The Opera Foundation of Australia is hosting an incredible public recital of the six finalists in the 2012 Lady Fairfax New York Scholarship Concert to be held at the Verbruggen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium of Music at 4pm Sunday 29 July. The night will be hosted by Stuart Maunder AM, with the winner of the scholarship

Are you a venue owner or operator? Wondering how you can start offering a successful and sustainable LIVE MUSIC venue? Learn how to succeed in business without the red tape with this free and informative Live Music 101 workshop held on Tuesday 10 July at Barnet Long Room, Customs House. The City of Sydney put

I OH YOU and Select Music are putting on a massive night of good ol’ rock n roll at The Factory on July 20. The pre-Splendour in the Grass gig night is called Call The Cops and will be featuring DZ Deathrays, Bleeding Knees Club, Yacht Club DJs and The Faberguettes. Tickets are $22 or

It’s been six months since Epping’s favourite pop-up venue The Gate @ Pablos put on a show, and now it’s returning with a killer night of all things experimental and electronic. Featuring electronic duo Collarbones, Fishing and Swimwear (Dappled Cities’ Tim Derricourt) it’s definitely worth the $15 on the door. WHEN: 8pm, Saturday June 23 WHERE: Pablos, 42 Langston Place, Epping PRICE: $15 on door, $12

Sydney Film Festival (6-17 June) has returned to Sydney with an incredible program of cinema to suit all movie buffs! Being music AND movie fans ourselves, we thought we would give you the lowdown on what music documentaries we’ll be checking out this year. GIVEAWAY!!! We have 1 x double pass to Sing Me The Songs

Getting your single placed in an ad is no longer selling out, it’s an essential part of making a living from your music. The next workshop in the MusicNSW series is an in-depth look at sync deals, publishing deals, what these things mean, and how to get them! SPEAKERS Katie Brown GaGa Music Keith Welsh

The Australian Institute of Music (AIM) is doing it’s bit for beloved Sydney venue The Annandale by putting together a great fundraiser night of local music talent on June 7, with all proceeds going straight to The Annandale’s Buy A Brick campaign. Acts include: Castlecomer Teal I’m No Thief Belle and The Bone People Dharma

From the front woman of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, seven years in the making, and featuring over fifty artists onstage, Karen O’s STOP THE VIRGENS is Vivid LIVE’s most ambitious undertaking yet. Created alongside legendary designer, KK Barrett (Where The Wild Things Are), and Pulitzer Prize winner Adam Rapp, STOP THE VIRGENS features members and collaborators of

If you haven’t yet heard of Kirin J Callinan, we highly recommend doing some research. One of most enigmatic artists to come out of Sydney in the last five years, Siberia Records‘ Kirin J Callinan has undeniably been a force to be reckoned since his days in Mercy Arms and Jack Ladder and The Dreamlanders.

In an event celebrating the collaboration between art and music, the Transmission exhibition will launch at 6.30pm between Friday 8 June-5 August. Transmission presents an incredible range of new work commisions produced by some of Australia’s most innovative contemporary artist and musician pairings. Artists include: Heath Franco | Andy Rantzen Todd McMillan | Peter McNamara