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Bacardi ExpressMusicFebruary 23 - 24, 2008

New South Wales

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Spring Folk in the FoothillsMusicOctober 19, 2008

Australian Capital Territory

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Canberra International Chamber Music FestivalMusicMay 7 - 17, 2009
Celebrate CanberraDance, Drama, MusicMarch 8 - 16, 2008
National Folk Festival (Canberra)Dance, MusicMarch 20 - 24, 2008
National Multicultural FestivalDance, Drama, MusicFebruary 8 - 17, 2008

New South Wales

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31st Runnymede Pop FestivalDrama, MusicJuly 16 - 17, 2007
Albury Wodonga Eisteddfod Sight and Sound FestivalDance, Drama, MusicJuly - August 2008
ANZ Central Coast Country Music FestivalMusicMarch 7 - 9, 2008
Applause FestivalDance, Drama, MusicOctober 18, 2008
August Rock by the River FestivalDance, MusicAugust 29 - 31, 2008
Australian Blues Music FestivalMusicFebruary 7 - 10, 2008
Australian Celtic FestivalDance, MusicMay 1 - 4, 2008
Australian International Music FestivalMusicJune - July 2009
Australian Jazz Convention (Lismore)MusicDecember 26 - 31, 2008
Bacardi Latino FestivalDance, MusicJanuary 2007
Bachata FestivalDanceApril 26, 2008
Barham Bush BashMusicMay 22 - 25, 2008
Barham Country Music FestivalMusicMay 26 - 29, 2008
Barham Jazz FestivalMusicJune 26 - 29, 2008
Bellingen Global CarnivalDance, MusicOctobber 3 - 5, 2008
Bellingen Jazz and Blues FestivalMusicAugust 15 - 17, 2008
Big Day OutMusicJanuary 25, 2008
Bimbadgen BluesMusicSeptember 6, 2008
Biting Dog Theatre FestivalDramaJune 11 - 14, 2008
Blue Mountains Music Festival of Folk, Roots and BluesMusicMarch 14 - 16, 2008
Byron Bay East Coast Blues and Roots FestMusicMarch 20 - 24, 2008
Caldera Celtic Music FestivalDance, Music
Cobarago Folk FestivalDance, Drama, MusicFebruary 22 - 24, 2008
Coolah Jazz in the Tops FestivalMusicMarch 7 - 9, 2008
Country RocksMusicJanuary 26, 2008
Cracker Comedy FestivalDramaApril 16 - May 11, 2008
Darling Harbour FiestaDanceSeptember 28 - October 1, 2007
Darling Harbour HooplaDance, Drama, MusicMarch 21 - 24, 2008
Darling Harbour Jazz and Blues FestivalMusicJune 7 - 9, 2008
Dorrigo Folk and Bluegrass FestivalMusicOctober 24 - 26, 2008
Dubbo Jazz FestivalMusicAugust 14 - 17, 2008
Easterfest Jazz FestivalMusicMarch 21 - 24, 2008
Fast & FreshDramaJune 2 - 6, 2008
Forbes Jazz FestivalMusicJanuary 3 - 6, 2008
Freakreation FestivalMusicJanuary 4 - 7, 2008
Future Music FestivalMusicMarch 8, 2008
Future Music FestivalMusicMarch 8, 2008
Glebe Music FestivalMusicNovember 8 - 30, 2008
Good Vibrations FestivalMusicFebruary 16, 2008
Great Southern Blues and Rockabilly FestivalMusicOctober 3 - 5, 2008
Greek Festival of SydneyDance, Drama, MusicMarch 24 - 29, 2008
Gulgong Folk FestivalDance, MusicDecember 31, 2008 - January 3, 2009
Hats Off To Country FestivalMusicJuly 3 - 6, 2008
HomebakeMusicDecember 6, 2008
Huntington Estate Music FestivalMusicNovember 26 - 30, 2008
Illawarra Folk Festival at BulliDance, Drama, MusicJanuary 15 - 18, 2009
Imperial Panda FestivalDance, DramaJanuary 31 - February 9, 2008
Jazz in the VinesMusicOctober 26, 2008
John O'Brien Bush FestivalDance, MusicMarch 13 - 16, 2008
Katoomba Winter Magic FestivalDance, Drama, MusicJune 21 - 22, 2008
