Nightlife
Clubbing, nightlife and going out in Melbourne
The best nightclubs in Melbourne
Looking for a nightclub in Melbourne where you can dance all night? Here are our favourite clubs for electronica, dance, house, trap, hip-hop and everything in between. BYO dancing shoes. Like to cut loose during the week? Here's our guide to partying on a weeknight. Or if you're looking to imbibe while you dance, we also found the best Melbourne bars for dancing.
Where to dance to disco in Melbourne
We might be 50 years on from the start of the 1970s, but disco is ‘stayin alive’. It’s the dance music that made Donna Summer ‘feel love’ and got the Bee Gees ‘jive talkin’, but disco never really died in Melbourne so get your bell bottoms out. From the vinyl revival to the NGV, there is proof all across the city that groove is in fact still in the heart. Check out where in Melbourne to listen (and dance) to disco below. For a taste of the '20s (the 1920s that is) check out the best places to hear jazz in Melbourne.
Where to dance to hip-hop in Melbourne
Don’t confine your obsession with Drizzy, Jay Z, Kendrick and Nas to your headphones: break out your best moves at Melbourne’s best hip-hop club nights. If hip-hop's not your jam, check out our guide to Melbourne's best nightclubs and our round-up of Melbourne's best bars for dancing.
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Four fantastic shows to see at this year’s Melbourne International Arts Festival
Melbourne International Arts Festival is back again in 2019, with a stellar line-up of shows, exhibitions and gigs between October 2 to 20. If you’re a festival first-timer the stacked list of performances can be daunting – and even long-time festival fans appreciate a hot tip. The list of theatre shows coming to the city is particularly strong, with everything from rock‘n’roll biographies to a hilarious mother-versus-son verbal sparring match getting a run. Here are four shows to put on your Melbourne International Arts Festival bucket list in 2019.
Sandwich Chefs have launched a delicious new menu
As any lunch fan will attest, making a good sandwich is an art unto itself. Only amateurs haphazardly slap a filling between some bread and call it lunch – sandwich artists, like those at Sandwich Chefs, take your midday sambos seriously by combining only the most delicious artisanal bread, cheeses and perfectly roasted meats. Sandwich Chefs have been slicing, spreading and assembling their magnificent sandwiches for more than 30 years, delighting diners with their deli-style sangers. After all that time, the titular chefs have learnt a thing or two about making sandwiches and are launching a brand new menu that showcases sandwiches from around the world. The tasty new range includes American sandwich favourites like the Cheesesteak, Cubano and New York’s favourite lunchtime treat, the Reuben (featuring 14-hour slow-roasted beef plus pastrami, sauerkraut, Swiss cheese and Thousand Island Dressing). Love chicken? Try the Schnitzel Club (it comes with Australia’s favourite brunch item, smashed avo) or try Sandwich Chef’s gourmet bánh mì. Traditionalists will want to get around the 14-hour slow-roasted pork or beef rolls (served with apple sauce and/or gravy) or if you can’t decide you can always opt for a make-your-own sandwich. Plus to celebrate the shiny new range of sangas, Sandwich Chefs are giving away a trip to New York alongside lots of instant win prizes when you spend $9.90 or more in store.To find out more, visit the Sandwich Chefs website.
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IKEA launches an Australian Slow TV channel
IKEA caused a bit of a stir in marketing circles a couple of years ago with its series of deliberately boring YouTube commercials. These included a teenager doing the dishes for five minutes, a couple on a couch kissing in front of a TV for eight, and some young people arm wrestling for six. The ads played in front of YouTube content and many people skipped them, but they also garnered a cult following of joyfully disbelieving fans. The ads were inspired by the Scandinavian trend of ‘Slow TV’ in which almost nothing happens – designed as an antidote to our over-stimulated lives (some cool examples of Slow TV screened on SBS last summer). Now, IKEA is using the phenomenon as a way of promoting their new 2020 catalogue. They have launched an Australian Slow TV channel live streaming the 14-day (336-hour) journey of its products in shipping containers on board a ship to Australia. The channel, which in perfect Nordic understatement IKEA says “does not aim to excite”, is narrated by Kent and Sara Eriksson, narrators of the original IKEA Sleep Podcast. The Swedes are reading from the new IKEA catalogue with the sound of waves gently crashing against the ship’s stern in the background. Sounds a bit – well, dull, right? And that’s exactly the point. IKEA say they want to help Australians get a good night’s sleep, and watching this YouTube channel may indeed have that exact effect. And if you’re inspired to go buy a new IKEA bed to do it on, well that’s entirely up to you. The c
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Five great school holiday activities in Glen Waverley
Parents and carers know the feeling of dread that comes around with school holidays, when the days are long, the kids are restless and it’s pouring rain outside. But there’s always a range of all-ages fun on tap at Century City Walk, Glen Waverley’s centre for dining, movies and entertainment. Here are five ways the centre can be a saviour to parents over the spring vacation. Photograph: Supplied 1. Get sporty in the Active Sports Zone Century City Walk has reactivated its popular Active Sports Zone for the first week of the holidays, offering free sports and games for the whole family. The Footy Handball Competition will test your ability to throw a ball at a target. The Soccer Skills Circuit will help hone those talents needed for future Matildas and Socceroos, and Agility Ladders will put coordination to the test. There’s no age or skill level requirements and there are giveaways and medals for every participant, all set up in a supervised, dedicated zone in the centre atrium (children to be supervised by parents or guardians at all times). Centre Atrium, Century City Walk. Mon-Fri noon-4pm. Sep 23-27 (Friday Grand Final Public Holiday included). Photograph: Supplied 2. Make something multicultural During week two, free art and craft activities from around the world will have little ones absorbed in making such craft items as origami animals, Chinese lanterns, dragon masks and Mexican maracas. Inspired by Glen Waverley’s culturally diverse population, the craft act
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