• The Stradbroke Chamber Music Festival, Inc.: The 2026 Stradbroke Chamber Music Festival

    Point Lookout Community Hall 84 East Coast Road, Point Lookout, QLD, Australia
    This July, the 2026 Stradbroke Chamber Music Festival returns to Point Lookout on beautiful North Stradbroke Island, just a short ferry ride from Brisbane across Moreton Bay. Artistic Director Rachel Smith has again crafted a six-concert program that balances the familiar with the unexpected, and the traditional with the contemporary.…
    Meet the Endangered Instruments

    Canberra Symphony Orchestra: Meet the Endangered Instruments

    Ainslie Arts Centre 30 Elouera St, Braddon, ACT, Australia
    Get ready to meet some of the most fascinating and unique instruments you've ever seen! Explore the Orchestra offers fun, relaxed performances that introduce our littlest audience members and their families to the world of music – ideal for children up to 9 years. Perfect for first-time concertgoers, these events…
    Meet the Endangered Instruments

    Canberra Symphony Orchestra: Meet the Endangered Instruments

    Ainslie Arts Centre 30 Elouera St, Braddon, ACT, Australia
    Get ready to meet some of the most fascinating and unique instruments you've ever seen! Explore the Orchestra offers fun, relaxed performances that introduce our littlest audience members and their families to the world of music – ideal for children up to 9 years. Perfect for first-time concertgoers, these events…
    Cocktail Hour with Alexander Morris

    Sydney Symphony Orchestra: Cocktail Hour with Alexander Morris

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Best known for the stabbing strings of Psycho, Bernard Herrmann’s Souvenirs de Voyage sounds like the soundtrack to an epic romance, full of yearning. Weber’s Quintet is a thrilling showpiece for the clarinet, revelling in the possibilities of the instrument. These intimate one-hour chamber music concerts in the Utzon Room showcase our musicians…

    West Australian Symphony Orchestra: How to Train Your Dragon in Concert

    Riverside Theatre, Perth 21 Mounts Bay Rd, Perth, WA, Australia
    A winner with audiences and critics alike, DreamWorks’ How to Train Your Dragon is a captivating original story that combines humour, fire-breathing action, and epic adventure! Hiccup is a young Viking who defies tradition when he befriends one of his deadliest foes – a ferocious dragon he calls Toothless. Together, these unlikely…

    Australian Youth Orchestra: AYO Flagship: Brave New Worlds

    AANT Centre Darwin, NT, Australia
    The Australian Youth Orchestra marks an exciting milestone as we travel to the Top End for the first time in over 30 years before returning to Sydney’s City Recital Hall with a thrilling program featuring Shostakovich’s haunting Cello Concerto No. 1 and the sweeping gestures of Beethoven’s EroicaSymphony, conducted by…
    Editor's Choice Leila Josefowicz & John Novacek

    Musica Viva Australia: Leila Josefowicz & John Novacek

    Newcastle City Hall Newcastle, NSW, Australia
    American-Canadian violinist Leila Josefowicz and pianist John Novacek present a program spanning early Modernism to the present day, including Debussy’s Violin Sonata, Szymanowski’s Mythes and Stravinsky’s Divertimento from The Fairy’s Kiss. The program also features the Australian premiere of Charlotte Bray’s Mriya, commissioned by Musica Viva Australia and Wigmore Hall. Limelight…
    Editor's Choice The Merry Widow

    Opera Australia: The Merry Widow

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Graeme Murphy’s production of Lehár’s evergreen operetta receives a welcome revival. As Pontevedro teeters on the brink of bankruptcy, its ambassador will do whatever it takes to prevent the wealthy widow Hanna Glavari from marrying a foreigner. When her old flame Count Danilo refuses to marry for money, the result is…
    New Ground

    Adelaide Symphony Orchestra: New Ground

    Adelaide Town Hall off Pirie St, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
    This program opens with Gershwin’s spirited An American in Paris, capturing the excitement and whimsy of the Jazz Age. Renowned classical accordionist James Crabb premieres Holly Harrison’s new concerto, shaped by her lively rhythms and blues-infused style. The concert builds to Bartók’s Concerto for Orchestra, dancing between delicate winds, suspenseful…

    Bowral Autumn Music Festival: Fundraiser Concert and High Tea – Simon Tedeschi by Request

    St Jude's Church, Bowral 38 Bendooley St, Bowral, NSW, Australia
    Join us in the picturesque Southern Highlands where you will be welcomed with a scrumptious High Tea at 12 noon, followed by a scintillating concert in which the amazing pianist, Simon Tedeschi AM shares some fascinating anecdotes and performs works by our audience nominated composers ! Total event duration is…