North & West Melbourne Upcoming Events.
Sunday Night Stand Up Comedy Show
Club Voltaire has been around since 2003, and its Sunday Night Comedy show features some of Melbourne's best stand-up comedians every week.
Enjoy a mix of comics from TV, YouTube, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Raw Comedy National Finals, fringe festivals around Australia, local legends, and some of the future stars of comedy.
Tickets - $10
Songbirds
Songs, rhymes and stories will engage your budding bookworm’s mind and introduce them to the fun and rhythm of language.
Programs run during school terms and stop during school holidays.
Age: Newborn to 18 months.
Term 1: Monday 3 February to Friday 4 April
Term 2: Tuesday 22 April to Friday 4 July
Term 3: Monday 21 July to Friday 19 September
Term 4: Monday 6 October to Friday 12 December
This is a free event // Booking not required
Yarro Yarro: Reflections on The River
Yarro Yarro: Reflections on the River is a photography exhibition showcasing the dynamic beauty of the Yarra (Birrarung) through reflections captured on the river's urban surface. These surprising, abstract and painterly compositions – presented on both fabric and paper – cast this familiar tract of water in an exciting new light; revealing it as a vibrant, expressive presence at the heart of the city.
This exhibition is held in association with the Birrarung Riverfest. It includes an opening event at 6pm on Thursday September 11.
This is a free event // Booking not required
Yarro Yarro: Reflections on The River
Yarro Yarro: Reflections on the River is a photography exhibition showcasing the dynamic beauty of the Yarra (Birrarung) through reflections captured on the river's urban surface. These surprising, abstract and painterly compositions – presented on both fabric and paper – cast this familiar tract of water in an exciting new light; revealing it as a vibrant, expressive presence at the heart of the city.
This exhibition is held in association with the Birrarung Riverfest. It includes an opening event at 6pm on Thursday September 11.
This is a free event // Booking not required
Yarro Yarro: Reflections on The River
Yarro Yarro: Reflections on the River is a photography exhibition showcasing the dynamic beauty of the Yarra (Birrarung) through reflections captured on the river's urban surface. These surprising, abstract and painterly compositions – presented on both fabric and paper – cast this familiar tract of water in an exciting new light; revealing it as a vibrant, expressive presence at the heart of the city.
This exhibition is held in association with the Birrarung Riverfest. It includes an opening event at 6pm on Thursday September 11.
This is a free event // Booking not required
Kwabo Fest Performance Night
Step into the heart of Kwabo Fest and join Kwabo Art incubator participants for a night of live art, moving stories of culture and belonging, and immersive creative experiences. Explore the Kwabo photography exhibition, join interactive activities like the Kwabo Belonging Tree, and connect with Melbourne’s BIPOC communities, international students, and families.
Enjoy an affordable cultural meal and drink combo supported by Tastes of Senegal and dance the night away to the sounds of DJ Chris NG.
Kwabo means welcome in Fon, a dialect from Benin, and everyone is welcome at Kwabo Fest.
This event is produced by Kwabo Events with the support of City of Melbourne, Cypher Culture and Multicultural Arts Victoria.
This is a free event
Matt Dwyer
Multi - award winning guitarist/singer/songwriter Matt Dwyer has been wowing audiences across Australia and overseas for close to two decades.
By the time he was in his mid twenties he’d already become a respected veteran of the blues and roots scene as a member of seminal band The Bondi Cigars as well as a solo artist.
Since then he’s released two albums - the 2007 release “Who Loves Ya” was critically acclaimed, scoring Album Of the Year at the Vic/ Tas Blues Awards as well as securing the Artist Of the Year Award.
Ken Williams of Melbourne’s The Age called it “Certainly my album of the year.” High praise indeed.
Learn to Fence
Learn the Olympic sport of fencing at these 90-minute school holiday fencing workshops.
All equipment is provided, and experienced coaches from the State Fencing Centre will guide children from their first En Guard, to fencing with real fencing swords.
For children attending multiple sessions, they will have the opportunity to extend their skills.
Suitable for primary and secondary school students aged 7+.
Tickets - $20
School Holiday Street Art Workshops
Choose from a range of workshops this school holidays.
Freehand Street Art Workshop (age 10+)
Learn the correct spray-painting techniques from a demonstrating artist and then create your own designs and final masterpiece on a 90x90cm board.
Make your Own Stencil Street Art Workshop (age 10+)
Develop your own design, turn it into a stencil and cut it out. The group will get a street art demonstration and learn how to use spray-paint before creating a final stencil piece on a canvas to take home.
Urban Skateboard Art Workshop (age 10+)
Customise a skateboard deck from scratch. Get inspired by authentic street art styles and graffiti culture, experiment with different tools and paints, then take home your one-of-a-kind skateboard masterpiece.
Mini Stencil Workshop (age 10+)
This is the perfect introductory street art workshop. After a workshop, use pre-cut stencils and spray paint to build your own unique composition.
All materials, protective gear, plus light snacks are provided.
Tickets from $59 to $89
Learn to Fence (Copy)
Learn the Olympic sport of fencing at these 90-minute school holiday fencing workshops.
All equipment is provided, and experienced coaches from the State Fencing Centre will guide children from their first En Guard, to fencing with real fencing swords.
For children attending multiple sessions, they will have the opportunity to extend their skills.
Suitable for primary and secondary school students aged 7+.
Tickets - $20
School Holiday Street Art Workshops
Choose from a range of workshops this school holidays.
Freehand Street Art Workshop (age 10+)
Learn the correct spray-painting techniques from a demonstrating artist and then create your own designs and final masterpiece on a 90x90cm board.
Make your Own Stencil Street Art Workshop (age 10+)
Develop your own design, turn it into a stencil and cut it out. The group will get a street art demonstration and learn how to use spray-paint before creating a final stencil piece on a canvas to take home.
Urban Skateboard Art Workshop (age 10+)
Customise a skateboard deck from scratch. Get inspired by authentic street art styles and graffiti culture, experiment with different tools and paints, then take home your one-of-a-kind skateboard masterpiece.
Mini Stencil Workshop (age 10+)
This is the perfect introductory street art workshop. After a workshop, use pre-cut stencils and spray paint to build your own unique composition.
