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October 2015
Havana Palava
Havana Palava is a vibrant street band of brass, saxophones and percussion who take their energetic cacophony of Latin, African, Balkan, jazz, blues and ska rhythms to the people. Melbourne's bright pink and black Palavas love to dress up, get the crowd dancing and create a carnival atmosphere on the street, at community festivals and at private functions.
Find out more »The Tabernacle
Survive the apocalypse with a smile! Talks, installations, food, cooking, gardens, art, various stuff. Revolving program throughout the day
Find out more »World Kitchen- Opening
Opening night food fun! Meet the chefs, the kitchen aids, the dishwashers and taste the substances, if you dare!
Find out more »Origami
Patrons to the sensory experience, remove their shoes at the entrance to the rotunda and are offered a calming warm sage foot bath on arrival before being given Japanese Slippers and being ushered into the space and asked to sit. Peaceful traditional Japanese Kyoto music plays as they select a sheet of beautiful hand made and painted WASHI origami paper from the many various designs provided. This is just the beginning of a meditative and ultimately positive and healing experience.…
Find out more »Pol the painter
Pol will paint. Pol will paint you. Pol will paint with you. Paint with Pol. Paint Pol.
Find out more »Red Cross Op Shop
Red Cross Op Shop & Installation
Find out more »Special-T Lounge
The old and the new meet in the tea lounge. Check in on social media and check-in with your inner self, with a customised cup of tea using a variety of ingredients based on a list of health benefits.
Find out more »Jimay and Sha Gazey
Jimay Falcon and Sha Gazey are, Masters of ALL Ceremonies!!! Panning from the outer reaches of the multiverse to the humble Cat Island of The Bahama's. These two super stars bring you high quality KO-WALA bear entertainment! Sure to set you sailing through space and time with a whole new groove in their unlimited thought provoking Games Extravaganzzza's and immeasurable love parties. They will be hosting the Main Music Stage.
Find out more »Benji
This Kiwi guitarist makes his guitar sound like a hammer dulcimer! It's lovely!
Find out more »Low Down Big Band
The Low Down Big Band is an 18-piece group from Melbourne. They’re young, fresh and play high-energy music. You can expect a big sound, funky beats, swinging solos and good times when Low Down hits the stage
Find out more »KT Prescott Live Portrait Atelier
Be immortalized in only 15 minutes as artist KT Prescott strives to give a truthful account of each face before her. Become part of the longstanding tradition between sitter and artist, and experience what is known as the human connection, as your portrait is drawn. Over the festival weekend, a gallery of faces will appear before our very eyes as an exhibition…Staring into Humanity. Old, young, solemn, smiling, profile or frontal, lovers, divorced, pets, babes in arms, well known, unknown, all…
Find out more »Glambulance
The Glambulance takes you to the Glamergency Room, equipped with sparkles, costumes, arts and crafts, with WrongTown Boutique hosting your outfit revamp. Once your disco ensemble is ready, step onto the catwalk or straight into the discotheque to boogie your troubles away
Find out more »5 minutes- Kristian Santic
a dance improvisation experiment, focusing on random text and interpretation of chosen text. I will purchase 50 books, at random, probably cheapest, from the closest op shop/book shop. One person enters tent, reads a line, or two, and we start to move (for five minutes of course). Rinse and repeat.
Find out more »Papa G and the Stray Cats
Papa G and The Starcats are a funk collective that has been playing and packing out venues across Melbourne for the past two years. This year alone they have released their debut EP, a music video for their single,”Smooth Lovin”, and a live album. The grooves the lay down delve into sweet soul, hip hop, rock and old-school funk, so get ready: this 10-piece powerhouse is gonna get you up to get down!
Find out more »8 Foot Felix
This band's unique brand of dance music is crafted from gypsy, ska and funk roots, with the salty taste of sea shanties and a good splash of hip-hop and blues.
Find out more »Avenida Sol
This brand new Melbourne six-piece plays sounds direct from the streets of Cuba. Whether you are dancing, drinking or carousing, this is good-time music.
