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A young man in a blue shirt with an acoustic guitar plays on a small outdoor stage with his eyes closed. Flynn Gurry. Port Fairy Folk Festival.
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The best of the rest of the fest – Port Fairy Folk Festival

While other festivals are falling by the wayside thanks to cost of living stresses and insurance challenges, Port Fairy continues…

Performer holds a prop electric guitar spraying pyrotechnic sparks. In the background, a male performer waves bright sparks in a circle.
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Fremantle International Street Arts Festival announces a fiery line-up for 2025

FISAF returns to celebrate its 25th year.

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Vivid Sydney 2025 program, freshly released and packed

For its 15th anniversary, Vivid Sydney dares to dream with its new theme.

Trio Da Kali played as part of Chamber Landscapes 2025 'Horizon' and 'Dialogue in Sound' at Adelaide Festival 2025.
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Music reviews: Horizons Chamber Landscapes 2025 and Dialogues in Sound, Adelaide Festival 2025

A concert that offered hope for the world and a rousing musical statement in a gilded Victorian concert hall.

L-R: Soprano Claire de Sévigné and clarinettist Lloyd Van’t Hoff made beautiful music together at Adelaide Festival 2025.
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Music review: Daylight Express, Elder Hall, Adelaide Festival 2025

Six exquisitely fashioned gems as part of a two-week series of lunchtime recitals at Elder Hall, The University of Adelaide.

An earlier iteration of 'Space-Out Competition' in Seoul. The free, participatory game comes to Melbourne for RISING 2025.
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RISING launches full festival program for June 2025

Melbourne’s winter festival RISING is “proudly challenging and uncompromisingly inclusive,” according to its co-Artistic Directors.

A woman in a shoulder less black top with short bleached hair sings in to a microphone. She looks a little tortured. Cat Power. Port Fairy Folk Festival.
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Music review: Cat Power Sings Dylan, Port Fairy Folk Festival

When a performer truly shows their vulnerability, sometimes that can give rise to the greatest gigs of all.

A scene from Forced Entertainment's 'Complete Works: Table Top Shakespeare' at Adelaide Festival 2025.
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If all the world’s a stage, why can’t the stage be a Shakespearean table top?

Forced Entertainment’s Tim Etchells describes the inspiration for and the development of the company’s ‘Complete Works: Table Top Shakespeare’.

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Four international headliners to appear at the 2025 Melbourne Writers Festival

MWF has announced four of the top overseas drawcards for its May program.

Geraldine Quinn's 'Bastard Joy' at Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2025. A publicity image for the show: Quinn, a fair-skinned woman with swept-back, shoulder-length auburn hair, stares dramatically at the camera. She wears an ornate ruffled dress in hot pink, and large, half-moon pink earings to match.
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2025 summer festival highlights for your arts diary part 3: March

A hand-picked guide to some of the most intriguing cultural events on offer around the country in March 2025.

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