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Check Out the Incredible Finalists for the Australian Life Photography Contest
Art and About's most beautiful snapshot into everyday Australian life.
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NewsWin Tickets to See Mumford & Sons at Sidney Myer Music Bowl
We're going to treat you to Mumford and Sons — with whisky and cheese aplenty. Because love.
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NewsKevin Hart to Make Australian Stand-Up Tour Debut
He's been busy selling out the Nokia Theatre and getting coffee with Jerry Seinfeld.
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NewsVirtual Reality Concerts Are Now Happening in Australia
Starting with this Flight Facilities set at Sydney Opera House.
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NewsWin Tickets to See Straight Outta Compton
Watch the meteoric rise of one of hip hop's most iconic groups.
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NewsTwenty-Five Exceptional Films by Indigenous Australian Filmmakers That You Can Stream Right Now
Celebrate Australia's First Nations filmmakers with these potent westerns, horror standouts, coming-of-age gems, Top End rom-coms, outback noirs, and expressive dance flicks.
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NewsA List of All of the Wes Anderson Films, Ranked
No one makes movies quite like Wes Anderson, so we've revisited and ranked them all — even though every single one is a gem.
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NewsIt's Eurovision Time: Here's When You Can Watch 2025's Song Contest (with Tony Armstrong and Courtney Act Hosting Australia's Coverage)
This year's Australian entry: Go-Jo with the song 'Milkshake Man', which is being performed with a four-metre-tall blender as part of the set.
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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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NewsTen 2025 Oscar-Winning Films That You Can and Should Watch Immediately
Your newly Oscars-approved viewing list includes movies about determined architects, whirlwind romances, catty cardinals, sandworms and more.
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NewsPredicting the Oscars: Who Should, Could and Will Win at the 2025 Academy Awards
From 'Anora' and 'A Real Pain' to 'I'm Still Here' and 'No Other Land', here's what's likely to emerge victorious at the 2025 Oscars.
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NewsHere's Where You Can Watch 33 of 2025's Oscar-Nominated Movies in Australia Right Now
Massive musicals, monumental dramas, stunning animated gems, heartbreaking documentaries, two Timothée Chalamet movies: they're all Oscar contenders, and you can watch them all.
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NewsEleven 2025 Golden Globe-Winning Films and TV Shows That You Can (and Should) Watch Right Now
Make a cinema or couch date with a freshly minted Golden Globe-winner — here's what you can watch right away, and where.
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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 Chaser Team Are Crowdfunding a New Print Magazine
Help fund the printing, distribution and "tax effective offshore corporate structure" they need.
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Eat Like James Bond with Henry Hargreaves' New Photo Series
None of Ian Fleming's fictional meals come shaken or stirred.
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NewsTame Impala Announce Huge Outdoor Australian Shows
One of 2015's biggest albums needs to be heard in an openair amphitheatre.
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NewsThe Best, Worst and Weirdest of the 2015 Melbourne International Film Festival
Separating the good from the bad from the ugly.
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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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NewsFairgrounds Is Australia's New Boutique Music Festival
Fusing local food, Father John Misty and openair movies on NSW's south coast.
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NewsThe Dos and Don'ts of Hosting a Backyard Music Festival
Choose your own bands, pick a lane or a paddock, and get your fest on.
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NewsFKA Twigs Drops Surprise 16-Minute Film and New EP
You'd better believe M3LL155X is trippy as blazes.
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NewsMeredith Music Festival 2015 Lineup Announced
Aunty's pulled out all the stops for her Silver Jubilee.
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NewsNYC Institution The Moth Unveils Big Plans for Australia
Australian storytellers, your time has come.
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NewsPatti Smith's 'Just Kids' Memoir Is Being Made Into a Miniseries
Step aside, Gossip Girl. This is real NYC love.
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EventDJ Heartstring at The Wool Store
Fri, 25 Sep, 2026
The Wool Store, West Footscray
One of electronic music's fastest-rising acts is heading back to Melbourne for a huge night of eurodance-fuelled energy.
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EventPeninsula Pass for World Bathing Day
Sun, 21 Jun - Mon, 22 Jun 2026
Various Melbourne locations, Melbourne
For one weekend only, wellness seekers can soak, steam and unwind across three iconic Peninsula bathing destinations.
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EventThe Social Studio Fundraiser: 'Flee' Film Screening
Sun, 14 Jun, 2026
Cinema Nova, Carlton
Support this fashion-focused social enterprise as they raise funds to offer free education and training programs to refugee communities.
