
Creating & Supporting Community through the Power of Music
PBOB is a not-for-profit supporting music education, whilst creating broader communities around schools and venues.
PBOB is a not-for-profit supporting music education, whilst creating broader communities around schools and venues.
PBOB is an Australian Registered Charity that uses the practice and performance of music to create community, weave social tissue, improve mental health/cognitive abilities and increase well-being
for all generations.
An annual +18 live music event: the Parents Battle Of the Bands. All proceeds are donated back to the school's music program.
2018: 1 battle, 5 participating schools at the Prince Bandroom in St. Kilda.
2024: 7 battles, 26 participating schools across Melbourne.
2025: 33 participating schools and counting!
To date, we have staged shows with
An annual +18 live music event: the Parents Battle Of the Bands. All proceeds are donated back to the school's music program.
2018: 1 battle, 5 participating schools at the Prince Bandroom in St. Kilda.
2024: 7 battles, 26 participating schools across Melbourne.
2025: 33 participating schools and counting!
To date, we have staged shows with over 200 parent musicians, contributed over $110k to music education, and engaged almost 10,000 children.
It means your donation (small, big, corporate, private, all of them) is now tax-exempt! Just click the pink button and choose the option that suits you best. Your contribution goes directly to supporting public primary school music education—making a real difference, note by note!
Exception requests/questions are welcome. They will be considered by the PBOB board on a case-by-case basis. Contact us!
Are you a primary school parent in a parents band wanting to participate in a battle? A parent with particular skills keen to volunteer at PBOB ? Are you in the music industry or an artist and interested in judging? Or you just want to have a chat and learn what it's all about. Please get in touch. We would love to hear from you!
Suite4/67 Inkerman Street, St Kilda Victoria 3182, Australia
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