Visions of Nar brings a kaleidoscopic ride through Armenian folk, jazz and fresh compositions with a nod to the fiery Armenian goddess of water, sea and rain: Nar.

Zela Margossian - piano
Jeremy Rose - saxophones and bass clarinet
Adem Yilmaz - drums and percussion

From sunset to twilight, in the perfect golden hour, join us at the highest point in Sydney to experience some of Australia’s most compelling musicians perform an immersive and evolving 3-hour set.

Maryam Rahmani is an Iranian-born santur player based in Adelaide. At 12, she started playing this delicate hammered dulcimer with up to 104 strings which dates to 699 BCE. Rahmani’s sound blends contemporary Western influences with the traditional music of her homeland.

An evening of three enthralling improvised sets by three multi-faceted local and international duos:

Venus Observed: Clayton Thomas (bass) + Phoebe Bognár (flutes) 
A duo of dynamic energy, sonic playfulness and honed skills. It is a rare orbit to find them in Australia at the same time!

James Morley (cello) + Mikołaj Rytowski (drums)
Pulsating rhythms and infectious energy, the Basel-based performers give their Australian debut as a duo.

Elizabeth Jigalin (keyboards + objects) + Ellen Kirkwood (trumpet +objects)
Concocting curiosity and stimulating the senses, Liz and Ellen come together to present their sonic playground. 

Join Stephen Adams and the music box project for a showing of performance scenarios and processes developed during a residency at Rex Cramphorn Performance Research Studio. This residency is a testing ground for the composition and preparation of Imaginary Radio Station, a future large-scale performance project.

Stephen Adams is a composer, improvising musician, voice and sound artist with rich experience in radio production and content curation of contemporary classical and experimental music.

Sydney-based the music box project is an award-winning, artist-run collective of musicians presenting creative, community driven and collaborative music experiences consisting of Jane Aubourg, Elizabeth Jigalin, Naomi Johnson, Peter Leung and Joseph Lisk.

Svntax Error are a four piece Sydney guitar band that might strike some as postrock, others as psychedelic and still others as the last outpost of a darker kind of Prog. This all-of-the-above comes from each member bringing their own unique sensibility to the music. Most of their pieces are born out of improvising and letting those disparate influences create friction against each other, which leads to either harsh combustion or new and strange mutations. The music blurs spontaneity with composition, melody with noise, chaos with structure, light with shade. Svntax Error are always an immersive experience.

This Saturday at the The Townie I rant and rave like an absolute lunatic about what the government doesn't want you to know!

𝙀𝙏𝙉𝙊 𝙞𝙨 𝙖 𝙨𝙤𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙗𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙨 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙢 𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙖 𝙞𝙨 𝙝𝙞𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜.

𝘑𝘰𝘴𝘩 𝘚𝘩𝘪𝘱𝘵𝘰𝘯 - 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘳𝘶𝘵𝘩
𝘌𝘭𝘴𝘦𝘯 𝘗𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘦 - 𝘋𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘉𝘢𝘴𝘴
𝘑𝘰𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘙𝘢𝘩𝘮𝘢𝘯 - 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯
𝘈𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘒𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 - 𝘝𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘯
𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘈𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘰𝘯 - 𝘋𝘳𝘶𝘮𝘴

Immerse yourself in an afternoon of stunning original acoustic music and Arabic songs from local composers/musicians Antonio Aguilar, Chloé Charody, Keyna Wilkins, Pavle Cajic, Maissa Alameddine, Chloe Chung and the Solidarity Choir. 100% of proceeds from this concert will do directly to the charity Hearts For Gaza (with no middle people or admin fees), a project based in Northern Gaza who get water, food and gather clothes and supplies for thousands of local people amidst constant bombing and starvation: More Info on Hearts For Gaza Here. On display in the hall before and during the concert will be prints for sale from "Drawn In Gaza", an artists collective based in Gaza with 100% of proceeds going directly to the artists in Gaza: More Info on Drawn In Gaza. 

Hayes Street Studio presents acclaimed musicians, violinist Anna da Silva Chen and cellist James Morley in a virtuosic duo program.

