6:00pm Lazy Thinking
7:00pm The Vanguard
7:00pm Phoenix Central Park
6:00pm St Stephens Uniting Church
W/ The Uplifting Bell Ends, Hot Apple Band, Winter McQuinn
7:00pm Lazybones Lounge
7:00pm Gasoline Pony
7:00pm Butchers Brew Bar
7:00pm Botany View Hotel
7:30pm Native Rose Hotel
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6:30pm The Rocks Square
7:00pm Ettamogah Hotel
The first instalment of Youth Group, a new event series presented by the Gasoline Pony.
W/ Interfak Big Band (BEL), Regent Street Big Band
7:00pm Camelot Lounge
W/ Abbey Lane, Herd Immunity, No Bull, Off Judy, The Hype Boys
7:00pm Selina's @ Coogee Bay Hotel
Five acts for the grand final of this Battle of the Bands style competition.
7:30pm Warren View Hotel
Unplugged acoustic series at the Warren View. Followed by a second set at 8:30pm.
8:00pm Palomino Lounge
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8:00pm ICC Sydney Theatre
8:00pm Botany View Hotel
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6:30pm Brass Monkey
6:30pm The Estate Camden
W/ Heaps Grass, Hinano Fujisaki & Simon Barker, Laurence Pike, Miroslav Bukovsky & Strings, Dogs Of Pleasure
7:00pm Lazybones Lounge
Single launch
7:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
First show in 20 years!
7:30pm The Chippo Hotel
NZ alternative rock quartet Ringlets joined by dance-punks Macho Macho, raging heavy-weights Special Features and Sydney post-punks Bennetts Grove.
7:30pm Church St Studios
8:00pm Metro Theatre
8:00pm Leichhardt Bowling Club
Featuring special guest guitarist Ray Beadle.
W/ The Ascended, Antonamasia, Deprivation, Old Goat Smoke
8:00pm Inferno's Rock Room
Taking place on the venue's ground floor as part of their After Dark series.
8:00pm Butchers Brew Bar
8:00pm Golden Age Cinema & Bar
Screening of a concert film by Zion Garcia, featuring unreleased tracks and variations on older tracks never performed before, followed by curation sets by ZG and friends. Screening commences 10pm.
9:00pm Chinese Laundry
9:00pm Ramblin' Rascal Tavern
W/ Ayemag [DJ], Mista Deejay [DJ], Mayazeezee [DJ], Catch25 [DJ], Haze [DJ], Tobit [DJ]
11:00pm Oxford Art Factory
From Tobit, who writes in to introduce this debut of a new party: “Catch Collective is a new night hosted by Catch25, born out of a group of DJs and friends who just wanted to create a space where people can get weird to good music without the pressure of headliners, genre rules, or big commercial branding. We keep tickets at $10 so it’s accessible.”
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VISIT MERCH STORE »W/ 2 Dual × Jaxon Stickler, 404.zero, Alex Guevara, Andrea Illés ×Mara Galagher, Bhenji Ra × Karina Utomo, C Bong Sae (KOR), Coki (UK), Con Pani × Paramat, Fei Gao, Gift Exchange, House of Vnholy featuring Capital Waste, Marcus McKenzie, Eugene Choi & Makeda, Excited State!!!, Isayerr × LANDFILL, Klein (UK), Liam Keenan, Litvrgy (USA), Michael Candy, Null Hypothesis, Content.Net.Au: The Musical, Pink Siifu (USA), Queen Asher & Rehema Tajiri (TZA), Rắn Cạp Đuôi (VNM), Robin Fox, Rydeen × SOVBLKPSSY, S280F (USA), Shapednoise (ITA) × Sevi Iko Dømochevsky (EST), SIRC_UIT, Stelarc, upsammy, Worlds Only× Junior Major, Young Boy Dancing Group (CHN)
2:00pm White Bay Power Station
Massive new step from the experimental festival. This year's full program spans several days and includes plenty of one-off collaborative sets, as well as a workshop series, a night of cinema-based performance at Paddington's Chauvel Cinema, a day of talks, a post-festival rave into the night, and a closing night show.
W/ Balkan Grill, Terrificus, Whateva, Meshky, The Delusions of Grandeur, Sniffer Dog, New Newtown Newts, Kill Me Now, The Lackadaisicals, Samovar, Julio Stinky, Pete Fenwick, Tug Dumbly, Benito Di Fonzo, Deb Narkevis, Allis Well, Lou Steer, Whatever Eva
2:00pm MoshPit Bar
W/ Hockey Dad, The Belair Lip Bombs, Shady Nasty, dust, Armlock, Xiao Xiao, Crocodylus, Bridge Dog, Paint, Bimbo, Sevilles
Full day party across Liberty Hall and Courts.
3:00pm Gasoline Pony
Part of Sydney Fringe Festival: a showcase of local talent across hip hop, R&B, electronic, and genre-bending sounds.
W/ Sienna Skies, City Escape, Harroway, Alienist, St. Sinner, Aurateque, Elara, Wicked Envy
3:30pm The Lansdowne
All day mini-festival.
4:00pm The Church
6:00pm The Vanguard
House show of improvised instrumental music.
