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| UpdatedAdelaide Festival show The Secret River will use a quarry as its backdrop, even if that risks performances being cancelled in bad weather.
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Thousands of people have braved the heat in Parramatta overnight for the 25th Tropfest short film festival.
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The Adelaide Festival has secured veteran rocker Neil Finn for an opening weekend concert in Elder Park during March, but capacity will be limited to just 15,000 people.
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The 2017 Tamworth Country Music Festival Star Maker of the year is Rachael Fahim, from Sydney.
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Things are about to get weird and wonderful on the streets of Perth as the city kicks off its seventh Fringe Festival on Friday, despite a few minor hiccups including cancellations at Elizabeth Quay.
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| UpdatedTamworth still claims itself as the best country music festival in the country.
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Elvis Presley fans of all ages take over the streets of Parkes to celebrate their love for the king of rock 'n' roll despite sweltering heat.
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It's that time of year where sideburns are cool and jumpsuits are compulsory. Elvis fans left Sydney this morning bound for the annual Parkes Elvis Festival.
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The King booms from every corner and Priscilla sends a personal message as Parkes marks the 25th anniversary of its Elvis festival.
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| UpdatedSydney's Central Station is filled with the sounds of rock 'n' roll, as hundreds of fans and impersonators hop on board the Elvis Express en route to Parkes for the 25th annual festival celebrating the King.
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Festivals can never effectively replace agriculture, but all have a part to play in making regional Australia a richer and more vibrant place.
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Ten Days exhibition Gymnasia is to probe how men feel in post-mill town Burnie.
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| UpdatedFootage shows a security guard 'choking' a man at the FOMO music festival in Brisbane.
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Summernats organisers will begin an overall review today of the national car festival, with this year's event turning deadly when a man fell from the back of a ute tray.
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| UpdatedGeoff Waters has entered every Summernats since it began 30 years ago, but as the festival wraps up, he says this year was extra special, entering alongside his 20-year-old son, Matt.
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| UpdatedAbout 5,000 swimmers take part in the Lorne Pier to Pub ocean swim despite numerous shark sightings in nearby waters this morning and yesterday.
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A beautiful and bearded mistress leads six other members from The Briefs Factory in a cabaret of incredible group and individual performances.
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| UpdatedOrganisers pledge to ensure the security of patrons as the popular Falls Festival arrives in Fremantle following a crowd stampede in Victoria and sexual assault incidents at the Tasmanian event.
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| UpdatedThe organisers of Sydney Festival's "The Beach at the Cutaway" hope the cricket ball-sized spheres will provide the public with just as much fun as a swim in the city's most iconic beaches — without the rips, sharks or blue bottle jellyfish.
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For the next three days Summernats will turn the national capital into rev-head heaven, but a contingent of female car enthusiasts is challenging macho stereotypes of the event.
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China ice festival begins with spectacular sculptures more than 40 metres high.
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Five women have now reported to police that they were sexually assaulted at the recent Falls Music and Arts Festival, prompting senior police to stress that such behaviour in the mosh pit is not OK.
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