List of festivals in Australia, including any established festival or carnival in Australia.
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Festival | Location | Began / When | Notes |
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Australia Day Live | Parliament House | 199? | Australian music |
Australian Independent Music Festival (AusFest)[1] | Canberra & Queanbeyan | 2006 | Australian and international Indie performers (previously in Melbourne, Adelaide & Brisbane) |
Australian Science Festival[2] | Canberra | 1993 | |
Canberra Country Music Festival[3] | Exhibition Park, Canberra | 2009 | Australian and international performers across 5 stages, awards, dancing, exhibition, ute muster, markets, in a celebration of country music |
Canberra District Wine Harvest Festival | Various venues across Canberra and the surrounding region | 199? | Wine |
Canberra International Music Festival | Various venues across Canberra | 1995 | Annual Music festival - All Genres |
Canberra-Nara Candle Festival | Various venues across Canberra | 200? | celebration of Canberra's sister city relationship with Nara, Japan |
Confest | Canberra | 1976 | |
Endless Festival | (International/Internet) | 2007 | Collaborative Festival of Music & Arts |
Floriade | Canberra | 1988 | Flower and entertainment festival |
Foreshore Summer Music Festival | Canberra | 2007 | Pop, Electronic, Indie, Rock & Hip hop music |
Groovin the Moo (GTM) | Canberra | 200? | Rock/dance music |
National Folk Festival | Canberra | Canberra 1992 | Folk music, dance and arts festival.(1967-1991 alternate cities) |
National Multicultural Festival | Exhibition Park, Canberra | 1997 | Traditional and contemporary performances from all parts of the world. Comedy, performance art, food and wine stalls, street parties, live music, circus-style acts, exhibitions and more |
Summernats | Exhibition Park, Canberra | 1988 | Car festival |
Stonefest | University of Canberra | 2001- | Rock music festival |
Summer and Winter Festivals of Peace | Canberra (Stage 88, Commonwealth Park) | 1994 | Music and Peace festival |
Summer Rhythm Festival | Goolabri, Canberra | 2009 - | 3 Days, Music, Camping, Market Stalls |
Trackside Festival | Thoroughbred Park, Canberra Racecourse | 200? | Music, stores, carnival rides, international food & drink and market stalls |
Tuggeranong Festival | Tuggeranong Town Park | 1988 | Family fun day in the park; free entertainment |
Wine, Roses and all that Jazz | University of Canberra | 200? | Celebrates the art of the grape and jazzin Canberra |
Festival | Location | Began / When | Notes |
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Arts in the Valley | Kangaroo Valley | 2007 | Classical music, art |
Bellingen Readers & Writers Festival[4] | Bellingen | 2011 | Writers Festival |
Biennale of Sydney | Sydney | 1973 | Contemporary Art |
Big Day Out | national | 1992 | Music |
The Blue Mountains Ukulele Festival | Katoomba | 2010 | Everything Ukulele - First Weekend in February |
Byron Bay Film Festival | Byron Bay | 2006 | Film Festival |
Byron Underwater Festival[5] | Byron Bay | 2007 | Underwater Festival, Photography & Arts |
Byron Spirit Festival[6] | Byron Bay | 2012 | Yoga, Tantra, Music, Dance, Healing |
CoastFest | Gosford | Music and Cultural Festival | |
East Coast Blues & Roots Music Festival | Byron Bay | Music and Cultural Festival | |
Electrofringe | Newcastle | 1999 | Media Arts |
Future Music Festival[7] | Randwick Racecourse, Sydney | Electro House Music
8 March 2008 |
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Festival of the Winds[8] | Bondi Beach, Sydney | 9 September 2007 / Early Sept Kite Flying, Media Arts, |
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Granny Smith Festival[9] | Eastwood, Sydney | Major community festival 20 October 2007 |
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The Great Escape | Sydney | Music and cultural festival | |
Heartspace[10] | Nabiac (near Taree) | 2011 | Yoga, Meditation, Music, Dance, Healing |
Ignite Film Festival | Sydney | 2004 | Christian Short Film Festival |
