Melbourne’s Australian Music Vault is getting a new place to raise a glass, with a bar set to open among some of the country’s most iconic rock and pop memorabilia from 1 October 2026. Located at Arts Centre Melbourne, the new bar will offer visitors the chance to enjoy a drink surrounded by the stories, costumes and memories of Australian music history. Open from 4pm until late, as well as during matinee performances, it will be a handy stop for theatre-goers, music fans and anyone exploring Melbourne’s arts precinct. Arts Centre Melbourne’s Executive Director, Destination and Audience Kim Berkers said…
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Meredith Music Festival is returning to the Meredith Supernatural Amphitheatre this December, bringing three days of adventurous music, cult favourites and international acts to the Victorian bush. Running from 11 to 13 December, Meredith 2026 will feature a wonderfully eclectic lineup led by the long-awaited return of Melbourne favourites Eddy Current Suppression Ring. Joining them will be American singer-songwriter Dijon, whose genre-blurring sound has earned him a devoted following, alongside Australian favourites Hiatus Kaiyote and Killing Heidi. The Dandy Warhols will bring their psychedelic rock to the festival, while electronic acts DJ Seinfeld, Suzanne Ciani and Fcukers will add plenty…
Melbourne’s Rialto Piazza is set to burst into bloom this August, with more than 35,000 bright yellow daffodils transforming the Collins Street precinct for Cancer Council’s Daffodil Day. The activation will take place from 19 to 20 August, marking a special shared milestone as both Rialto and Daffodil Day celebrate 40 years. Rialto has supported the annual fundraising campaign for more than a decade and will once again become Victoria’s largest Daffodil Day activation site. Visitors can pick up a bunch of daffodils in a glass bottle for $15, with every purchase helping Cancer Council fund vital cancer research and…
What if the crackle coming through an old radio wasn’t static at all? That intriguing idea sits at the heart of The Enormous Radio, a new world premiere arriving at Newport’s The Substation as part of Melbourne Fringe. Created by documentary theatremaker Roslyn Oades and internationally acclaimed sound artist Bob Scott, the immersive work transforms The Substation’s Main Space into a ring of vintage radios complete with glowing dials, crackling speakers and twitching antennas. Part installation, part sound experience, it invites audiences into a strange and haunting world where technology appears to tune into messages from the animal kingdom. “I…
Some of Australia’s biggest names in music joining the NFL’s first regular-season game Down Under. Peking Duk, Grinspoon, Sneaky Sound System and Kita Alexander are among the acts set to soundtrack a huge three-day festival at Melbourne Park in September. Running from 10 to 12 September at Melbourne Park, the three-day festival will lead into the NFL’s first-ever regular season game in Australia, when the Los Angeles Rams take on the San Francisco 49ers at the MCG on Friday 11 September. Peking Duk and Kita Alexander will kick off the live music program on Thursday, followed by Grinspoon, Hot Dub…
Chadstone is getting ready to welcome thousands of furry patients, with the much-loved Teddy Bear Hospital returning on 22 and 23 August. Now in its twelfth year, the annual event invites children to bring along their favourite teddy bears for a playful introduction to the world of healthcare, with more than 2,000 teddy patients expected to be triaged across the weekend. Held on the Lower Ground Level outside David Jones, the event will transform the shopping centre into a miniature healthcare precinct, with more than 700 University of Melbourne students helping children and their bears navigate everything from triage and…
Melton is about to enter a major construction phase, with more than 750 workers preparing to work around the clock to remove the Coburns and Exford roads level crossings and build the new Melton Station. The three-week blitz begins on Tuesday evening, 11 August, with buses replacing trains on sections of the Ballarat, Ararat and Maryborough lines from Wednesday 12 August until Monday 31 August. During the works, crews will finish the new elevated Melton Station and rail bridges over Coburns and Exford roads, while also carrying out track and platform works at nearby Rockbank and Cobblebank stations. Exford Road…
Bookworms can dance their way through the pages, families can build giant cardboard forests and Melburnians can swap, repair and reuse their way through spring when RESET returns to Fed Square. The free sustainability festival kicks off on 5 September with the Planting Party, taking over the Skyline Car Park and Test Garden with talks, workshops, a plant market and live music. Visitors can get hands-on with propagation, weaving, botanical drawing and habitat building, while conversations explore Caring for Country, regenerative design, language and the Birrarung. Things get even more playful on 12 September with the Zero Waste Festival, featuring…
After months of speculation, Good Things Festival has finally revealed its 2026 lineup, and it is looking very good indeed. Leading the charge is nu metal heavyweight Limp Bizkit, with Fred Durst and crew heading to Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane as headliners. The band has enjoyed a major resurgence in recent years, making their return one of the biggest draws on this year’s bill. They’ll be joined by pop punk favourites Simple Plan, Canadian metalcore powerhouse Spiritbox, Sydney’s Polaris and American rockers The All-American Rejects. Punk fans are also well catered for, with Bad Religion celebrating their 45th (+1) anniversary,…
Melbourne is getting ready for a historic sporting moment, with the NFL set to play its first regular-season game on Australian soil at the MCG on Friday 11 September. If you missed out on a seat, or simply want somewhere to celebrate before or after the game, Riverland Bar is getting into the spirit with a week of NFL-themed food, drinks and live action. Located just a 15-minute walk from the MCG and moments from Flinders Street Station, the riverside venue will open from 7.30am on game day, giving fans plenty of time to fuel up before heading to the…
One of literature’s darkest examinations of human nature is getting a bold new interpretation when William Golding’s Lord of the Flies comes to Theatre Works in St Kilda this September. Adapted by Nigel Williams and directed and designed by award-winning theatre-maker Steven Mitchell Wright, the production revisits the story of a group of boys stranded on an isolated island following a plane crash, where attempts to establish order quickly unravel as fear, power and tribalism take hold. Rather than simply retelling the classic survival story, Wright’s production explores masculinity, identity, authority and belonging through a 12-strong ensemble of male, non-binary…
Rock ’n’ roll legend Suzi Quatro is heading back to Australia later this year, with the Detroit-born musician set to perform six headline shows with Baby Animals before joining the Red Hot Summer lineup for four more dates. The 76-year-old will kick off her Australian tour at Rooty Hill’s Coliseum Theatre on 14 November, before heading to the Sydney Opera House, Hobart, the Gold Coast, Melbourne’s Palais Theatre and Fremantle Prison, where the headline run wraps up on 6 December. For the headline shows, Baby Animals will join Quatro as special guests, giving audiences a chance to see two generations…