Anglesea Music Festival Early Bird Tickets

It’s time for people to get excited about the new look Anglesea Music Festival with early bird tickets to this year’s event being officially on sale now through the festival’s website. The early bird gets the cheapest tickets.

Something Smells Funny

Tickets remain for Jimmy Carr’s Geelong show at Costa Hall on January 29. Before discovering he was well-suited for comedy, Carr attended Cambridge University, graduating with a 2:1 degree in Political Science. According to his website, his ‘Funny Business’ tour will be: a) packed with jokes; b) rude and offensive; and c) a great night out. All of which you would want in a comedy gig.

I Love You Beer

It has come to the time when we can start looking ahead at what is coming up in 2016, and the Ballarat Beer Festival is definitely worth a mention. The festival will once again serve up a generous selection of craft beers, as well as information sessions on the brewing process and food matching.

Gilmore Girls…Is Returning

For the TV show that helped shape a generation as we watched the mother-daughter duo eat pizza together, fight and rock some seriously cool slogan tees, it’s taken it’s sweet time returning to our lives. Watching reruns just isn’t the same. Rumours are that Warner Bros have signed a deal with Netflix for a limited series of the show’s revival. How that will take place we are yet to see…

Falls Festival Playing Times

Time to grab a pen, pencil or whatever writing material closest to you and start circling what bands you want to see as the Falls Festival playing times are here. Consider it an early Christmas present from the Falls team.

Get to Melbourne, A$AP

A$AP Rocky will return to Australian shores early next year for a series of arena shows. The rapper released his sophomore full-length album AT.LONG.LAST.A$AP in May earlier this year.

Get Your Nutella Fix in Geelong

Nutella. Is there anything in life as perfect as the contents of this jar? We all love the chocolaty goodness it offers, and now we can love the wrapper that little bit more with Myer in Geelong giving customers the chance to personalise their Nutella jar wrapper.

Here We Go With Canary

Canary will make their Geelong debut at the Workers Club on November 6 in support of new single, ‘Here We Go’. The band formed back in 2007 when songwriter Matthew Kenneally had the audacity to have a beatboxing trumpet player and an eccentric violinist join him for a few songs in Northcote.

Riverboats Music Festival

Here it is, folks, the line-up for the 2016 Riverboats Music Festival. The lovely Missy Higgins leads the way at the festival’s fifth outing, along with the equally lovely You Am I.

The New Savages Play Some Pong

Trust me when we say this, this is one song you’re going to want to close your eyes to fully experience. But as soon you’ve done that, open them up and hit reply as The New Savages new clip to the track ‘Smokestack Lightnin” is officially out.

Let Them Eat Cake Line Up Additions

Let Them Eat Cake have revealed a star-studded bill of local electronic talent that will help them ring in 2016.

Art in the Rat

For a chance to see some of Australia’s leading celebrities depicted by some of the countries best artists, head down to the Archibald Prize at the Art Gallery of Ballarat. The exhibition will run until November 15, visit archibalballarat.com.au  for more information.

Beechworth's Green Touch

Festival season is well and truly in the air, and for those with a touch of green in your heart Beechworth’s annual Celtic Festival is for you. Unfortunately there was not a great deal of information available at the time of writing; however, apparently 2015 will bring with it a new format of entertainment and celebration in the Celtic spirit.

Bendigo Blues & Roots Festival

It’s time for one final big look at the Bendigo Blues & Roots Music Festival, set to take place across November 5, 6, 7 & 8.

San Cisco Live Review

You’d be hard pressed to find someone at the San Cisco gig without a smile on their face and a swagger in their walk. The band just have that uncanny ability to make people feel good. Taking to the stage over the weekend at the Wool Exchange Entertainment Complex with Major Leagues as their support, they left a room full of happy onlookers in their trail.

Good Enough to Eat

We’ve long loved local foodie business Natural Harry’s raw treats and delicious smoothies, but have you ever considered being able to make those too-good-they-feel-bad treats in the comfort of your home?

Not So Plain

How about that Golden Plains line-up, hey? What, you’re one of the three people who haven’t heard about it? Let me fill you in then.

Earthcore, Final Cut

If you haven’t seen it yet, the final cut video of earthcore 2015 is out and boy does it look like a fun time. Third release tickets are out and selling quick, so make sure you head along to this unique festival and really see the hills come alive with the pounding of music. Who knows, you may just make the next video. Visit www.earthcore.com.au for more info and tickets.

That's a GAFFA

If Guy Pearce is behind something, you know it’s a goodie. The GAFFAs, or the Gateways Short Film Contest, deadline is quickly approaching (November 6 to be exact) and they’re looking for budding film-makers or anyone who want to send in a film that showcases the untold story of the things those with a disability achieve in the community. First prize is a nifty $1000. Jump onto gateways.com.au for more information.

A Child of Mine

Once upon a time, Fremantle’s heavy nu-jazz quartet Kashikoi and electronic hip hop trio Child’s Play shared a bill together. ‘You’re a bit of alright’, said one to the other, a feeling that was reciprocated, and so they decided to collaborate.

Izzy Losi and the Auracles are Positive

As you may have heard through the grapevine, local gal Izzy Losi is reaching out to the people of Geelong. And it’s not because she is a handsy person, it’s because she wants them to be a part of her new EP. The band have just announced a Pozible campaign to help them on their way to creating a new EP. It marks a massive return for the band who have been quiet for the past few years, and if you love supporting local, talented musicians this is your chance: http://www.pozible.com/project/198952.

Beyond the Valley

When we said goodbye to the Pyramid Rock Festival, we perhaps didn’t think our little music hearts could love again. But then we met Beyond the Valley.

Bringin' the Community to Sydney

You know that guy on the community, the funny-sarcastic-older-button-up-wearer, Jeff Winger? Of course you do, well the real guy behind the character, Joel McHale, is heading to Sydney for one night only on November 7.

The Odyssey of VCE Film

Odyssey Film Festival is back for another year, giving further purpose to the films created during VCE studies in school and enabling the students to enjoy in the pleasure of it being on the big screen – and not just their teacher’s computer screen.

 

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