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Start the year by filling up your diary – ArtsHub gives you the quintessential Australian arts festival and events calendar for 2019.

Louise Bezzina will commence at Brisbane Festival in May, following the presentation of her final Bleach* Festival in April 2019.

The initiative, presented in partnership with Accessible Arts, aims to increase the number of Deaf artists and artists with disability creating work for Australian festivals.

Sydney Fringe Festival has launched An Anthology of Space 2015-2018, a report that proposes solutions to overcome the onerous red tape in activating city spaces

Like Launceston’s Cataract Gorge, Mona Foma has broken through cultural fault lines to ensure its first iteration in Tasmania’s north will be a celebration of art and music like no other.

The Tasmanian Government has announced a five year funding commitment through Events Tasmania to the Australian Musical Theatre Festival, to be held in Launceston in 2019.

International arts tourism has grown at a higher rate than overall international tourism over the last five years, according to a new report.

Social media attack or real concerns? ArtsHub examines this week’s news of BOAA’s alleged financial mismanagement, which has resulted in delayed artist payments.

The 2018 festival does not shy away from polarising topics that provide an impetus to discuss tensions between the developed and the developing world.

The sudden dismissal of Creative Director Jacob Boehme, and the speed with which he was replaced, has left some in Melbourne’s arts sector scratching their heads.

Now in its fourth year, Wonderland Festival at Brisbane Powerhouse is focused on giving up-and-coming artists an opportunity to showcase their work, and audiences an informal and exuberant experience.

From a contemporary response to Frankenstein, to an aural exploration of the body decaying after death, artists across the country are exploring creative responses to mortality.

Melbourne and Canberra go head-to-head over the self-appointed title of "design capital" this month, as both cities roll out programs of international quality.

Witness great writers and thinkers such as Helen Garner, Kerry O’Brien, Clementine Ford and the Hon. Bob Carr unpack the truth and "get real" with a range of intriguing topics.

New AD at Yellow Wheel; Executive Director appointed at Monsalvat; Aboriginal health researcher joins Adelaide Fringe Board, new Board appointments for MCA, and more.

The discovery of gravitational waves gives us new ways to explore the cosmos, with poets and sound artists as our guides.

Three generous bequests amounting to half a million dollars over the next decade will build on the legacy of the late Frank Ford AM.

Snapshot reviews of this year’s Melbourne International Arts Festival.

A joyous celebration of community; a warmhearted and generous theatrical production; a clarion call about the necessity of maintaining culture.

Adelaide’s arts community is mourning the passing of Frank Ford, founder of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival and Adelaide Fringe’s first Chair.