A massive blues festival is taking over Barwon Club today with more than 10 acts

In a one-off, never to be repeated event, the Summertime Blues & Roots Festival is a celebration of the past, present and future of Geelong’s music scene with some of the best blues and roots acts in town.

Suzi Quatro on her return to the stage

When rock legend Suzi Quatro said goodbye to Australian audiences back in early 2015, she thought she was ready to hang up her iconic leather jumpsuit for good – but she was wrong.

Mat McHugh set for Victoria shows

Independent musician, multi-instrumentalist, producer and vocalist Mat McHugh is coming our way on his ‘High Up! Summer Tour’.

Too Heavy To Hug #655

Another year is upon us and with it comes a whole swag of new albums to get into. Whilst still early, confirmed releases for January include releases from Pain Of Salvation, Once Human, a Witchmaster/Voidhanger split album, Emmure, Boris The Blade, Kreator, and the Sepultura box set entitled The Roadrunner Albums 1985 – 1996.

Stamp Out And About: It’s Time For A Do Over

Hello 2017, you sexy, promising new year you. Your younger sibling was a complete brat. Sergeant Slug of the Fun Police. We had major trust issues with 2016 and couldn’t swipe left quick enough.

British India

Before the four buddies – formerly of St Bede’s College – head overseas for a well-earned break, Melbourne’s British India are preparing to hit the road again for a handful of very special shows. “We just want people to come out and get excited – these shows are going to be like one big party,” says their affable front man Declan Melia.

Culzean are playing Barwon Club this month after more than two years

The band’s last show was in Melbourne back in July, 2014.

A Golden Gaytime pop-up shop is coming to Melbourne

Australia’s favourite ice cream is opening a pop-up store in Melbourne, bringing six brand new flavours with it.

Lola Heart is back in Oz, and Geelong Hotel are throwing one hell of a welcome home party

UNO Danceclub on Yarra Street are hosting one hell of a homecoming party for their fave DJ, Lola Heart this Saturday.

Babylon Festival adds more artists to its ever-growing lineup

The latest electronic music escape has just dropped its second round of artists to join the already tremendous bill.

Falls Music Festival 2016/17

2016 was filled with hype, controversy, tragedy, many hits and a few misses. Thankfully, mine ended with a high for my first Falls Music Festival experience, and Lorne did not disappoint. The line-up boasted the very best artists, the weather was wet, windy and scorching hot, and it was a true celebration of making it through one helluva year.

The Limiñanas

Marie and Lionel Limiñana are the duo taking psychedelic garage pop to the next level. Singing in both English and French, these guys echo the 60’s French pop and the fuzzy darkness of American art rock.

The Dream That Paid Off

For friends Lauren Green and Tanayah Smith, the possibility of starting a business together began with a phone call from the other side of the world. “[Loz] rang me when she was in South America and said, ‘We need to do something’,” Tanayah, affectionately known as Tee, says.

Study Sound at Oxygen College

Oxygen College is all set for a huge 2017 with all of their courses, again, quickly filling to capacity. Oxygen College offers full time courses in Music Performance, Visual Arts, Photography and in Sound Production with the next intake kicking off in February.

Secret location for debut boutique festival, Pitch Music + Arts, revealed

Announcing its debut line up late last year, Pitch Music & Arts festival is quickly approaching its first event.

Legendary garage duo Magnetix to stop by Ballarat on debut Australian tour

Magnetix are packing their bags and heading our way for their first ever Aussie tour.

A burger bash is going down in Melbourne this weekend

There’s no lie, burgers are damn delicious, and there are few things in life we like more than a good burger.

NightJar Festival

The NightJar Independent Artists festival kicked off in Torquay this month for its seventh year.

Ballarat Blog #655

Happy New Year to everyone! Hope the festive season was an enjoyable time and let’s hope 2017 brings some great artists to the region, and our local venues continue to thrive.

Hoo-gah Café

‘Hygge’ is among Collins Dictionary’s Top 10 words of 2016. The Danish well-being concept (pronounced HOO-gah) inspired the launch of a new foodie destination in Bendigo’s CBD.

Clowns

2016 saw Melbourne hard-core punks Clowns having the last laugh. They have spent the better part of the last two years touring the world on the back of their highly celebrated second LP Bad Blood, playing some of Europe’s biggest festivals and amassing a loyal fan base.

Hard rock duo The Hunted Crows are set to shred Ballarat a new one

Good news comes that the band are heading back into Forte territory.

Five regional acts to watch in 2017

Here’s a small look at the acts we’ll be keeping our eye on this year – you should too.

There’s a new Italian restaurant in Lorne and it looks delicious

Celebrating all things Italian, Nino is the newest restaurant to open in Lorne.

 

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