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		<title>Brunswick Ballroom is hosting the folk world&#8217;s biggest night of the year</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frankie Anderson-Byrne]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 23:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Grab your flannel and your dancing shoes, because Melbourne&#8217;s folk scene is about to have its biggest night of the year at Brunswick Ballroom. Hosted by Folk Alliance Australia and Brunswick Ballroom, the Australian Folk Music Awards will honour the artists shaping the sound of folk music across the country. Expect a night that blends [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://beat.com.au/brunswick-ballroom-is-hosting-the-folk-worlds-biggest-night-of-the-year/">Brunswick Ballroom is hosting the folk world&#8217;s biggest night of the year</a> appeared first on <a href="https://beat.com.au">Beat Magazine</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Grab your flannel and your dancing shoes, because Melbourne&#8217;s folk scene is about to have its biggest night of the year at Brunswick Ballroom.</p>
<p>Hosted by Folk Alliance Australia and Brunswick Ballroom, the Australian Folk Music Awards will honour the artists shaping the sound of folk music across the country.</p>
<p>Expect a night that blends live performance with genuine industry recognition.</p>
<h3>Australian Folk Music Awards 2026 &#8211; Brunswick Ballroom</h3>
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<li>Brunswick Ballroom</li>
<li>21 October</li>
<li><a href="https://www.moshtix.com.au/v2/event/australian-folk-music-awards-2026/196961?ref=RSS_rss_bb_events&amp;skin=brunswickballroom">Tickets here</a></li>
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<p class="p1"><span class="s1"><b><i>Stay up to date with what’s happening in and around Melbourne </i></b><a href="https://beat.com.au/culture/"><span class="s2"><b><i>here</i></b></span></a><b><i>. </i></b><b><i></i></b></span></p>
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<p>The evening kicks off early, with doors to the Brunswick Artists&#8217; Bar opening downstairs so guests can enjoy complimentary bubbles before heading upstairs.</p>
<p>Doors to the Ballroom proper open not long after, with the awards ceremony getting underway a little later in the evening once everyone&#8217;s settled in with a drink and some food.</p>
<p>The AFMAs celebrate an impressively wide spread of talent, with categories spanning contemporary and traditional folk, songwriting, multicultural contributions and youth artists, right through to the fan-favourite People&#8217;s Choice Award &#8211; the one category where the audience gets the final say.</p>
<p>On top of the awards themselves, the night promises a string of live performances from some of Australia&#8217;s most respected folk musicians, plus a few stories from the stage that only make sense in a room full of people who genuinely love this stuff.</p>
<p>Brunswick Ballroom&#8217;s cabaret-style setup makes it a fitting home for the occasion, with full bar service and a food menu on offer throughout the night. Whether you&#8217;re deeply embedded in the folk world or just after a beautiful room and great live music, this one&#8217;s worth carving out the evening for.</p>
<p>Tickets are limited, so it pays to lock yours in sooner rather than later.</p>
<p><strong>For more information, head <a href="https://www.moshtix.com.au/v2/event/australian-folk-music-awards-2026/196961?ref=RSS_rss_bb_events&amp;skin=brunswickballroom">here</a>.</strong></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1"><i>This article was made in partnership with Brunswick Ballroom. </i></span></p>
<p>The post <a href="https://beat.com.au/brunswick-ballroom-is-hosting-the-folk-worlds-biggest-night-of-the-year/">Brunswick Ballroom is hosting the folk world&#8217;s biggest night of the year</a> appeared first on <a href="https://beat.com.au">Beat Magazine</a>.</p>
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		<title>Ned Collette returns from Berlin to launch Mixed Light in Brunswick</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucas Radbourne]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 23:12:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The launch lands at the Victoria Street venue on 9 October, with It Records presenting an evening shaped around Ned Collette&#8217;s touring quintet. Alongside him are The Necks pianist Chris Abrahams, bassist Ben Bourke, Leah Senior on voice and Joe Talia on drums, the same group that turned heads at Rising 2025 as part of [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://beat.com.au/ned-collette-returns-from-berlin-to-launch-mixed-light-in-brunswick/">Ned Collette returns from Berlin to launch Mixed Light in Brunswick</a> appeared first on <a href="https://beat.com.au">Beat Magazine</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">The launch lands at the Victoria Street venue on 9 October, with It Records presenting an evening shaped around Ned Collette&#8217;s touring quintet.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Alongside him are The Necks pianist Chris Abrahams, bassist Ben Bourke, Leah Senior on voice and Joe Talia on drums, the same group that turned heads at Rising 2025 as part of the sprawling New Rampant Optimism Roadshow. For this show they&#8217;ll dig deeper into recent material and pull out a few older favourites.</p>
<h3 dir="ltr">Ned Collette</h3>
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<li>Quadraphonic Club, Brunswick</li>
<li>9 October</li>
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<p dir="ltr"><em><strong>Stay up to date with what&#8217;s happening in and around Melbourne <a href="https://www.beat.com.au/">here</a>.</strong></em></p>
