Australian festivals

Australian Youth Dance Festival

Every two years Ausdance hosts a national youth dance festival. The Festival’s emphasis is on creative development for all skill levels. Participants include pre-professional and emerging dance artists, serious youth dance company members, full time dance students and relative `beginners in dance, as well as dance teachers, choreographers and Australia’s youth dance leaders.

Melbourne International Tap Festival

A first for the Asia-Pacific! In the tradition of tap festivals all over the world, this week long exhilarating and inspiring festival of radical rhythms will explore tap's rich and vibrant history, showcase the latest cutting edge techniques, unite and strengthen the international tap family and give us in Australia the chance to celebrate the pure joy that is tap.

Next Wave Festival

Nurturing a culture of contemporary ideas into the 21st century.

Adelaide Festival of the Arts

Biennial arts festival: Dance, music, visual art, literature, forums & workshop.

Adelaide Fringe Festival

The Adelaide Fringe evolved in the early 1970s as a reaction against the establishment and the then 'mainstream' Adelaide Festival. Today the two events are inextricably linked and together create an atmosphere of electric excitement across the city.

Perth International Arts Festival

Contemporary arts festival in Western Australia

Melbourne International Arts Festival

Melbourne International Arts Festival offers a bold and wide-ranging program of dance, theatre, music, visual arts, music theatre, multimedia, free and outdoor events over 17 days each October.

Sydney Festival

Major arts festival in January each year.

Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras

Gay & Lesbian festival in Sydney each year during February and March.

Brisbane Festival

Arts Festival in Brisbane