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Applications Open for 2025 West Space Commission

Wed 27 Aug 2025 to Fri 26 Sep 2025
Applications are now open for the 2027 West Space Commission. The West Space Commission program is an opportunity for artists or collectives to present a new body of work in the West Space Gallery. West...
Feature Sounds

Natalie Slade - Molasses

Mon 1 Sep 2025 to Sun 7 Sep 2025
This week's PBS Feature Album is Molasses, the sophomore album from Eora/Sydney soul songstress Natalie Slade. Staying true to her debut album C ontrol 's style of Australian future soul, Molasses has an emphasis on...
Studio 5 Live

Body Prison Studio 5 Live

Wed 3 Sep 2025
Four-piece deathcore group Body Prison are taking claim of the heavy music scene in Naarm/Melbourne, rapidly becoming known for their relentless and uncompromising yet innovative and refreshing approach to the genre. Exploding into the world...
Community News

Sounds Like Community Radio

Wed 3 Sep 2025 to Thu 4 Sep 2025
Celebrate independent airwaves supporting local music, Tune In and Turn Up! First-time callers, long-time listeners from across the community radio landscape - Sounds Like Community Radio returns to Meanjin/Brisbane station 4ZZZFM, in celebration of their...
PBS Events

Rock-A-Bye Baby with Wrong Way Up at Darebin Arts Centre

Thu 4 Sep 2025
Rock-A-Bye Baby - PBS 106.7FM’s #1 kid friendly music event - returns this September as part of Fuse Darebin! For fans of the A.M. and a babycino or two, this one's for you. Taking place...
Community News

'no rock no flower' by Andrea Illés at West Space

Sat 6 Sep 2025 to Sat 25 Oct 2025
West Space presents no rock no flower, a new work by Naarm/Melbourne based artist Andrea Illés, September 6 to October 25, 2025. Consolidating her growing reputation as an important performance artist in this country's cultural...
PBS Presents

Fusion on Fitzroy Street

Sat 6 Sep 2025
Fusion on Fitzroy Street: A Celebration of Jazz & St Kilda's Iconic Music Scene Saturday, September 6 | 2pm – 9pm | FREE ENTRY What’s better than a street full of jazz? A street full...
Studio 5 Live

Turtle Skull Studio 5 Live

Tue 9 Sep 2025
Since forming in 2017, Northern NSW-based heavy psych rockers Turtle Skull have been carving their own niche with crushing riffs, stacked vocal harmonies and dense synthscapes that hit like a lightning bolt wrapped in a...
Studio 5 Live

Phoebe Rings Studio 5 Live

Mon 15 Sep 2025
Phoebe Rings shimmers into orbit with their debut LP, Aseurai . The record adds disco and city-pop influences while staying true to their dream-pop roots. While Phoebe Rings was originally a solo project of lead...
PBS Presents

The Bamboos 25th Anniversary show

Sat 20 Sep 2025
2025 marks 25 years of Naarm/Melbourne funk and soul trailblazers The Bamboos. To celebrate, they’re releasing a deluxe compilation - The Bamboos Best - and hit ting the road for some of their biggest Australian...
Studio 5 Live

I Hold The Lion's Paw Studio 5 Live

Sun 21 Sep 2025
Celebrated Australian experimental jazz outfit I Hold the Lion’s Paw - led by ARIA-nominated trumpeter Reuben Lewis - are back with their third studio album, Potentially Interesting Jazz Music . Due for release on 26...
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PBS Events

Soul-A-Go-Go at The Night Cat 

Sat 11 Oct 2025
PBS’ Soul-A-Go-Go returns to The Night Cat.
PBS Events

45 Years of Sunglasses After Dark at The Tote

Sun 26 Oct 2025
Come and celebrate 45 Years of Sunglasses After Dark at The Tote! Phil MacDougall, also known as the 'Prince of Darkness', has been on air since September 1980, back when PBS was still broadcasting out...
PBS Presents

Town Folk Festival 2025

Sat 15 Nov 2025
Town Folk Festival returns to Djaara/Castlemaine on Saturday November 15 with yet another impressive lineup of local and international music. Led by Sharon Van Etten & The Attachment Theory, the group return to Australia with...
PBS Presents

Strawberry Fields Festival - Live Music Act Competition applications open

Fri 21 Nov 2025 to Sun 23 Nov 2025
The Strawberry Fields Live Music Act competition is back for 2025! Strawberry Fields is committed to supporting the underground and independent music scene in Australia whilst providing a platform for audiences to discover new music...
PBS Presents

Jamaican Music & Food Festival 2025

Sat 6 Dec 2025
This December, Jamaican Music & Food Festival returns – bigger, bolder, and more vibrant than ever. Since 2016, the Jamaican Music & Food Festival has been the beating heart of summer, celebrating the rhythms, flavours,...
PBS Presents

When Pigs Fly NYE 2025

Wed 31 Dec 2025 to Thu 1 Jan 2026
PBS Presents the fourth edition of When Pigs Fly NYE at Collingwood Children's Farm on December 31, 2025. Turns out running a paddock party is a bit like tending vegetables – you plant some seeds,...
PBS Presents

Port Fairy Folk Festival 2026

Fri 6 Mar 2026 to Mon 9 Mar 2026
Mark your calendars and grab your early bird tix! Port Fairy Folk Festival is set to make its much-anticipated return to the charming coastal town of Port Fairy, Victoria, from March 6 to 10, 2026...

