FesTavares is a celebration of connection, culture and creativity in the Collingwood community. Highlighting the naming of Tavares Lane after Antonio Tavares, the first non-indigenous person of colour and first person from public housing to have a street named after them.

Its Winter Spin Record Store Party and Wah Wah Records have live in store performances by Georgia Rodgers and Sienna Wild 👍👊👌along with sales!

FREE EVENT

Winter Spin - a festival within a festival @leapsandboundsmusicfest celebrating live music at record stores throughout the @cityofyarra. Licorice Pie are proud to have @stroppiesband and @kosmetikamuzika_ along for the ride! Kicking off at 3.

FREE EVENT

Sonic aGender and Leaps and Bounds are stoked to announce Rah! Rah! #2.2: a feminist punk retrospective of Melbourne music! This sequel event continues the narrative Melbourne feminist punk - as an ideology, a practice and a sound - over the past four decades.

Bringing together generations of female and gender diverse artists from Melbourne’s punk rock scenes, Rah Rah#2.2 will be staged on Saturday 2nd of July as part of this year’s Leaps and Bounds Festival. Indulge in an arvo session of talks panels and intimate performances, this time in the regal surrounds of the Rosina Auditorium at the Abbotsford Convent.

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Northside Records are celebrating 4 local labels with an hour DJ SET each, with representatives from Research Records, Hope Street Recordings, College Of Knowledge Records and NORTHSIDE RECORDS they will be playing releases and inspirations -

Come down for a dig. WE ARE OPEN FROM 11-6pm with the DJs from 1pm - 5pm.

3 SPECIAL CRATES of SECOND HAND RECORDS will be out JUST FOR THE DAY.

PRIZES FOR THE BEST DANCERS

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This Saturday 2nd July the City of Yarra is celebrating Leaps and Bounds Festival and has asked us to join the party with something of our own. From 12-5pm on the decks you will hear the out there sounds of Roundtable records, Lullabies for Insomniacs & La Sape records. Since these guys release albums we love and are people we admire, we couldn't imagine a better sound track for the day.

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Winter Spin Yarra’s Winter Record Store Party Hot off the heels of the 15th birthday celebrations of Record Store Day, Leaps and Bounds Music Festival gives you another chance to party across Yarra’s record stores.

Featuring Yi Lum, A.Well (Twelve) and Ed Kent (Natural Selection).

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Sky Diver Records features some great earworms for your wintry Saturday record store party from 12-6pm Andras (Beats in Space), Phil Stroud (Good Company/Deep Water), Izabel (Lullabies for Insomniacs), Hibachi Anne Hasegawa on the controls.

FREE EVENT

Winter Spin Yarra’s Winter Record Store Party Hot off the heels of the 15th birthday celebrations of Record Store Day, Leaps and Bounds Music Festival gives you another chance to party across Yarra’s record stores.

FREE EVENT

Winter Spin Yarra’s Winter Record Store Party Hot off the heels of the 15th birthday celebrations of Record Store Day, Leaps and Bounds Music Festival gives you another chance to party across Yarra’s record stores.

Join us on Saturday July 2 with an array of live in-store performances, records & merch, and a BBQ hosted by Billy from Anti Fade Records. Featuring Maple Guider (solo), Teether & Kuya Neil and Parsnip.

FREE EVENT

In conjunction with Yarra City Council, Oh Jean! Records are participating in Winter Spin, celebrating record stores in the area.

Although we had live music organised, Covid affected the performances so we have decided to just push forward with our sale instead.

Today we have 10% off storewide and 20% off boxsets. Anyone that spends over $100 goes in the raffle to win one of 5 x $50 vouchers. Instore only! And go…

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PBS is thrilled to welcome the return of Rock A Bye Baby this June! It’s been too long between babychinos, and we’re kicking things off with a bang.

Join us at the new venue of Collingwood Town Hall for a live set from Ajak Kwai and her band! All ages are welcome.

Just as the original Taco Truck packaged up the flavour of Mexico & brought it to the people, The Bandwagon packages the flavour of an intimate jazz/music club & brings it curb-side featuring some of Yarra’s young musical talent, including The Switches, Charlie & The Rolfes, Upsleeve Trickery, and bands presented by Yowo Music.

FREE EVENT

The Push’s Music Careers Expo is a free, one-day event for high school-aged young people to discover, learn and plan their careers in the Aussie music industry.

FREE EVENT. REGISTER HERE

Bring it Home, welcomes all older people to dress up to the nines and step out to join our musical party. Reminiscent of A Prairie Home Companion, Bring it Home features traditional live music, with special guests, stories, belly laughs, delicious snacks, sing-alongs, dancing, radio plays, interviews and more.

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This year Yarra is staging an INDUSTRY DAY in appreciation of the work of not just musicians, but the entire kaleidoscope of freelancers and small businesses who keep the live music sector playing.

Leaps & Bounds and MzRizk present an all-ages matinee show with the HALO Vocal Ensemble and Eliza Hull performing live at The Corner Hotel and you’re all invited!

A show that welcomes all music lovers including parents, guardians, their children, and those that prefer a daytime concert of epic proportions!

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Leaps and Bounds and Kasumuen Records are proud to bring back a mammoth record fair to the historic Collingwood Town Hall on Saturday 25 June. With over 50 sellers and thousands of records, this is the event to start your collection, find a rare gem, or add to your collection.