Online goodies include Movember in May and Mother's Day music

Look after yourself and celebrate male mateship on Friday as Movember's MAYEIGHT festival comes to your home for a day of mental health,comedy and music.

The day's events are all about fun and fitness. It kicks off at 7am with a workout where the idea is you connect up with a mate and get through it together. There's some Zoomba,yoga and meditation,then at 5pm the music begins withBag Raiders andHockey Dad before a bit of comedy then more music fromThe Aston Shuffle,Set Mo andClose Counters.

The whole thing is designed to strengthen men's support networks and encourage mates to check in with each other. Set up a"mate date"and tell each other how you are feeling. See the whole thing on theMovember Facebook page.

Most of us aren't in Byron Bay right now but legendary Aussie rockersThe Living End are,live-streaming a show from the idyll’s famous pub The Northern as part of Coopers and Live Nation’s Live,Loud and Local on Saturday night. Settle in and see the lads rip out classics such asPrisoner of Society,Second Solution andAll Torn Down. You can't get to a pub,but you can bring the pub to your house via theLive,Loud and Local website.

Kate Miller-Heidke,Mahalia Barnes,Missy Higgins,Mia Wray,MontaigneandVera Blue are among the acts in the second episode of The State Of Music streaming series with an all-female line-up celebrating Mother's Day.

This week the show will be hosted by Carrie BickmoreandJane Gazzoas Mushroom Group and the Victorian government celebrate the best of Australian music. Tune in viaYoutube,Facebook or visittogether.vic.gov.au to enjoy the show. It starts 6.30pm on Saturday night.

Back in 1997,sopranoSarah Brightman performed at the Royal Albert Hall in a concert featuringAndrea Bocelli andAndrew Lloyd Webber. It was never made commercially available,but for a short time this weekend,you can catch it onYoutube from 5am Sunday.

Brightman created some of the most important roles in music theatre history including Christine inThe Phantom of the Opera so this is sure to be memorable.

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And this Mother's Day,why not buy your mum and yourself a ticket to an absolute cracker at the Memo Music Hall. Five of Australia's leading ladies of the stage,Rhonda Burchmore,Alinta Chidzey,Lucy Durack,Amanda Harrison and Queenie van de Zandt will deliver a program of music theatre hits on Sunday evening from 7pm. These are some of the most in-demand performers in showbiz and you can see them live all in one room,with Memo's super production values.