All materials, protective gear, plus light snacks are provided.
Tickets from $59 to $89
School Holiday Street Art Workshops
Choose from a range of workshops this school holidays.
Freehand Street Art Workshop (age 10+)
Learn the correct spray-painting techniques from a demonstrating artist and then create your own designs and final masterpiece on a 90x90cm board.
Make your Own Stencil Street Art Workshop (age 10+)
Develop your own design, turn it into a stencil and cut it out. The group will get a street art demonstration and learn how to use spray-paint before creating a final stencil piece on a canvas to take home.
Urban Skateboard Art Workshop (age 10+)
Customise a skateboard deck from scratch. Get inspired by authentic street art styles and graffiti culture, experiment with different tools and paints, then take home your one-of-a-kind skateboard masterpiece.
Mini Stencil Workshop (age 10+)
This is the perfect introductory street art workshop. After a workshop, use pre-cut stencils and spray paint to build your own unique composition.
All materials, protective gear, plus light snacks are provided.
Tickets from $59 to $89
Whoop Dee Doo Revue
Get ready for a full evening of entertainment with Whoop Dee Doo, a double show event that takes you on a journey from the golden age of burlesque to the cutting edge of neo performance art.
This brand new midweek monthly offering is produced by Miss Maple Rose and Myra Magdalene.
A Burlesque Revue
Step back in time where the spirit of the golden age of mid-century burlesque clubs comes alive in a dazzling display, from seductive fan dances to playful tease, accompanied by a live jazz band.
Another Late Night Revue
As the night wears on, Whoop Dee Doo transforms into something entirely different with their late show, a neo-burlesque spectacle where anything can happen. Expect the unexpected as a rotating lineup of bold and daring performers take the stage, pushing the boundaries of burlesque in thrilling and imaginative ways. This is where tradition meets innovation, and every act is a surprise.
Performance note: this show may contain nudity
Tickets from $75 to $150
School Holiday Street Art Workshops
Choose from a range of workshops this school holidays.
Freehand Street Art Workshop (age 10+)
Learn the correct spray-painting techniques from a demonstrating artist and then create your own designs and final masterpiece on a 90x90cm board.
Make your Own Stencil Street Art Workshop (age 10+)
Develop your own design, turn it into a stencil and cut it out. The group will get a street art demonstration and learn how to use spray-paint before creating a final stencil piece on a canvas to take home.
Urban Skateboard Art Workshop (age 10+)
Customise a skateboard deck from scratch. Get inspired by authentic street art styles and graffiti culture, experiment with different tools and paints, then take home your one-of-a-kind skateboard masterpiece.
Mini Stencil Workshop (age 10+)
This is the perfect introductory street art workshop. After a workshop, use pre-cut stencils and spray paint to build your own unique composition.
All materials, protective gear, plus light snacks are provided.
Tickets from $59 to $89
Hey Gringo!
Daryl Roberts is a multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter who has performed across Oz and internationally for over 30 years with his fun tongue in cheek, catchy blues, funky soul and roots music.
With his band Hey Gringo he has released 8 albums of original songs which have charted up to #1 on The Oz Blues & Roots Airplay Charts and a solo album with titled Wall of Stone in 2011.
Daryl also plays keyboard with Oz legends Spectrum, performed and written songs with renown Oz legends Ross Wilson (Daddy Cool/Modo Rock), played piano in American Blues Legend Jimmy Witherspoon band and performed internationally from Amsterdam to New Orleans and Tokyo to Clarkesdale Mississippi.
This is a free event
The Twa Corbies
The Twa Corbies are a Victorian based two-piece that love to share the fun, exciting, and occasionally lamenting sounds and stories of Celtic folk music.
Enjoyable to all who love tunes about rebellion, romance and of course a night on the good stuff.
This is a free event
Mass Effect
Mass Effect is an award-winning high-intensity performance with a cast of five international performers. Together, they push their physical limits, deal with exhaustion, motivation and group dynamics in endurance activity.
Spatial patterns carve out complex running formations and team collaboration becomes the key element as they push to the limits of their physical thresholds. Together they move beyond exhaustion as they find their second wind.
Members of the local community join the dancers on stage at the end of the performance, pumping up the energy to offer the performers that last push to keep going.
The result is a tremendous spectacle that fills the room with vitality and joy, leaving the audience on the edge of their seats, wishing to join them on stage.
Part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival.
Tickets from $23 - $30
Mass Effect
Mass Effect is an award-winning high-intensity performance with a cast of five international performers. Together, they push their physical limits, deal with exhaustion, motivation and group dynamics in endurance activity.
Spatial patterns carve out complex running formations and team collaboration becomes the key element as they push to the limits of their physical thresholds. Together they move beyond exhaustion as they find their second wind.
Members of the local community join the dancers on stage at the end of the performance, pumping up the energy to offer the performers that last push to keep going.
The result is a tremendous spectacle that fills the room with vitality and joy, leaving the audience on the edge of their seats, wishing to join them on stage.
Part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival.
Tickets from $23 - $30
School Holiday Street Art Workshops
Choose from a range of workshops this school holidays.
Freehand Street Art Workshop (age 10+)
Learn the correct spray-painting techniques from a demonstrating artist and then create your own designs and final masterpiece on a 90x90cm board.
Make your Own Stencil Street Art Workshop (age 10+)
Develop your own design, turn it into a stencil and cut it out. The group will get a street art demonstration and learn how to use spray-paint before creating a final stencil piece on a canvas to take home.
Urban Skateboard Art Workshop (age 10+)
Customise a skateboard deck from scratch. Get inspired by authentic street art styles and graffiti culture, experiment with different tools and paints, then take home your one-of-a-kind skateboard masterpiece.
Mini Stencil Workshop (age 10+)
This is the perfect introductory street art workshop. After a workshop, use pre-cut stencils and spray paint to build your own unique composition.
All materials, protective gear, plus light snacks are provided.
Tickets from $59 to $89
Mass Effect
Mass Effect is an award-winning high-intensity performance with a cast of five international performers. Together, they push their physical limits, deal with exhaustion, motivation and group dynamics in endurance activity.
