The Whitlams first performed with an orchestra in 2004, and over the ensuing 20 years their symphonic show has grown and developed as the band have written and released new albums.

Now this quintessential Sydney band reunite with the Sydney Symphony for three unforgettable performances at the State Theatre.

Iconic songs like ‘No Aphrodisiac’ and ‘Blow Up the Pokies’ and highlights of the band’s 2020s resurgence – including recent albums Sancho (2022) and the Americana-influenced Kookaburra (2024) – have been given full symphonic treatments by some of Australia’s leading contemporary composers including Peter Sculthorpe, Benjamin Northey, Sean O’Boyle, Iain Grandage, Daniel Denholm, Jamie Messenger and Nicholas Buc.