Woroni Radio once again invites you to find your next night out with our September Gig Guide! Here you’ll find the hottest events in Canberra for the month of September, almost all under $50 (excluding Justice Crew), with gigs performed by the talented musicians in our ANU community being put to the top of the list for each night of events!
As always, our list is not exhaustive, and we know new performances are always popping up, so there is still plenty of gigs in the works for you to explore outside our gig guide. And if you have a gig coming up, or want to promote your favourite local artist’s upcoming performances, please give us a shout at radio@woroni.com.au or use our Submissions Form. We’re currently accepting submissions for our October Gig Guide (closing on Friday of Week 8 (26/09/2025)), and want your input to help us promote and amplify talented musicians in our community.
Music acts, venues, times and prices are accurate at time of writing
* = concession prices or pre-booking prices
Recurring Events
Every Monday:
Open Mic Night @ Dissent Cafe and Bar (7:30pm, FREE)
Every Tuesday:
Ben O’Loghlin & Micah Knight @ Highroad Dickson (5:30pm, FREE)
Every Friday:
John Mackey Jazz Jam @ Smith’s Alternative (7pm, FREE)
Every Saturday:
Wayne Kelly Trio @ Tilley’s Devine Cafe Gallery (6:00pm, FREE)
Mid-Semester Break
Monday 01/09
Open Mic Night @ Dissent Cafe and Bar (7:30pm, FREE)
Local Gold #8 @ Smith’s Alternative (7pm, FREE)
Tuesday 02/09
Ben O’Loghlin & Micah Knight @ Highroad Dickson (5:30pm, FREE)
Wednesday 03/09
Giant Hammer (with Lily Morris & Dog Name) @ Dissent Cafe and Bar (7pm, $10*)
Thursday 04/09
The Big BBBBB (with CJ Adams) @ Smith’s Alternative (6pm, $5)
Oliver Djurkovic Quartet @ Smith’s Alternative (7pm, $15*)
Being Jane Lane (with Machine on a Break, Box Dye, Sketch Method & Salty Goodness) @ Dissent Cafe & Bar (7:30pm, $10*)
Friday 05/09
WAAX (with Machine on a Break) @ UB Hub (7pm, $40)
John Mackey Jazz Jam @ Smith’s Alternative (7pm, FREE)
Vichyssoise & The Ingredients @ Blackbird (7pm, FREE)
Electrik Sanctuary @ The Baso (7pm, $40)
Rose Tattoo @ Royal Hotel Queanbeyan (7:30pm, $45)
The Femmes of Violence + The Flippers + Freedom of Choice @ Dissent Cafe & Bar (7:30pm, $15*)
BLEACH (DJ Please, rRoxymore) @ ONE22 (10pm, $20)
Saturday 06/09
Wayne Kelly Trio @ Tilley’s Devine Cafe Gallery (6pm, FREE)
Sunday 07/09
Jess Ribeiro @ Smith’s Alternative (4pm, $25*)
Shock Corridor @ Smith’s Alternative (7pm, $15)
Monday 08/09
Open Mic Night @ Dissent Cafe and Bar (7:30pm, FREE)
Tuesday 09/09
Ben O’Loghlin & Micah Knight @ Highroad Dickson (5:30pm, FREE)
Thursday 11/09
Pacific Avenue @ The Baso (7pm, $45)
Cauterant Zine presents Takoba @ Dissent Cafe & Bar (7pm, $20*)
Sycco @ Fun Time Pony (7pm, $34)
Friday 12/09
John Mackey Jazz Jam @ Smith’s Alternative (7pm, FREE)
Stiff Gins @ Smith’s Alternative (6:30pm, $35)
HNTR @ Fiction Club (10pm, $20)
C.FRIM @ ONE22 (10pm, $20*)
Saturday 13/09
Los Chavos X Capital Samba @ Smith’s Alternative (9pm, $25)
Australian Chamber Orchestra @ Llewellyn Hall (7pm, $30)
The Inadequates @ Smith’s Alternative (7pm, $15*)
Brace @ The Baso (7pm, $25)
Witchskull (with Storms of Steel & Space on Fire) @ The Baso (7pm, $30)
Sunday 14/09
Moonlighting (Spit the Dummy & Ollie’s Garden) @ 131 City Walk (7pm, $15)
Brass Knuckle Brass Band @ Gang Gang (3pm, $20*)
Blood On My Hands (with Fearetical, Ends in Tragedy & Peacemaker) @ Dissent Cafe & Bar (5pm, $20)
Hammerhead @ Tuggeranong Arts Centre (7pm, $38*)
Charles Maimarosia @ Smith’s Alternative (4pm, $30*)
Week 7
Monday 15/09
Open Mic Night @ Dissent Cafe and Bar (7:30pm, FREE)
Tuesday 16/09
Ben O’Loghlin & Micah Knight @ Highroad Dickson (5:30pm, FREE)
Daniel Isherwood Trio @ Molly (7pm, FREE)
Wednesday 17/09
The Songwriting Prize 2025: Canberra Semi-Final @ Gang Gang ($20)
Thursday 18/09
Yunggabilli First Nations Open Mic @ Tuggeranong Arts Centre (5:30pm, FREE)
Friday 19/09
John Mackey Jazz Jam @ Smith’s Alternative (7pm, FREE)
Jess Green @ Blackbird (7pm, FREE)
Shades and Shadows @ The Polo (7:30pm, $20)
Peter Bibley @ The Baso (7pm, $30)
Justice Crew @ Fiction Club (8pm, $54)
Saturday 20/09
ASHEN (with Anoxia & Complexant) @ The Baso (7pm, $30)
The Genevieves (with Airline and Body Shirt) @ Dissent Cafe & Bar (7:30pm, $15*)
Sunday 21/09
Tiana Young @ Smith’s Alternative (4pm, $20*)
Week 8
Monday 22/09
Open Mic Night @ Dissent Cafe and Bar (7:30pm, FREE)
Tuesday 23/09
Ben O’Loghlin & Micah Knight @ Highroad Dickson (5:30pm, FREE)
Thursday 25/09
Nightswim, Good Lightning & Bronze Age Collapse @ The Baso (TBA)
Friday 26/09
John Mackey Jazz Jam @ Smith’s Alternative (7pm, FREE)
ALLY ROW @ Floriade 2025, Commonwealth Park (12:30pm, FREE)
Lakeside at 5 | In2Deep @ Tuggeranong Arts Centre (5:30pm, entry by donation)
Blackwater Bay @ Dissent Cafe & Bar (7:30pm, $10*)
Saturday 27/09
Nebula Noise (Kilroy, Suede Effect, Pilot Buffalo, Nuta Mantis) @ Dissent Cafe & Bar (TBA)
ALLY ROW @ Smith’s Alternative (6pm, $15*)
British India @ Fun Time Pony (8:30pm, $48*)
Week 9
Monday 29/09
Open Mic Night @ Dissent Cafe and Bar (7:30pm, FREE)
Tuesday 30/09
Ben O’Loghlin & Micah Knight @ Highroad Dickson (5:30pm, FREE)
We acknowledge the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people, who are the Traditional Custodians of the land on which Woroni, Woroni Radio and Woroni TV are created, edited, published, printed and distributed. We pay our respects to Elders past and present. We acknowledge that the name Woroni was taken from the Wadi Wadi Nation without permission, and we are striving to do better for future reconciliation.