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Various locations, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000
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RISING is a surge of art, music, performance and ceremony in the heart of Melbourne. 

Ambitious in scale and impact, RISING will begin on the evening of the total lunar eclipse in May 2021. Over 12 nights, festivity and late-night culture will intersect with huge moments spanning the emerging and iconic, the epic and intimate.
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From a program of free and ticketed events, interlocking circles of experience and connection will reverberate through the city’s laneways, venues and public spaces. RISING is a bold, provocative, illuminating expression of Melbourne now. 

The inaugural festival will take place 26 May – 6 June 2021.

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26 May - 06 Jun 2021
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Various locations, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000
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What's on

A woman in a red and yellow dragon costume dances in a carpark.
Exhibitions
RISING: Golden Square Car Park
26 May - 06 Jun 2021
RISING's spiraling, sparkling Chinatown art car park. Golden Square is a swirling vortex of contemporary art from Australia and abroad — a concrete temple...
Glowing orange hemispheres of light are dotted around a landscape. People stand inside them.
Exhibitions
RISING: The Wilds
26 May - 06 Jun 2021 (dates to be confirmed)
Slivers of light flicker through a bamboo forest, moving and swaying to the beat. Architectural tunnels lead you through mirrored fields and roaring fires,...
A lifelike sculpture of a dolphin-like creature tenderly cradles a sleeping woman in a blue dress.
Exhibitions
RISING: A Miracle Constantly Repeated, by Patricia Piccinini
26 May - 06 Jun 2021
Hidden for decades, Flinders Street Station’s mysterious ballroom opens its doors for Australia’s pre-eminent visual artist.Trains speed in and out of...
A giant skeleton of an eel made out of lanterns stretches down a river.
Exhibitions
RISING: Wandering Stars
26 May - 06 Jun 2021
At an ancient meeting place on the Birrarung’s (Yarra River) banks, you’ll find the sky’s stories mirrored by a giant glowing eel and hundreds of lanterns...
A river winds through an Australian bush landscape
Art & exhibitions
RISING: The Rivers Sing
26 May 2021
RISING’s nightly call in the heart of the city. A large-scale sonic artwork uniting the urban environment, Country and the people who call them home. Hear...

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