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Meet the newest Music, Culture, Arts, Food and Drinks festival on the block: Kiwi Fest is an All-Ages annual one-day celebration of NEW ZEALAND culture, bringing together Melbourne's Kiwi communities for a diverse festival of all things AOTEAROA. This week the festival will also be donating $10 from every ticket sold between 15 January “ 19 January to the Victorian Bushfire Appeal. On Saturday 15 February Kiwi Fest is taking over the lush, green, outdoor riverside lawn at Footscray Community Arts Centre, the perfect setting for live music, cultural performances, traditional and artisanal food and drink from New Zealand's world-renowned industry, as well as a Kiwi mākete village (markets) selling a wide array of Kiwiana, Māori, Pacific Island and contemporary goods and wares.

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Regional Victorian music festival Meadow returns to Bambra from Friday 27 “ Sunday 29 March 2020. Melbourne's own new-age raconteur, Angie McMahon, and frenetic guitar-pop dynamos; Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever will headline the 7th musical feast.

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Now in their 12th year, THECHO!R offers another exciting, diverse range of performance opportunities, from popular music, world music, musicals to new works. Commencing Wednesday January 29th we rehearse on Wednesdays from 7pm to 10pm, following School Terms. You are more than welcome to attend 3 rehearsals for a nominal fee before you decide that we are the choir for you. We'd love you to join us in 2020. Share The Joy! @THECHOIRFanPage

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From 21“25 January 2020 The Melba Spiegeltent and Circus Oz will be transformed into the Rainbow Families Hub, providing a safe and inclusive space for LGBTIQA+ families and allies to celebrate this Midsumma. Presented with the support of Queerspace Drummond Street, Rainbow Families Victoria and Archer Magazine, Rainbow Families Hub will host five jam-packed days of family entertainment “ craft workshops, activities, live comedy and cabaret “ designed to celebrate all families: those made, chosen and found. Come for an hour, stay for the day (or week!) “ there's lots for your family to see, do, explore, learn and share at Rainbow Families Hub this Midsumma!

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Start 2020 with a bang with HOO-HAAcademy's Level 1 training course! It's a wonderfully warm, supportive and encouraging environment to learn impro the Hoo-Haa way, PLUS it's a really fun way to spend your Wednesday nights!

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This exhibition presents the work of Chinese artist Weiguang Li, a professional Chinese oil painter whose work addresses themes of the natural world.

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Lab.15 art contest, is a call for submissions open to all kind of artists. Works allowed in the art competition are: drawings, paintings, sculptures, photographs, graphics, mix media and video. A great opportunity for the artists, which can win a cash prize, have the chance to exhibit their artworks in a gallery in Milan (Italy) and much more.

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A contemporary adaptation of the classic French novella The Little Prince will take over Sydney's Capitol Theatre for seven shows only from 23rd “ 26th April 2020.

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Encounter, a solo exhibition by Adelaide-based artist Jonathan Kim, will be held at Linden New Art's Projects Space from 23 January “ 23 February 2020. This marks the first time Jonathan Kim has presented his work in Melbourne.

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Please join the Whitlam Institute for the opening of Marriage: Love and law, a touring exhibition of NSW State Archives & Records.

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This play is about what happens when you leave a bunch of guys in a room together. This play is about stubble and kindness and that hot guy you saw on the train and the way that his chest smells. This play is about boys and this play is about hating yourself. This play is about plays about men being the worst thing ever. This play is about falling in love too quickly and too loudly and how a man and his cheekbones can upend your entire life. This play is about men. From the writer of Fraternal', Boys Have Skin', and The Helendale Nude Footy Calendar'.

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Australian-born and internationally successful comedy show, Puppetry Of The Penis returns to Australia in 2020 for The Best Bits Tour.

