The national events guide
The national events guide.
Concerts, festivals, comedy and community events across every capital, with a desi heart.
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All year
Event types by month, across every state and territory.
Bars count type and state pairings in the planner. Not a ticket sales figure.
This week, this month, this year
Every state and territory, month by month, coloured by how many types of events are typically in season. Pick a type to see only its season, then pick a square for the detail.
Use the planner to see which types of events are typically in season.
| State or territory | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December |
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| NTDarwin |
The detail
Pick any square to see what is typically on in that state that month, with a guide to read first.
A guidance model of typical seasonal patterns, built from climate seasons and approximate festival months. It shows types of events, never dates or listings. Festival dates that follow lunar calendars move each year, and every organiser sets their own: always check with them.
By city
Eight capitals, eight climates. Choose a state or territory to see its seasons and what is typically on this month.
State guide
Each one has its own outdoor season, show month and winter. The guide shows the season, what is typically on this month, and the months that suit outdoor events.
Move across the photo: the light follows you, like a follow spot.
Festivals
From Lohri to Diwali, the festivals that fill community halls, parks and showgrounds. Months are approximate: many follow lunar calendars and move each year.
Eid al Fitr and Eid al Adha follow the Islamic lunar calendar and move about eleven days earlier each year, so they can fall in any month. Read more in Community events and Event history.
Festival survival
Heat, rain, queues and sore feet: 27 explainers on getting through a festival and enjoying it.
All of Festival survival
Going to gigs well
27 explainers on the small decisions that make a night out: where to stand, what to bring, how to get home.
For organisers
Running a fair, a gig or a street party? Start here, in this order, then read the rest of Running small events.
The library
210 evergreen explainers in 8 sections. Tear off a stub and start reading.