Experience the beautiful and emotionally evocative music of Dvorak, Grieg and Smetana, three of the romantic era's great composers. Ninety of Queensland's most talented young musicians will delight audiences under the direction of Russian conductor, Sergei V Korschmin, who studied his art at the Moscow Tchaikovsky Conservatory of Music. And for the first time, audiences can experience the magnificent acoustic sounds of a full 90-piece orchestra on the stage of the Redland Performing Arts Centre's new Concert Hall. The program includes Smetana's famous work, The Moldau from Ma Vlast, which was written in the 1870s to embody the ... Read More >>>

'TIS... is one of Queenslands most popular Irish Entertainment Bands having kept the place jigging and reeling for over 10 years. 'TIS...are all about fun and entertainment!! They bring you live Irish music fromthe good old traditionals through to the contemporary hits of today. And live music is just that...no drum machines,sequencers or artificial colours and flavourings. Fun is what 'TIS¦ are all about. They not only create the sound but provide you with an entertainment experience guaranteed to keep you singing and tapping along. If youre looking for a fun and entertaining time, come along and enjoy the craic! Remember, The Craic ... Read More >>>

The Cast of the Phoenix Dreams Musical Go Wild @ THE RUM JUNGLE on the 31st July 2010 Saturday Night as a Fundraiser Night Event to raise funds to take them to the QPAC scehduled to be in December 2010! The band featured on the night is the GEAKSQUAD! who will play RNB, Hip Hop, Popular Music,Reggae and Dance Covers as well as their own Original songs to Keep you on your feet all night! Special Acts by WOMENS WORLD RANKED 3 BEATBOXER HOPEYONE, Hip Hop Dance Crews will flip the room for you by NEWBEATAZ ... Read More >>>

The Natasha York Duo presents the Natasha York Collective for one night only at the StageDoor Dinner Theatre in Bowen Hills QLD (underneath the Twelfth Night Theatre). The night will be filled with live music and entertainment with styles ranging from blues and lounge through to Broadway and Cabaret. The collective is made up of a 4 piece band and guest vocalists to form one of Brisbanes newest and hottest groups. The Natasha York Duo is well known for taking 80s, 90s and contemporary music and turning them in our own unique Broadjazz style. Tickets are ... Read More >>>

Asa and Friends get picking Wrapping up the Asa and Friends series of shows with a night of guitar picking sounds just about right for Asa Broomhall and his last guest Danny Widdicombe. Asa spends most of his days around guitars, either during his day job at a guitar shop or at night playing music with his band and the six-string is never far from Dannys fingers either with his work with The Wilson Pickers or his solo and guest work. This Saturday (31/7) the two meet at The Tempo Hotel Stage Door for a joining ... Read More >>>

"Each person who was present felt it, in their soul and in their heart that metal lives." - antiMusic.com Brace yourself because metals baddest group of outlaws, Vinnie Paul (Pantera, Damageplan), Chad Gray (Mudvayne), Greg Tribbett (Mudvayne), Bob Zilla (Damageplan) and Tom Maxwell (Nothingface) are on the verge of releasing Stampede, the follow up to their 2007 self-titled debut. Chad Gray says of the album I couldn't wait to write this record. I cant wait for our fans to hear it and I definitely can't wait to hit the fucking stage and play it! Stampede represents ... Read More >>>

"Drift" moët and chandon piano lounge Cate will be performing at this stunning riverside venue Sundays from August 1st Featuring Dave Spicer, Nathan Seiler and Shane Calderbank on piano. Dave Spicer, (1st and 15th); Nathan Seiler (8th) and Shane Calderbank(22nd and 29th) Indulge in a cocktails before or after lunch, or just Sunday drinks as you soak up the sounds from Cate and the baby grand piano. Free entry Free parking : "Drift" carpark in Lang Parade Sundays from 1st August : 1pm to 4pm 330 Coronation Drive, Milton 3368 ... Read More >>>

SECOND SHOW BY POPULAR DEMAND After a sell-out first show, Busting Out! has announced a second show at Redland Performing Arts Centre. Don't miss the laugh out loud musical comedy spectacular that is keeping abreast of the times. With more front than Myer, our bosom-buddies decided to start in their own laugh-out-loud and totally liberating show which has been seen by over 300,000 adoring fans throughout Australia and New Zealand. Follow these two lubbily-jubbily ladies as they unleash their playful puppies and walk abreast down mammary lane. It's an uplifting celebration of bouncy songs, wobbly jokes, thigh-slapping lesser-known ... Read More >>>

