Adelaide Fringe 2024: Top Picks: Music

27 Club

Gluttony, until 17 March

Australian rock icons Sarah McLeod and Kevin Mitchell pay homage to the fated 27 club (Joplin, Winehouse, Cobain and more), with Carla Lippis and Dusty Lee Stephensen leading a four-piece band.

27 Club photo by Saige Prime

Bimini LIVE

Mary’s Poppin, 29 February

RuPaul’s Drag Race UK season two favourite Bimini Bon-Boulash heads down under for a headline tour featuring the very best queer performers from across Australia, who will all be singing, dancing and serving.

Poppin Out Festival

New Building Lawn and Yard at Adelaide Gaol, 24 February

Described as “a Colourful, Camp & Carefree music festival”, Poppin Out places inclusion at its heart, with party vibes aplenty. Headlined by Sneaky Sound System, Kween Kong, Cece Peniston, Anetra and over 30 other artists.

Lydia Lunch & Joseph Keckler image courtesy of Adelaide Fringe

Lydia Lunch & Joseph Keckler – Tales of Lust and Madness

The Garage International @ Adelaide Town Hall, 14 March

A storming double-bill featuring two of New York’s finest. Punk legend Lydia Lunch presents her passionate, confrontational and bold prose, while musician and songwriter Joseph Keckler offers his haunting and absurdist songs.

Marlon photo by Josh Geelan

Marlon – Blood in the Water

Gluttony, 17 February

Former Australian rules footballer and current musician Marlon launches his latest track, ‘Blood in the Water’, which is written in reflection of the mistreatment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

Summary of Love photos by Nester Zhu, Lightning and Ying Hejpg

Summary of Love 梅催春動已熹微

Brighton Performing Arts Centre, 17 February

Musicians Chuan, Huijie Lin and Yanchao Liu blend classical bel canto with jazz and strings, in a concert that includes Chinese, English, Italian, German and French songs.