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Upcoming gigs, performances and concerts

19 Mar 2024 Contemporary Music

Graham Nash

Sixty years of songs and stories.

21 Mar 2024 Contemporary Music

Wilco

Making their long-awaited return to Australia after 11 years, Chicago’s multiple-Grammy-award-winning alt-rock legends Wilco will celebrate 30 years of music with an exclusive Concert Hall performance.

23 Mar 2024 Contemporary Music

Maksim

Classical crossover pianist, Maksim, performs his new show THE COLLECTION with his full band. Hear classical masterpieces plus contemporary hits by Coldplay, John Legend and Queen and themes from iconic movies including The Godfather and Pirates of the Caribbean. 

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31 Mar - 2 Apr 2024 Contemporary Music

Elvis Costello & The Imposters

Multi-award winning singer-songwriter and rock ’n’ roll hall of famer Elvis Costello returns to the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall – with his legendary band The Imposters – for the first time in 17 years.

5 Apr 2024 Contemporary Music

Zeppelin Soars Again

Zeppelin Soars Again unleashes the hypnotic Zep Boys & Kashmir Orchestra for two hours of hits, howling vocals and unbridled orchestral majesty.

12 Apr 2024 Contemporary Music

Diesel - The Forever Tour

Australian icon DIESEL will be touring his hit single Forever and new record Bootleg Melancholy in 2024.

21 Apr 2024 Contemporary Music

Massimo Ranieri in Concert

Massimo Ranieri, the iconic Italian artist, masterfully weaves music, acting, and charisma. His timeless performances evoke emotion and enchant audiences worldwide.

24 Apr 2024 Contemporary Music

The Jarrett Family - Wire MC, Tasman Keith & Kapital J

Join the Jarrett Family - Wire MC, Tasman Keith & Kapital J, in conversation and performance at the Sydney Opera House on 24 April 2024 as part of Generations and Dynasties, an intimate series of storytelling and music celebrating First Nations families and culture.

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28 Apr 2024 Contemporary Music

Realm of a Poet: Shayar Sartaaj Live

The multi-hyphenated artist stemming from Hollywood, Dr. Satinder Sartaaj, performs live in the Concert Hall. 

1 May 2024 Contemporary Music

Briscoe Sisters

Join the Briscoe Sisters & Daughters, in conversation and performance at the Sydney Opera House on 1 May 2024 as part of Generations and Dynasties, an intimate series of storytelling and music celebrating First Nations families and culture. 

9 May 2024 Contemporary Music

Troy Cassar-Daley & Jem Cassar-Daley

Join Troy Cassar-Daley & Jem Cassar-Daley, in conversation and performance at the Sydney Opera House on 9 May 2024 as part of Generations and Dynasties, an intimate series of storytelling and music celebrating First Nations families and culture. 

12 - 13 May 2024 Contemporary Music

Angie McMahon

Don’t miss the chance to witness Angie McMahon’s transformative and triumphant musical journey live: an unforgettable experience, showcasing her evolution into a bolder, bigger, and brighter sonic landscape.

20 May 2024 Contemporary Music

Engelbert Humperdinck

Don’t miss Engelbert Humperdinck – One golden voice, 50 iconic years.

24 May 2024 Contemporary Music

Tia Gostelow

Award-winning Indigenous singer-songwriter Tia Gostelow makes her Vivid LIVE debut, bringing her dreamy vocals, irresistible hooks and eclectic sound to the Sydney Opera House Utzon Room.

24 May 2024 Contemporary Music

Kaiit

Making her highly anticipated Sydney Opera House debut for Vivid LIVE, ARIA-award-winning neo-soul singer, songwriter and rapper Kaiit unveils her all-new era – and introduces Lil Mama.

24 - 25 May 2024 Contemporary Music

Spunk Records 25 Finale feat. Explosions In The Sky, Aldous Harding and The Middle East

Beloved indie label Spunk Records celebrates the end of 25 years with live performances from Texan post-rockers Explosions In The Sky, singer-songwriter Aldous Harding and local indie faves The Middle East.

24 May 2024 Contemporary Music

Arca

Venezuelan-born pop diva Arca – one of the world’s most avant garde superstars – is headed to Vivid LIVE at Sydney Opera House for her very first Australian performance.

24 - 26 May 2024 Contemporary Music

House of Mince presents Club Mince & Pavlovabar

Sydney’s favourite queer collective House of Mince return to Vivid LIVE for two huge nights of hedonistic beats and euphoric vibes, with special guests Hyperaktivist and The Illustrious Blacks.

