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Finders Keepers

The Finders Keepers Market

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Etsy lovers, your favourite arts and craft market returns to Melbourne this July. The Finders Keepers Market will take over the Royal Exhibition Building for a massive three day event, featuring over 250 independent art and design stalls in the world. Since launching in 2008, the markets now promotes and supports over 1200 sellers each year. Expect to find some lovely local makers from Melbourne, as well as talented favourites from all around Australia. Once you’re all shopped out, stick around for the good food and live music, and make a day of it! When: July 22 – July 24 Where: Royal Exhibition Building Visit The Finders Keepers website.

Gertrude St Projection Festival

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Gertrude Street Projection Festival are celebrating their eighth year this July with another spectacular show illuminated by the visions of talented projections artists. From Friday  15 July to Saturday 24 July, Fitzroy’s buildings, laneways, footpaths and tree trunks will be lit up with site-specific, curated projections. Celebrates and connecting our diverse community, the diverse arts program will allow  us to see familiar spaces and buildings in new, inspired ways. When: 15 July – 24 July Where: Fitzroy and Collingwood Visit the GSPF website.  

City Shapers Festival – Heineken®

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Heineken®  are bringing their  City Shapers Festival to Melbourne on 4 August. Keeping it a secret to exactly where and what you’ll be doing, guests can expect to be taken on a worldly adventure through some of the most unique experiences Melbourne has to offer.  The festival will open your eyes through a series of striking murals designed to shape the way cities look, evoking more emotion into their environments. The journey will start at an iconic Melbourne train station where you will board an exclusive Heineken® train before being transported to a secret location, where Heineken® will transform an unassuming venue into a dynamic festival space, full of intrigue and worldly discovery. There will be a number of unique experiences at the event, from the vibe of bustling Asian cities to a trendy jazz club in New York and dazzling performances. Guests will be in for an epic night as Heineken® finishes with a performance from a surprise international act.  The evening will be filled with  exciting surprises and unexpected reveals so guests should prepare …

Winter Date Night at the Coburg Drive-Ins

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Popcorn, cuddles under the blanket and a movie on the big screen! There’s nothing more romantic than a good old-fashioned date night at the drive-ins. This July, Coburg Drive-Ins are bringing  Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates & 2D Ghostbusters to the big screen for Winter Date Night! Tuck in to some of Melbourne’s finest food trucks (including Real Burgers, Senor BBQ, Street Crepes, White Guy Cooks Thai, Roadrunner Fried Chicken, Mr Burger, Greet Street Food, Mamma Van, Street Crepes) before getting cosy for your movie night! When: July 13 – July 14 Where: Coburg Drive-Ins 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.

Dash and D’Bree Review

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Like O.M.G. These two ladies have come a long way from their Clap Rap, Glory Box days on Australia’s Got Talent. A classy-bogan duo of self-confessed ridicheads, Dash and D’Bree have brought their brand new rap cabaret – Fierce to the 2016 Melbourne Cabaret Festival (their first time at the Melbourne event) at popular arts hub ‘The Space’ in Prahran.  What is is about? Why being fierce of course. A word they hear a lot about from Tyra Banks and drag queens and stuff. Right? “Owning it. Working it. Strutting it. Loving it.”  Yeah? Dash and D’Bree break their version of Fierce into two key elements. The ‘inner fierce’ (for when you know, you are feeling great, confident), and the ‘outer fierce’…. when you just look good. The latter being the most important… of course. The show was super funny, had some catchy tunes and a smattering of cringe-worthy moments which made it a really fun night out. Hayley and Kat have a fantastic chemistry, and a fabulous ear for mash-ups with lyrics that initially …

Melbourne Cabaret Festival Review: Rouge Romantic, Serenades from a Delinquent Diva

