Queenscliff Music Festival drop DJ’s and comedy classics into their electrifying 2025 lineup

Victoria’s leading seaside festival, Queenscliff Music Festival has just dropped its fourth lineup announcement for the 2025 edition packed with…

Resident Beavs Bar serenader to play his final song

Local musician Jeffrey Jordan has announced the end of an era as the resident cover artist of Lt Malop Street…

Miami Horror, Sneaky Sound System, Bag Raiders team up for Live At The Gardens

Live At The Gardens add to their already stacked November offering, this morning announcing the return of Miami Horror to…

River Rocks returns with local rock royalty Magic Dirt headlining

Tunnelling in for a huge seventeenth year, Geelong’s house of rock and roll, the Barwon Club Hotel goes giant with…

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds announce Wild God outdoor park shows

The Australian Prince of Darkness, Nick Cave with his band The Bad Seeds will be celebrating his 2024 album Wild…

Final days to submit your entry to the $20,000 Environmental Music Prize

The Environmental Music Prize returns for its third year in an intersection where music-making sparks conversations around climate and conservation…

Lagwagon load into Australia for 30th anniversary of Hoss

California punk legends Lagwagon are heading back to Australia and New Zealand in early 2026 to celebrate 30 years of…

TV On The Radio add capital city dates to their Australian appearance

Acclaimed Brooklyn band TV on the Radio announce their highly anticipated return to Australia. In addition to headlining the 33rd…

Perfume Genius to play Her Majesty’s Theatre Ballarat this December

Playing just down the road across the weekend of 5 through 7 December at Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre as one of…

Meredith Music Festival bring out Brooklyn belters TV On The Radio, Perfume Genius, Folk Bitch Trio for 33rd year

TV’s and radios rattle through the Meredith Music Festival lineup. Dropping this morning, the 33rd year in the Meredith Supernatural…

Tyne-James Organ drops regional tour dates

Australian pop sensation, Tyne- James Organ, is heading on the road this October and November to take his latest album The…

Bendigo nabs Ben Folds on national tour

Frontier Touring and Chugg Entertainment are bringing Ben Folds down under for an intimate eight theatre-show tour across February and…

Guy Sebastian to play album release party in Geelong next week

This morning, Geelong Arts Centre has announced Guy Sebastian will be playing an intimate and free release party at the…

Barwon Heads Hotel bring Cut Copy to the coast

In massive news for regional Victoria and our Bellarine, Barwon Heads Hotel has announced they are bringing Cut Copy down…

An industry panel and networking session is happening for the Geelong music scene

Geelong’s live music industry is alive and vibrant, but a new professional development event is ensuring the security of the…

40 years of the Working Class Man: Jimmy Barnes brings celebrated song and album to Geelong

Jimmy Barnes has today announced a major concert celebration for his landmark solo album For The Working Class Man. He will…

Jenny Don’t & The Spurs take on East Coast and Town Folk Festival in November

It’s honky tonk, it’s garage rock, it’s cowpunk, and it’s a bloody good time! Love Police have today announced the…

Canadian folk duo Ocie Elliot are coming to Barwon Heads

Jon Middleton and Sierra Lundy led Canadian music project, Ocie Elliot is coming down under. The duo will be bringing…

Music and metal world mourn the passing of Ozzy Osbourne

The godfather of heavy metal and the Prince of Darkness, Ozzy Osbourne, has sadly passed away overnight. A mere 17…

Primal rock ‘n’ roll preacher, Jon Spencer, is charging into Castlemaine this spring

In yet another announcement making us love the Love Police, the touring company in association with the good folks at…

The Living End to revive debut LP at Live At The Gardens

No white noise – just pure rock ‘n’ roll will be brought to the Melbourne’s Royal Botanic Garden’s this November….

Ready to shape Geelong’s music scene? This job could be for you

The regional arts organisation has launched recruitment for a key programming position that will oversee music curation across all Geelong…

The Cat Empire announce huge national tour in celebration of vibrant new album 

With a reputation for unmissable live shows and musical innovation, The Cat Empire will bring their borderless sound to cities…

Esoteric Festival hit with last-minute shutdown in a ‘devastating blow’

In sad news for thousands of punters gearing up for this weekend’s Esoteric Festival, Buloke Shire Council’s Municipal Building Surveyor…

 

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