​GABS MELBOURNE 2023 by GABS Festival, Garage Project, Behemoth Brewing Company, Bad Shepherd Brewing Co., Bright Brewery, Co-Conspirators Brewpub, Good Land Brewing Co, and Molly Rose Brewing took place on MAY 19 - MAY 21 at Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton VIC
https://www.gabsfestival.com/melbourne-home
please enjoy the photos by Erkin Kalayci of Erkin Kalayci Independent Photographer and stay tuned for more media materials
special thanks: Chantelle and Brittany Bennett

​Blacktown City Medieval Fayre 2023 by Blacktown City Council, Blacktown City Medieval Fayre and Legio VI Victrix - Sydney took place on MAY 20-21 at Nurragingy Reserve, Doonside
photography: Neil Chand of M4E - Memories 4 Ever Photography (part 1)
special thanks: Tania Buxton, Senior Events Officer of Blacktown City Council and Fyr Traianvs Mvreys

​Blacktown City Medieval Fayre 2023 by Blacktown City Council, Blacktown City Medieval Fayre and Legio VI Victrix - Sydney took place on MAY 20-21 at Nurragingy Reserve Doonside
photography: Neil Chand of M4E - Memories 4 Ever Photographyi
video: Hakam Soufan
http://bohemianrhapsodyclub.weebly.com/travelling.html
special thanks: Tania Buxton, Senior Events Officer of Blacktown City Council and Fyr Traianvs Mvreys

​Blacktown City Medieval Fayre 2023 by Blacktown City Council, Blacktown City Medieval Fayre and Legio VI Victrix - Sydney took place on MAY 20-21 at Nurragingy Reserve, Doonside
photography: Hakam Soufan
special thanks: Tania Buxton, Senior Events Officer of Blacktown City Council and Fyr Traianvs Mvreys

​Japan Festival in Box Hill 2023 by Japan Festival in Box Hill, City of Whitehorse Melbourne, The Japanese Language Speech Contest Victoria Inc., Monash Japanese Studies Centre, Australia Japan Society of Victoria, Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry Melbourne, Japanese Society of Melbourne, and JCV（Japan Club of Victoria） took place on SUNDAY, MAY 21at Box Hill Town Hall, Box Hill, Vic
review and photos: Cass Joy
http://bohemianrhapsodyclub.weebly.com/travelling.html
special thanks: Naoko
#JF2023 president: Keiko Davies

​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjvIJb4ObhA
I AM VERY EXCITED TO SHARE THIS NEW VIDEO WITH OUR READERS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjvIJb4ObhA
Blacktown City Medieval Fayre 2023
by Blacktown City Council, Blacktown City Medieval Fayre and Legio VI Victrix - Sydney
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjvIJb4ObhA
on MAY 20-21
at Nurragingy Reserve, Doonside
camera and editing: Hakam Soufan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjvIJb4ObhA
special thanks: Tania Buxton, Senior Events Officer of Blacktown City Council and Fyr Traianvs Mvreys
music by: https://youtu.be/og-XW2qozX0
please stay tuned for more media materials
image below: Neil Chand of M4E - Memories 4 Ever Photography
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjvIJb4ObhA

​Melbourne Design Fair 2023 curated by National Gallery of Victoria opened with VERNISSAGE on Thursday 18 May and ran till Sunday 21 May at Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC), South Wharf, VIC
please follow review by Jeanette Russell: http://bohemianrhapsodyclub.weebly.com/travelling.html
special thanks: Penny France, Bonnie Horne, Briana Tomasino, Mae Cuming and Alice Raymond of NGV MEDIA

