A GARDEN OF PLEASURE

A place where imagination and magic coalesce into sensory wonder, The Pleasure Garden is an immersive, creative arts and music feast, It will bring to life Cantani Gardens on the St Kilda Fore Shore, with a diverse and unique musical programme, roving performances, immersive art works and installations. With the likes of Mickey Space and Fat Freddys Drop…

MUSIC

24/11/2017

SARAY ILUMINADO

Saray Iluminado traces culture through historical lineage that for some seem removed, though to others they stand as recent and important monuments to both the personal and the collective. Not only musicality and technique are on display here. This ensemble also sheds light on the importance of historical canon. Through music, hope grows that cultural…

MUSIC

11/11/2017

AMERICAN TEEN

Khalid is without a doubt contributing heavy game to the R&B pop scene right now. His songs relate to the modern day highs and lows of youth, incorporating themes of love, heartbreak and carefree living. It is no wonder the people of Melbourne flocked to see this in person at his sold out Festival Hall…

MUSIC

06/11/2017

TETSUYA UMEDA

Japan’s master artist of sonic visual sensations, Tetsuya Umeda creates dynamic environments with architectural structures, sound and light. His mesmerising and surprising performances produce intricate soundscapes and musical compositions through live experiments with everyday tools and scraps, re-purposed machines and electronics. Umeda’s site-specific installation employs found domestic objects, transformed from their daily familiarity into a transcendent spectacle of…

MUSIC

03/11/2017

I SEE RED

They were the band that brought to the world such hits as Six Months in a Leaky Boat, Message to My Girl and I See Red. Their music defined an era. Split Enz rose to fame and continued to stay on top of the charts for many years. In 2017 and in continuation of the legacy left by this group, ENZO…

MUSIC

01/11/2017

THE LIGHT WITHIN

Saray Iluminado takes Sevdah and Sephardic music forward, by rigorously and poetically investigating and taking it right back to the times when the musical genres were played privately among family members. In these times past, songs were sung to ease the spirit within, to utter the unspeakable. Though despite their haunting beauty, these were once…

MUSIC

31/10/2017

ST KILDA’S ALRIGHT

Fred Negro is St Kilda’s undisputed king of rock’n’roll. Having enjoyed a career in the music and visual art world for close to 40 years, Negro is a living legend in his own right. More than any other musician, he has helped put St Kilda on the map as a thriving live music scene. Focusing…

FILM MUSIC

28/10/2017

RIFF RAIDERS

Melbourne is the spiritual and physical home of pure bread rock n roll in Australia and Riff Raiders are testament to that! They play like they mean it, with monstrous riffs, thundering drums and vocals built for good times, they are the embodiment of classic Aussie rock. In homage to our triumphant local scene Melbournes’…

MUSIC