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77 matching events listed in the next 60 days. Admission prices are shown where supplied.
Blanc de Blanc returns to serve up a Summer of Champagne!
This five-star, champagne-soaked extravaganza of world-class circus, acrobatics, cheeky humour, and vintage glamour, is back by popular demand at one of Sydney's most distinctive theatre venues, The Grand Electric.
Treat yourself to an evening of premium entertainment, hand-crafted cocktails, mouth-watering bar bites and of course, champagne!
Ananas brings together classic French dining and live jazz for a relaxed midweek experience.
A jazz duo sets an elegant backdrop as dinner moves at its own pace. Settle in over the À La Carte Menu, from Soupe à l'Oignon and Escargots à la Bordelaise to Canard Confit, Poisson Rôti à la Poêle and other Ananas signatures, with thoughtfully chosen drinks alongside.
Whether joining for a midweek dinner, a late table or simply staying a little longer, Dîner et Jazz pairs the ease of French dining with live music and a relaxed sense of occasion.
Stay for dessert, linger over a glass and let the evening unfold.
Great comedy at a great price! The home of all Comedy in Sydney.
Come for some real good laughs, and smiles that will brighten up your week! See some amazing and great comedy shows at amazingly good prices!
The Laugh Inn Comedy Club is host to amazing comedy showcases of professional comedians from all around the world. With diverse selections of different comedians, comedy styles, and shows making The Laugh Inn a perfect night out for friends, groups, couples and everyone else.
With each show, one of Sydney's most experienced comedy producers gets the best comedians to come and deliver their funniest stuff for you.
At the iconic Newtown Hotel, renowned for its great atmosphere and hilarious night of fun live entertainment, spoil you for choice with their range of drinks and an enticing menu of delicious meals and snacks. Come and have dinner at the venue before or after the show.
Aziza - the internationally acclaimed jazz quartet featuring Dave Holland, Chris Potter, Lionel Loueke and Eric Harland - reunites in Sydney for one night this October, marking ten years since the release of their acclaimed debut album.
Aziza stands apart as one of the defining modern jazz groups of our time. Combining deep groove, rhythmic complexity, electric intensity and global musical influence, the quartet created a sound that connected the sophistication of modern jazz with the physical force of a live band operating at full power. Drawing from African, Caribbean, jazz-rock and improvisational traditions, Aziza became recognised for performances that could shift from hypnotic pulse to explosive momentum within seconds - precise, fearless and completely locked together.
The project united four of the most influential musicians in contemporary music. Dave Holland's revolutionary approach to rhythm and ensemble writing, Chris Potter's relentless improvisational fluency, Lionel Loueke's singular blend of guitar, harmony and West African influence, and Eric Harland's generation-defining rhythmic language formed a band that quickly developed a global cult following.
For this special performance at the Hall, Aziza will revisit music from their legendary debut album while opening the door to new improvisation, new energy and a decade of shared musical evolution. Few modern jazz groups have combined this level of musicianship, identity and live intensity. Ten years on, Aziza still sounds entirely its own.
Praised by The New York Times for her "penetrating musical intelligence", internationally acclaimed Australian pianist Sarah Grunstein has performed in the United States, Austria, Hungary, Italy, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and her homeland. Reviews have likened her performances to those of Dame Myra Hess, Harold Samuel, and Wanda Landowska.
As a Steinway Artist who trained at the Sydney Conservatorium and The Juilliard School, she is passionate about historic pianos and Bach improvisation. A sought-after pianist and educator inspired by historical performance interpretations, Sarah Grunstein has taught at The Juilliard School as Teaching Fellow, the Manhattan School of Music, the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, and the City University of New York.
The Goldberg Variations is one of the most celebrated keyboard works by Johann Sebastian Bach, written around 1741. It consists of an opening aria, thirty variations, and a return of the aria at the end. Sarah Grunstein is widely admired for her interpretations of the Goldberg Variations, particularly for her clarity, emotional intelligence, and individuality. Critics and audiences have praised her performances as deeply thoughtful mesmerising, tempestuous, and technically commanding.
Join the Australian Haydn Ensemble (AHE) for the third 2026 series of 18th Century Unpacked—their interactive lecture recitals designed to deepen your connection with our main stage touring programs.
Journey into the world of Haydn in the late 18th century as we explore what led to him being awarded an honorary doctorate from Oxford University and other influences on his London Symphonies.
Presented by special guest Genevieve Lang, with performances by the renowned AHE Quartet, this event traces Haydn's journey to London and explores the changes from his relatively isolated and obscure world at the court in Esterházy to world fame and huge sold-out public concerts of his music in London.
Featuring performance excerpts of Haydn's music, this hour-long program illuminates the life and work of an extraordinary composer whose influence remains potent to this day.
