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Join us as we broadcast live on Saturday 7th Feb when the Trafalgar Truck Restorers Club and the Baw Baw Old Engine and Auto Club host their annual display of heritage trucks, cars, tractors, earth movers, motorbikes and steam engines over the weekend of 7th & 8th Feb.

3BBR will be broadcasting live on site at 48 Pedder Street Darnum from 10:00am Saturday.  José Meyer will be there playing country for My Kinda Music, and John Fromhold will play great car songs from 12 until 2:00pm.

You can find out more about the show and how you can participate by visiting Darnum Heritage Display.

This is also an opportunity to meet the 3BBR team in person.  Come and say hello to your Community Radio volunteers!  Buy a T-Shirt or cap and be proud of your genuine community radio service.

Listen back to 3BBR’s live broadcast from Rotary’s 2026 Australia Day event held in Civic Park, Drouin. The event brought local community organisations together from 8:00am throughout the morning and included a flag-raising ceremony, sausage sizzle and activities for the young ones.

It was also an opportunity to meet the 3BBR team in person, as Russ Ford presented live from the Soundshell in Civic Park from 9:00am – 12 noon.  Thanks to everyone who participated in our broadcast.

This special programming meant that Big John Meyer swapped with Russ to host Memories and More from 1:00-3:00pm. (There will be no Letters to the Editor program from the Regional News Team on Australia Day, but there will be a special hour of First Nations Australian music at 11:00pm.)

Listen back to the broadcast

During January and February 2026, the 3BBR-FM Concert Hall is proud to present highlights of the local 2025 Fine Music seasons at Yarragon Studio and Wesley of Warragul, plus some favourites from 2024, all recorded exclusively by 3BBR.

Highlights include:

• Trio Arapiles // Genesis Baroque with soprano Sarah Macliver (Broadcast 11 Jan 2026)
• The NZ Trio // The Gippsland Chamber Singers (18 Jan)
• Zoe Knighton, cello with Amir Farid, piano // Duo de Fesh (25 Jan)
• Trios with Paavali Jumppanen, Rachel Bullen and Matthew Kneale // Joshua Hooke, piano (1 Feb)
• The Melbourne Chamber Orchestra and Stefan Cassomenos // Plus the 40th Anniversary Concert from 2024 at WGAC by the West Gippsland Chorale performing the ‘St Cecilia Day’ Cantata by George Loughlin (8 Feb)
• Also from 2024, “Homage to Schubert” trio concert, featuring Brian Chapman and Friends (15 Feb)

Missed the broadcasts? Listen back via our radio-on-demand service.

3BBR FM is proud to support local Fine Music Concerts and new Australian compositions.

Sadly we said goodbye to Toby’s Arrhythmia on Fri 19th Dec, with huge thanks for a night of great music on 3BBR.  Best wishes Toby, who’s off to do some travelling.

In its place, Jessielea is set to break out of Monday Breakfast and present a grittier second show…

• FRIDAY 8:00pm -10:00pm / PUSH THE ENVELOPE — Jessielea brings you a combination of heavy, electronic and fusion music to get your Friday night started, beginning BOXING DAY DEC 26.

Tuesday afternoon shuffle from January 6:

• John Fromhold’s MORE THAN A GAME moves later to Tues 3:00pm – 6:00pm.  John will cover a wider range of sport news with interviews live from Studio 2.  The new time gives him better access to key players in local sports.  Great music from the 70s and 80s is standard fare too.
• 45RPM moves earlier to 12 noon Tuesday with everyone’s favourite vinyl tunes from the 60s, 70s and 80s.
• IT’S TIME with William and Barry (5:00pm Tues) will drop off our schedule for now.

Sadly, Dave Howell is no longer making his blissful program MUSIC FOR BEACHES available to stations beyond 2SER. We’ve replaced it with DEADLY BEATS every Wednesday night from 10:00pm featuring indigenous urban music (RnB, soul, hip-hop & rap).

Also, look out for

• a special live broadcast from Civic Park Drouin for Australia Day with Russ Ford, 9:00am – 12 noon, Mon 26 Jan
• a special hour of First Nations music for Australia Day with Garry, 11:00pm Mon 26 Jan

 

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Join us on 3BBR from 12:00 noon on Christmas Day for a special broadcast of the recent concert by the West Gippsland Chorale under the direction of Nathan Byrne recorded at Wesley of Warragul.

The program features Antonio Vivaldi’s Gloria, Benjamin Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols Op.28  plus a diverse selection of songs to celebrate Christmas.  3BBR-FM is proud to record and support local live music performances.

Missed the broadcast? Listen back to GippsLand Live for up to 8 weeks after broadcast.

