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Flying Fruit Fly Circus Youth Classes - Open Now in Melbourne!

Fri 23 Jan 2026 to Tue 30 Jun 2026
Discover circus with the Flying Fruit Fly Circus at Circus Centre Melbourne, Collingwood Yards.
Community News

Wall of Magic Creatures at Hawthorn Arts Centre

Sat 14 Feb 2026 to Sat 25 Jul 2026
Become immersed in a magical world of colourful mask spirits and auspicious symbols.
Community News

Tina Stefanou's Motet Fail at West Space

Wed 18 Feb 2026 to Sat 18 Apr 2026
Open now until April 18, 2026 at West Space in Collingwood Yards.
Drive Live 2024 Friday Crew by Suzanne Phoenix
Volunteer Blog

Upcoming Volunteer Vacancies at PBS

Sun 1 Mar 2026 to Thu 30 Apr 2026
Amy volunteers at the all-important refreshments counter during Drive Live 2026. Photo by Lucas Packett. Opportunities to volunteer in 2026 are coming up, but before we get there, we want to say a big THANK...
PBS Presents

JOLT Arts Autumn Season 2026

Sat 7 Mar 2026 to Sun 31 May 2026
Running from March through May, the JOLT Autumn Season spans everything from avant garde noise to classical Indian tabla, acousmatic opera to stand-up comedy; all threaded through JOLT’s commitment to neurodiverse artists and pushing sound...
Feature Sounds

Steppers - Steppers

Mon 13 Apr 2026 to Sun 19 Apr 2026
This week’s PBS Feature Album is the self-titled debut release from seven piece soul-funk outfit Steppers. Representative of their unspoken dialect, Steppers present a body of work that is truly a sonic language communicated in...
Studio 5 Live

Steppers Studio 5 Live

Wed 15 Apr 2026
Naarm/Melbourne-based, seven-piece soul-funk outfit Steppers are proud to present a work truly representative of their unspoken dialect; a sonic language communicated in groove, translated through dance. Unhindered by any one mode or method of creation,...
PBS Presents

Arockalypse Now 2026

Sat 18 Apr 2026
Arockalypse Now Festival returns bigger and louder than ever in 2026, taking over two stages from 5pm until late for a full-throttle night of rock and roll.
Free Event
PBS Events

City Hall: Sunday Sounds with Checkerboard Lounge and Joshua Batten

Sun 19 Apr 2026
PBS 106.7FM and Kingston Arts present Live at City Hall: Sunday Sounds with Checkerboard Lounge and Joshua Batten!
Studio 5 Live

Carla dal Forno​ Studio 5 Live

Mon 20 Apr 2026
Confession is the fourth album from post-punk folk artist Carla dal Forno. Written and recorded over several years in a small country town, in a studio housed inside a partially abandoned hospital, Confession is an...
Community News

Break The Tower: Love Thy Neighbour

Sun 26 Apr 2026
Break The Tower: Love Thy Neighbour is a massive dayfest comprising 10 incredible Naarm/Melbourne artists across 2 lineups; one in the early arvo and the other in the early evening.
Studio 5 Live

Carcinoid Studio 5 Live

Thu 30 Apr 2026
Carcinoid is an odorous cacophony spewing forth from the reeking underground grave of Naarm/Melbourne since 2018. The band embodies both raw crushing death and suffocating doom elements, but also forges their sound by incorporating a...
PBS Events

25 Years of Burning Bitumen live at The Bergy Bandroom

Sat 9 May 2026
PBS Presents Burning Bitumen 's Birthday Bonaza '25 Years of Evil'. To celebrate, we are bringing some of the scene's heaviest bands to rattle your bones at The Bergy Bandroom on Saturday May 9.
Community News

MESS Professional Development 2026 applications are now open!

Mon 11 May 2026 to Sat 8 Aug 2026
MESS Professional Development 2026 applications are now open! Applications close at 6:00pm, Monday, March 23, 2026. Apply now!
PBS Presents

Echuca Moama Winter Blues Festival

Thu 23 Jul 2026 to Sun 26 Jul 2026
Winter Blues Festival , one of Victoria’s longest running and most iconic festival returns to Echuca in 2026 for four days of world-class blues and roots in the Murray Region. Winter Blues has long felt...

