One to watch: Mallrat is heading to Ballarat this winter

Since releasing her Uninvited EP to acclaim worldwide (which garnered more than 5 million Spotify listens) Mallrat is heading to Ballarat.

Casey Donovan on her return to the music scene and letting her heart and soul bleed out through words

You may assume it’s a career comeback, but with the release of Casey Donovan’s new original single, ‘Lonely’ and a six track EP to follow, what really has returned is Donovan’s musical passion.

L.I.V.E – Raising awareness for Motor Neurone Disease

L.I.V.E. (Lukeys Independent Variety Entertainment) is an innovation of Surfcoast musician Lukey Luke and is his way of helping promote local artists and raise awareness for local charities.

Arockalypse 2017 returns with King of the North, The Stiffys, CHILD + more

The Loft, Warrnambool will host Arockalypse once again this Queen’s birthday weekend.

Total Control head to Castlemaine

You are still able to grab yourself a ticket or two to Total Control’s Castlemaine show at Theatre Royal on June 9.

Spend the long weekend at the Castlemaine Jazz Festival

The fourth annual Castlemaine Jazz Festival will heat things up across the Queen’s birthday weekend, June 9 through June 11.

Jeff Harwood on the Connecting Song Project and working alongside rock icon Adalita

Physician by day, muso by night; that’s the life of Jeff Harwood, one of three lucky musicians who were selected to be a part of the Connecting Song project – an initiative implemented by City of Greater Geelong with the aim of supporting up-and-coming acts.

Celebrate the Queen’s B’day with The Aston Shuffle

Well, so much for the lost art of the mixtape.

Ports: the Northern Ireland band on their upcoming trip down under

The Guinness will flow like wine when thousands descend on the township of Portarlington over the Queen’s Birthday weekend for the annual National Celtic Festival.

Illy set to headline Ballarat carpark festival as part of massive tour

In case you missed it, Illy is coming to town.

10 gigs around $15 to head to this weekend

With so many gigs set for this weekend, we thought we’d shine a light on some of the more accessible events to head to come when the weekend kicks off on Friday night.

King Gizzard’s Gizzfest to return for 2017

Springing the surprise of all surprises, King Gizzard & The Lizard just unveiled the return of Gizzfest with a cheeky Facebook post.

Crooked Colours Set To Return

They started with a bang before taking time off to hone their craft.

Fyansford Folk Festival Update

Due to unexpected circumstances the Fyansford Festival has been re-located with a new date and new name!

Music For The People is happening in Geelong this weekend

Sparked from an idea to fill a void in the online music world, best mates Liam Rowan and Broderic Jewson can now be identified as the names behind Music For The People.

Benny Walker on life in the country, a musical upbringing and no longer settling for ‘good enough’

Benny Walker was immersed in strong musical traditions of jazz, country and blues from a young age which ultimately lead him to become the versatile singer and songwriter with a passion for the land and the people that he is today.

San Cisco on their most mature effort yet

San Cisco have the indie-pop sound we all know and love, with their bright hooks, acoustic elements and electronic dance melodies – and far from losing their signature spark, San Cisco have returned to the scene in a big way.

Smoking Martha aren’t just another stereotypical female-fronted band

In Deep – the upcoming new release from Smoking Martha – has got everything you’d want from a rock band. It’s a scorcher and a refreshing one at that, joining the plethora of fantastic female-fronted releases out now.

Los Tones are heading to Ballarat alongside Crocodylus, The Yard Apes and Electric Mud

Following the release of Los Tones’ first album ‘PSYCHOTROPIC’ in 2014, the Sydney four-piece have been honing their ’60s inspired garage rock and are back with the new album, What Happened.

A new music and arts festival is coming to St Kilda and it’s well worth the trip

The Garden of Unearthly Delights, Australia’s biggest independently funded performing arts festival, is bringing its expertise to Melbourne this winter with MAP 57: St Kilda’s Winter Garden.

Good news Geelong, Dan Sultan is heading our way on a national tour

For the man who’s no stranger to G-town, he’s paying us all another visit.

Hoodoo Gurus & You Am I head to Bendigo

Hoodoo Gurus and You Am I go together like a horse and carriage. You can’t have one without the other.

My Friend the Chocolate Cake head to Ballarat

Tasty in name, delicious in sound, My Friend the Chocolate Cake recently released their eighth album, The Revival Meeting.

Music Slam is back for the Long Weekend

Music venues everywhere are trying to out-do each other across the Queen’s birthday weekend, and at Bendigo’s Music Man the next instalment of Music Slam will do its very best.

 

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