Arts festivals and events calendar 2023

A month-by-month line-up of annual arts festivals and newcomer events across Australia to mark in your 2023 calendar.
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Hot Hot Hot Festival (Qld)
The Moreton Bay regional festival is currently running from sun-up to sundown until 28 February. Discover visual arts, performances, history, after-dark events, art installations and creative workshops.

Parkes Elvis Festival 2023 (NSW)
The 2023 Parkes Elvis Festival will see 19 of the top Elvis tribute artists from across Australia and overseas compete for the title of Ultimate Elvis Tribute Artist, Australia’s top prize for budding Elvis performers. The festival takes place from 4-8 January in Parkes, Central NSW.

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Celina Lei is the Diversity and Inclusion Editor at ArtsHub. She acquired her M.A in Art, Law and Business in New York with a B.A. in Art History and Philosophy from the University of Melbourne. She has previously worked across global art hubs in Beijing, Hong Kong and New York in both the commercial art sector and art criticism. She took part in drafting NAVA’s revised Code of Practice - Art Fairs and was the project manager of ArtsHub’s diverse writers initiative, Amplify Collective. Most recently, Celina was one of three Australian participants in DFAT’s the Future of Leadership program. Celina is based in Naarm/Melbourne. Instagram @lleizy_