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    The First Artist Lineup Has Been Announced For Northern Bass

    Including 'the most influential drum and bass DJ to ever live'.

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    Melbourne Museum Is Launching a Series of New After-Dark, Adults-Only Parties

    Nocturnal will let you explore the museum after hours, with live music, cocktails and curator talks.

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    A Look Inside the Resurrected Lansdowne Hotel

    Expect rock 'n' roll pinball machines, an entire floor dedicated to gigs and Mary's burger pizza.

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    A La La Land Concert Experience is Coming to Auckland

    An orchestral shred session to the big screen musical.

  • Guide

    Six Ways to Mark Midwinter Matariki

    Celebrate the Maori New Year with indigenous cuisine, spine-tingling kapa haka and stories around a fire.

  • News

    Lorde Announces 2017 New Zealand Tour of Intimate Venues

    She'll play small venues in Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin.

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    Lorde Announces 2017 Australian Tour of Outdoor Venues

    She'll play the Opera House Forecourt, the Sidney Myer Music Bowl and the Brisbane Botanic Gardens.

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    A Peek Inside the New Lansdowne Hotel

    Sydney artist Jessica Cochrane has brought her own unique vision (read: defaced Playboy magazine covers) to the iconic two-storey space.

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    We're Giving Away Double Passes to Kilter's Upcoming National Tour

    Celebrate the release of Kilter's debut album, 'Through The Distortion', with tickets to his upcoming show.

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    Auckland Live Welcomes Back Its International Cabaret Season For 2017

    A Kate Sheppard rock opera, an original disco diva and a Trans-Tasman mutant story.

  • Guide

    The Best Events to Check Out at the 2017 Wellington Jazz Festival

    What to see, dance to, eat and stumble across.

  • News

    Keep Sydney Open Is Putting on a Precinct-Wide Kings Cross Festival

    Hop between seven venues hosting some of Sydney's best record labels and party crews — until 3am.

  • News

    A Weekender's Guide to Brisbane During BIGSOUND

    Where to stay, eat, drink and party around Brissie during this epic music festival.

  • News

    Placebo Are Coming to Australia for a National 20th Anniversary Tour

    And yes, they'll play old songs like 'Pure Morning’ and 'Nancy Boy’.

  • News

    Concrete Playground's Picks for the 2017 Auckland Writers Festival

    Not strictly for the bookish and writing obsessed.

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    Blues, Roots and Langos: A Journey Through Bluesfest's 2017 Food Lineup

    From Yemeni bread to vegan pasta and those organic doughnuts — here's what we ate at Bluesfest this year.

  • News

    Brisbane Has a New Live Music Venue, The Flamin' Galah

    Alf Stewart would approve of this Upper Roma Street newcomer.

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    Sydney Tower Eye Announces Massive Vivid Live Music Lineup

    Get down to some of Sydney's biggest DJs at the city's highest vantage point

  • News

    A Handy Guide to This Year's Splendour Sideshows

    Not heading to Splendour? Just bring the festival to you.

  • News

    Melbourne Is Getting a Dedicated Karaoke Festival

    With dumplings, doughnuts and cash prizes.

  • News

    Five Minutes With Alt-Pop Songwriter Andrew Keoghan

    Discussing his new album, musical inspirations, and life in the Big Apple.

  • News

    An Epic Three-Day Mud Festival is Coming to New Zealand

    If you ain't dirty, you ain't here to party.

  • News

    Splendour in the Grass Announces Dream-Fulfilling 2017 Lineup

    After six years, LCD Soundsystem are coming back to Australia.

  • GALLERY: Relive CubaDupa Through Dexter Murray's Snaps

    All the characters from Wellington's favourite day.

  • News

    Dance Beneath a Forest Canopy at New Music Festival ORO'17

    The day-long event is modelled on music festivals and raves of the '90s.

  • News

    The Five Best Things to See at CubaDupa

    The best street festival this side of the Pacific.

  • Guide

    Nine Vivid Sydney Headliners You Should Lock Down Tickets for Immediately

    The bigger Vivid artists whose shows will absolutely sell out. Get organised.

  • News

    Dark Mofo Reveals First 2017 Festival Headliner

    The first taste of the Tasmanian midwinter festival includes Viking-peddling experimental black metal.

  • News

    St Kilda Institution The Espy Could Be Reopening Soon

    It's reportedly been sold to the owners of the Garden State and Prahran Hotel.

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    The Avalanches Are Throwing a Sydney Opera House Block Party for Vivid

    Performing their seminal album 'Since I Left You' in its entirety for the first time since 2001.

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    Artbank's Latest Exhibition Is All About Text, Baby

    It's cheekily-named, thematic and filled with puns.

  • News

    Stones Corner Festival Announces 2017 Lineup

    Local legends Regurgitator headline the free street fest, which will also feature a new beer garden.

  • Guide

    The Ten Best Events to Check Out at the 2017 Auckland Arts Festival

    From multi-sensory installations, an off-beat cabaret with flapping appendages, and a Shortland Street musical.

  • News

    Vivid Sydney Announces Fleet Foxes as First Artist on 2017 Program

    Five years after their last Australian tour, the American folk-rock band will play four exclusive shows at the Sydney Opera House.

  • News

    City of Sydney Announces Further Spending to Boost Live Music and Nighttime Economy

    New small grants have been unveiled, as an addition to the council's Live Music and Performance Action Plan.

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    Why La La Land Shouldn't Win Best Original Score at This Year's Academy Awards

    And why you should care about the oft-forgotten Oscars category.

  • News

    London Could Be Getting a Permanent Public David Bowie Memorial

    A crowdfunding campaign has been launched for a three-storey monument to the entertainment icon.

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    Secret Garden Festival Hosted Its First Ever Real Legally-Binding Wedding

    Music and matrimony combined, complete with Peter Pan-themed vows and a confetti cannon.

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    A Shortland Street Musical is Coming to Auckland Arts Festival

    The most exciting development for the soap since 'penis-gate'.

  • News

    Concrete Playground Meets Australian Multi-Instrumentalists Hermitude

    Get acquainted with some Blue Mountains electronica and score a double pass to the group's show this Friday.

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