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Friends! Some big news for us! COMA now has DGR (deductible gift recipient) status! This means that any dollars you can spare (any donation over $2) is now a tax deduction for you and a wonderful, generous, valuable gift to your local creative original music organisation! If you’d like to donate, you can head to our website via the link in bio $ + ❤️ = 🎵

PREBOOK your tickets for these two Special Events next week! We had a sold out show on Monday night so we wanted to remind everyone that you can pre purchase tickets to Special Events via our website. Don’t miss out! **Please note that Monday’s show is at the Wheaty and Wednesday’s show is at Nexus Arts** 🎵

A full house tonight! ✨

Tonight ✨✨Hilary Kleinig - cello / electronics
Emily Tulloch - violin
ALONE: TOGETHER the debut solo album by awara-winning cellist / composer Hilary Kleinig, explores the sonic possibilities of the cello - bowed, plucked, harmonic and percussive - played alone but together with looping layers and echoes of self.
Fusing influences of folk, classical, EDM and pop, ALONE: TOGETHER offers listeners music of sublime beauty, symphonic textures, ecstatic grooves and lush harmonies, all created by one multi-layered cello.
Joined by a very special local guest in each city for her national album launch tour, Hilary is thrilled to share the stage with sublime violinist Emily Tulloch in Adelaide.
A special performance by these two extraordinary artists, performing alone and together.

COMA is delighted to launch a NEW program in collaboration with our friends at Studios!

Were you a performer or an audience member in the early days of COMA? Do you remember the feeling of trying out fresh, new material to an open-minded audience? Perhaps it was a feeling of danger – of risk-taking, of not quite being ready to test your work but putting it out there regardless.

Now, we know we still provide a platform for new work and experimentation, but over the years the process of getting a COMA gig has become more selective, and with that the projects presented more developed. This has given us an idea!

In our 21st year we’re looking backwards (but always moving forwards!), with The Rehearsal Room: a new place to share work in its *very* early stages.

We’re trialling a first Rehearsal Room on the afternoon of Sunday 30 August at Wizard Tone Studios, and we are opening a callout to artists who would like to be involved.

We’re looking for experimental work in its early stages that you, the artist, want to share with an interested and supportive audience. Your performance can be between 15 and 30 minutes in length, and we will curate a program based on submissions.

Head to our website for more information and to apply, and as always email us with any questions.

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Applications close this Monday! We are looking for 3 emerging acts to perform a short set (25mins or so) on Monday 3 August in a paid, professional setting. Head to www.coma.net.au to apply! ⭐️

This Monday the 18th ✨ ACT 1: Murk Lurker: Mudholia
First look at Murk Lurker’s jazz odyssey about colonial Port Adelaide.
Thomas Byrne: Electric Bass
Triniti Canini: Trumpet Zac Treloar: Tenor Sax
Ben Anderson: Synthesiser Shea Gallagher: Keyboard
Regi Ashman: Drums
ACT 2 : Bailey Hall Quartet
A set of contemporary jazz compositions exploring fun grooves, tasteful melodies and entertaining improvisation.
Bailey Hall - Drums/Compositions
Lachlan McGargill - Saxophones
Jack Willsmore - Guitar
Tasha Stevens - Bass
AT THE WHEATSHEAF HOTEL
DOORS OPEN @ 6.30pm
MUSIC BEGINS 7PM

Introducing COMA’s 2026 Emerging Jazz Writer’s Award winner Tiffany Gaze!

presented .music with the award at the Space Theatre earlier this evening. Congratulations Tiffany! ⭐️

Tonight! ACT 1 : Duck Soup
Explosive 7-piece jazz-fusion/funk Adelaide band with a smooth, melodic & groovy sound.
Solomon Young - Keys
Bailey Hall - Drums
Jayden Dawson - Bass
Jack Willsmore - Guitar
Jackson Faulkner - Trumpet
Wil Davies - Tenor Sax
Jasmine Ferguson - Trombone
ACT 2 : Omens
Avant-garde jazz featuring Ambient soundscapes and rhythmic elements inspired by the scenes of
Melbourne and New York.
Jack Willsmore - Guitar
Declan Grogan - Saxophone
Lewis Dimitropoulos - Drums
AT THE WHEATSHEAF HOTEL
DOORS OPEN @ 6.30pm
MUSIC BEGINS 7PM

Celebrate Adelaide’s finest jazz musicians with this performance presented by the Adelaide Festival Centre next Friday 8 May! Featuring many COMA friends. We will be there, and hope to see you too. Tickets via www.adelaidefestivalcentre.com.au ⭐️