This Week in Melbourne: What's On #811
Published: Tue, 07/12/22
Newsletter: This Week 12-18 July 2022![]() What's On Newsletter | #811 Tuesday 12th July 2022 - Monday 18th July 2022 Stay safe - Be kind - Be Melbourne A Truffle Affair | South Melbourne Market Ballarat Winter Festival Bastille Day French Festival Chiharu Shiota: State of Being Darkfield | Multi-Sensory Experiences Decor + Design & The Australian International Furniture Fair European Night Market | Madame Brussels Lane Gertrude Street Projection Festival Gimlet at Cavendish House - World's Top 100 Restaurant Hairspray - The Broadway Musical Hamilton: The Musical Imaginaria: Walk Through Experience Leaps and Bounds Music Festival Light: Works from Tate's Collection Lightscape - Royal Botanic Gardens Moama Lights Festival Neighbourhood Earth: The Ultimate Space Experience Snow Train | Steam Train - Mount Baw Baw & Walhalla Tyama: A deeper sense of knowing Winter Night Market: Christmas In July - Queen Victoria Market Free Every Week Lightscape - Royal Botanic GardensAn immersive after-dark experience
Wednesday to Sunday - Until 7 August 2022
Iconic tree canopies will be drenched in colour vibrant bursts of light will tumble from the undergrowth and run up trees like fizzing fireworks.
Grace Under PressureBy David Williams and Paul Dwyer + Sydney Arts & Health Collective
Saturday 23rd July 2022 - One Community, Blackburn
Based on hours of in-depth interviews with doctors and nurses about their experiences of training and working in hospitals, Grace Under Pressure is a surprising, intimate, and deeply moving theatre experience that reveals these hidden stories of health professionals in their own words. Ranging from dark humour to heartbreak, the stories within Grace Under Pressure will leave no audience member unaffected. Beautifully staged and disarmingly performed, Grace Under Pressure is a truly
unique theatre experience.
Borealis on the LakeBringing the Northern Lights to Lake Daylesford
Until 4th September 2022 - Lake Daylesford
Enjoyed by more than 1 million people world-wide this mesmerising installation transports you to a place faraway - where time slows down as eyes look up.
Through colour movement density of light beams and changing weather unique auroras are projected over the lake.
Reed Gift Fairs MelbourneAustralia's premier TRADE event
30th July - 3rd August 2022 - Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre
Reed Gift Fairs Melbourne is a landmark event for Australian retailers designers and interiors stylists to source from the largest variety of wholesalers across Gift Home Fashion and Kids.
Christmas in July Lunch at HophausBy the River at Hophaus
Get your family or crew together and celebrate Christmas in July at our Festive Luncheon by the river on Sunday 24 July 2022.
$50pp includes a 3 course sit down shared feast and a glass of cider beer or wine on arrival.
The Eagles Story 70's Supper & ShowRingwood Bowls Club
Sat 27th August 2022
Australia's Premier EAGLES Experience - The Eagles Story in conjunction with the Ringwood Bowls Club present "Another Tequila Sunrise" Supper & Show featuring the music of the Eagles. 2 x big sets of Eagles classic hits and yes the dance floor is open for this show.
Leaps and Bounds Music FestivalAcross the City of Yarra
Until 24 July 2022
Leaps and Bounds Music Festival brings the warmth that our thriving music community inevitably craves at this time of year and provides continued support to local artists venues and businesses with a smorgasbord of gigs to suit any punter's palate.
A Truffle AffairSouth Melbourne Market
22nd - 31st July 2022
Take a culinary journey and learn, taste and celebrate the Australian black truffle. Explore the sights, sounds and smells of South Melbourne Market as you take a self-guided tour, stopping along the way to sample Australian truffle dishes from some of our wonderful restaurants and traders.
Gertrude Street Projection FestivalNgár-go (Fitzroy) and Yálla-birr-ang (Collingwood)
GSPF 2022 A Soft Pulse from 28th - 31st July 2022
As Australia's longest-running projection festival we have a reputation for discovering artists uncovering places exploring ideas and bringing together locals and visitors by night to experience playful thoughtful and inspiring new media work.
European Night MarketMadame Brussels Lane
Fridays in July: 8th, 15th, 22nd & 29th July 2022 - 5pm - 10pm
Madame Brussels Lane will transform into a 1920's Parisian marketplace, with stalls serving warming mulled wine, delicate French desserts, and all the hot, cheesy, comfort food that a chilly July night calls for.
