Festival Guide: December is spoilt with world-class festivals

Decembers favourite festivals are back for another epic year. From heavyweight metal acts to ground-breaking hip hop artists, indie giants…

The second life of Secondhand Serenade

Choosing your best friends was a battlefield, 12 year olds were doing high-level coding, your mood was told through your…

Gig Guide: Close out the rest of 2025 with these local gigs

2025 has been a huge year for live music across regional Victoria with our venues, arenas and theatres appealing to…

Cosmic Psychos are still proud punks and beer enthusiasts

For someone that owns land in Central Victoria that is home to a major winery estate, you’d think Ross Knight…

All Time Low discuss Everyone’s Talking, Good Things, and starting a band at 15 years old

As fifteen year olds they exploded onto the pop punk scene with a contagious spirit and unwavering commitment to the…

Ian Moss reunites on stage with Cold Chisel band mate this weekend for one very special event

This time last year, Ian Moss was in full fledged Cold Chisel celebration mode. The Five-0 50th Anniversary Tour was…

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…

November’s stacked lineup at Barwon Club Hotel brings the heat

The Barwon Club Hotel is cranking it to 11 this November with a lineup that’s pure energy — from indie…

Get gigging – November is stacked with top notch tours

Regional Victoria keeps being a favourite on the live music touring circuit for staple Australian artists old and new and…

Tropical F*ck Storm, Tyne-James Organ, triple j: Torquay Hotel taps into the tastemakers of Australian music this month

Torquay Hotel hit the rewind button this month as they reverse back the clock, stopping in the early 2000’s, the…

November comes in with mainstay festivals across the state

Ah what a time to be alive where a month is littered with live music every weekend. International names, major…

Full circle moments, music mayhem and a riot of laughs: RocKwiz Live in 2025 continues a lively legacy

It’s a Kwiz show like no other, one that has won over Australian audiences continuously for two decades and in…

The Universal Sound of The Cat Empire

The end of the year sees the refreshed band, led by original members Felix Riebel and Ollie McGill, head Big…

Local’s Lounge with Bendigo’s baddest punks, Relays

In the Locals Lounge this month we have Relays. Hailing from Bendigo, Relays have been regulars in the regional Victoria…

“I wanted it to be part of my legacy of work” – Mo’Ju discusses live album release ahead of Castlemaine show

Back in 2018, Mo’Ju was on the cusp of releasing their landmark album Native Tongue. Speaking with Forte Magazine, the…

Gig Guide: there are some mind-blowing music events happening in Victoria this month.

Regional venues are nabbing huge names this month on the gig front. From global superstars, tastemakers, the next big things,…

Laurel Canyon, golden hour and Night Walks: Swimming Bell dives into her glowing catalogue

Better known under project Swimming Bell, Schottland has been serenading folk-loving folk since 2017, her ethereal sound sending listeners into…

Beat’n Tracks: Boosting regional touring circuits with big names in music

With an area of 7.69 million km, Australia is a big country with populous pockets littered across the grid. Which…

Ben Folds applies the same principles to songcrafting across all mediums

Emmy-nominated singer songwriter, New York Times Best Selling author, film, television and theatre composer, and advocate and founder of music…

Meg Washington on Making a GEM and Gravy

Since the moment Meg Washington dropped the album I Believe You Liar in 2010 with belters ‘Sunday Best’ and ‘Rich…

It’s a totally mixed bag of talent at Torquay Hotel this month

Following on from a grand September, premier surf coast venue, Torquay Hotel have some bragging rights for October. It’s an…

Cordovas are charging into Australia for this first time next month

The flavourful flagwavers of Americana, Cordovas are heading to Australia for the very first time this spring, bringing their electrifying…

Park Waves Festival is a product of the powerful Australian metal community

As far as festival offerings go, Germany has it good. Hamburg-based Reeperbahn Festival draws the Aussie’s for a barbeque year…

Self Awareness, Celestial androids and Senegal: Sonny and the Sunsets submit to sonic immersion.

From the visionary voice of Sonny Smith, the namesake lead of Sonny and the Sunsets, ‘Too Young To Burn’ along…

 

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