Month: February 2016

All aboard the Aqua Donut!

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Last Friday evening, the We Know Melbourne team were invited to try out the Aqua Donut in the Docklands. Already a summer favourite in Europe, the Docklands’ Aqua Donut is the only one of it’s kind in Australia and an experience that both tourists and locals will love. If you’ve never heard of the Aqua Donut before and in your mind are questioning exactly how does a Donut in water work, rest assured that the Aqua Donut, is not your regular type of donut. The Donut is actually made of fibreglass, electrically powered to float along the water (lifejackets included) with a barbecue to complete an all round top Aussie dining experience. Upon arriving at the Docklands, our team of 9 met Isaiah who guided us through our Donut experience and what to expect. We were instructed that we could float anywhere between the yellow buoys, to hook up to them when we wanted to BBQ and to finally not jump off into the water (or fall off – don’t worry it’s extremely safe and everyone was given …

Square Pop Up Market

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Melbourne’s best small businesses are coming together for a three day pop-up marketplace at Federation Square this March. Whether you’re a foodie, design geek or just a market lover, Square Market will have you dipping into your wallets to support your  favourite local businesses. Stalls include Market Lane Coffee, Shortstop Coffee & Donuts, Mork Chocolate, That Dapper Chap, Butterbing Cookies, Those Girls, Cobb Lane Bakery, Adriano Zumbo, Sensory Lab, Hunters’ Roots, 5 & Dime Bagel and many more—plus joining emerging artists, homewares designers, illustrators, crafters and buskers. Entry to Square Market is completely free. When: March 9 – March 11 Where: Atrium, Federation Square Visit the website here.  Want to find out more about what’s happening in Melbourne? Sign up to the We Know Melbourne mailing list here to stay in the loop.

Lonsdale St Greek Festival

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The Lonsdale St Greek Festival is Melbourne biggest Greek street party, bringing a weekend of Greek culture, food and entertainment to the city’s historic Greek Precinct. There’ll be 3 stages of free entertainment,  and activities plus enough Greek food to last you a lifetime. Snack on food from stalls such as Two Men & a Lemon (freshly-cooked salt and pepper calamari), Greek Street Food Truck, and the Cypriot Kitchen. If dessert is more your flavour there’ll also be St Gerrys (with their delicious modern twist on a Greek dessert staple – loukoumades), icecream sandwiches from Biskit Bar, 196 Below with their nitrogen icecream plus more. Zobra ’til you Drop will also be returning to test your endurance! Get your trainers on and see if you can be the last one standing! And for the little ones, there’ll be Greek dancing lessons, storytelling, art and craft, face painting and carnival rides. When: 27th Feb – 28th Feb, 2016 Where: Greek Precinct, 168 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne Visit the website here.

Heathers: The Musical

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Revisit the joy and anguish of your high school days at Heathers: the Musical this May. Based on the greatest teen dark comedy of all time, starring Winona Ryder and Christian Slater, Heathers: The Musical is not your typical pom-pom and cheerleader high school tale. You’ll be taking deep into the dark comedic story about two high school students who unintentionally make suicide popular. “HEATHERS THE MUSICAL is the darkly delicious story of Veronica Sawyer, a brainy, beautiful teenage misfit who hustles her way into the most powerful and ruthless clique at Westerberg High: the Heathers. But before she can get comfortable atop the high school food chain, Veronica falls in love with the dangerously sexy new kid J.D. When Heather Chandler, the Almighty, kicks her out of the group, Veronica decides to bite the bullet and kiss Heather’s aerobicized ass… but J.D. has another plan for that bullet. Heathers: The Musical is set to be the most subversively funny show of 2016, and so “Very” you may have to kill to get a ticket!” …

AFL at Etihad Stadium

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Catch an AFL game at Etihad Stadium this footy season. Recognised as one of the best stadiums of it’s kind in the world, the venue was purposely built for Australian Football and is the only football stadium in the Southern Hemisphere with a fully retractable roof.the only. This year the stadium will host 46 matches for the 2016 AFL home and away season. You can’t come to Melbourne without catching a game at Etihad – it truly is an unique Aussie experience. When: Footy Season, March – September 2016 Where: Etihad Stadium Visit the website here.  Want to find out more about what’s happening in Melbourne? Sign up to the We Know Melbourne mailing list here to stay in the loop.

Splash around at Melbourne’s Hot Tub Cinemas

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Movies, Mojitos and hot tubs! Sound like a good time? Then you’ll want to put Hot Tub Cinemas into your calendars. Already a favourite in London and New York, it’s finally Melbourne’s turn this April. Setting up at The Common Man, in South Wharf, Hot Tub Cinema will run for 6 weeks and will show all your old time cinema favourites (including Labyrinth, Ghostbusters, 21 Jump Street to name a few). There’ll be 10 portable inflatable spas to choose from and of course a waiter/waitress serving Mojitos and Martinis to you in your 40 degree hot tub! If you’re all about the #squadgoals then you can hire out the whole tub with a hot tub bling/vip ticket for you and your 5 friends or make some new friends and book a wet ticket, and share the hot tub with others. For those who are not sure about getting into the tub there’s always a dry ticket – chair seating with no hot tub access. Bikini season isn’t over yet – see you there! When: April 21 – May …

MARCS Laneway Festival

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Summer is almost over for another year, but in typical Melbourne style, Melbourne has a few festivals on this week to close out the season with a bang. This Sunday, the  MARCS (Melbourne Art Restaurant Cocktail Sound) Laneway Festival will be taking over ACDC Lane and Duckboard Place to celebrate the essence of ‘what is’ Melbourne’s culture and lifestyle. There’ll be free children’s activities, hawker food stalls, bars, amazing street artists, cocktails, local and International street artists, DJ’s, local Melbourne bands,  poker tournaments plus much more. When: 12pm- 7pm, Sunday 28 Feb Where: ACDC Lane Visit the website here.