National Young Writers' Festival | Newcastle | 1998 | Writers Festival |
Parkes Elvis Festival | Parkes, New South Wales | 1993 | Elvis Music Festival |
Playground Weekender Festival[11] | Wiseman's Ferry, Sydney | 7–9 March 2008 Indie Music Festival + |
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Reggaefest[12] | Ballina | 2010 | Music Festival |
Shore Thing | Bondi Beach | Music Festival | |
Splendour in the Grass | Belongil Fields, Byron Bay | 1998 | Music Festival |
Sunburnt Christmas[13] | Bondi Beach | 25 December 2011 | Christmas Day Music Festival |
St Albans Folk Festival[14] | St Albans, Sydney | 24–27 April 2008 Small Folk Music Festival |
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Sydney Comedy Festival | Sydney | 2005 | Comedy Festival |
Sydney Film Festival | Sydney | 1954 | Film Festival |
Sydney Festival[15] | Sydney | 5–26 January 2008 Major Arts Festival |
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Sydney Fringe Festival[16] | Sydney | 2010 | 10–26 September 2010 Alternative Arts Festival |
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras[17] | Sydney | 24 June 1978 | Festival, Parade and Party Usually held Feb/March |
Sydney International Food Festival[18] | Sydney | 1 October 2009 | Month Long Food Festival |
Sydney Writers' Festival | Sydney | 1997 | Literary Festival |
Tamworth Country Music Festival | Tamworth | Country Music Festival | |
This Is Not Art | Newcastle | 2000 | Media Arts |
Tropfest | Sydney | Short Film Festival | |
Village Fair | Bathurst | 1974 | Music Festival |
Wintermagic | Katoomba, NSW | Celebration of Winter Solstice-June | |
World’s Funniest Island | Cockatoo Island | 2009 | Comedy Event |
Festival | Location | Began / When | Notes |
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Alice Desert Festival[19] | Alice Springs and the surrounding region | 2000 | Arts and cultural festival |
Henley-on-Todd Regatta | Alice Springs | ||
Garma Festival of Traditional Cultures | Arnhem Land | It is a celebration of the cultural inheritance of the Yolngu people. | |
Pure Sounds In The Park | Darwin | 2009 | Music festival |
Bassinthegrass | Darwin | 2003 | Music festival |
Bassinthedust | Alice Springs | 2003 | Music festival |
Isotopia Festival | Darwin | 2005 | Music festival |
Name | Location | Began | Date | Notes |
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Australian Festival of Chamber Music | Townsville | 1991 | ||
Beef Australia[20] | Rockhampton | 1985 | May | National Beef Exposition - Triennial |
Big Day Out[21] | Gold Coast | 1994 | January | Annual |
Brisbane Festival[22] | Brisbane | 1996 | September - October | Annual |
Brisbane International Film Festival[23] | Brisbane | 1992 | Annual | |
Brisbane Pride Festival | Brisbane | 1990 | Annual | |
Cairns Festival[24] | Cairns | 1962 | 12 August –4 September | Annual |
Cairns Winter Solstice Festival[25] | Mount Garnet | 2006 | 12 - 15 June | Annual |
Cairns Ukulele Festival[26] | Cairns | 2010 | July | Annual |
Caloundra Music Festival[27] | Caloundra | 2007 | 8–10 October | Annual |
Caxton Street Seafood and Wine Festival | Brisbane | 1994 | Annual | |
Centenary Rocks! Festival[28] | Brisbane | 2003 | Last weekend of July | Annual |
The Dreaming | Woodford | 2005 | June | International indigenous festival |
Go Troppo Arts Festival[29] | Port Douglas | 2008 | October | |
Gold Coast Film Festival | Robina | 2002 | Annual | |
Golden Days Festival[30] | Coolum | 2010 | 19 & 20 November 2011 | Annual |
Island Vibe Festival | Stradbroke Island, Queensland | 2006 | October | Annual |
Kenilworth Celebrates![31] | Kenilworth | 1997 | September/October | Annual |
Kenilworth Cheese, Wine and Food Fest[32] | Kenilworth | 2009 | Easter Saturday | Annual |
Noosa Festival of Surfing | Noosa | 1992 | Annual | |
Queensland Music Festival[33] | Queensland | 1999 | Biennial | |
Queensland Poetry Festival | Brisbane | 1997 | Held over the last weekend of August | Annual |
Redlands Spring Festival[34] | Brisbane | 1958 | September | Annual |
