The Handpicked Festival is returning in style on the 11th of November, After a three-year hiatus due to last year’s unprecedented weather event and Covid causing two postponements, the much-loved festival is making an epic return with some of our very best and well-known exports including Lime Cordiale, Ball Park Music, Ziggy Alberts, The Temper Trap, The Waifs and Budjerah as well local artists Aleksiah and Rob Edwards all set to take to the stage at Langhorne Creek’s Lake Breeze Wines.
Adelaide’s HARVEST ROCK has now been confirmed to be going ahead in 2023, making HARVEST ROCK a now annual two-day festival of sound and taste. This year’s HARVEST ROCK will take place on Saturday the 28th & Sunday the 29th of October at Adelaide’s Rymill / Murlawirrapurka and King Rodney / Ityamai-itpina Parks with a lineup that includes BECK & JAMIROQUAI for their only Australian performances as well as NILE RODGERS & CHIC, OCEAN ALLEY, PAUL KELLY, BRIGHT EYES, FLIGHT FACILITIES (DECADE DJ SET), SPARKS, SANTIGOLD, THELMA PLUM, CHROMEO, CHET FAKER, JULIA JACKLIN, BAKER BOY, VERA BLUE, BAD//DREEMS, LADYHAWKE, WARPAINT, SAM BARBER, BUILT TO SPILL, THE LEMON TWIGS plus more yet to be announced.
Rhythm & The Reef has announced its return on Saturday the 30th of September to the picturesque Bluewater Quay in the Central Queensland region of Mackay . Rhythm & The Reef 2023 will play host to both home grown talent as well as a massive international with a line up that includes Lime Cordiale, Example, Go-Jo, Discovery, Giant Palms, Late November, Clovr and Cherry.
Have you ever wanted to see 7 concerts in 1 day? Well the 1MX Music Festival in Sydney is set to deliver that dream with a "7-concerts-in-1" event happening on the 8th of October at Sydney’s iconic venue The Hordern Pavilion. 1MX is a fusion of Asian Pacific music that has already blown away crowds in the UK, Europe and North America and Sydney looks like it will follow suit with a lineup that includes William Singe, Dami Im, KZ Tandingan, Ben&Ben, Keenan Te, Milky Day and Maymay.
Australia’s leading independent music conference, Indie-Con is happening again in Adelaide from 2nd-4th August, thanks to continued support from the South Australian Government’s Music Development Office. The three day conference programming includes international guest speakers, global music industry experts, label representatives, independent artists & journalists, and representatives from over 40 domestic and international companies.
Rockhampton, the beautiful sunny city in far north Queensland will come alive this July, with a three day festival in the heart of town. From the 28th -30th of July a array of Australian musical talent from a variety of genres will play at the FREE & family friendly event. Not only will be festival goers be treated to music from Birdz, Andrew Swift, The Delta Riggs and The Stone Apes, there will be an abundance of Art Installations, Workshops, Arts & Craft, local vendor stalls and a selection of food to take you right around the world.
BIGSOUND has unveiled a massive lineup for their 2023 event, with more than 140 artists booked to descend upon Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley for the largest and most important music industry event in the Southern Hemisphere this September! The 22nd edition of BIGSOUND lineup of 140+ artists including Steph Strings, Battlesnake, STUMPS, Boomchild, Radium Dolls, Kobie Dee, Alf the Great, Freight Train Foxes, Bella Amor, Melody Moko, Siobhan Cotchin, Mason Watts, Baby Prince, Southeast Desert Metal, Aurateque, Georgia Llewellyn, Micah Heathwood, Friends of Friends and The Empty Threats.
Out Of The Woods returns this October for another two full days of incredible music, art and adventure in the port city of Fremantle, WA. OOTW is a vibrant celebration where everyone can freely express themselves while taking part in new adventures with a backdrop of huge musical talent that includes Chet Faker, The Temper Trap, Django Django, Skeggs, Winston Surfshirt, Broods, Meg Mac, Slumberjack, Late Nite Tuff Guy, Stace Cadet and KLP.
