• Sydney International Women’s Jazz Festival: Elysian Fields – ‘Swirling Flame’ Album Launch

    Annandale Creative Arts Centre 81 Johnston St, Annandale, NSW, Australia
    Led by intrepid viola da gambist, Jenny Eriksson, Elysian Fields follows up their much-praised 2020 Scandinavian-inspired jazz-folk-fusion album, FIKA, with a genre-defying musical dialogue between past and contemporary musical realms. Swirling Flame is stimulated by, and draws its title from, the semi-improvisatory art works of leading Australian wood-fired ceramic artist,…

    TILDE: Trans and Gender Diverse Film Festival 2025

    Footscray Community Arts 45 Moreland Street, Footscray, VIC, Australia
    Trans-led international film festival Tilde celebrates turning 11. This year’s theme, “Bites Back,” centers trans and gender-expansive authored filmmaking—amplifying voices that confront, resist, and reimagine the narratives imposed on us. In a time of heightened visibility and backlash, Bites Back is a celebration of creative defiance, self-determination, and the power…

    The Japan Foundation: Japanese Film Festival 2025

    Palace Raine Square, Perth 300 Murray St, Perth, WA, Australia
    Australia’s largest celebration of Japanese cinema returns this spring! Touring Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra & Perth from October 27th to December 19th 2025, the Japanese Film Festival (JFF), presented by The Japan Foundation, is back for its 29th year with new releases, anime favourites, thrillers, and timeless classics. Opening the…

    Jewish International Film Festival: Jewish International Film Festival 2025

    Ritz Cinemas 45 St Pauls St, Randwick, NSW, Australia
    Jewish International Film Festival (JIFF) is returning to Sydney at Ritz Cinemas Randwick (20 Oct – 26 Nov) and Roseville Cinemas Roseville (30 Oct – 12 Nov) with a powerful collection of world-class cinema. An annual spotlight on the world’s best Jewish-themed films the 2025 JIFF program features award-winners from…
    The Lester Prize – Main Awards 2025

    The Lester Prize: The Lester Prize – Main Awards 2025

    WA Museum Boola Bardip Perth Cultural Centre, Perth, WA, Australia
    The Lester Prize for Portraiture is pleased to announce the 2025 Main Awards, hosted by the Western Australian Museum Boola Bardip. The 2025 Main Awards present exceptional talent and fascinating insights from creatives across Australia. Over 1,000 artists submitted their work for entry, with finalists in the running to win…
    Sean Cordeiro and Claire Healy: Psychopomp and selected works

    Samstag Museum of Art: Sean Cordeiro and Claire Healy: Psychopomp and selected works

    Samstag Museum of Art 55 North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    A cacophonous and vibrant moving image work that explores the porous relationship between science and mysticism. Turning their attention to rocket technology and its link to spirituality, the pair explore the expressive potential of motion, technology and pagan rituals.
    Um, I Think the Psych Teacher is Dead

    Bakker Productions: Um, I Think the Psych Teacher is Dead

    Earl Arts Centre 10 Earl Street, Launceston, TAS, Australia
    The students are ready, pencils are sharpened, nerves are frayed - and their teacher is face down on the desk. Possibly unconscious. Possibly dead. Definitely inconvenient! With their phones locked away, the classroom door sealed, and the test answers resting under the teacher’s lifeless head, chaos erupts. What starts as…
    Linden Postcard Show 2025

    Linden Arts: Linden Postcard Show 2025

    Linden New Art 26 Acland Street, St Kilda, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Now in its 35th year, the Linden Postcard Show is a much-loved fixture of our annual program. It celebrates the breadth and diversity of artistic practice across Australia, welcoming hundreds of creatives to exhibit side by side. This year's Linden Postcard Show is proudly supported by local businesses and community…
    Editor's Choice Calamity Jane

    One Eyed Man Productions: Calamity Jane

    Sydney Opera House Sydney, NSW, Australia
    Step inside the Golden Garter Saloon and enter the Wild West as Virginia Gay reprises the role of the legendary frontierswoman Calamity Jane (for which she won a Sydney Theatre Award). Adapted from the much-loved film starring Doris Day, this stripped-back, rough-and-ready reimagining of the classic musical, directed by Richard…
    Editor's Choice Pretty Woman: The Musical

    JONES Theatrical Group: Pretty Woman: The Musical

    QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
    When Pretty Woman: The Musical opened on Broadway in 2018, the reviews weren’t kind, but audiences didn’t care. The show ran there for a year and has since been produced around the world, including in London’s West End. Based on the 1990 film starring Julia Roberts and Richard Gere, the…
    Little Shop of Horrors

    QPAC: Little Shop of Horrors

    QPAC Corner Melbourne St and Grey St, South Bank, QLD, Australia
    The cult Broadway and Hollywood sci-fi smash musical Little Shop of Horrors is back – bigger, bolder, and hungrier than ever! Step inside Mushnik’s flower shop on Skid Row, in this black comedy musical, where down-on-his-luck Seymour discovers a strange and unusual plant with a taste for more than just plant…

    Elder Conservatorium: Lunchtime Concert – French Guise

    Elder Hall University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, SA, Australia
    Works by Jean-Baptiste Lully, Henri Desmarets, André Campra, Chiara Margarita Cozzolani and Barbara Strozzi capture a musical expression of the life and times of Julie d’Aubigny, the 17th-century French sword-fighting opera singer. Today’s concert also includes the premiere of She Who Sings Strange Songs – a new song cycle by…