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Immersive Theatre experience of Love and Betrayl @tbc_theatre @midsummafestival

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The people so horribly affected by the disastrous bushfires need your support. And you need a great afternoon's entertainment! Boomers' Jukebox play Rock 'n' Roll and Country from the '50s to the 80's, just the way you remember them. Elvis, Beatles, Stones, Creedence, Eagles, Billy Joel - there all in the great mix of songs you love. Every dollar raised (not most, ALL) will be given to the Bendigo Bank Bushfire Appeal. So if you think you can stand three hours of fun and great music - see you there!

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The much-loved annual event returns to showcase local independent musicians.

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Celebrate stories from across Australia and around the world at the 29th Flickerfest International Film Festival. Screening the best short films from around the world from 10-19 January at Bondi Pavilion. Add a beachside cinema trip to your Bondi itinerary now! To see what's screening and to book tickets, visit http://bit.ly/ff2020main Flickerfest is Australia's only Academy® qualifying & BAFTA Recognised Short Film Festival.

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In the Victorian public transport system, fare evading offences are considered especially heinous. In Melbourne, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are members of an elite squad known as the Authorised Ticket Inspectors. These are their stories. beep beep.

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Artist collaborators Isobel Knowles and Van Sowerwine are bringing the profoundly touching 360- degree stop-motion VR film PASSENGER to ArtSpace at Realm from 15 February to 26 April 2020, as part of their new exhibition, Take me with you.

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Continuing Theatre Works 40th Year Program, February 2020 sees the Australian premiere season of much lauded playwright Kim Ho's new work. #MBGreatAustralianPlay #TheatreWorks

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Merrigong Theatre Company in association with The Disability Trust will present a bittersweet, original and innovative show created and performed by Wollongong's only professional theatre company, Strangeways Ensemble. The production will premiere at Illawarra Performing Arts Centre on 29th January, before opening at Sydney's Riverside Theatres on 14th February, 2020.

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Two of Brisbane's greatest exports of shame, Andrew Dawson and Ting Lim, present to you The Situation “ an hour of jokes. Just jokes, nothing else but jokes.

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Welcome to the best dance party of your life. Your time starts"¦ now!

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Because sometimes you have to unpack your Sh*t to find the Magic! What do Aria awards, Les Girls, Sydney's Kings Cross, Shirley Bassey, Abe Saffron, Dusty Springfield, anxiety and depression have in common? They all feature in a new one-woman musical monologue, BAGGAGE LIMIT written by artist, singer songwriter and performer Peta Morris, which will be premiering at The Adelaide Fringe Festival in March 2020. @peta_morris_ @adlfringe #adlfringe #baggagelimit2020

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Fast, furious and funny, The Big HOO-HAA! is Melbourne's longest-running and best-loved weekly impro comedy show.

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The work of the young Swiss-British artist William Grob, and the work of the Italian artist Elena Monzo are both distinguished by rough technique and a very peculiar aesthetic. #luisacatuccigallery

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"Coming back"¦ is NOT an option!" This acclaimed Hip Hop Theatre is now in Adelaide after winning the Tour Ready Award and Best Production in Let's Be Together Arts Festival 2018.

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CDP presents Tall Stories' production of Room on the Broom adapted from the award winning picture book by Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler, published by Macmillan Children's books.

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Photographer and co-founder of FotoFest, Fred Baldwin will give a talk about his personal experience in the Korean War. He will also be signing copies of his new memoir, Dear Mr. Picasso: An Illustrated Love Affair with Freedom.

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Join Margot Fink, Kira Djnalie, Dr Muhammed Taha, Raina Peterson, and Milo Milton-Moon at 6:30pm on Tuesday 4 February at Bargoonga Nganjin (North Fitzroy Library) and explore similarities and differences across cultural lines of queerness, gender expression, and identity. #midsumma

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The truth behind the new legislation and why the Liberal Party should revise it. @rebeccaaborg #themoderndaytypewriter #SharingOfAbhorrentViolentMaterialBill #Liberalparty #criminalisingabhorrentmaterial #upstartexplainers #legalissuesinjournalism #socialmedia #christchurchterrorattack

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