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  • Chinese New Year Celebrations! Year of the Dragon
    January 19, 2012 - February 5, 2012

    Monday, January 23, 2012 - Year of the Dragon.

    "Chinese New Year falls on Monday January 23 in 2012, but the celebrations will be going for a whole week all over Melbourne. The year of the dragon celebrations will include street stalls, firecrackers and over 50 performances!

    The Chinese New Year Festival features traditional and contemporary Chinese cultural activities, festivities, dances, Chinese opera and singing, karaoke competition, numerous stalls of culinary delights, arts and crafts, Chinese chess competitions, lion dances, dragon parades, calligraphy and children's events.

    This festival is open to all, young and old and its aim is to share the Chinese Cultural heritage of Melbourne's Chinese community. In recent years the festival has been one of Melbourne's most celebrated festivals and is great for the whole family.

    City of Melbourne presents the 2012 Chinese New Year Festival. There will be celebrations over 7 days at various venues showcasing over 50 performances, 24 stalls, lion dances, dragon dances and lots of fire crackers."

    Chinese New Year 2012

    Sunday 8th January - Alfrieda St., St Albans Sunday15th January - Victoria St., Richmond Saturday 21st January - Market St., Box Hill Sunday 22nd January - Braybrook Sunday 22nd January - Springvale road, Springvale Sunday 29th January - Barkly St., Footscray Sunday 29th January - China Town, Little Bourke St. Sunday 5th February - Glen Waverley, Kingsway Saturday-Sunday 4th-5th February - Springvale "

    Info taken from www.onlymelbourne.com.au For More Info, Visit the following links:

    www.chinesenewyear.com.au

    www.chinesefortunecalendar.com

    www.chiff.com

    www.thatsmelbourne.com.au

  • Fed Square Live!! Thursdays
    Repeats every 7 days until Mon Jan 30 2012 .
    January 12, 2012 - January 31, 2012
    January 19, 2012 - February 7, 2012
    January 26, 2012 - February 14, 2012

    "Fed Square’s FREE live music series, Fed Square Live presented by The Push returns this summer with a blistering line up of indie, blues, dance and rock performances by Australia’s top independent acts and emerging talent."

    It is usually every Thursday' but double check the site because there is "a special series of gigs around Australia Day – celebrating the best in Australian talent."

  • Professional Beach Volleyball
    February 3, 2012 - February 5, 2012

    Professional Beach Volleyball is coming to St Kilda - Get your team ready its going to be competitive, hot and fun!

  • Laneway Festival
    February 4, 2012 - February 5, 2012

    You'll find a heady mix of artists in this, the 2012 St Jerome's Laneway Festival line-up announcement. There's the ground-breaking, the genre-bending, your recent discoveries and your soon-to-be new favourites. But one thing unites them all: they are spine-tinglingly great live. Say that five times.

    Head to their website for more details

  • St Kilda Fest 2012
    February 4, 2012 - February 12, 2012

    St Kilda Festival is one of Australia’s best known and Melbourne’s most loved events. An inclusive and free celebration of summer utilising St Kilda’s stunning foreshore and featuring the cream of Australia’s musical talents. It's Australian music, it's summer, it's St Kilda, it's free and it's your Festival... there's a lot to celebrate

  • Pride March - Victoria
    February 5, 2012

    Pride March Victoria recognises and celebrates the people and events that inspire the courage, pride, solidarity, diversity and strong sense of community in Victoria's gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, intersex and transgender people.

  • Superbowl XLVI in Melbourne
    February 6, 2012

    Attention Americans, Canadians, and Grid Iron Fans. Here is a short list of the best places to be when this Superbowl goes on in Melbourne. So get your gear and get ready for some early morning beer and cheer!





    #1: Turf Bar (CBD)

    131 Queen Street, Melbourne VIC 3000, (03) 9670 1271

    Argumentably the most dedicated sports bar in Melbourne. Seating options have already sold out, so expect a crowd. Standing room only. Doors Open at 9am

    #2: The Leveston (North Melbourne)

    46 Leveson Street, North Melbourne VIC 3051, (03)9328 1109

    Cheerleaders! Breakfast Buffet and Beer specials? All in a Beer Garden? What else can you want? It is definately worth heading to this side of town.

