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Bodyjar were the first band to play the Corner in December 1995, when it opened as a dedicated live music ...

British punk pioneers The Damned are currently on their Final Damnation 50 farewell tour, marking five decades since the band ...

Grimm has arrived in Melbourne, and fairy tales have never looked — or sounded — quite like this. Part of ...

Sure, the flight from Australia to Helsinki was long and tiring, but it was well worth the journey to attend ...

Photo by Karen Dean What better way to be introduced to the music scene at Sentrum Scene in Oslo than ...

Photo: Jeff Busby There is something wonderfully unexpected about A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical. You arrive anticipating the ...

If Melbourne's live music scene has a best-kept secret, The Meltdown is surely one of its strongest contenders. Performing at ...

Melbourne has once again surrendered to the Tudor pop revolution. SIX has rolled back into Melbourne at the Comedy Theatre ...

Photo by Karen Dean What a treat it was to see one of my all-time favourite films brought to the ...

CAKE make their long-awaited return to Australia for the first time in 15 years, bringing their unmistakable wit, groove and ...

Pride and Prejudice (sort of) ~ A Delightfully Irreverent Celebration of a Literary Classic “Indulge your imagination in every possible ...

An Evening of Musical Brilliance: Tubular Bells Live in Melbourne Photo by Karen Dean Few albums have left as profound ...

Photo by Mary Boukouvalas The Waterboys Deliver a Powerful Night  The Waterboys fans were out in force for the long-awaited ...

Live theatre enthusiasts have long awaited the arrival of Waitress The Musical to Australian stages, and this production certainly did ...

Photo by Mary Boukouvalas I’ve been listening to John Maus for a long time now — long enough to remember ...

Take your emotions to the next level with a night at the Opera. While opera gets a bad rap—and is ...

Photo by Mary Boukouvalas Opening the preview of the Illuminate Adelaide program was a creative work by Adelaide-based composer Hilary ...

An immersive escape into thoughtfully crafted light and sound. Photo by Laura Boukouvalas Eonarium: Enlightenment is a light and sound experience ...

Most people crave nostalgia. Anything that reminds them of their youth, particularly when it involves catchy disco music, brings back ...

Wu Tang Clan by Costa Boukouvalas Wu-Tang Clan’s return to Melbourne carried the weight of a farewell—but also the reality ...

Pivoting in Style: A Night of Design Brilliance at the NGV The first event of the season for the NGVWA ...

As one of the top 2000 listener of Linkin Park on Spotify, finally seeing them live on Sunday night at ...

Leftfield Bring Phat Beats and Hypnotic Visuals to Live at the Gardens The legendary Leftfield brought a wall of sound ...

Photo by Mary Boukouvalas Opening the evening was Kee’ahn, a First Nations artist of Kuku Yalanji, Jirrbal and Torres Strait ...

On 2 March 2026, Melbourne’s Palace Foreshore played host to a living legend: Grace Jones. And if anyone arrived wondering ...

Photo by Mary Boukouvalas In front of more than 60,000 fans at Marvel Stadium, Ed Sheeran somehow managed to make ...

Riding the Edge of Power and Intimacy The best films are those that shift our perspective, spark passionate debate, and ...

Photo by Mary Boukouvalas It’s been nine years between Australian tours for Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds so securing ...

Ask any Melbourne rock fan what they’d rather be doing on a balmy Sunday evening, and few could imagine anything ...

Stewart Copeland is a natural conversationalist. His long and entertaining storytelling at dinner parties eventually led to a spoken word ...

Built on a simple narrative of quirky feline characters, Cats offers an imaginative and engaging theatrical production. With elaborate costumes ...

Good Things Festival was born out of the ashes of Soundwave and now in its 6th year it has perfected ...

GWAR stormed The Factory on 1st December 2025, unleashing an intergalactic circus of metal, gore, and pure theatrical madness. An ...

“Honouring Fleetwood Mac and the Legacy of Christine McVie” Photo by Karen Dean What better way to spend a Sunday ...

Franz Ferdinand Light Up at The Gardens Photo by Mary Boukouvalas Australian bands ‘Delivery’ and ‘Teenage Dads’ opened the night, ...

“Kravitz proves that true rock’n’roll never grows old.” Photo by Karen Dean Kravitz joins an elite group of timeless musicians—artists ...

Photo by Mary Boukouvalas Who goes out on a Monday night in Melbourne? Apparently, every rocker within a 40-kilometre radius ...

“The past beats inside me like a second heart.” - John Banville Photo by Karen Dean Inga Hanover, artist and ...

Photo By Mary Boukouvalas It’s been a decade since AC/DC last toured our shores, and tonight saw Acca Dacca fans ...

A Long Way to the Top — and Still There: Metallica Reign Supreme in Melbourne A cold Melbourne night became ...

Under the Yarra Valley Sun: Crowded House and the Sound of Nostalgia What better way to spend a Sunday afternoon ...

Teddy Swims Melbourne Concert Review 2025: A Night of Soul, Power and Pure Connection Last night, Teddy Swims brought his ...

Imagine a small, intimate room filled with people. Into this space walks a man—poised, graceful, impeccably dressed, speaking with quiet ...

The 39 Steps: Spy Thrills, Quick Changes and a Dash of Umbilical Mayhem If Alfred Hitchcock’s 1935 thriller collided with ...

Throughout the evening, it felt as if time had slipped backwards to the 70s and 80s of disco and pop ...

Powerstryde isn’t just another cover band – they delivered a powerhouse set packed with 80s rock classics, from I Was ...

Baby Boomers came out in force, eager to be transported back to the wild years of the 70s and 80s ...

The Fabulous Caprettos Rock Melbourne The Fabulous Caprettos' show was a celebration of great music, bringing together some of Australia’s ...

Nothing could stop these die-hard Game of Thrones fans from braving a winter’s night in Melbourne to enjoy an evening ...

An audience in Melbourne with Jane Fonda - a legendary Hollywood icon, activist and writer. Wanderlust True North event in Melbourne ...