Category: music

The Pleasure Garden festival at Catani Gardens

Last weekend The Pleasure Garden hosted its first shenanigan filled party at Catani Gardens. This festival promised to bring the A game and it delivered on every level. The sun came out at midday, so I put on my favourite…

Three things we love about the Royal Croquet Club

I’m writing this review from the comfort of an air-conditioned café, on a 34-degree day while flicking through dozens of pictures we took of the Royal Croquet Club’s (RCC) opening night – most of these pictures are of delicious Pimms…

‘Ladies in Black’ at Regent’s Theatre

Are you a retro formal dress fanatic? Do you love Australian stories told in song and dance? Do you have youthful memories of working retail over the summer holidays? All these things are to be found in Queensland Theatre Company’s Ladies…

RnB Fridays Live – all the greatest hits

Ever wanted to see some of the best RnB bands from around the world live at one huge concert?  We were lucky enough to do just that at RnB Fridays live. After launching as a Hit Networks radio show in…

Julia Jacklin performs to a sold-out audience at Howler

I was introduced to Julia Jacklin in April 2015 as a support for Marlon Williams (the days when Melbourne could catch him playing at the Gaso rather than stadiums in America). I was enchanted, not only because I’m a sucker…

Monthly wrap: our fave events of November

As November draws to a close, we look over the month of crazy-awesome events and sign in bliss. We’ve done it all this time, from attending the opening of a new store on Smith Street, to checking out international fashion-as-art,…

Opera Australia performs Wagner’s epic Ring Cycle

Strap in for an epic opera experience. Opera Australia’s momentous production of Wagner’s Ring Cycle is a sequence of four works, each one a marvel of music, performance, direction, and artistic design. It offers sixteen hours of powerful storytelling through…