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07 JUNE — 30 JULY 2023
Shadow Spirit
Flinders Street Station
WED 7 JUNE — SUN 9 JULY
Electric
SPIRITS OF THE LAND
Hamer Hall
FRI 2 — SUN 18 JUNE
Euphoria
By Julian Rosefeldt
Melbourne Town Hall
THU 8 — SAT 10 JUNE
TANZ
Florentina Holzinger
Arts Centre Melbourne
WED 7 — SUN 18 JUNE
Ghetto Biennale
Atis Rezistans
ALPHA60 Chapter House
THU 15 — SUN 18 JUNE
The Dan Daw Show
Dan Daw Creative Projects
Meat Market
THU 15 — SAT 17 JUNE
Oil Pressure Vibrator
Geumhyung Jeong
ACMI
FRI 16 JUNE
Cornelius and Shintaro Sakamoto
Honey 2 Honey
Forum Melbourne
SAT 17 – SUN 18 JUNE
Tiny Infinite Deaths
Amber McCartney
NGV International – Federation Court
THU 15 JUNE — SAT 17 JUNE
Oh Deer!
APHIDS
The Capitol – RMIT
WED 7 — SUN 18 JUNE
Anthem
Wu Tsang
St Paul's Cathedral
THU 15 — SAT 17 JUNE
Masterclass
Brokentalkers and Adrienne Truscott
Malthouse Theatre
THU 15 JUNE
Real Lies
Pelada and DJ Millú
Max Watt's
FRI 16 — SAT 24 JUNE
Identity
The Australian Ballet
Arts Centre Melbourne
WED 14 — THU 15 JUNE
Buŋgul
Gurrumul's Mother’s Buŋgul, Gurrumul's Grandmother’s Buŋgul, Gurrumul's Manikay
Arts Centre Melbourne
SAT 17 JUNE
NTS Closing Party
Featuring EYE, Melati ESP, Mindy Meng Wang, Otologic, Sapphire Slows, Salamanda, re:ni b2b laksa, Yikes
Max Watt's
FRI 7 JUL, 4—5PM
Shadow Spirit : Kimberley Moulton In Conversation with Julie Gough
ACMI
MON 22 MAY — SAT 24 JUNE
Jacky
Declan Furber Gillick
Arts Centre Melbourne
THU 15 JUNE
Liv.e and Obongjayar
Elle Shimada
Forum Melbourne
WED 7 — SUN 18 JUNE
Night Trade
St Paul's Cathedral Car Park
SAT 10 — WED 14 JUNE
Consort of the Moon
Genevieve Lacey and Erkki Veltheim
Fitzroy Gardens
WED 14 JUNE
RVG
Iceage and Batrider
Forum Melbourne
FRI 9 — SUN 18 JUNE
THIS
David Woods and Collaborators
Former Richmond Power Station
JUN 13 2023 – JUN 2024
First Peoples Melbourne Art Trams 2023
Curated by Jarra Karalinar Steel
WED 14 JUNE
Liquid Architecture
Asep Nayak, Sote and Tarik Barri, Kelman Duran, Aarti Jadu
Max Watt's
THU 1 JUNE — SAT 8 JULY
The Rink
Birrarung Marr
WED 5 JUL, 6—7PM
Dear Pluto Queer Speed Dating at The Rink
Birrarung Marr
MON 12 — TUE 13 JUNE
Robyn Archer : an Australian Songbook
Arts Centre Melbourne
WED 14 JUNE
Birdz & Fred Leone Present : Girra
Forum Upstairs
MON 5 JUNE — THU 13 JULY
Multitudes
Tin & Ed
Federation Square
WED 7 JUNE — SUN 18 JUNE
Wallabies
Matthew Clarke
Birrarung Marr
FRI 16 JUNE
Loraine James and Arushi Jain
Fia Fiell
Max Watt's
WED 7 — SAT 10 JUNE
SPARK
By Daan Roosegaarde
Federation Square
WED 7 — SUN 18 JUNE
Tracker