Australia’s leading music cruise charter company have announced the highly anticipated dates for 2024’s Rock the Boat cruise, which is set to take place from October 23rd - 30th, 2024. With over 30 artists on board, the cruise promises the very best in Australian rock music that will captivate fans, with the rock royalty including The Living End, Baby Animals, The Screaming Jets, Mark Seymour and The Undertow, Chocolate Starfish, Boom Crash Opera, Thirty Merc and The Hype Boys.
The iconic Yours & Owls Festival is back again in 2023, with the team announcing October 14th and 15th as the dates for this years event with a lineup that includes Bakar, Oliver Tree, Chet Faker, Descendents, Broods, Golden Features, Hilltop Hoods, Meg Mac, Masego, Hobo Johnson, Lil Tjay, Earl Sweatshirt, Ocean Alley, Vera Blue, Peach Pit and Safia.
Smirnoff returns to Australia’s biggest music festival, Splendour in the Grass this July. Smirnoff has created a beautiful Palm Springs themed oasis for festival-goers to bask in with its immersive experience Smirnoff Seltzer Springs.
The Untitled Group have announced the return of the Grapevine Gathering festival series this October. Again taking place in some of the country’s very best wineries, with a lineup that includes Spacey Jane, The Wombats, Hayden James, King Stingray, Vanessa Amorosi, The Rions, Teenage Joans & Bella Amor
Two of Australian music’s driving forces, Chugg Music and Select Music have joined forces with country music manager, Dan Biddle to launch Wheelhouse Agency, a new booking agency focused on the growth of country and Americana music in Australia. With Country music now dominating the global market in ticket sales, streaming figures and social followers, Wheelhouse is set to deliver the best this country has to offer to not only Australian music lovers but also promote our artists to the rest of the world.
The winter solstice is upon us and that means its time again for Forbes’s annual Frost And Fire Festival. Each year this event celebrates the solstice, the year’s shortest day and longest night. This year sees the Frost And Fire event return to Forbes’s Ski Dam, with family and friends coming together on Saturday the 17th June, 2023 to gather around crackling fires and indulge in hearty food, share drinks and enjoy awesome Aussie music.
The beautiful people who brought you such festivals as Pitch Music & Arts, Beyond The Valley and Sun Cycle NYD, the Untitled Group, are taking over the iconic Royal Exhibition Building for a “never before experienced dance event” as a part of The City Of Melbourne’s new festival - Now or Never. The event will take place on the 26th August and will feature a lineup that includes Âme and Axel Boman, as well as local talent, CC:DISCO!, Ayebatonye and dameeeela.
The Australian Independent Record Labels Association announce its return to the UNESCO City of Music this August for its annual AIR Awards and Indie-Con Australia Conference.
Australia, get ready to LIGHT IT UP with the announcement of a brand new, all ages Hip Hop event coming to arenas around the country this September! LIGHT IT UP’s inaugural year will see some of the biggest names in hip hop hitting the largest entertainment venues across Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide, Sydney and Perth with a lineup that includes Hip Hop heavyweights Wiz Khalifa, Rae Sremmurd, Lola Brooke and our very own Hooligan Hefs thanks to TEG MJR, Switch Events and CADA.
From Apollo to Two Tribes, Stereosonic to Festival X, no one can dispute Hardware’s impact on the Australian electronic music scene. Now you can relive all the memories with True Faith : 30, a 440 page book full of stories, photos and flyers which tells the history of the company and its contribution to Australian Music Industry.
Over the decade’s, dimly lit and often secretive locations around the country have provided the backdrop to what is now known as the global phenomenon, Ministry of Sound. From Australia’s acid house infancy, to the many reinventions of the rave, through the 90s and the 00s, communities were formed on the MOS dancefloors. This unmatched era of nightlife has become the stuff of folklore and legend.
Jammin Festival will return to Australia this February with a two day event for both Sydney and the Gold Coast. Jammin will feature an expanded international line-up compared to its debut this year including superstars Sean Paul, UB40,Shaggy, Wyclef Jean, J Boog and son of Bob, Julian Marley.
