Festival Australia provides details of 300+ Australian festivals covering all genres, music, arts, flowers, historic, literary, fashion, sport, outback, community and more! Check the festival calendar above for month by month run down or use the search box for specific 2012 festival info where available*. Links to all official sites are provided for updates. Subscribe to Festival Happenings to receive monthly news of upcoming festivals throughout 2012.
Festival Australia On the Road in 2012 - So far in 2012 Festival Australia has been to the Country Link Parkes Elvis Festival, Peats Ridge, Sydney Festival, Taralga Rodeo and the Bungendore Country Music Muster . Heading for the Canberra Multi-Cultural Festival and National Festival of Australian Blues at Goulburn weekend 11/12th Feb.
Just added Country Music Calendar for 2012!
National Multicultural Festival
The headline act for 2012 is Anthony Callea, one of Australia’s favourite and most recognised singers and performers.
Features include a Greek glendi (a celebration of Greek culture), an international concert, a Pacific Islander showcase, international food and dance events. A vibrant fringe component complements the mainstream festival activities. When? Feb 1- 12, 2012 Where? Canberra, ACT More
Perth International Arts
A jam-packed program of world-class theatre, music, dance, literature and visual arts. Worth a flight west for east coasters. Where? Perth, WA When? 10 Feb - 3 March, 2012 More
RAW Family Music Festival
RAW 2012 is totally organized & run by volunteers with proceeds going directly to the environment, conservation and animal rights. Who? Jeff Lang, Mat Mchugh + When? March 18th Where? Mornington, VIC More
WomAdelaide - WOMAD
Performances and workshops on seven stages by some of the world's best musicians, dancers and DJs, street theatre and visual artists and KidZone When? 9-12 March, 2012 Where? Adelaide, SA More
Adelaide Festival & Fringe -SA
The 17 day program features 68 events, including 37 world premieres. Complimented by the Fringe. Where? Adelaide, SA When? March 2 -18, 2012 More
Byron Bay BluesFest
Australia’s largest international festival of blues and roots music. Over 20 international and 30 Australian acts.
2012 will be the 23rd time that the festival has hung up it's shingle and looking as awesome as ever with The Pogues, Roger Daltry (above), Earth Wind & Fire, John Butler Trio, My Morning Jacket on the bill . More
Moomba Festival - VIC One of the biggest and longest-running festivals in Australia, Moomba has survived in spite of its killjoy critics Where? Melborurne When? March 9 -12, 2012 More
BRISBANE COMEDY FESTIVAL
Brisbane will be caught giggling, chuckling, cackling and chortling when 54 international and Australian comedians hit the stage at 2012. Returning for the fourth year, Brisbane Comedy Festival brings audiences a line up with international headliners Tom Green, Stephen K Amos, Mark Watson and Daniel Kitson and introduces the Best of Malaysian Comedy starring Harith Iskander.When? 28 February – 25 March 2012. Where? Brisbane, Queensland More
National Folk Festival
Australia’s folk festival flagship, the ‘National’, draws together people from all around Australia and the world. They come to share in the songs, dances, tunes, and verse that have flowed 
through the ages from many communities into Australian folk culture.
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.
Where? Exhibition Park in Canberra, ACT When? Easter Long Weekend each year (April 5 - 9, 2012) Where? Exhibition Park in Canberra, ACT When? April 5 - 9 More
The Adventure Travel Film Festival
Adventurous gems gracing the screen include classics from the golden age of exploration 
such as First Overland - the 1955 Oxford & Cambridgge Land Rover expedition from Britain to Singapore, hardcore watery exploits from Canada, Colin Angus with his thrilling Yenisey River (2007) - paddling the wilds of Mongolia and Siberia, and rare motorcycle movies including the 1970 counter-culture treat, Cycles South featuring what is surely cinema's only stoned nude dirt-biking scene! When? 2012, 24 February - 26 February Where? Bright Vic More
Target Kids Day Out Festival
Target's Kids Day Out Festival brings together the biggest names in kids entertainment for one massive event.
Packed with non-stop entertainment in an 18,000sqm venue this festival is one that is sure to get children's pulse racing. Sounds like heaps of fun featuring 34 top kids performers, Family Picnic Areas, Indoor Rides Arena (Ride coupons purchased separately), XBox 360 Gaming Arena, Roving Entertainers, Character Meets When? Saturday 3 March 2012 10:00 am to 4:00 pm (Doors open 9:30 am) More
Thai Culture & Food Festival
The festival starts with a traditional blessing by Buddhist monks and opening ceremony. Federation Square is transformed into a showcase for Thai culture featuring arts and crafts, massage and information about Thailand and it's people.
There is continuous entertainment including many performers direct from Thailand with dancing, kick boxing, beauty contest and fashion parade. 60,000+ people attend.
