Start packing your picnic the So Frenchy So Chic set times are here

It’s time to start packing that picnic basket of yours, as So Frenchy So Chic returns for another year this weekend and the set times are out.

Help Bendigo Blues and Roots Festival run for another year

The Bendigo Blues and Roots Festival has set up a GoFundMe page ahead of their annual fundraiser

An all ages fundraiser gig for mental health is happening this month in Geelong

The event is being organised by local Justyn Green in collaboration with Headspace.

A massive festival is hitting the Barwon Club this weekend ft The Pretty Littles, Two Headed Dog + more

Said to the first and last time the festival is set to run.

Connecting emerging songmakers to mentors

Connecting Song is the newest music mentorship program for emerging musicians in the Geelong region to further their skills. The project is part of the bi-annual Mountain to Mouth event and was made possible after being successful in receiving a grant of $11,000 from Creative Victoria’s Music Works grant program.

Geelong’s Best Busker Competition

In a bid to find the best street performers of Geelong, the Best Busker Competition was created. Uniting all of those with a taste for the stage, Forté chat to the organiser Steve Thew.

Hollie Smith on her love-hate relationship with music

The soul singer-songwriter from the depths of New Zealand, Hollie Smith has been making music for more than 20 years, and she is still as fresh, melodic and captivating as ever.

The Sugarcanes

If you have ever been to Meredith Music Festival, you will know that the Friday is one of the longest days you will ever experience. After setting up camp by 8am, you are left with a whole eight hours with nothing to do but drink beers and gradually ease into the stress free mindset of the festival. That is until 4pm when the music starts and you head down to the amphitheatre to be greeted by 10,000 happy faces.

New Year’s Eve events to attend to bring in 2017 right

Here are a few ways for you to bring in 2017 around the region.

More than 50 injured in crowd crush at Falls Festival in Lorne

It comes with sad news that last night following DMAs set at Falls Festival in Lorne more than 50 festival goers were injured in a crowd “stampede”.

Hey Mammoth

Female trio Hey Mammoth are the acoustic, folk band boasting edgy harmonies and inspired lyrics. Forté chat with Rosey, Matilda and Cam ahead of the new year!

The Dead Daisies: The American-Australian Supergroup

The Dead Daisies are the very definition of an international band.

The group’s members are scattered across the globe, and though they’re often called an Australian-American rock outfit, the truth is a little more muddied. Past members have lived on almost every continent on Earth, and the band’s current lead singer John Corabi – of Mötley Crüe fame – has called a range of countries home.

For those who missed out on a puppy for Christmas, at least the Dunies gifted us this

From the band that keeps on giving.

Here’s a list of upcoming music festivals you should be attending in Victoria

Below is a list of a few festivals you’ll be sure to find some of our staff attending.

Saskwatch, Alex Lahey and Clairey Browne lead Grampians Music Festival lineup

Take a trek out to the Grampians for this very tasty lineup of artists.

This State We’re In

G’day regional Victoria music fans.
Well, it’s been a big month for regional Victorian acts after they dominated various music awards around the country.

Guest Edit: Big Words

Big Words are the Melbourne based four piece creating their own style of a hip hop influenced hybrid of soul and RNB, combined with an uncommon collaboration of genres making these guys one of a kind. Ahead of their upcoming gig at Beyond The Valley, the guys have Forté their ultimate festival line-ups.

Forté’s Guide to Beyond The Valley

Deck yourself out in the best festival gear, find your tent and start packing the car – Beyond The Valley is back again for round three! Running over the New Year’s weekend, thousands are expected to overtake Lardner Park to check out this musical paradise.

The Australian Institute of Music: Your Pathway into Entertainment Management

Breaking into the music industry is always a challenge. Because of this, and the increasing interest of music as a profession, The Australian Institute of Music introduced their Bachelor of Entertainment Management.

Don Henley: A Day on the Green discuss the music icon

The Eagles stand as one of the greatest American bands of all time, selling more than 150 million records—100 million in the U.S. alone. And Don Henley is one of the men responsible for such an effort, alongside co-founder the late Glenn Frey and members Joe Walsh, Timothy B. Schmit and Bernie Leadon.

Hayley from The Jezabels shared with us her votes for the triple j Hottest 100

Hayley from the band shared with us her top 10.

British India are heading out regionally this summer

Fans just can’t get enough of the band’s latest single, ‘I Thought We Knew Each Other’.

Blackman’s Brewery is hosting a night of beer, fried chicken and music tonight

It all kicks off at 4.30pm and is a great way to see in the holidays.

Tegan and Sara launch Pro-LGBTQ rights foundation

The indie pop twins have long been advocates, but now they’ll officially be fighting for the rights of LGBTQ women under their new foundation.

 

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