For the first time in its 28-year run, the Parkes Elvis Festival, celebrated in Parkes, Australia, each year on the weekend closest to January 8—in honor of Elvis Presley’s birthday—has been ...

2. Looks Like a #1, But with Jeans. The second-type film festival seems really really similar to first-type festivals. It is not. They are never equal.

Flashmobs, colourful lenghas and Bollywood songs are common features in Indian cinema. However, Australia's first national Indian film festival is pulling away from this stereotype, screening ...

What time does the 2023 Australian Open Finals Festival start? Friday, 27 January – AO Gates open at 11:00am, Finals Festival starts 1:00pm Saturday, 28 January – AO Gates open at 11:00am ...

Participants in the Elvis festival’s parade posing for photos, in Parkes, Australia, last month. Australia Dispatch How the King of Rock ’n’ Roll Still Makes Australia Sing ...

Australia’s legion of festival professionals is now represented for the first time by a trade body, the Australian Festival Association (AFA).

The fourth biennial Adelaide Film Festival shuttered March 1 after screening a dozen world premieres and cementing its reputation as a vibrant screen hub. By mid-festival box office traffic was up ...

The Australian Centre for Indian Cinema is set to launch the National Indian Film Festival of Australia (NIFFA) across seven cities from Feb. 13-16, 2025, marking the country’s first nationwide ...

Amid Australia’s music festival closures, NME talks to promoters and industry leaders about post-pandemic struggles and what needs to be done ...