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NewsMelbourne Symphony Orchestra Is Bringing a Huge George Michael Celebration to Sidney Myer Music Bowl
The pop icon is getting the orchestra treatment with help from Natalie Bassingthwaighte, Courtney Act, Emma Donovan and Brendan Maclean.
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NewsAh, Freak Out!: Nile Rodgers & Chic Have Announced a Headline Tour Down Under This Spring
The disco greats are hitting up Brisbane, Sydney, Fremantle and Auckland on top of their Harvest Festival and Melbourne International Jazz Festival dates.
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NewsA Date with Destiny: How Celine Song Adapted Her Own Experience Into Swooning Romantic Drama 'Past Lives'
With her first feature, the Korean-born playwright-turned-filmmaker drew upon her own life to craft a movie that deeply connects — at Sundance, on 2023's festival circuit and with audiences everywhere.
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NewsBBC Earth Is Bringing a Spectacular Immersive Experience with Narration by David Attenborough to Australia
Melbourne will become only the second city in the world to host the 360-degree walk-through audiovisual event, which draws upon footage from 'Seven Worlds, One Planet'.
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NewsWes Anderson Now Has Four Brand-New Short Films Based on Roald Dahl Stories Hitting Netflix in September
What's better than one Wes Anderson short film hitting your streaming queue? Four, all dropping within four days of each other.
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NewsMark Your Calendar: Laneway Festival Has Just Announced Its 2024 Dates
You've still got a few more days to wait until the lineup drops, but you can clear your diaries for February Laneway shenanigans now.
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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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NewsThe 15 Best New TV Shows of 2024 So Far
From gloriously surreal comedies and unforgettable true tales to stunning remakes and savvy sci-fi mysteries, 2024 has been filled with new small-screen highlights.
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NewsTaylor Swift's 'Eras' Tour Has Been Turned Into a Concert Film If You Missed Out on Gig Tickets
There's no release date Down Under as yet, but Swift's record-breaking tour is being immortalised on film.
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News'Tina — The Tina Turner Musical' Is Touring Its Simply-the-Best Stage Tribute Around Australia
When the onstage ode's Australian-premiere season at Theatre Royal Sydney wraps up, it's taking its show — 'Nutbush City Limits' included — on the road.
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NewsTwelve Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in August
Spend your couch time watching Rose Byrne's ace aerobics dramedy, a telemarketing docuseries that's so wild it can only be true and a stone-cold Korean masterpiece.
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NewsThis Trailer Means Joy: Your First Glimpse at 'Our Flag Means Death' Season Two Is Here
Rhys Darby and Taika Waititi's swashbuckling comedy is back on the streaming seas again — this time with Minnie Driver and 'Deadloch' favourite Madeleine Sami.
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NewsA New 5000-Capacity Live Music Venue Has Been Proposed for St Kilda
The proposed site is situated in a prime position on St Kilda's foreshore, in proximity to both the Palais Theatre and Luna Park.
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NewsFive Unmissable Exhibitions in Melbourne This Spring
Mark your calendars because things are heating up.
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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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NewsWhat's the Opposite of "Huzzah!"?: 'The Great' Has Been Cancelled After Three Seasons
Hulu is saying farewell to this satirical take on Russian history starring Elle Fanning and Nicolas Hoult.
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NewsJason Derulo, Boyz II Men, Kelly Rowland and Flo Rida Are Heading Down Under for a Huge R&B Tour
'Whatcha Say', 'End of the Road', 'Low', Destiny's Child songs — they'll all get a whirl at this nostalgic gig.
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NewsHarvest Rock Just Added Tash Sultana, Bernard Fanning and Jade Bird to Its Huge 2023 Lineup
The two-day Adelaide music festival just keeps getting bigger — with Jamiroquai, Beck, Sparks, Chromeo, Bright Eyes and more already on the bill.
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NewsAdam Driver Hops Behind the Wheel in the First Trailer for Michael Mann's Racing Biopic 'Ferrari'
If you've ever wanted to see Adam Driver speed through Italy, this sneak peek is for you.
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NewsThe Latest J-Horror Movies by the Directors of 'Ringu' and 'Ju-On' Lead 2023's Japanese Film Festival Lineup
This year's festival also includes a comedy about bathhouse rituals and a tribute to Takeshi Kitano.
