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NewsBluesfest Told It Has "Nothing to Worry About" Under New NSW Music Festival Policies
The festival has been deemed "low risk" despite the government's guidelines suggesting otherwise.
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NewsBluesfest Is Likely to Leave NSW After 30 Years of Successful Festivals in Byron Bay
Festival Director Peter Noble says the major event may have to relocate because of the NSW Government's strict new policies on music festivals.
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NewsElton John Is Bringing His Huge Farewell Tour Down Under
He'll play his last-ever Australian and New Zealand shows across late 2019 and early 2020.
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NewsGroovin the Moo Has Announced Its 2019 Lineup
GTM returns to regional Australia with Coolio, Hilltop Hoods, Billie Eilish and a whole lot of local talent.
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NewsLegendary Rock Den Cherry Bar Is Closing Its Doors on AC/DC Lane
The famed bar is shutting up shop, but its sticky carpet legacy is set to live on somewhere new.
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NewsMelbourne Politicians Have Called on the Victorian Government to Allow Pill Testing
And the City of Port Phillip Council has offered (again) to play host to a state-first pill testing trial
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NewsEleven 2025 Golden Globe-Winning Films and TV Shows That You Can (and Should) Watch Right Now
Make a cinema or a couch date with a freshly minted Golden Globe-winner — here's what you can watch right away, and where.
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NewsTwenty-Five Movies That You Can Stream This Christmas No Matter How You Feel About the Festive Season
Pour a glass of eggnog, find your comfiest spot on the couch, then enjoy everything from 'The Holdovers' and 'Die Hard' to 'Last Christmas' and 'Eyes Wide Shut'.
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NewsNine 2024 Emmy-Winning TV Shows That You Should Watch Immediately
Your new must-watch list of Emmy-winners includes 'Baby Reindeer' and its has-to-be-seen-to-be-believed tale, the history-making 'Shōgun' and, yes, 'The Bear'.
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NewsThe Six Best Ways to Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival in Melbourne
Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival (Moon Festival) in Melbourne by hitting up cultural performances, noshing on mooncakes, and gathering together a big group mates for a yum cha feed.
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NewsNine New Movies You Can Watch Right Now That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming
Get comfy on the couch with Austin Butler's latest brooding role, serial-killer chiller 'Longlegs' and the animated antics of 'Inside Out 2'.
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NewsTwelve Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream This Month
Spend your couch time watching Rashida Jones navigate a sci-fi mystery in Japan, Nicolas Cage face a post-apocalyptic future and a gripping Australian romance-scam thriller.
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NewsThe 15 Best Straight-to-Streaming Movies of 2024 So Far
From 2024's first half, you need to be catching an Oscar-winning documentary, Glen Powell as a fake assassin and plenty of horror shocks from your couch.
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NewsEight New Movies You Can Watch in July That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming
Get comfy on the couch with 'Furiosa', the latest gem from Hirokazu Kore-eda and a hypnotic vision of an AI-dominated future.
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GuideMust-Stream TV: All the Best Shows You Should Be Watching From 2024 So Far
Don't spend hours scrolling through streaming platforms — here's 2024's standout shows that you need to see.
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NewsThe 15 Best Returning TV Shows of 2024 So Far
These are the beloved small-screen favourites to say "yes chef!" to, sleuth along with and giggle with — and get catchy songs stuck in your head from, too.
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NewsA Masquerade Party with Acrobats and House Music Is Coming to Sydney and Melbourne
This April, German DJ Claptone's mysterious, multi-sensory show will make its third Melbourne appearance and its Sydney debut
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NewsAll Sorts Is Melbourne's New Daytime Beach Party from the Organisers of Beyond The Valley
The inclusive summer festival features cabaret, drag and a music lineup headlined by Seth Troxler.
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NewsTame Impala and Childish Gambino Lead Coachella's Huge 2019 Lineup
Start saving for that airfare.
