Sydney has one of the densest live music footprints in Australia, and the venues listed here stretch from the inner city out to the beaches. You will find rooms of every size: The Metro Theatre and Max Watt’s for touring acts, Oxford Art Factory and Crowbar Sydney in Darlinghurst and Surry Hills for local and heavier bills, Lansdowne Hotel and Marble Bar in the CBD, and Camelot Lounge and Lazybones Lounge in Marrickville for jazz, world and roots. Foundry 616 and The Vanguard cover jazz and songwriter nights, while Brass Monkey in Cronulla and Hermann’s Bar near Redfern round out the south and inner west. Suburbs covered include Newtown, Glebe, Chippendale, Ultimo, Camperdown, Leichhardt, Potts Point, Bondi Junction, The Rocks, Moore Park and Cronulla. Each listing includes the address, opening hours, contact details and photos, so you can work out what is on near you tonight.