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PBS Events

Soul A Go Go New Year's Eve!

Sat 31 Dec 2022 to Sun 1 Jan 2023
Catch Surprise Chef permoring LIVE, alongside heroes Richie 1250, Andrew Young, Vince Peach, Sugar D, DJ Lady Soul, and Stuckey!
Tabula Rasa DJs
PBS Presents

Tabula Rasa

Fri 30 Dec 2022 to Mon 2 Jan 2023
Tabula Rasa returns to Hamilton, Victoria in 2022 for another three day, three night festival - presented by PBS.
PBS News

Farewell Kev Lobotomi and 33 years of Shock Treatment!

Wed 28 Dec 2022
Phil MacDougall and Rodney Shah on Kev Lobotomi
Top 10 Feature Albums 2022
Feature Sounds

Top Feature Albums of 2022

Mon 19 Dec 2022 to Sun 25 Dec 2022
As the year draws to a close we reflect on the best new releases of 2022.
PBS Events

PBS Housewarming Party at Collingwood Yards

Fri 16 Dec 2022
NEW DATE - Friday December 16!
Baker Boy at the Music Victoria Awards
Community News

2022 Music Victoria Awards Winners Announced

Wed 14 Dec 2022
The 2022 Music Victoria Award winners were announced at the official ceremony on December 13 at The Edge at Fed Square. Over 200 Victorian music experts, and the largest public voting pool in the award...
PBS Presents

Music Victoria Awards Ceremony

Tue 13 Dec 2022
Ajak Kwai, Pinch Points, Bumpy, Harvey Sutherland, Mo'Ju and Kutcha Edwards lead this year’s stacked industry nominations.
Chris Wilson Singing (black and white)
Feature Sounds

Chris Wilson - Landlocked, Faithless & Free

Mon 12 Dec 2022 to Sun 18 Dec 2022
This week’s PBS Feature Album is the special 30th Anniversary reissue of Chris Wilson’s 1992 album, Landlocked.
PBS Presents

Jamaican Music and Food Festival 2022

Sat 10 Dec 2022
Soak up the spirit of the Caribbean at The 2022 Jamaican Music & Food Festival Saturday December 10. With live bands performances including internationals including Turbulence (JA), 1lawdgad (JA), Rubi Du (NZ) and local legend...
Studio 5 Live

The Counterfeit

Thu 8 Dec 2022
Melbourne 8-piece posse The Counterfeit recently saddled up at Fight Night Records for a gunslinging set of spaghetti western tracks off their debut LP, 14 Killer Bullets From the Spaghetti West . The band performed...
Adalita wearing a gold tasseled jacket with their arms up and hair tied back.
Feature Sounds

Adalita - Inland

Mon 5 Dec 2022 to Sun 11 Dec 2022
Inland is a celebration of an inward journey. A dynamic new work, the record bristles with raw emotion, cerebral lyrics and her trademark kick-in-the-guts guitar.
PBS Presents

Reservoir Stomp 2022

Sun 4 Dec 2022
Reservoir Stomp is back on December 4 at the iconic Preston-Reservoir Bowls Club and it’s set to be the biggest suburban shindig of the year. Featuring Mo'Ju, Pinch Points, Ausecuma Beats and more!
PBS Events

Soul A Go Go December 3

Sat 3 Dec 2022
Don't miss Melbourne's premier soul and funk party Soul A Go Go, Saturday December 3 at Brunswick Ballroom!
Milo Eastwood djing
PBS Events

The PBS Breakfast Spread LIVE from the Arts Centre Forecourt

Fri 2 Dec 2022
With Milo Eastwood and special guest DJs!
PBS News

Kev Lobotomi's Shock Treatment is wrapping up

Wed 30 Nov 2022
Last Wednesday night Kev Lobotomi announced that after 33 years Shock Treatment would be winding up on December 28, 2022.
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Feature Sounds

CoOp Presents: They're Energised

Mon 28 Nov 2022 to Sun 4 Dec 2022
CoOp Presents has released an all-new compilation album put together by Allysha Joy. The 14-track LP They're Energised gives us a solid glimpse into the current wave of Antipodean bruk/broken beat artists.
PBS Presents

Stranger Cole live at Shotkickers

Sat 26 Nov 2022
PBS and Funky Kingston present a very special evening of foundation Jamaican sounds delivered by one of the originators direct from Kingston, Jamaica: Stranger Cole . Get down to Shotkickers in Thornbury Saturday November 26,...
PBS Presents

Queenscliff Music Festival 2022

Fri 25 Nov 2022 to Sun 27 Nov 2022
Queenscliff Music Festival is back! We can't wait to see you all in Queenscliff again this November 25-27 for the 24th edition (finally!). Without further ado, please welcome to the QMF Family... THE BAD DAD...
Tamara standing outside at the top of a staircase with their double bass.
Feature Sounds

Tamara Murphy Trio - TMT

Mon 21 Nov 2022 to Sun 27 Nov 2022
Tamara Murphy presents TMT , her debut album featuring a mix of specially curated originals and covers from the likes of The Beatles, Thom Yorke and Bernie McGann.
PBS Presents

Prahran Square Block Party

Sun 20 Nov 2022
Live music is back, and Prahran Square is set to host a free major outdoor music event on Sunday November 20. Prahran Square Block Party will feature sets from Mildlife , 30/70 , Emma Volard...