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Discover concerts, gigs and live music in Sydney. The best events, attractions and things to do from the City of Sydney’s official event guide.

Choirs in the City: Martin Place

Choirs in the City: Martin Place

Street choirs singing carols perform every night leading up to Christmas.
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Christmas at The Rocks

Christmas at The Rocks

Free live music, artisan markets, connection events, free movies and more.
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Darling Harbour Christmas Festival

Darling Harbour Christmas Festival

Two nights of free entertainment featuring performances from Samantha Jade, Anthony Callea and more!
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Homegrown concert series at The Rocks

Homegrown concert series at The Rocks

Join us for a relaxed summer afternoon featuring some of Australia's best homegrown talent.
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Charli Lucas

Charli Lucas

Sydney based up and coming artist known for her self depricating lyricism and mindworming melodies.
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Christmas Choir

Christmas Choir

This Christmas our iconic Christmas Choir will return to David Jones Elizabeth Street.
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Gamelan classes

Gamelan classes

Play gongs, metallophones and drums that interlock to create mesmerising melodies and rhythms
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Hamilton

Hamilton

The Tony®, Grammy®, Olivier & Pulitzer prize winning musical.
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Handel’s Messiah

Handel’s Messiah

Christmas isn't Christmas without Sydney Philharmonia Choirs' performances of Messiah. Hallelujah!
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Masaya Kamei in Piano Recital

Masaya Kamei in Piano Recital

Don't miss the Sydney debut of young brilliant career pianist Masaya Kamei.
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QVB Christmas magic

QVB Christmas magic

See the largest indoor Christmas tree in NSW, music and light shows
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Rave Cave presents: Cavern III

Rave Cave presents: Cavern III

A "genre-showcase" event to highlight the abrasive DnB sounds of Rave Cave.
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Xmas Party @ The Barrie

Xmas Party @ The Barrie

End of Year Xmas Party @ The Barrie
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Merry Uke-Mas!

Merry Uke-Mas!

Free music, bring a picnic and good cheer!
15 Dec 2024
A St James' Christmas

A St James' Christmas

A magical musical Christmas concert at St James' King Street featuring the choir and orchestra of St James' Church
15 Dec 2024
Bring it Back: The Paula T Band

Bring it Back: The Paula T Band

Get Ready for a chilled Sunday afternoon filled with the Best 90s & noughties vibes
15 Dec 2024
Hunters Hill Music presents Joyeux Noël

Hunters Hill Music presents Joyeux Noël

Join internationally acclaimed tenor Andrew Goodwin for an afternoon of festive music making.
15 Dec 2024
Live Sunday music free

Live Sunday music free

Join us for an amazing selection of Soul R&B artists
15 Dec 2024
Polskie Koledy – Polish Christmas Carols

Polskie Koledy – Polish Christmas Carols

In Poland it is customary to celebrate the Christmas season with the singing of carols
15 Dec 2024
Sunday Sounds

Sunday Sounds

Relaxed DJ vibes for your Sunday afternoon
15 Dec 2024
Cardea Sundays

Cardea Sundays

See the weekend off with our Sunday Sessions, with a Live DJ Set, discounted drinks and great vibes.
15 Dec 2024
With One Voice community choir: Redfern

With One Voice community choir: Redfern

Come join our community choir! No prior experience required.
16 Dec 2024
Sydney Town Hall organ recitals

Sydney Town Hall organ recitals

Be enchanted by the magic of Sydney Town Hall's grand organ, at a free concert in the heart of the city
17 Dec 2024
Diamonds are forever luncheon

Diamonds are forever luncheon

Everyone's invited to our end of year event - a glamorous afternoon filled with delicious food, live music, sparkling alcohol-free drinks, and great company.
18 Dec 2024
Power of voice with Carmella

Power of voice with Carmella

Develop vocal technique, care and preservation of the voice both in speech and in song singer Carmella Baynie
18 Dec 2024
Rhythm n Bubs

Rhythm n Bubs

Bring your little ones to Darling Harbour for Rhythm n Bubs, where music meets playtime joy!
18 Dec 2024
Adult Beginner Group Guitar 101

Adult Beginner Group Guitar 101

Start your guitar playing journey with a band of like-minded people
18 Dec 2024
Drumming

Drumming

Drumming with Bo - Beginner and Intermediate
18 Dec 2024
Sound Bath – Relaxing guided sound meditation for the heart

