Lunch Beat

Overview

Europeans have this whole 'life' thing down, don't they? They spend a lot of their time eating cheese and drinking wine, they refuse to have any work-related correspondence after 6pm, and they invented a six-hour work day. Lunch Beat, a daytime lunch-hour dance party, undoubtedly hails from the same laissez-faire attitude. And now, in an Australian first, it's hitting The Toff in Town every Tuesday in May.

Originating in Sweden in 2010, Lunch Beat has become a worldwide phenomenon. Currently held in 55 cities, the simple but ingenious event has people fist-pumping their way through lunch on every continent. Its latest incarnation in Melbourne is a mere 60 minutes long, features no alcohol or drugs, and provides its dancers with a healthy lunch before they make their way back to work.

Though recent media coverage of the event has been both hilarious and dorky, you can't deny Lunch Beat looks like a lot of fun. Break that midday slump, lose your inhibitions and give in to the cardinal rule: 'If it’s your first lunch at Lunch Beat, you have to dance.'

Lunch Beat returns to the Toff in Town on August 5 and 19, 2014, plus the Geddes Lounge ( Geddes Lane, Melbourne) on August 12 and 26.