Zoltán Kodály (1882-1967): Duo for violin and cello, Op. 7
Michael Jarrell (1958-): …Nachlese ii… 
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937): Sonata for violin and cello
Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001): Dhipli Zhiya

Ensemble Nobiles (Germany); Sydney Chamber Choir; Sam Allchurch | Conductor

Paul Heller (Germany) Mass
David Hamilton (NZ) Heiliger Geist (Holy Spirit)
Matthew Harris (USA) Morning Prayer
Sandra Milliken (Australia) Herr Jesus Christus (Lord Jesus Christ)
Alec Roth (UK) Die Ruhe der Nacht (The Peace of the Night)
Manfred Schenker (Germany) Von guten Mächten (By Gracious Powers Protected)

Alister Spence Trio (Album Launch - eighth album 'Gather')

Alister Spence (piano, sampler, percussion/preparations)
Lloyd Swanton (double bass)
Toby Hall (drums, glockenspiel)

Spill (DEU)

Magda Mayas (piano and clavinet)
Tony Buck (drums, percussion)
under their shared musical alias that is Spill.

Eminovski / Inman-Hislop

Payge Eminovski is a jazz saxophonist with an extensive classical background.

Drummer Alex Inman-Hislop has a varied musical career which has covered jazz, grindcore/metal, minimalism and electronic-adjacent.

Jo Oh No Jo

Joe Littlefield - Daxophone (that's not a typo)

Joe Manton - GND-1T (synth) 

'Saxophone Sonata' World Premiere + 'Extemporisations'

Though this work has many jazz stylistic inflections in its vocabulary, the sonata is fundamentally a fully notated, through-composed ‘classical’ work in three movements, which are entitled ‘Rhapsody’, ‘Benediction’ and ‘Fiesta’.
​After the twenty minute sonata premiere, the remainder of the one-hour concert will consist of the duo’s return to free extemporisation.

Revered sonic trailblazers and one of Australia’s great cult bands, The Necks, embark on their Australian tour in early 2025 to celebrate the release of their 20th studio album, Bleed.

Chris Abrahams (piano)
Lloyd Swanton (bass)
Tony Buck (drums/percussion)

Described as a “kaiju video game nightmare,” GODSWOUNDS fuse alt-rock, prog, brass and 8-bit video game sounds into something entirely their own. The Sydney-based band celebrates the release of their new album, 'Cheer Up Sunshine', bringing their chaotic, high-energy sound to the stage. 

Terrificus – Chaotic alternative rock laced with electronic grit. 

Hinterlandt – Chamber prog performed live with strings, guitar, and trumpet.

Chloe dedicates the final year of her 20s to a deeply personal and creative journey. Throughout 2025, she will focus each month on learning, growing, and creating, sharing her process through monthly performances.

These performances are RSVP only. To reserve your spot and receive event details, please email chloekim12months@gmail.com

Tim Doubinski (b. 2003) Don’t Drag - PREMIERE

Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976) Les Illuminations, Op. 18 (for Soprano and String Orchestra) (1939)

Arnold Schönberg (1874 - 1951) Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night), Op. 4 (for String Orchestra) (1899/1943)

THE SAGA COLLECTIVE
Gabriel Kerridge, conductor
Ella Briggs, soprano
Andrew Liang, concertmaster

This Goethe Lounge brings together a trio of musicians from the acclaimed Ensemble Musikfabrik (Cologne, Germany) presenting a concert program with new works by Gordon Williamson (Canada/Germany/New Zealand), Dylan Lardelli (Australia/New Zealand) along with works by Australia‘s acclaimed composer Liza Lim.

Performers:
Peter Veale - Oboe
Christine Chapman - Horn
Florentin Ginot - Double Bass

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐛𝐚𝐮𝐝 𝐊𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐥'𝐬 '𝐀𝐫𝐤𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥':
Thibaud Kessell is a pianist and composer with an eclectic interest in art-making. His album Badlands (2020) was a culmination of his experience being immersed in Sydney’s exceptional creative community. Arkangel strips back his usual 9 piece array of strings + jazz sextet down to a quartet. The band features Thomas Avgenicos (trumpet), Jacques Emery (Bass) and Tully Ryan (Drums).

𝐍𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐣𝐮𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐡
Saxophonist Nish Manjunath will perform a selection of compositions with his band.

