Music – Southern Tablelands Arts

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Make or ❤️music across the STA Region – this page is for you. 🎶

Local music
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- Find your Music Maker Match at the STA Creative Directory
- Head across the What’s on for gigs & more

Listen Local Spotify Playlist
All the hot local tunes from across the STA Region & neighbours. Curatored by Music NSW, STA and Old Binda Road Recordings. Add your song.

Join the FACEBOOK Group for Local Musicians and Industry. Connect NOW

STA are proud partners in the Highland FM 100% Home-grown Artist of the Month Program – featuring musical artists from our region, including live interviews, performances new releases and more.

March Artist of the Month: Yakumama
Alright, buckle up! this month Highland FM 107.1, are hitting the gas with the hypnotic grooves of Yakumama; a band that doesn’t just play music, they channel it.
They’re blending Peruvian Chicha, psychedelic Cumbia, Afro beats and rock into a sound that’ll get you moving, whether you’re ready or not. Gritty guitars, heart pounding percussion and a vibe straight out of the Amazon… this is music that grabs you by the hips and doesn’t let go. FIND OUT MORE

Southern Sounds

Olivia Pearl

Stories from the Studio: Olivia Pearl This week at Stories from the Studio, STA visited Olivia Pearl in Goulburn. Olivia is a rising pop singer-songwriter

Garth Prentice AiR

Stories from the Studio: Garth Prentice Garth Prentice is a musician, songwriter and the Contemporary Music Manager at the Hume Conservatorium in Goulburn. He is

Mariah K

Southern Sounds: Mariah K Mariah is a singer songwriter from Crookwell. Mariah says she inherited her musical talents from her Greek grandmother, infusing her songs

Darren Powell

Southern Sounds: Darren Powell Darren is a crooner and multi-instrumentalist based in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales. Working from the Great American Songbook

Harriet Lowe

Stories from the Studio: Harriet Lowe This week, STA had the pleasure of visiting the talented Harriet at her family home just outside of Crookwell. A

J&B Troubadours

Southern Sounds: J & B Troubadours Ron Volcich on guitar/vocals, Mike Harrop percussion and John Goodwin on harmonicas/vocals are The J & B Troubadours (J

Music News & Opportunities

1 Apr 2025 – Music Australia Export Development Fund – International Performance and Touring (Category 1) – This program aims to support international touring and showcase activities. It forms part of the Music Australia Export Development Fund which is designed to provide financial support to a diverse range of Australian artists at distinct phases of their international careers Grants between $5,000 and $25,000 are available.

1 Apr 2025 – Music Australia Export Development Fund – International Professional and Artistic Development (Category 2) – This program aims to support international professional development activities. It forms part of the Music Australia Export Development Fund which is designed to provide financial support to a diverse range of Australian artists at distinct phases of their international careers. Grants between $3,000 to $15,000 are available.

1 Apr 2025 – Music Australia Export Development Fund – International Market and Audience Development is designed to support activity that includes international promotional and content creation activities with matched funding of $2,000 to $10,000.

15 Apr 2025 – Yamaha Music Australia – Great Start Grant This program aims to provide schools with the tools they need to inspire young musicians and create a vibrant culture of music education. In 2025, the program is focusing on the drum and percussion studio, offering an opportunity to transform the school’s music program with state-of-the-art Yamaha instruments.

30 May 2025 – Southern Highlands Symphony Orchestra (SHSO) 2025 Composer Competition for an original orchestral work. $4000 in prize money.

MusicNSW is offering FREE 30-minute one-on-one sessions to help you find & apply for grants. Book HERE!

Sam Rees
MusicNSW Regional Coordinator for the far South Coast & Southern Tablelands – Contact Sam

The Regional Touring Network (RTN). Powerful free map-based tool to organise your gigs around regional NSW.

Green Music Australia Facilitates musicians and the broader industry to go green. Dont run any event without checking this out.

Yass Music Club (est 1953) Five spectacular concerts across 2025 at the Yass Memorial Hall. FIND OUT MORE AND SEE WHATS ON

Gunning Focus Group
Regular live music in Gunning. Check out their program.

STA Creative Directory – Musical Listings

Eduardo Ruiz

Perucian Musician now living and performing throughout Southern Tablelands of NSW, Australia & beyond.

