​Le Festival - Brisbane French Festival presented Le Festival 2019 presented by Le Cordon Bleu / Le Cordon Bleu Australia on 5-7 July 2019 at the Cultural Centre Forecourt Brisbane 
https://lefestival.com.au/
photography and review: Brett Styles
http://bohemianrhapsodyclub.weebly.com/travelling.html
Bohemian Rhapsody Weekly Magazine expresses its special thanks to the event managers and organisers and personally to Charlotte Plauchu | Event Coordinator - Le Festival 2019 for the invite and opportunity to cover the event as well as to Brett for his highly professional press release wit

​Le Festival - Brisbane French Festival present and cordially invite you to experience
Le Festival 2019 presented by Le Cordon Bleu / Le Cordon Bleu
DATES: 5-7 July 2019 
VENUE: Cultural Centre Forecourt · Brisbane 
WEBSITE: https://lefestival.com.au/
Festival Vision
The vision of Le Festival is to bring together French and French-inspired music, cuisine, culture, entertainment, products, services and informations to celebrate Bastille Day or La Fête Nationale. This important celebration, on 14 July, represents Freedom, Equality and Fraternity and commemorates the 1789 Fête de la Fédération. This festive occasion is a celebration for French communities around the world. Thanks to the French Consul of Brisbane initiative, Le Festival will be part of a week long celebration involving other associations. This will enable us to communicate even more and will bring a wider exposition to our event. This festival is an opportunity to share and express French culture, giving Queenslanders more of an understanding of the French way of life and contributing to Queensland’s cultural vibrancy.
all thanks to our friends at #LeFestival Bohemian Rhapsody Weekly Magazine is proudly covering the festival on 5 July (media; Brett Styles at Star Imaging) please stay for more details coming up soon

​Sovereign Hill / Sovereign Hill, Ballarat invites you to experience
Sovereign Hill, Winter Wonderlights
DATE: from Saturday 29 June until Sunday 21 July, 2019, Times: 10am- 7pm
LOCATION: Bradshaw St, Golden Point VIC 3350
WEBSITE: https://winterwonderlights.com.au/ 
TICKETS: https://bookings.sovereignhill.com.au/
All your Christmases will come at once with the return of Sovereign Hill's Christmas in July: Winter Wonderlights. During the day visitors can enjoy fun-filled pantomimes and theatre performances, join in Christmas themed arts and crafts, stock up on traditional Christmas decorations, sample our delicious, limited edition Winter Wonderlights lemon meringue drops, and try to catch the cheeky Gingerbread man. Faux snow will fall at regular intervals over the Victorian-style buildings and the smell of Christmas treats will fill the air as visitors are swept up in the excitement of a special European-style Christmas.
By night, listen to live music, dance in the faux snowfalls and watch on as Sovereign Hill is transformed with an incredible new light projection show. More than 95,000 visitors enjoyed the three-week event in 2018, and with large crowds expected again this year Wonderlight-goers are encouraged to pre-book at www.winterwonderlights.com.au to avoid missing out, with tickets now on sale.
Winter Wonderlights At A Glance
- More than 15kms of fairy lights will add a magical touch to Sovereign Hill's gardens, including a NEW light tunnel.
- Find Sir Ginger getting up to mischief on Main Street. 
- Watch flames erupt from the Sovereign Hill chimney. 
- Dance in the faux snow. 
- Let the European street market tempt you. 
- Over 25 buildings will come alive with large-scale light projections, the largest light projection spectacle ever staged in one site anywhere in Australia. 
- The Winter Wonderlights will commence each evening as the sun sets.
Visitors coming to experience Winter Wonderlights this year can also book tickets to see Sovereign Hill's new sound and light show Aura, which will run each evening following the Winter Wonderlights show. Set under the stars, and featuring hundreds of stunning projections to create an immersive storytelling experience, Aura is the perfect compliment to the Winter Wonderlights show.
All thanks to our friends at Sovereign Hill Ballarat Bohemian Rhapsody Weekly Magazine is proudly covering this school holiday entertainment (media: Murray Howard Brooks, Marchev Misha and Natasha Marchev) please stay tuned for more details.

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​please make sure these dates and events show in your calendars:

THURSDAY, June 27
Monash University / MLIVE presenting Tomoe Kawabata PIANO RECITAL PART OF WOOD, METAL AND VIBRATING AIR – PIANO RECITAL SERIES https://www.monash.edu/mlive/whats-on/events/tomoe-kawabata/at Sound Gallery

#YesterdayMovie release // Universal Pictures Australiahttps://www.universalpictures.com/movies/yesterday

SATURDAY, June 29
Miss World Australia presenting Western Australia State Final run at the Rockingham Centre https://www.missworldaustralia.com.au/events/

Sovereign Hill, Winter Wonderlights start will 21 July at Sovereign Hill, Ballarat https://winterwonderlights.com.au/ // Tegan Benfield

THURSDAY, July 4
Mystify - Michael Hutchence movie release // Madman / Madman Filmshttps://www.madmanfilms.com.au/mystify-michael-hutchence/

#AnUnexpectedLove / El Amor Menos Pensado film release // Palace Filmshttps://www.palacefilms.com.au/anunexpectedlove/

Wonderland Theatre presenting #SnowWhite new production at the Phoenix Theatre Elwood // Alta Truden http://wonderlandtheatre.com.au/upcoming-production/

Disney on Ice - Magical Ice Rod Laver Arena / Disney On Ice Celebrates Mickey And Friends opens at RodLaver Arena Melbournehttps://www.rodlaverarena.com.au/…/disney-on-ice-celebrate…/ // Cavanagh PR

