**Major Arcana + more TBA | Dissent Cafe | Friday 11th September 2026**

Backbone Music Group and Harbour Agency presents…
Major Arcana - Performing at Dissent Cafe

Hailing from the Southern Highlands, four-piece metalcore act, Major Arcana, will be taking to the stage for an intercity run of shows across Sydney, Newcastle and Canberra for three nights of hardcore chaos.

Blending influences from the likes of Muse, Loathe, Vein.fm and Thornhill, Major Arcana have crafted a sound that is equal parts industrial, heavy, melodic and riddled with grooves that are bound to have bodies flying as the mosh tears the room apart.

The band will be heading into the new year performing at the Hell Bound II cruise show, supporting the likes of Ocean Grove, I Killed The Prom Queen, The Amity Affliction and Parkway Drive and want to send the year off with a bang with a run of shows as well as new music to be released soon…

Expect a night of wall to wall moshing, distortion and brutal grooves to set the vibe right. Tickets available via - Humanitix

***Doors 7:30pm // Music from 8pm***

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Major Arcana w/ Herald + Wyndfall @ Dissent

**Spouse 'The Birds Are Dead Along The Highway' Launch w/ Wriding + Dogtooth | Dissent Cafe | Saturday 12th September 2026**

**Spouse **hit the road to celebrate the release of their new single '**The Birds Are Dead Along The Highway**'.

Supported by friends **Wriding **& **Dogtooth**. 

***Doors 7:30pm // Music from 8pm***

**Follow: **Spouse | Wriding | Dogtooth

**Listen:  **Spouse | Wriding | Dogtooth

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Spouse 'The Birds Are Dead Along The Highway' Launch w/ Wriding + Dogtooth @ Dissent

*FREE ENTRY* | Black Cat Bone, EmeraldWire, and The Worn Groovers | Dissent | Sunday 13th September 2026

*Three Canberra bands, one Sunday afternoon at Dissent.*

*Black Cat Bone, EmeraldWire and The Worn Groovers come together for an afternoon of live local music.*

*Expect three different bands with three different sounds, spanning blues, rock and original material — including the first live outing for Washington's Attic.*

*Sunday 13 September*

*3–7pm*

*Dissent Cafe & Bar, 181 City Walk, Canberra*

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*FREE ENTRY* Black Cat Bone, EmeraldWire, The Worn Groovers @ Dissent

Free entry

Every Monday night we host all musicians of any kind. Singer songwriters, duos, electronic artists or bands. If you want to play on our stage, register here -

https://calendar.app.google/KwMg4wCw7GBRau3j9

Monday Open Mic Night

**"FRIDAY NIGHT FRIENDS": Gunk, Herald, Stonefish, Irukandji – Dissent Cafe – Friday 18th September 2026**

Join us at Dissent for a night of loud riffs, soaring melodies, and local live music with "Friday Night Friends"!
**Irukandji** - Ngunnawal based 2 piece, heavy chaotic mess. As loose as we are 'not too shabby'

**Stonefish** - Loud and heavy Ngunnawal based hardcore kids with a killer stage presence. 

**Herald** - Herald is a Canberra-based alt-metal band producing a combination of sophistication and headbanging.

**Gunk** - Ngunnawal based punk/hardcore. Very good I like a lot!

Don't miss this stacked lineup!

**Friday, 18 September**
**Dissent Cafe & Bar**
**Featuring:** Gunk • Trounced • Stonefish • Irukandji

Doors 7:30pm // Music from 8pm

$10//$15 on the door

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"FRIDAY NIGHT FRIENDS": Gunk, Herald, Stonefish, Irukandji @ Dissent

Our community rockers have been working hard in our 10 week program, but now school's out (!) and they're ready to raise the roof at the Polo!

Community Rock School - School’s Out!

**The Vors 'Canberra Kids Runnin' Wild' w/ The King Hits & Sideburn – Dissent Cafe – Saturday 19th September 2026**

The Vors think they play punk rock. Some say pop rock, others say indie rock.The fact is, it's subjective. Its defo some kinda rock. Its punchy, its kinda energetic. Its guitar driven. Its fast, it’s melodic, its lyrical and loud. It’s short and it’s sweet. Its boom!!, shake the room. Go listen, work it out.

The Vors are Davor Pavlovic, Peter Martignago, Ed Heerey and Chris Franklin.

Featuring support from **The King Hits**, and **Sideburn**!

