There’s a lot of music and more happening around town as arts editor HELEN MUSA reports in the latest Arts in the City column. 

Australian rock legends Eskimo Joe will be joined by Dan Sultan, fresh from winning Best Adult Contemporary at the 2023 ARIA Awards, at The B, Queanbeyan, July 7.

Judith Clingan and Wayfarers Australia are cooking up an Elizabethan feast which also involves 16th century instrumental music, dramatised excerpts from Shakespeare, and 16th century dances accompanied by a renaissance band. At the pavilion on Gladstone Street, Hall, July 6.

Back by exceedingly popular demand is Garry Starr in Greece Lightning, the most ridiculous show of the year, as he tackles all of Greek mythology. The Q, Queanbeyan, July 6.

Australia’s (and Canberra’s) top guitar quartet, Guitar Trek – Tim Kain, Minh Le Hoang Matt Withers and Callum Henshaw – plan to play a “wildly eclectic” selection of pieces from all corners of their repertoire. Wesley Music Centre, July 6. We were interested to see the concert feature on the Canberra trekking website, alongside Snowy Mountains trekking.

The National Opera Chorus is staging a fun afternoon of operatic favourites under the baton of conductor Louis Sharpe. Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture 15 Blackall St, Barton, June 30.

Canberra Choral Society and the National Capital Orchestra, with guest choristers from The Llewellyn Choir and four soloists, will perform Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis, also conducted by the busy Louis Sharpe. Llewellyn Hall, July 6.

Manipulated Realities is a photography exhibition by Brian Rope aimed at intriguing and raising questions. Visitors are encouraged to contemplate how they might react if they came across actual scenes or situations like those being displayed. Manning Clark House, 11 Tasmania Circle, Forrest, until July 13.

On the first Saturday of July, Dostoyevsky is always celebrated as part of the annual summer White Nights in St Petersburg. Now, to mark its own production of Crime and Punishment, The Street Theatre’s director Caroline Stacey has invited writer Subhash Jaireth and Canberra actor Karen Vickery, both Russian speakers, to discuss interpretations and adaptations of the famous novel. At The Street, July 6.