June01—162024

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An abstract drawn image of dots on paper in a circle

Daniel Kitson Collaborator

  • Theatre
  • Performance
A slideshow of production images from Counting and Cracking

Counting and Cracking

  • Theatre
  • Premiere
A person wears a conical hat painted like a UFO with aliens. The background is a mish mash of similarly coloured pop culture references.

The Blak Infinite

  • Art Installation
  • Film
Performers on stage appear to be singing loudly and with enthusiasm. In the foreground, one of them holds drumsticks while those in the background perform on a grandstand.

ONE SONG HISTOIRE(S) DU THÉÂTRE IV

  • Music
  • Dance
Night Trade

Night Trade

  • Music
  • Exhibition
In the future, everyone will be cancelled for 15 minutes

In the future, everyone will be cancelled for 15 minutes

  • Art Installation
  • Film
A woman lies sleeping on a mattress surrounded by roses. Her face turned to the camera. "She Got Love" is scrawled on the wall behind her in red paint.

Cadela Força Trilogy Chapter I

  • Theatre
  • Premiere
Psychic 9—5 Club

Psychic 9—5 Club

  • Music
  • Art Installation
A group of people stand in the shallows of a tropical beach, holding cut-out shapes.

Gurr Era Op

  • Dance
  • Performance
A crowd of people dancing and throwing their hands in the air, bathed in golden light as confetti rains from a centre point.

SHOUSE Communitas

  • Music
  • Exhibition
Suhani Shah stands with her hands behind her head and looking down. She is lit from behind.

Suhani Shah

  • Theatre
  • Performance
A person standing up at a book club, holding Miranda July's book The First Bad Man

The First Bad Man

  • Theatre
  • Performance
Two men in matching uniforms sit outside on a bench, each playing a tuba

Acid Brass

  • Music
  • RISING exclusive
A group of people pose together, each holding an art canvas that they have just painted

Sip and Paint

  • Art Installation
  • Participate
ACMI Nights : Beings

ACMI Nights : Beings

  • Music
  • Exhibition
Three band members pose behind an enormous crinkled sheet of blue paper.

Blonde Redhead

  • Music
  • Standing
Crip Rave Theory

Crip Rave Theory

  • Music
  • Participate
A tent sits within a large gallery space, teeming with visitors. A sign above the tent reads: "Aboriginal Embassy"

Embassy

  • Art Installation
  • Film
Two men gaze at the camera, shrouded in shadow

Searching for Sanctuary

  • Exhibition
  • Free
COBY SEY (DJ SET) (UK)

COBY SEY (DJ SET) (UK)

  • Music
  • Dancing
Destiny Deacon's 2024 Melbourne Art Tram. The full tram is captured on a corner angle. The tram features Deacon’s arrangement of black and brown dolls in yellow plastic tubs.

First Peoples Melbourne Art Trams

  • Exhibition
  • Family Friendly
A digital clock shows the total showing over 1000 trillion dollars on a a colonial building

Pay The Rent

  • Art Installation
  • Free
LIPELIS (RUS) AND DITA (IND)

LIPELIS (RUS) AND DITA (IND)

  • Music
  • Dancing
A view of the Melbourne city skyline at sunset framed by gum leaves

The Rivers Sing

  • Art Installation
  • Performance
A person in an oversized parker and hood on their head, looking out of right of frame, their hands are reaching inside the hood to their neck.

Tirzah

  • Music
  • Selling Fast
A woman poses holding onto her red fascinator-style hat with one hand and an unfurled fan in the other

Melbourne Out Loud

  • Exhibition
  • Family Friendly
Two performers face the camera. One fires a confetti gun into the lens.

Burnout Paradise

  • Theatre
  • Performance
A person facing sideways dressed in midnight blue sparkles in front of a white background looks over their shoulder at the camera as the light catches their eyes.

Yves Tumor

  • Music
  • Selling Fast
ONE SINGLE ACTION

ONE SINGLE ACTION

  • Dance
  • Performance
A DJ performs inside a neon and LED screen filled box

Hi-Fi : The Financially Sound System

  • Music
  • Free
Still from In Muva We Trust_2022

In Muva We Trust

  • Art Installation
  • Exhibition
A person wearing a giant box, printed with a smile on the front, stands in a dim Box Office.

8/8/8 : REST

  • Selling Fast
  • Premiere
The image is tactile-feeling creation that features intertwined human figures at its center

ANITO

  • Dance
  • Performance
A performer is pictured sitting within a vast inflatable space.

You, Beauty

  • Dance
  • Selling Fast
Karin Dreijer aka Fever Ray wears a bald cap and all white makeup, and a traditional masc white suit, holding a flower posey

Fever Ray

  • Music
  • Selling Fast
A woman stands in a dark veil, holding an eagle/bird creature.