Kiama Jazz and Blues FestivalMusicMarch 7 - 9, 2008
Legs 11MusicOctober 2009
Manly Arts FestivalDance, Drama, MusicSeptember 6 - 23, 2007
Manly International Jazz FestivalMusicOctober 4- 6, 2008
Merimbula Jazz FestivalMusicJune 6 - 9, 2008
Moon Festival at Darling HarbourDance, Drama, MusicSeptember 11 - 13, 2008
MoorambillaMusicSeptember 18 - 21, 2008
Moruya Jazz FestivalMusicOctober 17 - 19, 2008
Music at the CreekDance, MusicNovember 14 - 16, 2008
Newcastle Blues FestivalMusicOctober 24 - 26, 2008
Newcastle Jazz FestivalMusicAugust 29 - 31, 2008
Newcastle Music WeekMusicOctober 24 - 31, 2008
Newtown Festival "Dreamfest"MusicNovember 9, 2008
Nordfest - Nordic Folkloric FestivalDance, MusicMay 5 - 6, 2007
North Coast Jazz FestMusicJune 8 - 11, 2007
Numeralla Folk FestivalMusicJanuary 26 - 28, 2008
Nymagee Outback Music FestivalMusicOctober 6 - 9, 2006
Page to Stage FestivalDramaJuly 4 - 7, 2007
Port Stephens - Jazz At the WineryMusicMarch 16, 2008
Raggamuffin Reggae FestivalMusicFebruary 16, 2008
Raggamuffin Reggae FestivalMusicFebruary 17, 2008
Raggamuffin Reggae FestivalMusicFebruary 5, 2008
Saint Albans Folk FestivalDance, Drama, MusicApril 24 - 27, 2008
Scottish WeekDance, MusicJune 24 - July 1, 2008
Short and Sweet Central CoastDramaJuly 23 - 26, 2008
Short and Sweet One ActDramaJuly 22 - August 9, 2008
Short and Sweet SydneyDramaJanuary 16 - February 17, 2008
Short and Sweet Theatre FestivalDramaJanuary 15 - February 2008
Short, Sweet & DanceDanceFebruary 23 - March 14, 2009
Short, Sweet & SongDance, Drama, MusicMarch 26 - April 5, 2008
Shorter and SweeterDramaJuly 8 - 19, 2008
Shorter and Sweeter at The StudioDramaApril 30 - May 7, 2008
Songwriter's ShowcaseMusicMarch 24, 2007
Soundwave FestivalMusicFebruary 24, 2008
Southern Highlands Classic Jazz and Ragtime FestivalMusicApril 11 - 13, 2008
Splendour in the GrassMusicAugust 2 - 3, 2008
St. Jerome's Laneway FestivalMusicMarch 2, 2008
Surry Hills FestivalMusicApril 12, 2008
Sydney FestivalDance, Drama, MusicJanuary 5 - 26, 2008
Sydney Harmonica FestivalMusicNovember 11, 2007
Sydney Middle Eastern Dance FestivalDanceMay 2 - 4, 2008
Sydney Salsa CongressDanceJanuary 17- 20, 2008
Tamworth Country Music FestivalMusicJanuary 18 - 27, 2008
The Henry Lawson Festival of the ArtsDrama, MusicJune 5 - 9, 2008
the NOW now - International Improvised Music FestMusicJanuary 18 - 20, 2008
The Rocks Aroma FestivalMusicJuly 6, 2008
The Rocks Markets by MoonlightMusicNovember 7 - 28, 2008
Thredbo Blues FestivalMusicJanuary 11 - 13, 2008
Toyota FanfestMusic
Tullamore Irish FestivalDance, MusicMarch 20 - 23, 2008
Twisted Melon Improv FestivalDramaFebruary 27 - March 4, 2007
Two Fires - Festival of Arts and ActivismDance, Drama, MusicMarch 30 - April 1, 2007
Tyalgum Annual Festival of Classical MusicMusicSeptember 7 - 9, 2007
Uranquinty Folk FestivalMusicOctober 3 - 6, 2008
V FestivalMusicMarch 29, 2008
Viva La Gong FestivalDance, Drama, MusicOctober 9 - 12, 2008
Wagga Wagga Jazz and Blues FestivalMusicSeptember 12 - 14, 2008
Wollumbin Dreaming FestivalDance, MusicOctober 5 - 7, 2007
Yalumba Thredbo Jazz FestivalMusicMay 2 - 4, 2008

Norfolk Island

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Jazz in the Pines FestivalMusicDecember 8 - 12, 2008
Norfolk Island Country Music FestivalMusicMay 25 - June 1, 2008

