The Definitive Melbourne Live Music Guide: August/September 2026
Welcome to our weekly Gig Guide, your curated list of live music in Melbourne with all the best events from the CBD and surrounding suburbs.
New gigs are added each week (usually on Wednesdays for the following week), and we feature a range of venues from stadiums to 50 person bandrooms, so whether you want to see you favourite global star on the next up and comer we’ve got it all here for you.
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Monday 31st August
Social Sanctuary w. Beefheart & McQuinn, Macrocarpa + The Boatmen – Northcote Social, Northcote. Free Entry
Tuesday 1st September
Wolf in The Corridor w. Toby & Declan + Francesca Fimeri – The Workers Club, Fitzroy, Tickets
Wednesday 2nd September
Sunk Loyo w. Verona Lights + Earthbound – Corner Hotel, Richmond. Tickets
Enki w. Beyond the Bathroom ft. Pancha – Bar 303, Northcote Tickets
Seahaven – Northcote Social, Northcote. Tickets
Thursday 3rd September
A Night of Noise Ft. Dress, Riot Act, Nonstandard Leisure + Plastic Trees – Bad Decisions Bar, Fitzroy Tickets.
Tim Pledger Trio – Bar Open, Fitzroy Free Entry
Chloe Holmes & The Mutineers w. Monty Gray & The Wandering Strays + Wage Cut – Bar Open, Fitzroy Tickets
Isuela – Bar 303, Northcote Tickets
Mosette, FJ Steele + Rach – Brunswick Artists Bar, Brunswick Free Entry
Bitmus, Racoonhead + Little Bored – Cactus Room, Coburg. Tickets
Sunshine Tip + John McAll – The Espy, St Kilda Tickets.
Hamish Bloom – Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy Tickets
Lucid At Last w. DeJure + Cassettes – The Last Chance Rock n Roll Bar, North Melbourne, Tickets.
Lunar Maria – The Leadbeater Hotel, Richmond Tickets
The Joe Cocker Express – Memo Music Hall, St Kilda, Tickets.
The Groundswell, Ava Gerrard + Lune Ranger – Nighthawks, Collingwood Tickets
“Spirit Trane” presented by The Bruten Brothers – The Paris Cat, Melbourne CBD Tickets
Firefly Horns play secret movie themes… – The Paris Cat, Melbourne CBD Tickets
Double Happiness + Velatine – Shotkickers, Thornbury Tickets
Literature + Morag – The Toff, Melbourne CBD, Tickets.
Feshly Squeezed Ft. Charlotte Bridie, Mansplainers + Saint Melina – The Tote, Collingwood. Tickets
Tony J King – The Wesley Anne, Northcote Tickets
Friday 4th September
Alex Warren – Rod Laver Arena, Richmond Tickets
Lagerstein w. Ablaze + Pizza Death – Corner Hotel, Richmond. Tickets
Happy Mondays – Forum, Melbourne CBD. Tickets
Skindred – Northcote Theatre, Northcote. Tickets
MKTO – 170 Russell, Melbourne CBD Tickets
David Costello – Bad Decisions Bar, Fitzroy Tickets.
Kali Tandava – Bad Decisions Bar, Fitzroy Tickets.
Hoodoo Express – Bar Open, Fitzroy Free Entry
Ishta & The Quarter Life Crisis w. Unscored + Max Aurora and the Southern Lights – Bar Open, Fitzroy Tickets
Astral Collective w. Chaos Theory Orchestra, Seb Perello + Agvamil – Bar 303, Northcote Tickets
Slowcut w. Burial Pit + Tumour – The Bergy Bandroom, Brunswick Tickets.
Luna The Moon – Brunswick Artists Bar, Brunswick Free Entry
My First Rodeo, Seren O + Come Heavy Sleep – Cactus Room, Coburg. Tickets
Ruby Gill – The Curtin, Carlton Tickets
Honeysmack, Borrowed CS, Chriara Kickdrum, Zjoso + Neko-EA – Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy Tickets
David McCormack’s TRS80 – The Last Chance Rock n Roll Bar, North Melbourne, Tickets.
