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    • The Joan: Christmas Then and Now

    Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre Penrith, NSW, Australia
    Come on a sentimental journey as we remember the stories, traditions and fun of Christmas! Join Stephen Fisher-King and Jo Elms with some special guests as they perform classic and contemporary favourites from across the years and recapture all the wonder and joy of the festive season.

    Penrith Symphony Orchestra: Family Christmas Concert

    Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre Penrith, NSW, Australia
    Come together with friends and family for a Christmas tradition. PSO is joined by the Festival Chorus, Penrith Youth Orchestra and Glenbrook Ballet Theatre to celebrate the joy of the festive season, with a selection of carols, popular favourites and orchestral delights.

    • The Wind in the Willows

    Q Theatre: The Wind in the Willows

    Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre Penrith, NSW, Australia
    Join us for The Wind in the Willows, the inaugural performance from Q Theatre’s Junior Performance Ensemble, showcasing the creativity and passion of Western Sydney’s own young talent. In this lively, music-filled staging of Kenneth Grahame’s classic (adapted by Mike Smith and Keith Dawson), Mole, Ratty, Badger, and the unforgettable…
    The Wind in the Willows

    Q Theatre: The Wind in the Willows

    Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre Penrith, NSW, Australia
    Join us for The Wind in the Willows, the inaugural performance from Q Theatre’s Junior Performance Ensemble, showcasing the creativity and passion of Western Sydney’s own young talent. In this lively, music-filled staging of Kenneth Grahame’s classic (adapted by Mike Smith and Keith Dawson), Mole, Ratty, Badger, and the unforgettable…

    The Joan: The Vallies

    Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre Penrith, NSW, Australia
    Fresh off their triumph at the 2024 ACE (Australian Club Entertainment) Awards, winning Performers of the Year and Best Tribute Show, the sensational The Vallies are ready to rock your world! Join this award-winning Australian vocal group as they bring the unforgettable hits of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, the electrifying sounds of Motown,…

    Bach Akademie Australia: The Brandenburg Concertos

    Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre Penrith, NSW, Australia
    Bach Akademie Australia presents J.S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos in a stellar program of unbridled joy, on Friday 14th November 7:30pm, at The Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre, Penrith. In an extraordinary conclusion to their 2025 season, Bach Akademie Australia’s Artistic Director, Madeleine Easton, will lead 20 musicians in a performance…
    Red Dirt Hymns

    Luminescence Chamber Singers: Red Dirt Hymns

    Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre Penrith, NSW, Australia
    A living songbook more than four years in the making, Red Dirt Hymns brings together the words of sixteen contemporary Australian writers, poets, essayists, and folksingers. Born in a time of fire, darkness, grief and loss, and then fragile, tender hope, these hymns are songs of awe and praise, not…

    Penrith Symphony Orchestra: Romantic Epics

    Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre Penrith, NSW, Australia
    Originally conceived as part of a larger operatic score, the Polovtsian Dances present an exhilarating spectacle for orchestra, followed by the soaring Romanticism of Khachaturian. Lara Dowdeswell appears as soloist in Saint-Saëns mellifluous and virtuosic violin showpiece, the Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso dazzles with its technical acrobatics and lyricism in…

    • Editor's Choice

    Penrith Conservatorium of Music: Chopin – A Stranger In Paris

    Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre Penrith, NSW, Australia
    Following a recital in Adelaide on 26 October, French-British pianist Emmanuel Despax joins the Richard Bonynge Ensemble to explore themes of exile, memory and identity. From Chopin’s shimmering Berceuse to the Sonata No. 2 and a rare chamber arrangement of his Piano Concerto No. 1, this is the portrait of…
    Sydney International Jazz Festival 2025

    Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival: Hetty Kate – Spring

    Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre Penrith, NSW, Australia
    Paris-based Australian jazz vocalist Hetty Kate presents songs from her latest release, a sparkling homage to the most effervescent of seasons — Spring. This album marks the first chapter in Jazz in Four Seasons, a globe-spanning four-album journey through the calendar year. Recorded in Prague with four of the city’s…

    Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival: Samara Joy

    Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre Penrith, NSW, Australia
    Five-time Grammy winner and breakout jazz sensation Samara Joy brings her timeless voice to Sydney for the first time, joined by her outstanding seven-piece band. A Bronx native steeped in gospel and classic R&B, Joy rose to prominence after winning the 2019 Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition while studying at SUNY…

    The Joan: A Musical Affair

    Joan Sutherland Performing Arts Centre Penrith, NSW, Australia
    Experience the magic of musical theatre like never before with A Musical Affair! Stars of stage and screen Olivia Vásquez and Jake Tyler take to the stage to honour the timeless legacy of musical classics, in this unforgettable performance. Featuring songs from Guys & Dolls, Moulin Rouge, West Side Story,…