Category: events

‘The Dressmaker’ Costume Exhibit

Wow.  Just, wow.  This is the only word you need for a visit to The Dressmaker costume exhibition at Rippon Lea Estate.  I heard this word gasped many times at the preview show on the evening of April 21.  A walk…

Fully Booked Ladies Cocktail Night

Are you a female working in the food industry or just a foodie? Want to meet other gastronomically inclined, successful females over cocktails? I have the perfect event for you! Fully Booked is a social community for women in the…

Drag Party at Scratch Warehouse

The 6th Annual Drag Party at Scratch Warehouse. Try explaining that one to your mum. It wasn’t actually as complicated as it sounds, but it sure was pretty magical. Nestled down a North Melbourne laneway, Scratch Warehouse is one of those…

Best of March 2016: monthly wrap

Melbourne never stops. From rooftop fashion parties, to pop-up cinemas combining food with film, we’ve got it all. Here, in our monthly wrap series, we’re showcasing a few of our favourite happenings in March. Yelp SASS Rooftop Fashion Party Trust Yelp…

The Barbershop: A 1920s Speakeasy

If you’re like me, and you have dreams of living in the past, but conveniently forget about how disgusting and unhygienic the past was, then you too love going to themed events and wishing it was real. For me, The…

Melbourne International Coffee Expo

“I can feel my heartbeat in my eyes” says one of my colleagues and I have to agree.  My heart is beating in time to the top 30 dance songs in the background.  “Maybe this is the end?” I think,…

Next Wave Festival 2016: The Plus Ones’ Guide

The Next Wave is an experimental festival that is unique to Melbourne, running 5 –22 May. Occurring every two years it’s almost a month of performances, dance, art installations, photography and experiences that will get you thinking. With 37 projects…

Reliving 90s Music Mania

Hoop earrings, check!  Glow sticks, check!! Reebok high tops, check!!! White denim, check!!!! I ticked off most of my mental list of 90s fashion must haves before I’d even crossed the foyer of Trak.  Obviously I’m not the only one excited…

Milk! Records Good For You Tour at Howler

Milk! Records Good For You was very good for me. I could leave it at that, the simplest, bluntest review of all time, but instead I’ll elaborate a little. I wandered into the Sunday night Howler gig in a bit of a daze;…

‘The Veil of Maya’ by the Melbourne Ballet Company

Listen up dance fans, there’s something worth celebrating in St Kilda. Last night the Melbourne Ballet Company announced announced their new residency at the Alex Theatre on Fitzroy Street with the contemporary piece ‘The Veil of Maya’. The Veil is the first chapter…