Music venues in Victoria have today taken their punters' safety into their own hands by launching a NO QR, NO ENTRY policy.

AFL legends Matthew Richardson and Bob Murphy have added their voices to the chorus of music lovers desperate to save Melbourne's live music venues by appealing to the State Government to lift density restrictions.

Hello again Yours and Owls fam! Today we bring you some great news; The NSW Government and Ministry Of Health has advised that our COVID safety plan is approved and that our festival will be able to run this April 17 & 18, pending the current COVID situation remains under control.

One of Australia’s most popular and versatile entertainers, ARIA Award-winning, multiplatinum-selling recording artist David Campbell brings his Back In Swing big band show to the Sunset Piazza, completing the 2021 season program.

The time has finally come. Welcome, Meadow 2021.

Moving to 100% virtual and 100% free this year, BIGSOUND 2020 gets ready to go live in your living rooms, laptop screens, and office spaces from tomorrow on Wednesday October 21st and Thursday 22nd, bringing together a stacked conference program of keynote presentations, panels, workshops, performances and parties covering a wide range of topics and discussions aiming to re-future a challenged industry with positivity, connection and reality.

Melbourne Music Week will be held over three months this summer to support the local music industry as it recovers from the impacts of COVID-19.

The much-anticipated The BIGSOUND50 and conference program have been revealed today, as the 100% virtual and 100% free online BIGSOUND 2020 gets ready to go live in your living rooms, laptop screens, and office spaces on October 21st and 22nd.

BIGSOUND 2020 has dropped the mic on its first (and hopefully last) ever 100% virtual program on October 21 and 22, bringing together a stacked first announcement of keynote presenters to lead a program to re-future a challenged industry with positivity, connection and reality.

The accomplishments and emergence of wonderful South Australian music over the last 12 months is set to be celebrated this year, with the South Australian Music (SAM) Awards powering ahead for 2020.

In August 2019 SAFIA released their second album Story’s Start or End and completed a hugely successful Australian tour, with seven of the shows sold out. Today on the one-year anniversary of the release the band are announcing the release of a Live EP from the Australian tour to celebrate the incredible work of their touring crew.

COVID closures and pandemic restrictions weren’t enough to dampen the spirits at this year’s National Indigneous Music Awards, with the event going completely virtual for the first time across TV, radio and online, showing the resilience and tenacity of a community intent on celebrating First Nations talent from across our lands.

We will not be hosting Loch Hart Music Festival in 2020. It is with a heavy heart that we must vacate our November 2020 dates. Given the current state of things in Victoria this is unlikely to come as a shock, however, it is still an extremely difficult decision to make. 

BIGSOUND is pleased to announce that it will proceed in 2020 with a revised program of conference, live music and parties, ensuring that its long-standing role of providing forward thinking, listening, learning, discovering and most importantly industry connection for the music community, is not lost due to COVID-19.

We’ve already heard the sort of vibes Sydney songwriter Oly Sherman has been working with for 2020 on his January release, ‘Madness’, and now we’re getting more insights into this talented musician’s building stock of work. Releasing his new single ‘Homeboy’ this month, Sherman swathes polished songwriting in slick production and indie influences. Another strong step forward for Sherman, ‘Homeboy’ is one of his most intimate offerings yet.

Australian metal destroyers AVERSIONS CROWN will release their fourth studio album, Hell Will Come For Us All on June 12th via Nuclear Blast. Today, the band discusses the ramifications of living during the Covid-19 Pandemic.

A pandemic can close our venues, ban our gigs and end our gatherings, but You Can’t Stop The Music!  Melbourne’s beloved radio station PBS 106.7FM is dusting off the dancing shoes for its annual Radio Festival from Monday 18 May to Sunday 31 May. This year’s festival refuses to let a little isolation get in the way of the biggest on air fundraiser party the FM bandwidth can handle. PBS is inviting listeners to put their money where their ears are and join or renew this May to keep the tunes rolling for another nonstop boogie around the sun. 

Local label Tremoverse Records, in collaboration with Melbourne’s Box Hill Institute, is thrilled to present a new compilation album featuring original songs from isolated music students the world over, with submissions now open. Songs From Home is set to once again obliterate genre boundaries and navigate the multimodal soundscapes that music students have to offer.