Mick Thomas heads to Torquay

Mick Thomas and the Roving Commission will take in Torquay’s Torquay Hotel on January 25.

Apollo Bay’s A Day in the Bay

As you would imagine, there will be plenty of things taking place come Australia Day. One gem is Apollo Bay’s A Day in the Bay.

Rainbow Serpent Festival Introduces Safe Space

With the Rainbow Serpent Festival set to arrive shortly, the good team have announced the introduction of ‘The Nest’, a safe space which will offer support services to women, trans and gender-diverse people experiencing harassment at the festival.

Music In The Vines: The community festival with a purpose

2017 will mark the second year of Macarthur’s local event Music In The Vines which celebrates all things art, music and wine. Returning after a massively successful debut year featuring Troy Cassar-Daley as the headliner, this year features a stellar line-up with the likes of Dean Ray, The Settlement and Jade Alice, among many others.

Wil Wagner announces intimate solo tour with three hometown shows

The Smith Street Band’s Wil Wagner will be heading out on an extensive solo jaunt throughout February.

Briggs’ record label is throwing a ‘Reclaim Australia Day’ party in Melbourne

House of Beige and Bad Apples Music are coming together for one big bash.

Patti Smith will play her last Australian show with Courtney Barnett in Melbourne

Slated to hit the country for Bluesfest, the legendary Patti Smith has locked in another sideshow – announcing her last ever Australian performance.

Negative Waves

As if the crew behind River Rocks couldn’t get any more awesome, they’ve come up with Negative Waves.

Pnau, Miami Horror, Young Franco + more lead Hot Dub Wine Machine lineup

Fresh from announcing the return of Hot Dub Wine Machine, the full lineup has now been revealed.

Client Liaison and Luke Millions are performing a show in Geelong

Australiana synth-pop warriors Client Liaison are taking a break from analysing their stocks and heading out on a huge national tour.

Red Hot Summer Tour

The Red Hot Summer Tour has outdone itself this year, serving up two line-ups that will tour regional Australia throughout the first few months of the year.

Leah Senior

The delicate voice, the stripped back folk tunes and an unassuming nature are the stand-out characteristics of Melbourne’s young songwriter Leah Senior.

Listen Out: CHILD

Forte chat to Melbourne outfit CHILD.

Gretta Ray and The Harpoons join City Calm Down for open-air Melbourne show

As if the previously announced City Calm Down show at Shimmerlands wasn’t already going to be great, they’ve gone and added two stellar acts to the bill.

We talked beer with a bunch of bands performing at Ballarat Beer Festival

We sat down with a few of the bands on the bill to talk all things beer-related.

Bendigo Blues Tram returns for 2017

The Blues Tram is back for 2017 and has two very talented acts making their Tram debut to kick start the year – Catfish Voodoo (duo) and William Alexander on Saturday January 21.

The Pretty Littles announced as supports for upcoming Geelong Living End gig

Melbourne band The Pretty Littles join The Bennies as supports for The Living End’s Geelong show.

Modern Divide to play Workers Club

After what was hopefully a joyous Christmas break, Modern Divide has opened for business in 2017.

The Jezabels & British India to grace Wool Exchange

The Wool Exchange Entertainment Complex has a couple of gigs coming your way, with The Jezabels set to hit the venue on January 19 and British India locked in for January 20.

We got a bunch of regional bands to pick their top 10 songs of 2016

We asked a few regional bands (who are all worth voting for) to pick their top 10, filled with some regional, many Victorian and national acts.

Vanessa Fernandez on her new sound, being a mum and performing at Sunset Sounds

Melbourne’s own songstress Vanessa Fernandez has had a very busy year, playing gigs all over the place, writing new music and all whilst raising her newborn second child Sam.

Sam Hanson on his live EP launch, new band and discovery of Cards Against Humanity

Forté chat to award winning soloist Sam Hanson, set to introduce his latest EP ‘Contagious’ live with his new band 10 HIGH FLY this month.

Deer Prudence bring the folk resurgence to Bendigo

As we glide into 2017 leaving a chaotic 2016 behind, the eloquent folk ringing from Melbourne duo Deer Prudence’s guitars is just the soothe we need.

Legends John Farnham, Shannon Noll, Daryl Braithwaite + more head to Ballarat

This month music icon and all-round legend John Farnham takes to Ballarat on January 28.

 

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