Spatial patterns carve out complex running formations and team collaboration becomes the key element as they push to the limits of their physical thresholds. Together they move beyond exhaustion as they find their second wind.
Members of the local community join the dancers on stage at the end of the performance, pumping up the energy to offer the performers that last push to keep going.
The result is a tremendous spectacle that fills the room with vitality and joy, leaving the audience on the edge of their seats, wishing to join them on stage.
Part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival.
Tickets from $23 - $30
Find Your Story
Curious about your family’s past, but don’t know where to start?
During Family History Month, community heritage librarians will guide you through some of the basics to get you on your way to finding out about your family. Learn about resources such as Ancestry, Find my Past and Family Search.
This is a free event
Mass Effect
Mass Effect is an award-winning high-intensity performance with a cast of five international performers. Together, they push their physical limits, deal with exhaustion, motivation and group dynamics in endurance activity.
Spatial patterns carve out complex running formations and team collaboration becomes the key element as they push to the limits of their physical thresholds. Together they move beyond exhaustion as they find their second wind.
Members of the local community join the dancers on stage at the end of the performance, pumping up the energy to offer the performers that last push to keep going.
The result is a tremendous spectacle that fills the room with vitality and joy, leaving the audience on the edge of their seats, wishing to join them on stage.
Part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival.
Tickets from $23 - $30
Mass Effect
Mass Effect is an award-winning high-intensity performance with a cast of five international performers. Together, they push their physical limits, deal with exhaustion, motivation and group dynamics in endurance activity.
Spatial patterns carve out complex running formations and team collaboration becomes the key element as they push to the limits of their physical thresholds. Together they move beyond exhaustion as they find their second wind.
Members of the local community join the dancers on stage at the end of the performance, pumping up the energy to offer the performers that last push to keep going.
The result is a tremendous spectacle that fills the room with vitality and joy, leaving the audience on the edge of their seats, wishing to join them on stage.
Part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival.
Tickets from $23 - $30
Mass Effect
Mass Effect is an award-winning high-intensity performance with a cast of five international performers. Together, they push their physical limits, deal with exhaustion, motivation and group dynamics in endurance activity.
Spatial patterns carve out complex running formations and team collaboration becomes the key element as they push to the limits of their physical thresholds. Together they move beyond exhaustion as they find their second wind.
Members of the local community join the dancers on stage at the end of the performance, pumping up the energy to offer the performers that last push to keep going.
The result is a tremendous spectacle that fills the room with vitality and joy, leaving the audience on the edge of their seats, wishing to join them on stage.
Part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival.
Tickets from $23 - $30
Falling Heads
A chilling work on fascism, mind control and the war for truth.
In the Thursday Group’s immersive play Falling Heads, estranged twins, Tomasz and Steph, find themselves on opposite sides of two warring tribes. One fights for the supremacy of mind over body, the other defends the sovereignty of the senses.…to the death.
In fable style, Falling Heads examines history mistold as a tool of the state. Who wins when the story is lost?
Tickets from $30 - $40
Mass Effect
Mass Effect is an award-winning high-intensity performance with a cast of five international performers. Together, they push their physical limits, deal with exhaustion, motivation and group dynamics in endurance activity.
Spatial patterns carve out complex running formations and team collaboration becomes the key element as they push to the limits of their physical thresholds. Together they move beyond exhaustion as they find their second wind.
Members of the local community join the dancers on stage at the end of the performance, pumping up the energy to offer the performers that last push to keep going.
The result is a tremendous spectacle that fills the room with vitality and joy, leaving the audience on the edge of their seats, wishing to join them on stage.
Part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival.
Tickets from $23 - $30
Is Anyone Even Watching?
Wake up your Furby, dust off your password journal and put on your jelly sandals. You’re invited to the most 2000s sleepover party ever.
Is Anyone Even Watching? is a joyous work of experimental theatre that challenges beauty standards, ableist stereotypes, and societal expectations.
Through spooky stories, spilled secrets, make-overs and super cool dance routines, this show presents a celebration of identity and not being afraid to be you.
From theatre-kid fever dreams to everyday discrimination Olivia Muscat's work explores a new perspective on the classic coming of age story, offering a glimpse into the melodramas and memories of a tween girl growing up in suburban Australia.
Tickets from $15 to $40
Falling Heads
A chilling work on fascism, mind control and the war for truth.
In the Thursday Group’s immersive play Falling Heads, estranged twins, Tomasz and Steph, find themselves on opposite sides of two warring tribes. One fights for the supremacy of mind over body, the other defends the sovereignty of the senses.…to the death.
In fable style, Falling Heads examines history mistold as a tool of the state. Who wins when the story is lost?
Tickets from $30 - $40
Mass Effect
Mass Effect is an award-winning high-intensity performance with a cast of five international performers. Together, they push their physical limits, deal with exhaustion, motivation and group dynamics in endurance activity.
Spatial patterns carve out complex running formations and team collaboration becomes the key element as they push to the limits of their physical thresholds. Together they move beyond exhaustion as they find their second wind.
Members of the local community join the dancers on stage at the end of the performance, pumping up the energy to offer the performers that last push to keep going.
The result is a tremendous spectacle that fills the room with vitality and joy, leaving the audience on the edge of their seats, wishing to join them on stage.
Part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival.
Tickets from $23 - $30
Is Anyone Even Watching?
Wake up your Furby, dust off your password journal and put on your jelly sandals. You’re invited to the most 2000s sleepover party ever.
Is Anyone Even Watching? is a joyous work of experimental theatre that challenges beauty standards, ableist stereotypes, and societal expectations.
Through spooky stories, spilled secrets, make-overs and super cool dance routines, this show presents a celebration of identity and not being afraid to be you.
From theatre-kid fever dreams to everyday discrimination Olivia Muscat's work explores a new perspective on the classic coming of age story, offering a glimpse into the melodramas and memories of a tween girl growing up in suburban Australia.
Tickets from $15 to $40
Falling Heads
A chilling work on fascism, mind control and the war for truth.
In the Thursday Group’s immersive play Falling Heads, estranged twins, Tomasz and Steph, find themselves on opposite sides of two warring tribes. One fights for the supremacy of mind over body, the other defends the sovereignty of the senses.…to the death.
