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Your guide to live music and nightlife in Sydney

Music

The best gigs to see in Sydney this winter

Don’t let the temperature drop stop you from catching this season’s best live music.

Clubs

The best free parties in Sydney

Get more bang for your buck with cut-price drinks and no cover charges.

Music

The best gigs and parties at Vivid Sydney

Another year, another packed Vivid Live and Vivid Music line-up to peruse.

Gay and lesbian

The best queer-friendly parties

Dance in these glitter-daubed safe spaces.

Music

The best bars and pubs in Sydney for live music

Gigs still thrive in Sydney's smaller drinking holes.

Upcoming gigs and parties

Music Buy tickets

Australian Chamber Orchestra: Indies & Idols

The ACO is celebrating three indie musicians and the Polish classical composers that inspired them

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Music

Australian Chamber Orchestra pop-up concert

One of the country's greatest orchestras is previewing its new concert with a free pop-up gig

Art

Lights on Later

Spend Wednesdays up late and arty at the MCA

Music

Yolanda Be Cool

Party with Yolanda Be Cool at this free gig by the beach

Latest music news

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The Spice Girls say they're coming to Australia in February

Stop. Right. Now. This is the announcement we've been waiting on for months and it looks like we're finally getting the chance to spice up our lives. At the...

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FKA Twigs' show was mesmerising... if you were tall enough to see the action

She was one of the biggest drawcards for this year's Vivid festival despite having released only one, moderately successful full-length album, but then again...

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Briggs is taking over Sydney Opera House with First Nations performers for Vivid

When the Shepparton rapper and label owner was asked to put on a show at the Sydney Opera House, Briggs didn't hesitate. “To be able to take over such an...

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The Cure announce a fifth and final show at Sydney Opera House

Marking the 30th anniversary of the Cure’s seminal album Disintegration, the Sydney Opera House has today announced a fifth and final Vivid Live show for the...

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The Chemical Brothers are coming to Sydney this year

Grammy Award-winning electronic duo the Chemical Brothers have announced a three-date tour of Australia this year with special guests the Avalanches (DJ set...