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This Is Going To Hurt's Adam Kay is touring Australia at Christmas
12+ hour, 29+ min ago (351+ words) Beat Magazine This Is Going To Hurt's Adam Kay is touring Australia at Christmas Adam Kay is bringing 'Twas The Nightshift Before Christmas to Australia and New Zealand this December, ending in Melbourne. The former junior doctor behind This Is…...
Melbourne becomes a Sonic City with Australian Art Orchestra
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (868+ words) Aaron Choulai, composer and Artistic Director of the Australian Art Orchestra, was on tour with the AAO in Osaka when he witnessed the blooming of a beautiful friendship that would become the foundation of his latest composition, Smoke Between Mountains....
One of Melbourne's last 24-hour nightclubs is up for sale
1+ week, 17+ hour ago (187+ words) The 791 Sydney Road club runs across two levels, each fitted with its own dance floor and Funktion-One rig, plus a rear courtyard for when your ears need a breather. Its rare 24-hour licence lets My Aeon trade long after last…...
Suburban Rail Loop to build new parks across six Melbourne suburbs
1+ week, 2+ day ago (614+ words) The Suburban Rail Loop is reshaping more than Melbourne's train map, with new parks, skate parks and play spaces rising across six suburbs well before a single train runs. While the tunnel boring machines grab the headlines, the more immediate…...
Drum Theatre's next season is one of Melbourne's best kept secrets " and it's unfolding in Dandenong
1+ week, 6+ day ago (862+ words) Tucked inside the heritage fa'ade of the former Dandenong Town Hall, Drum Theatre has spent two decades quietly becoming one of the southeast's most compelling live performance destinations. In 2026, Drum Theatre turns 20, and the anniversary season reflects an institution that…...
There's a one-night festival happening across three of Fitzroy's most iconic venues
1+ week, 6+ day ago (331+ words) High Ground: In Motion will take over three of Fitzroy's most iconic venues for one massive night of music. The Night Cat, The Evelyn and Punters Club will all open their doors for High Ground: In Motion, letting punters wander…...
Chunky Move turns Melbourne Town Hall into a laser-lit experiment this August
2+ week, 5+ day ago (251+ words) Created by Chunky Move Artistic Director Antony Hamilton, Time Remaining premieres at Melbourne Town Hall on 19 and 20 August, part of the City of Melbourne's Now or Never festival. Hamilton sets his choreography against scanning beams of light and motorised winches…...
Jolted Arts Space is your cultural sanctuary from the Melbourne winter cold
3+ week, 16+ hour ago (835+ words) From African percussion and kora to art-body hybrids and stripped-back folk, Jolted Arts Space in Northcote is serving up a genuinely diverse lineup of live music, performance art and cultural storytelling across June, July and August. Kicking things off on…...
Aerial acrobatics are about to take over the Arts Centre Melbourne
3+ week, 1+ day ago (148+ words) Aerial Artists Australia is pulling out all the stops with Zerial, a reimagined cabaret spectacular hitting the Fairfax Studio at Arts Centre Melbourne this September. Born from the team behind Le Aerial, Zerial promises a bigger, bolder production featuring a…...
The Neil Diamond musical just extended its Melbourne run by two weeks
3+ week, 2+ day ago (233+ words) The Australian premiere at the Princess Theatre will now run through to 25 October 2026, with preview performances starting from 5 August. Presale tickets for A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical are available from today, and general public tickets go on sale…...