"A beloved 20-year-old mid-winter festival that wraps Warwick's heritage streetscapes in thousands of hand-knitted woollen art installations while jazz bands play in parks, pubs and laneways across the Granite Belt town."

Jumpers and Jazz in July

"A four-day winter jazz festival lighting up Devonport on Tasmania's north-west coast with smooth live music, entertaining improvisational performances, and cosy indoor and outdoor venues."

Devonport Jazz

"Broome's 50-year-old Festival of the Pearl weaves the town's pearling and multicultural heritage into a fortnight of dragon parades, floating lantern releases, a 400-seat long-table dinner on Cable Beach sand, pearl-meat cook-offs and traditional dance performances."

Shinju Matsuri

"An iconic outback music and camping festival on the vast Mundi Mundi Plains outside the ghost-town of Silverton, famous for its world-record dance attempts and sunsets over the Barrier Ranges backdrop used in countless films."

Mundi Mundi Bash

"Every November, the historic port town of Queenscliff comes alive with an eclectic mix of contemporary, blues and folk artists at this beloved coastal music festival inside the Victorian-era fort and foreshore."

Queenscliff Music Festival

"Singleton's main street becomes Santa Claus Lane for one festive night, with fireworks, live music, food stalls and community performances filling the Hunter Valley country town with Christmas cheer."

Christmas on John Street

"The Riverina irrigation town of Leeton marks the start of Christmas with the official switching-on of lights across 200-plus decorated homes and businesses, anchored by a community market and live concert in Mountford Park."

Light Up Leeton

"Lobethal's Main Street comes alive each 23 December with a beloved community procession of illuminated floats, marching bands and festive characters that has anchored the Adelaide Hills Christmas calendar for generations."

Lobethal Christmas Pageant

"Held annually at Woodfordia on the Sunshine Coast hinterland over six days and nights spanning New Year, this long-running village folk gathering brings together more than 1,800 artists and musicians on its own forested site."

Woodford Folk Festival

"A three-day festival in the beloved Huon Valley village of Cygnet showcasing local and international musicians, dancers and poets, widely considered one of Australia's finest community folk festivals."

Cygnet Folk Festival

"In its 50th year, the Port Fairy Folk Festival fills the gaslit streets and heritage venues of this tiny seaside village with four days of world-class local and international folk and roots music."

Port Fairy Folk Festival

"Held on a farm at Sandford in south-west Victoria, this intimate bush music weekend blends ballads, folk, gospel, Celtic, bluegrass and Aussie country with crafts, art, workshops and poetry in a true rural setting."

Sandford Bush Music Festival

"Held since 1871 in Rosalind Park, the Bendigo Easter Festival is one of Australia's longest-running community events, featuring the legendary Dai Gum Loong Chinese dragon parade, a Rotary market and carnival entertainment."

Bendigo Easter Festival

"Every July this tiny southwest Queensland opal-mining settlement throws open its gates for fossicking, gem-cutting workshops, opal and art exhibitions, live music and campfire storytelling that celebrate a genuinely singular mining culture."

Yowah Opal Festival