Ballarat Winter Festival

Ballarat will have a month-long wintery celebration next month.

Melbourne trio Foley release second album ahead of Warrnambool gig

Melbourne trio FOLEY! is hoping everyone just chills out a little as they release their second album, Hey, Don’t Worry About It.

Clare Bowditch Eyes an Eighth Album

All is okay, Clare Bowditch fans; a new album is on the way.

Watch: Blunt Shovel’s new video is a who’s who of the metal scene

Filmed on location at Goatsound Studios, the clip creates a somewhat awkward scene of what live music audiences have succumbed to in the modern age.

Two of Melbourne’s brightest team up for massive regional tour

Two of Melbourne’s bright stars are joining forces for a selection of shows.

Reggae legend Afro Moses is heading to Geelong

Afro Moses is a singer, composer, multi-instrumentalist and teacher from Ghana who early on was given the nickname ‘The African James Brown’.

The Mane Event has set up a GoFundMe to raise funds for fourth installment

Give what you can through the page.

Karova Lounge is hosting a listening party of Lorde’s brand new release, Melodrama

It’s hard to deny there’s been a lot of hype around Lorde, particularly this new release.

Vintage Crop are playing their last gig in Geelong for a little while

It’s a bit of a bitter sweet show for Vintage Crop coming up.

A venue in Ballarat is doing live band karaoke once a month, and we can’t think of anything better

Held on the first Thursday of each month.

The Women in Song event for a great cause

The Bandari Project and Winter Warmers Port Fairy have teamed up for Women in Song, a night of tunes for a great cause.

One to watch: Mallrat is heading to Ballarat this winter

Since releasing her Uninvited EP to acclaim worldwide (which garnered more than 5 million Spotify listens) Mallrat is heading to Ballarat.

Arockalypse 2017 returns with King of the North, The Stiffys, CHILD + more

The Loft, Warrnambool will host Arockalypse once again this Queen’s birthday weekend.

Total Control head to Castlemaine

You are still able to grab yourself a ticket or two to Total Control’s Castlemaine show at Theatre Royal on June 9.

Spend the long weekend at the Castlemaine Jazz Festival

The fourth annual Castlemaine Jazz Festival will heat things up across the Queen’s birthday weekend, June 9 through June 11.

Celebrate the Queen’s B’day with The Aston Shuffle

Well, so much for the lost art of the mixtape.

Illy set to headline Ballarat carpark festival as part of massive tour

In case you missed it, Illy is coming to town.

10 gigs around $15 to head to this weekend

With so many gigs set for this weekend, we thought we’d shine a light on some of the more accessible events to head to come when the weekend kicks off on Friday night.

King Gizzard’s Gizzfest to return for 2017

Springing the surprise of all surprises, King Gizzard & The Lizard just unveiled the return of Gizzfest with a cheeky Facebook post.

Crooked Colours Set To Return

They started with a bang before taking time off to hone their craft.

Fyansford Folk Festival Update

Due to unexpected circumstances the Fyansford Festival has been re-located with a new date and new name!

Los Tones are heading to Ballarat alongside Crocodylus, The Yard Apes and Electric Mud

Following the release of Los Tones’ first album ‘PSYCHOTROPIC’ in 2014, the Sydney four-piece have been honing their ’60s inspired garage rock and are back with the new album, What Happened.

Good news Geelong, Dan Sultan is heading our way on a national tour

For the man who’s no stranger to G-town, he’s paying us all another visit.

Hoodoo Gurus & You Am I head to Bendigo

Hoodoo Gurus and You Am I go together like a horse and carriage. You can’t have one without the other.

 

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