Southeast Asia has been a specific focus for us over the past 24 months, and this year alone we’ve been to the Philippines twice, so this program was continuation of our work bringing industry from the two countries together. The Philippines, in particular, was a focus given its interest in Australian music: in 2025, Luminate data showed that the Philippines was third largest importer of Australian music.

The program was anchored around Parramatta Lanes which celebrated its 15th birthday this year and offered four nights of incredible live music across multiple stages and activations.

The week-long schedule involved connecting the delegation with artists and industry from NSW, venue visits in Sydney, cultural experiences and, of course, seeing a lot of live Australian music.

We started the program with a special tour of the Art Gallery of NSW which showcased some of the amazing Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander pieces in the gallery. The delegation had the opportunity to visit triple j, as well as the Enmore Theatre, the Metro Theatre, Oxford Art Factory and Phoenix Central Park, and experience an epic live show from Tame Impala, supported by Ninajirachi.

We also hosted a session with the Filipino delegation who graciously shared market knowledge and insights with NSW music industry.

A big thank you to all the venues we visited, the Art Gallery of NSW, triple j, Frontier Touring, the City of Parramatta and the team at Parramatta Lanes who made us feel so welcome. The biggest thank you of all goes to our wonderful delegation from the Philippines who loved a selfie and wholeheartedly embraced everything they were involved in.

Here are just a few photos from our week with the delegation.

As our music is being celebrated all around the world, it made for the perfect time to grow our presence at last week’s Amsterdam Dance Event. Australia House returned to Box Sociaal Jordaan for a third year, expanding from two to three days, thanks to the support of the Australian Embassy in the Hague, the ASEAN-Australia Centre and Exchange Asia.

We hosted three networking breakfasts, with one focused specifically on industry from Latin America and another on industry from Southeast Asia, while opening the doors to those who wanted a meeting space and some of the best coffee in Amsterdam. Thank you to Kevin Playford, Deputy Head of Mission at the Australian Embassy in the Hague, for speaking at our breakfast, the Box Sociaal team who are always incredible partners with us at ADE, and everyone who came and connected with the Australians in town for the event.

Here are some photos from the House taken by Nestor Tsakirákis from StudioKlijn, and take a listen to our playlist of Australian acts who performed at Amsterdam Dance Event this year.

12 Australian artists performed this month at one of the largest showcase events in Asia. With the support of the ASEAN-Australia Centre, we returned to Singapore to present two showcases of Australian music: on Saturday at Swee Lee and Sunday at CQ @ Clarke Quay.

A huge thank you to the industry who attended our showcases, as well as the fans who came from all across the region to support the Australian acts. There were even a couple of impromptu meet and greets backstage!

Check out these photos from CQ @ Clarke Quay and Swee Lee, taken by Hasyir Ibrahim.

From the time doors opened for Pamela. at Molotow – which has always been our home in Hamburg for THE AUSSIE BBQ – to the final fun notes of Playlunch, the iconic German venue was absolutely heaving, with a queue to get in extending down the Reeperbahn.

Thank you to all the music industry and music fans who turned out to support Australian music. We can’t wait to do it all again in 2027.

Tim Baker got right up amongst it and shot these awesome photos for us.

The event saw five incredible Australian artists join acts from the UK and Canada in partnership with our friends at British Underground and CIMA.

Austin Mackay, Azure Ryder, The Dreggs, Felicity Dowd and Ian Moss were on the lineup, joined by our host for the day, Henry Wagons.

You can learn more about all the artists who performed on our Americanfest 2026 page.

The event followed four days of activity for the Australians in attendance, including the annual Country Connections networking event, and a visit to Jack White’s iconic Third Man Records studios and The Blue Room venue.

Scroll down to see the artists in action, with photos by Jackson James, as well as a taste of our other activities while in Nashville.

We started August with a series of workshops focused on the Indonesian music market. Partnering with YouTube Music, and with the support of the ASEAN-Australia Centre, we welcomed into the country Mikael Aldo, YouTube Music Lead For Indonesia, and Sun Eater Group Director Kukuh Arfianto. These workshops took place at AIR Indie-Con in Adelaide along with Sydney and Melbourne.

