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Sydney Gig Guide Oct – Dec

This is only a very small taste of the live gigs which will be touching down in Sydney in the month of October – December 2019. But we will be uploading new posts on a monthly basis to give you some advance notice in what awesome live gigs will be arriving in Ol’ Sydney Town!

Live music

Little Mix LM 5 Tour 

Qudos Bank Arena, 19 Edwin Flack Ave, Sydney Olympic Park

Saturday 14 December, for one Sydney show only! Global superstars Little Mix will be wowing fans at the Qudos Bank Arena! Come see Britain’s most successful Girl band ever live! Oh My God! “When you kiss me in the street and hold me on the dance floor……” (or something like that…)

For more info and to purchase tickets! Click HERE!   

Musicals

Shrek The Musical

Sydney Lyric Theatre, 55 Pirrama Rd, Pyrmont

Opening in January 2020, get in early to secure your tickets! Australia’s very first performance of Broadway’s smash hit- Shrek The Musical! Our favourite Ogre? A talking donkey? Singing, dancing, laughter and  romance? I’m sold!

For more info and ticket details, click HERE!   

Classical/Contemporary Music

The Australian Ballet- The Nutcracker  

Sydney Opera House, Bennelong Point, Sydney  

30 Nov – 18 Dec, just in time for Christmas! Peter Wright’s The Nutcracker will be performed by the Australian Ballet at the iconic Opera House no less! Colourful costumes, Tchaikovsky’s score for Ballet, and dancers ‘Glissade-ing’ their way across the stage!? A perfect ‘first show’ if you’ve never witnessed a ballet performance before!

For more info and ticket details, click HERE!

Comedy

Dylan Moran- Dr Cosmos

Sydney Opera House, Bennelong Point, Sydney

Tuesday 29 – Wednesday 30 October, Legendary Irish Comedian Dylan Moran will be performing 2 shows at the Sydney Opera House! High brow comedy at it’s poetic best! Caviar and laughs this is.

For more info and ticket details, click HERE!   

Community Theatre

 The Mikado- Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Sydney

Smith Auditorium Shore School, Blue St, North Sydney

Friday 4- Sunday 13 October, the Gilbert & Sullivan Opera Sydney community theatre group will be performing the classical comedic opera ‘The Mikado’! A Western take on the confusing cultural intricacies of feudal Japan? But it promises to be a heap of laughs and iconic musical numbers!

For more info on the actual Mikado story, and for ticket details click HERE!     

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Sydney Gig Guide Jun-Aug 2019

This is only a very small taste of the live gigs which will be touching down in Sydney in the month of June – August 2019. But we will be uploading new posts on a monthly basis to give you some advance notice in what awesome live gigs will be arriving in Ol’ Sydney Town!

Live music

Perform, Record and Create Music Workshop

561 Harris Street, Ultimo

Friday 12 July- With a bit of a void in good live music acts performing in Syd in Jul-Aug, the best resort is to make your own! For High-schoolers (only) this workshop will be an immersive experience, enabling you to join a band to perform songs for a live recording! And after the tracks have been laid down, the workshop will teach you how to edit the tracks in the computer lab using tech like Apple Garageband and Ableton Live! Cost: $50 pp.

For more information and to secure a spot, click HERE!

Fleetwood Mac Australian Tour  

Qudos Bank Arena, Sydney Olympic Park

15–29 August- British-American pop-rock legends, Fleetwood Mac, touch down at Qudos Bank Arena to entertain Sydneysiders for 4 nights only! Come see the new look Fleetwood Mac line-up as they perform all of their ‘Greatest Hits’, the latest member to join their fold is our very own Aussie Neil Finn (formerly from Crowded House)! Cost: Various.

For more information and ticket details, click HERE!

Classical/Contemporary Music

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince in Concert

Sydney Opera House, Bennelong Point, Sydney   

10 – 13 July- Re-live the excitement and magic from the 6th instalment in the Harry Potter wizardry movie franchise on the big screen! The Half-Blood Prince will be even more memorable due to being in the Opera House and accompanied by the Sydney Symphony Orchestra! Wizard, Witch or Muggle alike, you’ll enjoy this visual/audio experience! Cost: Ticket prices start from 3 Silver Sickles pp. that converts to $49 AUD, according to today’s Wizard-Australian exchange rate.

For more information and to purchase tickets, click HERE!

Comedy

BonkerZ Presents: Battle of the Comic Sexes 2019 Showdown 

Star Bar Theatre- 600 George St, NSW

Sat 29 June, 8pm – 9.30pm-  Comic Battle of the Sexes were popularised by the 2Day FM Morning Crew (Wendy Harmer V Peter Moon)- fast-forward to 2019 and we have four female comics V four male comics live at the Star Bar to see who is the funniest sex in Australia! And not only do you witness the hilarity, but you the audience have the power to decide who is the funniest sex! Cost: Ticket prices start from $19 pp.

