Brisbane-based rock quintet Full Flower Moon Band are bringing their incredibly successful third album, Megaflower, to King Street Newcastle on Saturday, 22 March.

Since its release, they have been touring constantly to keep up with the demand of their ever-growing fanbase.

Here’s our chat with FFMB front person Babyshakes Dillon ahead of their epic show in Newy.

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Australian singer-songwriter and country music darling Sara Berki is about to finish her debut headline national tour which included a set at the Howlin’ Country music festival in Newcastle.

Last year this quickly rising star won the 2024 APRA Professional Development Award for Country/Americana and has since bought her dream guitar and recently released a single called Looks Like.

Here’s our chat with Sara backstage at the inaugural Howlin’ Country music festival.

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Over the weekend, Sons of the East played to more than 12,500 country music fans for the inaugural Howlin’ Country festival.

After a huge year of touring, they’ve been in the studio laying down some brand new tunes in anticipation of another stacked year.

Here’s our chat with Jack, Nic and Dan from Sons of the East backstage at Howlin’ Country festival 2025.

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Aviation fans, adrenaline junkies, and families are in for a treat this weekend with the return of the Hunter Valley Airshow 2025. 

World renowned aerobatic pilot Paul Bennet will take centre stage with their electrifying displays, breathtaking stunts and precision flying that will have you on the edge of your seat. This edition will also feature the debut of Jett Bennet, Australia’s youngest aerobatic pilot and son of Paul Bennet, in the Hunter Valley. 

Here’s our chat with Paul and Jett ahead of the Hunter Valley Airshow this weekend.

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Newcastle-based audio engineer and session drummer, Mitta Norath has been working at Tommirock for the past 15 years.

He’s worked with the likes of Boo Seeka, Eat Your Heart Out and is known for his attention to detail and spacious mixes.

Here’s our chat with Mitta from Tommirock.

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APRA AMCOS has put together a series of one-day events across regional New South Wales called The Regional Sessions that will feature keynote speakers, workshops, panel discussions and more for emerging songwriters, producers and composers.

The Newcastle leg of this series will feature the likes of Jenny Morris, Travis Collins, Willaris. K, and the incredible Becca Hatch.

Here’s our chat with Becca Hatch about Newcastle’s Regional Session on 22 February and her own songwriting experience.

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Newcastle punks Dead Mall are back with Gasoline, the first single from their forthcoming album.

The song was inspired by an old SNL skit. It was then recorded, mixed, and produced by their guitarist, Darcy Long.

Here’s our chat with Ruairi and Darcy from Dead Mall.

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Meanjin-based band DZ Deathrays is about to head out on their Weekend Warriors regional tour that will hit King Street, Newcastle, on 13 March.

The boys are currently recording some new tracks at The Grove Studios in anticipation of the tour.

We chatted with Lachlan and Shane about the tour, dream collaborations, and more.

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Newcastle based alt-rock band, Stomp took out the top spot in the school band competition Bandwidth 2024. 

Despite only being in year 10, they put on an extremely entertaining live show and have written some bangers.

Here’s our chat with Jacob, Charlie, Tom, Teddy and Josh and some of their Warehouse Session.

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Nigerian-born, Newcastle-based Afrobeats artist and creator of Arasta ManThing, Almighty Zilla is leading the charge for Afrobeats down under.

Following the release of Sweet Love, Almighty Zilla is now preparing to release his debut EP in March.

Here’s our chat with Almighty Zilla.

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