This month's features explore the magical appeal of A Christmas Carol, the challenges facing our cultural sector and why soprano Siobhan Stagg is in such demand. We also reveal the 2022 Limelight Artists of the Year.

SXS celebrates the romance and nostalgia of travel in its three QPAC concerts, which include two world premieres for chamber music ensemble and didgeridoo.

Marrugeku, Eryn Jean Norvill and Deirdre O’Brien are the winners at this year's prestigious awards, recognised for their creativity and determination.

Australians Siobhan Stagg, Timothy Young and Alexander Gavrylyuk join international giants Paul Lewis and Anthony Marwood for the rebranding of the venue's Great Performers series.

The festival frees 'the child within' with 150 artists and five premieres over 10 days, in a program that includes the Brodsky Quartet, Quatuor Van Kuijk, William Barton and Katie Yap.

Chloe Munro, the former Chair of Lucy Guerin Inc, who died in June 2021, has left the Melbourne-based dance company a major bequest, with a large part of it going to independent dance artists.

Australian Brett Dean has received an award for his song cycle Madame ma bonne soeur, with Thomas Adès, Judith Weir and Rebecca Saunders also among the winners.

The Pavilion Performing Arts Centre promises to revitalise the Shire's artistic community, with its opening program hosting renowned Australian productions and newly commissioned local works.

With five concerts touring Victoria and three livestreams, the Choir presents both famous and lesser-known selections of choral music, as well as a newly commissioned work.

Paul Dean and Elliott Gyger have taken home this year's Paul Lowin Prizes, presented at a ceremony that also included the Peggy Glanville-Hicks Address.

William Barton and Richard Tognetti receive their first awards, alongside Piers Burbrook de Vere. Salliana Seven Campbell, Caitlin Yeo and Nigel Westlake are amongst the winners.

From the power of choirs to the power of young people, the Adelaide Festival’s new Artistic Director Ruth Mackenzie shares her thoughts on next year’s program, and the future.