Reggaetown World Music Festival[35] | Cairns | 1987 | 10 & 11 September–10 & 11 September | Annual |
Ripe | Noosa | 2009 | . | |
River Sessions | Mackay | 2009 | July | Annual |
Soundwave | Brisbane | Annual | ||
Straight Out Of Brisbane[36] | Brisbane | 2002 | ||
Wallaby Creek Festival[37] | Rossville | 2002 | 23–25 September | Music and the Arts in the Rainforest |
The Wintersun Festival[38] | Coolangatta/Tweed Heads | 1978 | June | Retro Nostalgia |
Woodford Folk Festival[39] | Woodford | 1987 | 27 December–1 January | Annual |
Yungaburra Folk Festival | Yungaburra | 1981 | May | Annual |
Festival | Location | Began / When | Notes |
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Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art | Art Gallery of South Australia | 1990[40] | "The flagship visual arts event of the Adelaide Festival of Arts"[41] |
Adelaide Cabaret Festival | Adelaide | 2001 | |
Adelaide Festival of Arts | Adelaide | 1960 | Was biennial now annual (as of 2012) |
Adelaide Festival of Ideas | Adelaide | 1999 | Biennial |
Adelaide Film Festival | Adelaide | 2003 | Biennial |
Adelaide Fringe Festival | Adelaide | 1960 | Was biennial now annual (as of 2007) |
Adelaide International Guitar Festival | Adelaide | 2007 | Was annual now biennial (as of 2009) |
Adelaide Writers' Week | Adelaide | Traditionally part of the Adelaide Festival of Arts | |
Big Day Out | Adelaide | 1993 | |
Clipsal 500 | Adelaide | 1999 | |
A Day On The Green | Barossa Valley | ||
Future Music Festival | Adelaide | ||
Gawler Gourmet & Heritage Festival | Gawler | ||
Kernewek Lowender | Kadina, Moonta and Wallaroo | 1973 | Biennial |
Leafy Sea Dragon Festival | Fleurieu Peninsula | 2005 | |
Live at the Zoo | Monarto | 2008 | |
Oz Asia Festival | Adelaide | ||
SALA Festival | Adelaide | 1998 | South Australian Living Artists Festival, Annual Celebration of the Visual Arts |
Sea and Vines Festival | McLaren Vale | ||
Soundwave | Adelaide | 2007 | |
WOMADelaide | Adelaide | 1992 |
[Lizard's Revenge. Roxby Downs [Music Arts and Culture Festival ] [July 14th 2012 ]Annual
}[Burnout.] [Mutonia, Alberrie Creek Oodnadatta track July 23 2012] [was Mighty Burning Demon Festival] [ Solstice 2004]
Festival | Location | Began / When | Notes |
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Australian Shakespeare Festival | Hobart | Held in January | |
The Cygnet Folk Festival | Cygnet | 1979–present | Held in January |
Falls Festival | Hobart | Held in January | |
Festival of Broadway | Hobart | Held in June | |
MONA FOMA | Hobart | Held in January | |
10 Days on the Island | 2001 |
Festival | Location | Began / When | Notes |
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Altona Bayside Festival | Altona | 1997 | Community Festival with Street Parade and Fireworks, held annually over a weekend in March. |
Apollo Bay Music Festival | Apollo Bay | ||
Art is... festival | Horsham | 1995 | Annual Arts Festival http://www.artis.wimmera.com.au/ |
Bendigo Easter Festival | Bendigo | 1871 | |
Begonia Festival | Ballarat | 1952 | Tuberous flower festival - Labour Day long weekend |
Big West Festival | Footscray | 1997 | Biennial Contemporary Arts and Cultural Festival http://www.bigwest.com.au/ |
Broadford Country Music Festival | Broadford | Country music festival | |
Buddha's Day and Multicultural Festival [42] | Federation Square, Melbourne | 1995 | Annual Buddhist Festival celebrating the Buddha's Birthday |
Castlemaine State Festival of the Arts [43] | Castlemaine | 1976 | Multi-arts, 10-day, Biennial Festival in odd years, March/April. |
Environmental Film Festival Melbourne[44] | Melbourne | 2010 | Environmental films from Australia and around the world |
Falls Festival | Lorne | 1993 | Music festival - 29 December to 1 January |
Folk Rhythm & Life | Eldorado | 1996 | |
Maldon Folk Festival[45] | Maldon | Folk festival | |
Melbourne Flower and Garden Show | Melbourne | ||
Melbourne Fringe Festival | Melbourne | 1983 | |
Melbourne Food and Wine Festival | Melbourne | 1993 | |
Melbourne Jazz Festival | Melbourne | 1998 | Music festival - May |
Melbourne Jazz Fringe Festival | Melbourne | 2005 | Music festival - May |
