My Town, Melbourne

Blogging about Melbourne venues and events

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What to see and do at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival

What to see and do at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival

Hello! How are you? Good to see that skin thing you have is starting to clear up. How great has this years Comedy Festival been? There are a ridiculous number of great shows out there, and I've been risking my mental health to go see as many as possible just so I can tell you which shows are worth seeing. That really is the only reason.

Boris and Sergey's Vaudevillian Adventure

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Podcast episode 11 - Boris and Sergey's Vaudevillain adventure

Podcast episode 11 – Boris and Sergey’s Vaudevillain adventure

This week I got to interview Dylan Tate about his group’so MICF show, Boris and Sergey’s Vaudevillain Adventure. Definitely. It your average puppet show, with three puppeteers per puppet putting on sellout shows. The show is running till the 5th April at the Butterfly Club. Times and tickets available on their MICF page here.

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Prix fixe - Final week

Prix fixe – Final week

Early this month it was revealed that award-winning chef Phillippa Sibley’s restaurant Prix Fixe was closing down. I was truly saddened to hear this, as the unique restaurant’s offering of a fixed menu at a reasonable price always felt like a truly Melbournian spot, but consider myself lucky that I was able to get in and try out their final menu, “Alice in Wonderland” (more…)

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What's on in Melbourne 20 - 27 March 2015 - Free stuff

What’s on in Melbourne 20 – 27 March 2015 – Free stuff

Inspiration By Design

A free exhibition on at the State Library, showcasing pieces gathered over the past 150 years from illustrated historic manuscripts to modern graphic design. It starts today and is on until the 16 June. More info here.

War Pictures: Australians at the Cinema 1914-1918

Commemorating the Centenary of the First World War, this free exhibition at ACMI includes free screenings of…

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What's on at White Night

What’s on at White Night

I may have been joking a little with the last “What’s on” post, but here’s my picks for what’s on tomorrow night.

Biblioasis

Held at the City Library, they have created a comfort nest for all book lovers. This includes story time for adults, light and sound shows and drawing and activities for kids from 7pm.

Bohemian Melbourne

The last two years the State Library has been my highlight of White…

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What's on in Melbourne 18-25 February 2015

What’s on in Melbourne 18-25 February 2015

WHITE NIGHT!

drops mic, walks offstage

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What's on in Melbourne 12 - 19 February

Hello lovers. If you have someone special in your life, remember all the times you suppressed farting around them and make that special effort to show them how much you care. Since everything lovey-dovey is all booked out, here’s all the non-rom-com stuff you can do instead.

Digital Writers Festival

A festival you can attend in your underwear! As always, if you have an interest in writing then…

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What's on in Melbourne 30 January - 4 February

What’s on in Melbourne 30 January – 4 February

It’s the end of the month! Did this sneak up on anyone else? Like really sneak up on you?

Little Sparrow

A new crafts market held at Federation Square. A curated lineup of Australian designers, so if there’s someone who you totally missed at Christmas AND you want to help locals, then get down to Fed Square this Saturday from 10am. More info here.

1000 Cities

A collaboration between the City of…

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What's on in Melbourne 22 - 29 January 2015

What’s on in Melbourne 22 – 29 January 2015

It’s too hot for wit. You may need to go read a book.

Melbourne International Jazz Festival

Bennetts Lane Jazz Club (fittingly) is hosting this year’s Jazz Festival, kicking off tonight with piano virtuoso Paul Grabowsky. You can check out the rest of the lineup at their site here.

Slidestreet

315 meters of street-sized slip’n’slide. That’s enough to get me in, let alone the usual amenities of…

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What's on in Melbourne 16-21 January

Welcome back to reality. At least all the cafes are open again. May you all have had a good break!

Royal Croquet Club

Frankly, all I know about croquet is from the animated version of Alice in Wonderland, and I sincerely doubt this particular Club will involve hedgehogs. Given that they have food from places like Miss Chu, live music, the river bank just there AND croquet, it’s worth checking…

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Favourite places in Melbourne

Favourite places in Melbourne

It's hard to be considered a “local” at any venue in Melbourne. There's always another new opening, another place that you've been meaning to try out, that it's hard to go back to the same venue enough to be considered a local. In saying that, here is a list of the places I just keeping on coming back to, and that I would always recommend.

The Kelvin Club

The Kelvin Club is a members only club…

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Podcast episode 10 - Jonestown host Safety House

Podcast episode 10 – Jonestown host Safety House

This week I had a chat with Nick Johnson and Sarah Jones from Jonestown about their upcoming show Safety House. Safety House opens next Tuesday at the Bally on High and is a variety show with new guests each night, and all proceeds are going to the Asylum Seeker Research Centre. Tickets start at $15 and you can buy your tickets here.

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What's on in Melbourne 27 November - 3 December

What’s on in Melbourne 27 November – 3 December

Hello everyone. Don’t forget to vote this weekend. Remember, every donkey vote you put in means someone who is slightly crazier than you gets more of a say in how the state is run. Think about it.

Melbourne Writers Club

The Melbourne Writers Club is back! Held on the first Monday of each month (except public holidays) from 6pm at the Honey Bar. This month we’re hosting Susan Pierotti from…

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Pony Cafe - Best kids cafe in town

Pony Cafe – Best kids cafe in town

That’s right, I made a definitive statement about this café and I’m so confident it’s correct it’s in the title of the blog post. Pony Café is a relatively new spot and has opened up just outside of Art/Play in Birrarung Marr Park. This location alone puts it way ahead of most “kid friendly” cafes, with an excellent playground on its doorstep and the Art/Play facilities right there, you couldn’t…

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What's on in Melbourne 13 - 19 November

What’s on in Melbourne 13 – 19 November

Happy Thursday! I’ll start this post off by urging you to check out the Pop Up Players pozible campaign for the Fresh Air Festival. It’s a great idea, I’ve already pledged funds towards it, and you won’t regret supporting this great initiative. This is only a small selection of what’s on in Melbourne, you can check out a more complete calendar here.

Taste of Melbourne

This event is aptly name. Go…

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What's on in Melbourne 7-12 November

What’s on in Melbourne 7-12 November

Does anyone know what day it is today? This whole ‘public holiday in the middle of the week’ thing had thrown my already wonky internal clock for a spin. I’m all door canceling the holiday on that basis alone, let alone the whole animal cruelty angle.

Melbourne Readers Club

Come hang with me in the boozy comfort of The Kelvin Club next Tuesday night from 7pm for the Melbourne Readers Club. Bring…

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What's on in Melbourne 30 October - 5 November

What’s on in Melbourne 30 October – 5 November

Greetings! Happy Halloween/excuse to dress up as your spirit animal. If your spirit animal turns out to be a “sexy ebola nurse”, may god have mercy on your soul.

The Big “Boo-Haa”

Competitive impro comedy held at the Portland Hotel tonight from 8, but this time with a spooky theme and a special ticket price of $5. Come prepared with outlandish suggestions for the performers to include. More info

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