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Dance your heart out at Listen Out Festival

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Australia’s favourite boutique music festival returns to St Kilda for it’s fourth year and the line up is massive! Presented by Fuzzy – the Aussie promoters behind Field Day and Parklike, the festival will feature a bevvy of local and international electronic and hip-hop  artists. Headliners for  the festival this year include Baauer, A$AP Ferg and local legends, RÜFÜS. To get your booty shaking harder, Listen Out will be upping the noise levels this year and the sound on the dance floor set to be over TWICE as loud as last year, thanks to the tick of approval from the good folk at St Kilda Council. Tickets are on sale now, but get in quick, it will sell out soon. Planning a big weekend for Listen Out Festival? Avoid the hassle of getting there and back, and stay at Rydges St Kilda (a 5 minute walk from the festival) with our HOT Winter deal – stay 1 night, and get the next night FREE on weekends. Book / stay by 29 September 2016. T&C’s  apply, so call the hotel directly for details …

Project Botancials

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Bombay Sapphire’s Project Botanicals  is back in town this September. The experience will elevate the gin drinking experience through a sensory experience of flavours, scents, sounds and visuals, inspired by the ten botanicals found in each bottle of Bombay Sapphire vapour infused gin. The city’s most creative bartenders will collaborate with head chef of Taxi Kitchen Tony Twitchett,  to create some amazing dishes plus botanically inspired Bombay Sapphire cocktails all night. To top off the night, there’ll be live music from internationally renowned DJ duo Yolanda Be Cool plus fragrance specialist and creator Samantha Taylor, and installation artist Missy to reveal the ‘artistry’ of Bombay Sapphire. When: 8 September – 18th September 2016 Where: Taxi Riverside, Federation Square Visit the Project Botancials website. 

Burlesque Extravaganza

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If you have ever imagined being at the Moulin Rouge in 1920, or kicking back in a smoky club in Chicago in at the height of prohibition, Burlesque Extravaganza will deliver! Presenting some of the most stunning, sultry and hottest burlesque acts in Melbourne, Burlesque Extravaganza is a presentation that will transport you! Burlesque Extravaganza is a stunning, risque show featuring record holding burlesque artists at Australia’s only vaudeville theatre. Choose from shows with world-record speed twerking champion Lord Lovat, fan dancer Camilla cream or many others. You will never experience burlesque like it again. When: Until November 25 Where: Speakeasy HQ Visit the Burlesque Extravaganza website here.

What’s On this August?

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We’re in the heart of winter, but fear not, there’s just one more month to go! To speed your winter up, we’ve handpicked our favourite events that will get you out and about this month. Just remember to bring that brollie! MIFF – Until August 14 With a program filled with the best international and local films, MIFF is always a favourite on our calendar. There’s still another 2 weeks left, so get the popcorn ready and check out our top picks of the festival here. Hot Chocolate Festival – Until August 31 If hot chocolates are your drink of choice during winter, the Hot Chocolate Festival is the perfect place for you. Take your chocolate obsession to new heights with 31 different flavours over 31 days in August. Live N Local –  August 20 – August 27 Get ready to rock n roll at Live N Local. The one week festival will feature over 50 emerging and established artists playing in traditional and some unexpected locations, right across the City of Port Phillip. Melbourne Writer’s Festival …

Heart of St Kilda Concert

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The Sacred Heart Mission 365 days of the year helps hundreds of people who are suffering from homelessness or living in poverty to find care, support and shelter and a hot meal. For the ninth year running, The Heart of St Kilda Concert, held at the beautiful Palais Theatre in St Kilda will play host to a fantastic line-up of comedy and music acts including Russell Morris, Kutcha Edwards, Shan Howard, Olympia and The Umbilical Brothers (with more artists to be announced closer to the date) and raise much needed funds for the Mission and it’s work. The Sacred Heart Mission serves up over 160,000 meals every year from its Grey Street, St Kilda dining hall, and last year the concert raised a massive $79,000 for the Mission’s program which helped to feed nearly 20,000 people in need. This St Kilda concert will feature RockWiz host Brian Nankervis as MC, tickets start from $79 (available via Ticketmaster) and will sell out quickly. Acess to the concert is a piece of cake, take either tram number …

