Festivals
How to stage a festival in a city with no CBD
The Gold Coast is a city with no identifiable CBD, so how does its unique geography impact the annual BLEACH*…
Festival review: Illuminate Adelaide, from Unsound to Oneohtrix Point Never
Adelaide’s winter festival offers a rich array of experiences, from the sensory overload of Unsound Adelaide to a night-time ramble…
Music review: Governor’s Gala: Romance isn’t Dead, Yet…, Australian Festival of Chamber Music
The Australian Festival of Chamber Music Governor’s Gala offered splendid playing of some of the most romantic music ever written.
Music review: Opening Applause, Australian Festival of Chamber Music
Two premieres and two perennial favourites open the 2023 Australian Chamber Music Festival in Townsville with a well-chosen and beautifully…
What happens when a tram line throws a party?
The Eighty-Six is a new festival celebrating the concentrated cluster of live music venues in Melbourne’s inner north.
Festival review: Illuminate Adelaide, from Arborialis to City Lights
Bringing light to Adelaide in the depths of winter, Illuminate is a relatively young festival that’s already making its mark.
At your fingertips: a one-stop shop for arts and culture
Creative Whitehorse brings together a wide range of cultural offerings, from theatre and exhibitions to workshops and heritage spaces in…
A spectacle of immersive and experimental ideas, in HOTA's intimate spaces
HOTA’s Underground 2023 festival will entertain and tantalise, with narratives daring and subversive.
Celebrating the fusion of light art, technology and music
Illuminate Adelaide explores and celebrates the overlap between creativity and technology.
Robert Lepage opera announced for Adelaide Festival 2024
Stravinsky’s ‘The Nightingale and Other Fables’ has been programmed by Artistic Director Ruth Mackenzie CBE next year, with more tentpole…