Australian Dance Theatre in association with ILBIJERRI Theatre Company
Arts House
WED 7 – SUN 18 JUNE
Under Maintenance
Geumhyung Jeong
Arts House
FRI 16 — SAT 17 JUNE
Hide The Dog
Nathan Maynard (pakana) and Jamie McCaskill (Māori)
Arts Centre Melbourne
SUN 11 JUNE
Black Mass
Featuring Bambii, dameeeela, SOVBLKPSSY, Crybaby and The Mind Searcher
Max Watt's
SUN 11 JUNE
Waripa
Forum Melbourne
FRI 9 JUNE
The Damned and Witch
Vacuum
Forum Melbourne
SAT 10 JUNE
Esa's Afro-Synth Band ft. Kamazu and Mim Suleiman
Ausecuma Beats
Max Watt's
FRI 9 & SAT 10 JUNE
Ethel Cain
Forum Upstairs
SAT 10 JUNE
10,000 Kazoos
Ciaran Frame
Federation Square
SAT 10 JUNE
Thundercat
Forum Melbourne
WED 7 & THU 8 JUNE
Ichiko Aoba
Multiple Venues
TUE 6 - WED 7 JUNE
DRINKING
Paul Kelly
Melbourne Recital Centre
FRI 9 JUNE
Yazmin Lacey
Max Watt's
FRI 16 JUNE
Ruth Radelet
Forum Upstairs
WED 7 JUNE
Hand To Earth
Forum Upstairs
FRI 9 JUNE
Hear My Eyes : GOOD TIME
Big Yawn and Teether
Melbourne Recital Centre
THU 15 JUNE
Sonic Eclipse
Speak Percussion
Melbourne Recital Centre
THU 8 JUNE—SUN 18 JUNE
A Call To Echo
Amrita Hepi
ArtPlay
THU 8 JUNE
Desire Marea
DEBBY FRIDAY and Ayebatonye
Max Watt's
Mon 12 June, 1—7PM
El Gran Mono at The Rink
Birrarung Marr
Tue 6 & Tue 13 June
Euphoria Book Club
Aurelia St Clair and Torika Bolatagici
Melbourne Town Hall
Euphoria book club and reading nook
THU 8 JUN — SAT 17 JUN
Goddess: Up Late
Melbourne Winter Masterpieces® 2023
ACMI
SAT 17 JUNE, 6PM—7PM
Kerfew in-conversation with Arushi Jain
Torrens University Auditorium
SAT 17 JUNE
Madlib
DJ Set / Wrap Party
Forum Melbourne
SAT 3 JUNE
Making Euphoria : In Conversation
With Julian Rosefeldt, Gideon Obarzanek and Ruby Jones
ACMI
Fri 26 May
Puppet Making Workshops
Poncili Creación
WED 14 — FRI 16 JUNE
Queer PowerPoint
Harriet Gillies, Xanthe Dobbie & Thom Smyth
Torrens University Auditorium
SAT 10 JUNE, 6PM
Radical Access : In Conversation
With Dan Daw, Caroline Bowditch and Kath Duncan
Torrens University Auditorium
Sun 11 — Wed 14 June
RISING : Dine at Dusk
Kisumé, Mabu Mabu, and Victoria by Farmer's Daughters
Various Restaurants (CBD)
Wed 07 — Sun 18 June
RISING : Moon Bites
Various Restaurants (CBD)
THU 8 — FRI 9 JUNE
Shadow Spirit Talk Series
Shadow Spirit Artists in Conversation
ACMI
THU 8 JUNE, 6.30PM
SPARK : In Conversation
With Daan Roosegarde, Katrina Sedgwick and Hannah Fox
Federation Square
THU 6 JUL, 5—9PM
Vibe Positive RnB Party at The Rink
Sophie McAlister, Daws
Birrarung Marr
WED 7—THU 8 JUNE
Weyes Blood
Lost Animal
Forum Melbourne
THU 15 JUNE, 5—9PM
Yano and Beyond at The Rink
Glow tha DJ, Kgomotso and Kix
Birrarung Marr
