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Lucy Heffernan's 'Dog People' as part of MERRIGONGX 2025. A photo of two figures lying on the grass, one is a woman with pale skin and red hair, wearing a green sweater, and another is a figure with a furry dog head and human body, wearing a yellow sweater.
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Local talent program supports alt-rock, interrogates conspiracies and opens up shared spaces

Merrigong Theatre Company announces the 2025 MERRIGONGX Artists' Program with an eccentric line-up.

Inside NORPA’s vision for a new home, The Joinery. L-R: AD Julian Louis, architect John Choi, Executive Director Libby Lincoln.
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NORPA launches fundraising campaign to buy and create flood-resistant new Lismore home

The Joinery aims to become a flood-resilient cultural hub for the Northern Rivers region’s performing arts sector.

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COMA's new flagship home opens among buzzing crowd

With guests spilling out onto the streets at its opening, COMA is positioning itself for a new chapter.

Birthday cake with glowing candles in blackened room. Arts anniversaries
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Celebrating anniversaries in 2025: the first wave of announcements

Visual arts organisations celebrating milestone anniversaries in 2025.

A photographic work depicting two Asian men with eyes closed and a leafy branch reading between them, rendered on grid paper.
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Opportunities and awards

Grants open for applications, plus winners of GradFoto award, finalists of National Designer Award and National Graduate Showcase, and more!

Laura Quinkan Indigenous Dance Festival is hoping to proceed in 2026.
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Cape York's Laura Quinkan Indigenous Dance Festival delayed following management review

The Festival has run biennially for 40 years, but will not proceed in 2025 amid organisational challenges.

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YIRRAMBOI expands globally, welcoming Northern Turtle Island, Canada as its 2025 Focus Nation

The Naarm/Melbourne-based First Nations festival is taking a step towards global cultural unity and collaboration. 

Splendour in the Grass has confirmed it won't return in 2025.
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Splendour in the Grass won't return in 2025, showing a festival sector in crisis

Splendour in the Grass has confirmed it won't return again in 2025. Questions abound about the sustainability of the Australian…

Iconic Melbourne queer bookshop Hare & Hyenas is facing financial hardship and calling on readers for support.
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Melbourne's historic queer bookshop facing financial hardship

Eighteen months after moving to the Victorian Pride Centre in St Kilda, the iconic queer bookshop Hares and Hyenas is…

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Federation Square 'Open Air at the Square' experiences are back this summer

The program features silent cinema and blockbuster films on the big screen, as well as musical performances.

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