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Listen Out 2025 has been cancelled.

FestivalsCommentsFans angry after another music festival bites the dust

A music festival that was set to arrive in Perth later this year has been cancelled.

Kellie Balaam

Event officer Sarah Hulkes and event co-ordinator Anna Kiddle outside the Albany Town Hall ahead of the 2025 Maritime Festival.

winter funMaritime Festival brings winter fun for all ages

The annual Maritime Festival returns to Albany this week, with Foreshore Friday kicking off the beloved month-long seafaring event in the Great Southern city. 

Jacki Elezovich

NSW is amending abortion laws to make it easier for women to access treatment in regional areas. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

FestivalsMedical access to expand to remove 'abortion deserts'

Nurses and midwives will be allowed to prescribe drugs to terminate pregnancies under changes to abortion laws aimed at improving access in regional areas.

Jack Gramenz and Alex Mitchell

Some of the world’s biggest names will make their way Down Under for Spilt Milk. And yes, it is coming to Perth.

SEE THE LINEUPCommentsKendrick Lamar & Doechii to headline huge Aussie festival

Some of the world’s biggest names will make their way Down Under for Spilt Milk. And yes, it is coming to Perth.

Morgan de Smidt and Kellie Balaam

Spilt Milk will return later this year.

It’s back!CommentsAussie festival makes a comeback after cancellation

Spilt Milk is set to return in cities across the country including Perth after last year’s cancellation disappointed thousands of fans.

Kellie Balaam

Slow Food and Wine Festival in the Swan Valley was due to take place on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 May 2025.

‘tough decision’CommentsSwan Valley Slow Food and Wine Festival cancelled

The organising committee of the Swan Valley-based Slow Food and Wine Festival has made the difficult decision to cancel the event just days before it was due to take place.

Amy Cavender

Levi Hexter, 1, with Michael Bocian's third place-winning pumpkin. Krystyna Borowiki-Rees

GOOD GOURD!Growers celebrate their favourite gourd at pumpkin festival

It was a pumpkin lover’s delight earlier this month as growers and fans of the gourd gathered for the annual Lower Kalgan Pumpkin Festival

Melissa Sheil

Albany Town Hall lit up for the Albany Pride Festival.

ALBANY PRIDE 2025LGBTQIA+ awash in support as Albany Pride wraps up

Organisers of Albany Pride 2025 said this year’s festival was “better than we ever could have imagined” with the LGBTQIA+ community experiencing an outpouring of support during the two-week event.

Melissa Sheil

The Netflix documentary, Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened, examined the damage done by Ja Rule, left, and Billy McFarland's original festival.

The NightlyNetflix notorious Fyre Festival is back. We have questions

THE WASHINGTON POST: Eight years, two documentaries and one prison sentence later, Fyre Festival promoter Billy McFarland is back.

Natalie B. Compton, Herb Scribner

Charli XCX at Laneway festival Perth.

SEE THE PICSCamera IconMoments from Laneway festival Charli XCX wants you to see

Charli XCX has approved a series of photos from her set at Laneway festival in Perth that capture her party girl status and passionate fan base.

Kellie Balaam

Cr Michael Traill, mayor Greg Stocks, Menang Noongar elder Lester Coyne, Albany MLA Rebecca Stephens, executive director of community services Nathan Watson and chief executive Andrew Sharpe.

albany 2026PremiumMore projects revealed for Albany’s bicentenary year

More details of Albany’s bicentenary celebrations, Albany 2026, have been revealed with the City of Albany approving grants for 15 diverse projects across film, festivals, art and storytelling.

Melissa Sheil

Groovin The Moo festival won’t be happening in 2025.

‘Heartache’Comments‘Sad but not surprising’: Huge news for Aussie festival

Groovin The Moo organisers made the announcement on Friday morning.

Kellie Balaam

Duke Dumont and Hayden James.

MusicCommentsEDM heavyweights to headline Perth beachside festival

Australian and international music producers are set to transform Cottesloe Beach into scenes straight from an Ibiza beach club when a dance music festival returns this year.

Kellie Balaam

Amber Joy Poulton performing at the 2024 Mountain Country Music Muster. The Stirling Range’s Mountain Country Music Muster has received $10,000 from the Regional Events Scheme to pillar the festivals third year. Jarrad Dawson and Aimee Bailey

FESTIVAL FUNDPremiumMountain Country Music Muster granted $10k to support event

A country music festival in the Stirling Range has received a funding boost to support the event’s third year, with a special guest set to headline the 2025 show.

Hannah Whitehead

The Australia Day Coogee Beach Festival has undergone what could be perceived as a political makeover.

Australia DayPremiumPerth festival makes big change in lead-up to Australia Day

After 15 years as the Australia Day Coogee Beach Festival, its title has undergone what could be perceived as a political makeover.

Caitlin Vinci

AHOY Management's Brianna Delaporte and Erin Molloy.

Taste ThatPremiumTaste Great Southern gets new format and new management

Taste Great Southern will return for another three years under new management and in a new four-day format in May 2025. 

Georgia Campion

Lookout featuring Grinspoon, Jet and The Veronicas is coming to Perth.

Rock on!CommentsEpic festival featuring The Veronicas set to rock Perth

Aussie rock and pop acts are set to come together for an electrifying festival next year.

Kellie Balaam

Moderna has unveiled the nation's first commercial-scale mRNA vaccine manufacturing facility. (Rachael Ward/AAP PHOTOS)

FestivalsPremiumNew vaccine facility a shot in the arm for Australians

Up to 100 million mRNA jabs will be made at Moderna's new plant, with a promise Australia will always be at the top of the vaccine queue for locally-made jabs.

Rachael Ward

Troye Sivan at Spilt Milk House Party on Sunday.

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Perth singer kisses dancer for intense, risqué festival set

Perth got sweaty with homegrown pop star Troye Sivan who put on an impressive, sexually-charged performance at Spilt Milk House Party at the weekend.

Kellie Balaam

Wallace McNamara and Teresa Schofield with a display of the garden progress.

GARDEN TRANSFORMATIONBridgetown transformation in Festival of Country Gardens

Elysian Fields in Bridgetown was among the 25 gardens for the 25th Festival of Country Gardens Festival.

Anjelica Smilovitis

Robin and Anne Palmer.

GARDEN FESTIVALPremiumDozens of roses bloom at Melrose garden debut

Melrose garden in Bridgetown was featured for the first time in the Country of Festival Gardens, with dozens of roses blooming as non-stop visitors flowed through the archway. 

Anjelica Smilovitis

Jim and Ruth Silvester welcome visitors to Ellmarose for the Festival of Country Gardens.

Festival of Country GardensBridgetown garden transformation on show

Jim and Ruth Silvester of 33 Gifford Road Bridgetown transformed an 124-year-old property into a colourful cottage garden with a purpose to bring back the bees and insects. 

Anjelica Smilovitis

James Rogers and Natasha Shanks.

FESTIVAL FIRSTSLittle Lord Street Band Blues at Bridgetown ‘milestone’

Perth-based Little Lord Street Band will celebrate 10 years as a band with their debut performance at the Blues at Bridgetown Festival.

Anjelica Smilovitis

Eskimo Joe will be part of the line up on the rescheduled WA Day Festival.

WA NewsCommentsPremiumThe spectacular event making this WA summer one to remember

Western Australia is gearing up for an unforgettable summer with a free three-day festival at Optus Stadium, drawing large crowds.

Joe Spagnolo