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NewsAunty Donna Are Touring Their New Live Show Around Australia This Spring
Fresh from their hit Netflix series, it's the trio's first live tour in more than three years.
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NewsMelbourne Aquarium Has Released an Adorable and Soothing Series of Slow TV and Meditation Videos
Featuring the venue's sea creatures, these calming clips will help you cope with this chaotic year.
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NewsEleven Ways to Get Involved in National Reconciliation Week This Year
From weaving workshops to engaging panel discussions, there are heaps of events across the country.
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NewsVivid 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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NewsSydney 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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NewsSydney 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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NewsTwenty-Five Movies That You Can Stream This Christmas No Matter How You Feel About the Festive Season
Pour a glass of eggnog, find your comfiest spot on the couch, then enjoy everything from 'The Holdovers' and 'Die Hard' to 'Last Christmas' and 'Eyes Wide Shut'.
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NewsNine 2024 Emmy-Winning TV Shows That You Should Watch Immediately
Your new must-watch list of Emmy-winners includes 'Baby Reindeer' and its has-to-be-seen-to-be-believed tale, the history-making 'Shōgun' and, yes, 'The Bear'.
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NewsThe Six Best Ways to Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival in Melbourne
Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival (Moon Festival) in Melbourne by hitting up cultural performances, noshing on mooncakes, and gathering together a big group mates for a yum cha feed.
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NewsNine 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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NewsTwelve Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream This Month
Spend your couch time watching Rashida Jones navigate a sci-fi mystery in Japan, Nicolas Cage face a post-apocalyptic future and a gripping Australian romance-scam thriller.
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NewsThe 15 Best Straight-to-Streaming Movies of 2024 So Far
From 2024's first half, you need to be catching an Oscar-winning documentary, Glen Powell as a fake assassin and plenty of horror shocks from your couch.
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NewsEight New Movies You Can Watch in July That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming
Get comfy on the couch with 'Furiosa', the latest gem from Hirokazu Kore-eda and a hypnotic vision of an AI-dominated future.
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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's standout shows that you need to see.
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NewsThe 15 Best Returning TV Shows of 2024 So Far
These are the beloved small-screen favourites to say "yes chef!" to, sleuth along with and giggle with — and get catchy songs stuck in your head from, too.
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NewsThe 15 Best Films of 2024 So Far
The best movies from 2024's first half include a meditative trip to Tokyo, a scorching neo-noir thriller, multiple Oscar-winners and a stunning robot story.
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NewsDark 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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NewsThe 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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NewsEmerging 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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NewsHannah 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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NewsThe 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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GuideA 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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ShopCounterweight Vinyl & Espresso
32 Chambers Street, Footscray
Browse secondhand vinyl — the specialty is classic dance and bass — or sit down for a coffee and pastry.
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NewsMidsumma 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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NewsThe 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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NewsFive 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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NewsAn 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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NewsSydney 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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NewsMore 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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EventThe Jungle Giants (DJ Set) at Canadian Club's Australian Open Party
Sun, 12 Jan, 2025
Canadian Club Racquet Club, Melbourne
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EventMelbourne Marriott Docklands Rooftop Infinity Pool Pass
Mon, 16 Dec 2024 - Mon, 31 Mar 2025
Melbourne Marriott Hotel Docklands, Docklands
Spend your summer days sipping spritzes and paddling around this rooftop infinity pool.
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EventBaby's Summer of Spritz
Thu, 28 Nov 2024 - Fri, 28 Feb 2025
Baby Pizza, Richmond
Baby's summertime happy hour deal includes a bunch of $9.50 spritzes, $6.5 Peroni Rossas and a $7.50 house wine.
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EventUnderground: The Hidden Archive of the Warsaw Ghetto
Sun, 17 Nov 2024 - Sun, 30 Mar 2025
Melbourne Holocaust Museum, Elsternwick
This is the first time the archive has been exhibited outside of Europe.
