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    Troye Sivan, Glass Animals and G Flip Lead the Lineup for Spilt Milk's New Spring House Party Series

    The main festival might be on hold until 2025, but the beloved event is still throwing shindigs in Newcastle, Perth and on the Gold Coast.

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    Here's Who'll Be Hitting the Decks When Boiler Room Finally Makes Its Brisbane Debut in November 2024

    STÜM, Spray, Y U QT, Dr Dubplate and Juicy Romance are all on the lineup for the event's long-awaited first Brisbane outing.

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    SXSW Sydney Screen Festival's Latest 2024 Lineup Drop Includes Cults, Animated Cats and Christmas Carnage

    More than 20 features have joined the program, complete with Guy Pearce's latest Australian role, a rap mockumentary and Ilana Glazer-starring mom-com 'Babes'.

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    Splash-Hit Céline Dion-Fuelled Musical-Comedy 'Titanique' Is Making Its Australian Debut in Sydney This Month

    The laughs will go on at this off-Broadway award-winner, which is told through Dion's songs — and is finally making its maiden voyage Down Under.

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    Live 'Dungeons & Dragons' Show 'The Twenty-Sided Tavern' Is Rolling Into Australia for Its Down Under Premiere

    You won't just watch this stage version of the tabletop roleplaying game — you play along, choosing the characters and helping shape the story.

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    Tim Burton's 'Batman' Is Celebrating Its 35th Anniversary on Australia's Big Screens with a Live Orchestral Score

    As well as marking three-and-a-half decades since the classic Michael Keaton-starring superhero movie debuted, these concert screenings commemorate 85 years of the caped crusader.

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    How Belfast Rappers Kneecap Made a Blast of a Music Biopic by Playing Themselves — and Championing the Irish Language

    Co-starring Michael Fassbender and taking cues from 'Trainspotting', this lively Sundance award-winner features the hip-hop trio in the roles they were born to play.

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    Save the Date: Boiler Room Is Finally Making Its Long-Awaited Brisbane Debut in 2024

    Electronic music fans, take note — it's Brisbane's turn to get the Boiler Room experience, hitting Brisbane Showgrounds in November 2024.

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    Coming Soon: This Huge Ancient Egypt Exhibition Is Bringing 200-Plus Objects to Queensland Museum

    Explore 3000 years of history, including five sarcophaguses and papyrus sheets from the Egyptian 'Book of the Dead'.

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    The Kid LAROI Has Joined SXSW Sydney's 2024 Lineup as the Festival's Music Keynote Speaker

    Before he heads around the country on his latest tour, the Australian singer-songwriter will chat about his career at SXSW Sydney.

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    The 2024 Japanese Film Festival Program Is Here with Animation From a Studio Ghibli Alum and Chaotic Karaoke Antics

    This is the 28th year that the event has brought Japanese cinema's latest and greatest to Australia, with its 2024 lineup featuring ten new films and a free retrospective.

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    SXSW Sydney's Latest Round of 2024 Speakers Includes Lucy Lawless, Grace Tame and Tim Minchin

    Sports stars Nick Kyrgios and Noémie Fox, playwright Suzie Miller and former Bangarra Dance Theatre Artistic Director Stephen Page have also joined the festival's lineup.

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    Fisher, Ice Spice and Chase & Status Are Playing Wildlands to Farewell 2024 and Welcome 2025

    Also on their way to Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide this summer: Marlon Hoffstadt, Tinashe and Royel Otis.

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    Canadian Dramedy 'Universal Language' Has Won Melbourne International Film Festival's 2024 Bright Horizons Award

    What if Winnipeg resembled Iran in the 80s? That's just part of the absurdist film that's taken out MIFF's major award in the prize's third year.

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    Nine New Movies You Can Watch Right Now That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming

    Get comfy on the couch with Austin Butler's latest brooding role, serial-killer chiller 'Longlegs' and the animated antics of 'Inside Out 2'.

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    Cherishing a Different Type of Icelandic Filmmaking in Cinemas: Baltasar Kormákur Chats Romantic Drama 'Touch'

    There isn't a trace of Nordic Noir to be found in this tender love story, which hops between Iceland, the UK and Japan.

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    The Italian Film Festival's 2024 Program Is Filled with Award-Winners, Iconic Directors and Famous Faces

    Highlights include SFF prizewinner 'There's Still Tomorrow', the latest from 'The Great Beauty' filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino, and Ralph Fiennes and Stanley Tucci as Cardinals electing a new Pope.

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    Nude Photoshoots, Massive Parties and 120-Plus Events in Over 70 Venues: Melt 2024's Full Program Has Them All

    Get snapped by Spencer Tunick in your birthday suit on the Story Bridge, hit up a 'Wicked'-themed Halloween shindig and watch queer cinema classics under the stars.

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    The Huge 2024 Good Things Lineup Is Here with Korn, Sum 41, Violent Femmes and Billy Corgan

    There's no shortage of big names hitting the stage in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane when this music fest returns in December 2024.

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    SXSW Sydney 2024 Has Added a Heap of New Acts to Its 25-Stage Music Lineup — and New Speakers, Too

    More than 25 new talents have joined the bill — and Academy Award-winning composer AR Rahman will get chatting.

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    Maho Magic Bar, Séance and Flight Are Bringing Tricks, Drinks and Thrills to South Bank's Maritime Museum

    The Tokyo-inspired pop-up and two of Darkfield's shipping containers are returning to Brisbane from early October.

