Editor’s Note
Ahh November is here – do you hear the whistle note of Mariah Carey whispering through the air ready to signal in the festive season? Not only does it mean the end of 2024 is drawing closer to an end, it also means that announcements for touring and shows in 2025 are coming in thick and fast with a summer of song in store!
Our cover star, GRAMMY Award-winning R&B, neo-soul artist Leon Bridges will be joining us in January to headline A DAY ON THE GREEN, bridging his hometown with ours. Irish country-pop starlet CMAT is also joining the A DAY ON THE GREEN celebrations at the start of the year in support of The Teskey Brothers. On the local touring circuit, Hoodoo Gurus, Katie Noonan and The Butterfly Effect will be hitting the road in 2025 but before the year is out A. Savage, The Jungle Giants and blyss. will be serving up their doses of delicious ear-food. We chat to all of them about their impending tours, new music and so much more. Speaking new music, explore the new titles from Ocean Grove, The Offspring, Make Them Suffer, Goat and Twine.
This month we also look at the bold, brave and celebrated of the art world with a special retrospective exhibition for First Nations artist and advocate Josh Muir happening at the Art Gallery of Ballarat, and Geelong Arts Centre’s upcoming showings of Arterial by award-winning First Nations group Na Djinang Circus.
Finally in the food world, beers, cocktails and coffee are at the heart of our venue spotlight thanks to Bells Beach Brewing, Elsewhere at SAM, frankie. and Out of Order Cafe.
It’s a big old issue, this one – sink in!