FRIDAY, July 5
Le Festival - Brisbane French Festival till 7 July presenting Le Festival 2019 presented by Le Cordon Bleu by Le Cordon Blue at the Cultural Centre Forecourt · Brisbane https://lefestival.com.au/

SUNDAY, July 7
Miss World Australia presenting NSW State Final runs at the The Star HotelSydney https://www.missworldaustralia.com.au/events/

​Oz Comic Con At The Melbourne Exhibition Centre exhibition took place 8-9 June 2019 at Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC)
photography: Erkin Kalayci Independent Photographer
Bohemian Rhapsody Weekly Magazine expresses its special thanks to the managers and organisers of the event (and personally Courtney Bell at #NixCo and Sophie Roubicek at #RocketComm ) for the invite and opportunity to cover the event as well as to Erkin for his amazing art works
please stay tuned for the full press release!

​http://butterflyandfox.weebly.com/ngv-terracotta-warriors-a…
today on our Butterfly and Fox pages we publish a press release on National Gallery of Victoria's Melbourne Winter Masterpieces series: Terracotta Warriors & Cia Guo-Qiang at NGV Melbourne and Cai Guo-Qiang at #NGV 
opened from May 25
http://butterflyandfox.weebly.com/ngv-terracotta-warriors-a…
filming and editing: P.D.
photography: Tony Collins
review: Susan Reynolds 
http://butterflyandfox.weebly.com/ngv-terracotta-warriors-a…
Bohemian Rhapsody Weekly Magazine expresses its special thanks to the managers and organisers of the exhibition (and personally to the marketing NGV team: Marion Joseph, Remy Chancerel, Tim Jones, Bonnie Horne, Vanessa Lastro and Briana Tomasino ) for the invite and opportunity to cover the exhibition as well as to P.D., Susan and Tony for their amazing art works
http://butterflyandfox.weebly.com/ngv-terracotta-warriors-a…

P.D.'s video: 

added 78 new photos to the album: Melbourne City Lexus new location opening event 2019 — at Melbourne City Lexus.
Published by Natasha Marchev · June 8 at 10:01 PM · http://butterflyandfox.weebly.com/
please note that our press release on #MelbourneCityLexus new location opening event for VIPs, Media and celebrities on May 30th 2019 at 501 Swanston Street, Melbourne was enriched by the photo set
by #ErkinKalayci Independent Photographer : http://butterflyandfox.weebly.com/
please stay tuned for the video coverage coming up soon...
#BohemianRhapsodyWeeklyMagazine expresses its special thanks to the event managers and organisers (and personally to Irina Schneider and #NevaWeber ) for the invite and opportunity to cover the event as well as to Erkin Kalayci at Cheers Melbourne Photography and the rest of our media crew for their art works
http://butterflyandfox.weebly.com/

added 85 new photos to the album: NGV: Terracotta Warriors & Cai Guo-Qiang 2019 — at National Gallery of Victoria.

​​#NationalGalleryOfVictoria / #NGV presents #MelbourneWinterMasterpiecesseries: #TerracottaWarriors & #CaiGuo-Qiang https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/…/terracotta-warriors-cai-guo-q…/ opened from May 25
our media crew was lucky enough to be invited to the VIP and media opening exhibition event. please enjoy the photos from #TonyCollins: http://bohemianrhapsodyclub.weebly.com/travelling.html
#BohemianRhapsodyWeeklyMagazine expresses its special thanks for the managers and organisers of the exhibition (and personally to the marketing NGV team: Marion Joseph, Remy Chancerel, Tim Jones, Bonnie Horne, Vanessa Lastro and Briana Tomasino ) for the invite and opportunity to cover the exhibition as well as to Tony for his vision
please stay tuned for the video coming up soon

dded 434 new photos from June 7 to the album: GABS Festival of Beers Sydney — at Sydney Showground.
·  · #​GABS #FestivalOfBeer Sydney, #SpectapularEnterprises and #RocketComms presented
#TheGreatAustralianBeerSpectapular on 1 June 2019
https://www.gabsfestival.com/ and https://www.gabsfestival.com/sydney-buy-tickets
photography: #NeilChand
please stay tuned for the review coming up soon.
#BohemianRhapsodyWeeklyMagazine expresses its special thanks to the event organiser and managers and personally to Craig Williams at @spectapularenterprises and Rachel Robertson, Sophie Roubicek and from @rocketcomms as well as to Neil for his art works

​http://butterflyandfox.weebly.com/
We were lucky enough to cover the Melbourne City Lexus new location opening event for VIPs, Media and celebrities on May 30th 2019 at 501 Swanston Street, Melbourne.
we release the review by Marchev Misha and some BTS photos from the event for now. please stay tuned as more photos are coming up soon as well as the video coverage
http://butterflyandfox.weebly.com/
Bohemian Rhapsody Weekly Magazine expresses its special thanks to the event managers and organisers (and personally to Irina Schneider and Neva Weber ) for the invite and opportunity to cover the event as well as to Misha and the rest of our media crew for assisting us
http://butterflyandfox.weebly.com/

​please mark your calendars with the following dates:

THURSDAY, May 16
#TheHeiresses movie release // Palace Filmshttps://www.palacefilms.com.au/theheiresses/ / Paige Diamond

#TheRealm film release // Rialto AU / Rialto Distribution AU / #NedAndCoPR/ Annette Smith https://au.rialtodistribution.com/the-realm.html

