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NewsOpera on a Lightship, Courtney Barnett, a New Music Fest and a Giant Octopus: Sydney Festival's 2024 Program Is Here
More than 150 events will take over the Harbour City, featuring 1000-plus artists, including a waterside Walsh Bay Arts Precinct takeover, a Kate Bush cabaret and a huge Blak Out lineup.
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NewsSix Spooky Indie Games to Get You in the Mood for Halloween
If your favourite facet of Halloween is getting into some spine-tingling horror, we've assemble a list of spooky indie games guaranteed to give you goosebumps.
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NewsSix Ways to Get Your Gaming Fix at the First-Ever SXSW Sydney
SXSW is loading up a whole week of gaming events — here are our top picks, from a celebration of crab games to a chance to flex your voice-acting skills.
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NewsTen of Our Most-Anticipated Games to Check Out at SXSW Sydney's Gaming Festival
With over 150 games to check out at SXSW Sydney, we're taking out the stress of choosing with 10 recommendations.
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NewsTen Must-Catch Talks and Panels That You Don't Want to Miss at the Inaugural SXSW Sydney
What does the executive producer of 'Bluey' think of horror movies? What's the future of Chinatown? How do you communicate the magic of music? All these and more will be answered at SXSW Sydney.
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NewsDark Mofo Is Taking a Break in 2024, Except for Its Beloved Winter Feast and Nude Solstice Swim
After turning ten with a bang, the Tasmanian winter arts festival is pausing the bulk of its events in 2024 to shape its plans for 2025 onwards.
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NewsEurovision Alert: Here's When and Where 2024's Song Contest Is Unleashing Its Europop Marvels
Electric Fields are representing Australia with 'One Milkali (One Blood)', which features the language Yankunytjatjara from the Anangu peoples.
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NewsTwelve Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream This Month
Spend your couch time watching Andrew Scott step into Tom Ripley's shoes, a shattering docuseries about Nickelodeon's kids TV hits and Colin Farrell as a PI.
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GuideMust-Stream TV: All the Best Shows You Should Be Watching From 2024 So Far
Don't spend hours scrolling through streaming platforms — here's 2024 standout shows that you need to see.
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NewsSeven New Movies You Can Watch Right Now That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming
Get comfy on the couch with Sydney Sweeney as a nun, Timothée Chalamet's return to Arrakis and a Bob Marley biopic.
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NewsTwelve Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in March
Spend your couch time watching Adam Sandler in space, a stunning Oscar-winning documentary, girl group-fuelled sitcom hilarity and Noel Fielding's latest show.
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NewsHop to It: 16 Classic and Eclectic Films You Can Stream This Easter Long Weekend
Some feature bunnies. Some include eggs or chocolate. Some have provocative takes on religion.
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NewsTwelve New Movies You Can Watch in March That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming
Get comfy on the couch with a haunting Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal romance, Sofia Coppola's take on Priscilla Presley and stunning Oscar-winner 'Anatomy of a Fall'.
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NewsFrom the 'Mona Lisa' to 'Codex Atlanticus': A Look Inside The Lume's Multi-Sensory Leonardo da Vinci Exhibition
The only 360-degree exact replica of the world's most-famous enigmatic portrait, da Vinci's notebook pages, 40 of his machine inventions brought to life: they're all on display.
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NewsNine 2024 Oscar-Winning Films That You Can and Should Watch Immediately
'Oppenheimer', an astonishing Ukraine-set documentary, a Wes Anderson short, Emma Stone's most-spectacular performance yet: they each won 2024 Oscars, and you can check them all out now.
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NewsSay Cheers to Hollywood's Night of Nights: Concrete Playground's Oscars 2024 Drinking Game
Whether you're hoping that 'Oppenheimer', 'Barbie', 'Poor Things', 'Past Lives' or something else picks up Academy Awards, here's how to sip along.
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NewsFive of the Best Australian Video Games That You Should Play Right Now
From mischievous geese to intergalactic rock stars, here's five standout homegrown video games to have a crack at.
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NewsMELT Festival's 2023 Lineup Is Here with Kah-Lo, Aluna, KUCKA and Club Toilets-Set Theatre Hit 'Overflow'
Brisbane Powerhouse's annual celebration of queer culture returns with a feast of music, visual art and theatre in November.
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NewsFran Lebowitz Is Bringing Her Sharp Opinions and Deadpan Humour Back to Australia in 2024
The author, social commentator and 'Pretend It's a City' star will get chatting in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne in February.
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NewsMelt OPEN Is the New Fringe-Style Queer Arts and Culture Festival That's Taking Over Brisbane From 2024
Building upon Brisbane Powerhouse's LGBTQIA+ fest Melt, this newcomer will host events from Fortitude Valley to Woolloongabba.
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NewsSave the Date: 'Parrtjima — A Festival In Light' Will Dazzle the Red Centre Again in April 2024
This spectacular First Nations festival will light up Alice Springs for another year, but with a different team delivering its events.
