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The Plus Ones’ Favourite August Events

Ah, Melbourne. You’re just too much sometimes. From my very first nighttime cruise down the Rhine, er, Yarra (thanks to German beerhall Munich Brauhaus), to a night cozying up to NBA superstar Andrew Bogut, August was a month of highlights….

Chato: Thornbury’s Touch Of Spain

Chato, located on High Street, Thornbury is Melbourne’s newest place to indulge in a touch of Spain. The brainchild of Maria and Jenny Echevarria-Lang, it delivers a range of scrumptious treats that have you salivating for more. Although not on the night…

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Glow Winter Arts Festival 2015 – Launch

After a great build up we finally experienced the ice skating rink-slash-shipping container entertainment hub that the City of Stonnington built off Chapel St! I had told myself in the lead up that I would not ice skate. No, absolutely…

Supersense – The Arts Centre’s Festival of Ecstatic

Supersense was the Arts Centre’s first foray into a psychedelic multi-day aural and visual festival for the senses. The Arts Centre has a ton of cool events lined up during any given year but this was meant to be something else. It had…

Please Don’t Tell (PDT)’s Melbourne Pop-Up

Was this the hottest ticket in town? The sell out for Please Don’t Tell’s Melbourne iteration was ‘Fat Duck-esque’ and we scored ourselves a perch at the bar, so much excite! Six years ago, I ventured the hot new bar…

I Can’t Even – Web Series

As The Plus Ones evolves (and grows!) we’re always keen to continue supporting local talent in the cities that we represent. The ‘I Can’t Even’ webseries represents just this. A producer and recent graduate of the Victorian College of The…

Melbourne’s Best August Events – 2015

Some say August is a dead month, a prelude, or a holding place to its more illustrious cousins in the warmer periods. Balls we say to this, balls! There are some epic happenings on during the month and as always…

Underground Cinema: Money

Money, fast money, 1980s money. That’s all we knew about Underground Cinema‘s event, ‘MONEY’. Needless to say, with my background being in finance I was curious. What could the movie be? Oliver Stone’s original Wall Street? Too obvious. Or perhaps…

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Best Melbourne Events July 2015: Mid-Month

Melbourne Truffle Festival 2015 Truffles make everything better, this is my general view. So when you can get a truffle butter, truffle infused egg, truffle oil, and truffle salt bruschetta or a ‘quadruple truffle smash’ (my own phrase) you can bet that…

The Plus Ones Guide: Glow Winter Arts Festival 2015

Join us for an exclusive sneak peak on opening night (13 August at 7:30pm) The City of Stonnington’s annual Glow Winter Arts Festival is set to bring some warmth to winter from 13-23 August 2015. The Plus Ones had a…