Live n Local

Live N Local hits St Kilda this August

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One week. Over 50 artists. Non-stop music. For those about the rock, get on this. Returning again to St Kilda this August, Live N Local showcases Melbourne’s diverse and incredible music talent across local venues in St Kilda and the wider Port Philip community. St Kilda is renowned for its eclectic music and pub scene, and Live N Local promises quality emerging and established artists, roving performers and outdoor activities in all the usual haunts PLUS a few unexpected locations, which the organisers are keeping under wraps for now. (Check their website for updates). Full program is expected to be launched 19 July. The best part about Live N Local? The gigs are free. So if you are looking for something to do at the tail end of this Winter, grab your mates and head over to St Kilda for some fab tunes from some names you know and some names you may not. And whilst you are there, check out some of the nearby bars like Mavis Browns for a beverage for two. No …

MIFF: Our Top Picks

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Clear your calendars, the Melbourne International Film Festival, has officially begun. Held over two and a half weeks and attracting over 200 000 visitors each year,  MIFF showcases the best of the best cinema from Australia and around the world. If the thought of choosing between over 300 films sounds daunting to you, we’ve picked out our flicks that we think you’ll want to see: Tickled | Documentary It seemed like an innocent investigation at first: journalist David Farrier had accidentally come across the world of “competitive endurance tickling”, in which a company offers all-expense paid trips to Los Angeles for men who are willing to be filmed being tickled. A mystery that begins as a curiosity turns into a full-blown investigation as co-directors David Farrier and Dylan Reeve navigate an extraordinary series of twists and turns to uncover the revelations at the heart of this peculiar subculture. Executive produced by Stephen Fry, Tickled is both a gripping cautionary tale and a top-notch piece of investigative journalism. In Jackson Heights | Documentary Jackson Heights, Queens, might …

Collins234 Striking Film Festival

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In an exciting night of opportunity, emerging and student filmmakers will be exhibiting their short films at the Collins234 Striking Film Festival. The first of its kind to be held at the stylish CBD retail destination on Thursday 4 August, the film festival will see $10 from every ticket sold donated to the Melbourne City Mission Evolution Arts Program. “The Evolution Arts Program is for young people aged from 16 to 24 who are homeless or at risk of homelessness, not currently studying or employed and have an interest in creating art. The Program keeps these young people connected and engaged whilst learning new skills,” said Sherri Bruinhout, Director of Homelessness and Justice Services from Melbourne City Mission. The Striking Film Festival has over $2,500 in prize money to be awarded on the night. Awards include: Most Outstanding Film, Best Student Film, Best Film Over $5,000, Best Film Under $5,000 and the People’s Choice Award. The prizes will be awarded by a panel of celebrities and film industry experts. The event is currently running on …

Hot Chocolate Festival

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Indulge your sweet tooth at the Yarra Valley Chocolaterie’s annual Hot Chocolate Festival. Taking place in the heart of winter, this year’s festival will take your chocolate obsession to new heights with 31 different flavours over 31 days in August. The flavours will be anything but ordinary with the return of some of last year’s favourites including  Strawberry High Tea, The Slam Dunk (think mini-doughnuts!), and last year’s best-selling Chocolate Brownie flavours; alongside this year’s showstopping new flavours, the Wagon Wheel with its dunk-ready marshmallow and jam chocolate-coated biscuit skewered with a straw for extra delicious slurping; or Hot Gaytime’s cheeky temptation of hot caramel toffee poured into a milk chocolate, topped with crushed honeycomb and served with a vanilla ice-cream. Yep, it will feel like you’ve died and gone to chocolate heaven. The hot chocolate concoctions will be whipped up by The Chocolaterie’s very own Belgian and French chocolatiers inspired by premium couverture chocolate, seasonal ingredients and items from their kitchen garden with 8 new flavours will be introduced each week. Grab a front seat and watch …

Docklands Winter Fireworks

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Watch the sky light up over the Docklands every Friday and night this winter. Arrive early or stay late to enjoy sparkling entertainment set to delight kids big and small, from live music to roving performers. Free to view, the entertainment starts at 6:30pm with fireworks lighting up the sky from 7:30pm. When: Friday nights, July and August. Where: Docklands, Melbourne Visit the website here.