Oceans, Namaric + Puppy Vs. Lizard – Mamma Chens, Footscray Tickets
Jonny Chopps – Night Cat, Fitzroy, Tickets
Sundreamer w. Destestor + Gull – Nighthawks, Collingwood Tickets
No Regrets -‘The Edith Piaf Story’ Feat. Nikki Nouveau – The Paris Cat, Melbourne CBD Tickets
Dr Jazz & the Gangsters Palace Ft. Ruby Ray – The Paris Cat, Melbourne CBD Tickets
FREE PARKING X JONATHAN BUFALINO PRESENT – ‘THE MUSIC OF JAMES BROWN’ – The Paris Cat, Melbourne CBD Tickets
“The Musical Evolution of Miles Davis” – The Paris Cat, Melbourne CBD Tickets
Lewi & The Jets – The Post Office Hotel, Coburg. Tickets
Ferla w. Our Carlson – Railway Hotel, Fitzroy Tickets
Drifter – The Tote, Collingwood. Tickets
Kitty Mustang, Brian Campeau + The Noise – The Tote, Collingwood. Tickets
Sebastian Haysman – The Wesley Anne, Northcote Tickets
Quentin Roth w. Neeko – The Wesley Anne, Northcote Tickets
Saturday 5th September
Alex Warren – Rod Laver Arena, Richmond Tickets
Vancouver Sleep Clinic w. MTNS + Sidney – Corner Hotel, Richmond. Tickets
Kodaline w. Isobel Knight – Forum, Melbourne CBD. Tickets
Dice w. Mid Drift + Ray & Paul – Northcote Theatre, Northcote. Tickets
Dustin Tebbutt – Abbotsford Convent, Abbotsford Tickets
Little Somebodies w. Shani Weiss + Sean Carroll – Bar Open, Fitzroy Tickets
Misdeeds Fest 2 Ft. This is a Robbery, Quentin Trembath, The Crop Tops, Whiskey Dram,
Impeach Churchill + more – Bar 303, Northcote Tickets
Events by Ella Launch Party Ft. Jemima Rae, Chanel Louise + SEVEN7Y2 – The Bergy Bandroom, Brunswick Tickets.
Dear Sunday w. Spici Water – The Bergy Bandroom, Brunswick Tickets.
Orlando + Malibu Spacey – Brunswick Artists Bar, Brunswick Tickets
DIY on High w. R.U.B, Bughunt, Trap Card, Rat Bucket + Dibber Dobber – Cafe Gummo, Thornbury Free Entry
DIY on High w. Loose Tooth, Techno 666, Bizarrgo, Kosmetika + Banksy – Cactus Room, Coburg. Free Entry
The Black Heart Death Cult, Buried Feather + Spawn – Cactus Room, Coburg. Tickets
Forever On High – Cherry Bar, Melbourne CBD Tickets
Cigarillos, Seven Pound Halo + El Bebe – Creature Bar, Brunswick East Tickets
Soilent Green – Croxton Bandroom, Thornbury. Tickets
Tee Vee Repairmann – The Curtin, Carlton Tickets
Babba – The Espy, St Kilda Tickets.
The Jives – Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy Tickets
Doppel w. The Oddness, Not Jen + Karl Pilbrow – Howler, Brunswick. Tickets
Hip Hop Takeover Ft. DJ Rellik, Korboy X Rief, Don Pauly, Puff Justice, RDO, MC Remp + Jay Bob – The Last Chance Rock n Roll Bar, North Melbourne, Tickets.
Lazy Haze – The Leadbeater Hotel, Richmond Tickets
Tyne-James Organ – The Leadbeater Hotel, Richmond Tickets
Morningbirds w. Sanszu + Tina Growls – Mamma Chens, Footscray Free Entry
To The Grave – Max Watts, Melbourne CBD. Tickets
Adriana – Night Cat, Fitzroy, Tickets
Slow Exposure – Nighthawks, Collingwood Tickets
Queen Hyena, Sands, Frons, Anna Bortionist + Encroach Goblin – Nighthawks, Collingwood Tickets
Jawa Pitu Band w. Small Fry – Northcote Social, Northcote. Tickets
NSBB: The Music of Sting – The Paris Cat, Melbourne CBD Tickets
DEAN’S MARTINI – The Paris Cat, Melbourne CBD Tickets
Elly Poletti SINGS Motown – The Paris Cat, Melbourne CBD Tickets
REBECCA MENDOZA with Mark Fitzgibbon – The Paris Cat, Melbourne CBD Tickets
Checkpoint Charlies – The Post Office Hotel, Coburg. Tickets
Daft Weeknd – Revolver Upstairs, Prahran Tickets
Tracksuit Larry w. Ludes + Millie Luby – Shotkickers, Thornbury Tickets
