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16 - 18 NOV @ 7PM
6:30pm: Doors // 7:00pm Sharp: Act 1
Swipe left for ‘no’ too often on the infamous dating app and you’re told Read more
SAT 17 NOV @ 8PM
8:00pm: Doors // 8:30pm: Panic Syndrome // 9:20pm: Mr Blonde // 10:15pm: Ash
Northern Ireland’s indie legends Ash finally return down under this November for a headline tour. Read more
Supported by Flight Ibis + The Buoys + Boydos
SAT 17 NOV @ 8PM
8:00pm: Doors // 8:15pm: Boydos // 9:15pm: The Bouys // 10:00pm: Flight Ibis // 10:30pm: Rackett
123 Agency & Young Henrys Read more
SUN 18 NOV @ 8PM
8:00pm: Doors // 8:00pm DJ Owen Penglis & Tim Partridge // 8:45pm: Osaka Monaurail
With 7 studio albums, 2 live albums and an ever-growing reputation as a must-see live act, Osaka Monaurail Read more
MON 19 NOV @ 7PM
Kenny Sebastian is known for his humorous and creative takes on banal everyday situations – Kenny has a keen sense of observation of culture, people and stereotypes, all of which have found its Read more
TUE 20 NOV @ 7PM
Ismo’s comedy career started in Finland in 2002 where he has toured across the country to sold out theatres, starred in his own sitcom “ISMO,” and released three comedy specials. Read more
THU 22 NOV, WED 28 NOV & TUE 4 DEC @ 7PM
6:30pm: Doors // 7:00pm Act 1
THU 22 NOV – Luke Heggie and Demi Lardner
WED 28 NOV – Acts to be announced
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Supported by Tuppaware Party + Good Lekker + The Zilzies
FRI 23 NOV @ 7:30PM
Coming off the back of two #1’s on Triple J Unearthed’s Overall Charts and a
wild, yet successful de Read more
FRI 23 NOV @ 8PM
Harts is the nom de plume of Indian-born, Australian-based musician, singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and music producer Darren Hart, whose singular blend of funk, jazz, blues, psyc Read more
FRI 23 NOV @ 8PM
Made up of three brothers and two mates, no other Australian band sounds like ’em. Read more
SAT 24 NOV @ 7PM
After SOLD OUT shows across the country, one of Australia’s fastest rising comedians, Michael Shafar, comes to S Read more
SAT 24 NOV @ 7.30PM
Just 7 months after its previous show, Black Party (A.K.A. Read more
SAT 24 NOV @ 8PM
Australian indie rock royalty The Grates are back in a big way
The Brisbane stalwarts are officially reuniting their original line up – singer Patience Hodgson, guitarist John Patterson, and dru Read more
SAT 24 NOV @ 8PM
Four great metal acts are coming together for a night of searing riffs, brutal beats, and roaring screams on Saturday Nov Read more
SUN 25 NOV @ 7PM
After selling out an astonishing 30,000 tickets for his debut tour in the UK, comedy’s brightest new star Mo Gilligan is on his way to Sydney.
With his high-energy style and stunning physi Read more
Supported by Hachiku + Violet
THU 29 NOV @ 7:30PM
Overachieving Sydney-based singer-songwriter Alex the Astronaut (aka Alexandra Lynn) is thrilled to announce a series of national headline tour dates taking place this November. Read more
THU 29 NOV @ 8PM
AIME builds bridges between Universities and High School students, and aims to close the gap in education inequality. Read more
Supported by Gostwyck + Sampson + Slow Culture
FRI 30 NOV @ 8PM
Backed by singles “Laughing Last”, “Maverick” & “21st Century”, “Strengthen My Hands” is the latest project by Colour Mac Read more
Supported by Cast Down
FRI 30 NOV @ 8PM
Metal/rock band Pridelands have today announced their first headline tour of Australia. Read more
SAT 1 DEC @ 8PM
One night only with the world class guitar virtuous Vlatko Stefanovski – first time touring Australia in his 40 years career.
