Photos from Rhythm and Vines 2011, an annual three-day music festival held at Waiohika Estate Vineyard in Gisborne.

For a week every year, the picturesque alpine village of Mayrhofen hosts the biggest, loudest snow festival in Europe.

Scott Kara's week of films, music, television and festivals.

The summer tour dates just keep on coming, and local lads The Datsuns are getting on board with a trip round the country, starting at the Waihi Beach Hotel on January 18.

The distinctive Senegalese voice of Baaba Maal has been added to the line up for Womad in March.

An intimate, relaxed affair set in the atmospheric surroundings of the Unesco World Heritage-listed Galle Fort.

With the tagline "Here for a good time, not a long time", you might think the annual Show Me Shorts festival aims to shock or entertain rather than delve too deeply into sophisticated stories.

Rotorua's Raggamuffin 2012 festival has expanded - and has got quite a bit deeper, in a bass frequency sense - with the addition of three more international artists to its line-up.

So what the hell am I supposed to do now? This might sound sad, but the end of the Rugby World Cup has left a gaping void in my life.

Some of New Zealand's finest cuisine will be showcased in the biggest food and wine festival of the year.

A third veteran act has been added to the double-header of Dragon and Hello Sailor at the Powerstation on November 4.

Keeping their fingers crossed for resource consent (c'mon Super City Council), the organisers of the annual Auckland Anniversary Day St Jerome's Laneway Festival have announced the details for next year's shindig on Monday January 30.

The party long billed as the world's only dry Oktoberfest is finally going wet.

In summer, Japan drops its reserve to party, finds Rob McFarland.

Josie McNaught gives a local's guide to Venice, where New Zealand art is on display at the world’s greatest exhibition.

New Zealand feature film The Orator (O Le Tulafale) has been selected to premiere in competition in the Orizzonti (New Horizons) section of the 68th Venice International Film Festival.

A weekend in Hawkes Bay was timed well for the food and wine festival, writes Catherine Smith.

More than 170,000 people turned up at this year's Glastonbury Music Festival to see hundreds of acts including BB King, U2 and Wu-Tang Clan.

New Zealand musicians have secured a special place on the programme for the City of London Festival.

Festival-goers in gumboots, raincoats and their best party attire braved mud and rain for Glastonbury 2011.

This fabulous summer arts festival offers a creative, entertaining range of events.

It's a pop-up world of panama hats and outdoor reading (when it's sunny), scarves and cups of coffee (when it's not), and an erudite audience.

The annual Medellín Flowers Festival sees Colombia's "City of Eternal Spring" bedecked with colourful blooms.