Give me a glass of red and live jazz music and you can keep me entertained for hours. There is something about the mystery, class, and charm of a jazz club that I find simply irresistible. I was ecstatic when…
My first foray into swing dancing was during the Melbourne International Jazz Festival which was an event of epic proportions. As with most things dance-related for me, I soon forgot about the fun to be had and settled back into my…
I left Bird’s Basement feeling cool. No, not just cool – classy. I could add guilty to my tab too. I made a lot of enemies among the other writers at The Plus Ones for scoring tickets to write about our…
If you haven’t made plans this weekend you’re in luck because there’s an amazing jazz festival on, the inaugural St. Kilda Jazz Festival. Many of Melbourne’s most talented jazz musicians are performing south of the river and bringing the most sensational jazz…
Even a few blocks away, my plus one and I could hear the thumping jazz tunes of The Lagerphones playing at the New Orleans Street Party. As a part of Melbourne Music Week, Dodds Street in Southbank was transformed to resemble…
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…
The Plus Ones go to so many events that a monthly wrap up just doesn’t cut it. Here’s what’s been on in Melbourne for the first two weeks of June 2015! Game of Rhones 100 vinos and an actual Iron Throne….
The family dinner: one where everyone knows your name, stories are swapped and true joy is experienced. As a feature of the Melbourne International Jazz Festival, the team at A Is For Atlas provided 15 lucky strangers with a very special…
CLICK HERE TO WIN AN EXCLUSIVE JAZZ EXPERIENCE (worth $400) The City of Stonnington has convinced the superstars of Australia’s jazz elite to descend upon Prahran, South Yarra and Windsor for an eleven-day jazz extravaganza. The festival will run from 14-24 May 2015 and promises…
Spring is here! The Plus Ones took full toll of the intermittent Melbourne sunshine to get out and about over the first month of spring. Pentridge Prison – Northern Craft Beer Festival Melburnians love different, and a beer festival inside…