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NewsTony Award-Nominated Broadway Musical 'Waitress' Is Sashaying Into Sydney
The show will make its way to Sydney, along with 'Chicago' and a new production of 'Saturday Night Fever'.
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NewsBehind the Scenes of 2018's Scariest Film with 'Hereditary' Director Ari Aster
We talk to Aster about the catharsis of horror, casting Toni Collette and what makes the film so terrifying.
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NewsFive World-Renowned Modern Artworks to See at the NGV's New MoMA Exhibition
This collaborative exhibition features a huge 200 works, many of which have never left the walls of MoMA before.
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NewsSydney Is Set to Host the World's Largest Tutankhamun Exhibition Outside of Egypt
It'll feature more than 150 objects from King Tut's tomb — including 60 pieces that have never previously left Egypt.
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NewsLike Winter, a Game of Thrones Prequel Series Is Coming
HBO has ordered a pilot for a potential spin-off, set thousands of years before the current series.
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NewsFive Places Bringing You Free Live Music Around Fitzroy and Collingwood This Winter
Switch off Netflix and head out — these shows are live (and free).
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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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NewsFive Permanent Artworks in Melbourne You Should Have Seen By Now
Tick these off your arty bucket list.
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NewsA Look Inside the Huge New Modernist MoMA Exhibition at Melbourne's NGV
Over 200 modern and contemporary masterpieces from New York's MoMA have come to Australia for the very first time in this epic display.
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FeatureMelbourne After Dark Guide
Being a culture vulture is part and parcel of living in Melbourne. But when winter arrives, it can be mighty tempting to crawl into our blanket forts and not re-emerge until spring rolls around. Well, not on our watch.
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NewsArtist Spencer Tunick's Plans to Stage a Mass Nude Work on a Melbourne Rooftop Have Been Quashed
The Prahran Woolworths has refused the artist access to its rooftop carpark.
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NewsAussie Town Yass Has Received a Fabulous 'Queer Eye' Makeover
And the Fab Five were officially crowned Yass Queens.
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NewsFive Pioneering, Industrious Women to Put on Your Radar
Accomplished ladies breaking traditions to create a new norm.
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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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NewsHow Musician Ali Barter Taps into Her Creative Process
For the Melbourne-based singer-songwriter and former Triple J Unearthed winner, finding her creative self has been a long-honed one.
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NewsThe Underground Car Park at Etihad Stadium Is Melbourne's Newest Dance Music Venue, B3
Music agency Novel has secured the 5000-capacity car park as the location for its anticipated venue.
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NewsHow to Turn Your Favourite Pastimes into a Career
For the true crime podcast enthusiast, avid food 'grammer and meme scroller alike.
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NewsFive Films from Cannes 2018 We Can't Wait to See in Australia
Some of them are already on their way to our cinemas; others we'll have to cross our fingers for.
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NewsMelbourne's NGV Is Opening a Brand New Contemporary Art Gallery
According to the Victorian Government, it will be the biggest contemporary art gallery in Australia.
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NewsHow to See the Most Popular Vivid Installations Without Fighting the Masses
See Sydney's big lights sans the big crowds.
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EventMinistry of Sound: Testament
Sat, 12 Apr 2025
The Timber Yard, Port Melbourne
Ministry of Sound's massive 90s and 00s parties are returning to Melbourne with Roger Sanchez, Felix Da Housecat, Utah Saints and more.
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EventState Rose and Garden Show
Sat, 9 Nov - Sun, 10 Nov 2024
Victoria State Rose Garden, Werribee South
Wander through 5000 blooming roses, stock up on new plants (and tips) and sip prosecco among the flowers.
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EventVillage Feast
Sun, 10 Nov, 2024
East Brunswick Village, Brunswick East
Expect DJ sets from Triple R’s Small Fry as well as food and drinks from Rumi, The Rocket Society, Bride Road Brewers and FoMo Cinemas.
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EventWoodford Reserve Old Fashioned Week
Fri, 1 Nov - Sat, 30 Nov 2024
Various Melbourne venues, Melbourne
Snag a sip of a cocktail classic without spending a cent this November at these participating bars.
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EventInto The Vines: Gulp Fiction
Thu, 28 Nov, 2024
The Rochester Hotel, Fitzroy
Consider this mini wine festival the ultimate Thursday night knock-off, preparing you for the slow descent into silly season.
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EventUpstairs @ The Rochey
Multiple single dates
The Rochester Hotel, Fitzroy
The Rochey is hosting intimate electronic gigs every Saturday night in its upstairs bandroom.
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EventVan Gogh at The Lume
Thu, 26 Dec 2024 - Mon, 31 Mar 2025
THE LUME Melbourne, South Wharf
Sunflowers, stars and a sublime multi-sensory experience: you'll find them all at this immersive and stunning exhibition.
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EventFrench Impressionism
Fri, 6 Jun - Sun, 5 Oct 2025
NGV International, Melbourne
After its 2021 season was cut short due to the pandemic, this stunning exhibition is returning to NGV International with 100-plus iconic paintings.