25 May 2024 Contemporary Music

xmunashe

Fast-rising cult star, singer and multi-instrumentalist xmunashe brings his intimate, improvised genre-agnostic musical happenings to the Sydney Opera House for his Vivid LIVE debut.

25 - 26 May 2024 Contemporary Music

Air play Moon Safari

Making their long awaited return to Vivid LIVE, French electro wizards Air play their space pop masterpiece Moon Safari live in its entirety for the very first time.

25 May 2024 Contemporary Music

South Summit

With their heartfelt hybrid of alt-rock, reggae and indie, breakout Perth five-piece South Summit are ready to rock the Sydney Opera House Utzon Room for their Vivid LIVE debut. 

25 May 2024 Contemporary Music

dstreet feat. Mad Miran (NL), Piezo (IT), Kate Miller b2b Emelyne

Fresh young electronic music collective dstreet. transforms the Studio for Vivid LIVE, with guest DJs Mad Miran, Piezo, Kate Miller and Emelyne.

26 May 2024 Contemporary Music

Maple Glider

Making her Vivid LIVE debut, critically acclaimed Melbourne/Naarm-based singer-songwriter Maple Glider takes to the Sydney Opera House with her transformative, lushly melodic folk rock.

26 May 2024 Contemporary Music

Jonti presents The Moonblades

Genre-hopping Sydney producer and Avalanches collaborator Jonti returns to Vivid LIVE with a performance of his forthcoming electro-orchestral wonder, The Moonblades.

26 May 2024 Contemporary Music

Elefant Traks 25th Anniversary - The Finale

After 25 years of championing local talent, influential Australian label Elefant Traks goes out on a high with a celebration featuring Hermitude, The Herd, OKENYO, Horrorshow, ANESU, The Last Kinection, Urthboy, B Wise, Jimblah, Nardean and many more.

28 May 2024 Contemporary Music

Astral People present Spice Trail feat. Sid Sriram, Priya Ragu, Raf-Saperra

Tastemakers Astral People return to Vivid LIVE with a huge night of music exploring the sounds from the South Asian diaspora, featuring genre-spanning superstar Sid Sriram and the Australian debuts of Priya Ragu and Raf-Saperra.

29 May 2024 Contemporary Music

Zion Garcia

Rising young alt hip-hop star and multimedia artist Zion Garcia makes his long-awaited Sydney Opera House debut for Vivid LIVE.

29 May 2024 Contemporary Music

Devonté Hynes: Selected Classical Works with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra

Grammy-nominated pop polymath Devonté Hynes – aka Blood Orange – makes his long-awaited Vivid LIVE debut, performing his genre-defying classical work with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra.

29 May 2024 Contemporary Music

Thelma Plum

A powerful vocalist and evocative storyteller, ARIA award-winning indigenous singer-songwriter Thelma Plum returns to Vivid LIVE for her hugely anticipated solo debut.

30 May 2024 Contemporary Music

Cult Shφtta

Eccentric, energetic, and entirely original, Western Sydney hip-hop duo Cult Shφtta explode in their Vivid LIVE debut, dropping beats and spitting bars for one show only.

30 May - 1 Jun 2024 Contemporary Music

Underworld

Grammy-nominated UK electronic music legends Underworld return to Vivid LIVE for two pulse-pounding euphoric nights in the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall.

30 May 2024 Contemporary Music

3NDLES5 presents Yung Lean

Returning to Australia for his long-awaited Vivid LIVE debut, Swedish rapper and post-genre pop experimentalist Yung Lean plays an unmissable one-off show at the Joan Sutherland Theatre.

30 May 2024 Contemporary Music

Astral People present Mala (DMZ / Digital Mystikz), Alec Sander (DUNJ) & Jungist

Returning to Australia for the first time in more than a decade, pioneering UK dubstep producer – and one half of Digital Mystikz – Mala heads up a thrilling Studio Party from the crew at Astral People, featuring Sydney DJs Alec Sander and Jungist.

31 May 2024 Contemporary Music

Bumpy

Making her Vivid LIVE headline debut, extraordinary funk, jazz and R&B singer Bumpy returns to the Sydney Opera House with a taste of her shimmering soul.

31 May 2024 Contemporary Music

BARKAA

Making her fiery solo debut at the Sydney Opera House, ARIA-nominated Malyangapa and Barkindji rapper BARKAA – the Blak matriarch of hip-hop – brings her infectious, politically potent sound to Vivid LIVE.

