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NewsSydney's Getting an Arctic Monkeys Pop-Up Store and Mini Film Festival
The English rock band is releasing its sixth album with six pop-ups around the world — and Sydney's Golden Age Cinema is one of the hosts.
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NewsAustralia's First Pill-Testing Trial to Take Place at Groovin the Moo
After a similar trial at a different festival was scrapped last year, Groovin the Moo's Canberra leg will offer drug-checking services.
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NewsKendrick Lamar Announces Four Australian Stadium Shows
After stopping at Splendour, Kendrick will take his DAMN. album tour to Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Perth.
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NewsThe Hummingbird Is Melbourne's Newest Live Music Venue
Located downstairs at The Newmarket Hotel, it'll host a huge array of local and international acts.
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NewsGurrumul Yunupingu's Final Album Becomes the First Indigenous-Language Release to Top the Australian Charts
Already Australia's highest-selling Indigenous artist, the music icon has once again made history.
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NewsMelbourne Has Been Named the Live Music Capital of the World
Results from the Melbourne Live Music Census 2017 show the city's music scene is one to be jealous of.
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NewsTwelve Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream This Month
Spend your couch time watching the delicious return of 'The Bear', Glen Powell playing a fake hitman and Lily Gladstone's latest excellent performance.
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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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NewsEight New Movies You Can Watch Right Now That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming
Get comfy on the couch with the Sydney-shot action antics of 'The Fall Guy', a heartbreaking Oscar-nominated animated gem and the love-triangle games of 'Challengers'.
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GuideTwelve of the Best RISING 2024 Events That Will Help You Get Out of the House This Winter
RISING 2024's most-exciting events include an absurdist dinner party, a massive festival within the festival and a heap of different one-off parties.
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NewsTwelve Movies to Put on Your Must-See List at the 2024 Sydney Film Festival
Whether you're keen on a dose of weirdness with your SFF sessions, to embrace a Sydney icon or to see award-winning flicks, there's something for you among these titles.
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NewsTwelve Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in May
Spend your couch time watching a documentary about Jim Henson, an Elisabeth Moss-led spy thriller and the new season of an Aussie rom-com sitcom.
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NewsThirteen New Movies You Can Watch in May That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming
Get comfy on the couch with Kirsten Dunst as a war photographer in a divided America, Dev Patel directing himself in an action-packed revenge thriller and Kristen Stewart turning heartthrob.
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GuideSpectacular Autumn Events For Culture Vultures Seeking Their Next Fix
Make sure you add these must-do events to your Sydney culture calendar.
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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 in April
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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NewsSplendour in the Grass Announces 2018 Lineup Led by Kendrick and Lorde
Dust off your gumboots — it's a big one.
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NewsVictoria's Live Music Venues to Pilot Anti-Sexual Harassment Program
Nine venues across the state will take part in the pilot, which will run for 12 weeks.
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NewsWe're Giving Away A VIP Experience at Wine Machine in the Yarra Valley
Drinks and dancing in an unbeatable setting.
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NewsAbility Fest Is Australia's Inclusive and Accessible New Music Festival
Paralympian Dylan Alcott will launch his charity with its a live music event that will be wheelchair accessible and translated into AUSLAN.
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NewsFive Gigs to See This Autumn in Your City
The gigs to catch in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane as we move into the cooler seasons.
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NewsChildish Gambino Is Taking His Three-Day Concert Experience to New Zealand
Here's hoping the immersive virtual reality and multi-sensory concert experience makes its way to Australia too.
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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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NewsMelbourne's Getting A Free Music and Rosé Party To Wrap-Up Summer
Enjoy DJ tunes and an all-Aussie drinks lineup, under the stars at Arts Centre Melbourne.
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NewsSolange Is Coming to Sydney
She’s returning to Australia to headline Vivid LIVE at the Sydney Opera House in June.
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NewsThe Melbourne Symphony Orchestra Is Performing a Live Score to All Your Studio Ghibli Faves
Miyazaki's films are the latest to get a live orchestral accompaniment.
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NewsNew Festival The Drop Will Tour the Country's Most Iconic Surf Spots
The boutique festival will follow the World Surf League Championships across the country, headlined by Safia, San Cisco and Dune Rats.
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Groovin the Moo Announce 2018 Lineup
GTM returns to regional Australia with Flight Facilities, Paul Kelly, Royal Blood and a whole lot of local talent.
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NewsLaneway Festival Is Going Back to Basics by Adding a 'Block Party' to Its 2018 Lineup
The street party aims to recreate the vibe of the festival that launched it all back in 2004.
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EventInner-West Sessions
Thursday, July 4, 2024
Misfits Bar, Footscray
This monthly event series champions DJs, artists and food vendors from Melbourne's vibrant western suburbs.
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EventBEAST Meat Masters
Monday, July 1 - Saturday, November 30, 2024
Beast City, Melbourne
Everything served at BEAST's Meat Masters takeover series is heavy, meaty and heartburn-inducing. Bring on the food coma.
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EventA Quiet Place: Day One
Thursday, June 27 - Wednesday, July 17, 2024
Various cinemas in Melbourne
The always-excellent Lupita Nyong'o and 'Pig' writer/director Michael Sarnoski take this hit horror franchise back to the alien invasion's beginning in a thoughtful Big Apple-set spinoff.
