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Kendrick Lamar performed his Drake diss track at this year’s Super Bowl. He is heading to Australia in December to headline the Spilt Milk festival.

Kendrick Lamar headed to Australia for Spilt Milk festival

Fresh from his high-profile feud with Drake, the Grammy Award winner will play Ballarat, Canberra, the Gold Coast and Perth as the festival returns following its cancellation last year.

  • Thomas Mitchell

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YIRRAMBOI festival of First Nations artists Nimkish ,Amos Roach, Sherene Stewart and Sky Thomas.

Think you know First Nations music? This block party will blow your mind

Expect the unexpected when dozens of musicians and DJs take to stages across three Melbourne venues for the Uncle Archie Roach Block Party.

  • John Bailey
Pakistani rapper, songwriter, and actor Faris Shafi, will perform at Blockbuster, for the opening of Rising.

See the rapper with 62 million streams perform in Melbourne – for free

Some of the world’s most popular artists are coming to play at Fed Square at the opening of Rising.

  • Kerrie O'Brien
The crowd on day one of the 2025 Bluesfest, which was said to have been its last ever.

‘It’s a clarion call’: Bluesfest boss delivers update on festival’s future

Things were looking grim for the much-loved music festival, with this year’s event set to be the last. But the fans responded.

  • Farid Farid
Bluesfest numbers have swelled after two lean years.

Crowds flock to the ‘last ever’ Bluesfest

The iconic Byron Bay music festival has all but sold out this year. But some are frustrated that it was previously promoted as the final ever event.

  • Nick Galvin
Billy McFarland was handed a six-year term.

Fyre Festival 2 postponed with no new date set

Tickets ranged in price from $2206 to $1.7 million, with no acts confirmed. Now there’s no location.

  • Nell Geraets
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Violinist Asmira Woodward-Page is launching the first-ever Megalong Valley Music Festival.

‘A crazy risk’: Why this new music festival is defying the odds

Music festivals across the country have gone under amid the cost-of-living crisis – but this performer is keen to buck the trend.

  • Linda Morris
Coachella fans in the crowd as Justice performed.

Gaga steals the show, White Lotus star parties and a rock legend is snubbed: This is Coachella

Every year this huge Californian rock festival produces iconic moments. Here are five of the first weekend’s highlights.

  • Cindy Yin
Splendour in the Grass 2023.

Splendour no more: Saul to sell Byron Bay’s premier festival site

The former home of the Splendour in the Grass festival is being sold by a conglomerate that includes arts events veteran Brandon Saul.

  • Carolyn Cummins
Disappointed Esoteric festival-goer Trent Harris-Maher, pictured at another festival in 2017.

‘Could’ve gone to Europe instead’: Festival-goers’ Esoteric journey ends stranded in chaos

Trent Harris-Maher and his fiance spent about $5000 on a bush doof trip to regional Victoria that ended in shambles. They’re not alone.

  • Cassandra Morgan

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