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Australian Festivals Association announces new board
The Australian Festivals Association (AFA) has announced its new board for the next two years. The board was elected on 16th October during the peak industry body's annual...
Oct 31, 2024
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Adelaide Festival Centre Chief Executive and Artistic Director announces retirement
Chief Executive and Artistic Director of Adelaide Festival Centre, Douglas Gautier AM, has made the decision to retire after almost 19 years in the role. Gautier, who took on...
Oct 30, 2024
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NGA senior curator appointed to National Cultural Heritage Committee
The Australian Government has announced Tina Baum as a member of the National Cultural Heritage Committee for a three-year term. Baum is the Senior Curator of First Nations Art...
Oct 30, 2024
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Adelaide Festival Centre’s 50th year delivers over $164 million for South Australia
Record attendances of over one million at the Adelaide Festival Centre for its 50th anniversary year in 2023, delivered more than $164 million for South Australia. One of...
Oct 29, 2024
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Michael Brand to step down from director role at Art Gallery of New South Wales
Dr Michael Brand, Director of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, has today announced he will be stepping down from his role in July 2025. This December, the Art Gallery marks...
Oct 29, 2024
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OzAsia Festival attracts record attendance for opening week
Adelaide Festival Centre and the Riverbank precinct attracted an enthusiastic crowd for the OzAsia Festival which saw record breaking attendances of more than 106,000 across the...
Oct 28, 2024
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Minderoo Foundation to contribute $30 million towards performing arts venues at new WAAPA campus
The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA), which is relocating to Edith Cowan University’s City Campus in the Perth suburb of Northbridge, is to benefit from a...
Oct 27, 2024
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New measures amplify protection for NSW live music venues
New measures introduced by the NSW Government will give extra protection to Live music venues across the state against threats to their survival. As part of the second tranche...
Oct 26, 2024
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Art installation event sees 5,500 nude participants transform Brisbane’s Story Bridge
Brisbane has today experienced an unusual transformation of its Story Bridge with 5,500 nude participants coming together for ‘Rising Tide’, a monumental live nude installation...
Oct 26, 2024
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Sydney's Footbridge Theatre to reopen after almost 20 years
After almost 20 years of use as a lecture hall, the University of Sydney’s Footbridge Theatre is set to reopen - managed by the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. First opened in...
Oct 25, 2024
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Free ferry fares launched for community to enjoy HOTA experience
The Gold Coast’s locally owned and operated on-water, sight-seeing cruise, the ‘Hopo Ferry’ has launched ‘Free Fare Sunday’ between Surfers Paradise and Home of the Arts (HOTA)....
Oct 25, 2024
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Busselton $44 million Convention and Performing Arts Centre nears completion
Busselton's new $44 million Convention and Performing Arts Centre - ‘Saltwater’ - is nearing completion with an anticipated opening forecast for mid-2025. Situated across from...
Oct 24, 2024
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Targeted Federal Government funding to support festivals and live music venues
The Australian Government, through ‘Revive Live’ is providing grants of $7.7 million to 110 organisations including 61 festival-based activities and 49 live music venues....
Oct 22, 2024
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National Gallery of Australia announces winning design team for Sculpture Garden
The National Gallery of Australia, located in Canberra on the southern shore of Lake Burley Griffin, has announced multi-disciplinary team CO-AP Holdings, comprising CO-AP,...
Oct 17, 2024
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Go Media Stadium artwork celebrates stadium’s legacy
Auckland’s Go Media Stadium, Rarotonga Mt Smart, has installed a mural to celebrate the stadium’s legacy and the joy it brings to fans and the teams who call it home. The...
Oct 16, 2024
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REMIX Summit Perth 2024 early bird offer ends today
Back for its fifth edition, REMIX Summit Perth 2024 is being hosted at the WA Museum Boola Bardip on 21st November and aims to explore the future of culture and the creative...
Oct 16, 2024
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Former NSW regional gallery director convicted of fraud
Iain Dawson, the former Director of the South East Centre for Contemporary Art (SECCA) in Bega, located in southeast NSW, has been convicted of fraud. SECCA (formerly known as...
Oct 16, 2024
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Live Performance Australia says industry problems not the fault of one company
Live Performance Australia has backed entertainment giant Live Nation following a critical ABC report aired on Four Corners last night. The peak body for live arts and...
Oct 14, 2024
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Law changes proposed to reboot NSW nightlife, live music and entertainment precincts
The NSW Government’s Vibrancy Reforms being introduced to Parliament today are aimed at removing some of the barriers for councils, venues and businesses across the state to...
Oct 14, 2024
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Brisbane’s Thomas Dixon Centre announces VenuesLive as its new hospitality partner
Thomas Dixon Centre, home of Queensland Ballet, the Van Norton Li Community Health Institute and Ausdance Queensland, has announced VenuesLive as its new hospitality partner....
Oct 14, 2024
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Four Corners program scrutinises Live Nation’s practices within Australian music industry
ABC's ‘Four Corners’ program which aired tonight, scrutinised the practices of Live Nation - the world’s largest live entertainment company, behind some of the biggest concerts...
Oct 13, 2024
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Live performance remains under pressure notwithstanding 2023 record attendance and revenue
Live Performance Australia’s 2023 Ticket Attendance and Revenue Report shows total revenue of $3.1 billion while ticketed attendance reached 30.1 million – record figures...
Oct 13, 2024
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Tasmania’s ‘Growing Pains in the Arts’ program returns in 2024
Tasmania’s ‘Growing Pains in the Arts’ program is underway for 2024 in partnership with the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra. ‘Growing Pains in the Arts’ has been offered in Hobart...
Oct 13, 2024
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Live music inquiry focusses on risk and insurance
The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Communications and the Arts is holding a public hearing today in Canberra for its inquiry into the challenges and...
Oct 10, 2024
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