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June04—152025

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A woman plays mini golf with two friends, on the Kaylene Whiskey-designed hole.

Swingers

  • Visual Arts
  • Exhibition
A portrait of Suki Waterhouse looking away from the camera, with soft purple clouds in the background.

An Evening with Suki Waterhouse

  • Music
  • RISING exclusive

intangible #form

  • Art Installation
  • Visual Arts
An actor wearing a crown stands on stage screaming.

Hamlet

  • Theatre
  • Performance
Four people facing the right of the frame. All are nude except for knee high boots, and red shoulder-length wigs. They are all pointing guns out of frame.

Kill Me

  • Theatre
  • Dance
A silhouetted group of dancers leaping in angular shapes

BLKDOG

  • Dance
  • Australian exclusive
Woman sits on a stool, looking away from the camera towards a field. Her legs rest on the dog sitting in front of her.

Beth Gibbons

  • Music
  • Sitting
A wide view of a busy arcade at night. People are enjoying drinks and listening to a DJ

Night Trade

  • Music
  • Visual Arts
A rotating gif of artists DIIV, Mount Kimbie, Bktherula, Annie and the Caldwells, Ripple Effect, Guy Blackman, Fat Dog

Day Tripper

  • Music
  • RISING exclusive
Two bearded hip hop stars are standing next to each other. Both wearing caps and sunglasses.

Black Star (Yasiin Bey & Talib Kweli)

  • Music
  • Standing
Dozens of people seated on yoga mats 'zoning out'

Space-Out Competition

  • Art Installation
  • RISING exclusive
A silhouetted body mid-dance in front of LED screens that read “One last pass”

Heartbreak Hotel

  • Theatre
  • Performance
An actor sits at a wooden table with bottles, jars and sponges lined up on the left side. One singular bottle is being pushed to the right by the actor.

Complete Works : Table Top Shakespeare

  • Theatre
  • Performance
A singer dressed in pink, surrounded by five musicians lit by dim blue light.

Blockbuster

  • Music
  • Art Installation
A Sri-Lankan mother holds the arm of her daughter is looking up and into the distance

The Wrong Gods

  • Theatre
  • Performance
Image description: Five women, with long or short dark hair and covered in purple paint gather very close together, holding onto each other. One of the women is gazing at the viewer. The backdrop is a dramatic sunset with clouds in orange, yellow and blue hues.

Monolith

  • Dance
  • Premiere
A silhouetted trio of dancers leaning backwards.

The Butterfly Who Flew Into The Rave

  • Dance
  • RISING exclusive
Positioned in a white and barren landscape, a woman dressed in black, with white fabric wrapped around her hand, stands agaze in the wind.

Make Believe : Encounters with Misinformation

  • Visual Arts
  • Exhibition
An underwater photo of a person floating backwards in a pool with their head submerged, holding onto a pool noodle.

Saturate

  • Art Installation
  • Participate
A person in a hazmat suit rolls a large circular disc on its side.

Diagrammatica

  • Music
  • Performance
A archival photograph of '70s-'80s band The Oroton Bags.

Little Bands

  • Music
  • Free
Beruk (William Barak) Art Tram

First Peoples Melbourne Art Trams

  • Visual Arts
  • Exhibition
A rotating gif of rappers Briggs and Barkaa, and a wide view of the new Anzac Railway Station

Track Work : Music from the Underground

  • Music
  • Free
A monochrome painting of flowers and plants by Iluwanti Ken

TarraWarra Biennial 2025 : We Are Eagles

  • Visual Arts
  • Exhibition
LEGENDS (Of the Golden Arches) Joe Paradise Lui and Merlynn Tong react in fear to a god

LEGENDS (of the Golden Arches)

  • Theatre
  • Performance

Jessica Pratt

  • Music
  • Sitting
A still of a Moorina Bonini artwork featuring

Matha

  • Art Installation
  • Exhibition
Two performers, Tilly Lawless and Amrita Hepi, grasping each other’s arms, their hair flowing to the side as they gaze upwards and away.

The Act

  • Theatre
  • Dance
Two dancers stretch outwards whilst keeping their inner hands and feet connected.

The Chronicles

  • Dance
  • Premiere
Person dressed in a vibrant pink furry consume with one arm held in the air and the other holding onto a Vanish bleach bucket. Face is covered by a pink mask with black marker sunglasses, on their head is a curly pink and white wig.

Chongworld

  • Exhibition
  • Free
Marlon Williams stands in the foreground wearing a Pākē in front of a sweeping landscape of a bay and mountains

Marlon Williams

  • Music
  • Premiere
A performer wearing a flowy outfit posing dramatically on a dimly lit stage with their shadow cast from four different angles.

