Late-night winter festival RISING returns this June for 12 epic days of music, food, art and culture. Book now for the moonlight ice skating pop-up on Birrarung Marr and a brand new exhibition in the abandoned Flinders Street Station ballroom.

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Euphoria

Euphoria

Two thousand years of greed reimagined as an opulent cinematic experience.

Melbourne Art Trams

Melbourne Art Trams

A rolling exhibition of Unapologetically Blak First Peoples’ identity and culture.

The Rink at RISING

The Rink at RISING

Strap in and get orbital with riverside ice-skating under a galactic big top.

Tracker

Tracker

A form-defying dance journey into the world of NSW’s first Indigenous sergeant.

Wallabies

Wallabies

Curious greetings along the riverbank from a big, bright troop of wallabies for RISING.

Hide the Dog

Hide the Dog

Friends must outwit Māori gods, palawa spirits and hunters to save the world’s last Tasmanian Tiger.

Night Trade

Night Trade

Reality bends in St Paul’s Cathedral’s car park of curated chaos and everyone’s invited.

Shadow Spirit

Shadow Spirit

An exhibition of First Peoples’ spirits, time travel and memory within Flinders Street Station.

Oh Deer!

Oh Deer!

Grilling pop culture, one tissue at a time, from experimental art collective Aphids.

Anthem by Wu Tsang

Anthem by Wu Tsang

Immerse yourself in a cathedral-sized portrait of sonic connection.

Consort of the Moon

Consort of the Moon

A communal choral ritual that bridges the spaces between day and night.

10,000 Kazoos Workshop

10,000 Kazoos Workshop

Come along to Kathleen Syme Library to help prepare kazoo tunes for the RISING festival in June.

10,000 Kazoos

10,000 Kazoos

10,000 people playing kazoos for RISING and everyone’s invited.

Last updated on Tue 21 Mar 2023

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