Newsletter | #819 | What's On this Week |
What's On Newsletter | #819
Tuesday 6th September - Monday 12th September 2022
9 to 5 The Musical
Affordable Wedding Expo
AFL Premiership: Week #2 Finals
Archibald Prize Exhibition
Asian Fun Festival
Connor's Run: Our Way, One Day
Code Camp - The Best School Holidays Ever
Come From Away
Geelong Contemporary Art Prize
Hairspray - The Broadway Musical
Hamilton: The Musical
Hannah Gadsby - Body Of Work - Melbourne
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child | ReImagined
Hoodoo Gurus
Kyneton Daffodil & Arts Festival
Learn. Lead. Change.
Light: Works from Tate's Collection
Magic & Illusion - Dinner & Show
Malaysia Hawker Festival
Melbourne Writers Festival
Monet & Friends Alive: The Lume Melbourne
Moon Lantern Festival
Neighbourhood Earth: The Ultimate Space Experience
Pull Up Selector Festival
R U OK? Day
Run 4 Fun - Raising funds for headspace
Tesselaar Tulip Festival
The Eagles Story - Yarraville Live
Tyama: multisensory experience of nature
Victor Stranges & The Futurists
Wa: Melbourne Ikebana Festival
Stay safe - Be kind - Be Melbourne
Free Every Week
Learn. Lead. Change.
FREE TICKETED EVENT
Friday 9th September 2022 - The Ian Potter Centre for Performing Arts - Clayton
Monash University invites you to spend an evening with renowned guest speakers, Monash experts and thought-leaders as they showcase their expertise and navigate some of the most pressing global and social issues of our time.
Run 4 Fun 2022 - Raising funds for headspace
Walk or run with three tracks: 3km, 5km & 10km
Saturday 10th September 2022 - Garton Street, Princes Park, Carlton North
Run It By Kate Run 4 Fun annual event is a great way for you to get active outdoors and make a difference. Proudly supporting headspace Knox and their important work in the community to raise awareness and fund programs for youth mental health
Connor's Run 2022: Our Way, One Day
Australia's largest fundraising event
Sunday 11th September 2022 along Melbourne's foreshore
The annual run is more than a fun run, it is the celebration and commemoration of Robert Connor Dawes, who tragically lost his life to brain cancer. Connor's Run is the main fundraising event for the RCD Foundation, which supports brain projects in the areas of research, care and development - to fund the science to end brain cancer and support patients in the meantime.
Affordable Wedding Expo
Discover a better way to plan your big day!
Sunday 11th September 2022 - Malvern Town Hall
Join us at our Malvern Wedding Expo, it is designed to help you save time and money! Our team of Wedding Experts are ready to help you plan your dream wedding and have expo special offers available for you!
Dreams | The Rumours of Fleetwood Mac
Performing all the classic Mac and Stevie Nicks songs
Saturday 8th October 2022 - Springvale RSL
Featuring Melbourne's finest vocalists and musicians performing all the classic hits from the Rumours top selling album and a big selection from Stevie Nicks solo career.
Pull Up Selector Festival
Rasta lion wear Invites you to a Reggae festival for all ages.
Saturday 29 October 2022 @ The Thorn 3071
3 Different rooms 1 beer Garden 2 Sound systems 20 DJS and 4 Live Bands.
The Eagles Story
Over 1/3 of the room already booked so get your tickets now
Saturday 22nd October 2022 - Yarraville Live
Come join us for some of the best Eagles classics like: 'Hotel California' 'Take it to the Limit' 'Witchy Woman' 'Lyin' Eyes' 'New Kid in Town' - 2 big sets of EAGLES Hits!
Magic & Illusion - Dinner & Show
Mind blowing magic right before your eyes
Witness miracles upclose at Melbourne's #1 magic & illusion show showcased at the 5 Star Marriott Hotel by award-winning magician Luke Hocking.
