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NewsTwo New Streaming Services Are About to Launch Down Under — and One Is Dedicated to Horror
Shudder and Sundance Now are expected to launch in Australia and New Zealand by the end of the year.
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NewsNick Cave Is Heading on an Intimate Solo Tour of Australia
This new show will see the Aussie music legend blend candid conversation, storytelling and piano solos.
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NewsWoodford Folk Festival Has Announced Its 2018–19 Lineup
Southeast Queensland's annual end-of-year festival returns for its whopping 33rd year.
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NewsSBS Is Opening Up Australia's 2019 Eurovision Entry to a Public Vote
There'll be a national song contest to decide who'll represent the country in the Eurovision Song Contest.
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NewsAn Amy Winehouse Hologram Is Set to Tour Worldwide in 2019
It'll feature a holographic version of the late songstress crooning her hits, accompanied by a live band and on-stage singers.
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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 horror standouts, coming-of-age gems, Top End rom-coms, outback noirs, Aussie westerns and expressive dance flicks.
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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 a 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 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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NewsA Massive Rolling Stones Exhibition Is Coming to Australia
'Exhibitionism: The Rolling Stones Exhibit' will bring more than 500 of the band's rare items — and some satisfaction — to Sydney.
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NewsLaunceston's First Mona Foma Has Revealed Its Impressive and Eclectic 2019 Lineup
It has everything from real human body parts to onesie exhibitions to Courtney Barnett — and free tickets for the local Amish community.
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NewsSeven Cultural Experiences Found Around the South Island that Aren't Just Going to a Gallery
Visit New Zealand's one and only castle and help deliver the mail by boat.
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NewsThe Jacksons, Village People and Kool & The Gang Are Coming to Australia
They'll bring big doses of nostalgia and plenty of soul to Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth.
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NewsBluesfest Has Added Another 19 Artists to Its Packed 2019 Lineup
Time to start making Easter long weekend plans.
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NewsA Petition to Stop the Promotion of a Horse Race on the Sydney Opera House Has Hit 250,000
At this stage, the Everest horse race projection will still go ahead tonight, but a light-based protest has been organised.
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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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NewsThe Twelve Most Impressive Art Galleries in Regional Australia
From country Victoria to the WA coast to the Tiwi Islands, these galleries house homegrown and Indigenous art collections worth planning a whole weekend around.
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NewsAqua, Vengaboys and Lou Bega Are Heading Down Under for a Huge Throwback Pop Tour
The Vengabus is comin'.
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NewsYou'll Soon Be Able to Snorkel Through Underwater Art in the Whitsundays
After a trial featuring four sculptures, six artists will create underwater artwork for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
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News'What We Do in the Shadows' TV Spinoff 'Wellington Paranormal' Is Returning for an Extended Second Season
"Think Mulder & Scully but in a country where nothing happens."
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NewsBanksy's Iconic 'Girl with Balloon' Artwork Self-Destructs Moments After Being Sold
The artist built a shredder into the painting a few years ago, "in case it was ever put up for auction".
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NewsA Live Concert of David Attenborough's 'Blue Planet II' Is Coming to Australia
The documentary will be narrated live by Joanna Lumley and accompanied by a live orchestral score composed by Hans Zimmer.
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EventSection 8 Birthday Beach Party
Mon, 24 Feb - Sun, 2 Mar 2025
Section 8, Melbourne
The return of a cult classic Melbourne laneway party to celebrate a very special occasion.
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EventTesselaar KaBloom Festival of Flowers
Sat, 29 Mar - Sun, 27 Apr 2025
Tesselaar Tulip Farm, Silvan
Give your autumn a blooming boost with this floral event, featuring flower displays, acrobats, food trucks and, for the first time, a soaring ferris wheel.
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EventCorteo — Cirque du Soleil
Fri, 22 Aug - Sun, 24 Aug 2025
John Cain Arena, Melbourne
Focusing on a clown imagining his funeral procession, this dazzling hit filled with acrobatic wonders features the Montreal-based company's first-ever central stage setup.
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EventWine & Cheese Fest 2025
Sat, 1 Mar, 2025
The Timber Yard, Port Melbourne
The best days out are ones packed with dreamy local cheese, vino and grape stomping.
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EventHans Zimmer Live
Tue, 29 Apr - Wed, 30 Apr 2025
Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
Hear 'Dune', 'Gladiator', 'Interstellar' 'The Lion King' and more performed by a live orchestra and a full band.
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EventYounghusband Market
Multiple single dates
Younghusband Precinct, Kensington
Once a month until July, you can drop by this newly developed precinct in Kensington to shop all sorts of local artisan wares.
