What's On at Nexus
March 22nd
9.00am
s.il.hou.ette
An exhibition in paper by Janaki Lele and Ellen Schlobohm. In this exhibition, emerging artists Janaki Lele and Ellen Schlobohm […]
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7.30pm
Book of Songs
Sophie Koh Sophie Koh’s Book of Songs is a splendour of pop songs where East meets West, influenced by Chinese […]
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7.30pm
Quiet Songs of Freedom
The Black Orchid Stringband The Black Orchid Stringband brings together West Papuan freedom fighters now living in Melbourne who sing to […]
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7.30pm
Folk and Fire
STAV Soulful and honest, STAV (Stav Shaul) writes thoughtful, uplifting songs in English, French and Hebrew with bursts of rhythmic […]
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7.30pm
Harvest
Garden Quartet Garden Quartet blends contemporary Persian and Western motifs, creating Iranian-Australian world music in a way not heard before. […]
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7.30pm
Fairytale Noir
Zulya and the Children of the Underground’s Fairytale Noir In Fairytale Noir, internationally acclaimed, ARIA award-winners Zulya & The Children of the […]
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7.30pm
Future/Ancient
The Yellow Peril Symphony The Yellow Peril Symphony is a collaborative project between Francesca Mountfort (cello), Mindy Wang (guzheng – […]
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7.30pm
All The Stories
The Letter String Quartet’s All The Stories All The Stories is a song cycle by The Letter String Quartet’s artistic […]
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7.30pm
Symbiosis
DOBBY & Naomi Keyte DOBBY is a rapper, drummer, and speaker. He proudly identifies as a Filipino and Aboriginal musician, whose […]
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May 7th
6.00pm
Back and Forth
‘Back and forth’ is a multi-media, duo-exhibition by Australian artist Meg Wilson and Namibian artist Kirsten Wechslberger. The exhibition title […]
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2.30am
Marzha/Borders
Khadim Ali,Mohsen Hosseini, Hamed Hasanzade, and Kubra Khademi. Curated by Elyas Alavi Open Tues – Fri, 9am – 5pm until […]
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11.30pm
Collecting Convergences
Collecting Convergences is a solo exhibition by Lilly Buttrose featuring new works produced over her two month studio residency at […]
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5.30am
Lamine Sonko & The African Intelligence
The African Intelligence are a 8 piece ensemble led by Senegalese singer/dancer Lamine Sonko. With an energetic and colourful line […]
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3.30am
Beyond Identity
Highly acclaimed visual artist FX Harsono explores themes of displacement, identity and his dual heritage: Chinese and Indonesian. Beyond Identity […]
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5.00am
Dear John
Presented by Adelaide Festival Centre’s OzAsia Festival and Nexus Arts A unique tribute to John Cage by Taiwan’s M.O.V.E theatre […]
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6.30am
OISIMA X RIA SOEMARDJO & NORIKO TADANO
Supported by BEATRICE X SINIT TSEGAY, SUPINA BYTOL & THOMAS MITCHELL With delicate dancing melodies and exotic imaginings Adelaide’s Oisima […]
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6.30am
Frank Yamma
Supported by Max Savage (Solo) Frank Yamma headlines a stunning intimate evening of acoustic storytelling, featuring Adelaide’s Max Savage. This […]
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3.30am
One Love, One Family: Barngarla Stories of Resilience
October 10 – November 13, 2015 The One love, one family exhibition showcases the outcomes of the Barngarla: Stories of […]
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6.30am
Grace Barbé
Drawing from the diverse cultural melange of her native Seychelles, Grace Barbé fuses the tropical rhythms and dances of the […]
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4.30am
Building an Empire
Alvin Tan Teck Heng Building an Empire is an installation of one thousand ceramic rice bowls by Chinese Singaporean artist, […]
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1.30am
Creative Pathways Information Session
Nexus Arts and Spirit Festival present; Nancy Bates in conversation with Spirit Festival Artists FREE EVENT Singer songwriter Nancy Bates […]
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4.30am
Our Life in Stasis
Jordan Gower Our Life In Stasis looks back at the world through a cinematic structure developed by 20th C. Japanese […]
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4.30am
Who Are We Anyway?
