Community News

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.
PBS Presents

Port Fairy Folk Festival 2026

Fri 6 Mar 2026 to Mon 9 Mar 2026
Port Fairy Folk Festival is just around the corner! Over the March long weekend, Port Fairy will host an inspiring mix of international guests, First Nations voices and beloved Australian songwriters.
Community News

Bowls for Benefit

Fri 13 Mar 2026
Grab your mates and head to Bowls for Benefit, a community fundraiser supporting those most affected by climate change.
PBS Presents

LuliePalooza 2026

Sat 21 Mar 2026
Naarm's wildest rock 'n' roll festival, LuliePalooza, is back on Saturday March 21!
PBS Presents

Gospel Whiskey Presents Chessboxin' 2 with GZA

Thu 26 Mar 2026
Naarm indie rye whiskey distillers The Gospel Whiskey presents Chessboxin’ 2 with GZA of Wu-Tang Clan, returning on Thursday March 26 at Collingwood Town Hall.
PBS Presents

Erykah Badu – Walk Between Worlds: Australia Tour April 2026

Wed 1 Apr 2026
Bluesfest Tours and PBS 106.7FM proudly present Erykah Badu, the Queen of neo soul, returning to Naarm for the first time in 12 years with her Walk Between Worlds tour in April 2026.
PBS Presents

The Wailers – 50 Years of Positive Vibrations

Wed 1 Apr 2026
Bluesfest Tours and PBS are proud to present The Wailers – 50 Years of Positive Vibrations.
PBS Presents

Buddy Guy

Mon 6 Apr 2026
The greatest living blues legend, Buddy Guy, returns to Naarm/Melbourne for one exclusive performance at the Palais Theatre on Monday April 6.
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.

Past News

PBS Events

Listen back: The Juke Joint LIVE at Port Fairy Folk Festival 2024

Sun 10 Mar 2024
Experience PBS making radio live on stage at this year's Port Fairy Folk Festival . The Juke Joint 's Matt Frederick hosted two hours of music on the Pyipgil Gundij stage on Sunday March 10...
PBS News

IWD 2024 at PBS!

Fri 8 Mar 2024
March 8 is International Women’s Day! To mark the occasion PBS programmed a full 24 hours of radio celebrating the incredible women and gender diverse musicians and DJs in our community. Listen back to hear...
Studio 5 Live

Watch: Sugar Fed Leopards Studio 5 Live

Fri 8 Mar 2024
Sugar Fed Leopards play sweet original music emanating from somewhere in the sequinned space between disco, soul, doo-wop and rock n roll. The band make music which is an ode to disco lights, bar hopping,...
PBS Presents

Port Fairy Folk Festival 2024

Fri 8 Mar 2024 to Mon 11 Mar 2024
Port Fairy Folk Festival has revealed its first artist line up for 2024.
Feature Sounds

Moor Mother - The Great Bailout

Mon 4 Mar 2024 to Sun 10 Mar 2024
This week’s PBS Feature Album is The Great Bailout, the ninth studio album by Moor Mother aka Camae Ayewa. Called “the poet laureate of the apocalypse,” by Pitchfork, Ayewa’s music contains multitudes of instruments, voices...
Community News

un Projects

Thu 22 Feb 2024
Join un Projects for their first Victorian based public program for the year: changing, swelling and sometimes bursting , an evening of readings and presentations at West Space Gallery on Thursday, February 22 from 6-8pm...
Feature Sounds

Maddison Carter - Polymorphic

Mon 19 Feb 2024 to Sun 25 Feb 2024
This week’s PBS Feature Album is Polymorphic, the groundbreaking project from Melbourne based visionary percussionist and composer Maddison Carter. Polymorphic is Maddison Carter's latest venture, drawing upon his fascination for rhythmic complexity. Whilst blurring the...
PBS Events

Drive Live 2024

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Mon 19 Feb 2024 to Fri 23 Feb 2024
Your 2024 Drive Live line up is here!
PBS Events