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<p dir="ltr">Across eight albums, Collette has carved out a reputation for literate, image-rich songwriting set against music that refuses to sit still. His work drifts through folk, jazz and avant rock, informed by the years he spent in improvised and experimental circles before stepping into songcraft. Based in his Berlin studio since 2010, he&#8217;s released through a scatter of international labels and shared stages with Cat Power, Bill Callahan, Kurt Vile and Bonnie Prince Billy, the last of whom lends his voice to the new record.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The set list promises a proper tour through the catalogue. Mixed Light sits at the centre, flanked by songs from 2024&#8217;s Our Other History and reaching all the way back to the 2006 debut Jokes &amp; Trials that first won him a devoted following. Seeing this particular lineup stretch out across that span of material is a rare treat, especially given how seldom Collette plays on home soil these days.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Rounding out the bill is Sarah Mary Chadwick, a kindred spirit in the business of bruised, unvarnished songwriting. Word has it her own new record isn&#8217;t far off either, so expect a taste of what&#8217;s coming.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong>For more information, head <a href="https://events.humanitix.com/ned-collette-mixed-light-album-launch">here</a>.</strong></p>
<p>The post <a href="https://beat.com.au/ned-collette-returns-from-berlin-to-launch-mixed-light-in-brunswick/">Ned Collette returns from Berlin to launch Mixed Light in Brunswick</a> appeared first on <a href="https://beat.com.au">Beat Magazine</a>.</p>
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		<title>Arts Centre Melbourne&#8217;s iconic stage lights up six months early</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Frankie Anderson-Byrne]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 23:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>After a refurbishment, Arts Centre Melbourne&#8217;s Ian Potter State Theatre is finally swinging its doors back open, and Housewarming is bringing more than 100 Victorian artists together for a free four-day celebration. The theatre closed its doors back in March 2024 for its first major refurbishment since it opened in 1984, and now it&#8217;s reopening [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://beat.com.au/arts-centre-melbournes-iconic-stage-lights-up-six-months-early/">Arts Centre Melbourne&#8217;s iconic stage lights up six months early</a> appeared first on <a href="https://beat.com.au">Beat Magazine</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After a refurbishment, Arts Centre Melbourne&#8217;s Ian Potter State Theatre is finally swinging its doors back open, and <a href="https://beat.com.au/free-performances-by-100-victorian-artists-will-reopen-the-ian-potter-state-theatre/">Housewarming</a> is bringing more than 100 Victorian artists together for a free four-day celebration.</p>
<p>The theatre closed its doors back in March 2024 for its first major refurbishment since it opened in 1984, and now it&#8217;s reopening six months ahead of schedule as the first completed milestone of the Victorian government&#8217;s Melbourne Arts Precinct Transformation project.</p>
<p>Beyond the fresh paint job, the upgrades bring genuinely useful stuff: audience members with mobility challenges can now choose seating across every level for the first time, thanks to two new lifts, new aisles through the Stalls and Circle, and extra rows added to the Balcony.</p>
<p>There&#8217;s upgraded heating and cooling too, plus overhauled lighting and sound systems, all while keeping the heritage grandeur of John Truscott&#8217;s original design intact.</p>
<p>Once the theatre reopens, there&#8217;s a stacked run of programming lined up, from a full ballet season, an opera gala and a 70th-anniversary musical, with Housewarming itself running as the major free centrepiece of the celebrations.</p>
<p class="p1"><b><i> </i></b><span class="s2"><b><i>Check out our </i></b><a href="https://beat.com.au/gig-guide/"><span class="s3"><b><i>gig guide</i></b></span></a><b><i>, our </i></b><a href="https://furstmedia.createsend1.com/t/r-i-tdiuuykt-l-iy/"><span class="s3"><b><i>festival guide,</i></b></span></a><b><i> our </i></b><a href="https://furstmedia.createsend1.com/t/r-i-tdiuuykt-l-it/"><span class="s3"><b><i>live music venue guide</i></b></span></a><b><i> and our </i></b><a href="https://furstmedia.createsend1.com/t/r-i-tdiuuykt-l-id/"><span class="s3"><b><i>nightclub guide</i></b></span></a><b><i>. Follow us on Instagram </i></b><a href="https://www.instagram.com/beatmagazine/?hl=en"><span class="s3"><b><i>here.</i></b></span></a></span></p>
<h3>Housewarming</h3>
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<li>Friday 9 October: 6pm, 8pm</li>
<li>Saturday 10 October: 2pm*, 5pm, 8pm</li>
<li>Sunday 11 October: 1pm*, 3:30pm</li>
<li>Monday 12 October: 10.30am, 1pm* (Schools)</li>
<li>*Auslan interpreted performances: Saturday 10 October 2pm, Sunday 11 October 1pm, Monday 12 October 1pm</li>
<li><a href="https://www.artscentremelbourne.com.au/whats-on/2026/festivals-and-series/housewarming">Free tickets available now</a></li>
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<p>The headline event of the reopening, Housewarming is a free, fast-paced mash-up of dance, circus, music and theatre, directed by Melbourne theatre-maker Michael Kantor.</p>
<p>Musical comedy performer Jude Perl leads audiences on a hunt for a missing lyrebird from the theatre&#8217;s iconic red curtain, joined along the way by Australian Ballet principal Brett Chynoweth, singer-songwriters Emma Donovan and Eliza Hull, dancer roya the destroya, Circus Oz, Opera Australia, The Australian Ballet, Melbourne Theatre Company, Bell Shakespeare, the Australian Ballet School, Stephanie Lake Company, a new commission from Robin Fox, children&#8217;s choir The Yarra Voices, Cypher Culture x Jungle City and musical theatre students from the Victorian College of the Arts.</p>
<p>The Listies are bringing the laughs for families on 11 October, while schools get their own sessions on 12 October. There are 18,000 free tickets up for grabs, and organisers reckon they won&#8217;t hang around.</p>
<p>Alongside the main event, entry to ENCORE!, a new exhibition marking 50 years of the Australian Performing Arts Collection, is free across the Housewarming weekend, with guided tours, DJ sets and roaming performances from Born in a Taxi thrown in too.</p>
<p>Food trucks will roll into the Forecourt slinging wood-fired pizza, Korean and Japanese street food and Greek doughnuts, alongside a Connoisseur ice cream pop-up. Over the nights of 9 and 10 October, the Theatres Building Spire will also get a laser-mapped light makeover called Spire Alight, tracing its architecture — including its ballerina steel skirt — into a glowing animated artwork.</p>
<h3>The Wagner Gala Concert</h3>
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<ul>
<li>16 October</li>
<li>Ian Potter State Theatre</li>
