The local artisan gelato available all year round

In September last year, an Australian wife and Italian husband teamed together to make authentic Italian gelato using fresh Australian produce. The result? Coffetti Gelato!

There’s a hot new Italian coming to Torquay

And it’s got pizza, pasta and vino – what’s not to love?!

There’s a Hot Chocolate Festival happening this month

A new menu of eight limited edition creations will be revealed each week of August, with 31 different flavours in total. Yep 31! Who knew there could be so many different types of hot chocolate!?

The 18th Amendment Bar is open for business

After eight months of renovating and six years of planning The 18th Amendment Bar is finally open for business.

UNFD release their very own range of mugs

Jazz up your morning/afternoon/evening/night coffee with Unified Music’s new signature mug range!

Melbourne Museum’s new adults-only party returns this Friday

A new adults-only lounge and live music space is happening at the Melbourne Museum, giving punters a chance to enjoy after-dark tunes and exhibitions on the first Friday of every month.

Americana collective Georgia State Line from regional Victoria are performing at the Torquay Bowls Club this Saturday

And we’ve got a double pass to giveaway! Just inbox us on FB with who you would take to enter! Winner announced tomorrow (Thursday) 5pm.

Delicious beers, great food, fabulous music & good times all to be found at Bendigo On The Hop

Bendigo On The Hop, Australia’s best winter craft beer festival, will once again pair some of the finest venues in town and Australia’s best breweries. Craft beer lovers get to meet and talk to the brewers, be entertained by talented musicians and meet people who are as passionate about craft beer as you walk from venue to venue in beautiful Bendigo.

Alanis Morissette announces first Aussie shows in almost 20 years

And it’s just for two exclusive dates in Sydney and Melbourne early next year!

NYE On The Hill Festival announces 2017 headliners

New Year’s festival NYE On The Hill has made its first lineup announcement for 2017, revealing the first two acts (and headliners) set to take to the stage at The Farm later this year.

Grinspoon: Guide to Better Living

Celebrating 20 since the release of Guide to Better Living, the band are back out on the road and have released a special edition featuring live tracks, B-sides and rarities.

The Walking Dead stars are heading to Australia for ‘Walker Stalker’ convention

Walker Stalker Con is finally coming to Australia in 2018 and will be headed up by the cast of the popular TV series, The Walking Dead.

Vera Blue on her most vulnerable record yet and the emotional roller-coaster of touring

From going platinum with Illy to closing out Splendour with Flume, sold-out national tours and now on the brink of releasing her debut album Perennial, Celia Pavey AKA Vera Blue is unstoppable.

The Bearded Bros x SureFit Personal Training is the Geelong collaboration we’re loving

Bearded Bros are getting a new HQ, and Surefit Personal Training are launching their second location in a partnership that caters to the many fitness-conscious patrons.

There’s a tribute to Linkin Park’s Chester Bennington at The Barwon Club this Sunday

This Sunday, the Geelong Music Community Collective is proud to bring you a night of late 90’s/early naughties nu metal. If your head ever banged to Korn, Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Incubus or any other alternative metal then this is the night for you.

Top advice from local muso’s on taking music to the next level

There is no guidebook to success in the music business, but everyone has to start somewhere. We’ve asked some of our favourites about their beginnings.

Pennywise announce national tour for October and November

And they’ll performing their seminal album Full Circle (one of the most defining albums in punk rock history) in full for the first time ever.

British India announce massive 32-date national tour for new album ‘Forgetting The Future’

Aussie rockers British India have announced a huge national tour for their upcoming new album Forgetting The Future.

Babylon 2018 Dates Announced

Babylon is an enchanting music and lifestyle camping festival that will be set deep in the heart of the Australian wilderness

Liv Cartledge Releases sanguine single ‘Heard Your Name’ and announces tour

Melbourne folk songstress, Liv Cartledge, shares new single “Heard Your Name”, the latest track lifted from her upcoming EP Timber.

Crooked Colours named as one of the hottest rising acts in electronic music today

They started with a bang before taking time off to hone their craft. Following an eighteen-month hiatus, Crooked Colours recently released their debut album Vera.

Ballarat International Foto Biennale 2017

For the photographers, photography enthusiasts and arts lovers

The Teskey Brothers on their love of analogue recording equipment and their first performance at Queenscliff Music Festival

It’s quite common to listen to a band and hear the obvious influence of the decades that came before it, but sometimes a very special act comes along that genuinely sound like they are from that era. This is the case for The Teskey Brothers.

Blues News #669

The Blues Train took a much needed and deserved winter break for June and July before its brand new season kicks off on Saturday August 5. Tickets for the new season have been on sale for a while and might be in short supply, but for us locals, there are a few tricks we can do.

 

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