Author: We Know Melbourne

PAX Conference

Get Your Game On at PAX

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PAX 2016 is just around the corner. Twelve years ago in Washington a team of gamers from Penny Arcade came up with the concept for a convention exclusively dedicated to gaming to fill a niche that was overlooked by comics, anime and, in their words not ours, other cool nerd hobbies – and thus PAX was born – attracting 4,500 people in its first year, and doubling every year after that until it had to move to Seattle and Boston. PAX is now proudly the largest gaming event in North America. In 2013, PAX hit the golden shores of Oz (and by that we mean Australia) where it’s now an annual event, and goes from strength to strength. This year, PAX Australia runs from 4-6 November, 2016 at the Melbourne Conference and Exhibition Centre. This mega-convention offers something for every, single type of gaming you can imagine including a Consol Freeplay area, where PAX attendees can hit up literally hundreds of the latest gen, classic and lesser known games during their time. More a fan …

The Best of Melbourne Docklands

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One of the areas of inner Melbourne that is still relatively unknown by visitors and even locals, the Docklands Precinct has grown from a disused wharf network in the 90’s, to a waterfront featuring an expansive array of restaurants, bars, shopping, attractions and modern residential buildings. In order to help you experience the best of this Melbourne suburb, we have listed some the best activities and attractions on offer. Harbour Town Shopping (440 Docklands Drive Docklands) A great location to spend the day browsing the various outlet stores, featuring all the latest brands and fashion including designer clothing, jewellery and homewares.  Quench your hunger at Burger Monster or enjoy a long island iced tea at the Harbour Town Hotel.  Etihad Stadium (740 Bourke Street Docklands) One of Melbourne’s premier sporting arenas, it’s a prime host of Aussie Rules matches throughout the winter months, with soccer and 20/20 cricket throughout the summer, along as holding concerts from some of the biggest music acts in the world. Its retractable roof will make your visit a pleasant one regardless …

A Day at the Hot Chocolate Festival

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Over the weekend the We Know Melbourne team took a day trip out to the Yarra Valley, but this time it wasn’t for our usual wine, gin and cheese adventure. Instead our destination was the Yarra Valley Chocolaterie for the Hot Chocolate Festival. The Hot Chocolate Festival is an annual event that is now in it’s third year and throughout the month long festival, tasters (or should we say indulgers) can try over 31 different hot chocolates over 31 days! We booked ourselves in for the tasting session at 11am (as it was the only time available – book well in advance if you’re planning on going!) and the biggest mistake was sampling the chocolates around the chocolaterie beforehand – With over 250 products to try, we couldn’t resist! Drinking  8 different hot chocolates over the course of 45 minutes, it was easy to say that thanks to walking in on a full stomach and wanting to drink every last drop of hot chocolate (they were just so delicious not to), we put ourselves into …

90s Tribute

Tribute Mania Giveaway

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Tribute Mania will explode onto the Palais Theatre’s iconic rock ‘n roll stage with simply the best sounding, best looking and most technically accurate tributes anywhere in the world! The formula is simple. Sound like the artist, perform like the artist and look like the artist …then have a hell of a lot of fun doing it! Paying tribute to 5 of the world’s biggest bands, the night will take you on a journey through the 1960s to the 2000s! Playing on the night will be: Bjorn Again – The World’s No.1 ABBA Show The Australian Queen Tribute Show – The Closest You Will Ever Get to a 1980’s Queen Concert Elton Jack Show– The World’s Most Loved Elton John Show The Beatnix – The World’s First Beatles Tribute Show and Still Going Strong and introducing The Spicy Girls – Australia’s First Spice Girls Tribute Show Get your dancing shoes on, Tribute Mania will set your toes tapping. When: 6:30pm, Saturday, 3 September Where: Palais Theatre, St Kilda Visit the website here Exclusive: Tell us your …

A Chocolate Roadtrip

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All Melbournians know, a road trip to the Yarra Valley is nowhere near complete without a cheeky little stop on the way home to the Yarra Valley Chocolaterie (& Ice Creamery) to stock up on edible Christmas presents, random gifts or even just something fabulous to eat on the drive home. There is even SIMPLY GINORMOUS bowls of chocolate drops at the front entrance, so you can go a little ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ and have good old taste of the wares for FREE. Now, Victoria’s other world-renowned road trip, The Great Ocean Road is about to get its very own chocolate stop, when the Great Ocean Road Chocolaterie & Ice Creamery opens its sweet, sweet doors on September 17. In a similar (yet bigger and better) set up to its sister site in the Yarra, the Chocolaterie sits on 15 acres of landscaped grounds kitted out with an orchard, kitchen garden, scent-sational (see what we did there…) lavender maze and a play area for the kids. The promise of ‘abundant’ free tastings, over …

