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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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NewsFive Must-See Films at the 2017 Lavazza Italian Film Festival
See a touching drama about conjoined twins, a doco abut sea-dreaming nonnas, and a film all about coffee.
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GuideEight New Melbourne Art Exhibitions for September to Help You Ring in Spring
See influential pop art perspectives, discover German biospheres and consider video art exploring national identity.
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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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Gallery: The Best Moments from Sydney's Huge Yes Rally for Marriage Equality
It's estimated that 30-40,000 Sydneysiders shows up to solidify their support for LGBTI+ Australians.
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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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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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GuideSix Spectacular Art Exhibitions Hitting Sydney in 2023
Famous Modern masters and significant contemporary artists from Australia and abroad are being celebrated in these unmissable exhibitions.
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GuideEight Unmissable Exhibitions to See in Melbourne This Winter
Chilly winter weather is the perfect excuse to explore a few (or many) of Melbourne's world-class art exhibitions.
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GuideSeven Vivid Sydney Highlights You Need to Add to Your Winter Calendar
With pop-up cabaret bars, thought-provoking conversations and free live music, the 2022 run of Vivid Sydney is set to shine bright.
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GuideImmersive and Impressive Blockbuster Exhibitions to Look Forward to Around Australia in 2022
Plan trips to dive into all things Disney, peer at Yayoi Kusama's finest in two different cities, scope out Picasso's best and fall in love with Elvis paraphernalia.
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GuideHow to Get Your Arts and Culture Fix in Tropical North Queensland
Explore beachfront markets, local art galleries and a tropical gin distillery.
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GuideTen Dazzling Melbourne Exhibitions to Look Forward to This Summer
From international art and iconic fashion to design commissions and immersive installations, here are the exhibitions serving up your summer cultural fix.
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GuideFive of the Best RISING Festival Events That You Can Still Get Tickets To
Prepare your diary now for supernatural winter forests and once-off food pop-ups.
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GuideSeven Immersive and Impressive Art Exhibitions to Visit Around Australia This Autumn
Plan trips to walk over giant Monet artworks, visit Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' and explore decaying rooms filled with street art.
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NewsMelbourne's ACMI to Open Permanent Virtual Reality Lounge
The dedicated space will showcase a rotating array of VR works.
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NewsLouvre Abu Dhabi Will Open Its Doors This November
It'll feature over 600 artifacts on loan from France's top museums.
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NewsThousands of People Are Set to Converge on Federation Square to Simultaneously 'Scream Like Goku'
Whether you're a Dragon Ball Z fan or not, it's sure to be cathartic.
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NewsA Look Inside The Revamped Forum Theatre
The iconic venue on the corner of Russell and Flinders Street has had a little bit of a facelift.
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NewsFive Things We Took Away from the Sydney Opera House's Inaugural ANTIDOTE Festival
Helping people is hard, helium balloons can lift a person and kangaroos can run (well, according to The Onion).
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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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NewsMelbourne's Palais Theatre Is Screening Star Wars Complete with a Live Orchestra
It will celebrate not only the space opera saga's longevity, but the upcoming release of Star Wars: Episode VIII — The Last Jedi in December.
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NewsAi Weiwei Is Crowdfunding His Latest Security and Immigration-Focused New York Installation
The Chinese artist will set up artworks at more than 300 sites across NYC in his largest and most ambitious public exhibition to date.
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NewsThis Year's Venice Film Festival Features a Dedicated Virtual Reality Island
The world's oldest major film festival is also hosting its first-ever VR competition.
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NewsMeet The Muses Behind This Year's Archibald Finalist Portraits
For those who've always wondered what it's like to be immortalised on the AGNSW walls for all to see.
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NewsThe Best, Weirdest and Most Unexpected Films of Melbourne International Film Festival 2017
A documentary about rats, an Australian film on faking it till you make it and a Parisian terrorist thriller all make it onto our must-watch list from MIFF.
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NewsThis Immersive Cinema Experience Will Let You Pretend You're On the Titanic
Sail Sydney Harbour while watching Kate and Leo tussle with an iceberg.
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EventGABS Craft Beer Fest
Fri, 4 Apr, 2025
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, South Wharf
Where can you get a drink from a 120-tap bar? At 2025's Great Australasian Beer Spectapular.
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EventWhat's on in Frankston: 2025 Events
Multiple single dates
Various Frankston venues
From European beach clubs to street art and sand sculpting, here's everything hitting Frankston in early 2025.
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EventBiggest Best IMAX Film Festival
Sat, 11 Jan - Sun, 2 Mar 2025
IMAX Melbourne, Carlton
This IMAX Melbourne film festival is filled with the best and biggest flicks to see on its huge 32-metre-wide by 23-metre-tall screen.
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EventEuropa! Europa Film Festival
Wed, 12 Feb - Wed, 12 Mar 2025
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations
Celebrate European cinema with a packed film festival lineup featuring 44 movies from 26 countries.