The Mt Gravatt Special School is holding its annual Cent Auction on Saturday the 7th of August. Doors open at 10.30 am for an 11.30 am start. Entry fee is $2 per person, which includes tea and coffee and a lucky door ticket. Auction tickets can be prepurchased. Great prizes again this year - weekend away, food and fruit and vege hampers, beauty hampers, toys, electrical appliances, linen and vouchers. Great raffles also at the door. Come along, bring a friend and have an enjoyable day....all welcome....support a worthy ... Read More >>>

Entertainer David Campbell has returned to his first love Broadway as he is set release a new album of Broadway classics. The album, On Broadway will be in stores from April 2. On Broadway sees Campbell interpreting a host of beloved music theatre songs on record for the first time. The album combines songs from hit shows in which he has starred such as Bring Him Home (Les Miserables), Being Alive (Company), Luck Be A Lady (Guys and Dolls), and Youll Never Walk Alone (Carousel) with songs from other hit musicals such as Oh ... Read More >>>

Metalheads Australia wide will be banging their heads with glee to hear that yes, the rumours are true, the mighty Testament will return to our shores this August. Testament have reigned as one of the worlds premier thrash bands for 25 years, since the birth of Bay Area thrash, always staying true to their roots, yet winning over new fans with each of their nine chart busting studio albums. However to truly experience the skull crushing phenomenon that is Testament, you have to experience their live show as their five live albums and legion of fans ... Read More >>>

Since emerging with Guns N Roses, SLASH has been one of the worlds most sought after guitarists. Michael Jackson, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Quentin Tarantino and so many other fellow icons have sought his services in order to make the good sound great. Critics and fans alike still debate the greatest rock riff of all time with Sweet Child O Mine consistently taking top honors. Time Magazine placed SLASH second only to Jimi Hendrix amongst the greatest guitarists of all time. It therefore came as little surprise that when SLASH put out the word about recording ... Read More >>>

Kristian Fletcher launches CULT CLASSIC FRIDAYS **The 2nd Friday of every month at Tribal Theatre** Friday the 13th August Tribal Theatre, 346 George St Brisbane SCHLOCK HORROR MOVIE PYJAMA PARTY Dress in your PJs! Bring pillows and chill out for a night of low-budget schlock horror classics! SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE (1982) (R18 ) - 6.15pm Buxom beauties and drill killers! RAZORBACK (1984) (M) - 7.45pm The infamous Ozploitation classic! LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT (1972) (R18 ) - 9.30pm Wes Craven's original exploitation flick Tickets $12 (includes entry to all three films) 18 event BYO beer and wine *corkage fee applies PRESOLD BOOKINGS: Phone 3847 6796 / oztix.com.au / Tribal ... Read More >>>

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You have to rank Everett amongst John Lennon and Kurt Cobain. Thats how good he is The Sunday Times You never know what to expect at an Eels concert. One year its vocoders and synthesizers and the next its gritty garage rock. None of this is designed for the sake of versatility so much as it is answering the deep-rooted creative needs of E. E has always been fascinated with off kilter arrangements, slightly left-of-centre instrumentation and an aesthetic thats always sounded like it spent time locked in a box of medicated toys. Maybe its the simple, ... Read More >>>

CHAMBERLAND LAUNCH 2nd INSTALLMENT AND KICK OFF THE EMPTY SUN TOUR AT THE HI-FI The much anticipated release of Chamberlands EP Empty Sun, the second instalment in an ambitious trilogy of EPs and the follow up to last years acclaimed debut Take Your Place, will be launched at The Hi-Fi in West End in mammoth rock fashion on Saturday 14th August 2010. The boys returned to renowned Brisbane producer Caleb James, to capture the second act in the trilogy of short releases centred on a single narrative and protagonist. Caleb was instrumental in shaping our release, Take ... Read More >>>