Farewell show for Teeth.
6:30pm Brass Monkey
6:30pm Manning Bar
Celebrating the 15th anniversary of their album 'Gilgamesh'.
7:00pm Lazybones Lounge
7:00pm City Recital Hall
W/ Jackson Stoneham's Walk, Helen Svoboda, Leah Berry, Jacques Emery, Alex Tucker, & Gabriella Hill, Novak Manojlovic
7:00pm Camelot Lounge
7:30pm Local Edition
Album launch for 'If You Go Down, I Go Down Too'.
7:30pm Botany View Hotel
7:30pm The Loft (UTS)
7:30pm Sappho Books, Cafe & Bar
7:30pm Mortdale Village Hall
Southern Sydney Folk Club offers “traditional and contemporary folk music”, held every Tuesday night. “BYO drinks and nibblies. Tea and coffee served.”
8:00pm Butchers Brew Bar
Album launch for “Swan Grinder”
8:30pm The Bridge Hotel
9:00pm Warren View Hotel
1:00am The Marly, Newtown
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W/ Midsizedsedance, Crimstoppers, Gunderman, Towers, Elina, Eye DEnt, DF0:BAD
1:00pm Lazy Thinking
Plus a special secret Naarm-based guest.
2:00pm Petersham Bowlo
3:00pm Slow Lane Brewing
5:00pm Gasoline Pony
W/ Aarti Jadu Ensemble, Malibu (FRA), Ryoji Ikeda (JPN)
7:00pm White Bay Power Station
7:30pm Palomino Lounge
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W/ Sam Gill & Phillippa Murphy-Haste, Paul Cutlan & Andrew Robson
8:00pm Church St Studios
Titled 'Don't Tell Anybody The Secrets', the show will see Williams performing songs from across her career with her band as well as reading excerpts from her 2023 memoir of the same name.
6:30pm Coliseum Theatre
7:00pm Lazybones Lounge
New series at the Lansdowne, with sets consisting half of covers, and half originals.
7:30pm The Vanguard
8:00pm Metro Theatre
8:00pm Church St Studios
Another massive instalment of this improvisational series, featuring a wild list of artists a bit too big to list here. Opened by The Decompositional Ensemble, comprising Sierra Sharman, Alia Josephine, Victoria Ho & Hayley Chan.
8:00pm Botany View Hotel
9:00pm The Midnight Special
6:00pm Beer Shed Brewing Co
25th anniversary tour; performing their self-titled debut album in full.
W/ The Good Kids, The Velvet Club, Pisco Sour, Scoot the loot, Bangalley
7:00pm Oxford Art Factory
“7 bands, 2 stages” — full venue takeover (yes, there's one more to be announced)
Celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the band's debut album 'Dogs At Bay' by performing it in its entirety.
7:00pm The Lansdowne
7:00pm Camelot Lounge
7:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
7:30pm Sappho Books, Cafe & Bar
8:00pm The Vanguard
8:30pm Dee Why RSL Club
9:00pm Vic on the Park
GALLERY - FIVE
W/ Barbara, Siphon, Good Ramen, Failsafe, Maxine Wild, Bike Thief, Chooki, Eeyore
2:30pm Lazy Thinking
3:00pm Butchers Brew Bar
25th anniversary tour; performing their 2004 album 'In Love & Death' in full.
7:00pm State Theatre
W/ Boomtown Ruins, Beyond Dope, DJ Jimmy The Hand, DJ Begzy, BIGREDCAP, Suttle, Primitive, Ronikal, Bytemarks
7:00pm MoshPit Bar
7:00pm The Vanguard
7:00pm Trocadero Room
7:00pm UTS Underground
7:00pm Django Bar @ Camelot Lounge
7:00pm Django Bar @ Camelot Lounge
7:00pm Humph Hall
Jan Preston performs an original score live to accompany the 1927 silent film, “Kid Stakes”.
7:00pm Gasoline Pony
Reunion/farewell tour for the former band of Fever 333's Jason Aalon Butler. Undertaking a final tour to see the band out on better terms than their abrupt 2017 split.
W/ Rydeen, King, Milkpaste, Lammi B2B TR4XIE, Keeavy B2B Masheen
8:00pm Mothership Studios
New party for lesbian and trans people; those who are not in those demographics may only attend if accompanied by a "dyke and/or a doll".
Yes, you read that right. It's finally happening.
8:00pm Butchers Brew Bar
8:30pm Avalon RSL
9:00pm The Lansdowne
W/ 100% Egyptian Cotton, Adi Toohey, Alec Sandler, Andy Webb, Ariane, Barney Kato, Ben Fester, Bouki, C Frim, Ciara, Dameeeela, Deepa, Disco Dora, DJ PGZ, DJ Scorpion, Fanatico, Felix Lloyd, Frames, Friday*, Harvey Sutherland, Jhassic, Jimmy Sing, Jnett, Love High, Mike Who, Mirasia, Moopie, Munasib, Obeido, Rakish, Sleep D, Sollyy, Sugar Glider Radio, total tommy, Tseba, Tuff Sherm
10:00pm The Abercrombie
24-hour party, running from 10pm Saturday to 10pm Sunday. Tickets can be purchased for either 12-hour sessions or the full 24 hours.
new merch available now!
