Vivid Sydney Carriageworks 2026

Contact us (below) to get the discount code (Gig Buddies participants and volunteers ONLY)

*Limited Tickets Available
*This is not a Gig Buddies group social
*Gig Buddies staff will not be attending or supporting

About the gig:

Lil’ Kim announces a landmark show at Carriageworks for Vivid Sydney celebrating Hard Core and The Notorious K.I.M., two albums that didn’t just succeed in hip hop, they changed the conversation around it.
Before Lil’ Kim, women in rap were often boxed in by expectation. Respectability. Novelty. Limitation.
Kim ignored all of it.
She stepped forward on her own terms, claiming authorship over her voice, her image, and her story. Sexuality became power. Confidence became her language. What others treated as boundaries, Kim treated as starting points.
Hard Core arrived with undeniable force. Explicit, fearless, and technically sharp, the album sold millions worldwide and proved that lyrical authority and sexual autonomy could exist side by side, expanding what success could look like for women in hip hop.
This event is general admission, standing room only. If you have any access requirements, please contact Carriageworks.