<li><a href="https://www.artscentremelbourne.com.au/whats-on/2026/classical-music/the-wagner-gala-concert">Tickets here</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Opera Australia returns to the Ian Potter State Theatre with a celebration of Richard Wagner&#8217;s music, composed for huge orchestral forces and voices built to fill the room.</p>
<p>Leading the charge is conductor Michael Güttler, one of the world&#8217;s foremost Wagner specialists, at the helm of Orchestra Victoria for the night. He&#8217;s joined by a stacked line-up of vocalists including dramatic soprano Catherine Foster, tenor Sergei Skorokhodov and Australian baritone James Clayton, with more Opera Australia artists still to be announced.</p>
<h3>The Nutcracker at Arts Centre Melbourne</h3>
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<ul>
<li>24 – 31 October</li>
<li>Ian Potter State Theatre</li>
<li><a href="https://www.artscentremelbourne.com.au/whats-on/2026/seasons/tab/the-nutcracker">Tickets here</a></li>
</ul>
<p>The Australian Ballet marks its homecoming with a special season of Sir Peter Wright&#8217;s classic production.</p>
<p>Set to Tchaikovsky&#8217;s much-loved score, the ballet follows young student Clara as she celebrates Christmas Eve with her family. Designer John F. Macfarlane brings it all to life with whirling snowflakes, a towering Christmas tree and a Sugar Plum Fairy dressed head to toe in candy-floss pink.</p>
<h3>My Fair Lady</h3>
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<ul>
<li>14 November 2026 – 17 January 2027</li>
<li>Ian Potter State Theatre</li>
<li><a href="https://www.artscentremelbourne.com.au/whats-on/2026/classical-music/lerner-and-loewes-my-fair-lady">Tickets here</a></li>
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<p>Celebrating 70 years since its Broadway debut, Lerner and Loewe&#8217;s My Fair Lady becomes the first major musical to hit the stage of the refurbished theatre, courtesy of Opera Australia.</p>
<p>The production stars Nathaniel Parker as Professor Henry Higgins and Claire Lyon as Eliza Doolittle, alongside returning favourites Reg Livermore, Robyn Nevin and Tony Llewellyn-Jones. Expect a stack of unforgettable numbers along the way, including Wouldn&#8217;t It Be Loverly?, I Could Have Danced All Night and Get Me to the Church on Time.</p>
<h3>Soundtrack to Our Lives</h3>
<ul>
<li>18 April 2027</li>
<li>Ian Potter State Theatre</li>
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<p>Looking further ahead, this epic free concert comes from creator Joseph O&#8217;Farrell (JOF) as part of a Betty Project, an initiative built around large-scale community experiences.</p>
<h3>The Next Big Thing</h3>
<ul>
<li>22 – 24 April 2027</li>
<li>Ian Potter State Theatre</li>
<li><a href="https://www.artscentremelbourne.com.au/whats-on/2027/circus-and-magic/the-next-big-thing">Tickets here</a></li>
</ul>
<p>Circus Oz and the Flying Fruit Fly Circus team up for a high-flying, intergenerational show exploring what happens when generations defy gravity together.</p>
<p>Both companies have spent roughly five decades building their own reputations in the Australian circus scene, and this show marks the first time they&#8217;ve actually shared a stage together.</p>
<p>The result blends comedy, big stunts and genuine skill, with younger and older performers swapping tricks of the trade as the show looks back on where circus has been and forward to where it&#8217;s headed.</p>
<h3>Arts Centre Melbourne</h3>
<p>Arts Centre Melbourne is Australia&#8217;s largest performing arts centre, home to Hamer Hall, Sidney Myer Music Bowl and the Theatres Building, and resident companies The Australian Ballet, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne Theatre Company and Opera Australia.</p>
<p>With the Ian Potter State Theatre boasting the largest stage in the Southern Hemisphere, bigger than four tennis courts, this reopening program is shaping up as one of the year&#8217;s biggest culture drops for Victoria.</p>
<p><strong>For more information, head <a href="https://www.artscentremelbourne.com.au/festival-and-series/ian-potter-state-theatre">here</a>.</strong></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1"><i>This article was made in partnership with Arts Centre Melbourne. </i></span></p>
<p>The post <a href="https://beat.com.au/arts-centre-melbournes-iconic-stage-lights-up-six-months-early/">Arts Centre Melbourne&#8217;s iconic stage lights up six months early</a> appeared first on <a href="https://beat.com.au">Beat Magazine</a>.</p>
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		<title>Inner West Art Fair to host wine, DJs and 45 artists at its coolest art weekend</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Oct 2026 22:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>There&#8217;s a low-key art fair building serious buzz on Melbourne&#8217;s western fringe, and the Williamstown Inner West Art Fair is proof that you don&#8217;t need the CBD to find good culture. Returning for its fourth edition, the fair brings together more than 45 artists and galleries for three days of art, music, performance, food and [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://beat.com.au/inner-west-art-fair-to-host-wine-djs-and-45-artists-at-its-coolest-art-weekend/">Inner West Art Fair to host wine, DJs and 45 artists at its coolest art weekend</a> appeared first on <a href="https://beat.com.au">Beat Magazine</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There&#8217;s a low-key art fair building serious buzz on Melbourne&#8217;s western fringe, and the Williamstown Inner West Art Fair is proof that you don&#8217;t need the CBD to find good culture.</p>
<p>Returning for its fourth edition, the fair brings together more than 45 artists and galleries for three days of art, music, performance, food and design.</p>
<p>What sets Inner West Art Fair apart is its atmosphere.</p>
<p>There&#8217;s no pressure to speed-walk past the artworks here. Visitors can spend real time with the pieces on show, talk directly to the artists, grab a drink from the wine bar, listen to live music, join a workshop, or bring the whole family along and see what they stumble across.</p>
<h3>Inner West Art Fair</h3>
<ul>
<li>Friday 16 October: 12pm to 9pm</li>
<li>Saturday 17 October: 10am to 6pm</li>
<li>Sunday 18 October: 10am to 4pm</li>
<li>Williamstown Town Hall, 104 Ferguson St, Williamstown</li>
