It’s a loud month at the Barwon Club for live music

The dial will truly be turned up to 11 for the festivals and gigs happening in the beloved bandroom.

Just when you thought the calendar couldn’t get any more packed, Barwon Club has outdone themselves with the back to back offering of live music across March. It started last night with Billy Carts “Greatest Hits” album tour, and just gets bigger, bolder and bloody LOUDER as April pulls in.

Here’s our guide to gigging at the Barwon Club Hotel this March.

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Munk Mini Fest ft Authority Zero

When: Saturday 7 March

Presented by In The Fast Lane Records, Munk Mini Fest comes to Victoria with a lineup of heavyweights including Punk, Ska, and Melodic hardcore haunters all the way from the US, Authority Zero. Your lineup further boasts The Decline (WA), Wolfpack, Serial Killer Dinner Party (QLD), In The Esky, Outer Control (NSW), All Hope Remains, and Judo Chop for what is bound to be a ear onslaught!

Nu-Metal Revolution

When: Sunday 8 March

Nu-Metal needs to be revived and fast. For now this show takes you back to the begins with tributes to the top three – Around the Fur represent the sexier shoegaze of Deftones, Dirty Rotten Bizkit tackle Fred Durst and Limp Bizkit to keep the good times ‘Rollin’, and Follow the Leader get freaky with their covers of Korn. It’s a show that’s sure to break your neck – the Limp Bizkit way.

Redd Kross X The Hard-Ons ft Tim Rogers

When: Thursday 12 March

Keep the heads banging for a double dose of punk perfection. US mainstay fast-players Redd Kross kick it with our favourite firestarters The Hard-Ons, featuring Tim Rogers. It’s 45 years of downright dirty punk played like there is no tomorrow.

 

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Bigfoot Sighting – Tape One EP Launch

When: Friday 13 March

Pull on your woolies – we’re going Bigfoot spotting at this EP launch. Rising stars, Bigfoot Sighting bring their stripped back approach to fuzzy garage rock with hook-laiden songs and dream like vibes to the BC as they unleash their latest offering – Tape One EP. They are joined by Total Care and Mollies Hug, and hopefully a bunch of Bigfoot costume wearing crowd goers.

Beyond Vegas – Sooner or Later Single Launch

When: Sunday 15 March

The new releases keep rolling as Beyond Vegas bring out ‘Sooner or Later’. The rocking 5 piece released their debut album Destination Unknown last year via Golden Robot Records and are now returning for their next music moment. Their set is uplifted by supports, Johnny The Boy, and City At Midnight.

The Radiators

When: Thursday 19 March

It’s all about that old-time rock and roll on Thursday 19 March as The Radiators switch on the stage. Continuing after 48 years, The Radiators never stop bringing their Aussie rock around the country and the BC is next on the agenda.

 

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Jerkfest 11

When: Saturday 21 March

Whilst this one is sold-out it needs a plug because of how top notch the lineup and the festival itself is. A festival that celebrates the punk and alternative scene, Jerkfest 11 nabbed the cream of the crop with this years offering, including the guitar-significant Eddy Current Suppression Ring. Just look at the full lineup to know how HUGE this show is going to be.

INSTITUTE (USA), THE CANNANES (NSW), R.M.F.C (NSW), EXEK, NICOLE PLAYS MINIMUM CHIPS, KRAKATAU, TEE VEE REPAIRMANN (NSW), WRONG WAY UP, RAPID DYE (NSW), THE PRIZE, CHIKCHIKA, NATHAN ROCHE, ROCKY, PUBLIC FIGURES, A SPEEDING VEHICLE (QLD),
DUMBELLS (NSW), THE JUDGES, WHO CARES?, THE BLINDS, HEDGE BURNERS, THE DACCAS (AC/DC COVERS), IUD (FIRST SHOW!) and DJ CLARA SLEWA.

Varuni Lila – As I Am Single Launch

When: Thursday 26 March

Another launch and another costume theme – this time Varuni Lila launches her new single ‘As I Am’, encouraging the audience to “dress up as an iconic photo of you as a child”. It’s going to be a nostalgia trip for sure. Alaska (solo) + My Giddy Aunt jump up as supports for this one.

The Divinyls Story – It’s a Fine Line Tribute

When: Friday 27 March

Chrissy oh Chrissy – the iconic rocker from Geelong has been immortalised multiple times this year but this tribute show is set to represent the pub beginnings for the legendary band. ‘Boys In Town’, ‘I Touch Myself’, and ‘Pleasure and Pain’ will be delivered with the rasp, raunch, and raw appeal that Divinyls were known for.

Only At The Movies – Streaming Killed The Movies Tour

When: Saturday 28 March

NSW East Coast punks Only At The Movies make their way to our riverside venue for a 90’s era romanticising of sonic proportions. This tour sees them supported by The Kittyhawks, Outta Spite, and All Hope Remains.

 

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Cut For Naomi – Standing Together Fundraiser

When: Sunday 29 March

If there is one thing that Barwon Club stand for – it’s community and they’re coming together again in the name of the Weir Family. Cut for Naomi is a fundraiser event for the locally loved Weir family who are doing it tough with medical treatments. There will be Dr. Colossus, Social Haunts and The Louds bringing tunes, and Mick Ryan from The Louds will be cutting his hair to stand in solidarity with Naomi, who is living with MDS-EB2, a rare and aggressive blood cancer. If there is one gig to get along to this month, it’s this one for an incredible cause!

In Your Honour – Foo Fighters Experience

When: Sunday 29 March

With Fooies back in the country soon, get those pipes primed with In Your Honour – the tribute to the rock band from Foo Fighters Experience. Go wild to ‘Everlong’ lose it to ‘Monkey Wrench’, go big with ‘Big Me’, and offer your best with ‘Best of You’. You know the tunes, now live them live.

It’s a mammoth month for the old faithful live music wateringhole. Get gigging and book your tickets here.