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Discover concerts, gigs and live music in Sydney. The best events, attractions and things to do from the City of Sydney’s official event guide.

Great Southern Nights 2025

Great Southern Nights 2025

Great Southern Nights is making its epic return in 2025
6 Apr 2025
Bloom

Bloom

A rollicking and irreverent musical from one member of Australia’s most beloved comedic team, Working Dog.
Today 7.30pm to 9.15pm
No Love Songs

No Love Songs

A modern love story
Today 7.15pm to 8.30pm
Power of voice with Carmella

Power of voice with Carmella

Develop vocal technique, care and preservation of the voice both in speech and in song singer Carmella Baynie
Today 5.30pm to 6.30pm
Project X Party

Project X Party

We’re reinventing the cult classic Project X to bring you the house party to end all house parties!
Today 8pm to 3am
Guys & Dolls on Sydney Harbour

Guys & Dolls on Sydney Harbour

A slice of Broadway bursts onto Sydney Harbour in a star-studded spectacle!
Today 7.30pm to 10.20pm
Sound Sorcery 2025

Sound Sorcery 2025

Jazz magick for all genders, colour & abilities
Tomorrow
All Ears – Immersive Deep Listening Series

All Ears – Immersive Deep Listening Series

All Ears transforms 5 Inner West breweries into immersive spaces for an Australian-first deep listening experience.
Tomorrow
Chris Cody Mountain To Sea

Chris Cody Mountain To Sea

Superb swinging jazz and sublime pieces at this album launch featuring some of Australia's finest jazz musicians
Tomorrow
Greek Nights

Greek Nights

Experience the energy of Greece in the heart of Sydney!
Tomorrow
Jazz sessions in The Rocks

Jazz sessions in The Rocks

Unwind in style with the sweet, soulful sounds of Australian jazz
Tomorrow
Ricardo's @ Room 22

Ricardo's @ Room 22

Live music, late night drink + dance
Tomorrow
Sing: Body and Soul

Sing: Body and Soul

Learn how to sing in this fun class for all levels of experience
11 Apr 2025
Coachella Party

Coachella Party

Get lost in full-blown Coachella visuals and feel the energy of live sax tearing up the dancefloor!
11 Apr 2025
K-Bop

K-Bop

A parent child singing circle with Angie Who
11 Apr 2025
Lullaby Club

Lullaby Club

A singing circle for new mamas with tea and cake.
11 Apr 2025
Music of Miles, Herbie, Trane & Wayne – Rodric White Sextet

Music of Miles, Herbie, Trane & Wayne – Rodric White Sextet

Rodric White presents the music of legendary musicians Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, John Coltrane and Wayne Shorter.
11 Apr 2025
Peter and Me: Todd McKenney live on stage!

Peter and Me: Todd McKenney live on stage!

Todd McKenney is live on The Orpheum stage to celebrate 40 years in showbiz with his dazzling celebration Peter & Me!
11 Apr 2025
Soul dance with Taline

Soul dance with Taline

Join us for a transformative dance experience that will inspire you to let go, move with freedom and express your soul!
11 Apr 2025
St James' IOF+ Johann Vexo and Damien Rivière

St James' IOF+ Johann Vexo and Damien Rivière

Don't miss this rare collaboration, which promises to be an inspiring night for music lovers.
11 Apr 2025
Artbar: Liner Notes

Artbar: Liner Notes

An after-dark, adults-only night curated by Shal (Shaun Daniel Allen) with art, music and performance.
12 Apr 2025
Concert: Major Zulu

Concert: Major Zulu

Major Zulu returns to the Art Gallery of New South Wales
12 Apr 2025
Lumen Machine

Lumen Machine

Lumen Machine will take you to the bleeding edge of musical technology.
12 Apr 2025
Passion & Glory – Australian Christian Orchestra & Choir

Passion & Glory – Australian Christian Orchestra & Choir

A musical journey through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, featuring Rutter's masterpiece "Gloria"
12 Apr 2025
The Australian Bee Gees show – Feel The Fever Again Tour

The Australian Bee Gees show – Feel The Fever Again Tour

After 24 years and over 6,500 performances in over 55+ countries, The Australian Bee Gees Show is the toast of Las Vegas
12 Apr 2025
Chelle Tamika Live

Chelle Tamika Live

Neo soul and RnB from a vocal powerhouse
13 Apr 2025
Salut! Baroque presents Baroque Spirit