As one of the most important living musical institutions in the world, the Sun Ra Arkestra has been spreading its Afro-futuristic jazz message for 66 years, continuing the cosmic jazz heritage of the mythical pianist, composer, and electronic music pioneer Sun Ra. Few bands have travelled this far – both cosmically and musically.

“The possible has been tried and failed. Now it’s time to try the impossible.” - Sun Ra. Space is the place!

7th edition of The Blue Hour: an ambient music night exploring texture, atmosphere, and soundscapes through drone, experimental, and ambient performances.

Featuring performances by Nick Calligeros (@nickcagla ), J.WLSN (@j.wlsn_selects ), MP Hopkins, and Megan Alice Clune & Rachel Schenberg (@m.a.c.m.a.c.m.a.c + @rqes ).

If you love ambient, sound art and experimental music, come down and commune with the enchanting sound of these left-field performers.

PULP Magazine will be launching their black and white 19th issue. They've been working hard over the holidays to bring you their baddest issue yet.

Manfredo Lament: Manfredo Lament is a fully improvised, groove-based project led by Kurt Lam on synth and keys, and Gabriel Haslam on drums.

Hinano Fujisaki: Sydney-based saxophonist, improviser, and composer presents ‘home is’ – music written as a thank you to everyone who has made her feel at home. Featuring Jacques Emery on the double bass, Bonnie Stewart on drums and voice and Lauren Tsamouras on the piano. 

Heartholder: Eora/Sydney-based producer and instrumentalist Heartholder steps into a new musical lane while paying homage to boundary-pushing nu jazz and electronic music in Australia and globally.

International jazz duo Guitar Club, Pouya Abdi and Danica Hobden, in a 50 minute set of original music featuring Australian saxophonist Hinano Fujisaki. With mutual interest in original compositions and great curiosity for sound aesthetics, the ensemble explores their unique instrumentation, while honouring the drive of a rhythm section with multiple voices and melodies.

The Living Room Theatre - whose Summer Hill venue will open in late 2025 - performs an evocative vignette from their new work in development, Ostinato. 
Created by Artistic Director Michelle St Anne, Ostinato features the improvising talents of Natalia Ladyko (performer), Jim Denley (saxophone), Daniel Raymond (drums) and Alex Tucker (saxophone).
Follow the performance as it winds through the heart of Summer Hill village... Come feel and be moved.

Venus Observed is Clayton Thomas (bass) and Phoebe Bognár (flutes). A duo of dynamic energy, sonic playfulness and honed skills, Venus Observed present a context-responsive music, engaging audiences and space with flexibility and improvisational skill. Two globally recognised practitioners of their instruments, it is a rare orbit to find them in Australia at the same time.

Tickets: Free, by ballot only

A curious evening of sonic encounters at Stadium Rockdale:

-Jim Denley & Phoebe Bognár - Interwoven flutes, parts of flutes, modifications, voice, bits and bobs.

-Tone Bird - Melanie Herbert & Romy Caen using free frequencies - at times softly embedded in the world and other times bright and chaotic.

-Mikołaj Rytowski - (PL/CH) A solo expedition into electronic and percussive investigations in anticipation for the imminent release of his new album.

𝐀𝐥𝐟 𝐉𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬𝐨𝐧 (𝐓𝐀𝐒):
High-energy drummer Alf Jackson of Reptrillion Culture Club and Dogs of Pleasure plays solo drum kit. Heavily inspired by a lifestyle immersed in nature, Alf draws on patterns expressed in the natural world to inform his rhythmic language.

𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐇𝐨𝐛𝐝𝐞𝐧'𝐬 '𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐠' (𝐃𝐄𝐔/𝐀𝐔𝐒):
Warmbluetig is a modern jazz project based between Sydney and Hamburg.
Danica Hobden - Guitar
Lauren Tsamouras - Piano
Harry Birch - Bass
Chloe Kim - Drums

International jazz duo Guitar Club, Pouya Abdi and Danica Hobden, in a set of original music featuring Australian saxophonist Hinano Fujisaki. 

