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Jump on the Glastonbury bus, bring your tent back home afterwards, and promote long term behaviour change.
When did revellers stop rebelling?
Forget the main stage headliners, the real festival heroes might be selling you crocodile burgers and mango smoothies.
Does it matter that money plays such a big role in festivals like Cannes?
Indigo, pink, saffron: colour for India isn’t just for throwing. It’s political, too.
It’s another year in Arts + Culture, so in case you missed it we’ve collected all the best coverage of screen, theatre, music, books and culture in one place.
Festivals are a vibrant part of Australian culture but, as arts funding dries up, festival organisers will have to get creative if they want to survive. The recurring, physical event isn’t enough.
Can emojis be used to tell stories, and if so what kinds of stories can we use them to tell? The National Young Writer’s Festival, which opens today, aims to find out.
In a world full of catastrophe, what good are books? Specifically, can books be written to do good?
Sex is part of young people’s lives. So how do we teach young authors to navigate tricky narrative waters when they write about it?
Focusing on the extravagances of a select few overlooks a broader affinity between the madness of Burning Man and the West Coast’s technocracy.
The UK should look to mainland Europe for greener music festivals.
Far from supporting risk, the environment of the Fringe is increasingly one in which playing safe is the best way to avoid losing out.
It seems like every year there is controversy over Glastonbury lineups and the worst sin in popular music – that of “selling out”.
Future archaeologists sifting through Glastonbury’s earth will look for clues as we do at Stonehenge.
The rock promoter thinks festivals are on the way out. But he couldn’t be further from the truth.
We’re not short on festivals in Australia, so new events need to make their presence felt. What’s the secret of Dark Mofo, which is about to enjoy its third outing?
Vivid Sydney draws larger crowds each year and when it opens this weekend, the streets will be packed. Are events like Vivid Sydney and Paris’ Nuit Blanche artistically valuable – or just a lot of fun?
Showing the “impact” of arts and cultural events is ever more important. But defining and measuring that impact requires long-term tracking and customised tools.
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