Latest Events in Southbank(July Updated)

French Impressionism is a major exhibition developed by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in partnership with the National Gallery of Victoria. The exhibition charts the trajectory of Impressionism and Post-Impressionism in late nineteenth-century France, highlighting the renowned avant-garde artists at the centre of this period of radical experimentation, who boldly rejected the artistic conventions of their time.

Kimono designs and Japanese style have inspired global art, design and fashion since Japan re-opened to the world in the mid nineteenth-century. This exhibition displays historically significant and visually dynamic examples of costume and fashion from Japanese history, and establishes a creative lineage to the most experimental and innovative fashion designers of today.

Experience the live performance of the iconic Nepali artists MaHa Jodi at Maha Jatra Melbourne 2024. Madan Krishna Shrestha and Hari Bamsha Acharya, collectively known as 'MaHa', will grace the stage in Melbourne after a decade-long hiatus. Joining them are esteemed artists Narendra Kansakar, Kiran KC, and Kunti Moktan. This event offers fans an opportunity to reminisce about the past and create new memories. The captivating blend of humor, music, and storytelling in MaHa's unique style is sure to enthrall the audience. Don't miss this chance to be part of an unforgettable evening at the Melbourne Recital Centre in Southbank. The event will be held on June 8, 2024, and admission is free. Melbourne Recital Centre prioritizes the safety of all attendees, staff, and artists, implementing various health, hygiene, and physical distancing measures. Learn more about the safety protocols in place to ensure a secure environment for all guests.

Experience a vibrant youth music program featuring special guests such as Quang Hung MasterD, Lâm Vũ, Tuệ Ny, Finn Nguyễn Huy, and Dj Jimmy Kỳ. The event, named MEL 08.09.2024 | THUY TRIEU - QUANG HUNG MASTERD, LAM VU, TUE NY, will take place at Crown Melbourne in Southbank on 8th and 9th September 2024. Join the excitement at 8 Whiteman Street, Southbank, VIC 3006. Tickets are priced between $85 and $115. Don't miss out on this dynamic musical extravaganza.

Curated by the NGV in collaboration with the artist especially for Australian audiences, the exhibition Yayoi Kusama includes many works never-before-seen by local audiences as well as a diverse display of the artist’s popular immersive rooms, including the global unveiling of the artist’s most recent immersive infinity mirror room work. Comprising more than 180 works, the exhibition is the largest ever exhibition of the artist’s work in Australia and one of the most comprehensive retrospectives of the artist ever presented globally. Featuring painting, sculpture, collage, fashion, video and installation, the exhibition reveals the astonishing breadth of Kusama’s multidisciplinary practice. Yayoi Kusama will be displayed across the entire ground floor of NGV International and extend into NGV’s public spaces and the surrounding Melbourne Arts Precinct including NGV’s iconic Waterwall, Great Hall, and Federation Court. A major highlight of the exhibition will be an impressive assembly of Kusama’s iconic immersive installations, including her infinity rooms that ingeniously use mirrors to create the visual illusion of infinite space. A new, never-before-seen kaleidoscopic infinity mirror room, currently in development especially for the exhibition, will make its global premiere in Melbourne. The exhibition also includes the Australian debut of Dancing Pumpkin, a towering 5-metre-tall bronze sculpture newly acquired by the NGV with the support of the Loti and Victor Smorgon fund. Conceived by the artist in 2020, Dancing Pumpkin takes her iconic motif into new and surprising conceptual terrain and allows audiences to walk under the towering sculpture. The exhibition also features the Australian premiere of THE HOPE OF THE POLKA DOTS BURIED IN INFINITY WILL ETERNALLY COVER THE UNIVERSE, 2019, which visually entangles viewers within 6 metre-high tentacular forms covered in yellow-and-black polka dots. A further highlight will be the presentation of Narcissus Garden, a new iteration of the installation Kusama first presented unofficially at the Venice Biennale in 1966. This installation comprises 1400 stainless silver balls, each 30cm in diameter and presented en masse as visitors enter the Gallery. The NGV will have an opportunity to acquire this work for its Collection through the 2024 Annual Appeal, which invites philanthropic donations of any size. Our public spaces will also be transformed by Kusama’s signature polka-dots, extending the sensory experience of Kusama’s work beyond the exhibition galleries to include a site-specific artwork for the NGV’s iconic Waterwall and an installation of enormous balloons that will float playfully over visitors’ heads in NGV International’s Great Hall, titled Dots Obsession.

The NGV has partnered with the British Museum to present Pharaoh, a landmark exhibition that celebrates three thousand years of ancient Egyptian art and culture. Through more than 500 objects, including monumental sculpture, architecture, temple statuary, exquisite jewellery, papyri, coffins and a rich array of funerary objects, the exhibition unpacks the phenomenon of pharaoh, those all-powerful kings claiming a divine origin.

A landmark exhibition, Africa Fashion celebrates the creativity, ingenuity, and global impact of contemporary African fashions from the mid-twentieth century to the present day.  Featuring over 200 works – spanning fashion, textiles, adornment, photography, music and film – the exhibition illuminates a thriving fashion scene as dynamic and varied as the continent itself.

