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NewsA Towering Chimpanzee Sculpture Has Made Its Home Beside Hamer Hall
The likeness of Jane Goodall's primate friend David Greybeard has landed in Melbourne on the first stop of a global tour.
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NewsMelbourne's New-Look ACMI Will Finally Open Its Doors This Summer After a $40-Million Makeover
From February, you'll be able to check out the 'Mad Max' installation, state-of-the-art cinemas and new multi-platform visitor experiences.
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NewsThe New Movies You Can Watch at Melbourne Cinemas From December 3
Head to the flicks to see a fascinating new documentary about The Bee Gees, a stage-to-screen musical and a controversial sci-fi drama.
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NewsMPavilion Is Turning the Parkade Car Park Into a Cultural Hub for the Entire Month of January
The 60s and 70s-era site will get a new lease on life to start off the new year.
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News'Babyteeth' Has Been Named the Best Australian Film of the Year at the 2020 AACTA Awards
It also won Best Director, Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress, while 'Stateless' nabbed a heap of TV gongs.
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NewsA Big Exhibition of European Masterworks from London's National Gallery Is Coming to Australia in 2021
It includes Van Gogh’s 'Sunflowers' — and it's the largest batch of works to venture beyond the United Kingdom in the gallery's history.
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NewsNine 2024 Emmy-Winning TV Shows That You Should Watch Immediately
Your new must-watch list of Emmy-winners includes 'Baby Reindeer' and its has-to-be-seen-to-be-believed tale, the history-making 'Shōgun' and, yes, 'The Bear'.
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NewsThe Six Best Ways to Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival in Melbourne
Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival (Moon Festival) in Melbourne by hitting up cultural performances, noshing on mooncakes, and gathering together a big group mates for a yum cha feed.
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NewsNine New Movies You Can Watch Right Now That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming
Get comfy on the couch with Austin Butler's latest brooding role, serial-killer chiller 'Longlegs' and the animated antics of 'Inside Out 2'.
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NewsTwelve Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream This Month
Spend your couch time watching Rashida Jones navigate a sci-fi mystery in Japan, Nicolas Cage face a post-apocalyptic future and a gripping Australian romance-scam thriller.
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NewsThe 15 Best Straight-to-Streaming Movies of 2024 So Far
From 2024's first half, you need to be catching an Oscar-winning documentary, Glen Powell as a fake assassin and plenty of horror shocks from your couch.
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NewsEight New Movies You Can Watch in July That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming
Get comfy on the couch with 'Furiosa', the latest gem from Hirokazu Kore-eda and a hypnotic vision of an AI-dominated future.
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GuideMust-Stream TV: All the Best Shows You Should Be Watching From 2024 So Far
Don't spend hours scrolling through streaming platforms — here's 2024's standout shows that you need to see.
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NewsThe 15 Best Returning TV Shows of 2024 So Far
These are the beloved small-screen favourites to say "yes chef!" to, sleuth along with and giggle with — and get catchy songs stuck in your head from, too.
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NewsThe 15 Best Films of 2024 So Far
The best movies from 2024's first half include a meditative trip to Tokyo, a scorching neo-noir thriller, multiple Oscar-winners and a stunning robot story.
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NewsThe 15 Best New TV Shows of 2024 So Far
From gloriously surreal comedies and unforgettable true tales to stunning remakes and savvy sci-fi mysteries, 2024 has been filled with new small-screen highlights.
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NewsTen Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in November 2020
Cancel your plans to get stuck into Andy Samberg's latest comedy, a new HBO miniseries set in Italy and a documentary about a horror masterpiece.
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NewsThe ABC Is Bringing Back 'Spicks and Specks' in 2021 for a Full New Season
The beloved music quiz show has been dropping specials over the past year — but now it's returning for a whole new series.
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NewsPalace's 15-Screen Pentridge Cinema Will Open in the Former Coburg Prison Site Next Month
You'll be able to sit in its reclining seats to see 'The Witches', 'Wonder Woman 1984' and new Aussie crime drama 'The Dry'.
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NewsThe 'Four Weddings and a Funeral' Miniseries Is Hitting Stan Just In Time for Your Summer Break
It was created by Mindy Kaling, and follows four Americans who meet up in London for a wedding.
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NewsFive Key Paintings by Impressionist Arthur Streeton and Why They're Still Relevant Today
Including his brilliance at capturing Australian light and colour, and a work that actively campaigns for us to protect our environment.
