• The Clocktower Centre: Lady Be Good with Nina Ferro

    The Clocktower Centre 750 Mount Alexander Road, Moonee Ponds, VIC, Australia
    Goosebumps? Check. Spine tingling? Absolutely. Emotions uplifted? You bet! Lady Be Good is a joyous, swinging tribute to the First Lady of Song, Ella Fitzgerald and the legends of The Great American Songbook - George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Rodgers & Hart, Cole Porter and Duke Ellington. Nina Ferro is one…
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    Canberra International Music Festival: Gassenhauer

    Wesley Music Centre 20-22 National Circuit, Forrest, ACT, Australia
    Artistic Director Eugene Ughetti’s 2026 program is deeply rooted in place, from site-specific bell works at Parliament House and the National Carillon to chamber and choral premieres. Anna-Louise Cole sings Wagner Lieder and Strauss’s Four Last Songs, the Australian String Quartet surveys British music from Purcell to Britten and Rebecca…
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    Canberra International Music Festival: Wagner Lieder

    Wesley Music Centre 20-22 National Circuit, Forrest, ACT, Australia
    Artistic Director Eugene Ughetti’s 2026 program is deeply rooted in place, from site-specific bell works at Parliament House and the National Carillon to chamber and choral premieres. Anna-Louise Cole sings Wagner Lieder and Strauss’s Four Last Songs, the Australian String Quartet surveys British music from Purcell to Britten and Rebecca…

    Queensland Symphony Orchestra: Spirit of the Violin

    HOTA Home of the Arts 135 Bundall Road, Surfers Paradise, Queensland, Australia
    Queensland Symphony Orchestra in a violin showcase of electrifying flair. Led by conductor Jessica Gethin and featuring Principal First Violin Johnny van Gend, this concert is a celebration of elegance and remarkable virtuosity. Waxman’s Carmen Fantasie and Tchaikovsky’s sparkling Valse-Scherzo offer thrilling moments for solo violin, before Glazunov’s Scènes de ballet closes the concert with rhapsodic…
  • Carclew: Blak Nite

    Carclew 11 Jeffcott Street, North Adelaide, SA, Australia
    One of Australia’s most uncompromising and influential First Nations artists, BARKAA, will headline BLAK NITE 2026 at Carclew on Friday 1 May, anchoring a one-night festival that brings together music, culture and community in a bold, multi-artform celebration. It will also feature a dynamic mix of established and emerging First…
    Art After Dark

    Biennale of Sydney: Boy Soda

    White Bay Power Station Robert St, Rozelle, NSW, Australia
    The Art After Dark program will transform White Bay Power Station on Friday evenings with music, art and outdoor food markets. Across three nights, the Inner West Council Music Series spotlights emerging voices from our own backyard, bringing the sounds, stories and diversity of our local music scene to Biennale’s…
    Editor's Choice Audible Edge ’26

    Tone List: Audible Edge ’26 — A festival of exploratory music (Friday)

    Victoria Hall 179 High St, Fremantle, WA, Australia
    Artist-led, international and delightfully unpredictable, this annual festival of exploratory music is housed in Fremantle’s Victoria Hall, creating a space for virtuosic and “anti-virtuosic” improvisation, forward-thinking club sets and participatory play. Seed-funded artists include composer Simon Charles and poet John Kinsella, experimental electronic music producers Lia T and R. Glacken,…

    Seymour Centre: Convergence

    Seymour Centre Chippendale, NSW, Australia
    Based on Gadigal land (Sydney), multi-award-winning Persian-Australian tar player and composer Hamed Sadeghi presents Convergence. Sadeghi is part of a growing generation of artists redefining what Australian Contemporary music sounds and looks like. His work challenges the boundaries of genre and belonging, asking what it means to carry more than one…
    Editor's Choice Audible Edge ’26

    Tone List: Audible Edge ’26 — A festival of exploratory music (Saturday)

    Victoria Hall 179 High St, Fremantle, WA, Australia
    Artist-led, international and delightfully unpredictable, this annual festival of exploratory music is housed in Fremantle’s Victoria Hall, creating a space for virtuosic and “anti-virtuosic” improvisation, forward-thinking club sets and participatory play. Seed-funded artists include composer Simon Charles and poet John Kinsella, experimental electronic music producers Lia T and R. Glacken,…

    Tone List: Audible Edge ’26 — A festival of exploratory music (Saturday)

    Victoria Hall 179 High St, Fremantle, WA, Australia
    Early birds join Ryan Borrett & Eduardo Cossio in Booyembarra Park for a morning soundwalk - stroll, listen, reflect & chat. Come by the space at 10 for Teeter Bakery pastries, Pound Coffee & some participatory sessions in the morning: join us out in the courtyard with your instrument for…
    Editor's Choice Daniel Verstappen: The Cinematic Piano Experience

    Big Deal Touring: Daniel Verstappen: The Cinematic Piano Experience

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Belgian pianist-composer Daniel Verstappen returns following his 2024 debut, performing alongside Melbourne-based violinist Yena Choi. The program combines Verstappen’s own works with film music staples including Gabriel’s Oboe from The Mission and Cinema Paradiso by Ennio Morricone, Time from Inception and Now We Are Free from Gladiator by Hans Zimmer,…
    Editor's Choice Audible Edge ’26

    Tone List: Audible Edge ’26 — A festival of exploratory music (Saturday Night)

    Victoria Hall 179 High St, Fremantle, WA, Australia
    Artist-led, international and delightfully unpredictable, this annual festival of exploratory music is housed in Fremantle’s Victoria Hall, creating a space for virtuosic and “anti-virtuosic” improvisation, forward-thinking club sets and participatory play. Seed-funded artists include composer Simon Charles and poet John Kinsella, experimental electronic music producers Lia T and R. Glacken,…