Derrick Gee’s Radio Hour

A young, Asian man with long black hair and glasses smiles subtly, wearing a dark shirt. The image overlays a background of a purple iridescent swirl, looking like water.
  • Contemporary Music
  • Vivid LIVE
  • Utzon Room

The cult tastemaker unleashes his hit immersive music variety show

A cult tastemaker whose wit and wisdom are shaping the way audiences discover and listen to music, Sydney DJ and internet personality Derrick Gee took an unlikely turn toward online stardom in 2022, when his response to a viral TikTok trend launched him toward more than 1.3 million followers across various social media platforms. After experience in music, TV production and creative direction and shows on NTS Radio and SiriusXM, Gee launched his YouTube music show Solid Air, where guests such as Lorde, Jamie xx, Mj Lenderman, Fred again and Max Richter have all dropped by for a chat.

Combining Gee’s sharp musical insights and gift for storytelling, Radio Hour is a one-of-a-kind interactive variety show that invites audiences into his on-stage living room; it welcomes community conversations and interactions and delivers humorous opinion pieces while playing music from Derrick’s collection that he would only share behind closed doors. A nod to the old-time “radio hours”, this fast, funny and frequently surprising show is inventing a new genre of music entertainment.

Fresh from a sold-out European tour, Derrick Gee’s Radio Hour is sure to be one of the festival’s hottest tickets.

Presented by Sydney Opera House

Event details

Sharp music commentary, rare cultural insights and a particular knack for connecting stories to music.

Sydney Morning Herald

Derrick Gee is among those shaping how we discover and listen.

SSENSE

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Address

Sydney Opera House
Bennelong Point
Sydney NSW 2000
Australia

Getting to the venue

The Opera House is a 7-10 minute walk from Circular Quay, and is easily accessible by car, train, ferry, lightrail, bus, bike and on foot.

Location and access

Utzon Room

The Utzon Room is located on the Eastern side of the Opera House, in front of the Joan Sutherland Theatre. Best accessed through the Box Office Foyer or the Covered Concourse. All Sydney Opera House foyers are accessible, with lifts to the main and western foyers. The public lift to all foyers is accessible from the corridor near the escalators on the Lower Concourse and also in the Western Foyer via the corridor on the Ground Level (at the top of the escalators).

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