Salut! Baroque presents Baroque Spirit

Baroque encapsulates the spirit of the 17th-18th centuries, reflecting the social, cultural and political upheavals.
13 Apr 2025
Wayfinders: ordinary people changing the world

Wayfinders: ordinary people changing the world

In a world filled with uncertainty, how do we find hope? A panel discussion about personal wayfinding journeys
13 Apr 2025
Young Maestros Encore: Storytelling Concert for Children

Young Maestros Encore: Storytelling Concert for Children

Sold out show returns! Enchanting classical concert where music and storytelling restore voices to the animal kingdom.
13 Apr 2025
Voice & Dialect Classes

Voice & Dialect Classes

Voice & Dialect Classes to master your voice on screen & stage.
14 Apr 2025
Off the Record: Youth Week acoustic sessions

Off the Record: Youth Week acoustic sessions

Sydney’s hottest emerging music night – designed by young creatives, for young creatives
16 Apr 2025
Switched On: Marc Broussard

Switched On: Marc Broussard

Join Marc Broussard for his highly anticipated Australian debut and celebrate 20 years of his landmark album Carencro
16 Apr 2025
Anil Dhital: "Sitar Boy"

Anil Dhital: "Sitar Boy"

Anil Dhital is an internationally acclaimed sitar player and renowned musician, performing at Ochredfern
17 Apr 2025
Bach’s St Matthew Passion (Mendelssohn Version)

Bach’s St Matthew Passion (Mendelssohn Version)

Experience Bach’s masterwork, a rare performance of Mendelssohn’s 1841 version performed on Romantic period instruments
17 Apr 2025
Daniel Aranda & The Midnight Pulse + Gokula

Daniel Aranda & The Midnight Pulse + Gokula

Both acts will feature brand-new original material, timeless jazz classics, and so much more!
17 Apr 2025
Easter Long Weekend at Salty's Bondi

Easter Long Weekend at Salty's Bondi

Get ready for the ultimate long weekend at Salty’s!
17 Apr 2025
Switched On: Allison Russell

Switched On: Allison Russell

Join Grammy-winning artist Allison Russell for a powerful evening of soulful music and captivating storytelling.
17 Apr 2025
Sasha & Anetra Reunited

Sasha & Anetra Reunited

Sasha Colby & Anetra from Rupaul's Drag Race season 15 Reunited
19 Apr 2025
School (Holiday) Disco – Move, Groove, Darling

School (Holiday) Disco – Move, Groove, Darling

School's out! Let's throw it back with the ultimate school (holiday) disco.
19 Apr 2025
Inner Mongolian Spectacular Cultural Performance

Inner Mongolian Spectacular Cultural Performance

Let's enjoy the outstanding performances by artists from Inner Mongolia
22 Apr 2025
Music with Jules

Music with Jules

A music program for children that is taught through play: singing, moving and playing instruments
23 Apr 2025
Switched On: RY X

Switched On: RY X

Experience Grammy-nominated artist RY X at City Recital Hall as he returns to Sydney after a decade-long absence.
23 Apr 2025
Art Songs

Art Songs

Experience the elegance of art songs from around the world in one enchanting evening.
26 Apr 2025
Brazilian Cabaret

Brazilian Cabaret

Brazil in the 1940s – where it all began
27 Apr 2025
Japanese Drumming Workshop for Families

Japanese Drumming Workshop for Families

Get the family together to enjoy a Japanese drumming lesson in Sydney!
27 Apr 2025
Ukulele class

Ukulele class

Learn how to play the ukulele in this fun class for Mandarin and Cantonese speakers
28 Apr 2025
Learn to read music and sing

Learn to read music and sing

No experience is needed to join this free singing and theory class
29 Apr 2025
Pyrmont Sings!

Pyrmont Sings!

A non-audition, community choir. New singers are always welcome
29 Apr 2025
Sandie White and Dan Barnett play Duke Ellington

Sandie White and Dan Barnett play Duke Ellington

Sandie White + Dan Barnett celebrate Duke Ellington's legacy at Thunderbolt Club
29 Apr 2025
Australian Haydn Ensemble: Schubert Songs

Australian Haydn Ensemble: Schubert Songs

A special performance at the State Library of NSW, with acclaimed musicians performing some of Schubert’s best.
3 May 2025
Blueshound at Blackwattle Bar + Brewery

Blueshound at Blackwattle Bar + Brewery

Join us for an evening with this well known Sydney band
3 May 2025
Gift: A silent film with live music score