Arkadia

  • Dance
  • Premiere
An animated gif cycling through the Day Tripper lineup: Asha Puthli, Jlin, Bar Italia, MEMORIALS, Yasiin Bey and HTRK

Day Tripper

  • Music
  • Selling Fast
Photograph of an audience sitting around a large dinner table. A chandelier hangs overhead and a performer dressed as a waiter serves them food.

FOOD

  • Theatre
  • Performance
A theatre full of people watching a film screen featuring a still of Hellraiser. A band performs on stage and lasers light up in front of the screen.

Hear My Eyes : Hellraiser

  • Music
  • Film
A person looking towards camera outside

Evian Christ

  • Music
  • Dancing
KIEFER (USA) AND ONRA (FR)

KIEFER (USA) AND ONRA (FR)

  • Music
  • Dancing
A woman with curly hair stands holding her cello, looking upwards

Blazing Trails

  • Music
  • Performance
Three members of Dirty Three face each other on a stage, jamming together.

Dirty Three

  • Music
  • Standing
A dynamic live music scene with a violinist in motion, a drummer, and a bassist performing on stage under bright lights, capturing a moment of artistic expression.

Dirty Three

  • Music
  • Selling Fast
BEAM ME UP : The Art of Abduction Spaceship Workshop

BEAM ME UP : The Art of Abduction Spaceship Workshop

  • Art Installation
  • Exhibition
BEAM ME UP : The Art of Abduction Beading Workshop

BEAM ME UP : The Art of Abduction Beading Workshop

  • Art Installation
  • Exhibition
Two people sit cross-legged on the stage facing each other.

6HR Grumble Boogie

  • Music
  • Dance
Cultural Catalysts : Creativity in the Sri Lankan diaspora

Cultural Catalysts : Creativity in the Sri Lankan diaspora

  • Theatre
  • Talk
A blonde woman in 70s-inspired hair and makeup looks at the camera.

Sky Ferreira

  • Music
  • Selling Fast
Fraser Muggeridge standing against a wall in a striped long sleeve shirt.

In Conversation : Fraser Muggeridge

  • Talk
  • Free
Two dancers embrace in a fighting position, one holding a hammer above their heads.

Meet the Artists : One Single Action

  • Music
  • Talk
The dance floor full of people at a Crip Rave Theory gig

Crip Rave Theory : Accessible and Intersectional Club Spaces in Australia and Beyond

  • Music
  • Talk
A group of people gathering at Dom's Social Club

Moon Bites

    A crowd of people dancing and throwing their hands in the air, bathed in golden light as confetti rains from a centre point.

    SHOUSE Communitas Workshops

    • Music
    • RISING exclusive
    Shannon Michael Cane takes a nude selfie in a mirror, holding a french bulldog in one hand and the film camera in the other.

    Shannon Michael Cane : Someone Great — A celebration

    • Music
    • Art Installation
    Beachgoers flee as possums riding flying sauces chase them shooting lasers from their eyes

    The Blak Infinite : Artist Talks

    • Exhibition
    • Talk
    Two drag queens dressed in regal attire sit side by side, as if posing for a royal portrait.

    ECLIPSE

    • Theatre
    • Performance
    A band perform on a dark stage.

    Big Name, No Blankets

    • Music
    • Theatre
    Spenny, J Emz and Celly from ONEFOUR stand around a pile of stacked cash, while looking down the barrel of the camera

    ONEFOUR

    • Music
    • Dancing
    Two people dancing and smiling in a dark club setting.

    Library up Late x Rennie Ellis

    • Music
    • Exhibition
    Moktar looking off side of screen at night, bathed in red light on one half of his face and body

    Moktar : Town Hall Takeover

    • Music
    • Selling Fast
    A close up of Asha Puthli. She holds her hand to sit beneath her chin as she looks up

    In Conversation : Asha Puthli

    • Music
    • Talk
    A group of men wearing white and blue robes and head coverings, in the desert.

    Tinariwen

    • Music
    • Selling Fast
    A headshot of Yasiin Bey wearing a hat and looking upwards

    Yasiin Bey

    • Music
    • Selling Fast
    Two band members of Good Morning sitting and leaning on large stairs.

    Good Morning

    • Music
    • Sitting
    Secret Symphony

    Secret Symphony

    • Music
    • Sitting
    A musician wearing a reflective silver suit looks at the camera and waves and a person plays a drum kit behind them.

    Snoh Aalegra

    • Music
    • Selling Fast
    A grainy still from 1986 documentary, Heavy Metal Parking Lot, featuring '80s heavy metal fans yelling 'Judas Priest'

    24 Hour Rock Show

    • Music
    • Film
    Day Tripper After Party

    Day Tripper After Party

    • Music
    • Dancing