THURSDAY, May 30
#AsterixTheSecretOfTheMagicPotion animation release // Icon Film Distribution Australia https://www.iconmovies.com.au/…/asterix-the-secret-of-the-m…

Melbourne City Lexus opening night for media and VIPs // https://www.citylexus.com.au/ / Neva Weber

SATURDAY June 1
140th Anniversary of Girmit Divas / 140TH GIRMIT DIVAS - DINNER & ENTERTAINMENT by Australian Integrated Fijian Association of Victoria Incorporated@ 6:30 PM - 11:30 PM // St Paul II St. John Paul II Polish Hall / Shalini Ashika Kumar https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/140th-girmit-divas-dinner-en…

World Jousting Championship / 2019 World Jousting Championship till 2 June from 0900am at Lardner Park, Warragul // Bite Communicationshttps://www.worldjoustingchampionship.com.au/#gf_1 and https://www.ticketdirect.com.au/event/season/948

THURSDAY, June 6
Red Joan. Movie release // Transmission Filmshttps://www.transmissionfilms.com.au/films/red-joan

#HappyAsLazzaro movie release // Palace Filmshttps://www.palacefilms.com.au/happyaslazzaro/

MY BIG GAY ITALIAN WEDDING film release // Palace Filmshttps://www.palacecinemas.com.au/mo…/mybiggayitalianwedding/

FRIDAY,, June 7
Dirty Rascal band concert featuring a new single #WhatLoveWouldDo Tour // The Spotted Mallard / Catalyst PR / Catherine Swintonhttps://www.moshtix.com.au/…/dirty-rascal-what-would…/111871

SATURDAY, June 8
Oz Comic Con At The Melbourne Exhibition Centre till June 9 9am – 6pm // #Nixco / Rocket Communications Corp.ll Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) https://ozcomiccon.com/melbourne/

Bohemian Rhapsody Weekly Magazine project at Pullman Melbourne Albert Park

​GABS Festival of Beer Melbourne and Sydney, #SpectapularEnterprises, #RocketComms presented
The Great Australian Beer Spectapular on 17-19 May 2019
at the Royal Exhibition Building Carlton https://www.gabsfestival.com/ and https://www.gabsfestival.com/melbourne-buy-tickets
please follow Marina Skliar's review : http://bohemianrhapsodyclub.weebly.com/travelling.html
photography: Erkin Kalayci Independent Photographer
Bohemian Rhapsody Weekly Magazine expresses its special thanks to the event organiser and managers and personally to Craig Williams at @spectapularenterprises and Rachel Robertson, Sophie Roubicek and from @rocketcomms as well as to Marina and Erkin for their works

​GABS Festival of Beer Melbourne and Sydney, #SpectapularEnterprises, #RocketComms presented
The Great Australian Beer Spectapular on 17-19 May 2019
at Royal Exhibition Building Carlton https://www.gabsfestival.com/ and https://www.gabsfestival.com/melbourne-buy-tickets
photography: Erkin Kalayci Independent Photographer / Erkin Kalayci / Cheers Melbourne Photography
please stay tuned for the review coming up soon
Bohemian Rhapsody Weekly Magazine expresses its special thanks to the event organiser and managers and personally to Craig Williams at @spectapularenterprises and Rachel Robertson, Sophie Roubicek and from @rocketcomms as well as Erkin for his absolutely stunning art works

​National Gallery of Victoria invites you to experience the annual Melbourne Winter Masterpieces presenting
Terra-Cotta-Warriors and #CaiGuoQiang / @Terracotta Warriors & Cai Guo-Qiang
DATE: 25 May till 13 October 2019 Open 10am–5pm daily 
LOCATION: NGV International 180 St Kilda Rd, Melbourne VIC 3006
WEBSITE: https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/…/terracotta-warriors-cai-guo-q…/
TICKETS: https://connect.ngv.vic.gov.au/31033
In a dual presentation of Chinese art and culture past and present, the Melbourne Winter Masterpieces series at the National Gallery of Victoria presents China’s ancient terracotta warriors alongside an exhibition of new works by one of the world’s most exciting contemporary artists, Cai Guo-Qiang.
Terracotta Warriors: Guardians of Immortality is organised by the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, in partnership with Shaanxi Provincial Cultural Relics Bureau (陕西省文物局), Shaanxi History Museum (陕西历史博物馆), Shaanxi Cultural Heritage Promotion Centre (陕西省文物交流中心), and Emperor Qin Shihuang’s Mausoleum Site Museum of the People’s Republic of China (秦始皇帝陵博物院).
All thanks to our friends at the @NGVInternational Bohemian Rhapsody Weekly Magazine is proudly covering the exhibition opening for media exclusively (media: Alexander O. Montgomery, Daniel Penn and Tony Collins) Please stay tuned for more details

video: 

​Dog Lovers Show 2019 / Dog Lovers Show - Melbourne 2019 took place May 3-5 at the Royal Exhibition Building Carlton Gardens and was presented by HotHouse Media & Events https://dogloversshow.com.au/
please follow this link http://bohemianrhapsodyclub.weebly.com/travelling.html to enjoy Susan Reynolds' creative writing about the show finishing our press release on that amazing event
Bohemian Rhapsody Weekly Magazine expresses its special thanks to the show managers and organisers, to HotHouse Media & Events (and personally to #JasmineBurford) for the invite and opportunity to cover the exhibition this year and to Susan (Hakam Soufan and Robert Wilson) for their phenomenal art work