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    Fisher, Tinashe, Royel Otis and Flight Facilities Doing Their Decades Mix Are All on the 2024 Lost Paradise Lineup

    The Glenworth Valley event also features Marlon Hoffstadt, Sammy Virji, SG Lewis, Confidence Man, DJ Boring, Kita Alexander and more.

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    Bluesfest's First Lineup Drop for Its Farewell 2025 Festival Includes Crowded House, Ocean Alley and Vance Joy

    This Byron Bay event is saying goodbye with help from some big Down Under names, with more announcements to come.

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    Beyond The Valley Is Seeing Out 2024 with Fisher, Ice Spice, Tinashe, Sugababes and Natasha Bedingfield

    If this is your NYE plans taken care of, you'll also be catching Chase & Status, Marlon Hoffstadt, Royel Otis, Sammy Virji, AJ Tracey, Denis Sulta and more.

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    Currumbin's Spectacular Swell Sculpture Festival Is Returning for 2024 to Turn the Beach Into a Free Art Gallery

    Over a one-kilometre stretch, this year's free ten-day outdoor festival will feature 60-plus large-scale works from local, interstate and international artists.

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    The Stage Musical Version of Festive Big-Screen Favourite 'Elf' Is Finally Making Its Australian Premiere

    The film-to-theatre Broadway hit is heading Down Under, debuting in Sydney, so that you can catch the Christmas classic onstage.

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    Coming Soon: Archie Moore's Venice Golden Lion-Winning 'Kith and Kin' Will Display at QAGOMA From August 2025

    The Australian Government has acquired the First Nations talent's award-winning exhibition, gifting it to the Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art.

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    The Weeknd Has Rescheduled His Australian Tour for October 2024 — But He's Only Playing Sydney and Melbourne

    The singer's 'After Hours Til Dawn' tour was initially meant to head Down Under in 2023, but was postponed, then cancelled — and now it's back on again.

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    The Australian Version of 'The Office' Will Hit Your Streaming Queue in October — and Here's Your First Look

    As the Managing Director of Flinley Craddick, comedian Felicity Ward stars in the sitcom franchise's first series with a female lead.

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    Getting Cracking in a Killer Mystery-Comedy (and Getting Excited About Season Two): Kate Box Talks 'Deadloch'

    Just like everyone who watched the first season of the ace Aussie series from The Kates, the award-winning 'Rake' and 'Wentworth' star can't wait for more.

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    Start Looking for Clues: The Star-Studded Full 'Only Murders in the Building' Season Four Trailer Is Here

    Eugene Levy, Eva Longoria, Zach Galifianakis, Melissa McCarthy, Kumail Nanjiani, Molly Shannon and Richard Kind are the latest additions to the cast.

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    Bluesfest Is the Latest Australian Music Festival That's Calling Time, Ending with a Final Run in 2025

    When the Byron Bay event wraps up in April 2025 — its 36th year — it'll join the list of Aussie festivals saying farewell.

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    Jack White, The Offspring and St Vincent Are All Coming to Australia to Play Always Live 2024

    Across 17 huge days, Victoria's annual music program will feature 289 artists playing 65-plus events around the state.

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    Meredith's Massive 2024 Lineup Will Get You Dancing to Jamie xx, Waxahatchee and Genesis Owusu

    You'll also find Mk.gee, ZAPP, Angie McMahon, The Dare, Glass Beams and more on the bill in December when the beloved fest hosts its 32nd event.

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    The Musical Version of 'The Lord of the Rings' Is Taking the Hobbits to Australian Stages in 2025

    Middle-earth gets melodic at 'The Lord of the Rings — A Musical Tale', which is making its Aussie debut in Sydney.

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    The Full Trailer for 'Mufasa' Is Here If You Just Can't Wait for 'The Lion King' to Get a Photorealistic Prequel

    Lin-Manuel Miranda has penned tunes for Disney's latest return to the Pride Lands, which is directed by 'Moonlight' filmmaker Barry Jenkins.

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    Just Two Years After Debuting, Harvest Rock Is the Latest Australian Music Festival to Scrap Its 2024 Event

    The Adelaide music festival has postponed "to ensure that Harvest Rock continues to deliver the experience that our local, national and international fans have come to know and love into the future".

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    QAGOMA's Huge 11th Asia Pacific Triennial Will Feature 500-Plus Works by 70 Artists and Collectives

    A maze-like installation in Queensland Art Gallery's Watermall, a harvest garden among the sculptures, portraits of everyday Hong Kong life: they're all coming to Brisbane.

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    Trent Dalton Wants You to Tell Him Your Love Stories Again for Museum of Brisbane's Next Residency

    The 'Boy Swallows Universe' writer is returning to King George Square for an afternoon to capture Brisbane's romantic tales.

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    Save the Date: Vivid Sydney Will Return for Winter 2025 with a Program of Events Inspired by Dreams

    The next time that this festival dazzles the Harbour City, marking its 15th year, it'll take its cues from nighttime slumbers.

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    Winter Is Coming: 'House of the Dragon' Is Set to End Its Pre-'Game of Thrones' Tale After Season Four

    HBO already has your next stint in Westeros lined up, however, with 'A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms' debuting in 2025.

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    HBO Has Unveiled a Sneak Peek at New 'The Last of Us', 'The White Lotus' and Its Next 'Game of Thrones' Prequel

    In the US network's latest trailer for its upcoming shows, you can also check out footage from 'IT' spinoff 'Welcome to Derry'.

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