Gift: A silent film with live music score

Film by award-winning director Ryûsuke Hamaguchi with a live score by Eiko Ishibashi
3 May 2025
Pádraig Ó Tuama returns to Poetica

Pádraig Ó Tuama returns to Poetica

Poetica is thrilled to host Pádraig Ó Tuama in Sydney for a night of poetry and music to launch his two latest books.
7 May 2025
A Night in New Orleans

A Night in New Orleans

Jazz music live with internationally acclaimed vocalist Zoe K.
8 May 2025
Goethe Lounge: Zela Margossian Quintet

Goethe Lounge: Zela Margossian Quintet

Original compositions blending contemporary jazz with Armenian folk and classical influences
8 May 2025
Mother's Day Opera High Tea

Mother's Day Opera High Tea

Celebrate with Mum in style! Discover a stunning hidden-Sydney venue and indulge in opera's most beautiful music.
11 May 2025
Sydney Town Hall organ recitals

Sydney Town Hall organ recitals

Be enchanted by the magic of Sydney Town Hall's grand organ, at a free concert in the heart of the city
12 May 2025
Rapture

Rapture

Be moved by the power of the string quartet to express our deepest desires and greatest fears.
12 May 2025
MoshPit 8th birthday party

MoshPit 8th birthday party

Come and celebrate our 8th birthday with more live music than you can poke a stick at
16 May 2025
Soiree Cabaret Show

Soiree Cabaret Show

A theatrical masterpiece that awakens your imagination, ignites your soul, bringing dreams to life.
17 May 2025
Omega Ensemble: Distant World

Omega Ensemble: Distant World

The future of our planet in a world gone mad
17 May 2025
Rossini in Paris

Rossini in Paris

The ‘final word’ from Rossini with one last opera and a very little solemn mass.
17 May 2025
Samson – G.F. Handel

Samson – G.F. Handel

Pacific Opera Studio & The Muffat Collective present Handel's epic oratorio 'Samson'.
17 May 2025
Austere + Skuggor

Austere + Skuggor

Austere, the harbingers of sorrowful, melancholic blackened majesty return to their sacred homeland in May 2025.
23 May 2025
Lucy Burke

Lucy Burke

Singer songwriter Lucy Burke Live at Factory Theatre
23 May 2025
The Arian Band: A Symphony of Memories

The Arian Band: A Symphony of Memories

Ali Pahlavan live in concert: relive the magic of Arian Band’s most nostalgic songs, performed in a fresh and unique way
24 May 2025
Lunchtime Concerts at NSW Parliament

Lunchtime Concerts at NSW Parliament

Free lunchtime concerts in NSW Parliament's Fountain Court
28 May 2025
Annie & The Caldwells

Annie & The Caldwells

A family from West Point, Mississippi who play a raw, disco-tinged soul gospel.
5 Jun 2025
Echoes of the Block

Echoes of the Block

A Live & Local Blak Hip Hop Collaboration
5 Jun 2025
Ngaiire: PAIA

Ngaiire: PAIA

Ngaiire draws from her Papua New Guinean heritage to transform her stage at Vivid Sydney at Carriageworks
6 Jun 2025
Skegss

Skegss

Skegss are set to bring their raw mix of surf and garage rock to Vivid Sydney at Carriageworks.
7 Jun 2025
Pure Space & Butter Sessions: Andy Garvey, Sleep D + Guests

Pure Space & Butter Sessions: Andy Garvey, Sleep D + Guests

Pure Space & Butter Sessions unites two of Australia’s most vital electronic platforms for an unmissable sonic odyssey.
7 Jun 2025
An Evening with Warren Ellis

An Evening with Warren Ellis

Warren Ellis takes the stage for an intimate discussion on his life, career and commitment to animal conservation.
8 Jun 2025
ChorusOz: A Sea Symphony

ChorusOz: A Sea Symphony

ChorusOz gathers under the sails of the Sydney Opera House to sing Vaughan Williams’ mighty Sea Symphony.
8 Jun 2025
Planet City: Live

Planet City: Live

In a world-first, Liam Young brings his visionary speculative film to life in an immersive experience like no other.
10 Jun 2025
Black Star

Black Star

Hip-hop icons Black Star – Yasiin Bey and Talib Kweli are coming to Vivid Sydney at Carriageworks.
10 Jun 2025
Tangerine Dream

Tangerine Dream

For the first time in over 40 years,  electronic music gamechangers Tangerine Dream return to Sydney.
11 Jun 2025
Soccer Mommy

