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Contents
EDITOR
Tom Parker

DIGITAL EDITOR
Page 27 – 70 Caleb Triscari

Ultimate SUB EDITOR

Kate Streader

Festival Guide EDITORIAL ASSISTANTS

Joshua Martin, Kate Streader, Jonti Ridley,
Annie-Mei Forster

GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Erica May

MANAGING DIRECTOR
Patrick Carr

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SENIOR PHOTOGRAPHER
Ian Laidlaw

CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS
David Harris, Lewis Nixon, Sally Townsend, Andrew
Friend, Rochelle Flack, Anna Madden, Dan Soderstrom,
Joshua Braybrook, Tasha Strachan, James Hughes

COLUMNISTS
Christie Eliezer, Sose Fuamoli, Augustus Welby, Morgan
Mangan, D’arcy McGregor, Sam Howard, Anna Rose

CONTRIBUTORS
Alexander Crowden, Dan Watt, Augustus Welby, Alex
Page 80 Page 71 Watts, David James Young, Bronius Zumeris, Natalie
Rogers, Holly Pereira, Claire Morley, Jacob Colliver,
Halloween Special The Meanies Anna Rose, Christopher Lewis, Christine Tsimbis,
Eliza Booth, Ellen Pritchard, Holly Denison, James
Robertson, Rhys McKenzie, Jono Coote, Jonathan
Reynoso, Lexi Herbert, Luke Carlino, Marnie Vinall,
Maria Glykokalamos, Meg Crawford, Scott Hudson,
Tammy Walters

Editor’s Note
Sometimes life throws fire-laced curveballs at you. Putting together a 96-page magazine could be considered a roaring Mitchell Starc
inswinger but now I’m talking cricket. Beat Magazine is a beast from this Wednesday October 16 – it’s festival season and that’s the /BeatMag
catch. There’s a gazillion of these extravaganzas on our doorstep and you’re probably not ready… or maybe you are.
@BeatMagazine
Needless to say, what beckons as you take a right turn down spring street (the season, not the inner Melbourne thoroughfare) is
wondrous expeditions that envelope any genre under the sun. We’re lucky enough to be profiling a bunch of these – it’s like speed /beatTV
dating, but for festivals, so dive in and freestyle like you’re Ian Thorpe racing for gold (another sport reference, sigh). You’ll be reading
about everything from the New Year’s bastion Falls Festival, to the ever-growing Tasmanian hoot, Party In The Paddock, all the way @beatmagazine
through to Bluesfest, which sits in April at the top of Mt Everest… you have to scale the heights first though.
Coinciding with our Ultimate Festival Guide comes our exploration of Halloween, the fabled yearly celebration which only grows
rapidly by the year. Maybe you’d like to get all spooky at Luna Park for their Spooktober extravaganza or party it up at Spice Market
in your best getup. Speaking of getup, we chat to Hardware Lane Costumes about everything they’ve got in store for the occasion –
they’ve got all the tips to ensure you look scary as hell.
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10 News 75 Luke Williams,

16 Arts Guide First Wives Pub
GIVEAWAY
20 Columns 76 You Am I x Young Henrys,
24-25 Darebin Music Feast Moon Dog World Summer is right around the
corner and we’re giving
26 Gomez, D.A.F. 77 Dreamboogie, away a bunch of festival
27-70 Ultimate Festival Guide Temperance Hotel double passes to celebrate.

71 The Meanies, 78 60 Seconds With… Head to beat.com.au/win

Ausmuteants 79 Beat Eats for more info.

72 The Waifs, 80-85 Halloween Special

The Teskey Brothers 86 Best New Album
73 Melanie Valentine, 87 Album Reviews
Owen Campbell 88 Gig Guide
74 X Ambassadors,
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News

New Order
ANNOUNCE THEIR RETURN DOWN UNDER
UK champions New Order have announced their glorious return to Australia, with shows in Melbourne and Sydney in March next
year. Having last visited our shores in 2016 when they joined the Australian Chamber Orchestra in Sydney’s hallowed Opera House,
New Order’s impending visit is set to be a momentous occasion. The band has long stood as one of music’s most innovative acts and
gifted us with seminal tracks such as ‘Blue Monday’, ‘True Faith’, and ‘Bizarre Love’. New Order also announced Melbourne audiences will
be treated to the pulsing beats of dance quartet Cut Copy on support duties while both Sydney and Melbourne audiences will witness
a warm-up set from electro-pop favourites Confidence Man. New Order bring their immersive live show to Melbourne’s Sidney Myer
Music Bowl on Saturday March 14. Tickets are on sale now via Ticketek.

Image by Ethan Zahorodnyj

Nightmares on Wax

City Calm Down Living Room Festival Levi’s Thornhill

DECLARE AN INDEFINITE HIATUS UNVEILS HUGE INTERNATIONAL ACTS REVEAL AUSMUSIC DAY T-SHIRTS SELL OUT ALBUM LAUNCH SHOW

Releasing their third album Television mere
months ago and currently touring Australia’s
east coast, City Calm Down seemed to be
at the height of their game. However, the
Melbourne four-piece have announced they
will be taking an indefinite hiatus once their
October tour wraps up. The alt-indie band are
set to perform in Melbourne this month, part
of their last string of shows for the foreseeable
future. City Calm Down hit The Croxton on
Saturday October 26. Secure your tickets now
via Oztix.
The Living Room Festival is making its
sophomore return in 2019 for an expanded
event packed with more artists, couches
and home décor comforts. The festival has
announced Germany’s Motor City Drum
Ensemble will headline the stacked lineup of
international and local acts. With purveyor
of soul and funk, Jeremy Underground, Acid
Pauli, and Nightmares on Wax joining the
bill for an exclusive trip Down Under. All the
action goes down on Saturday November 9
at The Timber Yard in Port Melbourne. Secure
your tickets now via Eventbrite.
Representing a massive nation-wide
celebration of Australian music, Ausmusic
T-Shirt Day reminds us how lucky we are to
have so many highly talented and successful
local artists. However, many people in
the industry are doing it tough and music
charity Support Act are here to help. This
year, Levi’s has partnered with Angus and Julia
Stone, Ruel, Ocean Alley, Parkway Drive, Tkay
Maidza and INXS to create six limited-edition
tees, with 100 per cent of net proceeds going
directly to Support Act. Ausmusic T-shirt Day
takes place on Friday November 15. Grab a
Levi’s X Support Act tee from the levi’s website.
With their debut album The Dark Pool yet
to be released, Melbourne’s metalcore five-
piece Thornhill have already sold out the
album launch show set to take over Stay Gold
on Friday November 15. The new record was
introduced with a pelting lead single ‘Nurture’
and accompanying video, which marks the
band’s next assault on the local heavy scene.
If you missed out on tickets, all isn’t lost – you
can soon blast your ears with new tunes when
The Dark Pool drops on Friday October 25.

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Milan Ring
Opiuo and CloZee
ANNOUNCE HEADLINE SHOWS
Straight from the stages of the world’s biggest
festivals, New Zealand’s Opiuo and France’s
own enigmatic export CloZee look to bring
their thundering basslines Down Under.
Performing in Sydney and Melbourne for one
night, the headliners will be joined by San
Francisco’s dark electronic artist Mad Zach,
as well as Canadian DJ and producer The
Librarian. Opiuo and CloZee are set to take
over Melbourne’s Forum Theatre on Friday
February 14. Tickets are available now via
venue website.
Dreamboogie
Coopers Blues Music
Festival
LINEUP ANNOUNCED  The Immigration Museum is presenting a
The Coopers Blues Music Festival returns
for its eighth year and is set to offer up a
celebration of all things blues. Set to take over
The Paddock in Fed Square, this completely
free event rocks a stellar lineup. Hitting
this year’s festival are homegrown singer-
guitarist Jimi Hocking and his Blues Machine,
Dreamboogie, T.K. Reeve, Blue Sunday and
plenty more. The Coopers Blue Music Festival
is going down on Sunday October 20 at Fed
Square. For more info and tickets, head to the
festival website.
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X Ambassadors
ANNOUNCE AUSSIE TOUR
US rockers X Ambassadors have unveiled
a string of Aussie tour dates to celebrate
the release of their most recent record. X
Ambassadors released their latest album,
ORION, back in June. One of the tracks off
the record, ‘BOOM’, touches on themes
of emphatic recovery and personal
improvement. The artwork for ‘BOOM’ is
written in Braille and produced with a yellow-
on-black design, the first piece of work
keyboardist and blind member Casey Harris
is able to experience visually. X Ambassadors
are heading to The Croxton on Friday
February 7. Get your tickets via Secret Sounds.
Adrian Eagle, image by Clare Nica
Generations
CELEBRATING MULTICULTURAL ARTS
brand new event devoted to multicultural
arts and music. Generations is a day-
long celebration of Melbourne’s diverse
community, showcasing the powerful forces
molding culture and society. Heading to the
festival are singer-songwriter Adrian Eagle,
poet Maxine Beneba Clarke, R&B icon
Thando and many more. Ticketholders will
also get access to the Our Bodies, Our Voices,
Our Marks exhibition currently underway.
Generations takes place on Saturday October
26. Tickets are $15 via the museum website.
Thando
Looking out, Looking in
R&B PLAYLIST DROPPED  TO MAKE THEIR AUSTRALIAN DEBUT
The second instalment of Melbourne’s Looking
out, Looking in playlist series has been
unveiled. Curated by Melbourne singer-
songwriter Thando, volume two puts a
spotlight on stellar musicians including Akosia,
Sampa The Great and Saskwatch. With R&B,
soul, instrumental funk and new jack swing
placed front and centre, the new playlist
is definitely representative of Melbourne’s
diverse music scene. If you’re keen to give the
second instalment of the Looking out, Looking
in playlist series a listen, you can stream it via
Spotify. Happy listening. 
Vampire Weekend  Australian Women in
ANNOUNCE TWO INTIMATE
AUSTRALIAN SHOWS
As part of their Father of the Bride tour, indie
rockers Vampire Weekend have announced
they’ll be playing two intimate sideshows in
addition to their headline gig at the upcoming
Falls Festival. It’s been six years since the
band has released an album and to celebrate,
they’ll be playing two very special shows in
both Melbourne and Sydney early next year.
Given the intimacy of the venues, tickets are
expected to sell out quick, so think fast. The
band is set to take over Melbourne’s Forum
Theatre on January 7. Tickets are on sale now
via Frontier Touring.
FLOW Festival
ANNOUNCE LINEUP CHANGES
Just months out from its inaugural event,
FLOW Festival has made some slight changes
to its lineup due to circumstances outside
of festival organisers’ control. Previously
announced South African act Sho Madjozi
has pulled out of the event due to the current
political climate in South Africa, as well as a
date clash which sees FLOW coincide with
Reconciliation Day. Stepping in and joining an
already stacked lineup, including the likes of
Kaiit, FLEXMAMI and SO.Crates, comes rising
stars Milan Ring and Agung Mango. FLOW
Festival hits Footscray Community Arts
Centre on Saturday December 14. Tickets are
on sale now via Humanitix.
Image by Graham Tolbert
Hiss Golden Messenger 
Hot off the heels of their new album Terms of
Surrender, US band Hiss Golden Messenger
have announced their first-ever Australian
tour with special guest Erin Rae. In what is
set to be an emotional experience of light
and dark, audiences can expect the steady
churning of acoustic guitars and the weaving
sounds of organs. Hiss Golden Messenger
are set to perform on Wednesday January
22 at Elizabeth Murdoch Hall. For more
information and tickets, visit the Melbourne
Recital Centre website. 
Mojo Juju
Music Awards
WINNERS ANNOUNCED
The winners of the second annual Australian
Women In Music Awards were recently
announced in Brisbane. For the second year
in a row, blues powerhouse Mojo Juju took
out the APRA AMCOS songwriter award.
Country icon Joy Mckean OAM went home
with a Lifetime Achievement Award, and
beloved pop singer Christine Anu received
two accolades, the Diversity in Music award
and the Artistic Excellence award. For a
complete rundown of the winners, visit the
Australian Women in Music Awards website.
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Melbourne Symphony Amanda Palmer Riverboats Music Festival Japanese Film Festival
Orchestra ANNOUNCES AUSSIE TOUR UNVEILS 2020 PROGRAM IS COMING TO MELBOURNE

PRESENT ‘2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY’
The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra are
set to perform the epic sci-fi flick 2001: A
Space Odyssey, and you bet it’s going to be
out of this world. Originally released in the
‘60s, this masterpiece will be accompanied
by full orchestral backing and performance
by the MSO chorus. The live presentation
is set to take off on Saturday January 25 at
the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition
Centre. Tickets via the MSO website.
Punk cabaret legend Amanda Palmer has
just unveiled a massive list of Australian tour
dates, set to kick-off days before the new year.
Palmer is expected to appear at a number
of festivals throughout her run Down Under,
including Woodford Folk Festival, Mona
Foma and two nights at Adelaide Fringe. So,
rally your mates and start the new year right.
Palmer will be performing in Melbourne on
Wednesday January 22 at Hamer Hall. For
more information on her national tour, head to
her website.
The sunsoaked Riverboats Music Festival has
just unveiled the perfect lineup to see off the
end of summer. Spread across three days
in mid-February, next year’s lineup comes
complete with Powderfinger frontman
Bernard Fanning, Eurovision star Kate Miller-
Heidke, homegrown legend Bob Evans,
alt-rockers Something for Kate, Indigenous
singer-songwriter and activist Archie Roach
and many others. Riverboats Music Festival
runs between Friday February 14 and Sunday
February 16 in Echuca-Moama. Tickets are on
sale now via the festival website.
Boasting 29 feature films and one captivating
documentary, Japanese Film Festival returns
to Melbourne. The program features the likes
of Blue Hour, the directorial debut of up-
and-comer Yuko Hakota; Shinzo Katayama’s
Siblings of the Cape; Fly Me to the Saitama;
Masquerade Hotel; A Girl Missing and loads
more. From murder mysteries to musical
comedies, the sprawling lineup has something
for everyone. Japanese Film Festival comes to
ACMI and The Capitol Theatre from Thursday
November 21 until Friday December 1. Tickets
via the festival website.

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Sons of Lee Marvin Dose Camille Barr Zoo Twilights

REVEAL ALBUM LAUNCH SHOW
As part of the mammoth Darebin Music
Feast program, Sons of Lee Marvin will unveil
their latest album Minimum Underdrag at
Swamplands. With support from MJ Halloran
and Trauma Boys, it’s set to be a rollicking
night. The album launch goes down on
Saturday October 26, with tickets available
via the festival website. Darebin Music Feast
runs from Sunday October 20 until Sunday
October 27 across various venues.
AN EVENING OF ELECTRONICA
Described as an antidote to urban city noise
pollution and stress, Dose is a live experimental
journey of electronica that will massage your
brain and soothe your soul. With sets from
TOecUTTER, Hextape, Astra La Vista featuring
Angus Donald, null hypothesis, and Xian, you
can soak in the sounds of the genre’s diverse
sounds and offshoots. It’s happening at The
Evelyn Hotel on Sunday October 27, entry is
$10. Find out more on the venue’s website.
RELEASES NEW SINGLE AND POETRY
BOOK
Making her start as a poet in Byron Bay, Camille
Barr’s flair for words quickly evolved into a
penchant for songwriting. But that’s not to
say she’s abandoned her roots. Delivering a
double whammy, Barr has released her debut
single ‘A Little Gypsy Song’ under the moniker
The Last Folk Singer alongside a new book of
poetry titled Rise (Demoratise). Both works are
available via her website, thelastfolksinger.com.
REVEALS MAMMOTH 2020 PROGRAM
The iconic outdoor concert series which
envelopes Melbourne Zoo each summer is
set to return early next year, and the 2020
program is sure to have your mouth watering.
Aussie pop royalty ICEHOUSE lead the bill
alongside soul and R&B queen Mavis Staples
and English-French art pop pioneers Stereolab.
Zoo Twilights will also welcome Weyes Blood,
Julia Jacklin, Mildlife, Missy Higgins and so
many more. It’s happening each weekend
from Friday January 24 until Saturday March
7. Tickets are on sale from 8am on Tuesday
October 22 via the Zoo Twilights website.

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Wed, Oct Song Appetit
30 with Adam Simmons
& Alessandra Garosi
Adam Simmons, one of
Australia’s most prolific and adventurous
contemporary musicians, is joined by visiting Italian
pianist Alessandra Garosi whom he met in the
2009 International “Alternative” Festival in Prague.

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7:30pm 7:00pm
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& Melbourne Kate Burke
26 Georgian Choir 7 Visiting American born fiddler and
Senior All Ireland Championship
A concert of jazz, soul, reggae,
pop and gospel and the ageless polyphony winner Liz Carroll plays one intimate Melbourne
of Georgia. concert with guitarist Kate Burke.

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Senes Flamenco presents 13 Stella Savy, Darrell Belle and
Wayne Parker perform a
selection of songs from the
their latest show with Alejandro
Florez, Angel Mellado, Aya Kitaoji with guests exotic islands of Seychelles, Mauritius and
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FILM REVIEW
Joker
There has been a great deal of controversy
surrounding Todd Phillips’ entry into the
DC universe. Early reviewers condemned
the overly dark and disturbing nature of
Phillip’s Joker, while other speculators voiced
concerns that it would endorse violence or
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provoke a certain community of men, some
without even seeing the film.
Sure,  Joker is gritty and distressing at
times, but anyone who can’t appreciate the
stylised depiction of the tale should probably
spend more time worrying about the news.
Joker  tells the story of Arthur Fleck, a
struggling rent-a-clown who lives at home
with his mother and desperately wants to be
a comedian, just as badly as he wants to be
loved. As the world starts kicking him down,
both literally and metaphorically, Fleck’s grip
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on reality and his ability to distinguish wrong
from right start to slip.
No one ever sought an origin story for
Joker. In fact, fans presumed it would do the
character an injustice.
But as production for Joker  began and
more details leaked, the notion of an origin story
became more enticing, with Phillips – director
of The Hangover and Old School – a strange
choice but clearly passionate about the project.
Then news broke that Martin Scorsese
would produce Joker while Joaquin Phoenix
would be the film’s star, both legends in their
respective fields, and the prospect became
much more significant. While Scorsese
did not end up producing the film, finally,
following an eight-minute standing ovation at
Venice Film Festival, it started gaining serious
Oscar buzz.
The result is quite unique and vastly
different to any DC film we’ve had in recent
times. It’s respectful of the world of Batman,
with mentions of the Wayne family &
Arkham Asylum, but also a clear homage
to the Scorsese universe – particularly Taxi
Driver and The King of Comedy.
The Disappearing
Trilogy
NO ONE LIKES A ONE-STAR REVIEW
One-woman show, The Disappearing
Trilogy, arrives at Carlton’s La Mama Theatre
from Wednesday October 16 until Sunday
October 27. Created and performed by Suzie
Hardgrave, the production centres around the
protagonist receiving a one-star review and
her career slowly fading away. She must avoid
losing her work entirely and a path of self-
destruction. The work is based off Hardgrave’s
university research on actors disappearing into
characters. Split into three episodes, the show
investigates various aspects of the actress and
her roles on and off stage.
If you want to get your money’s worth, you
can enter the discount code‘DOUBLETROUBLE’
and get $10 off full price tickets when you book
in to see both The Disappearing Trilogy and
Savannah Bay on Thursday nights. For more
info, head to La Mama’s website.
Phoenix’s painstaking rendition of Joker
is magnetic. Considering we’ve seen four
theatrical versions of the character in the
past thirty years, not to mention numerous
video games, animations and TV series, it’s
remarkable to have something that feels new
yet still true to Joker’s identity.
Production-wise, Phillips has come a long
way since his frat comedy Road Trip. Each
shot is meticulous-crafted, opting for slightly-
offset positioning and ultra-slow zooms, not
to mention the retro colour palette that makes
it all feel like some vivid nightmare.
That being said, Joker is not perfect. The
subplot with love-interest Sophie Dumond
(Zazie Beetz) is cliché and distracting, and
Phillips spends far too long watching his title
character get beaten down, which becomes
uncomfortable.
In all, this is definitely DC’s best film
since  Wonder Woman. If you’ve heard the
hype surrounding Joker, please check it out
before judging.
BY CHRIS BRIGHT
Joker is in cinemas now. 
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Digital Writers’ Festival
LET’S GET LITERARY
If you’ve ever wanted to build up your writing
skills in the comfort of your own home, you’re
in luck: the Digital Writers’ Festival is right
around the corner. Spread out over five days,
the festival’s program is jam-packed with
webinars, masterclasses and tools on digital
storytelling, AI and much more. The festival
runs between Tuesday October 29 and
Saturday November 2. Tickets available via the
festival website.
Lobby Hero
NOT YOUR AVERAGE MURDER
MYSTERY
In this thrilling play, running at
fortyfivedownstairs, a security guard, a
manager, a rookie cop and her senior partner
get caught up in a murder investigation. What
follows is a night of questionable morals,
comedy and drama. Written by Oscar-
winning writer Kenneth Lonergan in 2001,
Lobby Hero still manages to find relevance to
this day. The show kicks off Tuesday October
22 and runs until Sunday October 27. Tickets
range between $35 and $45, available via
fortyfivedownstairs.com.
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Bright Star
LANDS IN AUSTRALIA
Comedian Steve Martin and Edie Brickell’s
bluegrass musical Bright Star is coming
to Melbourne’s Chapel Off Chapel in late
October. The show tells the story of love,
redemption and regret in the ‘20s and ‘40s
of the American South. The premiere was
nominated for five Tony Awards back in
2016. The Australian premiere of Bright Star
runs between Friday October 25 and Sunday
November 3. For more info, head to Chapel
Off Chapel’s website.
Heide Museum Workshop
GET YOUR HANDS DIRTY
Heide Museum of Modern Art is hosting a
life sculpting on the afternoon of Saturday
October 26. Punters of all skill levels are
encouraged to join in and get their hands
messy, Patrick Swayze style. By the end of the
class, you’ll be provided with the techniques
to sculpt the human body out of clay. Tickets
to the workshop also get you entry in the
Heide Museum, your own workshop materials
and a glass of wine. For more info, head to the
gallery website.
Tammy Kanat
CIRCLES OF LIFE
Melbourne-based artist Tammy Kanat is
presenting four commissioned works to
NGV Australia later this month. Specialising
in woven tapestry, Kanat’s recent work has
focused on circular forms that often represent
themes of unity, inclusion, wholeness and
infinity. Kanat’s work is inspired by colour
theory, rare Japanese colour dictionaries
and the works of Bauhaus artist Gunta Stölzl
and modernist artist Sonia Delaunay. The
exhibition kicks off Friday October 25 at NGV
Australia. Entry is free.
Everything Is Borrowed
CALLING ALL HOARDERS
In his new exhibition Everything Is Borrowed,
Callum Preston will showcase a collection
of mixed media, multidimensional works in
a tribute to the objects we collect over our
lifetime and the value we attach to them.
As part of his residency, Preston invites the
public to come and watch him create the
pieces which will be exhibited. Preston’s
residency for Everything Is Borrowed is open
to the public now. The exhibition will run
from Thursday November 21 until Thursday
December 19 at KSR Art Bar, the Rialto.
The Village Festival
140 EVENTS OVER THREE DAYS
Community arts event The Village Festival
is returning to Fitzroy for its 15th year in
late October. This year’s program contains
more than 140 different elements, covering
theatre, visual art, music, food and ritual.
Highlights from this year’s program include
master storytellers Bunk Puppets, acrobat
performances from Sunset Ritual and the
paw-fect Village Dog Show (BYO pooches).
Catch The Village Festival at Edinburgh
Gardens between Friday October 25 and
Sunday October 27. For more info, head to
thevillagefestival.com.au.
Token Armies
MAN AND MACHINE, TOGETHER
Premiering at the Melbourne International
Arts Festival, Chunky Move’s Token Armies is
Australian choreographer Antony Hamilton’s
most ambitiously scaled work to date.
The work seeks to scrutinise the fixation
on human primacy, placing more than 20
performers alongside biomechanical life
forms. Hamilton’s work tends to be quite
philosophically motivated, centring on
themes with concrete significance. The
performance runs from Wednesday October
16 until Sunday October 20 at Meat Market.
Tickets via the festival website.
Stand Up for Space2b
COMEDY FOR A CAUSE
A bunch of iconic Aussie comedians are
coming together to support a local cause with
Stand Up for Space2b. Space2b is an art and
design social enterprise supporting asylum
seekers, refugees and newly arrived migrants.
The lineup for Stand Up for Space2b includes
Colin Lane, Geraldine Hickey, Judith Lucy
and more. The show goes down at St Kilda’s
Memo Music Hall on Thursday October 31.
For tickets, head to memomusichall.com.au.
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Hip Hop
WITH SOSE FUAMOLI
Sampa The Great
Hilltop Hoods nominated, Questlove
namedrops and Lil Peep’s mother sues
The ARIA Awards have announced their Class of 2019
nominees. Across the Best Hip Hop and Best Soul/R&B
Release categories, the quality represented is solid – all killer,
no filler.
For Best Hip Hop Release, there are the usual suspects
in Hilltop Hoods (nominated for The Great Expanse) and
Illy (‘Then What’), while some strong competition has
come through with the addition of Sampa The Great (‘Final
Form’), Baker Boy (‘Cool As Hell’) and Tkay Maidza (‘Awake
ft. JPEGMAFIA’).  That’s where the idea behind Chewin’ the Fat came about
When it comes to Best Soul/R&B Release, Kaiit and
Adrian Eagle make a power couple entry, with Kaiit’s ‘Miss
Shiney’ and Adrian’s ‘A.O.K’ nabbing nominations, while
Genesis Owusu (‘WUTD’, ‘Vultures’), Matt Corby (Rainbow
Valley) and Tash Sultana (‘Can’t Buy Happiness’) fill out
the category. Arguably, the categories are diversifying and
this year is looking to be a strong one, particularly in the
Hip Hop field. We’ll see who takes it out come the event on
Wednesday November 27.
Questlove
QUESTLOVE NAMES DE LA SOUL AS THE MOST
UNDERAPPRECIATED GROUP OF ALL TIME
In a new interview, Questlove has explained why
he considered the iconic De La Soul to be the most
underappreciated hip hop act of all time. Promoting his new
show, Hip Hop: The Songs That Shook America, The Roots’
drummer spoke with Brad Jenkins on the Fired Up With
Brad Jenkins podcast about the group.
“We have taken from the tree of De La Soul so many
times,” he said. “They have never gotten credit for it. I’ll say
that. Just as far as - I’ve watched them use samples that
[have] later been used and built empires. I’ve seen them do
concepts. Everything that De La Soul has done, I’ve seen
other people come in and do afterwards and it’s like, ‘Ah!’.”
Questlove’s new show is screening in the US now, but is
expected to hit streaming services soon.
LIL PEEP’S MOTHER SUING MANAGEMENT FOR
CONNECTION TO RAPPER’S DEATH
Perhaps this has been spurred on from the recent arrests of
men attached to the drug abuse and death of Mac Miller,
but now Lil Peep’s mother, Liza Womack, is filing a lawsuit
against her son’s former management company.
Lil Peep died from a drug overdose aged 21 in 2017,
officially listed as a combination of Fentanyl and Xanax.
His mother is claiming that while on tour, management
normalised his behaviour and encouraged the use of drugs on
the road. Documents also claim that Lil Peep was repeatedly
given Xanax, Ketamine and other drugs while on tour.  October 25 at The Night Cat featuring visual and musical
Womack is claiming that her son was barely able to
communicate, let alone perform, due to the use of drugs,
yet his managers let him go on stage to play. Ultimately, she
says, the lack of concern for Lil Peep’s health led to his death.
She is seeking damages, though the amount is unspecified.
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Electronic
BY SAM HOWARD
Talking about mental health in
the dance community
On average, people speak more than 7,000 words per day.
Yet mental health is a topic that is barely spoken about – an
issue which can have a detrimental impact within the dance
music scene.  Vegas and Lightning Link, both of which ranked #2 and #3
The dance community is often a haven for people to
shy away from their worries – a place to distract themselves
or to leave qualms for another day. A place to party and
forget. And that’s why talking about mental health here is
critical.   revenue from the US and 5.3 per cent from the UK.
– a dance party dedicated to raising awareness and creating
an environment for mental health to be discussed openly.   121 per cent uptick from the $850 million made last year – a
Benji, Lachie, Bryn, Ewan and James found their lives
unexpectedly shattered when one of their friends took their
own life. It quickly dawned on them that there is little room
or opportunity for people to openly discuss difficult parts of
their lives, including their own mental states.
The group, who come together from a range of
collectives (Wax Nomads, Groove Sweat, Modus, Native
Home House of Plants and Crate Mates), witness people
using partying as a place to escape their problems weekend
in, weekend out.
“We see so many people just putting a blanket over
mental health and we’re trying to remove that blanket so
that people can be more open,” Benji says.  from August last year and lead by the US and Brazil.
“People are often reluctant to talk about these things and
they need the right environment. Especially dudes – if you’re
having a shit day, you’re often told to ‘Suck it up and deal with
it’ and this manifests the problems instead,” says Lachie.  110 million monthly users and valued at $1 billion.
The crew wanted to run a fundraiser that was “about
more than just raising money” and instead, they wanted
to “create an event where people could feel comfortable
opening up in a supportive environment,” says James.
What was intended as a one-off gig has turned into
a regular event because of the overwhelmingly positive
response they’ve received from both attendees and artists
who feel more comfortable providing insights into their own
mental health.
“I had friends come up to me and say things were
totally different for them after the events,” says Bryn. “One
friend told me they were so scared to talk, but were able to
have a conversation on the dance floor and off it, too. We
want people to talk about these sometimes intense, heavy
and important subjects in environments with people who
will relate.”
100 per cent of profits from Chewin’ the Fat go to
mental health charities. You can find the next event on Friday
art from Merve, Midnight Tenderness, Ryan Berkeley,
Touchwood and Maya with proceeds going to R U OK. 
Industry
WITH CHRISTIE ELIEZER
Which entertainment apps
are fans embracing the most?
Global app revenue topped US$39 billion in first half of
2019, up 15 per cent from first half of last year. The most
downloaded in this period were games apps Heart of
of Australia’s top grossing apps. Heart of Vegas generated
$10.4 million domestically.
Tinder was #1 in Australia, and ranked third in the world
in Q1 2019, generating $238 million, with 47 per cent of its
Another Sensor Tower report forecasts Australia to
generate $1.9 billion in sales at App Store by 2023. That is a
faster growth than North America and Asia, but not as much
as Africa, South America and the Middle East.
Music apps are not high priority for Australians, with
YouTube Music the most downloaded of the lot in the Top
10 in Q1.
Globally, in August – the last figures available – the two
most downloaded music apps were Spotify and YouTube
Music. The figures covered iOS and Android combined
and Apple and Google’s app stores. Spotify’s app was
installed over 17.5 million times, a 17 per cent increase from
August 2018, and lead by the US and India. YouTube Music
generated 12.2 million in app sales, a 74 per cent increase
The third most popular was Drum Pad Machine (a
Cyprus-based beat-making DJ app), then Shazam and at
#5, India’s largest music streaming service Gaana, with over
JioSaavn, a Bollywood music offering, was at #6 and
then Smule, the San Francisco-based interactive singing
app used by 50 million people each month, though it has
a low profile in Australia. SoundCoud dropped to #8 from
#5 in July.
Newcomer NetEase Cloud Music is a Chinese
streaming service, while music and beat maker Groovepad
rounded off the Top 10. Two Asian music streaming apps
are making headway. China’s KuGuo, owned by Tencent
Music, is the world’s largest music streaming service with
450 million monthly active users. India’s Wynk Music has
80 million users.
So why the absence of Apple Music on the chart? Its
integration into the preloaded ‘Music’ app on iOS means
‘installs’ aren’t tracked in the same way, and hence left out.
New music apps keep coming into the market, and
Australian developers continue to swing above their weight.
The winner of BIGTECH in last month’s BIGSOUND in
Brisbane was Paperchain who provide daily prices of
analytical data of digital platforms to estimate revenue.
Other finalists were a live music and DJ booking
marketplace (Muso), a solution for tour managers to budget
(TourTracks), streamlining enrolments and payment for
music education students (SAMii), displaying tabs for songs
being listened to (DryTabs), offering solutions for organising
parties and events (Hireitem), ways for artists to connect
with fans and fellow-creatives (Spirit Level’s The Lab) and a
home of 360° VR live music videos (GiG VR).
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Punk
WITH JAMES LYNCH
Solidifying the Aussie underground
– ten years of Maggot Fest
Since 2010, Maggot Fest has been a staple of Melbourne’s
underground music community.
Each year, the festival has pulled together some of the
best punk acts from around the country, each lineup now
existing as a snapshot of the most exciting noise coming out
of Australia’s underground.
With the tenth and final Maggot Fest just around the
corner, we got in touch with Alessandro Coco, one of the
masterminds behind the festival, to look back on what has
become something of an institution for Melbourne music.
Despite its growth over the years, Maggot Fest came
from pretty humble origins. Started by music journalist Tim
Scott, the first year was just a one-off show and a pre-fest
basketball competition.
“It was a bit more low key,” explains Coco. “Maggot was
Tim’s nickname and it was pretty much a way for him to do
a show for his birthday. He just wanted to throw a cool party
and a gig and put it all into one.”
Things quickly gathered steam and by Maggot Fest 4,
the brains behind Cool Death Records (Coco, Tom Bradford,
and Moses Williams) were called upon to help with that
year’s lineup, a relationship that naturally stuck.
“It sort of went unspoken, it just became that we were
involved because we enjoyed it and we all worked well
together.”
The following years saw the festival continue to develop
and evolve, first expanding out across different venues over
multiple days and eventually with bands from America
making the trip over to play, an experience that Coco calls
“insane”.
However, despite the opportunity to stack the lineup
with bigger bands, Coco shares that one of the most
rewarding elements of the festival has been giving emerging
bands a platform amongst the heavy hitters.
“I find one of the big walkaways is people chirping
about one of the smaller or newer bands – you couldn’t ask
for much more than that takeaway, everyone realising how
good we’ve got it in Australia.”
Cool Death Records
When this year’s festival was announced, it was also
revealed that this would be the final Maggot Fest - however,
Coco doesn’t sound unmotivated or disappointed. Instead,
with the music community at the forefront of the decision,
letting the festival go comes as an admission that the role of
Maggot Fest is no longer as integral.
“Melbourne music is really thriving right now, so there’s
less of an urge for us to present it,” he explains. “It’s a weird
thing to say and I don’t mean to say it with any ego, but it is
nice to look back on the lineups we’ve put together and what
that’s done as solidifying this sense of the greater Australian
underground. The focus is very much underground music
and how vital it is.”
Maggot Fest 10 hits The Tote on Friday October 31.
Grab your tix via the venue website.
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Metal
WITH ANNA ROSE
Eye Of The Enemy
It’s October… but heavy metal isn’t
done with 2019 just yet!
Someone said to me recently, “Next week is October”, and
my jaw just dropped. Where did the year go?! And by the
time you, dear reader, are casting your eyes over these
words, we’ll be halfway through the month and with only
ten weeks of the year, nay, the decade, left! Whaaa…?!
If you’re anything like me, it’s likely the time has flown
by because you’ve immersed yourself heavily in the many
metal offerings – albums, tours, festivals, more band tees
than necessary – we’ve had thrust before our collective
faces this year. But it ain’t over yet! Heavy metal is far from
done with us. Here’s a few juicy new releases heading our
way before the year is out.
EYE OF THE ENEMY – TITAN
Melbourne’s own metallers Eye Of The Enemy have a
brand new album out now via Art Is War Records. These
guys are incredibly active members of the Australian
heavy metal circuit, playing several notable shows
and national tours with international bands including
Fleshgod Apocalypse, Fear Factory, At The Gates, Children
Of Bodom, and not one but two runs with Amon Amarth!
Eye Of The Enemy plan to return to the road early next year.
RED SEA – ‘THE SCORE’
Okay so it’s only a single, but if the face-melting riffage in
this track from Sydney prog-metal outfit Red Sea is anything
to go by, the upcoming EP – slated for release in early
2020 – will be absolutely brutal. Inspired by the #MeToo
movement, Trump, and the general state of the world, ‘The
Score’ is out now – and if it’s slipped off your radar, shame on
you for ignoring such greatness!
APOCALYPTICA – CELL-0
My favourite cello-metal maestros! Yeah I know, this one is
out in early January, so not technically a contender for metal
in this year, but rumour has it we’re to expect a single or two
from the ninth studio album to be dropped by the Finnish
quartet before the year is out! If that’s not enough to get you
excited for some new original tuneage from these classical
buffs turned metal gods, you’d best check out their 23-year
back catalogue and prepare yourselves.
Thornhill
THORNHILL – THE DARK POOL
It’s going to be a minute before you get to enjoy this treat
of an album – Friday October 25 through UNFD, to be
exact – but I’ve heard it already and, ye gods! This is pure
post-hardcore gold! Melbourne five-piece Thornhill are
finally set to release their debut full-length album. From the
unrelenting riffage of lead single ‘Nurture’, to the sweltering
breakdowns and the breathy moments of the rest, The
Dark Pool captures the breadth and depth of this group’s
knockout brand of heavy.
Turning heads
WITH AUGUSTUS WELBY
New column, new album from
808s & Greatest Hits.
Originating as a bedroom project for Melbourne musician
Skube Burnell, 808s & Greatest Hits’ first couple of singles
came out in late 2015. The project has since evolved into a
five-piece band, but Burnell is still at the helm.
While some of the songs on Cabin Vibes date back to
2012, Burnell and the band entered the studio for a full day’s
recording 12 months ago. Only half of what they recorded
made it to the album and everything underwent further
mutation as Burnell moved parts around and made space
for psych and prog departures.
The finished product is rich in woozy textures and full of
songs that deconstruct midway through, contradicting the
project’s name by shoulder barging the pop formula.
“I’m into long songs that go on an adventure,” says
Burnell. “I love Television songs like ‘Marquee Moon’ and
‘The Dream’s Dream’. They do the obligatory verse, chorus,
then it gets more interesting.”
For instance, the beach gothic ‘Tidal Wave’ and mind
games examination ‘Jealousy $trikes’ gradually abandon
their foundations to usher in rambles of tricked out guitar and
repeating chord progressions. There’s a sufficient supply
of catchy melodies and lyrics too, but the impressionistic
sequences ultimately define Cabin Vibes.
“I like starting with a song I’m invested in and letting it
unfold and grow rather than putting the same energy into a
new song,” says Burnell.
Burnell cites The Doors, Television, Broadcast, King
Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard and John Lennon as some of
his influences. The record includes a cover of Dirty Beaches’
‘Lord Knows Best’, and it’s an inspired choice.
Dirty Beaches songs often sound unfinished, inviting
re-arrangement. Burnell cleans up the instrumental and
hands lead vocal duties to his band mate, Maddie Felton.
With the vocals occupying a more central position, the
underlying longing is palpable.
Cabin Vibes saves its best for last, however. The album’s final
triplet of ‘Gloomin’’, ‘The Fear Remains’ and ‘Public Scrutiny’
manipulates the soft tissues of the body, while offering up
Burnell’s strongest lyrics.
‘Gloomin’’ is a song about “going overseas and
recognising the small bubble you were living in before
you left,” says Burnell. ‘The Fear Remains’ sounds like post-
Beatles George Harrison and aptly relates the feeling of
imposter syndrome at a new job.
‘Public Scrutiny’ is a wonky pop song about stage fright
and anxiety. It brings the record to a close with an excitable
jam that eventually caves in on itself, indicating it’s time to
leave the cabin and see the world again.
Cabin Vibes is available now via Our Golden Friend. The
official launch goes down at the Gaso on Friday November 1
with support from POPPONGENE, Purr Usual and Turtle Wave.
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COVER STORY
AMPLIFY is Darebin Music Feast’s event producer mentorship. Where AMPLIFY aims to
give voices to those who don’t have one, its mentorship recipients, Winnie McQuinn and
Acacia Coates, will give a voice to a cause that isn’t often thought about.
The pair will co-produce the Darebin
Music Feast closing day with a very special
event, Green Noise. Inspired by green
initiatives within the music industry and
the FEAT (Future Energy Artists) initiative,
this project is one Coates is extraordinarily
passionate about.
“We were seeing a bunch of different
initiatives, with the music industry specifically,
inspiring us to green up our practices,” she
says. “When we saw this event come up and
the core aims of the Darebin council, we
thought the two married well.
“Touring musicians create high amounts
of carbon emissions – we wanted to celebrate
and spotlight initiatives like [Green Noise] to
fuel this movement, to encourage change
for greener practices within the industry and
other events.
“It’s also exciting to see recent
announcements like Billie Eilish’s commitment
to sustainable touring and plans to educate
her fans on environmentalism at her shows.
The strategies and ways musicians can
incorporate environmental sustainability into
their practice seem to be evolving rapidly
right now, in response to greater social outcry
over climate issues.”
The way in which Coates and McQuinn
have merged lessons about sustainability
practices with a fun day out are far from
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Green Noise
BY ANNA ROSE
preachy, so you can head along to this all-
ages event and have a great day as well as
creating a greener footprint when you attend.
“We’re definitely not trying to preach or
alienate anyone from the event, but trying to
show people through our actions and how we
plan the event how you can create change in
small ways to have a big impact.
“We can be a vehicle for creating change
by creating a great event for the community
and community bands, educate people
through a fun event and music they love. It’s
an out-of-the-box way to get people thinking
about activism without necessarily shouting
at them about it.”
Green Noise is an amazing concept and
a great cause. It’s not just about spreading
the word on environmental issues, but
highlighting ways in which members of the
music industry, from all facets, can be more
environmentally conscious.
“Green Noise aims to celebrate and
spotlight these kinds of initiatives and, in turn,
showcase what musicians and individuals
can do themselves,” says Coates. “We are
also striving to make our event as sustainable
as possible, from booking like-minded local
acts, to organising waste and plastic-free
artist catering and food and drink offerings,
and offsetting the carbon emissions created
through our event.  is all-ages, because the current push for climate
“It’s been a big journey and learning
experience for us, seeing different facets
to make the event as green as possible –
catering, reducing plastics, offsetting the
carbon emissions created has been important,
as well. There’s not a clear cut template for
organisers putting on community gigs, so
learning how to apply these emissions to
specific events, it’s got us thinking about how,
post-event, we can get other events to take a
resource or database to empower other event
organisers to reduce emissions. That kind of
knowledge that we can pool could make a
massive difference.
As producers of the event, it was
important for Coates and McQuinn to invite
musicians who are already upholding these
methods within their own artistic practices.
“Initially, at development of the concept,
we were thinking of bands who were really
active within environmental causes,” says
Coates. “The Vovos are on board – [they’re]
an underage band who came out of Girls
Rock! Melbourne, but they’re also very active
student climate strikers involved in all the
recent weekday student driven protests – it
ties into the event being all-ages - they’re
involved in extinction rebellion protests.
“We’re excited to get artists with that like-
minded vision on the lineup. It’s important that it
justice is being pushed by young people.”
Green Noise promises to be an event where
not only attendees can learn and contribute, but
where performers can learn from one another
about how they can further their own initiatives.
“We’re hoping the whole event can
be an opportunity – we’re learning through
the whole process of organising the event.
The environmental vendors can also be an
amazing way to educate. Stalls from Friends
Of Merri Creek, AYCC [Australian Youth
Climate Coalition] and Seed will be present
as well.
“For us, it’s a journey exploring the various
ways we, and the music and events industry,
can make these experiences greener. We
plan to keep educating ourselves and staying
connected with environmental community
initiatives and encourage others to do so too.
“We want to continue Green Noise
projects in future, both in the form of events
and also creating resources/guides to help
others make their music and events greener!”
Green Noise is happening as part of Darebin
Music Feast on Sunday October 27 at The
Thornbury Theatre. Darebin Music Feast
runs from Sunday October 20 until Sunday
October 27. Head to musicfeast.com.au for
more info on the event.
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Darebin Music Feast

Opening Party
BY AUGUSTUS WELBY

To kick off this year’s Darebin Music Feast, 15 bands will hit three stages spread across Bar 303,
Northcote Social Club and the Little Eastment St car park. It’s happening all day on Sunday October
20 and not only is it all ages, but it’s free entry for shit’s sake. Without a word of hyperbole, every
band and solo artist on the lineup is friggin’ awesome. Here are eight acts you simply cannot miss.

