Festivals
Singing in the winter dark: Festival of Voices returns for 2024
Hobart’s original winter festival returns with a program featuring everything from US R&B star Macy Gray and choral workshops to…
Castlemaine State Festival enters voluntary administration
After suffering heavy losses in 2023, the future of the long-running regional arts festival is currently unknown.
Melbourne International Comedy Festival and ArtsHub join forces
The MICF kicks off and this year ArtsHub is up for a laugh too...
RISING launches 2024 festival program
Provocative theatre, a notorious rap group from Western Sydney and an Aboriginal rock ’n’ roll musical are among the highlights…
Adelaide Festival midpoint round-up
Adelaide Festival is in full swing. What were the standout elements for a first time visitor mid-festival?
Aesthetics, happiness and social cohesion: celebrating art’s most important values
Everybody NOW!’s 2023 production ‘Roller Coaster’ had measurable benefits in terms of social wellbeing, empowerment and connection, a new report…
WOMADelaide 2024 – more than music
WOMADelaide offers exceptional musical performances from around the world... but that's not all.
Which festivals are breaking records despite cost of living crisis?
Cost of living surges mean many are still feeling the financial pinch. But certain festivals are enjoying record growth. How…
Activists belatedly celebrate Fringe World’s separation from fossil fuel sponsor
The end of an 18-month philanthropic partnership with Woodside has been claimed as a victory by climate change activists.
Circus review: You & I, Airborne, Borderville Festival
A world premiere and a well-rehearsed work were among the circus delights on offer at the 2023 Borderville Festival.