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Khalid confirms Australian return with It's Always Summer Somewhere tour this November
1+ day, 8+ min ago (186+ words) Khalid has announced he's bringing his It's Always Summer Somewhere tour to Australian shores this November. The multi-platinum singer and seven-time GRAMMY Award nominee will perform at Brisbane's Riverstage on 11 November as part of a global expansion of his hugely…...
Airport run? Here's how pickup and dropoff works at Melbourne Airport
3+ day, 18+ hour ago (538+ words) Luckily, Melbourne Airport has designated Pick Up and Drop Off zones that make the whole process pretty straightforward. Whether you're dropping someone off for a holiday overseas or picking a friend up for a long-overdue visit, knowing what to expect…...
Melbourne is building a Jewish Arts Quarter with theatre, museum and more
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (177+ words) Melbourne's Jewish Arts Quarter is pushing into its next stage, with site-readiness works confirmed for the Elsternwick cultural precinct. Stay up to date with what's happening in and around Melbourne'here. The precinct will become the new home of the Jewish…...
Geelong's whopping $676 million new convention centre is complete
1+ week, 16+ hour ago (232+ words) Set to welcome its first events in July, the precinct packs in a 1,000-seat theatre, two large exhibition spaces, meeting rooms, conference facilities and flexible event areas across 3,700 square metres, alongside food and beverage offerings and the public Gheringhap Plaza....
Section 8 turns 20: back to the carpark with Melbourne's finest
1+ week, 2+ day ago (366+ words) In March 2006, a former caf" manager and barman named Maz Salt got a one-year lease on a carpark off Tattersalls Lane and, against all odds, never left. What started as Melbourne's longest-ever pop-up bar, with low overheads and a Chinatown…...
The Melbourne Food and Wine Festival Filipino food line-up dreams are made of
1+ week, 2+ day ago (1162+ words) We're living in a golden age of new wave Filipino cuisine, so it's no surprise that the 2026 Melbourne Food and Wine Festival is serving up a feast of Filipino events, from major star power of the Global Dining program to…...
Amsterdam's funniest export brings her unhinged break-up comedy to Melbourne
1+ week, 3+ day ago (258+ words) Grief-stricken troll or just keeping it real? That's for audiences to decide. What starts as a chaotic act of post-break-up honesty slowly morphs into a full-time obsession, as Izzy throws herself into conducting anthropological research on modern romance that nobody…...
A Melbourne sculpture park is turning into a UK garage rave this April
2+ week, 2+ day ago (273+ words) The second edition of the event, presented by local promoters Guerrilla and The Operatives, expands significantly from its inaugural indoor format. This time around, Syncopate moves outdoors into Heide's sculpture park for a nine-hour session across two stages, running from…...
A tour-premiere ABBA cover, theatrical pop-rock anthems and kitchen-sink realism, Pulp’s Melbourne return steals our hearts
2+ week, 2+ day ago (483+ words) During the introductory voiceover, Jarvis Cocker's unmistakable thoughtful, measured Sheffield accent is soon overpowered by the roar of the crowd. Then a row of tube men pops up on the stage's apron, skydancing with flailing arms to set the scene....
The secret history hidden inside one of Melbourne's most recognised buildings
3+ week, 2+ day ago (391+ words) Rising above busy Lonsdale Street, the Melbourne building began its life in the 1890s as the Queen Victoria Hospital, an institution founded by pioneering women " including Doctor Constance Stone, the first registered female doctor in Australia, and other community leaders who…...