Jazz at The Lounge 2025: Gregg Arthur: Up Close

Lose yourself in Australian singer songwriter Gregg Arthur’s warm baritone when he returns to the Lounge for an intimate concert of his own award-winning compositions alongside favourite jazz standards from the musicians who influenced his life in song. Endorsed by the biggest names in jazz and praised by his contemporaries and the press, Gregg follows […]

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Find The Music In You! – Open Academy at the Con

Short courses for adults: jazz and soul ensembles, impro basics, jazz guitar, music theory, singing, and more! Classes held at: Conservatorium of Music with some online classes, starting 13th October. This spring, nurture your creativity with a short music course at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music’s Open Academy. Pick up a new instrument perhaps? – […]

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MOONSTRUCK – Ensemble Offspring

MOONSTRUCK – Ensemble Offspring Almost 30 years to the day and in the same venue as the Spring Ensemble’s first concert, Moonstruck looks to the origins of our ensemble and imagines the future. The starting point is Arnold Schoenberg’s revolutionary classic from 1912, Pierrot lunaire – still radical to the ear as it straddles the […]

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IMAX Presents: Prince – Sign O’ The Times – 29th August 2025

Hey Eastsiders! On Friday, 29th of August, experience the live concert film, “Prince – Sign O’ The Times” at IMAX Sydney. Whether you’re a life long or newly minted Prince fan, this concert film has something for everyone. With a running time of 1HR 26 MIN, it’s a definite can’t miss. Don’t believe us? Check […]

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Orlando – A Dazzling Journey Through Time and Identity

Based on the novel by Virginia WoolfAdapted by Carissa Licciardello & Elsie YagerDirected by Carissa Licciardello Virginia Woolf’s most beloved and brilliant novel takes to the stage in a joyous new adaptation. Orlando is young, rich and handsome. A courtier in the time of Elizabeth, he sets out in search of love, life, and a […]

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STROBE Music Film Festival Returns!

Get ready, music lovers! One of Sydney’s most beloved niche film events is back. Groovescooter’s 5th annual STROBE Music Film Festival kicks off Friday, August 29 at the Golden Age Cinema, showcasing a stunning lineup of music documentaries and retrospectives that celebrate iconic, unsung, and genre-defining artists from across the globe. This year’s program features […]

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Jazz at The Lounge 2025: Emma Pask and her jazz trio band

Prepare to be spellbound when award-winning vocalist Emma Pask makes her debut at the Lounge with her Jazz Trio Band. Emma joined Australian jazz great James Morrison’s band when she was just 16 years old, going on to tour the world with Morrison for 20 years. Now one of Australia’s favourite voices in jazz, Emma […]

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Gentle Density

ROOFTOP CITY Could Sydney save itself, solve affordability, generate density, combat climate change, maintain heritage and create a whole new way of living just by adding a storey or two on top? Warren Livesey thinks so, and his argument is compelling.  Livesey is founder of ARAD, the Association for Rooftop and Airspace Development with 15,000 members internationally and 75 rooftop developments […]

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Hanna Diviney – Sydney’s Disability Pride Festival

We’re joined by actress, activist and author Hannah Diviney, who unpacks everything you need to know about Sydney’s Disability Pride Festival happening Saturday, 26 July, from 10 AM to 4 PM at Town Hall. This is a free, disabled-led celebration — every organiser, performer, and volunteer brings their story, identity, and lived experience. Under the bold theme […]

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Protesting the law of protest

In NSW, unlike Queensland, Victoria and the ACT, there is no right to protest, protests must be approved by police and you can be jailed for climbing on ‘a structure.’ On this episode of The Sydneyist podcast with Elizabeth Farrelly speaks with Professor Simon Rice about our increasingly draconian protest laws in NSW. Are we […]

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Music Studio Expressions Of Interest Open At Bondi Pavilion!

If you or someone you know are interested in a small studio space to rehearse or record, then look no further! The Music Studio at Bondi Pavilion is available for any and all local musicians looking for a space to practise and perform! There are a limited number of two-week residencies available from August to […]

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Albums of the Week: flowermuscle by Jane Sheldon // Trail Songs from the Deep by Murray Hammond

Trail Songs from the Deep by Murray Hammond Murry is the founder a legendary Alt-Country group old 97’s. This is his second solo record, it’s been a long time between drinks for Hammond. ‘I’m On My Way’ was released in 2008 but once the needle begins to weave you’ll hear the wait was worth it. […]

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