For more information and to purchase tickets, click HERE!

Community Theatre

Persuasion

Jenesian Theatre- 420 Kent Street, Sydney

29 June – 17 August- Jane Austen’s book Persuasion, a story of young love thwarted, then re-united (8 years later). The book has been adapted for the stage, allowing the story to move through a different time & space. An ideal night out for stage production fans, and fans of a well-told romance. Cost: From $25 to $35.

For more information and to purchase tickets, click HERE!

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Sydney Gig Guide May-Jul 2019

This is only a very small taste of the live gigs which will be going down in Sydney in the month of May–July 2019. But we will be uploading new posts on a monthly basis to give you some advance notice in what awesome live gigs will be touching down in Ol Sydney Town!

Live music

FKA Twigs

Carriageworks- 245 Wilson St, Eveleigh NSW

Sun 9 Jun, for one night only British Artist Formally Known as (FKA) Twigs will be performing during the Vivid Festival of lights! Can you imagine anything better than her Trip Hop/Avant-pop/Electronica performed live, while staring at a laser light show!? Check-out this multi-talented artist in the flesh! If you’re not familiar with her work, just ask your SMART assistant to ‘Play FKA Twigs’ and prepare to be mesmerised!

For more information and ticket details, click HERE!

Cheeky Cabaret

Valhalla- Seymour Centre, City Rd and Cleveland St, Chippendale NSW

Fri 5 July – Sun 14 July, as part of the inaugural Sydney Cabaret Festival, Australia’s own Cheeky Cabaret will be performing live their variety show- made up of the best circus and cabaret acts for our Sydney audience! Picture acrobats, contortionists, hula hoopists, chanteuses, circus performers and much much more! Don’t just picture it, click on the link below for clips, show dates and to purchase tickets! This is one night you’d best leave the kids at home! *Winks*.

For more information, click HERE!

Classical/Contemporary Music

Goran Bregovic & His Wedding & Funeral Band

Concert Hall- Sydney opera House

Mon 13 May, for one night only Goran Bregovic returns to Sydney with his Gypsy rock which guarantee’s to get you up & out of your seats! How can you not if you have Gypsy-Balkan Brass! Folk percussion! Vivacious Vocals! & a String troupe, all blasting at you!? Performing 3 decades of his classics and music from his latest album ‘Three Letters from Sarajevo’, the Gypsy King will have you entertained for all 125 mins! “They only love me because I’m a Gipsy” “No, they love you because you’re a Gypsy”.

For more info and tickets, click HERE!    

Comedy

The International Comedy Ha Ha

Star Bar Theatre- 600 George St, NSW

Sat 11 May, for one show only BonkerZ Comedy club presents- an Englishman, an American, An Aussie, An Asian, and An Italian all in a bar on stage to celebrate the Sydney International Comedy Festival! All tickets are buy one get one free! So expect a cheap night with a whole heap of cheap laughs!

For more info and tickets, click here!      

Sydney Theatre Company

Mosquitoes

Drama Theatre- Sydney Opera House

Mon 8 Apr-Sat 18 May, Australian premiere of Lucy Kirkwood’s latest International hit ‘Mosquitoes’- be there when they buzz in to Sydney’s Opera House! A stage production about science, family, big questions about the universe, and our very own existence! Blend in a touch of sibling differences, it’s like one of Dan Brown’s books meets ‘Arrested Development’ all on stage! Starring Mandy McElhinney, Jacqueline McKenzie (as the sisters), and the Asian boyz Jason Chong and Charles Wu (tight casted again as academics/scientists). 

For fans of live drama, click HERE for more information and ticket details! 

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Sydney Gig Guide Apr-Jun 2019

This is only a very small selection of the live gigs which will be going down in Sydney in the month of April –June 2019. We will be uploading new posts on a monthly basis to give you some advance notice on what awesome live gigs will be touching down in Ol Sydney Town!

Live music

State Theatre- 49 Market St, Sydney  

For 2 nights only (Sun-Mon 14-15 April), Norah Jones will be touching down in Sydney with her sultry voice to perform all of her classic hits from ‘Come Away with Me’ to her collab with Danger Mouse! Officially tickets are sold-out for both Sydney shows, but this is one gig you’d might want to trawl the net for ticket re-sellers……..or consider flying to NZ for? Sweet as, Bro!

https://www.frontiertouring.com/norahjones

Qudos Bank Arena, Olympic Park

15 June 2019, the K-pop sensation Blackpink will be rippin’ it up on the Qudos Bank Arena stage! Not only do Sydney young-uns love their K-pop, but it’ll also be a welcome home to local girl ROSÉ! Jjang!