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News'Queer Eye' Star Tan France and Coachella's CEO Are the Latest Headliners on SXSW Sydney's Speaker Lineup
The Austin-born festival's Down Under debut will span 700-plus speakers, more than 300 panels and events, and over 400 artist performances.
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GuideGroup Dining: The Best International Restaurants for Celebrating the FIFA Women's World Cup 2023™
Get the gang together to fully embrace this footy season with a culinary journey throughout Sydney.
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NewsPeter Andre Is Headlining The Wickham's Beloved Big Gay Day Street Festival for 2023
The Rogue Traders, Sunshine & Disco Faith Choir, Briefs and Jawbreakers are also on this year's bill.
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NewsSXSW Sydney's Speaker Lineup Just Added First Nations Filmmakers, Osher Günsberg and Layne Beachley
The debut festival's screen lineup is still on its way, but Leah Purcell, Jub Clerc and Kodie Bedford are already part of it.
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NewsBrisbane Festival's Full 2023 Program Boasts Dancing Drones, Circus in a Cathedral and 1000-Plus Performances
Brisbane's annual arts festival is back to light up the sky, the City Botanic Gardens, and every stage and venue it can find around town.
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NewsPussy Riot, Tony Armstrong and 'The Betoota Advocate' Just Joined Splendour in the Grass' 2023 Lineup
A month out from the Byron Bay fest, the event has just dropped its Forum, Science Tent, Comedy Club and Forum Live Podcasts programs.
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NewsA Huge Obstacle Course Inspired by Retro Video Games Is Taking Over Surfers Paradise This Spring
Popping up as part of the three-day SPRINGTIME festival, 'Quest of Chaos' also nods to Japanese game shows.
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Event¡Viva Agave!
Friday, May 17, 2024
Cloudland, Fortitude Valley
Tequila and mezcal are battling for margarita supremacy at Cloudland for one night only.
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EventWinter Chalet at Customs House
Tuesday, May 14 - Saturday, August 31, 2024
Customs House Brisbane, Brisbane
Spend winter sipping champagne while eating Moreton Bay bug croissants and baked whole brie in igloos by the river.
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EventMilton by Moonlight
Saturday, June 15, 2024
Milton Markets, Milton
Milton's weekly market is hosting a moonlit Saturday-night session in mid-June to embrace winter.
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EventMad Science
Friday, May 3 - Sunday, June 23, 2024
GOMA, South Brisbane
From 'Frankenstein' to 'Poor Things', GOMA's latest film program is alive with tales of madcap creators experimenting across cinema history.
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EventBrunswick Street Live
Saturday, May 11, 2024
Brunswick Street Mall, Fortitude Valley
This free day-long music festival is bringing its live tunes back to the Brunswick Street Mall for a second year.
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EventRoller Rave 02
Saturday, May 25, 2024
Superordinary, Hamilton
Get your skates on rave-style at Northshore Brisbane's Superordinary, with DJ Phil Smart and Jen-E spinning tunes while you roll.
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EventDine BNE City
Friday, May 31 - Sunday, June 30, 2024
Various Brisbane venues, Brisbane
This month-long food and drink festival is filling the Brisbane CBD with culinary specials and events all throughout June.
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EventBoy Kills World
Thursday, May 2 - Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Various cinemas in Brisbane
Bill Skarsgård makes a mesmerising action star in this cartoonishly OTT revenge flick that's produced by iconic 'Evil Dead' filmmaker Sam Raimi.
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EventDogs Day Out at Gasworks
Saturday, June 8, 2024
Gasworks Precinct, Newstead
Take your canine to pooch-friendly markets this winter — there'll be stalls slinging treats, clothing and bedding to browse.
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EventPortside Wharf Art Month
Wednesday, May 1 - Friday, May 31, 2024
Portside Wharf Hamilton, Brisbane
Portside Wharf is dedicating all of May to a month-long art celebration, which features a paint splatter room, plus a street party with pet portraits.
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NewsSXSW Sydney Just Dropped the Program for Its Inaugural Gaming Conference — Including a Dedicated Tabletop Game Expo
A global esports tournament and a celebration of indie video games are also part of the festival lineup.
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NewsSolange Is Returning to Australia for a Huge New Festival at the Art Gallery of New South Wales
Volume will celebrate music, film and performance, with Sampa The Great, Mount Eerie and Sonya Holowell also on the lineup.
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NewsDemonic Teddy Bears, 36-Hour Raves and Mulled Negronis: Seven Standouts From Week One of Dark Mofo 2023
Couldn't make it to week one of Hobart's boundary-pushing winter festival? Here's what you missed.
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NewsRoman Coppola Is Coming to Australia to Headline Melbourne's Semi Permanent Spinoff Never Permanent
Just as Wes Anderson's 'Asteroid City' hits cinemas — which he co-wrote — the filmmaker will do his first-ever keynote talk in Australia.