Find out more »The Tabernacle
Survive the apocalypse with a smile! Talks, installations, food, cooking, gardens, art, various stuff. Revolving program throughout the day
Find out more »World Kitchen- Saucy Night…!
Oh yeah baby, give me some of that special sauce. What do they say: Food is the Music of Love? Fina Po- Deep water treats; Miss Fribby- Kitchen Moves; Triso and Duncan for all your kitchen advice
Find out more »Origami
Patrons to the sensory experience, remove their shoes at the entrance to the rotunda and are offered a calming warm sage foot bath on arrival before being given Japanese Slippers and being ushered into the space and asked to sit. Peaceful traditional Japanese Kyoto music plays as they select a sheet of beautiful hand made and painted WASHI origami paper from the many various designs provided. This is just the beginning of a meditative and ultimately positive and healing experience.…
Find out more »JIVIR
JIVIR is a Melbourne based structured improvisational world trio formed in Feb 2015 after years of collaboration between the members of this band in various combinations. The word JIVIR is a regional Persian word that roughly translates to 'the sound you make to find your friend lost in the forest'. The trio is a blend of classical Persian, classical Western, modern Japanese, free-jazz and experimental music utilising instruments from Iran, Japan and Western cultures
Find out more »Gherkin Khan’s Amusement Arcade for Young Warriors
Complete the 7 Tasks of the Great Khan. If you dare... enter into the wooden venue. Once you have negotiated with the gnarly guard, take a chance and guide your pinball through the maze. Hand-eye co-ordination needed. The iPad of the future (and past)
Find out more »The Hadal Zone
The Hadal Zone is a place deep, deep, deep under the sea, where only the most tenacious (and weird) things live. This is that zone recreated at sea level.
Find out more »Pol the painter
Pol will paint. Pol will paint you. Pol will paint with you. Paint with Pol. Paint Pol.
Find out more »Lolly Shop
A lolly Shop, for sure. But SO, SO, SO, much more. But you have to buy a lolly to find out.
Find out more »Sharpie a van
You are invited to grab a texta and doodle on a Big White Van.With Tristan Stowards and with thanks to GoGet Car Share.
Find out more »Red Cross Op Shop
Red Cross Op Shop & Installation
Find out more »Special-T Lounge
The old and the new meet in the tea lounge. Check in on social media and check-in with your inner self, with a customised cup of tea using a variety of ingredients based on a list of health benefits.
Find out more »Chaos Magnet
Look out for Chaos Magnet, the intergalactic musical roving team of runaway space warriors, who play snappy songs from this planet and their own, while juggling, dancing and telling the story of their daring escape!
Find out more »KT Prescott Live Portrait Atelier
Be immortalized in only 15 minutes as artist KT Prescott strives to give a truthful account of each face before her. Become part of the longstanding tradition between sitter and artist, and experience what is known as the human connection, as your portrait is drawn. Over the festival weekend, a gallery of faces will appear before our very eyes as an exhibition…Staring into Humanity. Old, young, solemn, smiling, profile or frontal, lovers, divorced, pets, babes in arms, well known, unknown, all…
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Glambulance
The Glambulance takes you to the Glamergency Room, equipped with sparkles, costumes, arts and crafts, with WrongTown Boutique hosting your outfit revamp. Once your disco ensemble is ready, step onto the catwalk or straight into the discotheque to boogie your troubles away
Find out more »Scrimshaw Ffour
Authentic rootsey bluegrass and swing. Real tasty. The Scrimshaw Four are a high energy, jazz/bluegrass band from Melbourne, featuring Banjo, Guitar, Violin and Double Bass their live show will make your feet fall off from dancing so hard. Described as “Gypsy Doof Doof” The Scrimshaw Four have been busking and performing almost in every location possible, up and down the coast of Australia, there isn’t a show where The Scrims wont get everybody up and jiggin’ around. The band’s talent…
Find out more »5 minutes- Kristian Santic
a dance improvisation experiment, focusing on random text and interpretation of chosen text. I will purchase 50 books, at random, probably cheapest, from the closest op shop/book shop. One person enters tent, reads a line, or two, and we start to move (for five minutes of course). Rinse and repeat.