Sound Bath – Relaxing guided sound meditation for the heart

Experience the bliss of soothing sound instruments including Tibetan & Crystal Bowls, Voice, Gongs, Drums & more.
18 Dec 2024
Ukulele class: Beginners to advanced

Ukulele class: Beginners to advanced

Strum your troubles away in this fun class for all ages and levels of experience
18 Dec 2024
Ukulele with Lindy

Ukulele with Lindy

Strum your heart out - for beginners and intermediate
18 Dec 2024
Q&A with Chris Cuffaro on George Michael

Q&A with Chris Cuffaro on George Michael

Artist talk with photographer Chris Cuffaro, who shot the iconic Faith tour, music videos & publicity for George Michael.
19 Dec 2024
Sonder: Ulla at The Vanguard

Sonder: Ulla at The Vanguard

Heralded as “one of contemporary ambient’s best practitioners”, Ulla is an essential part of the ambient avant-garde.
19 Dec 2024
StratoFibre – Strazz/Berlach/Lugg/Hall

StratoFibre – Strazz/Berlach/Lugg/Hall

Modern world jazz with evocative melodies, interactive improvisations, and great grooves
19 Dec 2024
Christmas Winter Wonderland

Christmas Winter Wonderland

Get ready for an unforgettable night of festive fun at our Christmas Winter Wonderland!
20 Dec 2024
80s-90s disco day dancing

80s-90s disco day dancing

For those who want to dance but don't want to wait until late
20 Dec 2024
Jacob Turl

Jacob Turl

Jacob Turl launches his debut EP 'reverse garbage' at The Vanguard.
20 Dec 2024
Harbour Village at Darling Harbour

Harbour Village at Darling Harbour

Two days of free craft workshops, sing-a-longs, lawn games, dance parties and a whole lot of family fun!
21 Dec 2024
Handel's Messiah

Handel's Messiah

Be uplifted by this massed choir performance of Handel's immortal oratorio.
21 Dec 2024
Terza Madre Presenta Una Spettacolo di Natale!

Terza Madre Presenta Una Spettacolo di Natale!

After their last sold out show in May, Terza Madre return to The Vanguard for a Christmas Special.
21 Dec 2024
"Koliada"– Ukrainian Christmas carols in Sydney!

"Koliada"– Ukrainian Christmas carols in Sydney!

Celebrate Christmas with caroling and traditions, spreading warmth and the feeling of home this holiday season
22 Dec 2024
A Service of Nine Lessons and Carols

A Service of Nine Lessons and Carols

A moving service of readings, carols, and choral works for Christmas sung by the Choir of St James' King Street
22 Dec 2024
Strip of Cleeve w/ Yawdoesitall, Jet Vesper & DJ Moto

Strip of Cleeve w/ Yawdoesitall, Jet Vesper & DJ Moto

Strip of Cleeve are back with mates, ready to go straight to the Bank on Dec 28!
28 Dec 2024
Bar Ombrè New Years Eve

Bar Ombrè New Years Eve

Join us in the heart Circular Quay for a night of fireworks, food, and refreshing drinks. Don’t miss the magic!
31 Dec 2024
New Year's Eve at the Longueville Hotel

New Year's Eve at the Longueville Hotel

Celebrate New Year's Eve at the Longueville Hotel as we count down to 2025!
31 Dec 2024
New Year's Eve Decades Party

New Year's Eve Decades Party

Feel the nostalgia and dance to the sounds of the 90s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s
31 Dec 2024
New Years Eve - Luxury Fireworks - All-Inclusive Boat Party

New Years Eve - Luxury Fireworks - All-Inclusive Boat Party

New Years Eve Boat Dinner and Party! Sydney Fireworks 360 Degree Views from one of the best vessels in the harbour
31 Dec 2024
Swinging New Year’s Eve show at Cardea Barangaroo!!

Swinging New Year’s Eve show at Cardea Barangaroo!!