Ecstasy

  • Premiere
  • Performance

un Projects x Nyege Nyege Collective : Resonant Imaginaries

  • Talk
  • Free
A young person holding a video camera films an adult man who is holding a script in his hand

POV

  • Theatre

Club Tinder

  • Music
  • Free
A woman in an orange suit, mid-singing performance, holding a mic and hair flying

Amplified : The Exquisite Rock and Rage of Chrissy Amphlett

  • Music
  • RISING exclusive
A birds eye view of four people laying back on a persian rug, looking up into the camera. A dog joins in

Tropical F Storm

  • Music
  • Dancing
A still from Me and You Everyone We Know (2005). A person with short, curly brown hair and a neutral, slightly concerned expression looks ahead.

Focus On Miranda July : Film Retrospective

  • Film
  • Sitting
A group of people gathering at Dom's Social Club

Moon Bites

  • RISING exclusive
  • Sitting

Mount Kimbie

  • Music
  • Dancing
Close-up of a dancer with wavy hair covering their face, obscuring their features, against a fabric backdrop.

Mickey

  • Dance
  • RISING exclusive
A crowd of people raise their arms in the air

SHOUSE Communitas

  • Music
  • Family Friendly
A woman lovingly places her head against the snout of a large inflatable dog, which is crouched on all fours, sticking its tongue out.

I WAS MADE FOR LOVING YOU

  • Performance
  • Free
A gif featuring RONA. and DJ PGZ

First Frequency : Featuring RONA., DJ PGZ & more

  • Music
  • Dancing
Two people perform enthusiastically with a microphone in a vibrant, orange-lit room as a small crowd watches and records.

Rising Star Karaoke

  • Music
  • Free
Two people, one standing and one kneeling in front of the other both wave feathered instruments around like wings.

Pigeons

  • Music
  • Performance

Library Up Late x Make Believe

  • Music
  • Exhibition

Night Trade : Blazer Sound System

  • Music
  • Free

Fountain

  • Dance
  • Performance

Night Trade : Disco Mediterranea Takeover

  • Music
  • Free
A performer operates a sound equipment in front of a large screen with abstract visuals, illuminated by stage light.

Forest Swords (Live)

  • Music
  • Film

Night Trade : Lakatoi & Friends

  • Music
  • Free

We Are Eagles : A Day of Conversation, Food and Culture

  • Visual Arts
  • Exhibition
A group of people gather the street wearing plastic ponchos doing a playful urban activity

Urban Playground : Beyond Consumption

  • Art Installation
  • Talk
A DJ performs under moody lighting, concentrating on the decks with one hand raised mid-set.

Nyege Nyege Collective

  • Music
  • Free
Four dancers in hoodies move towards the camera in a crouched position

MASTERCLASS : Far From The Norm Dance Workshop

  • Participate
  • Dancing
Zoë Coombs Marr dressed as a variety show host, surrounded by costumed characters with question marks superimposed on their faces

Wrap It Up! With Zoë Coombs Marr

  • Performance
  • Sitting
A person with shaved head and a beard stands in front of a white wall displaying small artworks.

Crafting the Score : In Conversation with Forest Swords

  • Music
  • Film
Dressed up in country attire, two dancers show off their moves—one with their arms in the air, the other gripping their belt.

Country Struts Winter Hoedown

  • Participate
  • Dancing
A mid shot of person with shoulder length hair looking into the camera. Behind them are flowering bushes.

Soccer Mommy

  • Music
  • Standing

Nyege Nyege Day Party

  • Music
  • Free
A performer in drag dances in front of a rock band

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

  • Music
  • Theatre
A crowd of musicians led by a saxophonist walk toward the camera, playing their instruments

Communitas Workshops

  • Music
  • Free

Night Trade Opening Night : Music in Exile

  • Music
  • Free
Japanese Breakfast lying down at a dinner table with a spread of food, flowers and a skull in front of her.

Japanese Breakfast

  • Music
A portrait of Suki Waterhouse looking away from the camera, with soft purple clouds in the background.

Suki Waterhouse (PICA)

  • Music
  • RISING exclusive

New Rampant Optimism Roadshow : Ned Collette + Friends

  • Music
  • Sitting
A dancer in knee pads arching backward, her face attached to a long, flowing strands of fabric.

Last and First Men

  • Dance
  • Film
Two British geezers in 3-piece suits sitting on a bench outside a shop. One of them is making a finger gun sign

Pete & Bas

  • Music
  • Standing

Swingers—The 10th Hole

  • Visual Arts
  • Family Friendly