Festivals

One of the best ways to discover the arts is through festivals. And Victoria is full of them. Virtually every week of the year there is an arts festival to enjoy somewhere in the state.

While there is plenty of year-round arts activity on offer in Melbourne and Victoria, festivals provide a great opportunity to try something new. They give artists the chance to experiment and push boundaries; they give communities the chance to get together and celebrate; and they give tourists more great reasons to come to Victoria.

From comedy to cabaret, film to fringe, poetry to puppetry, design to dance; you're bound to find it in one of Victoria's festivals. So whether you're a culture vulture or a cultural toe-dipper, you can find a Victorian arts and cultural festival that suits you by

• browsing through the full list of festivals by name or
• using our festivals calendar to find all the festivals in each month of 2009

Contact the Arts Victoria web manager to get your festival listed.