Category: festivals

‘Let’s Go Up Here’ at the Festival of Live Art

If you haven’t familiarised yourself with what ‘live art’ is, now is the time. The Festival of Live Art (FOLA) is yet again showcasing a body of bold, ambitious and provocative work and Let’s Go Up Here is the embodiment of…

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Street Greek music tradition lives at Southbank

The Rebetiko Festival celebrates Greek Blues(rebetiko) music, urban, improvised music created in the hash dens of Piraeus at the end of the 19th century by Greek refugees from Asia Minor (Turkey). More than just folk or traditional music, it is…

Sweating at the ‘Worktable’ at The Festival of Live Art

The Festival of Live Art (FOLA) has been rocking and rolling Melbourne’s experimental arts scene for the third year with its provocative, whimsical and unpredictable program. Encapsulating all those three elements, Worktable is a quintessentially FOLA show that takes you out…

VAMFF: Runway 7 with Grazia – Dedicated to the ‘It-Girl’

Welcome to Runway 7, presented by Grazia — the final runway for 2018’s Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival.  This one is dedicated to the ‘It-Girl’, so naturally, our audience tonight is dressed femininely and impeccably. Super pop with a perfect-for-ladies’-night-out vibe…

VAMFF: National Graduate Showcase

Friday night at Virgin Australia’s Melbourne Fashion Festival (VAMFF), and our first runway for the night is the National Graduate Showcase presented by Target, supported by Fashion Journal. It’s a hand-picked selection of Australia’s top emerging design talent from across…

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VAMFF Grand Showcase: Ginger and Smart – A Stylistic Roller Coaster

It’s night number four at Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival (VAMFF) and we are celebrating International Women’s Day. It’s Virgin Australia’s Grand Showcase presented by Marie Claire, showcasing Australia’s most successful designers: Ginger and Smart. Prior to the runway, we grab a…

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VAMFF: Runway 3 presented by Harper’s Bazaar

Day 3 of Virgin Australia Melbourne Fashion Festival (VAMFF) and next up we have Runway 3 presented by Harper’s Bazaar, supported by L’Oreal Paris at Priceline Pharmacy. Walking into the Royal Exhibition Building, the mood already sets the tone of…

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VAMFF: Runway 1 presented by Vogue

Melbourne fashionistas have headed for the runway as Virgin Australia Fashion Festival (VAMFF) has begun. Held in the iconic Royal Melbourne Exhibition Building, we enter the monumental arch doorways into frills and frocks, influencers and bloggers, footballers’ wives, television personalities,…