From The Veronicas to The Amity Affliction, here are the best upcoming Australian gigs and festivals you can’t miss

Fellow live music lovers, we’ve missed out on way too many gigs, concerts and festivals over the last year. Now…

Win tickets, glamping and a helicopter ride to Loch Hart Music Festival when it returns to the Great Ocean Road this November

Loch Hart Music Festival has announced its summer return to southwest Victoria with the launch of a competition giving festivalgoers…

Spring Loaded adds new shows, bringing a bunch of ’90s alt-rock favourites to Sidney Myer Music Bowl this year

Aussie alt-rock festival Spring Loaded has landed, making its explosive debut at Sydney’s On The Lawn at Royal Randwick last…

NYD festival Let Them Eat Cake announces 2022 return to Werribee Mansion

After being forced to take 2021 off because of you know who, Let Them Eat Cake has announced its return for 2022,…

Apollo Bay’s boundary-pushing dark arts festival, WinterWild, returns this August

Far from your average festival, WinterWild is returning to Apollo Bay this August, igniting the Otways with an immersive, boundary-pushing…

Geelong’s alternative one-day music festival ‘Melted’ returns for 2021 

After such success in its first year, Victoria’s newest heavy and alternative music festival, Melted Festival, will return to the Barwon Club Hotel this year.

Good Times is the new two-day music and arts festival coming to the banks of the Murray

Upon the banks of the Murray in the quaint township of Tocumwal on the New South Wales side of the…

Music as a healing hand, Kyle Lionhart takes on Byron Bay to discuss sustaining wellbeing with music

Byron Bay has a brand new festival coming to town, boasting a fully local lineup headlined by Kyle Lionhart, Wolfmother and Hayley…

Splendour in the Grass goes virtual with world-first extended reality festival, Splendour XR

Splendour in the Grass has just announced its new venture, Splendour XR – a world-first extended reality festival set to…

Portarlington’s National Celtic Festival has been cancelled for 2021

Just when we thought we had moved on from the festival cancellations in Victoria, COVID rears its ugly head and…

Jimmy Barnes, The Living End and Killing Heidi lead Werribee’s One Electric Day Festival

Melbourne’s sing-along favourite One Electric Day Festival is back this year and it’s bringing along a truly iconic all-Aussie lineup…

Dark Mofo announces 2021 program, featuring Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore, the Winter Feast and a nude solstice swim

After having to cancel its 2020 event due to COVID-19, Dark Mofo makes its return in 2021, promising another eccentric…

Time to plan your next winter weekend escape, the Woodend Winter Arts Festival returns to the Macedon Ranges

This year’s iteration of Macedon Ranges’ annual Woodend Winter Arts Festival has been extended to encompass all three winter months,…

A massive two-day ska music festival is going down just outside of Colac later this year

The lineup for a massive ska music festival has just been announced. After hosting their 2020 event at The Espy…

Sweetfest is Geelong’s newest free festival featuring a killer all-female lineup

There are women smashing the glass ceiling every damn day of the year, and while the music industry has moved…

With its most impressive lineup to date, Meadow Festival 2021 felt just like home

What an absolute pleasure it was making our way back to Bambra for the seventh instalment of Meadow (FKA By…

Melbourne’s PBS Radio Festival is back this May, calling for community support to rebuild their station

Themed ‘Make It Home’, PBS 106.7FM has announced the return of its annual Radio Festival from Monday May 17 until…

BIGSOUND announces 2021 return to Fortitude Valley, focusing on a new future for the music industry

After being forced to present last year’s event digitally, Brisbane’s annual music conference BIGSOUND is set to return to Fortitude…

Good news, the beloved Queenscliff Music Festival is “100% committed” to going ahead in 2021

Queenscliff Music Festival (QMF) will be doing everything it can to go ahead on the last weekend of November in 2021. In a…

Portarlington’s National Celtic Festival returns, unveiling the first look at its 2021 lineup

In some refreshingly positive news for the region, the National Celtic Festival has announced its return for 2021, transforming the…

Yours & Owls Festival is on this weekend, and there’s less than 200 tickets left

Going down over the weekend of April 17 – 18 at Wollongong’s Thomas Dalton Park, Yours & Owls will be…

The return of music festivals and what it means for regional towns in Victoria

Each year and no matter the weather, Aussies road trip down the Great Ocean Road for Falls Festival or book…

New festival Winter Sounds is taking to Daylesford’s most beloved heritage venues this July

Relax, soak away your stresses and bliss out to top Australian artists with a weekend in Victoria’s spa capital this…

Josh Teskey, Ash Grunwald and Benny Walker lead Good Times, the new festival from the team behind Strawberry Fields

There’s a new festival coming this winter. In June, Good Times Festival will see the sleepy, historic town of Tocumwal transformed into an old-timey carnival….

 

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