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NewsA City-Wide Scavenger Hunt Is Taking Over Melbourne with $250 Vouchers Up for Grabs Every Week
And it's running every Friday until Christmas.
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ShopCounterweight Vinyl & Espresso
32 Chambers Street, Footscray
Browse secondhand vinyl — the specialty is classic dance and bass — or sit down for a coffee and pastry.
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NewsA New Music Festival Is Coming to Australia From the Creators of Splendour in the Grass
Thanks to a government grant program designed to revitalise Australia's arts and entertainment industry.
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NewsA Towering KAWS Work Is the Latest Addition to Pt Leo Estate's Famed Sculpture Park
The manicured grounds are now home to a 5.5-metre-tall bronze-cast figure, done in the artist's distinctive pop-culture style.
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NewsThe New Movies You Can Watch at Melbourne Cinemas From November 26
Head to the flicks to see a queer festive rom-com, a masterpiece of a concert movie and a horror film that isn't easily forgotten.
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NewsMelbourne's Arts Precinct Is Getting a New NGV Contemporary Art Gallery and an 18,000-Square-Metre Garden
The Victorian Government has committed $1.46 billion to the site's huge revamp as part of the 2020–21 budget.
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NewsDedicated British TV Streaming Service Britbox Is Now Available in Australia
It's streaming retro and recent series — including 'Doctor Who', 'Luther' and David Attenborough documentaries.
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NewsA Supremely Festive Mariah Carey Christmas Special Is Coming to Apple TV+ Next Month
The beloved singer will sing, dance and get merry alongside Tiffany Haddish, Billy Eichner, Ariana Grande, Jennifer Hudson and Snoop Dogg.
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EventTogether for Lebanon Fundraiser
Sun, 8 Dec, 2024
Abla's, Carlton
Abla’s, A1 Bakery, Alimentari, Larderfresh and Linden Cook are joining forces to raise money for people in Lebanon.
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EventRhys Darby: The Legend Returns
Tue, 8 Apr - Sun, 13 Apr 2025
Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne
The New Zealand comedian is bringing his first stand-up show in almost a decade to Melbourne.
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EventThe Lord of the Rings — A Musical Tale
Sat, 26 Apr - Fri, 30 May 2025
Comedy Theatre, Melbourne
The musical version of JRR Tolkien's classic is taking the hobbits to Melbourne's Comedy Theatre.
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EventLego 'Star Wars': The Exhibition
Sun, 4 May 2025 - Mon, 26 Jan 2026
Melbourne Museum, Carlton
Australia's world-first Lego 'Star Wars' exhibition is soaring into Melbourne in 2025 — from May the fourth, of course.
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EventThis Never Happened Presents
Fri, 17 Jan, 2025
170 Russell, Melbourne
Dance Music record label This Never Happened is back for another Melbourne party that won't allow phones.
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EventThe Rose Street Market
Sat, 23 Nov - Sun, 24 Nov 2024
Rose Street Artist's Market, Fitzroy
Fitzroy's weekly artisan design and art market is a must-hit if you're up for some weekend shopping and wandering.
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EventThe Fitzroy Mills Market
Mon, 25 Nov, 2024
The Fitzroy Mills, Fitzroy
This much-loved Fitzroy market showcases a top selection of local food producers an makers each Saturday.
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EventEtta's Summer Seafood Towers
Fri, 22 Nov - Sat, 21 Dec 2024
Etta, Brunswick East
This incredible wine bar and restaurant is serving decadent seafood towers for just $75 per person every Friday and Saturday afternoon.
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EventPortsea Hotel's Summer Music Series
Multiple single dates
Portsea Hotel, Portsea
The Presets, Jake Webb, Darley and DJ Levi will be playing waterfront gigs this summer at Portsea Hotel.
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EventLong Live Longnecks at BANG
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 - Fri, 28 Feb 2025
BANG at The StandardX, Fitzroy
You can get two-for-one Melbourne Bitter Longnecks and $1 homemade dumplings during this happy hour deal.
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NewsCinema 3 Is the New Online Platform That Lets You Watch ACMI's Curated Film Program At Home
The Melbourne venue has a launched video-on-demand service — and it includes new and classic movies.
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News'Spicks and Specks' Will Explore Tunes From the Past Decade In Its Latest Music Quiz Special
Relive the decade we all just lived through — including the bangers, one hit wonders and songs you'd rather forget.