When? March ( 18th March, 2012)Where? Federation Square, Melbourne More
The National Festival 
of Australian Blues.There are some 50+ free events in 2012 as well as ticketed events for Eugene'Hideaway' Bridges, Chase the Sun and Claude Hay. When? Feb - 9-12, 2012 Where? Goulburn NSW, More
of Australian Blues.There are some 50+ free events in 2012 as well as ticketed events for Eugene'Hideaway' Bridges, Chase the Sun and Claude Hay. When? Feb - 9-12, 2012 Where? Goulburn NSW, More
Ironfest, is an arts Festival 
with a Metal Edge, art exhibitions, stalls, live music, historical re-enactments, (including St George’s Day Jousting and a Napoleonic battle re- enactment entitled ‘The Battle of Lithgow’ When? April 21 -22, 2012 Where? Lithgow Showground More
with a Metal Edge, art exhibitions, stalls, live music, historical re-enactments, (including St George’s Day Jousting and a Napoleonic battle re- enactment entitled ‘The Battle of Lithgow’ When? April 21 -22, 2012 Where? Lithgow Showground More
Four Winds is a biennial festival of classic, cultural and world music. It takes place every second Easter in a parkland bush amphitheatre near Bermagui, amidst the wild beauty of the Sapphire Coast, on the far south coast of NSW, Australia.
When? Easter 2012 - Friday 6th - Sunday 8th April Where? Bermagui, NSW
St Kilda Festival
-VIC - A free celebration featuring Australia’s musical talent. Where? St. Kilda, Melbourne, VIC When? 4 - 12 Feb 2012 More
Adelaide Fringe is renowned for fresh ideas, risk, imagination, spontaneity and fun. Where? Adelaide, SA When? 24 Feb -18 March, 2012, More
Urban Country Music Festival Adam Harvey, Beccy Cole, Lee Kernaghan, Shannon Noll + Where? Caboolture, QLDS, When? 4 -7 May, 2012 More
Corinbank
-ACT - 3-day, all-ages celebration of art, music, culture and people. Where? Corinbank 40 min Canberra When? 2 -4 March, 2012 More
Australia's Major Art Festivals -
Australia’s first multi-arts festivals were established in Perth in Western Australia in 1953 and in Adelaide in South Australia in 1960. Festivals in other cities and regional centres proliferated in the 1960s. Major multi-arts festivals are now held in Sydney (January), Canberra (February), Perth (February), Adelaide (March), Tasmania (March), Brisbane (September), Darwin (August) and Melbourne (October). Full Details
Australia’s Music Festivals - A Quick Guide
Pick your musical bliss in Australia, where dance, blues, jazz, indie, rock, folk and classical music are all on offer in the jam-packed festival calendar. See international acts headline at huge national festivals, such as Big Day Out, Good Vibrations and Parklife. Combine great music with camping in lush, rural settings at 
festivals such as Queensland’s Woodford Folk Festival, the Falls Festival in Tasmania and Victoria or Splendour in the Grass in Byron Bay. Learn about ancient Aboriginal music at the Northern Territory’s Garma Festival or take a world tour of musical styles at WOMADelaide. If you love music, Australia has a festival experience for you. Full details of Austrlaia's Major Music Festivals. Full Details
Country Music Alive and Kickin' Throughout Australia!
The Country Music scene is alive and well and kickin' throughout Australia. Authentic Auusie feel with talented musicians from coast to coast aplaying to appreciative audiences who, like Festival Australia, loveee Country. Notable events include Tamworth, Mildura, Bungendore, Gympie Muster, Deni Ute Muster. Just added Country Music Calendar 2012
Flower Festivals Blooming Around Australia
Australia's flower festivals mostly take place in the southern spring with the majority 
happening in September through November. An exception is Caloundra Ginger Flower Festival in sub-tropical Queensland which takes place in January.
So important a role do floral festivals play in the annual calendar that Australia Post, celebrated their contribution with the release of a special stamp issue on 8 March 2011. The five stamps in the issue feature colourful photographic depictions of popular flower species - the gerbera, jacaranda, Australian everlasting, violet and tulip. Full Details About Australia's Flower Festivals
Australian Folk Festival Calendar. Details of Over 60 Folk Gatherings
We have a brilliant folk music scene here in Australia with events generally marked by a relaxed family friendly atmosphere, fine musicians and yarn spinners a plenty. Each festival has it's own character, some prefering traditional folk whilst others favour contemporary folk with a big twist of world music. You will find well over 60 events details in our annual calendar.
Whilst tens of thousands flock to the major folk festivals, many also prefer the many smaller intimate gatherings that take place around the country. Full Details
Because Life Should Be a Festival!
The personal journey of the Parker family through festival world. Impressions, depressions, elations, adventures, highs, lows and everywhere we possibly go (thanks BM).
Through 2012 we are planning to visit hundreds of festival events throughout the country . Just two journos with 4 child cub journos contributing More
- Bungendore Country Music Muster - Fine Music Great People 08-Feb-2012
- Hold on to your hair - you don’t want to be over Elvised! 03-Feb-2012
- Taralga Rodeo Great Family Fun on Australia Day Weekend 31-Jan-2012
- The Road to Parkes Elvis Via Cowra and Canowindra 18-Jan-2012
- Sydney Festival Opener- OK But Don't Save Up For It - A 10_Year Old Boys View 09-Jan-2012
Festival News
See all News Items2012 Country Music Calendar of Events09-Feb-2012
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Hitchcock to Spock: Life and times of our Dame Judith Anderson 1897 - 199231-Jan-2012
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National Multicultural Festival - February 10 -12, 201227-Jan-2012
The National Multicultural Festival is held in Canberra in February each year (10 -12 February,..
Sydney Fringe Festival Continues to Grow27-Jan-2012
While further energizing its existing ‘Fringe Central’ precincts - Inner West, Inner..
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