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The Midnight Special

44 Enmore Rd
Newtown NSW 2042 [see map]

https://www.themidnightspecial.com.au

Capacity: 50

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Upcoming Gigs (1)

Jan '25

Wed

15

Emily Lawler & Dan Webster (UK)

8:00pm The Midnight Special

Past Gigs (130)

Dec '24

Thu

12

Tropical Strength

W/ Griffin Ford

8:00pm The Midnight Special

Wed

11

Thu

5

Wed

4

Nov '24

Thu

28

Bad Drip

W/ Jane Dire

8:00pm The Midnight Special

Wed

27

Kurt Lam [Manfredo Lament]

W/ Jack Rosenzweig

8:00pm The Midnight Special

Thu

21

Wayne Connolly

W/ Rik Saunders

8:00pm The Midnight Special

Wed

20

Thu

14

Thu

7

Performance Management

W/ Griffin Ford

8:00pm The Midnight Special

Wed

6

Billy May

W/ Milo Hunter

8:00pm The Midnight Special

Oct '24

Thu

31

Meow Meow and the Smackouts

8:00pm The Midnight Special

Wed

30

Gabe Haslam, Hinano Fujisaki & Jacob Turl

W/ Jude Pascal

8:00pm The Midnight Special

Thu

24

Connor Britton

W/ EBS, Jude Pascal

7:00pm The Midnight Special

Wed

23

Zed Flanders

W/ Julia Camille

8:30pm The Midnight Special

Thu

17

Thu

3

Father's Favourite

W/ Ryan Kerrigan

8:00pm The Midnight Special

Wed

2

Sep '24

Thu

26

JB Paterson

W/ Tessa Fleur

8:00pm The Midnight Special

Wed

18

Thu

12

Sevilles

W/ Old Folk

8:00pm The Midnight Special

Aug '24

Thu

15

Thu

8

Wed

7

Helen Townsend

W/ Shannon Smith

8:00pm The Midnight Special

Jul '24

Thu

25

Jacob Diamond

8:00pm The Midnight Special

NB:

Single launch for ‘That Meant The World To Me’

Thu

18

Matt Ward & Katie Brianna

8:30pm The Midnight Special

Thu

4

Ugly Mug

W/ Bonetwister

8:00pm The Midnight Special

Jun '24

Thu

27

May '24

Fri

24

The Honey Giant’s Heart

W/ Hatchling

8:00pm The Midnight Special

Thu

16

The Honey Giant’s Heart

W/ Hatchling

8:00pm The Midnight Special

Wed

15

J. Davidson

W/ Jill Jackson

5:00pm The Midnight Special

Thu

9

Wed

8

Mark Lucas

W/ Sam Newton

8:00pm The Midnight Special

Thu

2

Griffin Ford

W/ Ali Mollica [Morning Star]

8:00pm The Midnight Special

Apr '24

Wed

24

Boyfriend Material

W/ Vice Presley

8:00pm The Midnight Special

Thu

18

Euan Hart

8:00pm The Midnight Special

NB:

Single release acoustic set

Sat

13

Buddhadatta (JPN)

5:00pm The Midnight Special

Thu

11

Jamie Hutchings

W/ Peter Fenton

8:00pm The Midnight Special

Wed

3

Rick & Vanessa Hart

W/ Sam Shinazzi

8:00pm The Midnight Special

Mar '24

Thu

21

Wed

13

Karl S Williams & Sally Wiggin

W/ Mickelson (USA)

8:00pm The Midnight Special

Thu

7

Hollie Matthew

W/ Magic Nic

7:00pm The Midnight Special

Sat

2

Misty Lanes

8:00pm The Midnight Special

NB:

Album launch party

Feb '24

Thu

29

Wed

21

Loki Hines

W/ Angie Who

8:00pm The Midnight Special

Thu

15

Wed

14

Peter 'Blackie' Black

W/ Jess Ravens

8:00pm The Midnight Special

Thu

8

JACK ELIAS

W/ CES HOTBAKE, RIK SAUNDERS

8:00pm The Midnight Special

NB:

All proceeds go to Palestine Children's Relief

Thu

1

Helena Massey

W/ Lee Sullivan, Connor Britton

7:00pm The Midnight Special

Jan '24

Wed

31

JD

W/ Adam Vandie

8:00pm The Midnight Special

Wed

17

Dec '23

Thu

14

Griffin Ford

W/ Nick Griffith, Old Folk

8:00pm The Midnight Special

Wed

6

Jill Jackson

W/ Steanie Duzel

8:00pm The Midnight Special

NB:

EOY Celebration for Mother Hen Touring

Nov '23

Thu

30

Ces Hotbake

8:00pm The Midnight Special

NB:

Single launch for 'Eastlack'

Wed

29

Sarah Humphreys & Tim Woodz

7:00pm The Midnight Special

Wed

15

Les Thomas

W/ Bradley Christmas

8:00pm The Midnight Special

Wed

8

Joshua Batten

W/ Kim Girdlestone

7:00pm The Midnight Special

Sat

4

Paddy McHugh

W/ Ess-Em

5:00pm The Midnight Special

Thu

2

Indira Elias

W/ Bonniesongs

7:00pm The Midnight Special

Oct '23

Sat

28

Thu

26

Library Siesta

W/ Fenn is Cool

8:00pm The Midnight Special

Thu

19

Mannequin Radio

8:00pm The Midnight Special

NB:

