Festivals
The gold standard for regional art
The City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder, in the Goldfields region of Western Australia, is home to one of the most prestigious regional…
Artists divided as some boycott Australia Day
No matter what you call it – Australia Day, Invasion Day, Survival Day – there’s no doubt that 26 January…
We need a national day for the arts
Australia has public holidays for agricultural shows, football finals and a horse race. Why don't the arts have a public…
Why Adelaide continues to be Australia's most successful festival city
South Australia’s claim to be ‘The Festival State’ is still backed by the numbers despite Australia’s increasing number of festivals.
Gamification is the future of arts marketing
With the majority of Australians owning smartphones, smart arts organisations are using interactive games as a way to attract and…
Visual arts sidelined by festival culture
As "festivalisation" takes over our cities, one thing is increasingly left off the programing list – and that is the…
The soft-glove politics of Indigenous festival programming
How important is Indigenous programming within festival culture, and has it moved beyond mere box-tick politics.
Why it always feels like the festive season
Our major festivals are increasingly finding themselves in competition with the growing number of festivals initiated by arts centres.
The ArtsHub Festival Calendar
Never miss another festival. Performing arts festivals, writers' festivals, art fairs, music festivals, folk festivals and more.
So you want to be a festival director
If you dream of being a festival director travelling the world picking the best of the global arts offerings for…