https://www.qudosbankarena.com.au/Event-Calendar/BLACKPINK

Musicals

Lyric Theatre, the Star Pyrmont  

From 28 June 2019, Muriel’s Wedding the Musical will be returning back to Sydney for its second season! You’re Terrible, Muriel. Who would’ve known that the 1994 film would stand the test of time…….that the theme of a single woman longing for a dream wedding would still be a relatable story-line in 2019? *Shrug*. The musical will introduce a whole new generation of Aussies to these pains, in a theatrical musical production! There will be laughs, but there will be tears as well.

https://www.sydneylyric.com.au/muriels-wedding-the-musical/

Comedy

Terminal @ Factory Theatre, Sydney,

18-19 May 2019, sketch comedic Burger King Illuminati will be performing their Barry Award winning show ‘1 Hour Low-fi comedy || Royalty

Free || Please Don’t Steal’ show for one last time. Check out these geeky boys, you’ll be laughing just as hard at them, as you will be at their jokes.

http://www.factorytheatre.com.au/events/2019/05/18/burger-king-illuminati

Community Theatre

The Guild Theatre- Community Theatre Rockdale

May – 8 June 2019, ‘David Williamson’s Managing Carmen’ will be treading the boards at the Guild Community Theatre! A witty satire about a complex AFL footy player? I’ve got to see this!

http://www.guildtheatre.com.au/2019-theatre-season/

Classical music

Verbrugghen Hall @ Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Macquarie Street, Sydney

14 April 2019, world-renowned Pianist Oxana Shevchenko will be returning to Sydney to perform an exclusive recital for Sydney classical music fans! Watch her fingers play over the ivories as she performs Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition, and Tchaikovsky’s 18 Pieces Op, after collabs with the Tinalley String Quartet. Dziekuje!

https://www.sydneypianocompetition.com.au/event/oxana-shevchenko/

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Sydney Gig Guide Mar-May 2019

This is only a very small selection of the live gigs which will be going down in Sydney in the months of March –May 2019. We will be uploading new posts on a monthly basis to give you some advance notice on what awesome live gigs will be touching down in Ol’ Sydney Town!

Live music

Pittwater RSL, Mona Vale NSW

29 March 2019, will be the last date to see Sydney’s own barnstorming band –  Thirsty Merc – live at the Pittwater RSL club! Don’t miss out! If you’re planning to drive, maybe take the hatch and leave the E-class Mercedes at home? ……as that’s a thirsty merc!  

http://www.pittwaterrsl.com.au/article/thirsty-merc-live-at-pittwater-rsl

Qudos Bank Arena, Olympic Park NSW

7-9 May 2019, Post Malone will be rockin’ out at our QB arena and bringing his brand of hot ‘SAUCE’, catch the Posty and his crocs live!

https://premier.ticketek.com.au/Shows/Show.aspx?sh=POSTMALO19

Musicals

Honda Opera, Sydney Harbour

22 Mar – 21 April 2019, only in Sydney can you find the Sydney Opera performing ‘Westside Story’, exuberant dance and wistful romance, on a floating stage! That’s Sydney for you!

https://opera.org.au/whatson/events/west-side-story-on-sydney-harbour?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIrcPFjbOt4AIVViQrCh1IDQ_dEAAYAyAAEgKyFvD_BwE

Lyric Theatre, the Star Pyrmont NSW

29 March –May 2019- Saturday Night Fever- Tony Manero’s quest to become ‘King of the club’ in an all new stage production, disco music & dancing revitalized for the new generation. Expect high energy, big hair, flares, and outstanding chorey!

https://www.sydneylyric.com.au/saturday-night-fever/

Comedy

Enmore Theatre, Enmore NSW  

4 April 2019, for one night only Australia’s favourite full-fee paying international student Ronny Chieng is back to make a lucky Sydney audience laugh with his latest comedy show ‘Tone Issues’. Where else can you see a big-screen star live in the flesh!

https://premier.ticketek.com.au/Shows/Show.aspx?sh=RONNYCHI19

Community Theatre

The Jenesian Theatre Company, Sydney NSW

23 March – 13 April 2019, ‘Enright on the Night’, Jenesian’s tip of the hat to one of their favourite sons! A review of Nick Enright’s whit and songs to celebrate the Jenesian’s 75th anniversary season! She’ll be right on the night!

http://www.genesiantheatre.com.au/index.php?mode=view&i=2

Classical music

Greenway Chapel, Green Point NSW

10 March 2019, enjoy ‘The Female Composer’ performed by the Concertante Ensemble (piano, flute, violin and viola ensemble) showcasing a collection of Fanny Mendelssohn, Clara Schumann, Amy Clarke and Rebecca Clarke’s music. Come on Sydney! Dust off those top hats and tails, show us how refined you can be!

https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/the-female-composer-tickets-55312718831

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