Melbourne Symphony Orchestra will present the Australian premiere of Edward Scissorhands in Concert Live to Film at Hamer Hall across two nights on Friday 30 and Saturday 31 October, bringing Tim Burton’s cult classic to life with a full live score. The special event pairs a screening of the 1990 film with a live performance of Danny Elfman’s celebrated soundtrack, performed by the MSO under the direction of conductor Nicholas Buc. Known for its emotional depth and otherworldly tone, the score will be played in sync with the film, offering a new way to experience one of Burton’s most distinctive…
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After drawing more than 2 million visitors worldwide, the immersive Eonarium: Enlightenment brings a vivid reimagining of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons to the Immigration Museum. The production will transform the museum’s historic Long Room into a canvas of shifing light, colour and sound. The 30-minute show blends classical music with large-scale projections, guiding audiences through spring, summer, autumn and winter in a seamless visual journey. Created by Zurich-based collective PROJEKTIL in collaboration with Feber, the installatio blends classical music with contemporary visual design. Vivaldi’s original compositions have been rearranged and recorded specifically for the show. We have three double passes…
Avenged Sevenfold will return to Melbourne this October, playing Rod Laver Arena on 20 October as part of their first Australian and New Zealand tour in over a decade. The arena run also includes stops in Sydney, Brisbane and Auckland, with Coheed and Cambria and Thornhill joining as special guests across all dates. For fans, the tour marks a long-awaited return. The band last played Australia in 2014, and in the years since have released their eighth album Life Is But a Dream…, a record that shifts into more experimental and conceptual territory compared to their earlier work. The current lineup of M. Shadows, Synyster Gates, Zacky Vengeance, Johnny…
RISING has added a major new wave of programming to its 2026 lineup, extending its reach across Melbourne with a focus on participation, nightlife and shared public space. The festival runs from 27 May to 8 June and will transform the city with events spanning music, dance, visual art and performance. The latest announcement brings large-scale free events, late-night club programs and community-led experiences into the mix. Artistic Director Hannah Fox said, “This next wave of programming pushes further into the pulse of the city. Into clubs, onto trams, streets and shared spaces. Whether you choose to enter the big collective energy of large-scale free…
The Temper Trap are heading back on the road, announcing a national tour across September and October 2026, with a hometown show at Forum Melbourne on 11 September set to kick things off. The run arrives just two months after the release of their fourth album Sungazer, due out 10 July. It marks the band’s most substantial Australian tour in years and continues a steady return that’s been building through new music and live appearances over the past 12 months. From Melbourne, the tour moves through Brisbane, Adelaide and Sydney before wrapping in Perth on 9 October. Tickets go on sale to the…
T2 Tea is setting up a two-day pop-up at Prahran Market on 18 and 19 April, offering a sensory-focused tea experience just ahead of Mother’s Day. Running from 9am to 2pm each day, the Flavour Market is designed as an experiential retail concept, inviting visitors to explore tea beyond the cup. The focus is on flavour, aroma and discovery, with a curated selection of the brand’s signature blends available to taste and explore on site. The activation leans into interaction, with tea tastings forming the core of the experience. Visitors can move through different blends and profiles, getting a closer look at how…
YIRRAMBOI Festival has announced four major new commissions set to premiere across Melbourne in 2027, signalling the next phase for a festival widely recognised as a leading platform for First Nations experimental and evolutionary arts. Spanning music, street theatre, installation, film and movement, the works will be developed from early concept through to full realisation, with world premieres staged across narrm during the festival. Now in its sixth iteration, the YIRRAMBOI Commissions Program remains central to the festival’s identity, offering early insight into its broader direction while supporting ambitious, community-led creative projects. The 2027 program places Victorian First Nations artists at its core,…
The Cat Empire will return to Sidney Myer Music Bowl on 16 January 2027 for a one-night, all-ages summer show, marking five years since their last appearance at the venue. The Melbourne performance brings together the band, Orchestra Victoria, Gondwana National Choirs and flamenco artists Arte Kanela for a large-scale orchestral collaboration. The show follows strong audience response to the band’s 2024 orchestral debut and introduces new arrangements created specifically for this performance. Known for blending Afro-Cuban, Seychellois Creole, Brazilian and flamenco influences, the band’s catalogue will be expanded through full symphonic backing. The result is designed as a high-energy crossover between orchestral performance and festival-style live music.…
There’s a particular kind of energy that only Regurgitator can generate, and at Croxton Park Hotel in Thornbury on 11 April 2026, they delivered it in full. Playing as part of their JUKEBOXXIN’ tour, the Brisbane trio leaned into a set built on decades of material, jumping between eras and styles with the kind of confidence that comes from doing things their own way for more than 30 years. From the moment the ‘Gurge hit the stage, the room was completely locked in. The Croxton isn’t a huge venue, which worked completely in the band’s favour. It turned the show into something closer to…
Big theatre news for Melbourne, with Fiddler on the Roof set to land at Her Majesty’s Theatre from 31 October 2026. The Australian tour kicks off earlier in the year at Theatre Royal Sydney in July, before heading through Brisbane and Perth. This isn’t just another revival. Direct from London’s Barbican Theatre, the production arrives with serious momentum, having become the venue’s best-selling musical of all time. Critics have been all in, with praise like “sublime” from The Guardian and “exuberant” from The Standard, alongside standing ovations, five-star reviews and three Olivier Awards including Best Musical Revival. For many, the draw is the music. Songs like ‘If…
There’s a new reason to plan a day trip to Ballarat this autumn. From 1–10 May 2026, the regional city rolls out its first Ballarat Craft and Design Week, a precinct-wide program that leans into making, storytelling and creative exchange. At the centre of it all is the historic Ballarat Mining Exchange, where much of the action unfolds. The event builds on the success of Craft Lab, which since 2021 has supported individual makers and drawn more than 7500 participants each year. This new format takes things further, opening the door to designers, manufacturers and material producers, and reinforcing Ballarat’s status as a UNESCO…