Dahkkloud Electronic music

JAG improvise and play compositions. The music explores a range of sonic possibilities including textural densities, tension at different volumes and timbral combinations. Melodies and rhythmic archetypes are used as platforms for improvisation.

Gabriella Hill - Tenor Saxophone
Jacques Emery - Double Bass
Alex Tucker - Drums

Piano: Paul McNamara, Bass: Dave Pudney, Drums: Greg Johns, and Special Guest: Sandy Evans, Saxophones

Trio Now is a device. We play with the hearing/listening world of musical sound. With the addition of Sandy’s unique expression this event promises to be a beautiful exploration!

calyx
sydney show - arvo gig @lazythinking__
doors 2pm $15 / pay as you feel

mx-ai
del lumanta
hinano fujisaki & jasper craig-adams

A Titan of Japanese contemporary music, guitarist, composer and sound artist Otomo Yoshihide will perform solo on electric guitar. Yoshihide is an artist and thought leader who’s creativity stretches across many genres and sonic terrains.

Traveling to Australia after a string of performances in Taipei and Japan, Uminari Trio represents the sonic communion between three artists: Morishige Yasumune: bass/cello; Cal Lyall: guitar/banjo; James Hulllick: prepared piano.

Noise Scavengers is a sound art ensemble including artists living with neurodiversities. Noise Scavengers are excited to be collaborating with acclaimed Japanese vocalist, composer, and artistic director, Tomomi Adachi. Together the artists will perform the structured improvised work “Teliovox”.

Worlds Within Worlds presents an evening of Indian classical music with highly acclaimed vocalist Indrani Mukherjee. A highly acclaimed vocalist of the Rampur-Kirana gharana, she is known for her mellifluous and charismatic voice.

Indrani ji will be accompanied by Vinay Mishra on harmonium, and Apurba Mukherjee on tabla.

Fine experimentalists in their own right, Sia Ahmad and Bree van Reyk bring their friendship into a first time collaboration, exploring their shared Belconnen teenhood and personal connections with faith to chants and meditations to share as an intimate experience with others.

Tickets: Free, by ballot only

Page of Madness (1926) by Teinosuke Kinugasa with original music by Phillip Johnston reflecting the film’s experimental techniques which invoke both surrealism and German Expressionism.

The feature film will be preceded by a short: Bhanu Pratap’s graphic short story "Big Head Pointy Nose" (2023).

Phillip Johnston: alto saxophone; Daryl Pratt: vibraphone; Chris Abrahams: piano; Lloyd Swanton: bass.

The SCM New Music Ensemble, conducted by Benjamin Northey, presents:

Anna Clyne (b. 1980) Fractured Time
Melody Eötvös (b. 1984) The King in Yello
Sarah Kirkland Snider (b. 1973) O Sweet and Beloved Mother
Lachlan Skipworth (b. 1982)* The Crossing
Nina Shekhar Turn Your Feet Around

Melbourne based flautist and composer Johanna Selleck teams up with one of Sydney’s keyboard legends Sumiko Yamamura in a JS Bach Flute Sonata to coincide with his 340th birthday and they will also premiere four new Australian works that all include a ‘hint’ of Bach. Thrilled that Richard Rourke and Sumiko will also perform two new Australian works and the Sonata by Leonard Bernstein, a work that is quite romantic at times and also channels jazz idioms.  TICKETS AT THE DOOR ONLY.

Chloe dedicates the final year of her 20s to a deeply personal and creative journey. Throughout 2025, she will focus each month on learning, growing, and creating, sharing her process through monthly performances.

These performances are RSVP only. To reserve your spot and receive event details, please email chloekim12months@gmail.com

Chan/Bass

Hayley Chan - drums

Josh Shipton - bass

The Dunning Krueger Experience

Josh Shipton - guitar, bass

Mike Kennett - guitar, piano

Magic Music is a compelling meeting of Jazz, Japanese and Iranian music, featuring four innovative musicians, as they celebrate friendship and the magical power of spontaneous musical dialogue.

