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Vivid Has Just Dropped Its Full Lineup of Lights, Music and Ideas for 2021
The program features a chat with Jameela Jamil, a Cantina OK! pop-up and over 50 light installations.
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Sydney Fringe Festival Will Return This September with In-Person Shows and Three New Hubs
The independent arts showcase will give locally made theatre productions, cabaret and musicals, and experimental art their own venues.
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Fortitude Valley's Judith Wright Arts Centre Has Reopened After a $3.1 Million Refurbishment
It now boasts a new corner gallery, digital projections outside the building and three new tenants.
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Six Lower North Shore Cultural Experiences Not to Miss This Winter
From thought-provoking exhibitions to a captivating crossover of orchestral tunes and physical theatre, there's plenty to add to your diary.
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Sydney Solstice Is the New Festival Taking Over the City This June with More Than 200 Events
Popping into Vivid's usual winter slot, it's bringing its huge lineup of food, music and performances to four inner city precincts.
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Dark Mofo Has Unveiled Its Massive (and Mostly Free) 2021 Lineup
After being forced to cancel its 2020 event due to the pandemic, the Tasmanian winter arts festival is making a comeback.
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The Federal Government Has Promised to Give the Arts Nearly $300 Million in COVID-19 Relief
The 2021-22 Budget will see $125 million dedicated to the Government's RISE fund, $20 million for independent theatres and $10 for Support Act.
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Emerging Writers' Festival Has Unveiled Its Jam-Packed 2021 Program
The 11-day festival will showcase up-and-coming literary talent across a series of talks, classes, performances and storytelling events.
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Hannah Gadsby Is Touring Her Brand New Live Stand-Up Show Around Australia This Year
The witty Aussie comedian's 'Body of Work' will make its way around the country between July and November.
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Where to Get a Big Dose of Arts and Culture in Greater Western Sydney
Catch live theatre shows, check out boundary-pushing art and go back in time at Australia's oldest homestead — all outside the 2000 postcode.
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The First Three Installations of Vivid's 2021 Program Have Been Revealed
Two luminous clocks in The Rocks and Barangaroo are currently counting down to this year's launch.
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This Plan Proposes Revitalising Kings Cross with New Music Venues, Theatres and a Town Square
The plan looks to transform Kings Cross back into a neon-lit nighttime hub.
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A Big List of Must-See Shows, Festivals and Exhibitions to Add to Your Calendar This Year
Dazzling displays of light, hit Broadway musicals, beloved music fests — they're all popping up throughout the rest of 2021.
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Midsumma Festival Returns This Month With a Big, Bold and Busy 2021 Program
The long-running LGBTQIA+ celebration will dish up over 145 events across 17 huge days.
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Harbord Hotel Is Hosting an 11-Day Surf Culture and Music Festival During the Narrabeen Classic
Froth Fest will take over the Freshwater spot with a lineup of art, film, music, food and drink.
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Woolloongabba's 133-Year-Old Princess Theatre Is Getting a Huge Revamp From The Tivoli Crew
It's Queensland’s oldest-standing theatre, and it's set to become a music and arts hub with a 900-person auditorium, four bars and a cafe.
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Shops Will Be Able to Stay Open Later and Host Small Events Under a New City of Sydney Plan
The local council wants to help revitalise the city's nightlife by allowing later trading and encouraging small-scale cultural events.
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The Sydney Opera House Now Has Its Own Streaming Service Filled with Gigs, Shows and Talks
It currently features over 30 hours of programming — which spans more than 45 different events.
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YCK Laneways Is the New CBD Cultural Precinct That's Launching with a Six-Week Block Party
Ten bars are joining forces to kickstart the precinct, serving up a lineup filled interactive art, poetry readings and live music.
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Five Summertime Clips to Watch When You Want to Forget You're Back at Work
Let those warm, fuzzy summer vibes wash right over you.
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Kings Cross Hotel Is Reopening Its Dance Floor at Exactly 12.01am Tonight
Dust off your dancing shoes — the venue is letting Sydneysiders make shapes again from the very second that restrictions ease.
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An Extra $135 Million Will Be Injected Into Australia's Pandemic-Hit Arts and Entertainment Industry
The money will help fund existing and new music festivals, stage shows, art galleries and more across the country.
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Sydney Solstice Is the New Winter Arts and Food Festival Popping Into Vivid's Usual Mid-Year Slot
Set to run across 13 days in June, it'll focus on dining, drinking, entertainment, arts and culture.
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More Than 200 Artefacts From London's Famed Natural History Museum Are Coming to Melbourne
The history-changing pieces will be part of the postponed 'Treasures of the Natural World Exhibition', which will make its Aussie debut at Melbourne Museum in June.
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First Nations Arts Celebration Yirramboi Festival Is Back for a Massive 2021 Edition
It returns with a genre-hopping celebration of Indigenous creatives, spanning dance, music, comedy and performance.
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Sydney's Huge Tutankhamun Exhibition Has Been Cancelled Due to the Pandemic
'Tutankhamun: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh' was originally scheduled to display at the Australian Museum from February this year.
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The Cipher Room Is Expanding Its Escape Games and Puzzles to a Second Sydney Location
It's launching this month with a new escape room set inside a haunted and abandoned toy shop.
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The Sydney Opera House Will Start Lighting Up Its Sails Nightly Again with First Nations Art
Returning from April 23, the projection series will display its first all-female lineup.
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Sydney Writers' Festival Has Announced Its Jam-Packed Locally Focused 2021 Program
More than 400 Australian-based speakers will take to the stage, all linked to this year's theme 'Within Reach'.
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A Lego Exhibition That Recreates 'Jurassic World' with Six Million-Plus Bricks Is Touring Australia
Lego finds a way, with more than 50 dinosaurs, props and scenes from the movie built out of the popular plastic bricks.
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Five Epic Backyard Cricket Wins That'll Make You Want to Ditch Work for the Rest of the Day
Tell me you play cricket without telling me you play cricket.
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Five Aussie Road Trip Videos That'll Make You Want to Quit Your Job and Holiday More
Escape that sad desk lunch and watch these funny and dreamy road trip clips instead.
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Oxford Street's Mardi Gras Protest Is Set to Go Ahead After a Last-Minute NSW Health Exemption
The march will take place on Saturday afternoon before the Mardi Gras Parade at the SCG.
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Six Pride-Filled Videos to Get You Pumped for Mardi Gras Celebrations This Week
You so pretty and we like that.
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The Sugar Republic Team Is Bringing a Heart-Filled Pop-Up Museum of Love to Sydney
It'll feature a confetti shower, a Las Vegas-style Chapel O' Love, a mirrored room so you can adore your own reflection and a heart-shaped ball pit.
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Five Things to Do at Australian Museum Once the Sun Goes Down
Hang out with the king of the prehistoric predators, see cute pics of penguins and kick back to some live beats.
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Alice Springs' Luminous Parrtjima Festival Has Revealed Its Full 2021 Program
The ten-day Indigenous arts, culture and storytelling festival is back with a lineup of large-scale light installations, live tunes, performances and more.
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Sydney Galleries and Museums Where You Can Get Your Culture Kicks After Work
Clock off and kick on to something more exciting than your commute.
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Collingwood Yards Is Turning the Former TAFE Campus Into a Huge Creative Precinct
The 6500-square-metre site will span retail and hospitality tenants, rooftop and basement bars, galleries, and workshop and performance spaces.
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Concrete Playground Has Disappeared from Your Facebook Feed, But Here's Where You Can Find Us
Just because Facebook is boring RN, doesn't mean you have to be.