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Sydney's Fringe First Nation hub, Yalgali, continues to thrive and grow
In 2024 Sydney Fringe launched its inaugural First Nation hub, Yalgali, designed...
Rhiannon Clarke 21 Sep 2026
Samoan tenor takes family story to international audiences
Samoan tenor Pene Pati will take his music and family story to North American au...
Joseph Guenzler 18 Sep 2026
Dancer Amelia Jean O’Leary delivers haunting performance in Fringe show Sitting Gnaay
Gamilaroi and Wadawurrung artist Amelia Jean O'Leary embodies grief, loss, colon...
Rhiannon Clarke 18 Sep 2026
First Nations talent to star at 2026 Irish Film Festival Australia
From gripping dramas and powerful documentaries to fresh new voices shaping Iris...
Phoebe Blogg 15 Sep 2026
Joe Geia announces 'Sing for the Black' album and national tour
Guugu Yimidhirr and Kaurareg music icon, Joe Geia will launch his double vinyl a...
Joseph Guenzler 9 Sep 2026
Quandamooka Festival ready to return with two days of culture on Country

Quandamooka Festival returns to Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island) this weekend, bringing two days of music, dance, art and cultural experiences to QUAMPI Arts & Cultural Centre and locations a...

September 8, 2026
Lydia Fairhall explores love and loss on new album 'The Narrows'

Worimi singer-songwriter and ordained priest Lydia Fairhall has released her second album 'The Narrows' and new single 'Bloom', ahead of a free performance at Brisbane Festival.

September 7, 2026
Deadly Fringe to celebrate its 10th season in 2026

The Melbourne Fringe Festival is set to celebrate its 2026 season from September 29 to October 18. This year's Curated Program spotlights artists at the forefront of contemporary practice; showcasing...

September 1, 2026
First Nations dance, music and culture take centre stage at Apmerenge-ntyele Festival in Mparntwe

First Nations dancers and musical performers from across the continent - and the Torres Strait - will gather in Mparntwe / Alice Springs this weekend for a free, family-friendly celebration of First N...

August 26, 2026
Statistics tell one story, we tell another: First Nations film Facing the Numbers 'giving voices to lives too often reduced to data'

Kieran Satour and Tyson Perkins' new documentary is a striking expression of lived experience, people and families so often hidden behind the statistics.

August 25, 2026
Cape York students prepare to take the stage at Band Camp 2026

Cape York students from Coen and Hope Vale will travel to Cairns next month for Band Camp 2026, culminating in a performance at the Yarrabah Music and Cultural Festival.

August 25, 2026
Darebin FUSE Festival celebrates First Nations artistry with 2026 Deadly Darebin Program

Darebin Arts and Darebin FUSE Festival will present events that celebrate the depth, diversity and excellence of the artistic practices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander creatives on the 2026 D...

August 21, 2026
'Get there early' - last year's Native Food Festival sold out of stock by Saturday afternoon

Thirty Aboriginal-owned businesses will trade at Carriageworks from 25 to 27 September for the second Australian Native Food Festival, with the weekend markets and café free to attend on regist...

August 20, 2026
Quandamooka Festival unveils 2026 music and cultural program

Quandamooka Festival will return to Minjerribah in September with two days of music, dance, art, cultural activities and on-Country experiences.

August 20, 2026
Minjerribah prepares for annual celebration of Quandamooka culture

Preparations are in place for Queensland's Quandamooka Festival, which returns to Minjerribah / North Stradbroke Island next month. The festival celebrates the rich, living culture of the Quandamooka...

August 13, 2026
IncarcerNation opens conversation on Indigenous incarceration in Australia

A major exhibition examining Australia's incarceration crisis and its impact on First Nations people has opened at the Northern Centre for Contemporary Art in Darwin as part of the 2026 Darwin Festiva...

August 5, 2026
The Indigenous craftsman who listens for singing trees

The walk comes first. Through the stringybark and scrub outside Yirrkala, Ian Gurruwiwi moves quietly between the trees, eyes scanning trunks and limbs he has known all his life.

August 3, 2026
Garma festival shows Yolŋu culture in full colour

On a red-dust mat in northeast Arnhem Land, Yolŋu families gather to show the rest of Australia a culture carried in song, story and white ochre.

August 3, 2026
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