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    Win a Romantic Getaway to The Honeymoon Suite at Secret Garden Festival

    The most romantic and wonderfully cheesy festival getaway in NSW.

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    The Events You Shouldn't Miss at Spectrum Now Festival 2016

    Burning Man sculptures, epic live mural painting and outdoor sideshow alleys (where you can get tattooed).

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    Marrickville Has a Huge New Public Maker Space and Creative Workshop

    Wanna learn how to make ceramics, put a flower arrangement together or wield a power tool? This is the place for you.

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    The Best Things to See, Do and Taste at Melbourne Chinese New Year 2016

    Ring in the Year of the Monkey with lunar markets, classical music, and adorable monkey buns.

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    The Best Things to See, Do and Taste at Sydney Chinese New Year 2016

    Ring in the Year of the Monkey with lunar markets, laneway mini-festivals and contemporary Chinese movies.

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    The Ten Best Things to See at MELT Festival 2016

    Brisbane's celebration of queer arts and culture is back for its sophomore year.

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    Spectrum Now Has Unveiled Its Complete 2016 Program

    More than two full weeks of art, music, performance and public discussion.

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    Concrete Playground's Cheat Sheet to the Rugby 7s

    Seven things you should know about the huge international sporting party hitting Sydney.

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    Benjamin Law Talks Facebook, Family and the Lack of Diversity on Australian TV

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    Five Shows Not to Miss at Sydney Festival 2016

    Snap up tickets for these five festival highlights before the whole thing's done.

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    Miranda July and Richard Dawkins to Kick Off an Epic Year for the Wheeler Centre

    The first part of the 2016 program is out — and it's looking very satisfactory indeed.

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    Gold Coast's Bleach* Festival Announces Killer 2016 Lineup

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    Meet Culture Scouts, Sydney's New Art-Loving Walking Tour Company

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    Aussies, Prepare to Say Goodbye to Your US Netflix Account

    "Those using proxies and unblockers will only be able to access the service in the country where they currently are."

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    Concrete Playground's 2015-16 Summer Reading List

    Ten books to get stuck into by the pool, the beach or on the couch with an Icy Pole in hand.

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    Best of Sydney 2015: Best New Event

    We feasted, we danced, we talked about Fight Club.

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    The School of Life Is Launching in Sydney

    Make 2016 a year of self-improvement.

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    The Internet can barely keep a lid on it.

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    Midsumma Announces Their 2016 Program

    Melbourne's largest queer arts and culture festival is back.

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    Miranda July and Carrie Brownstein to Headline Sydney's All About Women Festival 2016

    From Sleater Kinney to Orange Is the New Black, AAW is taking things up a notch this year.

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    Kings of day parties, the One Day crew has a lot to say, lockout-wise. So we let Nick Lupi and Raph let rip.

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    The Six Best Book Clubs in Brisbane

    One for book nerds, book lovers, and people who just like to talk about their book feelings.

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    Contemporaries Is Sydney's New Adventurous Behind-the-Scenes Art Club

    Do poolside drinks with artists, go gallery-hopping with winemakers, and sticky beak into Sydney's private collections.

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    FBi Radio's SMAC Awards Are Expanding Into a Festival Open to the Public

    Featuring a huge Sydney lineup of past and present nominees from the last seven years.

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    Sydney Festival Announces Massive 2016 Program

    With one of the biggest acts the free Domain concert has ever seen.

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    The Arbory Is Launching Its Own Creative Version of Oktoberfest

    Trade in your Oktoberfest bier for a nitro espresso martini — on tap.

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    You Could Be One of the Faces of the Museum of Brisbane's New Love Letter to the City

    This upcoming, semi-permanent interactive exhibition means to hold a mirror to Brisbanites.

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    The 'festival of the question' wants to know what you want to know.

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    Hear From Australia's Most Promising Young Writers in a New SBS Podcast

    Seven short stories about the Australian high school experience.

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    Day of the Dead Warehouse Project Announces Extra Ticket Release

    Honour the dead, celebrate the living. Be ready on Saturday.

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    Academics Are Taking Over Sydney Bars with Actually Informed Pub Debates

    New York event Raising the Bar will see 20 talks in 20 bars over one night.

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    Word nerds, it's time to celebrate your chosen art form.

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