Gary Warner 'sound | drawing'
Jun
6
to Jul 5

Gary Warner 'sound | drawing'

Solo exhibition of studio drawings, new site-specific sound drawings and a panoramic drawing, spanning the SLOT Window space visible from the street 24 hours a day.

Opening is on Saturday, 7 June 2025, 4-6 pm

Gary will be sitting the space on Fridays and Saturdays, and creating sonic events each Saturday, 4-6 pm to capture the analogue sounds of the sound drawings into various modular synth assemblies to create long-form ambient undercurrents in the space.

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Ensemble Offspring: Divine Darkness
Jul
3
6:30 PM18:30

Ensemble Offspring: Divine Darkness

ANNA THORVALDSDOTTIR Entropic Arrows (2020)
JANE SHELDON Come, dark sigh* (2024)
DAVID T. LITTLE Ghostlight (2015)
DANIELA TERRANOVA Rainbow Dust in the Sky (2018)
LISA ILLEAN Cantor (after Willa Cather) (2017)

Jack Symonds conductor, Jane Sheldon soprano, Claire Edwardes percussion, Lamorna Nightingale flutes, Jason Noble clarinet, Véronique Serret violin, Victoria Bihun violin, Henry Justo viola, Blair Harris cello, Benjamin Ward double bass, Ronan Apcar piano, Ben Carey sound, Peachey & Mosig video

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Szináta - Emily-Rose Sharkova and Trevor Brown
Jul
3
8:00 PM20:00

Szináta - Emily-Rose Sharkova and Trevor Brown

Szináta unveils a musical odyssey drenched in the enigmatic embrace of shadow, the resonant cadence of sound, and the haunting allure of crows. In a world that intricately weaves the complexities of neo-modernist sensibilities and daring auditory experiments, Emily-Rose Sharkova and Trevor Brown forge a fusion of wind instruments, piano strings, and the esoteric realm of color theories, giving birth to an intricate tapestry of real-time compositions.

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Sax & Piano - Justinn Lu & Peter de Jager
Jul
4
6:30 PM18:30

Sax & Piano - Justinn Lu & Peter de Jager

Filipino-Australian saxophonist Justinn Lu returns to his hometown after six years of study at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music to present a full-length recital with acclaimed pianist Peter de Jager.

Henri TOMASI – Ballade
Erwin SCHULHOFF – Hot Sonate
Sho OIE – Rhapsodie
Piet SWERTS – Klonos
Paul HINDEMITH – Sonata Op. 11 No. 4 (arr. Jason Ji)

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Rockdale Experiments #4 (3+3)
Jul
4
7:30 PM19:30

Rockdale Experiments #4 (3+3)

Rockdale Experiments and Stadium Rockdale are thrilled to present the Sydney debut of celebrated guzheng player Zhuyang Liu playing in a trio with two of Sydney’s finest young musicians. Opening the evening will be another new trio. 

Zhuyang Liu (guzheng) / Hayley Chan (drums) / Hinano Fujisaki (tenor saxophone)  
 +  
Fedorovitch (bass guitar) / Jones (drums) / Powrie (synth, flute)  

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Hamed Sadeghi with Sohrab Kolahdooz
Jul
4
8:00 PM20:00

Hamed Sadeghi with Sohrab Kolahdooz

Hamed Sadeghi is an Iranian-born tar player and composer based on Gadigal land (Sydney). Trained as a Persian classical musician in Tehran, Hamed’s haunting compositions give you a taste of his cherished culture.

Sohrab Kolahdooz is a versatile percussionist, educator, and music advocate with a deep passion for rhythm, drawing from diverse musical traditions.

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Sydney Chamber Choir - 50th Anniversary Gala
Jul
5
3:00 PM15:00

Sydney Chamber Choir - 50th Anniversary Gala

Celebrate the beauty and the thrill of new music in this gala concert, as we give the world premiere performances of five pieces and then experience the emotional power of Paul Stanhope’s groundbreaking and award-winning re-imagining of the Requiem mass.

Luke Byrne Song (World premiere)
Anne Cawrse The Greatest of These (World premiere)
Meta Cohen Meteora (World premiere)
Nardi Simpson Dharriwa – Narran Lakes Dreaming (World premiere)
Paul Stanhope We might be fifty (World premiere); Requiem

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Fabels and Scattered Order
Jul
5
7:00 PM19:00

Fabels and Scattered Order

Fabels and Scattered Order are performing together at the wonderful Alpha Gallery in Newtown, it’s the 1st time they have played together at the gallery for a long time and its always a special night, it also will be a closing night celebration of Hiske Weijers Art Exhibition. THE LIVING SCIENCE Dept will be doing amazing visuals as well, a night not to be missed.
donations at the Door.