Past News

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Feature Sounds

Everyone’s Alone

Mon 26 Nov 2012 to Sun 2 Dec 2012
by Dark Horses Front man for the evocative soundscapes of The Cruel Sea and the hard edged pub rock of The Beasts of Bourbon, collaborator on the Tex, Don and Charlie outings, and compadre to...
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PBS Presents

Kids' Dance Party

Sat 24 Nov 2012
Flashing lights. Euphoric electronica. Smoke machines. All you can drink cordial. Throw your boogie shoes on because it's the MMW Kids' Series Dance Party!
Arts & Film

Monolithica

Fri 23 Nov 2012 to Sat 24 Nov 2012
Monolithica is a series of eight concerts designed to bring sound, sculpture and interability sound artists together.
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PBS Events

ReMastered Myths

Fri 23 Nov 2012 to Fri 15 Feb 2013
ReMastered Myths brings together musicians from different musical & cultural backgrounds to collaborate, improvise, and explore foreign sounds & styles.
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PBS Presents

Live Music Safari

Thu 22 Nov 2012
PBS proudly presents Live Music Safari as part of Melbourne Music Week 2012.... a full day and night of free music in multiple venues across the CBD!
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Feature Sounds

Weapon of Choice

Mon 19 Nov 2012 to Sun 25 Nov 2012
by Airileke Leading-edge producer and innovator behind DRUM DRUM and Grrilla Step, Melbourne’s Airileke (irie-leck–eh ) will release his debut album ‘Weapon of Choice’ at the Australian World Music Expo this November. The album takes...
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Feature Sounds

Visible 7

Mon 19 Nov 2012 to Sun 25 Nov 2012
by Various Multicultural Arts Victoria (MAV) is proud to launch the seventh edition of their annual compilation album Visible, the product of the Visible Mentoring Program, featuring the sounds of a proudly multicultural Melbourne. With...
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Community News

MBAS Blues Performer of the Year 2012 Winner

Mon 19 Nov 2012
Andrea Marr Band was selected from 6 participants in the Grand Final, held on Sunday 28th October at the GH Hotel.
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Studio 5 Live

MAGNET

Sun 18 Nov 2012
Listen back to Impressions with Ross Nable for a live set from MAGNET.
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Studio 5 Live

Useless Eaters

Fri 16 Nov 2012
Listen back to Stone Love with Richie 1250 for a live set from Useless Eaters.
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PBS Presents

Australasian Worldwide Music Expo (AWME)

Thu 15 Nov 2012 to Sun 18 Nov 2012
AWME: Showcasing the finest roots music from around the world.
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Studio 5 Live

Jen Cloher & Courtney Barnett

Mon 12 Nov 2012
Listen back to Homebrew with Jenny for a live set from Jen Cloher & Courtney Barnett.
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PBS News

Changes to the PBS Program Guide in November

Mon 12 Nov 2012
This month, PBS officially rolls out a revised program schedule.
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Feature Sounds

The Soul of Melbourne

Mon 12 Nov 2012 to Sun 18 Nov 2012
by Various Soul music in Melbourne has arrived truly arrived! The groundswell that has been slowly building for the last decade has exploded into a modern music scene as varied and colourful as the city...
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PBS News

Access Airwaves wraps up for October

Mon 12 Nov 2012
Access Airwaves aims to give participants hailing from local housing estates a taste of community broadcasting.
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Feature Sounds

The Drifter's Dawn

Mon 12 Nov 2012 to Sun 18 Nov 2012
by The Tiger & Me Melbourne sextet The Tiger & Me weave a rare mixture of styles and sounds as three lead vocalists exchange and merge tunes from whispered ballad to fevered maelstrom, from charming...
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Community News

Imagine Concert

Sun 11 Nov 2012
On 23rd November, 50 Aboriginal elders and 50 white leaders will sit together for a forum weekend and forever transform Australian culture.
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PBS Presents

Rock for Recognition

Thu 8 Nov 2012 to Sun 11 Nov 2012
Rock for Recognition raises awareness and promotes the need for recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Australian Constitution.
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PBS Presents

Pause Digital Festival 2012

Thu 8 Nov 2012 to Sun 11 Nov 2012
Pause Digital Festival Melbourne 2012 has just announced the festival program and the release of early bird tickets!
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Community News

Overland’s Subscriberthon 2012

Wed 7 Nov 2012 to Wed 14 Nov 2012
Overland literary journal has been Australia's premier source for articles, stories and poems looking at the intersection between politics and culture.