Interstate visitors down but local attendance up at this year's Dark Mofo
By Scout Wallen
Tasmania's provocative midwinter festival Dark Mofo will return in 2026, as this year's festival reports fewer interstate visitors as "budgets are tightening" across the country.
#Art #Events #CarnivalsandFestivals #CommunityandMulticulturalFestivals #Music #StateandTerritoryGovernment #ScoutWallen
Peter Sellars plots return to Adelaide Festival 24 years after controversy
By Matthew Smith
The Adelaide Festival is launching its line-up for its 2026 instalment, and the program will feature both fresh and returning faces, including British rock band Pulp, French actor Isabelle Huppert and American theatre director Peter Sellars.
#CarnivalsandFestivals #PerformingArts #OperaandMusicalTheatre #CommunityandMulticulturalFestivals #MatthewSmith
This deaf woman was 12 before learning Auslan, now she's teaching others
By Gemma Ferguson
Access to language is essential for the Deaf community, but it isn't always guaranteed — especially in isolated parts of Australia. Locals are advocating for more awareness and support this International Week of Deaf People.
#DiversityEquityandInclusion #CommunityandMulticulturalFestivals #BowlsandPetanque #Language #Immigration #DisabilityAccess #EducationAssociations #GemmaFerguson
Celebrating an Indigenous culture that colonisation tried to rip away
By Jayden O'Neill
Yolŋu children from nine Laynhapuy communities are screaming the Yothu Yindi anthem, Homeland Movement, in a ceremony celebrating the Indigenous elders who claimed back life on their country 50 years ago.
#IndigenousCulture #Aboriginal #RuralandRemoteCommunities #Anniversaries #CommunityandMulticulturalFestivals #JaydenONeill
Storms set to dampen Toowoomba's Carnival of Flowers
By Aisling Brennan
Visitors flocking to Queensland's Darling Downs for the annual Carnival of Flowers in Toowoomba are advised to take an umbrella, with thunderstorms forecast for the region.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-19/storms-set-to-dampen-toowoomba-carnival-of-flowers/105790282
#Weather #CommunityandMulticulturalFestivals #AislingBrennan
Outback city synonymous with Priscilla launches LGBTQIA+ festival
By Coquohalla Connor and Aimee Volkofsky
The outback city of Broken Hill is no stranger to celebrating the LGBTQIA+ community, with a new festival focusing on diversity and inclusion launching last weekend.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-18/broken-hill-lgbtqia-festival-rainbow-in-the-outback/105782774
#LGBTQIA #CarnivalsandFestivals #Music #CommunityandMulticulturalFestivals #Events #Sexuality #RegionalCommunities #CoquohallaConnor #AimeeVolkofsky
Appeasing the hungry ghosts of Christmas Island's painful past
By Alistair Bates and Mietta Adams
More than a few spirits haunt the remote Indian Ocean territory, according to islanders deeply connected to its fraught and sometimes tragic history.
#CommunityandMulticulturalFestivals #ReligiousRituals #Multiculturalism #ReligiousFestivalsandHolidays #History #HumanInterest #RegionalCommunities #AlistairBates #MiettaAdams
Queenslanders reflect on PNG's 50th anniversary of independence
By Sarah Richards and Anna Hartley
Thousands of people from Queensland's Papua New Guinean community celebrate half a century of the country's independence with traditional music, dancing, art, and food.
#Communities #CommunityandMulticulturalFestivals #SarahRichards #AnnaHartley
Food and sport bring thousands together to celebrate at Punjabi festival
By Amelia Walters and Julie Kimberley
Nearly 2,000 people visit the Riverland town of Berri for the region's first Punjabi sport and culture festival, which organisers hope to make a major event.
#CommunityandMulticulturalFestivals #RegionalCommunities #Sikhism #Multiculturalism #AmeliaWalters #JulieKimberley
Riverfire guide 2025: How to get there, what time the fireworks start
Queensland's largest firework display marks the beginning of this year's Brisbane Festival. Here's what you need to know.
#Events #CommunityandMulticulturalFestivals #ArtsCultureandEntertainment
Regional Murray River Mardi Gras idea floated for LGBTQIA+ community
By Sarah Buchecker and Ben Murphy
With few public LGBTQIA+ celebrations in Mildura, a community campaign for a mardi gras is gaining momentum.
#LGBTQIA #CommunityandSociety #LocalGovernment #CommunityandMulticulturalFestivals #RegionalCommunities #SarahBuchecker #BenMurphy
Council rejects LGBTQIA+ event due to NRL grand final clash 80km away
By Sarah Forster
A diversity and inclusion festival held annually on the NSW Central Coast is in doubt because of a clash with a major sporting event in another city.
#DiversityEquityandInclusion #LGBT #CarnivalsandFestivals #CommunityandMulticulturalFestivals #RegionalCommunities #LocalGovernment #SarahForster
Footy, art and culture draw big crowds to Tiwi Islands on grand final day
By Sam Parry
Thousands of people flocked to the Tiwi Islands over the weekend to cheer on local teams at the islands' biggest event of the year, the revered annual footy grand final.
#AustralianRulesFootball #CommunityandMulticulturalFestivals #IndigenousAustralians #RuralandRemoteCommunities #AboriginalandTorresStraitIslanderArt #SamParry
Passionate soccer fans cheer on their favourite African teams —but it's not the World Cup https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-03/perth-african-nations-cup-soccer/101717482 #news #CommunityandMulticulturalFestivals #Multiculturalism #Soccer
Almost 30 people had to be turned away from Canberra's pill-testing service ahead of Spilt Milk music festival https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-01/almost-30-turned-away-cantest-drug-testing-ahead-of-spilt-milk/101710630 #news #CommunityandMulticulturalFestivals #DrugsandSubstanceAbuse #DrugEducation