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NewsDavid Fincher Turns Michael Fassbender Into a Ruthless Assassin in the First Trailer for 'The Killer'
The 'Fight Club', 'Gone Girl' and 'Mindhunter' director reteams with his 'Se7ven' screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker on this hitman thriller, which is headed to both cinemas and Netflix.
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EventTogether for Lebanon Fundraiser
Sun, 8 Dec, 2024
Abla's, Carlton
Abla’s, A1 Bakery, Alimentari, Larderfresh and Linden Cook are joining forces to raise money for people in Lebanon.
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EventRhys Darby: The Legend Returns
Tue, 8 Apr - Sun, 13 Apr 2025
Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne
The New Zealand comedian is bringing his first stand-up show in almost a decade to Melbourne.
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EventThe Lord of the Rings — A Musical Tale
Sat, 26 Apr - Fri, 30 May 2025
Comedy Theatre, Melbourne
The musical version of JRR Tolkien's classic is taking the hobbits to Melbourne's Comedy Theatre.
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EventLego 'Star Wars': The Exhibition
Sun, 4 May 2025 - Mon, 26 Jan 2026
Melbourne Museum, Carlton
Australia's world-first Lego 'Star Wars' exhibition is soaring into Melbourne in 2025 — from May the fourth, of course.
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EventThis Never Happened Presents
Fri, 17 Jan, 2025
170 Russell, Melbourne
Dance Music record label This Never Happened is back for another Melbourne party that won't allow phones.
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EventThe Rose Street Market
Sat, 23 Nov - Sun, 24 Nov 2024
Rose Street Artist's Market, Fitzroy
Fitzroy's weekly artisan design and art market is a must-hit if you're up for some weekend shopping and wandering.
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EventThe Fitzroy Mills Market
Mon, 25 Nov, 2024
The Fitzroy Mills, Fitzroy
This much-loved Fitzroy market showcases a top selection of local food producers an makers each Saturday.
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EventEtta's Summer Seafood Towers
Fri, 22 Nov - Sat, 21 Dec 2024
Etta, Brunswick East
This incredible wine bar and restaurant is serving decadent seafood towers for just $75 per person every Friday and Saturday afternoon.
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EventPortsea Hotel's Summer Music Series
Multiple single dates
Portsea Hotel, Portsea
The Presets, Jake Webb, Darley and DJ Levi will be playing waterfront gigs this summer at Portsea Hotel.
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EventLong Live Longnecks at BANG
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 - Fri, 28 Feb 2025
BANG at The StandardX, Fitzroy
You can get two-for-one Melbourne Bitter Longnecks and $1 homemade dumplings during this happy hour deal.
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NewsHey Boy, Hey Girl: Iconic Electronic Duo The Chemical Brothers Are Touring Australia in 2024
There'll be block rockin' beats, including from their new album 'For That Beautiful Feeling', when the UK pair head back Down Under.
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NewsNostalgia Alert: Prime Video's Documentary About The Wiggles Will Hit Your Streaming Queue in October
'Hot Potato: The Story of The Wiggles' will premiere at SXSW Sydney, then arrive online for you to watch on the couch.
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NewsHBO Won't Be Bringing Back The Weeknd's Pop Star Drama 'The Idol' for a Second Season
Created by the singer with 'Euphoria' mastermind Sam Levinson, this Lily-Rose Depp-starring look inside the music industry won't be coming back.
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NewsA 'The Great Gatsby'-Inspired Cabaret and Pop-Up Club Is Taking Over Sydney Opera House This Summer
Drink cocktails that nod to the 1920s while watching F Scott Fitzgerald’s classic text get the aerial, burlesque, dance and circus treatment.
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NewsChaka Khan Is Headlining the 2023 Melbourne International Jazz Festival with Nile Rodgers & Chic
MIJF's full ten-day lineup spans more than 100 events, including 11 world premieres and ten Australian-exclusive performances.
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News'Rick and Morty' Season Seven Will Get Schwifty in Your Streaming Queue This Spring
Who'll be voicing the show's chaotic scientist and his grandson in the new episodes hasn't yet been announced.
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NewsRose Matafeo's Rom-Com Sitcom 'Starstruck' Returns for Season Three in September — and There's a Trailer
One of the most charming new shows of the last few years is back, this time following single life in London.