​Australian Tattoo Expo / Rites of Passage Tattoo Festival took place on April 26-28 in Melbourne and was run at the Royal Exhibition Building and organised by Tatsup 28 http://www.ritesofpassagefestival.com
please follow the press release on our page: http://bohemianrhapsodyclub.weebly.com/travelling.html
photos: Erkin Kalayci Independent Photographer / Erkin Kalayci / review: Max Lyons
Bohemian Rhapsody Weekly Magazine expresses its special thanks to the manager and organisers (and personally to #KittyHellessey at Rites of Passage Tattoo Festival ) for the festival for the invite and opportunity to cover the festival as well as to Tugba Talia Caglayan, Erkin Kalayci and Max Lyons for their coverage

added 108 new photos to the album: Dog Lovers Show 2019 — at Royal Exhibition Building.
 · #DogLoversShow 2019 / Dog Lovers Show - Melbourne took place May 3-5 at the #RoyalExhibitionBuildingCarlton Gardens and was presented by #HotHouseMediaAndEvents https://dogloversshow.com.au/
please follow this link http://bohemianrhapsodyclub.weebly.com/travelling.html to enjoy #RobertWilson's photography and stay tuned for more !
#BohemianRhapsodyWeeklyMagazine expresses its special thanks to the show managers and organisers and to HotHouse Media & Events (and personally to #JasmineBurford) for the invite and opportunity to cover the exhibition this year and to Robert for his magnificent images

​https://youtu.be/5tQ3oHJgcwk
Dog Lovers Show 2019 / Dog Lovers Show - Melbourne took place May 3-5 at the Royal Exhibition Building Carlton Gardens and was presented by HotHouse Media & Events https://dogloversshow.com.au/
https://youtu.be/5tQ3oHJgcwk
please follow this link http://bohemianrhapsodyclub.weebly.com/travelling.html to enjoy Susan Reynolds' BTS video and stay tuned for more materials we will share with you all
direct link: https://youtu.be/5tQ3oHJgcwk
Bohemian Rhapsody Weekly Magazine expresses its special thanks to the show managers and organisers and to HotHouse Media & Events (and personally to #JasmineBurford) for the invite and opportunity to cover the exhibition this year and to Susan for her art works
https://youtu.be/5tQ3oHJgcwk

Susan's video: 

​Dog Lovers Show 2019 / Dog Lovers Show - Melbourne took place May 3-5 at the Royal Exhibition Building Carlton Gardens and was presented by HotHouse Media & Events https://dogloversshow.com.au/
please follow this link http://bohemianrhapsodyclub.weebly.com/travelling.html to enjoy Susan Reynolds's photography and stay tuned for more information coming up soon
Bohemian Rhapsody Weekly Magazine expresses its special thanks to the show managers and organisers and to HotHouse Media & Events (and personally to #JasmineBurford) for the invite and opportunity to cover the exhibition this year and to Susan for her dedication.

​GABS Festival of Beer Melbourne and Sydney, #SpectapularEnterprises, #RocketComms present
The Great Australian Beer Spectapular
DATES: 17-19 May 2019
LOCATION: Royal Exhibition Building Carlton
WEBSITE: https://www.gabsfestival.com/ and https://www.gabsfestival.com/melbourne-buy-tickets
Sydney
DATES: 1 June 2019
LOCATION: Exhibition Halls 3 & 4 at Sydney Showground, Olympic Park
WEBSITE: https://www.gabsfestival.com/ and https://www.gabsfestival.com/sydney-buy-tickets
GABS IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER
The countdown is well and truly on! Just FOUR short weeks to GABS Melbourne, and then Sydney! With over 170 Festival Beers & Ciders created just for the events, 65+ of the country's leading breweries and cidermakers showcasing 400+ beers and ciders, our much-loved ‘house band’ The Ale Capones, circus, acrobats, all your fave food vendors, education sessions and cooking demonstrations, the famous Yenda Ferris Wheel Of Beer, and so much more, it’s going to be BIG!
Want to save on your ticket? 
Gather your crew and take advantage of discounted ‘Beer Buddy’ tickets for groups of five or more people. Secure your tickets HERE and join us at GABS Beer, Cider & Food Fest presented by Dan Murphy’s.
MORE FESTIVAL BEERS ANNOUNCED!
Last week we revealed our first Husky Container Bar tap list of unique Festival Beers & Ciders brewed especially for GABS Melbourne & Sydney. Now it’s time for Container B to be unveiled!
Fancy a decadent Black Forest Milkshake IPA? Perhaps a tangy, smoky Grilled Pineapple & Smoked Bacon NEIPA? Or maybe you want to pop a few Grape Bubblegum Sours (into your mouth)? These are just some of nearly 60 Festival Beers & Ciders in the second container-load of our Melbourne & Sydney tap list. Beers made with Mexican chilli, wild foraged blackberries, toasted coconut and even one brewed with actual dragons. Whaaaat? Oh wait. Fruit. Dragon fruit.
Check out the full Husky Container Bar A & B list by clicking below.
Container Bar C coming soon...
STUMP THE BREWER
Be part of media in the making! Our mates at The Crafty Pint will be talking shop with a number of high-profile Aussie brewers during GABS 2019, and you’re invited to join the interview panel. Six lucky beer lovers will win a double pass to GABS Melbourne or Sydney along with some bonus swag, as well as a seat at the table for a tasting session and discussion with the brewer. To enter, all you have to do is tell us the question you’d like to ask one of the country’s top brewers via this link. Can you stump the brewer?
FIESTA WITH BALTER TIÑATA
Giving new meaning to ‘smashing a few cans’, Balter Tiñata is a piñata with a beer lover’s twist. And what could be more joyful than taking a good old swing at a giant tinnie-shaped piñata, and hearing that delightful crunch before the prizes rain down? Nothing, that’s what. So skip the siesta and come join the fiesta. To take your swing, register early at the Balter stand.
DID SOMEONE SAY SAUSAGE SIZZLE?
It’s an Aussie institution, and Colonial are bringing it to GABS with their Backyard BBQ. Pull up a milk crate under the Hills Hoist and kick back with a cold one and a freshly sizzled snag. If the scent of sausage doesn’t pull you in, the esky full of ice cold beers sure will.
CRAFY PINT CABAL
How would you feel if your ticket to GABS 2019 came with heaps of free beer and other beery bonuses? Pretty good, yeah? Thanks to our mates at The Crafty Pint, it's easy! For a limited time only, sign up to their beer lovers bonus scheme The Crafty Cabal and you can choose a ticket to any Australian GABS session as a welcome bonus (while stocks last). Then you can start redeeming offers at more than 130 breweries and venues across Australia, enter awesome competitions, look out for member exclusive events and more. Check it out now!
GRAB YOUR GABS TIX NOW!
GO BEHIND THE SCENES!
We offer two complimentary Single Session tickets to all GABS Volunteers who work a shift, an invite to the exclusive wrap party and other perks!
all thanks to our friends at #RocketComms Bohemian Rhapsody Weekly Magazine is proudly covering the festival dates in Melbourne and Sydney (media Melbourne: Marina Skliar and Erkin Kalayci; media Sydney: Ivan Lubkov and Neil Chand) Please stay tuned for more details