Alice Skye Cool Sounds Culte The Goon Sax

Briggs’ Bad Apples Music imprint calls itself
the leading label for Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander artists. If that is indeed the case,
then there’s no better home for Melbourne-
based songwriter Alice Skye. The Wergaia
woman released her debut LP, Friends With
Feelings, last year, relaying an urgent request
for better mental health awareness through
gently provocative songcraft. “There’s no
black or white/But a whole lot of grey,” sings
Skye on the album’s title track, succinctly
communicating how depression can’t be
solved with indifferent rhetoric.
Melbourne’s Cool Sounds are probably
tiring of reviewers using their band name
as a crutch for critical assessment. Though,
that wouldn’t be a problem if they hadn’t so
sufficiently lived up to its promise. They don’t
sound cool in the sense that their music
incorporates trap hats, dancehall cadences
or DJ Khaled banging on about fuckboys.
Rather, what’s wonderful about the group’s
new album, More To Enjoy, is how patently
the quintet enjoys making its bright, fiddly,
left-of-centre brand of pop music.
Culte, led by Melbourne’s Yura Iwama, are
tender-hearted jangle pop dynamos. Even
when the group’s triple j-endorsed single, ‘I
Don’t Wanna’, cranks up the nasty distortion,
it’s not an affront. “I don’t want to die, tonight,”
Iwama sings in the chorus, the track’s rollicking
energy suggesting there’s simply too much
fun to be had for that. The band’s Goodnight
EP is not without melancholic deviation,
however, which is just as you’d expect from a
group of gen Z-ers navigating this increasingly
hostile world.
The Goon Sax channel the spirit of post-punk
where technical prowess takes a backseat
to ideas and chutzpah. The Brisbane band’s
three members all possess a charmingly
offbeat musicality, which is channelled into
their deeply empathetic songwriting. The
Goon Sax’s second LP, 2018’s We’re Not
Talking, was a striking step forward from
their debut, recalling the likes of Television
Personalities, The Go-Betweens and Anna
Domino. Drummer Riley Jones brought her
vocals into the mix, supporting the exposed
baritones of Louis Forster and James Harrison
with a candid high register.

Image by Naomi Lee Beveridge

Huntly Jess Ribeiro Kee’ahn Rebel Yell

Huntly proudly describe their music as “doof
you can cry to”. The Melbourne trio’s debut
LP, Low Grade Buzz, proves you don’t need
to sacrifice beaming melodicism and driving
grooves to make progressive pop music.
While much of Low Grade Buzz intends to get
bodies moving, it’s not all mindless hedonism.
The band’s stylistic range is so impressive that
some tracks are barely comparable to others,
but the feeling of honesty and humility at its
core makes Huntly feel like allies.
There has been a number of high profile
releases this year. From Lana Del Rey to Thom
Yorke, Solange to Sharon Van Etten, there’s
been a lot to absorb simply to stay up to
date with the pop cultural conversation. Jess
Ribeiro’s psychedelic pop opus, LOVE HATE,
is not unhailed – The Guardian gave it four
stars while Double J made it a feature album
spot – but when people discover it in years to
come, there’ll be some confusion as to why it
wasn’t held up as a modern classic.
Kee’ahn is a Kuku Yalanji, Jirrbal and Badu
Island singer-songwriter who relocated
from Townsville to Melbourne last year and
turned heads with her vocal performance on
DRMNGNOW’s early-2019 single ‘Ancestors’.
Kee’ahn has since become a full time member
of the DRMNGNOW live experience while
also growing her solo project. The soulful
vocals heard in Neil Morris’ arresting hip
hop numbers cross over to the 21-year-
old songwriter’s solo work, for which she
accompanies herself on guitar.
Spoon’s Britt Daniel and Vampire Weekend’s
Ezra Koenig both worked as substitute
teachers before their bands hit it big. If the
arbiters of artistic success have any sort of
sense, then Brisbane’s Grace Stevenson
will soon join that list. Stevenson’s day job is
far removed from the industrial techno she
makes as Rebel Yell. Last year’s Hired Muscle
LP combines brawny drum programming
and bleeding synthesisers with Stevenson’s
reverb-smeared vocals that tend to paint a
bleak picture of contemporary life.

The Darebin Music Feast Opening Party is happening at Bar 303, Northcote Social Club and Little Eastment
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Gomez
You know how looking back at your nascent work
can be super embarrassing? Well, it’s nothing like
that when it comes to Brit, indie sensation Gomez’s
sophomore album Liquid Skin, which the band is
about to tour in its entirety.
BY MEG CRAWFORD
“In a lot of ways, it can be like looking at pictures
of yourself from when you’re younger, but it still
stands up,” says Ben Ottewell, one of the band’s
three singers – albeit the one with pipes pretty
much synonymous with Gomez’s sound.
While a second album can be a difficult
baby for many bands, Gomez managed to
top their feted first platter Bring It On (1998)
with an even bigger belter a year later in Liquid
Skin. For Ottewell, at least part of the album’s
success boils down to the fact that they had
what he describes as a “broader palette” to
work with.
“Bring It On was very much based on
demos, and a lot of what you hear on that
record is a thing we’d recorded in a garage
and augmented in a studio,” he explains. “The
feeling with that record was that we wanted
to keep it as true to our origins as possible. It
just sounded good and weird, so why fuck
with it?
“But when we came to do Liquid Skin,
we were in a studio from day one. Back then,
there was money in the recording industry,
D.A.F.
D.A.F. ist gut, ja! Nein – Deutsch Amerikanische
Freundschaft (or German American Friendship) aren’t
just good, they’re the pioneers of an entire genre —
along with fellow Düsseldorf innovators Kraftwerk —
and boast a massive cult following globally.
BY TAMMY WALTERS
After meeting in an underground punk club
in 1978, bonding over their mutual desire to
make music, Robert Görl and Gabriel “Gabi”
Delgado-López hit the rehearsal room to start
their project, and ended up introducing the
world to Körpermusik (body music).
With five albums in three years,
including their standout 1981 piece, Alles Ist
Gut, D.A.F. called it quits in 1982 during the
recording of their ironically named album
Für Immer (Forever). Since then, they’ve
had a yo-yoing career, including a reunion
show in 1985 to record 1st Step To Heaven,
their only album in English which earned
them the title ‘Grandfathers of Techno’,
Fünfzehn neue D.A.F.-Lieder in 2003 and
the occasional show from 2008 onwards. In
2015, the boys declared the official split with
a final farewell tour.
Over the course of their four-decade
on-again, off-again relationship, D.A.F. never
forged a Deutsch Australisch Freundschaft –
until now. D.A.F. are back and will be debuting
Down Under as part of Melbourne Music
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and we were able to get into Abbey Road and
record strings. It was the same approach as
with Bring It On in terms of using what was
available to us, it just happened that with
Liquid Skin, Abbey Road was available to us.”
Another significant difference between
the two albums is that by the time they
came around to recording Liquid Skin, they’d
already had the benefit of taking the songs
out on the road.
“We’d actually played them live a bunch
of times, which we’d never done with Bring
It On,” Ottewell reflects. “We were incredibly
lucky, because other bands usually slog it
out on the road for a couple for years before
getting signed, but we never did that. We got
signed and went straight on the road and
played pretty big gigs straight away.
“So, Liquid Skin was informed by
broader horizons as well – like my first trip
abroad, which was a press trip to Paris. That’s
ridiculous. It was good to bring back all of that
experience and all of those opportunities we
had back into the studio.”
Week, taking over Melbourne Town Hall with
local talent Total Control and Dark Water for
an explosive, total body music experience.
Along with their performance, they’ll also
be participating in an in conversation with
Darren Sylvester and French electronic music
producer Kittin, with the conversation topics
centred around music, artificial intelligence,
sustainability, psychology and cancel culture.
Gabi Delgado-López offers his insights
into these spaces to give you a taste of what
to expect.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
“I’m very involved in that world and I think the
key to artificial intelligence is to not humanise
it. I think that’s the biggest mistake researchers
are doing. They want to make the artificial
intelligence like human intelligence and I don’t
think that’s the way to do it. Your enemies are
much more intelligent when they have no
human factor. I think people in general – the
human race – they’re too concentrated on
creating things that are like themselves.”
That said, Ottewell sees a pretty clear
through line from Bring It On to Liquid Skin.
“It was a strange time, in a way, because
there wasn’t any rest at all – we were either
playing gigs or in the studio, so in a lot of ways
they’re almost like musical twins, those two
records,” he muses. “A lot of those songs were
written around the same time as the Bring It
On songs. There’s a song called ‘Bring It On’
on Liquid Skin and ‘Revolutionary Kind’ was
already written, as was ‘Rhythm & Blues Alibi’.
That Gomez is about to play Liquid
Skin track-for-track Down Under is a treat
for a number of reasons, not least being that
they’ve only recently taken the band on the
road again following a six-year hiatus.
The band had never intended to be away
so long and it certainly wasn’t because they
were at each other’s throats. Rather, they
were just a bit tuckered out. That’s totally
MUSIC
On D.A.F.: “We didn’t want to be in any
tradition. We wanted to start from ground
zero and do something that hadn’t been
heard before. If you have a strong new idea,
and you’re patient, then sooner or later you
will gather more and more followers. I believe
in the power of ideas.”
On personal music enjoyment: “I must
confess, I’m not a concert-goer. When I’m not
playing myself, I think all my life I’ve only been
to ten concerts or something like that. I really
prefer to go to the discotheque and dance my
arse off.”
SUSTAINABILITY MEETS
PSYCHOLOGY
“Mankind is definitely not the centre of the
universe, it’s a very arrogant and old fashioned
way of seeing things. It means pollution
and it means the exploitation of our natural
understandable given that they’d been
playing consistently since 1997, during which
time the band’s lineup remained unchanged.
That’s no small feat. When asked about the
band’s longevity, Ottewell doesn’t hesitate.
“We split the money equally. Everything’s
straight down the line.”
Happily, playing together again has been
akin to riding a bike.
“It’s muscle memory, it’s occurred to all of
us. When we were in rehearsal before touring
again, if you didn’t concentrate, you played it
right. We’d played over a thousand shows and
it’s been engrained in there somewhere.”
Gomez hit The Lost Lands which comes to
Werribee Mansion from Friday November
1 to Sunday November 3. Head to festival
website for tickets. They’ve also sold out The
Croxton on two nights, Sunday November 10
and Monday November 11.
resources. Because people think they’re the
only important thing in the world, so they take
from everywhere and they think they have
a right to do that. Mankind has to be seen
different, like part of everything, not on top of
the world but part of the world.
“Until the ‘60s, ‘70s and really into the
‘80s, people believed in the future. But in the
‘90s, people became disappointed because
the things the media and the entertainment
industry promised them when they were kids
weren’t true. Nowadays, people don’t believe
in the future. They think it’s probably going to
be worse now. People think ‘I can’t save the
world, so I won’t try to’.”
D.A.F. will captivate when they hit the
Melbourne Town Hall on Sunday November
17 alongside Total Control and Dark Water.
Grab your tickets via the Melbourne Music
Week website.
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MAKERS MARKETS • ECLECTIC ARTS • POP UP BARS & BEER GARDENS
FOOD TRUCKS & GLORIOUS GOURMET FARE • YOGA & WELLBEING
COOL WATER PARK & LOADS OF OTHER AWESOMENESS

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Page 50 Riverboats
Good Things Music Festival

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Loch Hart Page 48

Music Festival Strawberry Fields

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Page 62 Woodford Page 61

The Town Folk Festival Bluesfest

Festival season has arrived 33

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Coopers Blues Music Festival
A punter’s guide to perfecting
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57
Winefolk
Inverloch Sounds of Summer
Can you hear that? It’s the sound of beer cans clanking, birds chirping, bands roaring and
the music festival 58 Woodford Folk Festival,
laughter ringing. Festival season is here and aren’t we all overwhelmingly excited. Don’t
know about you but I’m getting visions… of beersbee sessions, cigarette rolling tuitions 36 Darebin Music Feast, UNIFY Gathering
and of fresh cut green grass (no, not the naughty variety). Born In Geelong 59 Falls Festival
There’s everything here – country forays, rock’n’roll extravaganzas, electronic
38 The Lost Lands 60 Party In The Paddock
expeditions, food, food and more food, and a bunch of killer festivals putting their foot
forward for a more sustainable world; because it’s about time. 40 Open Spaces, 62 Riverboats Music Festival
As we dial up the excitement, take a ride with us through our Ultimate Festival Guide. Dogapalooza 63 Tamworth Country Music Festival,
It’ll give you everything you need to hit that first fest at full tilt. Do yourself a favour.
42 Jamaican Music & Food Festival, Port Fairy Folk Festival
EDITOR, TOM PARKER Melbourne Music Week 64 CMC Rocks
44 Loch Hart Music Festival 65 Bluesfest
46 Polish Festival 66 The Town
52 Strawberry Fields 67 15 years of Gage Roads Brewing Co.
54 Festival X, 68 Festival index 2019 - 2020
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Music Festival
SUNDAY OCTOBER 20
WHO?
Hosting the very best in blues that Australia
has to offer, this year’s all-star lineup boasts
the likes of Jimi Hocking’s Blues Machine,
Blue Sunday, Rod Paine & The Full Time
Lovers, Dreamboogie, The McNamarr
Project, T.K. Reeve, John Williams
Doubleshot Of Blues, Victor Cripes, Julian
James, Paulie Bignell & The Thornbury Two,
Wayne Jury & Iseula, Justin Yap & Rambal,
Isiah B Brunt and the Melbourne and
Sydney Youth In Blues.
WHERE?
Coopers Blues Music Festival will relocate
to The Paddock at Melbourne’s Federation
Square this year.
THE HISTORY
Now in its eighth year, the festival is
undergoing some changes for this iteration.
Formerly known as Docklands Blues Music
Festival, the event has taken on a new name
to reflect its change of scenery.
Throughout the years, the festival has
welcomed a vast range of local blues heroes
to its various stages across a massive day of
non-stop tunes. Originally devised as a way to
drive punters to Docklands while celebrating
Australia’s rich blues scene, the festival’s new
home in the city’s centre paired with its $0
entry fee will surely have eager music-lovers
herding to its stages this year.
WHAT SETS COOPERS BLUES
MUSIC FESTIVAL APART
It’s free! Seriously, how rare is it to find a
free music festival? Not only does this allow
for a more relaxed vibe, but it means your
wallet is a little fuller than it would be if you’d
splashed three digits on tix, so you don’t
have to say no to enjoying the novelties – like
carnival rides – or pass on grabbing another
drink from the bar.
As well as being budget friendly,
Coopers Blues Music Festival is committed
to showcasing Australian artists big and small
– all that counts is the quality of their music.
Jimi Hocking
Image by Alana Young
THE VIBE
The festival’s free entry reinforces its
“Everybody welcome” policy. With
nostalgic carnival rides, food trucks and
loads of licensed venues to help you wet
your whistle, Coopers Blues Music Festival
isn’t restricted to blues lovers. Bring the
whole family and make a day of it; there’s
something fun for everyone.
A FEW TIPS
With 11 hours of live music on the agenda,
it’s a big day, so pace yourself – especially if
you hope to still be standing when the final
set rolls around.
If you can’t make it along, the festival
will be broadcast live on 3NRG Sunbury
Radio 99.3FM – also available on the Tunein
app – to quash your FOMO.
GETTING THERE
Conveniently located in the heart of the
CBD at Federation Square, you can easily
make your way to Coopers Blues Music
Festival by public transport. Flinders Street
Station is right across the road and there is no
shortage of trams zipping past at any time.
Otherwise, take advantage of the
nearby Wilson’s Federation Square Car
Park – it’s just a short walk away – though
if you’re thinking about taking advantage of
the festival’s bars, you may want to opt for
the train or the tram over driving.
TICKETS
This is a free event.
For more about Coopers
Blues Music Festival, head to
bluesmusicfestival.com.au.
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A punter’s guide to perfecting

the music festival
BY TOM FISHER

Winter isn’t coming. It’s over, and boy are we glad. Spring is here, the grass is green, and the sun
is beckoning. The dark, cold void that is the middle of the year, where your only highlight may
or may not be your tax return, has blossomed into a time of adventure, of long days and even
longer nights – festival season. Here at Beat HQ we’re a little excited, so we have decided to
knock up a guide for all you festival goers out there. Whether you’re hitting up Meredith, Falls
Festival, Beyond The Valley, or any other festival, this is for you.

You’re gonna need a
costume
It’s festival time and you wanna get a little weird.
Embrace it, you don’t wanna be that person
wearing that Cotton On festival shirt. Sorry
Cotton On, but nothing screams self-expression
less than a mass produced shirt worn by half the
punters out there. So hit up your local op shop
and pick out something strange. Or even pick
a theme. Wouldn’t it be great to see Marty
and the Doc rolling around your festival
circuit, or Jerry, George, Kramer and Elaine?
Early bird gets the worm
Festival set times are interestingly swayed and
often artists and bands can seem randomly
placed within the schedule. There’s always
a few diamonds in the rough, with many of
the early performers not billed accordingly
because of lack of talent, but rather lack of
attention or exposure. Put simply, not as many
people know about them yet. That doesn’t
mean you shouldn’t check them out; head on
down early and you could find a new fave.
Set the tempo and pick Food is your friend
your poison While you might wake up and crack straight
into a cold one and begin to think you’re
While the festival vibe is one of freedom with
Hunter S. Thompson and can simply survive
fewer limits than ol’ normal square society, it’s
on an insane daily routine of alcohol (and
advisable to set a good drinking tempo that’ll
whatever else!), you’re gonna crash. We as
keep you up and about, but not passed out in
humans need food, and food is your friend.
a field. Because hey, it is about the music after
So check out the food available at the festival,
all, and you don’t want to crash and miss your
you might find an epic vegie burger, a taco,
favourite artist, or your favourite artist yet to be
or whatever floats your boat. Also, bring your
discovered – there is a whole world of music
own snacks too. On this nutritional note, don’t
out there in your little festival universe. Also if it’s
forget to bring lots of water (and drink it!).
BYO, pick your drinks wisely, remember it might
be a solid three days of knocking ‘em back.

Build your castle
If you’re heading to one of the two or three-
day festivals, you’re gonna wanna build a little
home away from home. Of course, you’ll need
the necessities, a tent, something to sleep on,
but also deck it out. Add some decorations,
lights, a touch of flair; fly your flag and fly it
proud. Maybe it will tie in with your costume.
Don’t forget to take it all home with you,
though.
Get your festival playlist Make a game of it Stay cool
in shape If you’ve got a little bit of spare time between Lastly, while we encourage having the absolute
the happenings of the festival, and the chat time of your life, don’t forget there’s thousands
Start chipping away at that festival playlist
at your campsite is getting a little dull, how of other punters around also trying to have
early. For the road trip with your friends
about some drinking games? A bit of beer the time of their life, and not to mention all
on the way there, for the early anticipation
pong, king’s cup, or have you tried beersbee? the legends who work to make the festival
whilst setting up your castle, for the 5am
It’s a bit like a cross between beer pong and experience possible. So stay cool, be respectful
conversations you might not remember.
horseshoe, and you always have a drink in to the people and environment around you. If
Impress your friends, and your friends yet to
your hand, which is you know… nice. Maybe you see someone in a spot of bother, help them
be made. Yeah, it’s probably going to include
you’ll even coax some of your festival out, offer them that missing tent peg. Did you
‘Blue Monday’ at some point. Here’s a tip:
neighbourino’s over. think this one was gonna be about avoiding
throw in a few tracks from those performing
too much sun? That too! And wear sunscreen!
at the festival then go bananas elsewhere.

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Darebin Music Feast:
Julitha Ryan
SUNDAY OCTOBER 20 – SUNDAY OCTOBER 27
To close out this year’s Darebin Music Feast,
Swamplands Bar presents a special edition of
its Sirens and Songs series.
On Sunday October 27, Melbourne
musicians Julitha Ryan and Mia Schoen will
descend on the Thornbury venue to perform
works from their respective solo repertoires.
Ryan has been making and performing
music in various capacities for more than 30
years. The Melbourne songwriter and multi-
instrumentalist launched her solo career in
the early years of this decade following the
dissolution of the instrumental trio Silver
Ray, with whom she released four records
between 2001 and 2007.
Ryan’s solo debut, The Lucky Girl,
arrived in 2012, but she initially viewed it as
a valedictory release. Ryan returned with her
second full-length, The Winter Journey, in
2017 as well the instrumental mini-album,
Beach, indicating a turnaround in her outlook.
“Even though I might seem outwardly
quiet, I always seem to have a few things on
the boil,” Ryan says. “I wrote some music with
one of my Italian co-musicians, so I’ve been
working on that, trying to finish off a recording
we started. Also I did an electronica album
that came out earlier this year with Hugo
Race. That group is called Gemini 4.”
Born In Geelong
(B.I.G Festival)
SATURDAY OCTOBER 26
WHERE?
A celebration of all things Geelong, B.I.G will
take over the city’s beloved Little Creatures
Brewery, located at 221 Swanston St, Geelong.
WHO?
A true testament to all things homegrown,
the B.I.G lineup features an array of Australian
acts. Leading the pack, catch Brisbane indie-
rock darlings Ball Park Music as they rip
through their catalogue of danceable rock
anthems. They’ll be joined by Adelaide pop/
rap hybrid Allday, singer, songwriter and multi-
instrumentalist Alex Lahey and Melbourne
rock legends British India, as well as Didirri,
Alice Ivy, Ro and PLANET.
THE VIBE
Set to attract over 4,000 punters to its
Geelong site, the festival offers a boutique
vibe while remaining B.I.G at heart. With ten
hours of live music and lots to see and do, this
is the perfect day out for lovers of beer and
music alike.
WHAT SETS B.I.G APART
Utilising every inch of the brewery, B.I.G
will see each laneway and corner of Little
Creatures filled with something exciting. Tidy
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The Winter Journey is a collection of
deftly-wrought chamber pop originals that
came together in a fairly unconventional
manner. Ryan teamed up with Italian producer
Giovanni Calella in Milan before returning to
Melbourne and calling on engineer Andrew
‘Idge’ Hehir to help her complete the record
via email.
“I think it sounds coherent,” says Ryan. “It
was a fairly new thing for me to be sitting on
emails at midnight living this half life here and
my imagination’s in another time zone. There
was quite a few months of toing and froing.”
The process was made even more
difficult by the fact Calella speaks very little
English, while Ryan’s Italian is “non c’è male”.
“It was very intense because he would
send me things and here I am, alone in my
little house in winter, trying to imagine the best
way to describe to him what I think something
should sound like,” she says. “Google Translate
can only take you so far, so that was quite a
process.”
The making of The Winter Journey was
sometimes fraught and involved many hours
spent beseeching multitrack sessions to
download, but Ryan feels immense fondness
for the finished product.
“When I look back I think it was an
up your ‘do at the Resident Barber stall, learn
a little about your tipple at a Meet The Brewer
Beer Workshop and check out the B.I.G
Markets to stock up on some goodies.
B.I.G have also partnered with KROCK in
a bid to find the best up-and-coming talent
Geelong has to offer. The winner will perform
on the KROCK B.I.G Sessions stage alongside
some of Geelong’s best live acts.
FOOD AND DRINK
B.I.G are putting their best foot forward by
showing off some of the city’s best food
and drink makers, so you certainly won’t go
hungry. Award-winning chef Aaron Turner will
be dishing out tasty bites from his Nashville-
style eatery The Hot Chicken Project while
Wah Bah will be serving up fresh, stacked
bao buns. If you’re still peckish after all that,
let Wildfire BBQ stoke your hunger with their
assortment of mouth-watering smoked meats.
Wash it all down with a few pints of Little
Creatures and you’ll be head over heels for
Geelong before you know it.
WHAT TO BRING
B.I.G is a cashless event, so be sure to bring
your card and don’t bother stopping by an
ATM on your way. With ten hours of live
Julitha Ryan
amazing process, really,” she says. “The
[Italian] musicians I know very well, I’ve toured
with them four times, but Giovanni I didn’t
know so well. But he understood. He was right
into it straight away and he brought a totally
different perspective to it, which I loved.”
Dating back to the late 1980s, Ryan has
collaborated with a number of Melbourne
stalwarts, such as Hugo Race and Mick
Harvey, as well as playing with The Dead
Salesmen, Hope Addicts and enjoying acclaim
as one third of Silver Ray alongside drummer
Brett Poliness and guitarist Cam Butler.
Her live performances tend to centre
on her solo repertoire these days, and she
continues to hold herself to a high standard.
“The older I get, the more nervous I get.
Not nervous in that I’m scared to get on stage;
nervous about the quality of my performance.
That’s what it comes down to. When I was
younger there might’ve been other elements,
Ball Park Music
music set to go down, you’ll want to wear
some comfortable shoes – there’s bound to
be some boogying.
Seeing that the festival is held inside a
brewery, chances are you’ll be knocking back
at least a couple of froths, so don’t come on
an empty stomach and definitely don’t be a
wanker on the piss.
SUSTAINABILITY
B.I.G Festival has partnered with Bettercup, a
reusable cup company that aims to eradicate
single-use plastics and waste from festivals,
events and venues. Handy hint: the best way
to ensure you hang onto your cup is to make
like it was a good night or there were 250
people. For me now it really comes down to,
‘How good was I?’.
“My preparation for a gig has become
more intense, perhaps because my quality
control is higher. I don’t mind the effort, but
it can be stressful. It’s not going to 150 per
cent all the time, but if there’s anything I have
control over I’m going to try and beat my last
personal best.”
BY AUGUSTUS WELBY
Julitha Ryan performs for Sirens
and Songs which goes down as part
of Darebin Music Feast on Sunday
October 27. DMF itself takes over
Melbourne from October 20 – 27.
Head to musicfeast.com.au for lineup
info and tickets.
Alex Lahey
sure it’s never empty.
If you break your cup, don’t worry!
Bettercup repurpose any damaged or
unwanted cups into other products, such as
flower pots or wheelie bins.
TICKETS
Tickets are $89, available now via
Oztix.
Grab your tickets and find out
more about Born In Geelong at
bigfestival.com.au.
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Eight reasons The Lost Lands

is an unmissable treat
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 1 – SUNDAY NOVEMBER 3

BY CARLA DE LA PAZ

The Lost Lands is back for another exciting year and this family-friendly event is sure to get the
whole clan down for a boogie. Inspired by long weekend campouts, The Lost Lands provides
a magical experience where families can bond and enjoy breathtaking performances together.
If this sounds amazing to you, it’s probably because it is. Join us as we break down eight reasons
why The Lost Lands should be at the top of your festival list as we approach November.

Fugazi Pizza

The beautiful location
Well, this one’s a no brainer. If you’re into lush
gardens reminiscent of something from Alice
in Wonderland, then you’re probably going to
love the location. The Lost Lands is held at the
magnificent Werribee Mansion, and this place
just oozes magic. In and amongst castle-like
buildings, this is the ideal place to chill out
with friends and family on a landscape that is
sure to take your breath away.
Huge music lineup
With some of the best Australian and
international acts taking to the Werribee
Mansion, it goes without saying that The
Lost Lands music lineup is what makes this
event so appealing. Across this three-day
event, sensational acts like Sampa The Great,
Gomez, Baker Boy and Regurgitator will be
tearing up the stage. Make sure to put on your
best dancing shoes because these acts are
sure to get the crowd pumping.
Food, food, and more food
Deep down, we are all gluttons at heart.
That’s why the amazing food stalls set to
grace The Lost Lands have made it onto
our list. Whether you’re sweet or savoury
there’s something for everyone here – Billy
van Creamy will be bringing their delightful
ice-cream concoctions to the fest while the
ever-popular Fugazi Pizza will also be there…
enough said. Make sure to hit up the Paella
Truck and Bretzel Biz as well. YUM!
Illuminate yourself
Is it a festival if there aren’t any market stalls?
The Lost Lands is set to have a variety of
unique stalls that’ll get you decked out for the
day. If you’re feeling a little adventurous give
Glitter Gypsy a visit – they’re sure to transform
you into glittering disco queen. In addition,
there will be jewellery courtesy of Yalang A
Lang Jewels, selling handcrafted treasures
while Balls For Your Mind will blow your brain
with their selection of juggling equipment.
Seriously, you can’t go wrong.

Glamp in style
How many people can say they’ve camped
out at Werribee Mansion? If you’re planning
on staying for a few days, why not camp out
with some friends and family in style. For a
luxurious camping experience, you should
definitely try out glamping – with beautiful
canvas bell tents and comfy pillows, you
could have best seat in the house. Head to
thelostlands.com.au for more info on the
glamping options.
Green machine
Everybody loves an environmentally-friendly
event. The Lost Lands aims to be a leader
in environmental sustainability by offering
a range of compostable food and drink
packaging. This festival takes great pride in
their ‘leave no trace’ policy, which resulted
in less than one per cent of contaminated
waste last year. Fingers crossed for another
successful year, let’s make this happen!
Bumper arts lineup
Apart from its spectacular music lineup, The
Lost Lands has a wide range of events lined
up for Arts & Wonder. From the energetic
Circus Oz to the effervescent Katie Wright
Dynamite, this festival is jam-packed with
entertainment for the whole family to enjoy.
The Little Big Top will be bursting with some
of the finest kids’ comedy and circus theatre
acts throughout the event. So be sure to keep
an eye out for these talented folks.
Studio Ghibli… Yes, please
If this doesn’t sound like the most appealing
thing on planet earth, we don’t know what
does. As night falls on The Lost Lands, The
Sleeping Bag cinema will come alive with
a Studio Ghibli showcase where you can
snuggle up with friends and family and
indulge in the beloved Japanese films
including, Ponyo, My Neighbour Totoro and
Kiki’s Delivery Service. Best of all, it’s in the
comfort of your very own sleeping bag.

