Festivals and Events Listings

  • Festival goers at WOMADelaideAdelaide is known as the Festival city because of the large number of festivals it hosts. Thousands of art lovers from across the globe converge on the city for the biennial Adelaide Festival and Festival Fringe, Tasting Australia Food and Wine Festival and the Clipsal 500 Adelaide super car race series. WOMADeldaide has won numerous national and international awards, recognising both its artistic excellence and its long commitment to environmental initiatives…
  • Melbourne International Comedy FestivalMelbourne lays claim to being Australia’s events capital, enthusiastically embracing a wide diversity of festivals, exhibitions and sporting spectacles. There isn’t a dull month in Melbourne with a busy annual cycle of major events including the Australian Open Tennis Championships, the Formula 1 Grand Prix, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and the horse race which stops a nation each November, the Melbourne Cup.
  • Sydney is known worldwide as the best place to be on New Year’s Eve with the annual New Year’s Eve firework celebrations on Sydney Harbour.Australians are among the most enthusiastic of participants and spectators in sport. Whether it’s a casual game of beach volleyball, the emotion of an Aussie Rules football match or the excitement of the racecourse on Melbourne Cup Day, there is always an opportunity to join in the fun.

To book flights to these destinations, call Student Flights on 1300 019 130

The Sydney fashion festival and Australian fashion week

31 January 2011, Event Sydney’s sartorial splendour is on show at the Rosemount Sydney Fashion Festival, at which the new Spring Summer Collections of local and international fashion brands are showcased over five days. Free and ticketed events are included in the range of collection shows, in-store promotions, celebrity events, exhibitions, launches and after parties in and around Sydney. A schedule of lunchtime and evening runway collection shows feature an eclectic mix of what’s on offer for the season, from broad-appeal fashion to independent, ready to wear designer labels. As the new season fashions start appearing in the stores, they’re also appearing on the catwalks to inspire Sydney’s fashionistas. A purpose-built tent structure in Martin Place, right in the heart of Sydney’s CBD, is central to the shows. Complete with state-of-the-art lighting, sound and staging configurations, it’s the hot spot to see innovative and eclectic fashion offerings from major department stores and independent retail outlets. Rosemount Australian Fashion Week has more of an industry focus, and happens against the spectacular backdrop of Circular Quay. Some of Australia and the Asia Pacific’s best designers present their collections to the assembled fashion industry pundits, who in turn help shape the fashion forecasts of the coming season. Designers, retailers, marketers and commentators converge in a meeting of some of Australia’s most creative fashion talent.

Melbourne Food and Wine Festival

20 January 2011, Events

Melbourne is known for its good taste, its intimate spaces and its creative people, all of which come together beautifully at its annual food and wine celebration.

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Melbourne Food and Wine festival (media.australia.com)

The Melbourne Food and Wine festival is internationally acclaimed for its fun and comprehensive approach to the world of gastronomy and wine. Global chefs and winemakers descend on the city and its surrounding food regions to cook, eat, drink and share hot tips and tasty morsels with the assembled gourmands.

The festival is made up of more than 250 events, including long lunches (around 900 people long, to be precise), hawkers markets, master classes, dinners, coffee roasting sessions, wine tastings, edible garden displays and theatrical renderings of food.

It’s at the Melbourne Food and Wine festival that you’re most likely to find yourself pulling noodles, picking nettles, sipping Nebiolo, talking trends and feasting on food films all in the space of 10 days.

Festival venues range from the city’s well known civic spaces like Southbank and Federation Square to its tiny laneway bars, highbrow restaurants and alfresco areas. Activities wander into Victoria’s regions, where produce, wine and feasting are taken equally seriously.

The Melbourne Food and Wine Festival is a meeting of world famous chefs, local producers, wine makers and enthusiastic cooks who share a passion for Melbourne’s fine flavours.