Provenance Wines are hosting weekly Vino and Vinyl nights in October

Whether it’s Friday night with the girls, date night or the weekly work-knock-offs, this promises to be an absolute treat!

Industry updates from Music Victoria – September

This State We’re In…

Grinspoon are getting started with their Chemical Hearts tour

The ‘Chemical Hearts’ tour will mark the release of Grinspoon’s ‘Chemical Hearts’ Vinyl, a greatest hits LP delivering some of the Grinners best tracks on some hot wax, but interestingly enough, some of the bands biggest songs and undoubtedly fan favourites, never actually made the charts.

Thirsty for Lime Cordiale

Fresh off a plane from sunny Europe where they provided some serious wanderlust envy with their Instagrammable summer glows and Spanish street performances, Sydney siblings, Lime Cordiale, touch back down in Australia preparing for their high-demand ‘Robbery’ AU and NZ tour, festival season, and the release of a new single on 20 September.

VIDEO PREMIERE: Miles Recommends – Keep It Warm

Miles Recommends isn’t a name you’ll soon forget; the Melbourne five-piece have blended the genres of pop, rock, blues, and even some pop, so create a crunchy, bluesy brooding sound on their latest single ‘Keep it Warm’.

Loch Hart Music Festival brings out the best of the Victorian surfcoast

The regional festival returning to the small scenic town of Princetown this Summer for its second edition, where the vibe will be chill, the music will be infectious and the scenery will inspire.

Pixies Get Eerie on Beneath The Eyrie

With all of the elements in place to hit the mark on gothic rock with the Pixies classic twist, ‘Beneath The Eerie’ certainly delivers, achieving everything the band wanted to going into their 9th album.

Bendigo Au Go Go #18

Bendigo stalwarts Midweek Blues have spent a busy winter in the studio – and they are preparing to unleash the results in the coming months.

Lambys Tavern Grand Final Marathon

For those that want more than the AFL’s entertainment of Paul Kelly, Dean Lewis and Tones & I, Lambys has four huge nights of fun lined up.

Twenty years on, Birregurra Festival and Art Show continues to place community life at the heart

They say a gold coin doesn’t get you all that much in life anymore, but in the Birregurra Festival and Art Show world, it gains you access to the whole weekend of entertainment.

It’s All Gravy with Blue Velvet

Following the release of their 2018 EP “A Lesson in Regression”, 2019 now sees Sydney indie-pop band Blue Velvet entering…

River Rocks Rehab is back for 2019

For the third consecutive year, River Rocks Rehab will run on the Sunday of the Festival.

The News with Boy & Bear

After several years away, fans aren’t the only ones counting down the days until their return.

Sneaky Sound System, Kim Churchill and The Kite Machine unveiled for Great Australian Beer Festival Geelong

GABF overflows with fun, from the moment you set hands on your tasting glass, ‘til the time you’re tipping back your last beer of the day.

Ruel, The 1975 and Ocean Alley announced for Laneway 2020

You know it and we know it, it’s gonna be the hottest ticket in town.

UNIFY Gathering has just unleashed a monster lineup for 2020

It’s a serious humdinger.

Music Victoria are Cultivating the Careers of Women in the Music Industry for another year

Returning for its second instalment, Music Victoria’s Cultivate Program aims to grow the careers of established women, and those who identify as women, already working within the contemporary music sector, developing their skills to take them into senior and leadership positions.

The Australian Women in Music Awards finalists have been revealed

Girls, girls, girls!

Local artists Momoko Rose and Nathan Seeckts awarded the Queenscliff Music Festival 2019 Emerging Artist Grant

Thanks to QMF, these artists have been awarded $5,000 each to assist with their forthcoming recording, live show and video projects this year alongside a live slot on this year’s stages.

Weird Place announces biggest festival lineup to date

Their aim is to bring together the most exciting up and coming bands from around Australia in one venue.

Flow Festival is coming to Footscray

A unique one-day festival celebrating the communal exchange of aural and kinetic energy.

Traffik Island is heading to Loch Hart Music Festival

Courtesy of another musical polymath in the Flightless Records family, Traffik Island is the off-kilter project from ORB’s Zak Olsen, and boy is it good. We sit down with Zak for a chat about music, music and more music.

Up close with Nashville’s Leo Rondeau

Catch Leo at Pistol Pete’s Food n Blues, Geelong – September 21, Major Tom’s, Kyneton – September 28 & Bridge Hotel, Castlemaine – September 29.

Birregurra Festival and Art Show returns this weekend

They say a gold coin doesn’t get you all that much in life anymore, but in the Birregurra Festival and Art Show world it gains you access to the whole weekend of entertainment.

 

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