SHOWS
Mister Ott Caterpillar Club monthly residency
First Thursday of the Month at the Caterpillar Club Sydney
Benjamin Walsh Quartet - Dingo Festival (Bangalow NSW)
Dingo Festival
Bangalow, NSW
8–11 Oct 26
Four days of jazz, dance, DJs, art and food across the halls, showgrounds, record stores and back rooms of Bangalow, Northern NSW.
Benjamin Walsh is one of Australia's most innovative musicians — a drummer, percussionist, composer, sound designer, studio engineer and filmmaker based between Melbourne and Tasmania. After forming a New Orleans-style brass ensemble in 2006 and later the large-scale Orkestra Of The Underground, Walsh scaled down to form his first quartet, finding that a smaller ensemble unlocked a new kind of compositional freedom.
The Benjamin Walsh Quartet blends funk, Afrobeat, cumbia, Peruvian chicha, Romanian strings and bebop horns into something that sounds like Mingus, Monk and Miles filtered through a deeply personal Australian lens. Their music has been released on Japanese label Hydrofunk Japan and earned them a cult following among fans of jazz, world music and cinematic soul.
Walsh has also produced and directed his own feature film and won the Best Of award at the Byron Underground Film Festival. His quartet — featuring saxophonist Matt Ottignon, trumpeter Peter Hunt and Walsh himself on drums, bass and guitar — is a live proposition unlike anything else.
Mister Ott - Festival of the Winds Bondi Beach
n the second Sunday of every September, Australia's most anticipated kite flying event Festival Of The Winds takes over Bondi Beach. Professional kite flyers and makers descend on the beach to show off kites big and small to the soundtrack of concerts in Bondi Park.
The festival welcomes people of all ages for a celebration of kite making and flying, alongside a full-day program of entertainment in Bondi Park and Bondi Pavilion, as well as delcious food stalls and arts and crafts.
Waverley Council presents this event alongside the Australian Kite Flying Society (AKFS)
Mainstage Program
Welcome To Country - 11:00am
Suwitra Jaya Gamelan - 11:10am
Gagliardes - 12:00pm
Magic Music - 12:15pm
Gagliardes - 1:05pm
Lemonise - 2:05pm
Mayor Will Nemesh Speech - 3:00pm
Gagliardes - 3:05pm
Mr OTT - 3:20pm
Mister Ott - Lazybones
Led by saxophonist and sonic explorer Matthew Ottignon, Mister Ott transcends the genres from which it was born, and by which it was influenced. They are a genre-bending ensemble that fuses Afro-funk, Ethio-jazz, dub, and psychedelia into magnetic dancefloor mantras.
What began as Ottignon’s love letter to the hypnotic grooves of Mulatu Astatke and Getatchew Mekurya has grown into a standout voice of Australia’s improvised music scene.
Rooted in Sydney but fluent in a dozen musical dialects, the band features heavy-hitters Ellen Kirkwood on trumpet, guitarist Ben Panucci, keys player Daniel Pliner, bassist Noel Mason and drummer Carlos Adura.
Their music blends swirling Ethio scales, razor-sharp horn lines, psychedelic guitar, and a rhythm section steeped in dub, funk, and breakbeat. From 2015’s Drop It Like It’s Ott to the explosive Single Shot and latest album In the Flow – their releases showcase a group in constant motion.
Whether laying down cosmic meditations or blasting funk-driven firestarters, Mister Ott embodies what it means to make music that is both deeply rooted and unmistakably modern.
“Mister Ott marries the mesmerising eastern-sounding pentatonic scale, distinctive phrasing and trance-like rhythms of Ethiojazz with groove-laden retro funk and mainstream jazz” - Tony Hillier, Rhythms Magazine, June 2015
“With a sound originally rooted in the Ethiojazz ...Mister Ott expand their sonic palette to incorporate psychedelic guitars, reverb-drenched horns, intergalactic keys, and a crunchy drum-and-bass combo that would make DJ Shadow envious.” - Album of the Week, Eastside Radio
“Whenever you hear Matthew Ottignon play, you know you’re going to get the very best in sound experience, so it was not a surprise to hear the pulsing beauty of rich fat sound that filled the room” - Lisa Thatcher, Music Reviews
"This high energy album features superb compositions and writing for the horns, and it’s here that Ottignon truly shines, as only a jazz musician could write such hip, convincing lines." - Eric Myers, The Australian
7pm Doors/Restaurant
8.30pm Band 🎷
12am late night band
Open late
Volant | NSW Tour
16 July | Filmores, Kiama | Book Tickets
17 July | Thirroul Railway Institute Hall | Book Tickets
18 July | Smiths Alternative, Canberra | Book Tickets
19 July | Bloodwood House, Mittagong | Book Tickets
25 July The Church, Alexandria | Enter Ballot
Monsieur Camembert | Adelaide
Three-time ARIA Award-winner Monsieur Camembert treats us to the Adelaide premiere of this sell-out homage to the great works of Leonard Cohen, reimagining his iconic pieces through their renowned gypsy jazz sound.
Ten Part Invention | Canberra
Ten Part Invention marks forty years since its formation by the legendary John Pochée OAM with the launch of Time Is Moved, their new album on ABC Jazz.
Ten voices. One stage. Co-Musical Directors Miroslav Bukovsky and Sandy Evans lead a band of the country's most decorated improvisers: Paul Cutlan, Andrew Robson, Matthew Ottignon, Warwick Alder, James Greening, Steve Elphick, Kevin Hunt, and Rease Cameron.
Mister Ott | Sydney
First Thursday of the month residency continues at Caterpillar Club
Ten Part Invention | Sydney
Ten Part Invention marks forty years since its formation by the legendary John Pochée OAM with the launch of Time Is Moved, their new album on ABC Jazz.
Ten voices. One stage. Co-Musical Directors Miroslav Bukovsky and Sandy Evans lead a band of the country's most decorated improvisers: Paul Cutlan, Andrew Robson, Matthew Ottignon, Warwick Alder, James Greening, Steve Elphick, Kevin Hunt, and Rease Cameron.
Hot Dub Time Machine | Sydney
Get ready for the ultimate house party and a wild ride through the greatest dance anthems of all time, from throwback classics to today’s biggest hits, spanning 1980 to 2026. This show celebrates every unforgettable tune that’s made you sing your heart out in the lounge room or dance on the couch at a house party.
Musica Viva | Moon Radio Schools Tour | Northern Territory
Moon Radio Hour takes students on an imaginative fast-paced journey through space, time and the unexpected! Paired with saxophones, guitars and an electronic sampler, the result is a spontaneously immersive musical experience where anything is possible. Students will be shown how to create their own short musical skits in the classroom, allowing them to embrace the unexpected that lies within their own creativity.
Mister Ott @ Caterpillar Club
First Thursday of the month residency continues at Caterpillar Club
Boy and Bear Fremantle/ Adelaide/Brisbane tour
Boy & Bear mark a powerful return performing at the iconic Fremantle Arts South Centre Lawn nd the iconic Thebarton Theatre in Adelaide with very special guests Cloud Control.
Mister Ott @ Razz
Opening the new venue by Odd Culture in the city. A Discotheque & Daiquiri Bar on York Street, CBD. Inspired by the underground pre-glossy days of disco and excess in New York, Razz Room is part cocktail lounge, part late night dance pit.
VOLANT - LIVE RECORDING @ THE LIVING ROOM THEATRE
An exclusive live video recording of VOLANT's forthcoming second album!
BOOK TICKETS
