2023 EVENTS ARCHIVE
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Free events | Family friendly | Cinema | Live Music in Venues | Events at Record Stores | Uptown Jazz
Dates:
Thursday 13 July | Friday 14 July | Saturday 15 July | Sunday 16 July
Locations:
Collingwood Town Hall | Fitzroy Town Hall | Atherton Gardens
Suburb:
Abbotsford | Collingwood | Fitzroy | Fitzroy North | Richmond

Souk El Rengârenk (The colourful market)
Habibi Hafla, Mähallä and Leaps & Bounds present Souk El Rengârenk (A Colurful Market) Souk El Rengârenk (Souk is market in Arabic and Rengârenk is colourful in Turkish) is a celebration of community, music, and culture.

FLIGHT: The Next Generation of Artists
FLIGHT is a showcase featuring the new generation of Naarm’s best artists, featuring 14 acts from First Nations and culturally diverse backgrounds.

E.merge Takeover
Trailblazing a new "Australian” diaspora, e.merge agency comes together through a love of music, their communities and want to lift up and support young artists.

Kent St Talkin’
Introducing… Kent St Talkin’: a full day, full venue, full volume party showcasing some of Naarm’s best-emerging queer, femme and BIPOC electronic artists and DJs, alongside artists that emerged a little while ago and, if you ask us, are doing very well for themselves.

Ayebatonye at Glamorama Saturdays
Ayebatonye at Glamorama Saturdays invites one of the most exciting and innovative DJ’s and performers coming out of Eora.

Girls to The Front
Girls Club presents GIRLS TO THE FRONT: a live hip hop show spotlighting female identifying, non-binary, and LGBTQIA+ rap and hip hop artists, and their passionate fan bases.

Porpoise Spit ‘Flat Coins’ Single Launch
Naarm-based 4 piece Porpoise Spit launch ‘Flat Coins’, the second single off their forthcoming debut album Don't Quit which is due out October 13 via Psychic Hysteria.

Club Riot
CLUB RIOT is Melbourne's newest Queer Alt Music Party, that aims to create a space for alternative LGBTQIA+ people to come together, make noise and celebrate.

Caisha Sprout
Caisha Sprout, a Melbourne-based songwriter, brings a unique blend of blues, soul, and funk through her earthy sound, reflecting the Australian experience and aiming to inspire listeners from all backgrounds.

Spunk Fest
Spunk are an all-girl punk group, who focus on lifting each other up and writing phat, catchy riffs. Come together at the catfish on 15th July, to observe SPUNKFEST.
Wintergarden Fantasias
Shane Lestideau, violin, and Donald Nicolson, piano, explore the Scottish Fantasias of Australia’s Baillie Collection. This is the music that entertained audiences in Rockhampton and Brisbane’s Wintergarden Theatres in the first decades of the 20thC, blending virtuosic showmanship with beloved Scottish tunes. Played on a fiddle that had been part of the Baillie family for generations, this program recreates the sound world of the travelling entertainer and the delight of those who came to hear it.

Smith Street Dreaming
Smith Street Dreaming returns country style for the first time since 2019. Smith Street Dreaming is a special gathering of Dancers and Musicians that will honour Elders, Families and Community through Traditional Ceremony in Fitzroy. Featuring: Djirri Djirri Dance Group, Murrundaya Yepengna Dance Troupe, Culture Evolves, Bandok Tati, The Small Ant Brothers, Uncle Johnny Lovett, Lee Sonnyboy Morgan Show, MpathSoul and Chris Hume.

Big Fiddle Little Fiddle
Eclectic fiddling styles, driving rhythms, soaring melodies, and joyful performances. Trad tunes interwoven with contemporary Australian tunes in inventive arrangements.

Winter Spin - Northside Records
Yarra’s Winter Spin is an opportunity to party across Yarra’s independent record stores, with live performances, DJs and BBQs. Participating record stores include Dutch Vinyl Records, Skydiver, Rick's Records, Northside Records, Licorie Pie, Oh! Jean Records, Soundmerch Real Life Record Store and more.

Winter Spin - Oh! Jean Records
Yarra’s Winter Spin is an opportunity to party across Yarra’s independent record stores, with live performances, DJs and BBQs. Participating record stores include Dutch Vinyl Records, Skydiver, Rick's Records, Northside Records, Licorie Pie, Oh! Jean Records, Soundmerch Real Life Record Store and more.

Winter Spin
Yarra’s Winter Spin is an opportunity to party across Yarra’s independent record stores, with live performances, DJs and BBQs. Participating record stores include Dutch Vinyl Records, Skydiver, Rick's Records, Northside Records, Licorie Pie, Oh! Jean Records, Soundmerch Real Life Record Store and more.

Eamon McNelis’s Skellingtons Quartet Live at the Fitzroy Town Hall
Uptown Jazz Cafe is doing a takeover of Fitzroy Town Hall and bringing Eamon McNelis’s Skellingtons Quartet and Paul Williamson’s Hammond Combo to the Ballroom.

Leo - Single Launch
On the evening of Friday the 14th of July, Leo and band will be launching their brand new single ‘Rough Hands’. Leo’s third single follows their debut with ‘Doctor’ and ‘Half Unconscious’.

The Paul Williamson Hammond Combo - Live at the Fitzroy Town Hall
Uptown Jazz Cafe is doing a takeover of Fitzroy Town Hall and bringing Eamon McNelis’s Skellingtons Quartet and Paul Williamson’s Hammond Combo to the Ballroom.

ZÖJ Live
There is no celebration here. As you read this, women and girls around the world struggle against legally enshrined gender inequality and discrimination.

THE TONY ALLEN EXPERIENCE 2023 Directed by Nui Moon
In its 3rd year the Tony Allen X continues to evolve and transform with some incredible rotating talent as well as rotating drummers!

Cheryl and Friends
A female-identifying, Asian, queer composer and saxophonist, Cheryl studied jazz performance at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts from 2009 – _2011, completeing a BMus – Honours in 2016 at the Victorian College of the Arts (MCM), graduating with First Class Honours.

The Record Collection Exhibition
A celebration of one of the most captivating genres of creative expression, Album Cover Art. 50 Local and International artists have been brought together to Re-create and Re-interpret some of the most iconic album covers of all time.

Carbon Offset Party
Leaps & Bounds, I heard a whisper and the 'I Do What I Can' Carbon Challenge proudly present... A Carbon Offset Party! with Dr.Sure’s Unusal Pratice, LOU, Pinch Points and more…

PBS presents Rock A Bye Baby with Parsnip
PBS is thrilled to welcome the return of Rock A Bye Baby this July, back at the Fitzroy Town Hall.