​please make sure these events stay in your calendars highlighted in red ink:

WEDNESDAY, May 1
Melbourne French Theatre Inc / #MFTINC with Panic hits the Ministry - panique au ministere new production till 2 May // Library at the Dockhttp://www.mftinc.org

THURSDAY, May 2
#TopEndWedding movie release // Universal Pictures Australia, #EntertainmentOne and Goalpost Pictureshttps://www.goalpostpictures.com/top-end-wedding-2

#TheExtraordinaryJourneyOfTheFakir film release // Icon Film Distribution Australia https://www.iconmovies.com.au/…/the-extraordinary-journey-o…

Long Shot film release // STUDIOCANAL http://www.studiocanal.com.au/

​Yirramboi Festival: Yirramboi Festival: Yirramboi Weelam 2019 starts // Prue Bassett Publicity / Meat Market till 12 May https://yirramboi.net.au/

FRIDAY, May 3
Dog Lovers Show 2019 / Dog Lovers Show - Melbourne 2019 till May 5 // Royal Exhibition Building / HotHouse Media & Eventshttps://dogloversshow.com.au/

THURSDAY, May 9
The Hustle movie national release // Universal Pictureshttps://www.universalpictures.com.au/micro/the-hustle

Poms opens across Australia // Roadshowhttps://roadshow.com.au/titles/movies/stx/2019/poms