In fable style, Falling Heads examines history mistold as a tool of the state. Who wins when the story is lost?
Tickets from $30 - $40
Mass Effect
Mass Effect is an award-winning high-intensity performance with a cast of five international performers. Together, they push their physical limits, deal with exhaustion, motivation and group dynamics in endurance activity.
Spatial patterns carve out complex running formations and team collaboration becomes the key element as they push to the limits of their physical thresholds. Together they move beyond exhaustion as they find their second wind.
Members of the local community join the dancers on stage at the end of the performance, pumping up the energy to offer the performers that last push to keep going.
The result is a tremendous spectacle that fills the room with vitality and joy, leaving the audience on the edge of their seats, wishing to join them on stage.
Part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival.
Tickets from $23 - $30
Is Anyone Even Watching?
Wake up your Furby, dust off your password journal and put on your jelly sandals. You’re invited to the most 2000s sleepover party ever.
Is Anyone Even Watching? is a joyous work of experimental theatre that challenges beauty standards, ableist stereotypes, and societal expectations.
Through spooky stories, spilled secrets, make-overs and super cool dance routines, this show presents a celebration of identity and not being afraid to be you.
From theatre-kid fever dreams to everyday discrimination Olivia Muscat's work explores a new perspective on the classic coming of age story, offering a glimpse into the melodramas and memories of a tween girl growing up in suburban Australia.
Tickets from $15 to $40
Flesh Mirror
Enter a portal where doppelgangers slip through, biographies distort, and the everyday is transformed into something surreal. Blending a hybrid choreography of bodies with sound and video, this new performance is co-devised by Weave Movement Theatre with artists Rebecca Jensen, Marco Cher and Zoe Scoglio.
Known for their bold and boundary-shifting work, Weave Movement Theatre continues to redefine inclusive performance practice. Exploring themes of identity and transformation with intimacy and expression, Flesh Mirror centres disability as a site of power and imagination.
Tickets from $25 - $40
Mass Effect
Mass Effect is an award-winning high-intensity performance with a cast of five international performers. Together, they push their physical limits, deal with exhaustion, motivation and group dynamics in endurance activity.
Spatial patterns carve out complex running formations and team collaboration becomes the key element as they push to the limits of their physical thresholds. Together they move beyond exhaustion as they find their second wind.
Members of the local community join the dancers on stage at the end of the performance, pumping up the energy to offer the performers that last push to keep going.
The result is a tremendous spectacle that fills the room with vitality and joy, leaving the audience on the edge of their seats, wishing to join them on stage.
Part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival.
Tickets from $23 - $30
Is Anyone Even Watching?
Wake up your Furby, dust off your password journal and put on your jelly sandals. You’re invited to the most 2000s sleepover party ever.
Is Anyone Even Watching? is a joyous work of experimental theatre that challenges beauty standards, ableist stereotypes, and societal expectations.
Through spooky stories, spilled secrets, make-overs and super cool dance routines, this show presents a celebration of identity and not being afraid to be you.
From theatre-kid fever dreams to everyday discrimination Olivia Muscat's work explores a new perspective on the classic coming of age story, offering a glimpse into the melodramas and memories of a tween girl growing up in suburban Australia.
Tickets from $15 to $40
Flesh Mirror
Enter a portal where doppelgangers slip through, biographies distort, and the everyday is transformed into something surreal. Blending a hybrid choreography of bodies with sound and video, this new performance is co-devised by Weave Movement Theatre with artists Rebecca Jensen, Marco Cher and Zoe Scoglio.
Known for their bold and boundary-shifting work, Weave Movement Theatre continues to redefine inclusive performance practice. Exploring themes of identity and transformation with intimacy and expression, Flesh Mirror centres disability as a site of power and imagination.
Tickets from $25 - $40
Is Anyone Even Watching?
Wake up your Furby, dust off your password journal and put on your jelly sandals. You’re invited to the most 2000s sleepover party ever.
Is Anyone Even Watching? is a joyous work of experimental theatre that challenges beauty standards, ableist stereotypes, and societal expectations.
Through spooky stories, spilled secrets, make-overs and super cool dance routines, this show presents a celebration of identity and not being afraid to be you.
From theatre-kid fever dreams to everyday discrimination Olivia Muscat's work explores a new perspective on the classic coming of age story, offering a glimpse into the melodramas and memories of a tween girl growing up in suburban Australia.
Tickets from $15 to $40
FreeSteps: Swinging Years
This is dance stripped back to its rawest, most honest form. Swinging Years is a captivating work created by dancers aged 60 and over, guided by acclaimed Taiwanese choreographer Wei-Chia Su.
A mass celebration of the beauty and wear accumulated through decades of life, FreeSteps: Swinging Years invites you to witness the extraordinary power of lived experience, conveyed through the unique personal histories etched in each dancer’s movements. It’s a testament to resilience, loss, joy and bodies moving with intention and grace through time.
Part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival.
Tickets $28 - $32
FreeSteps: Swinging Years
This is dance stripped back to its rawest, most honest form. Swinging Years is a captivating work created by dancers aged 60 and over, guided by acclaimed Taiwanese choreographer Wei-Chia Su.
A mass celebration of the beauty and wear accumulated through decades of life, FreeSteps: Swinging Years invites you to witness the extraordinary power of lived experience, conveyed through the unique personal histories etched in each dancer’s movements. It’s a testament to resilience, loss, joy and bodies moving with intention and grace through time.
Part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival.
Tickets $28 - $32
Silently Screaming
Does the past ever really end? Or is it something we must always carry?
Silently Screaming is a powerful one-woman show about a girl's journey to adulthood. Amidst difficult and painful circumstances, she must find her voice and inner strength.
Written and performed by Amy Penning, and directed by Marjorie Rodriguez.
Content warning: violence against women, mental health.
Part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival.
Tickets from $20 - $24
First Trimester
Embark on a journey with London-based performance artist Krishna Istha as they search for the ‘perfect’ donor.
Continuing a world-wide search, the Australian premiere of First Trimester invites you witness intimate live interviews between Krishna and hundreds of participants, in a quest to find them and their partner a sperm donor or at least discover the qualities that make them a perfect match.