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EventNGV Friday Nights: Yayoi Kusama
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 - Fri, 18 Apr 2025
NGV International, Melbourne
The NGV's big Yayoi Kusama exhibition is hosting after-hours parties so you can spend Friday evenings surrounded by dots and pumpkins.
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EventRenegades Cricket Derby
Sun, 12 Jan, 2025
Marvel Stadium, Docklands
Let the sparks fly as the Renegades Derby sees the Big Bash League reach fever pitch.
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EventDouble Shot Maggie: Irish Live Music
Sat, 7 Dec 2024 - Sat, 4 Jan 2025
The Quiet Man Irish Pub, Kensington
A night full of singing, dancing, and laughing is in store at The Quiet Man Irish Pub
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EventStars Melbourne Derby
Sat, 4 Jan, 2025
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Richmond
Experience the Stars Derby as the city’s most zealous cricket fans cheer their team to victory.
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EventThe Other Art Fair
Thu, 30 Jan - Sun, 2 Feb 2025
The Timber Yard, Port Melbourne
Showcasing works from emerging contemporary artists, alongside live tattooing, immersive installations and cocktails, this art fair does things a little differently.
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EventNew Year's Eve in Melbourne's Southside
Tue, 31 Dec, 2024
Various Melbourne venues, Melbourne
It’s officially time to start sorting out your New Year’s Eve plans.
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NewsFirst 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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NewsSydney'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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NewsA 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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NewsFive 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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NewsFive 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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NewsSix Pride-Filled Videos to Get You Pumped for Mardi Gras Celebrations This Week
You so pretty and we like that.
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NewsThe 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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NewsAlice 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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NewsCollingwood 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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NewsConcrete 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.
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NewsAlice Springs' Dazzling Parrtjima Festival Will Light Up the Red Centre Again in April
After COVID-19 delays in 2020, the Indigenous arts, culture and storytelling festival will return in its usual time slot in 2021.
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News'The Whole Table' Is NITV's New Three-Part Series Exploring Indigenous Issues in the Arts
It's co-produced by Sydney Theatre Company, and guests include Taika Waititi, Miranda Tapsell, Adam Briggs and Meyne Wyatt.
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NewsMelbourne Museum's Long-Running Animal Exhibition Is Closing After 11 Years On Display
The installation's famed taxidermied critters are taking a break from the spotlight.
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NewsAll About Women Is Back for 2021 with Another Jam-Packed Day of Talks, Panels and Workshops
This year's one-day lineup covers everything from the evolution of the feminism movement to coping with doomscrolling.
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GuideSeven Summertime Events That'll Help You Beat the Back-to-Work Blues
The summer break may be over, but there are heaps of fun things to do before winter arrives.
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NewsSally Rooney's First Novel Since 'Normal People' Will Hit Bookstores This Year
You'll be able to read the Irish author's first book in three years this September.
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GuideAll the Big Events to Look Forward to Across Australia in 2021
From jam-packed music festivals to world-class light shows, you can pop these huge, bright and exciting events in your calendar.
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GuideThe Best New Year's Events Happening Around Melbourne to Help You Ring in 2021
Ring in the new year with tunes, an inner city hoe-down or slurpin' oysters.
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NewsMargaret and David Have Reunited On-Screen to Review (and Argue About) 2020
In this comedic segment for 'The Shovel, of course they disagreed about this hectic year.
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NewsSix Gifts to Buy the Culture Vulture in Your Life This Christmas
Fill their stocking with wearable art and an unforgettable Sydney theatre experience.
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NewsMPavilion Is Turning the Parkade Car Park Into a Cultural Hub for the Entire Month of January
The 60s and 70s-era site will get a new lease on life to start off the new year.
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NewsThe ABC Is Bringing Back 'Spicks and Specks' in 2021 for a Full New Season
The beloved music quiz show has been dropping specials over the past year — but now it's returning for a whole new series.
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NewsA City-Wide Scavenger Hunt Is Taking Over Melbourne with $250 Vouchers Up for Grabs Every Week
And it's running every Friday until Christmas.
