WHAT’S ON THIS AUTUMN
LOAM x Two Good Chef Series
20 March 2024
Social enterprise Two Good has released a third cookbook packed with nourishing recipes from leading Australian chefs. To celebrate, they’ve partnered with Ace Hotel Sydney’s Loam for a special quarterly dinner series. The first iteration featured Julia Busuttil Nishimura and her beloved vegetable-forward cooking. The second, happening Wednesday 20 March, will be led by Christine Manfield. Tickets are $110 per person including a multi-course menu designed by Manfield and paired wines by Balmy Nights, as well as covering a donation to help Two Good’s mission to empower and employ women following domestic violence and homelessness.
Loam at the Ace Hotel in Sydney
NGV Triennial
3 December 2023 – 7 April 2024
Recurring only every three years, the NGV Triennial is back to provoke thought and wonder with more than 100 artistic projects and 120 artists, designers and collectives taking over all four levels of the NGV over the summer months.
Kandinsky
4 November 2023 – 10 March 2024
Over at the Art Gallery of NSW, Kandinsky is in town as 47 works by the abstract master visit from New York’s Guggenheim.
artgallery.nsw.gov.au/whats-on/kadinsky
Arbory Afloat Viva Mexico & Pool Club
Throughout summmer
Melbourne’s floating bar Arbory Afloat returns for its eighth year with its new theme Viva Mexico — a celebration of the Central American country’s vibrant culture and stunning coastal regions. For many Melburnians, the return of the pop-up Birrarung (Yarra River) bar signals the return of summery festivities, which you can ring in with punchy tequila cocktails and snack-ready tacos and tortas.
The pop-up has also just announced its new Pool Club is open, featuring an 8-metre-long tiled swimming pool surrounded by palm trees, a Tulum-inspored agave bar, and a taco hut.
Perth Festival
9 February – 3 March
Set to sizzle this summer, Perth Festival returns with boundary-pushing theatre, unmissable music events, live poetry, arthouse films and more across the city.
Adelaide Fringe
16 February – 17 March 2024
Come summer’s tailend, Adelaide Fringe kicks off. The annual, month-long arts festival brings thousands of independent artists and performers from across the globe to Adelaide for a jam-packed program of comedy, cabaret discos, circus performance, art shows, theatre and live music.
QAGOMA: Fairy Tales and Gone Fishing exhibitions
2 December 2023 – 28 April 2024; 20 May 2023 – 21 January 2024
Fairy Tales is the tentpole exhibition at QAGOMA this summer, running until April next year. Celebrating all things enchanting, the blockbuster exhibition explores centuries of folklore through art, design and film. Expect opulent costumes, immersive installations and a free curated film program in the Galllery’s Australian Cinémathèque.
Also showing at QAGOMA this summer is Gone Fishing (until 21 January), a stunning display of Indigenous Australian art to take in.
WHAT’S ON LATER IN 2024
Tasting Australia
A Little Bit of Broke
15-17 March
The tiny town of Broke in the Hunter Valley region is back with its 20th annual festival weekend, showcasing the best wine, restaurants, local produce, accommodation and music talent it has to offer. Taking place in March, the autumn festival will run across 17 locations, from wineries such as Krinklewood, Winmark and Margan to alpaca farms, distilleries and wellness retreats.
brokefordwich.com.au/a-little-bit-of-broke
Titanic: The Artefact Exhibition
Running until 14 April 2024
At Melbourne Museum Titanic: The Artefact Exhibition will thrill fanatics and film die-hards alike.
museumsvictoria.com.au/melbournemuseum/whats-on/titanic-the-artefact-exhibition
Nikon-Walkley Press Photography Exhibition
Running until 28 April 2024
See some of the photographs that captured pinnacle moments across the nation this year at the Nikon-Walkley Press Photography Exhibition currently showing in Sydney.
sl.nsw.gov.au/exhibitions/nikon-walkley-press-photography-exhibition
Tasting Australia
3-12 May 2024
Trains, planes, sailboats and more are just some of the madcap sites set to welcome events for Tasting Australia in 2024. A jam-packed program of 150 events will descend upon the festival state of Adelaide across 10 days in May. As Australia’s longest-running food festival, homegrown talent heroes much of the festival, with chefs including Mark Best, Matt Moran, Thi Le, Jake Kellie and Justin James all cooking. Newly appointed food curator Kane Pollard has worked to devise a program that puts South Australian produce front and centre, with pop-up restaurant experiences, hands-on cooking classes and bold one-off dining opportunities.
Winter Feast, Tasmania
Dark Mofo presents Winter Feast, Nude Solstice Swim, Night Shift and ‘Namedropping’
13-23 June 2024
While Tasmania’s subversive winter arts festival takes a hiatus this year, Dark Mofo is forging ahead with a condensed program of its more popular events. Winter Feast will return for eight nights of food stalls, bar pop-ups, firepits and long table feasting at Princes Wharf 1. The Nude Solstice Swim at Long Beach will also return, taking place on the winter solstice on Friday 21 June, and with an even larger capacity than last year. The debaucherous after-dark party Night Shift is set to run across two nights (Friday 21 and Saturday 22 June). Over at MONA, brand- new exhibition Namedropping will open with an extravagant gala at the gallery on 14 June, and will run until April next year.