<li><a href="https://events.humanitix.com/inner-west-art-fair-2026/tickets?gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=23693053880&amp;gbraid=0AAAAA_NyrMhnkD2wL6VoxicOI-hmK8Ad4">Tickets here</a></li>
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<p class="p1"><span class="s1"><b><i>Stay up to date with what’s happening in and around Melbourne </i></b><a href="https://beat.com.au/culture/"><span class="s2"><b><i>here</i></b></span></a><b><i>. </i></b><b><i></i></b></span></p>
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<h3>The lineup</h3>
<p>This year&#8217;s <a href="https://www.innerwestartfair.com.au/2026-exhibiting-artists">exhibitor list</a> is a genuinely broad snapshot of what&#8217;s happening in contemporary art across the west right now, mixing established names with emerging talent.</p>
<p>Artists include Anajana Rai, Aimie Whiting, Ben Liney, Candy Ng, Carmel Cosgrove, Christine Goerner, Claire Cummack, Damien McNamara, Elena Kolotusha, Kate Birrell, Lara Tees, Serena Pham and Suzanne Walson, alongside galleries such as Kartu Gallery and The In Between Gallery, among dozens of others.</p>
<p>For collectors, it&#8217;s a chance to connect directly with artists and discover new work. For anyone newer to collecting, it&#8217;s an approachable entry point without any of the intimidation factor.</p>
<h3>Friday to Sunday: what&#8217;s on at the Inner West Art Fair</h3>
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<p>Doors open on Friday 16 October at midday, with the wine bar, a pop-up art shop from Atelier Art Supplies and plenty of art to explore straight away.</p>
<p>Artist Elissa Parsons performs live between 2pm and 4pm, before the fair shifts into Opening Night mode from 5pm, with DJ Minimo on the decks through to 9pm.</p>
<p>Saturday kicks off at 10am with a coffee cart and the Sean Candy Didj Soundscape Experience at 10.30am.</p>
<p>Wilde Interiors runs two floral workshops across the day, giving visitors a chance to get hands-on with flowers and design, while DJ Minimo returns at 2pm to keep the energy up until the day wraps at 6pm.</p>
<p>Sunday eases things back with an Art Breakfast from 10am, pairing a Candied Bakery croissant with coffee, followed by another Sean Candy soundscape session at 10.30am.</p>
<p>The final day also puts a spotlight on younger visitors, with two children&#8217;s workshops from artist Cathay Mackay bookending a midday live performance from Lewis Pidutti, before the fair officially closes at 4pm.</p>
<h3>A community-first vision</h3>
<p>Founder and director Julia Bevis has spoken about wanting the fair to feel genuinely connected to its community, giving the west&#8217;s artists and creatives a dedicated platform to be seen, discovered and celebrated close to home, rather than needing to head into the city.</p>
<p>That community-first approach seems to be paying off. Four editions in, Inner West Art Fair isn&#8217;t trying to be the biggest art event on Melbourne&#8217;s calendar. It&#8217;s building something with its own identity instead: local, welcoming and firmly tied to the place it calls home.</p>
<p>For anyone chasing a weekend that blends original art, live music, workshops and a genuinely relaxed atmosphere, this one&#8217;s worth the trip out west.</p>
<p><strong>For more information, head <a href="https://www.innerwestartfair.com.au/">here</a>.</strong></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1"><i>This article was made in partnership with Inner West Art Fair. </i></span></p>
<p>The post <a href="https://beat.com.au/inner-west-art-fair-to-host-wine-djs-and-45-artists-at-its-coolest-art-weekend/">Inner West Art Fair to host wine, DJs and 45 artists at its coolest art weekend</a> appeared first on <a href="https://beat.com.au">Beat Magazine</a>.</p>
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		<title>On Cinema Live is touring Australia with all five bags of popcorn</title>
		<link>https://beat.com.au/on-cinema-live-is-touring-australia-with-all-five-bags-of-popcorn/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucas Radbourne]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 02:51:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>On Cinema Live: The Certified Five Bags of Popcorn Tour lands at St Kilda&#8217;s National Theatre on 15 December. Turkington and Heidecker have been reviewing films, feuding and quietly imploding on camera since 2011, and On Cinema Live: The Certified Five Bags of Popcorn Tour wrestles that whole saga onto a stage. What began as [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://beat.com.au/on-cinema-live-is-touring-australia-with-all-five-bags-of-popcorn/">On Cinema Live is touring Australia with all five bags of popcorn</a> appeared first on <a href="https://beat.com.au">Beat Magazine</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">On Cinema Live: The Certified Five Bags of Popcorn Tour lands at St Kilda&#8217;s National Theatre on 15 December.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Turkington and Heidecker have been reviewing films, feuding and quietly imploding on camera since 2011, and On Cinema Live: The Certified Five Bags of Popcorn Tour wrestles that whole saga onto a stage. What began as a shambolic movie-review show has mutated into a sprawling comedy universe with its own lore, grudges and running gags. The live format crams the lot into a single night, half variety show and half review panel, with the usual on-stage dysfunction baked in.</p>
<h3 dir="ltr">On Cinema Live: The Certified Five Bags of Popcorn Tour</h3>
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<li>Sydney, Enmore Theatre &#8211; 8 December</li>
<li>Perth, Octagon Theatre &#8211; 11 December</li>
<li>Brisbane, The Tivoli &#8211; 14 December</li>
<li>Melbourne, National Theatre &#8211; 15 December</li>
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<p dir="ltr"><em><strong>Stay up to date with what&#8217;s happening in and around Melbourne <a href="https://www.beat.com.au/">here</a>.</strong></em></p>
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<p dir="ltr">The format hands Turkington the role of self-appointed movie buff, rating everything out of five bags of popcorn with the certainty of a bloke who might not have seen the film. Heidecker arrives as wellness guru Dr Newman, spruiking his own takes on health and body improvement whenever the bickering pauses. Expect movie trivia and dubious life advice, plus the award-winning music the billing keeps dangling.</p>
