9 December 2015
You know how it’s really awkward catching a train home from Melbourne late at night? The last train at midnight isn’t ever late enough, leaving you in an awkward situation where you’re always leaving early from parties in order to get home to Geelong.
9 December 2015
Tkay has quickly become a massive deal in the Aussie hip hop scene. ‘Ghost’ is her newest addition to the scene, and co-written with George Maple in New York makes it pretty special indeed.
9 December 2015
Tilde New Music Festival have announced the lineup for their third incarnation. The festival is dedicated to the presentation and promotion of rarely-heard contemporary Australasian art music.
9 December 2015
Tickets for 2016’s Rainbow Serpent Festival are selling like hotcakes, so I suggest you stop reading now and book yours before continuing.
9 December 2015
Whoretopsy have a name only a mother could love – a cool as hell metal-lovin’ mother. Some call them sick and brutal; others call them disgusting and hilarious. We reckon they’re a little of all those things.
9 December 2015
Summer has arrived and that is as good a reason as any to grab a ticket for an experience on The Blues Train. And boy is the experience a beauty. You have four different themed carriages with different seating configurations.
8 December 2015
Do you call yourself a Big Bang Theory fan? Like a real, living and breathing fan who can’t be beat on anything BBT related? If you’ve answered yes to both questions, your time has come for the ultimate in BBT challenges: the rock, paper, scissors, lizard, Spock tournament.
8 December 2015
The Melbourne International Comedy Festival will turn 30 next year, and today the first acts have been announced.
8 December 2015
From Studio Ghibli creations to the likes of Dragon Ball Z, Japanese animation is coming to the forefront at ACMI next month.
8 December 2015
The Aireys Inlet Open Mic Festival has announced its dates for 2016 and will take place across March 18, 19 & 20. Details are minimal at this point, but you are looking at around 150 performances throughout the festival’s duration. A highlight of the festival is the Special Mystery Guest. Previous guests include Colin Hay, Dan Sultan and Tim Rogers. Keep an eye on aireysinlet.com.au for updates.
8 December 2015
On any given day you’re likely to find a busker giving out essentially free entertainment.
8 December 2015
Having been described as “Contemporary Bluesy Rock and Roots”, “honest, raw and energetic” and “a guitar and drum duo with an exciting rich melodic sound”, Lily & the Drum are heading to Ballarat, Bendigo and Rochester to show us why everyone’s talking about them.
8 December 2015
Having shown they can mix it with the likes of Asta, Northeast Party House and Pluto Jonze, indie-pop darlings Swim Season have dispensed with the floaties and have lined up a show where they’ll be the ones in the spotlight.
8 December 2015
A good 10 years ago, when Ian Moss was preparing to record and tour his Six Strings album, he said: “Only once in a blue moon would I try doing a solo show in the old days, and that was with an electric guitar … You have to go back to the song, look at what the lyrics are about, find a new way to express them.
8 December 2015
What better Christmas gift this year than a tin of the Barnes’ traditional shortbread biscuits with a shot of a kilted up Jimmy Barnes on the lid? Answer: There is none.
8 December 2015
Oh yeah, the Ballarat Beat Rockabilly Festival has announced its 2016 line-up and leading the way are UK outfit The Kingcats and all the way from the Netherlands, CC Jerome.
7 December 2015
You need not be a Masterchef fan for this event, though it certainly helps, what’s important is how much you love food. Two people who share a love for what’s dished up are Jacqui and Ashleigh, past contestants of Masterchef.
7 December 2015
Limited early bird tickets are available for 2016’s Motor City Music Festival. And if you continue reading, you’re going to want to get in early.
7 December 2015
In 1989, Archie Roach stood before an audience of 2000 people at the Melbourne Concert Hall and performed his iconic song ‘Took the Children Away’.
7 December 2015
Been to Africa? Not a worry. Cirque Africa is the show from Africa that’s 100 per cent African, 100 per cent energy and 100 per cent fun.
7 December 2015
The mighty Frenzal Rhomb decided to add an ‘In the Loop’ date to their ‘Friendless Summer’ tour, taking in Lorne’s Lorne Hotel on December 10.
6 December 2015
Oooooh it’s time to let your hair hang down. New Year’s Evie is returning to ring in 2016 and today they’ve added three new acts to the bill, including LA Pocock, CC:Disco! and Big Smoke.
6 December 2015
QV have become the latest addition to Melbourne’s outdoor cinema culture, announcing summer screenings in their deckchair laden central square.
6 December 2015
In Australia for his headline appearance at Bluesfest, Beach Boys frontman and chief songwriter Brian Wilson has locked in a Melbourne show to perform his career-defining album, Pet Sounds.
