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Shirt & Skirt Market

The Shirt & Skirt Market

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With the cooler months already here, rug up and come and browse some of the best independent emerging designer clothing and lifestyle accessories all in one beautiful space at the Abbotsford Convent.

The next amazing market will be on Sunday 16 August. The Shirt & Skirt Market is one of Melbourne’s original design markets and for over eight years, it has fostered new ideas and new design talent from across Victoria. The market will showcase over 40+ independent designers with beautiful designer clothes, unique accessories and one-off items.

When: Sunday 16 August, 10am – 4pm

Where: Abbotsford Convent, St Helliers Street, Abbotsford

Cost: Free

Visit the website here.

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The Right to Know

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The Red Cross has been helping people for so long now that sometimes it is easy to take them for granted. That’s why it’s timely that there’s a new exhibition at the Immigration Museum celebrating 100 years of the Red Cross International Tracing Service. The service helps re unite families separated by wars, conflicts and natural disasters.

Megan Goodman, the Program Directors says that the service has heard “heartbreaking stories of people who have fled war and conflict, of children forced from their parents at gunpoint and of husbands disappearing on their way to work. Using Red Cross’ network in 189 countries we can get messages to places where formal postal services don’t operate, where telephones don’t work and where others cannot go.”

The fascinating stories of some of the families that the service has helped are on display at The Right to Know. 100 Years of the Red Cross Tracing Service Reuniting Families at the Immigration Museum

When: 1st July until 25th October.

Cost: Included with museum entry.

Visit the website here. 

Masterpieces From The Hermitage

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The National Gallery of Victoria presents it’s latest Winter Masterpieces collection – Hermitage, The Legacy of Catherine. Showcasing one of the world’s greatest art collection and featuring works by artists like Rembrandt,  Rubens, Velazquez, Van Dyck. The show will include the finest group of Dutch and Flemish art.

Where: NGV Melbourne

When: 31 July – 8 November 2015

Visit the website here. 

Trailer Park

Trailer Park at the Village

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Melbourne and food trucks go together like peanut butter and jelly. One can’t exist without the other. That’s why we can’t wait to hit Trailer Park this August at the Village Melbourne grounds.

This year’s theme is Food of Origin and every Saturday and Sunday this August, the best food trucks will be serving up their take on the theme,  starting with North America, then South and Central America, Europe and Asia.

This year there will also be as a pop up bar in the Arbor (undercover area) and full bar service from the Bistro.

We Know Melbourne tip: Get the soft shell crab burger from the Hammer and Tong Food Truck.

When: Every Saturday and Sunday throughout August.

Where: The Village 557 St Kilda Road Melbourne (Entry on Moubray Street)

When: Every Saturday and Sunday throughout August.

Cost: Free entry! Just remember to bring money for all the snacking.

Find out more here. 

Hot Chocolate Festival

Hot Chocolate Festival

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If you love hot chocolates, then this festival is for you!

Returning for it’s third year, The The Yarra Valley Chocolaterie will be the hottest way to indulge this winter, showcasing  31 different hot chocolate flavours in 31 days. The menu will be changed on a weekly basis and if last year’s flavours (salted caramel, nutella, pina colada, turkish delight) are anything to go by, we would say that if you weren’t already obsessed with chocolate, you will be after this.

Get ready to indulge!

When: 1st – 31 August 2015

Where Yarra Valley Chocolaterie

Visit the website here. 

Meat Fish Wine

Are you game?

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This September, Meat Fish Wine are teaming up with Hopkins River Beef and Fowles Wine for a one night only event.

Embark on a culinary journey exploring the differences between wild game and farmed meat through 6 delicious course tasting menu accompanied by matched wines. To top of the night, Meat Fish Wine Head Chef, Malcolm Wright and hunter gatherer Matt Fowles, from Fowles Wine will provide the entertainment, battling it out as they present the qualities of meat from the wild and the farm.

When: 7pm,Thursday, September 6.

Where: Meat Fish Wine, 31 Artemis Lane

Cost: $125 pp.

Find out more here. 

Glow Festival

Glow Winter Arts Festival

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Light Up After Dark with the return of Glow Winter Arts Festival.

Melbourne’s inner south is warming up for a 10 day artistic feast with the return of the second annual Glow Winter Arts Festival from 13 to 23 August. Taking over the suburbs of Prahran, Malvern, Armadale, Toorak, Windsor and South Yarra, the festival will feature  everything from comedy clubs to cinema, theatre, roving performers and live music.

Whether you’re young or old,  you won’t get bored with Glow Winter Arts Festival diverse and exciting program of 50 events.

When: Thursday , August 13 – 23, 2015

Where: Southside

Cost: Varies

Find out more here. 

Delhi Streets

Delhi Streets

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Colourful, vibrant and aromatic. That’s three words we would use to describe India and that’s exactly what Delhi Streets bring to the table.

Their modern, colourful space tucked away in Katherine Place is full of India pop memorabilia, including everything from Bollywood posters to Indian branded furniture and table settings. Although the actual space is small (seats 28 people), the atmosphere is constantly buzzing. Grab a seat at the bar and watch your meal being cooked in the kitchen!

The menu is full of a range of vegetarian and non vegetarian dishes traditional dishes like biryanis, pakoras and puris, all at a very reasonable price. We opted for the thalis, and although when they first brought it out, we thought we were going to have order more, we can assure you, the dishes are just the right amount of food. Flavoursome, cheap and just right.

We Know Melbourne tip: We’ve got to warn you, we’ve tried to go a couple of times for lunch only to be met by long lines at the door. We recommend going there for dinner, where it’s still full of atmosphere, but no lines out the door.

Visit the website here

Electric Fields Festival

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Be transported to the bright lights of Hong Kong, Seoul and Bangkok in a celebration of Asian food and culture.  This weekend Electrics Fields, takes over Highpoint Shopping Centre with a three-day festival packed full of ‘Asian-city-inspired’ live music, entertainment, delicious food and game shows. 

And if that wasn’t enough to inspire you the festival will also hold a K-POP (Korean Pop) EXTRAVAGANZA headlined by Australian pop star and winner of The X Factor Season Five, Dami Im at 11am on Friday 31 July.

Other highlights include:

  • The Whacky Japanese Super Fun Happy Game Time Show including Sumo Wrestling and Wasabi Roulette
  • Street food carts hosted by Highpoint’s new retailers sampling delicacies and new flavours from their exciting menus

When: Friday 31 July to Sunday 2 August 2015.

Where: Highpoint Shopping Centre, Level One, 120-200 Rosamond Road, Maribyrnong

Find out more here.