2022 EVENTS ARCHIVE
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Queering the Pitch Pt. 2: Storytime with The Reginas
Storytime with the Reginas, a punk-inspired, raucous and frank, feminist comedy cabaret show at iconic Hare Hole. The Reginas are politically engaged, sometimes enraged and refuse to be enslaved in a society that can accept and condone misogynist values.
Creme de la Femme
Evelyn Hotel, Leaps And Bounds and Emma Volard are proud to present this years Creme De La Femme. This is a night of some of the best emerging artists Naarm has to offer featuring Emma Volard, Ebiphe Komang (SOLO) & Special Guest DJ's.
Power to You
With a focus on female driven performances within heavier genres, the night is set to electrify audiences with some of Melbourne’s finest, crash hot, up-and-coming artists.
Through Power To You, Bar Open aims to provide a platform for female artists of heavier genres to deliver an energetic performance set to fire up the limbs of City Of Yarra residents this Winter featuring Georgia Knight, Foggy Notion, and Sandy Dish.
Queers to the Front
Leaps and Bounds Festival and Bad Decisions present QUEERS TO THE FRONT!
A night celebrating LGBTQI+ artists with Bands, Drag and Alternative/Heavy/Punk DJ's
Ajak Kwai at The Tramway Hotel
Australia's contemporary South Sudanese songstress, Ajak Kwai brings her stunning, distinctive vocals to The Tramway Hotel for Leaps & Bounds Festival, 2022.
Winter Spin @ Wah Wah Records
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 @ Licorice Pie Records
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
Winter Spin @ Northside Records
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
FREE EVENT
Winter Spin @ Plug Seven Records
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.
FREE EVENT
Winter Spin @ Natural Selection
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).
FREE EVENT
Winter Spin @ Skydiver Records
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 @ Sound Merch
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
Winter Spin @ Oh Jean! Records
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…
FREE EVENT
Skid City & The Prize @ Gem Bar
The Gem Bar & Leaps and Bounds Music Festival present, for the first time in the same room, SKID CITY & THE PRIZE.
SKID CITY are known around town for their good time rock n' roller tunes hammered out by members of Rot TV, Peak Twins and Summer Flake, and brought home by snotty vox courtesy of a bottle-blonde gentleman named Zeke. They released their debut record 'Greetings from Skid City' earlier this year through Shipping Steel records.
THE PRIZE are Power Pop and Garage Rock personified and not to be missed. Plus Rockin' DJ Annaliese Redlich (Neon Sunset 3RRR) all night.
FREE EVENT
Queenie Single Launch
Queenie releases her debut single ’The End’ with a full band, supported by Aussie cow folk ballad daddy diva Leroy MacQueen.
Grace Darling Hotel X Massie's
In collaboration with Massie's Pizza, as part of the Leaps & Bounds Music Festival, The Grace Darling Hotel makes its long awaited return to the live music circuit. We are so pleased to welcome you back to our events space for Leaps & Bounds: GDH X Massie's! Join us in celebrating the DIY ethos and sonic experimentation of the Naarm underground. Music will be curated across 3 levels at the GDH X Massie's Main Bar. Featuring a huge line-up of music and performance exploring the intersection between audio-visual production, experimental soundscapes, and bass-driven sounds.
FREE ENTRY TO MAIN & MASSIES BARS
Mind Your Langridge @ Bodriggy
It's that time again! The latest in our series of live music events, Mind Your Langridge comes to Bodriggy Brewing as part of Leaps and Bounds Festival. A huge night of Music and Art, all raising funds for headspace Collingwood. A massive line-up of good vibes featuring Komang, Zjoso, Tumi The Be, Adam Noviello, Rara Zulu, Business Partner, Solomon C, Dr Condiments, RAKHI, Poyen.... and totally FREE!!
FREE EVENT
EOFY PARTY WITH KAREN FROM FINANCE
Get your dividends ready and your accounts receivable cos this is gonna be the office party of the year! After a hit international tour with her show "Out of Office" and appearing as a finalist on Ru Paul's Drag Race Down Under, Karen From Finance is getting back to her roots and returning to Thursgay! The original Lip Sync For Your Pint Hostess, Karen started performing with Thursgay in 2013 and now it's time for her triumphant return to launch her new single! She will be joined by Bettie Rose & Henny Spaghetti, Hotpink, Faunish, DJ Sal, DJ Ruby, Cherubimbaby & Pi$ces Bitch. It's the End of The Financial Year as we know it...
tinkle - A Free, Queer Piano Bar
Rainbow House Club invites you to a very special Leaps & Bounds Festival edition of “tinkle - A Free, Queer Piano Bar”! Your host and piano-babe Ronnie Rai is joined by special guest vocalists Krayola, 2Joocee and Edie Centric for a magical night of music - and you’re invited to join in!