Satsuki Odamura, Koto and Shamisen
Sohrab Kolahdooz, Vocalist and percussion virtuoso
Steve Elphick, double bass
Sandy Evans, saxophones

Tickets: Free, by ballot only

Air Mass is a new electroacoustic performance piece by award-winning saxophonist Nick Russoniello. This work invites performers and listeners to engage deeply with the present moment; the shared air mass that surrounds them. Exploring an intersection between performance art and the traditional concert experience, Air Mass draws on audience-generated soundscapes, live-looping, body percussion and physical gesture.

Nick Russoniello is a highly accomplished and dynamic saxophonist, composer, ensemble leader and educator.

Scattered Order (Launch of New Album CONTINUE)

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Helvetica Noise - a writer, a musician & a noise artist fusing improvisation, procedure, experimentation & composition to create unfolding soundscapes. Moments in time that you’ll never hear the same way twice. As fleeting as moths under streetlights.

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Cutting-edge technology meets extreme virtuosity when London based ‘cyborg pianist’ Zubin Kanga joins Ensemble Offspring at ACO on the Pier.

TRISTAN COELHO Hot Take* (2024)
AMANDA COLE Dream Garden* (2024)
ZUBIN KANGA From the Machine* (2024)
BRIGITTA MUNTENDORF New work* (2024)
ANNA MEREDITH Bumps Per Minute – selections from 18 Studies for Dodgems (2021, arr. Jessica Wells 2023)

Jasmine Guffond is an artist and composer working at the interface of social, political and technical infrastructures. Her practice spans live performance, recording, sound installation and custom made browser add-on. Through the sonification of data she addresses the potential of sound to engage with contemporary political questions and engages listening as a situated knowledge practice.

Chloe dedicates the final year of her 20s to a deeply personal and creative journey. Throughout 2025, she will focus each month on learning, growing, and creating, sharing her process through monthly performances.

These performances are RSVP only. To reserve your spot and receive event details, please email chloekim12months@gmail.com

Chloe dedicates the final year of her 20s to a deeply personal and creative journey. Throughout 2025, she will focus each month on learning, growing, and creating, sharing her process through monthly performances.

These performances are RSVP only. To reserve your spot and receive event details, please email chloekim12months@gmail.com

100clicksWest is both proud and honoured to bring two of Australia’s most innovative improvising performers together for the first time, in a combined live set featuring the sounds of voice and flutes.

Sonya Holowell is a Dharawal and Inuk vocalist, composer, writer and researcher.

Jim Denley is an improvising flutist and saxophonist who has developed a unique language over many decades.

Chloe dedicates the final year of her 20s to a deeply personal and creative journey. Throughout 2025, she will focus each month on learning, growing, and creating, sharing her process through monthly performances.

These performances are RSVP only. To reserve your spot and receive event details, please email chloekim12months@gmail.com

Chloe dedicates the final year of her 20s to a deeply personal and creative journey. Throughout 2025, she will focus each month on learning, growing, and creating, sharing her process through monthly performances.

These performances are RSVP only. To reserve your spot and receive event details, please email chloekim12months@gmail.com

Chloe dedicates the final year of her 20s to a deeply personal and creative journey. Throughout 2025, she will focus each month on learning, growing, and creating, sharing her process through monthly performances.

These performances are RSVP only. To reserve your spot and receive event details, please email chloekim12months@gmail.com

Chloe dedicates the final year of her 20s to a deeply personal and creative journey. Throughout 2025, she will focus each month on learning, growing, and creating, sharing her process through monthly performances.

These performances are RSVP only. To reserve your spot and receive event details, please email chloekim12months@gmail.com

Chloe dedicates the final year of her 20s to a deeply personal and creative journey. Throughout 2025, she will focus each month on learning, growing, and creating, sharing her process through monthly performances.

These performances are RSVP only. To reserve your spot and receive event details, please email chloekim12months@gmail.com

Chloe dedicates the final year of her 20s to a deeply personal and creative journey. Throughout 2025, she will focus each month on learning, growing, and creating, sharing her process through monthly performances.

These performances are RSVP only. To reserve your spot and receive event details, please email chloekim12months@gmail.com

Chloe dedicates the final year of her 20s to a deeply personal and creative journey. Throughout 2025, she will focus each month on learning, growing, and creating, sharing her process through monthly performances.

These performances are RSVP only. To reserve your spot and receive event details, please email chloekim12months@gmail.com