Ivy Sydney Partners With Fuzzy, Live Nation, Finely Tuned and More (EXCLUSIVE)

Merivale is giving Ivy Saturdays a major refresh, teaming with Fuzzy, Live Nation, Finely Tuned, POOF DOOF, One Hit and more for a new rotating program.

The Music Network can exclusively reveal the hospitality group is expanding its Saturday night programming at the Sydney CBD venue, bringing a revolving roster of promoters, event brands and nightlife communities into ivy throughout summer and beyond.

The new approach will move beyond a single weekly concept, with different partners taking over the venue for club nights, touring acts, afterparties and festival-style events. Alongside Fuzzy, Live Nation, Finely Tuned, POOF DOOF and One Hit, the program will feature events from NOVEL and international brands including Defected, Terminal V, All Day I Dream and Bed By 10pm.

The new strategy comes as Ivy approaches two decades as a fixture of Sydney nightlife. Over the years, the venue has hosted international names including Prince, Carl Cox, Black Coffee, Peggy Gou, Patrick Topping and Michael Bibi, as well as Australian acts including FISHER, Flume, RÜFÜS DU SOL, Dom Dolla, and Peking Duk.

“Saturday nights at ivy have been a fixture of Sydney’s nightlife for many years, and this new approach lets us bring in more of the promoters and communities shaping the city right now,” said Nick van Tiel, Head of Music and Nightlife at Merivale.

“Each partner brings their own ideas, audience and identity. Together, we can build a varied calendar that gives people something new to discover every Saturday, at the full scale ivy is known for. It's also about backing the promoters and artists who power Sydney's nightlife economy.”

The rotating format will give each promoter the opportunity to bring its own musical identity, programming and audience to ivy, allowing the venue to shift between genres and event formats from one Saturday to the next.

The season kicked off on September 26th with Fuzzy presenting Green Velvet, who recently opened for Dom Dolla at his history-making Marvel Stadium show, with Zuri next up to present Alex Wann on October 10th.

NOVEL will bring Scottish electronic music festival Terminal V to Ivy on October 17th, featuring AZYR, Ben Hemsley and TRYM, before Olympus Entertainment presents Antigoni on October 24th.

POOF DOOF will take over for ‘Halloqween’ on October 31th, with GOTTMIK, Airwolf Paradise and Jimi The Kween on the lineup, while MK will play the venue on November 8th. 

Above will present Gudfella on November 14th, followed by Bed By 10pm on November 21th. All Day I Dream will then host Lee Burridge for an afternoon session on November 28th, before TSHA takes over for a separate nighttime event. Defected will take over on December 12th with Sam Divine, Nick Curly, David Penn and Murphy's Law.

The expanded program isn't limited to just Saturdays, though. Across this October long weekend, Ivy will host Block Party on Sunday, October 4th, followed by Higher Ground's DnB Allstars on Monday, October 5th, featuring Kanine, Camo & Krooked and Born on Road.

More promoters, artists and events are set to be announced through the remainder of 2026 and into 2027.