Canberra girl Hayley Jensen has come a long way since Australian Idol 2004, nominated as Female Artist of the Year at the 2022 Golden Guitar Awards and teaming up with Canadian country rock royalty, Clayton Bellamy, to write festival banger Four Boots.
Australia’s oldest and longest-running community band is celebrating living homegrown female composers in their concert later this month. The Music She Wrote showcases the talents of our women music makers at Hawker College Saturday 26 November.
ARIA award winner Josh Pyke makes a pit stop in Canberra on his To Find Happiness regional tour at The Jetty on Saturday 12 November. CW spoke to Pyke before he hit the road.
Bringing music to everyone who wants it in their lives is important, Canberra Symphony Orchestra bassoonist Kristen Sutcliffe believes. Over the last decade, Ms Sutcliffe, an audiologist in her day job, has put together three community programs, bringing music to people with hearing loss, with dementia, and with autism.
With big tunes and big vocals, The Celebration of Swing takes you on a musical nostalgia journey of music, back to the 1940s. Performed by John Morrison’s Swing City and two renowned jazz soloists, Gregg Arthur and Jacki Cooper, the show comes to Canberra Theatre on Saturday 12 November.
One of the original members of the Thompson Twins, Tom Bailey returns to Australia to perform songs from the band’s hit album, Into the Gap. He stops at Canberra Theatre on Wednesday...
Returning to the shores of Lake Burley Griffin, SummerSalt brings a day of chill vibes for the whole family on 27 January, with a line-up featuring some of the biggest names in folk, indie, and alternative music.
This Sunday, a showcase of art and performance hits the streets of one of the capital’s hippest districts. For one day only, the Braddon Busking Festival invites the community to experience a smorgasbord of street performances.
Katie Noonan and her brother Tyrone join forces when they bring the 20th anniversary of the George album, Polyserena Tour to Canberra theatre Saturday 24 September.
CW had a chat with Katie ahead of the tour to discuss twenty years since the debut album, talented musical families, and going solo.
Canberrans are invited to immerse themselves in a different kind of music experience at Ainslie Arts Centre this Friday and Saturday evenings, 23-24 September. Mini Festival Ainslie Salon: On Location showcases the art of field recording, sound art, and electronic music.
Reimagining the tunes heard on the airwaves during the 1960s and 1970s, Good Morning Vietnam, Music from the Vietnam War Era-Live in Concert! comes to The Q Performing Arts Centre, Queanbeyan on Saturday 3 September.
From the brains behind the iconic Falls Festival comes the brand-new Wanderer Festival, which hopes to engage a multigenerational audience on the shores of Pambula Beach next month.
To mark Afghanistan’s National Day and the anniversary of the fall of Kabul, Fred Smith and band, in cooperation with the Afghan Embassy, will be presenting Sparrows of Kabul, the final iteration of Smith’s Afghanistan song cycle, at the National Press Club, on Friday 19 August.
Eskimo Joe frontman, Kav Temperley, is bringing his solo regional tour to Canberra Theatre on 13 August. Before he hit the road, CW caught up with Temperley from his home in Western Australia to talk about life in small towns; why people leave and why they often come back.Â
Vika Bull and her sister Linda are heading to Canberra with their The Wait tour, originally meant to coincide with the album’s release last September, but the pandemic and health emergencies saw it put on hold. Vika joined CW for a chat before the tour kicks off. Â
