Rock, footy and a big heart: the Reclink Community Cup is back for 2026
Now in its 33rd year, the Reclink Community Cup is returning to Victoria Park in Abbotsford on 14 June 2026, uniting some of Australia’s finest musicians, community radio legends and footy fans for a day of live music, AFL action and fundraising.
Running from 11am to 7pm, the event sees the Megahertz (a team drawn from Triple R 102.7FM and PBS 106.7FM) face off against the Rockdogs, a squad made up of some of the country’s best-known musicians.
Reclink Community Cup 2026
- Sunday, 14 June 2026, 11am–7pm
- Victoria Park, Abbotsford
- Tickets here
The day’s lineup is a seriously solid spread across punk, indie, soul and country-inspired dance culture:
- C.O.F.F.I.N with special guest Ambrose Kenny-Smith (of King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard)
- Kim Salmon’s Smoked Salmon (previously the Scientists, the Surrealists, and the Beasts of Bourbon)
- Stella Donnelly & Kee’ahn
- Public Figures
- Owelu Dreamhouse (previously Saskwatch)
- Country Struts Boot Scooting
- DJ Charlie Miller
Stay up to date with what’s happening in and around Melbourne here.
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The Reclink Community Cup is Reclink Australia’s biggest annual fundraiser, channelling proceeds into nationwide sport and recreation programs designed to improve physical health, mental wellbeing and social connection for people experiencing serious life challenges.
Reclink Australia CEO Dave Wells says the event is about more than just a good day out. It’s about making sport and recreation accessible to everyone who needs it.
The football match kicks off just after 2pm following an opening ceremony, with the cup presentation and player medals happening in the early evening. Tickets are available now via Oztix, with limited gate sales expected on the day, subject to capacity.
This year’s event also marks 50 years since The Saints released (I’m) Stranded, and organisers say the anniversary fits perfectly with the cup’s longstanding punk ethos of independence, community action and doing things differently.
The cup is supported by Triple R 102.7FM, PBS 106.7FM, Howden Australia, Stomping Ground and Sopra.
For more information, head here.
Oliver Tree recorded his new album across 82 countries. Now he’s touring Australia
The dates support his fourth studio album Love You Madly, Hate You Badly, a 17-track record fully written and produced by Oliver Tree himself. The Australian and New Zealand run opens at Brisbane’s Fortitude Music Hall on 2 October, moves to Forum Melbourne on 3 October, crosses to Auckland Town Hall on 6 October, hits Sydney’s Enmore Theatre on 7 October and Adelaide’s Hindley Street Music Hall on 8 October, and wraps at Perth’s Metro City on 10 October.
An artist presale through Cobrand and a Spotify presale both launch on 6 May at 10am local time. An Untitled Group presale follows from 7 May at 10am local time, with general tickets on sale from 8 May at 10am local time.
Oliver Tree Australia and New Zealand tour dates
- 2 October — Fortitude Music Hall, Brisbane, QLD
- 3 October — Forum Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC
- 6 October — Auckland Town Hall, Auckland, NZ
- 7 October — Enmore Theatre, Sydney, NSW
- 8 October — Hindley Street Music Hall, Adelaide, SA
- 10 October — Metro City, Perth, WA
Stay up to date with what’s happening in and around Melbourne here.
The wider tour stretches across all seven continents, kicking off in Mexico City on 30 May and rolling through South America, Europe, North America and China. The run takes in over 50 shows, with international stops including New York’s Terminal 5, Paris’s Bataclan, London’s O2 Forum Kentish Town, Berlin’s Astra Kulturhaus and the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles. Festival appearances at Slovakia’s Pohoda Festival and the Faroe Islands’ G! Festival fill out the European leg, while dates in Japan, South Africa and Antarctica are still to be confirmed.
Love You Madly, Hate You Badly was assembled during an unprecedented recording trip across 82 countries on every continent, pulling in diverse instruments and cultural textures gathered along the way from Africa to China to Afghanistan. The record spans alternative pop, electronic and hip-hop across its 17 tracks. Previously released singles include Superhero, Joyride, Flowers, Deep End and All You Ever Wanted, each drawing from a different corner of Oliver Tree’s genre-crossing output.
