iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

SydneyMusic.net @sydneymusic.net · 30/05/2026

SydneyMusic is hiring! We're looking for a Communications Producer to run our social accounts (as in, Instagram) and email newsletters. INFO / APPLY: sydneymusic.net/jobs/comms

010 0

SydneyMusic.net @sydneymusic.net · 29/05/2026

Today is bananas. Jump in! sydneymusic.net/gig-guide

012 0

SydneyMusic.net @sydneymusic.net · 15/05/2026

We critically need to raise funds to cover our costs from July 2026 onwards. We’ve secured 44% of our recurring monthly budget, but we need to get the rest of the way for at least the first 6 months of the next financial year. Can you help? Support SydneyMusic: sydneymusic.net/support

SydneyMusic

There are 0 shows in the gig guide

Don't let this become a reality.

Help us fundraise the costs we need to keep SydneyMusic alive from July 2026.

We need 100 new monthly supporters to meet our recurring support target.

Join today at
sydneymusic.net/support

All donations are tax deductible.

011 0

SydneyMusic.net @sydneymusic.net · 07/05/2026

We're creating the Ultimate Sydney Music Tote Bag! Featuring the very last of our 2022 “Can Man” tote bags and donated rarities from Sydney artists. Thanks to Party Dozen for kicking things off. We'll be adding items in the coming weeks. More info: sydneymusic.net/support/tote

010 0

SydneyMusic.net @sydneymusic.net · 09/04/2026

We have new merch! Pre-orders for our brand new "Hot Shows In Your Area" drop are open now, with a strictly limited 10% discount ahead of stock arriving. Get yours now from store.sydneymusic.net All profits go towards keeping our gig guide running into the next financial year!

SOMETHING NEW IS COMING

Pink folding fan with stylised type reading "Hot Shows In Your Area" and pixelated banksia and traffic light pedestrian button

101 0

SydneyMusic.net @sydneymusic.net · 03/09/2025

Is there a gig guide in your part of the country? So far we've found 19 community-run gig guides across Australia. Explore here: everycorner.au ✨

EVERY CORNER:
FIND YOUR LOCAL GIG GUIDE

There are 19 community-maintained gig guides across Australia*
* that we've found so far

All available on:
everycorner.au

EVERY CORNER:
FIND YOUR LOCAL GIG GUIDE

There's music in every corner of this country

Why not go exploring?
everycorner.au

021 0

SydneyMusic.net @sydneymusic.net · 17/08/2025

Many of the Reads on our website had unintentionally been hidden. Now fixed! Take a read of our archive: interviews with BAYANG (tha Bushranger), Party Dozen, Darren "D.C." Cross, Mara Schwerdtfeger, Nick Ward, plus selections & picks from curators and organisers across Eora. sydneymusic.net/reads

BAYANG (tha Bushranger) on the rooftop of Canterbury Leagues Club

Photo by @joe.hardy.id.au

021 0

SydneyMusic.net @sydneymusic.net · 28/05/2025

Help us get more people engaged with community-level live music! Our gig guide is at risk of shutting down due to a lack of funding. Support us today: sydneymusic.net/support The ATO has just advised that SydneyMusic Ltd. has now received DGR (Deductible Gift Recipient) endorsement.

042 0

SydneyMusic.net @sydneymusic.net · 21/05/2025

TRANSGENRE is a music festival showcasing trans artists and providing a safe space for music fans of all ages to enjoy their art. We're helping put on a fundraiser for the festival's next iteration, ft. Fvneral, Huck Hastings + DJ Dad Bod (aka Ben Lee) Tickets: events.humanitix.com/gender-revea...

SydneyMusic.net mascot Can Man with a trans flag, superimposed on a 35mm photograph of some Australian trees and a blue sky with a few clouds

011 0

SydneyMusic.net @sydneymusic.net · 14/04/2025

Blown away by all of the wonderful people that came through for our fundraiser party at Crosstalk Records last weekend. Thank you to: Bilby Max Quinn myers Chonzu DJ Szem Arsonist Mphilly and the amazing team at Crosstalk Records for having us! 📸 @valeriejoyy.bsky.social

Arsonist at Crosstalk Records for A SydneyMusic Party. Photo by Valerie Joy

DJ Szem at Crosstalk Records for A SydneyMusic Party. Photo by Valerie Joy

Outside Crosstalk Records for A SydneyMusic Party. Photo by Valerie Joy

Max Quinn at Crosstalk Records for A SydneyMusic Party. Photo by Valerie Joy

032 0

SydneyMusic.net @sydneymusic.net · 08/04/2025

We're throwing a fundraiser party this Saturday! Returning to the location of our first ever merch launch back in 2022. 4:30pm–9pm at Crosstalk Records in Leichhardt Free / donations welcome RSVP: events.humanitix.com/crosstalk-re...

