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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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GuideTwelve of the Best Events to Check Out at Elemental AKL Festival
Head on a wine and oyster-fuelled river cruise, listen to dance music in an underground ballroom and sample a variety of fire-cooked food.
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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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NewsSplore Festival Has Announced Its First Artist Lineup for 2021
The country's greatest dress-up party returns next February.
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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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NewsRhythm and Vines Has Dropped Its First All-Local Lineup for 2020
The festival returns for its 18th year this December.
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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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NewsRaglan's Soundsplash Festival Has Dropped Its 20th Anniversary Lineup
A jam-packed spread of local acts lead the bill for the three-day music and camping festival.
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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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NewsFlume and Peking Duk Lead the First Lineup for Bay Dreams 2021
In anticipation of the trans-Tasman bubble, organisers have secured a string of acts from across the ditch.
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NewsRhythm and Alps Has Dropped Its First All-Local Lineup for 2020
Celebrate the New Year in a picture-perfect location.
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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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NewsTen Major Events and Festivals Still Happening in New Zealand This Year
Prepare for food, wine and music festivals, inclusive snow-filled adventures and events honouring Aotearoa's Māori identity.
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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.
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NewsSofa King Fest Is the New Website Curating the Best Music Live-Streams from Across the World
Watch Willie Nelson, Cypress Hill, A-Trak and Diplo perform live and help raise money for artists who've had gigs cancelled during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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NewsThis Year's Eurovision Song Contest Has Been Cancelled
It's the first time the song contest won't go ahead in the event's six-decade history.
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NewsThe New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Is Looking to Live-Stream Cancelled Performances
Following the Government's decision to ban non-essential organised gatherings of 500 or more people.
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NewsMelbourne Symphony Orchestra Is Now Live-Streaming Concerts for Free
While MSO is suspending all concerts with audiences for a month, it'll play some gigs behind closed doors — and live-stream them for free.
