After a year of reduced operations, the Tasmanian alternative arts festival is back full swing with artists including Beth Gibbons and Clown Core.

A first of its kind survey highlights the cultural, social and economic impact of music festivals and the challenges they face.

What do our festivals have on offer in the year ahead?

The Tasmanian festival will not take place in 2024, citing "changing conditions and rising costs".

Hobart's midwinter festival Dark Mofo announces new Artistic Director Chris Twite, commencing in 2024 for a three-year term.

Max Richter, Squarepusher and David Lynch collaborator Dean Hurley among the musical acts programmed into Hobart's Dark Mofo festival.

Hobart's Dark Mofo to present "the most incredibly wild theatre performance" in its 10-year history.

Things are impermanent, life is impermanent, but music and the arts are lasting joys.

The first 20 winners at the 19th Annual Helpmann Awards were announced tonight, with Counting and Cracking taking home four awards.

Hannah Fox and Gideon Obarzanek will lead the yet-to-be-named new festival, which will merge White Night and the Melbourne International Arts Festival.

An hour of peace and community with an otherworldly feel.

This modern opera, telling a tragic love story in reverse, is strong conceptually, but with a lot of haze.