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Open Spaces
SATURDAY NOVEMBER 9 – SUNDAY NOVEMBER 10
WHERE?
Abbotsford Convent, Abbotsford. Entry via
the main gate on St Heliers Street.
WHO?
Expect an eclectic mix of artists at Open
Spaces, including three-piece indie-dance
outfit Haiku Hands whose genre bending
sound incorporates hip hop, pop, dance and
electronica. Other notable artists include
DRMNGNOW, Elle Shimada, Hailey Cramer,
Pookie, Parvyn, Danika Smith, HAYNCH, N’fa
Jones and a stellar lineup of female-identifying
DJs including Colette, Aucan Alias, Adriana,
Imaxx, Mamacita Bonnita and Emelyne.
MAKE SURE YOU BRING
A picnic blanket and people to enjoy the
day with.
HISTORY
Abbotsford Convent’s flagship program Open
Spaces Festival is the biggest weekend of the
year for the site and stands as a celebration of
the Convent’s people and spaces. Abbotsford
Convent occupies 6.8 hectares and, for over
100 years, provided shelter, food, education
and work for tens of thousands of women and
children who experienced poverty, neglect
and social disadvantage. Today, it’s Australia’s
largest multi-arts precinct. You can find over
100 studios, two galleries, cafes, a classical
Dogapalooza
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 10
WHERE?
Burnley Park, Richmond. Head east of the city
to where the Yarra River separates Richmond
from Hawthorn. It’s there, just off Swan
St, that you’ll find the open green fields of
Burnley Park. A favourite spot for dog owners
on any given Sunday, it’ll become South-
Eastern Australia’s doggie mecca on Sunday
November 10.
EXPLAIN THE NAME
British comedian and podcaster Adam Buxton
begins every episode of his podcast by taking
his dog Rosie out for a walk and often chatting
to her while doing so. He makes a point of
referring to Rosie as his “dog friend”, which is a
subtle but significant distinction. Rosie isn’t a
possession, something he owns and controls
– she’s his friend, companion and confidante.
That’s the sort of relationship Dogapalooza
encourages between its visiting humans and
their furry pals. Big and small, slobbering and
yapping, clumsy and elegant – it’s a gathering
of dogs and their human friends.
While the event wants to welcome as
many dogs as possible, organiser Abby Gee
has a tip for anyone clinically dog obsessed:
“Leave your dog at home so you can love on
everybody else’s dog with two free hands.”
WHO’S PLAYING?
The live music starts at 11:15am with
Melbourne indie folk singer-songwriter Amie
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music radio station, a Steiner school and
greenery to walk around in onsite.
VIBE
Open Spaces is an all-ages arts and music
event, ideal for young kids, grandparents
and anyone in between. Enjoy a relaxing
weekend sprawled on the grass in the
Convent’s beautiful gardens surrounded by
its stunning heritage architecture. There’ll be
art, children’s programs, creative workshops
and demonstrations, roving performances,
markets and food trucks, all on top of the
amazing lineup of diverse music artists.
FOOD AND DRINK
Plenty of food truck options will be serving
grub over the weekend, including Taco Truck,
Billy van Creamy, Ghost Kitchen and Mabu
Mabu. There’s also regular onsite eateries,
such as Cam’s, Lentil As Anything, Convent
Bakery and Kappaya. Two pop-up bars will
also be open, so you can sip on a G&T while
you soak it all in.
ARTS LINEUP
There’s a whole bunch of talented people
performing and showcasing art installations
for the festival, including Ngioka Bunda-Heath
– the first Indigenous woman to graduate
from the Victorian College of the Arts with a
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Dance). You can also
Grisold. Next up are folk duo GraceJean,
who’ll be performing songs from their debut
LP, Long Black Road. Rising soul and R&B
musician Sophia Brown will shake things up
in the early afternoon before Liona Tatafu
brings it home with a set of neo soul that
draws influence from Jill Scott, Erykah Badu,
D’Angelo, Allen Stone, Beyoncé, Kimbra, Matt
Corby and more. 
WHAT CAN I FEAST ON?
There’ll be a whole stack of food trucks
servicing Burnley Park on the day. These
include Woking Amazing, Jerry’s Vegie
Burgers, G.Free Donuts, Dr Hofmann’s Pizza,
Pookie May Coffee, Let’s Waffle ‘n’ Shake,
Quintessence Patisserie. The fine folks from
Moon Dog Brewery will be dutifully dishing
out beer.
THE CAUSE
Along with the doggie ogling, the neo soul
and R&B reverberating from the main stage,
and the bounty of food and beverages,
Dogapalooza exists to raise funds for the anti
puppy farming campaign, Oscar’s Law. The
campaign’s mission centres on three core
aims: to stop the factory farming of pups, to
prohibit the sale of puppies in pet shops and
to advocate for adoption and responsible pet
ownership.
Its namesake, Oscar, spent the first five
years of his life being exploited as a stud dog
see Narrm-Melbourne based artist Maddison carbon neutral. They use water-based, organic
Kitching who will be exhibiting his artwork inks, recycled paper and sustainable base
which integrates ideas about Australian cloths. They are also partnered with carbon
national identity. Leisa Shelton, Jake Potter, neutral’s Plant-A-Tree program, helping to
Mary Peacock, Rick Matear and other artists restore local native flora and fauna.
will also be there.
WHAT IF I NEED A BIT OF R&R? TICKETS
The Convent’s WellBeing group will be Tickets are $5 per person, per day at the
available when you need a break from the gate, with free entry for children under
action. You can get a massage, join a yoga or five and Companion Card holders.
meditation session, plus there are one-on-one
consultations. The Convent has a committed Find out more about Open Spaces at
team of more than 20 highly qualified abbotsfordconvent.com.au.
practitioners who will be there to support your
spiritual, emotional and mental health.
SUSTAINABILITY
Get involved with arts and craft activities at
the Convent’s workshops and open studios,
including Ink & Spindle which is proudly
and living in a small pen with 80 other dogs. and MC Walt Collins, plus a Dogapalooza
Oscar was rescued and has been rehabilitated stubbie holder and a free Moon Dog beer.
and returned to good health, but the
psychological impact of this sort of treatment
TICKETS
is difficult for many dogs to recover from.
First and second release tickets for
Proceeds from Dogapalooza will also
this year’s fifth edition of Dogapalooza
go towards Puppy Tails, Melbourne Animal
sold out in a hurry. Adult final release
Rescue, Kayas Mission, Stafford Rescue, and
tickets are on sale now for $39.80,
a number of other non-dog specific second
which is a steal considering it’s a not-
tier beneficiaries across the country and the
for-profit event. Concession tickets
Australasian region.
are going for $23.50, children’s
for $13.30, and kids under 4 get in
VIP
free. So do dogs. All prices include
If you’re feeling fancy, the VIP ticket package
booking fees. If you decide to rock up
scores you access to a fenced off area
on the day, adults will have to pay $45.
opposite the stage with the best view in the
house, as well as VIP toilets and an exclusive
Find out more about Dogapalooza
shaded area if your dog’s not interested in at their Facebook page. Tickets are
working on its tan. Also included is a meet and flying – grab them before they’re
greet with Oscar’s Law’s inspiring namesake gone via Oztix.
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Jamaican Music
and Food Festival
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 10 & SATURDAY NOVEMBER 16
WHERE?   pack accordingly – whether it’s a raincoat or
The festival takes place at the glorious
Seaworks in Williamstown. Parking is limited
and public transport is a much better bet. For
something different, you can even hop on a
ferry from Southbank. This year will also see
JMFF hit Sydney for the first time ever, where
it will take over the Greenwood Hotel.
WHO?
This one-day festival offers a huge selection
of musical styles including ska, rocksteady,
reggae, dub, dancehall, jungle and rub-a-dub.
Headliners at this year’s event include Mad
Professor (UK), Richie Stephens (Jamaica),
Masia One (Singapore) Flames Eye (Jamaica),
Deadly Dragon Sound System (US) and
Gardna (UK).
In addition to a range of international
guests, JMFF will also feature sets from The
Push Reggae Band, Gaia The Band, Shanty
Town, Jaspora, Moonhops, Jah Tung, Mohair
Slim, Jake Savona, Adrian’s Wall, Heartical Hi
Powa, and loads more.
WHAT TO BRING
November is a little unpredictable as far as
weather goes, so check the forecast and
Melbourne
Music Week
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 14 – SATURDAY NOVEMBER 23
WHERE?
A city-wide takeover, Melbourne Music Week
envelopes the CBD across over 65 venues
and 70 events.
WHO?
Boasting over 300 acts, the MMW program
is a beast in and of itself. With a focus on
fostering emerging talent, the festival is the
perfect place to find your new favourite
band. Featuring a mammoth offering of
acoustic, electronic, experimental and
experiential music, this year’s program
welcomes the likes of DAF, Kittin, CC:DISCO!,
Total Control, Robert Henke, Sarah Mary
Chadwick, Stonefield, Body Type, U-Bahn,
Kira Piru, Ausmuteants, Krown, Loose Tooth,
Kllo, P-UniQue, Tiny Ruins, The Native Cats,
HABITS, BATPISS, MzRizk and loads more.
THE HISTORY
This year marks the 10th anniversary of
Melbourne Music Week. Over the past
decade, MMW has championed Melbourne’s
creative community by bringing emerging
artists to stages across the city. Not only does
MMW foster new talent, it consistently brings
live music to unique spaces – from the former
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sunscreen. But no matter what the weather
brings, a hungry belly and dancing shoes are
compulsory.
BYO?
No outside food or drink will be allowed in the
festival. But with over 30 food, drink and other
traders, why would you want to bring your own?
THE HISTORY
Now in its fourth year, JMFF is organised by
Australia Reggae Radio and radio/DJ legend,
Stick Mareebo, with support from Hobsons
Bay Council.
The festival is supported by the local
Jamaican and Caribbean community
organisations and businesses through the
Festival Friends network. The festival is
consistently a hit with punters – over 10,000
attended last year.  
WHAT ELSE?
This year, JMFF will have a carnival rides and
bumper cars for kids (and some of the big
kids). There will also be face-painting and a
photo booth to keep the littlest festival goers
entertained.
Royal Women’s Hospital to the depths of
ACMI’s basement, nothing is off limits.
Since it began, MMW has hosted over
2,500 acts and welcomed over 350,000
punters to its events. In its first year, the festival
took over Birrarung Marr with its pop-up Hub
– Kubik. Taking it back to where it all began,
this year will see Kubik come alive once again.
Constructed from industrial containers,
illuminating its new home in Alexandra
Gardens with a spectacle of software-
controlled LED lights, each responding to the
beats it hosts, this truly is an outdoor music
venue like no other.
THE VIBE
MMW sets the city abuzz in a celebration
of Melbourne’s dedication to live music. As
always, the festival looks beyond the way we
typically experience live music in order to
deliver performances which excite, perplex
and surprise.
A tribute to Melbourne’s creative
community, there is no better time to mingle
with your neighbours as you relish a shared
love for this fine city and all it has to offer. Leave
your expectations at home and enter with an
open mind – you won’t be disappointed.
HOW DOES JMFF STAND APART
FROM OTHER FESTIVALS?
JMFF is the only festival of its kind in Australia;
one for people who truly love reggae and
Jamaican culture. Organisers also want
festival attendees to meet and make new
friends when they come along.
ONE COSTUME RECOMMENDATION
There will be a costume parade at 3pm on the
day, so dress-ups are definitely encouraged.
ONE MUST-SEE PERFORMER
Masia One, a Singaporean/Canadian
dancehall singer – you have to see it to believe
it. But also, make sure you don’t miss dub
legend The Mad Professor.
Sunshine & The Disco Faith Choir, image by Kane Hibberd
SUSTAINABILITY
MMW is committed to reducing its
environmental impact and encourages
punters to follow suit. This year, the festival’s
Hub will be powered by 100 per cent
renewable energy as well as reducing and off-
setting carbon emissions across all events.
MMW also looks to maintain a zero-
waste Hub through ensuring any single-use
item that can’t be eliminated is recyclable and
nothing goes into landfill. The hub will also rely
on 100 per cent captured stormwater from
within the city which will be returned to water
storages to irrigate Melbourne’s parks and
gardens after the festival has run its course.
TICKETS
Early bird tickets are now sold out, but
remaining tickets are $35 per person,
free for kids under ten (but you have
to book), $25 for concession card
holders and $90 for a family ticket
that includes two adults and two
juniors (aged 10-17).
ONE DRINK THAT
ENCAPSULATES JMFF
Red Stripe, the real Jamaican Beer.
VOLUNTEERING
If you’re interested in volunteering,
please call Stick Mareebo on
0433110995.
For tickets and more on JMFF,
head to jmff.com.au.
Additionally, MMW will serve its drinks
in reusable cups with no straws. They’ve also
reduced the number of printed programs by
40 per cent and ensured that the physical
programs that do exist were printed on 30 per
cent recycled paper content.
TICKETS
The program spans 70 events, with
tickets available at mmw.melbourne.
vic.gov.au.
Grab your tickets and find out
more about Melbourne Music Week
at mmw.melbourne.vic.gov.au.
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Loch Hart Music Festival
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 15 - SUNDAY NOVEMBER 17
WHERE?
Kangaroobie Camp Ground, Great Ocean
Road, Princetown.
Just a three-hour drive from Melbourne,
Kangaroobie combines farm, beach, and bush
with uninterrupted views of the coastline and
Gellibrand River from its paddocks. Nestled
on the Great Ocean Road and just a stone’s
throw away from the 12 Apostles and Loch
Ard Gorge, Kangaroobie is all things Loch
Hart; lazy days and happy nights in the fresh
coastal air.
WHO?
At the top of the lineup, Loch Hart Music
Festival will be presenting bonafide darlings
of Australian indie-pop, Alpine.
They’ll be in excellent company, flanked
by co-headliner and local legend Didirri who
was born and bred just a stone’s throw from
the festival site in nearby Warrnambool. Back
from a worldwide tour, Didirri is ready to
serenade you as the sun sets over the ocean
on the iconic Shipwreck Coast.
Artist-producer Alice Ivy, another of
the Victorian Surf Coast’s most celebrated
musical exports, will be bringing the beats
to perform her enviable back catalogue and
killer collaborations.
Hip hop impresario Genesis Owusu,
who’s been fast earning a reputation for his
spine-tingling festival performances, will be
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making the trek down from Western Sydney
to mark the occasion. Also, hitting the stage
will be Baked Beans, Chook & Moluck (DJ),
Cousin Tony’s Brand New Firebird, Cry Club,
Edd Fisher (DJ), Forever Son and Francesca
Gonzales. The Grogans will also perform
alongside Hold//Fire, Leslie D. King, Melon Bois,
The Pretty Littles, Memphis LK (DJ), Moaning
Lisa, Pirra, Ruby Gill, The Senegambian Jazz
Band, Traffik Island, and Zuma.
If you’re looking for a laugh break, look no
further than legendary funny man and former
triple j host, Alex Dyson, who will be gracing
the stage come comedy hour.
THE VIBE
Loch Hart brings you exciting acts from
all around Australia, tasty culinary treats,
boutique craft beer bar plus a BYO setup, with
relaxed vibes, all set on a beautiful coastal-
country property on the Great Ocean Road.
The festival is a place where you can
unwind, escape the daily grind, and discover
amazing live music. The festival was founded
to showcase local up-and-coming Australian
talent and show off the beautiful Great Ocean
Road region. The vibe is chill, the music is
infectious, and the scenery is sure to inspire.
Loch Hart wants to be a festival where you can
go home feeling rejuvenated and refreshed –
there’s daily yoga and art events to get you
back up and about if your energy crashes.
WHAT TO BRING festival. Choose between an affordable, simple
Kangaroobie is heavy on the paddocks and package or turn it up a little with the luxe
right on the coast, so don’t let that chilly sea package – complete with linen, furnishings,
breeze drift in and ruin your night – bring a rug and a mirror. Two person, three person,
something warm so you don’t peak while the and four person tents are available.
sun’s out. You’ll also need essentials such as:
proof of ID, a tent that works, sleeping bag and ONE MUST-SEE PERFORMER
pillow, torch, and a folding chair. Sunglasses Didirri’s beautiful voice echoing out over the
are also a must, alongside closed toe shoes, a ocean will be hard to beat. The comedy hour
towel, sunscreen, and bug repellent – to ward featuring former triple j breakfast radio host
off those humongous bush-quitoes. It’s BYO and bonafide ratdog, Alex Dyson, is also set to
but don’t bring any glass inside the festival – be spectacular.
pour your spirits into those empty vegemite
jars you’ve been storing for this very reason.
TICKETS
SUSTAINABILITY
$200 – $220 depending on release.
Loch Hart is committed to reducing its
environmental impact and every decision is Grab your tickets and find out more
made while being conscious of the planet. about Loch Hart Music Festival at
their website, lochhart.com.
Some of the initiatives to be implemented by
the festival include engaging with Bettercup
to limit single-use plastic throughout the site,
providing free drinking water, and ensuring
all our food vendors use compostable
packaging.
GLAMPING
Under Sky is excited to provide pre-pitched
tent camping options at Loch Hart Music
Festival this year, for those who would like
more comfort with much less effort. Simply
arrive, check into your tent and enjoy the
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Polish Festival
SUNDAY NOVEMBER 17
WHERE
Taking over Federation Square, the Polish
Festival will transform Melbourne’s central
space into Little Warsaw.
THE HISTORY
Now in its 15th year, the Polish Festival will
once again expose Melburnians to Polish
culture in a huge celebration of the European
country’s entertainment, hospitality and
cuisine. It’s been some 200 years since the
first Polish migrant landed on Australian
shores, with 200,000 Poles having joined
since. The Polish Festival aims to look at how
the Poles have contributed to the Australian
landscape over the past two centuries.
Not only is this an opportunity for Polish
people to embrace their roots without having
to return to their homeland, it provides people
from a range of cultural backgrounds with a
glimpse at Polish tradition in order to foster
a cultural understanding. Having survived
against the odds in war, Poles are incredibly
proud of their country and are humble
and hospitable as such. There’s a special
generosity here.
The festival continues to grow year after
year and regularly attracts over 50,000
people. It’s become Australia’s largest annual
Polish not-for-profit community event which
is a testament to the organisers who put
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together the event.
Magda Szubanski has been a special
guest in the past. She appeared at the 2015
iteration alongside her book, Reckoning,
which explored her Polish roots and the
harrowing details of her father’s experience in
Poland during WWII.
Volunteers play a huge part of the
occasion as well – the Melbourne Polish
community is made up of incredibly generous
individuals giving their time to their heritage.
Former president of Polish Festival Inc. and
Order of Australia medal recipient, Jan Szuba,
has been quintessential to the festival’s
rise and once shared his thoughts on the
importance of the event’s volunteers.
“The festival is without a doubt the largest
annual Polish event in Australia and competes
with other international events outside of
Poland, a testament to the work of over
400 volunteers from the Melbourne Polish
community.”
THE VIBE
The Polish Festival is all about celebrating
cultural traditions. Activities across the
festival range from performances by Polish
language schools, folkloric and other
entertainment groups, children’s activities,
craft demonstrations, art exhibitions and
much more.
THE ACTIVITIES
Take a Polish dance class or sit back and see
how it’s done with a range of dance and live
music performances. Polonez and Lowicz
dance troupes will fill the stage, featuring first
and second generation Australians keeping in
touch with their heritage. There’s an element
of spontaneity to the Polish dance craft so
don’t be surprised if there’s some random
outbreaks of dance amongst the crowd – it’s
the jolly way.
The family friendly festival will also ensure
that the kids don’t grow restless, with a whole
heap of children’s activities to occupy their
attention. There will be face painting as well
as arts and craft activities that will teach the
littlies how to make masks of Smok Wawelski
– a famous dragon in famous folklore – as well
as Wianki (wreath) making. They can even
dress up in traditional Polish costumes and
get snapped at the interactive photo booth.
TAKE SOMETHING HOME WITH YOU
If you want to take a little slice of Poland
home with you, take advantage of the unique
shopping opportunities and get your hands
on some handmade wares such as amber
jewellery or Boleslawiec ceramics. Talented
local artisans will also be displaying their stuff
too. It will feel like Sukiennice (Krakow Cloth
Hall) in no time.
FOOD & DRINK
Take your tastebuds to Poland with a
delectable selection of pierogies – think
Polish dumplings wrapped with unleavened
dough; kielbasa – meat sausages and a
staple of Polish cuisine; and bigos, a hunter’s
stew containing sauerkraut, fresh shredded
cabbage and chopped meat. You may have
some difficulty wrapping your tongue around
the names of these traditional delicacies, but
you’ll have no trouble gobbling them down.
Everyone knows the Poles love their
alcohol, so make like a local and quench your
thirst with a variety of Polish beers and vodka.
Piwo is the top hop drop and will be the
perfect accompaniment to your scrumptious
food selections.
GETTING THERE
This will be happening right in the heart of the
city at Fed Square, which is easily reachable
by tram and train. Recommend leaving your
car at home though.
TICKETS
This is a free event.
For more on the Polish Festival,
visit polishfestival.com.au.
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Strawberry Fields
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 29 – SUNDAY DECEMBER 1
WHERE?
Strawberry Fields takes place just across
the Victorian border in New South Wales’
Tocumwal, approximately three hours from
Melbourne by car.
WHO?
Strawberry Fields boasts an eclectic lineup
of electronic, dance, and alternative artists
featuring the likes of Adriana, Bob Moses,
Briggs, CC:DISCO!, DRMNGNOW, Emma
Donovan & the Putbacks, Gordon Koang,
Mildlife, Milan Ring, Animals Dancing,
Amadou Suso, Interstellar Fugitives, Millú,
Wax’o Paradiso, Saoirse, The Merindas,
Helena Hauff, Squid Nebula, Zeitgeist
Freedom Energy Exchange, Animals Dancing,
Ausecuma Beats, Barney McAll, Cinta T,
Claps, Derrick May, Details, Elle Shimada,
Karate Boogaloo, Katie Drover, Moxie, Young
Marco, and loads more.
In addition to a mouth-watering
music program, Strawberry Fields will
also showcase visual arts and immersive
installations by Blackstone Builds, Fulcrum
Designs, General Zod, John Fish, Margaux
Carpentier, Maximillian Malone, Marc Pascal,
Minna Leunig, Mirage Motel, Nikita Shtepa
& Karri McPherson, R Type L, Within_Space,
and xxflos.
Across the festival, you’ll also find an
array of comedy and cabaret performances,
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including a special Saturday night comedy
showcase with Blake Freeman, Felix Castaner
and Nina Oyama, as well as dance, circus,
poetry and just about everything else you
could possibly imagine.
There truly is something for everyone.
THE VIBE
The Strawberry Fields website says it all: “The
smiles, the sunburn, the sky and the clouds.
The strangers, the friends – both newfound
and old. That long drive into the unknown,
followed by dancing and inevitable laughter.
Embarking on adventures through ghost
gums, discovering an oriental tea lounge, a
jazz quintet improvising on the beach or a
disco legend unleashing funk and soul from a
treehouse. Long days of wild river swimming
and those quiet moments of reflection.
“ These are the things that will define the
greatest weekend of your life. Welcome to the
wild world of Strawberry Fields.”
PARKING, CAMPING AND
ACCOMMODATION
Camping is included in your ticket and RVs,
caravans, tents and tepees are all welcome.
BYO?
Strawberry is fully BYO with a strict no glass
policy. If you bring glass, it will be confiscated
and not returned.
SUSTAINABILITY
Unlike some venues who claim to be
environmentally sustainable, Strawberry is
100 per cent committed to the cause, in all
aspects of the festival, and it’s bloody fantastic
to see.
Not only are they offering subsidised
Strawberry shuttle buses from Melbourne and
Sydney, they also have a courtesy bus running
from Tocumwal to the festival site for those
opting for public transport. For those wanting
a more bougie alternative, Strawberry Fields
has also made it possible to get private bus
passes so you can charter a private bus for
you and your mates.
Along with environmentally friendly
transport options, Strawberry is going to ‘wash
against waste’. This means that single-use
plastics are banned and every plate, cup, bowl
used will be made from 100 per cent reusable
crockery – meaning it can be washed and re-
used. Why haven’t other festivals thought of
this?
In place of single-use plastics,
biodegradable materials will also be used.
Bottled drinks are not available for sale, but
free water will be available from taps around
the venue (say goodbye to $10 festival bottles
of water). All rubbish onsite will be sorted into
recycling, landfill and donation.
The festival will also offer a permaculture
course with world class facilitators, which you
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can buy as a package with the ticket (these
are still for sale). Earth Warriors, a peer based
environmental group, will also be roaming the
campgrounds, encouraging people to clean
up their act. They even have the authority to
kick people out if they refuse to do so.
Electricity at the festival is fuelled by
biodiesel/sustainable power and all toilets are
composting.
ONE MUST-SEE PERFORMER
Bob Moses. The Vancouver-bred duo
consisting of Tom Howie and Jimmy Vallance
will be meshing guitar licks, a moody
smoulder and a dash of dance floor ambience
with lyrical depth. The duo have dominated
Glastonbury, Coachella, Ellen, and now
Strawberry.
TICKETS
Tickets for this year’s festival have
sold out, but there’s still hope. Sign
up to Strawberry Fields’ official resale
waitlist at strawberry-fields.com.au
for a chance to nab tix.
For more about Strawberry Fields,
head to strawberry-fields.com.au.
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Festival X
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 29, SATURDAY NOVEMBER 30
& SUNDAY DECEMBER 1
WHERE?
Festival X takes place at Melbourne
Showgrounds, which is right next door to
Flemington Racecourse. You probably went
to the Showgrounds as a school kid to have
a fang on the bumper cars at the Royal
Melbourne Show. The grand pavilion is also
home to the annual Supanova Pop Culture
Expo and Stereosonic was held there up until
its dissolution.
WHAT IS FESTIVAL X?
After nine years of operation, Stereosonic’s
reign as Australia’s biggest touring electronic
dance music festival came to an abrupt end
in 2015. Well, we say abrupt, but the festival
simply didn’t come back in 2016 and any
details about its expected return were hard
to find. You can let go of those concerns
now, though, because the event organisers,
Onelove Music Group, have teamed up
with Australian electronic promoters par
excellence, Hardware, and global bigwigs,
Live Nation, to create Festival X.
You might know Hardware from the Piknic
Élektronik series, which will be back at the
Sidney Myer Music Bowl from November ‘til
February, and the Babylon festival, which hits
the Victorian countryside in late Feb. Richie
McNeill founded in Hardware in 1990 with the
simple aim of bringing quality live music events
Good Things
FRIDAY DECEMBER 6, SATURDAY DECEMBER 7
& SUNDAY DECEMBER 8
WHERE?
Melbourne will host Good Things at Flemington
Racecourse, with Sydney welcoming the
festival to its Centennial Park before it makes
its way to Brisbane’s Showgrounds.
WHO?
Last year’s lineup was a tough act to follow,
but Good Things have pulled a few tricks out
of their sleeve once again with a program
boasting a sweltering lineup of Australian
and international talent. Leading the lineup
are thrash metal lords Parkway Drive, joined
by American pop-punk powerhouse A Day
To Remember and Violent Soho in their only
Australian live appearance of the year. Also on
the bill, you can expect smashing sets from
the likes of Simple Plan, Skegss, Bad Religion,
Trivium, Simple Creatures, Karnivool, The
Veronicas, Coheed and Cambria, Falling In
Reverse, Enter Shikari, Dance Gavin Dance,
Reel Big Fish, Poppy, Thy Art Is Murder, Ice
Nine Kills, The Damned Things, Slowly Slowly,
Man With A Mission, The Bennies, Voyager,
Yours Truly, Windwaker, The Beautiful
Monument and Gravemind.
THE HISTORY
With its inaugural event taking place in 2018,
Good Things Festival is still in its infancy, but
that’s not to say it doesn’t hold its own against
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and parties to the masses. He’s been honouring
that intention ever since, but Festival X is
Hardware’s biggest venture to date.
“We’re super excited to be working
with Onelove again and the Live Nation
team,” said McNeill. “[We’ve] put together an
incredible mix of music in the electronic, pop
and urban spaces.” 
WHO?
McNeill is not kidding around when he said
incredible – the weight of this lineup will
give you a hernia. The headliners for Festival
X version 1.0 are the world’s third highest
earning DJ for 2019, Calvin Harris, Dutch
trance trailblazer Armin van Buuren and hip
hop’s hyperactive miscreant du jour, Lil Pump.
Who else? In alphabetical order: Alison
Wonderland, Anna Lunoe, Badrapper,
Blueface, Camelphat, Cosmic Gate,
Futurecode, Generik, Giuseppe Ottaviani
(Live 2.0), Godlands, Kaz James, Kölsch,
Marlo, MK (Marc Kinchen), Murda Beatz,
Nic Fanciulli, Paul Kalkbrenner (Live), Ruben
De Ronde, Sophiegrophy, Steve Aoki, Sunset
Bros., Tchami, Thandi Phoenix, Trippie Redd
and Vini Vici.
WHAT ELSE?
Given the magnitude of the lineup, and just
how bloody loud these acts are going to be,
the big boys of the festival scene. In fact,
when Good Things made its debut last year,
it came in swinging with a lineup featuring
The Offspring, Stone Sour, All Time Low,
Dropkick Murphys, Bullet For My Valentine,
The Used, BABYMETAL and loads more killer
acts. Not bad for a first timer. It’s no wonder
Australian heavy and alternative music fans
are clamouring for a second instalment.
With a glowing 2019 lineup, Good Things
seems to be on the up and up.
WHAT TO BRING
Be sure to come equipped with sensible shoes
(there will be lots of stomping), a positive
attitude and earplugs! There will also be free
water stations located around the festival, so
don’t forget your water bottle.
The December heat can be brutal, so be
sure to bring sunglasses, sunscreen and a hat
and dress accordingly.
THE VIBE
A mecca for all things heavy and alternative,
Good Things offers an inclusive environment
for music lovers of all kinds. Open to punters
15 years and older, Good Things doesn’t
discriminate against young music lovers.
Though those under 18 will need to be
accompanied by an adult.
In the spirit of ensuring nobody misses
Armin van
Buuren
Alison Wonderland
Festival X will spread multiple stages across at the festival bar, an exclusive Festival
the Showgrounds. It’s a touring festival so all X merchandise item as well as access to
of the acts will be coming in hot to Melbourne a crowd-free dedicated merch stand, a
after festivals in Brisbane on Friday November dedicated cloak room, premium toilets and
29 and Sydney on Saturday November 30. VIP entry. Festival X is a strictly 18+ event.
There will be loads of food available
onsite. It’s not BYO, but there will be bars
dotted across the Showgrounds. Live Nation
TICKETS
Australasia CEO Roger Field promises “a new
Tickets are available now from
and exciting festival experience”, with more
Ticketmaster. A standard ticket will
details to be revealed as the countdown for
set you back $179.95 while the VIP
Festival X intensifies.
X-Perience costs $384.19.
VIP
For tickets and more on Festival X,
The VIP X-Perience gives you access head to festivalx.com.au.
to the exclusive Festival X platform, one
complimentary drink to be redeemed
Image by Kane Hibberd
out, Good Things looks to be as accessible ONE MUST-SEE PERFORMER
as possible for all festivalgoers. As well as The Wall of Death during The Veronicas will
offering a viewing area at each stage area for be unforgettable.
those with special needs, there will also be
toilets equipped for those living with disability
around the festival site. If you require a carer to
TICKETS
accompany you, they will receive free entry –
Tickets are $179.95 via Oztix. There is
provided they are a legitimate carer.
also an option to pay off your tickets
over four $50 instalments if your bank
ONE COSTUME RECOMMENDATION
account is looking a little too dry to
The theme this year is crazy racing so get
handle it in one hit.
something racing related!
Grab your tickets and find out more
ONE DRINK THAT ENCAPSULATES at goodthingsfestival.com.au.
GOOD THINGS
Espresso martini with a VB chaser.
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LANCO (USA) / DUSTIN LYNCH (USA) / ADAM BRAND / TIM HICKS (CAN)
HARDY (USA) / JIMMIE ALLEN (USA) / JEFFREY STEELE (USA)
ABBY ANDERSON (USA) / RUNAWAY JUNE (USA) / THE WOLFE BROTHERS
MITCHELL TENPENNY (USA) / KASSI ASHTON (USA) / CASSADEE POPE (USA)
FELICITY URQUHART / JASMINE RAE / JORDAN BROOKER (USA)
NIKO MOON (USA) / SEAFORTH / SARAH BUXTON (USA) / BRAD COX
CHRISTIE LAMB / KAYLEE BELL (NZ) / CASEY BARNES
CHARLIE COLLINS/ ELL REGAN / DJ GRIZZLY ADAMS / DEE JAYE BUX
Hosts STORME WARREN (USA) / MIKE CARR

18 . 19 MARCH - CAMPERS ONLY

20 . 21 . 22 MARCH 2020
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Winefolk
SATURDAY DECEMBER 7
The Cat Empire
WHERE?
The Briars, 450 Nepean Highway, Mount
Martha. It’s about an hours drive from
Melbourne.
WHO?
Music kicks off at 2pm and runs until 8pm,
with The Cat Empire, The Beautiful Girls, Ash
Grunwald, Cookin’ On 3 Burners and Sun
Salute all hitting the stage across the day.
VIP OPTIONS?
The Winefolk VIP Package includes a festival
ticket and express check-in, access to the
VIP Marquee with a private bar and lounge
chairs, a wine garden, a VIP viewing area
and private rest rooms between 1pm and
8pm. The VIP package also boasts a food
and drinks package between 2pm and 8pm
which includes Red Hill Estate’s full range of
Cool Climate wines, a selection of local craft
beer and cider, canapes, grazing platters and
more substantial bites. An event-branded
plastic wine glass on a lanyard is also included.
Tickets are limited to 200, so get in quick if
you don’t want to miss out.
MAKE SURE YOU BRING
First and foremost, bring your ticket and ID
to ensure you get in, as well as cash and/
or cards for food and market stall goodies
– there will be an ATM available on site. As
always with outdoor festivals, you can never
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predict the weather. Prepare for rain, hail or
shine by bringing a wide brim hat, sunscreen,
sunglasses, flats (or block heels) and a raincoat
and gumboots. The festival is a picnic style
event, so pack a standard camping chair and/
or a picnic rug to ensure you’re comfortable
and pack a blanket in case it cools down in the
late afternoon. For the real picnic experience,
food and sealed water or empty plastic bottles
to fill up at designated water stations are
permitted, though it’s worth taking advantage
of the variety of food and drink available at the
event. BYO alcohol is prohibited. Finally, bring
a great attitude.
THE HISTORY
2019 is the first year of Winefolk Festival.
Presented by Red Hill Estate, who are
celebrating their 30th year, Winefolk will be
held in collaboration with Scarlett Mac Events,
the team behind Peninsula VineHop Festival,
to bring a mix of nostalgic and fresh Australian
talent to the stage.
THE VIBE
A boutique festival experience with a
capacity of 6000 patrons which takes place
in a stunning bushland setting, Winefolk is all
about relaxing on a picnic blanket with friends
and drinking quality wine and the Peninsula’s
best craft beer and cider. There are also
gourmet food selections from a wide variety
of vendors and some of Australia’s best bands
and musicians. Winefolk brings the class with
their Cellar Door experience, offering tastings
of Red Hill Estate’s full selection of high-end
drops. You’ll also find market stalls and a glitter
painting station. Running from 2pm to 8pm,
the festival is a chance to enjoy an afternoon
in the early summer (hopefully) sunshine with
friends and family.
SUSTAINABILITY
Winefolk aims to eliminate single-use plastic.
All patrons will receive a branded polycarb
reusable glass (on a lanyard) for wine refills.
Beer and cider will be sold in recyclable
cans with recycling facilities available onsite.
Food vendors are also encouraged to avoid
single-use plastics. BYO water bottles are
encouraged, with hydration stations available
for refills.The VIP area features all compostable
toilets. Winefolk have also partnered with
Banana Bus to provide transport for patrons
and reduce carbon emissions from self-
driving.
MUST SEES
While the festival boasts amazing talent
across generations, The Beautiful Girls are
absolute must-sees, with Winefolk one of their
only Australian shows on the east coast for the
next twelve months.
Winefolk is here to help you maintain that
strong ‘gram game, starting with the festival
atmosphere, wine, quality Australian artists,
and body glitter stations to make you shine.
But the showstopper snap is at the festival
landmark: the GIANT bottle of Prosecco.
The Wine Cellar (included in some ticket
packages or available as an extra for $25)
allows you to taste the full range of Red Hill
Estate wines.
TRANSPORT
If you’re driving, free parking is available onsite
at The Briars, though the event organisers
recommend making use of the Banana Bus
instead. Three bus routes are available:
Blue – North Melbourne/CBD/South East
Suburbs
Yellow – Preston/Kew/Hawthorn/Caulfield
Green – Sorrento/Rye/Rosebud/Dromana
TICKETS
Ticket prices vary depending on the
experience you’re after and how early
you get onto making your booking.
Tickets start at $96+BF for general
admission. Early bird tickets have done
their dash, but all other options are
available at winefolk.com.au/tickets.
Grab your tickets and find out more
about Winefolk at winefolk.com.au.

Inverloch Sounds of Summer
SATURDAY DECEMBER 28
WHERE?
Sounds of Summer takes place two hours
from Melbourne’s CBD by car, in the coastal
town of Inverloch at Thompson Reserve. If
you love relaxing to music with the sound
of waves crashing in the background, mixed
with a bit of salt on your tongue and a family-
friendly atmosphere – the Sounds of Summer
festival is for you.
A complimentary shuttle bus within the
township of Inverloch will be operating on the
day, with three drop-off and pick-up points.
WHO?
Sounds of Summer provides a vibrant and
social festival experience where the whole
family can listen to some of Australia’s
favourite artists. Expect to see Kate Ceberano,
Daniel Shaw, Bustamento, Elly Poletti, and
Alana Wilkinson.
PARKING
Where possible, Sounds of Summer
encourages visitors and residents of Inverloch
to walk to the venue.   Bass Coast and broader Gippsland region.
For ticket holders outside the area, there
is limited off-street parking. Please be mindful
of residents around the reserve and make
sure you park legally to avoid any fines from
enforcing officers.
WHAT TO BRING?
The benefit of being a one-day festival is
that you don’t need to lug a tent and survival
essentials to the Sounds of Summer. This
ensures you’ll have plenty of energy to bring
your best singing voice and dancing shoes.
Hot tip: pack a picnic rug to lounge about
on when your legs need a break from all that
dancing. Also, as we know, the Aussie sun can
be harsh, so don’t forget to bring sunglasses,
sunscreen, and a hat.
THE VIBE
Sounds of Summer is the perfect event for
your little one’s first festival. The one festival
this summer where you can pack your toddler,
teenagers and your nana. Sounds of Summer
prides itself on being a family-friendly music,
food, and wine festival where you get the
chance to relax and enjoy the sounds of
local and national musicians and the tastes of
festival fare and local wine.
The event showcases the natural beauty,
creative talents and unique character of the
The festival has been thoughtfully curated
to attract families and to relish the cultural
delights at the region’s doorstep. The festival
is born to bring families from across Victoria
to experience the beautiful Bass coastline for
all to enjoy.
BEAT’S ULTIMATE FESTIVAL GUIDE
VIP ONE TIP FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS
This year, Sounds of Summer introduces the NEVER BEEN TO A FESTIVAL
VIP Marquee. Enjoy the VIP experience inside Be ready to have fun, sing, and dance. Bring
the gorgeous marquee, it will have its own bar a towel in case you feel like going for a dip in
and you’ll receive a complimentary drink on the beach.
arrival. It’s a fun and beautiful space to chill
out between dancing, singing and socialising ONE MUST-SEE PERFORMER
– you might even bump into some of the Multi-ARIA award-winning artist Kate
festival’s artists. The VIP marquee is for 18+ Ceberano will bring the house down.
patrons only.
PERKS
TICKETS
Hide away in the VIP tent while your teen
Adults – $60 + BF
tribe and little ones burn off some energy on
Seniors – $45 + BF
the Mechanical Surf Board, Meltdown, Disco
Families (two adults & two kids)
Dome, Adventure Tunnel, face painting, and
– $120 + BF
lawn games – all included with entry and
VIP Marquee – $90 + BF
specially designed to give mums and dads a
Students – $15 + BF
break.
Children under five – free
FOOD + DRINK Naked Wines is offering a $100
When you need to re-energise after dancing Wine Voucher on all purchases
your heart out and losing your child in the made throughout October,
adventure tunnel, get yourself down to the so get in quick and book at
Sounds of Summer Food & Wine Village. inverlochsoundsofcummer.com.au.
Satisfying your hunger and quenching your
thirst will be Feast On Us, Street Eats, Fleming
Grab your tickets and find out more
Berries, Ink-Credible Calamari, Vietnamese about Inverloch Sounds of Summer
Food House, Bean There Drank That, Dirty at inverlochsoundsofsummer.com.au.
Three Wines, Burra Brewing Co, as well as a
full bar packed with all your favourite drops.
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Woodford Folk
Festival
FRIDAY DECEMBER 27 – WEDNESDAY JANUARY 1
WHERE?
You’ll be driving about 70km north of Brisbane
for this one, to a site just outside of Woodford
called Woodfordia.
WHO?
This year’s festival boasts a huge lineup, with
Australian powerhouses Kate Miller-Heidke,
Kasey Chambers and Emma Louise all scoring
slots on the bill. Other home-grown talents
include hip hip duo Horrorshow, The Herd, Tia
Gostelow, Lime Cordiale and Archie Roach
playing alongside Paul Grabrowsky. Then
there’s the international artists, like England’s
Lucy Farrell, The Kimono Band from Japan,
Nepal’s Monks of Tibet, and the formidable
Amanda Palmer, performing her powerful
new work, There Will Be No Intermission.
ACCOMMODATION
Woodford Folk Festival has you sorted
when it comes to accommodation. With the
beautiful Woodfordia parklands around you,
camping is the top choice and will give you
the full festival experience but there are also
glamping options courtesy of Pitch Luxury
and other more comfortable camping options
UNIFY Gathering
THURSDAY JANUARY 9 – SUNDAY JANUARY 12
(ACROSS FOUR LOCATIONS)
WHERE?
UNIFY Gathering takes place over three days
in the small coastal Gippsland town of Tarwin
Lower. With native Australian bush on one
side and stunning views of hills on the other,
you’ll be surrounded by beautiful greenery as
you’re catapulted into a heavy music lover’s
dream and served much more than just
tantalising tunes.
WHO?
Architects, The Ghost Inside, Northlane, Polaris,
Silverstein, Tonight Alive, Make Them Suffer,
Stray From The Path, Dear Seattle, Void Of
Vision, Antagonist AD, Knocked Loose, Tired
Lion, Kublai Khan TX, The Beautiful Monument,
Eat Your Heart Out, Between You And Me,
The Brave, Diamond Construct, Columbus,
Tapestry, Sleep Talk, Caged Existence, and
Something Something Explosion.
THE HISTORY
UNIFY Gathering first ran in 2015 as a two-day
camping festival and has since grown to a three-
day camping festival showcasing renowned
local and international acts. With the festival
going strong and offering heavy music lovers
around the country the sounds they want to
hear, it’s a highly anticipated annual event. Mark
this one in your calendar if you’re up for some
good times and ready to head bang.
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through Tent City. You can also stay off site if
you choose but you’ll have to book your room
well in advance as things book out quick fast
come Woodfork Folk time. Find out more on
accom via the festival website.
THE VIBE
Woodford Folk Festival is a family-friendly
event, that focuses on fostering an inclusive
and creative community. During the course
of December, the space is transformed into
a festival paradise; complete with cafes, stalls,
bars, restaurants and an array of arts and
performance spaces, plus workshops, kids’
zones, stages and more. It’s a space for anyone
and everyone to come and get involved in,
to become more than just a festival goer –
to actually immerse themselves fully in the
Woodfordia community.
HISTORY
The festival is pretty longstanding, with this
year’s event being its 25th at the Woodfordia
site. It was initially held at the Maleny
showgrounds from 1987 until 1994, when the
current location was secured and turned into
the space that festivalgoers enjoy today. Since
WHAT TO BRING
There are definitely a few must-have items
if you’re going to make the trek out to
Gippsland for UNIFY. Make sure you grab
your tickets before you leave and have proof
of ID. You’ll also need a car pass if you’re going
to be driving to the festival and utilising the
car park. Make sure you have a working tent,
a sleeping bag and pillow and a folding camp
chair. Don’t forget sunglasses, a hat and lots of
sunscreen along with a reusable water bottle.
It’s also worth packing warmer clothes in
case it gets cold overnight. A torch and bug
spray will be helpful to have on hand, too.
Bring closed toe shoes, snacks, and ear plugs.
UNIFY is also a cashless festival. You can
buy PITCOIN currency online from November
and at the festival’s top up stations and info
points. Make sure to do this in advance so you
don’t get to the front of the food or bar queue
and find you can’t pay because you forgot to
purchase your PITCOIN.
But most importantly, bring a positive
attitude and prepare for some sick tunes.
ONE MUST-SEE PERFORMER
Obviously, the headliners: Architects and The
Ghost Inside, but for local bands check out
Sleep Talk from Adelaide and The Brave from
Brisbane.
its beginning, Woodfordia has had more
than $14 million invested into the site and its
facilities, with the building of 57 amenities
blocks, a visual arts studio, amphitheatre,
onsite water filtration and waste treatment
plants, major electrical infrastructure, and the
planting of 100,000 trees.
ARTS LINEUP
With a massive 145-page programme, it’s no
surprise that there’s a plethora of interesting
arts events to catch, too. Listen to a reading
from multi-award-winning novelist Neil
Gaiman, laugh along to some comedy
courtesy of witty women Nina Oyama and
Nikki Britton, or divulge in some circus and
cabaret with performers such as Woodfordia
regular Mario Queen of the Circus. That’s just
the beginning.
SUSTAINABILITY
The team at Woodfordia are super
environmentally conscious, and it’s reflected in
Image by Neal Walters
THINKING GREEN
UNIFY Gathering is dedicated to protecting the
environment on which the festival is held. On
Sunday August 25, UNIFY Gathering hosted
its first ever Tree Planting Project with over 40
festival fans stopping by to plant over 2000
native trees around the event’s beautiful site.
ONE TIP FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS
NEVER BEEN TO A FESTIVAL
Soak up the fun atmosphere, enjoy a few bevs,
try to see as many bands as you can and don’t
get too overwhelmed.
ONE COSTUME RECOMMENDATION
Your favourite band tee.
the way they put the event together. Festival-
goers will be able to see first-hand how the
team’s tree planting and wildlife restoration
efforts have paid off and have the option to
get involved with projects themselves. You
can also support their efforts by bringing a
reusable water bottle, being conscious of
your water wastage when showering, taking
your rubbish with you when you leave and
respecting the land you’re on.
TICKETS
Ticket prices vary quite a bit
depending on what you’re after.
There’s a range of daily tickets, season
passes, camping passes, tickets for
teens and kids, which all differ in
price. There’s also a payment plan
option if you don’t have your funds
together right now.
Find the full rundown and grab your
tickets at woodfordfolkfestival.com.
Image by Kieran Tunbridge
TICKETS
General admission is $279 and includes
festival and camping access. If you’re
chasing a VIP experience, the Temple
Bar Experience gives you exclusive
access to the Temple Bar, offering a
prime vantage point of the stage, for
$349 (including booking fee). There
are add ons available, too, including an
early access pass for $99, car passes
for $20, and camper/caravan passes
for $75. For more information on
tickets, head to unifygathering.com.
Grab your tickets and find out more
about UNIFY Gathering at their
website, unifygathering.com.