O.R.B. w. Neon Goblin, PP Rebel + Book Runner – Shotkickers, Thornbury Tickets
Bella Ciao Ft. Montaigne, Lily Morris, Bec Sykes + more – The Thornbury Theatre, Thornbury, Tickets
Hanky Panky Social Club + Stu Manchu and His Chosen Few – The Tote, Collingwood. Free Entry
The Launch Ft. Dialectrix, Muph, Pac Diesel, Nilvoid, Chainbreaker, Darah, One Sixth, Method SDM, and DJ Rellik. – The Tote, Collingwood. Tickets
Destruction of the Healer w. Trepacide, Thallium + Demon Devine – The Tote, Collingwood. Tickets
Freya + Tom McGowan – The Wesley Anne, Northcote Tickets
Hail Freya, The Kind Regards + Trash & The Treasures – The Workers Club, Fitzroy, Tickets
Tunes For Charity Ft. Kash, Jib, Lady Bitch, Midnight Violet, Dead Ed + De Porsal – Champagne Video, Fitzroy, Tickets
Sunday 6th September
Alex Warren – Rod Laver Arena, Richmond Tickets
Vardos – Bar Open, Fitzroy Free Entry
Meatshell w. Niran Daskia + Mia Barham – Bar Open, Fitzroy Tickets
Sunday School w. Human Noise, Soliloquy, Skiptracer – The Bergy Bandroom, Brunswick Tickets.
NJ Rijs, Lily Jones + Mossrose – Brunswick Artists Bar, Brunswick Tickets
Pola + Bryson – Howler, Brunswick. Tickets
Into The Mystic – The Music Of Van Morrison – Memo Music Hall, St Kilda, Tickets.
Welcome Home Birdgirl w. Shane Howard, I. Rugumba + more – Northcote Social, Northcote. Tickets
‘Song For My Father: A Father’s Day Tribute’ – The Paris Cat, Melbourne CBD Tickets
Trumpet Presents – The Frank Sinatra Experience – The Paris Cat, Melbourne CBD Tickets
Star Horse – Pause Bar, Balaclava, Free Entry
Shepparton Airplane w. The Misanthropes + Velvet Parade – Shotkickers, Thornbury Tickets
Absent Lovers + Matt Green – The Tote, Collingwood. Tickets
wingello w. Running With Scissors + Uncle Oski – The Tote, Collingwood. Tickets
Steamboat Whistlers – The Wesley Anne, Northcote Tickets
Monday 7th September
Sunshine Tip + Salvation Jane – Merri Creek Tavern, Northcote Tickets
Social Sanctuary Ft. Alice Ske, Tiana Khasi + Inanna Indigo – Northcote Social, Northcote. Free Entry
Tuesday 8th September
Electric Callboy – Rod Laver Arena, Richmond Tickets
Wolf in The Corridor w. Toby & Declan, Jib & Friends – The Workers Club, Fitzroy, Tickets
Wednesday 9th September
Bury Tomorrow w. Gideon, Headwreck + Heists – Northcote Theatre, Northcote. Tickets
Syndicate Viced w. Lizard Lounge + Clown – Bar Open, Fitzroy Tickets
Shayan – Bar 303, Northcote Tickets
Lachie – Baxters, Fitzroy Free Entry
Dakini Cuddle – Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy Tickets
Vana w. Closure + St. Sinner – Northcote Social, Northcote. Tickets
Kathleen Halloran – Shotkickers, Thornbury Tickets
Dole Night w. Pack a Punch + The Moids – The Tote, Collingwood. Tickets
Thursday 10th September
The Temper Trap w. Lastlings – Forum, Melbourne CBD. Tickets
Misfitdeo w. Wolf Whistle Wounds and Spa Country Band – Bad Decisions Bar, Fitzroy Tickets.
Ben Carr Quartet – Bar Open, Fitzroy Free Entry
Justus w. Saint Melina + Xavier and Ava – Bar Open, Fitzroy Tickets
Lume Ft. Bernice Ramos, Isabella Mahmoud + Shahla Paynter – Bar 303, Northcote Tickets
Harrisen Hughes – Baxters, Fitzroy Free Entry
Petrol Williams – The Bergy Bandroom, Brunswick Tickets.
The Broken Hills – Brunswick Artists Bar, Brunswick Free Entry
Fools – Brunswick Artists Bar, Brunswick Free Entry
Social Afterparty, Kash + Chooki – Cactus Room, Coburg. Tickets
Ali Lamb – The Espy, St Kilda Tickets.