VISIT STORE »12:00pm Beer Shed Brewing Co
4:00pm The Church
W/ BNDT, ANAKHYA, Zoe Davis, Polos [DJ], Black Pantheon [DJ]
5:00pm Darling Nikki's
Billed as "a sonic festival", with art exhibitions and video projections as part of the show.
5:00pm Lazybones Lounge
7:00pm The Vanguard
7:00pm The Red House
6:00pm Lazybones Lounge
W/ Roger Rari, Heavnsgate, Shaco, Juske, Strvz, Bane, Trauma, M6kka, Juddo, Tyro, Beyondverse, Isaac Hunter
6:00pm Lazy Thinking
7:00pm Butchers Brew Bar
7:00pm Botany View Hotel
5:00pm The Midnight Special
Part of The Midnight Special's farewell show series
W/ Mount Wizard Death Cult, Burn In Hell, Reek Mind, Crown Street Militia
6:30pm Elton Chong
7:00pm Mary's Underground
7:00pm Butchers Brew Bar
Continuing series of “Ancestral Strings” performances
7:00pm Lazybones Lounge
7:00pm Warren View Hotel
Unplugged acoustic series at the Warren View. Followed by a second set at 8:30pm.
New series at the Lansdowne, with sets consisting half of covers, and half originals.
7:00pm Mixtape Brewing & Bar
7:30pm Factory Theatre
7:30pm Sappho Books, Cafe & Bar
8:00pm Botany View Hotel
6:00pm Beer Shed Brewing Co
W/ Severed Heads, Straightjacket Nation, YL Hooi, Silzedre, Perfect Actress, Gayab ग़ा यब, Spite, Til.K & Ch40, Boiling Hot Politician
6:30pm Oxford Art Factory
The final instalment of the four-part Icon Series at OAF, which sees Sydney creatives painting the OAF wall alongside a live music line-up.
7:00pm Mary's Underground
Debut album tour for the new project of Jet guitarist Cam Muncey.
7:30pm The Midnight Special
Last live show at The Midnight Special, before their final service the following evening.
7:30pm Sappho Books, Cafe & Bar
7:30pm Factory Theatre
Final Australian tour.
8:00pm Low 302
8:00pm Miranda Hotel
8:00pm Butchers Brew Bar
8:30pm Enmore Theatre
W/ Blood On My Hands, Thantu Thikha, Hell On Earth, Ends In Tragedy, Cutthroat, Demise, Dance, Necrosis, Immortal Within, God Hates A Coward, xStarScreamx
1:00pm Blackwattle Bar and Brewery
All ages hardcore festival.
W/ Gale, QPID, Jessica Smallwood, Warlock, The Girts, Codfish, Mr.C, Brunny, Bernie Van Tiel, DJ Reks
4:00pm Red Rattler
No, it's not an Extreme covers marathon! Way better: beatbox showcase competition.
W/ Chapter V (NLD), Devin Wild (NLD), Exproz (FRA), Infirium (NLD), Kruelty (NLD), The Smiler (DEU), Vasto (NLD)
6:00pm Lazy Thinking
W/ Miss Kaninna, EXEK, Devaura, Girl and Girl, Liquid Zoo, Jerome Blaze, 198archie, GAUCI, No News, Father's Favourite, Jacob Turl, King O.P.P. [DJ], Matilda Violet [DJ], Prop Records DJs, Psyched As DJs, DJ Reenie, SydneyMusic.net DJs
6:00pm Oxford Art Factory
The gang's all here – including us! Happy birthday OAF!
20th anniversary tour.
7:00pm ICC Sydney Theatre
30th anniversary show for 'Magic Transistor Radio'.
7:00pm Waywards Ballroom
Following the release of their sophomore album dasteWORLD and a string of international shows, daste return home for two special headline performances this September.
7:00pm Butchers Brew Bar
7:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
7:30pm Coliseum Theatre
8:00pm Dee Why RSL Club
9:00pm Vic on the Park
9:30pm The Townie
10:00pm Warren View Hotel
10:00pm Golden Age Cinema & Bar
W/ Sunbeam Sound Machine, Honeydrip, Shluffy, Lindsey, For Clift
1:00pm The Chippo Hotel
2:00pm The Estate Camden
Two sets across the afternoon, concluding by 4.30pm.
2:00pm Art Gallery of NSW
A special screening of Limite (1931), the early Latin American cinema landmark by Mário Peixoto, with a newly commissioned live score by Worlds Only.
2:30pm Darling Nikki's
4:00pm The Church
5:00pm Lazybones Lounge
7:30pm Church St Studios
Part of an ongoing series of jazz improvisations by Laneous
6:30pm Beer Shed Brewing Co
7:00pm The Vanguard
Everyone's favourite Japanese single snare drum enthusiast (if that description rings a bell - yes, that's him), supported by literal face shredder Granpa Abela (FKA Justice Yeldham) and Party Ov One, who describe their sound as "Yamaha Portasound thru pedals + heavy breathing" - all in the family-friendly setting of Sydney Park Pavilion, just upstairs from where the sausage sizzle is held during the kids footy games on the weekend. #drumsolo
8:00pm Metro Theatre
6:30pm Brass Monkey
7:00pm Trocadero Room
7:00pm Camelot Lounge
W/ FLYSS, Nedr, Royalla, House Of Monkeys
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
Performing their second album, 1999's 'Something To Write Home About', in its entirety to celebrate its 25th anniversary.
