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NewsYou Can Catch a Gig on the Melbourne Star at This Year's Melbourne Music Week
The nine-day program also features a Cherry Bar laneway party headlined by Regurgitator and an immersive psychedelic sound experience at The Toff.
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NewsMelbourne Zoo Twilights Announce 2019 Dates and First Headliner
Summer is officially around the corner (and so is Cat Power).
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NewsParrtjima Festival Is Currently Lighting Up Alice Springs with Seven Epic Light Installations
The festival — now in its third year — celebrates Indigenous arts, culture and storytelling.
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NewsThese 'Game of Thrones' Filming Locations Are Being Turned Into Permanent Tourist Attractions
From 2019, you'll be able to take tours of Winterfell, Castle Black, King's Landing and more.
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NewsThe ABC Is Launching a New Australian TV Show Dedicated to Live Music
Three artists will play live each week, with triple j’s Linda Marigliano and Dylan Alcott as the show's hosts.
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NewsBar Americano's Matt Bax Is Opening a New Venue That's Half-Art Gallery, Half-Warehouse Bar
Grau Projekt will offer 'artist-curated drinking' inside a huge Clifton Hill warehouse.
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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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GuideTen All-Baring Exhibitions to See in Melbourne This Spring
Explore everything from nature photography to Australia's best portraiture to skeletons (both real and artist-made).
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NewsDead Letter Club Is Turning the Art of Handwritten Correspondence Into a Boozy Game
Grab a pen (and a drink) and start scrawling letters the old-fashioned way.
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NewsYou Can Now Watch 'The Room' in High-Definition (and for Free) Thanks to Tommy Wiseau
Just don't go throwing spoons at your own screen.
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NewsDisney Looks Set to Bring Marvel's Big-Screen Heroes to Its New Streaming Service
And Tom Hiddleston's Loki and Elizabeth Olsen's Scarlet Witch have been named as the likely first candidates.
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NewsGeddes Lane Ballroom Is King Street's Ambitious New Live Music Venue
The 400-capacity venue will boast a diverse music program, along with a food and drink offering curated by Shannon Bennett
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NewsA Huge World-First Nelson Mandela Exhibition Is Now Open In Melbourne
More than 200 pieces are on display in Melbourne, as part of the brand new exhibition's 20-city world tour.
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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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NewsFlight of the Conchords' New TV Special Is Coming to Australian TV Screens
The duo's one-off live special will air in October.
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News'Veronica Mars' Is Definitely Coming Back to Your TV Screen
The cult-favourite TV show's revival has been confirmed by Kristen Bell herself.
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NewsACMI Will Transform Into a Live Gig Venue for Melbourne Music Week
The citywide music celebration will make the The Fed Square precinct its hub for 2018.
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NewsThis Collingwood Public-Housing Block Is Now Home to the Southern Hemisphere's Tallest Mural
The work by local artist Matt Adnate features lifelike portraits of four of the building's residents
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NewsThe NSW Government Has Set Up a New Panel to Advise on How to Make Festivals Safer
But it will not be considering pill testing.
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NewsEight 2018 Emmy-Winning TV Shows You Should Watch Immediately
At the top of your list should be 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel' — it took home five awards.
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EventMinistry of Sound: Testament
Sat, 12 Apr 2025
The Timber Yard, Port Melbourne
Ministry of Sound's massive 90s and 00s parties are returning to Melbourne with Roger Sanchez, Felix Da Housecat, Utah Saints and more.
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EventState Rose and Garden Show
Sat, 9 Nov - Sun, 10 Nov 2024
Victoria State Rose Garden, Werribee South
Wander through 5000 blooming roses, stock up on new plants (and tips) and sip prosecco among the flowers.
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EventVillage Feast
Sun, 10 Nov, 2024
East Brunswick Village, Brunswick East
Expect DJ sets from Triple R’s Small Fry as well as food and drinks from Rumi, The Rocket Society, Bride Road Brewers and FoMo Cinemas.
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EventWoodford Reserve Old Fashioned Week
Fri, 1 Nov - Sat, 30 Nov 2024
Various Melbourne venues, Melbourne
Snag a sip of a cocktail classic without spending a cent this November at these participating bars.
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EventInto The Vines: Gulp Fiction
Thu, 28 Nov, 2024
The Rochester Hotel, Fitzroy
Consider this mini wine festival the ultimate Thursday night knock-off, preparing you for the slow descent into silly season.
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EventUpstairs @ The Rochey
Multiple single dates
The Rochester Hotel, Fitzroy
The Rochey is hosting intimate electronic gigs every Saturday night in its upstairs bandroom.
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EventVan Gogh at The Lume
Thu, 26 Dec 2024 - Mon, 31 Mar 2025
THE LUME Melbourne, South Wharf
Sunflowers, stars and a sublime multi-sensory experience: you'll find them all at this immersive and stunning exhibition.
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EventFrench Impressionism
Fri, 6 Jun - Sun, 5 Oct 2025
NGV International, Melbourne
After its 2021 season was cut short due to the pandemic, this stunning exhibition is returning to NGV International with 100-plus iconic paintings.