Northern Territory

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Darwin FestivalDance, Drama, MusicAugust 14 - 31, 2008
Darwin Fringe FestivalDance, Drama, MusicJune 27 - July 15, 2008
Darwin International Guitar FestivalMusicJuly 4 - 14, 2007
Top Half Folk FestivalMusicJune 6 - 9, 2008
Walking with Spirits festivalDance, Drama, MusicAugust 2 - 3, 2008

Queensland

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Australian Festival of Chamber MusicMusicJuly 4 - 12, 2008
Big Day OutMusicJanuary 20, 2008
Big River JazzMusicSeptember 12 - 14, 2008
Biloela Comedy and Food FestivalDramaOctober 9 - 11, 2008
Blues on Broadbeach FestivalMusicMay 29 - June 1, 2008
Boomer Music FestivalMusicOctober 16, 2005
Brisbane Blues FestivalMusicFebruary 23, 2008
Brisbane FestivalDance, Drama, MusicJuly 18 - August 3, 2008
Brisbane InterplayDramaOctober 4 - 7, 2007
Brisbane Jazz FestivalMusicOctober 31 - November 2, 2008
Charters Towers Country Music FestivalMusicMay 2 - 4, 2008
EasterfestMusicMarch 21 - 23, 2008
Festival CairnsDance, MusicSeptember 7 - 20, 2008
Festival NusantaraDance, MusicAugust 8 - 12, 2007
Festival Restrung - Chamber Music FestivalMusicFebruary 28 - March 2, 2008
Future Music FestivalMusicMarch 1, 2008
Future Music FestivalMusicMarch 1, 2008
Good Vibrations FestivalMusicFebruary 10, 2008
Great Tropical Jazz PartyMusicSeptember 19 - 21, 2008
GreazeFest Kustom Kulture FestivalMusicJuly 31 - August 3, 2008
Laura FestivalDance, MusicJune 22 - 24, 2008
Livid FestivalMusicSeptember 14, 2007
Noosa International Street Performers FestivalDramaOctober 28, 2007
Noosa Jazz FestivalMusicSeptember 4 - 7, 2008
Opera in the OutbackDrama, MusicOctober 10 - 11, 2008
Palm Creek Folk FestivalDance, MusicJune 6 - 9, 2008
Palmer Street Jazz FestivalMusicAugust 8 - 10, 2008
Queensland Blues TourMusicJuly 21 - August 4, 2007
Queensland Music FestivalMusicJuly 2009
QUT Urban Country Music FestivalDance, MusicMay 2 - 5, 2008
Raggamuffin Reggae FestivalMusicFebruary 15, 2008
Redlands Bluegrass ConventionMusicJuly 11 - 13, 2008
Reef and Rainforest CarnivaleDance, Drama, MusicMay 23 - June 1, 2008
Soundwave FestivalMusicFebruary 23, 2008
St. Jerome's Laneway FestivalMusicMarch 1, 2008
Strategic Minerals/Oxiana Richmond Country Music FestivalMusicSeptember 28 - 30, 2007
Sunshine Coast Blues FestivalMusicSeptember 12 - 14, 2008
Taabinga Spring Music FestivalMusicOctober 4 - 5, 2008
The Dreaming Festival - Australia's International Indigenous FestivalDance, Drama, MusicJune 6 - 8, 2008
Toyota National Country Music MusterMusicAugust 26 - 31, 2008
V FestivalMusicMarch 30, 2008
Valley FiestaMusicSeptember 14 - 16, 2007
Valley Jazz FestivalMusicApril 24 - 29, 2007
Woodford Folk FestivalDance, MusicDecember 27, 2007 - January 1, 2008
World Interplay FestivalDramaJuly 3 - 17, 2007
Youth Interplay FestivalDramaDecember 1 - 3, 2006
Yungaburra Folk FestivalDance, MusicOctober 24 - 26, 2008