Krishna asks questions that range from funny to serious, from matter of fact to philosophical, in order to make the ultimate connection.
'Did you grow up with pets?'
'Where do you store your memories?'
'What do you value more, kindness or intelligence?'
And, most importantly for Krishna, 'Have you watched The Princess Diaries?'
Tickets from $15 to $40
Falling Heads
A chilling work on fascism, mind control and the war for truth.
In the Thursday Group’s immersive play Falling Heads, estranged twins, Tomasz and Steph, find themselves on opposite sides of two warring tribes. One fights for the supremacy of mind over body, the other defends the sovereignty of the senses.…to the death.
In fable style, Falling Heads examines history mistold as a tool of the state. Who wins when the story is lost?
Tickets from $30 - $40
First Trimester
Embark on a journey with London-based performance artist Krishna Istha as they search for the ‘perfect’ donor.
Continuing a world-wide search, the Australian premiere of First Trimester invites you witness intimate live interviews between Krishna and hundreds of participants, in a quest to find them and their partner a sperm donor or at least discover the qualities that make them a perfect match.
Krishna asks questions that range from funny to serious, from matter of fact to philosophical, in order to make the ultimate connection.
'Did you grow up with pets?'
'Where do you store your memories?'
'What do you value more, kindness or intelligence?'
And, most importantly for Krishna, 'Have you watched The Princess Diaries?'
Tickets from $15 to $40
First Trimester
Embark on a journey with London-based performance artist Krishna Istha as they search for the ‘perfect’ donor.
Continuing a world-wide search, the Australian premiere of First Trimester invites you witness intimate live interviews between Krishna and hundreds of participants, in a quest to find them and their partner a sperm donor or at least discover the qualities that make them a perfect match.
Krishna asks questions that range from funny to serious, from matter of fact to philosophical, in order to make the ultimate connection.
'Did you grow up with pets?'
'Where do you store your memories?'
'What do you value more, kindness or intelligence?'
And, most importantly for Krishna, 'Have you watched The Princess Diaries?'
Tickets from $15 to $40
Queensberry Cup
A Billy Cart Race & Street Party Like No Other. Help Us Celebrate North & West Melbourne!
Beats and Bites: Masquerade Party
Inspired by the extravagance of a Venetian Carnivale, this semi-formal masquerade invites you to slip into disguise and escape the rigid social hierarchies of everyday life.
Behind the mask, everyone is free to revel as equals, united by rhythm, flavour and spectacle.
Enjoy complimentary bubbles on arrival, unlimited chef-crafted canapés all night, DJs spinning beats to keep you moving and mesmerising performers bringing the carnival spirit to life.
Tickets from $64 to $100
Silently Screaming
Does the past ever really end? Or is it something we must always carry?
Silently Screaming is a powerful one-woman show about a girl's journey to adulthood. Amidst difficult and painful circumstances, she must find her voice and inner strength.
Written and performed by Amy Penning, and directed by Marjorie Rodriguez.
Content warning: violence against women, mental health.
Part of the Melbourne Fringe Festival.
Tickets from $20 - $24
Diwali Storytime
Celebrate Diwali with this storytime at North Melbourne Library. Join to hear stories about the festival of Diwali, sing songs and dance together.
For children aged 18 months to five years.
This is a free event // Booking not required
Come Eat With Me
Come Eat With Me is an interdisciplinary theatre performance exploring the layered relationship between caste and food, culminating in a shared meal.
Through Dalit stories, histories and everyday resistance, Come Eat With Me invites you on a sensory and emotional journey that unpacks themes of oppression and solidarity, grief and joy and the resilience of Oppressed Caste communities.
Intimate and participatory, Come Eat With Me is rooted in lived experience and collective memory. The performance transforms the act of inter and intra-communal eating – a practice often shaped by caste hierarchies – into a space for reflection, connection and community building.
Concluding with a shared meal, this powerful and immersive experience reveals how culinary traditions can carry both historical trauma and the quiet triumphs of survival and resistance.
Tickets from $15 to $40
Come Eat With Me
Come Eat With Me is an interdisciplinary theatre performance exploring the layered relationship between caste and food, culminating in a shared meal.
Through Dalit stories, histories and everyday resistance, Come Eat With Me invites you on a sensory and emotional journey that unpacks themes of oppression and solidarity, grief and joy and the resilience of Oppressed Caste communities.
Intimate and participatory, Come Eat With Me is rooted in lived experience and collective memory. The performance transforms the act of inter and intra-communal eating – a practice often shaped by caste hierarchies – into a space for reflection, connection and community building.
Concluding with a shared meal, this powerful and immersive experience reveals how culinary traditions can carry both historical trauma and the quiet triumphs of survival and resistance.
Tickets from $15 to $40
Circus Arcana
Darling and Daring Circus presents a brand new monthly show; Circus Arcana!
Inspired by the characters that grace your tarot deck, your favourite talented circus artists from Carnival of Karactors and Kabarisque take on the roles of these mystical, intuitive tarot figures.
Prepare yourself to be taken on a journey of circus and comedy and magic through the eyes of these deities.
Tickets $35
Guewel
Seven years in the making, Guewel is a multi-art form work from director Lamine Sonko, who has journeyed to the remote and sacred places of Senegal to understand how ancient cosmology and metaphysical knowledge shape our ways of being in the world.
In a landmark collaboration with the National Theatre of Senegal, Guewel channels deep ancestral power through primordial sounds worlds and sacred rhythmic dance, offering a reflection on our interconnected, collective human experience.
Blending traditional and contemporary music, dance, projection animation and filmed cultural landscapes, Guewel brings together ancient and new art forms in a vibrant meeting of worlds, bridging cultural and temporal divides.
TIckets from $15 to $40
Guewel
Seven years in the making, Guewel is a multi-art form work from director Lamine Sonko, who has journeyed to the remote and sacred places of Senegal to understand how ancient cosmology and metaphysical knowledge shape our ways of being in the world.
In a landmark collaboration with the National Theatre of Senegal, Guewel channels deep ancestral power through primordial sounds worlds and sacred rhythmic dance, offering a reflection on our interconnected, collective human experience.
