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Six8 Gig Finder: making it simple to find gigs in your local area
As some of you may have read, this week we launched a brand-new Gig Finder as a part of Six8. This is something we’ve been working on for a few months now – largely in response to conversations we’ve had with our artists and venues who find it difficult to promote...
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Recommendations, inspiration, and guides to bring more live music into your life
Six8 has got your Live Music COVID
Six8 has got you COVID for LIVE MUSIC FIVE ways to get your live...
Top 5: Live music events that are exciting us for Vivid 2019
It’s that time of year where the air is chilly, and...
5 of the Best: Venues with regular live music in Sydney
Live music has had a bit of a rough trot in Sydney lately, so...
Community Features
Meet the artists, venues, and people who make up the Six8 community
Featured Artist: Steve Morrison
Steve Morrison is a stalwart of the Sydney jazz scene. The multi-instrumentalist has showed his chops in venues as varied as Japanese restaurants to The Basement. Behind it all, we found a deeply engaging artist who’s as well versed in geo-politics as the peculiarities of the live music trade. We sat down with him for a chat.
Featured Artist: Emily Hanks
Time to get your groove on folks with this week’s Featured Artist: Emily Hanks. She is a lady who knows how to serve up that ambient sultry stylin’, along with a large dose of quick wit. You’ll easily get lost in the whimsy of Emily’s musical universe. Her...
Featured Artist: Chris Neto
Chris Neto is this week’s featured artists and I for one, am so glad. We all know that music has the power to evoke, transport and compel us. Therefore, Chris with his guitar, beautiful instrumental compositions and deep poignant lyrics is exactly what I’d suggest we...
Featured Artist: Jeremy Hunter
Jeremy Hunter is this week’s Featured Artist. He is also an amateur astrologer, sci-fi movie buff, Indian food fan (apparently you just have to say garlic naan and he starts to salivate in anticipation). Plus, most importantly, he is an endearingly humorous and an...
Featured Artist: Plum Green
“I’m a witch with my cauldron” is a befitting statement from this week’s Featured Artists Plum Green. Seemingly it does not matter if you are seated at Plum’s dinner table or in the band’s audience, as either way you will leave gorged, satiated and roused having...
Featured Artist: Not a Lemur
Not a Lemur are live music lovers and lovers in life. They are also this week’s Featured Artist. Rubi Matthews and Dominic Smith are the impressive couple behind this musical ensemble. We are not sure what came first to bring this duo together the music or the love....
Featured Artist: Black Bird Hum
Swing into 2019 with these chilled-out tunes and check out this week’s Featured Artist, Black Bird Hum. A band who evidently love playing for live audiences. Especially given the amount of time they spend on the road. Heading across the Australian East Coast to...
Featured Artist: Mel Kay
More than a singer songwriter, this week’s Featured Artist Mel Kay is an inspiration. Mel Kay graduated with honors from Western Australian Academy Performing Arts (WAAPA) in 2015 only to be diagnosed with Lyme disease . Living through the nightmare of...
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