South Australia

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Adelaide Cabaret FestivalDance, Drama, MusicJune 5 - 20, 2009
Adelaide Contemporary Music FestivalMusicApril 4 - 6, 2008
Adelaide Festival of ArtsDance, Drama, MusicFebruary 29 - March 16, 2008
Adelaide Fringe FestivalDance, Drama, MusicFebruary 22 - March 16, 2008
Adelaide International Guitar FestivalMusicNovember 29 - December 7, 2008
African Cultural FestivalDance, MusicMarch 3, 2007
Aurora New Music FestivalMusicApril 11 - 20, 2008
Barossa Music FestivalMusicOctober 2008
Barossa Under the StarsMusicFebruary 2, 2008
Beethoven FestivalMusicJuly 24 - 26, 2008
Big Day OutMusicFebruary 1, 2008
Come Out FestivalDrama, MusicMay 4 - 16, 2009
Coopers East End Jazz FestivalMusicOctober 19 -21, 2007
Cubaliscious Latino CarnivalDance, MusicSeptember 29, 2007
Fleurieu Folk FestivalMusicOctober 24 - 26, 2008
Frances Folk GatheringDrama, MusicFebruary 20 - 22, 2009
Future Music FestivalMusicMarch 10, 2008
Future Music FestivalMusicMarch 10, 2008
Generations in JazzMusicMay 23 - 28, 2008
Glendi FestivalDance, MusicApril 21 - 22, 2007
Kapunda Celtic FestivalDance, MusicSeptember 13 - 14, 2008
Middle Eastern Cultural FestivalDance, MusicMarch 31, 2007
Mount Baker Jazz and HeritageMusicMay 16 - 18, 2008
OzAsia FestivalDance, Drama, MusicSeptember 14 - 28, 2008
Semaphore Music FestivalMusicOctober 3 - 6, 2008
Soundwave FestivalMusicMarch 1, 2008
South Australian Country Music Festival and AwardsMusicMay 31 - June 9, 2008
Southern Flinders Live Music FestivalMusicMay 14 - 18, 2008
St. Jerome's Laneway FestivalMusicFebruary 23, 2008
trans:missionMusicJanuary 2008 - February 2009
Tropicana Festival - National Latino and Afro Caribbean Groove FestivalDance, MusicJanuary 19 - 20, 2007
Tropicana National Salsa CompetitionDanceJanuary 20 - 21, 2007
WOMADelaideDance, MusicMarch 7 - 9, 2008
World Congress and Performing Arts Festival for Young PeopleDance, Drama, MusicMay 9 - 18, 2008

Tasmania

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Clarence Jazz FestivalMusicFebruary 19 - 24, 2008
Cygnet Folk FestivalMusicJanuary 11 - 13, 2008
Devonport JazzMusicJuly 24 - 27, 2008
Festival of VoicesMusicJuly 3 - 9, 2008
Forth Valley Blues FestivalMusicMarch 15, 2008
Hobart Comedy FestivalDramaJanuary 9 - 19, 2008
Hobart Fringe FestivalDance, Drama, MusicApril 1 - May 3, 2008
Launceston Blues FestMusicOctober 26 - 28, 2007
Suncoast Jazz JamboreeMusicJune 27 - 29, 2008
Ten Days on the IslandDance, Drama, MusicMarch 27 - April 5, 2009
The Falls Music and Arts FestivalMusicDecember 30, 2007 - January 1, 2008

