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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

Tour poster for Old Mervs Carparks AUS + NZ Tour listing concert dates and special guests below a photo of two people sitting in a carpark.

8 October 2026Interviews

James Marriott: Love, Limerence & Light Arson

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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7:30pm | 9 October 2026

The Cat Empire

FunkSoul

Thebarton Theatre

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

8pm | 8 October 2026

The T-Bones + Open Jams (The Gumbo Room Blues Jam)

Blues

The Gov

8pm | 8 October 2026

Southside

RockFunkIndie

Grace Emily Hotel

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7pm | 8 October 2026

Paradigms

Acoustic

Ed Castle

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7pm | 8 October 2026

Katie Milae & Baby Mo

DesertSoulFolk

Ern Malley Est. 1943

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7 October 2026Festivals

Adelaide's Our Sound Returns in 2027

Lily Allen performing live on stage during her West End Girl tour, singing into a microphone in front of a white curtain backdrop.

7 October 2026Tours

Lily Allen Confirms 2026 Australian and New Zealand Tour Support

Singer Hayley Williams smiling with blond hair and bangs, framing her face with hands open against a textured blue cinder block wall.

7 October 2026Festivals

Hayley Williams, Keshi, Slowdive & More Headline Clockenflap 2026 First Lineup Announcement

Australian indie band TOWNHOUSE members posing together indoors on a vintage green velvet couch against a blue distressed wall.

7 October 2026New Music

TOWNHOUSE Drop New Single 'I've Seen This One Before'

Australian metalcore band Parkway Drive posing in black suits in front of the Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge

6 October 2026New Music

Parkway Drive Announce New Album 'Home - Live At The Sydney Opera House'

Sick Visor band members posing playfully on top of a white car outdoors under a bright blue sky with solar panels in the background

6 October 2026Tours

Sick Visor Plot 2026 National Tour

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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

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

2 October 2026Q&A

In the Green Room: Caressa

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

Band members of Banks Arcade pose in dark jackets against a split white and light blue background, two wearing sunglasses and one wearing a hood.

28 September 2026Interviews

Banks Arcade: Finding Their Own Frequency

Indie band Destinezia posing together in a dimly lit, vintage room illuminated by moody blue and warm ambient lighting.

28 September 2026Q&A

In the Green Room: Don't Be A Stranger

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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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