​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TALvkfCJ8s
SO HAPPY TO SHARE THIS BEAUTIFUL VIDEO WITH ALL OUR READERS!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TALvkfCJ8s
MMotherland African Festival2023 - Experience the Rhythm of Africa
by LLiverpool City Council Australia NSW and GGandhi CreationsMulticultural Marketing and Events
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TALvkfCJ8s
on Friday 19 May till Sunday 21 May
at MMacquarie Mall Liverpool, NSW
camera and editing; HHakam Soufan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TALvkfCJ8s
special thanks: Aya Kartambis, Kellie Hughes, Sonia Gandhi, Rachel O'Hagan and Ranjita Sharma
#FOMA
#KisSimbaCollection
Music by: https://youtu.be/y1kYLqL1_Bk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TALvkfCJ8s

to say I’m a fan is to say nothing! adore these kind of events!
20,000 visitors this year!
please enjoy some teaser photos and stay tuned for more exciting materials coming up soon!
images by Neil Chand of M4E - Memories 4 Ever Photography
Hakam Soufan
Blacktown City Council
Blacktown City Medieval Fayre
Legio VI Victrix - Sydney
Blacktown City Medieval Fayre 2023
Saturday, MAY 20 10 AM – Sunday, MAY 21 4 PM
Nurragingy Reserve, Doonside NSW
Tania Buxton
Fyr Traianvs Mvreys

​Tocal Homestead invite you and your friends who love heritage things to
Peek into the Past
DATE: SUNDAY, JULY 30 2023 AT 10 AM – 3 PM
LOCATION: Tocal Homestead at 957 Tocal Rd, Paterson NSW 2421
WEBSITE and TICKETS: https://tocal.com.au/peek-into-the-past/ and https://events.humanitix.com/peek-into-the-past-2023
Peek into the Past is when Tocal Homestead comes alive with the sights, sounds and smells of yesteryear. It is the perfect old-worldly day out for the whole family to become immersed in the nostalgia. Music whispers across the site intermingling with the sounds of vintage machinery and the clanking of the blacksmiths hammer. The smell of freshly baked scones from the 200 year old wood-fired oven accompanied with a cup of tea is the perfect warmth you need on this winter’s day out. Make sure you enjoy a piece of damper from the camp fire, topped with ‘cocky’s joy’. Try your hand at traditional bush games and then watch some rope making, glass blowing, or animals roam. Keep an eye out for the ‘redcoats’ of the soldiers of the 73rd Regiment of Foot; they will fire their muskets and march through the site – keeping law and order and the King’s peace. And they don’t mind if you wander around their encampment and chat to them about what they do.
Drop in to hear one of the history talks to learn how it all came about. There are heritage clothing parades, machinery demonstrations, farm animals including calf feeding, tractors at work, and the original Rolls Royce of the Homestead on display. There will also be sheep shearing and working vintage machinery. On top of all that, there are lots of delicious homemade refreshments, or you can bring your own picnic to have on the lawn.
Adults – $18 online / $20 at the gate
Concession – $13 online / $15 at the gate
Children 5-12 years – $3 online / $5 at the gate
All thanks to our friends at Tocal Homestead, Bohemian Rhapsody Weekly Magazine is covering the event (media: Hakam Soufan and Ajay Kumar)
special thanks: Tess Neilson, Tocal Homestead Coordinator

​please enjoy some teaser images before the full media review by
Cass Joy
from GABS Festival / GABS MELBOURNE 2023
Garage Project
Behemoth Brewing Company
Bad Shepherd Brewing Co.
Bright Brewery
Co-Conspirators Brewpub
Good Land Brewing Co
Molly Rose Brewing
GABS MELBOURNE 2023
on MAY 19 – MAY 21
at Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton VIC
#GABS2023
special thanks: Chantelle and Brittany Bennett

​sharing some teaser images before the full press release by
Cass Joy
from Japan Festival in Box Hill
by Japan Festival in Box Hill
today, on SUNDAY, MAY 21
at Box Hill Town Hall, Box Hill, Vic
Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry Melbourne
Japanese Society of Melbourne
JCV（Japan Club of Victoria）
City of Whitehorse
Australia Japan Society of Victoria
University of Monash Japanese Studies Centre
The Japanese Language Speech Contest Victoria Inc.
#JF2023 President: Keiko Davies
special thanks: Naoko

​SUNDAY, JUNE 4
GIN-DULGENT High Tea with Chef Sigrid // Life's Too Short Bar, East Melbourne VIC https://lifestooshortbar.com.au/ and https://www.trybooking.com/events/landing/1043151

