Thurs Fri Sat arvo Sat night Sun Music Shows Specials
Roll up, roll up. The Village Festival presents the latest, the greatest, the wackiest and the funniest shows. Covers theatre, puppetry, circus, magic, variety and (of course) eels.
A $10 session pass will let you see as many shows as you can squeeze in for 6 hours. Is this insane? Book your pass in advance before we realise that it is!
Artist/show/band name |
Description | Time | Venue |
| Broccoli Brothers | The Broccoli Brothers trio waltz energetically into the absurd, transcending the art of clowning to create a truly ecstatic experience. Come and get lost in laughter and be transported to a higher plane of pure stupidity. ‘This show is NOT about vegetables or organic living. Very disappointing’ – Gardening Victoria | Friday 7.20pm; Saturday 7.20pm | The Van |
| Dane’s Magic Venue | A lovely tent where lots of magic shows will happen all festival long. Close-up magic, card tricks, escapes, rope tricks, things disappearing and turning up behind your ear. A RABBIT! | throughout (Sat arvo features Bernie & His Amazing Unicorn) | Dane Certificate Magic Venue |
| Dig Collective | Rising performance collective, recent graduates from Melbourne’s cultural institutions who will do outlandish and grotesque roving performances to accost unwitting passers-by. | Friday 7pm-9pm; Saturday 7pm-9pm | Roving |
| Dr Professor Neal Portenza MD PhD | The good Doctor Professor returns. We love him at The Village. He hasn’t yet told us what he is going to do. But it will be good. “Deliriously funny. ★★★★” The Age Genius. YAWP “Fans of Sam Simmons or Dr Brown will love this show to death. More conservative audiences will probably not dig it. ★★★★★” TalkFringe | Friday 8.15pm; Saturday 8.15pm | The Van |
Eeling Studio |
Like the enigmatic shortfinned eel, that migrates vast distances, along inland waterways, to its spawning grounds in the Coral Sea, your own, ‘inner eel’ will be encouraged to spawn; unleash itself from the shackles of contemporary urban existence and emerge into a new world of unparalleled abundance, beauty and cosmic potential. It really will. Trust us. | thoughout | Eeling Studio |
Max And Moritz |
Max and Moritz a juvenile history in seven tricks’ examines the fate of those two rascals and the tricks they played on the villagers. Megan Cameron’s puppetry will charm you, intrigue you, transport you, and scare the living daylights off anyone contemplating such mischievousness. For Kids!! | Saturday 1pm; Sunday 1.30pm | Sunhouse |
| Meat Raffle | See Village Variety | The Van | |
| Moonlight Sonata | A show for 3 people: A beautiful rendition of Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata for piano in the back of an old red car. | throughout | Red Car |
| Safety First by Westside Circus Performance Ensemble |
Saturday 1.45pm | Roving | |
| Amy Bodossian | Critically acclaimed cabaret starlet, Amy bodossian, invites you into her uniquely whimsical, satirical, and often absurd world of original songs, spoken word and comedy. ****1/2 – The Advertiser. “Pure genius” – The Scotsman. “Ironic, funny, entrancing. Utterly beautiful, heart wrenching” Stage Whispers. Green Room Award Nominee. | Friday 10pm; Saturday 10pm | Sunhouse |
| Storytelling | Spat out from the forests of folklore at a young age, the corseted and rag-clad Roslyn Quin spins her tales of enchantment and adventure for young and old. | Saturday 1.30pm; Sunday 1.30pm | Story Telling Van |
| Storytelling | Be transported by the mystical art of storytelling with story-toting expert Miss Hera See | Saturday 4pm | |
| The Kids Village Variety Show | A bunch of The Village family of artists doing their favourite 5 minute party pieces. FOR KIDS. Funny and nourishing. Like Coco Pops. | Saturday 2.15pm; Sunday 2.15pm | Sunhouse |
| The Village Variety Show | A bunch of The Village family of artists doing their favourite 5 minute party pieces. Funny and stupid. | Friday 10.20pm; Saturday 10.20pm | The Van |
| Jodee Mundy and Dan Goronzy | See Village Variety | The Van | |
| Very Important Circus | The Very Important Circus is a cool drink of a troupe mixed with dynamic tumbling, awe-inspiring adagio, fearless fire play and funny tomfoolery with some smooth jazz thrown in for good measure and topped off with a burlesque twist! | Sunday 3.45pm | Roving |
| When Claude Met Roxy | Ten minutes of perfect erotic hand puppetry. SOOO good. | Friday 7.30pm; Saturday 7.30pm | Near Rotunda |
| WOMANz |
A feisty physical comedy by the formidable Tessa Waters (Top 10 Next Big Things in Comedy, Sydney Morning Herald). Come party with WOMANz as she dances you through her world of wobbly, femmy, sexy, lovey, arty, grindy good bits. From the creator of ‘How to be a Lady’ and ‘Sexytime!’, ‘Roars of side-aching laughter’ ***** (ThreeWeeks). | Friday 8.30pm; Saturday 7pm | Sunhouse |