Your guide to what’s on in Melbourne this weekend
FROM festivals and fashion to art, exhibitions and family-friendly activities, we have your essential guide to all the events happening across Melbourne this weekend.
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FROM festivals and fashion to art, exhibitions and family-friendly activities, we have your essential guide to all the events happening across Melbourne this weekend.
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Concert, gigs and theatre
Gertrude Street Projection Festival
Atherton Gardens, 119 Gertrude st Fitzroy — Friday — Sat, 6-9pm. FREE.
Every year, the Gertrude Street Projection Festival pulls something new out of the bag. See projection artwork by Kate Geck and a special installation titled Ignite which shows swooping, observational projections on housing estates. That’s a bright idea.
Starting School
Festival Club, 521 Queensberry St. North Melbourne — Saturday, 2PM. FREE.
DJ Caity K plays Madonna, Michael Jackson, Jarvis Cocker and TLC.
Jhene Aiko
Margaret Court Arena, Olympic Blvd, city. Sunday, 8pm $97.45.
In this age where some levels of success are measured on Facebook likes, Jhené Aiko (US) is doing OK with 1.7 million fans. Aiko has played with Childish Gambino, Vince Staples, Kendrick Lamar and just knocked off a 39-city jaunt with Drake through North America. She has a new remix out for Never Call Me feat YG. It’s smooth R & B with a street edge.
In Conversation Josh Gibson & Salvatore Malatesta
Melbourne, 525 Collins St, City. Mon, 6-8.30pm $12.
Hawks champ Josh Gibson will chat all things footy and coffee with ST. ALi boss Salvatore Malatesta. Proceeds go to Shin Fukayama’s crack at the World Barista Championship. /Mercedes me
Archibald Prize @ The Geelong Gallery
Geelong Gallery, 55 Little Malop St — Starts Saturday to Nov. 18. 10AM-5PM. $7 TO $16.
Del Kathryn Barton’s Self-portrait with studio wife is one of myriad highlights from the Archibald Prize. Today at 11am, there’s a “Creative conversation: The Prize — Benjamin Aitken, Nicholas Harding and Anne Ryan”. See portraits of Guy Pearce, Courtney Barnett, Alison Whyte, Michael Reid and Susan Kiefel.
Concert: Even
Northcote Social Club, 301 High St Thur, 8pm $33.61
Melbourne trio Even doesn’t suffer fools. The group’s seventh album, Satin Returns, is a ripper and it has a new clip for The Opener. “We reverted to a traditional approach for this clip, no hipster irony, no subplots, just the band playing live and me mincing in front of a camera while I still have a full rock mop to play with and my trusty old Epiphone Casino 6-string being the true star,” Ash Naylor quips. Let the boys entertain you on AFL Grand Final holiday eve with hits such as Black Umbrella, Stop and Go Man and Shining Star. Sweet licks.
World Dumpling Day
Oriental Teahouse, 455 Chapel St, South Yarra. Wed, 7pm $55/$85.
Try chilli prawn coriander shu mai, braised duck leg dumpling with Sichuan tea-smoked duck breast and long jing tea soup, flame thrower pulled pork dumplings, pine mushroom and celeriac. Oh my goodness.
Markets
St. Kilda
Every Sunday, 10am-5pm, Upper Esplanade
Tigalf jewellery from wood, glass and resin, Sustainable beeswax wraps, Salvatore Iraci hairpins. Foodie zone and hot coffee.
Prahran
Every Saturday, 7am-5pm, Sunday 10am-3pm — 163 Commercial Rd
More than 70 stalls of fruit and veg, meat, fish, key-cutting, shoe repairs, plus Wilson & Market cafe, Q le Baker artisan bakery.
Sisters’ Markets
Saturday, 10am-4pm — 233 Sydney Rd Brunswick
More than 60 boutique stalls, including Leaf Tea Australia, Eva In Stitches creations, Wrappa food wraps and Angie Izard bowls.
School Holiday activities in Melbourne
Kids concert: The Listies
Clockcentre Tower, 750 Mt Alexander Rd, Moonee Ponds — Tuesday 10AM. $27.50/$30.
Gasworks Arts Park, 21 Graham St, Albert Park — Thu, noon, 2PM, $20/$23.
The Listies (the artists formerly known as The List Operators) will stage shows of Ickypedia after a sold out run at the Arts Centre Melbourne. The kidults bring the “best-smelling book Ickypedia: A Dictionary of Disgusting New Words” to the stage. They’ll answer the question on everyone’s lips: how do you take a smellfie?
More information for Clockcentre show
More information for Fringe Festival show
Concert; Justine Clark
Hamer Hall, Saturday 10am and Noon. $39.30.