The album’s latest focus track Fuck the Whole World picked up steam after a remixed version surfaced during Subtronics’ set at Coachella, with a performance video now available online.
Oliver Tree’s live shows fold music, comedy and performance art into a full multimedia production, and the upcoming tour marks his most ambitious staging to date. Love You Madly, Hate You Badly is available now on all streaming platforms.
For more information, head here.
Jack Johnson, Ben Harper and John Butler are touring Australia together in November
The multi-platinum musician is bringing his SURFILMUSIC tour to six venues across Australia and New Zealand in November, with three-time GRAMMY Award winner Ben Harper and one of Australia’s most prolific independent artists, John Butler, both joining the bill. Harper and Butler will each be performing solo and acoustic sets across the run.
Tickets for all shows go on sale at 2pm local time on 12 May. The Jack Johnson Artist Presale runs from 12pm on 7 May to 12pm on 8 May (local time), with sign-ups available through Ticketmaster. A Live Nation Presale kicks off at 1pm local on 11 May. Australian shows are presented in partnership with Double J.
Jack Johnson SURFILMUSIC 2026 Australia & New Zealand Tour
- 7 November — The Riverstage, Brisbane, QLD
- 10 November — Kings Park & Botanic Gardens, Perth, WA
- 14 November — The Domain, Sydney, NSW
- 17 November — Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne, VIC
- 20 November — Spark Arena, Auckland, NZ
- 22 November — Waipara Winehouse, North Canterbury, NZ
Stay up to date with what’s happening in and around Melbourne here.
The SURFILMUSIC tour marks Johnson’s long-awaited return to touring since 2022, bringing more than two decades of catalogue to the stage. He’ll be joined by his longtime bandmates Adam Topol, Merlo Podlewski and Zach Gill, with fans set to hear tracks including Better Together, Flake, Inaudible Melodies, Taylor and Sitting, Waiting, Wishing. New material from the forthcoming SURFILMUSIC soundtrack, scored by Johnson alongside Hermanos Gutiérrez and due for release on 15 May, will also feature.
The tour takes its name from the SURFILMUSIC documentary, which traces Johnson’s journey from surfer to filmmaker to musician. The film follows his early days on Hawaii’s north shore through the creation of his surf films Thicker Than Water and The September Sessions, right up to the launch of his recording career. Details on Australian and New Zealand screenings of the documentary and the original surf films are still to come.
Harper brings a catalogue spanning 18 studio albums and more than 16 million records sold worldwide, with tracks like Burn One Down, Steal My Kisses and Diamonds On The Inside all in the arsenal. Butler, meanwhile, draws from over a quarter of a century of material, including signature songs Zebra, Better Than and his legendary instrumental piece Ocean.
Emily Wurramara, the AIR Award-winning and ARIA-nominated artist, will join the bill for the Sydney show at The Domain on 14 November.
For more information, head here.
Fast Castle
It’s a universal truth that good things come in 3. Three is just more satisfying. Like Neapolitan ice cream, the father, son and the holy spirit, the three stooges, Melbourne 3 piece band Fast Castle just feel good and sound right.
Join Fast Castle, Waxman and Moths at the Catfish May 9th, drink beers, listen to loud tunes, have a cheeky boogie.
Curtain Call: The Hits of Broadway
Curtain Call: The Hits of Broadway is a high-energy celebration of the greatest songs from musical theatre’s biggest stage and screen sensations.
Featuring showstoppers from Hamilton, SIX, Heathers, Cabaret, The Wizard of Oz, Newsies, Beetlejuice, Legally Blonde, Rent, and Wicked (just to name a few), this electrifying concert brings together 35 iconic numbers from nearly 30 beloved musicals.
Backed by a live band and performed by a lineup of rising powerhouse vocalists, this is musical theatre at its most thrilling – bold, nostalgic, and unforgettable.