Jolyon Hoff, Muzafar Ali & Khadim Dai Who Are We Anyway? is a collaborative multi-media art installation created by three […]
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3.30am
Fundraising Quiz Night
Saturday April 9 Help Nexus Arts raise money to support our ongoing performance, presentation and development programs and win some […]
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5.30am
Bortier Okoe – Dzeng Sane Album launch, supported by Dada Nii and the Damushi Ensemble
Bortier Okoe Following the recent huge successful launch and tour of Bortier Okoe’s CD in Ghana, he now has the […]
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5.30am
Dya Singh, Farid Drokshan
Dya Singh is the world’s most renowned interpreter and innovator of the mystical Sikh musical tradition. In twenty-five years his […]
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5.30am
Emily Wurrumara, Corey Theatre, Vonda Last
Emily Wurramara Singing in both English and Anindilyakwa (phonetically – annen-dilly-yark-wah), the traditional language of her home Groote Eylandt in […]
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2.30am
Future Archaeology
Future Archaeology is a group exhibition of emerging and mid-career Asian-Australian artists which uses the discipline of archaeology and the […]
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5.30am
Corey Theatre – Ngathuk Ngalina single launch
Gunditjmara/Gunai Singer Songwriter Corey Theatre is a strong believer in the power of language and its use in music. Launching […]
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5.30am
Globo Musica
Nexus Arts and Umbrella Festival present GloboMusica Globo Musica features two acts; ‘Zhao Liang & Moonta St’and Persian Ensemble’ Kashkul’. […]
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3.30am
Nexus Quiz Night
Help Nexus Arts raise money to support our ongoing performance, presentation and development programs and win some amazing prizes while […]
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4.00am
OzAsia Engage
Adelaide Festival Centre’s OzAsia Festival is the country’s leading annual contemporary arts festival focusing on Asia. Translation: you don’t need […]
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2.30am
The Green Room
An exhibition of paintings by Nazia Ejaz, ‘The Green Room’ examines themes of perception and identity. Nazia is an Adelaide […]
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5.30am
Joseph Tawadros Quartet Performance
Nexus Arts is thrilled to welcome back the sage musicality of Australian oud player and composer Joseph Tawadros performing music […]
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6.30am
Bunny
Daniel Kok & Luke George SA Premiere Singapore / Australia “Bunny” is a nickname given to a person tied in […]
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5.30am
Cabinet of Curiosities
Margaret Leng Tan An extraordinary performance of music and theatre by Singapore’s foremost performance artist. The Straits Times Inspired by […]
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5.30am
SUB VERSE
A 2-Day Festival of Electronic and Experimental Music Over two incredible nights, experience some of the most progressive experimental music […]
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6.30am
Fundraising Gala
Nexus Arts Fundraising Gala 2016 Featuring live performances from: Ellie Lovegrove Sufi Soul Until the Dust Settles (Jay Dabgar, Adam […]
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4.30am
Divine Interventions
Damien Shen & Badiucao Damien Shen is a South Australian man of Ngarrindjeri and Chinese bloodlines: His artistic practice is […]
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3.30am
Identity vs Noise
A SOUND INSTALLATION BY LLOYD COLE Wednesday 25 January – Friday 3 February 2017 Gallery open Tuesday – Friday, 10.00am […]
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6.30am
Circle of Rhythm
Heralded as Australia’s most exciting rhythm trio, Greg Sheehan, Bobby Singh and Ben Walsh have between them changed the face […]
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3.30am
Patterns of Migration
Following her summer residency at Nexus Arts Centre as a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse artist, Haneen Martin explores her own […]
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5.30am
Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt and Jay Dabgar
Nexus Arts is excited to host master of the Mohan Veena (slide guitar), Pt. Vishwa Mohan Bhatt. He is best […]
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1.30am
namibiArt
The exhibition ‘namibiArt’ is a collection of visual narratives that are expressed though genres such as painting, printmaking, textiles, ceramics, […]
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5.30am
Mehr Ensemble with Kashkul
Mehr Ensemble Weaving intricate lines of verse and melody, ornate instrumentation and layered vocals, classical Persian music ensemble Mehr creates […]
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5.30am
The Necks
The Necks are one of the great cult bands of Australia. Chris Abrahams (piano), Tony Buck (drums), and Lloyd Swanton […]
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5.30am
Nhatty Man and Gara with Local Revolution
Nhatty Man and Gara A household name in Ethiopia and around the worldwide diaspora, Nhatty Man and his band Gara […]
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2.30am
We Die So That
Elyas Alavi We die so that is an exhibition of video works, paintings and artefacts that will communicate the true […]
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5.00am
Daydreamer Wolf
Nexus Arts presents ‘Daydreamer Wolf’ – a performance of experimental music by Afghani visual artist and poet Elyas Alavi in […]
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5.30am
Man Made Mountain with Playback 808
Man Made Mountain Man Made Mountain is comprised of the ARIA Award winning producer Billy Hoyle and vocalist Cazeaux O.S.L.O. […]
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3.00am
Fly Away
Sohrab Rustami, Murtaza Hossaini, Ziyaghul Yahya, Farzana Noori, Asif Hossaini, Zahra Hossaini, Ezath Gulistani, Elyas Alavi Curator: Elyas Alavi “Fly […]
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5.30am
Way Out West with The Adam Page Ensemble
Way Out West Way Out West’s sound has been described as “utterly unique” and has earned the band a loyal […]
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5.30am
OzAsia and Nexus Arts Present: MACHO DANCER
Solo contemporary dancer Eisa Jocson challenges sexual stereotypes in hauntingly accurate detail.
