Author: We Know Melbourne

Win a Triple Slide Pass to Slide the City!

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Grab your swimsuits and your best pals! Slide the City™ is returning to Melbourne this summer, bringing with them 300 Meters of aquatic fun! Starting in 2013, Slide the City™ began by producing slide events in just three cities in America its first year. This year, Slide the City™ is on track to produce more than 150 events in 15 countries including 10 in Australia, and one right here in Melbourne.Transforming Lansdowne Street (East Melbourne) into one giant water block party, sliders will be slipping their way down a 3oom giant slide which spans three city blocks. There’ll also be live music, food, drinks and giveaways on the day to make this one giant summer party to remember. Don’t forget the floaties! When: 10 January, 2016 Visit the website here.  Want to win 2 triple slide passes to Slide the City™ ? In 25 words or less, tell us your favourite thing to do in Melbourne over summer?   Terms & conditions here. Competition closes 5 January, 2015.    

Miss Universal – Chunky Move

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The We Know Melbourne team are long term fans of contemporary dance company, Chunky Move and were excited to attend their latest show, Miss Universal last week. Upon entering the studios, we were told it was an open space and we were free to move between rooms, bars and couches. Unsure what to expect, we first entered the room where there were two tiny sculptures in the middle in amongst the rest of the audience. We had a brief introduction from one of the members of the Chunky Move board and also the artistic director, Anouk. We were told that the performance was going to a blend of theatre and gallery installations. Proceeding to the other room, we could see the chairs but they were up against the wall so once again, we weren’t sure whether we’d be standing up the whole performance or whether the show would span across the two rooms. Soon we spotted the dancers (the only way we could tell was that they were barefoot) as they moved through the standing …

Mind games at the Escape Room

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Escapism: super fun, definitely a challenge  Working across the road from Strike Bowling at QV Melbourne, we’re often in there for a beer and a bowl to celebrate the usual occasions like birthdays, a new employee starting, people leaving and so on, but we’ve always looked curiously at the red doors dotted throughout – and wondered was behind them as we sipped our drinks. This Christmas instead of killing off our brain cells with an afternoon of beers and bad-for-your-health junk food, we decided to put them to the test in one of Strike’s three, challenging ‘Escapism’ rooms. Strike describe these red-doored conundrums as ‘one room. one team. 50 minutes. a bit of thinking and a lot of fun.’ Having chosen their ‘difficulty nine’ level Casino Heist room we definitely did a lot more than just a ‘bit’ of thinking, that’s for sure. Being under the constant pressure to solve riddles to get through each door in a series of rooms does interesting things to a team and brings the ‘leader,’ ‘follower’ and ‘problem solver’ …

Rhythm of Africa

Rhythm of Africa

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Go on a wild African safari as Rhythm of Africa returns to Werribee Open Range Zoo this Summer. Enjoy live music, African inspired food, dancing, drumming, kids’ activities plus so much more. There’ll be free drumming workshops led by Shabba Eshun and enjoy special kids’ activities in the African Village. Rhythm of Africa is an all-weather event and entry is included in the general zoo admission price. Children under 16 receive free entry to Werribee Open Range Zoo on weekends, school holidays and public holidays. When: From 4:30pm every Saturday evening,  9 January- 27 February 2016 Where: Werribee Open Range Zoo Visit the website here. 

Go down swinging at Affair Play

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A Melbourne-based company comprised of young, tenacious theatre-makers, Freshly Ground Theatre hits the stage this December with it’s latest premiere season; Affair Play. Running from the 9th to the 19th at the Mechanics Institute in Brunswick, audiences can expect a fast-paced, sharp, contemporary nod to the much- loved bedroom farce. Ahead of the opening, We Know Melbourne had the opportunity to interview director Sam Floyd.   Where did you draw your inspiration from for the subject matter in Affair Play? I’m turned on by a premise that brims with immediate conflict. That throws up a potent philosophical debate, boiled down into a cracking yarn. My imagination runs away with punchlines. The more I got to know the characters, the more I cared about them, the more the debate gained depth. For me the inspiration is the idea itself, and yields the more you unpack it. One writes from experience, I believe it’s impossible not to. But I don’t write what I’d consider autobiographically. I take an observation and apply exorbitant imagination. Then craft is in …

Tropfest makes a comeback

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Feel the love as the world’s largest short film festival, Tropfest makes a Valentine’s Day comeback. Short film fans around Australia were heartbroken when earlier this year it was announced that the iconic event was cancelled, but thanks to the generous sponsor CGU Insurance, the Festival has received a lifeline and will be back on Sunday 14 February 2016 in Centennial Parklands, Sydney (with fingers crossed a live screening in Melbourne).  Twenty-one years on, Tropfest Australia attracted a live national audience of around 150,000 people on a single night and today more than 1.6 million people have attended a Tropfest event over it’s lifetime.  “As a free, outdoor event, Tropfest makes short film accessible to all. There’s nothing else quite like it and I think that’s what people love.. Tropfest is a great festival, providing unique platforms for talented filmmakers through its events and initiatives, and we are excited to be able to help them get back on their feet,” Mr Bessell said. “Tropfest is about fostering the growth of the Australian film industry, and these …

Pinot Noir tasting at Meat Fish Wine

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Meat Fish Wine have just launched their Wine on Wednesdays evenings to showcase their extensive wine collection (they hold over 650 wines) and the We Know Melbourne team were lucky enough to attend the Pinot Noir evening last night. Set in the beautiful space of the Meat Fish Wine restaurant, the class was held in one of their private function rooms with views over Russell Street. Keeping the class to a small number of people (a maximum of 10 people), the evening was cosy and intimate with a fun, social feeling to the room. Gavin, the director of Operations of Apple & Pears was our wine teacher for the night and he started us off with a 2015 Bird in Hand Sparking Pinot Noir from Adelaide Hills (which was our favourite wine of the night). We didn’t even know that a sparkling Pinot Noir could exist, and that’s what Gavin wanted to show us – Pinot Noirs don’t always have to be that real masculine flavour that we’re used to, they can be a versatile …

French Christmas Market

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Melbourne’s one and only French Christmas Market is almost here! This weekend, Alliance Française de Melbourne will be transformed into a European market showcasing the very best French products, food, wine, music and offer a range of free and ‘gold coin donation’ activities, face painting, balloon entertainer, children’s games, photo booth, French language classes plus more. It’s a free family-friendly event, so bring the little ones When: 5 December – 6 December Where: Alliance Française de Melbourne, 51 Grey St Kilda Visit the website here

Royal Croquet Club

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The Royal Croquet Club are bringing their party back to Melbourne. Now in it’s third year, the festival is the perfect way to spend a warm summer’s afternoon, pimms in hand, croquet mallet in the other. This year’s food includes Mamasita, Lady Carolina, Ruyi, Gazi, Blue Bonnet Barbeque and everyone’s favourite gelateria, Pidapipo. There’ll also be live music from Alpine, GRMM, Running Touch plus more. When: December 10 -20 Where: Birrarung Marr Visit the website here. 

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The Big Design Market

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Get your shopping shoes on, The Big Design Market takes over the Royal Exhibition Building for 3 huge  days this weekend. The biggest market of it’s kind the stalls will feature everything from fashion & accessories, homewares & textiles, through to kids products, stationary and books. When: 4 December – 6 December 2015 Where: Royal Exhibition Building Carlton Visit the website here.