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 24 JANUARY

~ Cold Chisel, Hoodoo Gurus, Birds of Tokyo, Busby Marou – Parramatta Stadium – 5PM
~ Flying Lotus (US) 3D – Enmore Theatre
~ White Knuckle Fever, Syntax Error, Beijing Bikini, RMM, Bin Chickens; MC Josh Shipton – MoshPit – Benefit for residents of Cobargo
~ Jack Shit – The Paddington – 10PM til midnight – FREE
~ Hockey Dad, Tumbleweed, Odette, Dear Seattle, Shining Bird, Totty & Maddy Jane; DJs Dune Rats, Jungle Giants – North Gong Pub – Benefit for Rural Fire Service, NSW National Parks & Wildlife Services, The Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. 4PM. Sold out
~ Atro b2b Natalia, Akka b2b Cilla, Msh – Tokyo Sing Song – 9PM til 4AM
~ Ali Barter – Cambridge Hotel, Newcastle

SATURDAY 25 JANUARY

~ Wafia, Banoffee – Metro
~ Ali Barter – Vic On The Park – FREE
~ Divide and Dissolve, Canine, Arafura – Red Rattler
~ Crane Games, Stressless, The S-Bends – Petersham Bowling Club – Dual single launch. All profits to the RFS
~ Peachfield – Glengarry Castle Hotel – Debut single launch. 4PM. Two sets – FREE
~ Cold Chisel, Hoodoo Gurus, Birds of Tokyo, Busby Marou – Stuart Park, Wollongong – 2.30PM
~ Honeydrip, The Nagging Doubts, The DM SZN – Chippo Hotel – Benefit for RFS

SUNDAY 26 JANUARY

~ Yabun Festival: Radical Son, Buddy Knox, Miiesha, Philly, Kobie Dee – Victoria Park – 11AM til 7PM – FREE

~ Yabun Afterparty: The Merindas, OETHA, Mau Power and country crooner guitarist Robert K Champion Music.
~ Jack Shit 0 Petersham Bowling Club – 3 til 6PM – FREE
~ The Royal River Rats – Dangar Island Bowling Club – 1.30 til 4.30PM – FREE
~ Ali Barter – North Gong Hotel – FREE

MONDAY 27 JANUARY

~ Solange (US) – Opera House – Til Friday
~ Marys Loves Bush: 100, Ahlia Williams, Andy Golledge, Arse, The Baby Beef & Friends Variety Show, Bland, Caitlin Harnett & The Pony Boys, Clews, Coffin, Crocodylus, Donny Benét and The Donny Benét Show Band, Georgia June, Hard Ons, I Know Leopard, Johnny Hunter, Leroy Francis, Lorelei, The Melodrones, Nick Nuisance & The Delinquents, Planet, Poolroom, Prudence, Sunscreen – Lansdowne – 1.30PM. Benefit for Australia Red Cross Bushfire Appeal Fund

TUESDAY 28 JANUARY

~ Hiss Golden Messenger (US) – Lansdowne

WEDNESDAY 29 JANUARY

~Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives – AGNSW
2 and 7.15PM. Also Sunday at 2PM – FREE
~ Swingin’ at The Speakeasy: Miss Pia Swing Combo with DJ Pia Andersen playing between sets from 7 til 10PM, then DJ Kali til close at 3AM – Palmer & Co. – FREE

THURSDAY 30 JANUARY

~ La Nuit des Idées (Night of Ideas) – Being Alive, Staying Alive: Dr. Thierry Hoquet (FRA), Fabrice de Rotrou (FRA), Olivia Rosenthal (FRA), Karlie Noon, Janet Laurence – Opera House
~ Ange Lavoipierre – Zealot – Giant Dwarf – Also Saturday
~ El Duende, Twinking Stars, SaMe Therapy, The Halfway Decents – Petersham Bowling Club – 7PM
~ Jack Shit – Palmer & Co – 10PM til 3.30AM – FREE
~ Mahalia (UK) – Metro – Sold out
~ Tora – Oxford Art Factory – Sold out

FRIDAY 31 JANUARY

~ In It Together: A. Girl, Dying Adolescence, Lonelyspeck, Maina Doe; DJ Tanya Ali – Waywards – 8PM til 2AM. Benefit for Seed Mob and WIRES. Presented by FBi
~ Sebadoh (US) – Crowbar
~ Fatboy Slim (UK), 2manyDJs (BEL) – The Halls
~ A.D.K.O.B, Good Pash, Butternut Sweetheart – Lansdowne
~ Cry Club, Droves, Tall Jan, No Junk Male – Oxford Art Factory Gallery Bar