Melbourne Newsletter No.489

Published: Tue, 05/17/16

What's On this Week | 17 - 23 May 2016

Dining & Drink | Shopping & Business | Things To Do | What's On

Tuesday 17th May 2016 to Monday 23rd May 2016

We have an interesting week ahead with festivals, fun and all things beer.

The ship Sea Shepherd is back in Williamstown and open for inspection as is the Supreme Court of Victoria with its Courts Open Day.

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Sharing The Culture

Fiesta Malaysia 2016

Fiesta Malaysia offers everyone the opportunity to explore the multicultural sights, sounds, tastes of Malaysia with a spectacular free fiesta at Fed Square.

When: Saturday 21st of May 2016 - 11am 5.30pm
Where: Federation Square
Links: Desktop | Smart Phone

BeerFest

Good Beer Week 2016

Over 270 events exploring new flavours, concepts, and beers culminating in a festival packed to the gills with festive spirit, feasting, merriment, and the joy of the season.

When: 13 to 22 May, 2016
Where: Everywhere
Links: goodbeerweek.com.au | Web Site | Smart Phone

Great Australasian Beer SpecTAPular 2016

Craft beer drinkers can expect the gift of the GABS to keep them frothing again this year, with a spec’tap’ular showcase of the best artisan breweries from around the world returning for 2016.

When: 20 - 22 May 2016
Where: Royal Exhibition Building
Links: Book Tix | Web Site | Smart Phone

Highlights This Week

Fundraiser

Bottom's Up Masquerade Ball - for Inflammatory bowel disease

Gala For Gilbo | Fundraiser for comedian Russell Gilbert

Markets

View Market Calendar - Over 200 markets operating this weekend including art, craft, dolls, farmers', produce, computers, you name it, theres a market for it.

Baby & Kids Market | Coburg

Bumble Bee Baby & Children's Market | Mornington

Cheeky Monkey Market | Brimbank

Essendon Children's Design Market 2016

Flemington Racecourse Market

Little Sparrow Market | Prahran Town Hall

Ruenna's Family Market | Cranbourne

The Essendon Market

Yarra Junction Market

Yarraville Village Farmers' Market

Music

Eric Burdon & The Animals

Stonnington Jazz Festival 2016

Sales

Boyd Blue Clearance Sale

Chadstone Winter Shopping Event

Collectables' & Ephemera Fair | Camberwell

Melbourne Garage Sales

Talks

An Evening with Edward Snowden

An Evening with Manu

Theatre

Don Quixote | Victorian State Ballet Show

Which Week

Education Week 2016

Law Week 2016

National Families Week 2016

Coming Very Soon

High Tea For KIDS

Disney's Frozen High Tea

Join the FROZEN festivities at Sofitel Melbourne On Collins, enjoy a themed buffet High Tea with music, film footage and activities including the Frozen snow pit, karaoke, craft as well as group sing-a-longs to the film’s signature songs.

When: Saturday or Sunday, May 28 & 29, 2016
Where: Sofitel | Melbourne On Collins
Links: Book Now | Desktop | Smart Phone

Circus Oz

TWENTYSIXTEEN

A refreshing cocktail of new and old, innovation and tradition. The turbo-charged acrobats bring amazing new skill and wizardry to the flying trapeze, the Chinese pole and unicycle adagio. A brand new group-juggling act is sure to drop jaws as 21 clubs duck and weave from acrobat to acrobat.

When: 15th June 2016 - 10th July 2016
Where: Birrarung Marr
Links: Buy Tix | Desktop | Smart Phone

Winterfall Theatre Company

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf

One of Melbourne's most respected independent, professional theatre companies presents Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, considered to be one of the greatest masterpieces of the English speaking world.

When: 14th June 2016 To 10th July 2016
Where: Blackbox Theatre, Kew
Links: Book Tix | Desktop | Smart Phone

Featured Business

Smart Artz Gallery | 2 Alfred Place, South Melbourne

From wedding receptions to musical performances, corporate events to a birthday soiree, the striking setting of Smart Artz Gallery is able to transform to suit any number of events.