BELIEVE

Live at The Church

31 October 2025

A powerhouse unit of rare intimacy, flexibility and intensity, BELIEVE connects the spectrum of contemporary creative sound making with the fluid, anything is possible momentum of free jazz. When your benchmarks are Albert Ayler and The Necks, and you intend to play for the universe, not the algorithm, the remarkable is possible. For the past three years this Sydney-based quartet has committed to a musical process of learning, exploring, experimenting and growing in public. No other local group has been so committed to playing live.

Each concert by this remarkable ensemble is a one-of-a-kind experience, with music made in response to the room; its sound, energy and history. For this special concert at The Church, BELIEVE will marking their first Sydney performance since the release of their debut album ‘Spirits Of The Dead Are Watching’ - the first of a two-volume album release, in collaboration with New York’s Relative Pitch and Melbourne’s Ramble Records.

‘The most honest jazz being made today – this is music for our times' - Mike Nock

Featured Performers

  • Peter Farrar

  • Novak Manojlovic

  • Clayton Thomas

  • Laurence Pike

This performance will take place at The Church.

The Church is a meticulously restored 19th-century Gothic church in Alexandria, NSW owned by Judith Neilson AM that houses rehearsals and work development for musicians by invitation.

Performance

Performance

Friday 31 October 2025
7:00pm

Location

The Church
9 Mitchell Rd, Alexandria

Tickets

Free, by ballot only

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Ballot draw date: Tuesday 21 October 2025

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