RISING Festival
Events from this organiser
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RISING: The Vinyl Factory – REVERB
ACMI Flinders Street Federation Square, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaReverb is a hit multi-sensory exhibition presented by ACMI and RISING, taking audiences deep into the symbiosis between music, art, film, and culture. Originally staged at 180 Studios in London, it features immersive works by artists including Stan Douglas, William Kentridge, Virgil Abloh, and Kahlil Joseph, diving into eras from early techno and house to ... Read more
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RISING: FLOWER POWER by KENT MORRIS, Melbourne, 2026
City Square 44-86 Swanston Street, MelbourneFor thousands of years, the tubers of the murnong were a staple food for First Peoples throughout the southeast of Australia, cultivated and harvested in the millions from abundant yellow fields. Following the forced introduction of European farming practices, the murnong almost became extinct. The work acts as a portal for reflection and a place ... Read more
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RISING: Rebel Heart
State Library of Victoria 328 Swanston St, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaExplore defiant expressions of the heart at State Library Victoria in this free exhibition celebrating the true stories of romance's rebels, from the past to the present. Soul-baring letters, intimate diaries, and rare manuscripts from the library's extraordinary archive are amplified by powerful new music commissions, spanning same-sex couples in the Victorian era, mid-century marriages ... Read more
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Furby Chorus and Friends
Emporium Melbourne 287 Lonsdale Street, MelbourneAt Emporium Melbourne, a congregation of domestic robots including beloved Furbies and companions from Yukai Engineering gather to converse through synchronised movement as part of the Australian Dance Biennale. Set within a sculptural world created by studio BOWL's Ryohei Murakami and NCM, these soft, sweet, and peculiar friends hibernate in stillness before erupting unexpectedly to ... Read more
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RISING: Land of 1000 Dances
Flinders Street Station Ballroom 273 Flinders Street, Melbourne, AustraliaRISING's very own dance academy takes over the historic Flinders Street Station Ballroom, bringing together dance schools, crews, and choreographers from across Melbourne to lead classes in salsa, jazz, polyswagg, ballroom, and more. Part of the Land of 1000 Dances program, this is a rare chance to dance in one of Melbourne's most iconic spaces ... Read more
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RISING: Calling Country – The Land Speaks Back
Hamer Hall 100 St Kilda Rd, Southbank, Victoria, AustraliaThe Hamer Hall façade becomes a canvas for the power of dance in this free outdoor projection series presented as part of Rising Melbourne. Featuring films by the Djirri Djirri Wurundjeri Women's Dance Group, Traditional Custodians of Naarm, alongside a new iteration of Midéegaadi by internationally recognised Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara and Lakota artist Cannupa Hanska ... Read more
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RISING: Voiceless Mass
St Paul's Cathedral 210 Flinders St, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaRaven Chacon's Pulitzer Prize-winning Voiceless Mass comes to St Paul's Cathedral as part of Rising Melbourne. Composed for organ, flute, clarinet, percussion, strings and sine waves, the piece reflects on the history of gathering spaces, colonial power, and the suppression of Indigenous voices, with the music reverberating through the architecture of the cathedral itself. Chacon ... Read more
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RISING: First Peoples Melbourne Art Trams, Melbourne, 2026
First Peoples Melbourne Art Trams are rolling into 2026, with six new works that convey the limitless possibilities of First Peoples imagining. Curated by Taungurung woman Kate ten Buuren, this year’s edition celebrates the power of Blak imagination and presents artworks by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists with connections to Victoria. Six trams will ... Read more
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RISING: EMERGENCE(Y) by Various, Melbourne, 2026
Science Gallery Melbourne 114 Grattan St, Parkville, Victoria, AustraliaIn a world of ecological collapse and rapid change, EMERGENCE(Y) brings together artists, scientists, and communities to explore adaptation as a creative and ethical act. From stem cells to Martian winds, coral soundscapes to fungal fashion, Indigenous knowledge to vertical farms—the exhibition reveals how life adapts across all scales. It is a living ecosystem: a ... Read more
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The Royal Family Dance Crew
Bunjil Place Theatre 2 Patrick Northeast Drive, Narre Warren, Victoria, AustraliaThe Royal Family Dance Crew brings their new show, Defend The Throne, to Melbourne as part of their 2026 & 2027 world tour. They'll perform all their iconic sets from the past 14 years, along with exciting new releases. This world-renowned crew has appeared in videos with over 10 billion views and performed on American ... Read more
$45 – $90