SATURDAY, AUGUST 5
Australian Dancing Society Ballroom & Dance Competition // Morayfield Sport & Events Centre / Australian Dancing Society Ltd Queensland Branch / Australian Dancing Society Ltd / Moreton Bay Regional Council, Morayfield QLD https://dancesport.org.au/
and https://dancesport.org.au/dancesport_links.php?cmp=555

SATURDAY, MAY 20
The Radiohead Project / Amelia Evans / Melbourne Recital Centre, Southbank VIC https://www.melbournerecital.com.au/.../the-radiohead.../ and https://e.melbournerecital.com.au/booking/production/bestavailable/20936?performance=

​SUNDAY, JULY 30
Peek into the Past // Tocal Homestead, Paterson NSW https://tocal.com.au/peek-into-the-past/ and https://events.humanitix.com/peek-into-the-past-2023

​FRIDAY, JUNE 9
Pierre Bonnard: Design by India Mahdavi | Melbourne Winter Masterpieces 2023 // Melbourne Winter Masterpieces® 2023 / National Gallery of Victoria / NGV International, Melbourne https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/exhibition/bonnard/ and https://connect.ngv.vic.gov.au/55416

SUNDAY, 28 May
The Narrow Bridge film release // Bonsai Films https://www.bonsaifilms.com.au/Theatrical.../Our-Releases

FRIDAY, MAY 19 - SUNDAY, MAY 21
Melbourne Good Food & Wine Show 2023 // Good Food & Wine Show / Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre), South Wharf https://goodfoodshow.com.au/melbourne/

​SUNDAY, MAY 28
Sunshine Coast High Tea and Fashion Show // RizeUp / Sunshine Coast Council / Lynn White / The Lakehouse Sunshine Coast, Mountain Creek https://www.stickytickets.com.au/.../sunshine_coast_high...

​Good Food & Wine Show invite you and your fun loving friends to visit
The Good Food And Wine Show 2023
DATES: 19-21 May 2023
LOCATION: Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) at 1 Convention Centre Pl, South Wharf VIC 3006
WEBSITE and TICKETS: https://goodfoodshow.com.au/melbourne/ and https://tickets.lup.com.au/good-food-wine-melbourne-2023
Event Overview
The Good Food & Wine Show is the perfect day out for food and wine lovers. Gather your friends and discover and shop new products from hundreds of local producers, meet the makers and hear their stories. Graze pop-up restaurants, be inspired by your favourite #chefs cooking live on stage including Miguel Maestre, Nagi Maehashi of RecipeTin Eats, Kirsten Tibballs and Justine Schofield or sit down and join a free #wine masterclass hosted by Nick Ryan in the Drinks Lab. Take your foodie experience to the next level and add on a masterclass to your day. From wine and cheese pairing with Smelly Cheese, to a mixology masterclass with SodaStream there is plenty to discover.
Friday 19 May 10:00AM – 5:00PM
Saturday 20 May 10:00AM – 6:00PM
Sunday 21 May 10:00AM – 5:00PM
@goodfoodandwineshow
@goodfoodwine
All thanks to our friends at Good Food and Wine Show, Bohemian Rhapsody Weekly Magazine is covering the festival (media: David Black and Grace Liu) please stay tuned for more information
special thanks: Marnie at GFWS and Brittney Smith of talk2.media

​Mornington Wedding Expo May 2023 by Mornington Wedding Expos and Web Marketing Angels / Pauline Woolley (Wedding Celebrant) took place on SUNDAY, MAY 7 at Melbourne Racing Club, Mornington
review: Cass Joy
photography: Reniel Torres of RGT Photography - Ren Torres
http://bohemianrhapsodyclub.weebly.com/travelling
special thanks: Tina Stent and Hamish

