February 13th

9.00am

Nexus Arts Fringe Mixtape

February 14th

9.00am

Kupesi in Colour

In this exhibition, Tongan/Australian artist BAY investigates the ancient art form of Tongan Kupesi. The traditional method of story-telling through […]

February 14th

6.00pm

Latin Rock Cassette

Latitude 0° is a tribute band formed by four South American born musicians that now call Australia home, and offers […]

February 21st

8.00pm

The Yorke Band LIVE

The Yorke Band formed by Caleb Raymond, Zakari Raymond, Ben Wanganeen and Zac Butler are an indigenous, Folk/Rock band performing […]

February 22nd

4.00pm

An Oriental Flair & San Ureshi

A show featuring two unique sets! Oriental flair – A unique South Australian ensemble made of Eastern strings (Guzhengs, Erhu) […]

February 26th

7.00pm

Mi Cuba

Born in the heart of Havana Cuba, trumpeter Lazaro Numa will take you back to the era of the great […]

February 29th

2.00pm

The Revolution ‘Drive that Funky Soul’

Lenin Marron and The Revolution (AKA Local Revolution) bring you the funkiest, hottest James Brown inspired Funk RnB Soul show […]

February 29th

4.00pm

Sufi Music Highway

Experience an unforgettable Sufi music journey taking you from its ancient mystic origins through to a high energy fusion music […]

March 5th

7.00pm

The Guitar Music of South America and Spain

Venezuelan born guitarist Rafa Godoy and Australian guitarist Aloysius Leeson, showcase the enchanting guitar music of iconic South American and […]

March 13th

8.00pm

Drag Supreme (Kultural-Realness/Edition)

‘DRAG SUPREME (Kultural-Realness/Edition)’ is a fierce drag/cabaret show featuring 8 Drag performers from around the country. This evening is a […]

March 14th

6.00pm

Kuko

In the Ngarrindjeri language, Kuko means two, and for Sonya Rankine and Shane Labady there is something very special about […]

March 14th

8.00pm

Aghaani Zamaan (Traditional Arabic Songs)

The Arabic Language and Culture Association of SA proudly presents ‘Aghaani Zamaan’ – classic Arabic songs that have enchanted generations […]

November 29th

9.00am

SU HUI-YU

The Glamorous Boys of Tang Winner of the Visual Arts Award at the 2019 Taishin Arts Awards AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE | […]

November 8th

7.30pm

Anna Setton Trio

Brazilian singer/guitarist Anna Setton is a born samba, MPB, bossa nova and choro performer whose style evokes the classics of […]

November 2nd

7.30pm

Symbiosis

DOBBY & Naomi Keyte DOBBY is a rapper, drummer, and speaker. He proudly identifies as a Filipino and Aboriginal musician, whose […]

November 1st

8.00pm

Beirut Electro Parade

Cosmic synths, neo-Arabic influences and obscure electro from Lebanon’s underground music scene combine in a vibrant, highly sensory sonic temple. […]

October 31st

7.30pm

Shik Shak Shok

Hadi Zeidan A vinyl cabaret celebrating the golden era of Arabic cinema and music Bring your friends and soak up […]

October 26th

6.00pm

Totes Adorbs <3 Hurricane

Miss Revolutionary Idol Berserker They’re back! Get ready for round two as one of OzAsia Festival’s most adored artists returns […]

October 17th

10.00pm

Light

Thomas Henning in collaboration with TerryandTheCuz Guns, drugs, love, war, freedom, racism and free market capitalism: Light explores our darkness […]

October 5th

7.30pm

All The Stories

The Letter String Quartet’s All The Stories All The Stories is a song cycle collaboratively written by The Letter String […]

September 14th

8.00pm

Origami with Wang Zheng-Ting 

Electrifying and breathtakingly beautiful jazz, Origami’s music is quite unlike anything you’ve ever heard. Led by one of Australia’s finest […]

September 7th

7.30pm

Future/Ancient

The Yellow Peril Symphony The Yellow Peril Symphony is a collaborative project between Francesca Mountfort (cello), Mindy Wang (guzheng – […]

August 3rd

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 […]

August 1st

6.00pm

Future of the Senses

EMILIJA KASUMOVIC (SA) Nexus Arts Studio Resident: SALA Festival 2019 Future of the Senses explores material and spiritual perspectives surrounding the […]

