Image courtesy of Vivid Sydney.

Key online resources

Film festivals

• Flickerfest International Short Film Festival - Sydney (January)
• Short & Sweet - Sydney (January - February)
• Tropfest - National (February)
• Adelaide Film Festival - Adelaide (February - March)
• Sydney Film Festival - Sydney (June)
• Revelation Perth International Film Festival - Perth (July)
• Melbourne International Film Festival - Melbourne (July - August)

Writers festivals

• Perth Writers' Week - (February)
• Sydney Writers' Festival - (May - June)
• Noosa Long Weekend 2007 - (June)
• Canberra Readers and Writers Festival - (June)
• Byron Bay Writers Festival - (July)
• Melbourne Writers Festival - (August)
• Brisbane Writers Festival - (September)

Jazz festivals

• Eltham Jazz and Blues Heritage Festival - Victoria (January)
• Illawarra Annual Easterfest Jazz Festival - Wollongong (April)
• Valley Jazz Festival - Brisbane (April)
• Melbourne International Jazz Festival - Melbourne (May)
• Merimbula Jazz Festival - New South Wales (June)
• Noosa Jazz Festival - Noosa (August - September)
• Wangaratta Jazz Festival - Victoria (November)

Folk festivals

• Cygnet Folk Festival - Tasmania (January)
• Illawarra Folk Festival - New South Wales (January)
• Cobargo Folk Festival - New South Wales (February)
• National Folk Festival - Canberra (Easter)
• Tablelands Folk Festival, Yungaburra- Queensland (October)
• Uranquinty Folk Festival - New South Wales (October)
• Woodford Folk Festival - Queensland (December)

Festivals - New South Wales

• Sydney Festival - Sydney (January)
• Flickerfest - Sydney (January)
• Big Day Out - National (January - February)
• Mardi Gras Film Festival - Sydney (March)
• Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras - Sydney (March)
• Thirroul Seaside and Arts Festival - Thirroul (April)
• Sydney Film Festival - Sydney (June)
• Vivid Sydney – a festival of light, music and ideas – Sydney (May-June)

Festivals - Victoria

• Melbourne International Comedy Festival - Melbourne (February - April)
• Melbourne Moomba Festival - Melbourne (March)
• Melbourne International Film Festival - Melbourne (July - August)
• Apollo Bay Music Festival - Apollo Bay (April)

Festivals - South Australia

• Adelaide Festival of the Arts - Adelaide (February - March)
• Adelaide International Film Festival - Adelaide (February - March)
• Adelaide Cabaret Festival - Adelaide (June)

Festivals - other states

• Ten Days on the Island - Tasmania (March - April)
• The Taste Festival - Hobart (December - January)
• Festival of Darwin - Darwin (August)
• National Multicultural Festival, Canberra - Canberra (February)
• National Folk Festival - Canberra (March)
• Perth International Arts Festival - Perth (February - March)