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A glittery, sequin-y New Year’s Eve planned for Melbourne
The City of Melbourne is digging into the Priscilla: Queen of the Desert playbook for New Year’s Eve 2023, promising a celebration like “no other” filled with glitz, glam and … sequins.
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Southbank set to host its first festival event of pre-loved treasures
Excitement is building in Southbank as the community prepares to host its first-ever festival at the Boyd Community Hub when it is transformed into a bustling market this spring.
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Acrobats take over!
An extraordinary outdoor circus, a vibrant pop-up festival precinct and a celebration of lights illuminating Melbourne after dark are among the latest events being supported by the City of Melbourne to boost evening trade for businesses this October.
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A tap to each household
The small town of Pignon is now a household name in Haiti thanks to a water program backed by Rotary.
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Much-anticipated Moomba Festival returns with an extra day
Moomba Festival is back again in Melbourne for its 69th year, and to make this annual family-friendly festival all the more entertaining, an extra day has been added.
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Christmas comes to Southbank
The Christmas cheer has come to Southbank this year and here is a list of festive events for everyone to attend.
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Southbank snubbed in AFL Grand Final river parade
The state government has rowed back on plans to start the 2022 AFL Grand Final parade in Southbank, in a blow for local businesses.
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One-off event or new approach? AFL mulls over river parade plans
The AFL is deep in negotiations to stage this year’s Grand Final parade on the Yarra River, with plans for players to travel down the famous waterway before disembarking to head towards the MCG precinct.
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Salsa and live music at Queensbridge Square among wave of new activations to hit the city
Melbourne is set to continue in its rapid reawakening as the weather warms up, with 18 activations soon to be popping up in and around the city.
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The Winter Night Market is back!
Grab your scarf, beanie, gloves and get ready to warm yourselves as the Queen Victoria Market’s famous Winter Night Market returns after a three-year hiatus.
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Malthouse Upgrade to bring more outdoor events to Southbank
The Malthouse Theatre is having a $4.6 million upgrade to refresh the Southbank arts precinct and draw audiences to outdoor events in time for the Malthouse’s 2022/23 summer season.
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Outdoor virtual arcade at Southbank
A “futuristic outdoor” gaming area – which uses digital sensing technology – has transformed Southbank’s Queensbridge Square.
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Nominative determinis-swim
Peter Waters found photography through the simplest of impulses, to document travel, even getting a camera specifically to aid in the documentation process.
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Restaurant approved on Yarra River
A floating restaurant along the Yarra River is set to become Southbank’s newest dining venue.
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Boyd site gets green light from government
A contested 42-storey development at the western edge of Boyd Park has been approved by the Minister for Planning, paving the way for work to begin on the site that currently houses a public basketball court and pop-up orchard.
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Southbank’s weekly hour of Sing Along joy
It was a Friday evening at Southbank.
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NGV opens new Australian Impressionism exhibition
The National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) has just opened a large-scale exhibition celebrating the revolutionary Australian Impressionism movement of the 19th Century.
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The music therapists are back
Orientation Week was cancelled this year because of lingering fears that the COVID virus was once again taking off.
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New direction for the Malthouse
Three writers are collaborating on the next production at the Malthouse, an immersive show called Because the Night, and there is a text but you could say that it has been upstaged by the visuals.
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COVID safety at the forefront for Arts Centre Melbourne
Arts Centre Melbourne is welcoming back visitors to enjoy the many events on offer this summer with the provision of COVIDSafe environments being the top priority.
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Sake for sake’s sake
Richard Wynne – Yarra River custodian
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