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SYDNEY MICROFEST 7
Jul
6
2:00 PM14:00

SYDNEY MICROFEST 7

Concert 1, 2pm
1. Clocks & Clouds Landscapes and Contours Kraig Grady & Terumi Narushima
2. Praveen Venkataramana Reflection III Greg van der Struik - trombone, Michael Hugh Dixon - horn
3. Michael Hugh Dixon Door of Many Mysteries - Reopened Wendy Dixon - soprano, Greg van der Struik - trombone, Michael Hugh Dixon - horn
4. Rohan Drape Fields Keyboard & electronics
5. Michael Hugh Dixon This Need Not Be - A Deepening Peter Leung - alto saxophone
6. Warren Burt Not a Clue Computer generated sounds

Concert 2, 4:30pm
1. Perfect Cents Ensemble Perfectly Censual Music Amanda Cole - lumatone, Alicia Crossley - recorder, Naomi Johnson - flute, Jared Underwood - Partch Diamond
2. Michael Hugh Dixon Rejoin Kathryn Bennetts - tenor recorder
3. Matthias Sebastian Krüger Mikrotonale Etüde 8 - Residual Kathryn Bennetts - tenor recorder, Michael Hugh Dixon- horn
4. Greg Schiemer AYU Live electronics
5. Behzad Ansari Inimitable Set Avaye Rood Ensemble

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Moin (UK)
Jul
8
8:00 PM20:00

Moin (UK)

Omniversal Hum presents the highly anticipated debut Australian performance from the enigmatic London based band Moin, featuring Tom Halstead and Joe Andrews of the electronic outfit Raime, alongside visionary percussionist Valentina Magaletti.

Support comes from local sound adventurists Worlds Only, Alister Hill (guitar), Darren Lesaguis (spoken word), Jenny Trinh AKA Wytchings (electronics/vocals), Justin Tam AKA Tzekin (saxophone), Reginald Harris (bass) and Thomas William Smith AKA T. Morimoto (electronics). 

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Wilbur Whitta (solo) + Keyna Wilkins EPHEMERA Quartet
Jul
8
8:00 PM20:00

Wilbur Whitta (solo) + Keyna Wilkins EPHEMERA Quartet

Ephemera: a musical exploration of celestial landscapes such as pulsars, craters, planetary atmospheres, stars, sun and void. Merging the sound worlds of jazz and contemporary classical, and set to real space sounds and projections, it is a unique sonic experience. Led by Keyna Wilkins (compositions, flute, piano) with Elsen Price (double bass), Will Gilbert (trumpet) and Jodie Michael (drumset).

Gadigal (Sydney) based pianist and composer Wilbur Whitta presents a new set of improvised music for piano and organ. Inspired by the likes of Craig Taborn, Cory Smythe and Kit Downes, the set will see Wilbur free-soloing between both instruments, navigating in the moment to find new paths up the mountain.

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Goethe Lounge: Women's Labor
Jul
9
6:00 PM18:00

Goethe Lounge: Women's Labor

A family-friendly event, Women's Labor: Housework Commons is an interactive installation and performance that transforms domestic tools into musical instruments using machine learning and embedded sensor technologies. The artists - Jocelyn Ho, Sofy Yuditskaya and Margaret Anne Schedel - invite audiences to play custom-built musical instruments that are repurposed housework tools, to make interactive, collective music.

Housework Commons reimagines domestic labor—traditionally confined to the private sphere—as a public, communal creative act, challenging gender inequality in housework division. Housework Commons consists of three custom-built instruments: Embedded Iron, Rheostat Rotary Rack, and Embroidery Hoop. Ho, Schedel, and Yuditskaya are sound artists based in Australia, USA, and France.

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The Blue Hour #11
Jul
9
7:00 PM19:00

The Blue Hour #11

On July 9th at Lazy Thinking (@lazythinking__ ) catch the 11th edition of The Blue Hour: an ambient music night exploring texture, atmosphere, and soundscapes through experimental and ambient performances.

Featuring performances by Penelope Trappes (@penelopetrappes ), Handclap (@handclap ) and LMDZ (DJ) (@lukemdezilva ).

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

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Miles Thomas: You Are Here
Jul
10
7:00 PM19:00

Miles Thomas: You Are Here

Sydney-based musician, engineer, composer and producer, Miles Thomas presents their new work You Are Here - guided improvisations for sextet.

Miles Thomas - drums
Matt Keegan - tenor saxophone
Brendan Clark - bass guitar
Novak Manojlovic - piano
Peter Farrar - alto saxophone
Simon Ferenci - Trumpet

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SYDNEY EXPERIMENTAL
Jul
11
7:00 PM19:00

SYDNEY EXPERIMENTAL

An evening of boundary defying film and musical performance, Sydney Experimental invites audiences to engage with works that challenge form, narrative, and perception. Showcasing emerging and established artists, this curated program explores the evolving language of experimental art in a contemporary context.

The night will be split in 2, starting off with 4 musicians, then an intermission, and then a pack of short films.

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Grasps + Marcus Whale
Jul
12
8:00 PM20:00

Grasps + Marcus Whale

On the back of their starry-eyed, doom-laden 2024 albums When Will You Be Here Again? (Grasps) and Ecstasy (Marcus Whale), these two Gadigal/Wangal-based night owls will join forces to commemorate the release of a split CD-R of new music out on BLUE VOID with an evening of cinematic performances spilling out from the dark cabaret bosom of The Vanguard stage and into the audience. Come down early for a live set of divine electronics from special guests Heart Armour. Stay late for a rare b2b DJ set from Grasps & Marcus Whale.

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Phillip Johnston quartet live soundtrack to "The Adventures of Prince Achmed"
Jul
13
7:00 PM19:00

Phillip Johnston quartet live soundtrack to "The Adventures of Prince Achmed"

After the overwhelming response to our first venture into film screenings with a live score last year, the People's Republic is thrilled to welcome back one of the world's great silent film composers with another extraordinary quartet to play his score to a silent film masterpiece from the 1920s...

THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED (1926)

Phillip Johnston: alto saxophone, composition
James Greening: trombone
Alister Spence: keyboards
Casey Golden: keyboards

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Parallels 2 - SAM GILL & JOSEPH FRANKLIN // CLAYTON THOMAS & FREYA SCHACK-ARNOTT
Jul
13
8:00 PM20:00

Parallels 2 - SAM GILL & JOSEPH FRANKLIN // CLAYTON THOMAS & FREYA SCHACK-ARNOTT

Parallels is a series of improvised duo gigs curated by saxophonist Sam Gill, each presenting two duos and culminating in an all-in quartet set. For the second edition, we'll be immersed in the richness of strings and winds in two exciting duo projects.

SAM GILL & JOSEPH FRANKLIN
Sam Gill - saxophones
Joseph Franklin - semi-hollow bass guitar

CLAYTON THOMAS & FREYA SCHACK-ARNOTT
Clayton Thomas - double bass
Freya Schack-Arnott - cello

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Evans Robson Quartet
Jul
17
8:00 PM20:00

Evans Robson Quartet

Experience an electrifying night of contemporary jazz led by two of Australia’s most acclaimed saxophonists.

Sandy Evans - tenor and soprano saxophone
Andrew Robson - alto and baritone saxophone, recorder
Brett Hirst - bass
Hamish Stuart – drums, percussion, tin whistle

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Pianist Joseph Havlat at Hayes
Jul
18
7:00 PM19:00

Pianist Joseph Havlat at Hayes

Hayes Street Studio is thrilled to present pianist and composer Joseph Havlat in a rare recital that features a newly composed works by Australian composer Lisa Illean: her piano Sonata in ten parts.  Alongside this work, Joseph will perform a section from Bent Sørensen's "12 Nocturnes". 

Lisa Illean: Sonata in ten parts
Bent Sørensen: 
12 Nocturnes

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Hindustani Raga Music
Jul
18
8:00 PM20:00

Hindustani Raga Music

Ustad Irfan Khansahib is the highly renowned scion of the Lucknow Shahjahanpur lineage of sarod players. Representing more than 10 generations of court musicians/ international performers, composers and teachers, he has inherited an enormous repertoire of traditional material from his forefathers. Based in Kolkata he has toured the world many times to critical acclaim.

Bobby Singh is a highly experienced accompanist on tabla to many of the leading artists of Hindustani Music. As a leading disciple of Pandit Aneesh Pradhan, Bobby is beautifully trained in the art of accompaniment and creates a beautiful space for his fellow musician to flourish and connect with audiences.

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Bukhu & Nosh: A Fusion of Worlds
Jul
19
8:00 PM20:00

Bukhu & Nosh: A Fusion of Worlds

Bukhu - Khuumii (Harmonic overtone throat singing) and Morin Khuur (Horsehead fiddle)
Nosh Mistry - Electronic composition
Together, Bukhu and Nosh forge a unique musical dialogue. The duo creates rich, expansive soundscapes that can be at once meditative and electrifying, grounding the listener in a deep sense of history while simultaneously propelling them into the future of sound. Their music defies categorization, drawing from world music, experimental electronic, and contemporary classical influences, resulting in a sound that is uniquely their own.

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Chloe Kim -  𝟏𝟐 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 -  July
Jul
26
6:00 PM18:00

Chloe Kim - 𝟏𝟐 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 - July

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

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Reflections of Home
Jul
26
7:30 PM19:30

Reflections of Home

Echoes of ancient landscapes, resonate with the spirit of the land that has witnessed millennia. "Reflections from Home" is a testament to the enduring connection between First Nations people and the landscapes that have shaped their stories. Experience a night woven with threads of land, memory, and resilience, in an artistic tapestry that invites you to delve into the depths of First Nations' connections with home and heritage through the transformative power of the arts.

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Parallels 3 - SAM GILL & CHRIS ABRAHAMS // MONICA BROOKS & CLARE COOPER
Jul
27
8:00 PM20:00

Parallels 3 - SAM GILL & CHRIS ABRAHAMS // MONICA BROOKS & CLARE COOPER

Parallels is a series of improvised duo gigs curated by saxophonist Sam Gill, each presenting two duos and culminating in an all-in quartet set. For the third edition, we'll hear rich textural explorations from two sonically diverse duos.

SAM GILL & CHRIS ABRAHAMS
Sam Gill - saxophones
Chris Abrahams - piano

MONICA BROOKS & CLARE COOPER
Monica Brooks - piano/accordion
Clare Cooper - guzheng/harp

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Jazz:NOW - CURRENT[s]
Jul
30
7:00 PM19:00

Jazz:NOW - CURRENT[s]

Theo Carbo; guitar, Hilary Geddes; guitar

THE WELLSPRING - Jacques Emery; bass, guitar, percussion, Thomas Avgenicos; Trumpet, Imogen Cygler; Violin, Voice, Roshan Kumarage; Accordion, Hilary Geddes; Acoustic and electric guitars, Theo Carbo; Acoustic and electric guitars, Chloe Kim; Percussion

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Jane Sheldon: Flowermuscle
Jul
31
7:00 PM19:00

Jane Sheldon: Flowermuscle

Jane's 2022 album ‘I am tree, I am a mouth’ was listed on the New Yorker's Notable Recordings of that year, alongside the Berlin Radio Symphony and Björk. Her follow-up release, ‘Flowermuscle’, comes out June 27, and she's been working with brilliant audio artist and frequent collaborator Bob Scott to create a surround sound performance for Phoenix.