​National Gallery of Victoria invite you to experience
Pierre Bonnard: Design by India Mahdavi | Melbourne Winter Masterpieces 2023
DATES: Opens 9 Jun
LOCATION: NGV International, 180 St Kilda Road, Melbourne
WEBSITE and TICKETS: https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/exhibition/bonnard/ and https://connect.ngv.vic.gov.au/55416
Melbourne Winter Masterpieces® 2023
Pierre Bonnard is one of the most beloved painters of the 20th century, celebrated for his use of colour to convey an exquisite sense of emotion. His close friend Henri Matisse declared that Bonnard was ‘a great painter, for today and definitely also for the future’. Opening in June 2023, the blockbuster Melbourne Winter Masterpieces exhibition Pierre Bonnard presents the iridescent paintings of Bonnard within immersive scenography by Paris-based designer India Mahdavi. A kaleidoscopic exhibition, Pierre Bonnard features more than 100 works by the celebrated French artist, spanning the late nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century. Paintings, drawings, photographs, folding screens and early cinema will bring modern France to life with startling beauty and vivid colour. Developed in partnership with Musée d’Orsay, Paris, the exhibition is largely drawn from the museum’s impressive holdings of works by Bonnard alongside significant loans from other collections in France and beyond.
The first sections of the exhibition explore Bonnard’s central role within the Nabi circle of artists, as well as his interaction with the contemporary worlds of music and theatre. Calling themselves the Nabis, the young artists Pierre Bonnard, Maurice Denis, Édouard Vuillard, Paul Ranson, Paul Sérusier and Félix Vallotton banded together in the early 1890s, and saw themselves as the Prophets of a new art that they envisaged encompassing every sphere of modern life – interior design, furniture, fans and textiles, stained glass, and commercial illustration and advertising. Paintings by Vuillard and Vallotton will be shown alongside prints by Denis. During this period, Bonnard recorded daily life in the streets of Paris in an immediate and startlingly close manner, observing what he called the ‘theatre of the everyday’. Influenced by his friendship with the pioneering filmmakers, Auguste and Louis Lumière, he became one of the first artists to draw inspiration from the new medium of cinema in his art. He also embraced photography and cast his artist’s eye over his family circle to capture moments of unexpected movement and impromptu composition. Films by the Lumière Brothers are screened alongside dynamic urban scenes Bonnard produced during this period.
Bonnard’s meeting with Maria Boursin (who chose to be called Marthe de Méligny) in 1893 led to his own domestic intimacy, culminating in a remarkable series of nude studies, both lithographs and paintings. As Bonnard and de Méligny shared their life together, this led to longer periods spent in the countryside for the latter’s health. Alongside his intimate studies of their domestic life, Bonnard undertook campaigns of landscape painting, engaging with the legacy of French Impressionism. Visits to the south of France from 1909 onwards brought a new intensity of colour to Bonnard’s art, ‘this colour that drives one wild’ as he put it. A rich selection of the warm and vibrant interior scenes and still lifes recorded by Bonnard following his move to the south of France form an important part of the exhibition. In the last decades of his working life, Bonnard created works of poignant introspection – self portraits and scenes of his daily life – and others of majestic scale and joyous colour, celebrating the luminous landscapes around Le Cannet, the town near Cannes on the French Riviera where he and de Méligny lived. For Pierre Bonnard, the NGV has commissioned award-winning architect and designer India Mahdavi to design the exhibition’s scenography. Described by The New Yorker as a ‘virtuoso of colour’ and ‘possessor of perfect chromatic pitch’, Mahdavi envelops Pierre Bonnard’s works in an environment that complements the artist’s distinct use of colour and texture, and the domestic intimacy for which his paintings are so renowned.
A design icon, Mahdavi has appeared multiple times on Architectural Digest’s list of the world’s 100 most influential architects and designers. Her singular approach to colour, structure and texture has resulted in numerous acclaimed projects, including commissions for hotels, restaurants and retail as well as scenography for exhibitions and fairs, including for Design Parade Toulon and Homo Faber, Venice. Mahdavi engages with both art history and contemporary culture to create a unique exhibition experience with Bonnard’s works. Wall and floor applications, as well as furniture, add a three-dimensional experience to the sumptuous, domestic interior worlds synonymous with Bonnard’s paintings. Exhibition organised by The National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne in partnership with the Musée d'Orsay, Paris.
All thanks to our friends at #NGV, Bohemian Rhapsody Weekly Magazine is covering the media exclusive opening event (media: Erkin Kalayci, Kim Buenaflor Photography and Jeanette Russell ) please stay tuned for more information
special thanks: Penny France, Bonnie Horne, Briana Tomasino , Mae Cuming and Alice Raymond of NGV Media