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EventApéritif v Aperitivo Arvos at Molly Rose Brewery
Wed, 16 Oct 2024 - Fri, 31 Jan 2025
Molly Rose Brewery, Collingwood
Sample Molly Rose's new small-batch gins, pastis, vodkas and vermouths at its aperitivo sessions and masterclasses.
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EventMelbourne Queer Film Festival
Thu, 14 Nov - Sun, 24 Nov 2024
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations
This year's MQFF boasts a 42-feature lineup stacked with LGBTQIA+ must-sees — and a celebration of music videos.
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NewsThe Docklands Firelight Festival Is Set To Heat Up Your Winter With Its 2018 Program
The precinct will burn bright with a month-long program of pyrotechnics, fire displays, live music and food experiences.
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NewsFive Hidden Gems to Seek Out at Sydney's Vivid 2018
Venture deeper into the light program to uncover some glowing treasures.
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NewsMelbourne International Film Festival Has Revealed Its First 2018 Films
The first 32 films of the mammoth August film festival include Australian premieres, highly recommended docos, and Cannes and Sundance winners.
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NewsWhy Bendigo Is the Ultimate Arts and Culture Escape This Winter
Their trams have crochet blankets, for one thing.
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NewsSeven Events Not to Miss at Chapel Street's Winter Festival of the Arts 2018
Chapel Street’s PROVOCARÉ will take over the Chapel Precinct this July with its most revealing lineup of arts and entertainment yet.
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NewsArtist Mike Parr Will Spend 72 Hours Buried Under a Hobart Road During Dark Mofo
He'll descend into a box measuring just 4.5 metres by 1.7 metres by 2.2 metres for three days, with traffic driving over the top.
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NewsA Look Inside the Creative Process of Melbourne Artist George Rose
From living a transient existence to dad clothes.
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NewsSydney's Taronga Zoo Has Been Spectacularly Illuminated for This Year's Vivid Festival
It's the first light installation of Vivid Sydney 2018 to be revealed.
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NewsA New York-Themed Cultural Festival Is Taking Over Melbourne This Winter
Featuring Ilana Glazer, Regina Spektor, natural wine bar The Four Horsemen, top eats from Momofuku Ko and the Big Apple on the big screen.
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NewsA New HBO Documentary Series Will Revisit the Case Against Serial's Adnan Syed
It's being made by the director of true crime doco 'West of Memphis' and will have a score by Nick Cave.
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NewsBroad City's Ilana Glazer Is Coming to Australia for the First Time
She'll perform a one-off stand-up show at Melbourne's Hamer Hall.
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NewsA Look Inside GOMA's Weird and Wonderful 'Patricia Piccinini: Curious Affection' Exhibition
Installations of a field of 3000 flowers, alien-like mushrooms and vast array of peculiar yet beautiful creatures will let you explore the intricacies of the acclaimed artist's mind.
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NewsBob Dylan Will Return to Australia to Play Seven Stadium Shows
The living legend will return to our shores for a string of shows that will showcase six decades of songs.
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NewsA Concert Series Pairing National Geographic Footage with a Live Orchestra Is Touring Australia
The images will draw upon Nat Geo's 130-year archives, while the score will feature the work of composers such as Hans Zimmer, Austin Fray and Andrew Christie.
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NewsClient Liaison Have Launched Their Own Curated Music Festival
For their next venture, the duo are masterminding a full-scale music festival that'll tour the country this winter.
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NewsJapan's Kaleidoscopic New Digital-Only Art Museum Is Your Next Reason to Visit Tokyo
Featuring a forest filled with lamps that respond to human interaction and a virtual tea party that pairs your hot beverage with digital blooming flowers.
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NewsSydney's Getting a New Music and Snow Sports Festival Fittingly Headlined By Snow Patrol
The Air + Style Big Air Competition is coming to the southern hemisphere for the first time.
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NewsFive-Time Finalist Yvette Coppersmith Has Taken Out the 2018 Archibald Prize
Her self portrait has won the prestigious competition.
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NewsThis New Writer's Residency Will Put You in a Tiny House in the Wilderness to Get Shit Done
Unyoked is offering up one of its off-grid homes for five nights so you can finish that novel/story/poem/script.
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NewsSydney Film Festival's Full Jam-Packed 2018 Program Is Here
With New Zealand comedies, Sundance hits and no fewer than 326 films screening across 12 days, this year's SFF is panning out to be a big one.
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NewsBroadway's Bitchin' 'Bring It On' Musical Is Coming to Melbourne This Year
The cult teen cheerleader film of 2000 has been given new life by 'Hamilton' composer Lin-Manuel Miranda.
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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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NewsArtist Spencer Tunick Will Stage a Mass Nude Photography Work in Melbourne
Hundreds of Melburnians will volunteer to strip off on Chapel Street this July.
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NewsThe US TV Remake of 'What We Do in the Shadows' Is Officially Happening
Ten episodes will air in early-to-mid 2019.