Justine Clarke will roll out hits from her TV show and new album The Justine Clarke Show — from singing songs that make you chuckle to stomping like a stegosaurus. Everyone will help Clarke bust out a silly ditty as the grand finale.
SPIN by Anna Seymour
Northcote Town Hall, 189 High St — Saturday 2PM, 8PM. $25/$28.
Getting lost in music on a dance floor is a feeling that can’t be replicated. SPIN is a dance party inspired by club scenes in San Francisco, Mexico, Cuba and Berlin. Boogie with creator Anna Seymour, DJ Callum Padgham, dancers Bec Reid, Amanda Lever and Jon Clarke, plus deaf hosts Luke King and Robbie Burrows.
Moma at NGV teen art party
NGV, 180 ST KILDA RD. Saturday, 6-9PM. $15/$18.
Hosted by super-nice Paralympian Dylan Alcott and featuring slick spinner DJ Small FRY. Eat New York City-inspired doughnuts by teen entrepreneur Morgan Hipworth and take part in Art Battle.
Footy Skills Clinic
Monday September 24: 9am — 3pm- Bulleen/YJFL
Tuesday September 25: 9am — 3pm- Officer or Mernda
Wednesday September 26 9am — 3pm- Moorabbin at StKilda FC
Friday September 28: 9am — 3pm- The Basin
If your kid is a footy fanatic then this is the perfect school holiday activity. Dynamic Footy Skills’ School Holiday Programs are for all primary school students (Grade 2 — Grade 6).
Blossom Festival
474 Queens Rd, Wandin East. Starts Wed until Oct. 2. Daily 9AM-5PM. $5/$10.
See a cherry orchard in full bloom. Eat cherry ice cream while over-18s enjoy cherry beers, cherry cider and cherry shiraz wine. There’s face painting, live local music and giant lawn games, Monday cheri.
Puffing Billy
1 Old Monbulk Rd, Belgrave; Emerald Lake Rd, Emerald. Daily, various times. $29.50 to $57.
This is a terrific, wholesome day. Enjoy a picturesque trek from Belgrave or Lakeside stations, winding through lush pockets of the Dandenong Ranges. Stop off and hit the bakeries. Yum.
Luna Park
Luna Park, Lower Esplanade St Kilda Until oct 7. Sun-Wed, 11AM-8PM, Thu-Sat, 11am-11pm $17.50 to $49.95.
The Scenic Railway and Carousel re-open after hibernation. Go hunting for eight clocks hidden around the park to win passes to see The House with a Clock in its Walls. Also, see Le Petit Circus outside in The Famous Spiegeltent, merci.
Incinerator Gallery Fun
180 Holmes Rd, Moonee Ponds. WED-FRI, 10.30am — NOON, (ages 4-7) . 1pm — 3pm (ages 7-14). $17.50.
Art Adventures led by artist Carly Richardson exploring drawing techniques, Buzzy Bees: Life is a Hive led by an apiarist from Backyard Honey, Printmaking Our World led by artist Belinda Pringle.
St Kilda Adventure Playground
Off Neptune St, St Kilda. Daily, 9am-9pm. Free.
These neighbourhood “back yards” are the way forward if you can’t afford a house.
Silvers Circus
Burnley Oval, Swan Street, Burnley (Opposite Madden Grove) $20 to $40. silverscircus.com.au
Clowns, illusionist, rings. It’s a total circus.
Stacka Blocks Zone
Level 2, near Target. Westfield Fountain Gate, 25-55 Overland Dr, Narre Warren. Mon-Friday, 11am-2pm. Free.
KIDS Stacka Blocks Zone To celebrate AFL Grand Final week and school holidays, there’s face-painting at the AFL Store, colouring in and handball competitions and Ferguson Plarre pies.
Cuddle a Guide Dog
Box Hill Central, 1 Main St. Mon, noon-6pm. Free
It’s time to improve your mental health. You can get up close and personal with beautiful, obedient guide dogs, give them a big old hug and feel satisfied for the rest of the day. Cuddle all your struggles away.
Escape the Gaol
Old Melbourne Gaol, 377 Russell St, city. Until Oct. 7. Daily, 9.30am-5pm $15/$23.
Wily inmates, sorry, participants aged six and up must explore their surroundings to discover all the necessary clues to create the perfect escape plan. The only thing is they can’t be discovered by the prison guards.
Camp Woodgrove
Woodgrove Shopping Centre. 533-555 High St, Melton West. Until Oct. 7. Daily, 10am-4pm. Free.
Kids aged 5-13 can take part in a mini-Olympics run by GeckoSports. Try hurdling, jumping, running, gymnastics balancing, giant chess and Jenga. There is a Teepee Chill Zone too. /
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