The Aireys Inlet Open Mic Music Festival announces its return for 2022

Good news for all the local musicians, one of the biggest open mic festivals is back. Returning for its 15th…

Crowded House announce their first Australian tour in 12 years

The legendary Crowded House are coming back to Australia in 2022 in what will be their first visit in 12…

Tropical Fuck Storm to premiere feature film ‘Goody Goody Gumdrops’ in Castlemaine this month

Described as “82 mins you’ll never get back”, Melbourne’s Tropical Fuck Storm will premiere their feature-length film Goody Goody Gumdrops…

Dannii Minogue joins the lineup for the MSO’s Performance of a Lifetime: LIVE concert

Celebrating the end of lockdown, the return of live music to Melbourne for the summer and the resilience and community…

Kylie Auldist to headline Funk’n’Fest, the new summer music festival heading to Ballarat in 2022

Victoria has a new festival to look forward to in the summer of next year as Ballarat Funk’n’Fest has announced…

‘As the Cocky Flies’ is the new blues and roots live music and circus tour hitting regional Victoria

From the passionate team who for the last four years have delivered the widely celebrated regional festival A Hitch to…

Hiatus Kaiyote, Methyl Ethel, Tropical Fuck Storm lead the lineup for Meadow 2022

Rounding out the highly-anticipated festival announcements for November, cherished Victorian surf coast festival Meadow has just lifted the lid on…

Lime Cordiale bring touring festival The Squeeze to Geelong for a day on the green in 2022

Prepare your picnic blanket Geelong, ARIA Award winners for Best Live Act Lime Cordiale have rallied together some of their…

Piano Bar is bringing free live music back to Little Malop Street with ‘Laneway Jazz’

The last few weeks have been pretty amazing in regional Victoria. Life has returned to the city centres; restaurants have…

Midnight Oil return to A Day on the Green in Geelong for final ever tour

Midnight Oil are one of the most ‘Australian’ rock bands this country has ever produced. Born from the Australian pub…

King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard are getting their own New Year’s Eve music festival

In partnership with the beloved BOOGIE festival, King Gizzard’s Timeland this New Year’s Eve at Our Friends Farm in Tallarook…

My Chemical Romance postpones Australian tour to 2023

We thought we’d seen the end of tour cancellations and postponement but alas, here we are. Black-eyeliner-loving millennials in Australia…

Meadow Festival has announced its return to the Surf Coast for 2022

We don’t have eyes on the lineup just yet, but judging from previous years, it will be an exciting testament to the sheer diversity of local talent which forms our thriving music landscape.

New local group Lively Presents is bringing The Rubens to Geelong for a Sunday sunset session on the bay

If you’re from around the region and you’ve gone to an event or two over the years it’s highly likely…

Music Victoria is looking for music lovers, musicians and DJs to have their say about live music in the state

Back in Music Victoria’s second Live Music Census in 2017, Melbourne was dubbed the ‘music capital of the world’, relative…

BENEE announces headline Australian dates as part of 2022 World Tour 

‘Supalonely’ NZ pop sensation BENEE announced her first foray out into the world since the pandemic struck with 40 shows…

Vera Blue, Client Liaison, San Cisco headline Queenscliff’s new music festival, By The Pier

From the team behind Queenscliff Music Festival – the music jewel of the Bellarine – comes a new three-day music…

Yours & Owls Festival 2022 tickets are on sale now

Setting up in the green, green grass of Stuart Park in April, Wollongong’s two-day party Yours & Owls is one…

Glass Animals announce ‘Dreamland’ Australian tour for 2022 

Glass Animals are coming to Melbourne, announcing tour dates in support of their 2020 album ‘Dreamland’. Dates will start in…

Queenscliff Music Festival is launching a new live music venue in the region 

With Queenscliff Music Festival forced to cancel its festival for the second year in a row, the Bellarine lost a…

Live music startup Muso announces 500-show ‘Rise of the Pub Gig’ tour, calling on Aussie artists and venues to get involved 

Who’s been missing hitting up the pub on a Saturday night for a pint and some quality live music? We…

Live music is making a full-scale return to The Elephant & Castle this month

Nestled on the eastern fringe of the City of Geelong, The Elephant & Castle Hotel has been part of the…

Filling the void of Falls, Tassie’s new summer festival Party In The Apocalypse announces new dates

Party In The Apocalypse, the new COVIDSafe brainchild of Vibestown, the team behind the much-loved Party In The Paddock (PITP)…

Bellarine Music Festival is the new concert series heading to the Geelong region this summer

Grapes will just be budding on the vine when Bellarine Music Festival – the brand-new winery-based music festival – takes…

 

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