After a two year Covid imposed hiatus, Listen Out, one of Australia’s primary national dance music festivals has revealed the dates and lineup for the 4 Listen Out shows as well as the 2 smaller Listen In events. Listen Out will once again visit Melbourne(23/09), Perth(25/09), Sydney(01/10), and Brisbane(02/10) while Listen In will descend on Adelaide(03/10) and our across the ditch neighbor’s in Auckland(30/09).

BIGSOUND, the southern hemisphere’s biggest celebration of new music, has announced its return for 2022. From the 6th - 9th of September, Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley will host the first BIGSOUND event in two years and this BIGSOUND will be bigger than ever with some awesome new additions to the festival and conference program as well as the 150+ Artists/Bands playing at 21 venues across 3 nights.

The second annual Petrichor International Music Competition is now open for submissions. This annual musical performance and composition contest provides support, inspiration, and exposure to instrumentalists and singers from around the world

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The extreme wet weather conditions caused by La Nina seems to be claiming casualties as quickly as any pandemic with a string of high profile and extremely loved festivals being forced into cancellation due to the excessive amount of rain falling which is causing major flooding along Australia’s East Coast.

It's time to start polishing that hidden talent...because Buskers by the Lake is back. The three-day family friendly event will be returning to the Sunshine Coast from Friday 19th to Sunday 21st of August and festival organisers are putting out the call for applications to perform at this year’s Buskers by the Lake.

Celebrating thirty years of global dance anthems remastered by up to a 60-piece orchestras with impressive guest vocalists, DJs and musicians set in some of Australia’s most iconic live venues, SYNTHONY offers a delicious feast for all music fans. In its second year and with extra cities added to the tour, SYNTHONY is primed to solidify its place as one of the hottest live events in the country.

Australian music icon, Archie Roach has announced the Ruby Hunter Award. This award is designed to support emerging first nations female artists, with the award set to be announced on Friday night on the Archie Roach Foundation Stage, at the Port Fairy Folk Festival.

The Australian music industry has done what it always does in times of crisis, come together to try and help the best way they can, with fundraising events for Flood Victims from the ongoing south east Queensland and NSW floods happening over the next few weeks.

The Reminisce crew are gearing up for their massive 10 Years celebration with a special feature documentary: ‘Backyard to The Bowl – 10 Years of Reminisce’ and beautiful coffee table book that details the journey so far for this now iconic Melbourne event.

PROMISELAND is set to be Australia’s first major music festival that blends Reggae, Afrobeats, and R&B into one cohesive experience for fans. The eclectic music festival will hit the Gold Coast for an enormous two-day event for its inaugural edition on 1st - 2nd of October.

With a huge all-star lineup of legendary artists from all corners of the world, PROMISELAND is set to deliver the ultimate festival experience for Australian Reggae, R&B, and Afrobeats enthusiasts that have been without a dedicated music festival for their genre.

METAL BLADE RECORDS Celebrates 40 Years! and to mark the milestone they are giving us the presents. A Museum, A Vinyl Re-Release and a years worth of events is what we can look forward to from the Metal Blade Team as the share the love of this massive anniversary.

The deeply missed VANFEST Music Festival is making its highly anticipated return to Forbes NSW with two events scheduled in 2022. The first event Mini VANFEST , happening in April will feature a lineup of some of Australia’s hottest artists, including Holy Holy, Julia Stone, Jarryd James, Eves Karydas, Loretta, Rum Jungle, Cloe Terare and local supporting acts, keeping true to the event’s grassroots origins.

THIS THAT Sandstone Point and THIS THAT Newcastle, are 100% approved to go ahead and we don’t know who’s more excited, the punters or the artists themselves. THIS THAT has stayed true to its roots in 2022, delivering the best in party starter acts, epic headliners and that classic festival vibe we have all missed so much. With two stages full of the best Electronica , Hip Hop , Pop and Rock, in the country as well as ‘The Other District’, everyone is covered.

The Brunswick Music Festival has announced its return in 2022, which will be the events 34th year running. Brunswick will host some amazing Aussie Artists and Bands over 10 days in Gilpin Park and other venues in one of Melbourne’s most loved inner city suburbs.

The Gum Ball Music and Arts Festival (April 22-24, 2022 - Hunter Valley) is extremely excited to announce the return of the ‘Young Gums’ Youth Mentorship Program. Young Gums is a hands-on five-day music industry-based learning experience for TEN selected regional high school kids who are interested in music festival production and events.

The NSW Government has today introduced the Event Saver Fund For Major Events which the government hopes will boost confidence in the industry to plan and host events over these uncertain times.

A brand-new electronic music festival, “Mi Casa Su Casa” has been confirmed to take place in the gorgeous beachside town of Port Macquarie NSW on the 29th of January. The festival was originally inspired by the All Day I Dream events and will feature a lineup of some of the regions finest deep, tech and progressive DJ/Producers including headliner Nick Reverse, AMPLIDYNE, VOIR, AGI , Real Flavour & The Ibex Switch.

The annual, Gum Ball has released its 2022 lineup and as usual its stacked full of great Australian talent. One of Australia’s most cherished music festivals. The Gum Ball, returns to its long weekend roots in 2022 for three days of musical fun over the school holidays, 22nd to the 24th April 2022.

Reminisce Is celebrating Ten years of delivering the biggest and best dance countdown event in Australia. The 10 years anniversary will take place at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl in Melbourne, in March. Headlining the event are Armand Van Helden, John Course and Example on the main stage , and new for next year is the addition of two extra stages that will showcase a range of homegrown talent, including: Sgt Slick, Greg Sara, Market Memories and more.