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Summer festival season heats up as programs launch nationwide

Adelaide, Perth and Sydney Festivals launched their 2024 programs this week, with Mona Foma waiting eagerly in the wings.

27 Oct 2023 14:12

Richard Watts

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‘Baleen Moondjan’ at Adelaide Festival. Photo: Daniel Boud.

As the end of the year draws ever closer (how on earth is it nearly November already?) some of the country’s major arts festivals have just launched their programs for 2024.

Adelaide Festival officially launched its 2024 program on Tuesday (24 October), Perth Festival’s program went live at 7am AWST on Wednesday (25 October) and Sydney Festival revealed its program yesterday (Thursday 26 October).

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Richard Watts

Richard Watts OAM is ArtsHub's National Performing Arts Editor; he also presents the weekly program SmartArts on Three Triple R FM. Richard is a life member of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, a Melbourne Fringe Festival Living Legend, and was awarded the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Awards' Facilitator's Prize in 2020. In 2021 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Green Room Awards Association. Most recently, Richard received a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in June 2024. Follow him on Twitter: @richardthewatts

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