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Section 8 and Ferdydurke are hosting a 13-hour block party this weekend Words by Kate Streader They’re teaming up with The Brooklyn Brewery for a marathon of live music, projection art, beer, and much more. The Brooklyn Block Party is back for its fifth year running, taking over Section 8, Ferdydurke, and Tattersalls Lane for a 13-hour party featuring live music, DJ sets, pop-up stalls, performances, projection art, and beer to celebrate Good Beer Week. What you need to know The Brooklyn Bloc...

Flow State is an immersive sonic bathing experience that uses bone conduction technology to deliver audio through the water and into your bones. Darkness envelops the Birrarung (Yarra) River as your boat glides across the still water, away from the city and into the night towards Herring Island. Having showered and changed into the “waterproof […]

La Mama reveals next instalment of its La Mamica program, spanning music, cabaret, film and more Jessica Barclay Lawton Words by Kate Streader The next series of events will take place from Monday June 7 until Sunday June 27. La Mama has revealed the next round of events happening as part of its quarterly La Mamica program, running from Monday June 7 until Sunday June 27. Spanning music, cabaret, poetry and cinema, the program will be split into four nights, each...

Woodend Winter Arts Festival to invigorate the Macedon Ranges with expanded three-month program Hanging Rock Running throughout winter, the reimagined, extended festival has something for everyone. This year’s iteration of Macedon Ranges’ annual Woodend Winter Arts Festival has been extended to encompass all three winter months, featuring a huge spread of music, arts, talks and more. Reimagined as a result of the ongoing uncertainties around COVID-19, Woodend Winter Arts Festival...

Featuring Angie McMahon, Joelistics, Soju Gang, Kee’ahn, Jazz Party, and more. The City of Maribyrnong has announced the return of its winter music series, West Set. Returning for its third iteration, this year’s instalment of West Set will envelop 14 venues across the inner west over nine days. What you need to know West Set […]

Leaps and Bounds Music Festival to return this winter with a sprawling ten-day event Words by Kate Streader The festival aims to support local live music venues, businesses, and artists. After being forced to present last year’s festival digitally, Leaps and Bounds Music Festival is set to take over music venues across Yarra once again this July. Spanning ten days and nights, the beloved winter festival will present a stack of indoor and outdoor events in a bid to support local music venues, ...

Brunswick Ballroom is throwing a three-day music festival celebrating the hottest emerging talent Cool Sounds - photo by James Morris/Cook Up Words by Kate Streader Ballroom Blitz will bring 20 diverse, rising acts to the stage next month. Brunswick Ballroom is throwing a three-day live music extravaganza this Queen’s Birthday long weekend, highlighting emerging talented acts who, they believe, were set to have a big 2020 had it not been for COVID-19. What you need to know Ballroom...

The Living End perform at The Corner Words by Kate Streader Thirty-six local venues have already registered their COVIDSafe compliance as part of the initiative. Yesterday, the Victorian government announced it will ease restrictions for small-to-medium-sized live music venues at the end of the month while asking Victorians to play their part in keeping the community safe as Melbourne continues to repoen. As of May 28, all venues and businesses required to keep electronic contact tra...

A career-spanning David Lynch retrospective is coming to two Melbourne cinemas Photo by Dean Hurley Lido and Classic Cinemas will screen David Lynch’s filmography to celebrate his 75th birthday. From June, Melbourne’s Lido and Classic Cinemas will screen David Lynch‘s filmography in its entirety to celebrate the master of surreal cinema’s 75th birthday. What you need to know The David Lynch Retrospective is happening from Thursday June 10 until Thursday August 12 All ten film...

Words by Kate Streader Cherry Bar owner James Young has been shortlisted to lead the Night-time Economy Advisory Committee. A group of experts across Melbourne’s hospitality, live music and arts industries have been nominated to form a Night-time Economy Advisory Committee which will work with City of Melbourne to reinvigorate the city after the devastation of COVID-19. Cherry Bar’s James Young, who also owns Yah Yah’s and Hotel Westwood, has been shortlisted to lead the committee, which ...