Falls Festival
SATURDAY DECEMBER 28 – SUNDAY JANUARY 5
WHERE?
Falls Festival takes place over four stunning
locations: Lorne, surrounded by the lush,
ancient trees within the Otway Rainforest;
the Falls farm near the Marion Bay coastline;
the tropical paradise that is the North Byron
Parklands site and Falls Downtown, taking
over the Fremantle Oval Precinct.
WHO?
Falls Festival has consistently had punters
eagerly awaiting the lineup drop year after
year, and 2019 has been no different. With an
array of big-name musicians, up-and-coming
artists and triple j favourites, spanning a
plethora of genres and styles, the 2019 lineup
promises to be a big one.
Expect to see Halsey, playing her
only Australian shows, Vampire Weekend,
Disclosure, Pink Sweat$, Amyl and The
Sniffers, Playboi Carti, Of Monsters and
Men and Peking Duk. Milky Chance will also
perform alongside Aussie icon John Farnham,
Vera Blue, Yungblud, Crooked Colours, G
Flip, Thelma Plum, Holy Holy, A. Swayze and
The Ghosts, Adrian Eagle, Wolfmother, The
Jungle Giants, Lime Cordiale and plenty more
incredible artists, all spread out amongst the
four locations over the jam-packed week.
THE HISTORY?
Heading into its 27th year, the Falls Arts &
Music Festival has become somewhat of
an institution, a staple in the festival season
calendar. Each year, festival-goers head out
to the stunning locations to enjoy the ever-
changing and growing party atmosphere
that Falls fosters. With the best new talent, as
well as much-loved favourites headlining the
festival year-after-year, it’s no mystery why
it’s consistently one of the most-loved and
anticipated festivals on the calendar.
WHAT TO BRING
There’s definitely a few must-have items you’ll
need if you’re thinking of heading to Falls;
tickets (an obvious one), proof of ID, car pass
if you’re thinking of driving into the festival, a
tent that works, sleeping bag and pillow, torch
and folding chair. Sunglasses are also a must
alongside spare clothes, especially warm gear
for when the nights get colder, closed toe
shoes (break in the Doc Martens pre-festival),
a towel, sunscreen and bug repellent. Other
things such as snacks, earplugs, a car phone
charger, medication and a decent ice-breaker
or joke so you can make a few new friends will
also come in handy.
Falls is also completely cashless. To make
the entire festival experience a bit easier, all
payments will be made through payWave
and mobile devices – that way you can spend
less time waiting in line at the bar and more
time getting to the front of the mosh!
THINKING GREEN
The Falls Art & Music Festival dedicates a
large amount of time and effort into ensuring
that the entire festival is as sustainable and
environmentally friendly as possible. From
flush-free composting toilets which save
around two-and-a-half million litres of water
each year to harvesting rain water for supply to
the gas-fired onsite showers, all the measures
have been taken to ensure as little impact on
the environment is made as possible.
Falls has also teamed up with BYO
Bottle to cut down on the amount of single
use bottles, meaning you can bring your own
refillable drink bottle and refill it for free at one
of the refill stations around the festival.
ONE TIP FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS
NEVER BEEN TO A FESTIVAL
Seek out artists you aren’t familiar with,
chances are by the end of the festival you’ll
have a new favourite.
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ONE COSTUME
RECOMMENDATION
SpongeBob SquarePants.
ONE DRINK THAT ENCAPSULATES
FALLS FESTIVAL
A pina colada – a summer classic
you can’t beat!
ONE MUST-SEE PERFORMER
John Farnham – this is one singalong
you cannot miss.
TICKETS
Both Marion Bay and Byron Bay
tickets are available from $309 for a
three-day ticket, while $349 can get
you a four-day ticket at Falls Lorne.
Fremantle punters can choose from
a single-day ticket from $149 or a
full-weekend ticket from $289. There
are other ticket options for two-
day passes and depending on the
location, camping tickets and car
passes may be required.
Grab your tickets and find out
more about Falls Festival at their
website, fallsfestival.com.
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Party In The Paddock
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 6 – SATURDAY FEBRUARY 8
Middle Kids
WHERE?
White Hills, Tasmania. It’s a small rural location
about 20 minutes outside of Launceston with
shuttle buses departing from Launceston’s
city centre. Launceston Airport is the perfect
hub to fly into and is just 20 minutes from the
festival site. If you’re road tripping up from the
capital, White Hills is about 153kms due north
of Hobart.
WHO?
As Party In The Paddock evolves, the lineups
keep getting bigger. Matt Corby will lead the
charge in 2020 alongside Hermitude, Dune
Rats, Broods (NZ), Cosmo’s Midnight, Jack
River, while legendary party-starters Sneaky
Sound System will also be taking to the stage.
On top of that, there’s Briggs, Mallrat, Mahalia
(UK), Lime Cordiale, Confidence Man, Odette,
The Chats, Dear Seattle, I Know Leopard and
Press Club. And that’s just the start – head to
the Party In The Paddock website to check
out the rest of the bill.
THE HISTORY
2020 marks Party In The Paddock’s eighth
annual year of festivities. The festival launched
in 2013 with a lineup consisting mostly of local
bands as well as interstate headliners Sticky
Fingers, and Sid O’Neil from Vasco Era. They
cranked things up a notch the next year with a
number of Australian acts on the precipice of
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major success, such as Kingswood, The Pretty
Littles and Stonefield.
From there, the PITP mission has
been to up its game with each new lineup
announcement. 2015 featured Dune Rats,
Beautiful Girls, Allday and Luca Brasi; 2016
welcomed Violent Soho, The Preatures
and Spiderbait; and in 2017 Tash Sultana,
Hermitude and Remi made a big impression.
Into 2018 and the lineup kept growing –
Grouplove, Gang of Youths, The Avalanches
and Meg Mac took to the festival. Then it
was Lily Allen who led the 2019 iteration,
performing alongside The Presets, The Jungle
Giants, Vera Blue and a bunch more.
Rock and hip hop, indie and electronic,
triple j and 3RRR, the PITP lineup always looks
to appeal to a cross section of demographics.
SUSTAINABILITY
Party In The Paddock is serious about
sustainability, which is why they’ve
implemented a variety of initiatives to limit
waste and needless destruction. These include
the push for punters to #BYOBottle and the
wide availability of reusable cups. There’s the
aforementioned carpooling suggestion, and
they’ll be ensuring no tent is left behind.
Party In The Paddock happens on a
working farm and it’s the organisers’ duty to
get the farm swiftly returned to its regular
state once the festivities wrap up.  beauty of the festival site.
The food vendors have all pledged
allegiance to the sustainability mission for
2020. It’s essential that all food and drink
packaging and utensils are 100 per cent
compostable, meaning punters can simply
place them in the organics bins that’ll be
situated around the festival site.
There’s also a recycling centre onsite and
as a precaution against laziness, the festival is
offering prizes – such as cash for beers, food,
merch and more – for those who deposit a
bag of recycling or compost to the centre.  stocked with fresh Tassie produce.
WHAT TO BRING
Party In The Paddock happens in early
February when the temperatures are still likely
to be hovering around the mid-20s during
the day and retreating back to the mid teens
at night. So it’s an excellent time of year to be
hanging out in the Tasmanian Hills, but it’s
advised that you pack for all weather.
THE PARTY IN THE PADDOCK
PHILOSOPHY
Basically, the organisers want to cultivate
nothing but good vibes. That involves
everyone showing respect for one another,
including a “dickhead-free PITP” rule. Outside
of that, it’s important to keep an eye out for
anyone who’s looking a little worse for wear,
and make an effort to preserve the natural
It’s imperative to immediately seek out
medical attention if you or someone you
know isn’t feeling right. Likewise, if you notice
behaviour that’s certainly amiss, inform
security or a PITP crew member.
WHAT ELSE?
Party In The Paddock’s festival within a festival,
Vibestown, will return for 2020. Vibestown
brings a lineup of art, big name Australian
comedians and whole bunch of market stalls
TICKETS
Pre-sale tickets will go on sale
Friday October 18 (sign up via
partyinthepaddockfestival.com.au)
with general tickets on sale from
Tuesday October 22. Single day,
weekend, and camping tickets are all
available. The PITP organisers reckon
carpooling is one of the best ways to
get to the festival, as it’s an easy way
to reduce your eco footprint. You can
find a parking option in the ticket
packages and there’s also a lush VIP
ticket option.
Grab your tickets and find out more
at partyinthepaddockfestival.com.au.
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Riverboats Music Festival
FRIDAY FEBRUARY 14 – SUNDAY FEBRUARY 16
WHERE?
Riverboats takes place in the historic paddle
steamer town of Echuca-Moama, two and a
half hours up the Northern Highway from the
Melbourne CBD.
WHO?
Riverboats brings together a collection of
Australian artists representing the absolute
cream of the crop. With the Murray River as
a backdrop, Riverboats provides a welcomed
tonic from many of the bigger events taking
place across the summer months. If a picnic
rug and a good bottle of wine is how you
like watching the best Aussie artists, you’ll
be right at home with Bernard Fanning,
Kate Miller-Heidke, Something for Kate, Troy
Cassar-Daley, Archie Roach, Dyson Stringer
Cloher, Robert Forster, Bob Evans, Mama
Kin Spender, Ainslie Wills, Horns of Leroy
feat. Thando, Matt Joe Gow, Jess Locke, and
Festival MC Brian Nankervis.
WHAT TO BRING
For those making their first festival expedition,
Riverboats is on the relaxed side, though you’ll
still need some sunscreen, a water bottle, hat,
sunglasses, and insect-repellent to defend
against the Aussie summer elements. Be sure
to pack a picnic rug so you can lounge around
without copping a wet bum. Bring some
good walking shoes because you’ll be getting
yourself from your accommodation to the
festival via bike or walking. Hot tip: tuck away
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a spare pair of clothes in case you decide to
have a dip in the river.
ACCOMMODATION
Echuca-Moama boasts plenty of
accommodation within walking distance
of the festival hub, and if you’re prepared to
stay a little further out of town there are some
amazing campsites along the river. Parking is
available across town, though you’re best to
leave your car at your accommodation and
walk or ride to the festival if you can.
VOLUNTEER
The arrangement is simple – in return for
one volunteer shift, Riverboats will give you
a weekend ticket (valued at $175). Jobs may
involve serving thirsty festival-goers from
behind the bar, selling tickets or merchandise,
moving stock and generally keeping the place
humming. You’ll be a busy bee for a few hours,
but after that, it’s all fun and games.
THE VIBE
The festival itself is staged in the heart of
town at Aquatic Reserve, a beautiful natural
amphitheatre under a canopy of red gums
right next to the Murray River. Riverboats
has remained boutique in both its size and
philosophy through the years while attracting
high calibre artists like Paul Kelly, Neil Finn,
Missy Higgins and Dan Sultan, to name a few.
You’ll be able to hear paddle steamer whistles
passing by the festival stage all weekend
long. Riverboats is the ultimate experience FOOD LOVERS
for music lovers who like their festivals on You can keep your energy up and fight the
the chilled side. Bring a picnic rug, find a festival hangover by getting yourself down to
comfortable spot in the shade and settle in for Riverboats’ beloved Annual Festival Breakfast
three days of tunes under the gum trees. at the Beechworth Bakery on Sunday. With
live sets by alt-country artist Matt Joe Gow,
GET GREEN it’s one of the weekend’s hot-ticket events.
Riverboats is committed to minimising its The Festival Breakfast sells out each year and
impact on the planet. They no longer sell punters are encouraged to book early.
single-use plastic bottles, so bring a reusable
bottle from home. All food waste from the
event will be turned into compost to be
ONE DRINK THAT ENCAPSULATES
used on local farms and the town’s parks and
THE FESTIVAL
gardens.
An ice-cold Furphy in a Riverboats
stubby holder.
BIGGEST PERK?
If you love chilling out in the sun, a bit o’ ONE MUST-SEE PERFORMER
paddling and live music, Riverboats is the Kate Miller-Heidke on the Sunday
festival for you. It’s the only music festival in afternoon will be hard to beat.
Australia providing festival-goers with the
TICKETS
opportunity to experience a one-hour live
Weekend Pass - $175
performance while cruising down Australia’s
Friday night - $60
longest river. Riverboats’ famous paddle
Saturday - $95
steamer sideshows are set to expand in 2020
Sunday - $80
with the inclusion of five unique acoustic
performances over the festival weekend.
Grab your tickets and find out more
Held aboard the historic Pride of the Murray about Riverboats Music Festival at
paddle steamer, these intimate performances their website, riverboatsmusic.com.au.
are a truly unique way to take in the sounds
and sights of Australia. These sideshows
will include performances from Mama Kin
Spender, Matt Joe Gow, Jess Locke, Horns of
Leroy and Ainslie Wills.

Tamworth Country
Music Festival
FRIDAY JANUARY 17 – SUNDAY JANUARY 26
WHERE?
Taking place all over Tamworth in New South
Wales – the nation’s country music capital –
TCMF is bigger than Christmas; showcasing
a whopping 700+ performers at over 2800
events, across 120 venues. You can fly into
Tamworth’s airport from Sydney and then
take a shuttle bus or hire a car, or go road
trippin’ (it’s about a 12-and-a-half-hour trek
from Melbourne’s CBD, one way).
WHO?
TCMF is a ten-day treat for those who like
everything from traditional, Americana,
rock, blues, roots, alt-country, bluegrass
and honky-tonk music. Featuring orthodox
twang through to some cheeky takes on
tradition (The Pigs’ hillbilly-styled covers of
everything from ‘Single Ladies’ to ‘Devil Inside’,
for example), there’s something to satisfy all
flavours of country-lovers.
THE HISTORY?
Due to celebrate its 48th year in 2020, TCMF
is Australia’s biggest country music festival and
the second biggest festival of its kind in the
world. It’s also been a launchpad for the careers
of some of the biggest names nationally and
Port Fairy Folk Festival
FRIDAY MARCH 6 – MONDAY MARCH 9
WHERE?
The festival takes place across various venues
throughout Port Fairy, an idyllic coastal
bluestone town approximately 3.5 hours
from Melbourne by car. Southcombe Sports
Complex serves as the festival’s main hub and
can be found in Campbell Street, Port Fairy –
a short walk from the town centre.
WHO?
Port Fairy Folk Festival welcomes a range
of folk, roots, blues, jazz, world, country
and bluegrass artists, both local and
international, as well as an array of entertainers
offering spoken word, comedy and street
performances. This year’s lineup showcases
the great folk and roots traditions of a range of
cultures and communities around the world.
Homegrown artists include Archie Roach
with Paul Grabowsky and Sally Dastey, Benny
Walker, Dan Sultan, Emily Wurramara, and
C.W. Stoneking while international guests
include the likes of The Blind Boys of Alabama,
Ego Lemos, Patty Griffin, Hubert Francis,
Eleanor McEvoy, Fara, John McCutcheon,
YolanDa Brown and The Jellyman’s Daughter.
That’s just the beginning.
THE HISTORY
A true manifestation of all things folk, the first
Port Fairy Folk Festival was held on the back
of a truck – “a freewheeling cultural freedom
internationally in country music (think everyone
from Keith Urban to Kasey Chambers, with
the latter appearing again next year).
TIPS FOR PUNTERS
Tamworth heaves during the festival, so
you really need to get wriggle on with
booking transport and accommodation.
Helpfully, the TCMF website has links to
local accommodation suitable for a range
of budgets, from campers through to luxury
lovers. You can also download the Official
Guide App to help plan and navigate your
festival. Although, if you go old-school and
order a hardcopy festival guide, you get a free
CD, which is neat.
MUST-SEES
Given that it’s now impossible to see the
Highwaymen (respectfully, two are dead
and Willie is never getting a visa) the 4
Highwaymen – the Aussie tribute to four of
country’s greatest – is nigh on a must. They
sell-out shows at TCMF every year. The Toyota
Country Music Cavalcade is also a hoot – it’s
a Moomba-style float procession, but country.
On top of that, Cold Chisel have announced
that their Blood Moon tour will also be heading
ride of sorts,” in the words of Founding Director
Jamie McKew OAM. 2020 will mark Port Fairy
Folk Festival’s 44th year of enveloping the town
with a smattering of live music, entertainment,
family friendly activities, food and markets
– a longstanding community tradition and a
staple of the local cultural calendar.
Since its first iteration, Port Fairy Folk
Festival has welcomed over 8,000 artists
from far and wide to the town. While it began
as a celebration of Australian and Irish music,
the festival has since opened its arms to
performers from all over the world. Powered
by volunteers and taking over the town for a
weekend each March, Port Fairy Folk Festival
is a celebration of community as much as it
is music.
For its 2020 instalment, the festival
will focus on First Nations performers, both
contemporary and traditional, from Australia,
Canada, Timor Leste and New Zealand.
THE VIBE
Port Fairy Folk Festival is a relaxed event and
the perfect environment to bring the whole
family. Wander between venues, bring your
own chair or rug and take it all in. There are
three marketplace stations across the festival,
which can be found at Sackville Street,
Railway Place and Fisherman’s Walk, as well
as a range of historic pubs and restaurants to
grab a bite at.
Lee Kernaghan & The Wolfe Brothers
to Tamworth as part of the 2020 festival.
BIG GOLDEN GUITAR
You’d be remiss not to swing by the Big
Golden Guitar, the 12-metre tribute to twang
and a replica of the coveted Golden Guitar
Award (Australian country music’s night of
nights), and its tourist centre, which features
the personal guitars of country greats, a wax
museum and will be home to a new National
Guitar Museum opening in late 2019.
THROW YOUR HAT IN THE RING
An undoubted annual TCMF highlight is
always the Toyota Country Music Busking
Championships, which sees in the vicinity
of 400 buskers battling it out on Peel Street.
Head along to check out some crazy-good,
untapped talent. Better yet, sign up for a bash
at the title yourself.
ONE COSTUME RECOMMENDATION
You could go full cowboy/girl, but the locals
might think you’re a knob. Go instead for an
Image by David Harris
Patrons are welcome to bring their own
food and non-alcoholic drinks, though there
are licensed venues throughout the festival
for those chasing something a bit harder than
soft drink. The festival upholds a strict no BYO
alcohol policy.
Port Fairy Folk Festival looks to reduce
the use of single use plastic and encourages
punters to bring their own water bottles, which
can be refilled at water stations throughout
the festival. The festival arena also has a dish-
washing station for those opting to bring their
own food.
Port Fairy Folk Festival caters to the
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official festival hat, the proceeds of which go
to charity.
ONE DRINK THAT
ENCAPSULATES TCMF
Beer, but nothing boutique.
TICKETS
The vast bulk of TCMF events are
free. However, some events are
ticketed (for example, tickets for The
Concert for Joy – the extravaganza
featuring everyone from Paul Kelly
to Don Walker, which celebrates the
life and songs of the grand dame of
Aussie country Joy McKean – range
from $39-$119). Check out the
ticketing information for individual
artists at tcmf.com.au/artists.
Grab tickets and find out more about
Tamworth Country Music Festival at
their website, tcmf.com.au.
whole family, with three dedicated kid-
friendly entertainment and activity areas to be
found throughout the festival.
TICKETS
There are two-day and four-day
passes available, with lower rates
available for youth (13-17) and early
birds. Children under 13 do not
require a ticket.
Grab your tickets and find out more
about Port Fairy Folk Festival at
portfairyfolkfestival.com.
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CMC Rocks
WEDNESDAY MARCH 18 – SUNDAY MARCH 22
Photo by Lachie Some
WHERE?
CMC Rocks goes down at Willowbank
Raceway, Willowbank, about 45 minutes
drive from Brisbane.
WHO?
From the US come country heavyweights
Miranda Lambert and Kip Moore while
Morgan Evans leads the Aussie contingent.
Outside of that, the likes of Billy Currington,
Brothers Osborne, Lee Kernaghan, LANCO,
Dustin Lynch, Adam Brand, Tim Hicks, Hardy,
Jimmie Allen, Jeffrey Steele, Abby Anderson,
Runaway June and The Wolfe Brothers
will perform. Capping off the lineup come
Mitchell Tenpenny, Kassi Ashton, Cassadee
Pope, Felicity Urquhart, Jasmine Rae, Jordan
Brooker, Niko Moon and heaps more.
VIP OPTIONS
CMC Rocks has launched an online fan
community, The Drove, which offers pre-
sale ticketing access and VIP options,
opportunities to attend the launch party,
competitions and exclusive content. Drove
members will also have access to artist
signings and meet and greet opportunities.
Sign up at the-drove.com.
MAKE SURE YOU BRING:
For camping punters don’t forget: Your ticket
and ID, a tent, sleeping bag and pillow, food
and drink (non-alcoholic), gas cookers are
permitted for cooking up bacon and eggs in the
morning, deck chairs, a raincoat/poncho, gum
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boots or cowboy boots, sunscreen, sunglasses,
a camera (SLR cameras are permitted) and a
cowboy hat so you can fit right in!
THE HISTORY
In its 13th year, CMC Rocks remains the
most significant country and roots event the
southern hemisphere has to offer. 2019 broke
records with the festival selling 23,000 tickets
in mere minutes of tickets going on sale and
the festival boasts a star-studded honour roll
including Tim McGraw, Kasey Musgraves,
Toby Keith, Alan Jackson, Lady Antebellum,
Faith Hill, Taylor Swift, Dixie Chicks, Florida
Georgia Line and Luke Bryan.
Australian country artists on all ends of
the fame spectrum have appeared at CMC
including our beloved Kasey Chambers, Lee
Kernaghan, Adam Brand, Troy Cassar-Daley,
Travis Collins, The McClymonts and Busby
Marou.
The four-day festival alone has injected
millions of dollars into the Queensland
economy and is quickly becoming one of our
nation’s most highly-regarded events.
THE VIBE
Get your dancing boots on and your cowboy
hats a-ready, CMC Rocks is a combination
of southern charm and good old-fashioned
family fun in a real celebration of the country
music scene. With over 23,000 country
music enthusiasts packing out the Willowbank
Raceway, the festival has a strong family
friendly focus and relaxed nature. Instead of
Lee Kernaghan
LANCO
a rowdy mosh-pit, you will find a sea of deck between Ipswich station and the festival site.
chairs lining the open grass area. Motel pick-ups are available from selected
CMC Rocks is more than a festival – it’s accommodation.
a community. Prepare for giant singalongs,
Tax/Uber: There will be a designated taxi and
over-the-top displays and Southern hospitality
Uber drop-off area available.
at this annual country music extravaganza.
Free Shuttle: A free shuttle will run between
SUSTAINABILITY the festival to the Yamanto shops and Ipswich
CMC Rocks provide water stations around town centre and back for festival campers.
the festival site. CMC Rocks encourages all All transport information and timetables
campers and patrons to respect the campsite available at cmcrocks.com/visiting-the-festival/
and festival grounds by removing their transport.
camping equipment, belongings, and rubbish.
MUST SEES
TICKETS
Artists: The bright and shining headliners,
Full Event and Single Day tickets
Miranda Lambert, Kip Moore, and Morgan
differ depending on whether you’re
Evans, are definite must-sees, but there
in the adult (18+), youth (15-17yrs) or
are a few return acts that always put on a
junior (4-14yrs) age group. There are
great show. Fan-favourite Adam Brand and
also separate tickets for camping
Australia’s ARIA Hall of Famer and country
– all information can be found at
icon Lee Kernaghan will be standouts. Our
cmcrocks.com/tickets.
major pick of the bunch however, is former
If you don’t have the pennies
Hey Monday pop-punk frontwoman-turned-
on you right away, CMC Rocks have
country-songstress, Cassadee Pope.
introduced a Time to Pay option so
Experience: The meet and greet and artist you can pay your ticket in instalments.
signings tent is the ideal chance to get up More details at cmcrocks.com/info/
close and personal to your favourite artists. time-to-pay.
For the full rundown and to score
TRANSPORT your tickets, head to cmcrocks.com.
Train: Closest train running is to Ipswich. A
free shuttle bus will be operating between the
station and the festival site.
Bus: Southern Cross Transit will be running

Bluesfest
THURSDAY APRIL 9 – MONDAY APRIL 13
WHERE?
The 300-acre Tyagarah Tea Tree Farm,
11km outside of Byron Bay. There are shuttle
bus options from local airports and major
townships nearby, as well as parking options
for those who want to drive to and from the
festival site.
WHO?
With some time to go until next year’s party,
Bluesfest is still rolling out its full line-up,
but so far it has confirmed the likes of Dave
Matthews Band, Crowded House, Patti Smith
and Her Band, George Benson, Brandi Carlile,
John Butler, Xavier Rudd, The Cat Empire,
Morcheeba and more.
BYO?
No BYO options for alcohol unfortunately, but
there are five bars within the festival site, so
you’ll have no trouble staying well-lubricated.
HOW IT STANDS APART
The festival would truly be nothing without its
relentlessly top-notch line-up. It has definitely
branched out into other genres from its blues
and roots beginnings, but the quality of acts
on offer is always high.
THE HISTORY
In the world of Australian festivals, Bluesfest
is the stuff of legend. 2020 is Bluesfest’s 31st
year and it’s one of the biggest festivals in the
country, always featuring a world-class lineup
of Australian and international music icons,
which is why it attracts up to 125,000 punters
a year. It’s a celebration of blues ‘n’ roots music
and beyond.
SUSTAINABILITY
The festival is single-use plastic free,
so make sure you bring your reusable
water bottle. All food waste goes to local
piggeries/composting centres. There’s also
a waste sorting centre and koala plantation
management on site.
WHAT TO BRING
Heaps of the artists sell merch or do record
signings at the merch tent after their sets, so
don’t forget to take that favourite vinyl you’ve
been wanting to get inked and don’t be shy in
asking for a sneaky selfie, too.
Other things worth bringing are a raincoat,
insect repellent and your best gumboots.
While there are undercover areas at the stages,
getting from one tent to another is an open-
air experience and the ground turns to mud
pretty quickly once the rains set in. But don’t
be precious about it – it’s all part of the fun!
VIP OPTIONS
Five-day VIP access (which you purchase on
top of your regular ticket and includes access
to the VIP lounge) will set you back around
$400, while three-day access is around $300.
PARKING, CAMPING &
ACCOMMODATION
There are a number of different camping
options available onsite and parking is
available for both campers and attendees.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Volunteer opportunities are opening soon;
you have to work 25 hours over the five-day
festival or 25 hours pre and post festival.
OTHER ACTIVITIES
In addition to the main festival, there is also
the concurrent Boomerang Festival, which
features First Nations dancers, musicians
and artists, curated by Festival Director and
Bundjalung woman, Rhoda Roberts. Kids are
also welcome to attend Bluesfest and there
are kid-friendly activities and even a kids tent.
TIPS FOR FIRST TIMERS
If you go home without braving the queue at
the organic doughnut stall, did you really do
Bluesfest all?  attend and when you buy them –
Also, get hold of the set times and stages
as early as possible and go to town with your
highlighter. At Bluesfest, each act generally
plays more than once, so you’d have to be
unlucky to miss a headliner completely – but
you do need a strategy to ensure you tick all
your bucket list music boxes and don’t end up
a pile of hungover regrets once the party’s over.
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ONE MUST-SEE PERFORMER
Patti Smith and Her Band. Who
knows if this will be her last time
Down Under.
ONE COSTUME RECOMMENDATION
Don’t say no to tie-dye! The perfect
Bluesfest costume is something
colourful, with a nod to Byron’s
hippie culture, that’s suitable for
the unpredictable weather around
Easter in the tropical surrounds of
Byron Bay.
ONE DRINK THAT
ENCAPSULATES BLUESFEST
There’s nothing more Bluesfest
than sipping on an icy Byron Bay
Brewery beer while taking in some
tunes.
TICKETS
Ticket prices for the festival depend
on how many days you want to
the earlier you commit, the cheaper
your ticket is likely to be. At the time
of printing, single day tickets are
$190, three-day tickets are $400
and five-day tickets are $600.
Grab your tickets and find
out more about Bluesfest at
bluesfest.com.au.
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The Town
FRIDAY MAY 1 – MONDAY MAY 4
WHERE?
Completely off the grid, this festival is held
in Victoria’s only privately owned and off the
grid town, Licola. You’ll find this breath of fresh
air of a location in the beautiful valley along
the Macalister River.
WHO?
The lineup is yet to be announced, stay tuned!
THE HISTORY
Previously, the main stages have been a town
hall, haunted house and a train station (this
year it’s a sustainable power plant). Past acts
have included Dub Fx, Tash Sultana, Funk
Hunters, JFB, and Spoonbill. Last year, we also
had a play of Dr Seuss’ The Lorax on stage.
MAKE SURE YOU BRING
Punters are encouraged to bring dress-ups
and costumes to really get into character at
The Town. Although, there’s absolutely no
pressure, so don’t feel like you need to come
as a politician, fire fighter or mailman – it’s all
just about having fun. Plus, there’ll be an op
shop run by party grandmas to help you get
decked out.
You’re also encouraged to bring your
own mailbox to really set up home in your
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suburb for the weekend, whether you’re
residing in Funky Town, Hipster City, Vanland
and Pleasantville.
If you’re so inclined, don’t forget to
pack some drinks as the event is BYO,
with sustainable and mindful consumption
encouraged. And lastly, don’t forget to pack
plenty of sunscreen, a hat, an open mind and a
fun, Earth-loving attitude.
SUSTAINABILITY
The Town encourages sustainability by
creating a culture of connection over
consumption through not selling any
disposable products, producing as close to
zero waste as possible, and fostering personal
responsibility. The Town aims to explore what
makes an ideal town and sustainability is
a vital part of this, along with showing respect
for the beautiful land, its fresh waterways and
surrounding nature.
All our food and drink stalls will be using
reusable crockery or compostable items. Be a
Town pro and bring a plate, cup and crockery
and wash up at the wash stations. We also
ask that you don’t bring disposable rubbish,
plastics or excessive alcohol such as kegs and
multiple bottles or slabs.
Also, to avoid putting pressure on the
site, we need your help with carpooling
and camping humbly. Packing light means
partying smart and in a way where less is
more!
Every year the campgrounds are left
spotless and we only process an incredibly
small amount of waste – we’re proud of this
and ask for your help in doing it again this year.
THE VIBE
The Town is arguably one of Australia’s
most unique festivals. It’s basically a giant
playground that parodies society in the
funnest possible way, with live bands and a
campground. We’re talking a mock village
with streets and mailboxes throughout the
campsite, a public transport bike system, a
church to get fake married in, a court to sue
your friends, and a ‘90s themed prom in the
gymnasium.
Each of the small houses onsite are
converted into fake storefronts that take
on the format of escape rooms, immersive
theatre spaces and themed chill out spaces.
An example of this is Cafe Experientia, a
theatre restaurant that serves experiences
instead of food, including awkward entrees
such as ‘prolonged eye contact’. We also have
a Town Newspaper full of hilarious articles to
keep you informed and entertained.
Each year has a theme and in 2020 it’s
power, exploring both sustainable power and
corrupt power, with hilarious town elections
happening on the Saturday (who will hold
the power at the end?). And speaking of
power, you won’t need to charge your
phones overnight as The Town has no mobile
reception, allowing punters to escape their
reliance on technology and connect in a more
human way.
The festival is also family friendly,
meaning you can bring the whole gang along
for the parody ride.
TICKETS
Tickets for The Town 2020 are now
on sale via the festival website.
Check out what The Town is all
about at culturejam.com.au.

