Rock & Roll News:

Cooly Rocks On Festival 2026 - another successful festival celebrating 1950's style theme including bands, music, dancing, classic cars, fashion and merchandise. Warm sunny weather throughout the festival (although bit of light shower on Sunday), huge crowds and almost non-stop live music and dancing every day.

What I like about Cooly Rocks On is that it is organised as a "big... [Read More]

The Victorian Rock 'n' Roll Dance Association (VRRDA) held its annual rock 'n' roll dance championship at the Hungarian Club in Wantirna South last weekend. As usual, the event, being Victoria's premier rock 'n' roll dance competition, was sold out early. The hall was well decorated, and many came dressed in their 1950's rock 'n' roll style costumes.

The competition has several... [Read More]

Once again, Rats, Tatts N Pinups in collaboration with Stamford Hotel staged their NYE celebration on 31st December with a classic cars & hotrods Show "n" Shine plus live music by the Straight 8's. A family friendly event, the classic cars show, as usual drew a large crowd including many interested in seeing the fabulous range of classic cars and hotrods on display.

At lunch... [Read More]

Si Cranstoun, a UK 1950's style recording artist, is well known in our rock 'n' roll circle having toured Australia on several occasions including performing at Cooly Rocks On Festival. He is back in Australia currently with performances in Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.

As part of Alleycatz's 20th Year Anniversary celebration, Si Cranstoun again played to... [Read More]

The VRRDA hosted Victoria's premier rock 'n' roll dance competition last weekend again with a resounding success. The event was held at the Hungarian Club in Wantirna South. The hall was wonderfully decorated to suit the occasion with many rockers dressed up in their finest 1950's style clothing reminiscent of the glory days of 1950's style rock 'n' roll era. The event was sponsored by a number... [Read More]

Once again, our rock 'n' roll community came together on Good Friday to dance but, more importantly, contribute towards the Royal Children Hospital Appeal. Always a worthwhile endeavour for rock 'n' rollers as an annual event in our dancing calendar.

Rock'n'Suzie hosted her charity dance at Pakenham as usual complete with several bands playing and with classic cars & hotrods... [Read More]

New venue for rock ‘n’ roll bands & dancing is always welcome in Melbourne. The Barn live in Bayswater has started staging a monthly rock ‘n’ roll bands & dancing with no entry fee on Sunday afternoon since about last year but it is still relatively unknown to a lot of rock ‘n’ rollers in Melbourne. This venue has a good sound system and the dance floor, whilst it’s not... [Read More]

NYE's was celebrated at several venues in Melbourne with live bands and dancing to see in the new year. Generally, 2024 was a very good year for 1950's style music and dancing not only with the variety of gigs and venues in Melbourne and country Victoria but also inter-state with large music festivals such as Cooly Rocks On, Greazefest and Chromefest all very well attended. and getting rave... [Read More]

Jon & Zoe celebrated their Alleycatz's 19th Anniversary in hosting rock 'n' roll dances and dance classes in Melbourne. Their dance classes still remain the biggest and most successful in Melbourne. Well done to Alleycatz for their huge contribution in promoting live rock 'n' roll bands, dancing & classes.

As part of its celebration, the very popular Adelaide "teddy boy"... [Read More]

American soul and R&B artist, Les Greene, thrilled the audience with his high energy, all singing & all dancing Australian performance tour last weekend. Les Greene is popular in many music festivals around the world including Viva Las Vegas (USA) and Rhythm Riots in Europe where he showcases his own rendition and interpretation of popular 1950's and 1960's hit tunes as well as his own... [Read More]