Jazzing up a storm for their 20th year anniversary, Melbourne International Jazz Festival (MIJF) will take over the city with their biggest line-ups to date. The jazz-mania will spread to the bars, clubs and venues across the city from 2 –…
The GABS Beer, Cider and Food Festival, aka GABS, is taking dancing on the bar to a whole new level. Last year the team put an indoor Ferris Wheel inside the Royal Exhibition Centre. This year Ferris Wheel is back…
My Fair Lady is a beautiful spectacle with delicious costumes, exquisite sets, and amazing actors who bring the stage adaption of George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion to vivid life. It is the sixtieth anniversary of the musical, first performed on Broadway…
La Sirene’s Good Beer Week event Uptown Funk was a funky beer tour of La Sirene ales artfully paired with L’Artisan cheese, including cheeses washed in La Sirene’s own saisons and sours. To top it off, hosts Boilermaker House paired…
With 270 events on offer, there are amazing experiences happening every day in Melbourne during Good Beer Week. However, considering the scale of the festival, it’s also a given that some great events will fly under the radar. Case in…
Sydney Dance Company’s double bill, ORB, showed at Arts Centre Melbourne to rapturous applause. ORB opens with the mystifying Full Moon by Taiwanese choreographer Cheng Tsung-lung, a hypnotising melody of his fascination with the moon and all those who inhabit…
If you adore music and performance, and want to witness an inspired demonstration of pathos, Opera Australia’s double bill of Mascagni’s Cavalleria Rusticana and Leoncavallo’s Pagliacci is a must. These two distinct operas are weaved together through setting, character, and…
Labour round-the-clock was the life of a Victorian servant, as we discovered in the delightful exploratory history event, Life As A Servant At Como, at Como House and Garden museum. Our National Trust host enquired whether we’d have time to…
One of the best things about Good Beer Week is the one-of-a-kind experiences on offer. Case in point: The Garage Project Lab. For one night only, New Zealand brewery Garage Project converted Forester’s Hall into a beer science fair. Considering…
Who doesn’t love a good secret, especially when it involves live music? When I was invited to the exclusive performance of Bradley Stone’s first album release ‘On the Moon,’ I was intrigued by the mystery of it all. Kept in…