Earl Sweatshirt on tour
Released in March this year, his album I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside had critics confirming his hip-hop crown prince status. Now US rapper-producer Earl Sweatshirt has announced a series of shows in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth to fill out his post-Splendour in the Grass itinerary. Guaranteed to sell out fast, the shows will show off his dexterous wordplay and hypnotic bass-heavy beats.
Earl Sweatshirt plays Max Watts in Sydney, 25 July, then Melbourne and Perth
Shit at Melbourne Theatre Company
Sure to be provocative, frightening, and electrifying, Shit is the new work from long-time collaborators playwright Patricia Cornelius and director Susie Dee and will be part of the Melbourne Theatre Company’s boundary-pushing Neon season. The pair takes an unflinching look at society’s bad girls, damaged by misogyny, overlooked by society and relentlessly defiant.
Shit, Southbank theatre, 25 June to 5 July
Beams art festival, Chippendale
Billed as a block party slash festival of creative ideas, Beams brings together many of Sydney’s emerging artists, performers and creative producers. The inner city festival features art, sound and light installations, video and animation, live dance, theatre and art performances along with food stalls and live music performances. Fun for all the family.
Beams art festival, Chippendale, 19 September
Tasmania’s Festival of Voices
What do Ella Hooper, Meow Meow and Lady Rizo have in common? The ladies are among a long list of musical talents who will descent on Hobart and Launceston for the Festival of Voices. The diverse lineup for the ten-day festival also includes FLOTUS Michelle Obama’s favourite group Sweet Honey in the Rock, Olympian-diver-turned-cabaret-star Matthew Mitcham and the world’s first a cappella heavy metal group Van Canto.
Festival of Voices, Hobart, from 2 to 12 July, then Launceston
Sydney Contemporary art fair
After the roaring success of the inaugural event, Australia’s largest art fair returns with the announcement of 75 galleries set to participate in Sydney Contemporary. International galleries including Pearl Lam Galleries, the UK’s Ingleby Gallery, Los Angeles’s Mark Moore Gallery and New Zealand’s Two Rooms will join locals Sullivan+Strumpf, Tolarno galleries’, Jan Murphy Gallery and many more for the contemporary art feast. There will also be free public events, performances, conversations and an art and dine program for punters and VIPs alike.
Sydney Contemporary, Carriageworks, Sydney, from 10 to 13 September