Recognizable by the special style of fusion music – a mixture of Read more
Supported by With Vongfest and Apollos Garage
SAT 1 DEC @ 8PM
British indie pop backed by some of Sydney’s amazing local bands as support. It’s about letting go. Read more
SUN 2 DEC @ 7:30PM
Glory Box is a celebration of feminity and a reclaimation of sensuality through erotic performance. Read more
Supported by Carbon Black & Lucid
FRI 7 DEC @ 6:30PM
Avalon’s Peak are excited to announce their debut EP launch titled ‘Stories Untold’
Formed in late 2016, Avalon’s Peak are a Hardrock/Alternative metal band that have rocked out on stages aro Read more
Supported by Orpheus Omega
FRI 7 DEC @ 8PM
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FRI 7 DEC @ 8PM
Sydney’s Endless Heights have found pure catharsis within their recently released “dense and darkened” (- KillYourStereo) sophom Read more
Supported by The Herd, Homeward Bound, L-Fresh The Lion, Jayteehazard, Astronomy Class, Okenyo, The Last Kinection + more to be announced
SAT 8 DEC @ 5PM
CELEBRATING TWENTY YEARS OF ELEFANT TRAKS
Elefant Traks will be celebrating 20 years in the biz this November and December by holding ET20 festivals in Sydney, Melbourne and B Read more
Supported by Sports Bra + Rachel Maria Cox
WED 12 DEC @ 7PM
La Dispute has a firm passion for the concept of music and art as a medium for making new friends. Read more
FRI 14 DEC @ 8PM
In July 2018, The Screaming Jets released their 8th studio album Gotcha Covered. An homage to the last 50 years of Australian rock and its musical origins. Read more
FRI 14 DEC @ 7:30PM
US comedian Brad Williams will dish out his raunchy, no-holds-barred comedy when he makes his Australian debut this Decem Read more
SAT 15 DEC @ 6:30PM
Resist Records 20th Anniversary featuring Mindsnare, Irrelevant, Last Nerve, Found My Direction, The Dead Walk, Homesick, Bare Bones, Jacob, Rage. Read more
SUN 16 DEC @ 2:30PM & 5:45PM
The students and teachers of Dance Domain are excited to present our 7th End of Year Showcase in 2018! Read more
THU 3 JAN @ 8PM
You heard it here first, Sacramento alternative hip-hop artist Hobo Johnson (aka Frank Lopes Jr) backed by his bandmates “The Lovemakers” have announced their first headline show in Australia. Read more
FRI 11 JAN @ 7.15PM
ALL AGES
Ireland native Dermot Kennedy is bringing his massive 42 date headline world tour to Australian shores for Falls Festival, plus sideshows in Melbourne and Sydney. Read more
SAT 12 JAN @ 8PM
The Bennies announce Australian summer dates, new band member and their return to Europe.
Australia’s number one part Read more
Supported by With Special Guests Citizen
WED 16 JAN @ 7.30PM
Resist Presents: Turnstile / Citizen Australian Tour 2019
Always more appeal than demand, more liberation than limitation, Turnstile extend their hand in 2018 with Time & Space. Read more
FRI 18 JAN @ 8PM
Fresh from another successful month-long European tour hitting the UK, Germany and The Netherlands, including shows at London’s legendary O2 Academy, Boardmasters Festival and Holland’s infamous Z Read more
SAT 19 JAN @ 7:30PM
The 9th Encore! Sydney Pole Show will be sure to entertain in its usual style of high-flying feats from an array of national and international performers! Read more
Supported by With Special Guests
SAT 19 JAN @ 8PM
Riding the high of her SOLD-OUT debut headline show in July 2018, Lucy Neville is back for her Wasting Our Time Tour.
The rel Read more
TUE 22 JAN @ 8PM
“…pound for pound, this is their strongest set of songs in years.” **** Q
“Geography may serve as a touchstone for much of Calexico’s music, but The Thread That Keeps Us carves out a landscape al Read more
Supported by w/ Idle Threats
SAT 26 JAN @ 8PM
Oklahoma City punk underdogs are bringing their latest and potentially greatest release ‘SkyTigers’ down under in 2019, accompan Read more
SUN 27 JAN @ 1:30PM
PROGFEST 2019
10th Anniversary Edition!
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Supported by The Sing Team
WED 30 JAN @ 6PM
The Seattle based band, Citizens, is Zach Bolen, Brian Eichelberger, Nathaniel Furtado, Spencer Abbott and Adam Skatula. Read more
THU 31 JAN @ 8PM
Legendary Memphis country punk-rock band Lucero have today announced their first ever headline tour of Australia – Today also sees Lucero drop their new studio album ‘Among The Ghosts”worldwide. Read more
SAT 2 FEB @ 8PM
THE SMYTHS bring the sound, feel and ultimately, the spirit of one of the greatest, and most influential rock acts of all time, The Smiths. Read more
Supported by The Goon Sax
WED 6 FEB @ 7:30PM
Mistletone is rapt to present the return of Parquet Courts, playing a Sydney Laneway Festival sideshow on Wednesday February 6 at the Factory Theatre.
Parquet Courts are back with all the dynamic p Read more
THU 7 FEB @ 7:30PM
After two long years bunkered down in their hometown of Liverpool recording their latest record ‘Keeping Up The Dust’, 90’s Britpop legends Cast announce their return to Australia, with their Read more
Supported by Hooligan Hefs, Elijah Yo, Isaac Puerile & Lil Spacely
SAT 9 FEB @ 7:30PM
For the first time ever we present ‘Peoples & Persons + Friends’. Read more
Supported by With Special Guests
SAT 9 FEB @ 7.30PM
Calling all dweebs, sportos, geeks, freaks, goths, prom queens, preppies, yuppies and nerds! It’s Cell Block time.