Nathan Cavaleri – Memo Music Hall, St Kilda, Tickets.
Dolls, The Moids + Supermodels – Nighthawks, Collingwood Tickets
Jack Gray w. Jenzen Guino – Northcote Social, Northcote. Tickets
Rhys Tolhurst – ‘A Swing Affair Live’ – The Paris Cat, Melbourne CBD Tickets
The Music of Dr Who Ft. The Western Brothers – The Paris Cat, Melbourne CBD Tickets
Matahara – Shotkickers, Thornbury Tickets
The Bronze w. Fishnet Sunburn & Hectic+ – The Tote, Collingwood. Tickets
Sofia + Svetlana – The Wesley Anne, Northcote Tickets
Nabii – The Workers Club, Fitzroy, Tickets
Friday 11th September
Shred Fest ft.Obscura + Fallujah + ASHEN + Anoxia + Munitions – Corner Hotel, Richmond. Tickets
The Temper Trap w. Lastlings – Forum, Melbourne CBD. Tickets
Macy Gray – Hamer Hall, Melbourne CBD. Tickets.
Ash w. The Wellingtons – Northcote Theatre, Northcote. Tickets
Franck – The Timberyard, Port Melbourne Tickets
The Ritzy Kids – Bad Decisions Bar, Fitzroy Tickets.
The Four Scoops – Bar Open, Fitzroy Free Entry
Spouse w. Wriding + Girl Version – Bar Open, Fitzroy Tickets
Tejo D’Cruz – Baxters, Fitzroy Free Entry
Sienna Skies w. Saving Face, Down 7 Out, Caution Thieves + Amberfield – The Bergy Bandroom, Brunswick Tickets.
Sarah Mary Chadwick + James Rushford – Cactus Room, Coburg. Tickets
The Whyb – The Espy, St Kilda Tickets.
Vertical Garden – Grace Darling Hotel, Fitzroy Tickets
Glass, Linen + Crank – Grace Darling Hotel, Fitzroy Tickets
The New Christs w. Penny Ikinger’s Marbles – The Last Chance Rock n Roll Bar, North Melbourne, Tickets.
Servo Flowers Fundraiser Ft. Internet Romance, Drip Glaze + The Antisocial Band – The Leadbeater Hotel, Richmond Tickets
Ella Jackman w. Emma Lin + Elaina – Mamma Chens, Footscray Tickets
Infinity Song w. Skyscraper Stan – Max Watts, Melbourne CBD. Tickets
Pinky Beecroft – Memo Music Hall, St Kilda, Tickets.
Habstrakt w. Arkhive, Bass Shaman + more – Night Cat, Fitzroy, Tickets
Townhouse – Nighthawks, Collingwood Tickets
Helleruin w. Order of Orias + Petrol – Northcote Social, Northcote. Tickets
Camilla Burrows sings the Ella Fitzgerald + Oscar Peterson Songbook – The Paris Cat, Melbourne CBD Tickets
RICHARD PAVLIDIS PRESENTS: ‘John Coltrane 100th Birthday Celebration’ – The Paris Cat, Melbourne CBD Tickets
Dany Maia Presents: Brasilidade – The Paris Cat, Melbourne CBD Tickets
Brooklyn ’86 Brass Band – The Paris Cat, Melbourne CBD Tickets
Viliani + Kibbz – Revolver Upstairs, Prahran Tickets
Dreadnaught, Barbarion, Cult of The Night + Slaughterfield – Shotkickers, Thornbury Tickets
Cerro – The Toff, Melbourne CBD, Tickets.
Flight to Dubai – The Tote, Collingwood. Tickets
Paul Bombig w. Ben Laguda + Partner – The Workers Club, Fitzroy, Tickets
Saturday 12th September
Swervedriver w. Brown Spirits + Chimers – Corner Hotel, Richmond. Tickets
Ocean Sleeper w. Nevertel, Vana, Outloved – Forum, Melbourne CBD. Tickets
Belle and Sebastian – Palais Theatre, St Kilda. Tickets
Kita Alexander w, Toy Shaw – Northcote Theatre, Northcote. Tickets
Fraksha & Friends – Bad Decisions Bar, Fitzroy Tickets.
Isabella Mahmoud w. Aftercare + Izjkala – Bar Open, Fitzroy Tickets
VDF Ft. Mudrat, Heterophobes, Chain of Fools, Destroy + more – Bar 303, Northcote Tickets
Lewis Toms – Baxters, Fitzroy Free Entry
Saskia Robin, Kramas + Izzy Skinner – The Bergy Bandroom, Brunswick Tickets.