Bring in the New Year with an enchanting night of smooth jazz, featuring renowned talent Charlie Chech and his band
31 Dec 2024
Chela

Chela

Fall hard for Australia’s new synth-pop queen
4 Jan 2025
Yaya Bey

Yaya Bey

The R&B sensation makes her Australian debut
4 Jan 2025
Costa's Garden Book Launch at The Botanic Gardens

Costa's Garden Book Launch at The Botanic Gardens

Everyone's favourite garden gnome, Costa Georgiadis has written a book for young green-thumbs all about flowers!
7 Jan 2025
Soul dance with Taline

Soul dance with Taline

Join us for a transformative dance experience that will inspire you to let go, move with freedom and express your soul!
10 Jan 2025
William Yang: Milestone

William Yang: Milestone

Celebrating Sydney’s great storyteller, with Elena Kats-Chernin
10 Jan 2025
SYO HSC Summer School Holiday Program

SYO HSC Summer School Holiday Program

Helping students prepare for and polish their understanding of HSC Music 2 & Music Extension
13 Jan 2025
SYO Summer Symphony Orchestra Holiday Program

SYO Summer Symphony Orchestra Holiday Program

For the first time in 2025, musicians will have the option to audition for the Summer Symphony Orchestra!
13 Jan 2025
Lavurn at Phoenix Central Park

Lavurn at Phoenix Central Park

Lavurn Lee, an R&B singer, songwriter, producer, performer and DJ from the inner suburbs of Toronto.
14 Jan 2025
Andrew Gurruwiwi Band at Phoenix Central Park

Andrew Gurruwiwi Band at Phoenix Central Park

A high-energy, 8-piece funk band who have honed their chops on the beach at Birrtjimi and in the dirt of Yirrkala
16 Jan 2025
As We Speak

As We Speak

As We Speak- Zakir Hussain, Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer Feat. Rakesh Chaurasia
18 Jan 2025
Jules Reidy at Phoenix Central Park

Jules Reidy at Phoenix Central Park

Non-traditional song forms which combine unstable harmonic territories, rhythmic elasticity and abstract narrative
21 Jan 2025
Soft Cou at Phoenix Central Park

Soft Cou at Phoenix Central Park

Experimental glitch beats mixed together with pitch dark trip hop moments and spoken word
23 Jan 2025
Hera Björk: Queen of Effing Everything Tour

Hera Björk: Queen of Effing Everything Tour

2-time Icelandic Eurovision star, Hera Björk, comes to Sydney to showcase her hilarious cabaret show.
30 Jan 2025
Salut! Baroque presents Music to Celebrate

Salut! Baroque presents Music to Celebrate

A feast of glorious music launches our celebratory year, with compositions spanning 400 years.
2 Feb 2025
Opera in the Pub at The Harold – Opera Jukebox

Opera in the Pub at The Harold – Opera Jukebox

Opera in a pub? You heard right! Opera Bites brings best-loved opera hits to the relaxed atmosphere of your local pub
4 Feb 2025
Singular Voices: Teeks

Singular Voices: Teeks

Hear Māori artist TEEKS’ mesmerising voice soar in cinematic soundscape & relish in his magnetic stage presence.
4 Feb 2025
Spill at Phoenix Central Park

Spill at Phoenix Central Park

Stripped down, deeply nocturnal, somewhat minimal DarkJazz
6 Feb 2025
Singular Voices: Kate Miller-Heidke

Singular Voices: Kate Miller-Heidke

Kate Miller-Heidke brings her incredible voice, storytelling, emotion, humour and music to Sydney’s City Recital Hall.
7 Feb 2025
Twilight at Taronga Summer Concert Series

Twilight at Taronga Summer Concert Series

Sydney’s summer will again be filled with back-to-back weekends of live music as the Twilight at Taronga returns!
7 Feb 2025
Dreamstate Sydney 2025

Dreamstate Sydney 2025

The nation's leading trance music festival
9 Feb 2025
Plead Morimoto at Phoenix Central Park

Plead Morimoto at Phoenix Central Park

Plead Morimoto is an ongoing collaboration between DJ Plead and T.Morimoto.
13 Feb 2025
The Cloud Maker at Phoenix Central Park

The Cloud Maker at Phoenix Central Park

The Cloud Maker’s music celebrates goddesses from each of the five female master musician’s cultures.
18 Feb 2025
Kangdaniel Australian tour

Kangdaniel Australian tour

K-Pop artist Kang Daniel's 'ACT' tour in Australia
21 Feb 2025
Kurt Weill's Seven Deadly Sins & Mahagonny Songspiel

Kurt Weill's Seven Deadly Sins & Mahagonny Songspiel

Dive into Weill & Brecht's Seven Deadly Sins and Mahagonny-Songspiel: powerful works blending opera, theatre and satire
21 Feb 2025
Shen Yun 2025