7:30pm Warren View Hotel
Unplugged acoustic series at the Warren View. Followed by a second set at 8:30pm.
8:00pm Waywards Ballroom
8:00pm Kalyx
8:00pm Botany View Hotel
Celebrating the 40th anniversary of 'Mars Needs Guitars' by playing it in full.
Melbourne folk grunge band's first ever Sydney show
7:00pm The Vanguard
7:00pm Lazybones Lounge
7:00pm Flow Studios 88
7:00pm ICC Sydney Theatre
7:00pm Butchers Brew Bar
7:30pm Crowbar
7:30pm Sappho Books, Cafe & Bar
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
8:00pm Petersham Bowlo
11:00pm Oxford Art Factory
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W/ Alilia, Ari Kiko, Casual P, fuchsia, Jannah Quill, Postponez b2b Power Bored, Scruffamudda, Tom Parque
3:00pm The Lord Gladstone
Weekender tickets available for this bundled with tomorrow's follow-up Little Music Party featuring Jannah Quill at Lazy Thinking (or discounted tickets available if you already have tickets to this).
7:00pm Manning Bar
7:00pm Enmore Theatre
7:00pm Lazybones Lounge
7:00pm Crowbar
7:00pm Waywards Ballroom
7:30pm Trocadero Room
7:30pm Sappho Books, Cafe & Bar
8:00pm Metro Theatre
8:00pm Church St Studios
Single launch for 'Echoes of a Sunny Smile'.
8:00pm Petersham Bowlo
11:00pm Oxford Art Factory
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'Songs & Stories' show; Shark will perform stripped-back, solo acoustic versions of her songs, with insights into how they were made.
Album launch for “Nightbird”
7:00pm The Vanguard
7:30pm Crowbar
8:00pm Church St Studios
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VISIT MERCH STORE »7:00pm Warren View Hotel
Unplugged acoustic series at the Warren View. Followed by a second set at 8:30pm.
7:00pm Django Bar @ Camelot Lounge
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
7:30pm Foundry Theatre
8:00pm Metro Theatre
8:00pm Botany View Hotel
6:30pm Brass Monkey
W/ Kirin J Callinan, Scraps, G2G, Shock Corridor, npcede, Yergurl, Cold/Heat, Rebel Yell, Solo Career, Station Model Violence [DJ]
6:30pm Oxford Art Factory
7:00pm Coliseum Theatre
7:00pm Django Bar @ Camelot Lounge
7:00pm Humph Hall
7-inch launch for 'Is There More Than This?'
7:00pm The Church
Live music lineup for the Elysian hybrid light / sound exhibition.
7:00pm The Vanguard
7:30pm Church St Studios
8:00pm Red Rattler
9:00pm Vic on the Park
W/ DJ Spen (USA), Nikki Carvell, Jerry Drew, Mr. & Mrs. Parkes, Movesamaze, Adz
9:00pm Aura Nightclub
W/ Gutalax (CZE), Nembutolik, Hell On Earth, Blight Worms, Uncle Geezer, Burial Chamber, Gut Explosion (JPN), Gosika, Pulverised Cranial Matter, Crown Street Militia, Maggot Cave, Rodenticide, Oblivion
11:30am Mary's Underground
W/ flowerkid, Alex the Astronaut, FVNERAL, Notica, Dyan Tai, Jubahlee, Stokahr, Second Idol, Perfect Daughters, Hunny
3:00pm Red Rattler
3:00pm Butchers Brew Bar
W/ The Edge Band (NPL), Neetesh Jung Kunwar (NPL), Albatross (NPL), Wangden Sherpa & The Cowboys (NPL)
5:00pm Hordern Pavilion
W/ Nice Biscuit, Fungas, Cold Heat, O.M.R, Arugula, Meow Meow and the Smackouts, Finlay Ross, The Med Heads, Ugly Mug, Power Bored [DJ], Dave Stuart [DJ], Gorilla Warfare [DJ], Double Happiness [DJ], DJ Dad, On The Nose [DJ]
5:00pm The Lord Gladstone
6:30pm Brass Monkey
7:00pm Enmore Theatre
Celebrating 25 years of her debut album 'Not That Kind'.
7:00pm UNSW Roundhouse
7:00pm Crowbar
7:00pm The Vanguard
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of 'Awake is the New Sleep', playing the album in its entirety.
8:00pm Metro Theatre
8:00pm Stanley 2204
8:00pm Tokyo Sing Song @ The Marly
7:00pm Enmore Theatre
Part of the Rocktober series at Metro Social, curated by Murray Cook, aka the original Red Wiggle.
7:00pm Butchers Brew Bar
7:00pm City Recital Hall
6:00pm Enmore Hotel
7:00pm Enmore Theatre
50th anniversary tour. So maybe this tour we'll finally find out who the fuck Alice is.
