“We’re taking it to the next level”: Papa Smurf to close NYD Festival Let Them Eat Cake 2022

Giovanni Polizzi, the bravura behind Papa Smurf, emerged from Melbourne’s burgeoning rave culture in the 1990s to become one of…

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…

Drenched in sunlight and tropical beats, Watermelon Boy releases new album ‘101 Tropical Hits from Cosmic Space’

Reminiscent of an island beach party, boasting dancefloor-ready beats, semi-fictional character and ‘ambassador to the Space Tropics’ Watermelon Boy is…

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…

Pitch Music & Arts Festival returns to the Grampians in 2022 with original camping format

This also comes with the exciting news that Maceo Plex and Jayda G are confirmed as the first artists to…

Xavier Rudd, Pete Murray and Josh Pyke lead new Sunset Sounds festival 

Iconic mainstay festival Sunset Sounds has announced it’ll be celebrating Australian singer-songwriters at Rochford Wines Yarra Valley and Roche Estate…

Alt-rock trio Days Like These keep us on our toes with danceable pop single ‘Luna’ 

Continuing to test their boundaries of the alternative world, Brisbane alternative rock trio Days Like These opt for a change…

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…

Under The Southern Stars bring Cheap Trick, Stone Temple Pilots and more to Melbourne in 2022 

Under The Southern Stars, the spectacular rock music concert series, is thrilled to be taking place in March 2022, having…

Angie McMahon, Electric Fields, Vaudeville Smash headline Euroa Music Festival

Following its successful inaugural event back in March this year, the Euroa Music Festival has announced its return to the…

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…

The Badloves, Jimi Hocking announced for Bruthen Blues and Arts Festival 2022

The volunteer-run, weekend-long Bruthen Blues and Arts Festival opens on Friday night at the great local music showdown, The Friday…

Victorian music acts are back and better than ever, here’s some you need to watch

With live music finally well and truly back I’m absolutely kickin to head to every single gig coming up. Along…

Amyl and the Sniffers lead new one-day Port Fairy festival, Down South

Good news festival-goers, regional Victoria is getting a new music festival in 2022 named Down South. Arriving in the home…

Golden Plains festival won’t be going ahead in 2022

Golden Plains is one of the most loved events on the Australian festival calendar but its organisers have cited a…

Carl De Villa reimagines Queen with dark, thrilling anthem ‘Love of My Life’

From straight-up rockers to timeless ballads and ambitious, groundbreaking anthems that broke all the rules, the best Queen songs redefined…

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…

Thea FitzGerald captures the poignancy of bittersweet goodbyes in new, boppy single, ‘Good Like That’

‘Good Like That’ is a soulful bop with elements of a disco beat that invites listeners to experience moods of…

 

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