Got a Friday free this month? Come down to The Old Bar in Fitzroy from 2-4pm for Burning Vinyl broadcasting live! Every week will be another couple of fabulous free performances by some top musicians, so come down to unwind, enjoy some music and a drink, and support live music, Burning Vinyl and 3CR! Each week will be different, so don't miss out!

In the leadup to Radiothon, 3CR is introducing you to some of the people behind those voices you hear on our airwaves! We start with one of 3CR's longtime programmers:

It's that time again ... 3CR is gearing up for our annual Radiothon fundraiser from 6 - 19 June, plus our Gardening Radiothon on 26 June! This is the one time of the year that we ask our listeners and our community to get involved by donating to see us through another 12 months.

Sorry Day commemorates the history of forcible removals and its effects and offers the community the opportunity to participate and be involved in activities that acknowledge the impact of these policies of forcible removal on Australia's Indigenous populations. Find out more about Sorry Day events near you. Tune into the Thursday Breakfast show from 7am til 8.30am.
Join us for five tours in Yarra discovering radical craft, women's rollerderby, 25 years of 8-ball, the politics of rage and a journey into local Aboriginal history.

3CR has a position vacant for an IT worker to manage and develop the hardware and software systems that are onsite at our studios at 21 Smith Street Fitzroy. This fixed term position (12 month contract) is for 7.5 hours per week at $36.40 per hour. We need someone who can maintain and develop IT and network systems, servers and back up systems. The successful applicant will have experience in working with a diverse range of people and will be a hands on problem solver who can support our broadcasting.
The 3CR People’s Tours of Music project is a series of four audio tours in collaboration with emerging Melbourne musicians from diverse backgrounds and musical genres.

Check out
a Tour of Indigenous Hip Hop with Johnny Mac, A Tour of Unpopular Music with Leith Thomas, A Tour of My Bands with Monica Sonand and A Tour of a Protest Song with Helen Begley.

3CR will celebrate May Day 2011 with a special broadcast on Sunday 1 May. Each year on 1 May people from around the world join in celebrations to mark the achievements of workers while recognising the fight for equity in the workplace is far from over.

3CR, along with eight other Melbourne community radio stations, will officially "go digital" on Thursday 14 April with a live broadcast from Federation Square. All nine stations will broadcast side-by-side from the event to mark this significant occasion. Read more.