With an international reputation for highly specialised contemporary opera and art music for voice, Jane's own music shows the influence of the avant garde. Described as “riveting” (New York Times) and “gripping and expressive” (Financial Times), Jane’s work focuses on the experience of altered or transformative states of being.

Tickets: Free, by ballot only
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Shakti Spirit
Aug
2
7:00 PM19:00

Shakti Spirit

Sandy Evans: Saxophones, composer
Renowned Indian Jazz ensemble Shakti Spirit celebrate female creativity through the shared joy of improvised music-making. This ensemble transcends music, offering a experience of cultural exchange.

Nadhamuni Gayatri Bharath: Voice, composer
Jess Green: Guitar
Pirashanna Thevarajah: Mridangam and other percussion
Prahlad Iyer: Ghatam and other percussion

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Music For Change x Lazy Thinking - Dahnoun Mutual Aid Fundraiser
Aug
3
2:00 PM14:00

Music For Change x Lazy Thinking - Dahnoun Mutual Aid Fundraiser

Music For Change team up once again with Lazy Thinking to bring you an afternoon of leftfield, eclectic and downtempo electronic music. 100% of profits from pre-sale tickets and door sales are being donated to Dahnoun Mututal Aid, a group of grassroots Gazawi organizers working to provide life-sustaining aid in Gaza. 

E Davd (Live) [Pure Space/Music For Change] - https://soundcloud.com/edavd
Suzu [Ear Contact] - https://soundcloud.com/suzu_who
Ulia [Undisclosed] - https://soundcloud.com/uliatechno
Lovefromsoph [Syllabus Recordings] - https://soundcloud.com/lovefromsoph
Andrew Wowk [2SER/Music For Change] - https://soundcloud.com/andrew-wowk

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vacuus rituale
Aug
3
7:00 PM19:00

vacuus rituale

  • The Little Lost Bookshop, Katoomba (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Society of Cutting Up Men - A bad omen of primordial darkness that has lost her way and ended up in this so-called dimension. https://www.instagram.com/scum.noise/

Mx Robert Frost - A wizard who lives in the mountains, exploring the way sounds interact with perception to allow changed mental states. https://www.instagram.com/mxrobertfrost/

Atavus Infectum - Self-appointed Summoner-in-Chief of the Blue Mountains Void Observance League Inc. Aural histories of the void and observances to the old gods. https://www.instagram.com/atavusinfectum/

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BELIEVE!  Debut CD Launch
Aug
9
7:00 PM19:00

BELIEVE! Debut CD Launch

Fully Acoustic Debut CD Launch for Sydney's Finest Improvising Quartet

BELIEVE
Peter Farrar, saxophones and percussion
Novak Manojlovic, piano and percussion
Clayton Thomas, double bass and percussion
Laurence Pike, drums and percussion

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Bree van Reyk, Niki Johnson, Hayley Chan
Aug
9
8:00 PM20:00

Bree van Reyk, Niki Johnson, Hayley Chan

Planks & Percussion: a series of works composed by three drummer/percussionists.

Inspired by found objects, knick-knacks, and planks of wood, performer-composers Bree van Reyk, Niki Johnson, and Hayley Chan unite to present three original compositions. Building on their debut performance of van Reyk’s A Series of States at the Art Gallery of NSW, their appearance at Local Edition deepens their exploration of guided improvisation, sonic environments, and evocations of the natural world—revealing the vast textures and terrains that can emerge from a percussion ensemble.

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Souvenirs of Home - Hourglass Ensemble
Aug
10
2:30 PM14:30

Souvenirs of Home - Hourglass Ensemble

Johannes Brahms - Trio for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano
Sally Greenaway – Piano Trio “Le Parc Monceau”
Michael Torke – Telephone Book
Alice Chance - Inhalations
Heitor Villa-Lobos – Jet Whistle
Oliver Muller - Petrie Creek Road (world premiere*) for flute, clarinet, and piano
Amanda Harberg – Court Dances

Ewa Kowalski - Flutes, Andrew Kennedy - Clarinets/artistic director, Anna Rutkowska - Piano, Dan Russell - Violin, Robert Jackson - Cello, Oliver Muller - Composer

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AVÉ: Thought is Surrounded by a Halo
Aug
10
2:30 PM14:30

AVÉ: Thought is Surrounded by a Halo

AVÉ (Australian Vocal Ensemble) presents Gwen Harwood’s poetry brought to life in new works by Australian composers for AVÉ, blending text and voice in an intimate exploration of thought, memory, and song.

Andrew O’Connor/Gwen Harwood Thought is Surrounded by a Halo
Kevin Barker/Gwen Harwood A Little Night Music  
Joseph Twist/Gwen Harwood Refugee 
Anne Cawrse/Gwen Harwood Beyond all words 
Perry Joyce/Gwen Harwood My father’s gun 
Stephen Leek/Gwen Harwood Light to Stone
Paul Stanhope/Gwen Harwood Triste
Thomas Green/Gwen Harwood Last Meeting
Elena Kats-Chernin/Gwen Harwood The Wound
Sally Whitwell/Gwen Harwood Halo

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Synthetic Compositions: Music Made From Artificial DNA Sequences
Aug
12
7:00 PM19:00

Synthetic Compositions: Music Made From Artificial DNA Sequences

When genetic code becomes melody, musicians and science data collide in a beautiful experiment where musicians shape the chaos of genes into music.