Code Camp - The Best School Holidays Ever
Australia's favourite school holiday and after-school program
Every school holidays kids aged 5-13 years can design, code, and create with technology, producing games, websites, music and videos in just 2-3 days. Plus, Minions are back at Code Camp! Kids can make their own movie starring their favourite characters at Minions Animation Camp, or code their own Minions game at Spark + Ignite coding camps!
Victor Stranges & The Futurists
The Songs of Elvis Costello
Sunday 18 September 2022 - Wesley Anne (Northcote)
The performance is not a costume changing tribute show, rather an affirmation of Stranges' love for the songs of Costello. The 4 piece band will play 2 x 45 minute sets drawing from Costello's first 20 years of making records from My Aim Is True (1977) to All This Useless Beauty (1996).
Hoodoo Gurus | Live
40th Anniversary Tour
Fri 16 Sep 2022 - Sidney Myer Music Bowl
Legendary Australian rock group Hoodoo Gurus celebrates its 40th Anniversary since their first live show in 1981 plus the release of their new single World Of Pain.
Monet & Friends Alive
New @ The Lume Melbourne
26 October 2022 - 31 January 2023 - The Lume Melbourne
Get ready to embark on a mesmerising journey across bohemian Paris and countryside France. Young and old will be plunged into Monet's Water Lilies and dancing with Degas' ballerinas in this stunning explosion of life light and colour.
Asian Fun Festival
Bring the family along to the first annual Asian Fun Festival
Sat 10 Sep + Sun 11 Sep - Meat Market
The Asian Fun Festival is a celebration of all things fun, transporting you to ancient times through food, music and performances. The festival takes you on a world tour, from food, market stalls, cos-play, music and games, with a modern Western twist to the traditional Asian culture.
Light: Works from Tate's Collection
Exclusive blockbuster exhibition
Until 13 November - Australian Centre for the Moving Image
Light: Works from Tate's Collection celebrates groundbreaking moments from over 200 years of art history and the artists who harnessed this elemental force through painting photography sculpture drawing installation and the moving image.
Archibald Prize Exhibition
Australia's oldest and most prestigious art award exclusively at Bunjil Place
Until 16th October, 2022 - Bunjil Place Gallery Narre Warren
See all 52 Archibald Prize finalists - including Koori artist Blak Douglas's winning portrait of fellow Aboriginal artist Karla Dickens - at the only Victorian stop on the prestigious award's national tour.
Wisdom & Light
Multi-Sensory Audio and Visual Experience
Until Sun 2 Oct - Golden Square Rooftop
Immerse yourself in the world premiere of Wisdom and Light a multi-sensory audio and visual experience fusing art light and sound with technology. When the gongs of the centuries-old temple bell sound out pass through the temple gates and allow yourself to soak in a captivating celebration of Venerable Master Hsing Yun a world-leading Buddhist reformer and teacher; and his artwork.
Tesselaar Tulip Festival
Witness the beauty of over a million spring flowers in bloom.
Saturday September 10 - Sunday October 9 - Tesselaar Tulip Farm
Well over a million spring flowering bulbs including almost a million Tulips are on show throughout the festival. We have live entertainment on stage every day for you to enjoy including music and performances. You can wander through the gardens enjoy the sculptures indulge in traditional Dutch foods and other treats.
Turkish Weekend - 10-11 September Spring Fever #1 - 12-15 September Dutch Weekend - 16-18 September Children's Week #1 - 19-22 September Food Wine & Jazz Weekend - 23-25 September Children's Week #2 - 26-29 September Rock The Fields - 30 September - 2 October Spring Fever #2 - 3-6 October Irish Weekend - 7-9 October
Kyneton Daffodil & Arts Festival
50th year: Jubilee Gold
Thursday September 1 to Sunday September 11 2022
The Festival has enthralled generations over many years, with tried and true favourites such as the One Act Plays, Open Gardens, Spring Flower show, Antique Fair, Art, Craft and Photography exhibitions as well as the Dog Dash, Light Show and Grand Street Parade.
