Melburnians love their markets, and the Queen Vic is the market to rule them all. On the back of the immensely popular Summer Night Market series, the Queen Victoria Winter Night Market is set to launch on 7 June. Every…
Who doesn’t like a good paella? (Is there even such a thing as a bad paella?) This year, the Queen Victoria Market is playing host to the 57th Concurs Internacional de Paella Valenciana Pacific Semi Finals. When I learned that this…
It was a full house at the opening of the Queen Victoria Winter Night Market. Circling the perimeter were dozens of vendors selling delicious foods and drinks. Underneath the historic shed was an Etsy paradise: scores of artisan vendors were…
The Australian International Beer Awards are the world’s largest annual beer competition. This year 75 judges did the hard work of tasting 2,500 entries from 21 countries. The awards ceremony is the night of nights in the Australian brewing world….
The Victorian Racing Carnival is one of the highlights of the Australian calendar, and The Birdcage is the ultimate destination inside Flemington’s hallowed grounds. The invite-only VIP area is chock-a-block with movers, shakers, celebrities, media, artists. For the sixth year…
Queensland Ballet came to town with a bejewelled showcase of superb choreography, exquisite concept development, quality execution, and superlative costumes and sets in a reprisal of their acclaimed 2016 co-production with Royal New Zealand Ballet, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The show had…
Once a year the crème de la crème of Victorian produce is celebrated at the Heart of Victoria Gala, brought to you by the Royal Agricultural Society of Victoria (RASV). The gathering is a chance to showcase the best of…
A cooking class inside Melbourne’s most iconic market? Sign me up! The Social Kitchen is a pop-up cooking school inside Queen Victoria Market. I went along on a midweek morning to see what’s cookin’. Now, I’m not a cook. Nor a chef….
It was a spectacular take-no-prisoners VIP Opening Night at RUNAWAY Festival Park as the audience wined and dined in style, lapping up lascivious entertainment from Bernie Dieter’s Club Kabarett, and were entranced by the extraordinary Runaway Festival Park at Queen…
Fancy a fright with your pint (or piña colada)? On a very cold and rainy winter night in Melbourne, my plus one and I ventured down a laneway off Melbourne’s iconic Queen Victoria Market. While it was chilly outside, we…