Soccer Mommy

Live, Soccer Mommy’s shows are intimate and transportive, blending stripped-back moments with energetic performance.
12 Jun 2025
Diiv

Diiv

DIIV brings their signature fusion of dream-pop, shoegaze, and post-punk to Vivid Sydney at Carriageworks.
13 Jun 2025
Mall Grab

Mall Grab

Mall Grab is back. Making his long-awaited return to Sydney, he’s set to take over Carriageworks’ Bays 22-24.
13 Jun 2025
moktar

moktar

Vivid Sydney & Astral People present دعوة (Bida'wah or By Invitation)
14 Jun 2025
Aphrodite

Aphrodite

Sydney Chamber Opera presents a world premiere by Nico Muhly in association with Omega Ensemble.
20 Jun 2025
Eternity in an Hour | Eric Whitacre Conducts

Eternity in an Hour | Eric Whitacre Conducts

Eric Whitacre returns to Sydney to conduct his latest choral work, a mystical meditation in sound.
27 Jun 2025
Fastlove

Fastlove

Direct from London’s West End, with a brand-new show for 2025, this is the world’s favourite George Michael celebration!
4 Jul 2025
Choirboys - Run to Paradise

Choirboys - Run to Paradise

"Run to Paradise" spills wild, hilarious stories of Australian rock n roll, as told by Pub-rock icons, Choirboys'
5 Jul 2025
Salut! Baroque presents The Entrepreneur

Salut! Baroque presents The Entrepreneur

Celebrity culture thrived during the baroque period and Georg Philipp Telemann was one of the stars
20 Jul 2025
10cc – The Ultimate Ultimate Greatest Hits Tour

10cc – The Ultimate Ultimate Greatest Hits Tour

Legendary art-rock band 10cc bring their Ultimate Ultimate Greatest Hits Tour to Australia in 2025.
25 Jul 2025
Colour, Sound, Lore – Australian Youth Orchestra

Colour, Sound, Lore – Australian Youth Orchestra

Celebrate AYO's homecoming! Join the Australian Youth Orchestra, William Barton and Christian Li for a stunning evening.
31 Jul 2025
Lost Birds

Lost Birds

White Bay Power Station is the new venue for a powerful concert inspired by the natural world.
16 Aug 2025
Omega Ensemble: Elevator Music

Omega Ensemble: Elevator Music

Revealing, raucous and beautifully irreverent
19 Aug 2025
Here You Come Again

Here You Come Again

Full to the brim with Dolly Parton’s hits, telling the story of a fan’s journey, guided by Dolly teaching life lessons.
12 Sep 2025
Ray Chen in Recital

Ray Chen in Recital

Join Ray Chen as he makes his highly anticipated return to Sydney Opera House.
12 Sep 2025
A Child of Our Time

A Child of Our Time

The rapturous power of Michael Tippett’s modern classic speaks to our own time.
13 Sep 2025
Matt Gresham “The Voice Australia"

Matt Gresham “The Voice Australia"

Immerse yourself in a deeply moving acoustic performance by Matt Gresham at the Sydney Opera House.
13 Sep 2025
Convergence

Convergence

A concert that ignites the imagination and brings the stunning voices of three legendary composers into focus.
20 Oct 2025
Brahms: A German Requiem

Brahms: A German Requiem

A ‘human requiem’ to comfort and console.
25 Oct 2025
Salut! Baroque presents Voice, Rejoice

Salut! Baroque presents Voice, Rejoice

The versatility of the voice has fascinated composers through the ages, from its purest form to its most virtuosic.
26 Oct 2025
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba In Concert

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba In Concert

an extraordinary live music celebration of the captivating world of Demon Slayer.
31 Oct 2025
Omega Ensemble: Rare Sugar

Omega Ensemble: Rare Sugar

Sentimental moods and sweet musical delights
29 Nov 2025
Juan Diego Flórez in Recital

Juan Diego Flórez in Recital

An evening of operatic masterpieces. Meet 'The new king of the high Cs', Juan Diego Flórez
1 Dec 2025
Carols at the House

Carols at the House

Celebrate Christmas with uplifting music – a treat for the ears, heart and voice.
12 Dec 2025
Bach's Christmas Oratorio

Bach's Christmas Oratorio

Binge-watch Bach with Sydney Philharmonia Choirs in the ‘season finale’ of the Christmas Oratorio.
13 Dec 2025