Parents Battle Of the Bands

Parents Battle Of the Bands MUSIC. CONNECTION. CREATIVITY. GROWTH. TURN IT UP.

PBOB is a registered charity supporting kids music education, whilst creating connection and community around local venues.

🚨 WELL, WELL, WELL… LOOK WHAT’S HAPPENED HERE. 👀With just 10 DAYS TO GO, our Final Ticket Sales Leaderboard is getting c...
31/08/2026

🚨 WELL, WELL, WELL… LOOK WHAT’S HAPPENED HERE. 👀

With just 10 DAYS TO GO, our Final Ticket Sales Leaderboard is getting considerably more interesting.

Richmond is still holding the top spot at 31%, but that once-commanding lead is being chipped away.

Port Melbourne is lurking at 24%…
Ripponlea has made a move into third at 14%…
and the middle of the pack is getting VERY cosy. 😏

So, Finalists… consider this your 10-day warning. 🚨

Round up the school crew. Book the babysitter. Message the group chat. Call in favours. Locate those friends who said “Yep, definitely coming!” three months ago and still haven’t got their ticket. 😂

Because forget the leaderboard for a second… we want The Corner absolutely heaving on September 10.

Six powerhouse bands. Six school communities. One epic Battle Season Final.

And every ticket helps us put more music into our public primary schools. 💛🎸

10 DAYS. LET’S GO!! 🤘🏼🔥

🎟️ Tickets via link in bio.

Percentages represent each school’s share of total Final ticket sales to date.

🚨THE GAP IS CLOSING🤘🏼Week two of our Final Ticket Sales Leaderboard ….we’ve got ourselves a race!And there’s movement ac...
24/08/2026

🚨THE GAP IS CLOSING🤘🏼

Week two of our Final Ticket Sales Leaderboard ….we’ve got ourselves a race!

And there’s movement across the board, with plenty of time for this to be turned on its head before September 10.

Six powerhouse bands. Six public primary school communities. One epic night at The Corner Hotel…so rally the school crew. Round up your mates. Recruit the neighbours. Call in the grandparents. Book the babysitter and bring that person who keeps saying they really must come along - this is THE one!

Less than 3 weeks to go. Who’s making the next move?🔥

And remember, every ticket sold helps put more music into our public primary schools. 💛🎸

GAME ON. LET’S SELL OUT THE CORNER.

🎟️ Tickets via link in bio.

We’re taking PBOB to BIGSOUND 2026 🎸⚡️And we’d love your help to get there.Thanks to Oztix & QMusic with the support of ...
21/08/2026

We’re taking PBOB to BIGSOUND 2026 🎸⚡️

And we’d love your help to get there.

Thanks to Oztix & QMusic with the support of Dror Erez, we have secured two complimentary BIGSOUND delegate passes, valued at $1,800.

Now we’re looking to raise around $2,500 to cover our flights and accommodation in Brisbane from 1–4 September.

Why BIGSOUND?

It’s an opportunity to get in the room with the people and organisations who could help shape what comes next for PBOB – partners, funding bodies, artists, promoters, venues and music industry leaders who share our belief in the power of live music, community and music education.

We’ve got the passes. We’ve got the intros. We’ve got the meetings to make…now we want to make the most of this rare and timely opportunity to strengthen PBOB’s future and grow our impact.

If you believe in what PBOB is building and would like to help, any contribution – big or small – towards our $2.5K target would mean a lot.

🎵 Donations to PBOB are tax deductible.

👉 Donate via the link https://parents-battle-of-the-bands-pty-ltd.mygiveeasy.com/pbob/page-1

🚨 NEW: THE FINAL TICKET SALES LEADERBOARD 🚨Less than four weeks to go until our 2026 NvS Battle Final hits The Corner Ho...
18/08/2026

🚨 NEW: THE FINAL TICKET SALES LEADERBOARD 🚨

Less than four weeks to go until our 2026 NvS Battle Final hits The Corner Hotel… and things are already getting interesting.🔥

Right now, Richmond Primary has thrown down the gauntlet and currently owns HALF THE ROOM.

Who’s going to do something about it? 🤨

With 550 hours still on the clock, this leaderboard could look VERY different come next week and the week after, and the week after that!

Band reps & musos, school communities, friends, families, neighbours, keenly interested acquaintances… you know what to do. 🎫🎟️🎫🎟️🎫🎟️🎫

Because this Battle deserves a PACKED house.

🎸 Six powerhouse parent bands
🏫 Six public primary schools
🔥 One seriously epic Battle

We’ll update the leaderboard each week as we count down to September 10, so there’s plenty of time to shake things up.

And remember, every ticket sold helps put more music into our public primary schools. 💛

Game on. LET’S SELL OUT THE CORNER. 🤘🏼🔥

🎟️ Tickets via link in bio.

