Wangaratta Festival Of Jazz 2008. The 2008 Jazz Festival will be staged over the pre-Melbourne Cup Day weekend of Friday 31 October – Monday 3 November. Some of the jazz artists include John Scofield - Joe Lovano Quartet, David Murray Black Saint Quartet, Jim McNeely, Gretchen Parlato, Ilmiliekki Quartet, Los Krokodillos, Paul Grabowsky, Megan Washington, Jamie Oehlers, Dave Beck, Joe Chindamo, Mike Nock and Andrea Keller, Bernie McGann, Dale Barlow, Sam Keevers, Ted Vining, Marc Hannaford Quartet, Unity Sound, Trio Apoplectic, Zac Hurren Trio, Lisa Young, Michelle Nicolle and Julie O’Hara, Virus, Blue Drag and many more.

Stonefest Music Festival is recognised around the world as one of the longest running music festivals on the Australian music industry calendar. Stonefest Music Festival has been going strong for 40 years. Some of the music genres covered include Rock, Indie / Alternative, Pop, HipHop and Rap, Reggae / Dub, Electro and more. Some of the bands include great live bands such as Grinspoon, The Grates, Regurgitator, The Dandy Warhols, Faker, Blue King Brown, TZU, Alan Braxe, Bumblebeez, The Drones, Dexter, Spruce Lee, Kora, Forthstate, Snob Scrilla and more. Visit www.stonefest.com.au for ticket information and more details.

Pyramid Rock Festival 2008 - Now in its fifth year; Pyramid Rock Festival returns to Victoria's Phillip Island to bring in the New Year from Monday 29th December 2008 and will continue until Thursday 1st January 2009. Pyramid Rock Festival Tickets go on sale Thursday 4th September. You will need to get tickets fast as last years music festival was sold out in less than four days. Visit www.thepyramidrockfestival.com for more information and to see the rock bands performing.

Global Gathering Music Festival: Tickets can be found at TicketMaster www.ticketmaster.com.au. Some of the bands for Global Gathering include Kraftwerk (Germany), The Orb (UK), Sasha, Above & Beyond (Netherlands), Mark Ronson & the Version Players (USA), Gorillaz Sound System (UK), Felix Da Housecat (USA), Dirty South, The Potbelleez, Kazu Kimura (Spain). The genre of music includes Electro, Electronica, Hard House, Trance/Progressive House, House, Techno.

Meredith Music Festival 2008 - The 18th Meredith Music Festival will take place on the 12th, 13th and 14th December at the Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre, Victoria, Australia.  Ten East, Holy Fuck, MGMT, Saul Williams, Beaches, The Bronx, Grand Salvo, Final Fantasy, Muscles, Little Red, Black Diamond Heavies, The Ruby Suns, Tame Impala, Man Man, Mountain Goats, Yacht Club Dj. For all ticket details go to http://www.mmf.com.au.

Music styles include:  Pop, Rock, Punk, Soul/RnB, Electronica / Experimental, Indie / Alternative, HipHop / Rap, Funk, Blues, Acoustic, Folk, Dance Party / DJ Tour, Reggae / Dub, Electro, Breaks, Techno, Drum 'n' Bass and Disco

The inaugural Back Road Music Festival will be held in Sunbury, Sat. 18th October 2008. Back road festival is a festival for music enthusiasts. Plain and simple it is a festival for rock & roll music, no side issues or divergent activities, just pure, straight, unadulterated rock & roll. If you are looking for a night out where the licks will reverberate beneath the night sky creating harmony with the sun, the moon and all of the four seasons then BRF is the place to be. Just on the outskirts of Sunbury in the middle of a farm with space a plenty the night is ready for action. Bring it on!

The 2009 V Festival in Australia has been announced some of our top bands including the The Killers, Snow Patrol, Kaiser Chiefs and Duffy among the headlining acts. Other bands playing at tis music festival include: The Killers, Snow Patrol, Duffy, Kaiser Chiefs,  Elbow, Louis XIV,  Tame Impala,  The Temper Trap and the Canyons. The music festival will take place in Melbourne, Sydney, Perth and the Gold Coast in March 2009.

Byron Bay Bluesfest 2009 - Blues & Roots Festival will showcase some of the best bands including Missy Higgins, John Butler Trio, Ben Harper and Relentless7, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Lucinda Williams, Zappa Plays Zappa, Angelique Kidjo, Tinariwen, Eric Bibb, Seasick Steve, Tony Joe White. This Blues music festival will be at the Belongil Fields on 9 Apr 2009

Big Day Out 2009 - Some of the bands playing at this Big Day Out music festival include The Living End, The Prodigy, Neil Young, TV On The Radio, Arctic Monkeys, Sneaky Sound System, My Morning Jacket, Pendulum, Bullet For My Valentine, Simian Mobile Disco, The Ting Tings, Tiki Taane. The festival is at the Parklands Gold Coast on January 18^th 2009. Get tickets at Ticket Master.

Greenfest 2009 Music Festival - The Rocketsmiths, The Reversals, Little Scout, 8 Ball Aitken, Trouble Karma Flow, Hungry Kids of Hungary, Kim Churchill, Autumn Sun, The Wells, Mason Rack Band, Jason Lowe, Ange Takats, Georgia Potter, Bunna Lawrie, Mark Easton, Jimmy Watts, Rachael Brady, Tom Richardson, The Stains. Greenfest is Australia's largest free green music festival and place for fresh energy! Commencing on World Environment Day Friday 5th June 2009 to Sunday 7th June.

The 2009 Blues on Broadbeach Music Festival is set to be bigger and better than ever before with some of Australia's finest performers all set to make the trip to Broadbeach. This year's festival will be held from the 28th to the 31st of May with more stages throughout the precinct and many of the performers playing in a variety of Broadbeach venues. Blues on Broadbeach remains a free festival and in 2009 will include more than 45 acts made up of over 200 performers.

The Verizon Wireless BamaJam Music and Arts Festival is a 3-day / 3-night music extravaganza on June 4 – 6, 2009 Kid Rock, The Black Crowes, Taylor Swift, G. Love & Special Sauce, Alan Jackson, Brooks & Dunn, Los Lonely Boys, Blake Shelton, Galactic, Gary Allan, Jason Aldean, Shooter Jennings, The Whigs, Pat Green, Aaron Tippin, John Anderson, Charlie Daniels, Luke Bryan, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals, Jamey Johnson, JJ Grey & Mofro, Heidi Newfield, Drive By Truckers, Robert Randolph, BlackBerry Smoke, Randy Owen, Colt Ford, LoCash Cowboys and Umphrey'sMcGee