News Bon Iver, Patti Smith, and Jimmy Barnes among star-studded Bluesfest 2021 lineup by Kayla McNicoll As COVID-19 restrictions have left us itching to get to a live gig, Bluesfest has just given us something to look forward to. The festival has revealed their first lineup…
News Sampa The Great releases her incredible Roots Picnic live performance by Kayla McNicoll Zambian-Australian artist Sampa The Great has quickly established herself as one of the most influential voices in Australia. Now, Sampa The Great has just released her full performance on the…
News Splendour in the Grass officially postponed until 2021 by Claudia Schmidt Splendour in the Grass has announced it will be postponing its 20th-anniversary event until next year. The rescheduled festival is slated to take place in July 2021, exactly a year…
News This company has designed a COVID-19 suit for festivals and concerts by Claudia Schmidt A Californian design firm has come up with what could be an answer to gigs in a post-coronavirus age: a COVID-19 suit. Production Club, a creative studio that usually specialises…
News Chief Medical Officer says Aussie festivals won’t return until there is a vaccine by Mia Montesin Australia’s Chief Medical Officer says festivals will be amongst the last social activities to return. Even as restrictions ease, large-scale events won’t go ahead until there is a vaccine for…
Film and TV News There’s a massive free film festival coming to YouTube this May by Mia Montesin Peculiar times call for innovative measures, and the film industry is adapting. To combat all the current postponements, cancellations, and general chaos, over 20 film festivals are joining forces for…
News Watch Patti Smith singing Johnny Depp a song she wrote for his birthday by Claudia Schmidt Over the weekend, the non-for-profit organisation Pathway to Paris hosted a digital music festival in celebration of the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. The stream featured the likes of R.E.M.‘s…
News Billie Eilish, Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney and more enlisted for One World: Together at Home by Kayla McNicoll Global Citizen and the World Health Organization (WHO) have announced One World: Together at Home, a very special live-streamed show which has been curated by none other than the very talented Lady Gaga….
News American Football are set to headline a new music festival in Minecraft by James Peppercorn Of all the things we thought may happen while in self-isolation, Emo heroes American Football headlining a Coronavirus festival in Minecraft wasn’t one of them. Taking place on Saturday, April…
News Wide Open Space Festival has been forced to reschedule by Kayla McNicoll The impact of coronavirus on the entertainment industry is already taking a dramatic toll as we see highly anticipated events get cancelled all over the world. Now, Wide Open Space punters are…
News Bluesfest confirms it will go ahead this April amidst coronavirus upsets by Claudia Schmidt With festival cancellations increasing at an alarming rate, it comes as a relief to hear that Bluesfest will definitely be going ahead. In a statement made to Junkee, Bluesfest organisers…
News Dark Mofo is first Aussie festival to be cancelled due to coronavirus by Claudia Schmidt It has just been announced that Dark Mofo 2020 will be cancelled due to the feared impact of coronavirus. The festival, which takes place every year in Hobart, is famous…
News NSW Police strip searched 12 minors at Sydney’s Good Life Festival by Luke Saunders NSW Police have announced that 12 children were strip searched at Good Life Festival, an under-18s music festival held in Sydney on Saturday. The news has worked to agitate the…
