Fresh Air Festival 2015
CBD scavenger hunts, pop-up Escape Rooms, anarchic bake-offs. It's officially playtime in Melbourne.
Overview
Give your brain a workout at Fed Square this long weekend with the return of Melbourne's number one festival of street games and constructive play. Presented by Pop Up Playground, Fresh Air 2015 is a four-day marathon of street games, puzzles and interactive performances.
Headlining this year's festival is City Dash, an hour-long orienteering game by UK-based game designers Fire Hazard. Participants will race around the CBD attempting to unlock clues, while avoiding teams of patrolling guards. Other intriguing games include Bakers of Anarchy, which combines role-playing with cake decorating; Escape Van, a mobile version of Escape Room; and The Bicycle Game, in which competitors make use of those blue Melbourne Bike Share bikes to traverse hidden sites around the city.
Fresh Air runs Friday March 6 through to Sunday March 9, with day games running from 11am - 4pm, and night games running from 6 - 9pm. The festival is free, although some events are ticketed. For more information, visit www.popuplayground.com.au.
Image: Fire Hazard, Gwyn Morfey.
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