Single launch

Thu

5

Sep '23

Thu

21

Good Boys

W/ Sarah Sykes

7:00pm The Midnight Special

Thu

14

Griffin Ford

W/ Green Horse

8:00pm The Midnight Special

Aug '23

Thu

31

The Golden Strangers

8:00pm The Midnight Special

Wed

30

Thee Cha Cha Chas

8:00pm The Midnight Special

Thu

17

Nick Griffith Band

W/ Lee Sullivan & the Sleepers

8:00pm The Midnight Special

Thu

10

Kunjifuri

W/ Sam Windley

8:00pm The Midnight Special

Thu

3

Jack Elias

W/ E.Sheather, Luke O'Farrell

8:00pm The Midnight Special

Jul '23

Thu

20

Maxine Gillon

W/ Jack Mannix, Inaugural Sounds

8:00pm The Midnight Special

Wed

19

M.E. Baird

W/ The Hunger Men Trio

8:00pm The Midnight Special

Thu

6

Jordan Wilson

W/ Daniel Forsyth

8:00pm The Midnight Special

NB:

Double single launch

Wed

5

Nathan Seeckts

W/ Sam Shinazzi

8:00pm The Midnight Special

Jun '23

Wed

28

Fleur Wiber & Justine Wahlin

7:30pm The Midnight Special

Thu

15

Baby Velvet

W/ Bonniesongs

7:30pm The Midnight Special

Thu

1

Hannah Cameron

8:00pm The Midnight Special

NB:

"Take The Blame" single launch

May '23

Sat

13

Terza Madre Comeback Special

8:00pm The Midnight Special

NB:

'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.'

Julia Johnson

W/ Amaringo

4:00pm The Midnight Special

NB:

Two solo sets previewing music from each of the artists' upcoming releases

Sat

6

Meteor Infant

W/ Jeremy Nicholas

5:00pm The Midnight Special

Thu

4

Al Matcott

W/ Lady Lyon, Misty Lanes Space Station

8:00pm The Midnight Special

Apr '23

Thu

27

Lacey Cole

W/ Luke Webb

8:00pm The Midnight Special

Thu

20

Sat

15

Thee Cha Cha Chas

5:00pm The Midnight Special

Wed

12

Minor Gold

W/ Chris Carrapetta

7:00pm The Midnight Special

Sat

8

Loulou Holliday

5:00pm The Midnight Special

Thu

6

Mar '23

Thu

30

Highfalutin

7:00pm The Midnight Special

Thu

23

NB:

"Buckshot Days" EP launch

Wed

15

Tim Easton (US)

W/ Bud Rokesky

8:00pm The Midnight Special

Sat

11

P.MUSIC

4:00pm The Midnight Special

NB:

'Buoyancy Test' single launch

Sat

4

Griffin Ford's "InZaNiT Band"

4:00pm The Midnight Special

Feb '23

Wed

1

CJ Stranger & Sunset Stranger

8:00pm The Midnight Special

Jan '23

Tue

24

Ash Acid

W/ Jill Jackson

7:00pm The Midnight Special

Wed

18

Wed

11

Ben De La Cour (USA) & Katie Bates

8:00pm The Midnight Special

Wed

4

Dec '22

Thu

15

Nick Griffith

W/ The Brights

8:00pm The Midnight Special

Wed

7

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

Tue

6

Lachlan Bryan & Alan Fletcher

8:00pm The Midnight Special

Nov '22

Wed

30

Wed

23

Wed

16

Jenny Don't and The Spurs

8:00pm The Midnight Special

Thu

10

Georgie Jones

W/ Shanna Watson (Flowerkid)

8:00pm The Midnight Special

Wed

9

Sean Simmons

W/ Pete Ross

8:00pm The Midnight Special

Thu

3

A Star Pilot from Saturn

W/ Le Pie, Henry Hanson

8:00pm The Midnight Special

Oct '22

Thu

27

Jack Colwell

W/ Lisa Caruso

8:00pm The Midnight Special

DJY

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.

Sun

23

Thu

20

The Wattles

W/ Gena Stone

8:00pm The Midnight Special

Wed

19

Alice Williams

W/ Shanna Watson, Emily A. Smith

8:00pm The Midnight Special

Wed

12

Peta Caswell

W/ Chris Carrapetta

8:00pm The Midnight Special

Thu

6

Doctor Robot

W/ Scruffamudda, Zigi Blau

8:00pm The Midnight Special

Wed

5

Riley Catherall

W/ Tom Redwood

8:00pm The Midnight Special

Sep '22

Thu

22

Hotel

W/ August Auzins

8:00pm The Midnight Special

JH

"Female fronted, ethereal, post-punk five piece". Are launching a recent single - a "spooky, 60's inspired" track, apparently.

Thu

15

Tired Girl

W/ Baby Beef, Elmo Aoyama

8:00pm The Midnight Special

JH

EP launch. This looks like fun!

Wed

7

Sam Shinazzi

W/ Ben Leece

8:00pm The Midnight Special