Mark Temple - Science and Music concept, Drums, Paul Smith - Piano, Mike Anderson - Guitar, Paul Scott - Bass, The DNA Sequence - Synthesisers, String or Wind Instruments

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Lost Birds
Aug
16
2:30 PM14:30

Lost Birds

Christopher TIN The Lost Birds: An Extinction Elegy
Joseph TWIST Timeless Land: An Australian Song Cycle
Nardi SIMPSON New work†
Joanna FORBES L’ESTRANGE A Season to Sing: Autumn and Winter*

Brett Weymark conductor
Chamber Singers
Sydney Philharmonia Ensemble

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The University of Melbourne Wind Symphony
Aug
23
7:30 PM19:30

The University of Melbourne Wind Symphony

  • Sydney Conservatorium of Music (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Jackie Hartenberger, conductor

Paul Hindemith - Symphony in B-flat
Catherine Likhuta - Sure-Fire, Concerto for Horn and Wind Ensemble (Carla Blackwood, horn soloist)
Melody Eötvös - Hun Tur
Dances of Old Sydney Suite I.The Australian Volunteer Galop - Miss E.C. Wilson, arr. Will Hartley-Keane, II.The Twofold Bat Waltzes - Georgina Isabella Keon, arr. Mieke Florisson, III.Currency Lasses - Tempest Margaret Paul, arr. Hayden Taylor
Kevin Day - Concerto for Wind Ensemble

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Music as Play: Toy Instruments on the Concert Stage
Aug
24
3:00 PM15:00

Music as Play: Toy Instruments on the Concert Stage

Italian toy piano and toy instrument specialist Antonietta Loffredo will perform a variety of contemporary and classical works by Australian and International composers in this one-of-a-kind recital dedicated to musical toys.

Antonietta will be joined by Diana Blom, Alana Blackburn, and Paul Smith. The evening will culminate in the rarely performed Toy Symphony by Josef Haydn.

Works by Diana Blom, Paul Smith, Gian Paolo Luppi, Michael Hannan, and Stephen Montague.

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Maryam Rahmani
Aug
28
7:00 PM19:00

Maryam Rahmani

Maryam Rahmani, David Moran, and Sebastian Collen come together in a unique collaboration that bridges Persian classical music, experimental composition, and contemporary Western performance. Rooted in Maryam’s Iranian heritage and mastery of the Santur, the trio explores rich sonic landscapes shaped by David’s virtuosic cello performance and Seb’s conceptual compositions.

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Inner West Jazz Fest
Aug
29
to Aug 30

Inner West Jazz Fest

  • Annandale Creative Arts Centre (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Friday August 29, 2025

HEAPS GRASS - Ebony Tait - Voice/Keys; Lachie Mills - Guitar; Jack Rosenzweig - Drums

HINANO FUJISAKI / SIMON BARKER TYMBAL ECHOES - Hinano Fujisaki - Tenor Saxophone; Simon Barker - Drums 

LAURENCE PIKE HALLUCINATIONS - Laurence Pike - Drums/Electronics; Ken Allars - Trumpet; Jack Stoneham - Alto Saxophone; Novak Manojlovic - Piano

MIROSLAV BUKOVSKY & STRINGS - Miroslav Bukovsky - Trumpet; Phillipa Murphy-Haste - Viola; Lily Innis - Cello; Clayton Thomas - Double Bass

DOGS OF PLEASURE (TAS) - Julius Schwing - Guitar; Alf Jackson - Drums

Saturday August 30, 2025

JACK STONEHAM’S WALK - Jack Stoneham - Alto Saxophone; Toby Graham - Voice; Tbc - Electric Guitar; Linus Foley - Wurlitzer; Jacques Emery - Electric Bass; Ashley Stoneham - Drums

HELEN SVOBODA SOLO (VIC) - Helen Svoboda - Double Bass/Voice 

LEAH BARRY SINGS MIKE NOCK (w/ Mike Nock) - Leah Barry - Voice; Mike Nock - Piano

GABRIELLA HILL/JACQUES EMERY/ALEX TUCKER - Gabriella Hill - Tenor Saxophone; Jacques Emery - Bass; Alex Tucker - Drums 

NOVAK MANOJLOVIC; THE CEREMONY - Novak Manojlovic, bandleader; Yutaro Okuda, guitar; Billy Ward, alto saxophone; Peter Farrar, alto saxophone; Dave Reglar, tenor saxophone; Max Alduca, double bass; Alex Raupach, piano; Miles Thomas, percussion

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Potpourri Piano
Aug
30
8:00 PM20:00

Potpourri Piano

Pianist Rob Hao performs a programme of Romantic and contemporary piano music.

Michael Finnissy - Tenth Political Agenda *(World premiere)
Dominic Flynn - The Delacourt Bucket
Kaija Saariaho - Ballade
Claude Debussy - 'Pagodes' and 'La soirée dans Grenade' from Estampes
Claude Vivier - Shiraz
Michael Finnissy - Midsummer morn, from English country-tunes
Frederic Chopin - Two Nocturnes op 62

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Gary Daley & Sandy Evans Duo
Aug
30
8:00 PM20:00

Gary Daley & Sandy Evans Duo

This performance will feature original compositions which draw on multiple musical styles including jazz, world and classical music. The program will also feature deep dives into the world of free improvisation. Virtuoso instrumentalists on reeds, piano accordion and piano.