7:00pm UTS Underground
7:00pm The Vanguard
7:00pm Camelot Lounge
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
new merch available now!
VISIT STORE »6:00pm Mary's Underground
W/ Emmure (USA), To The Grave, Threshold
25-year anniversary tour, with a set spanning the band's first decade featuring the surviving members of their best-known line-up. Stepping in for late bassist Sean Kennedy will be Jamie Hope, who also fronted the band from 2011 to 2016.
7:00pm Oxford Art Factory
7:00pm Trocadero Room
7:30pm Factory Theatre
Celebrating the 30th anniversary of their 1995 album 'The Soft & Sexy Sound' by performing it in full. First live shows since 2016.
7:30pm The Bridge Hotel
9:00pm Vic on the Park
7:30pm UNSW Roundhouse
8:00pm Metro Theatre
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
8:00pm Church St Studios
8:30pm Avalon RSL
8:30pm Dee Why RSL Club
For any Gen Xers reading, a clarification: This is the English DJ, and not the Greek-Australian alter-ego of Mary Coustas. They both have great hair, though.
9:00pm Warren View Hotel
6:00pm Petersham Bowlo
8:00pm The Vanguard
8:30pm ICC Sydney Theatre
7:30pm Factory Theatre
Indian singer-songwriter Lucky Ali is returning to Australia and New Zealand for his brand new Journey Through the Decades Tour.
7:00pm Hordern Pavilion
Part of the Rocktober series at Metro Social, curated by Murray Cook, aka the original Red Wiggle. Unplugged set from DZ Deathrays.
6:30pm Brass Monkey
30th anniversary album tour for “Tamborine Mountain”
Album launch for “Wretch”
W/ Nikki Lane (USA), Vincent Neil Emerson (USA), Laid Back Country Picker (USA), Andy Golledge Band, The Morrisons
8:30pm Mary's Underground
7:00pm The Vanguard
7:30pm Metro Theatre
20 years of Be'lakor, 10 years of Orpheus Omega, and Persefone's first time on Australian soil.
7:30pm The Chippo Hotel
8:00pm Darling Harbour Theatre
Celebrating the 25th anniversary of 'Heartbreaker'.
8:00pm Oxford Art Factory
8:00pm Camelot Lounge
8:00pm Oxford Art Factory
8:00pm Petersham Bowlo
8:00pm The Lansdowne
8:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
7:00pm Lazy Thinking
7:30pm Factory Theatre
8:00pm Crowbar
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Playing her first two albums, 'The Overture & The Underscore' and 'What The Sea Wants, The Sea Will Have', in their respective entireties.
Bleak Squad is a new supergroup featuring Adalita Srsen (Magic Dirt), Mick Turner (Dirty Three), Mick Harvey (ex-Bad Seeds) and Marty Brown (Art of Fighting).
8:00pm The Loft (UTS)
8:00pm Trocadero Room
touring for their EP 'Mirage Hotel'
8:30pm The Burdekin
9:00pm The Fusebox @ The Factory
9:00pm Dee Why RSL Club
2:00pm The Estate Camden
7:30pm Brass Monkey
W/ The Weight Of Silence, Noveaux, T-Rex Autopsy, Magma One, DestroyerMariko.
8:00pm Crowbar
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
8:00pm The Red House
8:30pm Jah Bar
Celebration of water composed by Nick Wales, performed by Arnhem Land ocean and waterway custodian Rrawun Maymuru in Yolngu language.
8:00pm Hordern Pavilion
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
6:30pm Brass Monkey
Celebration of water composed by Nick Wales, performed by Arnhem Land ocean and waterway custodian Rrawun Maymuru in Yolngu language.
Part of the Rocktober series at Metro Social, curated by Murray Cook, aka the original Red Wiggle.
6:00pm The Estate Camden
bringing their “The Redgum Years – The Corrugated Highway Tour” to Camden.
W/ The Devil Wears Prada (USA), While She Sleeps (UK)
7:00pm Hordern Pavilion
Playing their debut album 'The Poison' in its entirety to celebrate its 20th anniversary.
7:30pm Crowbar
8:00pm The Vanguard
8:00pm Lazybones Lounge
Celebration of water composed by Nick Wales, performed by Arnhem Land ocean and waterway custodian Rrawun Maymuru in Yolngu language.
7:00pm Hordern Pavilion
7:30pm Hyde Park Barracks
Taking place in the Hammock Room, a former convict dormitory. In lieu of seating, guests are invited to experience the show from one of the historic canvas hammocks. A later session is available at 8:30pm.
7:30pm Trocadero Room
8:00pm Manning Bar
8:00pm The Vanguard
8:00pm Crowbar
Celebrating the 10-year anniversary of 'Strange New Past'.
8:00pm Lazybones Lounge
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Celebration of water composed by Nick Wales, performed by Arnhem Land ocean and waterway custodian Rrawun Maymuru in Yolngu language.
4:00pm Egg Records
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Solo in-store performance to launch new album 'GoComeBack'.
