Independent music and arts festival, Sleepless, returns to take over Melbourne’s inner west from 2-18 May this year. Now in its fourth year, Sleepless FootscrayFestival is once again set to turn the hidden alleys of the suburb’s CBD into creative nightscapes. Familiar venues will be transformed and unused buildings reclaimed into hubs hosting music, performance, art and immersive experiences. The program celebrating community arts and nightlife will be spread over 16 local venues.
Thuy On is the Reviews and Literary Editor of ArtsHub and an arts journalist, critic and poet who’s written for a range of publications including The Guardian, The Saturday Paper, Sydney Review of Books, The Australian, The Age/SMH and Australian Book Review. She was the Books Editor of The Big Issue for 8 years and a former Melbourne theatre critic correspondent for The Australian.
She has three collections of poetry published by the University of Western Australian Press (UWAP): Turbulence (2020), Decadence (2022) and Essence (2025).
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