The beloved modern musical La La Land hits stages nationwide with its full score performed live.
La La Land In Concert is heading to Australia in June 2026, celebrating a decade of one of Hollywood’s most beloved musicals.
Ten years on, it’s worth remembering just how much of a moment La La Land was. Damien Chazelle’s sun-drenched, jazz-soaked portrait of two people trying to make it in Los Angeles, Ryan Gosling as a purist jazz pianist and Emma Stone as an actress collecting rejection letters, hit cinemas in 2016 and didn’t let go.
Six Oscars followed, including Best Original Score and Best Original Song, and the film lodged itself firmly in the cultural memory of anyone who saw it. La La Land In Concert is the anniversary event it deserves: a full screening of the film with a live orchestra and jazz ensemble performing the score in real time.
La La Land In Concert
- Sydney – Saturday, 30 May, ICC Darling Harbour (Sold out)
- Sydney – Sunday, 31 May, ICC Darling Harbour
- Sydney – 2pm matinee performance, Sunday 31 May, Darling Harbour Theatre
- Sydney – Monday 1 June, Darling Harbour Theatre JUST ADDED
- Brisbane – Wednesday, 3 June, BCEC
- Melbourne – Saturday, 6 June, Hamer Hall
- Melbourne – Monday, 8 June, Hamer Hall
- Melbourne – 3pm matinee performance, Monday 8 June, Hamer Hall JUST ADDED
- Tickets here
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That loved La La Land score, written by Justin Hurwitz, is no small thing. An intricate blend of traditional jazz, grand orchestral sweeps and quietly devastating piano lines, it earned Hurwitz two Grammys, two Academy Awards and four Golden Globe Awards.
It’s also the kind of music that reveals new layers when it’s being played by real people in front of you rather than piped through a speaker. Hurwitz himself will conduct the orchestra for the Sydney shows, which is a genuine drawcard. George Ellis takes over for Melbourne and Brisbane.
Live-to-film concerts are their own thing entirely. The score isn’t just background noise anymore; it’s front and centre, performed by actual humans in the same room as you. For a film that lives and dies by its music, that’s a pretty significant upgrade from your couch.
La La Land In Concert is touring five shows across three cities, with the composer on the podium in Sydney. For fans of the film, or just fans of a genuinely good night out, it’s a hard one to talk yourself out of.
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This article was made in partnership with DRW Entertainment.