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EventSweet Home Dog-abama Fourth of July Party at Moon Dog Wild West
Thursday, July 4, 2024
Moon Dog Wild West, Footscray
Moon Dog Wild West's first-ever Fourth of July party comes with live music, food and drink deals, and an all-American hot dog-eating competition.
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EventThe Finders Keepers Autumn/Winter Market
Friday, July 12 - Sunday, July 14, 2024
Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton
Support the next wave of independent artisans at this three-day art and design market that features over 270 makers, foodies and designers.
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EventHorizon — Bangarra Dance Theatre
Wednesday, August 28 - Saturday, September 7, 2024
Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne
The iconic Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performing arts company's first mainstage cross-cultural collaboration tells tales from across Oceania.
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EventScandinavian Film Festival
Friday, July 19 - Wednesday, August 7, 2024
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations
Whether you're after the latest 'Department Q' mystery or a documentary about the Norwegian wilderness, this film festival has something for you.
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EventDisaronno at Palace Cinemas in Melbourne
Monday, May 27 - Wednesday, July 31, 2024
Various Melbourne venues, Melbourne
Where to taste an authentic amaretto sour across Melbourne.
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EventBastille Day
Saturday, July 13 - Sunday, July 14, 2024
Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne
Queen Victoria Market will be filled with buttery pastries, cooking masterclasses, live music and more to celebrate France's national day.
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EventQueen Victoria Market's Australian Sake Festival
Saturday, July 20 and Sunday, July 21, 2024
Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne
Take your pick from more than 200 different sakes at the Australian Sake Festival, coming to Queen Vic Market this winter.
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A New 5000-Capacity Live Music Space Is Coming to Melbourne's CBD
B3 will only open for three (massive) shows a year.
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A Guide to Australia's Best Summer Festivals in 2017–18
The best camping festivals, one-day dance parties and multi-day arts meets hitting the country this year.
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NewsYouTube Is Set to Launch Its Own Music Subscription Service
Called Remix, it's slated to be up and running by March 2018.
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NewsTriple J Has Changed the Date of the Hottest 100 Countdown
After mounting public pressure, the countdown will no longer be held on Australia Day.
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NewsLCD Soundsystem Is Coming Back to Australia for a Huge 2018 Tour
Less than six months since they graced our shores, one of the world's best bands is coming back for shows in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth.
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NewsRare Finds Launches a New Monthly Gig Series Featuring Emerging Artists
The Sydney music artist management company will tour up-and-comers to Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne.
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NewsCoachella Organisers Will Launch a Huge New Ten-Day Festival in London Next Year
All Points East will include a three-day music festival, a week of free entertainment and three massive headline shows.
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NewsBluesfest Has Added Another 16 Artists to Its Packed 2018 Lineup
Time to start making Easter long weekend plans.
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NewsMelbourne Zoo Twilights Announce Full 2018 Zoo Gig Program
Summer is officially around the corner (and so is Ben Folds, Grizzly Bear, Hiatus Kaiyote and Cut Copy).
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NewsMelbourne Music Week's Final Lineup Includes a Series of Cathedral Carpark Gigs
This year's festival program also includes a party on Parliament House steps and an all-female music showcase at Fed Square.
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NewsBrisbane Is Getting an Ambitious New $40 Million Live Entertainment Venue
The folks behind The Tivoli, The Triffid and Splendour in the Grass teaming up to build a brand new venue for gigs, events and productions.
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NewsMelbourne's Sugar Mountain Festival Unveils Strong 2018 Lineup
Tunes, art and food collide at this affordable one-day festival.
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NewsSt Paul's Cathedral Will Transform into a Live Gig Venue for Melbourne Music Week
The citywide music celebration will make the historic space its hub for its 2017 iteration.
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Melbourne Zoo Twilights Announce 2018 Dates and First Headliner
Summer is officially around the corner (and so is Ben Folds).
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NewsFreedom Time Will Return to Coburg Velodrome With a Huge New Year's Day Festival
The lineup has just been announced, along with a new Sydney date.
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NewsRobert Plant and Lionel Richie Top Bluesfest's First 2018 Lineup Annoucement
Time to start making Easter long weekend plans.
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NewsMelbourne Music Week Has Dropped the First Part of Its 2017 Program
This year, a new all-ages event will transform three storeys of Melbourne Town Hall into a live music showcase.
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NewsThe Ten Best Up-and-Coming Artists We Saw at BIGSOUND 2017
From feminist punk to '80s synth to jangle rock, these are the new gen of Australian artists to look out for.
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NewsLaneway Festival Officially Announces Complete 2018 Lineup
BABADNOTGOOD, Odesza, The Internet and The War on Drugs will join Mac DeMarco and Anderson .Paak for the summer 2018 festival.
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NewsOne-Day One-Stage Festival FOMO Festival Announces One Top 2018 Lineup
The Brisbane-born festival returns to Sydney, Brisbane and Adelaide, and adds a mini Melbourne stop too.
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NewsFalls Festival Drops Killer 2017 Lineup for Its 25th Outing
Ring in the New Year with Flume, Fleet Foxes and Daryl Braithwaite.
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NewsWhat to Expect at This Year's Lost Paradise NYE Festival
Electronica, glamping and yoga returns to Glenworth Valley.
