Beecroft Orchestra: The Magic Garden

Cheltenham Girls High School The Promenade, Cheltenham, NSW, Australia
Join The Vegetable Plot and The Beecroft Orchestra, along with talented young musicians from Denistone East and Eastwood Public Schools, for an unforgettable children’s concert! Expect a fun-filled, interactive, and musical adventure where creativity and imagination come to life! Come sing, dance, and grow with us in this magical musical…

The Art House, Wyong: Katie Noonan & Karin Schaupp: Songs of the Southern Skies Volume 2

The Art House 19-21 Margaret Street, Wyong, NSW, Australia
Katie Noonan and Karin Schaupp perform a nostalgic and much-loved set list of songs by some of Australia’s most successful female artists. Hear Katie’s unique vocals combine with Karin’s guitar mastery to create new arrangements of your favourite songs by Aunty Ruby Hunter, Missy Higgins, Sia, Kate Ceberano, Sarah Blasko…
Editor's Choice Are You Lonesome Tonight

Opera Queensland: Are You Lonesome Tonight

The Q - Queanbeyan Performing Arts Centre 253 Crawford Street, Queanbeyan, NSW, Australia
Opera and country and western might sound like curious musical bedfellows, but this quirky show was a hit for Opera Queensland back in 2021. Now, it’s touring nationally. Patrick Nolan’s clever concept mixes arias by the likes of Puccini and Verdi with classic country songs by Slim Dusty, Troy Cassar-Daley,…

Melbourne Recital Centre: Allison Russell

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
GRAMMY® Award-winner Allison Russell presents an evening of soulful, genre-defying music. GRAMMY® Award-winning artist Allison Russell is celebrated for her emotionally charged music and powerful storytelling. A self-taught singer, songwriter, poet, activist, and multi-instrumentalist, Russell redefines what it means to be an artist in the 21st century. From her devastatingly…
You’re An Instrument

Riverside Theatres: You’re An Instrument

Riverside Theatres, Parramatta Parramatta, NSW, Australia
Step into a world where music, science and imagination collide in You’re An Instrument! This wildy fun and interactive show will take kids on a journey to discover that the most incredible musical instrument is themselves. Led by a team of dynamic performer-scientists, children will use their voices, bodies and…
You’re An Instrument

Riverside Theatres: You’re An Instrument

Riverside Theatres, Parramatta Parramatta, NSW, Australia
Step into a world where music, science and imagination collide in You’re An Instrument! This wildy fun and interactive show will take kids on a journey to discover that the most incredible musical instrument is themselves. Led by a team of dynamic performer-scientists, children will use their voices, bodies and…

Art Gallery of New South Wales: Perila

Art Gallery of NSW Art Gallery Road, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Experience the evocative music of Perila at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Perila is a St Petersburg-born, Berlin-based sound artist and performer who works with field-recorded sounds from the natural and human-made landscape. In her first performance in Australia, she will perform recent music that draws on raw…

City Recital Hall: Allison Russell

City Recital Hall Sydney, NSW, Australia
Known for her emotionally charged music and powerful storytelling, Russell has redefined what it means to be an artist in the 21st century. A self-taught singer, songwriter, poet, activist, and multi-instrumentalist, she has captivated audiences worldwide with her unique ability to weave personal and universal narratives into her music. Russell's…
You’re An Instrument

Riverside Theatres: You’re An Instrument

Riverside Theatres, Parramatta Parramatta, NSW, Australia
Step into a world where music, science and imagination collide in You’re An Instrument! This wildy fun and interactive show will take kids on a journey to discover that the most incredible musical instrument is themselves. Led by a team of dynamic performer-scientists, children will use their voices, bodies and…
You’re An Instrument

Riverside Theatres: You’re An Instrument

Riverside Theatres, Parramatta Parramatta, NSW, Australia
Step into a world where music, science and imagination collide in You’re An Instrument! This wildy fun and interactive show will take kids on a journey to discover that the most incredible musical instrument is themselves. Led by a team of dynamic performer-scientists, children will use their voices, bodies and…
Editor's Choice Are You Lonesome Tonight

Opera Queensland: Are You Lonesome Tonight

Griffith Regional Theatre Neville Place, Griffith, NSW, Australia
Opera and country and western might sound like curious musical bedfellows, but this quirky show was a hit for Opera Queensland back in 2021. Now, it’s touring nationally. Patrick Nolan’s clever concept mixes arias by the likes of Puccini and Verdi with classic country songs by Slim Dusty, Troy Cassar-Daley,…

The Orchestra Project: The Rite of Spring

Verbrugghen Hall Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Macquarie Street, Sydney, NSW, Australia
The Orchestra Project returns to Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music to perform Ravel's La Valse, Chausson's Poème (violin soloist: Natsuko Yoshimoto) and Stravinsky's Rite of Spring

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