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    • Smith’s Alternative: Monstress

    Smith's Alternative 76 Aliinga Street, Canberra, ACT
    Monstress bring their It’s Okay East Coast Tour to Canberra for an intimate, emotionally charged night of live music. Written by bandleader Sarah Homeh, It’s Okay explores isolation, identity and self-love, brought vividly to life through a cinematic, experimental sci-fi music video, a dreamlike queer love story that blurs music, film and performance. Raw, immersive…

    • Smith’s Alternative: CSO 2026 Fellows

    Smith's Alternative 76 Aliinga Street, Canberra, ACT
    Join the Canberra Symphony Orchestra's 2026 Fellows Jacob Aziz (violin), You Li Ng (piano), Amanda Tao (flute), Phoebe Mu (piano), and Jessica Hall (trombone) as they take the stage for their first public performance of the year - a celebration of emerging talent and the power of classical music. The…

    • Smith’s Alternative: Dale Barlow-Andrew Dickeson Quartet

    Smith's Alternative 76 Aliinga Street, Canberra, ACT
    After living overseas for quite some time, master saxophonist Dale Barlow has returned to Sydney and combined forces with drummer Andrew Dickeson to renew a musical relationship that goes back almost 40 years.. Their previous performances have been to enthusiastic packed houses  – and this one  promises to be bigger and better! Barlow has long been…

    • Smith’s Alternative: Michelle Nicolle

    Smith's Alternative 76 Aliinga Street, Canberra, ACT
    Michelle Nicolle is on the road again and back at Smith's Alternative with a new lineup for the new year. Michelle will be joined by bass legend Jonathan Zwartz and her regular Melbourne band members Hugh Stuckey guitar and Ronny Ferella drums. For this tour, Michelle will be featuring her own…

    • Smith’s Alternative: The Blues Accelerators

    Smith's Alternative 76 Aliinga Street, Canberra, ACT
    The Blues Accelerators play up-tempo, horn-friendly music from a mixture genres including swing, rock, blues, and soul, peppered with rhythms and melodies from an integral horn section. This will be our second concert at Smith's, and we are excited to be showcasing our new lineup with some new material. Come along…