Melbourne is about to gain a bold new nightlife destination with the launch of Spiegel Haus Melbourne, a two-level entertainment precinct landing in the heart of the CBD this October. Rising from the Golden Square car park on Lonsdale Street, with direct access to Chinatown’s Celestial Avenue, the striking multi-level site will host performance, food and nightlife in collaboration with the City of Melbourne, major arts festivals and world-class artists. With space for up to 1000 guests, Spiegel Haus Melbourne features a 380-capacity Belgian spiegeltent, a 400-seat black box theatre, an open-air activation space, and a rooftop dome bar with panoramic…
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The Show Room at Arts Centre Melbourne is set to be transformed into a late-night creative playground when Beneath the Mask takes over on Saturday 25 October 2025. The one-night-only event blends live music, fashion, dance and spoken word, while placing Melbourne’s next generation of artists and designers firmly in the spotlight. Curated by multidisciplinary duo EPTM, Moz and Urlik Mageza, the lineup spans R’n’B, afro-beat, hip-hop, funk, and beyond. Audiences can expect to hear Congolese-Australian singer Ketsia, who fuses soul, pop and folk, alongside Missnancy – a genre-defying performer already being called “Melbourne’s Lauryn Hill.” A vibey house band, DJs, and…
Forget your average cocktail night – this one wants you to drink, dance, and feel the music. The Edible Cocktail Sensory Experience is returning to Party Higher in Moorabbin on Friday 10 October, promising an immersive collision of flavour, sound and touch. Across the evening, guests will be treated to four handcrafted cocktails, each paired with edible creations and gourmet bites, designed to elevate the multisensory spectacle unfolding around them. It’s theatre, mixology and nightlife rolled into one unforgettable package. Running from 7pm to 9:30pm, the main event sets the tone with haptic vests that make the bass vibrate through your body…
The City of Melbourne is considering an expansion of its smoke-free zones, with new areas proposed outside Melbourne Town Hall and surrounding footpaths. The move aims to reduce exposure to second-hand smoke and vape aerosol in one of the city’s busiest civic precincts. If approved, it would add to the 11 existing smoke-free areas across the CBD, which already include high-traffic locations such as Bourke Street Mall and McKillop Street. The initiative is part of the council’s broader “Smoke-free Melbourne” policy, endorsed in 2021, which sets out to protect health, educate the public, and regulate smoking-related hazards in community spaces.…
The Koorie Heritage Trust (KHT) is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a major milestone exhibition: the first comprehensive solo retrospective of the late Gunditjmara Elder Aunty Connie Hart (1917–1993). Currently on show at KHT in Fed Square, Connie Hart: One Stitch at a Time brings together more than fifty works created during the mid-1980s through to the early 1990s. Many pieces are drawn from KHT’s own collection of Victorian and South East Australian art and cultural belongings, with additional works on loan from the National Gallery of Australia and Museums Victoria. Aunty Connie’s intricate fibre-art is celebrated for its role…
Fed Square will light up this October as Big Games Night Out returns, bringing Australia’s largest free gaming festival back to the heart of Melbourne. Happening on Thursday, 9 October, the 2025 edition leans into nostalgia with a full-scale retro installation, Electric Arcadia. Designed by local artists Callum Preston and Louie Roots, the playable exhibit channels the spirit of the 80s and 90s arcade scene – classic upright machines, neon-lit aesthetics, and a futuristic techno twist. Open daily from 3–9 October, Electric Arcadia will extend its hours on festival day, inviting Melburnians to relive arcade culture in the middle of the city. Programming kicks…
The Victorian government has approved a plan that unlocks land to build more than 1,360 new homes in Riddell’s Creek. The development will create a new community of around 3,800 people on the town’s north-eastern edge, spread across more than 131 hectares. The plan includes more than seven hectares of open space, a community centre, and upgrades to the Riddells Creek Recreation Reserve. Ten per cent of the new housing will be set aside as affordable homes. “Victorians should have the same opportunities their parents had – that’s why we’ve introduced bold reforms to boost housing supply in areas where…
Fresh from a triumphant Edinburgh Fringe season, award-winning Australian circus company Gravity & Other Myths will bring its acclaimed production Ten Thousand Hours to Melbourne for the very first time. The two-week summer season lands at Arts Centre Melbourne’s Playhouse from 13 – 25 January 2026. “It’s been some time since Gravity & Other Myths has been in Melbourne. We’ve got a lot of artists that call Melbourne home, and we can’t wait to bring Ten Thousand Hours to a city that has such a vibrant arts culture, and in particular Circus scene,” said Lachlan Binns, director of Ten Thousand Hours. The production is built…
Melbourne’s luxury scene is stepping into a new era this October as Rodd & Gunn prepares to open its most ambitious project yet – a four-storey global flagship at 280 Little Collins Street. The New Zealand brand will take over the southern wing of the heritage-listed Harry Norris designed building, which recently welcomed Mecca’s new Bourke Street flagship in its northern wing. Together, the two launches mark a striking new chapter for one of the city’s most architecturally significant addresses. Once the site of the original Cole’s store and later David Jones Men’s, the landmark is instantly recognisable for its…
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds are returning home. The legendary band has confirmed a 2026 Australia and New Zealand tour in support of their 18th studio album, Wild God. The run will see Cave and his long-time collaborators perform songs from the critically acclaimed release alongside tracks spanning their four-decade career. “I can’t wait to get to Australia and New Zealand with The Bad Seeds and to bring you our epic Wild God show,” Cave said. “It’s been a long time coming, and I’ve missed both Australia and New Zealand very much. It will be a wild and mighty joy.” For Melbourne…
Melbourne’s east is about to get a game-changing new park, opening up the equivalent of 18 MCGs worth of green space for locals to explore. Construction has officially kicked off on ngarrak nakorang wilam park, a 35-hectare stretch running from Forest Hill through Vermont and connecting directly to the Dandenong Trail. Long known as the Healesville Freeway Reserve, the underutilised land is set to become one of the city’s biggest new recreational spaces. The park will be anchored by a 3.5-kilometre shared trail for walkers and cyclists, lined with seating, lighting, fountains and signage. Activity areas along the way will feature picnic shelters,…