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Rock band Guns N' Roses performing live on stage with Axl Rose singing alongside Slash on guitar and Duff McKagan on bass.

9 October 2026Lists

12 Best Guns ‘N’ Roses Songs of All Time

Close-up portrait of Zambian-born Australian singer-songwriter Sampa the Great with braided hair and silver jewellery against a light background.

9 October 2026New Music

Friday Favourites: The Best New Tracks of the Week 09/10/26

Black and white portrait of American death metal band Deicide members posing together outdoors in front of a chain-link fence structure

9 October 2026Tours

Death Metal Legends Deicide Plot Australian Tour 2027

Crowded Gunson Street Party in Adelaide featuring colorful market stalls, string lights, costumed performers, and dancing crowds

8 October 2026Festivals

Gunson Street Comes Alive For One Night Of Live Music, Art And Street Culture

Australian rock band Slowly Slowly members riding in a white convertible car with one member standing up and stretching his arms

8 October 2026New Music

Slowly Slowly Return With New Single 'Parallel'

The Samurai and the Prisoner theatrical production scene featuring a samurai standing amidst seated characters in historical Japanese attire.

8 October 2026Film

Japanese Film Festival Returns To Adelaide This November

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Musician Benjamin Clementine performs in a long black coat and sunglasses, holding a microphone next to a white grand piano.

8pm | 15 October 2026

Benjamin Clementine

ContemporaryJazz

Dunstan Playhouse

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7PM | 16 October 2026

TSIM

Alternative

Hindley Street Music Hall

8pm | 9 October 2026

WILLOWBANK GOVE

Rock

The Austral

8pm | 9 October 2026

THE ZARA CHANTELLE BAND / PEGGY JEAN

IndiePop

The Wheatsheaf Hotel

9pm | 9 October 2026

The Idea Of Light / Bad Trips

Indie Rock

Exeter

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9pm | 9 October 2026

The Gov's Irish Session

Irish Traditional

The Gov

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News

Close-up portrait of Canadian musician Peaches wearing sunglasses with red tinted lenses, bright lipstick, and a diamond grillz tooth gem.

8 October 2026Tours

Peaches Announces Australian and New Zealand Tour 2027

Irish folk band The Mary Wallopers members wearing suits and sunglasses while sitting around a pub table with pints of stout and food

8 October 2026Tours

The Mary Wallopers Plot 2027 Australian & New Zealand Tour

Close-up portrait of Zambian-born Australian singer-songwriter Sampa the Great with braided hair and silver jewellery against a light background.

8 October 2026New Music

Sampa The Great Shares New Single 'Location'

Australian band The Cat Empire members covered in colourful paint posing together in an art studio captured by Giulia McGauran

8 October 2026New Music

The Cat Empire Share New Single 'Rocket'

Underground hip-hop artist GDP wearing a graphic t-shirt in front of a brick wall as pigeons fly past, photographed by Rochelle Marie Adam.

8 October 2026Tours

GDP Shares New Single 'Seroquel', Announces Australian Tour

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra musicians posing together with various classical instruments indoors for their concert season program

7 October 2026News

Adelaide Symphony Orchestra Reveals 2027 Season

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Features

Metalcore band Northlane portrait in dark attire against a gradient background, photo by Kane Hibberd.

7 October 2026Interviews

Northlane Are Redefining the Heavy Music Paradigm

Five members of the band Sister Moonshine posing outdoors with couches and a vintage floor lamp at sunset.

6 October 2026Q&A

In the Green Room: Sister Moonshine

Beastie Boys' MCA (Adam Yauch) and Mike D at the beach in a photo featured in the documentary The Best Summer.

2 October 2026Lists

The Note's Top Music-Related Films To See At This Year's Adelaide Film Festival

Five members of the band Caressa posing together outdoors in retro-inspired 1970s fashion.

2 October 2026Q&A

In the Green Room: Caressa

Post-hardcore band Future Palace posing under teal lighting, photo by Athina Paraschoudi.

1 October 2026Interviews

Future Palace's Perfectly Timed Australian Debut

Australian singer Ella Hooper holding a small flower, wearing a neckerchief and plaid shirt outdoors.

29 September 2026Q&A

Ella Hooper is Older, Wiser and Still Having Fun

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Culture

Still from short film Kaleidoscope that is showing at Sit Down Shut Up Festival featuring smiling people surrounded by glowing flower-shaped fairy lights.

7 October 2026Film

Sit Down, Shutup and Watch Festival Returns To the Barossa This Month

Close-up portrait of Northern Irish comedian and podcast host Shane Todd looking at the camera against a dark grey background.

7 October 2026Comedy

Shane Todd Reveals 'Hold Me Back' Australian Tour Dates

Yeti Film Tour 2026 Australia promotional poster featuring white 4WD vehicles driving along a dusty outback dirt road through mountain ranges.

7 October 2026Film

YETI Film Tour Hits the Road This October & November

Crowds walking beneath glowing paper lanterns and string lights at The Garden of Unearthly Delights festival venue in Adelaide.

6 October 2026Culture

BankSA Brings Westpac Into Adelaide Fringe Partnership

Studio portrait of Australian comedian and actress Denise Scott smiling against a solid pink background, wearing an embroidered floral dark top.

5 October 2026Comedy

Denise Scott Makes Her Adelaide Return As Part of Adelaide Fringe 2027

Comedian Drew Lynch smiling on stage into a microphone in front of a colorful pop-art background.

29 September 2026Comedy

Drew Lynch Announces 2027 Australian Tour

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