Melbourne's Best New Events of 2016
Honouring the best new events activating Melbourne spaces this year.
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Sleater-Kinney
Wed, 9 Mar - Thu, 10 Mar 2016
The Croxton Bandroom, Melbourne
They recorded their first album here — and now, two decades later, they're back.
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Daily Detours for the Week of June 5
Featuring a heated swim in an iconic Melbourne pool.
Expats, It Looks Like You'll Be Paying Back Your HECS After All
Pyne wants you to pay up.
Melbourne's Best New Pubs of 2016
Honouring the best new arrivals on Melbourne's pub scene this year.
Din Tai Fung's Adorable Lamb Buns Are Back
Behold, the cutest thing you can devour this week.
Good Food Month Announces Huge Program for 2015
Melbourne's first ever 'ramen rave', one epic dessert festival and Big Gay Ice Cream.
Gelato Messina's Beautiful Handmade Chocolate Boxes Are Back for Mother's Day
Cream cheese gelato bon bon, Mum?
Doughboys Doughnuts Have Just Opened a Permanent Store
Doughnuts – is there anything they can't do?
Five Pieces of Wearable Tech from the Rio Olympics We Need in Our Lives
From infrared pain relief to headphones that can actually make you stronger.
Sydney's Carriageworks Unveils Excellent 2017 Program
A new citywide exhibition, a throwback to 1917 Sydney and a Tokyo-inspired night market.
GALLERY: From Kendrick to Kaiyote, Bluesfest Is Still One of Australia's Best Festivals
Jackson Browne, called it "the best festival in the world". That's one for next year's poster.
The Ten Best Things Happening in Melbourne This Weekend
All that's fit to see and do in Melbourne this weekend.
Melbourne's Getting an Entirely Solar-Powered, Sustainable Music Festival
Cut Copy, Banoffee, Sui Zhen — all OffTheGrid.
Ten Travel Hacks That Will Save You Precious Time and Money on Your Next Holiday
Not one is 'roll your clothes in your suitcase'.
Melbourne's Palais Theatre Is Screening Star Wars Complete with a Live Orchestra
It will celebrate not only the space opera saga's longevity, but the upcoming release of Star Wars: Episode VIII — The Last Jedi in December.
Melbourne's Landed a NY-Style 'Pizza by the Slice' Joint
And they're celebrating with 100 free slices of pizza.
Emerging Writers' Festival 2016
Tue, 14 Jun - Fri, 24 Jun 2016
The Wheeler Centre, Melbourne
If you love a damn good story, this one's for you.
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Third Drawer Down Garage Sale 2019
Sat, 16 Mar, 2019
Third Drawer Down, Fitzroy
All of the Saturday bargains.
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Mr Claws Lobster Rolls Pop-Up
Thu, 20 Nov 2014 - Sat, 31 Jan 2015
Mr Claws, Collingwood
If you hadn't planned on eating lobster rolls all summer, think again.
Mary's x Belle's Hot Chicken Pop-Up
Sun, 24 May, 2015
Belles Hot Chicken Fitzroy, Fitzroy
Try the Sydneysiding burgs with a cult-like following for one day only.
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Open House Melbourne 2019
Sat, 27 Jul - Sun, 28 Jul 2019
Various Melbourne locations, Melbourne
This annual event will open up some of Melbourne's most loved buildings for two days.
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Hessian Magazine Issue Two Fundraiser Party
Sat, 28 Mar, 2015
The Shadow Electric, Abbotsford
Throw the Hessian team a little cashola and party it up at The Shadow Electric.
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Mad Max: Fury Road
Thu, 14 May - Wed, 24 Jun 2015
Various cinemas in Melbourne
Ferocious and irresistible, Mad Max: Fury Road is a modern masterpiece that could redefine the action standard.
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The Ten Best Craft Beers from Around the World
Meet the Danish genius who added French press coffee to oatmeal stout and started a phenomenon.
Six Christmas Markets in Melbourne to Hit Up
The presents have been located.
Luxury Homewares Label In Bed Has Just Opened Its First Bricks-and-Mortar Store in Sydney
The Paddington space is the real-life version of the brand's swoon-worthy online store and blog.
Black Panther
Mon, 31 Aug - Sun, 13 Sep 2020
Online
The most unique, exciting and important movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe so far.
The Ten Best Harbour Beaches in Sydney
The perfect beachside escape for when it's calm you crave.
Five Events to Experience at the Festival of Live Art 2016
Two weeks of interactive, experimental and pretty damn exciting art.
Watch Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard in the First Macbeth Trailer
Australian director Justin Kurzel's highly anticipated follow-up to Snowtown.
London Is Building Stackable Prefab Housing for the Homeless
All you need is a crane.
Airbnb's Latest Listing? Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' Secret Lair
If this was a true TMNT experience, it'd be located in a sewer.
This NYC Rapper Made an Entire Album in an Apple Store
When Prince Harvey's laptop was stolen, he came up with a Genius solution.
Five Classic Bourbon Cocktails (and Where to Get Them in Melbourne)
From Don Draper's favourite to a drink named after a 1920s Parisian magazine.
This New Online Charity Auction Room Lets You Bid on One-Off Australian Design
It's called Created With Care and all proceeds go to charities chosen by the artists.
A Post-Apocalyptic Food Truck Market Is Coming to Melbourne
Nothing like a fried chicken burger at the end of the world.
Courtney Barnett
Fri, 15 May, 2015
Forum Theatre, Melbourne
The shredding Melburnian is hitting the road to celebrate her very first album.
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Take a Little Staycation in Melbourne's Inner-North with Meg Mac
The ARIA-nominated artist crafts a mini-holiday for you in her (and our) hometown.
Little Odessa Is Fitzroy's New Eastern European Home of Pierogi and Natural Wine
It's got a menu full of revamped classics from Ukraine and the Eastern Bloc.
A Guide to Eating and Drinking Around South-West France
Mid-morning wine tastings, medieval cities and ex-slaughterhouse art galleries in the ‘festival capital’ of France.
Amy
Thu, 2 Jul - Wed, 29 Jul 2015
An overwhelmingly tragic and absorbing portrait piece.
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WinterWild
Multiple single dates
Apollo Bay Foreshore, Apollo Bay
Move over, Dark Mofo. Victoria's Apollo Bay has a new after dark arts festival of its very own.
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The Best Mexican in Melbourne
Add some spice to your life.
The Lexus Hoverboard Is Real But We Won't Be Marty McFlyin' Anytime Soon
At least they didn't lie to us.
These Shadow-Free Skyscrapers Reflect Daylight Into Cities
No more dark and gloomy financial districts.
Sweden Opened an Adorable Hotel Just for Bread Dough
All wake-up calls and massages included at this doughtel.
Lululemon Is Making Its Own Craft Beer
Warning for yoga geeks: don't throw out your water bottles just yet.
The Great Australasian Beer SpecTAPular 2016
Fri, 20 May - Sun, 22 May 2016
Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton
GABS is back this year — and it's bigger than ever.
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Daily Detours for the Week of June 12
Featuring a heaping serve of gooey raclette cheese.
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