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EventCharlie Brings the Fire to Mister Bianco
Tue, 23 Jun, 2026
Mister Bianco, Kew
See what magic happens when Charlie Carrington and Joe Vargetto join forces for a fire-driven feast in Kew.
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EventThe Shortest Lunch 2026
Sat, 20 Jun - Sun, 21 Jun 2026
Various Yarra Valley venues, Coldstream
13 Yarra Valley wineries will host this popular weekend of tastings and food, in celebration of the winter solstice.
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EventSt Kilda Film Festival
Thu, 4 Jun - Sun, 14 Jun 2026
Various locations in St Kilda, St Kilda
Great movies come in small packages at this standout short film festival, with 190-plus titles screening across 11 days in 2026.
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EventSorrento Solstice Festival
Sat, 20 Jun - Sun, 21 Jun 2026
Various locations in Sorrento, Sorrento
Celebrating, not hiding away from the year's shortest days, this emerging solstice festival offers firelight by the ocean.
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EventVera Blue x Melbourne Symphony Orchestra: Orchestral Veil
Sat, 11 Jul, 2026
Hamer Hall, Southbank
The groundbreaking Australian artist is once again reimagining her music with Victoria's top orchestra this July.
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Event'Body Worlds: The Anatomy of Happiness'
Sat, 28 Mar - Sun, 26 Jul 2026
The District Docklands, Docklands
If you’ve ever wondered what’s really going on beneath the surface, this confronting exhibition uses real preserved human bodies to explore anatomy and emotion.
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Event'The Vinyl Factory: Reverb' at Rising 2026
Fri, 22 May - Mon, 31 Aug 2026
ACMI, Melbourne
Indulge your wax obsession with this immersive vinyl-led exhibition, spanning multiple genres, continents and musical energies.
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NewsThe Ten Best Retro Film Programs in Melbourne
See an old classic the way it's meant to be seen.
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GuideThe Twelve Best Things Happening in Melbourne This Weekend
All that's fit to see and do in Melbourne this weekend.
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NewsVolunteer Your Time for Tickets to Wiz Khalifa at Optus RockCorps 2015
Give back to the community and get tickets for your effort.
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NewsConcrete Playground’s Melbourne Writers Festival 2015 Reading List
Put this wintry weather to good use and get clued in for MWF.
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NewsWin Tickets To See The Grates
Brisbane's favourite garage pop trio crushed it at Splendour, now they're hitting the road.
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NewsFalls Festival Announces 2015 Lineup
Plenty of British love for NYE this year at Lorne, Marion Bay and Byron.
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GuideThe Ten Best Things Happening in Melbourne This Weekend
All that's fit to see and do in Melbourne this weekend.
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NewsSplendour in the Grass 2015 in a Muddy, Muddy Nutshell
From Florence to Ronson, we're still chipping the sludge from our boots.
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NewsThe Onion Is Launching a New Web Series Parodying Vice Media
Throwing acid in the face of ignorance.
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GuideThe Ten Best Things Happening in Melbourne This Weekend
We're talking stage, screen, music and a bit of tipsy mini golf thrown in.
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GuideTen Splendour Sideshows You Can Still Buy Tickets For
Not heading to Splendour? Just bring the festival to you.
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NewsFive Ways to Out-Bowie Everyone at ACMI's David Bowie Exhibition
Know more about Bowie than the guy wearing a Diamond Dogs tee in front of you in line.
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NewsNigel Milsom's Haunting Portrait Wins the 2015 Archibald Prize
For his Edgar Allan Poe-like portrait of Australian barrister Charles Waterstreet.
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NewsFight Club as a Rock Opera? It's Actually Happening
Chuck Palahniuk, David Fincher and Trent Reznor are apparently all on board.
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NewsTake a Delicious, Delicious Tour of Nick Offerman's Pizza Farm
“If it’s on a plant, it’s good for you, who cares how it got there.”
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NewsWin Tickets to See French Baroque with the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra and Circa
One of the most romantic date ideas we've seen all winter.
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NewsThe Ten Must See Films at the 2015 Melbourne International Film Festival
Thrillers, award winners and movies at a 90 degree angle.
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NewsArchibald Prize 2015 Finalists and Packing Room Prize Announced
The Australian faces everyone will be talking about for the next few months.
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NewsThis NYC Rapper Made an Entire Album in an Apple Store
When Prince Harvey's laptop was stolen, he came up with a Genius solution.