Beers, brews and good times:
15 years of Gage Roads Brewing Co.
For Aaron Heary, there’s a simple reason
he started brewing beer. But if you dig a little
deeper, the now Gage Roads Brew-chief
reveals there’s much more to his passion.
“I really love the creative element of it. I
really like how much freedom you have to
create all different types of beers. Anything
from the lightest Pilsner or lager, all the way
through to craft beer and big beers like Little
Dove New World Pale Ale (Gage Roads
Brewing’s Champion Australian Beer) or a
really hoppy beer.
“Along the way, the craft beer movement
has happened and there’s so much innovation
in beer, and so much that you can do to
express yourself.”
Heary’s been with Gage Roads Brewing
Co. since day one, when an old factory just
outside Fremantle, Western Australia was
transformed into one of the country’s early
craft breweries. It’s been 15 years since that
first beer was brewed, with a lot of beer under
the bridge since then.
“Gage Roads was started on the credit
card of one of the founders. It’s a great story
and early on it was tough. But it was really
exciting as well because we were launching
beer styles that many people in Australia had
“I just really love the taste of the stuff.” – Aaron Heary
never seen before. It felt like we were riding on
the tip of a wave that was about to come.
“At that time, we had to explain to people
what craft beer was, and we were trying to
convince them to drink craft beer instead of
mainstream [beer]. Now everyone knows
what craft beer is… it was such a different time
back then,” says Heary.
Gage Roads was created off the back of
two distinct loves – good beer and the ocean.
The name itself comes from the strip of water
that separates Rottnest Island and Fremantle.
It’s a spot that Heary and the brewery founders
were always closely connected to.
“It really shaped the brewery. Everyone
who founded the business, and myself, love
the ocean. Whether it’s diving, surfing, fishing,
boating or even just having a swim, it’s what
we all love. The guys wanted to name the
business after something to do with that love
and that’s how Gage Roads came about.
“We’d look out over that strip of water
and watch the ships pull up and come into
the harbour. It’s also the spot you cross when
you go to Rottnest on a boat and a lot of us
spend serious time out there. It was a special
place for all of us and it made sense to name
the brewery after it.”
Aaron Heary
While the entire Gage Roads Brewing
range fits that lifestyle, there’s no doubt Single
Fin Summer Ale sits closest to it. Not only is
the name a clear reference to surf culture, but
the beer itself is brewed with sun-drenched
summer days in mind. It’s light-bodied, chock
full of aromatic Galaxy and Enigma hops.
There’s a tropical fruit aroma, balanced by
subtle bitterness and a clean finish.
“Single Fin has this double meaning, it’s
not just about the surf board, but the way we
brewed the beer was inspired by a traditional-
style summer ale which is a light-bodied beer
that has quite a bit of wheat in the malt bill.
That creates a dense white foam and a crisp
beer. But the traditional style doesn’t have a
lot of hop character to it.
“We had this new hop back then called
Galaxy from Tasmania. It’s got this passionfruit
and pineapple flavour, so we dry-hopped this
original style beer with that and it created this
fruity aroma. That’s what really sets that beer
apart. It’s got the sessionability but it also has
the craft credentials.”
And that approach clearly worked, with
Single Fin now one of the fastest-growing
craft beer brands in the country.
While there aren’t too many independent,
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craft breweries in Australia that have hit
the 15-year mark, there is still plenty on the
horizon for Gage Roads. Born out of Freo and
now shared across the country, Gage Roads is
hoping to reach even more Australians in the
future.
“No doubt the last 15 years has been a
lot of work but one of the values we’ve always
had is to have fun while doing it. We take our
beer seriously and we want to brew the best
beer at all times.
“It’s been a long journey for us and
the brewery has grown to become a great
success story, but there’s been a lot of blood,
sweat and tears that have gone in behind the
scenes. But one thing we’ve never lost sight of
is that we’ve got to have fun doing it.”
Cheers to that.
Gage Roads Brewing Co. is based
in Palmyra, Western Australia near
Perth, but their beers are distributed
all across the country. Find out more
about Gage Roads at their website,
gageroads.com.au.
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Festival index 2019 - 2020

DEC 26 DANCING HEADS MUSIC FESTIVAL
OCTOBER DEC 27 – JAN 1 WOODFORD FOLK FESTIVAL

OCT 18 – 20 PATCHEWOLLOCK MUSIC FESTIVAL DEC 28 – JAN 5 FALLS FESTIVAL

OCT 19 SPRING FLING STREET FESTIVAL DEC 28 – JAN 1 BEYOND THE VALLEY

OCT 19 3 PEAKS FESTIVAL DEC 28 INVERLOCH SOUNDS OF SUMMER

OCT 19 ON THE WING FESTIVAL DEC 28 – JAN 1 LOST PARADISE

OCT 20 COOPERS BLUES MUSIC FESTIVAL DEC 30 – JAN 1 NYE ON THE HILL

OCT 20 – 27 DAREBIN MUSIC FEAST DEC 31 NYE IN THE PARK

OCT 25 – 27 KENNEDYS CREEK MUSIC FESTIVAL

OCT 25 – 27 THE VILLAGE FESTIVAL
OCT 26 SUGAR MOUNTAIN
OCT 26 BORN IN GEELONG
OCT 26 – 27 KYNETON MUSIC FESTIVAL
OCT 27 ON THE HILL FESTIVAL
NOVEMBER
JANUARY
JAN 1 FIELD DAY
JAN 1 LET THEM EAT CAKE
JAN 1 SUN CYCLE NYD
JAN 4 – 12 FOMO FESTIVAL
JAN 9 – 12 UNIFY GATHERING
JAN 11 BY THE BAY

NOV 1 – 3 THE LOST LANDS JAN 11 - 20 MONA FOMA

NOV 1 – 3 A HITCH TO THE STICKS JAN 12 SO FRENCHY SO CHIC

NOV 1 – 4 A WEEKEND WITH JAN 17 – 26 TAMWORTH COUNTRY MUSIC FESTIVAL

NOV 1 – 4 HAPPY WANDERER JAN 19 – FEB 9 MIDSUMMA FESTIVAL

NOV 2 GLENMAGGIE COUNTRY ROCK FESTIVAL JAN 24 - 27 NEWSTEAD LIVE MUSIC FESTIVAL

NOV 2 LAND OF PLENTY JAN 24 – 27 RAINBOW SERPENT FESTIVAL

NOV 7 – 10 BENDIGO BLUES & ROOTS FESTIVAL JAN 26 WAY TO LIVE FESTIVAL

NOV 9 PEEL STREET FESTIVAL JAN 27 – FEB 9 ST. JEROME’S LANEWAY FESTIVAL

NOV 9 LIVING ROOM FESTIVAL

NOV 9 – 10 OPEN SPACES FEBRUARY
NOV 9 – 24 FEAST FESTIVAL
FEB 1 – 2 BREWERS FEAST
NOV 10 DOGAPALOOZA
FEB 1 - 22 HOTTER THAN HELL
NOV 10 - 16 JAMAICAN MUSIC AND FOOD FESTIVAL
FEB 6 – 8 PARTY IN THE PADDOCK
NOV 14 – 17 MULLUM MUSIC FESTIVAL
FEB 9 ST KILDA FESTIVAL
NOV 15 – 17 PHILLIP ISLAND JAZZ FESTIVAL
FEB 14 – 16 BRUTHEN BLUES AND ARTS FESTIVAL
NOV 15 – 17 HEALESVILLE MUSIC FESTIVAL
FEB 15 SOMETHING UNLIMITED
NOV 15 – 17 LOCH HART MUSIC FESTIVAL
FEB 15 – 16 LAKE CHARLEGRARK COUNTRY MUSIC MARATHON
NOV 15 – 17 DENI UKE MUSTER
FEB 15 – 17 RIVERBOATS MUSIC FESTIVAL
NOV 15 – 23 MELBOURNE MUSIC WEEK
FEB 20 – 23 BABYLON FESTIVAL
NOV 16 FROM LITTLE THINGS
FEB 22 ELECTRIC GARDENS FESTIVAL
NOV 16 SURREY HILLS MUSIC FESTIVAL
FEB 22 – 23 ELTHAM JAZZ, FOOD AND WINE FESTIVAL
NOV 17 POLISH FESTIVAL
FEB 28 – 29 GRAMPIANS MUSIC FESTIVAL
NOV 22 – 24 QUEENSCLIFF MUSIC FESTIVAL
FEB 29 – MAR 1 MORDIALLOC FOOD, WINE AND
NOV 22 – 24 HOPKINS CREEK
MUSIC FESTIVAL
NOV 23 AFRO URBAN MUSIC FESTIVAL
NOV 23 CITY LOOP
NOV 23 – 30 SPILT MILK MARCH
NOV 23 – DEC 1 GRAPEVINE
MAR 5 – 9 CHILLOUT FESTIVAL
NOV 24 SOUNDS OF AFROBEATS FESTIVAL
MAR 6 – 9 WOMADELAIDE
NOV 29 – DEC 1 FESTIVAL X
MAR 6 – 9 PORT FAIRY FOLK FESTIVAL
NOV 29 – DEC 1 STRAWBERRY FIELDS
MAR 6 – 9 MOOMBA FESTIVAL
MAR 6 – 10 PITCH MUSIC & ARTS FESTIVAL
DECEMBER MAR 7 DAYS LIKE THIS FESTIVAL
MAR 7 – 8 ULTRA AUSTRALIA
DEC 6 – 7 FAIRGROUNDS FESTIVAL
MAR 7 – 9 GOLDEN PLAINS MUSIC FESTIVAL
DEC 6 – 8 SUBSONIC MUSIC FESTIVAL
MAR 7 – APRIL 4 WINE MACHINE
DEC 6 – 8 GOOD THINGS
MAR 19 - 22 CMC ROCKS QLD
DEC 7 WINEFOLK
DEC 7 SOUNDS OF AFRICA FESTIVAL
DEC 7 YALLS SUMMER FEST LATER
DEC 13 – 15 MEREDITH MUSIC FESTIVAL
APR 9 – 14 BLUESFEST
DEC 14 AFRICAN MUSIC AND CULTURAL FESTIVAL
MAY 1 – 4 THE TOWN
DEC 14 THE PETTING ZOO FESTIVAL

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The Meanies
“I feel like I’ve got a hangover even though
I didn’t drink – that’s the feeling I get
when I look to the west.”
BY ANNA WILSON
That same feeling The Meanies bassist Wally
Meanie, aka Roderick Kempton, has may
be applied to the last 30 years, given the
longevity and rate at which the seminal punk
band have been performing and releasing.
The idea causes Meanie to laugh heartily.
“To a point I guess, yes, it’s true. Ah,
crikey!”
Meanie admits he never envisioned
The Meanies would be in a position where
they’d be performing for their 30th birthday
and celebrating the 25th anniversary of their
classic album 10% Weird.
“To be honest I didn’t think I’d live past the
age of 33,” he teases, “and to have the band be
around almost that long is kind of ludicrous.
“I don’t know that anybody ever does.
Do they go into being the band seeing
themselves 30 years down the track still
doing it? Even The Rolling Stones wanted to
retire before they got old and they never did.
“I would never ever have envisioned it
would last this long, no way – I’m glad it has,
it’s been great fun! But if I’d thought as a
20-year-old I’d still be doing this into my 50s,
I’d be going, ‘What are you talking about?’”
Meanie jokes he still hasn’t worked out
what he’s doing with his life, and though
Ausmuteants
October is full of exciting surprises, with Young
Henrys throwing another Best Served Loud rager
at Nighthawks this month.
BY CHRISTINE TSIMBIS
Best Served Loud is well-known for
hosting free-entry gigs at different venues,
showcasing talented local acts. The lineup is a
rowdy one, with Melbourne garage punksters
Ausmuteants set to get naughty alongside
troubadours Girl Germs and Future Suck.
Ausmuteants released their LP ...Present
the World in Handcuffs a few months ago and
are excited to play Best Served Loud. Guitarist
Jake Robertson admits he is surprised at
being able to play this gig, considering the
band’s busy schedule.
“All of us play in other bands and stuff,
Billy [Gardner, drums] is playing in four or
five bands at the moment and I’m in four
or five too,” Robertson says. “The other two
[members] are playing in a couple too. That’s
what we pretty much do, work 9-5 and then
do this because it’s fun.”
“I was surprised that we were able to
do this gig that Liz [Reilly, Young Henrys]
organised. I just really like playing at
Nighthawks the venue, because it’s a really
small, intimate place and it’s run by people
who actually come to shows, so they’re like
within the music scene. Everyone that works
there is within the music scene.”
Robertson is particularly drawn to
we laugh, it’s not uncommon to hear other
musicians of a similar tenure saying the same
thing. It’s sort of a mantra for the mature, and
there’s always something that keeps groups
like The Meanies going.
“[It’s] the fact that it’s great fun,” says
Meanie. “I never had the travel bug when I
was younger – I could never understand that
straight out of high school my mates would
throw on a backpack and travel around
Europe or Asia or whatever – I couldn’t think
of anything worse.
“Then The Meanies started to travel and
now I can’t get it out of my system. I’ve got to
go somewhere all the time. And I love it. If it
wasn’t playing for The Meanies, I’d probably
never leave the house!”
The Meanies have made tonnes of friends
over the years and travelled right across the
country – a venture they’ll be reliving next
month.
“The sort of experiences I’ve had being a
Meanie have been ridiculous,” he says. “Why
would you want that to stop?”
In all that travelling, in all that time,
Meanie would have seen not only the face
of the country change, but the face of punk
music change. If you thought changing tides
Nighthawks because it resembles the vibe
of playing at a house party, which is his ideal
scene.
“It’s close to a DIY venue, like playing
at a house party or as close to that as a pub
can get, I’m into that. Also, we’ve played with
Future Suck before, but we haven’t played
with Girl Germs before, so it’ll be nice to play
with them.
“Liz is also really down-to-earth and she’s
picked bands that play within, at least, parallel
themes to each other, so I think it’ll be pretty
good.”
Ausmuteants also look forward to belting
out new tracks from ...Presents the World In
Handcuffs as part of the upcoming gig.
“That album was written entirely by our
guitar player Shaun [Connor], who previously
had written two or three songs for this band.
It’s a concept album that deals with a police
officer who has too much power and authority
that goes to his head.”
The most intriguing factor of this album
is that it actually has two sides with the same
tracklist: Part A and Part B.
“Part A is like a theatrical version where
the lyrics tell a story from the cop’s point of
view, whereas Part B is just the songs in the
would mean The Meanies would have tried to
change and adapt, think again – there’s only
one secret to longevity as far as Meanie is
concerned.
“I don’t think anyone should adapt to any
particular sound, unless it’s your own.
“We copped our own sort of backlash
when we reformed in 1998. We kept going,
recorded a batch of songs we demoed in ’95,
and they weren’t all pedal to the metal like
10% Weird was. Everyone we played it to told
us it didn’t sound like The Meanies – ‘Fuck off!
What are you talking about?’
“Unless you’re developing yourself –
advancing, changing, because that’s what
happens as you get older – then you should
never adapt to anybody else’s way of thinking
or follow anyone else’s path anyway. The
order that sounds good,” Robertson explains.
“When sequencing a record, you’re
looking for the best sound, the thing that
makes people want to hear it again. We also
wanted to have it in a lyric sequence, as the
record goes on, the cop gets more and more
power until eventually, this is a spoiler alert, he
puts the entire world in handcuffs.”
Despite the amount of time that
Ausmuteants invest into their music,
Robertson explains it is actually more of a
hobby and an opportunity to spend time with
his friends.
“All the members write songs, we’re all
buddies and that’s what we do as a hobby,”
he says. “It’s just fun, before band practice
we’d always have a barbecue, and the actual
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changing face of punk never bothered us, we
just kept doing what we’re doing.”
The Meanies are the proof of the pudding
of their own pudding – 30 years of The
Meanies, 25 years of 10% Weird, and likely
a bunch of other milestones Meanie can’t
quite put his finger on, probably because of
that perpetual hangover without having been
drunk – more laughter. “True!”
“There’s a whole bunch of stuff out there
that we didn’t set out to do, we just went with
the flow.”
The Meanies will celebrate their 30th
birthday at The Corner on Tuesday
November 5. Grab your tickets via the
venue website.
gigs and stuff has always been secondary to
hanging out and seeing your friends.
“It’s not really collaborative in songwriting
but it’s like, for instance, if I write a song, I will
purposefully not finish it and then bring it to
band practice and then we can deconstruct it
and construct it again.
“It’s never once seemed like work; we
don’t get paid for it, which is the other thing.
But it’s never at all been like a chore, it’s always
like, ‘Oh hell yeah, I get to hang out with my
buddies!’”
Ausmuteants hit Nighthawks for
Best Served Loud on Saturday
October 26. Head to Young
Henrys’ Facebook for more info.
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The Waifs
The Waifs singer and guitarist, Donna Simpson,
is excited for the mixture of old and young at the
Queenscliff Music Festival, where the longstanding
all-ages event will play host to established acts while
supporting fresh talent.
BY FERGUS NEAL
27 years in the music game, and off the back
of a sold-out North American tour, it’s almost
impossible to imagine Simpson once being
terrified at the prospect of trying to make it in
Melbourne.
“It’s scary starting out. I remember going
over to Scotland for the Edinburgh Fringe,
I was working as a nanny at the time,” she
says. “One of the guys there was Peter Lawler
who played in a band called Weddings
Parties Anything. I said to him, ‘We’re moving
to Melbourne to make it there’, and he
said, ‘I don’t want to let you down kid, but
Melbourne’s a tough city and you’ve got to
be pretty cool to get in there’.
“I became terrified of moving to
Melbourne, because we had nobody saying
we could do it except for each other. But
eventually, we got down there, and recorded
an album. You’re so hungry starting out. You
must be, to survive. Any pub that would have
us, we’d play at. We just wanted to play music.”
Simpson knows the importance of giving
emerging acts support to enable a smooth
The Teskey Brothers
Nearly 20 years together and The Teskey Brothers
are still evolving and keeping it fresh.
BY SCOTT HUDSON
Josh and Sam Teskey, Liam Gough and
Brendon Love are The Teskey Brothers. The
former pub band, now jetsetters, have made
a name for themselves by playing blues and
soul reminiscent of the ‘60s and ‘70s. Living
on a non-stop tour since the release of their
first album in 2018, The Teskey Brothers are
making their next appearance at The Heart of
St Kilda.
“It’s cool to be a part of this. Our music
doesn’t necessarily have a political narrative,
but as far as getting involved in good causes
like this — being able to give back in ways — I
think it’s pretty cool and pretty important as
well,” says Love, the band’s bassist.
In the thralls of jetlag, after a month of
touring the US, he talks about the process of
creating a live performance.
“The more I tour, the more shows I
play, the more I understand there’s just so
many elements that go into a show and a
performance — and it goes well beyond being
able to perform the song. We’ve always been
a live band, more than anything; I love getting
in the studio but that’s almost completely
different, as far as how we approach a live
show,” Love explains.
“We’ve spent 15 years playing together,
so I think the special thing about the stage
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transition to bigger performance settings. This
comes from her own experience as a newly-
minted artist when The Waifs supported Bob
Dylan on his Australian and North American
tours in the early-noughties.
“It’s like a dream and a nightmare all at
once,” Simpson says. “You get this gig and you
think, ‘Holy shit, can we do this?’ Nobody’s
there to tell you, ‘You’ll be okay’, There are just
a whole bunch of people saying, ‘Don’t fuck
this up’.
“But then once when we got on to
perform, we look side-stage, and Bob’s
standing there, whistling and tapping his feet.
After the gig, I was packing up my guitar and
he just appears out of the shadows to tell me
he enjoyed the show,” Simpson says.
This experience highlights the impor-
tance of older acts and festivals fostering new
talent and is a testament to QMF, which has
continually provided a launch pad for new
artists with its Emerging Artist Grant and
Alison McKenzie Mentor Program.
Furthermore, the message from the
is how we’re able to play live and represent
these songs in a performance sense. We
just finished a tour and after every show,
we’re talking to each other: ‘How can we do
this better?’ We’re constantly evolving stuff
because some things don’t translate live, or
some things don’t impact.”
In an industry dominated by popstars,
rockstars and, more recently, hip hop artists,
it’s uncommon to find artists flourishing in
roots. But The Teskey Brothers have found
their place on festival lineups “bookended
between hip hop acts and more pop-
orientated EDM music”, successfully carrying
on traditional soul and blues.
“We never really set out to play a specific
genre of music. A lot of people ask,‘When did
you start playing this kind of soul and blues?’.
[The answer is] ‘From the moment we started
playing together.’
“What brought us all together was…
when you’re 13 years old and you go to school
and everyone is into Green Day, Rage Against
The Machine and Red Hot Chili Peppers,
which I was listening to also. There weren’t
many people listening to Otis Redding,
Marvin Gaye and Jimi Hendrix, so when we
found each other, it was like, ‘Oh! cool, you like
the same thing as me.’”
recent climate strike will be upheld by QMF
as it continues to rigorously pursue its War
On Waste initiative. At last year’s festival, the
initiative diverted an amazing 90.7 per cent
of waste from landfill – a new benchmark for
festivals all around the world.
QMF will likely host a flock of students
who attended the climate strike, as the all-
ages event has come to be a quintessential
component of the festival and a big reason
for the event entering its 23rd year. Simpson
hopes the diverse crowd will come together
for a celebration of music regardless of their
age. As people have done since the festival’s
launch in 1997, and similarly in Simpson’s own
neighbourhood back in W.A.
“My neighbours across the road are in
their early twenties, and they have a swimming
pool,” she says. “One Australia Day, they were
Image by Nick McKinlay
August saw the release of The Teskey
Brothers’ second album, Run Home Slow.
During the tour of Half Mile Harvest, their
debut album, the band had compiled a horde
of “35 to 40 songs”, with only 11 making it into
Run Home Slow’s release.
“Everyone who listened to the songs
— labels, friends, family and us, personally —
kept coming back to the same 13 or 15 songs
out of those 40. With an album, we’re trying
to create a body of work that’s not just a
selection of songs that sound good, it’s got to
make sense as a concept as well,” Love says.
playing triple j Hottest 100, it was cranking
and about forty degrees outside. I don’t have
a pool, so I said to my kids, ‘Come on kids, let’s
go meet the neighbours’.
“I went over and said, ‘Hey, years ago I
was number three’. And they looked at me
like ‘You?’ I’m sitting there with two little
toddlers in floaties, the suburban mum. When
they asked me for what song, I told them
‘London Still.’ They said they’d never heard of
it. But we still got to go for a swim and listen
to music together, despite the generational
differences.”
The Waifs perform at the 23rd Queenscliff
Music Festival from Friday November 22
until Sunday November 24. The festival is
sold out but head to the QMF website for
resale opportunities.
I’m sure a label would prefer an album
full of hits, [but] as far as the longevity of it all,
we are hoping to make an album that people
come back to, time and time again.”
“We’ve been doing this for almost 20
years, and I’m very comfortable with it moving
slowly. As long as the trajectory is going
upwards, I don’t mind how steep it is.”
The Teskey Brothers continue their
neverending tour at The Heart of St Kilda
Concert, Wednesday October 23 at the
Palais Theatre. Tickets via the venue website.

Melanie Valentine
Melburnian singer-songwriter Melanie Valentine
is releasing her first single ‘VHS TAPE’ on Friday
November 1. This is not only an exciting date for
Valentine because it marks her single release, but her
third child is due around the same date.
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Valentine strongly believes in giving a voice to
working mothers as she says there’s a stigma
around them within the music industry.
“I’m hoping the song shows you don’t
have to give up your dreams just because
you’ve had a baby,” she says. She’s also the
founder of CLAK (Creative Life After Kids)
Network, an initiative which provides a place
for parents to connect and encourage each
other to go back to work after having children.
The busy mother of two – and soon to
be three – is currently on maternity leave
from a graphic design course and has been
involved in music for at least a decade, but this
is the first time she has had a song properly
mastered.
She says ‘VHS TAPE’ particularly
resonates with those in her age group who
grew up in the ‘80s and ‘90s. It’s a catchy pop
tune that evokes images of gumball machines
and arcade games, though it contains some
serious undertones.
Valentine says she wrote the song about
being stuck in a bad relationship and not
Owen Campbell
For Canberra blues artist Owen Campbell, the last
two years of hard work, writing and recording his
new album are coming to an end.
BY ELLEN ROSIE
The Rolling Thunder Of Love will be
released this October and explores themes
of fatherhood, love and the destruction of
fanciful delusions. Campbell feels like this is
some of the best music he’s ever produced.
“My last two albums were high budget,
high pressure affairs that just weren’t really
enjoyable because of all that extra pressure,”
he explains. “This was just like, ‘Fuck it, I’m
going to work with the people that I really love
to work with’, not have any of that hanging
over my head.
“My friend’s got a studio on his property
just outside of Cootamundra, so you’re just
surrounded by rolling hills. Over a couple of
different sessions at different times of last
year, we just put it all together and it was just
so much more of a free experience, enjoying it
there with longtime friends and collaborators.
It was just a really refreshing experience and
it allowed us to make the music that I really
wanted to make.”
Campbell was recording and producing
the album in 40-degree heat in Uplands
Studio and took his time creating the album
over two years, not rushing anything. He felt
much more liberated because he wasn’t
having friends to support you, stemming
from her own experience as a young person
when she didn’t have good friends and was
in a toxic relationship. She hopes it teaches
people to find resilience and strength and not
get caught in a loop (like a VHS tape).
As a young girl, Valentine loved Pokémon
and The Powerpuff Girls because of their
cute and catchy theme songs and she grew
up listening to the likes of Aqua, Robyn and
Britney Spears. You can definitely hear these
influences in her music.
She often starts her creative process by
jamming on an acoustic guitar or playing
around with GarageBand on her phone.
Sometimes she thinks of an appealing song
title first and then makes the song work
around that.
In 2008, Valentine started making music
but she said it was harder back then as there
wasn’t much information on the Internet
on how to promote music. She tried a few
different genres, including pop punk which
she liked for its melodies. It was a steep
being guided or pressured into musical
directions he wasn’t interested in exploring,
making it a much more organic experience
and natural process.
Working in the country with no
distractions, he feels he finally found the
musical heartland that he’s been looking for
all along that he hadn’t quite reached yet.
“I found real love and enjoyment in
what I was doing again and when we were
recording this, I didn’t know if I was going to
release it. Just having the right people, in the
right place at the right time, we all just really
musically gelled,” he says. “There was just a
real honesty to it and that shone through in
the music. I guess the musical heartland for
me is simplicity.”
The next step after the album release is
a three-month tour across the country where
he’ll explore the new album on stage. Not only
will Campbell be hitting major cities on his
jaunt, he’ll be visiting a lot of regional towns as
well which he says gives him a more cultural
experience than his metropolitan visits.
“You can’t forget these regional places,
because these people don’t get much music
out there and when they do, they really
Image by Wynona Stock Photography
learning curve, but she grew a lot from the
experience.
Even after Valentine had her first child,
she continued collaborating and being
involved in the music scene. Like many musos
starting out, she’s worked retail here and there
to support herself and she’s done a number
of open mic nights to keep the creative juices
flowing.
“It’s good to try everything and anything
until you find yourself,” she says. About 12
months ago, she was added to a ‘Make
Pop Music’ group on social media and she
started reaching out to musicians and music
producers in the group.
Valentine says she’s lucky to have
supportive friends who encouraged her to
pursue a career in music. “I knew if I didn’t try
now, I would regret it for the rest of my life,”
she says, “So I just thought I’d have a go.”
support it. I like the far-flung places, I like the
strange places, I like the mountain people.”
Looking forward to next year, Campbell
hopes to continue touring into other parts of
the country that he hasn’t been able to make
it to this time and head back overseas to the
United States and Europe.
Describing this point in his life as musically
inspiring, Campbell already has material for a
new album he would like to record next year.
He gives credit to a breathing technique he
discovered for giving him the mental and
creative freedom to do what he loves.
“For years I didn’t have anything like
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For Valentine, making music isn’t about
making money, but the process and being
able to share something personal with other
people. At the moment, she loves listening
to Charli XCX because of her melodies and
catchy tunes.
She’s enjoyed the collaborative process
of producing the song with Jeremy Drakeford
of Spectrum Sound and to see her first single
come together. ‘VHS TAPE’ is the perfect way
for listeners to be introduced to Melanie’s
nostalgic lyrics backed by poppy synth
sounds.
Melanie Valentine’s ‘VHS TAPE’ will be
released on Friday November 1 and
available to stream on Spotify. Check
out her socials to keep in the loop about
upcoming gigs and releases.
that, and you get bogged down in your
circumstances and your outcomes and the
drama and upset of life. With this [breathing
technique], I find myself on a daily basis just
being able to deal with it and I’m just free to
keep doing what I’m doing, what I wanna do.”
Owen Campbell hits Caravan Music Club,
Bentleigh East on Thursday November 7 and
The Spotted Mallard on Friday February 9.
The Rolling Thunder Of Love is out Thursday
October 24 exclusively via Campbell’s
website, owencampbellmusic.com.au.
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X Ambassadors
Backstage before a show in Denver, Colorado, Sam
Harris has a moment to reflect on the reception so
far by his audience to X Ambassadors’ latest album,
the very eclectic ORION.
BY ANNA ROSE
The singer for the New York alt-rockers
couldn’t sound happier if he tried. “We’re
right at the beginning of [the tour], so it’s still
very new, fresh and exciting to play in front of
people,” he says.
“We did a two-week short trial run of this
new show around the release of the record
and that was really great – those were kinda
underplayed, smaller venues. We got to
perform in front of some of our more die-hard
fans.
“It’s funny,” Harris continues. “We’ve been
in the studio working on new material for the
last month and a half and I just always forget
how much I miss being on stage and playing.
Happiness is a sentiment shared from both
views of the stage it seems.
“You just see it in their faces when you’re
looking out into the crowd, that they are
genuinely so happy to be there. It makes all
the difference in the world.
X Ambassadors’ music has all been of a
tight, astute vision, which has meant wonderful
execution of hit songs like ‘Renegades’,
‘Unsteady’, ‘BOOM’, and ‘HOLD YOU DOWN’.
Given the band’s history of collaborations,
production work, and omnipresence in the
Ruckus 1.0
Manu Venn, manager of VENNM Entertainment
and the brains behind its inaugural Ruckus 1.0
event, has a long background in music.
BY ANNA ROSE
“A lot of it came from my dad, who was pretty
involved in music back in the day with Blue
Moon Records,” he says. “He specialised in
imported music – reggae, Afrikaans, Latin – so
I had a pretty eclectic upbringing with music.”
Despite his varied exposure to music,
Venn was drawn to hip hop in his teens and
found the likes of Wu Tang Clan and Biggie
Smalls spoke to him in a way no other genre
could. “People didn’t take Australian hip hop
very seriously in the early ‘00s,” he says. “But I
remember being drawn to it immediately and
wanted to be a part of it.”
What Venn discovered in the sound and
community would influence him to begin his
own event, Ruckus 1.0, providing a platform to
showcase the plethora of talent in Melbourne.
“It was pretty niche, those early ‘00s,
especially Melbourne stuff. People like Bias
B and Pegz from Obese rehearsed on trains,
and it was really connected with graph culture
back then.
“Growing up in the inner city, I felt
connected to it – living on that train line,
the Hurstbridge train line, I could identify,
because a lot of the stuff was about that line.
It felt comfortable and it felt like something I
could connect with.”
Ruckus 1.0 aims to do a similar thing – it’s
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music scene, it’s natural Harris would be
looking to push his own parameters with new
material. “I went into a pretty good creative
space after the record,” Harris says. “I realised I
love working in the context of a storyline, and
writing stories for characters.
“Who knows what this will end up turning
into, but for this next project, I’m starting to
create a narrative for a concept. I’m starting
to piece together songs that we’ve started
demos for and am starting to write new
material accordingly.
“In a way, it pulls the personal details out session – that was almost a year ago. idea I was working on, and that was very
of me easier. Rather than thinking, ‘What’s the “What I loved the most was creating an valuable to learn early on.
next personal expedition I can go on?’, it’s environment where there was no pressure. “I find that our process, a lot of the time,
always better when it happens in the context Working with Lizzo was just fun and it’s kind of throwing everything at the wall and
of a larger theme.” exploratory, and we’d go to territories she seeing what sticks – but you’ve got to have a
So many bands make music based on hadn’t felt comfortable going to. lot of ammunition.
life experiences but X Ambassadors’ music is “Trying everything, bringing that “With Ricky [Reed, producer for ORION],
largely shaped by other musicians and their mentality into our work has been really he had a similar style to Alex, so I can try
interactions with them. helpful.” everything and not have to worry about
“We’ve been very fortunate to collaborate Relaxed and removing a self-imposed curating it. At the very least, we’ll have fun
over the years with a lot of different artists,” pressure means Harris has come up with some making weird noises in a room together!”
Harris says. “Most recently we worked with of his best material – early in their career, the
Lizzo on her record, which was such a blast. I band worked with producer Alex da Kid who
X Ambassadors come to The
was a big fan of Coconut Oil, her first EP, and inspired a good work ethic. Croxton on Friday February 7. Tix
reached out to her manager to set up a writing “Every day I would send him some new available via Secret Sounds.
an event for people who also love Australian
hip hop to be able to feel connected. “It’s
kind of [for] the next generation,” explains
Venn. “This generation of consumers are a
lot more engaged than we were back in the
day – a couple of these acts are in that 20 to
23 age bracket, and it’s pretty cool to see how
engaged and connected to music they are.
“When I was their age, it wasn’t like that.
And when you spoke about hip hop especially,
it wasn’t taken seriously at all, yet the kids that
Ruckus 1.0 performing artists, image by Henry Johnson
are coming to the gigs nowadays, it’s good to
see them connecting, engaging a lot more
than even ten years ago. and started producing from a fairly early age. of artists building their own platforms,” he
Stepping into a brand-new decade Since he stepped it up and started performing says. “The older generation of hip hop guys in
means events like Ruckus 1.0 might shape a lot more, I wanted to come aboard in a more Melbourne, they paved the way for these kids
what happens in the next ten years. Some official capacity with that crew. and now all these guys are super hungry to
of the acts Venn has appearing at Ruckus “They started to make connections with create their own scene.
1.0, like Denno, Motley, and Ghostsoul, are other crews in Melbourne, like The Rascal “They want to build their own
all Melbourne-based performers, and are all Collective which are another northern suburb connections, their own labels, and they’re
already well connected with the scene. outfit. They’ve worked with Motley, who’s already doing that, it’s awesome to see.
“They’ve all worked with each other been around for a while – he used to do youth Putting that together was easy to do because
before and are all coming up,” says Venn. work with teens back in the day, so some of we’ve already got a solid foundation.”
“Nine 2 Five Records, I’ve been around the performers met him through that work
since their inception in an unofficial capacity, and started recording with him.”
booking them for a couple of festivals a few The network of musicians that Venn has
See the next generation of Aussie
years back. My cousin [Tahu Stormer aka The invited to Ruckus 1.0 are already upholding rappers perform as part of Ruckus 1.0
Primitive One] is an MC in that group. what the event looks to share. at Laundry Bar on Thursday October
“He got a lot of music influences from me “It’s really good to see this sort of crop 31. Tix available at the door.