    #3: TGI Fridays (South Yarra)

    500 Chapel Street, South Yarra VIC 3141, (03)9826 5088

    TGI Friday’s is the last place you’d expect to catch Americans watching the game, unless they’re abroad. Seating options here are also booked up, but plenty of standing room and free wifi to stream the us commercials Doors open 9:30

    #4: Sports Bar at Crown Casino (Southbank)

    Ground Level – Main Gaming, 1/8 Whiteman Street, Southbank VIC 3006, 3 9292 6910

    Get here early for seating. How early? Well, its a 24h bar, so you do the math. The sports bar plays anything from all over the world. So, instead of putting the betting with the bookies, put that money into roulette and not suffer when the other team wins.

    #5: St. Kilda Pubs (St. Kilda)

    With thousands of backpackers who have no jobs, no school, with their own savings to burn (or their mum and pops' money), and looking for an excuse to get drunk, St. Kilda can be the place to be. Bars such as the Hotel Barkley and The Ritz plan on being open early for the crowd. So if you just happen to wake up in St. Kilda and aren't keen on travelling far, find a spot. Bonus: You can sleep off the booze on the beach, and get a burn.

    Honorable Mention: Online

    For the first time ever, www.nfl.com and www.nbcsports.com will stream the game live. And yes, it will have the same commercials millions of Americans rave about and special options only avaliable to those net savy fans such as different angles and replay options. Now if only you can get hold of a million calories of wings, pizza, and chips, and Miller Lite, and you can be Footballin' like an American. Bonus: Head to a pub that has free wifi, for the best of both worlds!

  • Palais Theatre 2012 Venue Tours
    February 12, 2012

    "Experience a behind-the-scenes tour of the iconic Palais Theatre - celebrating 85 Years in 2012. Tours include the grand foyers, auditorium, a chance to stand on the Palais Theatre’s famous stage, a peek backstage plus a unique opportunity to walk through some of the theatre's secret places"

  • Professional Beach Volleyball
    February 17, 2012 - February 19, 2012

    Get your team together because now it gets serious! Fun times! Right here on our door step of St Kilda!

  • Adventure Travel and Backpacker Expo
    February 18, 2012 - February 19, 2012

    Talking to someone who has either been there, or is an expert is simply unbeatable. That’s why the expo series attracts thousands of people like you who are seeking that next great adventure.

    Entry is free - so come along to the expo with an open mind and we are sure you’ll be surprised – there are many things you may not know you can do! So get into it!

    Local Australians, overseas travellers, mature travellers...and more, come every year in their thousands - see you there!

  • Gatorade Triathalon Series Race 5 - Elwood
    February 19, 2012

    Last year saw this race turn into a highly competitive event of the series. It was also the largest field of the series which saw 2,400 athletes entered. The racing was frenetic, fast-paced and amazing to watch. This year is going to be huge! Click on the link to register.

  • ERYKAH BADUwith Fat Freddy's Drop
    February 22, 2012 - February 23, 2012

    In 2008, as the U.S. engaged in the Iraq War and the nation prepared for an historic presidential election, Badu presented her own offering for the evolving times with New Amerykah Part One: 4th World War. Badu’s fourth studio album and the first installment of the two-part New Amerykah series kept Badu’s Hip-Hop spirit kindled. New Amerykah Part One boasts beats from the best soundsmiths in the game — including Madlib, 9th Wonder, Shafiq Husayn (for Sa-Ra Creative Partners), Sa-Ra, Karriem Riggins, Ahmir “?uestlove” Thompson of The Roots, James Poyser, Georgia Anne Muldrow, and Mike “Chav” Chavaria. With the singles “Honey” and “The Healer” generating significant cyberspace buzz, Badu reclaimed her cherished throne as a soul music phenom. New Amerykah Part One debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 chart and Rolling Stone named it one of the year’s best albums.For the once self-proclaimed “analog girl,” Badu is now pushing the limits of the digital world. On February 1, 2009, Badu and boyfriend Jay Electronica blogged about the birth of their daughter Mars Merkab in real-time on the micro-blogging site Twitter, thus becoming the first celebrity couple to ever Tweet the birth of a child.

    In 2010, Badu announced yet another new arrival: New Amerykah Part Two: Return Of The Ankh. Whereas Part One was social and political in tone, Part Two taps into the more romantic and emotional side of Badu. “It reminds me of the days of Baduizm,” she says. “It’s just about beats and rhymes in a cipher.”

    Indeed, diehard fans of Badu will love New Amerykah Part Two: Return Of The Ankh and newcomers to Badu’s world will be curiously intrigued by the mystique and authenticity of an artist who is totally comfortable in her own skin. Whether directing a dope music video or exposing her vulnerabilities in rhyme, Badu transcends image. Just like the Santeria priest she met in Cuba, Badu no longer tries to be, she just is.