Incredibly, we somehow managed to snag this exceptionally terrific trifecta of Hills legends two years running. 🤩🎶Back b...
14/08/2026

Incredibly, we somehow managed to snag this exceptionally terrific trifecta of Hills legends two years running. 🤩🎶

Back behind the clipboards for our 2026 Yarra Ranges Battle:

💫 Ross Irwin - Ranges-raised trumpet player, composer, arranger, producer and Musical Director for The Cat Empire, with a frankly ridiculous list of other artist credits. 😆🤯😳🤩 Roscoe James Irwin

💫 Mark Gardner - singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist plus 3MDR host and producer of Brassed Off. Mark Gardner

💫 Jonathan Gay - owner of Upwey Music, local music champion and someone now very firmly embedded in the musical life of the Hills. Upwey Music

Three people who know music, know the Hills and, luckily for us, know to say yes when asked back!

So lads… same time next year? Third time’s a charm? 😇😂

📸 : Bec Walton Photographer

YARRA RANGES, THAT WAS SPECIAL 💫The 2026 Hills edition had its own kind of magic, and everyone in the room felt it.✨The ...
14/08/2026

YARRA RANGES, THAT WAS SPECIAL 💫

The 2026 Hills edition had its own kind of magic, and everyone in the room felt it.✨

The stage at Sooki may be small, but the energy was massive, the performances were epic, the support amongst bands enormous and a crowd that gave everything right back in a big way.

This photo says the rest. 🥰
📸 Bec Walton Photographer

WHAT. A. DEBUT. 🤘✨Selby Primary’s Life Education Band hit the Parents Battle of the Bands stage for the very first time ...
14/08/2026

WHAT. A. DEBUT. 🤘✨

Selby Primary’s Life Education Band hit the Parents Battle of the Bands stage for the very first time last night… and landed a podium finish at the 2026 Yarra Ranges Battle. 🥈🔥

What a crew and what a way to introduce themselves.

The connection on stage was impossible to miss. So much energy, personality, attitude and pure joy in the way they played together. It was pure party vibes.
🥳🦒📞✨

Huge congratulations, Life Education Band. We have a feeling this won’t be your last gig. 🎸⚡️

📸 becwaltonphotographer

SelbyPrimary

🏆 PERMISSION: GRANTED. 🎤⚡️Last night, Ferny Creek Primary’s Permission Slipped took out the Mic Drop Award at the 2026 Y...
14/08/2026

🏆 PERMISSION: GRANTED. 🎤⚡️

Last night, Ferny Creek Primary’s Permission Slipped took out the Mic Drop Award at the 2026 Yarra Ranges Battle.

And they didn’t just get the judges’ votes. They had the whole room with them, including plenty of love from their fellow bands.

Such great energy, a beautifully put-together set list, tight musicianship and a performance that just landed from start to finish.

They also got our thumbs up for this season’s favourite rendition of “Where Is My Husband?” 🔥👍🏻

Fun, confident, polished ~ a very, very well-deserved win.

Huge congratulations legends. 🤩

📸 : Bec Walton Photographer

Some judging panels just get it. This was one of them. ✨Such beautiful and special energy, sharp ears, thoughtful observ...
11/08/2026

Some judging panels just get it. This was one of them. ✨

Such beautiful and special energy, sharp ears, thoughtful observations and genuine enthusiasm for every band that hit the stage.

And the feedback… SO much feedback. 🙌 The kind that goes well beyond a scorecard, with brilliant insights, generous encouragement and plenty for each band to take away with them.

We score you an A+++ and we’d quite like to keep you all. 🤘💗

✨ Lucy Rash – Musical Director, Ella Hooper Band / Copy & Grant Writer - Cult Copy
✨ Tania Sullivan – RackeTT Collective / Roar Fest
✨ Robbie Cappuccio & Simon Chatfield – PBOB Alumni - both members of the ridiculously credentialled three-peat PBOB champions Parental as Anything (2018, 2019 & 2021)

Thank you for bringing such a joyful and fun spirit to the Battle. You were an absolute treat. 🏆🎶

📸: becwaltonphotographer

We’d like to submit this photo as evidence. Evidence that getting involved with your school community doesn’t have to in...
10/08/2026

We’d like to submit this photo as evidence.

Evidence that getting involved with your school community doesn’t have to involve onions and a folding table outside Bunnings.

Evidence that a school community looks pretty bloody good from behind a drum kit.

Evidence that parents should occasionally be encouraged to make very loud decisions. 🪈

And evidence that Bayside knows exactly how to throw a Battle. 🤘

Four bands. Sold out a month in advance. Lucky 13 Garage absolutely heaving.

Music. Community. A little bit of glorious chaos.

Case closed. 💗🎶

📸 : becwaltonphotographer

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