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NewsThe 'Godfather of Punk' Iggy Pop Is Coming to Australia
He'll perform (probably shirtless) in Sydney, Melbourne and Byron in April 2019.
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NewsRed Hot Chili Peppers Announce Their First Aussie Headline Tour in Over a Decade
Next year, they'll be singing songs to you (but probably not beneath marquees).
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ShopCounterweight Vinyl & Espresso
32 Chambers Street, Footscray
Browse secondhand vinyl — the specialty is classic dance and bass — or sit down for a coffee and pastry.
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NewsFuture to Headline Huge Hip Hop Festival Rolling Loud's First-Ever Australian Event
It's billed as the world's biggest hip hop festival — and it's coming to Sydney next year.
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GuideThe Best Gigs and Parties Happening at Melbourne Music Week 2018
Be serenaded in the sky, dance in AC/DC Lane and roller skate to live disco — and see many gigs in-between.
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NewsThe World's Biggest Hip Hop Festival, Rolling Loud, Is Coming to Australia for the First Time This Summer
If past years are anything to go by, expect a downright massive lineup.
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NewsKing Street's New Chandelier-Filled Live Music Venue Is Now Open
A former Melbourne strip club has been reincarnated as a sprawling live music venue, now dubbed Geddes Lane Ballroom.
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NewsThe One and Only Kylie Minogue Is Bringing Her 'Golden' Tour to Australia
The Aussie pop icon will be spinning around the country in March.
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GuideAll the Best Music Festivals Happening in Melbourne and Around Victoria This Summer
From camping festivals with with farm feels to a one-day inner city dance parties, this list has something for every musical inclination (and intensity).
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EventGABS Craft Beer Fest
Fri, 4 Apr, 2025
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, South Wharf
Where can you get a drink from a 120-tap bar? At 2025's Great Australasian Beer Spectapular.
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EventWhat's on in Frankston: 2025 Events
Multiple single dates
Various Frankston venues
From European beach clubs to street art and sand sculpting, here's everything hitting Frankston in early 2025.
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EventBiggest Best IMAX Film Festival
Sat, 11 Jan - Sun, 2 Mar 2025
IMAX Melbourne, Carlton
This IMAX Melbourne film festival is filled with the best and biggest flicks to see on its huge 32-metre-wide by 23-metre-tall screen.
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EventEuropa! Europa Film Festival
Wed, 12 Feb - Wed, 12 Mar 2025
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations
Celebrate European cinema with a packed film festival lineup featuring 44 movies from 26 countries.
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EventThe Glam Slam
Fri, 24 Jan - Sun, 26 Jan 2025
Melbourne Park, Melbourne
Beyond the official Glam Slam tennis matches, you'll also find roaming drag queens and kings, glam stations, DJ sets, and plenty of rainbow flags.
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EventDrake: 'Anita Max Win' Tour
Multiple single dates
Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
The 'Hotline Bling' performer 'The Degrassi: The Next Generation' star is returning Down Under for the first time in eight years.
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EventThe Play That Goes Wrong
Wed, 3 Sep - Sun, 21 Sep 2025
Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne
This comedic production about a chaotic play focuses on The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society's efforts to stage a murder-mystery.
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EventPickleball Pop-Up at Ichi Ni Nana Izakaya
Thu, 9 Jan - Thu, 6 Feb 2025
Ichi Ni Nana Izakaya, Fitzroy
Drop by this Japanese restaurant to pair your sushi and cocktails with a few rounds of pickleball.
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Event$15 Cacio e Pepe at Marameo
Tue, 7 Jan - Fri, 31 Jan 2025
Marameo, Melbourne
The team is slashing the price of its most-popular pasta to celebrate its fifth birthday — but only until the end of January.
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EventAn Evening with David Sedaris
Thu, 6 Feb - Fri, 7 Feb 2025
Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne
David Sedaris is bringing his latest tour to Hamer Hall in Melbourne in February to delight NPR obsessives.