Looking fifty years into the future, Reimagining Birrarung: Design Concepts for 2070 presents a series of provocations for the lands and waters of the Birrarung (Yarra River). Focusing on ecological regeneration, public access and connectivity across the catchment, this exhibition asks what it means to acknowledge a river as a living and integrated natural entity.

REKOSPECTIVE is an immersive exhibition that charts the bold and dynamic practice of renowned Kamilaroi artist, Reko Rennie. The exhibition resists a conventional chronological sequence, allowing audiences to freely navigate the intersection between culture, politics and identity from a contemporary First Nations perspective. Rennie’s distinctive style, which blends iconography from his Kamilaroi heritage with contemporary media, explores the complexities of his Aboriginal identity and Melbourne upbringing. REKOSPECTIVE unveils new works from Rennie, presented alongside pieces that have garnered the artist international acclaim over the last two decades. REKOSPECTIVE showcases Rennie’s unique style and offers an important perspective in dialogues surrounding cultural and social visibility.

The ASCD Symposium aims to foster, equalise access and improve training in cosmetic dermatology for all Australasian dermatologists The ASCD Symposium aims to foster, equalise access and improve training in cosmetic dermatology for all Australasian dermatologists and registrars and, more broadly, to share dermatologist’s expertise with other disciplines. The primary goal is to provide a national focus for training in cosmetic dermatology, and advocacy for this work. Information Source: The Production House Events | expotobi

Visit the website for the latest events and line-up.Start your weekend right with the Stars of Stand Up Comedy at Big Belly Bar & Comedy Club - A guaranteed great night out**Great night out not guaranteed| Every weekend we bring you comedy stars of today as well as the stars of tomorrow. Our comics regularly appear on Mock the Week, Live at the Apollo, Netflix, Have I Got News For You, Never Mind the Buzzcocks and 8 Out of 10 Cats, Russell Howard's Good News, Comedy Central Roast Battle and more. Real comedy is best experienced LIVE . Nothing beats being in the room with comics telling the jokes that you simply wont see on TV!Doors / Arrive From 7:30pm | Show Starts 8.00pm IMPORTANT INFORMATION Comic line up is subject to change. We will endeavour to offer a comic of similar billing should this occur . Heckling, talking or disruption of the performance is strictly forbidden. Repeat offenders will be removed and their ticket cancelled with no refund. Seating is unreserved. Arrive early to get the seats you want. The venue reserve the right to refuse admission / service. We are wheelchair accessible. No dogs (except support and guide dogs). ------------------------------------------- Terms and Conditions: 1. The ticket holder voluntarily assumes all risks and danger incidental to the event for which the ticket is issued, whether occurring prior, during or after the event. 2. Tickets are issued subject to the rules and regulations of the venue. 3. Please check your tickets, as mistakes cannot always be rectified. 4. Occasionally, events are cancelled or postponed by the promoter, team, performer or venue for a variety of reasons. If the event is cancelled, please contact us for information on receiving a refund from the responsible party. If the event was moved or rescheduled, the venue or promoter may set refund limitations. It is your responsibility to ascertain the date and time of any rearranged event. 5. The venue reserves the right to refuse admission and may on occasion have to conduct security searches to ensure the safety of the patrons. 6. Every effort to admit latecomers will be made at a suitable break in the event, but admission cannot always be guaranteed. 7. We regret that tickets cannot be refunded after purchase. 8. Tickets are sold subject to the venue or promoter's right to alter or vary the programme due to events or circumstances beyond its control without being obliged to refund monies or exchange tickets. 9. If this ticket is re-sold or transferred for profit or commercial gain by anyone other than the promoter, venue management or one of their authorised sub-agents, it will become voidable and the holder may be refused entry to or ejected from the venue. 10. The promoter and venue management accept no responsibility for any personal property. ---------------------------------------- Comedy Show - Comedy Event - Comedy Tickets - Stand up Comedy - Comedy Shows - Comedy Night - Comedy Club -Comedy Tonight - Comedy London - Comedians - Comics - Best Comedy London - Great Comedy - Free Comedy Information Source: Big Belly Comedy | eventbrite

Asia TOPA is Australia’s major triennial of Asia-Pacific performance. Asia TOPA returns 20 February – 10 March 2025 with an extraordinary program of new art and performance from across the Asia-Pacific. Every three years, Asia TOPA brings the best of Asia-Pacific arts, culture and ideas to Melbourne for a three-week-long celebration that spotlights our diverse and dynamic region. The 2025 triennial includes breath-taking new work across dance, theatre, music, visual art and beyond, alongside a new nightlife program and opportunities to connect with artists and creative communities. Asia TOPA is a place to connect with our global neighbours, bringing cultural innovators and artistic visionaries from across the Asia-Pacific to our city. The 2025 triennial is led by Creative Director, Jeff Khan and a new team. With a spirit of openness and curiosity, Asia TOPA creates a dynamic space to build connections, exchange bold new ideas and imagine new possibilities for the future. Join us for an unmissable three-week, city-wide adventure of dynamic performances, captivating exhibitions, thought-provoking talks and immersive late-night events that will inspire, surprise and captivate.