Shen Yun 2025

5,000 years of culture in one night. A beautiful, heavenly experience. This is what you have been waiting for.
26 Feb 2025
Juice Webster at Phoenix Central Park

Juice Webster at Phoenix Central Park

Webster is a unique and earnest voice that cracks your heart open then picks up the pieces with you.
3 Mar 2025
Switched On: SHABAKA

Switched On: SHABAKA

Saxophonist, clarinettist, flutist, composer, band leader and collaborator: SHABAKA.
8 Mar 2025
Marike Jager (NL) live in concert

Marike Jager (NL) live in concert

Dutch singer-songwriter Marike Jager is bringing her unique sound to Sydney for an intimate live performance
8 Mar 2025
Singular Voices: John Grant with Bonny Light Horseman

Singular Voices: John Grant with Bonny Light Horseman

John Grant’s lush and unflinching take on pop meets Bonny Light Horseman’s contemporary spin on folk’s traditions.
11 Mar 2025
Dido and Aeneas

Dido and Aeneas

Death-defying acrobatics and sublime music
13 Mar 2025
Singular Voices: Camille O'Sullivan 'Loveletter'

Singular Voices: Camille O'Sullivan 'Loveletter'

Camille O'Sullivan’s Loveletter is a heartfelt homage to the songs of her friends, Shane McGowan and Sinéad O’Connor.
14 Mar 2025
Majelen – Long Way to Go Tour 2025

Majelen – Long Way to Go Tour 2025

Join Majelen on her first headline Australian tour with special guest Tessa Devine, before she heads back overseas!
16 Mar 2025
Elsy Wameyo at Phoenix Central Park

Elsy Wameyo at Phoenix Central Park

Elsy Wameyo has emerged as a force to be reckoned with in recent years.
21 Mar 2025
Magic Music at Phoenix Central Park

Magic Music at Phoenix Central Park

Magic Music is a compelling meeting of Jazz, Japanese and Iranian music, featuring four innovative musicians.
27 Mar 2025
Kaiit at Phoenix Central Park

Kaiit at Phoenix Central Park

Naarm/Melbourne based Kaiit will perform at Phoenix Central Park
1 Apr 2025
Switched On: SAFIA

Switched On: SAFIA

For the first time, SAFIA will perform songs across their entire catalogue with live strings.
3 Apr 2025
The Dolly Show

The Dolly Show

Voted the U.K’s BEST Dolly Parton Impersonator, West End star - Kelly O’Brien is country legend Dolly Parton!
4 Apr 2025
Salut! Baroque presents Baroque Spirit

Salut! Baroque presents Baroque Spirit

Baroque encapsulates the spirit of the 17th-18th centuries, reflecting the social, cultural and political upheavals.
13 Apr 2025
Switched On: Marc Broussard

Switched On: Marc Broussard

Join Marc Broussard for his highly anticipated Australian debut and celebrate 20 years of his landmark album Carencro
16 Apr 2025
Switched On: Allison Russell

Switched On: Allison Russell

Join Grammy-winning artist Allison Russell for a powerful evening of soulful music and captivating storytelling.
17 Apr 2025
Sasha & Anetra Reunited

Sasha & Anetra Reunited

Sasha Colby & Anetra from Rupaul's Drag Race season 15 Reunited
19 Apr 2025
Switched On: RY X

Switched On: RY X

Experience Grammy-nominated artist RY X at City Recital Hall as he returns to Sydney after a decade-long absence.
23 Apr 2025
Choirboys - Run to Paradise

Choirboys - Run to Paradise

"Run to Paradise" spills wild, hilarious stories of Australian rock n roll, as told by Pub-rock icons, Choirboys'
5 Jul 2025
Salut! Baroque presents The Entrepreneur

Salut! Baroque presents The Entrepreneur

Celebrity culture thrived during the baroque period and Georg Philipp Telemann was one of the stars
20 Jul 2025
Matt Gresham “The Voice Australia"

Matt Gresham “The Voice Australia"

Immerse yourself in a deeply moving acoustic performance by Matt Gresham at the Sydney Opera House.
13 Sep 2025
Salut! Baroque presents Voice, Rejoice

Salut! Baroque presents Voice, Rejoice

The versatility of the voice has fascinated composers through the ages, from its purest form to its most virtuosic.
26 Oct 2025