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From Bush Tucker to Remote Community Art: What Not to Miss at NAIDOC Week's 50th Anniversary
Themed around 'The Next Generation: Strength, Vision & Legacy', the 50th NAIDOC Week celebrates the achievements of the past while honouring its young leaders shaping the future.
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From Live Shows Inside a Breathing Pink Bubble to Cinema Mixed with Real-Time Performance, Now or Never's 2025 Program Is Jam-Packed
In its third year, this Melbourne arts, ideas, sound and technology festival features more than 140 free and ticketed events across 11 big days.
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RISING Might Be Over for 2025, But You Can Still Hit Up the Festival's Mini-Golf Experience, 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch' and More
S Shakthidharan's 'The Wrong Gods' is also enjoying an extended season — and so are 'Legends (of the Golden Arches)' and 'Heartbreak Hotel'.
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Brisbane Festival Is Turning Three of the City's Pedestrian Bridges Into Art Installations — and That's Just the Start of 2025's Program
This year's lineup spans 106 productions and 1069 performances, including a world-premiere dance work from choreographer Benjamin Millepied and LA Dance Project.
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Here's the Stacked First Batch of Events That's Taking Over Brisbane for Melt Festival's 2025 LGBTQIA+ Celebrations
Reuben Kaye, the Miss First Nation drag contest, a queer wrestle party, 'Femme Follies Burlesque': they're all on the lineup so far.
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The Music Supervisor From 'Euphoria' and Beyonce's Former Digital Strategy Director Are Getting Chatting at SXSW Sydney 2025
SXSW Sydney 2025's Music Conference has just revealed its first speaker lineup, including Jen Malone and Dr Marcus Collins.
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Mona's 'Ladies Lounge' Is Leaving Tasmania for the First Time, Hitting the Gold Coast for 2025's Bleach* Festival
This year, Australian visual artist Michael Zavros is the arts fest's guest Artistic Director — and his full program spans 100-plus events.
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Coming Soon: Australia Is Getting a Dedicated Museum of Performing Arts, Opening in Melbourne in December 2025
Hamer Hall at Arts Centre Melbourne will welcome this celebration of the nation's performing arts legacy and successes, spanning everyone from Kylie Minogue and Hugh Jackman to the Australian Ballet.
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If RISING's 2025 Program Wasn't Already Big Enough for You, Melbourne's Winter Arts Festival Has Just Expanded Its Lineup
Tropical Fuck Storm, a Miranda July film retrospective and a Zoë Coombs Marr variety show are just some of the fest's new additions.
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Here's the First SXSW Sydney Music Festival Lineup for 2025, Spanning International and Local Acts
This year's music festival is kickstarting its bill with Jasmine 4.t, Freak Slug, Jamaica Moana, JJ4K, Serebii, Slowwves and more.
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From Laser Shows and Performance Art to Music and Late-Night Mini Golf: Discover Melbourne at Its Wildest This Winter with RISING
From the coolest exhibits to hidden bars, here’s how to experience Melbourne’s RISING festival in all its creative, diverse, and unconventional glory.
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Brisbane's River Pride Parade Is Returning for Melt 2025 for a Second Year of Floating LGBTQIA+ Celebrations
After 2024's debut event proved a hit, a flotilla of boats and watercraft will again sail from West End to Brisbane Powerhouse to help wrap up this year's festival.
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SXSW Sydney Has Announced the First 40 Speakers That'll Be Taking to the Stage at Its 2025 Conference
GoFundMe CEO Tim Cadogan, former foreign correspondent Peter Greste, Girls That Invest founder Simran Kaur, 'Crazy Rich Asians' actor Remy Hii and Dr Karl are among the initial names.
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Here's How First Nations Arts Celebration 'Parrtjima — A Festival in Light' Is Dazzling the Red Centre in 2025
This is the tenth time that this Indigenous festival has lit up Alice Springs Desert Park, with the 300-million-year-old MacDonnell Ranges as a backdrop.
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With The Horrors, Clown Core, a Car Crash and an Artist Inside an Hourglass on Its 2025 Lineup, Dark Mofo Is Definitely Back
After a year off, this Tasmanian winter arts festival is returning with a boundary-pushing feast of art, performances, music and more.
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Coming Soon: From 'The Sims' to 'World of Warcraft', You'll Be Able to Play Your Way Through ACMI's 'Game Worlds' Exhibition
Prepare to feel like you've stepped into 30 iconic video games, including via original concept art and rare objects, at this five-month-long showcase.
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With 200-Plus Events and More Than 140 Guests, 2025's Sydney Writers' Festival Program Is Absolutely Packed
2024 Booker Prize-winner Samantha Harvey, 'Brooklyn' author Colm Tóibín, Australian 'Big Little Lies' wordsmith Liane Moriarty: they're all on the lineup.
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Nigella Lawson Is Curating Dinners in the Muru Giligu Pedestrian Tunnel — and That's Just the Start of Vivid Sydney's Huge 2025 Program
Other highlights include Tangerine Dream, Anohni and the Johnsons, and an immersive 'Stranger Things' experience — plus the entire Vivid Light Walk is free.
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A Free Installation by a TeamLab Alum, Exclusive Suki Waterhouse Gigs, 'Hedwig and the Angry Inch': RISING's 2025 Program Is Here
This year's lineup includes 65 events featuring 327 artists — a field of red beams that respond to movement and Waterhouse's first-ever Aussie shows among them.
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After a Year Off, Dark Mofo Is Still Keen to Challenge and Confront with Its First 2025 Lineup Announcement
Nathan Maynard's 'We threw them down the rocks where they had thrown the sheep' is the returning Tasmanian festival's first work for 2025.