Enter the imaginarium and join Emma Dean for a night of spectacular pop-cabaret madness as she performs songs old and new, featuring three of her very own "imaginary friends"! With performances and choreography by: Giema Contini, Dale Thorburn, Jamie Kendall, Lia Reutens, Walter Davis-Hart and Amanda Laing. "...Curious, funny, astute and above all, weird. She could well stake a good claim to be the new Millennium's Kate Bush with her theatrical approach to music...." Patrick McKiernan allgigs.co.uk, United Kingdom, 12 September 2009 All Ages Tix - www.oztix.com.au Emma Dean is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist whose music and performances ... Read More >>>

'TIS... is one of Queenslands most popular Irish Entertainment Bands having kept the place jigging and reeling for over 10 years. 'TIS...are all about fun and entertainment!! They bring you live Irish music from the good old traditionals through to the contemporary hits of today. And live music is just that...no drum machines, sequencers or artificial colours and flavourings. Fun is what 'TIS¦ are all about. They not only create the sound but provide you with an entertainment experience guaranteed to keep you singing and tapping along. If youre looking for a fun and entertaining time, come along and enjoy the craic! Remember, The ... Read More >>>

One of Australias most heralded live acts return for their first shows since their record-breaking touring expedition a year ago which saw them run riot with over 20,000 fans across the country. Bliss N Esos infamous live shows built the foundation of their massive following and have propelled them to their current status as one of Australias biggest acts. Since the release of their ARIA Award winning album, Flying Colours, the skyrocketing Sydney-siders have graced some of Australias biggest festivals (Homebake, Pyramid Rock, Splendour in the Grass), and became the sole hip-hop act billed on the ... Read More >>>

Fresh from familiarising themselves with the QLD Police Force at one of the many warehouse parties theyve been playing at lately, Brisbane two piece DZ are today releasing their new single Gebbie Street. Get it free now at http://dzdzdz.bandcamp.com when you sign up to the DZ mailing list. Brisbane folks will have the chance to hear Gebbie Street live when the band play a Fundraising Show at The Zoo on Friday 27th August with Veloceraptor and special guests. Fundraising for what, you ask? DZ will be storming NYC in October, and as we all know, the ... Read More >>>

A Rhythmic Celebration See master musician, Gene Peterson, take percussion to a new level in this phenomenal rhythmic extravaganza. This exhilarating show features special guests - percussion genius, Seleni Suluci (Strike Percussion) and the amazing acrobatic, hip-hop and tap dancers from Brisbane's internationally-acclaimed Raw Dance Company. Gene will seamlessly combine technically-astounding drumming with humorous novelty acts as he showcases his ability to make music from kid's toys, office equipment, junk, kitchen utensils and more! The show also features his remarkable keyboard playing and crowd-pleasing collaborations with his world-class special guests. With incredible drumming, blistering tap-dancing, and a splash ... Read More >>>

If theres one band in this country who has sold in excess of half a million albums, singles, DVDs collectively across their relatively short career, its the always get on ya feet and dance, The Cat Empire! EMI Music Australia is proud to announce that Melbournes own The Cat Empire have re-signed with the label and set to celebrate their successful 6 year relationship with the release of their fourth studio album Cinema on Friday June 25. The bands first official single Feelings Gone will be unleashed to media everywhere on May 10, with a digital release ... Read More >>>

A sparkling new production celebrating the life and songs of Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber and many of his collaborators. Highlights from Cats, Joseph and His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat, Evita, Les Miserables, Phantom of the Opera and many more. *A cast of five (5), featuring the Gaslight Company and Phillip Gould. ... Read More >>>

L.A Guns are coming to Australian shores in September 2010 with Tracii Guns, founding member of both L.A Guns and Guns N Roses. Performing in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne over three back to back nights, Australian fans across the East Coast will be able to experience what many consider to be the last true Rock and Roll band. L.A. Guns started in 1982 by Tracii Guns during his last year of high school, it wasnt until after joining with Hollywood Rose frontman Axl Rose to form Guns N Roses before going their separate ways, that Tracii reformed ... Read More >>>

with Dying Fetus. Napalm Death - 28 years of grindcore ultra-violence, 28 years of being one of the hardest working, hardest touring bands on this miserable planet, Napalm Deaths conviction, energy and belief in spontaneous, outspoken yet extreme music is far from being watered down. Time Waits For No Slave, the bands 13th studio album marks no exception. Once again, Napalm Deaths concerns are realised through intense, devastatingly brutal songs that venture into groovier, neckbreaking mid-tempo passages to allow the listener to take a breath before vicious blast beats hammer you out of existence. Three years ... Read More >>>

