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Oktoberfest

Oktoberfest in the Gardens

Oktoberfest in the Gardens returns to Melbourne for it’s fifth year. Embrace the largest Australian Oktoberfest celebrations and taste your way across Europe with a large selection of imported German beer, cider, wine and a range of other beverages. The Festival will take over Birrarung Marr with a a massive beer hall, authentic German food stalls, roving performers, a silent disco plus, beer and more beer. So even though you might not be in Germany celebrating the traditional Oktoberfest, it’s the perfect  way to take part in the Bavarian Festival from afar. We’ll ‘prost’ to that! Our German friends have come to the party for We Know Melbourne readers. While the event is sold out Saturday, use the code FRIDAY BEER will get you discounted tickets to the Friday event! When: Friday, 23 October + Saturday, 24 October Where: Birrarung Marr Visit the website here.  Terms and conditions here. 

Taste Festival

Taste of Melbourne (+ Win a Double Pass)

Prepare your stomachs. Taste of Melbourne returns to Albert Park this November for four days of foodie heaven. The festival will host over 10 of Melbourne’s latest, greatest and hottest restaurants serving up 50 bite sized dishes all in one unique location. Create your dream tasting menu from restaurants including Gazi, Movida, Supernomal, Royal Mail Hotel, Circa and the Prince. As well as all the delicious food and drinks there’ll also be live entertainment,  new interactive culinary masterclasses and shops from boutique producers. This is one garden party on the Melbourne foodie and social calendar you don’t want to miss. When: 12-15 November Where: Pelican Lawn, Albert ParkAlbert Park, Visit the website here.  WIN 1 OF 5 DOUBLE PASSES TO TASTE OF MELBOURNE. ENTER BELOW Terms and conditions here.  Competition ends midday, 2 November 2015. This competition is now closed.  Exclusive offer for We Know Melbourne readers: 2 x General Entry tickets for $45* (Save $15**). Book general entry tickets through Ticketek and enter FOODIE in the promotional code box to save OR 2 x Platinum Passes …

Melbourne Fringe Festival

Melbourne Fringe Festival

If you’re into independent and creative arts, your time of the year has come. The Melbourne Fringe Festival kicks off on September 16 with over 400 events, performances and exhibitions popping up all over the city. We’d suggest you book your tickets to these events: Luminous “Enter the world of LUMINOUS, where blacklight body art and circus collide to tell neon-lit stories, create magic and form impossible illusions. Leave logic behind and experience a spectacle where hand-painted performers bring their bodies-as-canvases to life.” Opening Night Gala – Sept 18 Turn up the glamour at the Opening Night Gala. There’ll be performers from across the festival, dancing and all round good vibes. Shoot from the Hip Festival “Shoot From The Hip’ is a thrilling detective story, featuring a femme fatale and a private dick, classic 1940s fashions, a jazz-inspired original soundtrack, all in the licentious speakeasy atmosphere of the appropriately named Jury Room.” Torte e Mort: Songs of Cake and Death Enjoy the world premiere season of the darkly humourous, seductive and dangerously witty TORTE E …

Food Truck Festival

Coburg Drive In Food Truck Festival

 You can watch movies on rooftops or gardens across Melbourne, but nothing beats the old-fashioned drive-in experience, especially when it comes with delicious food. Returning this September 23rd and 24th, Coburg Drive In’s hugely popular Food Truck Festival will bring the best of Melbourne’s food trucks to the party. Trucks rolling in for the festival include  Kurbside Kravings, Beatbox, Happy Camper Pizza, Bibimpap, Those Guys Food, Toasta, Manny’s Donuts, Nuoc Mama’s Food Truck, Greek Street Food, Tasty Tasters, Mr Burger, Senor Churros, Pasta Face A Salted Squid.  With two big blockbusters, Everest and Pan showing on the big screen, we couldn’t think of a better way to enjoy these balmier Spring evenings. We Know Melbourne are giving away 5 Carload Passes (including a $20 food voucher with each carload) to the Coburg Drive In Food Truck Festival. To enter, fill out the form below and tell us in 25 words or less what you love about the drive-ins.  This competition has now closed. Terms and conditions here. Find out more about the Food Truck Festival here. 

La Tortilleria

Hola Mexico

Melbourne’s well-loved The Mission Foods Mexican Festival is back. This September 13, celebrate Mexican Independence Day with Melbourne’s top Mexican chefs, artists and musicians as they take over Federation Square. Surrender your senses to Mexico in many different ways including: Taste bud tour: Melbourne’s top Mexican restaurants have each been charged with presenting an authentic, regional dish from one of the 32 states of Mexico. Munch your way across Mexico with restaurants including Mamasita, Touche Hombre, Los Amates, La Tortilleria, Mexico City, Paco’s Tacos, Mesa Verde, Kikiriki, Guzman y Gomez, South American BBQ, Mad Mex, Santa Ana Tapas Bar, Taco Truck Chillis Mexican, El Sabor and many more. Mexican Cantina/Bar: Taste the most famous traditional Mexican brew, tequila, from Jose Cuervo, the oldest active distillery in Latin America where tequila is produced with the Cuervo family’s unique recipes, expertise and handcraftsmanship. There’s also mescal, Mexican beer (Corona, Pacifico, Negra Modelo) and wine. The bar opens at 1pm. Tequila and mescal tasting sessions will also run during the day. Follow the Festival’s Facebook updates for more information …

Bowie is

Win a sleepover and two tickets to David Bowie Is!

We are offering you the chance to win a David Bowie Experience! Stay overnight at our Swanston Hotel, Grand Mecure this September and enjoy two free passes to the David Bowie Is Exhibition at ACMI. All you need to do is enter below and tell us in 25 words or less your fave David Bowie song and why? THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED. Terms and conditions here.