​FRIDAY, MAY 19 - SUNDAY, MAY 21
Motherland African Festival - Experience the Rhythm of Africa // Liverpool City Council Australia, NSW / Gandhi Creations Multicultural Marketing and Events / Macquarie Mall, Liverpool, NSW https://www.gandhicreations.com.au/.../motherland-african... and https://www.liverpool.nsw.gov.au/motherland

FRIDAY, JUNE 2
Rembrandt: True to life: // National Gallery of Victoria / NGV International, Melbourne https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/exhibi.../rembrandt-true-to-life/

THURSDAY, MAY 25
RENFIELD film release // Universal Pictures https://www.universalpictures.com.au/micro/renfield

​THURSDAY, JUNE 8
ONE FINE MORNING film release // Palace Films https://www.palacefilms.com.au/one-fine-morning

​Mornington Wedding Expo May 2023 by Mornington Wedding Expos and Web Marketing Angels / Pauline Woolley (Wedding Celebrant) took place on SUNDAY, MAY 7 at Melbourne Racing Club, Mornington
please enjoy the photos by Reniel Torres of RGT Photography - Ren Torres (part 1) and stay tuned for more information
special thanks: Tina Stent and Hamish

for your calendars:
SUNDAY, JULY 9
Miss Photogenic Australia 2023 Runway Event // Miss Photogenic Australia / Royal on the Park Hotel & Suites, Brisbane City https://www.missphotogenicau.com/ and https://www.missphotogenicau.com/tickets

SATURDAY, July 1 - SUNDAY, July 2
Australian Sake Festival Melbourne 2023 // Australian Sake Festival / Jams.tv / Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne https://sake-festival.com.au/

THURSDAY, JUNE 15
PETROL film release // Arena Media / Arena Films / Miranda Brown Publicity http://www.arenamedia.com.au/petrol/

​SATURDAY, MAY 13
Exclusive Mother's Day High Tea // Urban Vegas Melbourne / Urban D8 Melbourne / Vibe Hotel Melbourne https://www.eventbrite.com.au/.../exclusive-mothers-day...

​Australian Sake Festival and Jams.tv invite you and your friends to
Australian Sake Festival Melbourne 2023
DATES: 1 July (Sat) - 2 July (Sun) 10:00 - 16:00
LOCATION: Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne VIC (enter via Peel Street)
WEBSITE AND TICKETS: https://sake-festival.com.au/
“A celebration of sake, foods and culture of Japan”, Australian Sake Festival 2023 is coming to Melbourne. A fun-packed Japanese festival “Sake Festival & Edo Digital Art Exhibition” where visitors can taste #Japanese sake and experience its traditional culture, will be held at Queen Victoria Market in Melbourne on Saturday 1 to Sunday 2 July!
#Sake Festival will be held for the second time this year after the success last year in Sydney, and will be bigger this year, upgraded even further with four themes: sake, food, culture and tourism in Japan! The festival is also held at Carriageworks in Sydney on Saturday 30 September to Sunday October.
The event will have two main areas at the venue. Area for the Sake Festival is where visitors can fully taste Japanese sake and other alcoholic beverages. Sake breweries and sake makers from Japan will introduce their products, and there will be over 200 different types of Japanese sake available for taste and purchase on the spot. Various Japanese foods cooked by the local restaurants that accompany sake will also be available. Moreover, sake related products and selected made-in-Japan products will be available to purchase! And another exciting program concurrently held is the Edo Digital Art Exhibition, a special feature on the theme of the Edo period (1603 - 1867) in Japan. The digital screen will introduce the most famous Japanese art, Ukiyo-e paintings, the life in #Edo, and the historical charm that began in the Edo period, all information-laden visual contents that are enjoyable for people of all ages. At this zone, Japanese traditional crafts, performing arts, fashion and other Japanese products will be on display and some of them for sale, as well as live performances and workshops for kids and adults.
From this year, you can accompany under 17 for free with you, the event is an all-ages festival to experience Japanese sake and traditional culture. Come to experience it as if you are travelling in
Japan!
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Event Details:
Australian Sake Festival & Edo Digital Art Exhibition
● Sake stalls by multiple Australian distributors and Japanese sake breweries directly from Japan
● Sake tastings on site for participants to sample
● Sake available for purchase on site (takeaway only)
● Sake-ware (pottery), artisan Japanese ceramics and products for sale
● #Kimono for sale
● Edo Digital Art Exhibition (large LED screen)
● Artworks done by local artists
● Free Sake 101 seminars and food pairing sessions
● Panel talks by Australian sake industry professionals
● Live Japanese drum ( #taiko) performance, singer, DJ, sword fighting performance, #HANNANINGEN show
● Food stalls by local restaurants
Tickets include:
● Tasting glass to keep
● Sake brewers from Japan and local wholesalers to meet
● 200+ sake to taste
● A variety of umeshu, yuzushu and other fruit liquor to taste
● Shochu, Awamori and Whisky to taste
● Bottles available for take home purchase
● Foods (sushi, sashimi, wagyu, vegan & vegetarian Japanese foods) available for purchase
● Access to Edo Digital Art Exhibition and Artwork display
● Responsible Service of Alcohol practices will be observed.
Please note ticket sales will end as soon as it reaches the capacity. Early bird tickets for Melbourne and Sydney events are only available for 200 tickets per day for each. Be sure to purchase a ticket before they are sold out!
All thanks to our friends at Australian Sake Festival, Bohemian Rhapsody Weekly Magazine is covering one of the event days (media: David Vlack, Grace Liu, Chierchia Gerardo and Fabio Segatori) please stay tuned for more details
special thanks: Eriko KONISHI