31 May 2024 Contemporary Music

3NDLES5 presents jonatan leandoer96 x Frederik Valentin, Ecco2K, oqbqbo & Scandinavian Star, Aya Gloomy

3NDLES5 presents a night of cutting-edge global sound with rapper Yung Lean’s side-project jonatan leandoer96 and avant-garde polymath Frederik Valentine, plus Ecco2K, Scandinavian Star & oqbqbo, and Aya Gloomy.

31 May 2024 Contemporary Music

Barney Kato presents Alien feat. Radioactive Man (UK), Mark N, au4r33y & Magda Bytnerowicz

Sydney selector Barney Kato takes over the Sydney Opera House Studio with his eclectic dancefloor party Alien, guest starring UK electro icon DJ Radioactive Man, breakbeat legend Mark N and local faves au4r33y and Magda Bytnerowicz.

1 Jun 2024 Contemporary Music

Tasman Keith, Flewnt & Inkabee

Celebrate the power and vitality of First Nations hip-hop as acclaimed rappers Tasman Keith, Flewnt and 11-year-old sensation Inkabee make their Vivid LIVE debuts. 

1 Jun 2024 Contemporary Music

Tinariwen

Grammy Award-winning Tuareg legends Tinariwen return to the Sydney Opera House 15 years after their last performance, bringing their pioneering desert blues to the Joan Sutherland Theatre.

1 Jun 2024 Contemporary Music

Mad Racket feat. Fred P (USA)

Vivid LIVE’s favourite selectors Mad Racket return to the Studio with a very special guest, the New York-born, Berlin-based deep house legend Fred P.

2 Jun 2024 Contemporary Music

Vv Pete

Making her headline Sydney Opera House debut, Australia’s baddest new rapper Vv Pete rocks the Vivid LIVE stage with her untouchable rhymes, irresistible hooks and hard-hitting club beats.

2 Jun 2024 Contemporary Music

Sky Ferreira

A decade after her last Australian performance – and with a long-awaited new album on the horizon – multi-talented American singer-songwriter Sky Ferreira returns for her Vivid LIVE debut.

2 Jun 2024 Contemporary Music

Jlin

Steel yourself for exhilirating beats and mind-melting rhythms as electronic dance music’s most innovative artist, Jlin, makes her thrilling Sydney Opera House debut for Vivid LIVE.

2 Jun 2024 Contemporary Music

Snoh Aalegra

Slinking into Sydney for the first time ever, Grammy-nominated Swedish-Iranian R&B singer Snoh Aalegra brings her smouldering soul to the Concert Hall for one night only.

5 - 6 Jun 2024 Contemporary Music

Fever Ray

Making their long-awaited Australian debut, visionary Swedish iconoclast – and co-founder of The Knife – Fever Ray brings their electrifying, radically romantic synth pop to Vivid LIVE.

10 Jun 2024 Contemporary Music

The Sonu Nigam Show

Experience the magical melodies of India with Sonu Nigam, a highly acclaimed and versatile playback singer and composer. Live in Concert accompanied by his team of talented musicians.

18 Aug 2024 Contemporary Music

Jimmy Barnes

Celebrate the 30th anniversary of Jimmy's Flesh and Wood album and see him in up-close-and-personal mode, telling short stories and tall tales as well as songs from his extensive catalogue.   

11 Sep 2024 Contemporary Music

Eumeralla, a War Requiem for Peace by Deborah Cheetham Fraillon

Eumeralla is a work two thousand generations in the making.

21 Oct 2024 Contemporary Music

Passenger

Folk rock troubadour Passenger returns to the Sydney Opera House for his Concert Hall debut, celebrating the re-release of his breakthrough album, All The Little Lights.

21 - 22 Nov 2024 Contemporary Music

THE THE

Led by enigmatic singer-songwriter Matt Johnson, UK new wave icons THE THE return to the Sydney Opera House for two performances spanning their genre-hopping four-decade career.

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Love List: Australian Punk/Post-Punk by Low Life

Cristian and Mitch from Sydney's own post-punk lords Low Life have written a Love List to the Australian bands who have shaped them, excited them and geed them up over the years.

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What’s sounding good at the Opera House this Feb - Mar 2024

Give your ears a treat this February and March by catching a concert on one of the world's most iconic stages. From post-punk to jazz to zamrock, there's an eclectic mix of genres and artists ready to rock the night away with you. Read on to find your next gig.

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Music for... Road Trips by Bonobo

Buckle up and escape into the wild with this playlist by electronic wizard Bonobo.

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