Apollo Bay’s boundary-pushing dark arts festival, WinterWild, returns this August

Far from your average festival, WinterWild is returning to Apollo Bay this August, igniting the Otways with an immersive, boundary-pushing…

Record Store Day is landing once again this weekend – here’s where to celebrate

Annual vinyl event Record Store Day returns this weekend, kicking off a two-day celebration of Australia’s booming indie record store…

Kasey Chambers and Busby Marou brings ‘Behind The Barricades’ tour to Geelong and Bendigo

Kasey Chambers and Busby Marou will bring their stunning mateship to the stage, for a joint tour that will take…

Ziggy Alberts, Hockey Dad and British India announced for upcoming gigs on the Surf Coast

Despite the recent lockdown and ever-changing restrictions, we’ve had a bit to look forward to with a slew of artists…

Geelong’s alternative one-day music festival ‘Melted’ returns for 2021 

After such success in its first year, Victoria’s newest heavy and alternative music festival, Melted Festival, will return to the Barwon Club Hotel this year.

Good Times is the new two-day music and arts festival coming to the banks of the Murray

Upon the banks of the Murray in the quaint township of Tocumwal on the New South Wales side of the…

Music as a healing hand, Kyle Lionhart takes on Byron Bay to discuss sustaining wellbeing with music

Byron Bay has a brand new festival coming to town, boasting a fully local lineup headlined by Kyle Lionhart, Wolfmother and Hayley…

Melbourne folk icons The Maes challenge heteronormativity in sweet new track ‘Make A Baby’

For a song imagined “absentmindedly whilst driving”, The Maes’ new track ‘Make A Baby’ tugs at heartstrings in a simple…

Alternative-pop duo Goldfynch make their debut with cinematic self-titled album

Every now and then, a music act comes along offering something a little different, outside the usual genre markers. Think…

Splendour in the Grass goes virtual with world-first extended reality festival, Splendour XR

Splendour in the Grass has just announced its new venture, Splendour XR – a world-first extended reality festival set to…

Portarlington’s National Celtic Festival has been cancelled for 2021

Just when we thought we had moved on from the festival cancellations in Victoria, COVID rears its ugly head and…

The Geelong Arts Centre’s livestream performances return, bringing the sounds of Lash 78, Ella Hooper and Tripod into homes this week

With the cancellation of all scheduled performances and events and the temporary closure of its building once again, the Geelong…

Artists you should get to know as part of National Reconciliation Week

This week is National Reconciliation week. From the 27th of May to June 3rd, all Australians are encouraged to come…

Valhalla is hosting a three-day dark beer and blues music festival

Appealing to those that love a decadent dark beer with a side of blues music.

The Spaghetti Stains on their debut album, using their platform for good, and their next stages as a group

The Spaghetti Stains are an unstoppable force. Their original blend of surf-rock, indie and lo-fi has garnered them fans from…

Melbourne’s Oceans blends shoegaze and electronic soundscapes in debut EP, ‘Come So Far’

Delivering a majestic dreamy stroll through the love, loss and letting go of the past, Melbourne artist Oceans is transporting…

Hollow Coves share their favourite places to visit in Australia

Renowned for their passion for travel and observing the world and garnering a huge following for their captivating acoustic melodies…

The Stained Daisies unleash perfectly chaotic, funk-rock filled EP ‘Jazz Club’

Hot on the heels of their debut LP I Love You So Much, released late last year, Melbourne/Naarm-based rockers The Stained Daisies’…

Catch some of the best live, local artists around Geelong with the latest series of free street gigs

From right now until the end of June, Geelong is being treated to a series of live gigs by local…

Gold Haus: Events brand dishing out Melbourne’s best new dance parties

With humble beginnings appeasing mates with a dance party for the mere fun of it, to a genuinely serious events…

Braithwaite, Jones, Morris, Thistlethwayte: Rock supergroup The Fabulous Caprettos to grace Geelong Arts Centre

Sure, Rock’ n Roll is far past its golden age. A page has been turned on those days. But still,…

My Chemical Romance are finally coming to Australia

This one is for all the black-eyeliner-loving millennials everywhere, quintessential sad boys of punk My Chemical Romance has finally revealed…

Geelong’s Ghost Orchid unveil stunning debut single ‘Jade Vine’

Ghost Orchid is a new acoustic duo hailing from Geelong who has today unveiled their stunning debut single, ‘Jade Vine’….

Nick Batterham’s ‘Lovebirds’ features a soaring chamber orchestra and ethereal vocals

The creative mind behind Blindside, Cordrazine and The Earthmen, Nick Batterham has just released ‘Lovebirds’, his sixth solo studio album….

 

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