​Shaun Tan art exhibition: "On My Way to Paradise" is at display till SUNDAY, 21 May at Beinart Gallery, Brunswick https://beinart.org/colle.../shaun-tan-on-my-way-to-paradise
please enjoy the photos from the opening night reception on SATURDAY, 29 April by Reniel Torres of RGT Photography - Ren Torres and stay tuned for more media materials

​Shaun Tan art exhibition: "On My Way to Paradise" is at display till SUNDAY, 21 May at Beinart Gallery, Brunswick
review: David Black and Grace Liu
photography: Reniel Torres of RGT Photography - Ren Torres
from the opening night reception on SATURDAY, 29 April
http://bohemianrhapsodyclub.weebly.com/travelling.html
and stay tuned for more

​for your May calendars
THURSDAY, April 20
THE GIANTS film release // Madman Films https://www.madman.com.au/?s=The+Giants

THURSDAY, May 18 - SUNDAY, May 21
Melbourne Design Fair 2023 // National Gallery of Victoria / Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC), South Wharf https://designfair.melbourne/ and https://designfair.melbourne/tickets/

SUNDAY, May 21
Japan Festival in Box Hill 2023 // Japan Festival in Box Hill / Box Hill Town Hall, Box Hill https://www.jcv-au.org/japanfestival/japan-festival-en and https://www.trybooking.com/CFZSY

​THURSDAY, May 4
CAIRO CONSPIRACY film release // Rialto Distribution AU https://rialtodistribution.com/film/cairo-conspiracy/

