Cockatoo Island Sunset Sessions

Everyone’s favourite live music series is back! Grab tickets for Sunset Sessions 2025 and spend your Saturday afternoons in the heart of Sydney Harbour!

18 January 2025 - Azure Ryder (6:45pm)

Through the eyes of Azure Ryder nothing is more forever than stories. Since the emergence of her first EP ‘Running with The Wolves’ she unravelled us with her uniquely beautiful tone that effortlessly carried her disarming way with words. This garnered much early praise that the Sydney born singer/songwriter was undeniably born with music in her veins.

Azure’s particularly enchanting craft is honed in the energetic and natural world, in which she continued to honour through her following second and third EPs. This earthy and spiritual undercurrent in harmony with her emotionally stirring lyricism casts a true spell, placing her in the linage of great female singer songwriters, from Stevie Nicks to Joni Mitchell. With a voice that sweeps like a bird on the breeze, it’s clear the Australian- Lebanese Songstress grasps the ability to warm into our hearts like honey.

 After stepping away, Azure returns with signs of ink worn into her fingertips of stories worn into her heart, with her most authentic body of work yet, ‘Even Flowers Can Bruise.’ The magnetic pages intimately torn from her songbook, leaves any fear in the dust that she has found her place as an everlasting storyteller with a generous dusting of stars. Relying on her voice and the song, she holds her own, defining the faithfulness of simplicity. This new beginning, distinctly her own, bounds Azure and her music firmly in the light, so prepare to be drawn home and eased into the sweetest of dreams.

Supported by Sarah Sykes (5:30pm)

A sincere, sparse romanticism characterises the solo work of Sarah Sykes. Striking out on her own after years of playing in celebrated indie bands FLOWERSTRUCK and Sunscreen, the Sydney-based artist will bring her striking, emotive pop to Cockatoo Island. This performance on piano will be an exclusive preview of her new material due to release in 2025.

The series is presented by the Harbour Trust with a line-up by Music & Booze Co.

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