​Prue Bassett Publicity, Yirramboi Festival and Meat Market invites you to experience
Yirramboi Festival: Yirramboi Weelam 2019
DATES: 02-12 May 2019
LOCATION: assorted as per program
WEBSITE: https://yirramboi.net.au/
From 2 to 12 May, Australia’s premier First Peoples arts and cultural event YIRRAMBOI Festival will fill the city with an exciting program of free and low cost events across music, dance, theatre, film, exhibitions, markets, fashion parades, family-friendly events, talks and symposiums, at more than 25 different venues. YIRRAMBOI means ‘tomorrow’ in the shared local languages of the Boonwurrung and Woiwurrung peoples and the 2019 Festival has this idea at its core, presenting a future-focused celebration of the sophistication, diversity and continuous evolution of the longest living cultures of First Peoples. Curated by Creative Director, Boonwurrung woman Caroline Martin, YIRRAMBOI presents close to 100 events that will celebrate and demonstrate innovative, modern practices of First Nations creatives, showcasing unique talents and perspectives.
PROGRAM:
Night River – KIN Commission
Multi-artform music
YIRRAMBOI Weelam, Meat Market, North Melbourne
Fri 3/5 & Sat 4/5 – 7.00pm
Kalaji is the Nyikina word for ‘whirlwind’, originating from the Mardoowarra River of far north Western Australia. Kalaji is also the musical alias for in-demand screen and theatre actor Mark Coles Smith. In between winning a Helpmann Award for his role in Leah Purcell’s adaptation of The Drover’s Wife, and receiving AACTA nominations for his film roles in Last Cab to Darwin and Pawno, Mark has also appeared in numerous US television series. Night River is his first major experimental work under the alias Kalaji and a must-see immersive multimedia performance.
Tales of an Urban Indian (Canada)
Theatre - bus departs from Meat Market
Fri 3/5 & Sat 4/5 – 7.00pm, Sun 5/5 – 12pm & 2.00pm
Tales of an Urban Indian is a dark comedy about the life of Simon Douglas, a contemporary First Nations man raised on the reserve in British Columbia and the streets of downtown Vancouver. Uniquely staged on a moving bus driving around city locations, Simon encounters a variety of people who shape his journey. Simon finds hope as the play explores themes of survival and forgiveness, and examines issues of race and identity. The production has played all across Canada and in the United States, from remote communities to major urban centres.
Blak Mass - Naretha Williams
Saturday 4/5 - 11.00pm, Melbourne Town Hall
Following on from 2017’s stunning Federation Bells ritual performance Circle, Naretha Williams presents her second work in this series, combining the gargantuan Melbourne Town Hall Grand Organ and live electronics to realise her complex progressive compositions based on her own DNA. Blak Mass reflects on the city’s jarring civic history and the impact of colonisation on its First Peoples and Land, through an experimental, site specific musical performance developed for the Grand Organ. Blak Mass considers the Grand Organ as a significant symbol of European domination and reaches deep into the psyche of the instrument to create a haunting, avant-garde sound work.
Dan Sultan with special guests Alice Skye and Kalaji
Sunday 5/5 - 4.00pm, Melbourne Town Hall
ARIA award–winning alternative rock legend Dan Sultan as he performs exclusive songs for the Melbourne Town Hall Grand Organ, before his soulful voice and guitar fill the iconic space and captivate audiences in an electrifying concert. Support comes from outstanding performers Alice Skye (indie folk darling and winner of the 2018 Triple J Unearthed/National Indigenous Music Award) and Kalaji (the musical alias of award-winning actor Mark Coles Smith), both premiering new works composed in language, specially commissioned by City of Melbourne.
The Honouring – KIN Commission
Dance – La Mama Courthouse – 349 Drummond Street, Carlton
Tue 7/5 – 6.30pm, Wed 8/5 – 1.00pm & 7.30pm, Thu 9/5, Fri 10/5 & Sat 11/5 – 7.30pm
The Honouring is a provocative new solo work from physical performer and actor Jack Sheppard (Kurtjar people, Gulf of Carpentaria and Cape York). Jack’s meditations on the nature of culture, ritual and performance are reflected in The Honouring. Addressing suicide and trauma within First Nations communities, the work poses a deeply taboo question: when suicide is played out almost every day, does it then become a practice of ritual that has become weaved into our cultural identity? Through movement, dialogue, text and puppetry, The Honouring explores the transitions that the spirits take after suicide, and pays homage to their souls. Jack maps the journey of grief and acceptance that those left behind must travel. This is an unmissable world premiere event from a powerful new voice in emerging theatre."
Looking for Tiger Lily (USA)
Dance/theatre – Meat Market 
Wed 8/5, Thu 9/6 & Fri 10/5 – 6.15pm
Performing as Portland’s premier drag clown Carla Rossi, Anthony Hudson presents Looking For Tiger Lily, putting a queer spin on the ancestral traditions of storytelling through song, dance, drag and video. Carla asks what it means for a queer mixed First Nations person to experience their heritage through the lens of white normative culture. Growing up watching the 1960 production of Peter Pan – featuring Sondra Lee’s blonde, blue-eyed ‘Indian Princess’ Tiger Lily – Carla performs a repertoire from a conflicted cowboys-versus-Indians songbook. From Disney’s Pocahontas to Cher’s ‘Half-Breed’, Looking For Tiger Lily explores universal themes of innocence and experience beyond simple autobiography.
Blood Quantum – KIN Commission
Wed 8/5, Thu 9/5 & Fri 10/5 - 7.00pm, Sat 11/5 - 6.00pm
Dance - WXYZ Studios - 130 Dryburgh Street, North Melbourne
Based on real-life stories from her maternal grandparents who were part of the Stolen Generations, Blood Quantum is a new performance piece choreographed by Ngioka Bunda-Heath. This production is a unique family affair, exploring the childhood stories of Ngioka’s grandparents as recorded and woven into academic research by Professor Tracey Bunda, the artist’s mother. Blood Quantum examines the brutality of Australia’s government-sponsored displacement and relocation of Aboriginal youth, and its impact across three generations. Ngioka trained with Bangarra Dance Company’s Youth Program, currently dances for DubaiKungkaMiyalk (DKM) and has performed internationally as an independent artist. Blood Quantum was developed at Arts House Melbourne as part of the Indigenous Choreographers Residency.
Windigo (CANADA)
Dance/theatre
Fri 10/5 & Sat 11/5 – 7.00pm, Sun 12/5 – 5.00pm
150 Princes Street, North Carlton
Montreal-based dance company Lara Kramer Danse presents the fierce and visceral Windigo. Returning to her grandmother’s home in the Lac Seul Reserve in north western Ontario as part of Treaty 3, Lara Kramer confronts a latent war lurking under the surface. A northern epic with the air of a post-apocalyptic ballad, Windigo exorcises the demons and undercurrents of the violence perpetrated against First Nation peoples on Turtle Island.
