Upcoming & Past Gigs
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29 November | 8pm
Interplay: Sonia Smith & Band and Katie Aspel Nexus Arts Venue, North Terrace Lion Arts Centre, Cnr North Tce & Morphett St, Adelaide SA Nexus Arts is proud to announce its three part 2025 Interplay performance series for this November, showcasing some of Adelaide’s most exciting artists. Nexus Arts’s Interplay program provides music development for contemporary musicians from culturally diverse and First Nations backgrounds to develop their practice, networks, and community. It provides a dedicated space for artists to develop, share and connect, bringing contemporary musicians together in the spirit of intercultural communication, exploration and creation. |
The 2025 Interplay program features six gifted musicians performing contemporary original music:
The final night of the 2025 program will take place on Saturday, 29 November, with performances by Sonia Smith and Katie Aspel.
Sonia Smith, a First Nations Gugada (Kokatha) artist, singer, and songwriter, offers a powerful blend of folk, blues, gospel, and country that reflects her strength and spirit. Fresh from showcasing at BIGSOUND 2025 (supported by the Nexus Arts 40 for 40 Quick Response Grant), she brings her soulful, genre-spanning sound to the Nexus stage.
Katie Aspel, a proud Ngarrindjeri and Gunditjmara singer-songwriter, captivates audiences with pop-infused vocals, soulful guitar, and heartfelt storytelling rooted in culture and truth. She closes the series following the release of her latest single Fakin’ It, out now via powerhouse First Nations label Bad Apples Music.
The Interplay program is supported by the Government of South Australia through the Music Development Office. Get your tickets here!
The final night of the 2025 program will take place on Saturday, 29 November, with performances by Sonia Smith and Katie Aspel.
Sonia Smith, a First Nations Gugada (Kokatha) artist, singer, and songwriter, offers a powerful blend of folk, blues, gospel, and country that reflects her strength and spirit. Fresh from showcasing at BIGSOUND 2025 (supported by the Nexus Arts 40 for 40 Quick Response Grant), she brings her soulful, genre-spanning sound to the Nexus stage.
Katie Aspel, a proud Ngarrindjeri and Gunditjmara singer-songwriter, captivates audiences with pop-infused vocals, soulful guitar, and heartfelt storytelling rooted in culture and truth. She closes the series following the release of her latest single Fakin’ It, out now via powerhouse First Nations label Bad Apples Music.
The Interplay program is supported by the Government of South Australia through the Music Development Office. Get your tickets here!
26 FEBURARY 2026 | 28 FEBURARY 2026 TIMES & TIX HERE SOON!
Healing in the Round - Adelaide Fringe Festival
Sonia Smith, Toni Janke, Scott Rathman Jnr & LENI featuring The Dreaming Fountain
Nexus Arts, Lion Arts Centre, 68 North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000
Healing in the Round - Adelaide Fringe Festival
Sonia Smith, Toni Janke, Scott Rathman Jnr & LENI featuring The Dreaming Fountain
Nexus Arts, Lion Arts Centre, 68 North Terrace, Adelaide SA 5000
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1 MARCH 2026 | 5pm TIX HERE SOON!
Songs of Survival Adelaide Fringe Festival Toni Janke and Sonia Smith Tandanya, 253 Grenfell Street, Kaurna, Adelaide SA |
PAST GIGS
Kin & Country - The Vatican featuring Vonda Last, Sonia Smith & Russell Smith
Trinity Sessions, 318 Goodwood Rd, Clarence Park SA
16 November 2025
Trinity Sessions, 318 Goodwood Rd, Clarence Park SA
16 November 2025
Kin & Country - The Vatican featuring Vonda Last, Sonia Smith & Russell Smith
The Wheatsheaf Hotel - 39 George St, Thebarton SA
15 November 2025
The Wheatsheaf Hotel - 39 George St, Thebarton SA
15 November 2025
BIGSOUND 2025 - GOOLWAL GOOLWAL
Official Bigsound Partner Artist
Sound Garden, Fortitude Valley, Meanjin, Queensland
4 September 2025
Official Bigsound Partner Artist
Sound Garden, Fortitude Valley, Meanjin, Queensland
4 September 2025
Mount Barker NAIDOC Family Fun Day
Laratinga Pavilion, 100 Springs Road, Mount Barker, SA, Peramangk
12 July 2025
Laratinga Pavilion, 100 Springs Road, Mount Barker, SA, Peramangk
12 July 2025
KARDLA Cabaret 2025 by The Collective
Port Adelaide Rugby Union Football Club
Riverside Oval, 18 Baynes Place, Port Adelaide, Kaurna
11 July 2025
Port Adelaide Rugby Union Football Club
Riverside Oval, 18 Baynes Place, Port Adelaide, Kaurna
11 July 2025
Gundilya - Strong
Adelaide Fringe - Sinclair's Gully Winery
288 Colonial Dr, Norton Summit SA
22 March 2025
Adelaide Fringe - Sinclair's Gully Winery
288 Colonial Dr, Norton Summit SA
22 March 2025
Tandanya Pop Up Music Night
Adelaide Fringe - Tandanya
253 Grenfell Street, Adelaide, Kaurna
21 March 2025
Adelaide Fringe - Tandanya
253 Grenfell Street, Adelaide, Kaurna
21 March 2025
Garden Sessions
Adelaide Fringe - The Garden of Unearthly Delights
Rundle Park / Kadlitpina, Cnr East Tce & Rundle Rd, Adelaide, Kaurna
8 March 2025
Adelaide Fringe - The Garden of Unearthly Delights
Rundle Park / Kadlitpina, Cnr East Tce & Rundle Rd, Adelaide, Kaurna
8 March 2025
Blak Seeds Fest
Carclew, 11 Jeffcott St, North Adelaide, Kaurna
6 March 2025
Carclew, 11 Jeffcott St, North Adelaide, Kaurna
6 March 2025
Five Years Free!
