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12 November 2015
Harry Coulson’s Rain Dogs is the combined powers of Harry Coulson on guitar, James Thompson on drums and Glen Davidson on bass. They play jazz, Jim, but not as you know it. Why take my word for it, though.
12 November 2015
Harry Coulson’s Rain Dogs is the combined powers of Harry Coulson on guitar, James Thompson on drums and Glen Davidson on bass. They play jazz, Jim, but not as you know it. Why take my word for it, though.
12 November 2015
The good music times continue to roll in Geelong. This Saturday we welcome Streetlife, Geelong’s first laneway festival, and it’s looking like being a ripping new addition to the festival family.
12 November 2015
After recently playing a sell-out show in Geelong, The Waifs are back as the special guests alongside none other than the talented John Butler Trio. Both bands hold a deep mutual respect for one another and the same respect for their time on stage.
12 November 2015
Suttons House of Music kicks off their first birthday celebrations tonight, November 12. Festivities will continue through to November 15. Kerryn Fields performs at Martians Café, Deans Marsh on November 13.
12 November 2015
After the almost eternal-seeming drip feed, Soundwave have finally officially announced the first round of acts for their 2016 incarnation. The 2016 festival will be headlined by Disturbed, who will be joined at the upper echelons of the bill by NOFX, Deftones, The Prodigy and Public Enemy, alongside the previously announced acts Bring Me The Horizon, Bullet For My Valentine and Refused.
12 November 2015
Summer and the tunes of Ziggy Alberts go down pretty well. With a home-schooling background, Ziggy was writing and surfing from a young age. In 2011, he decided to teach himself the guitar, releasing his debut EP, Feels Like Home, the following year.
11 November 2015
If The Barwon Club is rockin’, please come knockin’. That’s right, you’re invited to River Rocks, the greatest little music fest to feature both the words ‘River’ and ‘Rocks’.
11 November 2015
Have you ever dreamed of opening the main stage of a massive festival? Major you’re a band with all the skills and talent to achieve it but you just haven’t managed to get yourself onto the bill?
11 November 2015
All it can take is a song. It was on hearing Paul Kelly’s ‘From Little Things Big Things Grow’ that convinced Kerryn Fields to move out of a “dodgy haunted house” in New Zealand, sell her Kombi van and buy a one-way ticket to Melbourne.
11 November 2015
Following a pretty sweet debut in Nagambie (some 5000 people turned out), A Day on the Green returns to Goulburn Valley Highway in 2016 with an Australian all-star cast. Icehouse, Baby Animals, Diesel, Models and Deborah Conway will perform.
10 November 2015
Songbird and storyteller Kasey Chambers is taking her ‘Bittersweet’ tour back on the road for a final run of shows, paying particular attention to regional areas.
10 November 2015
What happens when you are without a job, your girlfriend has left you and your band is no more? Write a country song? Buy a one-way ticket to Bangkok? Meet Brett Newski, a guy who, in 2011, was down on his luck when he headed for Bangkok, spending the next six months wandering around while recording in makeshift studios.
10 November 2015
Tickets for 2016’s National Celtic Festival will go on sale November 1. Held at the historic coastal township of Portarlington, the festival takes place across the June long weekend.
9 November 2015
Any celebration about food and we’re there. As part of the Taste of Melbourne festival you’ll get the chance to enjoy in the dream tasting menu of 50 dishes devised by some of Melbourne’s latest and greatest restaurants as well as learn a bit about getting to the finished product through a series of master classes. The event is held at Albert Park from November 12-14.
9 November 2015
The Lady Luck Clothing Fair is a quarterly event and the first of its kind in Castlemaine – not to mention it has a strong focus on sustainability and style. They’re pretty happy that the warmer weather is here, too, with their next outing set to take place at St Mary’s Hall, Castlemaine on November 28. 30 clothing stalls and vintage hair styling will feature, as will the cool sounds of The Seduceaphones.
9 November 2015
Seven years on from the first Let’s Nut It Out, a lineup of comedy legends, TV and radio staples and rising stars will get together for a one-off night of comedy to raise money for a anaphylaxis this November.
8 November 2015
Have you secured your ticket for the Queenscliff Music Festival yet? Go on, do it now. I will wait. I think we are all in agreement that Angus & Julia Stone, Hoodoo Gurus, Kate Miller-Heidke, Paul Dempsey, Augie March and Lior, as well as internationals Ron Sexsmith, The California Honeydrops, Hollie Smith and Trinity Roots, is a fine start.
8 November 2015
The 2015 Lorne Film Festival program is up and running, with tickets available for purchase now. The festival is running with the theme ‘Making Waves’, in reference to its selection of films featuring surf and/or ocean-related themes. 33 films will screen in total.
8 November 2015
Feel like buying an institution of the Melbourne live music scene? For the past 25 years The Public Bar in North Melbourne, on Victoria Street directly opposite from the Queen Victoria Market, has been a staple in Melbourne’s live music scene. The owners are looking for offers in the region of $195,000. They are hoping to find a buyer that will keep it as a live music venue.
7 November 2015
There’s just enough time left in the year for Dan Sultan to do one last lap of the country. Born in Williamstown, Sultan was raised in the city and the Northern Territory town of Yuendumu. Aided by a John Butler Seed Fund, the songman released his debut album, Homemade Biscuits, in 2006. These days he is a multi-ARIA winner.
7 November 2015
Joyfully remembering making bad decisions, falling in love and getting lost, ‘Good Times’ is the latest shiny single from hard-working, hard-playing seven-piece folk revivalists The Bon Scotts. And yes, it’s the first taste of a forthcoming album, due for release early 2016.
7 November 2015
The host of the Oscars plays a massive role in whether you flick over to the Biggest Loser, the Block or whatever other reality TV show you may otherwise waste your time on. But with Chris Rock, comedian, actor, producer and all-round legend, announced as the host for 2016 we’re thinking things are going to be swell. Now just to waste some time until that day comes around, Goggle Box anyone?
6 November 2015
The Deakin University Visual Arts Honours students of 2015 are holding an exhibition of their year’s work, and they’d like to send an invitation your way.
6 November 2015
If music, movies and ice-cream, sounds like your perfect summer evening combo, Ben & Jerry’s Openair Cinemas will be providing the goods again this November and December. The deckchairs, bean bag lounges and picnic blankets will be out for a variety of films including a selection of the newest releases and the best cult favourites.
