Women’s Jazz Fest 2022 – Pre-sale this Friday!!

We trust you all can keep this hush hush until Friday, August 19th when you’ll receive exclusive access to the festival pre-sale. Keep an eye out for the email! This pre-sale offer is available to all who are subscribed to the SIMA newsletters, and tickets will open up to the general public soon! Performances include: […]

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2022 Freedman Jazz Finalists Announced: Concert on Sale Now!

After a competitive search for Australia’s most exciting young jazz talent, The Music Trust’s Freedman Jazz Fellowship finalists have been announced for 2022. Tom Avgenicos, Flora Carbo and Holly Conner will go before esteemed judges, Virna Sanzone, Andrew Robson and Steve Barry in a live concert finale on September 3rd, at the iconic Sydney Opera House for the chance to take home […]

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Live At The Village

Saturday, 27th August 2022 Live at The Village, a much anticipated all-day music festival, will take place in Springwood, The Blue Mountains on Saturday, 27th August. The festival includes jazz, folk, world and Bluegrass music and dance performances presented in partnership with the Blue Mountains’ premier destination for the performing arts, The Blue Mountains Theatre. […]

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Jeremy Rose Quartet’s New Album “Face to Face”!

Join the Jeremy Rose Quartet for the launch of his new album, Face to Face. Praised as “one to watch on the Australian jazz scene” (Jazzwise Magazine UK), and “one of the most creative and restless musicians in the Australian jazz scene,” saxophonist Jeremy Rose has released over a dozen albums of original music and […]

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In A Nutshell

A journey through Shakespeare’s best-loved plays in Bell Shakespeare’s new theatre space at Pier 2/3 in the Walsh Bay Arts Precinct. Bell Shakespeare will present the first production in their new theatre space The Neilson Nutshell at the newly redeveloped Pier 2/3 at Walsh Bay Arts Precinct from 4 – 7 August. In A Nutshell […]

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Both Sides Now

They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot… Singer, songwriter, painter, poet, activist and voice of a generation, Joni Mitchell has been a quintessential part of the twentieth-century soundtrack. She grew up with folk music in the 60s, railed against injustice in the 70s, put feelings into song in the 80s and reinvented herself in the […]

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Offsite renewable electricity (GreenPower): the basics

No solar panels? No worries. You can still join the renewable energy revolution – with just a simple call to your electricity provider. Rooftop solar isn’t the only way you can power your home or business with renewable electricity. A GreenPower electricity plan (known generically as “offsite renewable electricity”) is a simple alternative for those residents and […]

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The Colours of Jazz: NOW

SIMA presents The Colours of Jazz: NOW Journey with us through the vibrant colours of jazz, from textural sonic exploration, high energy grooves and exhilarating spontaneous dialogue, through to evocative meditations on melody & rhythm. Within the stunning Utzon Room, two new world premieres from Paul Cutlan and Novak Manojlovic reveal the expansive nature and […]

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EXCLUSIVE SIMA PRE-SALE: Avishai Cohen Trio

In the end it’s all about connection. The connection with your inner self, the connection between the musicians on stage, and, of course, the connection between the band and its audience. For the last twenty five years, legendary bassist, singer and composer Avishai Cohen has grown to be one of the heavyweights of contemporary jazz, […]

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OPEN Academy’s Winter 2022 is Now Open at The Con!

Find The Music In You! If you have a yearning for music and learning, then make sure to check out OPEN ACADEMY’s Winter short course program for adults. The Sydney Conservatorium of Music is always bustling with exciting and vibrant new programs. With the winter term quickly approaching registration has now been open! Classes are […]

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Dianne Cripps’ Southern Comfort

Reckon you know Southern culture? You ain’t seen nothing yet. Roll up, grab a glass of moonshine, and bathe in the juicy, aural bliss that is Dianne Cripps and Southern Comfort! Offering a diverse mix of jazz standards, blues, and re-imagined pop-rock tunes, Southern Comfort captures the narrative and beauty of Cripps’ history as a […]

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