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KKR-owned Mighty Hoopla announces first-ever Australian edition

The UK-originating festival is set to feature as part of Mardi Gras 2026.

Pitch reveals much-anticipated 2026 lineup

The festival, returning for its ninth edition on Grampian Plains beneath Gariwerd, has unveiled its most hyped bill yet.

Basement Jaxx, Cut Copy, OK Williams, Djrum & many more to feature at Golden Plains 2026

The sister to the iconic Meredith music festival returns in March, 2026.

RADAR festival expands to Meanjin with large, locally-driven lineup

The festival, originally from Boorloo/Perth, ventures to the East coast for the first time.

Rainbow Spirit festival returns after six-year hiatus

The festival, formerly known as Rainbow Serpent, has announced its long-awaited return in March of next year.

S.A.S.H moves its weekly party to Saturday after 15 years of Sundays

The Gadigal Land/Sydney-based promoter has long been a staple of a Sunday, & now it moves that legacy to Saturday for the first time.

Gilles Peterson announces Australian speaking tour dates

The iconic radio host & Worldwide FM founder is visiting Australian shores for the first in a very long time.

Carriageworks set to house brand-new multi-day warehouse series, 'THE WORKS'

Produced by the team behind Lost Paradise & Lost Sundays, 'THE WORKS' takes over the iconic venue across six nights this summer.

Astral People's Summer Dance series announces its 2025/2026 return

Summer is officially back, as one of Gadigal Land/Sydney's most beloved daytime affairs returns for yet another year.

Daniel Ek steps down as Spotify CEO amid backlash over military AI ties

The move comes following boycott calls against the platform over Ek's significant investment in military tech start-up, Helsing.

Landmark case sees 2018 strip search victim awarded $93,000 in damages by NSW government

The case is part of a larger class action currently being undertaken towards NSW Police & the NSW Government.

NSW festival Outsider launches first-ever inner city event

The team behind one of NSW's most exciting doofs is taking to the city on Gadigal Land/Sydney for the first time this weekend.

Dayshift announces first-ever interstate expansion

The Gadigal Land/Sydney-based daytime dance party is back this October, now bringing its sound to Naarm/Melbourne for the first time.

Dro Carey revives Braincamp Rec as fully-fledged label

The Gadigal Land/Sydney-originating producer kicks off a new project that may be familiar to some.

QLD becomes first state to ban pill testing in accused overnight "rushing through" of policy amendments

Queensland's Crisafulli government has made changes to the Medicines and Poisons Act overnight, which sees all of the state's pill testing services now banned.

Sydney’s Club 77 to Become One of Australia’s Most Accessible Nightlife Venues

The renovation of the venue comes as a successful recipient of Sound NSW’s ‘Venue Upgrade Grants’ initiative.

Local label Sumoclic relaunches as ‘dottidot’

The project of 1tbsp enters a new era, moving outside of just being a label.

NYE festival New Year's At The Bowl shares its inaugural lineup

Roza Terenzi, Tornado Wallace, Alex Kassian, Confidence Man & a whole slew of internationals descend on the Sidney Meyer Music Bowl this NYE.

Aotearoa's longest-running festival, Splore, shares first of its 2026 lineup

The festival welcomes Röyksopp, Sister Nancy, Nightmares on Wax and General Levy among a slew of local talent.

BDS campaigners urge for boycott of Radiohead 2025 tour

PACBI campaigners pointed to guitarist Jonny Greenwood's string of performances in Israel, where he most recent played in March 2025.

AI firms are "illegally" scraping music, according to new investigation

New evidence suggests that companies such as Google, Microsoft, and Meta are scraping copyrighted music at a scale that is “larger than previously acknowledged".