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5.30am
OzAsia & Nexus Arts present: AIR BANDUNG
Instrumental ambush and trance-like harmonics, relentless energy and wildly experimental. Four post-rock bands from Asia and Adelaide.
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5.30am
OzAsia and Nexus Arts Present: SPECIFIC PLACES NEED SPECIFIC DANCES
The cutting edge of contemporary dance – exploring the relationship between Papuan heritage and European club culture.
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5.30am
OzAsia and Nexus Arts Present: SHONEN KNIFE
Stompingly catchy pop-punk and schizophrenic experimental rock from Japan
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6.30am
OzAsia and Nexus Arts Present: THE BOMBAY ROYALE
Melbourne’s world-conquering cult band meets Adelaide’s own African avant-garde jazz and afro-funk!
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6.00am
OzAsia and Nexus Arts Present: MUSIC IN ANTICLOCKWISE
The avant-garde electronic sound maestro of Hong Kong and Adelaide’s genre-defying string quartet!
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4.30am
A place never been seen is not a place
Doris Wong Wai Yin Hong Kong Immersive, poetic and sublime, the seemingly everyday objects in Doris Wong’s first Australian exhibition […]
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6.30am
OzAsia and Nexus Arts Present: DRAPETOMANIA
Filastine + Nova Australian Premiere Spain & Indonesia An audiovisual strike against xenophobia and for a borderless polyphonic world. Drapetomania […]
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7.30pm
Vision and Voice
Anna Dowling Aboriginal people keep their culture alive and pass knowledge from one generation to the next through the telling […]
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4.30am
Summer Twilight Show: Chakam
An hour of beautiful music to ease you through the working week. Featuring acclaimed international artists, these captivating performances will […]
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4.30am
Summer Twilight Show: Duo Åkerlund/Paulson
An hour of beautiful music to ease you through the working week. Featuring acclaimed international artists, these captivating performances will […]
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3.00am
NOLA at Nexus
Join the Mardi Gras party straight from New Orleans, Louisiana with this musical feast revelling in one of the world’s […]
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6.00am
Ngundakati: Music
Celebrating the rich contribution to the world’s culture of Indigenous people, this performance brings together leading contemporary SA artists Corey […]
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3.30am
Farrago
Anna Cherkasova (RUS-AUS) An evolving participatory drawing project by artist-illustrator Anna Cherkasova in which the gallery space is her canvas. […]
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3.30am
Diverse Screens
“Diverse Screens” is a series of short films and artist profiles by culturally diverse artists and film makers commissioned by […]
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6.00am
Ustad Shujaat Khan and Jay Dabgar
The spellbinding magic of sitar virtuoso Ustad Shujaat Khan meets the pulsating rhythms of tabla maestro Jay Dagbar in a […]
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5.00am
This Country
The Yearlings with Corey Theatre, Nathan May and Jessica Wishart Drawing together songs of country, family, language and culture, this […]
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5.00am
A Well-Set Table
Aviva Endean and Shoshana Rosenberg A well-set table. A conversation with ourselves. Aviva Endean and Shoshana Rosenberg are two of […]
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3.30am
What Privilege: ‘The unity of oppression’
An experimental art exhibition at Nexus Arts. ‘The unity of oppression’ explores what unites and divides us: We share a […]
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4.00am
Women in Song
An evening of musical performance and deep discussion reflecting on the true meaning of reconciliation. Beginning with a Q&A session […]
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5.00am
Ras Dashen
Elyas Alavi, Derek Pascoe Chris Martin and Zujir Naji A performance of verbal-musical works reflecting on identity, displacement and memory. With […]
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5.00am
Knock, Mark, Stitch
Iran Sanadzadeh, Ali O’Connell and Setare Arashloo An exploration in visual, tactile and sound modalities, this performance focuses on the […]