Blending traditional and contemporary music, dance, projection animation and filmed cultural landscapes, Guewel brings together ancient and new art forms in a vibrant meeting of worlds, bridging cultural and temporal divides.
TIckets from $15 to $40
Guewel
Seven years in the making, Guewel is a multi-art form work from director Lamine Sonko, who has journeyed to the remote and sacred places of Senegal to understand how ancient cosmology and metaphysical knowledge shape our ways of being in the world.
In a landmark collaboration with the National Theatre of Senegal, Guewel channels deep ancestral power through primordial sounds worlds and sacred rhythmic dance, offering a reflection on our interconnected, collective human experience.
Blending traditional and contemporary music, dance, projection animation and filmed cultural landscapes, Guewel brings together ancient and new art forms in a vibrant meeting of worlds, bridging cultural and temporal divides.
TIckets from $15 to $40
Guewel
Seven years in the making, Guewel is a multi-art form work from director Lamine Sonko, who has journeyed to the remote and sacred places of Senegal to understand how ancient cosmology and metaphysical knowledge shape our ways of being in the world.
In a landmark collaboration with the National Theatre of Senegal, Guewel channels deep ancestral power through primordial sounds worlds and sacred rhythmic dance, offering a reflection on our interconnected, collective human experience.
Blending traditional and contemporary music, dance, projection animation and filmed cultural landscapes, Guewel brings together ancient and new art forms in a vibrant meeting of worlds, bridging cultural and temporal divides.
TIckets from $15 to $40
Guewel
Seven years in the making, Guewel is a multi-art form work from director Lamine Sonko, who has journeyed to the remote and sacred places of Senegal to understand how ancient cosmology and metaphysical knowledge shape our ways of being in the world.
In a landmark collaboration with the National Theatre of Senegal, Guewel channels deep ancestral power through primordial sounds worlds and sacred rhythmic dance, offering a reflection on our interconnected, collective human experience.
Blending traditional and contemporary music, dance, projection animation and filmed cultural landscapes, Guewel brings together ancient and new art forms in a vibrant meeting of worlds, bridging cultural and temporal divides.
TIckets from $15 to $40
Circus Arcana
Darling and Daring Circus presents a brand new monthly show; Circus Arcana!
Inspired by the characters that grace your tarot deck, your favourite talented circus artists from Carnival of Karactors and Kabarisque take on the roles of these mystical, intuitive tarot figures.
Prepare yourself to be taken on a journey of circus and comedy and magic through the eyes of these deities.
Tickets $35
Circus Arcana
Darling and Daring Circus presents a brand new monthly show; Circus Arcana!
Inspired by the characters that grace your tarot deck, your favourite talented circus artists from Carnival of Karactors and Kabarisque take on the roles of these mystical, intuitive tarot figures.
Prepare yourself to be taken on a journey of circus and comedy and magic through the eyes of these deities.
Tickets $35
Carnival of Karactors
Darling and Daring Productions invites you to a sexy night of circus, spice and all things nice in their flirty circus-cabaret, ‘Carnival of Karactors’.
Featuring a playful and provocative cast in a night of dangerous games, hilarity, and mystique. ‘Carnival of Karactors’ is filled to the brim with acrobats and lewd jokes. Step into a world where daring meets dazzling in a seductive circus-cabaret experience.
Join for a fun night of adult carnival entertainment for everyone.
Held in Club Voltaire's intimate 50-seat theatre on the second Saturday of every month, it's guaranteed to be a lesson in the unusual.
Tickets - $40
Yarro Yarro: Reflections on The River
Yarro Yarro: Reflections on the River is a photography exhibition showcasing the dynamic beauty of the Yarra (Birrarung) through reflections captured on the river's urban surface. These surprising, abstract and painterly compositions – presented on both fabric and paper – cast this familiar tract of water in an exciting new light; revealing it as a vibrant, expressive presence at the heart of the city.
This exhibition is held in association with the Birrarung Riverfest. It includes an opening event at 6pm on Thursday September 11.
This is a free event // Booking not required
Son of Byblos
Set in the heart of a Lebanese Australian household, Asamina Theatre Company presents Son of Byblos, written by James El Azzi and directed by Danny R Arif.
The play follows Adam, a young gay man caught between loyalty and liberation, as he navigates a world bound by family duty and cultural shame. When his cousin, Claire, announces she’s marrying a man to hide her own queerness, Adam is forced to confront everything he has tried to suppress about himself and everything his family refuses to see.
This bold and emotionally charged family drama explores culture, silence, identity and the cost of living your truth.
Tickets from $38.23 - $32.96
Orchestra Victoria: Meet at the Market
Step into Orchestra Victoria’s new home at the iconic Meat Market and discover classical music reimagined. With a drink in one hand and a bite in the other, it’s the perfect way to wrap up your week with friends.
Enjoy culinary delights and cocktails from Brogan’s Way Gin, arrive early to unwind, and stay late to mingle with the musicians.
The third concert in the series sees rising star conductor Carlo Antonioli lead Orchestra Victoria in a program of striking contrasts:
Prokofiev – Symphony No. 1
William Barton – Elements of the Earth
Shostakovich – Cello Concerto No. 1 featuring Melissa Chominsky
Fresh, vibrant, and welcoming, Meet at the Market brings a new perspective to classical music.
Tickets - from $35 - $45
Yarro Yarro: Reflections on The River
Yarro Yarro: Reflections on the River is a photography exhibition showcasing the dynamic beauty of the Yarra (Birrarung) through reflections captured on the river's urban surface. These surprising, abstract and painterly compositions – presented on both fabric and paper – cast this familiar tract of water in an exciting new light; revealing it as a vibrant, expressive presence at the heart of the city.
This exhibition is held in association with the Birrarung Riverfest. It includes an opening event at 6pm on Thursday September 11.
This is a free event // Booking not required
SEPTEMBER EXHIBITIONS at KINGS!
Join in on celebrating the opening of three new exhibitions at KINGS!