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SXSW Sydney Is Making a Few Changes for Its 2025 Festival, Including Expanding Its Free Programming
For its third year Down Under, SXSW is also adding new ticketing options, such as single-day conference passes and single-session movie tix.
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Getting the MacDonnell Ranges Glowing Is Just the Beginning of 2025's Packed 'Parrtjima — A Festival in Light' Program
This annual highlight at Alice Springs Desert Park is celebrating its tenth edition with works by 20-plus First Nations artists, and more than 100 performers and special guests.
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Get Swinging: RISING 2025 Is Turning Melbourne's Flinders Street Station Ballroom Into an Art Exhibition That's Also a Mini-Golf Course
Filmmaker and writer Miranda July is among the female-identifying and gender-diverse artists who've designed mini-golf holes for this three-month-long pop-up.
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Coming Soon: A Y2K-Inspired 'The Sims' Pop-Up Is Hitting Australia to Celebrate 25 Years of the Beloved Life Simulation Game
At Melbourne's Australian Centre for the Moving Image, you'll be able to step inside a 2000s-era pre-teen bedroom — and also play the game, of course.
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The Matildas, Discrimination in the Music Industry and the Impacts of Skincare Routines: All About Women's 2025 Program Is Here
Whether you're heading along in-person at Sydney Opera House or joining in online, this stacked two-day lineup features more than 50 speakers.
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Aunty Donna Are Unleashing Their Brand-New Live Sketch Show 'Drem' on a Huge 2025 Global Tour
This news will go down well with a little bit of Christmas pud, with Down Under shows locked in for both Australia and New Zealand.
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SXSW Sydney Has Announced Its 2025 Dates — and After a Huge Event in 2024, It's Planning Another Big Fest
The second-ever SXSW Down Under featured 1400 conference sessions, 95 screenings, 315 performances and 150 games.
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All About Women Has Announced Its First 2025 Events, Including Comedian Kate Berlant on Her Debut Australian Tour
'Alone Australia' winner Gina Chick and the return of the Feminist Roast are also on the lineup, with full details to be announced in January.
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Rhys Darby Is Bringing His First Stand-Up Show in Almost a Decade to Australia's Stages in 2025
The 'Flight of the Conchords' and 'This Flag Means Death' favourite is heading back behind the mic, locking in a nine-stop Aussie tour.
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Australia's Asia-Pacific Triennial of Performing Arts Is Returning in 2025 with a Jam-Packed Performance Lineup
Asia TOPA's performance program includes 33 shows, 18 of which will make their world premiere, all in Melbourne in February and March 2025.
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Fair Day, Pool Parties, Honey Dijon, Romy, Trixie Mattel: Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras 2025 Has Them All
More than 80 LGBTQIA+ events will take over the Harbour City — including the return of WorldPride 2023's 'Blak & Deadly' First Nations gala concert.
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Dark Mofo Is Back: After Taking a Break in 2024, Tasmania's Winter Arts Festival Has Locked in Its Full Return for 2025
While the Winter Feast and Nude Solstice Swim still took place this year, next year they'll be joined by a complete festival lineup.
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Sydney Festival Is Celebrating Its 49th Year with a Wild West Takeover of Town Hall, True Crime and James Cameron
Boasting more than 130 shows and events on its lineup, 2025's fest is also doing $49 early-bird tickets across the entire program until early December.
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SXSW Sydney's Latest Round of 2024 Speakers Includes Lucy Lawless, Grace Tame and Tim Minchin
Sports stars Nick Kyrgios and Noémie Fox, playwright Suzie Miller and former Bangarra Dance Theatre Artistic Director Stephen Page have also joined the festival's lineup.
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Save the Date: Vivid Sydney Will Return for Winter 2025 with a Program of Events Inspired by Dreams
The next time that this festival dazzles the Harbour City, marking its 15th year, it'll take its cues from nighttime slumbers.
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SXSW Sydney's Festival Hub Is Returning to Tumbalong Park for 2024 with 60-Plus Hours of Free Entertainment
This year's lineup includes Silverchair's Ben Gillies, a 60th-anniversary screening of 'The Endless Summer', a day-long showcase of Indian creativity and more.
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Ace News If You Like Live Tunes and Parties: SXSW Sydney's 2024 Program Has Expanded Again
An extra 40-plus artists have joined the lineup, including Jorja Smith — and new talks will dive into international music tours and the streaming landscape.
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Coming Soon: Australian-Premiere VR Experience 'Horizon of Khufu' Will Get You Wandering Around Ancient Egypt
Who needs an overseas plane ticket, or a time machine, when you can journey 4500 years back into Egypt's history at this immersive virtual-reality experience?
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'The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck' Author Mark Manson Is Returning Down Under to Give Brutally Honest Advice
You've read the bestselling book. You might've also seen the movie. Now, hear author Mark Manson share tips and stories live.
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SXSW Sydney Has Announced Its First 2024 Keynote Speakers and Added a Stack of New Sessions to Its Growing Lineup
Human rights lawyer Jennifer Robinson and author Johann Hari will get chatting at the festival's second event Down Under in October 2024.
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SXSW Sydney Has Added More Than 500 Speakers, Screenings, Artists, Workshops and Games to Its 2024 Lineup
If this year's festival already sounds huge — and it does — less than a third of the full program has been revealed so far.
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From the Smartphone Backlash to Taking on the One Percent, 2024's Festival of Dangerous Ideas Program Is Here
Roxane Gay, Jean Twenge, Masha Gessen and David Runciman lead the lineup at Sydney's deep dive into crucial and complex topics, which will also be livestreaming some of its sessions.