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6.30pm
STANDING UP, STANDING OUT
Standing Up, Standing Out will see Tutti Arts visual artists come together with the Sikh community to engage in cultural […]
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5.00am
Ujamaa
Melbourne African Traditional Ensemble Tradition, storytelling, language and connection to ancestral heritage through music. The warm sounds of the Melbourne […]
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5.00am
Saúde
Abraska Unpredictable & delightful, Abraska creates a unique musical blend that comes from the sound of travel and the merging […]
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5.00am
Four-Colour-Season – The Song Company
An evergreen selection of song and brand-new indigenous dance to match the patterns and movement of the many Australian seasons. […]
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3.30am
Dream of Being
Narges Anvar Dream of Being is a project in which the artist visually narrates her journey through her own inner […]
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5.30am
A Night For Nexus: Celebrate & Donate
Come and help Nexus Arts celebrate over 30 years of promoting and presenting culturally and linguistically diverse art & artists […]
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5.00am
CLOSE COMPANY
RAW MOVES Choreographed by Alison Currie Singapore | Australia Australian Premiere Adelaide choreographer Alison Currie explores the notions of co-dependency […]
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6.00am
DOBBY
WITH DYSPORA AND ELSY Australia Filipino-Aboriginal rapper, drummer and composer DOBBY is a compelling new voice in Australia’s hip hop […]
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5.30am
BALING
Malaysia Australian Premiere On December 28, 1955, three national leaders held a highly publicised meeting that would change the course […]
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6.00am
Haveli
Lyndon Gray’s Carnatic Jazz Project Jazz bass player Lyndon Gray has been exploring the integration of South Indian Carnatic rhythmic […]
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3.30am
SATHECOLLECTIVE & ZEPHYR QUARTET
NEW MUSIC COLLABORATION Works in Progress Australia | Korea | Singapore Works in Progress is a rare opportunity to observe […]
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4.30am
The Scale of Justice
Kawita Vatanajyankur Backbreaking physical work has traditionally fallen to women in Thailand. This Thai-Australian artist turns her body into a […]
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5.30am
HELLO MY NAME IS…
Using text by Edward Bond from Choruses After the Assassinations Directed by Paulo Castro Australia | Timor Leste World Premiere […]
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6.00am
THE HORMONES
with Rackett And The Villenettes China | Australia Australian Premiere A full on night of riff driven, punk electro sounds […]
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9.00am
Nexus Live Launch
Welcome to the world of Australian music. Contemporary Australia is a richly diverse nation of cultures, backgrounds and experiences. Contemporary […]
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4.30am
Human: Insan(e) ?????? ?????
Yusuf Hayat My parents migrated to England before I was born. Like many people from the subcontinent they tried to […]
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5.00pm
A Trip to the Moon
Presented by Adelaide Festival Centre and Nexus Arts Australia Adelaide Exclusive French illusionist and film director Georges Méliès was a […]
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6.00pm
Lazaro Numa Ensemble
Summer Twilight Sessions // An hour of beautiful music to ease you through the working week. Featuring acclaimed Australian artists, […]
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6.00pm
Farhan Shah and Brothers
Summer Twilight Sessions // An hour of beautiful music to ease you through the working week. Featuring acclaimed Australian artists, […]
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6.00pm
Sarv Ensemble
Summer Twilight Sessions // An hour of beautiful music to ease you through the working week. Featuring acclaimed Australian artists, […]
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7.30pm
Umi no uzu
Aaron Choulai and the Australian Art Orchestra Mythical, innovative and deeply groovy, Umi no uzu (meaning ‘stirring the oceans’) is the latest […]
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