What's Going On in Sydney and Surrounds

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With a slew of the country's finest purveyors of indie music (think psych, rock, soul and hip hop) on the bill, Sydney's Bad Friday returns in 2018 for another slice of

Five storeys of the Kings Cross Hotel will be transformed into an off-the-grid medical facility run by a mysterious figure known as The Doctor for 'Visiting Hours' by Kings

Every year I find myself continually overwhelmed by the magnitude of talent that Laneway Festival brings to Australia.

Heath Franklin is setting off on the road with a new show featuring his Chopper persona called ‘Bogan Jesus’.

It’s been a long year for Long Island band Iron Chic, who have spent much of the US autumn touring with hardcore act and fellow New Yorkers Off With Their

On a Sydney weekend stacked with Laneway Festival side shows as well as Laneway, it was an impressive crowd hitting Metro Theatre for Atlanta emo-rockers Manchester Orchestra

Evanescence’s 'Synthesis' album, a radical symphonic reinterpretation of their Billboard-topping earlier work, has breathed new life into a band that has survived and thrived

Electronic wonder-woman Alice Ivy takes the next, great leap in her career with the release of her debut album ‘I’m Dreaming’.

Aussie rocker Tex Perkins (The Cruel Sea) reprises his Helpmann Award-winning role as Johnny Cash in 'The Man In Black – The Johnny Cash Story' for a national tour this

Sean Stone is the son of Oscar-winning film director Oliver Stone and has become a leading academic on geopolitics with a particular emphasis on American

World-renowned singer Celine Dion will tour Australia and New

Conchita Sarnoff is an investigative journalist and author of the book 'TrafficKing', a harrowing look at the extent of human trafficking, sex slavery and the abuse of power

Shania Twain will perform in Australia in almost two decades in late 2018.

Veterans of the east-coast music scene for the better part of the past three decades, The Genes are back with a new album, 'Dead Street Light'.

South African singer-songwriter Jeremy Loops has announced his new album, 'Critical As Water', will be released 16 March; he'll also tour Australia in May.

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Melbourne musician Harts' work ethic is unbelievable.

2017 saw Brisbane swamp-rockers Junior Danger unleash their Blues Brothers-esque thumper ‘Dirt And Grime’.

Out of Northern Ireland come Loco & Jam, the production pairing of Lloyd Reid and James Peoples, set to blow up the stage at Earth Frequency 2018 with their