
Melbourne post-punk outfit Sleepazoid are heading to Capital Brewing Co this Saturday. Photo: Joshua Nai.
Belco Sounds is on a mission to bring the northside community together with free, low-cost happenings. Head to The Baso on Thursday night to catch their latest event, a night of live music featuring Big Reef, Love Maps and Zuko.
Singer Lizzie Mackand and ex-Red Wiggle Murray Cook will be bringing their intimate duo set, Mack & Cook, to Smith’s on Friday night. They’ll be playing songs from across their four albums together in The Soul Movers.
The Empty Threats, Sleepazoid and Bad Patella will all be on hand for Capital Brewing Co’s Midnight Mass this weekend. Expect live music, interactive performances and a BBQ fire pit to take over Dairy Road on Saturday evening.
Wednesday 18th
- Wednesday Lunchtime Concert @ Wesley Music Centre – 12:40 pm
- Old Timey Wednesday @ Smith’s Alternative – 4 pm
- Macabre Dreams @ Gang Gang – 6:30 pm
- Django Jam @ Smith’s Alternative – 7 pm
- Classical Capers @ Smith’s Alternative – 7 pm
- JD Band @ Hippo – 8 pm.
Thursday 19th
- Pop-Folk-Rock Jam @ Smith’s Alternative – 4 pm
- The Uebergang @ Smith’s Alternative – 7 pm
- Belco Sounds @ The Baso – 7 pm
- Northern Lights @ Llewellyn Hall – 7 pm
- Bourbon Street @ Molly – 9:30 pm.
Friday 20th
- Eric Ajaye Duo @ National Press Club – 6 pm
- Damian Wright & Metin Yilmaz @ Smith’s Alternative – 6:30 pm
- New Blood @ The Baso – 7 pm
- The Smashed Avocados @ Dissent – 7 pm
- Special K @ Burns Club – 7:30 pm
- Transit Dolls @ Canberra Irish Club – 8 pm
- Friday Night Live @ The Pot Belly
- Celtic Folk @ Dickson Taphouse – 8 pm
- Friday Night Grooves @ PJs In The City – 8:30 pm
- POSSESHOT + NTER @ Fiction – 9 pm
- Mack & Cook @ Smith’s Alternative – 9:30 pm
- TOM SANTA @ One22 – 10 pm.
Saturday 21st
- Leo Joseph’s Blues Piano Sessions @ Smith’s Alternative – 12:30 pm

Tay Tay Tribute Show at the Canberra Southern Cross Club: the closest you can get to experiencing the iconic Taylor Swift herself performing live! Photo CSCC.
- The Tay Tay Tribute Show @ Canberra Southern Cross Club Woden – 12:30 pm
- Live Music @ The Jetty – 1 pm
- Ben Drysdale @ Old Canberra Inn – 2 pm
- Byron and Con @ Smith’s Alternative – 3 pm
- Ray of Light @ The Polo – 3 pm
- The Water Runners @ Smith’s Alternative – 6 pm
- Midnight Mass @ Capital Brewing Co – 7 pm
- Make Them Suffer @ The Baso – 7 pm
- Aidan Jones @ Smith’s Alternative – 7 pm
- Dead Weights Dreaming @ Dissent – 7:30 pm

Celebrate 50 years of virtuosity and brilliance from the Australian Chamber Orchestra with music by Bach, Beethoven, Ravel, Schubert and Kuusisto. Photo ACO.
- ACO Unleashed @ Llewellyn Hall – 7:30 pm
- Saturday Night Sounds @ PJs In The City – 7:30 pm
- Department of Noise @ Burns Club – 7:30 pm
- Velvet Bloom @ Smith’s Alternative – 9 pm
- Karaoke @ The Durham – 9 pm.
Sunday 22nd
- Riff Raff @ Smith’s Alternative – 11 am
- Ahlan wa’Sahlan @ Smith’s Alternative – 1 pm
- Department of Rock @ Smith’s Alternative – 3 pm
- Musical Singalong @ Smith’s Alternative – 3 pm
- MIDWINTER: Canberra Community Chorale @ Wesley Music Centre – 3:30 pm

Malia performs a wide range of music from artists such as Fleetwood Mac, Joni Mitchell, Missy Higgins, Dolly Parton, Paul Kelly and more, as well as her original music. Photo: Malia Sterling.
- Malia Stirling @ Dickson Taphouse – 4 pm
- Ava Martina @ Old Canberra Inn – 4 pm.
Monday 23rd
- Lunchulele @ Smith’s Alternative – 12:30 pm
- Canberra Eurosession @ Smith’s Alternative – 4 pm
- Monday Open Mic @ Dissent – 8 pm.
Tuesday 24th
- Colours of Africa @ Tuggeranong Arts Centre – 6:30 pm
- Jazz on The Rocks @ Molly – 7 pm.
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