CULTURE | What’s on

UNTIL FEBRUARY UNTIL 20 MARCH 15 FEBRUARY – 17 MARCH SUMMER NIGHT FRINGE MARKET VARIOUS VENUES, SA QUEEN Take a trip to the left of centre 17 MARKET, , VIC at the country’s biggest open- Melbourne’s mid-week market access arts festival, as shows GEORGE BYRNE: POST TRUTH evenings continue through to pop up in places as varied as OLSEN GALLERY, , NSW March, combining stalls and alleyways and laundromats. Presenting a new series of works by the Sydney-born, bars, games and live music. Turn to page 62 for more. LA-based artist that reassembles the American urban thenightmarket.com.au adelaidefringe.com.au landscape in photographic collages of colour and form. olsengallery.com 5–14 APRIL 11–14 APRIL PARRTJIMA – A FLINDERS ISLAND FESTIVAL IN LIGHT FOOD & CRAYFISH ALICE SPRINGS FESTIVAL DESERT PARK, NT FLINDERS ISLAND, TAS Ancient stories meet creative Island life beckons at this vision and technology in a lovely, languid chef-driven stunning 10-day Aboriginal celebration of the long lunch FEBRUARY festival of light in the Alice. (and seafood, of course). parrtjimaaustralia.com.au visitflindersisland.com.au 9 8 FEBRUARY TO TROPFEST PARRAMATTA PARK, NSW The world’s biggest short film festival returns to WHAT’S ON 3 MARCH Parramatta in Western Sydney. The main screening 16 16 From ESCHER to sculpture and FESTIVALS of film and FESTIVAL of the finalist films – and the Trop Jr finalists funny folk to CELEBRATIONS of seafood and big country VARIOUS VENUES, PERTH, WA – is a free event, and this year there’s the Tropfair In possibly the most diverse, experimental festival filmmaking convention to get next year’s potential tropfest.org.au skies, your cultural calendar for the COMING MONTHS. yet, artistic director Wendy Martin has delivered entrants primed. a program of exclusive performances and world premieres galore. perthfestival.com.au UNTIL APRIL 17–28 APRIL 27 APRIL – 5 MAY B L E AC H BIG SKIES WESTERN DOWNS, QLD GOLD COAST, QLD Go full country with camp Arts events, from installations 5 oven meals, country races, to opera and circus, are set in tours of Jimbour House (right) the spectacular natural NGV FRIDAY and the big Day on the Plain landscape of the Gold Coast. music fest. NIGHTS bleachfestival.com.au bigskiesevents.com.au NGV, MELBOURNE, VIC Visit the National Gallery of Victoria’s 9–10 MARCH 13–14 APRIL 27 MARCH – 21 APRIL major TA S T E S O F SCULPTURE IN AN M E L B O U R N E Escher X nendo RUTHERGLEN ORANGE GARDEN INTERNATIONAL exhibition late on a RUTHERGLEN, VIC O R A N G E , N S W COMEDY FESTIVAL Friday to also enjoy A decadent progressive feast Orange Food Week is VARIOUS VENUES, set at no fewer than 19 wineries complemented by even more MELBOURNE, VIC pop-up bars, live music, Not a festival as much as an architectural art and celebrates regional food and colour, so to speak, with this tipples; this year, muscat- renowned selling exhibition institution, this year brings food in the gallery’s based cocktails and rich durif of sculptures in the gorgeous back such faves as Dave Hughes ground floor and wines take the spotlight. gardens of Rosemont Cottage. (left), the Great Debate, Deadly Funny and comedic femme-fest garden. ngv.vic.gov.au tastesofrutherglen.com.au org.nsw.gov.au Upfront. comedyfestival.com.au ARTWORK AND PHOTOGRAPHY: GEORGE BYRNE: PINK AWNING WITH ORANGE,HORAN; COURTESY 2018, GEORGE BY PARRTJIMA BYRNE; AUSTRALIA; PARRTJIMA FESTIVAL: BLEACH: JAMES ESCHER REQUIEM X NENDO (BLEACHED | BETWEEN ARTS AND TWO OPERA WORLDS, QUEENSLAND; HARVEY SUTHERLAND, NGV FRIDAY PHOTO NIGHTS LISA BY BUSINOVSKI – ARTWORK AND PHOTOGRAPHY: FLINDERS ISLAND CRAYFISHAND QUIET FESTIVAL: PLACE, CHRIS (STILL), 2017 CRERAR; FILM COURTESY PERTH FESTIVAL: THE ARTIST DAVID AND NOONAN, MODERN LONDON A DARK ART,

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