Sandy Evans is an internationally renowned saxophonist, composer, music researcher and teacher with a passion for improvisation and new music.

Gary Daley is a highly regarded Australian composer, pianist, accordionist and teacher from Springwood in the Blue Mountains.

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Chloe Kim -  𝟏𝟐 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 -  August
Aug
31
6:00 PM18:00

Chloe Kim - 𝟏𝟐 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 - August

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

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Parallels 4 - SAM GILL & PHILLIPPA MURPHY-HASTE // PAUL CUTLAN & ANDREW ROBSON
Aug
31
8:00 PM20:00

Parallels 4 - SAM GILL & PHILLIPPA MURPHY-HASTE // PAUL CUTLAN & ANDREW ROBSON

Parallels is a series of improvised duo gigs curated by saxophonist Sam Gill, each presenting two duos and culminating in an all-in quartet set. For the fourth and final edition, the focus is on woodwinds and will feature four of Australia's most acclaimed improvising reeds players.

SAM GILL & PHILLIPPA MURPHY-HASTE
Sam Gill - saxophones
Phillippa Murphy-Haste - clarinets & viola

PAUL CUTLAN & ANDREW ROBSON
Paul Cutlan - saxophones & clarinets
Andrew Robson - saxophones

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Chloe Kim -  𝟏𝟐 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 -  September
Sep
30
6:00 PM18:00

Chloe Kim - 𝟏𝟐 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 - September

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

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Entangled Labours
Oct
10
7:30 PM19:30

Entangled Labours

Who gets to make art in Australia, and on what terms? Entangled Labours looks at the rich lives and experiences of working-class people in so-called Sydney. Including the premiere of a new film by the Class Actions Collective about the selling off of social housing in Redfern; a drag performance set in Mount Druitt; hip-hop spoken word; a performance with a brass band; and a ‘laboured’ action using amplified shovels. By showing the unique ways working-class people create, Entangled Labours asks us to think about the systems that decide who gets to make art, and the poetry that takes place in-between.

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Unbound
Oct
31
7:30 PM19:30

Unbound

  • East Sydney Community and Arts Centre (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

"Unbound" defies artistic boundaries, presenting a night of profound personal expression. Witness Ria Andriani's soul-stirring vocals performing Molly Joyce's compositions, followed by Melanie Eden's experimental fusion of vocals and accordion, where spiritual depth meets powerful social advocacy. Sonnet Curé, drawing from their "Headliners" experience, unveils a new experimental work, channeling their lived experience of deafness. Together, these artists offer an evening of transformative art, pushing beyond expectations.

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Chloe Kim -  𝟏𝟐 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 -  October
Nov
1
6:00 PM18:00

Chloe Kim - 𝟏𝟐 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 - October

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

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Chloe Kim -  𝟏𝟐 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 -  November
Nov
30
6:00 PM18:00

Chloe Kim - 𝟏𝟐 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 - November

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

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Chloe Kim -  𝟏𝟐 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 -  December
Dec
22
6:00 PM18:00

Chloe Kim - 𝟏𝟐 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 - December

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

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CANCELLED-Parallels 1
Jun
29
8:00 PM20:00

CANCELLED-Parallels 1

CANCELLED

SAM GILL & SIMON BARKER
Sam Gill - saxophones
Simon Barker - drums

JACHLO (JACQUES EMERY & CHLOE KIM)
Primarily known as a bassist and drummer, the Jachlo project allows an open platform to experiment with compositional forms and a wide palette of multi-instrumental colour.

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BackStage Music - Mirage
Jun
29
4:00 PM16:00

BackStage Music - Mirage

Pascal Dusapin - Wolken
Jane Sheldon - Colloque
Gabriel Fauré - excerpts from La chanson d’Ève
Jack Symonds - À la recherce d'Eden perdu (Cello Sonata no. 2)
Kaija Saariaho - Mirage

Jack Symonds - Composer and Pianist
Jane Sheldon - Composer and Singer
Blair Harris - Cello
Lucy Norton - Poet

Tickets: Free, by ballot only
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Inner West Drum Fest
Jun
29
2:00 PM14:00

Inner West Drum Fest

The Inner West Drum Fest will showcase and bring together some of the many talented drummers and drum crafts people in Sydney. It will inspire and educate up and coming drummers and celebrate some of the finest Drummers and drum crafts people in the Country.

Featuring Performances from:
Hayley Chan (in duo Liminal Space with Peter Lavilles, keyboards)
Tubby Wadsworth
Tim Firth
Darryn Farrugia
John Pochee Momentum Award performance
Jam Session

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Facemeat
Jun
28
10:30 PM22:30

Facemeat

Facemeat are doing two sets - we hope you're ready for this. Soul, country, Outrage

Inspired by the likes of John Zorn and Frank Zappa, and comprising some of the best of Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, Facemeat is abrasive, uncompromising, and unsettling.
Rooted somewhere near the transgressive art tradition, its album “Questions For Men” deals with the more abject elements of modern masculinity, such as violence, jealousy, anxiety and rage.