Australia's biggest band, Powderfinger, announced details of their most extensive Australian tour to date at a press conference together with the news that they will be disbanding following the tour. This will be Powderfingers first major national tour since the hugely successful Across the Great Divide tour with Silverchair almost 3 years ago. MC, James Mathison, welcomed the media to The Annandale Hotel in Sydneys inner west, where Powderfinger sat on a same stage they first played on almost twenty years ago, and announced the details of their upcoming Sunsets tour before Bernard Fanning read a Statement ... Read More >>>

EXTRA SHOW Australia's biggest band, Powderfinger, announced details of their most extensive Australian tour to date at a press conference together with the news that they will be disbanding following the tour. This will be Powderfinger€„¢s first major national tour since the hugely successful Across the Great Divide tour with Silverchair almost 3 years ago. MC, James Mathison, welcomed the media to The Annandale Hotel in Sydney€„¢s inner west, where Powderfinger sat on a same stage they first played on almost twenty years ago, and announced the details of their upcoming Sunsets tour before Bernard Fanning read a ... Read More >>>

If you favour metal in its most primal form, then prepare yourself, because this line-up is what youve been waiting for. Soulfly will team up with City of Fire and Incite for a triple International tour of the nation, starting September 7. Most bands slow down with age not Soulfly. More than 10 years since their self-titled debut album became a genre classic (and achieved Gold sales), theyre back, and theyre bringing their brutal heavy metal assault to the masses, showcasing their seventh album, Omen. Led by former Sepultura frontman, Max Cavalera, Soulfly have become ... Read More >>>

The eyes and ears of the music world will turn to Brisbane this September as the city once again hosts BIG SOUND the longest running annual music conference and showcase in the country. Now in its 9th year, BIG SOUND 2010 will take place from September 8th to 10th and feature three days of conferences, workshops and public showcase events. In 2010 BIG SOUND continues its tradition of attracting some of worlds most influential music industry figures and artists, unveiling today the events first batch of speakers. Among them is one of the worlds most read ... Read More >>>

After touring their native USA with everyone from Set Your Goals and Four Year Strong through to Crime In Stereo and Reign Supreme, Philadelphia's The Wonder Years are heading to Australia for the first time this September. "AMP Magazine called us one of the finest bands to ever grace the genre. Absolute Punk hailed our new record as being an early contender for album of the year. Alternative Press said that if you've grown up and care about more than just girls, but still love Say It Like You Mean It (Starting Line), then you should ... Read More >>>

After touring their native USA with everyone from Set Your Goals and Four Year Strong through to Crime In Stereo and Reign Supreme, Philadelphia's The Wonder Years are heading to Australia for the first time this September. "AMP Magazine called us one of the finest bands to ever grace the genre. Absolute Punk hailed our new record as being an early contender for album of the year. Alternative Press said that if you've grown up and care about more than just girls, but still love Say It Like You Mean It (Starting Line), then you should ... Read More >>>

In a move set to unite theorists and mystics of the world, Children Collide return with their highly anticipated second album, Theory Of Everything (out 27 August 2010). The Theory of Everything, a piece of theoretical physics that attempts to explain all the fundamental interactions of nature and the universe, has formed the title for the album. Whilst the divine powers of the tarot's major arcana inspired the Melbourne bands latest album. Not that such an apparently schizoid blend is anything new for the band. "Weve had a little of that going on since we began writing ... Read More >>>

Now at a new venue, Good Buy Baby MEGA market is the biggest on Brisbane North Side. With over 80 stalls under one roof, we boast bigger range and greater variety of good quality preloved items for children aged 0-10 years. Come along and find items like cots, prams, clothes, books, games, maternity, furniture, and so much more. Save on the cost of raising a family and buy quality items at a fraction of the retail price. A lot of these items have been grown out of before they are worn out, so why not ... Read More >>>

