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GuideTen Sydney Festival Highlights to Have on Your Radar This Summer
Sit courtside at Sydney Town Hall, watch a clown eat himself and celebrate what it means to be human at this year’s Syd Fest.
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NewsTen Songs You May Have Missed in 2020 But Can Listen to On Repeat Over Summer
Refresh your summer playlist with these tracks — from feel-good hip hop to anthemic indie-rock.
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NewsWhere to Find Live Music Every Night of the Week This Summer
Get your live music kicks from Monday to Sunday.
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NewsHigh-Profile Musicians Are Doing Surprise Performances Around Melbourne for the Next Fortnight
Next time you walk past a busker, it might be someone familiar.
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NewsWhere to Find Live Music Every Night of the Week This Summer
Catch rising stars on the more intimate stages in Sydney.
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GuideGroup Dining: The Best International Restaurants for Celebrating the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023™
Get the gang together to fully embrace this footy season with a culinary journey throughout Sydney.
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GuideEight Vivid Sydney Highlights to Add to Your Diary If You Want to Farewell Winter with a Bang
Put these big-ticket items on your hit list, stat.
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GuideTen Sydney Solstice Highlights You Should Have on Your Radar This Winter
Don’t hibernate — head to debaucherous feasts, aquarium nightclubs and music-filled stargazing sessions instead.
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GuideSix Gigs to Catch During Sydney Solstice If You Can't Get Enough of Live Tunes
After so many months without live music, you've got some catching up to do — here's your chance.
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GuideNine Outdoor Adventures You Can Have in Sydney This Winter If You Unabashedly Love the Cold
Embrace your favourite season with laneway dance parties, harbourside ice rinks and kayak trips under the stars.
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NewsA Waterfront Dance Festival with an All-Aussie Lineup Is Touring the Country This Autumn
For The Love returns for three huge shows in March and April, headlined by Flight Facilities, Cosmo’s Midnight and Mallrat.
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NewsSeven Ways to Throw Your Own Mini Festival While You Wait for the Real Deal to Come Back
Recreate your favourite festival experiences at home this summer.
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NewsA Supremely Festive Mariah Carey Christmas Special Is Coming to Apple TV+ Next Month
The beloved singer will sing, dance and get merry alongside Tiffany Haddish, Billy Eichner, Ariana Grande, Jennifer Hudson and Snoop Dogg.
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NewsGuns N' Roses Have Announced a 2021 Stadium Tour of Australia and New Zealand
According to the rock band, international tours may be on the horizon.
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NewsSydney Is Set to Host Australia's First Pandemic-Era Indoor Arena Gigs with 5000-Plus Crowds
The Great Southern Nights will hit up Qudos Bank Arena, with Ocean Alley, Jack River, Ruby Fields, Bernard Fanning and Matt Corby on the bill.
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GuideEight Live Gigs Worthy of a Road Trip Around NSW This November
Chair-dance from country to coast this spring.
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NewsBeloved Sydney Club Freda's Is Closing Permanently After Nine Years
The much-loved Chippendale nightclub will close this month, but it's going out with a bang.
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NewsHistoric Melbourne Music Venue Festival Hall Has Been Bought by Megachurch Hillsong
Having played host to everyone from The Beatles to Frank Sinatra, the site has now been purchased for $23 million.
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NewsGreat Southern Nights Has Announced Hundreds of Gigs Across NSW — and the Lineup Is Huge
Tickets are on sale now to see Jimmy Barnes, Tash Sultana, Donny Benet, Lime Cordiale and many more.
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NewsThe Team Behind Pitch and Let Them Eat Cake Has Planned a Post-Lockdown Street Rave for March 2021
Novel has nabbed a 5000-person inner city venue for a COVID-safe dance party headlined by German DJ Ben Klock.
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NewsThis New Western Australian Event Could Show Us What the Future of Aussie Music Festivals Looks Like
Good Day Sunshine is set to debut a game-changing festival format, featuring four separate audience quadrants and a rotating central stage.
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NewsVictoria Has Announced More Than $13 Million In Grants to Support the State's Live Music Scene
It includes $9 million to 106 live music venues to help them cover current costs, and to prepare for reopening.
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NewsLive Music Venue The Foundry Is Moving to a New Fortitude Valley Location
The space's current home, The Elephant Hotel, has been sold — and will undergo a refurbishment and a change of name, too.