Victoria

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Apollo Bay Music FestMusicApril 25 - 27, 2008
Ararat Jail House Rock FestivalMusicMarch 12 - 16, 2008
Australian Youth Dance FestivalDanceApril 2008
Awakenings FestivalDance, Drama, MusicOctober 17 - 26, 2008
Bacardi ExpressMusicFebruary 23, 2008
Big Day OutMusicJanuary 28, 2008
Bob Barnard Jazz PartyMusicApril 25 - 27, 2008
Boite Singers' Festival in DaylesfordMusicJanuary 9t - 11, 2009 
Boite Winter FestivalMusicJuly 28 - September 1, 2007
Brunswick Music FestivalMusicFebruary 27 - March 16, 2008
Bruthen Blues and Arts FestivalMusicFebruary 13 - 15 2009
Burke & Wills Folk FestivalMusicMarch 7 - 10, 2008
Castlemaine State FestivalDance, Drama, MusicMarch 27 - April 5, 2009
Cherry RockMusicApril 20, 2008
Chill Island festivalMusicFebruary 3, 2008
Chillout FestivalDrama, MusicMarch 7 - 10, 2008
Coolart Jazz FestivalMusicJanuary 12 - 13, 2008
Earthbeat Mildura Wentworth Music FestivalMusicFebruary 22 - March 11, 2008
Earthcore Global CarnivalMusicNovember 28 - 30, 2008
Fast & FreshDramaMay 5 - 9, 2008
Fiddler's ConventionMusicFebruary 16 - 19, 2007
Frankston Guitar FestivalMusicMarch 15 - 18, 2007
Future Music FestivalMusicMarch 9, 2008
Future Music FestivalMusicMarch 9, 2008
Globe to Globe - Kingston World Music FestivalDance, MusicJanuary 26 and 27, 2008
Good Vibrations FestivalMusicFebruary 9, 2008
Grampians Jazz FestivalMusicFebruary 9 - 11, 2007
Harrietville Bluegrass and Traditional Country Music FestivalMusicNovember 14 - 15, 2008
Inverloch Jazz FestivalMusicMarch 7 - 10, 2008
Kilmore Celtic FestivalDance, MusicJuly 25 - 27, 2008
Maldon Folk FestivalMusicOctober 31 - November 3, 2008
Melbourne Fringe FestivalDance, Drama, MusicSeptember 24 - October 12, 2008
Melbourne International Arts FestivalDance, Drama, MusicOctober 9 - 25, 2008
Melbourne International Comedy FestivalDramaMarch 19 - April 13, 2008
Melbourne JazzMusicApril 29 - May 4, 2008
Melbourne Next Wave FestivalMusicMarch 2008
Melbourne Women’s Jazz FestivalMusicDecember 6 - 16, 2007
Meredith Music FestivalMusicDecember 14 - 16, 2007
Mildura Country Music FestivalMusicSeptember 26 - October 5, 2008
Moe Yallourn Energy Jazz FestivalMusicMarch 7 - 10, 2008
Montsalvat National Poetry and Song FestivalDrama, MusicDecember 10, 2006
Mortlake Busker's FestivalMusicFebruary 23, 2008
Mount Beauty Music MusterDance, MusicApril 25 - 27, 2008
Moyneyana FestivalDrama, MusicDecember 24, 2007 - January 31, 2008
Nariel Creek Folk FestivalDance, MusicDecember 26, 2007 - January 1, 2008
National Celtic Folk Festival (Australia)Dance, MusicJune 6 - 9, 2008
Newstead LiveMusicJanuary 25 - 28, 2008
Paynesville Jazz FestivalMusicFebruary 22 - 24, 2008
Port Fairy Folk FestivalMusicMarch 7 - 10, 2008
Pyramid Rock FestivalMusicDecember 31, 2007
Queenscliff Music FestivalMusicNovember 28 - 30, 2008
Raggamuffin Reggae FestivalMusicFebruary 12, 2008
Short and Sweet MelbourneDramaDecember 3 - 20, 2008
St. Jerome's Laneway FestivalMusicFebruary 24, 2008
St. Kilda FestivalMusicFebruary 2 - 10, 2008
St. Kilda Laughs FestivalDramaJanuary 30 - February 9, 2008
The Falls Music and Arts FestivalMusicDecember 30, 2007 - January 1, 2008
Troubadourd WeekendMusicAugust 22 - 24, 2008
Umbria Jazz - MelbourneMusicApril 29 - May 4, 2008
V FestivalMusicApril 5, 2008
Wangaratta Festival of Jazz and BluesMusicOctober 31 - November 3, 2008
Whittlesea Country Music FestivalMusicFebruary 9 - 11, 2007

Western Australia

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Araluen Folk FestivalMusicSeptember - October 2009
Big Day OutMusicFebruary 3, 2008
Blackjack FestivalMusicApril 5, 2007
Blues at BridgetownMusicNovember 7 - 9, 2008
Bunbury International Jazz FestivalMusicFebruary 10 - 11, 2007
Denmark Festival of the Voice (Australia)MusicJune 2008
Down South FestivalDance, MusicNovember 7 - 8, 2008
Fairbridge FestivalMusicApril 24 - 27, 2008
Future Music FestivalMusicMarch 2, 2008
Future Music FestivalDance, MusicMarch 2, 2008
Good Vibrations FestivalMusicFebruary 17, 2008
Jazz Day at Peel Estate WineryMusicDecember 2, 2007
Nannup Music FestivalMusicFebruary 29 - March 3, 2008
Next Big ThingMusicJune 8 - 21, 2008
Opera Under The Stars®MusicAugust 30, 2008
Perth International Arts FestivalDrama, MusicFebruary 8 - March 2, 2008
Putting on an Act - Short Performance FestivalDramaJuly 22 - 26, 2008
Raggamuffin Reggae FestivalMusicFebruary 9, 2008
Totally Huge New Music FestivalMusicMay - June 2009
V FestivalMusicApril 6, 2008
WAMED FestivalDanceSeptember 26 - 29, 2008
West Coast Blues and Roots FestivalMusicMarch 15 - 16, 2008

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