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GuideSeven Shows You Need to See at This Year's Melbourne International Arts Festival
From immersive fire garden installations to ancient Azerbajani operas, these are the things you'll want to have tickets for this October.
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NewsOne of Yayoi Kusama's Infinity Rooms Is Taking Up Permanent Residence in Australia
The National Gallery of Australia has acquired the pumpkin-filled installation, which will go on display from December.
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NewsThe Best, Weirdest and Most Unexpected Films of the 2018 Melbourne International Film Festival
Including a mesmerising Gaspar Noe drama, a bleak and unique drug warfare flick and Nicolas Cage, unhinged.
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NewsIt Looks Like 'Veronica Mars' Is Coming Back to Your TV Screen
Reports say that the cult-favourite 2000s TV show will get a revival with original cast members — including, of course, Kristen Bell.
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News'Return of the Jedi' Is the Latest 'Star Wars' Film Returning to the Big Screen with a Live Score
The live orchestral 'Star Wars' series continues.
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NewsThis New Australian Opera Is Inspired by the Life of Celebrated Artist Brett Whiteley
It's coming to the Sydney Opera House in 2019 as part of Opera Australia's new season.
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NewsTen 2025 Oscar-Winning Films That You Can and Should Watch Immediately
Your newly Oscars-approved viewing list includes films 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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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 Cast of 'The Sopranos' Is Coming to Australia
Three of the series' stars are heading down under to chat about the iconic gangster TV series.
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NewsPaul Kelly Is Bringing Back His Sell-Out Making Gravy Tour for a Second Year
This time he'll be performing in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane alongside Angus & Julia Stone.
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NewsMelbourne Fringe Festival Has Unveiled Its Ambitious 2018 Program
Taking over 150 Melbourne venues, the festival will transform the city into a virtual playground.
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NewsMelbourne's 2018 Art Trams Have Been Revealed
With seven new designs and a recreation of an 80s classic hitting the streets this October.
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NewsThe Italian Film Festival's 2018 Program Is Here to Heighten Your European Holiday Cravings
It includes a drama about a dog-loving criminal and a flick about the scandalous life of former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.
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NewsBennetts Lane Will Soon Be Home to a Jazz Era-Inspired Boutique Hotel
The new laneway hotel will even have its own basement speakeasy.
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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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NewsMelbourne Is No Longer the World's Most Liveable City
After seven years at the top, Melbourne has been dethroned by the Austrian capital.
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NewsVance Joy and Courtney Barnett to Headline This Year's Fairgrounds Festival
NSW's boutique camping festival is back for 2018.
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NewsThe Biennale of Australian Art Is Ballarat's Huge New Six-Week Art Festival
It'll be the largest-ever showcase of living Australian artists, featuring 150 artists and 65 curated solo exhibitions.
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NewsUsher Is Headlining the National R&B Tour of Your Teenage Dreams
He'll perform his first Aussie shows since 2011, along with Salt-N-Pepa, Lil Jon, Eve and Ginuwine.
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NewsMeredith Music Festival Announces Another Killer Lineup for 2018
Aunty is gifting us with sets spanning bush beats, 70s rock, deep house and everything in-between for her 28th year.
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NewsThe Silo Art Trail Is the Country's Largest Outdoor Gallery
The large-scale artworks are painted on silos and spread across 200 kilometres of Victorian outback.
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EventWindsor Wine Room x St Hugo
Mon, 10 Mar - Sun, 23 Mar 2025
Windsor Wine Room, Windsor
Fine, Barossa red wine and fresh pasta pairings, just in time for autumn.
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EventFesta Del Pomodoro at Mister Bianco
Tue, 18 Mar and Wed, 19 Mar 2025
Mister Bianco, Kew
Celebrate the art of sugo-making with a three-course meal and cooking demo at this Italian restaurant in Kew.
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EventLightscape Melbourne
Fri, 20 Jun - Sun, 10 Aug 2025
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria - Melbourne Gardens, South Yarra
Another winter, another lit-up garden display, with this after-dark festival getting Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne a-glowing.
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EventAustralian International Documentary Conference
Sun, 2 Mar - Wed, 5 Mar 2025
ACMI, Melbourne
Must-see Oscar-nominees 'Black Box Diaries' and 'Sugarcane' lead the lineup at this celebration of factual filmmaking.
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EventNew Order: Australian Tour 2025
Sat, 8 Mar, 2025
Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne
After their 2020 tour was cut short due to the pandemic, these music icons are returning Down Under.
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EventGet Up and Glow
Sat, 8 Mar, 2025
Bossley Bar & Restaurant, Melbourne
Get your Saturday started in the best way with a yoga class, brekkie and beauty products — all for free.
