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How Midsumma Festival used City of Melbourne funding to deliver their magnificent 2021 event Reuben Kaye at Midsumma Live at the Bowl - image by Suzanne Balding Words by August Billy We speak to Midsumma chief executive Karen Bryant about how funding via City of Melbourne’s Event Partnership Program helped the festival adapt and prosper in 2021. Even as COVID ran rampant through Victoria, postponing and closing many venues, events and festivals Melburnians love so dearly, cultural event operators were faced with difficult choices. To hibernate, waiting out ...

Words by August Billy The Moogai, which is screening at St Kilda Film Festival. Filmmaker Jon Bell lives on Bundjalung country in Casino, northern NSW. Bell’s career ­work – which includes the TV dramas Redfern Now and The Gods of Wheat Street – has largely focused on the contemporary experiences of Australia’s Indigenous people. Bell’s latest project, The Moogai, is a 15-minute psychological horror film, which he wrote and directed. The action centres on a young Indigenous couple, Sarah and Fergus, and their newborn baby, Jacob. Shortly after bringing Jacob home from hospital, ...

There’s some great tracks and one not so good. Our singles column fires up for another week with spots for Alice Skye, Sleater-Kinney, Quivers and You Am I. We’ll let you decide which artists hit the spot and which band stunk it up. Keep up to date with all the latest music interviews, news and […]

After a difficult 2020, Thornbury Records has relocated to High St, Northcote Words By August Billy We chat to Thornbury Records owner and manager Clayton Pegus about the tough journey to his new store. Thornbury Records launched in the early months of 2011. At the time, Thornbury wasn’t quite the bustling locale of cafes, bars and boutiques it is today. Although it mightn’t be accurate to give T-Recs all the credit for catalysing this evolution, it was definitely one of the earliest examples of High St Thornbury’s rising hipsterdom. Earlier this year, Thornbury Rec...

Our top picks from the 2021 St Kilda Film Festival program 'Waiyirri' This year’s St Kilda Film Festival is teeming with thought-provoking, visually stimulating filmmaking. St Kilda Film Festival is Australia’s longest-running short film festival. 2021 is the festival’s 38th year of operations and sees a return to theatres after a last-minute switch to a digital event for 2020. SKFF is presented and produced by the City of Port Phillip, and this year’s stacked program was put together under the auspices of festival director, Richard Sowada. SKFF prides ...