Arts & Culture

MESS moves to Fed Square, bringing electronic music to Melbourne’s cultural heart

May 26th, 2025 - Sean Car

The Melbourne Electronic Sound Studio (MESS), home to the largest public collection of electronic instruments in the Southern Hemisphere, is relocating from North Melbourne to Fed Square – in a move set to broaden its reach and amplify its impact.

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Get ready to scream for Beetlejuice The Musical

May 21st, 2025 - Yihan Ai

The globally renowned Beetlejuice The Musical has held its Australian premiere at Melbourne’s Regent Theatre and will run until August 3.

CFA volunteers and farmers protest over emergency services tax in Melbourne

May 20th, 2025 - Sean Car

Thousands of Country Fire Authority (CFA) volunteers and farmers marched on Melbourne today protesting the state government’s controversial new Emergency Services Property Levy (ESVF), which they claim unfairly burdens regional Victorians.

New clinic to deliver care for Melbourne’s most vulnerable

May 19th, 2025 - Sean Car

A new central city health clinic offering wraparound care to Melbourne’s most vulnerable has officially opened its doors at the Salvation Army’s long-standing Bourke St headquarters.

Rialto Run-Up returns to support autism charity Giant Steps

May 16th, 2025 - Sean Car

After a 20-year hiatus, Melbourne’s iconic stair-climbing event, the Rialto Run-Up, will return on Sunday, May 18, with a renewed purpose: raising vital funds for Giant Steps, a charity supporting autistic children and young adults with complex needs.

Melbourne’s 2050 Summit walks a fine line between vision and volume

May 14th, 2025 - Sean Car

More than 700 minds gathered at Melbourne Town Hall on May 9 to envisage what the city could become by mid-century, brought together by a council with bold ambitions and a Lord Mayor determined to stir civic imagination.

Could Adam Bandt’s departure spell better things for the City of Melbourne?

May 12th, 2025 - Sean Car

Politics is often referred to as a “numbers game”, and when it comes to elections, it’s all governments care about.

National rally to honour victims of gender-based violence

May 9th, 2025 - Georgie Atkins

This Saturday, May 10, What Were You Wearing Australia (WWYW Australia) is holding a powerful remembrance rally in Melbourne to honour the 24 women who have already lost their lives to men’s violence this year.

Could Melbourne become a 15-minute city?

May 7th, 2025 - Sean Car

Melbourne may currently rank as a 17-minute city, but a panel of leading urban thinkers believes we can do better – and they’re inviting locals to help shape the conversation.