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NewsDark Mofo Is Broadcasting Max Richter's 'SLEEP' Live So You Can Slumber to Its Eight-Hour Lullaby From Home
The neuroscience of sleep informs this massive overnight performance, which has previously played the Sydney Opera House, Philharmonie de Paris and more.
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NewsCP Picks: How to Have the Weirdest and Wildest Dark Mofo 2023 If You're a Last-Minute Planner
If ever there's an arts festival that's all about embracing the unexpected, revelling in the moment and making last-minute plans, it's this one.
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NewsGold Coast Arts Festival Bleach* Is Back for 2023 with a Rollerskating Theatre Show and Beachside Dance Parties
This 11-day, 218-performance event also includes cement mixers turned into works of art and a floating barge concert series.
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NewsBrisbane Festival Has Just Dropped a Sneak Peek at Its Stacked Music Lineup for 2023
Paul Kelly, Gretta Ray, Groove Terminator with the Soweto Gospel Choir and a tribute to rock's Laurel Canyon era will all echo through Brisbane in September.
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NewsFrom Wholesome to Hedonistic: A Guide to Dark Mofo 2023 According to the Level of Chaos You're After
Keen on the sunnier, sweeter side of this year's lineup? Prefer letting loose and making "when at Dark Mofo" your mantra? Find your ultimate itinerary here.
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NewsVivid Sydney's 2023 Program of Lights, Installations, Tunes, Dinners, Venue Takeovers and Talks Is Here
More than 300 activations and events are coming to Sydney, including Cat Power performing Bob Dylan, a dining pop-up on top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and 50-plus light installations.
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News"It's Time for Some Payoff": The Trailer for Hannah Gadsby's New Netflix Stand-Up Special Is Here
"Just for the next hour, we're going to feel good together, and then we can head back out there and be the mass-extinction event that we are."
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NewsDark Mofo's 2023 Night Mass Will Take Over 13 Stages and Three City Blocks Over Five Wild Nights
This massive party features everything from music and cocktail lounges through to punk theatre and junkyard raves.
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NewsDark Mofo Has Just Added Three-Day Theatre-Meets-Rave Performance 'TRANCE' to Its Huge 2023 Program
The Tasmanian festival also scored a blend of sonic meditation and storytelling, plus a bigger show from Trentemøller.
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News
Hannah Gadsby's New Stand-Up Special 'Something Special' Will Hit Netflix in May
Based on the Aussie comedian's 'Body of Work' tour and filmed at the Sydney Opera House, it follows 'Nanette' and 'Douglas'.
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NewsThis Is What the Red Centre's Stunning Parrtjima — A Festival in Light Looks Like in 2023
This spectacular First Nations festival is currently lighting up Alice Springs if you're keen on a last-minute getaway.
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NewsConcrete Playground Has Submitted a Panel for Selection in SXSW Sydney — And We'd Love Your Support to Make It Happen
We've cooked up a very special panel idea to celebrate the arts and event industries — and we need your votes to bring it to life.
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NewsFrom a 'Twin Peaks'-Inspired Ball to a Giant Teddy with Laser Eyes, Dark Mofo's 2023 Lineup Is Ready to Dazzle
Soda Jerk's latest film, Black Flag's first Aussie gig since 2013, an overnight sleepover with Max Richter — they're all coming to Tasmania's must-attend winter fest.
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NewsIrvine Welsh, Grace Tame and Tim Winton Headline Brisbane Writers Festival's Packed 2023 Lineup
The 'Trainspotting' author returns to the River City as part of a stacked program filled with 150-plus live literary events.
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NewsMelbourne Writers Festival Has Unveiled the Packed 2023 Lineup for Its New May Time Slot
MWF will also welcome Sam Neill chatting about his career, music great Paul Kelly and several Booker Prize-winners.
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NewsThe Wickham's Beloved Big Gay Day Street Festival Is Moving to October in 2023
Due to scheduling conflicts, the queer party has shifted dates — but Little Gay Day will pop up at the end of April in the interim.
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NewsHere's Everyone You Need to See (and Read) During 2023's 226-Event Sydney Writers' Festival Program
Close to 300 writers and thinkers will hit the Harbour City, including four Booker Prize-winners and two-time Pulitzer Prize recipient Colson Whitehead.
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NewsRISING Just Revealed the Stacked 185-Event Arts Program It's Bringing to Melbourne This June
More than 400 artists will help bring this year's citywide fest to life, serving up 12 days of visual art, culture, music, performance and food.
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GuideDay to Night Guide: Ten Standout Brisbane Events No Matter What Time You Want to Visit
Would you call yourself a day-tripper or a night owl? Either way, we've got you sorted.
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NewsA 'Beauty and the Beast' Escape Room-Meets-Scavenger Hunt Game Is Taking Over Australia's Streets
CluedUpp has already busted out 'CSI', Jack the Ripper and witchcraft-themed games around the country — now it's time for a tale as old as time.