Get ready to be Satisfied, take a Journey to the Past, and leave feeling Fabulous, Baby!
Do not throw away your shot. Tickets on sale now.
Nash & Friends
Come down for some sweet jazz fusion,
Badger on the Paddock Headlining.
The Sweepers supporting.
Set times
The Sweepers 8pm
Badger on the Paddock 9.30pm
The Story Of The Clash & The Specials
England, late seventies. Punk and ska begin to overlap. Guitars cutting through basslines carried into Britain from Jamaica years earlier. Rooms filling with kids from different scenes, suddenly wearing the same t-shirts. Punk stripped it down. Ska and reggae carried the pulse. By 1978 and 1979, The Clash and The Specials moved through the same circuits, same bills, same pressure in the air.
It returns to the stage at Brunswick Ballroom, intact.
Black Market Clash play the songs of The Clash without smoothing the edges. Should I Stay Or Should I Go sits next to Straight To Hell, Safe European Home, Lost In The Supermarket and Janie Jones. There is no hierarchy and it’s not just a greatest-hits run. Victor Stranges, who came up through Melbourne’s 1980s punk scene, shares guitar and voice with Garry Allen. Stu Thomas on bass, drawing on years with Dave Graney and Kim Salmon. They approach the material with respect and reverence. Nothing out of place.
Loonee Tunes come at The Specials from inside the bloodstream. Not revival, but continuation. Formed in 1982, they are Australia’s longest-running ska band still performing regularly. Early in their career, they were channeling Dexys Midnight Runners before realising the room moved more to ska. A Message to You, Rudy, Too Much Too Young, Gangsters and Concrete Jungle. Horns tight. Rhythm locked. Movement follows naturally. The room doesn’t stay still.
One night only.
Mark Churchill (Band)
Join Mark Churchill and band for his first show back after time away working on new material. With support from Wriding & Notch Cut, expect a night of dark grooves, raw songs, and unfolding lo-fi textures.
Mark Churchill –
Mark’s music blends melancholic, melody-rich, off-kilter songwriting with chilling atmospheric synths and hypnotically static beats, crafting a sound that is nostalgic with modern sensibilities.
Wriding –
Wriding are a slowcore band from Naarm. Their pastoral lyrics and windswept arrangements evoke a turbulent, drought-stricken desolation – and sometimes, the warm glow of a back door light left on.
Notch Cut –
Notch Cut is a new project from Zoe Irving (Mares), Gemma Helms (Hooper Crescent, No Sister, Mares) and Max Falović (Orange Moon, Esc, Great Outdoors), who make rhythmic bass driven music centred around landscape, uncertainty and shifting ground.
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Pre-Sales | $15
Door | $20
Free for Mob. Please email and a ticket will be allocated to you.
Pie Night
Pie Night lands at the Barwon Club Hotel on King’s Birthday Long Weekend, Sunday 7th June, 2026 with doors from 4pm, turning the bandroom into a full afternoon and evening of raw local noise, beers and pies!
The lineup pulls together a stacked bunch of local garage rock, punk and underground favourites with a twist!
THE VEE BEES (ACT) raw theatrical bogan rock’n’roll royalty. BLOODSUCKING FREAKS – Adelaides long standing 3 peice, fast and raw punk rawk icons reunited with some of Geelong’s finest once again, SACARAMENTO SWEATERS, POPPIN MOMMAS, GRYTT and MULSHLUKA.
Ox’s Raffle at 5pm will not only determine the lineup order but evey ticket to the gig gives you entry into the raffle and your chance to win some great prizes, with additional raffle tickets available for purchase on the day.
Line Up From…
The Vee Bees
Bloodsucking Freaks
Sacramento Sweaters
Poppin Mommas
Grytt
Mülshluka
With beer specials flowing across the bar the BC kitchen crew leans hard into the theme with proper Pie Night menu to feed the hungry masses.
Proudly supported by CUB.