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EventHerb & Chilli Festival
Sat, 15 Mar - Sun, 16 Mar 2025
125 Quayle Road, Wandin, Wandin
Spice up your life at this Yarra Valley food fest, featuring live music, chilli-eating contests, cooking demos and hot sauce aplenty.
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EventFocus on David Lynch
Thu, 6 Feb - Sat, 1 Mar 2025
ACMI, Melbourne
BYO damn fine cup of coffee for this season of Lynch's ten features, which pays tribute to the late, great visionary.
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EventAlliance Française French Film Festival
Wed, 5 Mar - Wed, 9 Apr 2025
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations
Make a French movie date with 42 films, including hit biopics, a new take on 'The Count of Monte Cristo' and plenty of star-studded flicks.
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NewsAn Immersive New Installation from the Artist Behind Uluru's 'Field of Light' Has Arrived in Australia
Bruce Munro's latest work features 16,000 stemmed glass orbs carpeting Albany's Avenue of Honour.
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NewsVictoria Is Set to Score Five More Large-Scale Silo Artworks
The projects were among 237 proposals to score government funding through the Pick My Project initiative
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NewsYou Can Now Catch This Art-Covered Tram Through Melbourne's CBD
It's the first of eight art trams that will hit the tracks this month as part of Melbourne International Arts Festival.
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NewsFive Must-See Objects from the 'Rome: City and Empire' Exhibition
From mosaic flooring that warned of overdoing it on the booze to history's first hipster.
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NewsMoonlight Cinema Is Coming Back for the Summer
Break out the wine coolers and picnic rugs. Summer is coming.
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NewsYou Can Catch a Gig on the Melbourne Star at This Year's Melbourne Music Week
The nine-day program also features a Cherry Bar laneway party headlined by Regurgitator and an immersive psychedelic sound experience at The Toff.
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NewsMelbourne Zoo Twilights Announce 2019 Dates and First Headliner
Summer is officially around the corner (and so is Cat Power).
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NewsParrtjima Festival Is Currently Lighting Up Alice Springs with Seven Epic Light Installations
The festival — now in its third year — celebrates Indigenous arts, culture and storytelling.
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NewsThese 'Game of Thrones' Filming Locations Are Being Turned Into Permanent Tourist Attractions
From 2019, you'll be able to take tours of Winterfell, Castle Black, King's Landing and more.
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NewsThe ABC Is Launching a New Australian TV Show Dedicated to Live Music
Three artists will play live each week, with triple j’s Linda Marigliano and Dylan Alcott as the show's hosts.
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NewsBar Americano's Matt Bax Is Opening a New Venue That's Half-Art Gallery, Half-Warehouse Bar
Grau Projekt will offer 'artist-curated drinking' inside a huge Clifton Hill warehouse.
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GuideTen All-Baring Exhibitions to See in Melbourne This Spring
Explore everything from nature photography to Australia's best portraiture to skeletons (both real and artist-made).
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NewsDead Letter Club Is Turning the Art of Handwritten Correspondence Into a Boozy Game
Grab a pen (and a drink) and start scrawling letters the old-fashioned way.
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NewsYou Can Now Watch 'The Room' in High-Definition (and for Free) Thanks to Tommy Wiseau
Just don't go throwing spoons at your own screen.
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NewsDisney Looks Set to Bring Marvel's Big-Screen Heroes to Its New Streaming Service
And Tom Hiddleston's Loki and Elizabeth Olsen's Scarlet Witch have been named as the likely first candidates.
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NewsGeddes Lane Ballroom Is King Street's Ambitious New Live Music Venue
The 400-capacity venue will boast a diverse music program, along with a food and drink offering curated by Shannon Bennett
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NewsA Huge World-First Nelson Mandela Exhibition Is Now Open In Melbourne
More than 200 pieces are on display in Melbourne, as part of the brand new exhibition's 20-city world tour.
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NewsFlight of the Conchords' New TV Special Is Coming to Australian TV Screens
The duo's one-off live special will air in October.
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News'Veronica Mars' Is Definitely Coming Back to Your TV Screen
The cult-favourite TV show's revival has been confirmed by Kristen Bell herself.
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NewsACMI Will Transform Into a Live Gig Venue for Melbourne Music Week
The citywide music celebration will make the The Fed Square precinct its hub for 2018.
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NewsThis Collingwood Public-Housing Block Is Now Home to the Southern Hemisphere's Tallest Mural
The work by local artist Matt Adnate features lifelike portraits of four of the building's residents
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NewsThe NSW Government Has Set Up a New Panel to Advise on How to Make Festivals Safer
But it will not be considering pill testing.
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NewsEight 2018 Emmy-Winning TV Shows You Should Watch Immediately
At the top of your list should be 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' — it took home five awards.