That’s right – the 10 Coreys of Power (Yes, there are 10 of them! Read more
THU 14 FEB @ 7:30PM
A tsunami of raw punk rock energy, potent street poetry and catchy-as-hell pop sensibilities, English fireball YUNGBLUD r Read more
THU 21 FEB @ 7:00PM
Californian Hard Rockers TRAPT perform Highlights from their classic album ‘Trapt’
Hear Headstrong, Echo, Still Frame, These Walls, Made of Glass, plus a stack of other hits; Bring It, It’s Read more
THU 21 FEB @ 8PM
Returning back to the East Coast on the back of an extensive sold out ‘Partly Cloudy’ Australian tour and 4 sold out shows in Ne Read more
Supported by Rocks, Thug, Operation Ibis and Blackrats
FRI 22 FEB @ 6PM
The rough-and-tumble COCKNEY REJECTS, bring authentic punk rock to Australia for the First Time Ever!
Formed in the East End of London in 1979 the pioneers of the Oi! Read more
FRI 22 FEB @ 8PM
Robyn Hitchcock is one of England’s most enduring contemporary singer/songwriters and live performers. Read more
SAT 23 FEB @ 7:30PM
2019 just got a whole lot better! Read more
SUN 24 FEB @ 7:30PM
The wolves return
The unmerciful might of Sweden’s WATAIN are back for a sweeping attack of callous and unsympathetic satanic black metal in what will be their first headlining shows in these so Read more
Supported by Susan O’Neill (aka) SON (IRE)
WED 13 MAR @ 7PM
Multi award-winning accordionist Sharon Shannon has a legendary reputation. Read more
FRI 15 MAR @ 7:30PM
Died Pretty evoke many images for those who know and love Australian independent music. Formed in 1983 they became an integral part of the unfolding 80’s Sydney scene. Read more
SAT 16 MAR @ 7:30PM
Gregory Alan Isakov announces his first ever Australian tour, confirming a run of headline shows along with his appearance at Port Fairy Folk Festival this March!
Known for his soft, mellifluous cr Read more
THU 21 MAR @ 7:30PM
Refreshingly honest, bold, hilarious and raw, Wallis Bird’s expressive vocals and driving guitar rhythms have been taking worldw Read more
SAT 23 MAR @ 8PM
MJR Presents is pleased to announce the return of UK indie royalty The Magic Numbers for the first time since their 2010 Splendour in the Grass appearance and 2006 Big Day Out tour. Read more
FRI 5 APR @ 7PM
It’s 2001, you’re driving home from work, flicking through the radio stations, and Five Star Laundry by Motor Ace is being played on triple j, Triple M and a bunch of other stations in between. Read more
Supported by Eilish Gilligan
THU 11 APR @ 7:30PM
Montaigne has partnered with PLUS1 so that $1 from every ticket will go to Minus18, a national organisation for LGBTIQ yo Read more
FRI 12 APR @ 8PM
Following a successful run of shows celebrating renowned artists including ‘REM: The Ones We Love’ (featuring Jeff Martin – Tea Party) and ‘A Tribute to The Smiths’ (featuring Steve Kilbey – Read more
TUE 16 APR @ 7PM
It all took off for Keb’ Mo’ in 1994 with his self-titled release, and over the years he has proven that he is a musical force that defies typical genre labels. Read more
WED 17 APR @ 7:00PM
Just one week after getting married to his ‘Brown Eyed Lover’ and a hugely successful sold-out show in Melbourne; Allen Stone announces he will be spreading the love to Sydney in April! Read more
THU 18 APR @ 8PM
Lukas Nelson, the son of Willie Nelson and friend of Bluesfest is returning to tour Australia with his band Promise Of The Real on the heels of tremendous accolades for his work on Bradley Cooper and Read more
SAT 20 APR @ 7:30PM
American singer-songwriter, rapper, multi-instrumentalist and bassist, Meshell Ndegeocello is coming to Sydney to perform a headline show this April. Read more
MON 22 APR @ 8PM
Shakey Graves a.k.a Alejandro Rose-Garcia was born in Austin, Texas to a musical family and is best-known for playing a smoky, spectral fusion of blues, folk and rock in a stripped down one-man-band s Read more
26 - 28 APR
Melanie Bracewell insists she came up Read more
11 - 12 MAY
“FAT PIZZA”, “HOUSOS”, “Swift and Shift Couriers”, “The FOOTY Show”. Read more
15 - 19 MAY
“An absolute stand-out, one of the best moments of Fringe” ★★★★★ – Fountain UK
After a Sold-Out 2018 World T Read more
15 - 19 MAY @ 9.30PM
Once upon a time, in a far away swamp, there Read more
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