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CANCELLED-Maquina Anonima
Jun
28
8:00 PM20:00

CANCELLED-Maquina Anonima

CANCELLED-Maquina Anonima fuse experimental electronics and the human voice, using custom built wearable sensors to control live effects during the performance. Spanish folk song and choral textures meet glitchy, morphing beats and lush, evolving harmonies to create soundworlds of earthy grit and ethereal beauty.

Jessie Newling is currently immersed in early music, electroacoustic music and the intersection of voice and electronics.
Regan Van Veen is a music technology artist working on Gadigal land.

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Chloe Kim -  𝟏𝟐 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 -  June
Jun
28
8:00 PM20:00

Chloe Kim - 𝟏𝟐 𝐌𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 - June

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

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Rishta Dyall & Elsen Price / Peter Doublinszki & Keyna Wilkins
Jun
28
6:00 PM18:00

Rishta Dyall & Elsen Price / Peter Doublinszki & Keyna Wilkins

Modern Double Bassist Elsen Price performs with Indian Classical Sitar player Rishta Dyall at one the Inner West's best secret venues - Woodlands Studio. Elsen and Rishta will be performing an array of music that crosses tradition with invention.

Support performances by Flautist/Pianist Keyna Wilkins and Classical Guitarist Peter Doublinszki.

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The Parts We Give - Songcycle World Premiere
Jun
27
to Jun 28

The Parts We Give - Songcycle World Premiere

Step into the sonic future with The Parts We Give, a bold new hyperpop song-cycle by Australian-Chinese composer Christine Pan. Blending glitchy synths, distorted vocals, and raw emotional power, this high-voltage performance reimagines opera for the digital age. Siblings Didi and Jiejie navigate memory, simulation, and cultural pressure in a world flickering between past and present.
Christine Pan - Composer, Librettist, Sound Designer
Wesley Yu - Tenor playing the role of Didi
Megan Kim - Soprano playing the role of Jiejie
Eklavya Mugil - Piano

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Ghosts Are Speaking - Triple Launch
Jun
27
7:00 PM19:00

Ghosts Are Speaking - Triple Launch

  • PACT Centre for Emerging Artists (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Celebrating the release of Genevieve Von Black's debut album, Ghosts Are Speaking, this is a special one night only performance exploring the concept of the DNA and the history we bring with us to places already laden with ghosts. Von Black (synth/electric piano) is combining with the improvisational talents of Joseph Cummins (Vic) on trumpet, and Natalie Ivin Poole (aka Twirling Wolf) (Vic) celebrated dancer, to projected digitally manipulated landscapes by artist Joanne Faulkner (Tas).

Part 2 of the event is Delays Have Dangerous Ends improvising an interpretation of the Ghosts Are Speaking theme and taking into dark celestial heavy ambient heights, to live projection art by screen artist Shahane Bekarian.

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CANCELLED-dprk with PETER FONDA
Jun
27
7:00 PM19:00

CANCELLED-dprk with PETER FONDA

CANCELLED

dprk– the trio of Richard Fielding (Severed Heads, The Loop Orchestra) on synths, Nick Dan (xNoBBQx) on electronic drums and synth, and Juke Wyat (Loop Orchestra) on guitar and electronics with the appearance of Japanese master drummer Yusuke Akai and saxophonist Brett Evans.

Peter Fonda Their third album, "The Making of Thriller", documents Fonda's recent explorations of instruments unknown.  A fast track between subconscious and witness, this is Fonda's 'jam as magickal ritual' captured in its most pure form yet.

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ROCKSTARS AND REFUNDS
Jun
27
6:30 PM18:30

ROCKSTARS AND REFUNDS

What is this? Some kind of rockband? Are they on some transcendant interstellar journey? Or are they just going to keep banging the rocks together?

Gideon Peyton-Griffiths, Nikki Heywood, Elizabeth Jigalin and Stephen Adams will meet in a practice facilitated by Joshua Freedman (aka Jiggy) and then perform.

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Dean Kalait Group
Jun
26
8:00 PM20:00

Dean Kalait Group

The latest iteration of the Dean Kalait group fuses the roles of improviser and composer to create a fluid and organically evolving set of music that strikes a delicate yet electric balance between the spontaneous and prepared.

Dean Kalaitzidis - saxophone
Harley Coleman - guitar
Jacques Emery - bass
Chloe Kim - drums

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Julien Mier - Gradually (Album Launch) + Land Systems + Sofia Carey
Jun
26
7:30 PM19:30

Julien Mier - Gradually (Album Launch) + Land Systems + Sofia Carey

Presenting the first album in 6 years by Dutch-French multi-instrumentalist and sound designer Julien Mier, Julien returns to dive into an electronic genre-less, meditative and texturally sculpted ambient & rhythmic world. Gradually tells the story of exploring, shaping and maturing over years of search of identity.

Accompanied on the night, we will dive into the music worlds of Land Systems and Sofia Carey.

Land Systems is the melodic ambient project of Eora/Sydney-based producer Nathan Moas.

Sofia Carey is inspired by many corners of the sonic world, deriving influence for her solo project from the nuances of singer/ songwriter sounds, ambient music, experimental electronic music and more.

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Improv heaven
Jun
26
7:30 PM19:30

Improv heaven

Improv heaven awaits you

BRETT EVANS CAN NO LONGER BE THERE. YSK WILL NOW PERFORM SOLO. NICK DAN WILL DO A SOLO GUITAR SET.
Supported by local trio of Danny Wild, Riley Jones and Andrew Fedorovitch.

