“World class, swinging, passionate, alert and intuitive” – Cadence Jazz Magazine (USA) CHRIS CODY OCTET (9pm): As an Australian jazz pianist living in Paris for 25 years, Chris Cody became drawn to the story of French navigator La Pérouse, who landed in Botany Bay in 1788. “What I like about La Pérouse and his journey […]
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In yet another highly competitive final at the Studio in the Sydney Opera House, trumpeter Nick Garbett emerged as the winner of the Freedman Jazz Fellowship for 2018. Nick plans to use his $20,000 award to compose new music for an album he will will record, produce and release under his own name. The project will also involve Shannon […]
I’ll Be Back Before Midnight is the most successful play ever staged in Canada and has been produced in over 30 countries! A Hitchcock like comic-thriller which is likely to have you not knowing whether to laugh or scream… After several months in hospital following a nervous breakdown, Jan is brought to an isolated farmhouse […]
Music transforms. Music Unites. Music connects. And this year the music is the magic that happens at Mullum Music Festival, running 4 nights and 3 days (15-18 November) in the halls, pubs, streets and clubs of Mullumbimby. The first artist announcement heralded the impressive line up of international artist with the second artist announcement introducing the wild and […]
Come for the music, but not just to listen. See, feel, explore and play. City Recital Hall is proud to announce the return to Sydney of legendary 6-piece New York band Bang On A Can All-Stars, bringing their brash and fresh tunes from the American cutting edge to headline Extended Play – a 12-hour festival that explores and celebrates new music in every format imaginable, reverberating […]
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“The standing ovation was deserved … this band did something miraculous” THE AGE It’s one of the most successful Beatles events ever staged in Australia. After two sold-out tours in 2009 and 2014, Chris Cheney (The Living End), Phil Jamieson(Grinspoon), Tim Rogers (You Am I), and ARIA Award-winning solo artist Josh Pykeare reuniting for a 2018 tour in a nod to […]
Paul Cutlan “Paul Cutlan has always had a spiritual halo around his music” – Australian Jazz In 2015, Paul Cutlan launched his first String Project album to a capacity SIMA audience left in raptures. In 2018, Paul Cutlan’s String Project is back with a new work that reflects on the centenary of […]
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Songwriter-vocalist, the award-winning Tina Harrod received the reviews above for her breathtaking new album CITY OF LONGING in May. Tina presents two encore-launch shows in July at The Toff in Town, Melbourne and Camelot Lounge, Sydney. Born in New Zealand with Fijian and Welsh heritage Tina Harrod is a multi-award winning Australian recording artist. Tina’s […]
120 years of French Cabaret celebrating Edith Piaf, Josephine Baker, Juliette Greco Charles Aznavour, Charles Trenet, Yves Montand, Jacques Brel, Michel Legrand, Django Reinhardt… A magical mystery tour into the many aspects of love, its variegated influence and the enchantment it spreads… Love transcends life, perfects music, reaffirms life. Like Leonard Cohen’s Dance me to the end of […]
Freedman New Jazz Series This very special SIMA x Freedman New Jazz concert brings together Freedman Jazz Fellow,Julien Wilson and Freedman Classical Fellow,Claire Edwardes,in a night of spectacular music that is sure to stand testament to the almost 20 year institution. Julien Wilson Quintet (VIC) Julien won the 1994 National Jazz Awards at the […]
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