Tag: Carnivals and Festivals
Hockey musical fails to score at Toronto
The Toronto Film Festival opened on Thursday (local time) with a nod to Canadians' obsession with ice hockey.[MORE]
Broken Hill to launch new film festival
One of the stars of new Australian film Broken Hill will visit the regional centre tomorrow to launch the AusCivics Film Festival.[MORE]
Dan Sultan headed for 10th Desert Festival
Indigenous entertainer Dan Sultan joins Central Australian and interstate performers in the line-up for the Alice Desert Festival starting Friday.[MORE]
Sydney to celebrate Fringe rebirth
Sydney's inner-west suburbs will be swarming with thespians and burlesque dancers when the inaugural Sydney Fringe kicks off.[MORE]
Phoenix doco keeps viewers guessing
Is a fly-on-the-wall doco tracing Joaquin Phoenix's transition from acclaimed actor to wannabe rapper a hoax?[MORE]
Brisbane braces for Cuban invasion
Cuba's national ballet company to perform Don Quixote as part of what promoters call a 'Cuban cultural invasion'.[MORE]
Black Swan makes a splash at Venice
The Venice Film Festival has opened with Black Swan, a dark psychological drama starring Natalie Portman as a ballerina who lands the lead role but loses her grip on reality as the pressure builds.[MORE]
Parklife moves back to Brisbane
Music festival Parklife has been moved back to Brisbane after roadworks on Queensland's Gold Coast threatened to cause traffic problems.[MORE]
Ceberano named Adelaide Cabaret Festival director
Singer Kate Ceberano is named the Adelaide Cabaret Festival's next artistic director.[MORE]
Rossellini to chair Berlin jury
Italian-American actress and director Isabella Rossellini will head the jury at the 2011 Berlin Film Festival.[MORE]
Dreaming festival to have long-term benefits for Dubbo
Organisers of the Dubbo Dreaming festival hope it will have long-term benefits for the region.[MORE]
Festive times in Tennant Creek
Giant people and birds will pop up in the streets of Tennant Creek over the next week as part of a public art installation.[MORE]
Homebake takes a year off
Homebake, one of Sydney's most iconic music festivals, will not be held this year.[MORE]
Camooweal Drovers Festival draws thousands
Up to 3,000 people are in north-western Queensland for the renowned Camooweal Drovers Festival this weekend. [MORE]
Committee cancels Dalgety festival
Organisers of a Snowy River celebration at Dalgety in the New South Wales High Country say it has been a tough decision to cancel the event.[MORE]
Ekka wraps up for another year
The Ekka is over for another year and workers will spend today packing up after a successful Brisbane show.[MORE]
Swiss to screen banned gay Zombie film
Switzerland's Locarno Film Festival has opened for 10 days of arthouse movies, including the premiere of an explicit gay alien zombie movie that was sidelined by Australian censors last month.[MORE]
New music scene hits the beaten track
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Australian acts were some of the top-billing performers at this year's Splendour In The Grass and they say in a lagging local music industry, life on the road is what keeps them afloat.[MORE]
Record crowds at Splendour
Organisers say this year's Splendour In The Grass music festival has been the largest on record and there is demand to make it even bigger.[MORE]
Byron still Splendour's 'spiritual home'
After a massive first day of Splendour, fans and bands are divided over whether Woodfordia is a better venue for the event than Byron Bay.[MORE]
Funding news disappoints Splendour's hometown
The New South Wales north coast has given a frosty reception to the news that a Queensland festival site has been promised a $3 million upgrade.[MORE]
Splendour in the mud not dampening spirits
The gates are open, tents are pitched and 30,000 people have migrated to the south-east Queensland town of Woodford for the sold-out 2010 Splendour In The Grass music festival.[MORE]
Sofia Coppola competing at Venice
World premieres by directors Sofia Coppola and Darren Aronofsky as well as the hotly-anticipated adaptation of cult novel Barney's Version will be among the highlights of this year's Venice Film Festival.[MORE]
Band pays tribute to Aussie killed in stampede
The band Dark Knights has written a tribute to their Australian friend killed in a stampede at a German music festival.[MORE]
Friends remember festival stampede victim
A young New South Wales woman killed in a stampede at a German music festival on the weekend has been described as outgoing and fun.[MORE]
