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On July 16 & 18, 3BBR is thrilled to present our exclusive recent concert recording of local Drouin singer/songwriter/guitarist Ethan Calway, recorded at 3BBR’s Last Friday Music Club  in May.

Ethan writes thoughtful original tunes with a country flavour. His brother Seth Calway adds soaring harmonies playing bass too, with Jonothan Bishop on drums and backing vocals. The captivated audience at our Last Friday Music Club  absolutely loved it!

Don’t miss this top performance on Gippsland Live at 8:00pm Wednesday 16th July 2025, replayed on Friday afternoon 18th at 2:00pm and available as audio-on-demand for 8 weeks after broadcast.

Live sound, recording and mixdown by volunteer Garry Havrillay, made exclusively for 3BBR.

Join us on Friday 25th July at the Community Hub at 1 Oak St. Drouin for our monthly music night with performances by country rock diva Gretta Ziller with special guests contemporary folk duo Alan Tatlow and Tammy Patrick.  It will be another intimate night in a small venue that lets you enjoy the music without competition from the bar chat.

Gretta Ziller is a Melbourne-based singer-songwriter known for her evocative storytelling and rich vocals. Her songs transcend genres, blending rock, folk, blues, and Americana.  Her dedication to her craft has earned nominations and accolades, including for the Golden Guitar and Australian Music Prize.

Alan Tatlow is a stalwart of the Gippsland Music scene well know for his guitar, vocal and harmonica and Tammy Patrick sings lead and harmony vocals, adding keyboard, penny whistle, accordion and percussion.  They draw on folk and blues, with original compositions, covers and ballads.

Door open at 6:00pm, and a light evening meal supplied by the The French Pear  in Drouin is available on arrival for just $15.

Music starts at 6:30pm.

Pre-Purchase tickets from Humanitix for $22.
Tickets at the door for $25.

The Hub is at 1 Oak St Drouin, just near the Royal Hotel.
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The Last Friday Music Club  is supported by Drouin and District Bendigo Community Bank  and is an initiative of 3BBR-FM in collaboration with Off The Leash Theatre.

Further to our additions in early June, we have another exciting new music program starting July 4.

• Friday 8:00pm-10:00pm / ARRHYTHMIA with Toby Murfet is your new Friday night journey through the irregular pulse in music from around the world. Expect a tasty mix of deep cuts and hidden gems from a variety of styles, genres, and decades. From afrobeats, funk, disco, and soul to hip hop, jazz, and electronic dance sounds, Arrhythmia  speaks the universal language of groove.

Our other recent new programs from 9 June 2025.

• Mon 7am / MONDAY MORNING BREAKFAST with Jessielea — Ease into your working week with a wide range of genres, with upbeat tunes mixed with timeless classics to start your day.
• Tues 12 noon / MORE THAN A GAME — Live from our Drouin studios, John Fromhold brings you the latest local football and sports news with interviews and great 70s to 90s contemporary music.
• Sat 7:30am / FINAL DRAFT — Featuring interviews with Australian authors that get to the heart of their work, as well as news of festivals, events and all you need to understand the world of Australian letters.

Programs that changed timeslot after June 9:

• Greg Lia’s TUESDAY MIX has become the WEDNESDAY MIX, moving to Wednesday 12 noon to 3pm.
• A BREATH OF FRESH AIR with Sandy Kaye, moved from 12 noon Wed to 2pm Tues.
• VISION AUSTRALIA WEEK, moves to early Saturday morning at 6am. A weekly digest from Vision Australia, the country’s largest service provision organisation for people who are blind or have low vision. It comprises the weekly programs Talking Vision (a weekly half-hour magazine program), New Horizons (a weekly fifteen minute program from Blind Citizens Australia), and the latest from Talking Tech. We feel that it’s important to make this program more accessible to you.
• THE FOLK SHOW is still be heard on Monday afternoon at 3pm, with a replay on Wednesday night at midnight
• AUSSIE TROVE and AUSSIE MUSIC WEEKLY swapped places on Saturday.
• LIVE FROM STUDIO 3 now follows Raised on Rock  late on Saturday nights.

Sadly we’ve said goodbye to:

• David Gilbert’s C120 MIXTAPE. David presented his final program on Friday 6 June 8-10pm. Huge thanks to David for his commitment and great range of music programming. We have a fresh contemporary music program coming soon to Friday nights presented live from our Drouin studios, and we’ll have a bonus airing of Rod Wellard’s ADVENTURES IN RHYTHM until then.
• Thanks also to Gavin for his FEEL GOOD MIX. Gavin has now retired from presenting on 3BBR.
• LOST IN SCIENCE from 3CR was being replaced by FINAL DRAFT.