<p dir="ltr">This run is the duo&#8217;s first Australian visit since 2019, and the On Cinema world has only grown stranger since. Spin-offs have piled up over the years: the action spoof Decker, the marathon Oscar-night specials, a five-part courtroom trial and the 2019 feature Mister America. The tour name nods to the show&#8217;s popcorn-rating gag, where films get scored out of five bags, and even a perfect score tends to come with chaos attached. Newcomers and diehards alike get plenty to chew on.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Melbourne closes out the Australian leg, so the National Theatre crowd inherits whatever grudges have festered across the country by then. The St Kilda room holds a snug 783, which puts this closer to intimate than arena-sized. Tickets are on sale now for all four dates.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong>For more information, head <a href="https://www.ticketmaster.com.au/national-theatre-tickets-st-kilda/venue/155694">here</a>.</strong></p>
<p>The post <a href="https://beat.com.au/on-cinema-live-is-touring-australia-with-all-five-bags-of-popcorn/">On Cinema Live is touring Australia with all five bags of popcorn</a> appeared first on <a href="https://beat.com.au">Beat Magazine</a>.</p>
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		<title>Here&#8217;s why mini fashion exhibitions are popping up all over Melbourne</title>
		<link>https://beat.com.au/heres-why-mini-fashion-exhibitions-are-popping-up-all-over-melbourne/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucas Radbourne]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 01:11:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>The display is one of the Melbourne Fashion Week Fashion Capsules, a run of free, pocket-sized exhibitions planted around the city before the festival itself begins. Once the main week arrives, fashion turns up in some less obvious places. From 19 October, Chin Chin on Flinders Lane hosts a free projection series, while Kowtow turns [&#8230;]</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">The display is one of the <a href="https://mfw.melbourne.vic.gov.au/fashion-capsules">Melbourne Fashion Week Fashion Capsules</a>, a run of free, pocket-sized exhibitions planted around the city before the festival itself begins.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Once the main week arrives, fashion turns up in some less obvious places. From 19 October, <a href="https://www.chinchin.melbourne/">Chin Chin</a> on Flinders Lane hosts a free projection series, while <a href="https://au.kowtowclothing.com/">Kowtow</a> turns <a href="https://younghusband.melbourne/">Younghusband</a> in Kensington into a designer clothes swap on 24 October.</p>
<h3 dir="ltr">Melbourne Fashion Week</h3>
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<li>Fashion Capsules: various city locations, until 25 October</li>
<li>Main program: venues across Melbourne, 19–25 October</li>
<li>Free and ticketed events</li>
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<p dir="ltr"><em><strong>Stay up to date with what&#8217;s happening in and around Melbourne <a href="https://beat.com.au">here</a>.</strong></em></p>
<h4 dir="ltr">So what&#8217;s a fashion capsule?</h4>
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<p dir="ltr">The Fashion Capsules have been part of Melbourne Fashion Week for more than a decade, placing curated displays in unexpected corners of the city for anyone who wanders past. This year&#8217;s batch opened on 28 September and sticks around for four weeks, with more than 30 local designers and creatives spread over five sites.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Raffaele Ciuca&#8217;s installation, <a href="https://mfw.melbourne.vic.gov.au/capsule/capsule-2">Love Letters</a>, is the one holding court at the corner of Swanston and Collins. It marks 70 years of the bridal house with dresses from Vivienne Westwood, Vera Wang and Nicole + Felicia, while the other capsules turn the focus to First Nations, sustainable and student fashion.</p>
<h4 dir="ltr">How the week works</h4>
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<p dir="ltr">Melbourne Fashion Week is run by the City of Melbourne, and most of the looks that appear on its runways and in its exhibitions can be bought from local retailers afterwards. Designers are also encouraged to show trans-seasonal collections, made to be worn across more than one season, as part of the event&#8217;s sustainability push.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The program sticks close to home, with more than 90 per cent of participating designers, models, students and retailers based in Melbourne. City Square takes that a step further, with two daytime runways featuring designers and retailers based entirely within the City of Melbourne. More than 30 independent events fill out the rest of the week.</p>
<h4 dir="ltr">What else is on</h4>
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<p dir="ltr">And the capsules are just the warm-up. Melbourne Fashion Week proper runs 19–25 October under the banner Wear the Moment, with more than 300 designers and retailers taking part in upwards of 100 events. A few places to start:</p>
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<li><strong><a href="https://mfw.melbourne.vic.gov.au/runways">Seven premium runways</a></strong> – more than 600 looks, opening with the ganbu marra runway at the NGV on 19 October and closing at 1 Hotel Melbourne in Docklands on 25 October. State Library Victoria and Kensington&#8217;s Younghusband host shows in between, and the City Square runway on 24 October is free to watch.</li>
<li><strong><a href="https://mfw.melbourne.vic.gov.au/event/out-of-fashion-book-fair">Out of Fashion Book Fair</a></strong> – new, vintage and independent fashion books and magazines at Cameo at ACMI, Fed Square, 10am–2pm on 24 October. Entry is free.</li>
<li><strong><a href="https://mfw.melbourne.vic.gov.au/event/eac-x-m-fw">Emerging Artists Collective: Double Take</a></strong> – 20 up-and-coming labels over three back-to-back shows at the Immigration Museum on 20 October, starting at 6pm, 7.30pm and 9.15pm.</li>
<li><strong><a href="https://mfw.melbourne.vic.gov.au/event/interwoven">Interwoven</a></strong> – a multi-course dinner at Pastuso in AC/DC Lane on 22 October, with fashion, art and live music woven between the plates.</li>
<li><strong><a href="https://mfw.melbourne.vic.gov.au/program">Behind the Seams: Swap &amp; Conversation</a></strong> – a free clothing swap and sustainability chat with the United Nations Association of Australia at Library at the Dock, Docklands, on 24 October.</li>
