Festivals
Why Fringe Festivals are the centre point of our culture
Recent events may have left some artists questioning the validity of the Fringe model. Simon Abrahams, Creative Director/CEO of Melbourne…
Melbourne Festival to seek new artistic director for 2020
The current Artistic Director of Melbourne Festival, Jonathan Holloway, will step down from the role after completing his fourth festival…
Review: 2018 Varuna Sydney Writers’ Festival
Diverse, fresh, and vivid voices animate this extraordinary writers’ festival.
Fringe World moves to assist artists after JumpClimb fiasco
With artists owed $200,000 following the collapse of independent event management company, JumpClimb, Fringe World is taking action to assist.
Art-rich Gippsland region invites visitors to Come & Play in May
Dance workshops inspired by European settlement, an art trail along the Great Alpine Road and hot glue gun workshops for…
Untold: The hidden urban art festival underneath the Nylex clock
Part of Melbourne’s iconic Nylex clock site has been transformed into a three-storey pop-up gallery in a bid to raise…
Responding to Earth through performance, sound and light
The 2018 Geelong After Dark probes the theme of Earth, bringing together a diverse group of artists.
How to evolve an arts festival
From Four Winds in regional NSW to Tasmania's Ten Days on the Island, artistic directors are taking the opportunity to…
Botanica: view art as nature intended
Brisbane City Council has produced a showcase of contemporary Australian art in Brisbane’s City Botanic Gardens, as part of the…
Sydney you’re killing my optimism
Five years in development, plans for a Sydenham Creative Hub have been struck down, leaving artists and arts workers angry…