Our full schedule is at https://3bbrfm.org.au/guide
Download a PDF copy of the new schedule to keep or print.

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As always, if you have feedback about our schedule, please get in touch.  Visit our contact page for the many ways you can do that. 

On Sunday 8 June at 2pm, the 3BBR FM Concert Hall proudly presented a recent concert from Wesley of Warragul with Melbourne’s finest highly acclaimed Baroque ensemble Genesis Baroque, featuring the much loved fine Australian soprano Sarah Macliver in a program of ‘soul-nourishing’ works by Handel, Buxtehude, JS Bach and Purcell, exploring love, both human and divine.

3BBR-FM was privileged to share this concert with you in the 3BBR FM Concert Hall on Sunday 8 June from 2pm, recorded exclusively for 3BBR by volunteer recording engineer Garry Havrillay.

Missed the broadcast? Listen back via our radio-on-demand service before 2 August 2025.

3BBR FM… proudly supporting local fine music.

A recent concert at Yarragon Studio, bringing you a delightful program of trios and duets by Handel and Telemann.  Peter Hagen (harpsichord) and Niels Bijl (saxophones) performed as Duo de Fesch recreating known and lesser known baroque masterpieces with accomplished flautist Meredith Beardmore. 

Again, a loyal 3BBR-FM volunteer was there to record this concert for the 3BBR-FM Concert Hall which was broadcast at 2:00pm on Sunday afternoon 1st June 2025.

Missed the broadcast? Listen back via our radio-on-demand service before 27 July 2025.

3BBR FM… proudly supporting local fine music.

Distinguished Finnish pianist and current Artistic Director at ANAM, Paavali Jumppanen recently took the Yarragon Studio audience by storm. He was joined by two of Australia’s most accomplished wind players, oboist Rachel Bullen and bassoonist Matthew Kneale.

This trio enthralled a sold-out delighted audience in March with performances of trios by Francis Poulenc, Amy Beach and Valerie Coleman, and a ravishing Sibelius piano solo encore.

Thankfully, a loyal 3BBR-FM volunteer was there to record this triumphant concert for the 3BBR-FM Concert Hall which was broadcast at 2:00pm on Sunday afternoon 13th April 2025.

Missed the broadcast? Listen back via our radio-on-demand service before 8 June 2025.

3BBR FM… proudly supporting local fine music.

On Sunday 30th March at 2:00pm, the 3BBR-FM Concert Hall presented the recent Gippsland Symphony Orchestra concert under the direction of David Williams OAM.  The program included one the most famous and beloved orchestral works, plus a bit of fun and storytelling.

Beethoven – Coriolan Overture Op.62

Tchaikovsky – Nutcracker Suite

Joseph Haydn — Toy Symphony



Prokofiev – Peter and the Wolf

 with narrator Kate McCulley Watson

This performance was recorded on the 16th March 2025 at the West Gippsland Arts Centre, Warragul by a 3BBR volunteer.

Missed the broadcast? Listen back via our radio-on-demand service before 25 May 2025.

3BBR FM… proudly supporting local fine music.

3BBR-FM was there for the 22nd multi-award winning Boolarra Folk Festival, recording every concert for Gippsland Live.

Gippsland Live (heard 8:00pm Wed & 2:00pm Fri) is our weekly showcase of local live performances and on Wed March 19 begins its broadcast season of the 2025 festival which will continue on alternate weeks.

Visit the Gippsland Live program page for our full broadcast schedule.

Again, thousands of people flocked to Boolarra in early March for the festival with Saturday remaining completely free and unticketed with the support of sponsors.

The festival began with a launch event with four performances held at Boolarra’s Memorial Hall on the Friday night, which this year introduced a cover charge to raise funds towards repurposing the old Boolarra Post Office for the community.

Launching 3BBR’s 2025 broadcast season on Wed March 19th @8:00pm will be the soulful John Flanagan with his 4-piece band. Flanagan brings a genre-blending mix of folk, blues and soul to the stage drawing on the glory days of 70s songwriting. Praised as “one of Australia’s finest lyricist” Flanagan’s storytelling is at the forefront. Also we’ll hear songwriter/guitarist Chris Cavill with his 10yo son Jesse on ukelele.

“Once again there was a really high standard of performances, and we appreciate the help of the Festival and performers in allowing us to share the musicianship and community spirit,” said producer/engineer Garry Havrillay, “We’re also thrilled to be able to give these under-represented and emerging artists a chance to be heard more widely via Community Radio.”

Tune in to 103.1FM on Wednesday nights at 8.00pm or Friday afternoons at 2:00pm, stream online via 3bbrfm.org.au or the Community Radio Plus App, or listen later via our audio-on-demand  service at https://3bbrfm.org.au/programs/gippsland-live.