Doors 4pm
Tix $25 +b/f / $30 Door
The Vee Bees
The Vee Bees (NSW) are comin’ down the Hume to the home of the best cold beer, and the best cold beer will be at the Bendigo Hotel June 6th.
Joining them are Adelaide veterans Blood Sucking Freaks, local Melbourne legends Scarnon, everyone’ s favourite drunk uncles Poppin’ Mommas and fellow Geetroit misfits Sacramento Sweaters.
It’s going to be fast, loud and obnoxious enough to give you a hard earned thirst.
Deep South Brass 8
South Gippsland’s newest eight-piece high-energy band delivering the raw infectious spirit of contemporary New Orleans jazz and funk.
Catch them play 2 sets at the early time slot from 2pm-4pm.
KONG
Melbourne-based instrumental dub reggae band KONG and the Dudley Flats Rockers perform two curated sets of both originals and covers.
Cycad
Cycad are making their grand return to The Retreat Hotel bandroom, this time to launch their long-awaited debut album Scouch. Be among the first to hear the album live in full, as the band bring their patented blend of psych-rock and neo-soul to the stage for yet another high energy show. Joined by special guests Fiasco and Dirty Gwen, this is a show not to be missed.
Firefly Horns
Firefly Horns is a Melbourne-based, 7-piece, horn-heavy party band specializing in original New Orleans-style funk, jazz, and soul. Known for high-energy performances featuring trumpet, saxophone, and trombone, they create a “Bourbon Street” vibe with, chants, and 80s/90s movie references.
Come enjoy two sets from Firefly Horns on Sunday May 10th, 4pm-6pm.
Sea Wolves Howl
Based on the true stories of a remarkable local community, Sea Wolves Howl is a vivid theatre with catchy songs.
Early each morning, an intrepid intergenerational group of women and gender fluid people meet on the beach. They enter the sea, join hands so no-one can chicken out, howl like wolves, and immerse in the freezing water.
Five characters take us from home to the shore, into the brine and back, each step offering a particular physical challenge evoking stories, memories, fears, triumphs, connections, courage and laughter. When they brave the wild sea, the differences that divide them on land are stripped away as they expose their bodies and souls to the water, to nature, and sometimes to each other. This cold-water therapy becomes a whole-life therapy, unleashing a wildness and playfulness that says yes to the universe with a mighty howl.
A metaphorical plunge into the joys and challenges of cold water swimming, Sea Wolves Howl features older female and gender-fluid actors strutting their stuff in their togs, speaking and signing the words of people whose lives have been transformed by finding their wet and wild together.
The Cosmic Jams (Open Jam Session)
Every Wednesday our Cosmic Jam house band that will be playing music inspired by their favourite artists, movements & sound specialists.
The house band features:
Jake Amy – Keys
Davin Ojala – Bass
Ari Muroch – Drums
& rotating guests.
Fellow musicians are encouraged to come have a jam with the band from 7:30-9:30pm.
It’s steak night too with prime cuts from $30!
Come along, shred, groove & enjoy the Cosmic Jam.
The Cosmic Jams (Open Jam Session)
Every Wednesday our Cosmic Jam house band that will be playing music inspired by their favourite artists, movements & sound specialists.
The house band features:
Jake Amy – Keys
Davin Ojala – Bass
Ari Muroch – Drums
& rotating guests.
Fellow musicians are encouraged to come have a jam with the band from 7:30-9:30pm.
It’s steak night too with prime cuts from $30!
Come along, shred, groove & enjoy the Cosmic Jam
The Cosmic Jams (Open Jam Session)
Every Wednesday our Cosmic Jam house band that will be playing music inspired by their favourite artists, movements & sound specialists.
The house band features:
Jake Amy – Keys
Davin Ojala – Bass
Ari Muroch – Drums
& rotating guests.
Fellow musicians are encouraged to come have a jam with the band from 7:30-9:30pm.
It’s steak night too with prime cuts from $30!
Come along, shred, groove & enjoy the Cosmic Jam