There’s a new music festival coming to Geelong next year – and the city wants you to get involved

Earlier this year we received news of a new music festival making its way to Victoria in 2022 Surround Sounds…

Filled with sharp songwriting and colourful beats, Ariki drops futuristic EP ‘Milkgang Vol 1’

Delivering an edgy, genre-defying sound that combines experimental electronic with hyper-pop and post-hardcore, Aoteroa-based producer Ariki Perana is cementing his…

Smoking Martha unleash new album ‘Universe’ and soulfully capture the hard-rock listeners of Australia

Brisbane rock band Smoking Martha has just released their high energy sophomore album Universe. The album comes after two shoulder…

In a festival-ready region, Raglan Presents is bringing Warrnambool’s live music scene back to life 

Pressure washing floors for an entire weekend isn’t everybody’s idea of a good time, but the members of boutique festival…

Celebrating 40 years in 2022, the Cygnet Folk Festival is worth a trip to Tassie this summer

More than just the state of mouth-watering cheese, MONA, mind-blowing national parks, delicious wine and a Dutch-inspired tulip farm, Tasmania…

Clara Fable drops gothic dance track collab to get us out of lockdown and on the dancefloor

LGBTQIA+ singer/songwriter Clara Fable toys with entirely new and exciting sounds in her JaySounds collaborative track ‘Escape.’ After spending most…

The Aireys Inlet Open Mic Music Festival announces its return for 2022

Good news for all the local musicians, one of the biggest open mic festivals is back. Returning for its 15th…

Crowded House announce their first Australian tour in 12 years

The legendary Crowded House are coming back to Australia in 2022 in what will be their first visit in 12…

Tropical Fuck Storm to premiere feature film ‘Goody Goody Gumdrops’ in Castlemaine this month

Described as “82 mins you’ll never get back”, Melbourne’s Tropical Fuck Storm will premiere their feature-length film Goody Goody Gumdrops…

From The Seven Ups to Parkway Drive, here’s a list of the best gigs to hit up in the Geelong, Ballarat and Bendigo region this December

Cor blimey, where did the year go? It feels like just yesterday when 2021 brought out the sun, shining bright…

FEASTIVAL Falls Creek is the new music, arts, and culture event coming to Victoria in February 2022

Add FEASTIVAL Falls Creek to your calendars, because this is another one of the exciting festivals scheduled in Victoria’s post-restriction…

From tradie to symphony orchestras, Tim Rogers prepares to give his Performance of a Lifetime

There are iconic moments in history where artists give the performance of a lifetime – look to Michael Jackson premiering…

Splendour In The Grass announces complete lineup for 2022

Splendour In The Grass is locked in and going ahead in 2022, today revealing the enormous lineup with nearly 100…

Melbourne singer-songwriter Hui. brings heart-wrenching layers of sonics to debut EP 

Surging with atmospheric indie-pop acoustic guitars and delicately entwined vocal melodies, Melbourne (Naarm)-based singer-songwriter Hui. (the solo project of multi-instrumentalist…

Dannii Minogue joins the lineup for the MSO’s Performance of a Lifetime: LIVE concert

Celebrating the end of lockdown, the return of live music to Melbourne for the summer and the resilience and community…

Kylie Auldist to headline Funk’n’Fest, the new summer music festival heading to Ballarat in 2022

Victoria has a new festival to look forward to in the summer of next year as Ballarat Funk’n’Fest has announced…

Pitch Music & Arts Festival unveils huge 2022 lineup with Denis Sulta, Floating Points, Skin On Skin

Just days after Pitch Music & Arts announced they will be returning to their original camping format on March Labour…

‘As the Cocky Flies’ is the new blues and roots live music and circus tour hitting regional Victoria

From the passionate team who for the last four years have delivered the widely celebrated regional festival A Hitch to…

Groovin The Moo returns to Bendigo in 2022

Time to mark it in next years diaries music lovers – Groovin The Moo (GTM) is back. After two years…

Hiatus Kaiyote, Methyl Ethel, Tropical Fuck Storm lead the lineup for Meadow 2022

Rounding out the highly-anticipated festival announcements for November, cherished Victorian surf coast festival Meadow has just lifted the lid on…

“We’re taking it to the next level”: Papa Smurf to close NYD Festival Let Them Eat Cake 2022

Giovanni Polizzi, the bravura behind Papa Smurf, emerged from Melbourne’s burgeoning rave culture in the 1990s to become one of…

Lime Cordiale bring touring festival The Squeeze to Geelong for a day on the green in 2022

Prepare your picnic blanket Geelong, ARIA Award winners for Best Live Act Lime Cordiale have rallied together some of their…

Drenched in sunlight and tropical beats, Watermelon Boy releases new album ‘101 Tropical Hits from Cosmic Space’

Reminiscent of an island beach party, boasting dancefloor-ready beats, semi-fictional character and ‘ambassador to the Space Tropics’ Watermelon Boy is…

Piano Bar is bringing free live music back to Little Malop Street with ‘Laneway Jazz’

The last few weeks have been pretty amazing in regional Victoria. Life has returned to the city centres; restaurants have…

 

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