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NewsTicketek and Ticketmaster Forced to Change Their Sneaky Booking Fees
That $50 gig might actually cost you $50 now.
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NewsTriple J Announce One-Off Concert to Celebrate 40 Years On Air
The Preatures, Vance Joy and The Cat Empire are among the many all-Aussie acts onstage.
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NewsDo Neighbours Have a Right to Complain About Live Music Venues?
A disgruntled neighbour next to Cherry Bar has just been labelled "fuckwit of the year".
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NewsTen 2025 Oscar-Winning Films That You Can and Should Watch Immediately
Your newly Oscars-approved viewing list includes films 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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NewsTwenty-Five Exceptional Films by Indigenous Australian Filmmakers That You Can Stream Right Now
Celebrate Australia's First Nations filmmakers with these horror standouts, coming-of-age gems, Top End rom-coms, outback noirs, Aussie westerns and expressive dance flicks.
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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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NewsCity of Yarra Providing $25k in Grants to Soundproof Music Venues
Another chapter in live music vs noise complaints.
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NewsSugar Mountain Announces Huge 2015 Lineup
Nas is playing Illmatic at VCA. Seriously. This is happening.
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NewsWin Tickets to Harley Davidson’s Exclusive Kingswood Gig at Kustom Kommune
Chest hair growth desirable, but not compulsory.
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NewsLaneway Festival Drops Huge 2015 Lineup
Laneway's tenth birthday sees some seriously hyped-up names on the lineup.
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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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NewsThe Ten Best Things to See at the Melbourne Festival 2014
This year you can ride a golden carousel, watch some live-action manga and hear 'Frontier Psychiatrist' like never before. This isn't your average arts festival.
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News20,000 Days on Earth: Truth, Fiction and Never Asking Nick Cave to Do Things Twice
How much of the impossible doco-fiction epic was scripted? The answer may surprise you.
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NewsSecurity Guard Injured by Gatecrashers at Listen Out Sydney
Police are asking for anyone with information to come forward.
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NewsThom Yorke Just Dropped a Sneaky Surprise Album
In true Yorke style, it's about to give the music industry a serious shake-up.
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EventMonster Fest Weekender III Part 2: The Spawning
Fri, 28 Mar - Sun, 30 Mar 2025
Cinema Nova, Carlton
From 'I Still Know What You Did Last Summer' and 'Return to Oz' to 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2' and 'Robocop 2', this three-day film fest is filled with follow-up flicks.
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EventA Night with Luke Mangan at Bistro Bisou
Fri, 28 Mar, 2025
Bistrot Bisou, Melbourne
Mangan and Executive Chef Jacopo Degli Esposti have teamed up to put together a menu of French-inspired deliciousness.
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Event$16 Cocktails at Dolly for National Cocktail Day
Tue, 25 Mar - Sat, 29 Mar 2025
Dolly, Melbourne
For a few glorious evenings, you can sample the bar's entire premium cocktail range at a fraction of the usual price.
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EventLona Misa x Gracias Madre
Fri, 21 Mar - Sat, 29 Mar 2025
Lona Misa Vegetarian Restaurant, South Yarra
Two legendary vegan restaurants from different sides of the Pacific Ocean are teaming up for eight excellent nights.
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EventThe Offspring: Supercharged Worldwide in '25 Tour
Wed, 7 May - Thu, 8 May 2025
Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
Come out and play: The Offspring's latest arena tour with Simple Plan is hitting Australia, including Melbourne, in 2025.
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EventBloc Party: Australian Tour 2025
Sun, 3 Aug, 2025
John Cain Arena, Melbourne
On Bloc Party's latest trip to Australia, they're playing 'Silent Alarm' in full and celebrating the band's 20th anniversary.
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EventVan Gogh High Tea
Sat, 1 Mar - Sun, 1 Jun 2025
TWR, Southbank
The Crown's cocktail bar has joined forces with THE LUME art gallery to transform the Dutch painters' works into a dreamy feast.
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EventSex Pistols Featuring Frank Carter: Australian Tour 2025
Sat, 5 Apr, 2025
Festival Hall Melbourne, West Melbourne
Anarchy in Australia: the iconic punk-rock band are touring Down Under for the first time in almost 30 years.
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EventLulie Tavern's Tenth Anniversary
Mon, 31 Mar - Sun, 6 Apr 2025
Lulie Tavern, Abbotsford
Abbotsford's go-to rock 'n' roll venue is turning ten – and it's celebrating with a week-long party, including an evening with BRICO.
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EventSweet As Festival
Sat, 29 Mar - Sun, 30 Mar 2025
Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne
Sugar me timbers, it's a two-day dessert extravaganza as part of Melbourne Food & Wine Festival.
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NewsGet Your Gold Coins Ready, Newtown Festival’s 2014 Lineup is Out
Deep Sea Arcade, Straight Arrows and Astronomy Class — all still for a gold coin donation.
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NewsClient Liaison to Tour with Flight Facilities in the Slickest Double Header Around
Team ups don't come better dressed than this.
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NewsSarah Blasko, Dan Sultan and The Bamboos to Headline Riverboats Music Festival 2015
The Murray River's favourite roots festival returns for its fourth year of riverside tomfoolery.
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NewsGrant Street Announces its Second Program of Excellent Free Music
Fridays at Grant Street are definitely the place to be.
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NewsThe Ten Best Things to See at the Melbourne Fringe Festival 2014
From a symphony of forks to a night of yelling at Joe Hockey, take charge of the unwieldy Fringe program with these must-see events.
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NewsMelbourne Music Week Is About to Take Over Queen Vic Market
As always, MMW deliver some stellar local produce.
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NewsFriday Nights at NGV Going Next Level for Jean Paul Gaultier
Le Tigre's JD Samson and Chicks on Speed lead a lineup of perfect art pop.
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NewsThe Ten Artists You Must See At BIGSOUND 2014
Tkay, Yeo and D.D. Gang's all here in Fortitude Valley.
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NewsLaneway Festival Announces Dates and Venues for 2015
Return visits and brand new sites for Laneway 2015.
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NewsKaren O’s Debut Solo Album is Now Streaming Online
Crush Songs is a collection of lo-fi love tunes and it's all kinds of dreamy.
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NewsVote [1] Gotye: Wally De Backer and The Basics Have Started a Political Party
Triple J Hottest 100 votes transfer over to the Senate, right?
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NewsThe Kite String Tangle Chats Debut Releases, Green Day Cover Bands and Remixing Lorde
Kicking off a national tour this week, Danny Harley has come a long way from his teenage Green Day cover band.
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NewsThe Black Keys Top Bluesfest’s Massive First Lineup Annoucement
Bluesfest 2015 is looking to younger whippersnappers this year.
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NewsDirector Florian Habicht on Putting Pulp to Film, with a Little Help from Sheffield
It took a whole town to tell the story of Pulp, Jarvis Cocker, life, death and supermarkets.
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NewsListen to the Album Sonic Youth, Ariel Pink, Yoko Ono and Others Recorded for Plants
It's some seriously chill listening.
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NewsLady Gaga Was At Cherry Bar Last Night and You Totally Missed It
The one night you refrain from hitting up AC/DC lane!
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NewsThe Palais Theatre is at ‘Imminent Risk of Closure’
Bob Dylan must party really hard. Port Phillip Council are lobbying the state government for $15 million in restoration costs for the iconic venue.
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NewsRodriguez Announces Australian Tour
THE Rodriguez last toured here with Midnight Oil in the '80s.
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NewsLegendary Bennetts Lane Jazz Club To Close
Great, just when we were having a few victories for Melbourne's live music scene.