Lara Kramer Danse (LKD) is a Montreal-based dance company supporting the research, creation, production and touring of Lara Kramer’s choreographies. Lara is a choreographer and multidisciplinary artist of mixed Oji-Cree and settler heritage whose works feature strong visuals and narratives exploring the strength and fragility of the human spirit."
**KIN COMMISSIONS
YIRRAMBOI has commissioned four emerging and mid-career First Nations practitioners based in Victoria to develop and showcase their work, known as the KIN Commissions (the Knowledge Industry Network). The YIRRAMBOI KIN Commissions provide direct support, resources and advice to early and intermediate career artists, to create, develop and present new work as part of YIRRAMBOI Festival 2019. The KIN Commissions place First Nations voices first and provide the authority to determine ‘our narratives, presented our way’. Four extraordinary new voices, working across a variety of mediums and disciplines – dance, theatre, visual arts, music and storytelling – present world premieres of their work throughout the Festival.
Night River by Kalaji (Mark Coles Smith)
YIRRAMBOI FESTIVAL 2019 PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
YIRRAMBOI WEELAM
YIRRAMBOI’s Festival hub, YIRRAMBOI Weelam, which means ‘YIRRAMBOI’s home’, will be housed in North Melbourne’s Meat Market. With a full program of events across the festival, a communal fire in the courtyard, food stalls and bars, audiences are invited to cosy up pre and post-show at the venue. The following events are free to attend.
• The opening ceremony at YIRRAMBOI Weelam kicks off the festivities with performances across a breadth of modern artforms including Deborah Cheetham, Homelands and Soju Gang.
• The Bad Apples Music House Party brings the rukus to YIRRAMBOI Weelam with protégés from the label of local hip hop legend Briggs.
• Blak Market X Sunday Jam Session will showcase 20 First Nations businesses across fashion, jewellery, crafts and bush food, along with chilled acoustic vibes from local music performers.
• In its Victorian debut, the world-famous Miss First Nation, a talent-based pageant for drag entertainers, takes place over three nights, starting with Drag Bingo followed by heats including Miss Talent & Best National Costume, before the queen is crowned in a grand final spectacular.
• Kutcha’s Carpool Koorioke four short films directed by John Harvey, featuring Mutti Mutti songman Kutcha Edwards cruising the ‘Dirty Mile’ of Fitzroy with Archie Roach, Alice Skye, Dan Sultan, Bart Willoughby and special guest Uncle Jack Charles.
BARRING YANABUL
On Saturday 4 May, Melbourne’s iconic public spaces, laneways and green spaces will host an epic free program of more than 40 pop-up events in a citywide Blak-out known as Barring Yanabul.
• Deborah Cheetham X The Dhungala Children’s Choir
• Freshies Block Party in Hosier Lane, featuring a fashion parade of First Nations models showcasing the Freshies Streetwear label, hosted by designer Jaeden Williams with live graffiti artists and DJ Sky Thomas on the decks.
• Ilid Kaolo (Taiwan) and singer-songwriter Alice Skye showcasing rarely heard traditional Taiwanese music from Ilid and songs from Alice’s debut album, Friends with Feelings
Barring Yannabul culminates in a youth takeover of Arts Centre Melbourne’s Hamer Hall with Kate ten Buuren’s dis rupt, followed by Yothu Yindi’s The Treaty Project – a ticketed concert at Hamer Hall.
MELBOURNE TOWN HALL CONCERTS
The Melbourne Town Hall Grand Organ is the focus for two world premiere performances:
• Naretha William’s Blak Mass – a haunting avant-garde site-specific sound work that considers the Grand Organ as a significant symbol of European domination.
• ARIA award-winning rock legend Dan Sultan performing exclusive songs supported by outstanding young artists Alice Skye and Kalaji, who are both premiering new works performed in language.
KIN COMMISSIONS
Commissioned by YIRRAMBOI as part of the KIN (Knowledge Industry Network) initiative, four emerging and mid-career Victorian-based First Nations practitioners premiere their works.
• Night River by Kalaji is an immersive, multimedia telling of Ancestral stories and the first major work under the name Kalaji, the musical alias of Helpmann Award winning actor Mark Coles Smith (The Drover’s Wife, Last Cab to Darwin and Pawno)
• Blood Quantum, performed and choreographed by Ngioka Bunda-Heath, is based on real-life stories from her maternal grandparents who were part of the Stolen Generations.
• Joel Bray’s Daddy is a saccharine and at times sinister examination of the colonial condition, his relationship with his father and queer adulthood.
• Jack Sheppard’s The Honouring is a provocative solo work combining movement, dialogue, text and puppetry, developed on themes of suicide and its effect on communities.
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS
In 2018, YIRRAMBOI participated in Pulima, a Taiwanese First Nations Festival, and established an exciting new reciprocal relationship between Australian and Taiwanese First Nations creatives. At this year’s YIRRAMBOI Festival, First Nations Taiwanese artists will deliver cross-cultural collaborations:
• The winner of Miss First Nation Taiwan Rose Mary performing in Melbourne;
• Ilid Kaolo in concert with Alice Skye revisiting their 2018 collaboration created for Pulima;
• Performance artist Dondon Hounwn accompanying Peter Waples-Crowe’s exhibition insideOUT with Smapux – a spiritual healing ritual from the Taiwanese performance artist;
• Labay Eyong’s exhibition Red Dinosaur, reflecting on her role as a woman and mother in contemporary Taiwanese culture and weaving workshops with local artist Glenda Nicholls.
• Founder of Taiwan’s TAI Body Theatre WatanTusi in collaboration with local performance artist Carly Sheppard will showcase choreography piece Red Earth.
TALKS & SYMPOSIUMS 
2019 has been declared the International Year of Indigenous Languages and in honour the Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages (VACL) will present two symposiums facilitated by qualified Victorian linguists, Lee Healy and Harley Dunolly-Lee. Each explore how the revival of First Nations languages is critical to cultural strengthening, health and wellbeing, education and reconciliation. 
Paola Balla and Arika Roo Waulu lead a series of Critical Conversations, including a public panel event and invitation-only workshops exploring the importance of Koorie representation in major public, arts and cultural institutions and in shaping policy decisions. Rachael Maza and Tiriki Onus will share stories and cultural practices in two special editions of The History Salon.
YIRRAMBOI venue partners
Arts Centre Melbourne - Arts House - La Mama - Melbourne Recital Centre
Tickets on sale tonight yirramboi.net.au 
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All thanks to our friends at the Prue Bassett Publicity Bohemian Rhapsody Weekly Magazine is proudly covering the two festival events:#TalesOfAnUrbanIndian (Canada) - media Marina Skliar and #DanSultanwith special guests Alice Skye and Kalaji - media Stuart Buchanan) Please stay tuned for mode details.