Ghost Care – The Bergy Bandroom, Brunswick Tickets.
David Clements – Brunswick Artists Bar, Brunswick Free Entry
The Great Emu War Casualties, Tina Growls + Xandri – Brunswick Artists Bar, Brunswick Free Entry
Dragnet – Cactus Room, Coburg. Tickets
Frenzal Rhomb – Croxton Bandroom, Thornbury. Tickets
Jaal w. Bilalli + gsteez – The Curtin, Carlton Tickets
Kranski – The Espy, St Kilda Tickets.
Balagan Blue – Evelyn Hotel, Fitzroy Tickets
Varuni Lila w. Charlotte Bridie + Lalu – Grace Darling Hotel, Fitzroy Tickets
effie isobel – Grace Darling Hotel, Fitzroy Tickets
Vanna – Howler, Brunswick. Tickets
Tapdog w. Bellhop – The Last Chance Rock n Roll Bar, North Melbourne, Tickets.
The New Christs w. Moler – The Last Chance Rock n Roll Bar, North Melbourne, Tickets.
New Romantics – The Leadbeater Hotel, Richmond Tickets
mike. – Max Watts, Melbourne CBD. Tickets
The Reflex – Memo Music Hall, St Kilda, Tickets.
O’Flynn – Night Cat, Fitzroy, Tickets
Motionblur – Nighthawks, Collingwood Tickets
Funkytown Fish, Zara Alice + Lorem Ipsum – Nighthawks, Collingwood Tickets
My Giddy Aunt w. Harriet Wraith – Northcote Social, Northcote. Tickets
The Little Bourke Big Band Presents: THE MUSIC OF THE MUPPETS – The Paris Cat, Melbourne CBD Tickets
You Know This One | Liz Violi & Band – The Paris Cat, Melbourne CBD Tickets
Alinta and the Jazz Emperors – The Paris Cat, Melbourne CBD Tickets
Hackney Sacks…bringing New Orleans ’street-beat’ to French ‘hot jazz’…: – The Paris Cat, Melbourne CBD Tickets
Useless Spacemen – The Post Office Hotel, Coburg. Tickets
Lance Lipinsky – The Prince, St Kilda. Tickets
Life Pilot, Deadweight80, Miseryguts + Atriox – Revolver Upstairs, Prahran Tickets
Marc w. Sienna Wild + Darcy Fox – Shotkickers, Thornbury Tickets
Riding Northbound w. Anna Scionti – Shotkickers, Thornbury Tickets
Folk at the Tote Ft. Thom Johnston, Flora + Jib – The Tote, Collingwood. Tickets
Immigrant Union – The Tote, Collingwood. Free Entry
Firepower Killer, Antics, Grim Things, Vampyros + Pointless Daggers – The Tote, Collingwood. Tickets
DC Maxwell – The Tote, Collingwood. Tickets
Freya + Tom McGowan – The Wesley Anne, Northcote Tickets
Where’s Jai – The Workers Club, Fitzroy, Tickets
Sunday 13th September
The Damned – Forum, Melbourne CBD. Tickets
Koolooz w. Soulphase + Eris and the Disciples – Bar Open, Fitzroy Tickets
Marcus + Konstantin – Baxters, Fitzroy Free Entry
Circle of Friends Ft. Daisy Sampson, Forrer Band + Eliza Joan – Brunswick Artists Bar, Brunswick Tickets
Maiden Australia – The Espy, St Kilda Tickets.
Terra Rouge – The Leadbeater Hotel, Richmond Tickets
Woody Pitney – Memo Music Hall, St Kilda, Tickets.
Infomercial – Nighthawks, Collingwood Tickets
Jules Boult – ‘New Orleans to the Mississippi’ – The Paris Cat, Melbourne CBD Tickets
Barrio Norte – Tango Quartet – The Paris Cat, Melbourne CBD Tickets
Starhorse – Pause Bar, Balaclava, Free Entry
Eliza Hull – Shotkickers, Thornbury Tickets
Bad Things Fest Ft. Special Guest, AC Saunders, Kyle Brew, Queenie + more – The Tote, Collingwood. Tickets
Sad Bitch Hours, Nevo and the Nepobabies + Alice and the Slags – The Tote, Collingwood. Tickets
Serge & The Currents – The Wesley Anne, Northcote Tickets
Tony Yang – The Wesley Anne, Northcote Tickets
