Win Tickets to an Exclusive Harts Gig in Melbourne
Spend an evening with the Melburnian personally invited by Prince to Paisley Park.
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Embla Is the New Wine Bar From the Town Mouse Team
One of our favourite places now has a sister CBD wine bar.
Eco-Friendly Mavis the Grocer Opens in Abbotsford
Your new home of all things seasonal, local, sustainable and organic.
Melbourne Is Getting Yet Another Outdoor Cinema
Look, you can never have enough.
Midsumma 2015
Sun, 18 Jan - Sun, 8 Feb 2015
Various locations across Melbourne, Melbourne
Melbourne's favourite summer festival is back to paint the town every colour in the rainbow.
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What to Eat and Drink Inside QT Melbourne
All restaurants are now open for business.
Stokehouse Has Opened a Sustainable Fish and Chip Kiosk on St Kilda Beach
Tempura fish, sweet potato cakes and 'grown up' granitas by the beach.
Cultastrophe
Multiple single dates
Cinema Nova, Carlton
Spine-chilling horror flicks and themed double bills after sundown at Cinema Nova.
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The Meredith Music Festival Ballot Is Now Open
Time to send a note to Aunty.
Bad Love Club Is Footscray's New Boozy Bakery
Satisfy your after-dark sugar cravings at this bakery-bar hybrid.
Australia's First Nutella Food Truck Is Coming
Hold on to your hazelnuts.
The Ten Best Things to See at the Melbourne Fringe Festival 2015
From sign language poetry slams to black-lit acrobats and beyond.
Rufus Bar Opens in Prahran
Named after Winston Churchill's faithful pet poodle.
Sugar Mountain Festival Drops Huge 2016 Lineup
Like a monkey with a miniature cymbal.
WinterWild 2018
Apollo Bay Foreshore, Apollo Bay
The after-dark arts festival returns to Victoria's Apollo Bay.
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These 26 Melbourne Bars Are Teaming Up To Help Young Migrants Find Work
The more you drink, the more people you help.
SBS Announces First Ever Asia-Pacific Eurovision Song Contest
And Australia is up for hosting the first one.
Meet Collingwood's New Nepalese Brunch Spot
Build-your-own lunchbox or settle in for Nepalese-Melburnian brunch classics at Proud Sprout.
Is Louis Theroux Gearing Up for an Australian Documentary?
The acclaimed BBC filmmaker has the outback in his sights.
The Chaser Team Are Crowdfunding a New Print Magazine
Help fund the printing, distribution and "tax effective offshore corporate structure" they need.
Nine Weird and Wondrously Funny Shows to See at 2018's Melbourne International Comedy Festival
As always, the MICF program is a monster — so we've whittled it down to the shows you have to see.
Mahalo Poke Is Bringing Bowls, Beer and Breakfast to Their First Permanent Store
The UberEATS favourites have set up shop in Richmond.
Concrete Playground's Most-Read Food Stories in 2016
From Melbourne's own cheese toastie drive-through to a free dumpling festival and a 15-acre chocolate estate. Yes, estate.
Cate Blanchett Stars in Julian Rosefeldt's Upcoming Australian-Commissioned Artwork
See the many faces of the Academy Award winner at ACMI and AGNSW.
Midwinter Feast at Yakimono
Tue, 11 Jul, 2023
Yakimono, Melbourne
As part of Bloody Midwinter Gin Fest, Four Pillars and Yakimono are joining forces for the ultimate gin-fuelled Japanese banquet.
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Up in Smoke Is Footscray's Newest (and Only) Barbecue Joint
Expect slow-cooked meats, craft beer on tap and a grocery store selling all your barbecue needs.
Royal Stacks Is Now Open in the CBD
With American-style burgers and a frozen custard machine.
STREAT Has Opened a Permanent Social Enterprise Cafe in Collingwood
It's also a roastery, bakery and youth training academy.
The Old Little Creatures Dining Hall Space Will Be Reborn as Fitzroy Social
You can't keep a good craft beer bar down.
Heartbreaker Launches American-Style Love Street Diner
Serving barbecue rib hoagies and pork scratchings with jalapenos.
Lady Carolina Latin Kitchen and Rum Bar is Now Open in Brunswick
Meet Lygon Street's friendly new Latin tenant.
Flour Market Doughvember
Sun, 22 Nov, 2015
Collingwood Town Hall, Abbotsford
Get ready to queue around the block.
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Melbourne's CBD Is Getting a New Food Precinct
Expect seven dining destinations all up — including 8bit's first fully licensed burger joint.
NGV International Has Just Unveiled Its Stunning New Mirrored Installation
Warping your perception of reality.
You Can Help Crowdfund Collingwood's New Social Enterprise Cafe
Home STREAT Home will provide employment and training to disadvantaged young people around Melbourne.
TeamLab: Reversible Rotation
Sat, 5 Oct - Sat, 2 Nov 2019
Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne
The art collective behind Tokyo's digital art museum is bringing a new immersive work to Melbourne.
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Meet Australia's New Not-For-Profit Supporting Women in Hospitality
Only 15.4 percent of CEOs in the Australian hospo industry are women. Some of the industry's best chefs, restaurateurs and figureheads intend to change that.
Arboria
Sat, 6 Jan - Sun, 28 Jan 2018
Federation Square, Melbourne
An immersive inflatable labyrinth is popping up in Fed Square for January.
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Community's Dan Harmon Leads The Wheeler Centre's Huge Final 2016 Season
Clear your calendar.
Werribee's Truck Stop Deluxe Will Make You Rethink Truck Stop Dining
That's a big 10-4, kemosabe.
Win VIP Double Passes to Taste of Melbourne 2016
The four-day foodie festival returns — our stomachs are rumbling just thinking about it.
This CBD Pop-Up Lets You Pay-What-You-Want Pho Your Pho
The warm fuzzies are only partly from the broth.
The Art of Banksy Exhibition Is Auctioning Off Artwork for Charity
Pick up an artwork from Melbourne's own street artists.
Win an Epic Trip for Two to Ireland, the Home of Jameson
With flights, five night's accommodation and spending money you can use to paint the Emerald Isle red.
Berlin Caps Rent Prices, Makes All of Australia Jealous
Nice to see a country keeping low-income earners from being driven out of the inner city.
The Australia Council Has Started Suspending Funding to Artists After Budget Cuts
Your calendar of shows to see might be looking a bit lighter a few months from now.
Mulled Wine and Hot Cheese Party
Sat, 1 Sep - Sun, 2 Sep 2018
Welcome to Thornbury, Northcote
A combination guaranteed to warm your cockles.
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Take a Delicious, Delicious Tour of Nick Offerman's Pizza Farm
“If it’s on a plant, it’s good for you, who cares how it got there.”
Australia's First Horror Movie Campout Is Coming to a Creepy Forest Near You
Peace, serenity and the soothing sound of screaming.
Taste the Effects of Climate Change with Drought Draught
The only beer you should ring in Earth Hour with.
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