Festival Guide: Blues to the Bellarine, stars and bars collide, and the community of Creswick come together in the name of music

Who said festival season is a summer affair? These festivals are proving that April is an appealing time to gather…

Groovin The Moo is back for special one-off show

This special event will be part of Great Southern Nights, a NSW Government initiative in partnership with the Australian Recording…

Frankston’s Waterfront Festival flies into view for February return

Waterfront Festival is set to roll back into Frankston in early February, bringing two days of live music, summer spectacle…

Port Fairy Folk Festival is a portal into the future of folk music

As it approaches its 49th year as a culturally significant event in the south-west of Victoria, Port Fairy Folk Festival…

Songs From The Canyon is a charming celebration of Laurel Canyon’s counterculture catalogue

Down on the West Coast, the fabrics of the scene have a story to tell. A legendary landscape that led…

The Living End to rock at Riverboats Music Festival

Murray River’s very own live music event, Riverboats Music Festival has today announced it’s mammoth lineup for 2026. Returning to…

CresFest may just be one of the most inspired festivals in Victoria

Heading out to west-central Victoria, you’ll find one of the most charming and hardworking communities. Known for their stake in…

River Rocks Rehab has the perfect gig hangover recipe

River Rocks Festival have dropped their River Rocks Rehab lineup and it is a beast! Or is it a war?…

One more sleep until Wanderer Festival, a weekend of wonder on the Sapphire Coast

If you’re heading out to the far east of Australia this weekend for premier music and arts festival, Wanderer we…

Chet Faker, Ninajirachi and more complete Meredith Music Festival lineup

Meredith Music Festival round out their 33rd year lineup with seven more stellar artists joining the wagon. ARIA-Award winning, triple…

Riverboats Music Festival returns to Echuca-Moama

By the banks of the Murray, Riverboats Music Festival is the reigning good times and great music festival of the…

Get into the ballot for Golden Plains Eighteen

Get into the Golden Plains groove as the official ballot for the 2026 festival edition is now open. Celebrating its…

An all-Australian roundup gets together for the Red Hot Summer Tour

Red Hot Summer Tour has announced their 2026 summer showcase with an impressive lineup of Australian music legends. Running across…

Polaris pull together metal summer event, Life’s A Beach

Taking a leaf out of Parkway Drive’s curated festival, fellow Australian metal juggernauts, Polaris have pulled together their own event….

Hot To Go: St Jerome’s Laneway Festival lineup led by Chappell Roan

St Jerome’s Laneway Festival lineup has landed and by god is she BIG! Queen of the Midwest, ‘Good Luck Babe’,…

Foot-In-The-Door competition is now open to play Queenscliff Music Festival

Are you an artist aged 12 to 25 years? Do you play original rock or folk music? Are you ready…

Spilt Milk adds locals to lineup across four locations

Just when you thought the Spilt Milk lineup couldn’t get any bigger, the festival comes in with a bunch of…

Queensland country celebration, CMC Rocks brings out big guns for 2026 event

Australia’s premier country music festival, CMC Rocks QLD, will return to Willowbank in 2026 with a lineup that showcases the…

Kasey Chambers, Inn Echo and more join Port Fairy Folk Festival 2026 lineup

Victoria’s largest annual folk music appreciation event, Port Fairy Folk Festival has just dropped a second wave of artists for…

Addison Rae, Dom Dolla, Kid Cudi and Turnstile take on Beyond The Valley’s tenth birthday bash

Beyond The Valley has dropped a massive lineup for their 2025/26, tenth birthday edition. Australia’s largest multi-day music festival, Beyond…

Do you want to play Strawberry Fields Festival? A music competition is now open for Victorian artists

Strawberry Fields Festival are calling Victorian live music acts to put their foot forward to play the 2025 festival. With…

The Strokes, Jelly Roll, War on Drugs head Harvest Rock

Adelaide’s premier weekend music festival, Harvest Rock has dropped a mighty lineup for their upcoming third festival edition. Returning to…

Beyond The Valley turns ten and you’re invited to their party

Back in the Barunah Plains, Wadawurrung Country, home, Beyond The Valley send out an open invite to join them for…

It’s a 90s hero feast at Good Things 2025 with TOOL, Weezer and Garbage leading the charge.

Australia’s largest touring festival is going massive for 2025, offering three 90s music gamechangers as lead artists. Good Things drop…

 

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