**Dissent Cafe & Bar**
**Follow:** The Vors • The King Hits • Sideburn

***Doors 7:30pm // Music from 8pm***

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The Vors "Canberra Kids Runnin' Wild" w/ The King Hits + Sideburn @ Dissent

**Purrers (MEL) w/ Vanishing Sound + Split Lip | Dissent Cafe | Wednesday 23rd September 2026**

Loud trio from Melbourne/Naarm, noise/shoegaze adjacent. 

Weirdly headbutting sound level meters. Keeping a **MBV **centric sound completely organic and alive. An electric sound carved into tape stock, preserving all of its nuanced spiralled guitar glory, fresh vocal tones & clarity, and an extremely wild yet obsessively tamed drum performance.

**Follow**: Purrers

**Listen**: Purrers

***Doors 7:30pm // Music from 8pm***

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Purrers (MEL) w/ Vanishing Sound + Split Lip @ Dissent

**THURS 24 SEPTEMBER - ****Social Afterparty, Paloma, Nicky**** - Dissent**

**$10 pre-sale // $15 on the door**

In celebration of the release of their debut EP, Social Afterparty presents the 'Close 2 Me' release gig at Dissent Cafe & Bar. They are throwing a party alongside Ngunawal acts Nicky and Paloma. Don't miss out on an indie pop extravaganza!!!! 

**Follow**: Social Afterparty

**Listen**: Social Afterparty

Social Afterparty (VIC) 'Close 2 Me' Tour w/ Paloma + Nicky @ Dissent

**FRI 25 SEPTEMBER - ****Maxine Gillon (VIC), Dog Name, U.X.O**** - Dissent**

**$15 pre-sale // $20 on the door // doors at 7:30pm // music from 8:00pm**

After four years cementing herself as an enigmatic and dazzling fixture of Melbourne's music scene, **Maxine Gillon** makes her Canberra debut with her live band as part of a NSW & ACT weekender tour. Being renowned for the sophisticated songwriting, distinctive guitar playing and literate lyricism of her debut album 'Girl Songs', she and her band are currently performing new and unreleased material as well as reworked older material in an immersive and emotional live set that is not to be missed.

She will be joined by local supports **Dog Name **and **U.X.O**.

**Follow**: Maxine Gillon | Dog Name | U.X.O

**Listen**: Maxine Gillon | Dog Name

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Maxine Gillon (VIC) w/ Dog Name + U.X.O @ Dissent

Sunday 27th September | Doors 6pm

**Honey Boom**: https://www.instagram.com/acro.daddy

**Non Binary Code**: https://www.instagram.com/nonbinarycodemusic

**Machineonabreak**: https://www.instagram.com/machineonabreak

Tickets $20 online - $25 door

$5 door prize - Merch pack & $50 bar tab!

Buy tickets at the door to go into the draw to win a merch pack and $50 bar tab!

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Pretty In Punk Fest: Honey Boom w/ nonbinarycode,+ Machine On A Break @ Dissent

**SAT OCT 3 - Faking Clever (SYD) The Bright Shining Lies, Missing Lincolns - Dissent**

**$15 pre-sale // $20 on the door // doors at 7:30pm // music from 8:00pm**

**Faking Clever: **The neo-post-jangle-cow-punk-revival outfit FAKING CLEVER are something of a generational oddity- like the baby half-sibling born of Australian Rock's second marriage, who is decades younger than their next sibling but part of the family nonetheless. Hailing from the town of Young on Wiradjuri Country in regional NSW, the brothers Cameron (drums) and Rory B. Steele (guitar) were drawn to Sydney's inner west by the jangly guitars of the 90s indie scene, and met a Central Coast lad by the name of Toby Dowdell (bass) who was chasing that same dream. All the while Messrs Steele's redneck past is nipping at their heels, informing their cowpunk sensibilities.

https://fakingclever.bandcamp.com/

**The Bright Shining Lies:** If you like catchy songs, strong lyrics and your rock n’ roll loud & loose, The Bright Shining Lies are your band.

This trio of musos–Randall Blair (The Lonely Fates), Richard Bray & Lachlan Coventry–have made a habit of making questionable life choices. They’ve played in numerous bands, ducked, weaved, seen the dizzy highs & dreaded lows of the music biz. They should know better but old habits die hard.

Influenced by garage-blues, grunge & power-pop, The Bright Shining Lies are ready to shake out their original tunes and see what sticks.

**The Missing Lincolns: **The Missing Lincolns are a scuzzy, soulful, literate guitar band. They care too much about lyrics and songs on the radio. Their songs are a modern-indie update of the 60s garage sound. The Lincolns have been digging dirt in the Canberra gig circuit since 2003.

https://themissinglincolns.bandcamp.com/

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