FREE: COOGEE NIGHTS โ€“ BRAZILIAN CARNIVAL THIS WEDNESDAY feat, ALMA TO SOUL (live)

"Alma to Soul" event announcement for Coogee Carnival, featuring a smiling couple holding a container, surrounded by vibrant tropical decorations, and event details highlighted in colorful text.

Summer isnโ€™t over just yet โ€” and this Wednesday night, Coogee Beach is turning up the heat with Coogee Nights, a brand-new series of free, family-friendly street parties celebrating music, community, and coastal vibes!

This week, weโ€™re thrilled to see our good friends ALMA TO SOUL bringing their signature blend of Brazilian funk, roots, soul, reggae, and live dance energy back to the streets of Coogee! If you caught them earlier this year, you already know the vibe โ€“ deep rhythms, big smiles, and an irresistible groove that gets everyone moving.

Joining them across the night will be a stacked lineup including Lady Chika, Calle Swing, Rhythm Brazil, Selecta Orchestra, and Lucerito Leon โ€“ plus plenty of family fun, food, and colour. Expect the full carnival treatment right by the beach, with samba drumming, dance demos, and a silent disco!

Coogee Nights Map
ALMA TO SOUL
ALMA TO SOUL

๐Ÿ“ Where: Coogee Bay Road (between Arden and Brook Streets)
๐Ÿ“… When: Wednesday 4 March, 5.30โ€“9.00pm
๐Ÿ’ƒ Set Times Highlights:

  • 6.00pm โ€“ Calle Swing
  • 6.45pm โ€“ ALMA TO SOUL
  • 8.00pm โ€“ Selecta Orchestra ft. Lucerito Leon
  • DJ Lady Chika spinning before and after!

This is the first of four epic Coogee Nights happening across March and April (4 & 18 March, 1 & 15 April) โ€” a collaboration between Randwick City Council and the NSW Government to bring live music, dining, and play to the heart of the Eastern Beaches.

Bring your friends, your kids, or just your dancing shoes โ€” itโ€™s free, open-air, and pure good vibes. Catch the sunset, grab a bite, and get down with ALMA TO SOUL and the crew as we bring a touch of Brazilian sunshine to Sydneyโ€™s midweek.

๐Ÿ‘‰ More info and full program: Randwick City Council โ€“ Coogee Nights

Check out a taste of ALMA TO SOUL’s bringing the funk at Coogee earlier in the year.

MIX: STEPHEN ALLKINS (Sydney Disco Icon) at SOUL OF SYDNEY FRANKIE KNUCKLES tribute Dance | Feb 2026

Stephen Allkins at SOUL OF SYDNEY FRankie Knuckles Tribute

SYDNEY HOUSE & DISCO ICON STEPHEN ALLKINS PAYS TRIBUTE TO FRANKIE KNUCKLES AT SOUL OF SYDNEY (FEB 2026)

We were honoured to welcome the legendary Stephen Allkins [Love Tattoo] โ€” one of Sydneyโ€™s true pioneers of disco and house โ€” for a special afternoon tribute set at our Frankie Knuckles Tribute Jam earlier this month.

Stephen has been spinning records since the mid-1970s and is widely recognised as one of the first DJs to introduce Sydney to the sounds of disco, house, and garage long before they took over the clubs. Celebrating an incredible 50 years behind the decks, he brought deep energy, soul, and history to the dancefloor for this rare appearance.

This 90+ minute live mix (Podcast Show #439) captures the moment beautifully โ€” a heartfelt journey through late-โ€™80s Garage, early-โ€™90s House, classic Disco, and the seminal sounds that shaped the era of Frankie Knuckles, the Godfather of House. Every track is mixed with the same love and intention that fuelled the early days of Sydneyโ€™s underground club scene.

๐ŸŽง Listen now: Soul of Sydney Podcast #439 on SoundCloud
๐Ÿ”— Stay tuned for our next event: soulofsydney.org/events

Much love and respect to Stephen โ€” a true Sydney icon whose passion and devotion continue to inspire generations of dancers, diggers, and dreamers. For this specialย Frankie Knuckles Tribute Jam, we invited one of our cityโ€™s most important musical pioneers,ย Stephen Allkins [Love Tattoo], to share his story through sound.

Stephenโ€™s journey is woven into the very fabric of Sydneyโ€™s dance music history. From the late โ€™70s onwards, he helped lay the foundations of our club culture, introducing disco and underground dance music to a generations hungry for new grooves and unity on the dancefloor. As a resident at some of Sydneyโ€™s most influential venues & parties through the โ€™80s and โ€™90s, and later known for his work asย Love Tattoo, Stephen championed the same uplifting, soulful house sound that Frankie and the Chicago scene made famous.


PHOTOS NOW ONLINE : FRANKIE KNUCKLES TRIBUTE \ FEB 2026 FT. STEPHEN ALLKINS

A woman with beaded hair stands in a colorful outfit, holding a small object, surrounded by bubbles, at the Frankie Knuckles tribute event.

Massive LOVE to everyone who came down to the FRANKIE KNUCKLES Tribute: pure positive party vibes all afternoon! It was the perfect way to celebrate a musical era so close to our hearts with friends and our extended funky family.

Big props to all the DJs, artists, and dancers who brought their energy and made it such a memorable celebration of music, love, and community.

It was a truly special moment seeing so many beautiful heads who were among the first to hear House and Disco in Sydneyโ€”dancing once again to one of the icons of that era, Stephen Allkins, in one of the spiritual homes of house music in this city. We canโ€™t wait to do it all again soon. Endless love and respect to everyone who keeps the spirit alive.

Photos are now online on our Facebook Page HERE

Captured by our Dom at Diamonds and Pearls Photography..(Yes he is the Prince super-fan), please credit him & tag us in at SOUL OF SYDNEY #soulofsydney

NEXT JAMย :
We hope to see you at the next jam on Mid-Late Mar/April 2026 RSVP atย www.soulofsydney.org/events

GALLERY