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.

 It’s official! triple j’s One Night Stand is returning and this year’s event will take place on Saturday, 14 September at the Friendly Societies Park in Warrnambool, Victoria. triple j’s epic, one-day, all-ages musical event will feature a giant lineup that boasts G Flip, Ruel, What So Not + Friends, Thelma Plum, Sycco, DICE, and a triple j Unearthed competition winner.

Speed Drive INC and Yours & Owls have unveiled their latest event for music lovers, The Gong Crawl. Set to take place on the 17th of August, 10 venues situated around Wollongong, NSW will come alive with a plethora of Australian bands, artists and DJs and what’s even better news is all shows are 100% free entry.

Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley will again explode with energetic music performances and informative industry panels this September, BIGSOUND, Australia’s biggest homegrown showcase will run from the 3rd to the 6th of September with events happening right across the Queensland entertainment district. BIGSOUND will present three massive nights of live music across 17 venues, with over 120 of Australia’s finest music artists.

October and November are set to be Hotter Than Hell with the return of the alt-rock music festival in 2024. The Hotter Than Hell festival tour will be celebrating all things rock with a massive lineup that includes homegrown bands Regurgitator, Jebediah, Little Birdy, The Beanies, Adalita and The Kickons as well as internationals Unwritten Law and Less Than Jake.

The Timeless Summer Tour is set to make its Australian debut in January 2025, with an all-star musical lineup of international superstars from the 70s and 80s.  With a roster that includes Boy George, Bonnie Tyler, Tony Hadley and Starship, Timeless Summer will play to audiences in the beautiful surrounds of the Yarra Valley’s Rochford Wines, the Hunter Valley’s Hope Estate and Queensland’s Sandstone Point.

Heavy metal fans prepare yourselves as MONOLITH FESTIVAL will descend onto stages in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane this November. Monolith boasts a roster of international, metal music giants including Coheed and Cambria, Periphery, Leprous, Intervals & Novelists, with local support from Silver Fang.

One of Australia’s most loved festivals, Yours & Owls is turning 10 and they're throwing the party of all parties to celebrate! On the 12th of October the University of Wollongong will play host to the celebration which will include Golden Features, Peking Duk, Alice Ivy, Anna Lunoe, Cxloe, Hellcat Speedracer, Ninajirachi, Running Touch, with more to be announced in the coming weeks.

TEG Live has proudly announced the return of the internationally renowned Palm Tree Music Festival to Australian shores this December. Following a succession of worldwide instalments, the intercontinental tropical party will again head downunder with a stacked lineup featuring The Chainsmokers, Alesso, Gryffin, Austin Millz, Daya, and more. 

Rhythm & The Reef is returning to the idyllic Meadowlands Amphitheatre, Botanic Gardens in Mackay on Saturday, the 5th of October, with a lineup that includes giants of the Australian music industry including Bliss N Eso, Skeggs, Thelma Plum and Sneaky Sound System, who will be joined by local, emerging artists Giant Palms,  Jonte, Pacey, The Wild Sky, Same Pains, Dosco, Jaymouth, and more

The Brisbane Powerhouse has announced the first round of acts and artists that are set to hit stages across the city as part of the new and improved Melt Festival 2024. Melt will transform Brisbane City into an epicentre of Queer art and culture from the 23rd of October to the 10th of November 2024, with a lineup that includes singers, artists, bands and performers.

The most beautifully situated festival in the country, Harbourlife happening on Saturday 23rd November will see electro fans amass at the city’s iconic landmarks, Sydney Opera House and Harbour Bridge to welcome in the warmer months of the party season with international electronic artists Gorgon City, Chris Stussy, Hugel, Belters Only, It’s Murph & Hannah Wants and local legends Ben Miller & Mixed Methods representing our own deck wizards.

The much-loved Quandamooka Music & Cultural Festival has revealed its lineup for 2024 with the event confirmed to return to Minjerribah from August 30th to the 31st. This year sees the first full-scale event in two years and with artists like Jem Cassar-Daley, Uncle Joe Geia and Sachem headlining the 2024 edition is one not to be missed.

The Red Bull Dance Your Style Weekender will be held from the 19th to the 21st of July and will see Red Bull crown the nation’s best street dancing talent during a weekend full of workshops, panels, parties and music performances.

Untitled Group and triple j, in conjunction with the Dylan Alcott Foundation will bring Ability Fest, a one-of-a-kind inclusive festival to Melbourne on the 19th of October, and for the very first time to Brisbane on the 26th of October. As a not-for-profit event, 100% of proceeds from Ability Fest are donated to the Dylan Alcott Foundation, with each ticket contributing to helping young Australians living with a disability fulfil their dreams. Ability Fest will again deliver a diverse and world class lineup, featuring artists both local and international artists. 

BIGSOUND 2024 has released their first 70 artists that will descend on Fortitude Valley this September, including some massive names from Australia’s Musical talent pool such as Peking Duk’s Keli Holiday and Y.O.G.A projects, Alex the Astronaut, dust, Dear Seattle, Sly Withers, Stand Atlantic, Gretta Ray, PEPTALK, total tommy, Noah Dillon and so many more.