Neighbourhood EarthThe Ultimate Space Experience
Until 28 August 2022 - Level 4 Emporium Melbourne
An immersive multi-sensory experience that takes you into outer space developed in partnership with NASA. Neighbourhood Earth uses screens surround sound and a giant projection-mapped dome to tell the story of space science and exploration in a uniquely profound way.
Light: Works from Tate's CollectionExclusive blockbuster exhibition
Until 13 November 2022 - ACMI
Light: Works from Tate's Collection celebrates groundbreaking moments from over 200 years of art history and the artists who harnessed this elemental force through painting photography sculpture drawing installation and the moving image.
Ballarat Winter FestivalSkywhales Wonderlights and more..
Until 17 July 2022
The 2022 Ballarat Winter Festival is set to dazzle and amaze again this year with a impressive line-up of returning favourites plus new experiences.
Darkfield | Multi-Sensory ExperiencesA series of multi-sensory experiences in complete darkness.
Each experience combines binaural (3D) sound and sensory stimuli in complete and utter darkness. Using speech recognition technology guests are transported through rooms and down corridors on an intense and exhilarating journey.
**STRICTLY LIMITED SEASON** Until 31 July 2022
Multi-Sensory Experiences
Bastille Day French FestivalSwap your beanie for a beret and soak up the spirit of France
Saturday & Sunday 16-17 July 2022 - FedSquare
This free festival will showcase all that is magnifique about French culture; lose yourself in the French Winter Market, tantalise your tastebuds, be entertained with tales of sport, kick up your heels with our live entertainment, test your love of French culture, see the best in Hip Hop, explore Melbourne with a walking tour or learn with our Les Lumieres talks series.
Moama Lights FestivalLighting up the Murray
Sunday 31 July to Sunday 21 August 2022
See Echuca Moama's iconic red gum bushland and most legendary river light up during an immersive sound and lighting experience like no other.
Tyama: A deeper sense of knowingWander Through A Nocturnal World At This Upcoming Digital Exhibition
Until January 2023 - Melbourne Museum
Tyama transports you to Victoria's nocturnal worlds immersing you in 360-degree responsive projections breathtaking effects and exquisite soundscapes.
Billy JoelOne Night Live in Australia
Saturday 10th December 2022 - Melbourne Cricket Ground
One of the greatest singer/songwriter/composers of modern times Billy Joel will perform one night only in Australia.
Winter Night Market - Queen Victoria MarketChristmas In July
Every Wednesday evening until August 2022 - 5pm - 10pm - roaring fire pits, winter comfort food, roving performers and free entertainment.
Imaginaria: Walk Through ExperienceA celebration of imagination technology and play
Until November 2022 - The District Docklands
Imaginaria is a walk-through play experience that uses light sound sculpture and scent to create a totally unique immersive play experience for people of all ages.
Hairspray - The Broadway MusicalWinner of 8 Tony Awards including Best Musical
7th August 2022 - 9th October 2022 - Regent Theatre
HAIRSPRAY is the romantic comedy of a dance-loving teenage Tracy Turnblad who has one dream: to dance on The Corny Collins Show. When her dream becomes reality big-haired Tracy falls in love and finds friends in unexpected ways.
Hamilton: The MusicalA record-breaking masterpiece that has "transformed theatre and the way we think about history." - The New York Times
Featuring a score that blends hip-hop jazz R&B and Broadway HAMILTON has taken the story of American founding father Alexander Hamilton and created a revolutionary moment in theatre - a musical that has had a profound impact on culture politics and education.
Van Gogh: The Lume MelbourneStepping into THE LUME Melbourne is an epic adventure into art.
Australia's first digital gallery transforms the world's finest art into fully immersive sensory encounters. The walls come alive as masterpieces come to life in a 360-degree experience.
Bottomless Brunch Afloat CruiseAdd a little pazazz to your Brunch experience
Sunday's - 2 hours approx
Depart from Southgate; our Spirit of Melbourne vessel offers an encompassing glass viewing areas as you dine away and pass Melbourne's parks and gardens Melbourne's sport's stadiums and more.
Indulge in our bottomless selection of premium Beer Wine & Mimosa's Prosecco throughout Bottomless brunch float.
Magic & Illusion - Dinner & ShowMind blowing magic right before your eyes
Witness miracles upclose at Melbourne's #1 magic & illusion show showcased at the 5 Star Marriott Hotel.
Ready-Made MealsHome Delivered - Fresh and delicious meal kits delivered right to your door.
Whether you call them instant meals, convenient meals, no fuss meals or simply ready made meals, everyone is covered with express home delivery, plans, diet plans and weekly food plans
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