A life-threatening list of events happening in Sydney and surrounds, selected weekly by Jack Shit.

Jack Off with Jack Shit airs Saturday arvos between 3 and 5PM.

FRIDAY 18 OCT

~ Stella Donnelly, Jade Imagine – Unibar, Wollongong
~ The Mark Of Cain, The Messthetics (US), Feedtime – Factory Theatre
~ The Chats – The Beery, Terrigal
~ Kat Harley – South King Recreation Club – 6 til 10PM – FREE
~ Jack Shit – Sydney Brewery – 6 til 10PM – FREE
~ DZ Deathrays, Polish Club, Voiid, The Buoys – Metro – ALL AGES

SATURDAY 19 OCT

~  For Sama – Dendy Newtown – 6.30PM. Also screens at Verona Paddington on October 26 at 2 and 6 – Best documentary at Cannes and SXSW
~ Oxford Art Factory 12th birthday: Harvey Sutherland, Mildlife, The Regime, Clypso, Soaked Oats (NZ), Setwun, Demon Days, First Beige, Cool Sounds, e4444e; DJs Merph, Volumes, Girls On Deck
Oxford Art Factory – RSVP for free entry. Free drink on arrival before 9PM. 7PM til 3AM – FREE
~ Rufino and the Coconuts, Bichos Locos – Marrickville Bowling Club – Album launch
~ Missing Link: The Wraylettes, Los Tremoleros, Cheetah Beat, The Missing Link Band; DJ OPP – Hideaway Bar
~ Voguey Bear – Red Rattler
~ DJ Trevor Brown – Hotel Hollywood – 9PM til 2AM – FREE
~ Stella Donnelly, Jade Imagine – Factory Theatre – SOLD OUT
~ DZ Deathrays, Polish Club, Voiid, The Buoys – Manning Bar

SUNDAY 20 OCT

~ Ornette: Made In America (directed by Shirley Clark) – MCA – Midday. Also screens October 26 – Film
~ The Connection – MCA – 2PM. Also screens October 27 – Film
~ The Ghost Story of Yotsuya – AGNSW – 2PM – Film – FREE
~ A Festival of Sue: X, The New Christs, The Johnnys, Kim Salmon, The Cruel Sea, Front End Loader, The Mis-Made, Penny Ikinger, The Holy Soul, The On and Ons – Factory Theatre – Two stages. 2 til 10PM. Tribute to Sue Telfer and benefit for Support Act
~ Foshe, Dame & Deepa, Eddy Diamond, Ella Haber, Oyobi – Sunny Inner West locale’ – EP launch. 2 til 10PM
~ Jack Shit – Imperial Hotel rooftop – 2 til 8PM – FREE
~ Classic Album Sundays: Kate Bush – The Sensual World – The Beauchamp Hotel – 4.30 til 9PM
~ Ska’d For Life screening and Strange Tenants concert –  Dr HJ Foley Rest Park, Glebe – 5PM – Film/music
~ Lachlan Denton & Studio Magic, Big White, Shrapnel, The S-Bends – The Vanguard – Album launch
~ Stella Donnelly, Jade Imagine – Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle
~ The Mark Of Cain, The Messthetics (US) – Small Ballroom, Newcastle

TUESDAY 22 OCT

~  The Bamboo Bridge (plus Q&A with director Juan Francisco Salazar) – Chauvel Cinema – 6.30PM (also screens at Riverside Theatres October 26 and Verona October 27) – Film/discussion

WEDNESDAY 23 OCT

~  Portrait of Jason – MCA – 7PM (also screens on October 27) – Film
~ Swingin’ at the Speakeasy: The Faculties; DJs Pia Andersen, Jack Shit – Palmer & Co – Three live sets between 7 and 10PM with Pia deejaying between, then Jack on the decks from 10 til close around 3AM – FREE
~ Mahamudra 16: Bobby Would (EU), Debris, Cold / Heat, Alley Kurtz; VJs Video Synth, Disruptive Patterns – Hideaway Bar – FREE

THURSDAY 24 OCT

~  The Slumber Party Massacre – Pink Flamingo Cinema – 8PM – FREE
~ Kasey Chambers, Charlie Collins – Giant Dwarf – 20th anniversary of The Captain. SOLD OUT

FRIDAY 25 OCT

~ Jawline – Verona Cinema – 6.45. Also screens at Riverside Theatres 4PM Sunday – Film
~ To Hell and Black Halloween Party: Coffin; Solid Gold Hell and Black Cherry DJs – Marrickville Bowling Club – 7 til 2PM
~ Bec Sandridge, Eaglemont – Lansdowne – Single launch
~ Tyne-James Organ – Oxford Art Factory – EP launch
~ Majestic Horses, Sounds Like Sunset, Brrr – MoshPit – Album launch
~ Soom T (SCO/IND) & Jstar (UK) meets Inner West Reggae Disco Machine – Tokyo Sing Song – 10PM til 3AM
~ Goldfoot – South King Recreation Club – 6 til 10PM – FREE
~ Jack Shit – UNSW Roundhouse beer garden – 5 ti 7PM – FREE
~ Lime Cordiale, Approachable Members Of Your Local Community, Don West – Roundhouse – All ages
~ Kasey Chambers, Charlie Collins – Giant Dwarf – 20th anniversary of The Captain
~ Civic Spaces and Desire (includes chapters by Australian-based authors Kim Roberts, Chris L. Smith, John-David Dewsbury and Laurence Kimmel) – The Architects’ Bookstore – 6 til 9PM – Book launch – FREE
~ Jimmy Barnes, Jet, Eskimo Joe – Newcastle Entertainment Centre – All ages
–  Circle Pit, Spike Vincent – Union Hotel – FREE