A SydneyMusic Party

DJs! T-shirts and stickers! Cold drinks and snacks! Cool people like you! Other fun surprises!

Hosted by Crosstalk Records
155 Norton St, Leichhardt

12 April 2025
4:30–9pm
Free / donations welcome

Caitlin and Joe at SydneyMusic Party #1, Dacember 2022

012 0

SydneyMusic.net @sydneymusic.net · 01/03/2025

According to our guide data, over 88% of Sydney’s live music activity takes place in the Inner West or Sydney CBD. People have less choice over where they live - it's decided by housing and rent affordability - and that makes it harder to develop a long-term investment in a local community.

022 0

SydneyMusic.net @sydneymusic.net · 01/03/2025

Here's a location-based heatmap of the 5,770 gigs we covered in 2024. You can see this and more in our data explorer / time capsule for the year: 2024.sydneymusic.net

100 0

SydneyMusic.net @sydneymusic.net · 27/02/2025

Don't forget to pick up some awesome SydneyMusic.net merch in our online store! Shipping all over Australia. All revenue goes straight back into the project. Totes sold out, stubby coolers nearly all gone - but heaps of tees and stickers still available! MERCH / DONATE: store.sydneymusic.net

Two SydneyMusic.net t-shirts, the foreground with a line art design and "There's music in every corner of our city" written on it

101 0

SydneyMusic.net @sydneymusic.net · 23/01/2025

Our user feedback survey has received 100 responses! Thank you so much to everyone that's contributed. There's still time to have your thoughts heard on live music in Sydney, and how the SydneyMusic Gig Guide helps you navigate it. Our survey takes 5 minutes - do it here: sydneymusic.net/survey

SydneyMusic Live Music Survey: Help us get more of Sydney involved in our incredible live music community by telling us what you think!

Featuring a photo of Cherry Rype performing at Oxford Art Factory, January 2024. Photo by Joe Hardy.

sydneymusic.net/survey

001 0

SydneyMusic.net @sydneymusic.net · 20/01/2025

We're doing a user feedback survey! If you use SydneyMusic, we'd love to hear your thoughts on how we can improve it using this 5 minute survey. sydneymusic.net/survey

Help us improve SydneyMusic.net: the gig guide's getting an upgrade in 2025, and we'd love to hear what you think!

011 0

SydneyMusic.net @sydneymusic.net · 17/01/2025

2024: IN REVIEW Last year was immense for music in Sydney, and our team has selected and reviewed their favourite songs from the year. Take a read! Playlist available on Apple Music, Spotify and TIDAL - and a mixed and sequenced mixtape is available on our Patreon. sydneymusic.net/reads/2024-i...

2024 In Review: The Sydney Tracks We Loved

A tracklist of the mixtape - available at the link in the main post

A (continuing) tracklist of the mixtape - available at the link in the main post

002 0

SydneyMusic.net @sydneymusic.net · 26/11/2024

Couple of quick snaps from last night's music trivia fundraiser at the Petersham Bowling Club.

Dom Alessio standing in front of a projector screen displaying a Pete Murray album cover with SydneyMusic mascot "Can Man" superimposed over the cover

011 0

SydneyMusic.net @sydneymusic.net · 26/11/2024

Our music trivia fundraiser saw a packed-out Petersham Bowlo and was a huge success! Thanks to everyone that came, competed for the crown and did their bit to help us out. We raised $3800 for the organisation! Cheers @adamlewis.bsky.social + @domalessio.com for pulling this amazing event together

SydneyMusic co-founders Caitlin Welsh and Joe Hardy address the attendees of Adam & Dom's Music Trivia at the PBC

020 0

SydneyMusic.net @sydneymusic.net · 21/11/2024

Our gig guide playlist covers every act* playing in Sydney from Wednesday-Tuesday Have a listen, discover something new and then go see it live! sydneymusic.net/playlist Available on Apple Music, Spotify and TIDAL * that we could find on streaming services

a picture of Can Man, the SydneyMusic mascot

001 0