W/ Mariah Carey (USA), Pitbull (USA), Wiz Khalifa (USA), Lil Jon (USA), Eve (USA), Tinie Tempah (UK), Jordin Sparks (USA)
4:30pm ENGIE Stadium
W/ Bigredcap, 506, Doctor Robot, Calliobel, Myxi Bun, Scoobietunes, iKATANA/Threatnique, Twila, Chvpters, Otis James, Zepha, Zailya, Salty
6:00pm Astro's Arcade Bar
"The Great Escape" album launch
Celebration of water composed by Nick Wales, performed by Arnhem Land ocean and waterway custodian Rrawun Maymuru in Yolngu language.
7:00pm Hordern Pavilion
The Underground Lovers reflect on over 35 years of co-writing with stripped back shows drawing deep from the back catalogue, backed by a string section comprising long-time collaborator Maurice Argiro, Zoe Barry, and Amanda Brown [The Go-Betweens].
8:00pm Metro Theatre
8:00pm Qudos Bank Arena
8:00pm Waywards Ballroom
Celebrating 25 years of 'Rocks On The Soul'.
9:00pm UNSW Roundhouse
Celebrating 20 years of Spoonbill, plus a live MPC set from Dysphemic.
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2:30pm Dee Why RSL Club
7:00pm UNSW Roundhouse
John Mulaney has assured me that all five Bones will be in attendance.
Rescheduled from July due to frontman Ian Kenny experiencing a chest infection.
8:00pm The Vanguard
8:00pm The Red House
8:00pm The Vanguard
Represent your favourite local gig guide while supporting us financially.
VISIT MERCH STORE »Part of the Rocktober series at Metro Social, curated by Murray Cook, aka the original Red Wiggle.
7:30pm Enmore Theatre
Debut Australian tour.
8:00pm State Theatre
8:00pm City Recital Hall
8:00pm Lazybones Lounge
9:00pm Kalyx
6:30pm Brass Monkey
8:00pm Crowbar
8:00pm State Theatre
9:00pm Kalyx
W/ Grasstouch, Boyfriend Material, I Know You Know
Album launch for 'Are We Having Fun Yet?'.
7:30pm Local Edition
7:30pm Factory Theatre
8:00pm Humph Hall
8:00pm The Lansdowne
9:00pm City Recital Hall
9:00pm ICC Sydney Theatre
5:30pm UTS Underground
7:00pm Qudos Bank Arena
Performing his debut album 'Back To Bedlam' in its entirety to celebrate its 20th anniversary.
7:30pm Coliseum Theatre
8:00pm Metro Theatre
8:00pm The Lansdowne
8:00pm Factory Theatre
"The Last Party" farewell tour.
8:00pm Lazybones Lounge
8:30pm The Bridge Hotel
8:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
8:30pm Crowbar
9:00pm Factory Floor @ The Factory
8:00pm Mary's Underground
8:00pm Butchers Brew Bar
7:30pm Stadium Rockdale
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
8:00pm City Recital Hall
Closing night of the Rocktober series at Metro Social, curated by Murray Cook, aka the original Red Wiggle.
8:00pm State Theatre
8:00pm Enmore Hotel
8:00pm The Lansdowne
8:30pm Manning Bar
7:00pm The Bearded Tit
The Bearded Tit are hosting fortnightly jazz jams presented by Sound Sorcery: a women and trans-led collective aiming to diversify Sydney's live music spaces.
8:00pm Marrickville Bowling Club
8:00pm Manning Bar
8:00pm Lazybones Lounge
7:00pm Hordern Pavilion
The infamous psychobilly trio are reuniting for their first show since 2008, presenting a Monster's Ball on Halloween. Featuring a burlesque performance from Vesper White and hosted by Jay Katz & Miss Death.
8:00pm Metro Theatre
The founding guitarist of The Beach Boys returns to Australia to perform the band's catalogue, featuring his son Matt and part of the ensemble that toured with his late bandmate Brian Wilson.
8:00pm Camelot Lounge
8:00pm Low 302
8:30pm The Bridge Hotel
9:00pm Butchers Brew Bar
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7:30pm Crowbar
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of his debut EP 'Feeding The Wolves'.
8:00pm Selina's @ Coogee Bay Hotel
W/ Last Credit, The Fungus, King Dinga & The Green Mitsubishi's [DJ]
8:00pm Botany View Hotel
8:00pm Butchers Brew Bar
8:00pm ICC Sydney Theatre
8:30pm Avalon RSL
9:30pm Dee Why RSL Club
7:00pm Qudos Bank Arena
8:00pm Butchers Brew Bar
8:00pm City Recital Hall
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
8:00pm Metro Theatre
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of their self-titled debut album.
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
7:00pm The Lansdowne
No, your eyes don't deceive you. Reunited to celebrate 25 years of 'Non-Comprehendus'. Turn that shit up!
7:30pm Oxford Art Factory
5:30pm The Estate Camden
W/ Virgin Soldiers, Wicked Smile, Nacarbide (JPN), Alarum, Darker Half, Convent Guilt, Cold Fate, Reaper, Hell Machine, Burnout, Idle Ruin, Svlem, Mages Terror, Shockwave, Fly, Ethereal Realm, Idolatry
6:00pm The Bridge Hotel
7:30pm Brass Monkey
Album launch for 'Road Stars'.