Harriet Lowe

Harriet has been singing her whole life, and started learning guitar at just 12 years old and has been progressing

The Woodland Wanderers

The Woodland Wanderers formed when a few friends played at an amateur ‘open mic’ concert organised by the Gunning Focus

Garth Prentice

Garth Prentice is a singer songwriter, vocalist, guitarist and educator from Goulburn Australia. He is a powerful performer, guitarist and

The National Braille Music Camp

The National Braille Music Camp in Mittagong. Each year, blind music students from across Australia and New Zealand come together

River Road Creative Academy

River Road Creative Academy, a vibrant creative arts factory designed to nurture participants’ self-expression through music and the arts. Our

Darren Powell

One Saturday in the middle of May, 2024, I’m sitting on my Indian Motorcycle singing and playing in Corbett Plaza

J&B Troubadours

We are an outfit from the Southern Highlands performing a mix of Jazz, Blues, Funk & Soul.

Nic Lee

Inspired by luminaries such as Kelly Joe Phelps, Kieran Kane, and Kevin Welch, Nic began crafting his own songs at

John Goodfellow

John has a diverse range of musical influences, spanning from traditional melodies to contemporary beats, creating a compositions with a

Ann Carr-Boyd

Ann is an internationally recognised composer whose music is truly Australian, but embraces her close connection with European music through

Warren Barnett, Highland FM

Warren or Wazz as he is affectionately known is a local legend with an international reputation across the music industry. Wazz is a

Ben Malone

Ben started learning guitar as a child, playing in school bands and at his local church. Now he is a

Amber Kenny

Amber’s love of music comes from Robertson in the Southern Highlands where she lives on a farm with her family,

Angus Murray

Angus Murray is an accomplished Australian singer, songwriter, & musician from the Southern Highlands, NSW Australia. From a young age

Sara Berki

Sara Berki is a Southern Highlands-based country singer-songwriter with the voice of angel and songs to melt the hardest of

Michael Simic

Canberra born artist Michael Simic has built a substantial recording and touring career over 20 years under his moniker of

The Qeanbeyan Hive

The Queanbeyan Hive’s mission is to provide a wonderful space/platform that will support and foster people and businesses that share

Darling Street

Rock and pop and all that good stuff… Seamus, Olly, Paddy, Greta and Sophie are an indie-rock band pumping out

Shardae Ewart

Shard Music I am a Singer/Songwriter local to the Southern Highlands. I play a mix of originals and covers at

Bundanoon Folk Festival

A community celebration of folk music, arts, performance and participation. The Bundanoon Folk Festival is held in the lovely village

Peter Campbell Music

In a musical career spanning over 50 years, Peter Campbell’s music has explored political and environmental concerns alongside the bitter-sweet

Cecilia McKenzie

Cecilia McKenzie Singer / Speaker / Advocate

Jerikye Williams

Jerikye Williams is a Wiradjuri man, born in Cowra and living in Queanbeyan on Ngambri/Ngunnawal land. Jerikye is said to have

CTC Robertson Inc

The CTC Robertson builds connections across the community with technology and creativity to make a difference in people’s lives. We

Eclectic Sounds

Bringing unique original and eclectic music to the southern highlands

Burrawang School of Arts

Burrawang School of Arts dates from 1883 and is owned and operated as a community hall by the people of

Southern Highlands Symphony Orchestra

The Southern Highlands Symphony Orchestra performs four concert series a year with guest soloists from the region, nationally and overseas.

Daniel Kelly

Singer/Songwriter/Poet from Yass in Australia. Original albums on most streaming platforms. Filk albums and B-sides on Bandcamp.

Mariah K

24-year old Mariah K’s debut album “Journey” takes her from behind the family’s Greek café counter in the small NSW

Ross Webb

RUSTED TRACK consists of 5 members headed up by Ross Webb and perform covers of Country Music songs. From as

Isy Cappo

Bubbling under in the Australian music scene for the past two years and is beginning to grab the attention of

Rodrigo Percussion

Elite hand sculptured cajons, made with the best materials on the planet and all the love in the world…at prices

Luminous Entertainment

Your one stop festival and event shop. Luminous is a boutique technical supplier of audio visual equipment, production, and event

Dalton Hall

Currently, the hall is used by the local community craft and tai chi groups, and the local public-school students for

Music at Bowral Bowling Club

Harden Murrumburrah Arts Council

Providing a taste of art and culture for our community. Regularly scheduled workshops for both children and adults involving a

Hilltops Regional Theatre Company Inc.

Hilltops Regional Theatre Company is a not-for-profit community organisation, based in Young, that provides opportunities and experiences associated with theatre