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<p dir="ltr">Elsewhere on the program, Collarts presents two M/FW Conversations talks at State Library Victoria on 20 October, one on growing a fashion business and the other on how women over 50 are represented in the industry. Amnesty International brings a runway to The Motley Wherehaus on Queen Street on 21 October, and The Fashion Market sets up at Collins Square in Docklands on 21 and 22 October.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong>For more information, head <a href="https://mfw.melbourne.vic.gov.au/program">here</a>.</strong></p>
<p>The post <a href="https://beat.com.au/heres-why-mini-fashion-exhibitions-are-popping-up-all-over-melbourne/">Here&#8217;s why mini fashion exhibitions are popping up all over Melbourne</a> appeared first on <a href="https://beat.com.au">Beat Magazine</a>.</p>
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		<link>https://beat.com.au/melbourne-sculpture-biennale-20-artists-are-filling-a-heritage-brighton-mansion/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucas Radbourne]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:54:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Melbourne Sculpture Biennale returns this October, cramming 20 contemporary artists into a grand Brighton mansion for three weeks. Titled Soft Systems, the second edition of Melbourne Sculpture Biennale lands at the heritage-listed Billilla Mansion in Brighton, the first time the free exhibition has called the old villa home. The 2026 outing is a bigger beast [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://beat.com.au/melbourne-sculpture-biennale-20-artists-are-filling-a-heritage-brighton-mansion/">Melbourne Sculpture Biennale: 20 artists are filling a heritage Brighton mansion</a> appeared first on <a href="https://beat.com.au">Beat Magazine</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr"><a href="https://melbournesculpturebiennale.com/">Melbourne Sculpture Biennale</a> returns this October, cramming 20 contemporary artists into a grand Brighton mansion for three weeks.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Titled Soft Systems, the second edition of Melbourne Sculpture Biennale lands at the heritage-listed Billilla Mansion in Brighton, the first time the free exhibition has called the old villa home. The 2026 outing is a bigger beast than the 2024 debut, stretching to three weeks and loading up on extra public programs, artist talks and special events.</p>
<h3>Melbourne Sculpture Biennale 2026: Soft Systems</h3>
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<li>8–25 October 2026</li>
<li>Billilla Mansion, 26 Halifax Street, Brighton</li>
<li>Open 11am–5pm, Thursday to Sunday</li>
<li>Free entry</li>
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<p dir="ltr"><strong><em>Stay up to date with what&#8217;s happening in and around Melbourne <a href="https://www.beat.com.au/">here</a>.</em></strong></p>
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<p dir="ltr">Names on the bill include Mikala Dwyer, Lauren Berkowitz, Paul Yore, Hannah Gartside, Jenna Mayilema Lee and Nabilah Nordin, alongside 14 others, each making fresh work in response to the specific site and context of Billilla.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Soft Systems digs into the tangled systems shaping contemporary life, from the environmental to the social to the technological. Each artist has built site-responsive work for Billilla, prodding at how those forces land on people, culture and the environment, and treating the mansion itself as both backdrop and subject. It&#8217;s a long way from sculpture as marble figures standing politely on plinths.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The venue is a large part of the appeal. Billilla started life as a Victorian villa in the late 1800s before the Weatherly family reshaped it in the early 1900s into a showpiece of Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau design. It was the family home for more than 80 years and a hub of Brighton&#8217;s social life, until Brighton Council bought it in 1973 for public use. Plenty of the original heritage detailing survives.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The full slate of public programs are <a href="https://www.melbournesculpturebiennale.com/public-programs">now live.</a> Entry is free the whole way through, so a wander around the grounds and galleries won&#8217;t cost a cent.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong>For more information, head <a href="https://melbournesculpturebiennale.com">here</a>.</strong></p>
<p>The post <a href="https://beat.com.au/melbourne-sculpture-biennale-20-artists-are-filling-a-heritage-brighton-mansion/">Melbourne Sculpture Biennale: 20 artists are filling a heritage Brighton mansion</a> appeared first on <a href="https://beat.com.au">Beat Magazine</a>.</p>
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		<title>Soundcheck Runway is turning Revolver into a one-night catwalk</title>
		<link>https://beat.com.au/soundcheck-runway-is-turning-revolver-into-a-one-night-catwalk/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucas Radbourne]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Pitched as an independent runway, Soundcheck Runway pulls Melbourne&#8217;s emerging fashion, music and creative communities into the same room for a single evening on 21 October. The idea is to let scenes that usually run in parallel collide on the one floor. The designer lineup spans Feebee Coronel, Jelly Originals, Val Barrios, Devorah Studio, Kylah [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://beat.com.au/soundcheck-runway-is-turning-revolver-into-a-one-night-catwalk/">Soundcheck Runway is turning Revolver into a one-night catwalk</a> appeared first on <a href="https://beat.com.au">Beat Magazine</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">Pitched as an independent runway, Soundcheck Runway pulls Melbourne&#8217;s emerging fashion, music and creative communities into the same room for a single evening on 21 October.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The idea is to let scenes that usually run in parallel collide on the one floor. The designer lineup spans Feebee Coronel, Jelly Originals, Val Barrios, Devorah Studio, Kylah Owo, Milo by Michelle and Oletta, with jewellery from Scorched Valley.</p>
