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NewsCherry Bar Is Permanently Closing Its Doors on AC/DC Lane
The famed bar is closing its original doors and moving to a yet-to-be-announced new Melbourne location.
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NewsBIGSOUND Has Announced Its First 76 Acts for 2019
The massive four-day live music event returns to Brisbane in September.
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NewsA Huge 90s R&B Throwback Tour Is Bringing Young MC, Montell Jordan and Bobby Brown Down Under
Bring That Beat Back will hit stages in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Auckland for a nostalgia-packed music party.
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NewsStop Right Now, Because The Spice Girls Look Set to Tour Australia in 2020
You'll be able to spice up your life in February, according to Mel B.
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NewsLegendary Composer Hans Zimmer Is Coming to Australia to Play All of His Film Scores Live
Hear 'The Lion King', 'Pirates of the Caribbean' and 'Blue Planet II' performed by a live orchestra and a full band.
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NewsBrockhampton to Headline One-Day, One-Stage Festival FOMO in 2020
It's returning to Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne this summer.
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NewsTwenty-Five Exceptional Films by Indigenous Australian Filmmakers That You Can Stream Right Now
Celebrate Australia's First Nations filmmakers with these potent westerns, horror standouts, coming-of-age gems, Top End rom-coms, outback noirs, and expressive dance flicks.
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NewsA List of All of the Wes Anderson Films, Ranked
No one makes movies quite like Wes Anderson, so we've revisited and ranked them all — even though every single one is a gem.
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NewsIt's Eurovision Time: Here's When You Can Watch 2025's Song Contest (with Tony Armstrong and Courtney Act Hosting Australia's Coverage)
This year's Australian entry: Go-Jo with the song 'Milkshake Man', which is being performed with a four-metre-tall blender as part of the set.
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NewsHop to It: 16 Classic and Eclectic Films You Can Stream This Easter Long Weekend
Some feature bunnies. Some include eggs or chocolate. Some have provocative takes on religion.
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NewsTen 2025 Oscar-Winning Films That You Can and Should Watch Immediately
Your newly Oscars-approved viewing list includes movies about determined architects, whirlwind romances, catty cardinals, sandworms and more.
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NewsPredicting the Oscars: Who Should, Could and Will Win at the 2025 Academy Awards
From 'Anora' and 'A Real Pain' to 'I'm Still Here' and 'No Other Land', here's what's likely to emerge victorious at the 2025 Oscars.
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NewsHere's Where You Can Watch 33 of 2025's Oscar-Nominated Movies in Australia Right Now
Massive musicals, monumental dramas, stunning animated gems, heartbreaking documentaries, two Timothée Chalamet movies: they're all Oscar contenders, and you can watch them all.
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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 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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NewsPsychedelic Rock Legends The Flaming Lips Are Coming to Australia
Expect confetti canons, elaborate costumes and the highly acclaimed 'The Soft Bulletin' album in full — in both Sydney and Melbourne.
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NewsThornbury Social Club Is Northside's Huge New Multi-Room Music Venue in an Old Warehouse
Prepare to party until 5am in an old ballroom — and on squash courts — with some of the world's best DJs.
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NewsPioneering Electro Duo The Chemical Brothers Is Coming to Australia
It'll bring its new psychedelic live show to Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane — with The Avalanches in tow.
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Cherry Bar Is Reopening Its Doors on AC/DC Lane — Temporarily
After closing in March to move to a new location, the famed bar is throwing open its original doors for a limited time.
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NewsFive Must-See Music Sights to Explore in the UK
Tell your mum you love her and let her know you're off to find your inner John Lennon.
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NewsChildish Gambino Has Announced an Australian Tour
After cancelling his 2018 tour, the US hip hop star has confirmed his return to Sydney, Melbourne and Perth this July.
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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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NewsA Documentary About Beyoncé's Epic 2018 Coachella Set Will Hit Netflix Next Week
And you can watch the trailer right now.
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NewsLegendary Rock Band Queen Is Touring Australia in 2020
Original members Brian May and Roger Taylor are once again teaming up with long-time frontman Adam Lambert.
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NewsSplendour in the Grass Announces 2019 Lineup Led by Childish Gambino, Chance the Rapper and Tame Impala
Dust off your gumboots — it's a big one.
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NewsThe Drop Festival Returns for 2019 to Tour the Country's Most Iconic Surf Spots
The boutique festival will follow the World Surf League Championships across the country, headlined by Client Liaison, Angus and Julia Stone and Hockey Dad.
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NewsWe're Giving Away An Epic Trip To Denver, Colorado
Enjoy five days of eats, live music and adventure in the Rocky Mountains — on us.
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NewsGroovin' The Moo Canberra Will Host Australia's Second Pill-Testing Trial
It follows the success of a trial at the same festival last year, which found a bunch of potentially lethal additives in festivalgoers' drugs.
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EventChristmas Sculpture and Qris Qringle at QV Melbourne
Wed, 26 Nov 2025 - Tue, 6 Jan 2026
QV Melbourne, Melbourne
Christmas at QV Melbourne is back, featuring a towering festive sculpture and the mystery Qris Qringle giveaway loaded with daily prizes.
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EventCoburg Night Market 2025
Thu, 11 Dec 2025, Fri, 12 Dec 2025 and Sat, 13 Dec 2025
Bridges Reserve Coburg, Coburg
This much-loved night market returns to Melbourne's north, bringing three nights of live music, food trucks, artisan stalls and family-friendly activities.
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EventThe Royal Family Dance Crew Presents 'Defend the Throne'
Wed, 27 May - Sun, 7 Jun 2026
Hamer Hall, Southbank
Global street-dance icons The Royal Family Dance Crew will headline RISING 2026 with 'Defend the Throne,' a high-energy showcase blending 14 years of their most iconic choreography with brand-new work ...
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EventSummer Music Series at Mr Mills
Multiple single dates
Mr Mills, Melbourne
Step into this chic late-night basement bar, where high-energy DJs will groove through the early hours all summer long.
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EventMidsumma Festival 2026
Sun, 18 Jan 2026 - Tue, 30 Dec 2025
Various Melbourne locations, Melbourne
Victoria's major LGBTQIA+ arts and cultural celebration is back, delivering over 250 events that champion queer creativity and community.
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EventLu-Niverse: Countess Luann at Melbourne Recital Centre
Mon, 23 Feb, 2026
Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank
Be cool, as this reality TV star brings her infectious energy to Melbourne for a tea-spilling deep dive into a slew of wild moments.
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EventSalomon x BTV Run Club
Sat, 6 Dec and Sat, 13 Dec 2025
Albert Park, Albert Park
Everyone is invited on two runs in Albert Park, plus a daily run club bringing wholesome mornings to the four-day festival at Barunah Plains.
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EventCarlsberg Beach Club
Fri, 19 Dec 2025 - Thu, 29 Jan 2026
Frankston Waterfront, Frankston
Get ready for European holiday vibes, sunset sessions, and free live music just 45 minutes from Melbourne.
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EventCreator Summit: Powered by Fujifilm
Sat, 9 May, 2026
The Timber Yard, Port Melbourne
Following a sold-out Sydney edition, this hands-on photography festival is headed to Melbourne, jam-packed with lens-based creative encounters.
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EventVinnies Fitzroy Good Gift Pop-Up Market
Mon, 10 Nov - Wed, 24 Dec 2025
Vinnies Fitzroy, Fitzroy
Save cash, reduce your environmental impact and give back to the community, as this curated pop-up market offers stellar pre-loved Christmas shopping.
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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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News
Legendary 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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News
Melbourne 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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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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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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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.
