Beaches, camping, pubs and music - Queenscliff's an awesome introduction to the summer music fest circuit.

This weekend Melbourne's Underground Cinema picks up its banjo and piles on the grits for a good ol' Hillbilly Hoedown. Yee-haw!

Looking for something local this Christmas? Five new stores are popping up all over town selling unique gifts by Melbourne designers.

KUBIK Melbourne is getting set to invade Birrarung Marr as part of Melbourne Music Week, as cafe by day and music venue by night.

After six seasons the ABC's Spicks and Specks is signing off this month. As the final episode approaches Alan Brough talks to Milk Bar about music, dancing the Time Warp and being a smartass.

November is an exciting month for lit-masochists with National Novel Writing Month, graphic novel masterclasses, digital writing and food.

We look at how a two mile sprint became the race that stops the nation.

Melbourne designer Stephanie Marks likes finding new uses for thing, whether its turning pom poms into jackets or gloves into hats.

Giant nutcracker soldiers, velvet thrones, tattooed beauties and craft beers: anything goes at new look Woodlands Hotel.