Music festivals
Ozzy Osbourne cancels Sydney and Melbourne Download shows
The famed rocker has also pulled out of next month's show at Download Festival Japan.
- by Martin Boulton
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State Parliament
Festival organisers plead for delay of new licensing scheme
Festival organisers say there has been "no public consultation and no genuine engagement" with industry over the changes.
- by Lisa Visentin
Women motorcyclists rev up for Sheilas Shakedown
Hundreds gather in Brunswick East before heading off in convoy to Ballan for the third annual women's-only ride and campout.
- by Annabel Ross
Gladys Berejiklian
Forcing music out 'crippling for the people of NSW'
Bernard Fanning, Vance Joy and Michael Chugg of Chugg Entertainment have put their names to a rallying cry against "overbearing regulation".
- by Angus Thompson
'No culture, no fun': Music giants rally against state government
"If this continues, there won't be any festivals left in NSW."
- by Broede Carmody, Jenny Noyes and Felicity Caldwell
Gladys Berejiklian
'Nothing to worry about': Premier says new festival rules don't apply to Bluesfest
Gladys Berejiklian has responded to a threat from Byron Bay Bluesfest to move interstate by insisting costly new guidelines do not apply to the "fantastic festival".
- by Jenny Noyes
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Punters flock to St Kilda Festival for free music - and a medieval knight battle
It was a glorious summer afternoon and the punters headed to the St Kilda foreshore on Sunday for a bevy of free music and performances.
- by Joe Hinchliffe
Drug reform
'Should be called Fyre Fest': Mountain Sounds Festival cancelled a week before event
The festival said they had no choice but to cancel after "excessive costs, additional licensing conditions and the enforcement of a stricter timeline".
- by Laura Chung
Up close and personal with Download's Code Orange
Grammy nominee Code Orange bring their own type of heavy to Download Festival.
- by Jane Rocca
'War on festivals': Psyfari cancels 10th year, blames NSW government
"Festivals are the new scapegoat of a failed government and their failed war on drugs," organisers wrote.
- by Broede Carmody
Laneway Festival's treasure trove of Australian talent
For the past 15 years, St Jerome's Laneway Festival has been championing and celebrating Australia's live music talent.
- by Martin Boulton