A brand new music, camping and arts festival for Western Australia has been announced!! The You & Me Festival will run over three days in Bunbury and will provide great music and a kaleidoscope of memories, for the lucky people on the West Coast with a huge multi-genre roster that includes Soulja Boy, Ruel, Hayden James, Golden Features, The Veronicas, Habstrakt, The Temper Trap, Wongo, ShockOne, Chillinit, Ben Miller, Coterie, Flowidus, Banjo Lucia, Acraze, Kinder, Restricted and that’s just scratching the surface with organisers promising there are more artist announcements to come.
Australian Country Music Festival Ridin’ Hearts has introduced the ultimate competition for all emerging Australian Country Music Artists. Ridin' Hearts is on the hunt for the country’s most promising undiscovered artists, with the festival offering a prize package that will help them turn their dream into a reality…to make their mark on the country music industry.
Wildlive is set to host a panel of industry leaders on the 11th of October, who are looking to change the way festivals are powered while also offering a live demonstration of its off-grid capabilities for staging, lighting and sound solutions, when they present The Solar Sessions, a free, net zero concert that will feature Kim Churchill, MzRizk, Wilson Blackley, Charlie Needs Braces and The Stamps.
Australia’s longest-running Aussie Rock Festival continues its legacy in 2025 with the confirmation of the first series of the Red Hot Summer Tour set to kick off in January with an All-Star Aussie lineup that includes Icehouse, Noiseworks, Wolfmother, Eskimo Joe, Baby Animals, Killing Heidi & Bachelor Girl.
Australia's premier country festival, CMC Rocks QLD, has unveiled its huge lineup of artists confirmed for the 2025 event, set to take place at the Sunshine State’s Willowbank Raceway from Friday 21 to Sunday 23 March. CMC’s roster features some of the biggest names in the genre from around the world, with the internationals set to hit the stage including CODY JOHNSON, JON PARDI and THOMAS RHETT,BILLY CURRINGTON, KOE WETZEL, MUSCADINE BLOODLINE, WYATT FLORES, KASHUS CULPEPPER. ALANA SPRINGSTEEN, DYLAN MARLOWE, ASHLEY COOKE, ZACH TOP, OLE 60, CARTER FAITH and MACKENZIE CARPENTER.
The world’s biggest international touring music festival brand has confirmed it will return to Australia in April 2025. ULTRA Australia will return to its hometown of Melbourne for the festival’s sixth instalment, while ULTRA Beach will again unleash on the glorious Gold Coast for its second edition, bringing us some of the best EDM music in the world.
Tasmania’s Good Gumnuts Festival has announced its home-grown lineup for the 2025 edition of this popular event, featuring a who’s who of our music industry with the roster of artists and bands that includes Hockey Dad, San Cisco, Jack River, Josh Pyke, Merci, Mercy, Pacific Avenue, Pierce Brothers, Racoon Dog, South Summit, Tia Gostelow, Amy Pegg, The Bad Dad Orchestra plus many more.
The nominees have been announced for the Music Victoria Awards. This year has seen a record-breaking number of entries recognising the musicians, venues, festivals, and professionals who have played a vital role in shaping the Victorian music scene.
Hello Sunshine returns at the beginning of March with shows in Melbourne and for the first time, a show also added for the Gold Coast. The all-ages events will feature a nostalgic musical lineup that will include performances from Stone Temple Pilots, Smash Mouth, Wolfmother, Kasey Chambers, Rogue Traders and Drapht, while the kids will be treated to an extra special Bluey live show and meet & greet, Lenny Pearce and Whistle & Trick.
ONE ELECTRIC DAY has unveiled its all-Aussie Rock lineup for 2024 and fans of this Victorian, all-ages event will not be disappointed. The roster for the November 17th festival includes Noiseworks, Birds Of Tokyo, Wolfmother, Baby Animals, Killing Heidi and Chocolate Starfish. This long-running outdoor event will again take place in Melbourne’s picturesque Werribee Park, with this one-day music festival promising, yet again, to be a super fun day out for the whole family!