Adelaide Fringe Show produced by Sonia Smith
Lark, Gluttony, Rymill Park, Adelaide, Kaurna
* Adelaide Fringe Fund First Nations Grant Recipient
* Staging Change Mental Health Commissioner for SA Grant Recipient
21 and 23 February 2025
Adelaide Fringe Show produced by Sonia Smith
Lark, Gluttony, Rymill Park, Adelaide, Kaurna
* Adelaide Fringe Fund First Nations Grant Recipient
* Staging Change Mental Health Commissioner for SA Grant Recipient
21 and 23 February 2025
Red Poles Indigenous Fringe Festival
Red Poles, McLaren Vale, Kaurna
16 February 2025
Red Poles, McLaren Vale, Kaurna
16 February 2025
The Sydney Fringe - Koori-Oke & Scratch Night!
Yalgali (First Nations Hub) PACT
107 Erskineville Rd, Erskineville/Gadigal NSW
30 AUGUST 2024
Yalgali (First Nations Hub) PACT
107 Erskineville Rd, Erskineville/Gadigal NSW
30 AUGUST 2024
Coloured Stone's Induction into the AMC SA Music Hall of Fame
The Gov - Coloured Stone & Jason Lee Scott with Sonia Smith, Glenn Skuthorpe & Kutcha Edwards
59 Port Rd, HINDMARSH SA
4 JULY 2024
The Gov - Coloured Stone & Jason Lee Scott with Sonia Smith, Glenn Skuthorpe & Kutcha Edwards
59 Port Rd, HINDMARSH SA
4 JULY 2024
Semaphore Worker's Club
Esplanade, SEMAPHORE SA
31 May 2024
Esplanade, SEMAPHORE SA
31 May 2024
Dupang Pangari (Coorong Spirit) Festival
Dupang festival site at Dupang - Long Point - Coorong
15 -16 March 2024
Dupang festival site at Dupang - Long Point - Coorong
15 -16 March 2024
Zenadth Kes Meriba Wed (our songs) - The Gov
59 Port Rd, Hindmarsh, Adelaide (Kaurna Country) SA
10 March 2024
59 Port Rd, Hindmarsh, Adelaide (Kaurna Country) SA
10 March 2024
Unit Three Collective - with Glenn Skuthorpe Band
3/77 O'Sullivan Beach Rd, LONSDALE SA
25 February 2024
3/77 O'Sullivan Beach Rd, LONSDALE SA
25 February 2024
Kick Back Brewery
Old Coach Rd, Aldinga
13 January 2024
Old Coach Rd, Aldinga
13 January 2024
Silver Sands Beach Club
Norman Road, Aldinga
16 December 2023
Norman Road, Aldinga
16 December 2023
Umeewarra Downtown Festival 2023
The Barracks - Port Augusta
11 November 2023
The Barracks - Port Augusta
11 November 2023
Acoustics in the Park
Langhorne Creek SA
7 October 2023
Langhorne Creek SA
7 October 2023
Semaphore Music Festival - River Songs with Glenn Skuthorpe Band
Hart's Flour Mill, Port Adelaide SA
2 October 2023
Hart's Flour Mill, Port Adelaide SA
2 October 2023
Exeter Hotel
246 Rundle Street, Adelaide SA
8 September 2023
246 Rundle Street, Adelaide SA
8 September 2023
The Sessions @ Links Lady Bay Golf Resort
Normanville SA
16 August 2023
Normanville SA
16 August 2023
White Feather Red Winery
Willunga SA
August 12th
Willunga SA
August 12th
Red Poles
McLaren Vale SA
6 August 2023
McLaren Vale SA
6 August 2023
Wheatsheaf Hotel
Thebarton SA
14 August 2023
Thebarton SA
14 August 2023
Prospect Town Hall - NAIDOC Week
Prospect SA
7 July 2023
Prospect SA
7 July 2023