Red Hot Summer Tour
Music Festival
Hunters & Collectors + James Reyne + The Living End + The Angels + Baby Animals + Killing Heidi + Boom Crash Opera
The Comedians
Mick Molloy Lawrence Mooney Sam Pang and Marty Sheargold
4 & 26 November - Palais Theatre - ticketmaster.com.au
It's the comedy event of the year! Four comedy superstars in the one massive show. A night of no holds barred good old fashioned stand-up comedy for this once in a lifetime comedy experience.
Come From Away | A New Musical
Encore season of a 'powerful and profound' musical
Until 30 October 2022 @ Comedy Theatre
Best Musical: COME FROM AWAY takes you into the heart of the remarkable true story of 7,000 stranded passengers and the small town in Newfoundland that put their lives on hold and opened their homes to this world of strangers.
Tyama: multisensory experience of nature
Wander Through A Nocturnal World
Until January 2023 - Melbourne Museum
Tyama transports you to Victoria's nocturnal worlds immersing you in 360-degree responsive projections breathtaking effects and exquisite soundscapes.
Hannah Gadsby - Body Of Work
World class, award winning funny brand new live show
Friday 9 September 2022 - Hamer Hall
A brand new live show. One could say it's a new body of work. Couldn't one?
AR.Trail | Experience Invisible Artworks
Experience invisible artworks with a free APP
Until 30th September 2022
22 digital artworks from the minds of KAWS Patricia Piccinini Reko Rennie and Ron Mueck and more will be discoverable in the Melbourne Arts Precinct. To view the pieces you'll need to download the APP and follow the instructions along the trail.
9 to 5 The Musical
Set the alarm for a great night out at Dolly Parton's joyous smash hit musical
Until 16 Sept (Extended) State Theatre
A sensation on the West End 9 TO 5 THE MUSICAL features an all-star Australian cast. With a sparkling score by Dolly Parton and a book by the iconic movie's original screenwriter Patricia Resnick 9 TO 5 is the quintessential feel-good show for the times. Full of mischief laughter and affection it's gold carat fun!
Hairspray - The Broadway Musical
Winner of 8 Tony Awards including Best Musical
Until 28th October (extended) - Regent Theatre
HAIRSPRAY is the romantic comedy of a dance-loving teenage Tracy Turnblad who has one dream: to dance on The Corny Collins Show. When her dream becomes reality big-haired Tracy falls in love and finds friends in unexpected ways.
Hamilton: The Musical
A record-breaking masterpiece..
Until 18 December - Her Majesty's Theatre
Featuring a score that blends hip-hop jazz R&B and Broadway HAMILTON has taken the story of American founding father Alexander Hamilton and created a revolutionary moment in theatre - a musical that has had a profound impact on culture politics and education.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
ReImagined - One part production
Until 27th November - Princess Theatre
The most globally awarded play in history Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is now experienced as one thrilling theatrical event.
AFL Premiership 2022 Finals
Week #2 Finals
Friday, 9 September - Melbourne vs. Brisbane Lions @ MCG, 7.50pm
Saturday, 10 September - Collingwood vs. Fremantle @ MCG, 7.25pm
Ready-Made Meals - Home Delivered
Fresh and delicious meal kits delivered right to your door.
Whether you call them instant meals convenient meals no fuss meals or simply ready made meals Australia now has everyone covered with express home delivery plans diet plans and weekly food plans
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Weekend Markets
Alexandra Market Bollygum Community Market Camberwell Sunday Market Cheeky Monkey Market | Forest Hill Chase Esplanade Market St Kilda Heide Makers' Market Laverton Rubble & Riches Market Myrtleford Flea Market New To You: Pre-Loved Fashion Market | Williamstown Reh Cork Club Craft Market | Traralgon Rokeby Community Market - Gippsland Soul Night Market | Mornington The Arts Centre Sunday Market
Just announced coming soon!
Powerpal | Electricity Monitor
FREE for every Victorian
Powerpal connects a smart phone to your electricity meter and shows power usage in real-time helping you to make better decisions about the way you use energy.
FM | Australian Homemaker Centre
Online store for furniture and homewares. 20+ Stores under one roof
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