Get Down at Suttons

Ballarat’s Suttons House of Music has a few treats coming your way. The great Geoffrey Williams performs tomorrow night, October…

Melbourne Music Bank: The Final Four

Here are the final four Melbourne Music Bank finalists. We have a chat to the artists in the last stage of competing for the chance to break into the music industry.

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds announce Ballarat as part of Skeleton Tree Tour

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds will bring their acclaimed new album, Skeleton Tree, to Australia and New Zealand in January – with Ballarat included on the list.

Bendigo Blues & Roots Music Festival

Escape to Bendigo for a weekend of live blues and roots music. Held across four days, the Bendigo Blues & Roots Music Festival returns for its sixth year, with hundreds of local and independent performances and workshops across more than 40 of Bendigo’s best live music venues and public spaces.

Port Fairy Folk Festival add even more acts to 2017 bill

The four-day music festival have today released a third announcement of national and international acts to hit the stage in March 2017.

Arriving as a brand new camping festival, Pitch Music & Arts Festival is getting things right from the get-go with a killer international lineup

Arriving as a brand new camping festival, Pitch Music & Arts Festival is getting things right from the get-go with a killer international lineup.

Eastern Promises A Massive Weekend

The Eastern in Ballarat has a huge Friday and Saturday coming your way. Friday October 28, they’ve put together a…

The new festival offering rad tunes, good times and an equal line up

With a barn and a dream Emma Tatnall has brought a new exciting music festival to life. RadFest is a music festival coming to Toolleen (near Bendigo) on November 5-6 for the first time.

The Monkeywrench supergroup to headline River Rocks

US-based supergroup The Monkeywrench featuring members of Mudhoney, U-Men, Gas Huffer, Big Boys, Poison 13 & Lubricated Goat, are set to make their Australian debut next month.

The Living End lock in massive Geelong show

Following on from their #5 ARIA chart album Shift, released in May this year, The Living End are hitting the road and heading into regional Australia.

Anthony Fantano: A glimpse into his views of online meme culture and the music industry

Anthony Fantano, also known as ‘The Needle Drop’ and ‘The world’s busiest music nerd’, will be gracing down under yet again to deliver a speech at this year’s leg of Face The Music – Melbourne’s annual music industry conference.

Salmon Guts Reunited For The Otways

At the end of the month, Salmon Guts will be playing a handful of shows to raise money for the devastating loss of the Otways’ bushfires and landslides that occurred over the last 12 months.

Maldon Folk Festival Guide

The Maldon Folk Festival has been going for more than four decades, and it still offers festival goers a legendary folk experience across 12 venues over four days. With an abundance of music, dance and theatre, there’s no reason not to see what it’s all about.

Radiohead announced for Glastonbury festival and we wish flights to England weren’t so expensive

For one of the most wishlist-able festivals in the world, it seems like everyone sits around waiting to see what artists make the Glastonbury line up.

New Charity Single Raising Awareness of Youth Cancer

In a powerful new music video created by STA Travel, and UK-based hip-hop band, ‘Along Came Shifty’, the impact of cancer is highlighted in an effort to ensure no young person faces cancer alone.

Missy Higgins on taking the next challenge

A lot has happened to get Missy Higgins to where she is now. And there was a very good chance the Missy we’ve been reacquainted with, wasn’t going to make her return to the industry.

Gawurra and spreading the love through music

Following in the steps of well-known indigenous artist, Gurrumul, Gawurra (also known as Stanley Gawurra Gaykamangu) is creating a snapshot of Australia and sharing the story of his home town with the world.

Nathan Seeckts To Perform in Geelong

Songman Nathan Seeckts is putting the year’s remaining time to good use by showing off his third EP, A Man Possessed.

Melbourne Zoo Twilights Reveal Huge 2017 Lineup

Melbourne Zoo Twilights have announced a jam-packed 2017 lineup.

Face The Music Reveal Huge 2016 Program

We are officially entering the home stretch until music industry summit Face The Music returns to Melbourne, and now organisers have dropped their biggest list of speakers and live showcases yet.

More than 20 music venues awarded grants totalling $279,897

Twenty-six venues music venues across Victoria have been recipients of grants totalling $279,897 as part of the Victorian Government’s new Good Music Neighbours program.

Richie Ramone – The Solo Project

There are eight musicians in history who have been privileged enough to have an alias last name of ‘Ramone’. Of those, Richie Ramone is one of the surviving members and is hitting the road flat out playing his new solo punk-rock project.

The full Golden Plains 2017 line up is out and it is glorious

As soon as Neil Finn was announced for the 2017 stint of Golden Plains, things were looking up. And then when The Specials were added we couldn’t get tickets quick enough.

Finalists revealed for Melbourne Music Bank 2016

Following the brilliant crop of talent that applied for this year’s Melbourne Music Bank, whittling it down to a final four couldn’t have been an easy task. However, the public has now come to a decision.

 

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