Wildlands has confirmed its return this summer with its largest edition yet, the Wildlands trifecta of shows is set to deliver an immersive experience that is sure to satisfy all lovers of the dance, electronic, hip-hop, and indie music genres, with a lineup that includes FISHER, Ice Spice, RL Grime, Chase & Status, Marlon Hoffstadt, Tinashe, Royel Otis, Lola Young, BARKAA and more.
Australia’s favourite Alternative Rock/Metal festival, Good Things returns this December with a lineup of epic proportions!! Good Things will again travel to Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane with a roster of giants that includes Korn, Sum 41, Violent Femmes, Electric Callboy, Mastodon, The Gaslight Anthem, JET, The Living End, L&, Northlane, Alphawolf, Sleeping With Sirens, Bowling For Soup, The Butterfly Effect, Killing Heidi and The Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan joining our own The Delta Riggs.
New Year’s Eve legendary boutique festival Lost Paradise returns to Glenworth Valley (Darkinjung Country) for its 10th year, transforming the picturesque location into a vibrant wonderland of music, art and culture, From Saturday, the 28th of December throughto Wednesday, the 1st of January 2025, a jaw-dropping lineup of both international and homegrown talent will descend on to the Lost Paradise stages with acts like Fisher, Tinashe, Royel Otis, Flight Facilities, Marlon Hoffstadt, Sammy Virji, SG Lewis, Caribou, DJ Boring, Tinlicker, Glass Beams, Dennis Sulta, AJ Tracey, Interplanetary Criminal, Tinashe, Confidence Man, Neil Frances, Little Fritter, and Teenage Dads plus many more all set to help us welcome in 2025.
The annual celebration of music, arts, and camping that is the New Year’s Eve festival, Beyond The Valley has unveiled a seriously stacked lineup, with the likes of FISHER, Ice Spice, Chase & Status, Marlon Hoffstadt, Tinashe, Sammy Viriji, Sugababes, AJ Tracey, Denis Sulta, Natasha Bedingfield, Confidence Man, Teenage Dads, DJ Boring, SG Lewis, Little Fritter, Laura King, Tinlicker, Sycco and The Rions all set to take the stage as we say goodbye to 2024
Sydney landmark, the iconic White Bay Power Station has announced it will open its doors to host Power Up, a free music festival in the heart of the harbour city. The Power Up festival will showcase the creativity of the region’s homegrown talent with over 100 artists and 200 musicians and performers set to take the stage across three days in September.
Australia's premier and most awarded music festival, the Bluesfest Byron Bay, has announced that the 2025 event will be its final event. After 35 years of delivering a world-class festival, the Bluesfest team have announced that next year’s festival will be the final curtain call for this iconic celebration of Blues, Roots and Rock music, as it says goodbye to the legendary Byron Events Farm, just outside of Byron Bay, NSW, Australia.
The Central Coast’s biggest music festival, Rolling Sets has just gotten bigger! After cementing their place on the festival calendar, Rolling Sets continues to grow with the event now expanding to a three-stage bonanza of music, with them revealing a massive 2024 lineup. Set to take place at Memorial Park, The Entrance on Saturday the 7th of December music lovers are in for a big day of dancing, banging and singing along with a raft of genres of offer, catering to everyone’s taste.
DJs around the country are flexing their fingers and dusting off their mixers ahead of the highly contested Australian edition of The DMC World DJ Championships. Kicking off in Victoria at the end of this month, the longest running and most prestigious World DJ Championships are looking for the next Mix Masters to represent Australia in Paris in October, in an Olympic level finale for the 2024 World DMC supremacy title!
The 2024 Rush Festival runs from the 11th through to the 13th of October, in the beautiful town of Charters Towers in Far North Queensland, will feature a wide range of activities to suit individuals of all ages & interests, while also boasting a musical roster that includes Thirsty Merc, Rogue Traders, Joe Camilleri & The Black Sorrows along with Townsville band Shots Fired.
The Handpicked Festival is set to return to Langhorne Creek’s Lake Breeze Wines on Saturday the 9th of November, 2024 for the 10th edition of this South Australian festival set among the vines. With its biggest lineup to date, The Handpicked Festival’s roster for 2024 will include Angus & Julia Stone, The Jungle Giants, Matt Corby, Pete Murray, The Dreggs, CYRIL, Coterie and Azure Ryder.