  • System of a Down - Rod Laver Arena
    February 29, 2012

    Like many late-'90s metal bands, System of a Down struck a balance between '80s underground thrash metal and metallic early-'90s alternative rockers like Jane's Addiction. Their dark, neo-gothic alternative metal earned a cult following in the wake of the popularity of such likeminded bands as Korn and the Deftones.

  • Soundwave
    March 3, 2012

    SYSTEM OF A DOWN, SLIPKNOT, LIMP BIZKIT, MARILYN MANSON, HOLE, A DAY TO REMEMBER, MACHINE HEAD, LAMB OF GOD PLUS MANY MANY MORE!!!!

  • Jessie J plus guests @ Festival Hall
    March 7, 2012

    International pop sensation, Jessie J is about to send her devoted Australian fans into a Cha-Ching Cha-Ching and Ba-Bling Ba-Bling frenzy as she announces her first headline tour of Australia in March 2012!

  • Brunswick Music Festival
    March 14, 2012 - March 25, 2012

    The Brunswick Music Festival: 14-25 March 2012. AUSTRALIA'S ONLY INNER CITY FESTIVAL OF FOLK ROOTS AND WORLD MUSIC... The big Sydney Road Street Party is on Sunday 4 March 2012, and the festival 14-25 March 2012

  • Melbourne Grand Prix 2012
    March 15, 2012 - March 18, 2012

    The dates have now been set for 2012, so make sure you have your accommodation booked well in advance!

  • National Ballet of China
    March 15, 2012 - March 18, 2012

    After their triumphant season in 2009 with Raise the Red Lantern, The National Ballet of China are returning to Melbourne in an Australian-exclusive season of one of China’s most famous classical love stories. Described as China’s Romeo and Juliet, The Peony Pavilion will be performed in the State Theatre from 15 – 18 March 2012.

  • Lenny Kravitz + The Cranberries + Wolfmother @ Myer Music Bowl
    March 17, 2012 - March 19, 2012

    Get ready to rock Melbourne! McManus Entertainment in association with F1 Rocks is thrilled to announce the return of rock icon Lenny Kravitz to Australia in March 2012. Marking his first concert appearance in the country in 18 years, Lenny will be joined by Irish chart-toppers The Cranberries, and Aussie rockers Wolfmother.

  • Ironman Melbourne!
    March 25, 2012

    The 226km race will take place in Melbourne’s South East & Bayside suburbs on March 25, 2012. The course will include a 3.8km swim in the Frankston Foreshore, a fast & smooth 180km bike on the Eastlink Tollway & 42.2km run from Frankston to the Ironman Asia Pacific Championship finish line, located at the iconic St. Kilda sea baths.

  • Melbourne International Comedy Festival
    March 28, 2012 - April 22, 2012

    Save the dates for 2012 because it's sure to be as amazing as always! Stay tuned for more details!

  • Melbourne Food & Wine Festival 2012
    March 28, 2012 - April 22, 2012

    Another one to mark in your calendars! 2012 will mark the 20th anniversary and is sure to have some treats in store for you!

  • Jay & Silent Bob Get Old
    April 26, 2012 - April 27, 2012

    Fast-talking, foul mouthed Jay and his “hetero life partner” Silent Bob will tour Australia this April with their highly praised live comedy show, Jay & Silent Bob Get Old.

    Following the release of the cult-classic film Clerks in 1994, long time friends Jason “Jay” Mewes and Kevin “Silent Bob” Smith quickly became much loved stoner icons, with their mischievous characters going on to star in Mallrats, Chasing Amy, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back and Clerks 2, all of which were written and directed by Smith.

    The duo have toured Jay & Silent Bob Get Old through the US, recording each evening and then releasing the audio as a free podcast, resulting in the show being ranked the #1 podcast on iTunes Comedy. The shows are a sometimes touching, always hilarious, and a very honest insight into what happens when two people grow up together in the Hollywood limelight.

    Now Australian fans will have the opportunity to be a part of the popular podcast series and see their slacker heroes on stage doing what they love, telling stories and poking fun at each other. Jay and Silent Bob are getting old, come watch it as it happens!

  • Next Wave Festival 2012
    May 19, 2012 - May 27, 2012

    Next Wave's Mission: Next Wave’s MissionTo create mind-blowing development and presentation opportunities that empower emerging artists to challenge our understanding of what art can be. Stay tuned to their website for more details