A Tool tribute night is coming to Ballarat

For fans of Tool, Third Eye is throwing a whole evening dedicated to the band.

Stamp Out And About: It’s called personal space

A wise person once said “we can throw shapes together, but it doesn’t mean you’re in my circle”. Ok, it’s from ‘You Don’t Know Me’ by Jax Jones. Not quite the Frida Kahlo of our generation, but they have a point.

Tech to sell your wares

For many of us, selling a t-shirt or two for $10 may be the difference between heading to that gig on Friday night or getting an extra drink after work.

Looking Good on a Student Budget

Student life is perpetually difficult. We’ve all envied that one classmate that always manages to be wearing a shiny new outfit every day; meanwhile you’re wearing your grey trackies for the third day in a row and still haven’t finished that assignment. Never fear! Forte is here to tell you how you can afford to look good without having to break into your Europe savings.

World Sideshow Festival, a one of a kind sideshow celebration

It’s not often that the town of Ballarat becomes host to elite circus and sideshow artists from around the world.

Melbourne’s biggest psytrance partiers are throwing an event in Geelong

Geelong is set to get its biggest psytrance party thanks to Contact High – Melbourne’s largest party-makers of the genre.

Ballarat Blog #663

Rain, rain and more rain, which is good for our farmers, but crikey, you could have almost done a belly whacker down Sturt Street recently after a massive downpour!

We Chat With Julia Zemiro Ahead Of RocKwiz Live

When you stop and consider everything that typically goes into a tour, it actually seems like a pretty tough gig. Imagine if, for your work, you had to ride around regional Australia with, say, Greg from marketing or Susan from accounts, living in each others’ pockets. It’d be miserable. The only way it’d work is if you got on with them famously.

Grounds of Society, the newest coffee haunt with a traditional charm

With every café comes its own identity and its own mood within the surrounding community – and the newest identity on the scene is Grounds of Society who are imparting their very own personality into the streets of Geelong.

Eyota Clothing

Born out the the beachside oasis of Torquay in 2015, Eyota Clothing was the beginning of a dream for affordable and free spirited clothing.

Juggernort Geelong

Juggernort is Geelong’s freshest lifestyle and fashion store for both men’s and women’s clothing and accessories.

Nevermind

Nevermind is a shop like no other.

SUKii Store

When it comes to luxe fashion and lifestyle store SUKii, everything is carefully selected with an emphasis on finding quality items previously not on offer in the region.

Venus Flytrap

Located on level 1 of Market Square Shopping Centre, Venus Flytrap stocks a unique collection of vintage inspired fashion jewellery, accessories and clothing.

Touch of Eden

Touch of Eden is one of the longest standing total skin and body centre in Geelong with 18 years in the business.

Gisu Beauty Therapy 

For a decade Gisu Beauty Therapy has been offering high quality treatments to its clients at affordable prices.

Review: Ali Barter

Working through tracks new and old, Ali Barter headed to Geelong for her first real headline show in town.

Harry Jakamarra on his times on the road, his upcoming EP and a fascination with Indian slide-guitar

Harvesting his skills in song writing, banjo and guitar, Harry Jakamarra has also developed a fascination with Indian classical slide-guitar. The result being a truly raw and unique sound, which many describe as ‘Gothic-Australiana’.

Northlane on their most emotionally vulnerable release yet

The writing and recording of an album can often be quite a cathartic relief for a band, with many acts renting a house for a period of time to ensure minimal outside distraction in their creative experience.

Grampians Grape Escape: the wine and food festival for the people

The event has been running from April 1, leading up to the official festival weekend on May 6 and 7. While the expo with over 100 food and wine artisans is a highlight itself, we’ve run down a few events not to miss.

Geelong musician Janeva releases nostalgic first clip for You & I

After recently having her track ‘You & I’ played on triple j, Geelong musician JANEVA has released a new music video for the electronic RnB song.

Victoria to include live music in new anti-scalping legislation

The State Government has just proposed plans to extend its Major Sporting Events Act to protect music fans from scalpers.

Melbourne wins bid to host international Music Cities Convention in 2018

Melbourne’s status as a global music city is now set in stone, winning a bid to host a major international music conference in 2018.

Holy Holy announce The Money Way + Machine Age as supports for Geelong show

Heading to Geelong in a few months time.

 

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