Wherever you are, there’s a music scene cooking somewhere within reach.
The best way to find it is a gig guide, and there’s a good chance there’s one that covers where you are right now. There’s music in every corner of this country. Why not go exploring?
Find your gig guide:
ACT
CBR Gig Guide
“One stop shop for local music” — with a printed zine coming soon!
@cbr_gig_guideNSW
Best Bands You Never Heard
Impressively comprehensive selection of what’s happening, genre descriptions for every show (!), and some bonus memes to boot.
@bestbandsyouneverheardemus
Experimental, ambient and improvised music across Eora
emus.spaceGigged Out
Focused on Sydney’s mercurial and thriving underground dance/rave scene — nightclubs and warehouses. Born out of the H.A.T.S group on Facebook.
giggedout.appThis society was founded in 1992 and operates an outstandingly maintained online guide.
sydneyblues.orgSydney Jazz Club
Mindmeltingly complete selection of Sydney jazz from this institution that’s been running since 1953, making it the oldest in Australia and “possibly” the third oldest in the world.
sydneyjazzclub.org.auSydneyMusic
A not-for-profit community-focused project aspiring to document every original live music event taking place across Eora.
sydneymusic.netThe Underground Stage
A curated selection of gigs from one local music photographer, blogger, and all-round enthusiast.
theundergroundstage.comCentral Coast Music & Arts
An incorporated association formed by members of the local music industry to promote visibility and awareness of what's happening across Gosford, Woy Woy and surrounds.
centralcoastmusicarts.comWitchhouse
Website coming soon for this rigorously maintained and comprehensive local guide.
@witchhouse_newcastleIllawarra Gig Guide
Weekly local gig guide shared on Instagram.
@illamusicsceneOne Volume
A Wollongong-focused gig guide, currently shared via Instagram but with a website coming soon.
@onevolume.auNT
Found a great gig guide covering Darwin or the Top End? Let us know!
Submit a guide!QLD
SA
The Note is a street press publication with a gig guide
thenote.com.auTAS
Found a great gig guide covering Hobart or Tassie? Let us know!
Submit a guide!VIC
Sticky Carpets
Sticky Carpets is Melbourne's most comprehensive overview of what's happening in live music, specifically focused on more rock-adjacent genres.
@stickycarpetsLive Music Locator
A not-for-profit collective of artists and tech leaders across Australia are building a map-based web gig guide, with their current editorial focus centred on Melbourne.
livemusiclocator.com.auAsk A Punk
About as “does what it says on the tin” as it gets
melbourne.askapunk.netGippsland Gig Guide
A music venue in Bundalaguah called The Bundy has taken it upon themselves to curate the region’s local what’s on. Legends!
liveatthebundy.com.auWA
Loudmouth Records
Punk, hardcore and metal shows compiled by this Boorloo record store
loudmouthrecords.com.au