About The Basement Sydney
The Basement is the oldest licensed music venue in Sydney, and a true international icon.
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The Basement is the oldest licensed music venue in Sydney, and a true international icon.
Amidst an atmosphere of pub rock and cover venues, a 120 capacity basement in downtown Sydney opened it’s doors on May 10 1972 and fast became a benchmark club for contemporary music – adored by artists and audiences a like.
Primarily a jazz venue, The Basement played host to Galapagos Duck, Vince Jones and Dizzy Gillespie amongst others and when it’s popularity reached critical mass, the club expanded into a 2 level space in 1977 and officially arrived as a destination venue – hosting the likes of jazz greats Art Pepper, Herbie Hancock and Freddie Hubbard.
Fast forward a decade to 1988 and the venue, now an Australian icon and host to local, national and international contemporary musicians too many and varied to mention, takes a major left turn when developments to the site see the building torn down.
Forced to close it’s doors for a few years, The Basement reopened in 1992 in the site in which it remains to this day – incredibly only a few doors away from it’s birthplace in 1972.
Now a custom-built performance venue, this new and improved Basement grew on it’s reputation as a home for contemporary and forward thinking music makers and the last 20 years has seen very little change other than the faces on the stage.
Now in our 40th year, we are proud to remain a hub for contemporary music makers and lovers. From jazz to electronica, hip hop to folk, this iconic venue is renown world wide as the beating heart of Sydney’s live music scene.
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Need a reason to visit Melbourne? Bird's Basement has one.
Albare interviews Carmen Souza Live on stage at Bird's Basement
Bird's Basement will be streaming LIVE shows of Carmen Souza, a singer with a unique blend of jazz and Cape Verdean music Every day till July 29 7-30pm birdsbasement.com/live
Very sad news came thru the other night. Thank you very much for the light you brought with your music Henry. We all are unbelievably lucky we had you ♥️ Rest In Peace
Tune in tonight at 7-30pm for the live broadcast of the show: birdsbasement.com/live
Broadcast LIVE from Melbourne's Bird's Basement tonight and till 10 of June! Show starts at 7-30pm - see you here: birdsbasement.com/live
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Tonight at 7-30pm - LIVE from Bird’s Basement! Mike Stern and Dave Weckl Quartet birdsbasement.com/live The first 3 minutes are free!
... An app will be launched later in the month!
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Great news, everyone!
You can now watch shows LIVE from Bird’s Basement. All you need to do is go to birdsbasement.com/live. The first 3 minutes are free. ... You can also schedule a show in advance.
Check it tonight at 7-30pm. We are broadcasting the Mike Stern/Dave Weckl show.
An app will be launched later in the month!
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The Basement seems to be more about the money these days and less about the music. If there is an alternative I will go elsewhere. A pity. It was once a great venue. Something to do with the manager no doubt?
The Basement seems to be more about the money these days and less about the music. If there is an alternative I will go elsewhere. A pity. It was once a great venue. Something to do with the manager no doubt?
The Basement seems to be more about the money these days and less about the music. If there is an alternative I will go elsewhere. A pity. It was once a great venue. Something to do with the manager no doubt?
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