Shortly after we bid farewell to our friends from Indonesia, we took LA-based music supervisor Joel C. High from creative control to the NIMAs in Darwin, where he got to experience some of Australia’s best Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander talent. As well as the NIMAs, Joel met with industry and artists in Darwin, Sydney and Melbourne, where he also attended the opening of the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF).

Consistent with our broader strategy of strengthening connections between Australian music and the global screen sector, we partnered for a second time with MIFF to bring in an international delegation of supervisors who had worked on films screening at the festival. Alec Hanham, Jenn Moss, Libby Davitri and Mike Turner got to meet with Australian composers and publishers in Sydney and Melbourne, see MARA perform at Phoenix Central Park, experience the APRA Art Music Awards, and see a number of films at MIFF featuring Australian musical works.

Thank you to all the partners we collaborated with to make these inbound programs happen, and of course all the international guests who trusted us enough to jump on long-haul flights and come and immerse themselves so fully and wholeheartedly in the Australian music scene.

Here are a few photos from last month’s inbound programs. MIFF Awards photos by Tom Noble Creative, APRA Art Music Awards photo by RC Stills.

After five years in Central Park, THE AUSSIE BBQ moved to a brand new home on Fulton and Front St in the historic Seaport neighbourhood of New York. With the sun out and the temperature up, the Seaport was absolutely buzzing all day, while eight Australian acts took to the stage: aleksiah, Betty Taylor, BOY SODA, BRUX, Jack Botts, Mallrat, Shouse and Velvet Trip.

Thank you to The Seaport for presenting THE AUSSIE BBQ NYC with us this year and Qantas for their support. Thank you also to Old Mates Pub, WeWearAustralian, Bondi Beer and SUNBOY. And, of course, a big thank you to the thousands of New Yorkers who spent the day and evening watching some incredible Australian music. We can’t wait to see you all again in 2027.

Check out these photos from the show by Cristina Mariani.

Before the festival kicked off, we invited industry to one of our favourite venues in the world, The 5 Spot in East Nashville, to watch two songs each by the Australians who had been programmed by CMA Fest this year. Co-hosted with Holly and Grace from Ladies Love Country, our Taste Of Australia showcase was the ideal way to start the week.

The next day we took THE AUSSIE BBQ to an actual BBQ restaurant for the very first time. From 11 in the morning until 9 at night, Australian country music took over Martin’s Bar-B-Que Joint in downtown Nashville, providing the soundtrack to one of the city’s best eats and giving people a chance to dive deeper into our amazing country music scene.

A huge thank you to everyone who came to watch the Australians perform. Find out more about the artists who played at our CMA Fest page and scroll down to check out photos from our two showcases, courtesy of Jake Davey Studios.

Mosh pits and mid-show costume changes featured at our showcase at Komedia on the Thursday afternoon, where we took over both levels of the venue and hosted one of the most sonically diverse showcases you could find in Brighton this year. On Saturday we returned to TGE Beach with 17 acts performing across three stages, including one presented by our mates at Ones To Watch.

In the middle of all that, we held a networking lunch for Australian and UK industry, hosting 140 people at Franco Manca, including Australia’s High Commissioner to the UK, the Hon Jay Weatherill AO, and we were honoured to have him say a few words as well.

Check out photos from all of our events at The Great Escape Festival 2026, taken by Ruby Boland.

Across four nights and three days, more than 10 Australians joined Sounds Australia in Bremen for networking events, panels, showcases and a three day trade fair. Sounds Australia, in partnership with the Australian Music Centre were proud to host the Australia stand at the trade fair, where a special “Meet The Australians” networking session was held on the Friday afternoon.

At the end of the event, jazzahead! hosted an Asia Pacific panel, featuring Sounds Australia’s own Larry Heath. At the panel, they revealed the event would be offering an Asia Pacific focus for three years, between 2027 and 2029.

Sounds Australia and the Australian Music Centre also hosted a special networking dinner, bringing the attending Australian delegation together with international tastemakers in the Jazz community.

Take a look at photos below from our week in Bremen.