Melbourne International Arts Festival | Melbourne | 1986 | |
Melbourne International Comedy Festival | Melbourne | 1987 | |
Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) | Melbourne | 1951 | Film festival - October |
Melbourne Queer Film Festival | Melbourne | 1991 | Film festival - March |
Melbourne School Bands Festival | Melbourne | 1989 | Music festival |
Melbourne Underground Film Festival (MUFF) | Melbourne | 1996 | Film festival - August |
Melbourne Writers Festival | Melbourne | 1986 | |
Meredith Music Festival | Meredith | 1991 | Music festival |
Midsumma Festival | Melbourne | 1989 | Summer lesbian and gay festival |
Moneyana Festival | Port Fairy | Summer festival | |
Moomba | Melbourne | 1955 | |
Nati Frinj | Natimuk | 2000 | Arts festival |
National Celtic Festival | Portarlington | Celtic festival | |
Next Wave Festival | Melbourne | 1985 | Arts festival |
Pako Festa | Geelong West | 1983 | Cultural festival |
Poppykettle Festival | Geelong | 1981 | Arts festival |
Port Fairy Folk Festival | Port Fairy | Folk music festival | |
Pyramid Rock Festival | Pyramid Rock, Phillip Island | 2004 | Music festival 30 December - 1 January (held annually) http://www.thepyramidrockfestival.com/ |
Queenscliff Music Festival | Queenscliff | 1997 | Music festival |
Rainbow Serpent Festival | Beaufort | 1997 | Electronic music festival |
St Jerome's Laneway Festival | Melbourne | 2004 | Music festival |
St Kilda Festival | St Kilda | 1981 | Music festival - 2nd Sunday in February |
Sustainable Living Festival | Melbourne | 1998 | Sustainable Living Festival |
Sydney Road Street Party | Brunswick | 1989 | Cultural festival |
Thai Culture and Food Festival | Melbourne | 2004 | Multicultural festival |
Wandong Country Music Festival | Wandong | 1972 | Country music festival |
Weerama | Werribee | 1978 | |
Williamstown Literary Festival | Williamstown | 2002 | Literary festival April/May annually |
Winchelsea Festival | Winchelsea, Victoria | 2000 | Country festival November annually http://winchelseafestival.org.au/ |
Woodend Winter Arts Festival | Woodend | 2006 | Multicultural Arts Festival (Queen's Birthday Wkend) http://woodendwinterartsfestival.org.au/ |
Festival | Location | Began / When | Notes |
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Augusta River Festival | Augusta | Music festival held in March | |
Boyup Brook Country Music Festival [46] | Boyup Brook | Country music, ute and truck muster, markets, bush poetry, art exhibitions, workshops, held in February | |
Bridgetown Blues Festival[47] | Bridgetown | WA's premier blues festival held the 2nd weekend of November | |
Broome Arts & Music Festival | Broome | Music, arts and cultural festival held in March | |
Channel 7 Crab Fest[48] | Mandurah | Food and music festival held in March | |
Darlington Arts Festival | Darlington | Community festival held in November | |
Denmark Festival of Voice | Denmark | Choir music festival held in June | |
Fairbridge Festival | Pinjarra | Folk, blues, roots, celtic, acoustic, world music festival held in April | |
Festival of Country Gardens | Balingup | Flora festival held in May | |
Festival of The Wind | Esperance | Food and music festival held in March | |
FotoFreo Festival[49] | Fremantle | International photography festival held biennially in April | |
Fremantle Children's Fiesta | Fremantle | An annual event celebrating children, and reflecting the diversity of the Fremantle community, held in Samson Park | |
Fremantle Festival[50] | Fremantle | 1905 | Art and music festival held in November |
Fremantle Heritage Festival[51] | Fremantle | Art, Music, cultural festival held in May | |
Fremantle Street Arts Festival[52] | Fremantle | 1997 | Arts festival held in April |
Fremantle Tomato Festival | Fremantle | 2004 | One-day tomato festival held in either February or March as part of the Fremantle Village Art Market |
Great Southern Taste Festival | Albany | Food, wine, art and music festival held in February/March | |
GWN Great Southern Multi-Cultural Festival | Albany | Food and wine festival with street stalls held in March | |