Join fellow music lovers for a relaxed and illuminating event in the glorious surrounds of the Friends Room at the State Library of New South Wales.
From September 24th until October 31st, El Camino Cantina The Rocks gets a saloon-style shake-up with Wild West Thursdays, bringing together Tex-Mex, Fireball cocktails, dancers and late-night DJs. Expect boots, bar-top dancing and plenty of Coyote Ugly energy.
Sip your way through their exclusive Fireball cocktail line-up, featuring the Blazin' Apple Margarita, High Noon and Saloon Sour.
Come hungry for the $35 Outlaw Feast, available Thursdays only, loaded with house-made chorizo empanadas, brisket tamale, blue corn chips and more, plus your choice of Fireball cocktail.
Every Thursday from 6:30pm, the saloon comes alive with dancers, live entertainment and DJs:
6:30pm – Coyote Ugly-style saloon takeover
7pm – Best Boots competition
7:30pm – Fireball O'clock
8pm – Best Dressed Cowboy & Cowgirl + DJs 'til late
Then on Saturday October 31st, Wild West Thursdays takes over the saloon for one final spooky Halloween send-off, with even more tricks, thrills and chaos.
Dust off the boots, round up your amigos and join us every Thursday, plus one final spooky Saturday.
It strikes like a particle, but moves like a wave; emanates in straight lines, yet drapes the world in beauty. Light is the ultimate ephemera; it can't be bottled, only felt, remembered, or experienced blazingly new.
Particles of Light sees light in the sound of six voices, in radiant vocal music that glimmers, refracts and fractures into colour, from the 'light tales' of Elena Kats-Chernin to the dawning of Nardi Simpson's 'Yarrager Mayraa'. Join Luminescence Chamber Singers as they take the stage for a joyful celebration of their founding metaphor: how singing illuminates.
Buddy's Comedy brings a night of premium stand-up to the upstairs room at Buddy's Bar on King Street, Newtown. Kookaburra's Comedy hand-picks every lineup, mixing rising Sydney comics with seasoned professional headliners, so audiences get polished, consistently funny sets rather than open mic chaos.
Buddy's Bar is a self-pour venue with more than 40 taps, so guests can grab a drink their way before and during the show, and ticket holders receive a food discount when dining at the bar before the show.
The intimate upstairs room makes it a great pick for a date night, a birthday or a night out with friends, and group tickets are available for those coming together. Please note the room is upstairs and is not wheelchair accessible. This is a strictly 18+ event.
Ester Jazz Nights have quickly become a Marrickville institution, and by popular demand they now grace the calendar every Friday evening.
Settle in with the McMartini Meal — a choice of burger (including a vegetarian option) paired with a perfectly mixed martini — while local band the Squares fill the distillery with swinging live jazz.
The atmosphere is equal parts easygoing and electric, where walk-ins are always welcome, though the best seats are swiftly spoken for. To guarantee your place among the rhythm, book ahead and make Ester Distillery your Friday night tradition.
Following the success of their acclaimed concerts at the Sydney Opera House and Melbourne's PICA, TSIM have agreed to headline their first national tour in over 30 years.
Because TSIM wants all your money, they will entice you to come to every show on the tour by playing a radically different selection of fan favourites each night. Plus all the other weird shit that goes on at a TISM show.
One of Australia's most influential and enduring bands, TSIM have spent decades forging a reputation for their genre-blurring, boundary-smashing, sarcasm-wielding (and entirely anonymous) antics. Emerging in the late 80s, the balaclava-clad group have explored dance, pop, rock and caustic wit amongst other musical delights, spanning seven studio albums, countless award nominations and two ARIA Award wins, millions of streams, and a reputation for blistering live performances.
Equal measures of joy and chaos, a TSIM concert has to be witnessed to be believed. Don't miss the unique opportunity to catch this most idiosyncratic of Australian bands at their peak.
Experience a classic of European literature brought to life in the heart of Sydney with Scene Theatre Sydney's production of The Good Soldier Švejk.
Cheerful, unpredictable and seemingly simple, Josef Švejk finds himself caught in a world of military orders, bureaucracy and absurd authority. Yet as the world around him descends into madness Švejk survives - and quietly subverts it all.
Adapted by Scene Theatre Sydney Artistic Director Carol Dance, this entertaining 90-minute production combines comedy, satire and thought-provoking observations about authority and human nature.
Performances take place in the intimate King George Room at the heritage-listed Castlereagh Boutique Hotel, conveniently located in Sydney CBD near Gadigal and Town Hall stations.
Guests can enjoy a drink before the performance, with the theatre bar opening 45 minutes before showtime.
