| RISING | |
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| Genre | Major arts, theatre, music and cultural festival |
| Frequency | Annually |
| Location(s) | Melbourne, Australia |
| Years active | 4 |
| Inaugurated | 2021 |
| Attendance | 753,0000 (2023)[1] |
| Patron(s) | Creative Victoria |
| Website | rising |
Rising (stylised RISING) is a city-wide arts festival held in Melbourne, Australia. The festival was announced in 2020 as Melbourne's premier arts and culture festival, replacing the Melbourne International Arts Festival and White Night Festival, and is supported by the Victoria State Government. Following two attempts to launch the festival in 2020 and 2021 disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, Rising has been held annually each June in Melbourne from 2022. The festival has received praise for the depth and variety of its events and First Nations programming, whilst also receiving critiques about its ability to capture the purpose and identity of its predecessors.
- ^ "RISING 2024 To Kick Off With Epic Mass Music-Making Event". Creative Victoria. 7 December 2023. Retrieved 13 March 2024.