Every week I pick out a bunch of interesting shows featuring emerging, DIY, and independent Australian artists.
The full list of shows this week are below – those are the ones to get out to in the next few days.
Don’t forget, there’s also a futuristic-y dashboard here that lets you look ahead if you want to see similar shows a bit further out – given the perilous state of live music, if you can buy tix in advance, the artists and venues will thank you for it.
Wherever you end up though, get out and discover something amazing 👇
Gigs I like the look of this week:
wed
- evangeline + hinano fujisaki, fatshaudi @ metro theatre | metro social
- fool + lake crook mouth, grass goo, rich delinquent @ the lansdowne
- ruby jackson @ vespertine
thu
- hydrangea + ultra sonic mouse repellent, phase ii @ the lord gladstone | goodspace
- pash + park rd (nz) @ the lansdowne
fri
- barley passable @ the eveleigh hotel
- blokbstr & marty rotten + spinner @ oxford art factory | oaf gallery
- freaks union: inaugural general meeting + max dary, redshoes, bats, fast lane, bindi, dj sock puppet @ the lord gladstone | goodspace
- jem cassar-daley + euan hart, ruby rodgers @ the lansdowne
- purple disturbance + the moids, nfi @ dead set
- smudge + the vors, restless leg @ marrickville bowlo
- supahoney + maia jelavic, rising bliss @ the burdekin
- sveta + euan hart, selene and the strange, jude pascal @ pleasure club
- vv pete + akala newman @ mca
sat
- conscious connects music industry intensive + timomatic, riah, t1ll0w, pa777ience, 84 heartz and the collective reality @ campbelltown arts centre
- forever at midnight + stone lions, blake williams, social strangers @ dead set
- great job! + talk heavy, oscar the wild, bukowski @ the vanguard
- polybius @ 7th day brewery
- romanie + georgia mulligan @ hibernian house
- sienna skies + saving face, down & out @ kelly’s on king | bootleggers
- springtime soirée + bella amor, worm girlz, hot pursuit, gailla, casual affair @ waywards ballroom
- the band adhd + esi @ pleasure club
- the beefs @ heaps normal health club
- the songwriting prize 2026: sydney final + alibii, genevieve, giselle kwong, the great emu war casualties, louella, lucienne, neiia, nikkita, ruby archer, vanessa jade @ blackwattle bar and brewery
- therevalla @ sean & dolly’s
sun
- problem green + operation love machine @ enmore hotel
- she’s all brat + private wives, second idol, ponzi scheme, hydrangea, club halifax, meow meow & the smackouts @ dead set
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🤤 Want more gigs?
Hey, there’s also a futuristic-y dashboard here that lets you look ahead if you want to see similar shows a bit further out.
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🤔 Wait, wtf is this?
Looking at the various gig guides out there, these are the shows by emerging, independent, or DIY artists that get my pulse going – this isn’t a complete list, it’s a totally subjective selection of stuff I just like the look of. For way better actual gig guides, you should follow SydneyMusic or bestbandsyouneverheard or Sydney Gig Guide (which tbh you should do anyway)
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