July 19th

6.00pm

Illusion

ELYAS ALAVI (SA/ AFGHANISTAN), AVAN ANWAR (VIC / KURDISTAN), ALI ESLAMI (IRAN), SHA SARWARI (VIC/ AFGHANISTAN), DOMINIC SYMES (SA) CURATED […]

July 6th

7.30pm

Harvest

Garden Quartet Garden Quartet blends contemporary Persian and Western motifs, creating Iranian-Australian world music in a way not heard before. […]

June 14th

7.30pm

Abdul Nanou // Manadi Lopa and The Lion Hearts

Music for your weekend and your soul, with musicians from the world who call Adelaide home. Abdul Nanou is a […]

June 7th

7.30pm

Alain Vãlodze // Fabian Hevia’s ‘Far Beyond’

Music for your weekend and your soul, with musicians from the world who call Adelaide home. An expressive acoustic guitarist, […]

June 1st

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 […]

May 31st

4.00pm

Inheritance

ANNA DOWLING (SA / BADIMIA PEOPLE WA), BAY THE ARTIST (SA / TONGA), JANAKI LELE (SA / INDIA), AMANDA NG […]

May 10th

7.30pm

Sabika Jasmine and Goonj // Farhan Shah and SufiOz

Music for your weekend and your soul, with musicians from the world who call Adelaide home. A versatile blend of […]

May 4th

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 […]

May 3rd

7.30pm

Lazaro Numa Ensemble // Dadanii Okwabi and the Damushi Ensemble

Music for your weekend and your soul, with musicians from the world who call Adelaide home. Lazaro Numa is a […]

April 12th

7.30pm

Zhao Liang and Moonta Street // Kashkul

Music for your weekend and your soul, with musicians from the world who call Adelaide home. Zhao Liang is a […]

April 6th

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 […]

April 4th

6.00pm

Healing Seeds

MURTAZA HUSSAINI (SA / AFGHANISTAN) Awarded a Carclew Youth Arts Fellowship program, Afghan South-Australian emerging artist Murtaza Hussaini recently travelled […]

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 […]

February 2nd

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 […]

January 31st

6.00pm

Sarv Ensemble

Summer Twilight Sessions // An hour of beautiful music to ease you through the working week. Featuring acclaimed Australian artists, […]

January 24th

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, […]

January 17th

6.00pm

Lazaro Numa Ensemble

Summer Twilight Sessions // An hour of beautiful music to ease you through the working week. Featuring acclaimed Australian artists, […]

January 13th

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 […]

December 22nd

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 […]

December 12th

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 […]

November 11th

6.00am

THE HORMONES

with Rackett And The Villenettes China | Australia Australian Premiere A full on night of riff driven, punk electro sounds […]

November 10th

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 […]

November 10th

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 […]

November 5th

3.30am

SATHECOLLECTIVE & ZEPHYR QUARTET

NEW MUSIC COLLABORATION Works in Progress Australia | Korea | Singapore Works in Progress is a rare opportunity to observe […]

November 4th

6.00am

Haveli

Lyndon Gray’s Carnatic Jazz Project Jazz bass player Lyndon Gray has been exploring the integration of South Indian Carnatic rhythmic […]

November 1st

5.30am

BALING

Malaysia Australian Premiere On December 28, 1955, three national leaders held a highly publicised meeting that would change the course […]

October 28th

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 […]

October 26th

5.00am

CLOSE COMPANY

RAW MOVES Choreographed by Alison Currie Singapore | Australia Australian Premiere Adelaide choreographer Alison Currie explores the notions of co-dependency […]

October 14th

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 […]

September 22nd

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 […]

September 16th

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. […]

September 2nd

5.00am

Saúde

Abraska Unpredictable & delightful, Abraska creates a unique musical blend that comes from the sound of travel and the merging […]

August 5th

5.00am

Ujamaa

Melbourne African Traditional Ensemble Tradition, storytelling, language and connection to ancestral heritage through music. The warm sounds of the Melbourne […]

July 13th

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 […]

July 8th

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 […]

June 3rd

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 […]

June 2nd

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 […]

May 19th

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 […]

May 6th

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 […]

April 15th

5.00am

This Country

The Yearlings with Corey Theatre, Nathan May and Jessica Wishart Drawing together songs of country, family, language and culture, this […]

March 25th

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 […]

March 24th

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. […]

March 24th

3.30am

Diverse Screens

“Diverse Screens” is a series of short films and artist profiles by culturally diverse artists and film makers commissioned by […]

February 18th

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 […]

February 11th

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 […]

February 2nd

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 […]

January 26th

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 […]

December 8th

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 […]

October 8th

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 […]

October 8th

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 […]

October 7th

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!

