The annual River Rocks returns to Geelong this month after a year hiatus 

The greatest event to grace Geelong’s rock scene is back for its 13th year this November, finally announcing its save…

The Strokes announce 2022 Australian tour

The Strokes will play a Melbourne gig when they head to Australia for Splendour in the Grass in July 2022. Accompanied…

Aussie icons Vanessa Amorosi, Daryl Braithwaite and more announced for new festival The Point Live @ Portsea

Live music, great food, and beachside views – what more could you want to keep the summertime feelings stretching on?…

Paul Kelly’s ‘Making Gravy’ concert series returns to Sidney Myer Music Bowl this December

Paul Kelly – Australian legend and writer of one of the best quasi-Christmas songs of all time – has announced…

The Jezabels announce ‘Prisoner’ 10th Anniversary Australian tour

After first meeting at high school in Bryon Bay, The Jezabels formed in Sydney in 2007 and their unique, genre-bending…

New Boxing Day festival Keep It Together to debut in Melbourne this year

The festivals are rolling in one after the other and things are seriously looking up for the summer festival season….

Electronic music festival ULTRA Australia returns to Melbourne in 2022

Following its Aussie debut in 2018, the world-renowned Ultra Music Festival is set to return to Australia in 2022 for…

Local artists to perform in series of free street gigs, injecting vibrancy and life back into Geelong

From right now until the end of the year, Geelong is being treated to a series of live gigs by…

Yours & Owls Festival announces dates for 2022 event

Following its successful COVID-safe event in April this year, going down as the first major music festival in Australia since…

Beyond The Valley confirms two-day inner-city event for NYE, ‘Beyond The City’

The Beyond The City summer festival comeback will take place across two days (30 & 31 December) at the Sidney Myer Music…

Festivals and live music venues will return to full capacity in Victoria once state hits 90% vaccination

In a press conference delivered on Sunday, October 24, Victorian premier Daniel Andrews announced a raft of restrictions that will…

Melbourne’s alt-pop rockers Chained Lizard unveil highly-anticipated new single, ‘Electric Vibes’ 

After releasing two tracks in 2020, ‘Broken Glass’ and ‘Take Me For A Ride’, Chained Lizard “use a bunch of…

Play On Victoria regional series announced, bringing outdoor concerts to Geelong, Ballarat, Bendigo and more next weekend 

Following the announcement of Play On Victoria earlier this week – the Sidney Myer Music Bowl concert in October as…

Tassie’s new summer festival Party In The Apocalypse announces lineup for 2021

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

Golden Features announced for Now & Again, the new waterside music festival hitting Williamstown

Victorians have another new festival to look forward to in 2022, as the new event Now & Again moves its…

Play On Victoria: Amyl and the Sniffers, King Gizzard and Baker Boy headline Melbourne’s Bowl concert this month

Victorian artists are set to take centre stage for close to 4,000 gig-goers as the joy of live music returns…

Flight Facilities announce massive Australian tour, their first in four years

Australia’s favourite high-flyers, Jimmy Lyell and Hugo Gruzman, aka Flight Facilities are preparing for take-off across the country, touring their highly…

Missy Higgins, Xavier Rudd, Birds of Tokyo and more lead Ballarat edition of SummerSalt 2022

It’s time, the festival lineups are coming back and boy oh boy does it feel good!! Following the huge success…

Bendigo Blues and Roots Music Festival to go ahead in February 2022 for highly-anticipated 10th edition

The Bendigo Blues and Roots Music Festival will deliver its four-day program in the heat of the summer next year,…

“Give us a path out of this”: Victorian music venues start petition lobbying for a road map to full capacity

Save Our Scene have launched an online petition aimed at the Victorian Government’s vague roadmap reopening timeline, as well as…

Party In The Apocalypse is the newest festival coming to Tassie this year 

Vibestown, the crew behind Party In The Paddock, have today announced they’re kicking off the first weekend of summer with…

Missy Higgins, Kate Miller-Heidke and Kasey Chambers headline Wildflower Festival, celebrating Australian women in music

Celebrating women in music and the return of the live scene, Wildflower 2022 is the newest music festival that will…

Prepare to sing your heart out, Piano Bar bring outdoor shows back to the Geelong Racing Club

Following undoubtedly two of the worst years for artists, performers and local businesses, Geelong’s famed Piano Bar is here to…

Flavafest is the new one-day music, BBQ and produce festival coming to Colac and Sale this summer

Regional Victoria is getting a delicious new music festival this summer with Flavafest, a truly unique combination of music, culture, and…

 

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