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EventMelbourne International Flower and Garden Show
Wed, 26 Mar - Sun, 30 Mar 2025
Carlton Gardens, Carlton
This five-day flower and garden fest features landscaping inspiration, workshops for plant lovers, art exhibitions and a special after-dark experience.
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EventBBQs of the World
Sun, 30 Mar, 2025
Dandenong Market, Dandenong
Discover what makes barbecue the oldest cuisine in the world, complete with sumptuous bites from West Africa to Brazil.
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EventThat's Amore Cheese Ricotta Festival
Sun, 30 Mar, 2025
That's Amore Cheese, Thomastown
For one day only, the Thomastown lot will be filled with food stalls, bars, and a stage hosting cooking masterclasses and live music performances.
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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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NewsThe Whitsundays Will Soon Be Home to an Underwater Art Installation
For the first time ever, four sculptures will be placed in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
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NewsYou'll Soon Be Able to Wander Your Way Through a Massive 'Stranger Things' Corn Maze
It spans 20 acres and includes more than 16 kilometres of path.
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NewsA Huge Touring Spice Girls Exhibition Is Currently Spicing Up the UK
It features more than 7000 items, including the Spice Bus from 'Spice World'.
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News'Drive' Director Nicolas Winding Refn Has Launched His Own Free Streaming Service
It features a different cult classic each month, as well essays, videos, photos and music.
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GuideSeven Things to See and Do at Melbourne Art Week 2018
Head to a dance party, follow a colourful travelling work and explore an art-filled hotel.
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NewsMelbourne First Dedicated 'Harry Potter' Store Is Now Open
The Store of Requirement opened in Collingwood on July 31 (yes, Harry Potter's birthday).
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NewsBen Harper and Jack Johnson Top Bluesfest's First 2019 Lineup Announcement
Time to start making Easter long weekend plans.
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News'The Betoota Advocate' Is Heading On a 13-City Tour of Australia
Clancy Overall and Errol Parker, founders of the "newspaper", will perform a satirical show responding to a recent media merger.
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NewsEleven Must-See Films at the 2018 Melbourne International Film Festival
Including a Bill Murray documentary, an unsettling 3D flick and the best performance of Jaden Smith's acting career.
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NewsThese Are the Best Aussie Films of 21st Century According to Australian Film Critics
51 critics picked Australia's 25 big-screen highlights from the past 18 years.
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NewsThe 'Lord of the Rings' TV Series Just Became Your Most Anticipated Show of 2021
Amazon Studios is developing a five-season TV show based on the renowned series of books.
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NewsFlight of the Conchords Are Making a Return to TV Screens
The duo's one-off live special will air in the US in October.
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NewsHow Jackie van Beek and Madeleine Sami from 'The Breaker Upperers' Made This Year's Funniest Comedy
We chat to the film's two directors, writers and stars, about real-life break ups, smashing rom-com conventions and Celine Dion singalongs.
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NewsMelbourne International Arts Festival Unveils Its Immersive Fire-Filled 2018 Program
This year's festival sees the Royal Botanic Gardens set ablaze for a series of fire shows, a sensory maze and an installation of 100 keyboards.
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NewsActivist Malala Yousafzai Is Making Her First Australian Visit
The youngest ever Nobel Prize laureate will host two speaking events in Sydney and Melbourne this December
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NewsSeven Things Every Architecture Lover Must See at Open House Melbourne
Scale the rooftops of Melbourne Central, head underground in a former explosives store or take a look around one of Melbourne's finest modernist homes.
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NewsA World-First Showcase of National Geographic's Stunning Wildlife Photos Is Coming to Melbourne Zoo
Featuring the best 50 animal snaps from the magazine's 130-year archive, as well as an augmented reality experience.
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NewsYou'll Soon Be Able to Tour London's Blockbuster David Bowie Exhibition On Your Phone
The collection of around 400 Bowie items is going virtual.
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News'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' Is Getting the Reboot Treatment
Everyone's favourite vampire slayer is set to make a comeback in new 'richly diverse' series.
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News'West Side Story' The Musical Is Coming to Australia
The classic Broadway tale of star-crossed lovers hits the Sydney Opera House and Arts Centre Melbourne next year.
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NewsMelbourne Writers Festival 2018 Will Be Headlined By a Bunch of Music Legends
Music meets literature in this year's lineup, featuring Jimmy Barnes, Paul Kelly and Sarah Blasko.
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NewsWu-Tang Clan Is Coming to Sydney
All nine members will play the acclaimed 'Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)' album in full for the first time in Australia.
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NewsFive Ways to Get Some Culture in Your City After Work
Just because it's a 'school night' doesn't mean you have to go straight home — at least, not with this list.
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