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NewsThe Weeknd Has Added Extra Dates to His 2023 Tour Down Under Before General Tickets Even Go on Sale
'The Idol' star will play second dates in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Auckland on his huge 'After Hours Til Dawn' tour.
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NewsWes Anderson's New Short Film 'The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar' Is Coming to Netflix in September
2023 is delivering not one but two new works by the beloved director: the already-released 'Asteroid City' and this 40-minute Roald Dahl adaptation.
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News'Dune: Part Two' Now Won't Hit Cinemas Until March 2024 Amid Hollywood's Strikes
The first Timothée Chalamet-starring 'Dune' film was also delayed from 2020 to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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NewsThe 'Cat Person' Trailer Turns the Viral 'New Yorker' Story Into a Nicholas Braun-Starring Dating Thriller
Kristen Roupenian's widely read 2017 tale leaps to the screen, with 'CODA' star Emilia Jones as a college student navigating a dating nightmare.
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NewsAttenzione: The Italian Film Festival's 2023 Lineup Is Here and Filled with Europe-Set Must-Sees
Head to Italy from your cinema seat with a feast of films set everywhere from Milan, Puglia and the Italian Alps to Naples, Sicily, Tuscany and Rome.
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NewsLouise Bourgeois' World-Famous Spider Sculpture 'Maman' Is Coming to Australia for the First Time
The iconic nine-metre-high, ten-metre-wide piece will be on display during the 2023–24 Sydney International Art Series.
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NewsSXSW Sydney's Screen Festival Will Open with the Julia Garner-Starring Aussie Thriller 'The Royal Hotel'
Australian filmmaker Kitty Green reteams with the 'Inventing Anna' and 'Ozark' star after 'The Assistant' to launch the event's first screen fest Down Under.
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News'Justified: City Primeval' Brings Timothy Olyphant and His Stetson Back for a Perfect TV Revival
Welcome back Deputy US Marshal Raylan Givens, this time in Detroit in a miniseries that has hit streaming eight years after the original 'Justified' wrapped up.
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NewsBreak Out the Cosmos: HBO Has Just Renewed 'And Just Like That...' for Season Three
The Sarah Jessica Parker-led series just needs another three seasons, then two movies, to match 'Sex and the City'.
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NewsJoji Is Returning to Australia and New Zealand This Spring for His First-Ever Headline Tour
Joji's 'Pandemonium' tour will hit arenas across Australia's east cost and Auckland in November.
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NewsThe First-Ever Angelika Film Centre Outside of the US Is Opening in Brisbane This Week
The arthouse cinema chain launched in New York in 1989 — and now it's bringing its movie-loving experience to an eight-screen site in Woolloongabba.
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NewsMs Lauryn Hill Is Touring Australia to Celebrate 25 Years Since 'The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill' Released
It's been a quarter-century since singer and rapper's only solo release, and she's hitting the Gold Coast, Melbourne and Sydney to mark the occasion.
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News'& Juliet' Is Taking Its Olivier Award-Winning Shakespeare-Meets-Pop Spectacle to Sydney in 2024
Blending the Bard's greatest tragedy with pop songs by Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys, Robyn and more, this "what if?" take on 'Romeo and Juliet' is hitting the Harbour City.
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NewsNew 'Star Wars' Series 'Ahsoka' Chooses Wisely in Making Rosario Dawson Its Formidable On-Screen Force
Disney's favourite galaxy far, far away delivers another master-and-apprentice tale, this time focusing on a 'Clone Wars' and 'Rebels' figure in live-action.
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NewsLost Paradise Has Unveiled Its Dance-Heavy New Year's Eve 2023 Lineup with Flume and Basement Jaxx
Dom Dolla, Foals, Bicep, Kelis and Carl Cox will also be ringing in the new year in Glenworth Valley.
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News
Fresh From Starring in 'The Idol', The Weeknd Is Bringing His 'After Hours Til Dawn' Stadium Tour Down Under
The Weeknd is heading to Australia and New Zealand this November and December, with Mike Dean and Chxrry22 in support.
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NewsJust In: Christina Aguilera Is Coming to Australia for a One-Night-Only Show in Melbourne
Victoria's 'Always Live' program also includes Eric Prydz, Jai Paul and Jessie Ware as part of more than 165 artists at 60-plus events.
