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Sydney Fringe offers up-and-comers chance to break out

Sydney Fringe offers up-and-comers chance to break out

The Sydney Fringe is coming back to the harbour city with weirder and wackier shows but also provides up-and-coming artists their break out moment.

More tourists, more joy: WorldPride bests expectations

More tourists, more joy: WorldPride bests expectations

More tourists, more joy: WorldPride bests expectations

More tourists, more joy: WorldPride bests expectations

More than 70,000 tourists from across Australia and overseas descended upon Sydney for WorldPride, marking the city's biggest event since the 2000 Olympics.

Elders' efforts are being celebrated during NAIDOC Week

Elders' efforts are being celebrated during NAIDOC Week

Elders' efforts are being celebrated during NAIDOC Week

Elders' efforts are being celebrated during NAIDOC Week

Events are being held all around the country to mark NAIDOC Week, the annual celebration of Indigenous cultures. This year's theme honours the roles of elders.

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Neon glow lights up the familiar and makes it art

Neon glow lights up the familiar and makes it art

Artist Carla O'Brien's everyday items rendered in neon are part of a new festival, Rialto Aglow.

Hobart festivalgoers, Antarctic crew take icy dip

Hobart festivalgoers, Antarctic crew take icy dip

Hobart winter festival Dark Mofo has held its annual naked winter solstice swim, while Australia's expeditioners in Antarctica took their own icy plunge.

Puppet opera on water features in Adelaide Festival

Puppet opera on water features in Adelaide Festival

The Robert Lepage production of The Nightingale and Other Fables will form the centrepiece of the upcoming Adelaide Festival.

Artists yearn for a yarn at NT Beanie Festival

Artists yearn for a yarn at NT Beanie Festival

The creativity of central Australian artists is on display at the Alice Springs Beanie Festival, providing a burst of colour, warmth and stunning wearable art.

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To activate Australia's cosplay champion, press AltF4

To activate Australia's cosplay champion, press AltF4

To activate Australia's cosplay champion, press AltF4

To activate Australia's cosplay champion, press AltF4

Cosplayer Stephanie Vander Heyden, better known as AltF4, will be showing off her otherworldly costume skills at Oz Comic-Con.

Barunga Voice Declaration calls on people to vote 'yes'

Barunga Voice Declaration calls on people to vote 'yes'

Barunga Voice Declaration calls on people to vote 'yes'

Barunga Voice Declaration calls on people to vote 'yes'

Hundreds of Aboriginal people have signed the Barunga Voice Declaration calling on Australians to vote 'yes' in the referendum on a First Nations voice.

Bubble blizzard lights up Melbourne's winter festival

Bubble blizzard lights up Melbourne's winter festival

Bubble blizzard lights up Melbourne's winter festival

Bubble blizzard lights up Melbourne's winter festival

Melbourne's Federation Square has been lit up with luminous bubbles as part of the RISING Festival.

'I would do it all again' says Dark Mofo impresario

'I would do it all again' says Dark Mofo impresario

'I would do it all again' says Dark Mofo impresario

'I would do it all again' says Dark Mofo impresario

The final Dark Mofo festival helmed by Leigh Carmichael is being launched and after a decade of frequent controversy, Carmichael says he would do it all again.

Dancers inspire at Torres Strait Islands festival

Dancers inspire at Torres Strait Islands festival

Dancers inspire at Torres Strait Islands festival

Dancers inspire at Torres Strait Islands festival

The Winds of Zenadth Cultural Festival has come to a close on Thursday Island in the Torres Strait following days of celebrations.

Glitter is the new black in 'salacious' Indigenous show

Glitter is the new black in 'salacious' Indigenous show

Glitter is the new black in 'salacious' Indigenous show

Glitter is the new black in 'salacious' Indigenous show

The famed spiegeltent is returning to Wollongong and the star of First Nations cabaret Caboriginal is raring to go.

Vivid festival to light up best of 'beautiful' Sydney

Vivid festival to light up best of 'beautiful' Sydney

Vivid festival to light up best of 'beautiful' Sydney

Vivid festival to light up best of 'beautiful' Sydney

Sydney is set to light up for the Vivid festival which will bring hundreds of illuminated art displays, 3D light projections and live shows to the city.

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Vivid to switch on spectacular light show in Sydney

Sydney's festival of light, music and ideas starts on Friday, but some sites have switched their lights on for a peek at what's to come.

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