Find out more »Claude’s secret men’s Business
Claude is a man. Are you a man? Come and discuss this with Claude. Bound to be enlightening.
Find out more »10 Minute Dance Party
DJ Ry will be rocking the caravan - hard - but only for 10 minutes!
Find out more »Basha
Who is Basha? Where has Basha come from? Is Basha male or female? Where are Basha'a nipples! Is Basha the new prophet?
Find out more »Meg Nightjar
Intimate karaoke with a personal twist. Pick a card and hear a personal story told through song.
Find out more »Los Cojones
Slip on your Cuban heels, slap on your Panama hat, slop some wax on your Pancho Villa, it's time to Mam - BO! The maracas will be a’shakin’ like a sheik on a mechanical bull. Los Cojones –Latin with attitude.
Find out more »Orlando Furious
An independent solo artist with roots in the DIY punk scene he makes music from materials at hand, in this case, a sampler and iPad apps over which he sings words of passion about Australia, about love, about still wanting to feel sexy when you’re balding.
Find out more »Glambulance
The Glambulance takes you to the Glamergency Room, equipped with sparkles, costumes, arts and crafts, with WrongTown Boutique hosting your outfit revamp. Once your disco ensemble is ready, step onto the catwalk or straight into the discotheque to boogie your troubles away
Find out more »20 minutes- Kristian Santic
a dance improvisation experiment, focusing on random text and interpretation of chosen text. I will purchase 50 books, at random, probably cheapest, from the closest op shop/book shop. One person enters tent, reads a line, or two, and we start to move (for five minutes of course). Rinse and repeat.
Find out more »Village Variety Show
If you want a taste of what The Village Festival is all about, come on into the Moonhouse. Features the likes of Aqua divas, Miss Fribby, Ian Pidd, Glitter and Snatch. Glitter and Snatch is two back up dancers liberating the art form from the shadows. Booty poppin’, high kicking duet; who’s synchronicity and style not to mention their posh-spice like fierceness is bringing back up dance to it’s rightful place. To the centre fucking front! Glitter and Snatch started…
Find out more »Bomb Collar
Direct from the End Of Human History, The Last Pop Singer Alive will perform cautionary ballads from the Dead Future! Also some sexier dance-y material
Find out more »The Tabernacle
Survive the apocalypse with a smile! Talks, installations, food, cooking, gardens, art, various stuff. Revolving program throughout the day
Find out more »Dan’s Caravan of Consumption
Follow the advice of cantankerous football supporters the country over and "Go Up the Guts". This is a caravan being converted into a human, where visitors get to experience the digestive system frmo the inside. Eeew!
Find out more »Red Cross Op Shop
Red Cross Op Shop & Installation
Find out more »World Kitchen- Cooking with a conscience
Hey! Food is not just to be consumed you know. A light-hearted look at the different ways we can make our food resources stretch further. Includes a Fare Share food demo with Dani Valent; Get the Food know-how with Lisa Coba; Food foraging. And The Iron Chef Competition at 1.30pm.
Find out more »Origami
Patrons to the sensory experience, remove their shoes at the entrance to the rotunda and are offered a calming warm sage foot bath on arrival before being given Japanese Slippers and being ushered into the space and asked to sit. Peaceful traditional Japanese Kyoto music plays as they select a sheet of beautiful hand made and painted WASHI origami paper from the many various designs provided. This is just the beginning of a meditative and ultimately positive and healing experience.…
Find out more »Gherkin Khan’s Amusement Arcade for Young Warriors
Complete the 7 Tasks of the Great Khan. If you dare... enter into the wooden venue. Once you have negotiated with the gnarly guard, take a chance and guide your pinball through the maze. Hand-eye co-ordination needed. The iPad of the future (and past). Various times
Find out more »The Hadal Zone
The Hadal Zone is a place deep, deep, deep under the sea, where only the most tenacious (and weird) things live. This is that zone recreated at sea level.
Find out more »