• Strange Festival: Strange Ball

    Liberty Theatre 81 Barrack Street, Perth, WA, Australia
    This October, Strange Festival takes over the Liberty Theatre in its totality for three nights of art, music, performance and exhibition by some of Boorloo's weirdest and finest. Dress for evenings of warped high society. Experience live performances on multiple stages. Witness strange creations in interconnected spaces. All brought to…
    Grazeland Takeover

    Melbourne International Jazz Festival: Grazeland Takeover

    Grazeland 20 Booker St, Spotswood, VIC, Australia
    Jazz Fest is taking over Spotswood hotspot Grazeland with two huge days of free music. Enjoy a vibrant mix of local jazz, bossa nova, funk and West African grooves as you explore the West’s favourite playground for foodies.

    Melbourne International Jazz Festival: Natasha Diggs + Surprise Chef + Tenderlonious x Horatio Luna

    Federation Square Swanston St & Flinders St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Kicking off the 2025 festival in style, Fed Square pulses with a dream collaboration as UK multi-instrumentalist Tenderlonious teams up with local groove masters Horatio Luna and On-Ly. Celebrating the release of their hotly awaited new record Superb, Surprise Chef serve up a slice of cinematic soul and infectious grooves for an irresistible hometown party. Then, international superstar DJ Natasha Diggs (US)…
    Alanah Parkin’s Garage Sale

    Melbourne Fringe Festival: Alanah Parkin’s Garage Sale

    The Motley Bauhaus 118 Elgin St, Carlton, VIC, Australia
    Greg and Denise have too much stuff! Narre Warren South's most notorious couple are moving to the retirement village up the road, and they can't possibly take everything with them. Join Greg, Denise and a smorgasbord of increasingly unlikely characters at the greatest Garage Sale the south-eastern suburbs has ever…
    Sincere Apologies

    Melbourne Fringe: Sincere Apologies

    Trades Hall, Melbourne 2 Lygon St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
    Say sorry. Really mean it. Experience a performance built from all the apologies that the world keeps offering — the famous, the ridiculous, the deeply personal and those that begin every second email in our inboxes. Part theatrical ritual, part social experiment, Sincere Apologies explores what it means to apologise…
    The Other Side of Me

    NT Dance Company: The Other Side of Me

    Arts Centre Melbourne Forecourt, 100 St Kilda Road, Southbank, VIC, Australia
    Choreographed by industry leader, Larrakia man, Gary Lang, this international, cross-cultural collaboration with Northumbria University (UK) communicates a story of the Stolen Generations. With care and compassion, it poses questions about relationships between country of origin, identity, adoption, the criminal justice system and psychological health.  The Other Side of Me translates…
    Editor's Choice Plied and Prejudice

    Arts and Culture Trust: Plied and Prejudice

    His Majesty's Theatre, Perth Perth, WA, Australia
    It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single woman in Regency England must be in want of a very stiff drink – or so they say in this raucous version of Jane Austen’s classic novel. Due to popular demand, the Perth season (which followed performances in Brisbane and London)…

    : New Farm, New Country

    Newfarm Denmark 1 Tindale Road, Bow Bridge, WA, Australia
    A cosmic and alt-country/ folk music festival in WA’s Great Southern. This October, a brand-new music festival will take root in the heart of the Great Southern. New Farm, New Country makes its debut from 17–19 October 2025 at the stunning New Farm Campground, nestled between Denmark and Walpole on…

    Ensemble Offspring: Ngarra-Burria

    The Street Theatre 15 Childers St, Canberra, ACT, Australia
    Each year, Ngarra-Burria: First Peoples Composers – our award-winning collaborative First Nations artist development program – brings exciting new artistic voices into the spotlight - you can discover them for yourself in this free concert at the Eugene Goossens Hall (Sydney) and The Street (Canberra). Hear new instrumental works from…
    RUINS أطلال

    Seymour Centre: RUINS أطلال

    Seymour Centre Chippendale, NSW, Australia
    Grief-stricken by her late father’s sudden death, Amelia Alyssa embarks on a journey to her ancestral homeland, Lebanon. She bears witness to the ancient Baalbek ruins of the Beqaa Valley while lodging nearby at the Palmyra Hotel, a time capsule of a flourishing yesteryear. An exploration of migration and sacrifice…
    Ruins أطلال

    Seymour Centre: Ruins أطلال

    Seymour Centre Chippendale, NSW, Australia
    Seymour Centre and Clockfire Theatre Company are delighted to present the full-scale world premiere of Emily Ayoub and Madeline Baghurst’s RUINS أطلال at the Reginald Theatre from 25th September to 18th October. Grief-stricken by her father’s sudden death, Amelia Alissa travels to her ancestral homeland, Lebanon. Amid the ancient Baalbek…

    Environmental Films Australia: METABOLISM & Water Ecologies

    Trocadero Projects Level 1, 40 Leeds St, Footscray, VIC, Australia
    Environmental Film Festival is back, running 16-23 October and celebrating our 15th year. Enjoy Australia's premier environmental cinema showcase, with features, shorts, documentaries, cine-art, talks, community activities and more. Join us in exploring how 'Environment Is Everywhere', through stories of urban living, nature and beyond, with the best eco-cinema from…