They may be lanyard-wearing, coffee-drinking public servants by day, but there are many a rockstar walking amongst them by night.

The Dept of Rock is on now, a Battle of the Bands style competition with performers made up of exclusively public servants.

You can go along to the heats all October at Smith’s Alternative. Check out the info here.

Mix 106.3’s Kristen and Nige caught up with Leanne Thompson, the Madame Secretary of the Dept of Rock, to hear all about it.