OzAsia Festival: Elsewhere in India

The Lab 63 Light Square, Adelaide, SA, Australia
In a speculative Indo-futuristic world where global cultures teeter on the brink of extinction, electro-classical Indian music collides with surreal visuals created through a fusion of 3D video games, AI-generated art and motion-captured dance. Imagined by transmedia artists, Murthovic and Thiruda, Elsewhere in India: Return to Technopia is an immersive…
Liveworks Festival 2025

Performance Space: Liveworks Festival 2025

Carriageworks Sydney, NSW, Australia
Performance Space’s biennial festival of live art, 2025 LIVEWORKS FESTIVAL has announced a jam-packed, five-day celebration of new, experimental and genre-defying art and performance from across Australia and the Asia-Pacific region, at Carriageworks from 22 to 26 October 2025. Featuring a massive line-up of never-before-seen works, including seven Australian premieres,…

OzAsia Festival: FORD TRIO

OzAsia Festival Stage, Lucky Dumpling Market Elder Park, King William Rd, Adelaide, SA, Australia
FORD TRIO is a boundary-pushing Thai band known for their genre-blending sound and emotionally resonant storytelling. Drawing inspiration from neo soul, alternative rock and psychedelic idiosyncratic production, the trio has crafted a distinctive style they call Neo Thai Funk - a fusion that’s both rooted in Thai musical identity and boldly global…

Art Etc Collective: The Taxithi Project – The Past is a Place

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
It might be 1978 in Prahran, 1964 in Footscray, or 1956 in Collingwood: whichever the year, Greek families arrive in their thousands, seeking a better life in Australia. In the backstreets of inner-city suburbs, memories and music drift from open windows and flyscreen doors. Greek records crossed oceans, carrying songs…

OzAsia Festival: Badieh

Nexus Arts Lion Arts Centre, 68 North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Master musicians, Mohammad Miraghazadeh (setar) and Michel Gasco (rubab) breathe new life into ancient music of a vast cultural region that spans the borders of Iran and Afghanistan. From the sweeping steppes of borderland towns to the ancient spirit of Herat and Torbat-e-Jam, Badieh’s soul-stirring sound offers a rare glimpse…
Bleak Squad

Melbourne Recital Centre: Bleak Squad

Melbourne Recital Centre 31 Sturt St, Southbank, VIC, Australia
Bleak Squad is a new Melbourne four-piece comprised of true Australian art-rock royalty. Featuring Mick Turner (Dirty Three, Mess Esque), Mick Harvey (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, PJ Harvey, The Birthday Party), Adalita (Magic Dirt) and Marty Brown (Art of Fighting), the unlikely quartet unite for the first time on…

OzAsia Festival: San Dragan

OzAsia Festival Stage, Lucky Dumpling Market Elder Park, King William Rd, Adelaide, SA, Australia
San Dragan is a soul-driven singer-songwriter blending experimental electronic with emotional storytelling. Her music explores transformation, vulnerability, and self-discovery, drawing inspiration from artists like Aurora and Hiatus Kaiyote.

OzAsia Festival: Mariae Cassandra

OzAsia Festival Stage, Lucky Dumpling Market Elder Park, King William Rd, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Since taking out triple j’s Unearthed High competition in September 2024 with her song ‘Million Billion Trillion’ – a love song dedicated to her bestie – this 17-year-old has become one to watch. Mariae creates timeless and catchy songs with the sonic magic and whimsy of her inspirations beabadoobee and…

OzAsia Festival: Milestone

Adelaide Town Hall 128 King William Street, Adelaide, SA, Australia
Celebrating his 80th birthday, pioneering artist, William Yang, reflects on his extraordinary life in Milestone. In this ambitious new performance, Yang weaves together an epic slideshow of documentary photographs from his vast collection. Through personal stories, he explores themes of family, sexuality, and culture with his signature humour and candour. Set…

OzAsia Festival: grentperez

Hindley Street Music Hall 149 Hindley Street,, Adelaide, SA, Australia
At just 23, grentperez has charmed audiences with his sweetly crooned love songs that balance dreamy sincerity with light-hearted fun. Since his gold-certified single, Cherry Wine, a No. 1 hit on Spotify’s Viral 50, grentperez has toured internationally, supporting Rex Orange County, Wallows, Laufey, and Cavetown, selling out headline shows, and…

The Clocktower Centre: Mirusia – Celebration

The Clocktower Centre 750 Mount Alexander Road, Moonee Ponds, VIC, Australia
From a young age, Mirusia knew she was destined to sing and entertain and share her passion for music. Her journey to international stardom began when she was discovered by the legendary André Rieu, with whom she toured the world for over a decade, captivating audiences of hundreds of thousands…

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