchestra
May 2023
Wed
31
Cat Power (USA)
Cat Power Sings Dylan: The 1966 Royal Albert Hall Concert'
Tue
30
Hiatus Kaiyote
With the Sydney Symphony Orchestra
Sun
28
José González (SWE)
Sat
27
José González (SWE)
Fri
26
José González (SWE)
March 2023
Fri
31
Kurt Vile & The Violators (USA)
Wed
15
Mdou Moctar (NGA)
Tuareg psych rock band make a return to Sydney playing two night in the Utzon room
Tue
14
Mdou Moctar (NGA)
Tuareg psych rock band make a return to Sydney playing two night in the Utzon room
Mon
13
Bikini Kill (USA)
Mon
6
Angel Olsen (USA)
February 2023
Sun
19
Future Islands (USA)
Fri
17
Kae Tempest
December 2022
Sun
18
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
Sat
17
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
Fri
16
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
Sun
4
Kamasi Washington (USA)
Thu
1
Sharon Van Etten (USA)
November 2022
Mon
28
Khruangbin (USA)
Sun
27
Khruangbin (USA)
Fri
25
Khruangbin (USA)
Sat
19
Vance Joy
Fri
18
Vance Joy
Thu
17
Wanha! Journey To Arnhem
W/ Djakapurra Munyarryun, Dhapanbal Yunupingu, the Andrew Gurruwiwi Band
Forecourt show. Free gig as part of SOH's 50th anniversary celebrations, RSVP required via the link.
Sat
12
Fri
11
Thu
10
Ngaiire
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.
October 2022
Wed
5
Leon Bridges (USA)
Tue
4
Leon Bridges (USA)
Mon
3
Leon Bridges (USA)
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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.
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.