Doors 7pm
$10 (no one turned away for lack of funds)

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Music on Tubowgule
Jun
26
to Jun 27

Music on Tubowgule

  • Sydney Opera House, The Studio (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Join us for an evening that celebrates First Nations composers’ unique contribution to classical music in Australia. 

Part 1: Eric Avery - Voice, violin and loops
Part 2: Melanie Mununggur, Netanela Mizrahi – Stories of Water and Earth
Voice/beatboxing, clarinet, 2 violins, viola, cello, percussion 
Part3: Nardi Simpson – Freshwater Woman
Voice, flute, clarinet/bass clarinet, percussion

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Embedded music residency - Hand to Earth
Jun
26
12:00 PM12:00

Embedded music residency - Hand to Earth

  • Art Gallery of New South Wales (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Experience Australian-based ensemble Hand to Earth as they perform new contemporary music created during the Embedded residency program.

Performing as a three piece, Daniel Wilfred, David Wilfred and Peter Knight will draw on the minimalist music of Brian Eno and Jon Hassell to create a bed for contrasting voice and instrumentation.

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The Resonant Heart
Jun
25
7:00 PM19:00

The Resonant Heart

The Resonant Heart collective, an all-female ensemble of multidisciplinary artists poetically reimagining ruptured heritages through an immersive intercultural dialogue. World premiere short film screening and performance ritual.

Featuring South Sudanese poet Lizzy Kuoth, Indian sitarist and singer Sarita McHarg, Iranian Qanun player Vahideh Eisaei and the Balkan and Sephardic Jewish music trio Saray Iluminado Femme. Opening set from solo bandurist, Larissa Kovalchuk.

Register for free to attend this event via SSI

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Jazz:NOW - CHORUS
Jun
25
7:00 PM19:00

Jazz:NOW - CHORUS

The fourth Jazz:NOW event - CHORUS - welcomes a relationship with storied alternative arts performance space Red Rattler Theatre in Marrickville. Here, we will witness two ensembles who bring an improvisatory sympathy to song structures and music that leads with the lyric.

HEAPS GRASS - Ebony Tait; keyboard and vocals, Lachlan Mills; guitar, Jack Rosenzweig; drums

BEN HAUPTMANN; THE BAND WITH SOMEONE SINGING IN IT - Ben Hauptmann; guitar, Arne Hanna; guitar/vocals, Lauren White; bass/vocals, Harry Sutherland; keys, James Hauptmann; drums

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Visions of Nar
Jun
25
6:00 PM18:00

Visions of Nar

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

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.

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Jim Denley & Peter Farrar + Waveteller
Jun
24
8:00 PM20:00

Jim Denley & Peter Farrar + Waveteller

Jim Denley (alto saxophone) + Peter Farrar (alto saxophone) Jim and Peter continue with their duo explorations of prepared saxophone sounds following their performance at the Great Scout Hall Concert as part of the Dulwich Hill Relit festival.

An exploration of musical interplay, Waveteller plays music that draws heavily on rhythmic concepts and the elasticity of time, from fast paced energetic grooves, to open, vast melodies.
Casey Golden – Piano
Michael Mear – Bass
Ed Rodrigues – Drums

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little music party feat. Bike Thief, salllvage + more
Jun
22
6:30 PM18:30

little music party feat. Bike Thief, salllvage + more

Following our first interstate visit to Hobart during Dark Mofo, we are hosting a special little music party in Sydney to mark our 3rd birthday!
Bike Thief (Live) a three-piece percussive unit: music for the dancefloor, created on drums, prepared double-bass and keyboard samplers.
Morphlink A true tastemaker, Morphlink is one of the most celebrated DJs in Hobart.
salllvage
(Live) (Rowan Savage) is an experimental producer and DJ working at the intersection of queer club culture and connection with Country.
Szem (Live) is the left-field electronic project of visual and sound artist Laura Hunt. 
Postponez
is a DJ based in Eora / Sydney, with selections that range from ambient and dub techno to Italo and space disco, euphoric house, forgotten 90s trance anthems, psychedelic and everything in between.

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Didion's Bible album launch with BoNo and Laura Altman
Jun
22
2:00 PM14:00

Didion's Bible album launch with BoNo and Laura Altman

Join DB as they light up Lazy Thinking with BoNo (Bonnie Stewart and Novak Manojlovic) and Laura Altman.

Boorloo 6-piece Didion's Bible (DB) venture out east to showcase their unique blend of DIY-punk and synth-pop. Described as 'a band with a stupendous amount of energy and devotion to their performance' Didion's Bible shows are a force to behold.

Serving as the shared songwriting outlet for frontmen Drew Krapljanov and Laurent Shervington, the pair have cultivated an infamy for their combination of bizarre, witty lyricism and unmatched onstage passion, flanked by some of Boorloo's most seasoned instrumentalists.

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Henry Dunbabin, Ligature
Jun
21
8:00 PM20:00

Henry Dunbabin, Ligature

Henry Dunbabin is here to present a psychedelic blend of good ol’ fashioned folk songs with ambient electronic soundscapes. He has a collection of songs composed under the southernmost stars (then recorded onto dusty cassette tapes exclusively ransacked from the bottom of crates stacked with forgotten music) that pivot between both grounded and mystical.

Support from Ligature.

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