4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (333+ words) The Underpass marks a never-before-used Melbourne location for electronic music events, with organisers Novel promising a raw, industrial backdrop unlike anything else currently on offer around town. The space will hold more than 5000 punters, making it one of the biggest…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (313+ words) Every great cuisine has its own parcel of joy, and the Melbourne International Dumpling Festival wants you tasting them all. Returning to Queen Victoria Market after seven years away, the Melbourne International Dumpling Festival takes over the sheds on 2 November,…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (687+ words) Mia and Elliott have brought one of Naarm’s most dynamic underground subcultures to gallery walls across the city. The duo have documented Melbourne’s thriving Rubber community over the last two years, in their unique Gimp Series. The series comes to…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (369+ words) Melbourne’s produce scene is shaking off winter, and Queen Victoria Market is kicking things off with The Spring Series, a season-long run of new food, culture and market events. Running from 1 September through to 30 November, The Spring Series turns the…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (189+ words) The upgraded Fed Square Big Screen now runs 2.6 million pixels across 116 square metres of high-resolution LED, replacing gear that had not been touched since 2018 and marking the first overhaul in eight years. The shape is the bigger story. An ultra-wide…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1891+ words) Vika’s initial preview performances for At Last: The Etta James Story went down at the Clocktower Centre in 2013, just days before the official world premiere, so the venue holds a special place in her heart. “It’s a great little theatre,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (380+ words) After steering its live-score tour of Christopher Nolan’s Memento around the country, Hear My Eyes is closing the chapter with a blowout on 19 September. The Melbourne outfit is handing Miscellania to a rotating cast of players for a single evening....

3+ week, 23+ hour ago   (313+ words) One of the CBD’s grandest civic spaces is filling up with market stalls, courtesy of the Melbourne Makers Market. The Melbourne Makers Market lands at City Square, on Swanston Walk, on 19 September from 10am – 3pm, gathering up to 40 emerging artists, designers and…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (701+ words) Melton East is officially on the map, with a new suburb approved for Melbourne’s fast-growing western fringe near Melton. Minister for Planning Sonya Kilkenny has signed off on the Melton East Precinct Structure Plan, clearing the way for a full…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (405+ words) The countdown is over. Now or Never kicks off this week, taking over Melbourne from 19 to 30 August with light, sound and technology. Now in its fourth year, the City of Melbourne festival will spread across more than 150 events over 12 days,…...