9:30pm ICC Sydney Theatre
7:00pm Oxford Art Factory
7:30pm Paddo RSL
8:00pm Coliseum Theatre
8:00pm Metro Theatre
8:00pm The Lansdowne
8:30pm Liverpool Catholic Club
9:30pm Avalon RSL
9:30pm ICC Sydney Theatre
7:00pm State Theatre
8:00pm Factory Floor @ The Factory
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Performing 'Bossanova' and 'Trompe Le Monde' in their respective entireties.
7:00pm Trocadero Room
'Gomez By Request' show; Ottewell and Ball will play songs from their band's catalogue as voted by attendees.
8:00pm Dee Why RSL Club
W/ St Trio (NPL), Almost Heavn, Yatra, Yogi
8:30pm The Bridge Hotel
9:00pm Manning Bar
Performing their greatest hits.
7:00pm The Vanguard
Full-band show; album launch for 'Separation Rock'.
7:30pm State Theatre
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
8:00pm Caringbah Hotel
Yes, the 'Absolutely (Story Of A Girl)' band.
8:00pm Oxford Art Factory
8:30pm The Bridge Hotel
W/ Gilles Peterson (UK) [DJ], Kirollus (UK) [DJ], Mazzacles [DJ]
7:00pm Enmore Theatre
7:00pm Beer Shed Brewing Co
7:00pm Waywards Ballroom
7:30pm Metro Theatre
Performing their greatest-hits album 'Legend' in its entirety.
First Australian tour in 15 years; performing their self-titled album in full.
8:00pm Selina's @ Coogee Bay Hotel
8:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
8:30pm The Bridge Hotel
3:00pm Bella Vista Hotel
7:00pm Darling Harbour Theatre
7:00pm Enmore Theatre
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
7:00pm UNSW Roundhouse
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
8:00pm City Recital Hall
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Taking place in the Showring of the Entertainment Quarter.
7:00pm Enmore Theatre
8:00pm Oxford Art Factory
9:00pm City Recital Hall
Five-hour 'Detroit Love' set.
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6:30pm Brass Monkey
Single release for ‘Demolition Blues’
7:00pm Hordern Pavilion
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Performing 20 singles from across their 45-year career.
8:00pm Factory Theatre
8:00pm Oxford Art Factory
8:00pm Manning Bar
Celebrating the 30th anniversary of 'Sparkle and Fade' by playing it in its entirety.
8:30pm UNSW Roundhouse
11:00pm OAF Gallery @ Oxford Art Factory
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VISIT MERCH STORE »W/ BLVD Of Eyes (USA), The Midnight Devils (USA), Awaken The Hate, Audio Reign, Wayward Kings, Kodem
12:00pm Simo's Dive (Boat Gig)
6:00pm Lazybones Lounge
6:00pm The Duke of Enmore
6:30pm Caringbah Hotel
Celebrating the 30th anniversary of 'Sparkle and Fade' by playing the album in its entirety.
7:00pm The Vanguard
7:00pm Factory Theatre
8:30pm Oxford Art Factory
7:00pm Hordern Pavilion
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of their debut album 'Employment', performing it in its entirety.
7:30pm Factory Theatre
7:30pm Paddo RSL
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
Performing Skid Row's self-titled debut album in its entirety.
8:00pm The Chippo Hotel
8:00pm Metro Theatre
8:00pm The Lansdowne
7:00pm Enmore Theatre
8:00pm ICC Sydney Theatre
8:00pm Metro Theatre
3:00pm The Vanguard
7:00pm Enmore Theatre
8:00pm Factory Theatre
7:30pm Qudos Bank Arena
7:00pm Enmore Theatre
7:30pm Manning Bar
7:00pm Hordern Pavilion
7:00pm Oxford Art Factory
7:30pm Metro Theatre
W/ Tool (USA), Weezer (USA), Garbage (USA), All Time Low (USA), Machine Head (USA), The All-American Rejects (USA), Knocked Loose (USA), Lorna Shore (USA), Refused (SWE), New Found Glory (USA), Make Them Suffer, Dayseeker (USA), James Reyne, Kublai Khan TX (USA), Cobra Starship (USA), Goldfinger (USA), Tonight Alive, Bad Nerves (UK), Civic, Dead Poet Society (USA), Fever 333 (USA), GWAR (USA), High Vis (UK), Inertia, Palaye Royale (USA), Scene Queen (USA), South Arcade (UK), Wargasm (UK), Windwaker, Yours Truly
12:00pm Sydney Showground
Celebrating 20 years of their debut album 'How To Save A Life'.
7:00pm Mary's Underground
7:30pm Sydney Opera House Forecourt
8:00pm Factory Theatre
8:00pm Qudos Bank Arena
8:00pm Lazybones Lounge
8:00pm The Lansdowne
9:30pm Avalon RSL
new merch available now!
