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

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

FRIDAY 22 FEBRUARY

– Marking Five Years of the Lockout Laws – hosted by Keep Sydney Open – Freda’s – $10 – 8PM til 2AM
– Secret Garden Festival: Ali Barter, Annie Hamilton, Approachable Members Of Your Local Community, Dance Party, The Dardi Shades, DJ Manchild, Flint Eastwood (USA), Genesis Owusu, Harvey Sutherland, Heaps Gay, Iluka, Joseph Liddy & Skeleton Horse, Mildlife, Mojo Juju, Okenyo, Pink Matter, Pist Idiots, The Preatures, These New South Wales, Tia Gostelow, ‘A Surprise’, Aaron Manhattan, Ayebatonye, Beau Kirq, Brendan Maclean, Brooke Powers, Canoe, Charlie Villas + Billie McCarthy, The Dollar Bin Darlings, Fox Pfluger, Frida Refugees, Gina Colada, Lex LaFortune, Mat Hornby, Matt Format, MattVaughan MC Gaff-e, Megana, Radha La Bia Rebel Yell, Stelly C, Tommy Misa, 100, Asbolutely Everybody DJs, The Andy Golledge Band, Baby Beef, Black Tree, Broke House, Candy Cool Sound, Coven DJs, Figs, Florian, The Friendly Friends, Georgia June, Girls On Deck, Handsome, Harley Mavis, Imbi The Girl, Johnny Hunter, Laura Jean, Moody Beach, Murmurmur, Ruben Neeson, Spit Chewy, Sports Bra, Aybatonye, Busy, Carolina Gasolina, Ebony Boadu, GCOO, Isa, Jannah Beth, Kilimi, Manic Pixi, Maribelle, Matka, Mowgli May, Naomi, Nes, Sofie Roze, Sophiegrophy, Stayfly DJs, Temgazi, Venus, Al Dente, Andy Webb, Con Pani, Dame, Deadlyana, Deep Tan, The Dollar Bin Darlings, Gauci, Gen Collier, Gia Livera & Edie Virelli, Kayroy, Lorna Clarkson, Maia Bilyk, Mango, Motherfunk, Nardean, Ryan Fennis, Sidehustle, Solo Dan Stank & Deets, Tim Boyd, Alec Sander, Alice D, Body Promise, Cosmic Boogie, Dejaan, DJ kittlez, Femanyst Aka Lady Balcktronika (USA), Garage Pressure, IV Drip, Jess Mueller, Kate Doherty, Low Flung, Natalia, PSWIL, Slamb BSB Lewba, Spiderdog, Swerve, Alex Reynolds, Cabaret Le Queer: K & Cake Damsels De-Stress, Disney Karaoke, The Dollar Bin Darlings, Magda Szubanskis, Noodle Girls, Nude Party, The Oyster Club, Post-Its, Unplanned Melodies, Village Wisdom, Wanted and Wild, 343 Brass Band, Djangologists, Muddy Lamb, Bubble Babies, Electro Fairy Entertainment, Hooping Harlet, Jasmine Brophy, Lupa Howl & The Shewolves, Phoenix Flow Arts, Silk Fan Dancers, Whipper Sisters – Downes Family Farm, Brownlow Hill – Til Sunday. Final year of festival. Sold out
– When The Beat Drops – Event Cinemas George St – Australian premiere. 7PM – Film
– GANGgajang, The Spys, Radiators, Urban Guerillas – Hawkesbury Hotel, Windsor – Tribute to Mike Weiley. 7 til 11PM – FREE
– Jack Shit – Strike Bowling, King Street Wharf – 8 til 11PM – FREE
– Robyn Hitchcock – Factory Floor
– Key Out, Sleepy, Offshore Projects – Petersham Bowling Club – Album launch
– Hellfire Club: Lillian Starr, Miss Alyssa Kitt; Hellfire DJs – Universal – Fetish Club
– They Might Be Giants (US) – Factory Theatre – SOLD OUT
– Mosquito Coast – The Chippo
– Artivista – A night of women in Hip Hop: Maya Jupiter (US/AUS), MC Trey, Ghenoa Gela, Mirrah, Kween G, Zeadala; DJs Krystel Diola, Josie Styles, Dandy Lyon; hosted by Majeda Beatty – Red Rattler
– Mansionair – Golden Age – 9PM – FREE
– Joyride, Heaps Good Friends, Approachable Members of Your Local Community – Oxford Art Factory

SATURDAY 23 FEBRUARY

– Queer Thinking Day 1 – Young and Fearless: After Safe Schools – Queer Youth Still in Crisis with Liz Duck-Chong; What It Means to Be Non-Binary with Kaya Wilson, Riley J Dennis, Mara Maya Devi, Nevo Zisin; Queers vs Capitalism: Reform or Revolution?; Iraq and Queer with Amir Ashour (IRA/US), Mon Schafter – Carriageworks – Midday til 6PM – Talks
– Butch vs Femme Roller Derby: Pride Fight – Sydney Boys High School Gym – 5PM – Roller derby
– Black Nulla: drag shows and DJ sets – Carriageworks
– Arabian Knights with DJ Ray Isaac – The Med – 10PM
– Bell Towers, Kato b2b DJ Salami – Freda’s – Free before 10PM
– Soot, Married Man, Place Holder – Union Hotel – Joint album launch – FREE
– Auntie Leo & The Backstabbers, Sun Sap, The Lazy Eyes – Frankie’s Pizza – FREE
– Teenage Dads – Waywards – 8PM
– Greenwave Beth, Tuffence Meringue – Golden Age – 10PM – FREE
– Sissy Ball – Carriageworks – SOLD OUT
–  They Might Be Giants (US) – Factory Theatre – SOLD OUT
–  Tia Gostelow – Lansdowne
– Nick Garbett – 505
– Mosquito Coast – Cambridge Hotel (backroom), Newcastle
– Joyride, Heaps Good Friends, Approachable Members of Your Local Community – Unibar, Wollongong