FREE EVENT
BOPSTRETCH - 10th Anniversary
Celebrating the 10 year anniversary of their Wednesday residency at Uptown, stretching the tunes of the bop masters Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Tad Dameron, Miles Davis and beyond. One of the most remarkable ensembles to come out of the Melbourne be-bop tradition in a long time.
SOLD OUT: Her Sound Her Story Screening and QnA
Leaps and Bounds Festival and Corner Hotel present a special screening of Her Sound, Her Story. This captivating documentary showcases over 40 women and gender diverse artists from across five decades of Australian music, celebrating their achievements and impact on the industry. More pressingly, it addresses how the inequities of the industry have impacted them.
Estaria Eluxe
Estaria Eluxe make their Gasometer debut partnering with Leaps and Bounds music festival. An all-day party split across two rooms showcasing multiple creative elements from all female and gender non - conforming artists. Music from local selectors Darcy Justice, Jazz, Rev Lon, Selena and Miscmeg. Live art by Luka Lesosky-hay and Jasmine Jafari and visual installations by Ricta. Come indulge in all that Estaria Eluxe has to offer on the 26th of June at the Gasometer.
An afternoon at the Evelyn with Gerry Smith’s Well Oiled Machine
Prepare to be inspired on the 26th of June by some of Australia’s greatest hit songwriters all performing the collaborative works and songs written with Gerry Smith.
Featuring Jake Mason (hit ‘This Girl’) Eric McCusker (‘Come Said The Boy’, State Of the Heart, Mondo Rock), Jessica Paige APRA award winning songwriter and the one and only Gerry Smith.
Don’t Thank Me, Spank Me! Bingo
Don't Thank Me Spank Me! is an avenue for exploration of the most fabulous kind. Honest to a T and feminine to a fault, this duo combines immaculate vocal harmonies, guitar and violin for a full bodied RNB/Pop experience. Colourful, glamorous and raw, Esther Henderson and Nitida Atkinson are a force to be reckoned with. With their whacked out songs of country girl grit and good-boy romances, DTMSM will leave you giddy with groove and wishing for more.
FREE EVENT
MzRizk presents an all-ages matinee show with the HALO Vocal Ensemble and Eliza Hull!
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!
Techno Tangle
Leaps and Bounds Music Festival, City of Yarra and Tangle Agency present: Techno Tangle. An all-female line-up of DJs will be taking over the "pub club" upstairs space for a late-night after-hours affair at The Rochester Hotel AKA The Rochey in Fitzroy on Saturday 25th June. Featuring: Chiara Kickdrum, Cloudy Ku, RBI, Stev Zar.
Queering the Pitch Pt. 1: The Great Trans Band Jam
The Great Trans Band Jam, featuring Insect Politicks, Walking to the Grocery Store, and microsleep. All three bands are bursting with passion, angst, and raw gender-diverse energy. Join us for a roaring night, and if you’re a trans or non-binary muso yourself, come have a chat and maybe you’ll find a new band to join or an addition to your next gig! (BYO instrument if you’re feeling brave and want to jam with us afterwards!)
Chikchika at The Tramway Hotel
Chikchika brings a new, deep, sonic groove to the Tramway for Leaps and Bounds Festival. With a focus on their East African cultural heritage, Chikchika embraces new sonic territories with a beautiful modesty.
Raave Tapes Live on Yah Yah’s Bandstand
Raave Tapes (NSW) live on the Yah's bandstand, thanks to Leaps & Bounds Music Festival... Having recently relaunched of our live music program, we've partnered up with Leaps & Bounds Music Festival to present Raave Tapes (NSW) live on our bandstand for Friday July 24th! The Newcastle natives are loading up the tour van to bring their brand of crunchin’ electro-rock to the City of Yarra… Lead by the scuzzed-out riffage of bassist Lindsay O'Connell, it's a raucous live show that's not to be missed!
Something Fishy
Something Fishy is a triple-billed night of live music celebrating the women of Melbourne's Alt/Indie music scene. We’re kicking off the fun with Party Pest, Baby Mullet just not giving a f*#k in the centre, and acclaimed soloist Rya Park as the headline act!