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Featured - The Taste Festival Hobart

The Taste Festival offers a diverse range of entertainment throughout the seven days in various precincts accross the Festival site and adds colour and even more atmosphere to events surrounding the Sydney to Hobart yacht race.

Buskers, rovers, bands, choirs, soloists, children's activities, youth activities and sporting activities are all included as part of the Festival.When? 28 December -January 3, 2012 Where? In and around Hobart's waterfront. More

Other Tassie Festivals Ten Days on the Island - Wooden Boat Festival - Cygnet Folk - Falls Music - Hobart Taste - Mona Foma Faux Mo - Longford Revival - Tamar Folk - Festival of Voices -

Frankston’s Christmas Festival of Lights

Proudly presented by Showtime Attractions
Date:     Saturday, 24 November 2012
Time:     5:00pm to 10:00pm
Venue:   Davey Street, Frankston
Celebrating its 15th year, Frankston's Christmas Festival of Lights is a wonderful opportunity to bring the family together and celebrate in the spirit of community . More

ACT - National Folk Festival

For five days Exhibition Park in Canberra becomes a magic place, filled with colour and sound. Hundreds of the world's best musicians perform daily, in a non-stop flow of entertainment across twenty two fabulous venues. Every day is packed with workshops and sessions, where you can join in the dancing, singing and playing and become part of the celebration. It's all there for you; once you've bought your ticket and come through the gates you won't need to leave. When? Where? More

Victoria St Kilda

What? St Kilda Festival is one of Australia's best known and Melbourne's most loved events. An inclusive and free celebration of summer utilising St Kilda's stunning foreshore and featuring the cream of Australia's musical talents.When? February Where? St. Kilda, Melbourne, VIC More

Featured Artist- San Cisco

Playing Falls Festival 28th Dec - 1st Jan

As far as spectacular rises to power go, it's hard to beat the San Cisco story. Touted as a 'band to watch' last year after the release of their debut single Golden Revolver, the Fremantle based 4-piece then casually whipped out a little ode to stalking called Awkward. It was around that time that, to put it lightly, things got very, very real. The song (and its accompanying cute-as-a-button clip) raced around the airwaves and earned San Cisco a starring role on the iPod of every indie music lover in the country and, eventually, a spot at number 7 in last year's triple j Hottest 100. They then became the darlings of the festival and pub circuits – selling out shows wherever they went on the back of Awkward and another uber-catchy tune Rocket Ship (you know the one - “ooh la la la, ooh la la la la”). As they head overseas to conquer America and Europe, the lads and lass have just whipped out a new single – the more mature but no less earwormy Wild Things which will no doubt propel them further into the stratosphere as will their debut album San Cisco being released November 23!