GALLERY ONE
Anau
Ayah Zakout
GALLERY TWO
Affiliation Ritual
Ebony Maurice-Wilmott
GALLERY THREE
Untitled
Fred Bulbeck
OPENING CELEBRATIONS
Thursday 11th September,
6 – 8pm
EXHIBITION RUNS
11th September - 5th October
Yarro Yarro: Reflections on The River
Yarro Yarro: Reflections on the River is a photography exhibition showcasing the dynamic beauty of the Yarra (Birrarung) through reflections captured on the river's urban surface. These surprising, abstract and painterly compositions – presented on both fabric and paper – cast this familiar tract of water in an exciting new light; revealing it as a vibrant, expressive presence at the heart of the city.
This exhibition is held in association with the Birrarung Riverfest. It includes an opening event at 6pm on Thursday September 11.
This is a free event // Booking not required
Free Oil Painting Classes
Join on Wednesday evenings for Paint Lab, a series of oil painting classes led by acclaimed realist artist Cally Lotz. Designed for both absolute beginners and seasoned painters, this program offers a relaxed, welcoming space to explore realist and expressive oil painting techniques.
Each session blends structured guidance with a social, hands-on environment — perfect for building confidence and skill through shared experience and open conversation. The series is split into two four-week blocks, and you're welcome to attend just a single session or dive into the full series.
All materials are supplied.
This is a free event
Songbirds
Songs, rhymes and stories will engage your budding bookworm’s mind and introduce them to the fun and rhythm of language.
Programs run during school terms and stop during school holidays.
Age: Newborn to 18 months.
Term 1: Monday 3 February to Friday 4 April
Term 2: Tuesday 22 April to Friday 4 July
Term 3: Monday 21 July to Friday 19 September
Term 4: Monday 6 October to Friday 12 December
This is a free event // Booking not required
Sunday Night Stand Up Comedy Show
Club Voltaire has been around since 2003, and its Sunday Night Comedy show features some of Melbourne's best stand-up comedians every week.
Enjoy a mix of comics from TV, YouTube, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Raw Comedy National Finals, fringe festivals around Australia, local legends, and some of the future stars of comedy.
Tickets - $10
Eatcetera Night Market
Step into a night bursting with flavour, colour, and creativity at EziStreat's Eatcetera Night Market. From sizzling street eats inspired by cuisines from around the world to hands-on craft activities, this is a night made for exploring.
Friends and families can get creative with candle making and decorating workshops, or enjoy henna and face painting while wandering under twinkling lights. Collect stamps on your foodie and craft passports as you discover mouth-watering dishes and unique handmade treasures.
Groove to music that fills the night with energy, and soak in the vibrant atmosphere. Perfect for adventurers of all ages, EziStreat promises an eclectic night where every corner has something new to explore.
This is a free event // Booking not required
Fashion Sale
Step into a vibrant Melbourne market experience, where independent style, energy, and bold creativity come together in one day.
See more than 30 emerging and local designers, with handmade pieces and one-of-a-kind finds. Enjoy live music, Latin beats and cultural performances, plus food stalls.
Free entry and all are welcome.
Son of Byblos
Set in the heart of a Lebanese Australian household, Asamina Theatre Company presents Son of Byblos, written by James El Azzi and directed by Danny R Arif.
The play follows Adam, a young gay man caught between loyalty and liberation, as he navigates a world bound by family duty and cultural shame. When his cousin, Claire, announces she’s marrying a man to hide her own queerness, Adam is forced to confront everything he has tried to suppress about himself and everything his family refuses to see.
This bold and emotionally charged family drama explores culture, silence, identity and the cost of living your truth.
Tickets from $32 - $38
ISO 1v1 Basketball Tournament
Last year, ISO 1v1 made waves with its raw, no-nonsense format. This isn't just basketball; it's the only full-court 1v1 tournament in the world. No teams. No help. No hiding. Just 24 elite men and 24 elite women proving they've got the skill, the heart, and the game to be crowned ISO 1v1 Champion.
And with $20,000 on the line, along with bragging rights that money can't buy, ISO 1v1 is more than hoops; it's a cultural takeover. See world-class 1v1 battles with top streetballers from around the world and across Australia, including Hezigod from the US.
Live music performances and DJs drive the energy from the first tip-off to the championship buzzer.
Food trucks, exclusive collectables, merch, supercars on display, and crowd giveaways keep the vibe rolling on and off the court.
Whether you're a baller, a music lover, or just someone who thrives on high-stakes competition, ISO 1v1 is where Melbourne comes alive.
Tickets from $25 - $135
Booking not required
Neon Nights
A glamorous experience for both the eyes and ears, this world-class cabaret is a fusion of show-stopping vocals, stunning showgirl performances, live percussion beats from around the world, breathtaking costumes and so much more.
Featuring powerhouse vocalist Sarah C, the talented dancers from Hype Entertainment and pulsating rhythms provided by the live percussionists of Speranza Entertainment. You won't want to miss this dazzling spectacle.
Tickets - $89
Free Oil Painting Classes
Join on Wednesday evenings for Paint Lab, a series of oil painting classes led by acclaimed realist artist Cally Lotz. Designed for both absolute beginners and seasoned painters, this program offers a relaxed, welcoming space to explore realist and expressive oil painting techniques.
Each session blends structured guidance with a social, hands-on environment — perfect for building confidence and skill through shared experience and open conversation. The series is split into two four-week blocks, and you're welcome to attend just a single session or dive into the full series.
All materials are supplied.
This is a free event
From Archives to Art: Awakening Cultural Practices
Come along for an extraordinary artist talk with Maree Clarke (Yorta Yorta/Wamba Wamba/Mutti Mutti/Boonwurrung), one of Australia's most influential voices in the reclamation and celebration of southeast Aboriginal cultural practices.
Maree works with both traditional and contemporary materials - including glass, 3D printing, and photography - to produce groundbreaking work. From traditional possum skin cloaks and contemporary designs featuring kangaroo teeth necklaces, to river reed necklaces, and string headbands adorned with echidna quills, Maree bridges ancestral knowledge with contemporary expression creating what she calls a 'living archive’.
Presented by Public Record Office Victoria, the archive of the State and Local Government in Victoria, don't miss this unique opportunity to hear Maree share insights into her creative process, her relationship with archives and museums, and how she continues to make Indigenous knowledge visible and accessible to new generations.
Tickets $5
Father's Day Storytime and Craft
Come along for stories and songs and stay to make a special gift for your special person.
For kids aged 3 to 5 years.