Also on Christmas Day, Garry Havrillay hosts a special Quiet Hour of ambient and serene music on 3BBR from 6:00am.

In the 3BBR FM Concert Hall at 2pm on Sun 21st December 2025 revisit this inspirational performance by one of Australia’s finest symphony orchestras, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and Chorus with the West Gippsland Chorale, performing Handel’s greatest oratorio ‘Messiah’. This concert was recorded by 3BBR at the West Gippsland Arts Centre in December 2024.

The highly acclaimed Australian conductor, MSO Artist-in-Residence, and baroque music specialist Erin Helyard conducted from the harpsichord with an energy and spirit rarely witnessed in the annual Messiah performances, creating a truly memorable start to the Christmas Season.

It was heart-warming and a joy to see our own West Gippsland Chorale sharing the stage with the MSO Chorus, capping off a special 40th anniversary year for the Chorale.  What an honour for the Chorale to have this opportunity.  The smiling faces of the choristers made this palpable, with choral singing of the highest order.

An impressive cast of equally matched soloists, delivered their arias with perfect diction full of meaning, with ringing quality notes in every aria.  They are young Australian-based singers establishing domestic and international careers; Melbourne-based soprano Stacey Alleaume and tenor Michael Petrucelli, along with Sydney-based mezzo-soprano Helen Sherman and baritone David Greco.

The trumpet soloists in the final aria, ‘The trumpet shall sound’ was one of the most thrilling.

Conductor Erin Helyard said of this iconic work, which features one of the most famous pieces of Baroque choral music in the Hallelujah Chorus, “a wonderful evocation of Christmas”.

Messiah is a true masterpiece written more than 280 years ago yet still inspiring joy and wonder to all, from first-time listeners to the many who make the work a Christmas tradition.

This performance was worthy of any major world concert hall, and was produced and recorded by Garry Havrillay for 3BBR as a proud supporter of local fine music concerts.

Missed the broadcast? Listen back via our radio-on-demand service before 18 Jan 2026.

On Sunday 14th Dec at 2:00pm, the 3BBR-FM Concert Hall presented the exclusive 3BBR recording of the Wattleseed Ensemble in concert.

Wattleseed’s music is an invitation to the the rawness of bowed strings and eucalypt forest; to connection. They weave together music of the baroque period with folk music and contemporary Australian music in a confluence of styles, finding cohesion in the telling of a story. The musical journey in this wonderful program is testament to that.

• Hildegard von Bingen (arr. D Nicolson) — Ave Generosa
• JS Bach (arr. D Sitkovetsky) – Goldberg Variations: Aria, var. 1, 6, 9 & 5
• Anne Cawrse – Sanctuary
• Jakub Jankowsky – The Orchid and the Wasp (Victorian premiere)
• Trad. Bulgarian (arr. Wattleseed Ens.) – Aleni Zvezdi
• Missy Mazzoli – Lies You Can Believe In
• Trad. Swedish / Annlaug Børsheim (arr. Katie Yap) – Vals efter Lasse i Lyby / Da Lounge Bar

Meg Cohen – violin, co-artistic director
Katie Yap – viola, co-artistic director
David Moran – cello

Missed the broadcast? Listen back via our radio-on-demand service before 8 Feb 2026.

3BBR FM… proudly supports local Fine Music Concerts and new Australian compositions.

3BBR recently recorded the 140th Anniversary Celebration Concert at WGAC, and you can re-live it on Gippsland Live in early December. The concert was the result of many months of rehearsals and volunteer planning, as well as marking 140 years of continuous service to our community, even through world wars and pandemics.

The Warragul Municipal Band concert under the musical direction of Geoff Coote included tributes to past and present Members with MC Mark Ford OAM guiding us through a night of popular tunes, classic and brass band favourites.

Notably the audience was treated to the premiere performance of the march “Warragul – Blue Gum Country” specially composed and conducted for the occasion by Nat Pollard. Other highlights included the band’s longest serving continuous member, trombonist Tim Armstrong treating us to “Stardust”, guest piano soloist Darryl Coote performing Handel, Schubert and Benjamin, with the second half opening with a few short pieces by the Training Band, likely future players in the Warragul Municipal Band.

Join us on 3BBR for Gippsland Live to re-live this concert celebration.

• Part 1: Wednesday 3rd Dec 2025 from 8:00pm (replayed Friday 5th Dec 2:00pm)
• Part 2: Wednesday 10th Dec 2025 from 8:00pm (replayed Friday 12th Dec 2:00pm)

Missed the broadcast? Audio-on-demand is available for 8 weeks after broadcast.

3BBR — Supporting live music and volunteering in our community.