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EventApéritif v Aperitivo Arvos at Molly Rose Brewery
Wed, 16 Oct 2024 - Fri, 31 Jan 2025
Molly Rose Brewery, Collingwood
Sample Molly Rose's new small-batch gins, pastis, vodkas and vermouths at its aperitivo sessions and masterclasses.
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EventMelbourne Queer Film Festival
Thu, 14 Nov - Sun, 24 Nov 2024
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations
This year's MQFF boasts a 42-feature lineup stacked with LGBTQIA+ must-sees — and a celebration of music videos.
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NewsCourtney Barnett and Gang of Youths Headline Laneway Festival's Huge 2019 Lineup
This year, the lineup is filled with some big Aussie names.
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NewsA Huge 'Star Wars' Exhibition Is Coming to Australia
Heading to our shores for the first time, this exhibit features 200 original objects from the sci-fi franchise.
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NewsCoburg's Much-Loved Drive-In Is Up for Sale
But current owners Village Roadshow Theatres want to lease it back and keep the site operational for the next ten years.
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NewsA Giant Floating Sculpture of the Moon Is Coming to Australia
It measures seven metres in diameter and features detailed NASA imagery of the moon's surface.
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NewsSix Must-See Films at the 2018 Italian Film Festival
Including a mafia musical, an unhinged horror classic and a crime flick that won its canine cast awards at this year's Cannes Film Festival.
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NewsThis OTT Burlesque Is the All-Singing All-Stripping Star Wars Show You Never Knew You Needed
'The Empire Strips Back' is bringing its dancing stormtroopers and erotic wookiees back to Australia in 2019.
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NewsThe Gertrude Street Projection Festival Will Return for Two Nights This Month
Forgoing its ten-day format for 2018, the festival will light up Fitzroy's main drag for one weekend in September.
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GuideThe Best Shows, Installations and Parties to Get Amongst at Melbourne Fringe 2018
Contemplate the issue of meat consumption through dance, then dance it out a banger-filled recreation of your year 10 formal (complete with Passion Pop)
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NewsMuch-Loved Classic Australian Film 'Starstruck' Is Being Turned Into a Stage Musical
It follows in the footsteps of everything from 'Priscilla, Queen of the Desert' to 'Muriel's Wedding' to 'Moulin Rouge!'
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NewsAlice Springs' Incredible Light-Filled Parrtjima Festival Has Unveiled Its 2018 Program
The Red Centre's Indigenous festival of light returns for its third year.
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NewsA Major Pre-Raphaelite Exhibition from the Tate Britain Is Coming to Australia
It'll feature more than 40 of the Tate's beloved works, including iconic pieces such as John Everett Millais’ 'Ophelia' and John William Waterhouse’s 'The Lady of Shalott'.
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NewsLost Paradise Has Dropped Its 2018 New Year's Eve Festival Lineup
Electronica, glamping and yoga returns to Glenworth Valley.
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NewsSeason Three of 'Serial' Will Explore the Failures of the US Criminal Justice System
And it's hitting the air on September 20.
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NewsThe First Is Melbourne's Latest New Year's Day Electronica Festival
And the event's impressive inaugural lineup includes M.I.A., Action Bronson, The Presets and more.
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NewsMelbourne's Laneway Festival Will Move to a New Inner West Location Next Year
But, it's only moving a kilometre away — to Footscray Park.
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NewsOne-Day One-Stage Festival FOMO Announces One Top 2019 Lineup
It's returning to Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne with Nicki Minaj, Rae Sremmurd and Mura Masa at the helm.
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NewsMelbourne's White Night Is Moving Its All-Night Arts Extravaganza to a New Winter Time Slot
It'll form part of a broader city-wide winter arts festival that's set to launch in 2019.
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NewsWorksmith Is Collingwood's New Hospitality-Focused Co-Working Space
It features desks, meeting rooms, a podcasting studio, an eleven-metre bar pumping out craft beers and an event space that caters for up to 100 people.
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News'Mrs Doubtfire' Is Being Turned Into a Stage Musical
Hello, the latest 90s film to make the leap to the theatre.
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NewsA Giant Sculpture of Donald Trump's Empty Head Has Popped Up by Sydney Harbour
The work by visual artist Callum Morton has been installed at Barangaroo Wharf as part of Sydney Contemporary — and you can even sit inside it.
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NewsFalls Festival Just Dropped a Killer 2018 Lineup Featuring Anderson .Paak and Toto
Hurry boy, it's waiting there for you.
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NewsSydney's Sell-Out Musical Version of 'Muriel's Wedding' Is Coming to Melbourne
The award-winning musical adaptation will play a limited season at Her Majesty's Theatre in 2019.
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NewsA Huge New Patricia Piccinini Exhibition Is Coming to Victoria's TarraWarra Museum of Art
Her works — including her hot-air balloon Skywhale — will be displayed alongside pieces by the late Melbourne artist Joy Hester.
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GuideSeven Shows You Need to See at This Year's Melbourne International Arts Festival
From immersive fire garden installations to ancient Azerbajani operas, these are the things you'll want to have tickets for this October.