VISIT STORE »W/ sleepmakeswaves, Caspian (USA), Closure in Moscow, Toehider, Anubis, Squat Club, Treebeard, Kodiak Empire, Mowgli, clayhands, Hence Confetti, The Orphaned Bee
1:00pm Manning Bar
8:00pm The Bridge Hotel
9:00pm Qudos Bank Arena
7:30pm Sydney Opera House Forecourt
8:00pm Hordern Pavilion
8:00pm Metro Theatre
9:00pm Qudos Bank Arena
7:00pm The Vanguard
7:00pm Hordern Pavilion
8:00pm Metro Theatre
6:00pm Sydney Opera House Forecourt
Performing their self-titled debut album in full, as well as a second career-spanning set.
7:00pm Enmore Theatre
W/ The Jam Sandwiches, Necko, Ryan Thomas & The Lake Side Band
7:00pm Trocadero Room
7:30pm Accor Stadium
7:30pm UNSW Roundhouse
8:00pm Metro Theatre
8:00pm Beer Shed Brewing Co
11:00am Qudos Bank Arena
4:00pm Qudos Bank Arena
7:30pm Accor Stadium
W/ Lily Guerrero, Atilio Villegas, Valerie Rodriguez, Cesar Marin, Justo Diaz, Sonia Cordero, Alberto Vengoa, Emiliano Richards, Ricardo Cancino
7:30pm Red Rattler
8:00pm Trocadero Room
8:00pm UTS Underground
First show in over a decade from the Sydney metal OGs, revisiting their 2003 album 'Severance', with key members of the 'Severance'-era band line-up.
W/ Cog, ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead (USA), Meniscus, Solkyri, SEIMS, Shanghai, Mushroom Giant, Myriad Drone, Squat Club, Syntax Error, Echotide, Grun
2:00pm Metro Theatre
Taking place across the Metro Theatre and Metro Social.
7:00pm Sydney Opera House Forecourt
7:00pm Enmore Theatre
10:00am ICC Sydney Theatre
Two shows; one at 10am and one at 1pm. Celebrating the modern Wiggles' breakout star Dominic Field, AKA The Tree of Wisdom. Dude's got moves!
7:30pm Allianz Stadium
The first ever headlining stadium show for an Australian electronic artist.
W/ Troy Cassar-Daley, Brake (USA), Marcia Hines, Lorraine O’Reilly (IRL), The Gentlemen Barbers
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
It's true: The former frontman of both Thirty Odd Foot Of Grunt and The Ordinary Fear Of God, and occasional actor, will return to the stage to perform with a series of special guests. Are you not entertained?
8:30pm Marrickville Bowling Club
8:00pm Hordern Pavilion
7:30pm Factory Theatre
The legend goes that Andy 'Falko' Falkous always tours Australia in January so he can watch The Ashes and get paid for it. It's a pretty genius plan, you've got to admit. The new mclusky album 'the world is still here and so are we' is out now.
8:00pm Dee Why RSL Club
8:00pm UTS Underground
7:00pm Carriageworks
7:30pm Paddo RSL
8:00pm Crowbar
Celebrating 35 years of their album 'Blackout in the Red Room'.
8:00pm Qudos Bank Arena
6:00pm State Theatre
7:00pm Hordern Pavilion
8:00pm ICC Sydney Theatre
7:30pm State Theatre
8:00pm UTS Underground
7:00pm Crowbar
7:30pm Metro Theatre
30th anniversary of Hoss, with the album played in full.
8:00pm Lazybones Lounge
W/ Nothing But Thieves (UK), Rainbow Kitten Surprise (USA), Ruby Fields
5:30pm The Domain
7:00pm Enmore Theatre
Playing their breakthrough album 'Wake The Dead' in its entirety to celebrate its 20th anniversary.
8:00pm Crowbar
The former frontman of Exodus and Testament, performing songs from his time in both bands.
8:00pm State Theatre
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
8:00pm Manning Bar
5:00pm Accor Stadium
7:00pm Factory Theatre
5:00pm Accor Stadium
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
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6:30pm Metro Theatre
First Australian tour in nearly 35 years; featuring original members Wendy James (vocals) and Dave Parsons (bass) and new members Alex Ward (Thurston Moore Band) on guitar and James Sclavunos (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds) on drums.
7:00pm Enmore Theatre
7:30pm Qudos Bank Arena
7:30pm Qudos Bank Arena
8:00pm State Theatre
7:30pm Hordern Pavilion
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
8:00pm Crowbar
8:00pm State Theatre
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3:00pm Humph Hall
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
9:00pm Qudos Bank Arena
7:30pm Qudos Bank Arena
7:30pm Qudos Bank Arena
5:00pm ENGIE Stadium
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
7:30pm Qudos Bank Arena
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VISIT MERCH STORE »8:00pm Manning Bar
7:00pm Crowbar
8:00pm The Vanguard
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
8:00pm Enmore Theatre
7:00pm ICC Sydney Theatre
7:00pm ICC Sydney Theatre
7:00pm ICC Sydney Theatre
First Australian tour with original line-up in 26 years.
7:00pm Enmore Theatre
W/ Parkway Drive, Polaris, Northlane, The Butterfly Effect, Make Them Suffer, In Hearts Wake, Belle Haven, Bloom, Chez, Diamond Construct, Future Static, Ocean Sleeper, Reliqa, The Beautiful Monument, The Gloom In The Corner, To The Grave, Windwaker
3:30pm Sydney Harbour
Australia's first three-night metal cruise.
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