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EventThe Glam Slam
Fri, 24 Jan - Sun, 26 Jan 2025
Melbourne Park, Melbourne
Beyond the official Glam Slam tennis matches, you'll also find roaming drag queens and kings, glam stations, DJ sets, and plenty of rainbow flags.
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EventDrake: 'Anita Max Win' Tour
Multiple single dates
Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
The 'Hotline Bling' performer 'The Degrassi: The Next Generation' star is returning Down Under for the first time in eight years.
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EventThe Play That Goes Wrong
Wed, 3 Sep - Sun, 21 Sep 2025
Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne
This comedic production about a chaotic play focuses on The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society's efforts to stage a murder-mystery.
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EventPickleball Pop-Up at Ichi Ni Nana Izakaya
Thu, 9 Jan - Thu, 6 Feb 2025
Ichi Ni Nana Izakaya, Fitzroy
Drop by this Japanese restaurant to pair your sushi and cocktails with a few rounds of pickleball.
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Event$15 Cacio e Pepe at Marameo
Tue, 7 Jan - Fri, 31 Jan 2025
Marameo, Melbourne
The team is slashing the price of its most-popular pasta to celebrate its fifth birthday — but only until the end of January.
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EventAn Evening with David Sedaris
Thu, 6 Feb - Fri, 7 Feb 2025
Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne
David Sedaris is bringing his latest tour to Hamer Hall in Melbourne in February to delight NPR obsessives.
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NewsWatch the Chilling New Trailer for 'Black Mirror' Season Four
The first look at the new six-episode season.
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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.
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NewsLaneway Teases 2018 Festival, Reveals Dates and First Headliners
Mac DeMarco and Anderson .Paak will tour the festival's seven dates.
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NewsYayoi Kusama Is Opening Her Own Dot-Filled Tokyo Museum
The permanent five-storey facility will showcase the artist's immersive installations and more.
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NewsThis New Subscription Service Wants to Give You Access to Super Cheap Movie Tickets
They're calling themselves the Netflix of cinema.
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NewsFive Must-See Films at the 2017 Korean Film Festival in Australia
From a Kill Bill-like vengeance movie to an animated train station zombie flick.
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NewsFairgrounds Festival Announces Slam Dunk of a 2017 Lineup
With Albuquerque longtimers The Shins, dynamic Melbourne duo Client Liaison and Baltimore synthpop maestros Future Islands at the top.
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NewsBeyond the Valley Announces Solid 2017 NYE Lineup
A legitimately excellent option for NYE if you're into grime, folk and camping.
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NewsPack It in Sydney: Melbourne Has Been Named as the World's Most Liveable City (Again)
This is the seventh year in a row we've nabbed first place.
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NewsItalian Film Festival Announces Characteristically Eccentric 2017 Program
IFF's 28-film, six-week national tour features excursions off the beaten track, Oscar winners and an ode to coffee.
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NewsWhy This Melbourne Council Voted to Stop Celebrating Australia Day on January 26
And why the Prime Minister isn't on board.
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NewsMelbourne Town Hall Will Light Up in Rainbow Colours in Support of Marriage Equality
The CBD building will be lit up for two nights as a sign of Melbourne City Council’s support of marriage equality.
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NewsFive Different Takes on the Heist Film
Essential reading ahead of your next movie night… or if you’re planning to rob a bank.
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NewsMelbourne's South East Is Getting a New Six-Screen Cinema
Operated by Village Cinemas with a bar and combined capacity of over 1000 seats.
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NewsMIFF Will Proceed with Closing Night Screening of Dr G Yunupingu Documentary
And they'll donate a portion of ticket proceeds to the late Indigenous icon's foundation.
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NewsYou Can Now Visit Pennywise's Lair from Stephen King's 'It'
Spend some quality time with your friendly, neighbourhood murder clown.
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NewsMeredith Music Festival Announces Another Killer Lineup for 2017
Aunty is gifting us with sets spanning space disco and Future Islands.
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NewsSecrets to Beginner's Success From Those Behind Top Aussie Food Events
Steadfast advice on making it in an industry you love.
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NewsMeet the Director of Australia's First Muslim Rom-Com, Ali's Wedding
Will local, mainstream audiences be willing to embrace a story about a Muslim immigrant, in which there is hardly a white character in sight?
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NewsWe're Giving Away Double Passes to See New Heist-Comedy 'Logan Lucky'
See the latest from Steven Soderbergh featuring on-screen brothers Channing Tatum and Adam Driver in an 'Ocean's Eleven' meets 'Dukes of Hazzard'.
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NewsMelbourne's New Public Art Installation Turns a Construction Site Into a Gallery
Featuring 17 metres of publicly contributed photos that capture the essence of Melbourne.
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GuideEight New Melbourne Art Exhibitions Worth Rugging Up for This August
See the works of a fashion photography legend, reflect on the future of sculpture and step into a pool in the NGV.