Luke Williams
The following is an extract from Luke Williams’
memoir, Down and Out in Paradise, published
by Echo in September.
Before I went to Asia I lived at the Gatwick
— the pre-renovation show Gatwick.
The Grandma-burnt-her-filthy-eggs-again-
scented Gatwick. There, I hatched a plan to be
a rapper, a famous one. I stayed in a room next
to a man who wrote in my notebook saying he
used to go by the names Wolfie Woolf, Lebio
Lebo Lebi, Angry Anderson and David Bowie.
We all thought we knew who we were, what
we would become, why we did not belong.
The old woman across the hall never
left her room. She argued with herself. The
Scottish accent would accuse, “I know what
you’ve done, I know what you’ve done,” then
the Australian accent would respond, “I, I,
I, I haven’t done anything wrong, nothing, I
promise”. It would go on and on, round and
round, all day until dusk when I rolled and
smoked a joint while watching the rainbow
lorikeets fly in and hang upside down from
the branches of the American oaks as they
ate the tree’s round, brown seeds outside the
window. I didn’t think I was doing anything
wrong, either; my drug use seemed part
rebellion, part medicinal – a whole of fun.
One day at the half-way house a punk
girl said there were cameras concealed in the
sprinklers above us, cameras concealed in
the ring she had stolen, cameras concealed
behind the left eye of the pigeon that slept
on the bathroom’s outside windowsill (by the
First Wives Pub
First Wives Pub comes to Chapel Off Chapel for three
consecutive nights beginning Friday November 1.
The cabaret performance charts the various stages of
a woman’s romantic journey, from dating to being in
a relationship, and planning a wedding to the ups and
downs of married life.
BY AUGUSTUS WELBY
First Wives Pub is a Red Brassiere production
written by Haylee Deutrom-Wakeling and
brought to life in collaboration with Kelley
Kerr Young, Rebecca Nol and music director
and pianist Roni Shewan. It’s the production’s
second run, having premiered at the Butterfly
Club in 2016.
“Haylee and Kelley met through their
partners, who later became their husbands.
They were both performers and they decided
they wanted to work together and do
something in the future,” says Shewan. “They
basically, one night, noticed the Butterfly Club
were taking submissions and so they were like,
‘This is a sign, let’s write something together’.”
Deutrom-Wakeling and Kerr Young
were both planning weddings at the time,
which gave them plenty of inspiration for
the content of their collaboration. First Wives
Pub’s three core cast members take on the
roles of a Success, a Princess and a Hot Mess.
“They’re kind of caricatures of women,”
used syringe on the inside windowsill that had
sat there for three weeks). The pigeon’s eye
therefore recorded another woman injecting
crystal meth into her neck as that woman’s
23-year-old daughter watched. The 23-year-
old then invited me to join the party. She sold
me the meth I injected in my arm. A bald man
politely offered to shred my face open with
box cutters that night. “Do it,” I said. “Do it. I’ve
been suicidal for months anyway.”
By daybreak, I was in a hospital being
rudely interrupted by an irritable Irish nurse
– “I don’t have time, just swallow this pill,” or
something to that effect. By the week’s end,
I’d booked the cheapest international flight
out of Australia.
Less a destination than an escape.
An escape from Australia, Australians, an
Australian Community Service Order, my
sister, my former psychology clinic who was
trying to sue me. It was not, as I saw it, an
escape from High Culture.
I hadn’t travelled overseas in seven years.
I’d spent nearly my whole life in Melbourne.
I had nothing tying me down. I believed that
by creating enough new neural pathways in
my brain they would eventually criss-cross,
connect; new talents would be birthed; I
would write songs, design costumes and
perform in a minimalist Berlin bar. The young
would be there, the good-looking too, along
says Shewan. “All of us have been that person
at one stage in the dating journey, whether
you’ve idealised relationships from a young
age and [have] been planning a wedding, to
being focused on your career or being a bit
of a mess where you don’t know what you’re
doing and you go out a lot. We’ve all been
that person. They’re different representations
of the single woman, I guess.”
Compared to its initial instalment, First
Wives Pub now has a longer running time
and will feature a couple of extra scenes.
Songs from the likes of Amy Winehouse, The
Gossip, Cyndi Lauper and Divinyls will feature,
reworked for the cabaret format.
“Within the play, each scene is a different
stage in the character’s dating life,” says
Shewan. “So we wanted songs that represent
the dialogue and what the characters are
going through in that particular stage.
“[The songs will] be recognisable, to an
extent, but they’re not like covers. Piano is the
with the editor who rejected all my stories and
the radio station program director who said,
“Have you considering getting someone else
to host it?” to my demo that was five years
culmination of work, the culmination of my
then-failed ambition to be a radio presenter.
I booked the cheapest flight I could
find. I took the flight while coming down off
crystal meth. I flew north by north-west. I went
east. That’s when the fun really begun. I had
no money so I stole food. I worked as a sex
worker in Pattaya where I got paid to pretend
to break in a man’s apartment so he could
tie me up. I paid a man with schizophrenia to
accompaniment and vocals are the centre.
Because all of those songs are recorded with
bands and in studios, to get the best out of
the song I had to rearrange them and readapt
them to that more intimate cabaret setting.”
The name Red Brassiere is borrowed
from the Divinyls song, ‘Boys In Town’, and the
company describes itself as “theatre by women
for everyone”. Its productions always put forth
feminist ideas, often laced with humour.
“One thing that we really like about this
company and Haylee’s writing is that it’s
basically feminism in a more accessible way,”
says Shewan. “Rather than lecturing people or
throwing it down their throats, it’s done in a
hilarious sort of way.”
First Wives Pub uses comedy to get its
points across, but there is some darkness in
the underlying themes, too. The rise and fall of
the Princess character is a key example.
“Her journey goes from someone who’s
planned her wedding since she was five to, at
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give me a tour of Jakarta’s red light district, got
addicted to valium in Bali, met someone who
said they can channel St Germain in India,
went to jail in the Philippines and then came
back to Australia for a first-class, luxury stay in
a public system psych ward. So I guess it’s fair
to say I’ve been to paradise, but I still haven’t
been to me.
If you are experiencing issues
with substance abuse, addiction
or mental health, you can contact
Lifeline on 13 11 14. You can purchase
Down and Out in Paradise online.
the end, you feel quite sad for her and where
she’s ended up. It’s basically, through comedy,
showing how women can be sold this idea of
meeting the perfect guy and getting married
and how that’s something to aspire to. And
often they can reach that goal and realise
it’s not what they thought it would be and
that there’s a whole lot of other paths they
could’ve gone down.
“We explore a lot of ideas around
femininity and what it means to be a woman
and whether you can have it all, but we do it in
a way that’s not overly angry. Anyone can go
to this show and find something in it for them,
but there is a feminist message in there.”
First Wives Pub comes to Chapel
Off Chapel from Friday November 1
until Sunday November 3. Tickets via
the venue website.
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You Am I
x Young Henrys
In 2013, to coincide with You Am I’s 20th anniversary,
Sydney brewers Young Henrys concocted Brew Am I,
a new world pale ale made up of ingredients sourced
from the band members’ hometowns.
BY AUGUSTUS WELBY
There’s rolled wheat from Western Australia,
the birthplace of singer Tim Rogers and
drummer Russell Hopkinson, Victorian malt
in honour of Melburnian guitarist Davey Lane,
and Kiwi hops for bass player Andy Kent.
Young Henrys have never been shy
about their love of live music. You can find
their branding on almost every other gig
poster, from small-scale local gatherings to
popular boutique music festivals. Since the
brewery’s launch seven years ago, they’ve
frequently partnered with bands on limited
edition brews.
Foo Fighters, Pond, DZ Deathrays,
Frenzal Rhomb and Front End Loader are
just some of the acts whose essence has
been reformulated using hops, barley and
water. Brew Am I remains Young Henrys’ most
popular artist collaboration, however, with a
new batch released nearly every year since its
conception.
The new world pale will be available at
Moon Dog World
If there’s one thing Melbourne has plenty of, it’s craft
breweries. The city is teeming with trendy, boutique
beers and bars to enjoy them in, from CBD spots to
suburban haunts.
BY GRETA BRERETON
But the latest venture from the Moon Dog
team is a cut above the rest.
Five years after the opening of their
Abbotsford bar, brothers Jake and Josh Uljans
along with business partner Karl van Buuren,
have launched Moon Dog World. Boasting a
725-person capacity, their new Preston venue
mimics the quirky playfulness of their original
watering hole, but on a much larger scale
(we’re talking a site the length of the MCG).
“When we first started in Abbotsford, we
had one 240 square-metre place and we built
a small brewery there, then we built another
bar, and then another brewery next door to it,”
explains van Buuren.
“But in comparison to what we’re doing
now… well, there’s no comparison really. It’s
definitely the biggest space we’ve ever had.”
The guys bought the old fabric
manufacturing factory in December last year
with the intentions of building a new brewery,
but the size of the site meant they could also
get creative with a new venue.
“We knew we wanted to fill the space
with different sections, because we didn’t
want it to be a big cavernous warehouse,” says
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venues across the country during You Am
I’s regional co-headline tour with Jebediah,
which runs until mid-December.
“It’s been a little while since we’ve done
a tour like this,” says Lane. “I looked at some
dates we did when Tim put his first solo record
out – it was my first proper tour with the band.
It was close to 30 dates or something, cities
and regions. It’s good to throw our eggs into
a basket with Jebediah. It means we can get
out there and go a bit deeper into the regions.”
You Am I and Jebediah both helped to
define Australia’s ‘90s and early 2000s music
landscape. You Am I’s debut, Sound As Ever,
landed in 1993 and their next three records
– Hi Fi Way (1995), Hourly, Daily (1996) and
#4 Record (1998) – all reached number one
in the ARIA charts. The Jebs weren’t too far
behind them, cracking the top ten with their
debut release, 1997’s Slightly Odway.
“I’ve been in the band 20 years now and
I can remember hanging out with Jebediah
van Buuren. “We wanted to make sure it still
felt like a venue.”
“A lot of ideas came from people we were
working with,” he continues. “Our designer,
our tradies, and we put the call out to staff as
well, who came up with some great ideas. We
were open to anything and everything.”
The end result is not so much a bar as it
is a playground for adults. Patrons can relax
in the jungle area, kick back by the lagoon,
play some pinball in the arcade room, have a
boogie in the hidden shipping container disco
or just chill on the upper deck and soak up the
spectacle of it all.
It might sound like there’s a lot going on
here, but van Buuren believes these eclectic
spaces are what make Moon Dog World so
unique.
“I think the main advantage is that you
can come and experience it how you want to
experience it,” he explains. “You could come
here with your kid and pull up a couple of
tables together next to the playground and still
be in front of the lagoon, but then you’re not
interrupting people who want to have a quiet,
romantic lunch or evening meal in a hidden bar.”
at the first couple of festivals we did,” Lane
says. “They’re a great band and we love what
they do and they’re all really good people.
Kev [Mitchell]’s a good mate of mine. I can
only see it being a joy spending an extensive
amount of time with those guys.”
Lane joined You Am I shortly after the
release of #4 Record and has played lead
guitar on each of the band’s six subsequent
albums. He made his lead vocal debut on two
tracks from 2015’s Porridge & Hotsauce. At
38 years old, he’s now spent more than half
his life in the band.
“It’s an achievement of sorts,” he says.
“I’m still the new guy and I’ll always be the
new guy. That’s fine by me.”
Lane launched a solo project half a
dozen years ago, which has sprouted two full
length albums, 2014’s Atonally Young and
2017’s I’m Gonna Burn Out Bright. Rogers,
Hopkinson and Kent are all similarly busy with
side projects and other ventures, but their
commitment to You Am I is unwavering.
“This [September] tour in Europe has
Image by Samantha Schultz
“Then, if you want to come back in a
group and have a proper dinner, that’s another
different experience you can have in this
place.”
The team haven’t skimped out on the
food and beverage front either. There’s a
plethora of share plates, burgers and even
desserts to sink your teeth into, plus three bars
with different offerings. Head to the hidden
disco tiki bar for a taste of something tropical,
grab a tinnie from the beer garden, or pick
your poison from one of the 72 taps at the
main bar.
With all this focus on the new site, Moon
Dog mainstays might be wondering what the
future holds for the original Abbotsford hub,
but it doesn’t seem to be going anywhere.
“We were really interested to see how
our original bar performed over opening
galvanised us as a band and even more so
as friends. I think we’re playing as good as
we ever have. Once we’ve gotten through to
the end of the year and this tour’s over, then
we’ll start looking towards making some new
music. That’s always an exciting prospect.”
Brew Am I will be available at the majority
of the upcoming tour dates, including at the
Shoppingtown Hotel in Doncaster on October
12 and the Village Green Hotel in Mulgrave on
December 14.
“I like it. It’s a good beer,” says Lane. “I
notice, even at my own solo shows, we get to
the venue and they say, ‘Young Henrys have
put a slab of beers towards your rider.’ I don’t
know how that happens, but I’m always very
grateful for it.”
You Am I hit Pier Bandroom on Friday
October 11, Shoppingtown Hotel on
Saturday October 12 and Village Green
Hotel on December 14. Grab your tickets
from youami.com.au. Find your local
Brew Am I stockist at younghenrys.com.
weekend, and it was actually pumping,”
gushes van Buuren. “I think that Abbotsford
offers a very intimate Moon Dog experience
and it’s quite beer based, and we do have a
big local appeal around there.”
“I thought there was maybe a risk of us
sort of cannibalising that market, but this
venue here [Moon Dog World] that we’ve
built is so much more than just a craft beer
bar. It appeals to people who don’t even like
beer, who don’t even drink it, who just want to
come here and have a relax next to a lagoon.”
Check out Moon Dog World at 32-46
Chifley Drive, Preston. Open seven days.
More info on the rollicking new venue at
moondogbrewing.com.au/world.

Dreamboogie
The eighth annual Coopers Blues Music Festival
comes to Federation Square on Sunday October
20. Melbourne’s Dreamboogie are one of the
leading attractions on a lineup that also features the
likes of Jimi Hocking’s Blues Machine and Rod
Paine & the Full Time Lovers.
BY AUGUSTUS WELBY
Dreamboogie’s latest release is the four-track
Something Shocking EP. In the opening
moments of its title track, vocalist Rebecca
Davey sings “I saw you driving round town in
your red Hyundai.”
In a recent episode of Malcolm
Gladwell’s Broken Record podcast, Jack
White elaborated on his opinion that modern
references don’t make sense in the context of
blues and rock’n’roll songs. Basically, White
thinks because the blues idiom was so firmly
influenced by the era in which it developed,
only references to the technology available at
the time sound organic.
Davey has a different point of view.
“I have always been of the opinion that
blues started as a very punk, very political
and activist kind of music,” she says. “It was
obviously a period of segregation and lots of
hardship, but the lyrics to those songs were
always rooted in the present day.
“I think that’s how it becomes old-
fashioned, if the language is not moved
Temperance Hotel
Temperance Hotel is located on Chapel Street, bang in
between South Yarra and Prahran stations. It’s a popular
late-night spot on weekends, while daily food and drinks
specials attract a loyal patronage throughout the week.
BY AUGUSTUS WELBY
The pub’s friendly spirit is what venue
manager Dylan Hewlett holds most dear.
Hewlett joined Temperance 12 months ago,
and while he’s tweaked a few details, his
primary job has been preserving the existing
reputation.
“I was looking at making a few changes in
terms of the music offering, as well as happy
hours,” he says. “[But] there’s certain aspects
that I’ve maintained, especially the food
quality and the overall values that Temperance
was known for.”
The pub is known as a home away from
home, somewhere you can go for lunch or
dinner, knock-off drinks or a late-night dance.
“We have a very strong regular clientele,
which are in a very good portion of the week,
consecutively – whether it’s a catch up with
friends or date night,” says Hewlett. “We’ve
got quite a few people that had their first date
here and got married many years later. We still
wanted to hold true to those values.”
The Temperance is as much a foodie
destination as it is a hallowed drinking hole. It’s
akin to a gastro pub, but not as minimalistic in
terms of the portion sizes and the produce used.
forward to the modern day. Especially with a
genre that’s been around for over a hundred
years, some people can think of it as stuck
in time, whereas in Dreamboogie we like to
bring that forward and keep it as the intent
was. To speak about what’s happening in real
life today.”
Something Shocking contains two covers
and two originals. The slithering grooves of
‘Something Shocking’ and the defiant ‘I Don’t
Look Back’ bookend the release. In between,
the band submits versions of ‘When the Levee
Breaks,’ which originated in the 1920s and has
been subjected to innumerable adaptations,
and Bob Dylan’s ‘The Ballad of Hollis Brown,’ a
similarly popular candidate for reinterpretation,
most famously by Nina Simone.
“Blues is essentially folk music and meant
for a certain group of people, so it has a
tradition of people singing the same songs but
putting their own meaning into it and we try to
carry that forward,” says Davey. “For example,
‘When the Levee Breaks’ was brought back
“It’s not just standard pub fare,” says
Hewlett. “It’s a good in-between where you
can get good quality steak, or if you just want
a parma and pint, you can get that as well.”
The weekday $15 lunch menu includes a
wagyu burger and fries, fish and chips, chicken
parma with slaw and fries, and a Caesar salad
with fried anchovies and bacon. Dinner mains
include pan-fried duck breast, nokedli pasta
with mushrooms and goats cheese, and a
beef and red wine pie.
“Monday and Tuesday are steak day,”
says Hewlett. “It’s an $18 steak, which is 250
grams. It comes with a garden salad and chips
and a choice of sauce and a complimentary
drink. Then Wednesdays is a parma and
chips and salad. That’s $18 as well, with a
complimentary drink.”
Every Thursday and Friday from 5pm they
offer $1 wings along with a range of booze
specials. “To coincide with our happy hours,
we just wanted something tasty but small and
shareable between friends,” Hewlett says.
The Temperance is fully acquainted
with the Friday feeling and offers significant
discounts on vodka, gin, bourbon and scotch,
into our set when Hurricane Maria happened
and again people were dying and losing their
homes on the wrong side of the levee.”
‘Hollis Brown’ was brought into the band’s
live sets more recently.
“Whenever I heard that song, there was
always something about [the line] ‘Hollis
Brown, he lived on the outside of town.’ I
always thought of people who are left outside
of society. There was that big spate of all the
shootings in America and the person who was
responsible for it was always a loner or bullied.
I always thought of those kinds of people as
Hollis Brown – they lived on the outside of
town; they were outside of society.”
Dreamboogie formed in 2010 when
Davey joined guitarist Sam Buckley, fretless
bass player Connor O’Neill and drummer
Robert Dillon, who’d already been working
together.
“We started with the idea of basically
spending a year with all of our favourite blues
songs, the things that made us interested in
plus Carlton Draught, Mountain Goat Steam
Ale and Somersby cider all night.
“Starting at four o’clock, everything’s
$4 and then it goes up a dollar every hour,”
Hewlett says. “Then from 10pm until midnight
they’re $8.”
There’s live music every Thursday and
Sunday. The Thursday night live music
coincides with a range of $10 cocktails on
offer from 5pm.
“With our clientele that come in on
Thursdays, it’s more date night than anything,”
says Hewlett. “So we’ve got an R&B/acoustic
soul duo that are in for about three hours from
6pm to provide that atmosphere with the
demographic that we get in.”
DJs take over on Friday and Saturday
nights from 8pm until 3am.
“On Saturdays we’ll have around 500
people in the venue at any one time, which
FEATURES
blues, and as we went on, we developed our
sound,” says Davey.
After nearly a decade together, the
members’ individual proclivities have been
strengthened by the union.
“Everybody is interested in a different
thing,” says Davey. “I’m very interested in
1920s and ‘30s vaudeville blues. Robert is
really into that Gene Krupa style. There’s
Albert King influences [from Buckley]. Connor
is really into jazz bands and that sort of stuff.
“We really thought, ‘OK, we’re going to
take everything that we like and try to mash
it together.’ It’s come out with this really
interesting and bizarre sound, because none
of us really compromise. We all just went, ‘This
is who I am and we’ll play how we play’.”
Dreamboogie will perform as part
of Coopers Blues Music Festival
at Federation Square on Sunday
October 20. For more info, visit
bluesmusicfestival.com.au.
provides a very uplifting atmosphere,” says
Hewlett. “You’re looking at 18 to early 30s. The
crowd’s very mixed and diverse.”
On Friday November 1, the Temperance
will be hosting a Day of the Dead party.
“We’re going to have live face painters.
We’re going to have some tattoo artists who’ll
be doing tattoos for charity on the night, like
flash tattoos.”
A few days later they’ll have their annual
Melbourne Cup Eve party with DJs spinning
nu-disco, house and R&B until 3am.
“Then we’ve got a Melbourne Cup lunch
on, which is a two-course set menu, $60 per
person. We’ll hire a few screens and make it
something special.”
Find Temperance Hotel at 426 Chapel St,
South Yarra. For the full menu and events,
head to temperancehotel.com.au.
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60 Seconds With...
Yana Alana Malakai

If you could describe Yana Alana in under 40 words, how would you put it?
Yana is a self-obsessed, tragic and heroic femme-drag clown. A queer cabaret icon who is
determined never to be a national treasure. Which is handy ‘cause I think she missed the
boat on that anyway.
Tell us a bit about your show, Yana Alana’s Greatest Tits? Yana has been on stage now for
12 years, she’s toured the world from the London Soho to a little town west of Melbourne
called… actually, I forget what it’s called, but it’s further west than Nhill. Greatest Tits is her
‘best of’ show.
Describe the rehearsal process for Yana Alana’s Greatest Tits? There is no rehearsal process
for this show. That’s why it’s been different every time we’ve done it. Our pianist Louise tells
me every time we get off stage, “We really should rehearse this show” and I say, “Yes, we
should”, then we’re on stage again doing the show and thinking ‘Why did we not rehearse
this?’. Honestly, we know this material so well now, it’s fun to improvise the transitions.
A winner of the Sir Robert Helpmann Award and an 11-time Green Room Award Winner,
why has Yana Alana resonated so strongly with audiences? She doesn’t apologise for being
a fat, loud, queer woman. I think it helps to make people laugh, then, when their mouths are
open she feeds them the politics.
What’s next for Yana Alana? Something huge, but it’s embargoed. I’m very excited! Keep your
eye on the socials ‘cause you won’t want to miss the queer epic-ness that is the next show!
Yana Alana’s Greatest Tits comes to Gasworks Arts Park from Thursday October 31 to
Saturday November 2. Tix start at $30 from the Gasworks website, gasworks.org.au.
When did you first start making music and what led you there? I remember writing my first
song at the age of 12 in music class. It was with one of my old classmates, and we wrote a
song about a fictional character called ‘Mustafah’. All we had were our words, and a couple
of bongos. It was received extremely well by everyone in the class, and that gave me the
confidence to write more.
Tell us about your upcoming debut EP, Journals of an Immigrant & Minority. So, Journals
of an Immigrant & Minority is a collection of my thoughts, ideas, emotions and outlook
on life. When you listen to the EP and take in the lyrics, it’s literally like going on a journey,
with bends, curves, drops, highs and lows. When you listen to Journals of an Immigrant &
Minority, you get Malakai – raw, live and in living colour.
How would you describe your sound and how did you come to it? Constantly making
music in the four years between the mixtape and this EP, with this current fusion of music, I
just found what works for me. I love melody but at the same time, I’m a heavy lyricist and I
enjoy word play.
What’s next for Malakai? Right now all the focus is on the current single, ‘Drive-Thru’. The
entire EP has been a collaborative effort from names in Australia and the US so it’s been
one big effort from the whole team. The songs won’t stop coming from here, I can assure
everyone showing love that. Also working to kick off some major shows in 2020, so stay
tuned for those updates.
‘Drive-Thru’ is out now. Stay up to date with Malakai on his socials.

Music inspirations with

Eliza & The Delusionals

Plans
Catfish and the Bottlemen
Image by Matt Walter

Collectively, we love this band. I remember watching them a few years ago opening for The
tonight?
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Kooks the first time they came to Australia. I had never been so blown away by an opening
band before and fell in love with their album The Balcony. I actually got the artwork tattooed.
The 1975
One of the most inspiring bands that we love listening to. They’re a band we always put on
in the tour van to get us feeling good and feeling motivated for shows!
Snail Mail
This is definitely a more recent inspiration, but her debut album Lush had a huge influence
on some of our newer songs. I love her voice and lyrics. She’s just super cool overall.
Land of Talk
Someone shared this band with me a while back and I just love the vibe of her music. She’s
definitely one of my favorite singers, I love the way she writes and structures her songs.
Everything just has such a lovely vibe and I feel like I always get lost in her music.
Coldplay
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Coldplay was the first concert for a few of us, their live shows are unreal. Ever since I watched
them play for the first time in 2009, I knew that that was my dream – to be able to put on OF EVENTS & GIGS
a show like that. They were one of the first bands that I listened to when I was discovering
music, and they’ve always found a way to inspire me since.

Eliza & The Delusionals come to The Workers Club in support of their new single, ‘Pull
Apart Heart’, on Friday October 25. Tix via the venue website.

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 BEAT EATS

October’s Cheese Festivals

Ah Melbourne, the foodie capital of Australia. With so many odd and interesting food related festivals, events,
themed restaurants and other crap that makes us go “that’s so Melbourne!”. In a city with so many wonderful foodie
experiences, how can someone possibly go past cheese festivals? Two biggies are hitting the town later this month,
one at Prahran Market, and the other at the Queen Vic – and we have the low-down on both for you.

Say Cheese Festival There’s also a couple of pop-up bars from Mr

PRAHRAN MARKET,
SUNDAY OCT 20
Prahran Market has brought back its Say
Cheese Festival for another year. The festival
showcases the very best local, Australian,
and international cheeses alongside fantastic
food from Melbourne vendors, great wine,
and live DJs.
There are the usual market delicatessens,
but some guest eateries such as Maker
& Monger, DOC Pizza & Mozzarella Bar,
Wonderbao, and Burn City Smokers are also
dishing up some cheese-inspired creations.
Hoddle and Blackhearts & Sparrows serving
up your favourite tipples, and if you’re into
cheese and booze pairings, there are some
ticketed events from places like Milk The Cow
and Champagne Dame.
In addition to all that, the Say Cheese
Festival is bringing back their Grilled Cheese
Invitational for its second year. The invitational
sees five of Melbourne’s best chefs and one
wild-card contestant pitted against each
other to create a winning toastie. This year’s
guests include Darren Purchese of Burch
and Purchese Sweet Studio and Charlie
Carrington of Atlas Dining.
Holey Cheese Festival
QUEEN VICTORIA MARKET,
TUESDAY OCT 22 – SUNDAY OCT 27
Oh, Queen Vic, the ever-changing markets
are one of my favourite parts of Melbourne.
For almost a week, the Holy Cheese Festival
hits the market’s Dairy Produce Hall. You can
sample some of Victoria’s best hard, soft, blue,
white, fresh, and aged rinds before making
your purchase for the next wine and cheese
night – so fancy.
The market’s Deli Lane is also getting a
week-long makeover, setting up pop-up stalls
for the cheesiest traders going around. The
lineup includes That’s Amore Cheese with
their traditional Sicilian cannoli, The Cypriot
Kitchen frying up halloumi chips, 400 Gradi
dishing up their award-winning margarita
pizza, and Frencheese showing off their
famous raclette.
As if that wasn’t enough, there’s also
the Good-a-Bar, the punny bar with cheese-
themed cocktails – think an Old Fashioned
paired with a smoked Gouda.
This isn’t a night market – Wednesdays
are still Hawker 88’s territory. Times vary for this
festival according to the day market’s schedule.
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 Beat’s guide to Halloween 2019
Hardware Lane Costumes
How does Hardware Lane Costumes stand out from the crowd? We are Super Sassy Party
People and ever since we put that line on our sign, the sassiness has gone through the roof.
We dress people all day – last Halloween we booked in 769 individual hires over 30 days.
That’s over 100 per stylist. We are a little hard to find – upstairs and hidden away (like all the
best places), but we have the whole first floor to ourselves. It is packed with costumes, wigs
and accessories – the range is huge!
What sets us apart is the people who work here – we take our jobs too seriously. We can
style you head to toe in 15 minutes, if you are decisive – which is great for people who are
time poor – or we can spend more time and work with you to create your look and make sure
you are overjoyed with your costume choice.  arriving guest we have a Thriller performance by TJ, Australia’s number one Michael Jackson
Why is Halloween the best day on the calendar? Because you get to be whoever you want
to be – silly, fabulous, fun, wild, wacky, and of course… spooky!
For someone who has never really celebrated Halloween in the past, why should they get
involved in 2019? Halloween can be like Christmas, New Year’s and the footy grand final
combined. The good vibes and fun times we get from dressing up and getting into character
is not to be matched. We guarantee if you leave our store in costume, you will be stopped in
Hardware Lane for a photo. People freak out – it’s brilliant!
Hardware Lane Costumes is located at Level 1, 43 Hardware Lane in the CBD. Head to
their website for more info on how to get your Halloween getup sorted.
HARDWARELANECOSTUMES.COM
A Midnight Visit
Image by Iain Gillespie
How does your Halloween event stand out from other Halloween celebrations? A Midnight
Visit’s Halloween Party Weekend is a thrilling adventure of epic proportions, combining all
the elements of the current show – theatre, design, cabaret, music, soundscapes – but with
added hijinks, extra spooky characters, fortune-telling, magic and mischief.
What activities do you have in store for Halloween 2019? Prepare for a three-day Halloween
extravaganza, launching on October 31. The event series unleashes new characters across
its 36-room warehouse, where guests can choose their adventure throughout macabre
hospitals, Lynchian ballrooms, neon pink ball pits and spectral dining rooms.
What food will be available at the event? A Midnight Visit’s bespoke bar, The Raven’s Rest
is serving up a sumptuous range of naughty bites for your delectable pleasure. For those
savoury of tooth, feast upon Their Exquisite Corpses (a meat platter) or their Demon Insides
(spinach and corn frittatas). For those with dessert on their minds, try the Slice of Divine
Death (blueberry choc fudge brownies).
Any special Halloween drink concoctions you have prepared? No prank: free Jell-O shots
to all guests! What’s more, our two liquor partners have conspired with us to create a suite
of cocktail specials for Halloween. Try Archie Rose Distilling Co.’s Slice of Death, with blood
orange, their signature dry gin and clouds; or No Ghouls, No Glory, a zesty favourite with The
Kraken Black Spiced Rum.
What’s the ultimate Halloween costume? In full plume as The Raven; as the old man with
the blue eye in The Tell-Tale Heart; or as Edgar Allan Poe himself, with his elegantly-drooping
‘stache. Costume prizes are given out each night to the most committed – so don’t hold back!
A Midnight Visit’s Halloween Party Weekend is happening over three nights, from Thursday
October 31 to Saturday November 2. Head to their website for more info and tickets.
AMIDNIGHTVISIT.COM
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Spice Market’s Halloween Party
Why are you throwing a Halloween event in 2019? Last year’s event was spectacular, with
over 1200 people attending, all in costume. We got the venue professionally decorated by
set designers/builders, which took three days to do. It looked amazing so we’re doing the
same this year but making it even better. 
How does your Halloween event stand out from other Halloween celebrations? Our event
is always on the official day of Halloween and we go above and beyond to create a fabulous
atmosphere for our guests.
What activities do you have in store for Halloween 2019? Besides trick or treats for every
tribute artist. 
Any spooktacular surprises that punters should be wary of? We have a few, but the
professional actors in full zombie make-up (each one takes six hours to create) are so scary
and never fall out of character. It’s really like being amongst the Walking Dead.
What about drink specials? The ticket price includes a free drink as well as Halloween
cocktails. 
What’s the ultimate Halloween costume? Walking Dead zombie for sure. 
Spice Market in Beaney Ln, CBD, comes to life with its official Halloween Party on
Thursday October 31. Grab tickets via the Spice Market website.
SPICEMARKET.NET.AU
Off Ya Tree
Off Ya Tree has become an Australian leader in alternative clothing, accessories and body
modification. How have you earned this reputation? Off Ya Tree has been around for 40
years and we have built a strong relationship with our customers. We continue to grow and
adapt to fashion trends while staying ahead of the game in body modification by holding
ourselves to the highest standard.
For someone who is not aware of Off Ya Tree, why should they become acquainted? As a
leader in body piercing, smoking paraphernalia, apparel and accessories, Off Ya Tree stocks
a whole range of rad products to suit all ages and styles
Tell us a bit about your Tree House clothing range. Who would look great in this? Tree
House Clothing is made for the people who love all things skater, partying, music and having
fun with their mates.
And what about your ‘50s-inspired Ophia range? Everyone of all shapes and sizes, this
range provides classic pin up styles that can be dressed up or down to be worn day or night.
Do you have any specials in store for Halloween? We have a whole range of items to get you
Halloween ready in store, including coloured contacts, hair dyes and accessories.
Off Ya Tree has seven locations in Victoria with four in Melbourne – one on Collins Street
and others at Northland, Taylors Lakes and Melton West. Shop online and find an Off Ya
Tree near you at their website.
OFFYATREE.COM.AU
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Spooktober at
Luna Dark
When you’ve been married for 289 years,
you need to spice things up, especially at
our favourite Halloween time. Fortunately
enough for us, two Halloween powerhouses,
Spooktober and Luna Dark, are uniting to
terrify Melbourne and create all things spooky
at the iconic Luna Park.
So, to keep in the Halloween ‘know’, my
husband, Count Dracula and I, the Countess,
have decided, as Halloween royalty, to be the
ambassadors for Spooktober at Luna Dark –
it can get awfully boring when you sleep in a
coffin and drink blood for an eternity.
Spooktober at Luna Dark is an eight-night
and four-day spooktacular Halloween Festival
for all ages that has it all – top notch scary and
not so scary haunts, thrilling rides/activations,
music, food and entertainment galore.
So, as part of our new role, we will be
keeping things tame by day for the littlies, but
terrifying by night for the older Halloween
fiends, and yes, we will be feasting on gory
morsels to keep our energy up!
If you wish to catch our scary selves,
make sure you get a ticket for the Extreme
Phobia Haunted House where we’ll be
wandering around 20 of the greatest phobias
brought to life. You’ll enter darkness and walk
the hallways packed full of slithery snakes,
maniacal clowns and countless other horrific
phobias of the worst kind. Eek!
The Count adores fairytales, especially
ones with an eerie twist, so catch us when
With The Countess
you’re wondering through the enchanting
Haunted Fairytales experience. Explore eight
rooms, each featuring a favourite fairytale,
and encounter friendly characters scaring and
delighting. I promise a visual and interactive
experience like no other. Picture a spooky art
gallery where everything comes to creepy life.
To calm your nerves after a fright, come
and join the Count and I at the Haunted
Spirits Bar. Unfortunately they aren’t serving
my special ‘Blood on the Rocks’ shot, but
it is the perfect place to sip on a Poisoned
Apple Mojito and listen to headline act, The
Engagement. I’m practising my dance moves
already, like the ones I danced on Halloween
1650. I can still remember feeling winded
from the tight corset!
Luna Park’s famous rides is our other go
to when we need a breather from our hosting
duties. Join us on the spooky carousel and
watch the creepy shadows as your horse
enters the forest or take a twilight spin on
the 107-year-old Scenic Railway with my pet
werewolf. and then pose with your creepy crew at the now. That’s it from me, my coffin-bed is calling
To keep your little Draculas and devils fang-tastic photo booth. (again, sigh)! But I must get my beauty sleep
extra happy and sugared up, head to the free Go on, don’t be a sad spook and come for what’s coming.
Trick or Treat Trail. Explore the trail, stopping see us along with all the living dead characters
at zombie stations along the way to refuel. It’s fresh from the nearby cemeteries; creepy
so much fun with many friendly Halloween cadavers and blood-curdling zombies lurking Spooktober at Luna Dark goes
characters and no scares. around everywhere. The fun and frights of down for eight days from Friday
October 25 to Sunday November 3
Although we won’t be needing it, you your life are waiting!
at Luna Park. As The Countess has
mere mortals can add SFX to your Halloween This event is ticketed and will sell out, so advised, head to tickets.halloween.
guises at the Ghastly Glamour SFX Parlour jump online at tickets.halloween.melbourne melbourne now to secure your spot.

The Sickening Ball

There’ll be nowhere freakier this Halloween
than the Sickening Ball, hosted by iconic
RuPaul’s Drag Race alumnus, Raven.
BY AUGUSTUS WELBY

Joining Raven for the Sickening Ball tour –
which begins in Auckland on October 31 and
comes to the Chasers Nightclub in South
Yarra on November 2 – are seven queens
who defined Drag Race season 11, which was
broadcast from February to May this year.
Stephen Craddock’s production
company, In The Dark, are the guys behind
the sensational Sickening Ball lineup. It’s no
surprise, really, as ITD has established itself
as Australia’s leading LGBTIQIA+ events
company over the last decade.
“We produce monthly tours throughout
Australia and New Zealand, bringing you the
best talent from RuPaul’s Drag Race and the
wider world of drag,” says ITD tour manager,
Kirsty Cochrane. “We love to feature local
performers to give them access to a new
audience and we strive to deliver inclusive
events where everyone feels welcome and
has a great time.”
Chasers also hosted the 2018
instalment of the Sickening Ball tour, which
featured the likes of Sharon Needles, Alaska
Thunderfuck and Karen From Finance. This
year’s roster of queens is bigger than ever
before, but the Ball won’t be an occasion of
passive reverence.
“We’re encouraging everyone to come
dressed up to have the opportunity to be
tooted or booted by the one and only Raven,”
says Cochrane.
Raven was the runner up of both season
two of Drag Race and season one of Drag
Race All Stars. She also works as RuPaul’s
makeup artist and has accrued plenty of
experience compéring drag-stravaganzas in
her home city of Los Angeles.
“Raven hosts the weekly Show Girls night
at the famous Micky’s in West Hollywood,
perhaps the most famous gay bar in the
world,” Cochrane says. “She’s hilarious on the
mic and you better watch out if you’re in the
first few rows because she’ll be reading you
to filth.”
Seven contestants from Drag Race
season 11 are making the trip down for the
tour. These include the finalists A’keria C.
Davenport and Silky Nutmeg Ganache, who
narrowly lost out to Yvie Oddly and Brooke
Lynn Hytes.
A’keria has been going from strength to
strength since the series wrapped up. After
appearing in Taylor Swift’s ‘You Need to Calm
Down’ video, in late August she performed
with Swift at the MTV Video Music Awards.
The Sickening Ball lineup also includes
New York City pageantry queen, Honey
Davenport, plus Mercedes Iman Diamond,
Nina West, Ra’Jah O’Hara and Shuga Cain.
Vulture recently listed all eight of the visiting
queens in their list of America’s top 100 Most
Powerful Drag Queens.
“All of the season eleven girls are very
unique performers,” says Cochrane. “Some of
them are trained dancers, others are comedy
queens. We let them do what they do best
and it always makes for an exciting show.”
As for whether the performers are going
to be working in coordination at all, Cochrane
says we’ll “have to wait and see”. She can,
however, confirm that, “you’ll definitely be left
wanting to do the Monster Mash”.
The Sickening Ball promises horrific
performances from Raven and the season
eleven stars, so punters, be warned that things
could very well get gory. The Halloween
theme will be inescapable, says Cochrane.
“The queens will be bringing Halloween
realness and with everyone dressing up, it’ll be
spooktacular.”
ITD places great importance on
cultivating an inclusive, expressive and
creative environment at all of its events.
Sickening Ball revellers can take comfort in
the fact they’ll be free to go to town on their
outfits and not feel in danger of being judged.
“Creating an inclusive environment
is very important to us and we find that
our community really embraces this,” says
Cochrane. “We’ve had all sorts of looks over
the years, from a little bit of face paint all the
way up to fully realised elaborate costumes.
Halloween is truly an opportunity to let your
freak flag fly.”
The Sickening Ball comes to Chasers
Nightclub in South Yarra on Saturday
November 2. Grab your tickets via the ITD
Events website, itdevents.com.

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BOOs & BOOZE
Why are you throwing a Halloween event in 2019? We’re solid Halloween supporters,
haven’t missed a Halloween since we opened the doors! It’s hands-down our favourite night
on the Persa calendar every year and is the ultimate nod to our resident wise-word neon,
‘Let’s Get Weird’.
Why is Halloween the best day on the calendar? What other holiday lets you get out of
your comfort zone like Halloween? It’s the one day of the year where you get to dress up as
whatever you want to be, judgement free and have a killer time doing it.
Any spooktacular surprises that punters should be wary of? Don’t you worry, we have a
couple of things up our sleeves sure to raise your heart rate. Meet us at the bar, grab one of
our Halloween special sips, served up for you to sip straight out of a blood bag and be on the
lookout for the horrors (no, we don’t mean bad dance moves).
What food will be available at the event? Only what everyone craves after a few Vodka Red
Bulls – toasties. Hot, deliciously cheesy and enough carbs to have you serving it up on the
dancefloor ‘til 3am. From classics to options for the slightly more adventurous, the toastie
selection has you covered.
What about drink specials? Nothing scarier than a full-price drink, right? There are enough
horrors lurking in our corners without them, so we’re stretching happy hour… to four hours.
Happy hour kicks off at 7pm and includes: $5 selected pints, $5 house wine and sparkling,
$5 basic spirits, and two for $15 Vodka Red Bulls.
BOOs & BOOZE takes over Perseverance Hotel on Friday November 1; you gotta get a
ticket first though. Grab ‘em via Eventbrite.
SINCE 2015
drop in upstairs @ L1, 43 Hardware Ln, Melbourne
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Archie Brothers Cirque Electriq
Why are you throwing a Halloween event in 2019? For one nefarious night only, Archie
Brothers are teaming up with Brooklyn Lager to transform the venue into a spooktacular
haunted circus, decked out in the most nightmarish decorations imaginable including skulls,
cobwebs, skeletons, tombstones, plus petrifying roaming performers will scare guests silly.
How does your Halloween event stand out from other Halloween celebrations? Archie
Brothers Cirque Electriq, Melbourne’s favourite circus-themed leisure-tainment wonderland,
will host the most hell-raising Halloween party of the year.
For someone who has never really celebrated Halloween in the past, why should they get
involved in 2019? Watch out for the fiends on the dodgem cars; keep your eyes peeled for
creepy crawlies in the claw machines; be terrified by clowns in the Halloween XD motion
theatre; take spooky selfies at the Kiss of Death kissing booth or play a mind-boggling 67
arcade games and go bowling all night long! You can’t afford to miss the Halloween party
of the year!
What activities do you have in store for Halloween 2019? There’ll be creepy circus
performers ready to give you the fright of your life, free arcade games and bowling, a spooky
cocktail on arrival… and free flowing Brooklyn Lager to keep your inner zombies hydrated.
Be there and be scared.
Any spooktacular surprises that punters should be wary of? In keeping with the Halloween
theme, Joshua Moriarty, best known as a member of Melbourne-based electro-pop quartet
Miami Horror, will hit the decks, spinning new and old-school tunes to get the ghouls
grooving.
Archie Brothers Cirque Electriq’s Halloween Party goes down on Thursday October 31.
Win tickets for you and three mates to the event at archiebrothers.com.au/halloween-vic.
Competition closes 11:59pm Wednesday October 23.
DRESSING WINNERS
costumes | wigs | make up | special effects
to BUY or RENT - ph (03) 96702765
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NEW MUSIC

Albums & Singles

BEST NEW ALBUM

HARD-ONS
8
So I Could Have
Them Destroyed
I freakin’ love Hard-Ons. Their unabashed realness,
their boyish charm, and their relentless, ongoing
mission to produce music while keeping the cap
of punk firmly on their heads means their 12th
studio album is utterly awesome.

So I Could Have Them Destroyed continues the band’s 38-year punk

pilgrimage with complete dedication.
Hard-Ons cut through with their own wicked personality and, though
I remain blissfully naïve as to what the phrase “a whole lot of tooth” actually
means (assuming it’s something to do with getting a fist in the face),
the song of the same name is raucous, rebellious, and jam-packed with
unapologetic Hard-Ons energy.
Indeed, the album falls on its own head with such a rabid force that tracks
like ‘Float’ come apart with sheer aggressive rock. Are Hard-Ons channelling
their inner Lemmy? Might well be, this is the standout track and the most
ferocious performance we’ve heard from the band in recent memory.
I’ve never thought too much of Peter “Blackie” Black’s performance as
a vocalist – he’s not a singer, he’s a front man – and his seemingly delicate
tones come with a crunch on this release, which just plasters a smile on
your face.
Oh yeah, smiling isn’t punk in the traditional sense of the word, but
take a listen to ‘Do The Bunk’ and ‘Harder And Harder’ and you’ll see what
I mean. Harder and harder, indeed, Hard-Ons are a one-stop shop for a
rollicking good time and show no signs of slowing down.

