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Vodka Bar and Rockstar Bowl (Clubs)
Fri 01 Jun Get your house, vodka and bowling fix Friday nights at the Vodka Bar, just a short strut away from Rockstar Bowling. More details
The Jezabels (Music)
Fri 01 Jun If you were one of many hauntingly beguiled by the Jezabels at this year’s Big Day Out and Falls, the band are returning... More details
Burch & Purchese Sweet Studio afternoon tea (Around Town)
Fri 01 Jun If Darren Purchese's desserts are good enough for the Royal family, they're good enough for you. The world-renowned,... More details
TZU (Music)
Fri 01 Jun After taking some time off to father babies, star in Bollywood films, develop side projects and produce some great music, the... More details
The Operatives Present Craze, Codes, Sampology and More (Clubs)
Fri 01 Jun Craze is back on our shores, scratching up some sweet hip hop, booty house and ghettotech like only a five-time world champion... More details

How To Thrill A Man Part 1 (Around Town)
Sat 02 Jun Two-and-a-half hours of instruction on how to please your man, hosted by a Tantric healer and a sex shop owner? We guarantee... More details
Mrs India Quest (Around Town)
Sat 02 Jun Married Indian women will showcase their beauty, their talents and their community spirit in this one-of-a-kind pageant.... More details
Murphy's Law (Music)
Sat 02 Jun Tamara Murphy, from Murphys Law, has been crowned winner of the 2012 PBS Young Elder of Jazz Commission and as part of the... More details
Veg Out St Kilda Farmers' Market (Around Town)
Sat 02 Jun Don't count your chickens before they're hatched – buy them at the volunteer-run Veg Out Community Garden's monthly farmers'... More details
The Last Laugh (Comedy)
01-02 Jun With almost four decades of laughter behind it, the Last Laugh is inarguably the city's most famous comedy club. It’s played... More details

Sacred Harp Singing (Around Town)
Sun 03 Jun A capella singalongs with the Sacred Harp Singers of Melbourne happen once a month, as traditional Appalachian folk songs... More details
Mariano Fortuny's coat (Art)
01 Dec 2011-03 Jun A gift from fashion house Bulgari, this coat by 1920's Venetian artist Mariano Fortuny is a showstopper. More details
Rock the Ballet (Theatre)
30 May-03 Jun Set to a soundtrack featuring U2, Michael Jackson, Prince, Queen, Coldplay and Lenny Kravitz among others, the six Bad Boys... More details
Zola Jesus (Music)
02-03 Jun Yet another white-hot artist drawn to the bright lights of Sydney’s Vivid Festival, LA's Zola Jesus has announced dates... More details
This American Life - Live! (Film)
02-03 Jun Captured live from New York, beloved radio show This American Life takes to the stage with not only its usual storytelling... More details

El Topo / The Holy Mountain at The Astor (Film)
Mon 04 Jun A double feature of Alejandro Jodorowsky's surrealist western El Topo (1971) and what-the-hell-was-that Holy Mountain... More details
Eco Crafting 101 (Around Town)
Mon 04 Jun The founder of Green Renters, an organisation dedicated to showing people they can still be 'green' even if they don't own... More details
VHS Club at the Old Bar (Film)
Mon 04 Jun Trevor Block wanted to recreate an archetypal '80s shelf of VHS tapes. “You’d have Halloween , and RoboCop , and maybe... More details
The Joseph Brown Collection (Art)
01 Jan 2003-31 Dec 2015 Exhibition of over 150 works donated by Dr Joseph Brown, prominent art dealer, consultant and philanthropist. The collection... More details
The Indigenous Collection (Art)
03 Dec 2010-01 Dec 2015 Acknowledging the power, primacy and cultural diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, the long-running... More details

Amon Tobin (Clubs)
Tue 05 Jun The master of sound manipulation's only Melbourne gig. This show promises to be a massive drum and bass audio visual... More details
Albare: International Travel Diary (Music)
Tue 05 Jun In this very special show, Australia's favourite French-born local boy Albare will be performing his new album, Long Way ,... More details
Crumbling Ecologies (Art)
27 Apr-09 Jun Over 100 artists, students and teachers have produced 35,000 hand-made geranium leaves to capture the fragility of our natural... More details
Shane Cotton at Anna Schwartz (Art)
10 May-09 Jun New Zealand artist Shane Cotton presents his first exhibition in almost two decades – an exploration of new art forms that... More details
On the Production of Monsters (Theatre)
23 May-09 Jun Now that I actually come to think of it, I don't think I've ever heard of -- let alone seen -- a play that deals so... More details

Matt Corby (Music)
Wed 06 Jun After spending a few months in the UK and America, Matt Corby will be coming back home for his nationwide Winter Tour with... More details
Josef von Sternberg at Melbourne Cinémathèque (Film)
Wed 06 Jun Melbourne Cinémathèque presents three nights of movies by Josef von Sternberg, including his most famous collaborations with... More details
Very Edible Gardens (Around Town)
Wed 06 Jun Have a garden? Interested in permaculture? Learn about soil, plants, and how to be sustainable at this workshop. It's... More details
Baby Bounce (Kids)
Wed 06 Jun A fun session of stories, songs and rhymes in a 1001 nights setting! Activities are designed to help very young... More details
Bob Franklin - Checkpoint Charlie Comedy (Comedy)
Wed 06 Jun This week Melbourne's "premier above ground underground comedy room" plays host to the hilariously bleak Bob Franklin, who... More details

Baby Bombshells (Clubs)
Thu 07 Jun Dress in your cocktail attire, for the opening night of the Melbourne sector of the Australian Burlesque Festival (7-24 Jun).... More details
The Fed Square Wine Showcase (Around Town)
06-07 Jun Try the best Victorian wines and help crown the 'people's choice' at the Fed Square Wine Showcase. This bi-monthly excuse... More details
Comedy Night @ The Waterloo (Comedy)
Thu 07 Jun The Waterloo Cup was a famous ‘coursing’ event where greyhounds chased hares, deer and other cute furry animals around the... More details
Stand Up Comedy (Comedy)
Thu 07 Jun It's an ever-changing lineup of comics at this once-a-month gig. Will tonight's show have Adam Rosenbecks, seen on Spicks and... More details
Flora Bowley at Readings (Art)
Thu 07 Jun American painter Flora Bowley's soothing, organic painting style is the subject of her new book Brave Intuitive Painting.... More details