Festival
Festival roundup: Dates, Line-ups, News.-
First & Forever 2022 Line-up
A celebration of the diversity of music First Nations artists are cultivating, First & Forever is a new music festival honouring 'Blak excellence and the irrepressible
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2022 Sydney International Women's Jazz Festival Programme
A showcase of some of Australia's as well as the world's most talented, inspiring and creative jazz musicians, the Sydney International Women's Jazz Festival returns for its
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Almost Summer Is Bendigo's New Three-Day Music Festival
As the return to regular live music programming continues to simmer away post the lockdown misery of last year, a host of new events are popping up all the
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Laneway Festival 2023 Line-up
After a couple of years away (for the obvious reasons), 2023 sees the return of Laneway Festival who'll be celebrating its 18th birthday with parties in Brisbane, Sydney,
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Cigány Weaver Make Old-Timey Music Sound Modern & Fresh
Just as Cigány Weaver stepped out onto the River Folk Festival stage (their first appearance at the regional Victorian multiple day event) back in March 2020, stay-at-home
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Tent Pole: A Musical Jamboree 2023 Line-up
Update - 30 November, 2022: Tent Pole have added more acts to their 2023 line-up, with Texan blues alt-country singer-songwriter Charley Crockett and his band, US garage... -
Sun Cycle NYD Melbourne 2023 Line-Up
Sun Cycle returns home to Coburg Velodrome to ring in the new year.
It's a chance to swoon in the summer heat in a full day boasting live acts and DJs, right at... -
Falls Victoria Pivots To A One-Off Downtown Melbourne Event In 2022
Despite gaining approval from local council earlier this year to stage the Victoria leg of Falls Festival at its new location at Birregurra (in the Colac Otway Shire), event
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Review: BIGSOUND Live 2022 Night Three Part Two (Brisbane)
Day three is here! We're here (8 September), feet slightly recovered and ready to rock and roll.
First up Beddy Rays headline the Oztix party at The Brightside.... -
Review: BIGSOUND Live 2022 Night Three Part One (Brisbane)
It's night three of BIGSOUND 2022 (8 September) – hands up if you can still feel your legs. No, me neither. What else is to be done but get right into it?
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Review: 2022 SPRINGTIME Music Festival (Gold Coast)
The past weekend witnessed the inaugural SPRINGTIME music festival staged beachside in Surfers Paradise (2-4 September).
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Review: BIGSOUND Live 2022 Night Two (Brisbane)
It's BIGSOUND night two of three – are you all hanging in there?
First up at Tomcat was OK Hotel, who, despite being at only 75 per cent capacity due to the... -
Review: BIGSOUND Live 2022 Night One Part Two (Brisbane)
It's here and it's big! More than 180 acts are taking over 21 stages in Brisbane's Fortitude Valley for BIGSOUND's 21st birthday (6-8 September); and if day one is anything
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Review: BIGSOUND Live 2022 Night One Part One (Brisbane)
Back in the flesh for the first time since 2019 and celebrating its 21st birthday this year, BIGSOUND is back with a bang and then some in 2022.
With 300... -
Peach PRC Is Nurturing Her Seedlings As She Graduates From Her Bedroom To National Fame
Peach PRC sits in her bedroom, her walls not that much different from when she first began carving out her now significant presence on TikTok in 2019 – except for the odd
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BIGSOUND 2022: scenestr's National Music Editor Picks Their Must-See Artists
After receiving more than 1,300 artist applications for their 21st birthday celebrations, BIGSOUND programmers selected a record-number of 182 bands and artists to showcase
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Bluesfest 2023 Line-up (First 40 Artists)
Update - 5 October, 2022: Bluesfest have added another six artists to the 2023 line-up: Allison Russell, Counting Crows, The Doobie Brothers, Nathaniel Rateliff & The... -
Future Static Are On The Road To BIGSOUND
Melbourne metal quintet Future Static are bringing the noise to BIGSOUND (in Brisbane) earlier September, armed with a vicious new single and led by freshly minted frontwoman
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The Northern Folk Are Coding Real-Life Experiences Into Live Music Feels
All bar one member of The Northern Folk hail from Albury, NSW, and it was in that border town they formed.
Now calling Melbourne home, the ten-piece find their... -
Middle Kids Discuss Recording Their New Unreleased Album, Touring With Friends & Eating Dodgy Pies
It's been a huge 12 months for Middle Kids, but they're used to sudden changes.
After winning an ARIA Award for Rock Album Of The Year last year, playing all over...