This is a free event // Booking not required
Songbirds
Songs, rhymes and stories will engage your budding bookworm’s mind and introduce them to the fun and rhythm of language.
Programs run during school terms and stop during school holidays.
Age: Newborn to 18 months.
Term 1: Monday 3 February to Friday 4 April
Term 2: Tuesday 22 April to Friday 4 July
Term 3: Monday 21 July to Friday 19 September
Term 4: Monday 6 October to Friday 12 December
This is a free event // Booking not required
Crisis Actor
There has been a disaster. Two actors hold our collective memory of the event. In an escalating competition for our empathy, they pit body and feeling against each other. Via your phone, you’re offered options and pathways to help them win.
Exploring the attention economy, marginalised bodies and victimhood as spectacle, Crisis Actor brings together conventions of contemporary performance, motion-capture technology, reality television and game design.
As comedic as it is unsettling, absurd as it is incisive, Crisis Actor sees us evolve into the Sims of forces greater than ourselves, ushering the uncanny valley into the realm of the everyday.
Tickets: $25 - $40
Crisis Actor
There has been a disaster. Two actors hold our collective memory of the event. In an escalating competition for our empathy, they pit body and feeling against each other. Via your phone, you’re offered options and pathways to help them win.
Exploring the attention economy, marginalised bodies and victimhood as spectacle, Crisis Actor brings together conventions of contemporary performance, motion-capture technology, reality television and game design.
As comedic as it is unsettling, absurd as it is incisive, Crisis Actor sees us evolve into the Sims of forces greater than ourselves, ushering the uncanny valley into the realm of the everyday.
Tickets: $25 - $40
Tanja Milbourne: Equilibrium and Flow
Ten years ago, in response to a cancer diagnosis, Tanja Milbourne began a photography series seeking to express how life feels in its most uncertain, suspended moments.
Capturing dancers in moments of poised suspension, where movement and stillness seem momentarily inseparable, these images sought to explore how the human body, held between motion and stillness, can express states of being beyond language.
Equilibrium and Flow brings together three strands – photography, drawing and hybrid works – for the first time. Across them runs a shared exploration of movement, vulnerability and impermanence: a search for meaning in the delicate interplay between holding on and letting go.
Come along to the opening night on Friday 22 August, 6–9pm.
This is a free event // Booking not required
Crisis Actor
There has been a disaster. Two actors hold our collective memory of the event. In an escalating competition for our empathy, they pit body and feeling against each other. Via your phone, you’re offered options and pathways to help them win.
Exploring the attention economy, marginalised bodies and victimhood as spectacle, Crisis Actor brings together conventions of contemporary performance, motion-capture technology, reality television and game design.
As comedic as it is unsettling, absurd as it is incisive, Crisis Actor sees us evolve into the Sims of forces greater than ourselves, ushering the uncanny valley into the realm of the everyday.
Tickets: $25 - $40
Tanja Milbourne: Equilibrium and Flow
Ten years ago, in response to a cancer diagnosis, Tanja Milbourne began a photography series seeking to express how life feels in its most uncertain, suspended moments.
Capturing dancers in moments of poised suspension, where movement and stillness seem momentarily inseparable, these images sought to explore how the human body, held between motion and stillness, can express states of being beyond language.
Equilibrium and Flow brings together three strands – photography, drawing and hybrid works – for the first time. Across them runs a shared exploration of movement, vulnerability and impermanence: a search for meaning in the delicate interplay between holding on and letting go.
Come along to the opening night on Friday 22 August, 6–9pm.
This is a free event // Booking not required
Crisis Actor
There has been a disaster. Two actors hold our collective memory of the event. In an escalating competition for our empathy, they pit body and feeling against each other. Via your phone, you’re offered options and pathways to help them win.
Exploring the attention economy, marginalised bodies and victimhood as spectacle, Crisis Actor brings together conventions of contemporary performance, motion-capture technology, reality television and game design.
As comedic as it is unsettling, absurd as it is incisive, Crisis Actor sees us evolve into the Sims of forces greater than ourselves, ushering the uncanny valley into the realm of the everyday.
Tickets: $25 - $40
Tanja Milbourne: Equilibrium and Flow
Ten years ago, in response to a cancer diagnosis, Tanja Milbourne began a photography series seeking to express how life feels in its most uncertain, suspended moments.
Capturing dancers in moments of poised suspension, where movement and stillness seem momentarily inseparable, these images sought to explore how the human body, held between motion and stillness, can express states of being beyond language.
Equilibrium and Flow brings together three strands – photography, drawing and hybrid works – for the first time. Across them runs a shared exploration of movement, vulnerability and impermanence: a search for meaning in the delicate interplay between holding on and letting go.
Come along to the opening night on Friday 22 August, 6–9pm.
This is a free event // Booking not required
Crisis Actor
There has been a disaster. Two actors hold our collective memory of the event. In an escalating competition for our empathy, they pit body and feeling against each other. Via your phone, you’re offered options and pathways to help them win.
Exploring the attention economy, marginalised bodies and victimhood as spectacle, Crisis Actor brings together conventions of contemporary performance, motion-capture technology, reality television and game design.
As comedic as it is unsettling, absurd as it is incisive, Crisis Actor sees us evolve into the Sims of forces greater than ourselves, ushering the uncanny valley into the realm of the everyday.
Tickets: $25 - $40
Grampians in a Glass: Taste the Region, Meet the Makers
Raise a glass to the Grampians and explore the depth, diversity, and stories behind one of Australia’s most historic wine regions. Grampians Wines and Bobbie Peels invite you to sip, graze, and discover what makes these wines truly unforgettable.
A collection of Western Victoria’s top winemakers will bring their urban cellar door experience to Bobbie Peels for a series of evenings filled with exceptional wines and grazing platters.
Enjoy premium grazing platters, join 20-minute fireside chats with local winemakers, and take advantage of exclusive one-off offers. Uncover the stories behind wines made from some of Australia’s oldest vines, all while supporting incredible winemakers who’ve weathered challenging conditions, including bushfires that have wiped out large parts of the region.
Whether you’re a Shiraz enthusiast or keen to try something new, this is your chance to find your perfect Grampians wine match.
Tickets: $30 - $35