
The ultimate guide to RISING
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.
More unmissable RISING events
Melbourne Art Trams
A rolling exhibition of Unapologetically Blak First Peoples’ identity and culture.
Hide the Dog
Friends must outwit Māori gods, palawa spirits and hunters to save the world’s last Tasmanian Tiger.
Night Trade
Reality bends in St Paul’s Cathedral’s car park of curated chaos and everyone’s invited.
Shadow Spirit
An exhibition of First Peoples’ spirits, time travel and memory within Flinders Street Station.
10,000 Kazoos Workshop
Come along to Kathleen Syme Library to help prepare kazoo tunes for the RISING festival in June.
Last updated on Tue 21 Mar 2023
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