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Brunswick Music Festival

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The Sydney Road Street Party is back this weekend, closing off most of Sydney Road (between Union to Victoria Street) for one giant block party! There’ll be everything from the hottest local music, dance, food and market crafts showcasing the best of the Moreland district! With its strong migrant-culture and explosive artistic population, this community is an inner-city hotspot that perfectly illustrates the bohemian and multicultural heart of Melbourne. When: Sunday, 6 March Where: Sydney Road, Brunswick Visit the website here. 

Heathers: The Musical

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Revisit the joy and anguish of your high school days at Heathers: the Musical this May. Based on the greatest teen dark comedy of all time, starring Winona Ryder and Christian Slater, Heathers: The Musical is not your typical pom-pom and cheerleader high school tale. You’ll be taking deep into the dark comedic story about two high school students who unintentionally make suicide popular. “HEATHERS THE MUSICAL is the darkly delicious story of Veronica Sawyer, a brainy, beautiful teenage misfit who hustles her way into the most powerful and ruthless clique at Westerberg High: the Heathers. But before she can get comfortable atop the high school food chain, Veronica falls in love with the dangerously sexy new kid J.D. When Heather Chandler, the Almighty, kicks her out of the group, Veronica decides to bite the bullet and kiss Heather’s aerobicized ass… but J.D. has another plan for that bullet. Heathers: The Musical is set to be the most subversively funny show of 2016, and so “Very” you may have to kill to get a ticket!” …

Moth StorySLAM

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If you’ve jumped onto the podcast wagon like the We Know Melbourne team have, then you’ll want to bookmark The Moth, an acclaimed not-for-profit organization dedicated to the art and craft of storytelling. Since its launch in 1997, The Moth has presented thousands of stories, told live and without notes, to standing-room-only crowds worldwide and since August last year, Melbourne now has it’s very own monthly StorySLAM. Launching different themes each month (previous themes have included love hurts, strange encounters, payback and celebration), The Moth have opened up the Melbourne stages to all storytellers near and afar. Presented as on open-mic theme, the story-tellers will get the chance to get intimate with the audience sharing their deepest, emotional, spellbinding tales. “Each show starts with a theme, and the storytellers explore it, often in unexpected ways. Since each story is true and every voice authentic, the shows dance between documentary and theater, creating a unique, intimate, and often enlightening experience for the audience.” The next Melbourne StorySlam is on March 7 and the theme is Lost. Think  about a …

Zoo Twilight Series

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Get down to the Zoo Twilight series for fifteen concerts over fifteen nights in a live music setting like no other. Each Friday and Saturday from January 29 to 12 March 2016 your favourite local and international artists will perform under the stars to fight against wildlife extinction. The shows will kick off from 7pm but if you get there  a little early  you will be able to explore the Zoo at dusk with animal exhibits open exclusively for Zoo Twilights guests. Pre-purchase a tasty food hamper or choose from a great selection of delicious meals and snacks, alcoholic drinks and non-alcoholic drinks available on the night. Artists include: Jose Gonzalez, Josh Pyke, Belinda Carlisle, Birds of Tokyo, Jebediah plus many more. When: January 29 to March 12 2016. Where: Melbourne Zoo Visit the website here.   

Moonlight Cinemas Summer Shows

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Australia’s favourite outdoor cinema, Moonlight Cinema have just released their tickets for the month of February and mong the line-up are three of this year’s standout biopics: Steve Jobs, Trumbo and Joy; as well as three advanced screenings of inspiring films based on real-life events: The Finest Hours, Concussion and The Lady In The Van. There’ll also be  advanced screenings of Hollywood’s biggest films Hail, Caesar! and Zoolander 2; alongside cult classics Clueless and The Rocky Horror Picture Show and all the latest blockbusters including  The Hateful Eight from Quentin Tarantino; Joy starring Jennifer Lawrence and The Revenant for Leonardo DiCaprio’s Oscar contending performance. For all the romantics, cult classic Breakfast at Tiffany’s will be returning on Valentine’s Day presented by Lindeman’s, who are providing everyone with  a free glass of sparkling on arrival. And if that’s not enough to get you booking, there’ll also be advanced Moonlight Cinema screenings including Michael Fassbender’s not to be missed performance as Apple co-founder Steve Jobs and Breaking Bad’s Bryan Cranston in a whole new light as Dalton Trumbo, in Trumbo.  When: Through to March 27, 2016 Where: Royal …

So Frenchy So Chic in the Park

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Last Sunday, the We Know Melbourne team escaped Melbourne for So Frenchy So Chic in the Park. Set in the beautiful gardens of Werribee Park, the day was filled with plenty of sunshine, cocktails, French music and plenty of joie de vivre. The park was filled with plenty of  umbrellas (for the much needed shade on the 31 degree day), food and drinks stalls, a Kerastase braid bar and gorgeous festival goers dressed so very chic. Of course, no French festival would be complete without plenty of parasols, champagne and cheese to purchase and proving most popular for the day the gelato and frozen yoghurt stall. The Lillet stall was by far our favourite and to cool off from the heat we couldn’t help but go back again and again for  the Rouge Obsession: Lillet Rouge, Capi Cranberry and a wedge of lime. The soundtrack to the festival included Moroccan singer, Hindi Zahra (our favourite), the twins from Brigitte, Lou Doillon (also a favourite) and Soviet Suprem to get the crowd dancing with their Balkan …

Melbourne Latin Summer Festival

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Celebrate summer with passion at the Melbourne Latin Summer Festival this January 9th. This annual free event will showcase Latin American art, culture and entertainment including cuisine, art, music, nightlife, family entertainment and activities, as well as crafts, jewellery and fashion stalls. Dance along to Latin music styles including salsa, reggaeton, cumbia and bachata or stand back and enjoy the  circus-inspired roving performances. In between dancing try all sorts of Latin street foods from Chile, Mexico, Colombia, Argentina and Brazil. When: 12pm – 9pm,  January 9. Where: Federation Square 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.

Sidney Myer Free Concerts

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Summer in the city means free live music in the Sidney Myer Bowl. Join the MSO this February 17, 20 & 27 as they present  Dvořák Under the Stars, Summer Carnival and The Tang of the Tango. The Sidney Myer Free Concerts are the perfect soundtrack to summer in the city at one of Melbourne’s most iconic outdoor venues. Admission is free and gates open at 4.30pm. The concert will run for 2 hours and includes a 20 minute interval. Where: Sidney Myer Music Bowl Visit the website here.

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. 

Marriage of Figaro

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The We Know Melbourne Concierge team was lucky enough to attend the opening night of Opera Australia’s new production of the Marriage of Figaro. The Melbourne season follows a very well received stint at the Sydney opera house so we were expecting big things and we weren’t disappointed! British director Sir David McVicar has chosen to set the operatic action in the 1640’s rather than the more standard French Revolution era. This makes for interesting viewing as the period is similar to when Mozart originally wrote the music in 1786. In the same year Lorenzo De Ponte wrote the Italian libretto (don’t worry there are ‘subtitles’ above the stage)! Of course the music is stunning and you will hear many tunes that you recognize, but what really took our breath away were the amazing stages for the different acts. The sets were huge and very atmospheric, particularly those featuring moonlit outdoors scenes. Our favourite performers were mainly the female characters. Taryn Fiebig shines in her signature role as the feisty Susanna and she provides many …