Label: Music Farmers/Inertia

BY ANNA ROSE

SINGLES – WITH AUGUSTUS WELBY

NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS HYDRA FASHION WEEK GREENTEA PENG EMMA RUSSACK & LACHLAN DENTON

Hollywood Delete Mr. Sun (miss da sun) Catch

Grief is stamped all over the new Bad Seeds’
album, Ghosteen – the first written since
Cave’s son died in 2015. Its final song, the
14-minute ‘Hollywood’, interpolates the story
of Kisa Gotami going to see the Buddha after
losing her child. The Buddha asks Kisa to bring
him a mustard seed from any house where
no one has died. Failing to do so, Kisa learns
that everyone is affected by mortality. You join
a community of the bereaved when you lose
someone close to you, suggests Cave.
Label: Ghosteen Ltd.
Who’s in the mood for a bit of jazz punk
silliness? “Please, don’t delete… me,” sings
Charlie Teitelbaum, who you’ll recognise from
Melbourne trio Huntly. Teitelbaum could be
giving voice to the track’s bass sound – not
only is the bass tone dreadful, but it’s mixed
disconcertingly loud. The fact they decided to
crank it instead of attempt a revisal speaks to
the sort of freedom this song campaigns for. It
ends with a quick thrash detour, recalling the
Minutemen in its unfazed flexibility.
Label: Independant
The reflex to search for cryptic meaning
in lyrics can distract from the beauty of
straightforward sentiment. You could project
symbolism onto Greentea Peng’s new soul/
R&B number, ‘Mr. Sun (miss da sun)’, or just
take it as a paean to the enriching powers
of the sun. Given the artist is based in South
London, you know those sun cravings are real.
Producer Earbuds lays down an electronic
beat with a sprinkling of sax to match Peng’s
hip hop influenced vocal style.
Label: Different Recordings
Emma Russack recently retired her
underappreciated solo project to put more
effort into this collaboration with The Ocean
Party’s Lachlan Denton. Denton – who, at
30-years-old, has already amassed a Panama
Papers-sized resume of understated guitar
pop songs – sounds like he’s just getting
started. ‘Catch’ is precise and dedicated to
the notion of being caught and set free by
another’s love. The picking acoustics give it a
‘90s soft rock feel, but songwriting this sharp
would cut through in any era.
Label: Spunk

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DANNY BROWN
6.5
uknowhatimsayin¿
After a three-year wait, Danny Brown’s new
album uknowhatimsayin¿ has producer
Q-Tip of A Tribe Called Quest doing his best
to carve a new sound for Brown to ride on.
The results are mostly mixed.
Brown’s music exists in this freeform
state where all beats are on the table. This
idea works when Brown is locked in with an
engaging, head-bopping flow like on the lead
singles ‘Dirty Laundry’ and ‘Best Life’.
The first of the two has a jumpy, analog
beat that sounds like it was taken straight
from an arcade game. It’s one of the year’s
best songs, while ‘Best Life’ is an unusually
optimistic piece on doing your best.
‘Combat’ is a fine jazzy closer, with
chopped up trumpets chirping in the
background, though the album’s most
intoxicating moment has to be ‘Shine’,
featuring Dev Hynes of Blood Orange. It’s
this hazy, dreamy track which completely
swallows everything around it.
Most of the album’s collaborations are
enjoyable, still, I wish the instrumentals backing
Brown and guests were more exciting. They
lack the punch one expects from Danny
Brown. Add the track ‘Theme Song’ to my list
of complaints, too. There are some funny bars,
but most of the song is sleep-inducing.
Overall, uknowhatimsayin¿ is an uneven
album that does well most of the time. It does
feel like a step backward from 2016’s Atrocity
Exhibition, Brown’s best album to date.
However, this is a worthy addition to Brown’s
sound that is still miles ahead of mainstream
rap’s biggest stars.
Label: Warp Records
BY JONATHAN REYNOSO
DERMOT KENNEDY
8 7.5
Without Fear
It’s been an algorithmic rise to fame for Irish
busker Dermot Kennedy, whose debut single
‘An Evening I Will Not Forget’ found its way
onto Spotify’s individually tailored playlist,
Discover Weekly. The addition of another
song, ‘Boston’ to Taylor Swift’s personal
playlist only boosted his profile.
It’s fitting that the first song he released
opens his debut album, Without Fear; a
collection of cathartic, immersive songs
that capture the essence and power behind
Kennedy’s voice and storytelling.
‘Power Over Me’, the third track of the
album, has already proven its popularity
with fans, having been taken for a true spin
out on the road at festivals and concerts. It’s
one of the many songs on the album which
encapsulates Kennedy’s ability to simmer just
below the surface before roaring through
powerful choruses and hooks.
Kennedy poetically expresses his inner
thoughts in a way that makes each song on
the record deeply personal and authentic.
‘Rome’ translates almost as a diary entry, while
‘Outgrown’ blends hip hop influences with
the anthemic timbre of his voice, perfected
during his days busking.
Title track ‘Without Fear’ offers a dynamic
finale to an album that embodies a moment in
time Kennedy has managed to capture within
thirteen raw and vulnerable tracks.
Label: Warner Music Australia
BY PRIYA FRANCIS
EDITOR’S PICK
UNDERGROUND LOVERS
A Left Turn
One of Australia’s
most enduring and
consistent bands,
Underground Lovers,
have just returned
with their 10th
album, A Left Turn.
OWEN CAMPBELL
The Rolling
Thunder of Love
Popular Australia’s Got Talent contestant and
acclaimed slide guitarist, Owen Campbell, has
rolled out his fourth LP, The Rolling Thunder
of Love.
Campbell extends his coarse, devilish
voice and blues sensibilities to this LP, which
doesn’t stray from where he started. But by
the fourth album, he proves why we should still
be listening. The album has more shuffle and
groove to it than previous releases, however,
with ‘The Cool Moonlight’ and ‘Medicine Man’
transporting you to a dance hall, twistin’ and all.
Campbell even ventures into heart-
warming territory with ‘Love Your Woman’
harkening the Otis Redding catalogue and
‘Gentle Breeze’ being the romantic 70’s
acoustic callback.
‘Presidents’ Man’ remains a highlight;
a slow, downright dirty blues groove
accompanied by lyrics that tell a villainous
tale of somebody working for the man and
committing heinous acts. It’s despicable, but
it makes the song so much more likeable.
Campbell also proceeds to ‘revisit’ his
single ‘Wreckin Ball’ and though it does
sound different from the original, with the
noticeable addition of an organ, its structure
remains the same.
Old fashioned to a tee, Campbell sticks to
what he knows and the results shine.
Label: Beats Cartel / MGM Distribution
BY RHYS MCKENZIE
Their previous LP, 2017’s Staring At You
Staring At Me, saw the band tackle their guitar
capability – a rock-driven run of songs which
uncovered the versatility of a band who have
previously been content to sit on a groove.
On A Left Turn, the band return to the
cockpit and set for the sky – it’s a smooth
journey that plays to their krautrock influences.
‘Bells’ and ‘Rocky Endings (A Left Turn)’ could
be mistaken for Brian Jonestown Massacre
deep cuts, such is their willingness to settle
on a rhythm and stay there. Nevertheless, the
album does have its rock flourishes – ‘Hooky’
a forthright account of testosterone-laden
man-to-man encounters.
NEW MUSIC
LOVE FAME TRAGEDY
8
I Don’t Want To
Play The Victim,
But I’m Really
Good At It
After conquering the globe with the success
of indie-pop extraordinaires The Wombats,
the band’s lead singer and songwriter
Matthew Murphy is taking some much-
needed time off… to make art-rock under the
Love Fame Tragedy moniker.
Somewhere between a Gorillaz-style
collaborative effort and a solo venture,
Murphy’s fresh creation allows him to make
the songs he could never make with The
Wombats, while giving him an opportunity to
bust out new tunes with other musicians.
Love Fame Tragedy’s first cohesive effort
comes in the form of the EP I Don’t Want To
Play The Victim, But I’m Really Good At It, a
title which, if anything, shows Murphy isn’t
tired of his trademark witty lyricism just yet.
The EP kicks off with lead single ‘My
Cheating Heart’, featuring singer and model
Maddi Jean Waterhouse on backing vocals.
The tune speeds along at a ripper pace,
retaining Murphy’s penchant for big choruses
and name-dropping locales.
Ballad ‘Brand New Brain’ is also a soaring
example of a modern piano tune done right.
Coupled with the searing riffs on ‘Backflip’, the
song which most exemplifies Murphy’s use of
outlandish metaphors, Love Fame Tragedy’s
first EP is an exciting sign of things to come.
Label: Good Soldier Records
BY JAMES ROBERTSON
Lead single and standout track, ‘Seven
Day Weekend’, is a Britpop-inspired number
reminiscent of Happy Mondays – vocalist
Vincent Giarrusso adorns his Shaun Ryder
cape in this ode to not giving a fuck.
If anything, the inward-looking A Left Turn
consolidates the parameters of Underground
Lovers’ comfort zone. They understand their
strengths and they’re not going to stray too
far from the tree if they don’t have to. Another
solid effort, Lovers.
Label: Rubber Records
BY TOM PARKER
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GIGS & EVENTS
Gig & Events Guide
WEDNESDAY 16 OCT
JAZZ, GLOBAL, SOUL/
FUNK
JULIEN WILSON'S STOCK, ENTROPY
QUARTET Bar 303. Northcote. 8.30pm.
WIND IT UP FEAT: SLEDGEHAMMER,
BANANAGUN, AMADOU SUSO
Northcote Social Club. Northcote. 8pm.
FREE.
BOPSTRETCH Uptown Jazz Café. Fitzroy.
8.30pm.
LUKE HOWARD The Jazzlab. Brunswick.
8pm. $20.
MICHELLE NICOLLE QUARTET Bird's
Basement. Melbourne. 7.45pm. $25.
AAALTO Brunswick Green. Brunswick.
8.30pm. FREE.
MONTY SHNIER QUINTET Paris Cat Jazz
Club. Melbourne. 7.30pm. $20.
ANGELA LIBRANDI, REMI KOLAWOLE
Paris Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne. 8pm. $30.
SHOTA’S JAZZ RECITAL FEAT: SHOTA
IKEDA Open Studio. Northcote. 8pm. $10.
ROCK, PUNK, METAL
HALF THE ANDES, TRUDIE POTTER, TESS
HANNAH Old Bar. Fitzroy. 7.30pm. FREE.
FLYING SAUCER TERROR, ALITA &
ANDROMEDA, JIN JELLIC Bendigo Hotel.
Collingwood. 8pm. FREE.
CANCER BATS, TOTALLY UNICORN,
SOMETHING SOMETHING EXPLOSION,
DIPLOID Stay Gold. Brunswick. 7.30pm.
$39.50.
NIGHT SCHOOL FEAT: SEAWEED ON
STICKS, PABLO PACE, TRACE DECAY
Grace Darling Hotel. Collingwood. 8pm.
FREE.
GRINSPOON, THE HARD ACHES,
GOOCH PALMS, BUGS Forum Melbourne.
Melbourne. 7pm.
THURSDAY 17 OCT
ROCK, PUNK, METAL
LIVE MUSIC. FRESH BEER. PROPER SOUND.
ALL DAY L ATIN BBQ - BEERS BREWED ON SITE
88
HOLOPEAK, DRAGONFRUIT, WOLFA Bar
303. Northcote. 7pm.
THE DORKS, CUT WIRE, CUTTERS
Gasometer Hotel. Collingwood. 8pm. $8.
STELLA BRIDIE, BABYCCINO, STELLA
FARNAN Old Bar. Fitzroy. 7.30pm. $8.
ANDRE WARHURST Labour in Vain.
Fitzroy. 8pm. FREE.
SWAMP MOTH, SOUTHBOUND SNAKE
CHARMERS, FUTURE TONGUES, FLYING
DUTCHMAN Bendigo Hotel. Collingwood.
7.30pm. FREE.
THE SUN IS A DEADLY LASER, 27
WINTERS The B.East. Brunswick East.
9pm. FREE.
DAN CHAPMAN & BAND, TIMEWISE Red
Betty. Brunswick. 6pm. FREE.
GIRLS ON TOFF FEAT: PSYCHOBABEL,
PLOVERS, THE SLINGERS, KIERNAN
IRONFIELD The Toff In Town. Melbourne.
7pm. $11.80.
GOLD DIGGER THURSDAYS LAUNCH
FEAT: THE BENNIES, FLOUR, VON
STACHE, BATZ Stay Gold. Brunswick. 7pm.
FREE.
IRIS, YUKUMBABE, BOUND BY HOUND
The Last Chance Rock & Roll Bar. North
Melbourne. 8pm. $8.
HUH, WISE MAN SAY, SOFT TACO, LONG
HOURS Grace Darling Hotel. Collingwood.
8.30pm. $10.
THURSTY THURSDAYS UNI NIGHT
FEAT: VIERA HOTEL Swamplands Bar.
Thornbury. 7pm. FREE.
MAJUN BU, BELLY SAVALAS, THE
PIRATESKA REBELLION Gasometer Hotel.
Collingwood. 8pm. $13.25.
CANCER BATS Pier Bandroom. Frankston.
7.30pm. $34.90.
BEDROCK WITH LEE HARDING, DJ
MATTY J Pier Bandroom. Frankston. 9pm.
GEORGE MICHAEL: LISTEN TO YOUR
HEART FEAT: JOHN FOREMAN, ROB
MILLS, HUGH SHERIDAN, PRINNIE
STEVENS, BOBBY FOX, ANDREW DE
SILVA, CHRIDDY BLACK, SHELDON
RILEY Hamer Hall (Arts Centre
Melbourne). Melbourne. 7.30pm. $99 -
129.
NORTHLANE, COUNTERPARTS, SILENT
PLANET, VOID OF VISION 170 Russell.
Melbourne. 6pm.
THE KIDS NEXT DOOR FAD Gallery.
Melbourne. 9pm. FREE.
IN OCTOBER
245 JOHNSTON ST. ABBOTSFORD 3067
STELLA BRIDIE, BABYCCINO, STELLA
FARNAN Old Bar. Fitzroy. 7.30pm. $8.
MATT BRADSHAW The Elephant and
Wheelbarrow. Melbourne. 9.30pm. FREE.
JAZZ, GLOBAL, SOUL/
FUNK
HOLOPEAK, DRAGONFRUIT, WOLFA Bar
303. Northcote. 7pm.
THE CORRIDORS Bar Open. Fitzroy. 7pm.
FREE.
ANDREA KELLER TRANSIENTS TRIO
Uptown Jazz Café. Fitzroy. 8.30pm.
CUPCAKE Open Studio. Northcote. 8pm.
$10.
DAVE GRANEY & CLARE MOORE The
Jazzlab. Brunswick. 8pm. $25.
THE NEW MONOS Bar Oussou.
Brunswick. 9pm. FREE.
KAREN LEE ANDREWS Bird's Basement.
Melbourne. 7.45pm. $29.
THE MICHELLE NICOLLE BAND
Brunswick Green. Brunswick. 8.30pm.
FREE.
OGOPOGO, ROWAN BLACKMORE Hotel
Esplanade (aka The Espy). St Kilda. 8pm.
FREE.
RACHEL DELGADO + ALEXANDER
NETTELBECK TRIO Paris Cat Jazz Club.
Melbourne. 7.30pm. $30.
SYN-CHRO-NI-CI-TY Paris Cat Jazz Club.
Melbourne. 8pm. $25.
CLAUDIA JONES, ZOBI WAN Bodriggy
Brewing Company. Abbotsford. 5pm.
FREE.
FEM BELLING, JOHN MONTESANTE
QUINTET The Water Rat Hotel. South
Melbourne. 7pm. FREE.
FRIDAY 18 OCT
ROCK, PUNK, METAL
DON’T TEXT YOUR EX, OH DAISY, WAY
SHIT, MARINA MITCHELL Bar 303.
Northcote. 8.30pm. $10.
PACIFIC AVENUE, MORNING STILLS,
NATHAN WONG, ZACHARY LEO Old Bar.
Fitzroy. 8.30pm. $15.
SOAKED OATS, DEAD EYES, OBSCURA
HAIL The Curtin. Carlton. 8pm. $17.75.
NIR TSFATY Compass Pizza. Brunswick
East. 8pm. FREE.
SEEKER LOVER KEEPER, ANNA
CORDELL, JUNE JONES Corner Hotel.
Richmond. 8.30pm.
NOCTURNAL GRAVES, GELD,
GUTLESS, BLACKHELM Bendigo Hotel.
Collingwood. 8pm. $15.
IRON STEEL, LIDIA FOXXX MusicLand
Fawkner Music Complex. Fawkner.
7.30pm. $10.
COVERED UP MusicLand Fawkner Music
Complex. Fawkner. 7.30pm. $10.
THE MOTION BELOW, TO OCTAVIA,
FURIOUS GEORGE The Last Chance Rock
& Roll Bar. North Melbourne. 8.30pm.
$11.25.
LIQUID FACE The Last Chance Rock &
Roll Bar. North Melbourne. 4pm. FREE.
ROOLETTE RECORDS DJ RESIDENCY
The Last Chance Rock & Roll Bar. North
Melbourne. 11.45pm. FREE.
HALF/CUT, GREAT EARTHQUAKE, VIDEO
BREEZY, MAPLE GLIDER Grace Darling
Hotel. Collingwood. 8pm. $10.
EL COLOSSO, HIGH AS HELL, A
GAZILLION ANGRY MEXICANS Bombay
Rock. Brunswick. 6pm. FREE.
THE TARANTINOS, MOOGY MORGAN
Hotel Esplanade (aka The Espy). St Kilda.
9pm. FREE.
THE MAVIS, BYRON ST JOHN Hotel
Esplanade (aka The Espy). St Kilda. 8pm.
$27.50.
U-BAHN + SLAG QUEENS The Fitzroy
Pinnacle. Fitzroy North. 8.30pm. FREE.
LUCY'S LOCKETT, THE SLOW CLUB,
PLASTIC SPACEMAN, KINNON
Swamplands Bar. Thornbury. 8.30pm.
FREE.
THE MOONSHINE JAM BAND Gem Bar.
Collingwood. 8pm. FREE.
MAMMA JAM Royal Hotel (Essendon).
Essendon. 10pm. FREE.
THE ULTIMATE 80’S FLURO PARTY FEAT:
BRIAN MANNIX, DALE RYDER, SCOTT
CARNE, JAMES MORLEY, ALLY FOWLER,
DAVE STERRY Prince Bandroom. St Kilda.
8pm. $51.
TROPICAL FUCK STORM, SURFBORT,
ALL THE WEATHERS The Croxton.
Thornbury. 8pm.
2 0 . 1 0
T H E 7 7 4 S
2 7 . 1 0
SWAZI GOLD
0 3 . 1 1
TAMO JUNTO
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FLEETMAC WOOD PRESENTS SEA OF
LOVE DISCO Brown Alley. Melbourne.
10pm. $27.46 - 32.74.
NORTHLANE, COUNTERPARTS, SILENT
PLANET, VOID OF VISION 170 Russell.
Melbourne. 7.30pm.
UNDER THE SEA, LIGHT MAGNETIC
Labour in Vain. Fitzroy. 8pm. FREE.
INTO THE MYSTIC - THE SONGS OF
VAN MORRISON Caravan Music Club.
Bentleigh East. 8pm. $28.
METRIK The Elephant and Wheelbarrow.
Melbourne. 11pm. FREE.
MATT BRADSHAW The Elephant and
Wheelbarrow. Melbourne. 6pm. FREE.
CAPTAIN SPALDING BAND Customs
House Hotel. Williamstown. 8pm. FREE.
JAZZ, GLOBAL, SOUL/
FUNK
SAGAMORE, SUNFRUITS, CHIMPANZEE
Bar Open. Fitzroy. 8.30pm. $10.
SEX ON TOAST, TANZER, TEK TEK
ENSEMBLE Stay Gold. Brunswick. 8pm.
$25.63.
8 FOOT FELIX Open Studio. Northcote.
8pm. $12.
BETTER LATE, COFI, KONG KORD, NEXT
MAN DEAD Night Cat. Fitzroy. 8pm. $7.07.
JAMES MORRISON & HIS ACADEMY
ORCHESTRA The Jazzlab. Brunswick.
6.30pm. $45.
TRIP BEATS VOL. 6 FEAT: KUNDALINI
PROJECT, OM TRYAMBAKAM, TEMPLE
STEP PROJECT, #STDRUMS, GIBBERISH
Bar Oussou. Brunswick. 9pm. FREE.
KAREN LEE ANDREWS Bird's Basement.
Melbourne. 7.45pm. $29.
RICK FREEMAN'S 'ON IT' TRIO Classic
Southside. Elsternwick. 8pm. $25.
NORIA ET LES PARIGOTS Paris Cat Jazz
Club. Melbourne. 6.30pm. $32.50.
ANNEMARIE SHARRY'S BOSSARACH
Paris Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne. 8pm.
$32.50.
THE SINGER’S SONG FEAT: SUSIE
GOBLE, JACINTA CARUANA Paris Cat
Jazz Club. Melbourne. 9pm. $30.
MARYSVILLE JAZZ & BLUES WEEKEND
2019 FEAT: VIKA & LINDA, THE
SENEGAMBIAN JAZZ BAND, KAREN
LEE ANDREWS, ONE NIGHT ONLY - THE
BLUES BROS. REVUE, HORNS OF LEROY,
FRANK SULTANA Marysville Town Centre.
VIC. 9am. $70 - 165.
TAMARA KULDIN QUARTET Lido Jazz
Room. Hawthorn. 8pm. $25.
HIP HOP, R&B, POP
NO SCRUBS: ‘90S AND ‘00S PARTY Wool
Exchange. Geelong. 8pm. $17.85.
POPROCKS FEAT: DR PHIL The Toff In
Town. Melbourne. 9pm. FREE.
THE HOT AS HELL LIZZO APPRECIATION
PARTY Stay Gold. Brunswick. 11pm. FREE.
WORDPLAY, THE G-RIZ Laundry Bar.
Fitzroy. 8.30pm. $10.
LAUNDRY FRIDAYS FEAT: VARIOUS DJS
Laundry Bar. Fitzroy. 9pm. FREE.
AFTER HOURS FEAT: DJ SPELL, ZEUS
ROCK Horse Bazaar. Melbourne. 8pm.
FREE.
RNB FRIDAYS Co. Southbank. 9.30pm.
$25.
PHRESH FRIDAYS Khokolat Bar.
Melbourne. 9.30pm. FREE.
MONKEY MARC FEAT: RIDER
SHAFIQUE, FYAH ROIALL, DJ WASABI,
CHANT DOWN SOUND, LADY BANTON,
JPS, KODIAK KID, HOUSEWIFE'S
CHOICE Max Watt's (Melbourne). 8pm.
$29.10.
RED BULL MUSIC FESTIVAL FEAT:
SAMPA THE GREAT, THANDISWA
MAZWAI, GENESIS OWUSU, DALLAS
WOODS, MWANJÈ Forum Melbourne.
Melbourne. 7pm. $40.
SATURDAY 19 OCT
ROCK, PUNK, METAL
#STDRUMS, BLISTERED TENTACLE,
GIBBERISH Bar 303. Northcote. 9pm.
PABLO PACE, CROOKS, KILNS, ELECTRIC
ZEBRA Old Bar. Fitzroy. 7.30pm. $10.
SHAG ROCK, TRACE DECAY, NEILPOT
Northcote Social Club. Northcote.
8.30pm. $17.98.
LETITIA'S ROCKSHOW, MR. TEENAGE
Northcote Social Club. Northcote.
12.30pm. $20 - 40.
MUDTRAIN The Lomond Hotel. Brunswick
East. 9.30pm. FREE.
THE PINK TILES, BJ MORRISZONKLE,
SLUSH Labour in Vain. Fitzroy. 7pm. FREE.
A BROKEN SAIL + THE ELECTRIC
GUITARS, WALKERVILLE The Curtin.
Carlton. 8pm. $17.75.
ROSS WILSON & THE PEACENIKS
Caravan Music Club. Bentleigh East. 8pm.
$33.
COMPULSION TO KILL Bendigo Hotel.
Collingwood. 5pm. $15.
GRINDHOUSE, FULL TONE GENERATOR TROPICAL FUCK STORM, SURFBORT,
The B.East. Brunswick East. 9pm. FREE. ALL THE WEATHERS The Croxton.
TWO HEADED DOG, REDRO REDRIGUEZ Thornbury. 8pm.
& HIS INNER DEMONS, THE DEAD WEIRD PLACE FEST 3 FEAT: HORACE
AMIGOS, RAMBLIN' GOLD, THE PLEATS BONES, MINI SKIRT, VELVET ELEVATOR,
Spotted Mallard. Brunswick. 7pm. $15. SLAG QUEENS, VINTAGE CROP, MORE
PACIFIC AVENUE, THE MOVING STILLS, The Tote Hotel. Collingwood. 3pm. $28.60.
TRAVALLEY, SOPHISTICATED DINGO ULTIMATE AMERICAN ROCK SHOW
Wrangler Studios. Footscray. 4pm. $18.40. FEAT: SCARECROW Newport Bowling
ON REPEAT: INDIE NIGHT Stay Gold. Club. Newport. 6pm. $25.
Brunswick. 11pm. FREE. SEEKER LOVER KEEPER, JUNE JONES
GN'R - THE AUSTRALIAN GUNS N' Theatre Royal Castlemaine. 8pm. $44.95.
ROSES TRIBUTE SHOW, DEF REPPLICA
MusicLand Fawkner Music Complex.
Fawkner. 7.30pm. $20. JAZZ, GLOBAL, SOUL/
ROCKIN VOLTS MusicLand Fawkner
FUNK
Music Complex. Fawkner. 7.30pm. $20.
GLOMESH, EAT MAN, HONEYBONE,
SOUTH SIDE SOUL 2 Brothers Brewery.
SHOVE The Last Chance Rock & Roll Bar.
Moorabbin. 8pm. FREE.
North Melbourne. 8pm. $10.
SAFARI MOTEL The Drunken Poet. West
LEANNE'S BIRTHDAY PARTY, SAM
Melbourne. 4pm. FREE.
AGOSTINO, FRED ASTEREO, RHYS
DJ KOMBUCHI BOI Charles Weston
(OF RHYSICS/SCRAGGERS) The Last
Hotel. Brunswick. 8pm.
Chance Rock & Roll Bar. North Melbourne.
BABAGANOUSH, 64, RED RAKIA Bar
3.30pm. FREE.
Open. Fitzroy. 9.30pm. $16.35.
THE GURDIES, SCAB BABY, THE
ELLIS/SHERLOCK/TARENTO TRIO Bar
SPAGHETTI STAINS Grace Darling Hotel.
Open. Fitzroy. 6.30pm. FREE.
Collingwood. 8pm. FREE.
WILDLIFE FEAT: ELLE SHIMADA
HASHSHASHIN, SUPERFEATHER, ZÖJ,
COLLECTIVE, ZIGGY ZEITGEIST, FINN
HELU Grace Darling Hotel. Collingwood.
REES, MAGG.Z, ZOBI WAN, DJ JNETT,
8pm. $17.93.
ROK RILEY The Toff In Town. Melbourne.
KILL BELL, LAYLA, SYNTHETICS Grace
7.30pm. $11.80.
Darling Hotel. Collingwood. 8pm. $10.
THE SEDUCEAPHONES, TONY MITÉ
BROKEN, HACKER, OUTSIDERS CODE,
Open Studio. Northcote. 8.30pm. $8.
CRUSH THE DEMONIAC Boney.
MUDD, MIRO, ISADORA Open Studio.
Melbourne. 7pm. $12.92.
Northcote. 5.30pm. $5.
HALLOWEEN HORROR FEAT: AIME
NOIRE, NEMESIUM, AS I DESTRUCT,
KELVIN YAP Open Studio. Northcote. 12pm.
SQUID NEBULA Night Cat. Fitzroy.
THE BONES OF GOD Bombay Rock.
11.30pm. $7.07.
Brunswick. 8pm. $16.91.
JON CLEARY Night Cat. Fitzroy. 8pm.
BASTARD NORTH, FILTH DIMENSION,
$64.95.
ALUMINUM MONSTER, FEROCIOUS
JAMES SHERLOCK TRIO WITH JULIE
CHODE Bombay Rock. Brunswick. 7pm.
O’HARA The Jazzlab. Brunswick. 8pm.
FREE.
$30.
LOCO HOMBRES The Catfish. Fitzroy.
THE ALEXANDER NETTLEBECK
8pm. FREE.
QUARTET Lido Jazz Room. Hawthorn.
EASTBOUND BUZZ + TELESCREEN Hotel
8pm. $25.
Esplanade (aka The Espy). St Kilda. 8pm.
YUSUPHA NGUM & THE AFFIA BAND Bar
FREE.
Oussou. Brunswick. 10pm. FREE.
MONSTERIA, FLYING SAUCER TERROR,
OUSSOU FEAST, AMADOU SUSO Bar
THE INTERCEPTORS, VIKIMEALINGS
Oussou. Brunswick. 12pm. FREE.
Swamplands Bar. Thornbury. 9pm. FREE.
NATHAN HAINES & JONATHAN
BURIED FEATHER, BROWN SPIRITS,
CRAYFORD Bird's Basement. Melbourne.
TURTLE SKULL, MESA COSA Gasometer
7.45pm. $35.
Hotel. Collingwood. 8pm. $18.35.
BOB SEDERGREEN & FRIENDS,
MILLION DOLLAR RIFF - A CLASSIC
EMMA GILMARTIN Classic Southside.
ROCK EXPERIENCE Oakleigh Lounge.
Elsternwick. 8pm. $25.
Oakleigh. 8.30pm. $15.
THE DEANS OF SOUL, TEACUP
WITH CONFIDENCE, STATESIDE, STUCK
RHINO, THE SOPHIE LOUISE QUARTET
OUT Max Watt's (Melbourne). 7pm.
Gasometer Hotel. Collingwood. 1pm. $10.
$29.10.

Floyd Thursby Claudia Jones Holopeak Plastic Spaceman

LOMOND HOTEL BODRIGGY BREWING CO. BAR 303 SWAMPLANDS

In another instalment of Lomond Hotel’s
Acoustica night, Floyd Thursby will
perform songs from his recent album To
Those in Flames on Wednesday October
16. The album, released in September, was
produced by ARIA-award winning Marty
Brown. Doors open at 7pm, the show is free.
Thursdays in October sees Claudia Jones
take to Bodriggy Brewing Co. with her
effervescent disco, funk and soul music.
For this fortnight’s instalment, she will be
joined by DJs Zobi Wan on October 17 and
Darcy Justice on October 24. It’s all free
and kicks off at 5pm.
Launching their debut album, Summit
Over, Holopeak will perform at Bar 303 on
Thursday October 17 where they’ll flaunt
their signature blend of jazz, minimalism
and electronica. The young creatives will
be supported by Dragonfruit, with entry
donations going towards the Melbourne
Jazz Co-op. Doors at 7pm.
Plastic Spaceman will bring a night of
eclectic pop, rock, folk and blues to
Swamplands with The Slow Club, Kinnon
and Lucy’s Lockett to help. The Friday
October 18 gig is free, so you can spend
more on beer – it begins at 8pm.

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GIGS & EVENTS
TAMARA KULDIN & PAUL COYLE Paris
Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne. 5.30pm.
$32.50.
MARYSVILLE JAZZ & BLUES WEEKEND
2019 FEAT: VIKA & LINDA, THE
SENEGAMBIAN JAZZ BAND, KAREN
LEE ANDREWS, ONE NIGHT ONLY - THE
BLUES BROS. REVUE, HORNS OF LEROY,
FRANK SULTANA Marysville Town Centre.
VIC. 9am. $70 - 165.
FUNK RABBIT Clifton Hill Brewpub.
Clifton Hill. 9pm. FREE.
LEO DALE Footscray Community Arts
Centre. VIC. 2pm. FREE.
BROOKLYN '86 The Moldy Fig. 8.30pm.
FREE.
ELECTRONIC,
EXPERIMENTAL
PRECURSOR S-19-OC, APOLLO
WALKER, JIM WESTLAKE, MBUG
MUSIC, CHRIS THATCHER DJ, MITTONS,
VJ DVISN Red Betty. Brunswick. 6pm. $5.
WILDLIFE FEAT: ELLE SHIMADA
COLLECTIVE, ZIGGY ZEITGEIST, FINN
REES, MAGG.Z, ZOBI WAN, DJ JNETT,
ROK RILEY The Toff In Town. Melbourne.
7.30pm. $11.80.
I LOVE DANCEHALL FEAT: SO FIRE,
JAH TUNG, AL GOOD, DJ SELEKTAH,
SHOTTAZ, BURN CITY QUEENZ Rubix
Warehouse. Brunswick. 10pm. $12.50.
GOODLIFE FEAT: MICHAEL ZAC, CHRIS
NG Loop Project Space & Bar. Melbourne.
10pm. $10.
FEM FANTASY FEAT: MO·LOUIE,
YOUTHFIRE, LOUISE, MAX LAWRENCE
Horse Bazaar. Melbourne. 7.30pm. $7.
FANTASTIC VOYAGE FEAT: SUPER
JIM Z, MONFREAQ, ELOYSE Boney.
Melbourne. 11pm.
MYTHOLOGY FEAT: XXX, POST PERCY
Boney. Melbourne. 9pm.
FLAVIUS, GORILLA GROOVE, MOMENT
OF DARKNESS, MR KAPOW, KUNI,
CYMASCOPIC, EELZ, BECKY BUBBLE,
THE BROTHERS SWAG 24 Moons.
Northcote. 8pm. $16.97.
GUPSTAR FEAT: GUPSTAR The Fox Hotel.
Collingwood. 7pm. FREE.
ALL NIGHT FEAT: DJ JERRY C, JADE
ZOE, KAÏRA CUVÉE, KDKE, LOTUS
MOONCHILD, MORE The Carlton Club.
Melbourne. 10pm. FREE.
ELECTRIC DREAMS Co. Southbank. 9pm.
$22.19.
TORREN FOOT Prince Bandroom. St Kilda.
10pm. $20.
Cahill Kelly
THE BERGY SELTZER
Ripper local venue The Bergy Seltzer
welcomes rising singer-songwriter Cahill
Kelly to its stage on Saturday October 19
to fill the night’s air with soulful tunes. The
whimsical Black SheOak will also be along
for the night. It all goes from 6pm and is
totally free.
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EAT THE BEAT - MASQUERADE PARTY
New Guernica. Melbourne. 10pm. $15.
TEXTILE FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Lucky Coq.
Windsor. 9pm.
RECONNECT - SMILE POLICE 20 YEAR
REUNION FEAT: HELLRAISER, DJ NIK
COLA Melbourne Pavilion. VIC. 3pm. $35
- 45.
BOUNCE WITH DJ 2P The Elephant and
Wheelbarrow. Melbourne. 10pm. FREE.
HIP HOP, R&B, POP
SECRET HEADLINER + PRETTY IN
PINK (HEART BEACH) The Night Heron.
Footscray. 6pm. FREE.
BEC SANDRIDGE, EAGLEMONT, DENISE
LE MENICE Howler. Brunswick. 8pm.
$24.71.
ALL NIGHT FEAT: DJ JERRY C, JADE
ZOE, KAÏRA CUVÉE, KDKE, LOTUS
MOONCHILD, MORE The Carlton Club.
Melbourne. 10pm. FREE.
OLD SCHOOL RNB Co. Southbank. 10pm.
$27.46.
KHOKOLAT SATURDAYS, DAMION DE
SILVA, DURMY Khokolat Bar. Melbourne.
9.30pm.
CLIENT LIAISON Forum Melbourne.
Melbourne. 8pm.
TEXTILE FEAT: VARIOUS DJS Lucky Coq.
Windsor. 9pm.
LAUNDRY SATURDAYS Laundry Bar.
Fitzroy. 9pm. FREE.
SUNDAY 20 OCT
ROCK, PUNK, METAL
THE MAMAS, THE CLOTHESLINES, ZOE
FOX, LO-RES, VARIOUS DJS Bar 303.
Northcote. 4.30pm. FREE.
DAREBIN MUSIC FEAST OPENING
PARTY FEAT: ALICE SKYE, COOL
SOUNDS, CULTE, EMMA DONOVAN
& THE PUTBACKS, ZOE FOX, MORE
Northcote Social Club. Northcote. 1pm.
FREE.
BAD TASTE, SADULTS, TONY TAINT,
SLACK ATTACK Bar Open. Fitzroy. 8pm.
$10.
SPLIT THE SUN + FORTRESS OF
NARZOD Bendigo Hotel. Collingwood.
2.30pm. FREE.
THE RIGHT BROTHERS Young Street
Supper Club. Frankston. 7.30pm. FREE.
WITH CONFIDENCE, STUCK OUT,
Funk Rabbit
CLIFTON HILL BREWPUB
The Clifton Hill Brewpub will host sextet
Funk Rabbit on Saturday October 19 for a
night of three high energy sets. Dancing
shoes and deodorant are a must for this
free show full of horns, powerful vocals
and pure groove. It gets going at 9pm.
STATESIDE Wrangler Studios. Footscray.
1.30pm. $28.60.
CONCRETE LAWN, BITUMEN,
SCREENSAVER, VERTIGO, 2 STROKE
The Last Chance Rock & Roll Bar. North
Melbourne. 7pm. $12.
SUNDAY SESSION FEAT: H-ZED, MR.
STITCHER, VACANT IMAGE The Last
Chance Rock & Roll Bar. North Melbourne.
2pm. FREE.
CITY OF COOL Swamplands Bar.
Thornbury. 4pm. FREE.
THE EXCITING MCGILLYCUDDIES The
Quiet Man Irish Pub. Flemington. 6pm.
FREE.
JAZZ, GLOBAL, SOUL/
FUNK
THE MAMAS, THE CLOTHESLINES, ZOE
FOX, LO-RES, VARIOUS DJS Bar 303.
Northcote. 4.30pm. FREE.
SPEAKEASY JAZZ JAM FEAT: HAWK
I, LEGO, ADAM RUDEGEAIR & HOUSE
BAND Red Betty. Brunswick. 6pm. FREE.
JAZZ SUNDAYS FEAT: LLOYD BRIGGS,
CRAIG FERMANIS ORGAN TRIO Howler.
Brunswick. 3pm. FREE.
JON CLEARY & THE ABSOLUTE
MONSTER GENTLEMEN Caravan Music
Club. Bentleigh East. 2.30pm. $60.
JULES BOULT & FRIENDS The Rainbow
Hotel. Fitzroy. 4pm. FREE.
RODA DE CHORO Open Studio.
Northcote. 1pm. FREE.
QUARTER STREET Night Cat. Fitzroy.
9pm. $17.90.
MATT HOYNE QUINTET The Jazzlab.
Brunswick. 8pm. $20.
AUSECUMA BEATS Bar Oussou.
Brunswick. 7.30pm. FREE.
SOUL SACRIFICE - THE MUSIC OF
SANTANA Bird's Basement. Melbourne.
7.45pm. $29.
JAZZ ORBIT Brunswick Green. Brunswick.
7.30pm. FREE.
AMOS ROACH Swamplands Bar.
Thornbury. 6pm. FREE.
GEORGA BYRNE Paris Cat Jazz Club.
Melbourne. 7pm. $25.
JOANNA WALLFISCH Paris Cat Jazz
Club. Melbourne. 6.30pm. $30.
SUNDAY SMALLGOODS FEAT: THE
774'S, CRATE MATES, CHRIS BONATO
Bodriggy Brewing Company. Abbotsford.
2pm. FREE.
MARYSVILLE JAZZ & BLUES WEEKEND
2019 FEAT: VIKA & LINDA, THE
SENEGAMBIAN JAZZ BAND, KAREN
Stephen Kennedy
THE QUIET MAN IRISH PUB
Continuing his residency at the Quiet Man
Irish Pub, Stephen Kennedy will play at the
front bar on Saturday October 19. The night
is set to be filled with rock and pop covers
alongside Kennedy’s originals. It’s free and
starts at 5pm.
LEE ANDREWS, ONE NIGHT ONLY - THE
BLUES BROS. REVUE, HORNS OF LEROY,
FRANK SULTANA Marysville Town Centre.
VIC. 9am. $70 - 165.
OLIVER CLARK Clifton Hill Brewpub.
Clifton Hill. 6pm. FREE.
ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY/
FOLK, BLUES
HELEN RYDER TRIO The Lomond Hotel.
Brunswick East. 5.30pm. FREE.
JESS PORTER Compass Pizza. Brunswick
East. 7pm. FREE.
THE WISECRACKS The Drunken Poet.
West Melbourne. 6.30pm. FREE.
EDDI NUARDO, PETE FIDLER Charles
Weston Hotel. Brunswick. 4pm.
DEVIL GOAT FAMILY STRING BAND Bar
Open. Fitzroy. 6pm. FREE.
BEAUTIFUL BUILDINGS + RED DIRT
RADIO Tramway Hotel. Fitzroy North. 4pm.
FREE.
GEORGIA STATE LINE + KERRYN FIELDS
Spotted Mallard. Brunswick. 7.30pm.
$17.64.
ALEX SMITH Spotted Mallard. Brunswick.
3pm. $19.99.
THE STETSON FAMILY Union Hotel
Brunswick. Brunswick. 3.30pm.
NICK O'MARA Union Hotel Brunswick.
Brunswick. 3.30pm.
JAMES FAHY + SAM FLOYD Some Velvet
Morning. Clifton Hill. 3pm. FREE.
THE 'JOHNNY CAN'T DANCE' CAJUN
BAND, THE GOB IRON STRINGBAND
Open Studio. Northcote. 9.30pm. $10.
GUITAR KINGDOM FEAT: GELAREH
POUR, NATHAN SINCLAIR, ROSE DE
LA MONTAÑA Open Studio. Northcote.
5.30pm. $10.
OPEN MIC & JAM NIGHT MusicLand
Fawkner Music Complex. Fawkner. 7pm.
FREE.
ANDRE WARHURST & THE RARE BYRDS
Hotel Esplanade (aka The Espy). St Kilda.
3pm. FREE.
THE RECHORDS Gem Bar. Collingwood.
7.30pm. FREE.
PHIL PARA & BAND Royal Hotel
(Mornington). Mornington. 3pm. FREE.
MARYSVILLE JAZZ & BLUES WEEKEND
2019 FEAT: VIKA & LINDA, THE
SENEGAMBIAN JAZZ BAND, KAREN
LEE ANDREWS, ONE NIGHT ONLY - THE
BLUES BROS. REVUE, HORNS OF LEROY,
FRANK SULTANA Marysville Town Centre.
VIC. 9am. $70 - 165.
FENN WILSON Spotted Mallard.
Brunswick. 4pm. FREE.
The Wisecracks
THE DRUNKEN POET
Sunday October 20 at The Drunken Poet
is going to be injected with light-hearted
swing and rambling folk tunes from The
Wisecracks. The multicultural act are
keeping themselves busy with a range of
local and interstate shows. This one is free
entry and kicks off at 6:30pm.

