NewsBite

Music festivals

Advertisement
Kate was 18 when she was strip searched by police at a Sydney music festival.

Kate was forced to strip naked at a Sydney festival. She still has nightmares about it

NSW Police strip searched more than 80,000 people looking for drugs. Less than one in 10 were convicted of an offence.

  • Riley Walter

Latest

Bob Vylan’s performance at Glastonbury Festival, as well as Kneecap’s set, is being investigated by police.

Why police are investigating Bob Vylan and Kneecap’s Glastonbury sets – and what comes next

Five words chanted from a stage have echoed around the world in a mess the BBC thought it had successfully outmanoeuvred. It was wrong.

  • Bronte Gossling and Nick Newling
Bob Vylan performs at the Glastonbury Festival on Saturday.

Kneecap, Bob Vylan Glastonbury gigs under criminal investigation

The US also revoked the visas for the rap punk duo Bob Vylan ahead of a planned American tour after they led crowds of music fans in chanting “death” to the Israeli military.

  • Sylvia Hui
Glastonbury 2025

Glastonbury 2025: Lewis Capaldi’s epic return, Aussie stars and the death of brat

The annual festival has come to its close, with a heavy dose of controversy, surprise and homegrown talent.

  • Nick Newling
The Q150 Shed in Augathella, prior to being transported to Wynnum and restored.

How a miraculous outback find changed the fortunes of the Wynnum Fringe

With Dolly, Wesley, Tex and more, the 2025 festival has a country music line-up worthy of the Grand Ole Opry – plus an outback treasure finding a new home in Wynnum.

  • Nick Dent
Festivalgoers during the first weekend of the 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, in Indio, Calif.

Concert tickets prices are skyrocketing. Fans have come up with a worrying solution

The flurry of international superstars touring Australia is prompting hundreds of thousands of music fans to find alternative ways to pay to avoid missing out.

  • Nick Newling
Advertisement
MONOLITH was part of the 2025 Rising Festival.

Melbourne doesn’t give up its secrets easily. This festival is delving below its surface

From a shaky start, this year’s Rising Festival shows it is maturing into a distinctive and diverse event.

  • Cameron Woodhead
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
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

Original URL: https://www.watoday.com.au/topic/music-festivals-1lzf