<h3 dir="ltr">Soundcheck Runway — Tilt Shift takeover</h3>
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<li>Revolver Upstairs, Level 1/229 Chapel St, Prahran</li>
<li>21 October, 8:30pm – 2am, runway from 9pm</li>
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<p dir="ltr"><em><strong>Stay up to date with what&#8217;s happening in and around Melbourne <a href="https://beat.com.au/">here</a>.</strong></em></p>
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<p dir="ltr">Getting in on the night starts with a phone call. The 90s rave hotline is back, with a Melbourne twist.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Call 03 4050 7792 and a recorded message tells you where to go, just as party lines did when raves were kept quiet until the last minute.</p>
<p dir="ltr">It&#8217;s an homage to an era when the effort it took to find a party was part of what made it special, and the hotline is the first act of participation: you have to make the call to be let in on it.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Here&#8217;s the twist: every model on the catwalk is a working creative, from dancers to filmmakers, and each wears a garment built around a single element of a concert stage.</p>
<p dir="ltr">As they move, that component is meant to switch on. Every piece is shaped around its own sonic identity, translating frequency, texture and rhythm into fabric and form. They&#8217;re described as components rather than collections, each one tied to a moment of sound instead of a season.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Those components are incomplete on their own, complete together, and the models themselves are drawn from inside the culture: a dancer, an artist, a filmmaker or a musician.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Here&#8217;s how the night unfolds, with a track built live, one walk at a time:</p>
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<li>The runway opens in silence.</li>
<li>Each model walks out carrying one layer of the song, like a drum, the bassline or the singing of a vocal. As they step out, their layer drops into the soundscape and is activated in the venue.</li>
<li>Walk by walk, the track builds.</li>
<li>The final layer belongs to the audience. When the crowd starts dancing, the song is complete and the runway becomes a rave.</li>
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<p dir="ltr">There&#8217;s gear on the line too. Thanks to Marshall, anyone who nabs a ticket goes into the draw for a Marshall speaker and two sets of headphones, so showing up early has its perks.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The soundtrack is handled by Tilt Shift, while the runway itself comes from producers Ilan Janet and Lucia Fisher. Doors open at 8:30pm, the walk kicks off at 9pm and the whole thing runs through to 2am. Keen on dinner before the lights go down? Revolver takes bookings through its website.</p>
<p dir="ltr">None of these creations stick around once the night wraps. They&#8217;re made for the walk and nothing beyond it, which is reason enough to be in the room on 21 October.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong>For more information, head <a href="https://events.humanitix.com/soundcheck-runway-a-tilt-shift-takeover">here</a>.</strong></p>
<p>The post <a href="https://beat.com.au/soundcheck-runway-is-turning-revolver-into-a-one-night-catwalk/">Soundcheck Runway is turning Revolver into a one-night catwalk</a> appeared first on <a href="https://beat.com.au">Beat Magazine</a>.</p>
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		<title>There&#8217;s a plan to reshape how Victoria funds its musicians. Here&#8217;s the pitch</title>
		<link>https://beat.com.au/theres-a-plan-to-reshape-how-victoria-funds-its-musicians-heres-the-pitch/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lucas Radbourne]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s the second commitment in Vote Victorian Music, the industry-led platform launched at the Victorian Music Assembly at Melbourne Town Hall, and it starts from a simple premise: every venue, label, export and screen score depends on someone being able to keep making music in the first place. So this ask is about backing that [&#8230;]</p>
<p>The post <a href="https://beat.com.au/theres-a-plan-to-reshape-how-victoria-funds-its-musicians-heres-the-pitch/">There&#8217;s a plan to reshape how Victoria funds its musicians. Here&#8217;s the pitch</a> appeared first on <a href="https://beat.com.au">Beat Magazine</a>.</p>
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										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p dir="ltr">It&#8217;s the second commitment in <a href="https://www.musicvictoria.com.au/victorian-music-assembly/">Vote Victorian Music</a>, the industry-led platform launched at the <a href="https://beat.com.au/from-a-1-stadium-levy-to-protected-venues-victorias-music-industry-lays-out-its-election-demands/">Victorian Music Assembly</a> at Melbourne Town Hall, and it starts from a simple premise: every venue, label, export and screen score depends on someone being able to keep making music in the first place.</p>
<p dir="ltr">So this ask is about backing that work directly.</p>
<p dir="ltr">On 23 September the state government committed to a run of live music measures: designated Live Music Precincts, better protection for venues facing noise complaints, a permanent Live Music Desk and a new Live Gigs Fund, alongside a rule that Victorian music feature in government advertising. Music Victoria welcomed the package, noting much of it answered what they&#8217;d already asked for via their Vote Victorian Music campaign that launched back in August.</p>
<p dir="ltr">One of the pieces left untouched is this one – money for artists themselves.</p>
<h3 dir="ltr">Backing Victorian artists</h3>
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<li>Lift contemporary music investment to at least <strong>$9 million a year</strong>, committed over multiple years</li>
<li>Fund creative work such as writing, recording and releasing, not only projects with an immediate commercial return</li>
<li>Add a dedicated business development stream for managers, labels, publishers and agents</li>
<li>Introduce a <strong>Music Career Sustainability Pilot</strong>: two years of predictable support for a defined group of mid-career artists, openly selected and independently evaluated</li>