Watch: Drive Live 2024

Mon 19 Feb 2024 to Fri 23 Feb 2024
Join us as we revisit our massive Drive Live from back in February! Thanks to the legends at Trade Creative , we're able to relive the amazing week with videos of the full live performances...
PBS Presents

High Times 2024

Sun 18 Feb 2024
PBS, Northcote Theatre, Good Intent & Close Counters present High Times. Join the celebrations for Northcote Rise Festival ’s return after 13 years across three spaces on Sunday February 18: Northcote Theatre, Bastings St and...
Feature Sounds

Opelousas - Opelousafried

Mon 12 Feb 2024 to Sun 18 Feb 2024
This week’s PBS Feature Album is Opelousafried by Melbourne’s swamp-blues powerhouse Opelousas. Opelousafried showcases an evolution in the interplay between Kerri Simpson’s visceral vocals and powerfully raw guitar, Anthony “Shorty” Shortte’s hypnotic grooves and swamp-soaked...
Feature Sounds

Yirinda - Yirinda

Mon 12 Feb 2024 to Sun 18 Feb 2024
This week’s PBS Feature Album is the self-titled debut album by Meanjin/Brisbane duo Yirinda. The band combine ancient Aboriginal language with sublime modern production. Fred Leone and Samuel Pankhurst’s music invokes thousands of generations of...
Studio 5 Live

Watch: Porpoise Spit Studio 5 Live

Mon 12 Feb 2024
Porpoise Spit generate a stirring brand of rock that merges heartfelt ballads, raucous energy, thrashing guitars and a socially progressive punk spirit. The band has built an audience in Melbourne and increasingly around Australia playing...
Community News

Take Note 2024

Thu 8 Feb 2024 to Mon 26 Feb 2024
Take Note are looking for their 2024 Take Note Jazz Leader. Applications are now open until 12pm on Monday February 26, 2024. Now in its sixth year, Take Note is a program that addresses the...
Feature Sounds

Birdsnake - Birdsnake Begins

Mon 5 Feb 2024 to Sun 11 Feb 2024
This week’s PBS Feature Album is Birdsnake Begins , the debut EP by groove merchants Birdsnake. Crafting a name for themselves as one of the most entrancing acts in the local scene, Birdsnake provide a...
Studio 5 Live

Watch: Mindy Meng Wang 王萌 & Sui Zhen Studio 5 Live

Sun 4 Feb 2024
Origin of You is a startling new collaboration between Chinese-Australian composers Mindy Meng Wang 王萌 and Becky Sui Zhen, forming spontaneously one wintry afternoon in Melbourne and enduring with bonds that will last longer than...
PBS News

Performer Drive 2024 winners announced!

Thu 1 Feb 2024 to Thu 29 Feb 2024
Thank you to all of the incredible bands, DJs, artists and performers that joined or renewed their membership throughout February for the PBS Performer Drive. Now, to the winners! 1st Prize Winner: Robbie Belchamber -...
Feature Sounds

Sleater-Kinney - Little Rope

Mon 29 Jan 2024 to Sun 4 Feb 2024
This week’s PBS Feature Album is Little Rope by American rockers Sleater-Kinney. Little Rope is one of the finest, most delicately layered records in the band’s nearly 30-year career. To call the album flawless feels...
Community News

Calling All Rock Music Listeners!

Mon 29 Jan 2024 to Sun 3 Mar 2024
Calling all rock music listeners! 'Let There Be Rock' is a research project led by PhD candidate Charlotte Markowitsch which seeks to capture the status of rock in Australian popular culture. 

 To do this,...
Feature Sounds

COMETS - Anywhere Here

Mon 22 Jan 2024 to Sun 28 Jan 2024
This week’s PBS Feature Album is Anywhere Here by instrumental psych jam band COMETS. COMETS are back with another seemingly effortless number in Anywhere Here . It was recorded in a similar fashion to Rain...