Melbourne

Surprise Chef have announced their fifth studio album, Frogs In A Pond, for October 23 through Concord Jazz, with Leg Day as the first single.

Rare Records will celebrate 35 years in Melbourne with Mammal, Sydonia, .hinge, Bushido and Tyson & Forbes at 170 Russell on October 31.

Hypersonic Festival will expand to Melbourne and Sydney in November 2026, with Armin Van Buuren, W&W, Showtek, Timmy Trumpet and Hybrid Minds announced among the headliners.

Melbourne International Jazz Festival has unveiled its 2026 program, featuring more than 550 artists from 18 countries across 150 events and 30 venues from 16 to 25 October.

The 2026 Art Music Awards have recognised Australian composers, performers, educators and organisations, with Chamber Made taking two honours and Liza Lim AM receiving the Richard Gill Award.

The Royal Shakespeare Company’s Matilda The Musical will return to Australia in 2027, opening at Melbourne’s Princess Theatre before seasons in Sydney and Brisbane.

Bayker Blankenship will return to Australia in December 2026 for his first headline tour, with shows announced for Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.

Gary Óg will return to Australia in October 2026 for five performances across Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney and Perth.

Smokie will return to Australia in February and March 2027 for an 11-date Greatest Hits Tour featuring the songs that defined their international success.

Dom Dolla has announced Green Velvet, Torren Foot and RONA. b2b DJ JNETT as special guests for his September 24 Marvel Stadium homecoming.

Dave Hill has joined A Perfect Circle and Puscifer for their December 2026 Australia and New Zealand tour, marking A Perfect Circle’s first Australian shows since 2013.

Marcus Miller will return to Australia in April 2027 for five headline performances across Perth, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide.

Neil Diamond’s 1966 debut album The Feel Of Neil Diamond turns 60 as A Beautiful Noise begins its Melbourne season, revisiting the songs that launched his recording career.

David Berry, Bert LaBonté and Rodger Corser will lead The Shawshank Redemption on its Australian stage tour beginning in Sydney in January 2027.

Leo Sayer will release Leothology: The Studio Albums 1973-Now, an 18CD career box set featuring 16 studio albums, a previously unreleased Melbourne live album and the Return To Paradise rarities collection.

The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra has announced its 2027 season, combining Beethoven, 13 world premieres, Australian premieres, international artists and expanded community programming.

Former The Models drummer Barton Price explores the relationship between music, memory and visual art with Thin Places, a new exhibition opening at Red Gallery in Melbourne.

A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical has opened its Australian season in Melbourne, with Neil Diamond’s wife Katie McNeil Diamond attending the premiere and Broadway creatives Sonny Paladino and Yasmine Lee involved in preparing the Australian production.

Seattle garage rock band The Darts (US) will support The Damned at the Brisbane and Melbourne dates of the British punk legends’ September 2026 Australian tour.

The New Christs have been announced as the support act for The Damned’s Melbourne concert on the Final Damnation Tour at The Forum in September 2026.

Perth’s Benny J Ward returns with the new single ‘Fear Of Going Out’ and confirms October Melbourne performances with his all-star live band Benny J & The Psych Ward.

MaRLo celebrates the 10th anniversary of Altitude with the biggest event in the festival’s history, including a world exclusive performance with Will Sparks at Flemington Racecourse.

Six60 will return to Melbourne this November for a headline performance at Live At The Gardens, with South Summit joining the bill at the Royal Botanic Gardens.

Following their sold-out 2025 Australian debut, Pavlov’s Dog return in July 2027 to perform their classic 1975 album Pampered Menial in full across five cities, joined by Iain Matthews. Tickets go on sale 6 August.

The new Australian production of Noël Coward’s Private Lives starring Hugh Bonneville and Lisa McCune will play Melbourne’s Princess Theatre from March 2027 following record-breaking demand for the Sydney season.

DOMi & JD BECK confirm three East Coast Australian dates in November for the WHO ASKED? Tour, their first visit since 2024.

Australian entertainment and sports manager Ralph Carr has been publicly identified after a suppression order was lifted following his conviction on two counts of rape and one count of sexual assault.

Marcel Borrack and The TD Band have released ‘Mullumbimby Nights’, the second single from the Melbourne instrumental outfit ahead of their forthcoming debut album.

Jason Donovan, Nadine Garner and Jeremy Proulx lead the newly announced cast for the Melbourne season of One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest at the Athenaeum Theatre from November 13.

SIX The Musical has returned to Melbourne for its third season, bringing a new cast of Queens and its pop concert retelling of Henry VIII’s six wives to the Comedy Theatre.