<li>Commission Victorian artists, composers and musicians first for government-funded campaigns and events (the new advertising mandate is a start, though the platform wants it extended across events too)</li>
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<p><em><strong>Stay up to date with what&#8217;s happening in and around Melbourne <a href="https://beat.com.au/">here</a>.</strong></em></p>
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<h3>The missing middle</h3>
<p>Demand is already outstripping what&#8217;s available.</p>
<p><a href="https://creative.vic.gov.au/funding-opportunities/find-a-funding-opportunity/music-works">Music Works</a>, the state&#8217;s open funding program for contemporary artists, drew 1,344 applications in 2026, up from 460 the year before. It wants the program funded at a scale that matches both the size of <a href="https://beat.com.au/victorian-music-assembly-plan/">Victoria&#8217;s music economy</a> and that surge of interest, and committed across multiple years so artists and businesses can plan beyond a single budget.</p>
<p dir="ltr">The pilot targets what the sector calls the <strong>missing middle</strong>: artists that are too established for emerging artist programs, but too independent for the commercial routes that might otherwise carry them. Lots of these musicians self manage every part of their careers alongside day jobs, so the idea is to offer a stretch of certainty rather than another competitive grant round.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Alongside the creative support sits a focus on the businesses that turn music into income. Managers, labels, publishers and agents are the ones converting a finished track into monetary outcomes like touring and commercial rights, and the platform wants that part of the industry resourced too.</p>
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<h3 dir="ltr">Opportunity rather than triage</h3>
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<p dir="ltr">There&#8217;s a really strong base to build on. <strong>Victoria accounts for 34 per cent</strong> of the membership of songwriter and publisher body <a href="https://www.apraamcos.com.au/">APRA AMCOS</a>, is home to 40 per cent of Australia&#8217;s music managers, and hosts the country&#8217;s largest independent label sector, with more than 120 labels. The argument is that steadier funding lets that concentration of talent convert into more recordings, more touring and more work across screen, games, rights and export.</p>
<p dir="ltr">A multi-year commitment announced in an early budget would let artists, managers and labels plan release cycles, tours and investment beyond a 12-month window, and the <strong>$9 million</strong> sits within a broader package worth around $114 million over four years.</p>
<p dir="ltr">For scale, <strong>New South Wales has committed $103 million</strong> to contemporary music across a comparable span, suggesting that $114 million is not just aspirational but totally achievable.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Victoria is already home to a deep pool of songwriters, composers and independent labels, and the platform positions steadier artist funding as the thing that lets that base grow.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Music is one of Victoria&#8217;s defining creative exports, and this ask is essentially a bet on keeping the people who make it here and working. With the state election set for 28 November, Vote Victorian Music is inviting candidates from every party to spell out how they&#8217;d support the artists at the base of it all.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Labor has answered on the venues. Whether Labor or Liberal will do the same for the people making the music is a question still hanging over the campaign.</p>
<p dir="ltr"><strong>To see the full policy paper, head <a href="https://www.musicvictoria.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Vote-Victorian-Music-Policy-Platform.pdf">here.</a> To add your voice, head <a href="https://www.musicvictoria.com.au/victorian-music-assembly/#div_block-107-40515">here</a>.</strong></p>
<p>The post <a href="https://beat.com.au/theres-a-plan-to-reshape-how-victoria-funds-its-musicians-heres-the-pitch/">There&#8217;s a plan to reshape how Victoria funds its musicians. Here&#8217;s the pitch</a> appeared first on <a href="https://beat.com.au">Beat Magazine</a>.</p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 23:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p>Glen West is a Melbourne-based DJ and producer who works in the overlap between hard trance, bounce and modern rave culture, and he&#8217;s bringing his set to Stamina. His sets lean on soaring melodies and heavy drops, and the production catalogue has picked up backing from Funk Tribu, Pegassi and I Hate Models. Glen West [&#8230;]</p>
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<p>His sets lean on soaring melodies and heavy drops, and the production catalogue has picked up backing from Funk Tribu, Pegassi and I Hate Models.</p>
<h3>Glen West at Stamina</h3>
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<li>Where: Stamina</li>
<li>When: Friday 3 October</li>
<li>Support: Mitro, BAMBii, Rudeboy b2b Hayden Trotter, Tranclan and QEEGS</li>
<li><a href="https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/stamina-melbourne-2026-tickets-1600248278679?aff=oddtdtcreator#location">Tickets here</a></li>
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<p>Glen West has also teamed up with 2HOT2PLAY on a collaboration. Meanwhile, a growing international following has built around the original productions and edits that keep turning up in DJ sets around the world.</p>
<p>Joining Glen West on the Stamina Club bill are Mitro, BAMBii, Tranclan and QEEGS, plus a back-to-back set from Rudeboy and Hayden Trotter.</p>
<p><strong>For more information, head <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/stamina-melbourne-2026-tickets-1600248278679?aff=oddtdtcreator#location">here</a>.</strong></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1"><i>This article was made in partnership with Stamina. </i></span></p>
<p>The post <a href="https://beat.com.au/stamina-club-is-turning-up-the-pace-with-glen-west-and-a-stacked-support-lineup/">Stamina Club is turning up the pace with Glen West and a stacked support lineup</a> appeared first on <a href="https://beat.com.au">Beat Magazine</a>.</p>
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