Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls and Bowling For Soup team up for massive ‘Bowl My Bones’ Australian tour in 2026

Australia, you’re about to be well and truly bowled over. UK folk-punk powerhouse Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls and…

Meg Washington announces massive 23-date ‘Natural Beauty’ Australian tour for 2026

Fresh off the back of her critically acclaimed, ARIA-nominated album GEM, four-time ARIA Award-winner Meg Washington is hitting the road…

Hoedown By The River: Batesford Hotel Announces a Boot-Stompin’ Country Night Under the Stars

The Batesford Hotel is turning up the twang this November, bringing a full-blown country hoedown to its riverside beer garden—and…

Daniel Johns: In Conversation was a fan privilege and a powerful reminder of the songwriters’ genius

There was a gentle kinship of the crowds in the foyer of the heritage Palais Theatre in St Kilda last…

PASH Announce Free Barwon Club Show This November — with Bigfoot Sighting Joining the Chaos

Geelong, consider this your official heads-up: the Barwon Club is throwing a free gig, and it’s shaping up to be…

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…

The Beatles are back (again): New Anthologies, new music, and a fresh chapter for the Fab Four

The world’s most beloved band is set to release a brand-new Anthology collection this November, complete with restored classics, unheard…

Palace Foreshore drops a stacked 2026 lineup with De La Soul, Oddisee, Miss Kaninna and Peach PRC

The Palace Foreshore 2026 program has landed — and it’s packing serious star power, spanning legendary hip hop, rising icons,…

Castlemaine’s going for a world record — and it’s all about Aussie band tees

Castlemaine is at it again with another delightfully weird and wonderful community idea — this time, a world record attempt…

Bluesfest reveal first lineup with 20-year return performance

You would never have thought that just a few years again, Bryon Bay’s Bluesfest had announced it’s departure. Today the…

BABYMETAL announce headline Australian shows

Known for their commitment to high-octane choreography, soaring vocal work and brutal breakdowns, BABYMETAL are one of the heavy music…

RÜFÜS DU SOL to play an exclusive DJ Set at iconic Melbourne venue this month

Melbourne get ready for a night of total music immersion as Australian EDM royalty, RÜFÜS DU SOL take over the…

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…

Want to perform at Festival of Sails? The Emerging Artists Series is back for 2026!

Calling all up-and-coming musicians – the Festival of Sails is back another sun-soaked year of sailing and song on the…

Wolfmother to play intimate pub show in Torquay

Get your skinny neckties, bell bottoms and tailored suede jackets out – Wolfmother are back and cruising down to 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…

WOMAdelaide drop tantalising first lineup featuring Yothu Yindi, Marlon Williams, and Obongjayar

Celebrating it’s 29th edition, WOMADelaide has today revealed the first 49 artists set to delight audiences across the long weekend…

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…

Strap in for a spooky start to the weekend with The Bar Colac

Ever heard of Scary-oke? It’s not when the singing is so horrible it sounds like a screeching scene from a…

Beloved festival unexpectedly slams back into Barwon Club this summer

The team at Priority Bookings put a pin in ever putting on another Summer Slam – a festival that saw…

SummerSalt bring out confident coastal rockers, Ocean Alley, for five sun-soaked shows

Sand-side spots across Australia’s coastline will be lively with the cruisy and cool tunes from Ocean Alley. Under the SummerSalt…

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…

 

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