SIMA’s Award-Winning Music Program Back For 2022 Jazz is about communication, expression, and speaking freely through your instrument. The widespread genre is one that’s evolved more than most because new changes are supported and encouraged rather than ridiculed. Yet, female representation in the jazz realm is lacking – women represent one-fifth of singer songwriters registered with APRA, even […]
Trail-blazing jazz artists from the US and Europe alongside the crème of Australian jazz, for the fifth festival. The Sydney Con Jazz Festival is back! On Sunday June 5, from noon till 9pm, the Sydney Conservatorium of Music will be hosting leading jazz artists from the US, Europe, and Australia, brought to you by SIMA […]
Sydney Philharmonia Choirs perform Mozart: Requiem & Revelation at the Sydney Town Hall – Saturday 19 March, 2022 Reviewed by Paul Neeson (Arts Wednesday) The proceedings began with an apology. “Artistic and Music Director, Brett Weymark is unable to lead this afternoon’s performance because…” yes, you guessed it, the usual disruptive reason we have become […]
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Bonjour ou Bonsoir, Hello Beautiful souls of Sydney and the world! I would like to take this opportunity to say a big thank you to Phillip James from Jammin Monday who filled in for me last week whilst I was enjoying 4 days of amazing music at WOMADElaide. If you’ve missed Friday’s 11th of March […]
SIMA and 107 Projects welcome you to Ruby’s Outdoor (Indoor) Music Club Zetland’s home of soul, jazz and blues! Sydney has just experienced one of its wettest ever summers, but autumn promises a much better run of mild nights – perfect to enjoy the unique indoor/outdoor ambience of Ruby’s in the Joynton Avenue Creative Centre. […]
Bonjour ou Bonsoir, Hello Beautiful souls of Sydney and the world! This Friday 4th of March 2022 from 7-9am during Jammin’ Friday. Tune in and enjoy a musical trip to WOMADelaide! From Marcos Valle & Azymuth, Bullhorn, Joseph Tawadros, King Stingray, Emma Donovan & The Putbacks, The New Monos, The Shaoling Afronauts, L.A.B., Eishan Ensemble, Grace Barbe, […]
From Saturday 12th to Sunday 13th of February 2022, it is time to Dive in and make a date to be at the Volvo Ocean Lovers Festival . Enjoy some live music, great workshops such as learning to freedive, paint ocean art, join sunrise yoga and get a deal on a festival getaway plus […]
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Australia’s Unique Festival Takes its Marks The world turns… and WOMADelaide returns to its spiritual home in Botanic Park / Tainmuntilla! Join us among the Moreton Bay Fig trees for a cultural adventure for all ages, with a captivating program of more than 100 performances across seven stages, the Planet Talks forum, KidZone, art and […]
Bonjour ou Bonsoir, Hello Beautiful souls of Sydney and the world! This Friday 18th of February 2022 from 7-9am during Jammin’ Friday tune in to discover our special guest who will join us at 8:30am. Born in Papua New Guinea, talented portrait artist Lesley Wengembo, who is the recipient of the 2021 Derivan Award of Excellence from […]
The Mary’s Underground venue collaborates with SIMA’s Jazz Now Festival to host Jazz in the Heart of the City Much has been written about breathing life back into the Sydney CBD and its many live music and hospitality venues. SIMA is proud to partner with Mary’s Underground in Circular Quay, in the heart of the […]
Leo Metzker at Eastside FM Eastside Radio broadcasts from the Paddington Town Hall, the very place that my great grandparents met at a wartime dance. My great grandmother won the trophy for the skinniest ankles and passed those genetics onto me. Music and dance continues to emanate from this place in the form of funk, […]
SIMA announces the Jazz: NOW SUMMER FESTIVAL Sunday 30 January – Thurs 3 March – 2022 SIMA launches its most extensive Summer Festival to date, bringing together an exceptional roster of artists from across Australia. The festival highlights remarkable diversity, and does not limit itself to any one genre. With jazz as its bedrock, the […]