Festivals

SXSW announces plans for in-person festival next year

The 2021 festival was held online earlier this month

Kira Puru, Alice Skye and more call for change at Mona in wake of Dark Mofo’s cancelled ‘Union Flag’ artwork

“We just want respect!”

Yours & Owls confirms 2021 venue, announces lineup alterations

Dope Lemon and Nerve join the lineup in place of BENEE and Wax Mustang

Ball Park Music and G Flip to headline Land Of Plenty 2021

Set to take place in Shepparton this October

Dark Mofo cancels proposed ‘Union Flag’ art project after criticism

Organisers have faced significant backlash over the proposal, which would have seen the Union Jack "immersed in the blood of its colonised territories"

King Gizzard, The Avalanches announced for Summer Sounds Festival Brisbane

The offshoot of the popular festival has been dubbed Summer(ish) Sounds Festival

Byron Bay Bluesfest 2021 says it will go ahead over Easter weekend despite flooding

The festival is due to run from April 1 to 5 with an all-Australian line-up

Dark Mofo responds to backlash over plans to soak British flag in Indigenous blood for art project

Kira Puru and Briggs are among those to have criticised the proposed artwork by Spanish artist Santiago Sierra

Boogie Festival pledges more staff training after Broads’ Kelly Day alleges assault at 2017 event

Day has also called for a target of zero assaults at all Australian festivals

Coachella reportedly pushed back again to 2022

It could be the festival's fourth postponement in 12 months