Festivals
Survival guide for regional creatives
From securing funding, to finding audiences, regional artists and arts organisations face unique challenges. We've collected insider tips to help…
Top End fair challenges with new direction
Cairns Indigenous Art Fair sets new benchmark for 2015 with programming that reaches beyond the fair model.
Mobilising audiences to oppose Australia Council Budget cuts
Arts companies are enlisting the weight of audience opinion to protest the Minister's Budget move redirecting funding from the independent…
Mourning the end of ArtStart
The axing of AusCo's ArtStart program has independent artists fearing the worst for their creative future.
Push for Senate inquiry into Budget AusCo cuts
Australia's peak arts bodies have called for a Senate Inquiry into cuts to the Australia Council budget, a push backed…
The Light in Winter: celebrating Victoria’s radiant cultures
Melbourne’s Fed Square invites everyone as it rejoices in Victoria’s vibrant cultures and artistic community this winter for three weeks…
Wesley Enoch announced as Sydney Festival’s new director
After five years at QTC, Enoch will take over from Lieven Bertels as Festival Director for a three-year tenure from…
Perseverance pays off for Melbourne Cabaret Festival
After six years of lobbying while operating on the smell of an oily rag, state funding for the festival has…
Unveiled: Latest program announcements
Congolese music theatre, an epic production of Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde, and the National Play Festival.
Unveiled: latest program announcements
A new festival of the ecstatic, a range of exhibitions, and a state-wide music festival.