A nocturnal landscape of sound, light and gathering.

WinterLive returns to the Convent this winter with a bold after-dark program of music, experimental performance, immersive installation, film and contemporary art. Across heritage buildings and atmospheric spaces, audiences are invited to wander between intimate live works, film, sound experiences and site-responsive encounters from leading Australian and international artists. 

Featuring Akio Suzuki & Hiromi Miyakita, Lucrecia Dalt, Odeya Nini, Liam Keenan & J.WLSN, Amby Downs, Ai Yamamoto, Maria Moles & Chloë Sobek, Blame the Shadows, Yandell Walton, Jo Lloyd, Queenie, WILSN, Nkechi, Kasinda & Agaracha Orchestra.

Explore the full program:

Vocal Sound Bath | Odeya Nini

Experience a total sound immersion in the healing power of the human voice, accompanied by bowls, chimes and gong.

Open your heart and mind as you journey in meditation to the healing sound waves of dynamic tones and resonant frequency.

Saturday 20 June
Oratory

$39 tickets

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Akio Suzuki and Hiromi Miyakita

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Suzuki and Miyakita will undertake a three-week residency at Abbotsford Convent, developing new, site-responsive work in dialogue with the architecture, landscape and atmosphere of the precinct.
From 10 July
Precinct wide

Performance
As part of Laundry Sessions,  Suzuki’s sound practice is paired with Miyakita’s intuitive, site-responsive performance, creating a work that is both deeply meditative and alive with spontaneity.
10 July
Magdalen Laundry

 

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LIVE JUNK | Jo Lloyd & Collaborators

LIVE JUNK presents fictional scenarios constructed and gathered from real and imagined past lives/ lived experiences. Jo combines her signature movement vocabularies with historical references and saturated symbolism.

10 — 11 July
Rosina Auditorium

$25 — $35 tickets

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Laundry Sessions

Laundry Sessions is a curated program of sound art, experimental practice and visual storytelling unfolding across the Abbotsford Convent’s Magdalen Laundry.

Designed as a journey rather than a single event, one ticket unlocks multiple experiences—inviting audiences to move through a series of intimate, site-responsive works.

10 — 11 July
Magdalen Laundry

$25 — $39 tickets

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Lucrecia Dalt

For one night in Melbourne, Lucrecia Dalt presents an intimate set of songwriting, layered percussion and richly textured sound.

Supported by J.WILSN and Liam Keenan.

Sunday 12 July
North Magdalen Laundry

$49 tickets

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Kasinda presents Agaracha Orchestra

Witness the debut of Agaracha Orchestra and the Birth of the Black Baroque.

Agaracha Orchestra explores cultural contrasts, unexpected synergies, and the dynamic interplay between Baroque and West African musical traditions — a fusion of Kasinda’s Nigerian and Dutch heritage, a musical manifestation of the biracial experience.

Friday 17 July
Oratory

$49 tickets

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Wildflower | Queenie, WILSN and Nkechi Anele

Wildflower and Abbotsford Convent present an intimate evening of powerful voices and immersive performance.

Featuring Queenie, WILSN and Nkechi (Owelu Dreamhouse), each artist will reimagine their music in a rare stripped-back format accompanied by a three-piece orchestra.

Saturday 18 July
Oratory

$59 tickets

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