Carnivals and Festivals

Groovin the Moo's cancellation is just the latest blow to an industry facing a perfect storm of struggles. What can be done to save festivals like it?

The Adelaide Fringe creates a party atmosphere in the city. But with cost-of-living pressures starting to bite, festival season can be a challenging time for showgoers and performers seeking to stick to a budget.

For some Chinese communities observing Lunar New Year, adhering to specific rituals — from early preparations, to visiting etiquette and food choices — help set the tone for the rest of the year. We asked you to share some of the practices so we can unpack their symbolism and significance.

Groovin the Moo is a key event on Bunbury's social calendar, but the announcement that this year's event will be cancelled has disappointed local music fans and businesses alike.

For some young Asians, Lunar New Year isn't as rosy and celebratory as many people believe. It's also a time when they are grilled by parents, grandparents, uncles and aunties about why they're not married yet, or if they are married, why they don't have children yet.

With the UN estimating that one in four people will be African by 2050, the annual Afrofuture festival is providing a glimpse into African music, fashion and culture and its influence on the world.

Formerly a steam train passage, Sleep's Hill Tunnel in Adelaide's southern suburbs opens to the public for the first time during an Adelaide Fringe show.

Wishes for luck, prosperity and longevity are common when the new year comes around and sometimes that involves adhering to taboos and superstitions. Whether they are beliefs that have been passed down through generations or one you've just learnt of, we want to hear about it.

We catch up with mixed-species Berlin DJ HorsegiirL and the Saddle Club's Keenan Macwilliam to chat the birth, death, and subsequent rebirth of horse girldom.

Lunar New Year represents a fresh start for many Asian countries and their diaspora communities where some recognise 2024 as the Year of the Dragon. Here's what celebrations are about and where you can join in the fun across Australia.

Here are 10 questions to help you understand the diversity, traditions, foods, and significance of the Year of the Dragon — and how to greet people celebrating the Lunar New Year.

A schoolyard racial taunt inspires Minh Nguyen's unapologetically Asian rap identity. He hopes it will "interrupt" racism for a bit.

Lion dances are a regular feature of Lunar New Year festivities, but this year there is increased demand for a more complex routine.

This year's BrisAsia festival features several new events, including an Asian street food festival and a children's program.

The biggest names in country music converge on Tamworth for the annual Country Music Festival however it's on the city's "boulevard of dreams" Peel Street where you will find the next country star honing their craft.

The Tamworth Country Music Festival attracts some of the genre's biggest stars from around the world, but veteran and aspiring talents alike can still be found honing their craft on the streets.

After cancelling previous tours to Tamworth due to pandemic lockdowns and unprecedented flooding, Kimberley Gold is back to perform and busk.

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Synergy Festival is the latest to be impacted by rising costs of putting on a show, announcing it has run at a loss. It means many artists won't receive payment for another four months.

Sydney is chock-full of art and culture right now, with festival shows being staged everywhere from the beach to basements to the best theatres. But how do you choose which to see? We've got some tips for you.

No Doubt, led by Gwen Stefani, were one of the biggest rock acts of the 90s and 2000s. The band's reformation was a surprise announcement as part of the Coachella 2024 line-up.

Driving 830 kilometres from Toowoomba to the Parkes Elvis Festival, tribute artist Tristan James decided to "break the trip up" by stopping to entertain residents at nursing homes along the way.

Elvis impersonators Cote and Taylor say the festival "doesn't compare to anywhere else in the world".

Thousands of people are in the central west NSW of Parkes this week for the 31st annual Elvis Festival.

The population of Parkes has more than tripled for the annual Elvis Presley festival, with fans and impersonators arriving from across the world to shake, rattle and roll.