Rising Festival

Day Tripper

RISING’s annual festival-within-a-festival once again transformed the labyrinth of Melbourne Town Hall and spilled into Max Watt’s, opening…

The Forest

Some performances ask you to watch. The Forest asks you to wander. Lucy Guerin’s hallucinatory dance work leads…

Nowhere: Rising 2026

Nowhere is the kind of performance that lingers long after the lights come up. Created and performed by…

RISING 2026: Melbourne’s winter festival of art, music and beautiful civic weirdness

As Melbourne begins to button up its coats and surrender to the early winter dark, RISING arrives to…

Take a trip to Uncanny Valley with Patricia Piccinini’s new art exhibition, A Miracle Constantly Repeated 

If you’ve heard of the ‘Skywhale’ hot air balloon with multiple mammaries, then you are already familiar with…

Melbourne’s newest festival, RISING, features a commissioned program of cultural events, degustations, theatre, live music, and one-of-a-kind experiences…