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NewsNelly and Craig David Are Hitting a Bunch of Wineries for Another Nostalgic R&B Tour This Summer
They'll be joined by All Saints and Amerie for the Australian tour of RNB Vine Days.
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NewsChildish Gambino Has Cancelled His Upcoming Australian Tour
Promoter Live Nation is working to reschedule the US hip hop star's Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and Canberra dates.
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NewsPitch Music & Arts Festival Returns with a Massive 2019 Lineup
The multi-day Victorian camping festival is back with 45 musical acts, light installations and immersive art.
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NewsMelbourne Zoo Has Unveiled Its Full 2019 Twilight Gig Program
Summer is officially around the corner (and so is Cat Power, Marlon Williams and The Internet).
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NewsAustralia's Huge National R&B Tour Is Getting a Star-Studded After Party
Lil Jon, Estelle, Fatman Scoop and Ginuwine will all do double duty after the main shows.
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NewsGolden Plains Has Just Announced Its Star-Studded 2019 Lineup
With Beach House, The Internet, Four Tet and Marlon Williams just some of the big names on the bill.
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NewsNick Cave Is Heading on an Intimate Solo Tour of Australia
This new show will see the Aussie music legend blend candid conversation, storytelling and piano solos.
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NewsWoodford Folk Festival Has Announced Its 2018–19 Lineup
Southeast Queensland's annual end-of-year festival returns for its whopping 33rd year.
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NewsAn Amy Winehouse Hologram Is Set to Tour Worldwide in 2019
It'll feature a holographic version of the late songstress crooning her hits, accompanied by a live band and on-stage singers.
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NewsA Massive Rolling Stones Exhibition Is Coming to Australia
'Exhibitionism: The Rolling Stones Exhibit' will bring more than 500 of the band's rare items — and some satisfaction — to Sydney.
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NewsThe Jacksons, Village People and Kool & The Gang Are Coming to Australia
They'll bring big doses of nostalgia and plenty of soul to Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth.
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NewsBluesfest Has Added Another 19 Artists to Its Packed 2019 Lineup
Time to start making Easter long weekend plans.
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NewsAqua, Vengaboys and Lou Bega Are Heading Down Under for a Huge Throwback Pop Tour
The Vengabus is comin'.
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NewsYou Can Catch a Gig on the Melbourne Star at This Year's Melbourne Music Week
The nine-day program also features a Cherry Bar laneway party headlined by Regurgitator and an immersive psychedelic sound experience at The Toff.
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NewsMelbourne Zoo Twilights Announce 2019 Dates and First Headliner
Summer is officially around the corner (and so is Cat Power).
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NewsThe ABC Is Launching a New Australian TV Show Dedicated to Live Music
Three artists will play live each week, with triple j’s Linda Marigliano and Dylan Alcott as the show's hosts.
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NewsGeddes Lane Ballroom Is King Street's Ambitious New Live Music Venue
The 400-capacity venue will boast a diverse music program, along with a food and drink offering curated by Shannon Bennett
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NewsFlight of the Conchords' New TV Special Is Coming to Australian TV Screens
The duo's one-off live special will air in October.
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NewsACMI Will Transform Into a Live Gig Venue for Melbourne Music Week
The citywide music celebration will make the The Fed Square precinct its hub for 2018.
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NewsCourtney Barnett and Gang of Youths Headline Laneway Festival's Huge 2019 Lineup
This year, the lineup is filled with some big Aussie names.
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NewsLost Paradise Has Dropped Its 2018 New Year's Eve Festival Lineup
Electronica, glamping and yoga returns to Glenworth Valley.
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NewsThe First Is Melbourne's Latest New Year's Day Electronica Festival
And the event's impressive inaugural lineup includes M.I.A., Action Bronson, The Presets and more.
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NewsMelbourne's Laneway Festival Will Move to a New Inner West Location Next Year
But, it's only moving a kilometre away — to Footscray Park.
