International artists added to the Queenscliff Music Festival 2017 lineup

Following on from two already impressive lineup announcements, the Queenscliff Music Festival 2017 has another brilliant batch of artists ready to drop.

Skinny Dippers cafe opens in Newtown

With a quirky name, this new state of the art cafe will be serving up quality, fresh and clean healthy food with of course… a brand new Slayer Coffee Machine using award winning Mikro Coffee Beans. You know it’s going to be good.

Hot Wings with a secret recipe of surf, soul, rockabilly and swinging guitar boogie instrumentals

With influences drawing far and wide from Les Paul, to Stevie Ray Vaughan and The Break to The Ventures, stellar guitarist Liz Sedman has carefully hand-picked a band to bring her new surfy, swingy, guitar boogie sounds to life – and does so without a vocalist.

Surfbeat: The guitarist with the ocean eyes

The Cruel Sea were an Aussie band that captivated audiences around Australia with a mix of funky surf guitar sounds and bass driven grooves.

Magic Bones Album Preview Tour

Who would have thought a mix of hardcore punk-rock with a ’60s infusion would be the ingredients to something wonderful… But for everyone at the Magic Bones concert, it was quite literally ‘music to their ears’.

Pulp 118

I’ve gone back to the decade of my birth to revisit a comic book classic – Spawn. Since its creation in 1992, Spawn has been a mainstay of the superhero landscape.

Fresh from Splendour, Sydney based up-and-comers Kinder are at UNO

No plans for your Saturday night? No sweat, Uno have you sorted with Kinder performing!

Music community mourns death of producer Tony Cohen

The Australian music community is in mourning as news broke that ARIA-winning producer and sound engineer Tony Cohen passed away in a Dandenong hospital this week. He was aged 60.

There’s a free gig experience going down with Tkay Maidza and Ego

Fusing beer with spirits & fruit, ROAM pairs harmonious flavours together and is excited to combine two powerhouses of creativity; Australia’s queen of electronic hip-hop, Tkay Maidza and leading visual artist EGO, to collaborate for this fusion of live music and art.

Audemia call it a day

Audemia most notorious rock band have called it a day, announcing their last ever gig going down later this month AND are giving their newest album away for free right now.

Adam Devine is bringing his live stand up show to Australia

Best known as a co-creator, writer and star of the hit Comedy Central show Workaholics, Adam Devine is a true funny man will bring his latest live stand up show Weird Life Tour to Australia early next year.

Dashboard Confessional Announce Australian Tour Dates

Returning down under for the first time in five years to play a trio of east coast dates in Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney.

Muse announce an Australian tour

Muse fans rejoice!

Neel Kolhatkar is set to share the love with regional Australia on his upcoming tour

There are few things in life that are better than a belly-achingly good laugh. So, if you don’t yet know the name Neel Kolhatkar, make sure to list it at the top of your things to do because he guarantees just that.

Shannon Noll and Running Touch to headline this years Oktoberfest in Geelong

Set to go down on Saturday October 28 at the Geelong Showgrounds, Aussie Shannon Noll and mysterious producer Running Touch lead the line-up, along with Sunshine and many more to come.

There’s a Donut Ice-Cream Burger Pop-Up happening this weekend

Donut, ice-Cream and burgers all have their place in our hearts and this weekend they will be uniting their powers with a collaborative pop-up between Dessert Parlour (Creators of the Melbourne Macaronut) and Dessert Kitchen.

Blo Out Before You Go Out

There’s a new bar in town.

Ms Bartronica is hosting a Buffy the Vampire Slayer trivia night

Whether you were on Team Angel or Team Spike, all that matter is your knowledge of the Watchers’ Council, demonology and witchcraft at this trivia battle of one of TV’s most legendary series.

Bad Luck Zizzy turns four

Join the team and cheers to a career of good times and great classics hits as they take over two floors of The Deck.

2 Chambers to host Justin vs Justin night

OLD takes on NEW with plenty of commercial RNB and Hip-Hop in between.

Tim Hulsman is throwing two free backyard gigs this month

Whether you are a new resident in Armstrong Creek, Warralilly, Mount Duneed or Grovedale, there is world class music at your doorstep on Sunday August 6 & 20.

Village Cinema is hosting a special screening of Embrace

Embrace is a documentary that follows body image activist Taryn Brumfitt’s crusade as she explores the global issue of body loathing, inspiring us to change the way we feel about ourselves and think about our bodies.

Geelong’s got a brand new charcoal pit

Opening early last month, Bobby Black is the newest eatery to join the Pako strip featuring Geelong’s very first Churassco Pit.

End the week in style with Bear and Bean

If you like cheese and you like wine (and why wouldn’t you?!) then you will love Bear and Bean’s Friday Wine and Cheeseboard nights.

 

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