​Melbourne International Flower & Garden Show 2019 by 
HotHouse Media & Events commenced at Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton Gardens on 27 March and was run for 5 days http://melbflowershow.com.au/
please find a set of magnificent photos by Erkin Kalayci / Erkin Kalayci Independent Photographer and Tugba Talia Caglayan
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Shaukat Khanum Fundraiser with Sufi legendary singer Sanam Marvi // SKMCH Fundraiser in Melbourne - Sanam Marvi Charity Sufi Concert / Shaukat Khanum Memorial Hospital and Research Center, SalamFest and Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Foundation, Australia / Deakin Edge, Federation Square https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/skmch-fundraiser-in-melbour…

​Alexander Calder Exhibition - Radical Inventor /.#AlexanderCalderRadicalInventor // National Gallery of Victoriahttps://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/exhibition/alexander-calder/

The Ultimate Vegas Show // The Palms at Crown / Make A Difference (MAD) PR https://www.crownmelbourne.com.au/…/liv…/ultimate-vegas-show

Dog Lovers Show - Melbourne 2019 // Royal Exhibition Building / HotHouse Media & Events / Dog Lovers Show https://dogloversshow.com.au/

​Dog Lovers Show, Royal Exhibition Building and HotHouse Media & Events invite you to experience
Dog Lovers Show - Melbourne 2019
DATES: 3-5 May 2019 9:30am – 5pm daily
LOCATION: Royal Exhibition Building, 9 Nicholson St, Carlton VIC 3053
WEBSITE: https://dogloversshow.com.au/
TICKETS: https://dogloversshow.com.au/melbourne/
THE WORLD’S GREATEST FESTIVAL FOR DOG LOVERS RETURNS
Since its inception in 2013, the Melbourne Dog Lovers Show has seen almost 200,000 K9-fanatics from around Australia bound into the Royal Exhibition Building. Celebrating its seventh year, the Show has cemented its place as one of the world’s largest and most popular festivals dedicated to educating and entertaining dog lovers, whilst paying tribute to just how much these wonderful creatures enrich our loves and contribute to the community every day. The southern hemispheres premier dog-dedicated festival will be 25% bigger when it opens Friday 3 to Sunday 5 May, with more K9-inspired experiences than ever before and over 600 dogs represented by more than 120 breeds.
The 2019 program is packed full of never-before seen entertainment in the all-new VitaPet Arena including the inaugural K9 Ninja Star competition alongside Skipping, Frisbee and Drag-racing Dog Shows that will amaze spectators. The Royal Exhibition Building’s forecourt will host the very first Outdoor Arena featuring the inaugural High Jump Competition and the spectacular return of the Sheepdog Speed Trials by Australian Working Dog Rescue Inc (AWDRI). The BlackHawk DockDogs competition will once again WOW visitors with a wide range of talented dogs launching themselves off a raised dock into a massive 100,000 litre swimming pool – BYO umbrella!
The newest veterinary talent to hit Aussie TV screens this year will host educational talks on the all-new RACV Pet Insurance Stage with Victoria’s own Bondi Vet, Dr Danni Dusek set to make her debut, while Dr Lisa Chimes is heading south to entertain her adoring Melbourne fans for the first time at the event. Devoted crowd favourites Dr Katrina Warren and Kelly Gill will also provide tips on how to teach your dog cool tricks alongside the famous Wonderdogs. From Great Danes to Golden Retrievers, over 40 leading Clubs will feature in the Breed Showcase including a Meet the Breeds Collective showcasing a range of rare breeds. Visitors can meet, cuddle and snap a selfie with some of the biggest ‘K9 Stars of Instagram’ as they take part in media interviews, strut their stuff and sit on giant thrones to interact with fans.
Founder and CEO, Jason Humphris said “we have partnered with the PETstock Assist team for the first time to take the important Dog Adoption Zone to the next level and hope to find more loving, well-suited homes for dogs in need than ever before. Over 30 rescue groups and shelters are taking part to provide trusted, reliable information for aspiring and committed fur-parents about adoption and a chance to meet dozens of rescue dogs at the show.” Dog enthusiasts can get up close and paw-sonal with dogs of all shapes and sizes in Pat-A-Pooch, find their one true pup in the Bow Wow Meow Pawfect Match Zone and solve pretty pooch problems in the new Ask-A-Groomer Zone presented by Melanie Newman Salon Essentials with daily grooming demos.
Shop and save with hundreds of exhibitors and thousands of dog products and services, new product launches, Show specials and stacks of prizes including the chance to WIN a $30,000 dog-friendly Chameleon Caravan. Visitors can also experience Speed Dating for Dog Lovers, live demos from leading Street Artists Painting Pooches, free Doggy Face Painting and Dog Painting for kids, some of Melbourne’s yummiest food trucks and loads more!
Big discounts available for tickets purchased online via the website and for the first time, event promoters are offering Student and Senior discounts.
All thanks to our friends at #HHME Bohemian Rhapsody Weekly Magazine is proudly covering the show this year (media: Natasha Marchev and Robert Wilson, both devoted K-9 lovers). Please stay tuned for details
photos below: Kieran McNamara 2018

video by Bryanna Reynolds Multimedia Journalist & Producer: