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Supersense – Festival of the Ecstatic

For the first time ever, Supersense will take over the Arts Centre this August. Billed as a festival “exploring the ecstatic, extreme and sublime horizons of human experience, a hypersensory playground for the curious and bold.” The three day festival will cover contemporary dance, music, film, art, sound and everything in between. The festival, curated by performer Sophia Brous will see the likes of Ariel Pink, The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, HTRK plus many more take to the stage. Tickets for this contemporary, cutting-edge festival are available now with whole day or single show passes for headlining acts. Where: The Arts Centre Melbourne, 100 St Kilda Road, Melbourne When: Fri, 7 August – Sun, 9 August 2015. Find out more here.

Bastille Day in Melbourne

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Vive Le France! If there’s three things the French are famous for, it’s their delicious cheeses, wines and fabulous food. That’s why we suggest you celebrate Bastille Day this Tuesday, because it would be wrong not to rejoice in their culinary delights. Here are the top French events around town for Bastille Day. Bon appetit! South Melbourne Markets: Celebrate Bastille day with French food, wine entertainment and more. Dishes will include: Beef Bourguignon, French Onion Soup, Crepes, Cheese Fondue, Cassoulet and Blue Cheese Gozleme. Bistro Vue: If you’ve got a bit more money to spend, then you’ll want to go to Bistro Vue who are celebrating with not just Bastille Day but Bastille Week. Dine on a 3 course French menu lunch for $70 or a Bastille Day 4 course dinner with matched wines for $165. Belleville Melbourne: Dine on traditional dishes and desserts and dance arm-in-arm to french group, Swinging Rendez-Vous. Shifty Chevre: Shifty Chevre’s French chefs are putting together a special menu including a glass of wine on arrival, an entree, a main and, …

Festival of Dangerous Ideas

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Challenge your way of thinking at the Festival of Dangerous Ideas. This pop up festival is presented by the Sydney Opera House in partnership with the Melbourne Writer’s Festival and their line-up of 5 leading thinkers and culture creators includes: Tariq Ali – The Twilight of Democracy Jon Ronson – Shame Culture Naomi Klein – Capitalism & the Climate Marc Lewis – Learning Addiction Eric Schlosser – Nuclear Delusions Tickets go on sale from 12pm, 24 July from Melbourne Writers Festival. Festival: 29 – 30 August 2015 Read more about this event and other events at the Melbourne Writer’s Festival here.

The Finders Keepers

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Melbourne’s favourite independent design and art market returns to the Royal Exhibition Building this weekend. Stretching over three days, there’ll be over 220 stalls of local Australian designers, with products ranging from ceramics and prints through to timber furniture and clothing. Along side the art and design stalls, there’ll be live music and mouthwatering food and drinks. Find out more here.

Melbourne Peruvian Festival

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Come along to Wonderland Fun Park and the enjoy the 2015 Melbourne Peruvian Festival, with a hugh selecion of Peruvian cuisine, dancing and live music. Explore traditional culture with live dance shows, quench your thirst with Peru’s famous soft drink, Inka Cola, or delight kids with carnival rides. There’s something for everyone. Wonderland Fun Park, July 18th 2015. Find out more here.

Melbourne International Film Festival

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It’s time to start planning! The Melbourne International Film Festival is almost here. Back for it’s 64th year, the festival will run from 30 July until 16 August. Here are our top 5 films that we’re hanging out to see : 1) The Wolfpack (USA): “Six brothers live together in a cramped Manhattan apartment. Rarely permitted by their parents to leave their home, they live vicariously through films in their DVD collection, their seclusion channelled into activities such as recreations of scenes from Reservoir Dogs, The Dark Knight and The Nightmare Before Christmas and the construction of a Batman costume from cereal boxes. Director Crystal Moselle spent five years documenting the life of the Angulo brothers, including their first forays into the outside world, creating a unique coming-of-age documentary. Both a fly-on-the-wall record of a bizarre sociological phenomenon and a fascinating insight into the nature of creativity and control, The Wolfpack is a riveting experience.” 2) The Lobster (UK): “Winner of this year’s Cannes Jury Prize, the new film and English-language debut from the wonderfully idiosyncratic …

Circus Oz

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@ Birrarung Marr, Fed Square Until July 12th Just in time for the school holidays, Melbourne’s perennial favourite circus arrives back in town for a limited season. Fresh from a tour of America and Canada the “But wait there’s more” Tour is now under the big top at Birrarung Marr. Read more here

Scandinavian Film Festival

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Back for it’s second year, the Scandinavian Film Festival returns to Melbourne with a fantastic line-up of dramas, comedies and thrillers from Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Iceland. The festival will open with the hilarious and quirky Here is Harold: “A Norwegian road movie about a man who sets out to kidnap the founder of IKEA. For over 40 years, Harold has been running a successful business, “Lunde Furniture”. But this comes to an end when IKEA decides to open a new superstore right next door to his small furniture shop. In mounting anger and desperation, Harold wants revenge. He arms himself with a pistol and sets off for Älmhult, Sweden, in order to kidnap his Nemesis, the founder of Ikea, Ingvar Kamprad. But unfortunately, Kamprad is quite happy to be kidnapped.” Don’t miss your chance to see the full repertoire of twenty-two features hand selected from the final titles at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. When: 9 July – 26 July 2015. Where: Palace Cinema Como; Palace Cinema Brighton Bay See the full program here.

Winter Night Markets

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Returning for it’s fourth year, the Winter Night Market kicked off on Wednesday. Despite the extra chill in the air that night, the market still packed a crowd. Under the sheds there were a wide range of stalls from street food to craft and design, and of course mulled wine. It could of been the fact that the weather seemed extra cold that night, but the line up for food was never too long (unlike the summer markets) and there was always a seat available. Our favourite stalls of the night would have to be Smoke City Burners (for all the meat eaters), Little Mushroom Co (for the vegos) and of course the mulled wine stall. (We were too full to try the deep fried oreos from Taki’s Balls!). The Winter Night Market runs every Wednesday until August 26. Read more here.

Summersalt Festival

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Launching this year, the Summersalt Festival will celebrate the arts over five extraordinary summer weekends. This outdoor arts festival will take place across various locations from the city laneways and courtyards through to the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art and Malthouse Theatre. The event includes some of Melbourne’s leading arts organisations such as Melbourne Recital Centre, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Victorian College of Arts, Australian Broadcasting Corporation and many more. Highlights include: GENTLE IS THE POWER “Choreographed by Chunky Move Artistic Director Anouk van Dijk, gentle is the power is an exploration of contained power. Created specifically for, and with, dancers James Vu Anh Pham and Niharika Senapati, gentle is the power merges Van Dijk’s physically challenging movement language with Pham and Senapati’s refined virtuosity.” NGV SUMMER SUNDAYS “Spend Sunday afternoons soaking up the sun in Melbourne’s best backyard – the NGV Garden.” Acts include British India DJs, I Oh You Djs, World’s End Press, Clubfeet DJs, Alpine and many more. THE GIANT OPERA DRESS UP BOX Dress yourself up in Opera Australia’s elaborate collection of costumes and take to the …