 Japan Festival in Box Hill invite you to attend
Japan Festival in Box Hill
DATE: SUNDAY, MAY 21, 2023 AT 10 AM – 5 PM
LOCATION: Box Hill Town Hall at 1022 Whitehorse Road, Box Hill Victoria 3128
WEBSITE: https://www.jcv-au.org/japanfestival/japan-festival-en
TICKETS: https://www.trybooking.com/CFZSY
Japan Festival 2023 Summary
Entry Fee: Ages 12 & more: $5
Ages 6-11 & Seniors Card Holders: $3
◆ Free Entry for ◆
Children up to 5 years old
Disabled persons (+ 1 career)
Pensioners Card Holders
Persons dressed in #Kimono or #Yukata
Persons dressed in full #Cosplay Costumes
Organiser
Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry Melbourne
Japanese Society of Melbourne
JCV（Japan Club of Victoria）
Aim
To promote cultural exchange between Australia and Japan. To provide a vibrant festival everybody can enjoy. The theme of Japan Festival 2023 is “紡ぐTSUMUGU”
Supporters
City of Whitehorse
Australia Japan Society of Victoria
University Monash Japanese Studies Centre
The Japanese Language Speech Contest Victoria Inc.
Performances
Japanese Taiko Drumming, Traditional Dance, #Kendo, #Karate, #Iaido, #Koto, #Shakuhachi, #Shamisen, #Choir, etc.
Exhibits
#Ikebana, #Bonsai, #BulletTrain ( Shinkansen) Model Railway, etc.
Demonstrations
#TeaCeremony, #Shogi #JapaneseChess, #Origami, Japanese Traditional Play, etc.
Stalls
About 100 Stalls expected
#Sushi, #Okonomiyaki, #Takoyaki, #Yakitori, Japanese Sweets, Tea, Japanese Toys, Ceramics, Books, Craft, #Kimono, YOYO GAME, and lots more
Raffle
Gorgeous prizes including round-trip airline tickets to Japan (country)
Visitors
approx. 4000
Volunteer staff: approx. 150
Please note that the above contents are subject to change without notice.
#JF2023 President: Keiko Davies
All thanks to our friends at Japan Festival in Box Hill 2023, Bohemian Rhapsody Weekly Magazine is covering the event (media : Cass Joy) please stay tuned for more information
special thanks: Naoko

​National Gallery of Victoria invite you and your beauty loving friends to
Melbourne Design Fair 2023
DATES: VERNISSAGE: Thursday 18 May, 5:00pm to 9:30pm
GENERAL ADMISSION: Friday 19 May, 12:00pm to 9:00pm and Saturday 20 May, 10:00am to 6:00pm, Sunday 21 May, 10:00am to 5:00pm
LOCATION: Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) at 1 Convention Centre Pl, South Wharf VIC 3006
WEBSITE AND TICKETS: https://designfair.melbourne/ and https://designfair.melbourne/tickets/
Curated by the National Gallery of Victoria #NGV and delivered in collaboration with the Melbourne Art Foundation, Melbourne Design Fair is an annual platform for designers, commercial galleries, design agencies and organisations to come-together under one roof to promote and sell the best collectible design from Australia and the world, over four days, providing a unique cultural and commercial experience. Melbourne Design Fair showcases presentations of contemporary and 20th century collectible design by leading Australian and international designers, the Fair includes more than 50 presentations staged by commercial galleries, design agencies, craft and design organisations, and independent design studios. A wide array of collectible design will be on show from cutting-edge furniture design to unique objects and jewellery, Melbourne Design Fair provides visitors with the opportunity to discover new talent, explore innovative design production, and gain insight into the latest ideas and trends in the world of collectible design.
Developed to stimulate long-term interest in the purchase of collectible design in Australia, Melbourne Design Fair’s audience constitutes a broad reach, encompassing art and design collectors, collecting institutions, interior design industry, design media, enthusiasts of art and design and the public. Melbourne Design Fair is the only event of its kind in Australia. Initiated by the National Gallery of Victoria with the support of the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria, Melbourne Design Fair is the flagship event of Melbourne Design Week.
All thanks to our friends at the National Gallery of Victoria, Bohemian Rhapsody Weekly Magazine is covering the media exclusive opening event (media: Jeanette Russell ) please stay tuned for more details
special thanks: Penny France, Bonnie Horne, Briana Tomasino, Mae Cuming and Alice Raymond of NGV MEDIA

​NGV Triennial 2023: 75+ projects by 100 artists, designers and collectives from 30+ countries opens SUNDAY, 3 December 2023 - SUNDAY, 7 April 2024 at the National Gallery of Victoria NGV International ST KILDA MELBOURNE
review: Katherine Kelly
images: Erkin Kalayci of Erkin Kalayci Independent Photographer http://bohemianrhapsodyclub.weebly.com/travelling
special thanks: special thanks: Penny France, Bonnie Horne, Briana Tomasino, Mae Cuming, Alice Raymond, and Samantha Goh of NGV MEDIA AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS