Bluesfest 2018 – Ziggy Alberts
Local folk artist Ziggy Alberts has been described as many things – surfer, independent artist, creative soul, literal angel sent from heaven – and…
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Our 15 picks of the Day at Bluesfest 2018: Day 3
Word on the Tyagarah Tea Tree farm was that Day 3 of Bluesfest 2018 was going to be the least interesting. Having caught all…
Bluesfest 2018 Day 2 Highlights
Thankfully day two of the Byron Bay Bluesfest dawned with blue skies and a dry outlook. The Friday was packed full of huge names…
5 Humans of Bluesfest 2018: Day 2
Jarrod and Jackson Jarrod “I can’t play music to save my life but I listen to music 14 or 15 hours a day. I’m…
Bluesfest 2018 – Newton Faulkner
Thursday night saw Newton Faulkner return to the Byron Bay Bluesfest stage for the first time since 2013 and he loved the energy of…
Bluesfest 2018 – Holy Holy
We sat down with Tim Carroll and Oscar Dawson from Aussie indie rock band Holy Holy to discuss their recent tour and their future…
Bluesfest 2018 Day 1 Highlights
Usually when the annual Byron Bay Bluesfest rolls around, we hit the ground running. This year we stepped into the mud gently, but it…
Prophets Of Rage: Live review | The Tivoli | Monday 26 March 2018
Rage Against The Machine. Public Enemy. Cypress Hill. It would be difficult to assemble a more impressive array of hard hitting talent from the…
Five Excellent Things About Bluesfest 2018 Day 1…and a Few Tips if You’re Coming
And so it begins… The best bloody festival in Australia as far as I’m concerned. Brilliant line-up that you can check out at bluesfest.com.au…
Gold Coast’s best albums revealed: Gold Coast Music Awards
What are the Gold Coast’s best albums? There’s regular chatter in the music industry about the future of the album format. Artists regularly opt…
Gold Coast Music Awards 2018 finalists revealed
Finalists for the 2018 Gold Coast Music Awards have been announced. Rock, hip-hop, punk, folk, country, blues and everything in between is covered in…
Women to the fore at Gold Coast Film Festival
If you think that the spotlight will be ripped from the Gold Coast the minute the Commonwealth Games wrap up on 15 April, you thought…
Limp Bizkit + Of Mice & Men: Live review and Gallery | The Riverstage | Tuesday 27 March 2018
My everything hurts and I have no voice. That’s right, Limp Bizkit played Riverstage last night. Even if you put in one eighth of…
The Big Pineapple Is Upon Us
It’s that time of year again! One of Australia’s leading music festivals The Big Pineapple has just released its yearly line up and it…
Taylor Swift Announces Australian Stadium Tour
With her brand new album ‘Reputation’ fresh at fans’ fingertips and earholes, Taylor Swift has just announced a full headline stadium tour right across…
Crab Carnival 2018 at The Balcony Bar, Byron Bay
“Are you sure you want to go out in this weather?” he asks. “Crabs!” I reply. Just one word. It’s enough to get us…
Kobie gets a chance to ring the bell
Coolangatta / Tweed teenage surfing sensation Kobie Enright has earned her chance to take on the best surfers in the World at the Rip…
The first weekend of Bleach* Festival 2018 is almost here, and it’s gonna be huge
Bleach* is back, baby! Now that our city’s signature arts and cultural festival has once again returned to delight, amuse and enthral, we wouldn’t…
Gold Coast music on the world stage for Bleach* 2018
Wanna know where to see the best local talent when Bleach* Festival opens this week? There’s no shortage, that’s for sure. In fact, there’s…
A chat on the carpet with Aladdin and Princess Jasmine
The much anticipated Broadway musical Disney’s ‘Aladdin’ has opened at the Lyric Theatre QPAC. Two of its leading cast members Hiba Elchikhe (Princess Jasmine)…
Michael Leunig creates 1000 stories live on stage during The Festival of Tibet
The Festival of Tibet returns to the Brisbane Powerhouse for its 10th anniversary this year from Thursday 26 to Sunday 29 April. The program…
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