Jurien Bay Easter Festival | Jurien Bay | ||
Kimberley Writers Festival | Kununurra | 2005 | Arts festival held in June |
Kings Park and Botanic Gardens Wildflower Festival[53] | Kings Park | Flora festival held in September | |
Leederville Street Festival[54] | Perth | Food and wine festival with street stalls held in November | |
Mango Festival | Broome | Food festival held in November | |
Margaret River Wine Region Festival[55] | Margaret River | Wine festival held in November | |
Moondyne Festival[56] | Toodyay | 1984 | Cultural festival celebrating the history of Toodyay, with markets and entertainment, first Sunday in May |
Mount Barker Wine Festival Weekend | Mount Barker | Wine festival held in January | |
Mundaring Truffle Festival | Mundaring | 2007 | Food festival with a focus on edible truffles and other local produce, held in July |
Nannup Music Festival | Nannup | Music festival held in March | |
Narrogin Spring Festival[57] | Narrogin | Open gardens, markets, music, food, street parade and other entertainment, held in October | |
Ningaloo Whaleshark Festival[58] | Exmouth | Environmental, arts and ocean sport festival held in May | |
Northam Motorcycle Festival | Northam | Motorcycle festival held in October | |
Northam International Festival | Northam | Music, arts and cultural festival held in November | |
Over The Fence Comedy Film Festival [59] | Perth | 1996 | Travelling independent Australian comedy film festival held from May until March the following year |
Pemberton Autumn Festival | Pemberton | Food & wine festival held on the first Saturday in May every year | |
Perth Fashion Festival[60] | Perth | Fashion festival held in September | |
Perth Fringe Festival | Perth | Arts and cultural festival held in January/February | |
Perth International Arts Festival | Perth | 1953 | Art, music, film, and theatre festival held in January and February |
Perth Medieval Fayre | Perth | Fayre held in the style of a renaissance fair, entertainment, Combat displays, Vendors and food and drink. wear medieval costume have fun. 3rd Saturday in March | |
Revelation – Perth International Film Festival | Perth | 1997 | Film festival held in July |
Rock It Festival | Joondalup | Biennial Music festival held at the Arena Jondalup in March and December | |
Rockingham Spring Festival | Rockingham | Family festival held in November | |
Rollercoaster | Mandurah | 2004 | Annual music festival held on the Mandurah foreshore in December |
Shinju Matsuri - Festival of the Pearl | Broome | 1972 | Music, arts and cultural festival held in September |
Southbound Music Festival | Busselton | Sunset Events music festival held in January | |
SPLIF Festival[61] | Perth | 2001 | Independent short film festival for West Australian film makers held in January |
Spring In The Valley Festival[62] | Swan Valley | Wine and music festival held in October | |
Staircase To The Moon Festival | Broome | Heritage, and environmental festival held in March | |
Stuffit | Wanneroo | Taxidermy festival held in March | |
UWA Annual Spring Feast | Perth | 1999 | Night market international food festival held in October |
Vintage Blues Festival | Albany | Wine and music festival held in January at Wignalls Wines | |
WA Food and Wine Festival[63] | Perth | Food and wine festival held in June | |
West Coast Blues & Roots Festival | Fremantle | Sunset Events music festival held in February | |
Whale Song Augusta Festival[64] | Augusta | 2010 | Music and entertainment, whale-watching, to celebrate the arrival of the Southern Right and Humpback whales in the waters of Augusta during their annual migrations, first week of June |
Wild West Comedy Festival[65] | Perth | 2007 | Comedy Festival |
York Jazz Festival | York | Jazz music festival held in September/October | |
Yum In My Tum - a food festival just for kids![66] | Whiteman Park, Perth, Western Australia | WA's only food festival dedicated to children, takes place annually on the last weekend in November |
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