Dance your heart out at Listen Out Festival

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Australia’s favourite boutique music festival returns to St Kilda for it’s fourth year and the line up is massive! Presented by Fuzzy – the Aussie promoters behind Field Day and Parklike, the festival will feature a bevvy of local and international electronic and hip-hop  artists. Headliners for  the festival this year include Baauer, A$AP Ferg and local legends, RÜFÜS. To get your booty shaking harder, Listen Out will be upping the noise levels this year and the sound on the dance floor set to be over TWICE as loud as last year, thanks to the tick of approval from the good folk at St Kilda Council. Tickets are on sale now, but get in quick, it will sell out soon. Planning a big weekend for Listen Out Festival? Avoid the hassle of getting there and back, and stay at Rydges St Kilda (a 5 minute walk from the festival) with our HOT Winter deal – stay 1 night, and get the next night FREE on weekends. Book / stay by 29 September 2016. T&C’s  apply, so call the hotel directly for details …

Project Botancials

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Bombay Sapphire’s Project Botanicals  is back in town this September. The experience will elevate the gin drinking experience through a sensory experience of flavours, scents, sounds and visuals, inspired by the ten botanicals found in each bottle of Bombay Sapphire vapour infused gin. The city’s most creative bartenders will collaborate with head chef of Taxi Kitchen Tony Twitchett,  to create some amazing dishes plus botanically inspired Bombay Sapphire cocktails all night. To top off the night, there’ll be live music from internationally renowned DJ duo Yolanda Be Cool plus fragrance specialist and creator Samantha Taylor, and installation artist Missy to reveal the ‘artistry’ of Bombay Sapphire. When: 8 September – 18th September 2016 Where: Taxi Riverside, Federation Square Visit the Project Botancials website. 

Cine Latino Film Festival

Interview: Alex Castro | Cine Latino Film Festival

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This August, Melbourne cinephile will be treated to the first ever Cine Latino: A NewFestival of Latin American Cinema. With over 30 films from over 11 countries, the festival is dedicated to exploring the diverse and exciting Latin American cinema of now. We spoke to festival programmer, Alex Castro (former Melbourne Latin American Film Festival Director) ahead of the festival to find out his recommendations for the festival and the inspiration behind it.  This is a brand new film festival to Melbourne (and Australia). What inspired you to put together this festival? For many years now the Spanish Film Festival has presented excellent Spanish-language films from Latin American countries such as Argentina, Peru, Chile, Uruguay and Colombia. But too many great films were missing out. Cine Latino: Festival of Latin American Cinema gives us the chance to screen a greater number of these quality films, plus we get to see films from Latin America that are not in Spanish, especially Brazil. Latin cinema has become more and more popular here in Australia, why do you think that is? Latin America …

Burlesque Extravaganza

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If you have ever imagined being at the Moulin Rouge in 1920, or kicking back in a smoky club in Chicago in at the height of prohibition, Burlesque Extravaganza will deliver! Presenting some of the most stunning, sultry and hottest burlesque acts in Melbourne, Burlesque Extravaganza is a presentation that will transport you! Burlesque Extravaganza is a stunning, risque show featuring record holding burlesque artists at Australia’s only vaudeville theatre. Choose from shows with world-record speed twerking champion Lord Lovat, fan dancer Camilla cream or many others. You will never experience burlesque like it again. When: Until November 25 Where: Speakeasy HQ Visit the Burlesque Extravaganza website here.

Cine Latino

Cine Latino Film Festival Giveaway

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This August, the Cine Latino Film Festival will be bringing the sights, sounds and stories of Latin America to Melbourne. Screening at Palace Cinemas across Sydney, Canberra, Adelaide, Brisbane and Melbourne, the Festival will feature over 30 films from all across Latin America. Alongside the Opening Night film NERUDA, the Festival’s gala events include Sérgio Machado’s THE VIOLIN TEACHER, which follows the story of a former prodigal child violinist, as its Centrepiece while the stunning music and dance performance film ARGENTINA by master filmmaker Carlos Saura (Raise Ravens, Carmen) will close the Festival. Other program highlights include the latest work from cult filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky, ENDLESS POETRY, a phantasmagorical memoir that played in official selection at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival, veteran Colombian director and Gabriel Garcia Marquez collaborator Lisandro Duque Naranjo’s THE BRIBE OF HEAVEN and Daniel Rodríguez Risco’s THE WOMB, Peru’s first bona fide horror film and box office smash hit. We Know Melbourne exclusive: Win 1 of 10 double passes to the Cine Latino Film Festival. Tell us in 25 words or …