The Fever is spreading. Bullet for My Valentine is infectious! Bullet For My Valentine pummelled a sold-out main hall with riffs and harmonic angst so unbridled that the gathered nearly came unglued at times. Mike Daniel Dallas News It is hardly a secret. Bullet For My Valentine are this generations greatest exponents of metal. Not simply because of one, two or even three amazing albums destined to be classics in the genre; but also because of the manifest evolution - with each album pointing the way to peaks that remain beyond the powers of ordinary bands. The ... Read More >>>

Country music superstar Tim McGraw is confirmed to tour Australia for the first time, promoters Chugg Entertainment and Rob Potts announced today. McGraw, and his band the Dancehall Doctors, will bring his Southern Voice Tour to Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney for shows in September. "My career's been going for a while and I've been looking for opportunities to come down, and this is the first time the timing's worked out. I'm very excited," said McGraw when asked about Australia and touring here for the first time. Chugg Entertainment's Executive Chairman, Michael Chugg said, "This is big news, ... Read More >>>

Hopeless Records, through its non-profit organization Sub City, is pleased to once again bring you the Take Action Tour Australia. This year the tour will once again spotlight ReachOut.com, an Australian youth service aimed to improve the mental health and wellbeing of Australian young people. Presented by Destroy All Lines, Hopeless Records, Mistake Clothing, SPA, Blunt and killyourstereo.com the tour will feature headliner Attack Attack!, in addition to Pierce The Veil and Dream On, Dreamer. The annual charity tour, now in its ninth year, raises funds and awareness for youth involvement in charitable action. The tour ... Read More >>>

Hopeless Records, through its non-profit organization Sub City, is pleased to once again bring you the Take Action Tour Australia. This year the tour will once again spotlight ReachOut.com, an Australian youth service aimed to improve the mental health and wellbeing of Australian young people. Presented by Destroy All Lines, Hopeless Records, Mistake Clothing, SPA, Blunt and killyourstereo.com the tour will feature headliner Attack Attack!, in addition to Pierce The Veil and Dream On, Dreamer. The annual charity tour, now in its ninth year, raises funds and awareness for youth involvement in charitable action. The tour ... Read More >>>

Having twice visited our shores on board the Big Day Out and Soundwave Festivals respectively, this September sees Britains most explosive post- hardcore act Enter Shikari head to Australia for their first ever headline tour! Boasting a genre-smashing sound that melds punk, hardcore, electronica, dubstep, drumnbass and rock into the one frenzied package, Enter Shikari took their native UK by storm with their gold-selling debut, Take To The Skies. Dozens of tours and a couple of hundred thousand record sales later, the ambitious quartet set their sights on the rest of the world, with hugely successful ... Read More >>>

Having twice visited our shores on board the Big Day Out and Soundwave Festivals respectively, this September sees Britains most explosive post- hardcore act Enter Shikari head to Australia for their first ever headline tour! Boasting a genre-smashing sound that melds punk, hardcore, electronica, dubstep, drumnbass and rock into the one frenzied package, Enter Shikari took their native UK by storm with their gold-selling debut, Take To The Skies. Dozens of tours and a couple of hundred thousand record sales later, the ambitious quartet set their sights on the rest of the world, with hugely successful ... Read More >>>

Australians be warned; the country's biggest hardcore band is set to embark on a mammoth national tour this September. Byron Bay's Parkway Drive are scheduled to storm their way through Australia's biggest live music arenas, conquering several huge venues in the name of the Deep Blue Australian Tour. Their run of 9 shows throughout 7 states will mark the band's largest tour to date -a fitting reflection of the band's unprecedented success and continuing strength since their previous album 2007's Horizons debuted at 6 on the ARIA charts and 2009's "Parkway Drive: The DVD"achieving ... Read More >>>

Old-School New Jersey thrashers OVERKILL will embark on their first-ever tour of Australia in September, with MORTAL SIN as main support. OVERKILL's new album, "Ironbound", sold 4,100 copies in the United States in its first week of release to debut at position No. 192 on The Billboard 200 chart. The CD landed at No. 4 on the Top New Artist Albums (Heatseekers) chart, which lists the best-selling albums by new and developing artists, defined as those who have never appeared in the Top 100 of The Billboard 200. Tickets go on sale on Thursday, May 6 ... Read More >>>