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Shirt & Skirt Market

The Shirt & Skirt Market

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.

MELANIA

The Right to Know

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. 

Hot Chocolate Festival

Hot Chocolate Festival

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?

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

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. 

Electric Fields Festival

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.

Sunset Yoga

Sunset Yoga with Lucienne Shanti

Relax and enjoy a Vinyasa Yoga Class at The Swanston Hotel, Grand Mercure. Mats supplied. When: 6pm – 7pm: Thursday 13th August in our Alchemy Room. (Book by 7 August) Thursday 20th August in our ON15 Room. (Book by 14 August). Cost: Gold coin donation. RSVP: kerstyne@erdigroup.com.au, (bookings essential)

Supersense Festival

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. 

Festival of Dangerous Ideas

Festival of Dangerous Ideas

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.

Finders Keepers

The Finders Keepers

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.