Melbourne

Creative hub for and co-designed by emerging artists now open
A new creative hub has welcomed its inaugural cohort, having previously engaged them in the process of designing their dream…

6000 voices urge the Victorian Government to save South Melbourne Town Hall
A letter signed by 6000 people calls for the Allan Labor Government to step in and restore the Victorian-era building.

What’s in the City of Melbourne’s draft Budget 2025-26 for the arts?
Firelight Festival and Now or Never will both return this year, plus investments in Melbourne Fashion Week and Melbourne International…

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
Remembering to Forget
Hootan Heydari

Bundoora Homestead Art Centre
Taking Back Language
How do artists subvert and reclaim language? Find out in this new exhibition of works that utlilise text in both…

Immersive review: The Door in Question, 47 Paisley St, Footscray
A heady mix of VR, interactive AI and immersive theatre take over a series of empty rooms and suburban streets…

Introspective and spiritual, Buxton Contemporary's new exhibition, The Veil
Runs from 27 June to 1 November 2025.

Event review: Table for 6, Yirramboi Festival
Six trailblazing First Nations women shared casual conversations over dinner – they didn't need scripts to deliver a powerful show.

Music review: Hollywood Songbook, Melbourne Recital Centre
A quartet of woodwinds and a cabaret singer with opera training in a harmonious partnership.

Q-Lit is Victoria’s new festival of queer writers and storytellers
Over 60 LGBTQIA+ writers and artists will be in attendance at Q-Lit's first festival.