Major Lazer will headline Melbourne’s New Year’s Eve celebrations at Sidney Myer Music Bowl, with three stages of live music, DJs and club sounds taking over the surrounding Kings Domain gardens on 31 December. New Year’s at the Bowl returns for its second year following its 2025 debut, with the festival promising a full afternoon and night of music before continuing into the early hours of 2027. Major Lazer will make their first Australian appearance since 2015, bringing hits including “Lean On”, “Cold Water” and “Light It Up” to the main stage. The lineup also features Don West, DJ Seinfeld…
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Get ready for ballroom, Latin dance and plenty of high-energy choreography, with Burn The Floor bringing its brand-new production Luminous to Melbourne this September. The internationally acclaimed dance company will take over the Arts Centre Melbourne Playhouse from 11 to 19 September, bringing together performers from seven countries for a show celebrating 28 years of pushing the boundaries of ballroom and Latin dance. Produced by Burn The Floor founder Harley Medcalf, Luminous is led by Artistic Director and Choreographer Jason Gilkison, whose career includes work on Broadway, the West End and Las Vegas, as well as his role as Creative…
Christmas is getting a RocKwiz makeover, with Julia Zemiro, Brian Nankervis and a mystery lineup of musical guests heading to Hamer Hall for a night of festive songs, fiendish trivia and plenty of unexpected laughs. RocKwiz’s Very Merry Christmas will take over Arts Centre Melbourne on 17 December 2026, and will feature surprise musical guests, although fans will have to wait until the night to discover who is joining the lineup. The RocKwiz OrKestra will provide the live soundtrack, while Dugald will return as the show’s famously human scoreboard. Audience members will also have the chance to take part, with…
A new elevated Melton Station has opened to passengers, marking the latest step in a major rail upgrade that has removed four dangerous and congested level crossings across Melton and Truganina. The new station welcomed passengers for the first time this morning, with trains now travelling over Exford and Coburns roads on two new rail bridges. The project is designed to make getting around Melton safer while improving the capacity and reliability of train services. More than 73,000 vehicles previously travelled through the four level crossings each day, with motorists spending almost half an hour stuck at the boom gates…
Forget the studio for a weekend and take your workout somewhere a little more unexpected, with Pilates and yoga sessions set to transform the middle of Marvel Stadium into a morning wellness space. Pilates on the Turf takes place on Saturday 12 September, followed by Yoga on the Turf on Sunday 13 September, giving Melburnians the chance to move, stretch and reset surrounded by the scale of the Docklands stadium. Both sessions are suitable for all experience levels, whether you’re a regular at the gym or looking to try something different. Saturday’s 45-minute guided Pilates session is focused on strength,…
Scienceworks is turning into a playground for budding scientists this September, with two days of experiments, live demonstrations and hands-on activities designed to show kids just how much fun STEM can be. The Science is a Superpower Festival returns to Scienceworks in Spotswood on Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 September, with activities built around 10 science superpowers including curiosity, kindness, energy, strength, connection, perception, adaptation, ingenuity and resilience. The festival is aimed at visitors of all ages and gives young people the chance to get involved with science rather than simply learn about it. It is the third edition of…
Randy Feltface is heading back to Melbourne with a brand-new hour of comedy, as the famously purple puppet brings his Gimmick tour to the Palais Theatre on 10 February. He will also have a show at The Playhouse in Geelong on 12 February. The Australian comedian will perform 20 shows across Australia and New Zealand, with the tour kicking off in Wellington on 1 February before travelling through Christchurch and Auckland. Gimmick sees Randy Feltface lean into the very thing he has spent years insisting he is not: a novelty act. This time, he is embracing the absurdity of being…
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A hidden space above Melbourne Recital Centre has been transformed into a striking new performance venue, with The Peter and Ruth McMullin Beacon set to open to the public in September. The new cabaret-style venue will bring audiences closer to performers, with its program spanning cabaret, contemporary music, jazz, musical theatre and First Nations performances. Located at the top of the Centre’s Southbank building, the Beacon has been designed by the same architects behind the original Melbourne Recital Centre and is intended to offer a more intimate setting for live performance. The project received $1 million in funding from the…
Melbourne dance music fans will get the chance to see two of the scene’s most adventurous selectors go head-to-head when Sam Alfred and Job Jobse team up for a one-off B2B show at The Wool Store in January. Presented by Untitled Group, the one-off show will see the pair take over the Melbourne venue for an extended set spanning house, techno, trance, garage and plenty of unexpected turns along the way. Naarm-based Sam Alfred has quickly become one of the most exciting names in Australia’s dance music scene. Born in Egypt and raised in Tasmania before moving to Melbourne, Alfred…
Furniture grown from fungi, plastic alternatives that react to sunlight and building materials made from hemp are among the ideas on show at a new world-premiere exhibition opening at the NGV this week. Plant Life: The Nature of Design explores how plant-based materials could offer alternatives to plastics, synthetic products and other non-renewable materials, bringing together more than 60 works from Australian and international designers. Developed in partnership with RMIT University, Plant Life is presented across four thematic chapters, featuring furniture, architecture, decorative arts, craft, photography and film from the NGV Collection, alongside recent acquisitions, international loans and a new…