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News
'Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun' Is the Side-Splitting Absurdist Comedy Gem This Hectic Year Needs
It's available on Netflix now — and you'll want to binge it all in one go.
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NewsAustralia Is Getting a New National Centre for Photography in Regional Victoria
It'll sit inside a 1860s-era heritage-listed building in Ballarat.
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NewsMona Foma's 2021 Festival Will Fill Launceston's Cataract Gorge with a Light and Laser Show
It'll also fill an entire Hobart warehouse with video installations, art and sculptures by local and international artists, too.
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NewsGuns N' Roses Have Announced a 2021 Stadium Tour of Australia and New Zealand
According to the rock band, international tours may be on the horizon.
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NewsThe New Movies You Can Watch at Melbourne Cinemas From November 19
Head to the flicks to see David Fincher's latest, two queer romances or a new version of 'Pinocchio'.
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NewsQuentin Tarantino Is Turning 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' Into Your Next Must-Read Novel
If you loved the Leonardo DiCaprio-starring movie, you'll soon be able to read Tarantino's novelisation — which'll mark his first fiction book.
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NewsStan's New True-Crime Docuseries 'After the Night' Explores the Story Behind an Australian Serial Killer
Known as ‘The Night Caller', Eric Edgar Cooke terrorised Perth in the early 1960s.
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News'Friends! The Musical Parody' Will Now Be There for Australian Theatre Fans in 2021
The comedic stage production turns the beloved 90s sitcom into a song-filled satire — and it's touring the country.
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News'The Wedding Singer' Musical Is Bringing Its Big 80s Hair and Toe-Tapping Tunes to Australia in 2021
A singing, dancing stage adaptation of Adam Sandler's classic flick is heading Down Under.
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NewsThe Tense Trailer for Powerful New Australian Outback Western 'High Ground' Is Here
It follows an ex-sniper and a young Indigenous tracker as they navigate the aftermath of a horrific act of violence in Arnhem Land.
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NewsA Towering 18-Storey Painting of Nicole Kidman Has Temporarily Popped Up in Sydney
It's soaring above Darlinghurst to promote twisty thriller series 'The Undoing' — and it'll be replaced by a second artwork related to the show this week.
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NewsMarvel's First Disney+ Series 'WandaVision' Will Hit Your Streaming Queue in January
The sitcom-style show focuses on the suburban lives of Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany).
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NewsThis New Melbourne Retail Arcade Has Been Transformed Into an Immersive Public Gallery
Wander through West Side Place to catch bold works from Reko Rennie, Rone, Adnate and more.
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NewsNetflix Must-See 'The Queen's Gambit' Is the Involving Chess Thriller You Didn't Know You Needed
The 50s and 60s-set seven-part series is stylish, twisty and inventive — and features a superb lead performance.
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NewsThe New Movies You Can Watch at Melbourne Cinemas From November 12
Head to the flicks to see Christopher Nolan's latest mind-bender, a new horror-comedy about a teen swapping bodies with a serial killer and an awards-bait drama.
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NewsThe 12 Best New Films You Can See on the Big Screen Now That Melbourne Cinemas Have Reopened
From intimate and moving dramas to gripping thrillers — and must-see documentaries and insightful comedies, too.
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NewsSydney Festival Will Return This January with 130 Events Across the City
A floating installation of bees, a huge pop-up stage in Barangaroo (with all tickets just $25), an homage to George Michael and a vigil — this year's program is packed and diverse.
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NewsMelbourne's Cinemas Have Finally Started to Reopen After Months of Lockdown
They're screening everything from 'Bill & Ted Face the Music' to 'Tenet'.
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NewsFive-Film Anthology 'Small Axe' Is Bringing Its Tales of Race and Resistance to Your Streaming Queue
It's directed by '12 Years a Slave' filmmaker Steve McQueen — and it hits Binge in December.
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NewsLive at the Bowl Is the New COVID-Safe Summer Festival Coming to the Sidney Myer Music Bowl
It'll feature more than 40 performances between January and March, with the lineup dropping in December.
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NewsMelbourne's Art Galleries and Museums Will Start to Reopen from Mid-November
The Melbourne Museum, the Immigration Museum and Scienceworks will be open once again — and NGV International, too, from mid-December.
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NewsThe Trailer for Christmas Rom-Com 'Happiest Season' Has Arrived to Give This Year Some Festive Cheer
It stars Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis as a couple heading home for Christmas to meet the parents — who don't know that their daughter is gay.