SUNDAY 24 FEBRUARY

– They Might Be Giants (US) – Metro Theatre
– Carnival of Cultures: The Strides, Sydney Shaoxing Opera Troupe, Andalus Arabic Choir, DJ Rammy, Dung & Dan, Inspire Bellydance, Japan Moves Japan Grooves, Juventud Latina, Lolo Lovina, Nadhamuni Gayatri Bharat, Paul Mbenna and the Okapi Guitar Band, Pepa Molina Flamenco, Dance Academy Performance Group and more – Ashfield Park – 10AM til 4PM – Music/performance/food/workshops – FREE
– Queer Thinking Day 2: The Medical Pink Dollar with Dr. Vanessa Lee, Dr. Nicole Vincent, Jax Jacki Brown, Paul Kidd, Stephanie Lum; Povo – On Class and Community with Dr. Elizabeth Humphrys, Peter Polites, Jinny-Jane Smith, Annaliese Constable and more; Death of the Gay Bhenji Ra, William Yang, Joy Ng, Jonny Seymour and more; Decolonise Now with Yasmin Purba (INDO), Vivek Shraya (CAN), Kuku-Yalanji, Steven Oliver – Carriageworks – Midday til 6PM – Talks
– It’s A Family Affair: The S-Bends, The Nagging Doubts, The Sticker Club, Skid Pan Alley, The Rolling Rockers; Jack Shit – Petersham Bowling Club – 2 til 6PM. Jack plays outside for free between 3 and 6PM
– VOLUMES Residency: Dive Bell, Micra, Hotel, Pleasure – Lansdowne – 6PM – FREE
– The Favourite – Golden Age Cinema – 7.30PM. Also screens March 3 and 5 – Film
– Married Man, Joan Banoit, The S-Bends, DJ Lovehandles – Freda’s
– Riton & Kah-Lo (UK) – Ivy Pool
– Bananarama (UK), Tiffany (US), Amber (GER) – Enmore Theatre – ALL AGES
– Tia Gostelow – North Gong Hotel – FREE
– Auntie Leo & The Backstabbers, Horsin’ Around
Rad, Wollongong – FREE

MONDAY 25 FEBRUARY

– Mardi Gras Pool Party – Ivy Pool – 2PM

TUESDAY 26 FEBRUARY

–  Lucy Dacus (US) – Oxford Art Factory
– Rufus Wainwright (US), Rachel Eckroth (US) – Enmore Theatre
– Open Frequencies#2 – Electronic Music Open Mic night – Hideaway Bar – 7 til 11PM – FREE
– A Rational Fear: Dan Ilic, Lewis Hobba, Alice Workman, James Valentine, Adam Liaw, DJ Dylabolical – Giant Dwarf – Satire/news

WEDNESDAY 26 FEBRUARY 

–  Joyce Manor (US), Jacob, Neighbourhood Void – Oxford Art Factory
– Zeal & Ardor (US) – Crowbar
– Swingin’ at the Speakeasy with Sancha and The Blue Gypsies: DJs Pia Andersen, Jack Shit – Palmer & Co – Three sets of live music between 7 and 10PM. Pia deejays between sets – then Jack spins from 10PM til close around 3AM – FREE

THURSDAY 27 FEBRUARY

–  Papa Disquo Records opening: art by Ben Brown; DJ Boogie Monster – 109 Enmore Rd, Sydney – 4 til 8PM – Art/music – FREE
– The Rise and Fall of Saint George – by Paul Mac and Lachlan Philpott – Seymour Centre – Q&A with creators after the performance – SOLD OUT
– Recital: Claire Edwardes and Richard Cilli collaborate with Gideon Obarzanek and Paul Mac – Riverside Theatres – Til Saturday – Music/dance
– Horror of Party Beach – Pink Flamingo Cinema – 7PM- Film – FREE
– Neighbours, Loose Fit – Golden Age – 9PM – FREE
– White Knuckle Fever (acoustic) – Hollywood Hotel – Two sets – FREE
– Gusher issue 3 launch: Honey 2 Honey, Body Type, Party Dozen – Petersham Bowling Club
– Orbital (UK) – Enmore Theatre
– Flint Eastwood (US), Blusk’ko (fka Blasko) – Lansdowne
– Deafheaven (US), Divide And Dissolve – Manning Bar
– Two People – Kings Cross Hotel – Album launch – FREE
– Jason Phu: I Wake From My Midday Naps With A Terrible Thirst- Chalk Horse, 167 William St, Darlinghurst – 6 til 8PM – Art opening
– Daoirí Farrell (IRE) – Stag and Hunter, Newcastle

FRIDAY 28 FEBRUARY 

–  DangardiGras – 2019 A Space Oddity – Dangar Bowling Club – 6PM til midnight – FREE
– Rhye (CAN) – Metro
– Bryan Ferry (UK), Juanita Stein – ICC Theatre
– The Garden (US), These New South Whales, Wax Chattels, The Buoys – Paddington RSL
– J Mascis (US), Rot TV, Peter Black – Factory Theatre
– DJ Soup, Jack Shit – Upstairs at the Marly – 7PM til midnight – FREE
– Do Re Mi – Marrickville Bowling Club – SOLD OUT
– Arctic Monkeys (UK), Mini Mansions (US) – Homebush Arena – Sold out. Also tomorrow
– Spy V Spy, Urban Guerillas – Caringbah Hotel – FREE
– The Paper Kites – 48 Watt St, Newcastle