Carnivals and Festivals

We catch up with mixed-species Berlin DJ HorsegiirL and the Saddle Club's Keenan Macwilliam to chat the birth, death, and subsequent rebirth of horse girldom.

Lunar New Year represents a fresh start for many Asian countries and their diaspora communities where some recognise 2024 as the Year of the Dragon. Here's what celebrations are about and where you can join in the fun across Australia.

Here are 10 questions to help you understand the diversity, traditions, foods, and significance of the Year of the Dragon — and how to greet people celebrating the Lunar New Year.

A schoolyard racial taunt inspires Minh Nguyen's unapologetically Asian rap identity. He hopes it will "interrupt" racism for a bit.

Lion dances are a regular feature of Lunar New Year festivities, but this year there is increased demand for a more complex routine.

This year's BrisAsia festival features several new events, including an Asian street food festival and a children's program.

The biggest names in country music converge on Tamworth for the annual Country Music Festival however it's on the city's "boulevard of dreams" Peel Street where you will find the next country star honing their craft.

The Tamworth Country Music Festival attracts some of the genre's biggest stars from around the world, but veteran and aspiring talents alike can still be found honing their craft on the streets.

After cancelling previous tours to Tamworth due to pandemic lockdowns and unprecedented flooding, Kimberley Gold is back to perform and busk.

From the Minecraft movie to a juicy Brent Street reality show, here's all the latest entertainment news.

Synergy Festival is the latest to be impacted by rising costs of putting on a show, announcing it has run at a loss. It means many artists won't receive payment for another four months.

Sydney is chock-full of art and culture right now, with festival shows being staged everywhere from the beach to basements to the best theatres. But how do you choose which to see? We've got some tips for you.

No Doubt, led by Gwen Stefani, were one of the biggest rock acts of the 90s and 2000s. The band's reformation was a surprise announcement as part of the Coachella 2024 line-up.

Driving 830 kilometres from Toowoomba to the Parkes Elvis Festival, tribute artist Tristan James decided to "break the trip up" by stopping to entertain residents at nursing homes along the way.

Elvis impersonators Cote and Taylor say the festival "doesn't compare to anywhere else in the world".

Thousands of people are in the central west NSW of Parkes this week for the 31st annual Elvis Festival.

The population of Parkes has more than tripled for the annual Elvis Presley festival, with fans and impersonators arriving from across the world to shake, rattle and roll.

Promoters of a two-day South Australian music festival say they have been forced to postpone the event just weeks before it was scheduled to take place because of "economic pressures".  

There are fresh calls for state governments to introduce pill testing at music festivals after several partygoers overdosed at a rave in Melbourne last weekend.

Festival-goers fan themselves to keep cool in Brisbane.

Festival goers say they were crammed into a carpark with 1,000 others without water or ventilation as they waited to be let into a New Year's Eve event in Brisbane.

Nellie Small hit the Sydney scene wearing top hats and tails, on and off stage, and was "never apologetic" about who she was. Her forgotten story and legacy is now being told at the Sydney Festival.

The four-day car festival was marred by an ugly brawl between patrons and apparent crowd control personnel, footage of which has gone viral.

Addressing the media, the ACT's road policing boss pulled no punches as he responded to the behaviour of some patrons.

The burnout competition at Summernats.