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Having previously been along to see Torte e Mort: Songs of Cake and Death, at the 2015 Melbourne Fringe Festival, we were pretty excited to get to see the world premiere of Anya Anastasia’s Rouge Romantic, Serenades from a Delinquent Diva at The Space in Prahran. A fantastic singer, talented musician and witty, quirky performer, Anya didn’t disappoint this time around. Although the show was different, a little shorter and with less set and costume changes, it was punchy, intimate and well, just gorgeous.  Switching between the two ‘alter-egos’ of, well, herself, Anya serenades her audience with songs born out of societal trends in love and romance the ups, downs and extremes of a woman’s passion when it comes to romance. The songs are funny, catchy, have the witty edge of a creative intellectual, paired with the voice of Kate Bush. We would have loved a tiny little bit more narrative, but this certainly didn’t dampen the experience at all. The Space is very intimate, and the audience interaction level in this show is high. …

School Holiday Fun for the Whole Family

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Winter school holidays are coming up and if you’re looking for ways to keep the little ones entertained, these seven Melbourne activities will keep their boredom at bay. Whether they love learning about animals, watching shows or playing outside, these family-friendly events are the perfect way to spend a winter’s day out and about in Melbourne. Ice Skating at River Rink – Until July 17 Strap your skates on – Melbourne’s only outdoor ice rink is back for another year this winter. With a dramatic backdrop of the city and Yarra river, the River Rink will transform you into a fairyland of light and colour. For the young ones still learning to skate there’ll also assistants in the form of 70cm high penguins and seals which can be rented from the River Rink Box Office to help support them on the ice. Jurassic World Exhibition – Until October 9  Walk amongst the dinosaurs at Melbourne Museum’s Jurassic World Exhibition. Visitors of all ages can now learn all about these incredible prehistoric creatures, so whether you’re a T-rex lover, or more  of a …

Scandinavian Film Festival

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The inaugural Scandinavian Film Festival returns to Melbourne this winter. More than just noir: the Volvo Scandinavian Film Festival will see new dramas, documentaries and laughs on the big screens across the Palace Cinemas. This year’s festival will be it’s third and will present some of the most exciting and fresh movies from Sweden,Denmark, Norway, Finland and Iceland. Win 1 of 10 double passes  – scroll to the bottom of the post. Some of the highlights we’ve picked out include: WELCOME TO NORWAY Director Rune Denstad Langlo brings some welcome levity to the highly topical subject of Europe’s migration crisis in this acerbic and insightful black comedy that pokes fun at the behaviour of Norwegians when pushed outside their comfort zones. Sharp, witty and unpredictable, this is a film that will put a smile on your face in ways you may not expect. SPARROWS A multi award-winning and sophisticated coming-of-age story about 16-year old Ari who has been living with his mother in Reykjavik. When he is suddenly sent to return to his hometown – a remote village in …

Melbourne Design Market

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Join 50 designers and thousands of design-lovers at the June Market in 2016. The Melbourne Design Market is the occasion to launch new products, to meet the designers who created these products and to come together in one place buy and sell, share and learn, build relationships and careers, all within an informal, fun, market setting. Taking place in the atmospheric carpark of Melbourne’s Federation Square, the market will be filled with hundreds of great designs from furniture, fashion, jewellery and homewares, together with fine coffee, food, music and a capacity crowd of design devotees. When: 10am – 5pm, Sunday June 19 Where: Federation Square Visit the Melbourne Design Market website. 

Ice Skating at Fed Square

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Get your skates on – Melbourne’s only outdoor ice rink is back for another year this June. Whether you’re young or young at heart the rink is the perfect place to take in the views while skating the ice. With a dramatic backdrop of the city and Yarra river, the River Rink will transform you into a fairyland of light and colour. This year there will also be different themes on select evenings plus live music, as well as food and drinks to give you the energy to whiz around the rink a few extra times. When: Saturday 18 June – Sunday 17 July, 10am – 10pm (45 minute sessions beginning on the hour every hour) Where: River Terrace, Fed Square Visit the website here.