COUNTRY AT CUSTOMS FEAT:
MICHELLE GARDINER, ANTHONY
TAYLOR, DELLA HARRIS, EMILY HATTON,
JAKE SINCLAIR, LUKE AUSTEN Customs
House Hotel. Williamstown. 2pm. FREE.
TUESDAY 22 OCT
ROCK, PUNK, METAL
JOE GUITON & FRIENDS Bar 303.
Northcote. 8pm.
ESOTERIC POP - BILLI LIME ART
EXHIBITION OPENING, BAXTER
AVALON, PARTY PEST, LES YE YE GIRLS
Old Bar. Fitzroy. 7pm. $10.
CAST, SHIVA & THE HAZARDS Corner
Hotel. Richmond. 8pm. $70.97.
SOFT POWER, FLORA CARBO TRIO
Some Velvet Morning. Clifton Hill. 7.30pm.
FREE.
ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY/
FOLK, BLUES
OPEN MIC Bar Oussou. Brunswick. 7pm.
FREE.
THE ESPY OPEN MIC Hotel Esplanade
(aka The Espy). St Kilda. 5pm. FREE.
OPEN MIC Swamplands Bar. Thornbury.
6pm. FREE.
MORGAN EVANS Forum Melbourne.
Melbourne. 7.30pm.
TUESDAY TRIBUTE: JOHN FAHEY FEAT:
THE MAN FROM ATLANTIS, The Drunken
Poet. West Melbourne. 8pm. FREE.
IRISH SESSION The Lomond Hotel.
Brunswick East. 9pm. FREE.
WEDNESDAY 23 OCT
JAZZ, GLOBAL, SOUL/
FUNK
JULIEN WILSON'S STOCK, ENTROPY
QUARTET Bar 303. Northcote. 8.30pm.
SASKWATCH: SAY GOODBYE, DJ CHRIS
GILL, LEAH SENIOR, JIM LAWRIE The
Curtin. Carlton. 8pm. $27.95.
BOPSTRETCH Uptown Jazz Café. Fitzroy.
8.30pm.
BEAUTIFUL FRAGMENTS FEAT: NAT
BARTSCH TRIO, CANARY The Jazzlab.
Brunswick. 8pm. $20.
HARRIET TUBMAN Bird's Basement.
Adam Rudegeair
Speakeasy Jam Session
RED BETTY
Adam Rudegeair and his rhythm section
will ensure Sunday October 20’s open jazz
jam keeps moving, but the rest is up to you.
A backline of keys, bass and guitar amps,
drums and vocal mics will be provided for
you to take the stage. It all starts at 6pm.
Melbourne. 7.45pm. $45.
KEEVERS/MAGNUSSON/SWINN
Brunswick Green. Brunswick. 8.30pm.
FREE.
MARTIN PANG SEXTET Paris Cat Jazz
Club. Melbourne. 8pm. $25.
NATHAN SLATER QUARTET Paris Cat
Jazz Club. Melbourne. 7.30pm. $25.
HEART OF ST KILDA CONCERT
FEAT: THE TESKEY BROTHERS, JOE
CAMILLERI, CARL BARRON, DAN
SULTAN, RHONDA BURCHMORE, THE
CHANTOOZIES, MORE Palais Theatre. St
Kilda. 7.30pm. $66.18.
ROCK, PUNK, METAL
JIN JELLIC Old Bar. Fitzroy. 7.30pm. $8.
TROPICAL FUCK STORM, SURFBORT
Howler. Brunswick. 8pm. $40.15.
BELLHOP, POLARIZE, POLITE
SKELETONS Bar Open. Fitzroy. 8pm. $5.
COCKNEY REJECTS, THE CLINCH,
WOLFPACK Corner Hotel. Richmond.
7.30pm. $50.
THE NIGHT BETWEEN FEAT: DAMAGE
INC - THE AUSTRALIAN METALLICA
TRIBUTE BAND Bendigo Hotel.
Collingwood. 7.30pm.
B*CK IT! AN RMIT SHOWCASE LAUNCH
FEAT: MUDSHAKER, SOFT POWDER,
JPG The Workers Club. Fitzroy. 8.30pm. $10.
GECKO, THE NEW DREGS, RETROSYNC
The Last Chance Rock & Roll Bar. North
Melbourne. 8pm. $10.
THURSDAY 24 OCT
ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY/
FOLK, BLUES
WEREWOLVES OF MELBOURNE Bar
303. Northcote. 8pm. $10.
VICTOR CRIPES + SASCHA KLAVE The
Drunken Poet. West Melbourne. 8pm.
FREE.
TRIO GRANDE Charles Weston Hotel.
Brunswick. 6.30pm. FREE.
ROSÉ LEMONADE Young Street Supper
Club. Frankston. 8pm. FREE.
JAKSON, ELIZA JOAN, THE SUNKEN SEA
Grace Darling Hotel. Collingwood. 8pm.
$10.
TRACEY MILLER & THE CYCLONES
Classic Southside. Elsternwick. 8pm. $20.
HANNAH CAMERON Gasometer Hotel.
Collingwood. 7.30pm. $15.29.
Helen Ryder Trio
LOMOND HOTEL
Helen Ryder will perform songs from her
2015 album Someday Love as well as a
collection of her favourite songs at the
Lomond Hotel on Sunday October 20.
Joining her is Bruce Haymes on the keys,
and Jeff Burstin on the acoustic guitar. It’s
free and kicks off at 5:30pm.
CHARM OF FINCHES + LOREN KATE
The Merri Creek Tavern. Northcote. 8pm.
$16.50.
MICHAEL SITA Customs House Hotel.
Williamstown. 8pm. FREE.
JAZZ, GLOBAL, SOUL/
FUNK
TAMARA KULDIN, JOHN MONTESANTE
QUINTET The Water Rat Hotel. South
Melbourne. 7pm. FREE.
SASKWATCH: SAY GOODBYE, DJ CHRIS
GILL, LEAH SENIOR, JIM LAWRIE The
Curtin. Carlton. 8pm. $27.95.
THE CORRIDORS Bar Open. Fitzroy. 7pm.
FREE.
ANDREA KELLER TRANSIENTS TRIO
Uptown Jazz Café. Fitzroy. 8.30pm.
VARDOS Open Studio. Northcote.
7.30pm. $10.
DAVE GRANEY & CLARE MOORE The
Jazzlab. Brunswick. 8pm. $25.
HARRIET TUBMAN Bird's Basement.
Melbourne. 7.45pm. $45.
THE JOSH KYLE BAND Brunswick Green.
Brunswick. 8.30pm. FREE.
THE MICHELLE NICOLLE BAND
Brunswick Green. Brunswick. 8.30pm.
FREE.
TRACEY MILLER & THE CYCLONES
Classic Southside. Elsternwick. 8pm. $20.
THE DAIMON BRUNTON QUINTET Paris
Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne. 8pm. $20.
SAM MCNALLY + DAVID JONES +
EVRIPIDES EVRIPIDOU Paris Cat Jazz
Club. Melbourne. 7.30pm. $30.
DAVID CAMPBELL Hamer Hall (Arts
Centre Melbourne). Melbourne. 8pm. $69
- 99.
CLAUDIA JONES, DARCY JUSTICE
Bodriggy Brewing Company. Abbotsford.
5pm. FREE.
NEON SOUL FEAT: BERNADETTE
NOVEMBRE & HER 10 PIECE SOUL
BAND FAD Gallery. Melbourne. 9pm.
FREE.
ROCK, PUNK, METAL
THE MOCHASINS, FULL CREDIT TO THE
BOYS, YUKUMBABE Old Bar. Fitzroy.
7.30pm. $10.
MAEDAY VOL 1 FEAT: SLIM JEFFRIES,
BIFF, TALL RELATIVES Bar Open. Fitzroy.
8.30pm. $10.
THURSDAY THRASH NIGHT FEAT: THE
NUREMBERG CODE, INFERIORITY
Image by Darren Howard
Bernadette Novembre
FAD GALLERY
Bernadette Novembre will perform as
part of FAD Gallery’s night of soul, rock
and reggae night, Neon Soul, on Thursday
October 24. Accompanied by a ten-piece
band, Novembre is sure to fill the venue
with good vibes from 9pm, all for free.
GIGS & EVENTS
COMPLEX, MISTRESS OF MISERY, EIGHT
COUNT, NIGHTBREAKER Bendigo Hotel.
Collingwood. 6.30pm. $10.
FROOT LUIPS, WASHED UP WIZARDS
The B.East. Brunswick East. 7pm. FREE.
AARON SCHEMBRI BAND, ROSIE
CONFORTO MusicLand Fawkner Music
Complex. Fawkner. 7.30pm. $10.
OKAY DANE, THE FIOR, AFTER SCHOOL
CARE, EXCUSE FOR AN EXIT The Last
Chance Rock & Roll Bar. North Melbourne.
7.30pm. $9.20.
LE PINE, BLACK SNAKE WHIP, BAD
TASTE Hotel Esplanade (aka The Espy). St
Kilda. 7pm. FREE.
DOROTH, CARLY FERN The Fitzroy
Pinnacle. Fitzroy North. 8pm. FREE.
THURSTY THURSDAYS UNI NIGHT FEAT:
ECCENTRIC PRESENCE Swamplands Bar.
Thornbury. 7pm. FREE.
RYAN DOWNEY, ANNA CORDELL, NAT
VAZER Gasometer Hotel. Collingwood.
7.30pm. $15.29.
CONSTRUCTION ROCKS Prince
Bandroom. St Kilda. 7.30pm. $23.50.
PIST IDIOTS Pier Bandroom. Frankston.
8pm. $25.50.
BEDROCK WITH LEE HARDING, DJ
MATTY J Pier Bandroom. Frankston. 9pm.
ALEX LLOYD, HEY MAJOR The Croxton.
Thornbury. 7.30pm. $39.80.
MAN FROM ATLANTIS & THE MOON
OF DELIVERANCE, OCTAVE PUSSY Red
Betty. Brunswick. 8pm. FREE.
MATT BRADSHAW The Elephant and
Wheelbarrow. Melbourne. 9.30pm. FREE.
HIP HOP, R&B, POP
CELEBRATING WOMEN OF THE ‘90S -
LAUNCH SHOW Stay Gold. Brunswick.
8pm. $20.
THROWBACK FEAT: MATT RADOVICH,
EZRA HARVEY, ILRESPONCE, B-TWO,
AYNA, NAM Lucky Coq. Windsor. 9pm.
FREE.
ALT NIGHTS FEAT: SIR JUDE Laundry Bar.
Fitzroy. 8pm. $10.
IT'S A RAP VOL. 12 FEAT: TAI GHEE,
ANDRE JEMAL, AAYU, SENSEIXHANEL,
DOUBLEEM, VTMOOK Laundry Bar.
Fitzroy. 9.30pm. $10.
LAUNDRY THURSDAYS FEAT: VARIOUS
DJS Laundry Bar. Fitzroy. 10pm. FREE.
FINGERPRINTS PRESENTS BAP - SOUL, V
DON DADA, R.EM.EDY, DJ THORTZ, TRIX
WILLIAM, TUMI THE BE Horse Bazaar.
Melbourne. 8pm. FREE.
Kinematic
RED BETTY
Returning to display the range of their
catalogue, Kinematic will take over Red
Betty on Friday October 25. This leg of the
residency will be supported by Hannah
Potter and Ryan Sterling to keep your
Friday night filled with groove. It’s all free
and opens at 7pm.
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ELECTRONIC,
EXPERIMENTAL
GROOVE GATHERING FEAT: FINDING
FIGARO, SŌSHO, HIDDEN DEXTRA,
BARRA, DON Loop Project Space & Bar.
Melbourne. 9pm. $6.36.
FINGERPRINTS PRESENTS BAP - SOUL,
V DON DADA, R.EM.EDY, DJ THORTZ,
TRIX WILLIAM, TUMI THE BE Horse
Bazaar. Melbourne. 8pm. FREE.
THE VINYL FRONTIER FEAT: GSM,
COLETTE Boney. Melbourne. 9pm. FREE.
GUERNS FEAT: DEEJAY BLOOM,
BIGMAC, FOSTA, SHAUN CROSS,
STICKS, KIEREN BONANNO New
Guernica. Melbourne. 10pm. FREE.
CATCH THE BEAT THURSDAYS FEAT: DJ
PERIL, MIKE GURRIERI The Carlton Club.
Melbourne. 9pm. FREE.
FRIDAY 25 OCT
JAZZ, GLOBAL, SOUL/
FUNK
TALLAWAH HI-FI, HIGHER REGION
SOUND SYSTEM Bar 303. Northcote.
8pm. $10.
SASKWATCH: SAY GOODBYE, DJ CHRIS
GILL, LEAH SENIOR, JIM LAWRIE The
Curtin. Carlton. 8pm. $27.95.
DR HERNÁNDEZ Spotted Mallard.
Brunswick. 7pm. $23.77.
HORNS OF LEROY Open Studio.
Northcote. 8.30pm. $12.
CAPTIVATE MusicLand Fawkner Music
Complex. Fawkner. 7.30pm. $10.
RICO ALMA The Jazzlab. Brunswick. 8pm.
$30.
THE HARRY TINNEY QUARTET Lido Jazz
Room. Hawthorn. 8pm. $25.
HARRIET TUBMAN Bird's Basement.
Melbourne. 7.45pm. $45.
45 YEARS OF FRIENDS OF THE EARTH
FEAT: HELLO TUT TUT, ALLYSHA JOY,
MORTISVILLE, CLADDY Gasometer Hotel.
Collingwood. 8pm. $20.
BORN TO BE BLUE: CELEBRATING THE
MUSICAL LIFE OF CHET BAKER Paris Cat
Jazz Club. Melbourne. 6.30pm. $32.50.
LILLY TUNLEY SEXTET Paris Cat Jazz
Club. Melbourne. 8pm. $32.50.
PICKPOCKET Paris Cat Jazz Club.
Melbourne. 9pm. $30.
PAPER PLANES FEAT: MARK
FITZGIBBON, CONNIE LANSBERG,
Adam Trace
THE TEMPERANCE HOTEL
For yet another edition of Temperance
Fridays, Adam Trace will join Nick Van
Wilder and DJ PTC on Friday October 25.
The three acts will drop a mix of reggae,
R&B and Latin house hits from 8pm. No
cover charge, lots of drinks specials.
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Classic Southside. Elsternwick. 8pm. $20
- 25.
BROOKLYN '86 Transit Rooftop Bar.
Melbourne. 9pm. FREE.
ROCK, PUNK, METAL
KINEMATIC, HANNAH POTTER, RYAN
STERLING Red Betty. Brunswick. 7.30pm.
FREE.
CLEWS, EAGLE EYE JONES, SHANNEN
JAMES Northcote Social Club. Northcote.
8.30pm. $22.22.
DEAD TRANSMISSION, THE
INTERCEPTORS Labour in Vain. Fitzroy.
8pm. FREE.
HATCHIE, GAUCI, NORTHEAST PARTY
HOUSE Howler. Brunswick. 8pm.
DARYL BRAITHWAITE Grand Hotel
Mornington. Melbourne. 8pm. $44.90.
ROLLERBALL Bendigo Hotel.
Collingwood. 8pm. $22.19.
ROSA MARIA, SUNFRUITS, AUNTIE
LEO & THE BACKSTABBERS The B.East.
Brunswick East. 8pm. FREE.
THE KIDS, SHIT TINNIES, I HAVE A GOAT,
BLACK MONROE Young Street Supper
Club. Frankston. 7pm. $10.
BANG! HALLOWEEN HORRORFEST 2019
FEAT: WITHER, BLKLST, ABOVE THE
FALLEN, DRUID Royal Melbourne Hotel.
Melbourne. 9pm.
CAPTIVATE MusicLand Fawkner Music
Complex. Fawkner. 7.30pm. $10.
THE GEORGE TRIMMER BAND
MusicLand Fawkner Music Complex.
Fawkner. 7.30pm. $10.
TURTLE WAVE The Last Chance Rock &
Roll Bar. North Melbourne. 4pm. FREE.
ROOLETTE RECORDS DJ RESIDENCY
The Last Chance Rock & Roll Bar. North
Melbourne. 11.45pm. FREE.
JACK R REILLY, WOLFJAY, POCKET
MONEY, BLUE GREEN Grace Darling
Hotel. Collingwood. 8pm. $10.
CROOKED THIEVES, BLACK DOG,
VICIOUS ADDICTION, DARK DAZE
Bombay Rock. Brunswick. 7pm. FREE.
JUKE BOX RACKET The Catfish. Fitzroy.
8.30pm. FREE.
LEHMANN B SMITH, TIMESHARE The
Fitzroy Pinnacle. Fitzroy North. 8pm. FREE.
DANDELION WINE, BRITTLE SUN,
SCARLETT COOK Swamplands Bar.
Thornbury. 9pm. FREE.
SEASIDE, MAJAK DOOR, THE VIOLENT
MONKS Gasometer Hotel. Collingwood.
8pm. $15.29.
THE TARANTINOS Gem Bar. Collingwood.
8pm. FREE.
Crumb
THORNBURY LOCAL
Edgy punk band Crumb will serve up a
main course of their individual surf sound
on Saturday October 26 at Thornbury
Local. Come early and let The Deadly
Apple Johns and The Bone Folders satiate
your hunger for rock. Let your hair down for
the 7pm show – it’s punk, it’s free.
ROCK RIOT FEAT: CLASSIC ALBUMS
BAND Prince Bandroom. St Kilda. 7pm.
$28.60.
GYROSCOPE Pier Bandroom. Frankston.
8pm. $39.80.
ALEX LLOYD, HEY MAJOR Matthew
Flinders Hotel. Chadstone. 8pm. $39.80.
NEKROMANTIX Max Watt's (Melbourne).
8pm. $61.75.
DZ DEATHRAYS, POLISH CLUB, THE
BUOYS, VOIID Forum Melbourne.
Melbourne. 8pm. $55.
METRIK The Elephant and Wheelbarrow.
Melbourne. 11pm. FREE.
MATT BRADSHAW The Elephant and
Wheelbarrow. Melbourne. 6pm. FREE.
CAPTAIN SPALDING BAND Customs
House Hotel. Williamstown. 8pm. FREE.
HIP HOP, R&B, POP
LAUNDRY FRIDAYS FEAT: VARIOUS DJS
Laundry Bar. Fitzroy. 9pm. FREE.
AFTER HOURS FEAT: DJ SPELL, KAÏRA
CUVÉE Horse Bazaar. Melbourne. 8pm.
FREE.
RNB FRIDAYS FEAT: YO! MAFIA Co.
Southbank. 9.30pm. $27.46.
PHRESH FRIDAYS Khokolat Bar.
Melbourne. 9.30pm. FREE.
TYGA Margaret Court Arena. Melbourne.
8pm. $97.55.
URBAN STUDIO FEAT: FAKAOHO
TUPOU, MELAIA VUGONA SADRANU,
RUTHY, EMMANUEL, JOANNE KAISILA,
NATASHA HANNA, JOSEPH KELLY,
EUGENIE LYONS, JOSEF HANNA Arts
Centre Melbourne. Melbourne. 8.30pm.
$20 - 25.
GOT STUCK FEAT: N'FA JONES,
FRAKSHA, HVNCOQ, KŌTARE Arts Centre
Melbourne. Melbourne. 8.30pm. $10.
SATURDAY 26 OCT
ROCK, PUNK, METAL
UNICORN AWARDS & END OF SEASON
CELEBRATION Old Bar. Fitzroy. 2pm.
FREE.
DADA ONO, BATZ, THE NAYSAYERS,
BASTIAN HUES Old Bar. Fitzroy. 7.30pm.
PIST IDIOTS, MINI SKIRTS, NEW AGE
GROUP Howler. Brunswick. 8pm. $25.74.
MAC SPRINGS, TOM LUCEY, HANA
WILLIAMS Compass Pizza. Brunswick
East. 8pm. $10.
Tapsalteerie
THORNBURY LOCAL
Tapsalteerie are set to perform at Thornbury
Local on the last day of the Darebin Music
Feast, Sunday October 27. With a range of
songs inspired by Irish and Scottish folk
traditions, the free show will surely get you
moving – make sure you stretch before
doors open at 5pm.
THE MARK OF CAIN, THE MESSTHETICS,
CIVIC Corner Hotel. Richmond. 8.30pm.
BBQ HAQUE, LUCIDA The B.East.
Brunswick East. 8pm. FREE.
TAKING BACK SATURDAY - HALLOWEEN
PARTY Stay Gold. Brunswick. 11pm. $10.
ENDLESS HEIGHTS, PORCELAIN,
BLOOM, PARADISE CLUB Stay Gold.
Brunswick. 8pm. $15.
THE TARANTINOS The Rainbow Hotel.
Fitzroy. 4.30pm. FREE.
THE EAGLES STORY MusicLand Fawkner
Music Complex. Fawkner. 7.30pm. $26.13.
THE BALLS, KHAN, DESERT KINGDOM,
NEVER, THE ABLE ARCHERS The Last
Chance Rock & Roll Bar. North Melbourne.
8pm.
TOMBEAU, DISCO JUNK, VAJAZZLE,
DIRTY JUICE BOY The Last Chance Rock
& Roll Bar. North Melbourne. 3pm. FREE.
JACOB, WORLD SICK, BITTER LAKES,
FOLEY Grace Darling Hotel. Collingwood.
8pm. $14.82.
TRIPLE KILL'S WILD HALLOWEEN PARTY,
VARIOUS DJS, DJ CHUNEZ TV Bombay
Rock. Brunswick. 7pm. FREE.
I AM DUCKEYE, BEYOND CONTEMPT,
THE KIDS, SHIT TINNIES, FALSE PROFIT,
EIGHT COUNT, DJ RORY FANG IT
Bombay Rock. Brunswick. 7pm. FREE.
MUNT, WARPATH, BØG, CORDELL,
BREAK THROUGH The Catfish. Fitzroy.
7pm. $15.
FOX COMPANY, DANGERESS, THREADS
Hotel Esplanade (aka The Espy). St Kilda.
8pm. FREE.
ANDRE AGONY, FREEDOM CLUB The
Fitzroy Pinnacle. Fitzroy North. 9pm. FREE.
SONS OF LEE MARVIN, TRAUMABOYS,
MJ HALLORAN Swamplands Bar.
Thornbury. 9pm. $10.
GOLD GULL Swamplands Bar. Thornbury.
4pm. FREE.
THE COLLABORATORS Gasometer Hotel.
Collingwood. 2pm. $15.29.
JEB CARDWELL BAND Gem Bar.
Collingwood. 8pm. FREE.
GYROSCOPE Max Watt's (Melbourne).
8pm. $40.30.
CITY CALM DOWN The Croxton.
Thornbury. 8pm. $44.90.
ATLVS, ISOTOPES, DAYS OF DECEIT, THE
DAILY CHASE, IN VANITY The Workers
Club. Fitzroy. 3.30pm. $15.
THE ALCHEMY ASSEMBLY
EXTRAVAGANZA FEAT: WHITE
DEVIL DETROIT, ART SIMONE,
STONE TEMPLE CO-PILOTS, JORDY
MITCHELL, DJ KELLIN IN THE NAME
OF, THE CHEVALIERS Bendigo Hotel.
Collingwood. 8pm. $15.
Simon Paparo
CLIFTON HILL BREWPUB
Sunday October 27 will see a night of
original and covered hits from Simon
Paparo at the Clifton Hill Brewpub. With a
second album on the way, Paparo is sure
to ease your end-of-weekend stress from
5pm onwards. It’s totally free.

JAZZ, GLOBAL, SOUL/
FUNK
SASKWATCH: SAY GOODBYE, DJ CHRIS
GILL, LEAH SENIOR, JIM LAWRIE The
Curtin. Carlton. 8pm. $27.95.
SLOW GRIND FEVER #76 FEAT: DJ
RICHIE1250, MOHAIR SLIM, PIERRE
BARONI Bar Open. Fitzroy. 10pm. $12.
KABOOBIE Bar Open. Fitzroy. 6.30pm.
FREE.
THE BOÎTE PRESENTS MELBOURNE
GEORGIAN CHOIR WITH THE VOCAL
AGENTS Community Church Of St Mark.
VIC. 7.30pm. $25.
UNION HOTEL’S BEERGARDEN BASH
FEAT: JOHNSTON CITY, BROOKE
RUSSELL & BEN FRANZ, DJANGO
BRAVEHEART, LUKE SINCLAIR BAND,
THREE KINGS Union Hotel Brunswick.
Brunswick. 3.30pm.
THE PAUL WILLIAMSON HAMMOND
COMBO Uptown Jazz Café. Fitzroy.
8.30pm.
SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER FEAT:
WHISKEY HOUSTON, RYAN BERKELEY,
6AM AT THE GARAGE, JAMIESON, J2J
Night Cat. Fitzroy. 9pm. $12.48 - 17.90.
CARL PANNUZZO QUINTET The Jazzlab.
Brunswick. 8pm. $30.
THE PIERRE JAQUINOT TRIO WITH
ANNEMARIE SHARRY Lido Jazz Room.
Hawthorn. 8pm. $25.
HARRIET TUBMAN Bird's Basement.
Melbourne. 7.45pm. $45.
JIFF: LADIES WHO SING LEONARD
FEAT: DEVORAH, RITA SATCH, IMOGEN
CLARKE, SHKOLINK, LAUREN GLEZER
Classic Southside. Elsternwick. 9pm. $30.
GRACE KNIGHT The Fyrefly. St Kilda. 7pm.
$44.90.
DISCO INFERNO Royal Hotel
(Mornington). Mornington. 8pm. FREE.
A TRIBUTE TO THE GREATS FEAT: TOSHI
CLINCH Paris Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne.
6.30pm. $35.
SINATRA'S: SONGS FOR SWINGIN'
LOVERS FEAT: BEN MCGILL Paris Cat
Jazz Club. Melbourne. 8.30pm. $35.
JULES BOULT & THE REDEEMERS Paris
Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne. 9pm. $30.
VARDOS Korona Csárda. VIC. 6pm. $55.
SUNDAY 27 OCT
ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY/
FOLK, BLUES
STEPHEN KENNEDY The Drunken Poet.
West Melbourne. 3pm. FREE.
GREG CHAMPION & THE USEFUL
MEMBERS OF SOCIETY The Lomond
Hotel. Brunswick East. 5.30pm. FREE.
BLUES ROULETTE Labour in Vain. Fitzroy.
5pm. FREE.
CODA CHROMA, ANNA CORDELL
Howler. Brunswick. 6pm. $18.53.
MATT GLASS The Drunken Poet. West
Melbourne. 6.30pm. FREE.
SARAH CARROLL + SHANNON BOURNE
The Drunken Poet. West Melbourne. 4pm.
FREE.
KEVIN WELCH Caravan Music Club.
Bentleigh East. 8pm. $28.
MAJA Charles Weston Hotel. Brunswick.
4pm. FREE.
HIJACK FEAT: JONO BARWICK, ASTREN
MALCOLM HUNT, SLIM DOUG SMITH,
BEN YARDFITE, ASHES Bendigo Hotel.
Collingwood. 1pm. $5.
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BOADZ, KEY HOO The B.East. Brunswick
East. 3pm. FREE.
DAN WARNER & THE NIGHT PARROTS
Union Hotel Brunswick. Brunswick. 5pm.
ANDRE WARHURST Union Hotel
Brunswick. Brunswick. 3.30pm.
SHORT ORDER SCHEFS Open Studio.
Northcote. 12.30pm.
OPEN MIC & JAM NIGHT MusicLand
Fawkner Music Complex. Fawkner. 7pm.
FREE.
THREE KINGS Hotel Esplanade (aka The
Espy). St Kilda. 3pm. FREE.
SIRENS AND SONGS PRESENT A
TRIBUTE TO AUSTRALIAN FEMALE
SONGWRITERS, MIA SCHOEN, JULITHA
RYAN Swamplands Bar. Thornbury. 8pm.
$10.
THE RECHORDS Gem Bar. Collingwood.
7.30pm. FREE.
MELBOURNE INDIE VOICES Forum
Melbourne. Melbourne. 2pm, 6pm. $40.
FENN WILSON Spotted Mallard.
Brunswick. 4pm. FREE.
SIMON PAPARO Clifton Hill Brewpub.
Clifton Hill. 5pm. FREE.
VICTORIAN SENIORS FESTIVAL:
OPERA & AFTERNOON TEA FEAT: ARIA
CAPPELLA Wattle Park Chalet. VIC. 1pm.
$15 - 20.
ON THE HILL FESTIVAL FEAT: NICKY
BOMBA, DISGRUNTLED ARCHITECT,
SUNEDEN, SIREN, JAMES MARK, AMIE
GRISOLD Memorial Park. VIC. 12.18pm.
FREE.
COUNTRY AT CUSTOMS FEAT:
MICHELLE GARDINER, ANTHONY
TAYLOR, DELLA HARRIS, EMILY HATTON,
JAKE SINCLAIR, LUKE AUSTEN Customs
House Hotel. Williamstown. 2pm. FREE.
THE BORNSTEIN ULTIMATUM Pause Bar.
Balaclava. 4.30pm. FREE.
ROCK, PUNK, METAL
THE EXCITING MCGILLYCUDDIES The
Quiet Man Irish Pub. Flemington. 6pm.
FREE.
SOFT RUBBISH Old Bar. Fitzroy. 3pm.
FREE.
PLEASURE COMA Old Bar. Fitzroy.
6.30pm. $8.
BRIAN CAMPEAU Bar Open. Fitzroy. 6pm.
ROSS MCLENNAN Spotted Mallard.
Brunswick. 4pm. $23.77.
COFFIN WOLF, THE FCKUPS, BIFF,
PROTOSPASM Wrangler Studios.
Footscray. 2pm. $10.
HOOPER CRESCENT, MYSTERY GUEST,
HYDRA FASHION WEEK The Toff In Town.
Melbourne. 4pm. $10.
SONS OF LEE MARVIN, LUNATIC, THESE
THINGS The Last Chance Rock & Roll Bar.
North Melbourne. 2pm.
GAMJEE, HOUSE DEPOSIT Grace Darling
Hotel. Collingwood. 6pm. FREE.
LIVING IN CLIP 2 - SWAMPLANDS
SECOND ANNUAL MUSIC VIDEO COMP
Swamplands Bar. Thornbury. 5pm. FREE.
HUGH MCGINLAY & THE RECESSIVE
GENES, THURSBY, FRIDAY, CONNELL
Swamplands Bar. Thornbury. 3pm. FREE.
GREEN NOISE, ELIZABETH, JADE
IMAGINE, THE VOVOS, EMPAT LIMA
Prince Bandroom. St Kilda. 3.30pm. FREE.
MONDAY 28 OCT
JAZZ, GLOBAL, SOUL/
FUNK
GIGS & EVENTS
MELBOURNE POLYTECHNIC MUSIC Bar
303. Northcote. 7pm. FREE.
Touring
RYLEY DUNCAN TRIO Open Studio.
Northcote. 8pm.
FROOT - MONDAY JAZZ JAMS FEAT:
GENE DU VERGIER, NIKODIMOS, RUBIN,
MARLEY, ELEFTHERIOS Night Cat.
Fitzroy. 8pm. FREE.
ANDREA KELLER CURATES: HANNAH
MCKITTRICK QUARTET The Jazzlab.
Brunswick. 8pm. $20.
THE DARYL MCKENZIE JAZZ
ORCHESTRA, NARDIA, GEORGA BYRNE
Paris Cat Jazz Club. Melbourne. 7.30pm.
$30.
PAUL WILLIAMSON'S HAMMOND
GRINSPOON
COMBO The Rainbow Hotel. Fitzroy.
8.30pm. $10.
DOMINIC FIKE THE CORNER
OCTOBER 15 & 16
ROCK, PUNK, METAL GRINSPOON THE FORUM
OCTOBER 15 & 16
BAD TASTE, TOM BEAU, PTV WIZARDS TOTALLY UNICORN STAY GOLD
Old Bar. Fitzroy. 7.30pm. $8. OCTOBER 16
MONDAY NIGHT MASS FEAT: PLASTIC, THE BENNIES STAY GOLD
DARVID THOR, RUBY GILL, NATASHA OCTOBER 17
JOHANNA Northcote Social Club. NORTHLANE 170 RUSSELL
Northcote. 8pm. FREE.
OCTOBER 17
BATTS NOISY RITUAL OCTOBER 17
TUESDAY 29 OCT DAVE GRANEY THE JAZZ LAB
OCTOBER 17
GL HOWLER OCTOBER 18
JAZZ, GLOBAL, SOUL/ SEX ON TOAST STAY GOLD
FUNK OCTOBER 18
SOAKED OATS THE CURTIN
OCTOBER 18
JAZZ NIGHT - JOHN BADGERY, MATT
SUNSCREEN THE WORKERS CLUB
O'BRIEN, ROBBIE FINCH Compass Pizza.
OCTOBER 18
Brunswick East. 7pm. FREE.
NOW. HERE. THIS FEAT: HDSNJMSJR, THE MAVIS’S THE ESPY OCTOBER 18
GSM The Toff In Town. Melbourne. 9pm. SEEKER LOVER KEEPER THE
FREE. CORNER OCTOBER 18
BIG IDIOT CLUB Open Studio. Northcote. TROPICAL FUCK STORM THE
8.30pm. FREE. CROXTON OCTOBER 18 & 19
SONIC TEXTURES FEAT: N Y R E, SEB BEC SANDRIDGE HOWLER
SZABO Night Cat. Fitzroy. 7.30pm. $8.
OCTOBER 19
DAVID JONES CURATES: ROB VINCS &
CLIENT LIAISON THE FORUM
SUNNY KIM The Jazzlab. Brunswick. 8pm.
OCTOBER 19
$30.
EMMA DONOVAN NORTHCOTE
SOCIAL CLUB OCTOBER 20
ACOUSTIC, COUNTRY/ BAKER BOY 170 RUSSELL
FOLK, BLUES OCTOBER 20
SASKWATCH THE CURTIN
OCTOBER 23, 24 & 25
TUESDAY TRIBUTE: THE POGUES FEAT:
CIARAN BOYLE, The Drunken Poet. West HATCHIE HOWLER OCTOBER 25
Melbourne. 8pm. FREE. DZ DEATHRAYS THE FORUM
OPEN MIC Bar Oussou. Brunswick. 7pm. OCTOBER 25
FREE. DONY BENET THE CROXTON
OPEN MIC Swamplands Bar. Thornbury. OCTOBER 25
6pm. FREE. JAPANESE WALLPAPER THE
IRISH SESSION The Lomond Hotel. CORNER OCTOBER 25
Brunswick East. 9pm. FREE.
TYGA MARGARET COURT ARENA
OCTOBER 25
ELECTRONIC, CITY CALM DOWN THE CROXTON
OCTOBER 26
EXPERIMENTAL SNEAKY SOUND SYSTEM THE
FORUM OCTOBER 26
DUMPLINGS N' MASSAGE Horse Bazaar.
POLISH CLUB THE EVELYN
Melbourne. 6pm. $15.
OCTOBER 26
SHAWN MENDES ROD LAVER
HIP HOP, R&B, POP ARENA OCTOBER 30 & 31
LIME CORDIALE THE CORNER
OCTOBER 30 & NOVEMBER 1
SHAWN MENDES, DAN + SHAY Rod
BAD//DREEMS THE CROXTON
Laver Arena. Melbourne. 8.30pm. $89.90
NOVEMBER 1
- 109.90.
I KNOW LEOPARD THE ESPY
NOVEMBER 1
REGURGITATOR THE CORNER
NOVEMBER 2
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