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NewsFive Sydney Record Store Owners Give Us Their Classic Album Picks
Hear from the enthusiasts about what makes a classic record — and where to buy it.
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NewsChair-Dancing, Online Vinyl Sales and Community: How Cottonmouth Records is Surviving 2020
"Our reward is people coming in and enjoying our venue."
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NewsBIGSOUND 2020 Has Scrapped Its Physical Plans and Will Now Go Ahead as a Virtual Festival
The free event will stream across two days in October.
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NewsA Mariah Carey Christmas Special Is Coming to Apple TV+ to Help Salvage This Chaotic Year
It'll feature the beloved singer alongside a lineup of special guests — and we're sure 'All I Want For Christmas Is You' will get a spin.
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GuideTen Brisbane Festival Experiences You Can Have For Less Than $30
Brissy's most anticipated arts festival has nearly 500 performances in its program — most of which are free.
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NewsFalls Festival Is No Longer Going Ahead With Its 2020 End-of-Year Festival
"Given the current status of things and border restrictions in place, it won’t be possible to hold Falls Festival in our regular New Year’s timeframe."
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NewsSeven Winners from This Year's Telstra NATSIAA (and How to Support Your Favourites)
Find out who won — then vote for your faves in the People's Choice Award.
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GuideWhere to Shop Like a Local In and Around Penrith
From cult gelato to cult motorcycle brands, here's where to shop local in Penrith.
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NewsBIGSOUND Will Host a Scaled-Down Two-Day Festival in 2020
Expect live tunes, workshops, secret shows and parties — all across two days and nights in Fortitude Valley.
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NewsBon Iver, Patti Smith and Jimmy Barnes Headline the First 50 Acts for Bluesfest 2021
It's the festival's biggest-ever first lineup announcement.
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NewsLegendary Melbourne Live Music Venue Cherry Bar Will Reopen Before the End of June
Allowed to reopen for just 28 punters in its band room, the bar is crowdfunding to help keep it afloat until COVID-19 restrictions end.
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NewsA New Initiative to Kick Start NSW's Live Music Scene Will See 1000 Gigs Performed This November
Great Southern Nights has already locked in 20 Aussie acts, including Paul Kelly, Thelma Plum, Jimmy Barnes and The Presets.
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NewsCoachella Has Completely Cancelled Its 2020 Festival
The huge Californian music festival will now return in April 2021.
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NewsSplendour in the Grass Has Postponed Its 20th-Anniversary Festival Until Winter 2021
It was first postponed from July until October, but now it won't go ahead in 2020 at all.
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NewsDrive-In Concerts Are Coming to Melbourne and Sydney This Winter
Watching concerts from our cars could be the new (temporary) norm, with plans for eight new drive-in venues.
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NewsA Long Weekender's Guide to Darwin for When You Need Warm Weather Again
Spend balmy nights in Australia's Top End tucking into fresh seafood and meeting local makers.
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NewsCafe Lounge Has Closed Its Doors Permanently After 20 Years of Live Gigs and Comedy Nights
"With recent lockout laws [and] rising operating costs in a rapidly changing neighbourhood, we knew quickly this pandemic was going to be our end."
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NewsMusical Artist Milan Ring on Her Creative Approach and Where She Finds Inspiration
The Sydney-based artist and producer discusses the importance of collaboration and community to her creative process.
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NewsFalls Festival Is Forging Ahead with Plans for Its 2020 Music Festival
While social distancing and public gathering restrictions are still in place, Falls Festival is hoping to go ahead — with an all-Aussie lineup.
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NewsFive Playlists to Save for When You're in the Mood to Party but Don't Want to Leave Your House
Live music venues may be closed, but you can still support local musicians and have a boogie in your own home.
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NewsSBS Is Screening a Week-Long Eurovision Festival So You Can Still Get Your Europop Fix
It'll feature replays of past grand finals, plus brand-new specials — and you can vote for your favourite 2020 acts and songs, too.
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NewsMusic Festivals May Not Be Able to Restart Until September 2021, Says One US Public Health Expert
Will Australia's ban on mass gatherings be the last to be lifted?
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NewsCoachella Is Releasing a Free Doco with Highlights from the Music Festival's 20-Year History
Watch Björk, Beyoncé, Amy Winehouse and 2Pac's hologram perform from your couch.