October 1st

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!

September 30th

5.30am

OzAsia and Nexus Arts Present: SHONEN KNIFE

Stompingly catchy pop-punk and schizophrenic experimental rock from Japan

September 29th

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.

September 24th

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.

September 23rd

5.30am

OzAsia and Nexus Arts Present: MACHO DANCER

Solo contemporary dancer Eisa Jocson challenges sexual stereotypes in hauntingly accurate detail.

September 3rd

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 […]

August 23rd

3.00am

Fly Away

Sohrab Rustami, Murtaza Hossaini, Ziyaghul Yahya, Farzana Noori, Asif Hossaini, Zahra Hossaini, Ezath Gulistani, Elyas Alavi Curator: Elyas Alavi “Fly […]

August 6th

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. […]

July 29th

5.00am

Daydreamer Wolf

Nexus Arts presents ‘Daydreamer Wolf’ – a performance of experimental music by Afghani visual artist and poet Elyas Alavi in […]

July 29th

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 […]

July 2nd

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 […]

June 10th

5.30am

The Necks

The Necks are one of the great cult bands of Australia. Chris Abrahams (piano), Tony Buck (drums), and Lloyd Swanton […]

May 7th

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 […]

April 7th

1.30am

namibiArt

The exhibition ‘namibiArt’ is a collection of visual narratives that are expressed though genres such as painting, printmaking, textiles, ceramics, […]

April 2nd

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 […]

March 25th

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 […]

February 5th

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 […]

February 4th

3.30am

Identity vs Noise

A SOUND INSTALLATION BY LLOYD COLE Wednesday 25 January – Friday 3 February 2017 Gallery open Tuesday – Friday, 10.00am […]

November 12th

4.30am

Divine Interventions

Damien Shen & Badiucao Damien Shen is a South Australian man of Ngarrindjeri and Chinese bloodlines: His artistic practice is […]

October 30th

6.30am

Fundraising Gala

Nexus Arts Fundraising Gala 2016 Featuring live performances from: Ellie Lovegrove Sufi Soul Until the Dust Settles (Jay Dabgar, Adam […]

October 1st

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 […]

September 29th

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 […]

September 24th

6.30am

Bunny

Daniel Kok & Luke George SA Premiere Singapore / Australia “Bunny” is a nickname given to a person tied in […]

September 18th

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 […]

September 3rd

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 […]

September 2nd

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 […]

August 28th

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 […]

August 7th

5.30am

Globo Musica

Nexus Arts and Umbrella Festival present GloboMusica Globo Musica features two acts; ‘Zhao Liang & Moonta St’and Persian Ensemble’ Kashkul’. […]

August 6th

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 […]

July 23rd

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 […]

July 3rd

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 […]

June 5th

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 […]

May 8th

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 […]

April 10th

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 […]

March 18th

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 […]

March 12th

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 […]

February 21st

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 […]

December 19th

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, […]

November 15th

6.30am

Grace Barbé

Drawing from the diverse cultural melange of her native Seychelles, Grace Barbé fuses the tropical rhythms and dances of the […]

November 14th

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 […]

October 17th

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 […]

October 10th

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 […]

October 3rd

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 […]

October 3rd

3.30am

Beyond Identity

Highly acclaimed visual artist FX Harsono explores themes of displacement, identity and his dual heritage: Chinese and Indonesian. Beyond Identity […]

September 6th

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 […]

September 4th

11.30pm

Collecting Convergences

Collecting Convergences is a solo exhibition by Lilly Buttrose featuring new works produced over her two month studio residency at […]

July 18th

2.30am

Marzha/Borders

Khadim Ali,Mohsen Hosseini, Hamed Hasanzade, and Kubra Khademi. Curated by Elyas Alavi Open Tues – Fri, 9am – 5pm until […]

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 […]