Melbourne International Arts Festival
What? Melbourne International Arts Festival is Australia's premier celebration of international performing and visual arts and Melbourne's flagship cultural even
t. Since first being staged in 1986 as the third Spoleto Festival (with Spoleto, Italy, and Charleston, USA), Melbourne Festival quickly forged an unique identity and remains the only festival in Australia to be born from international heritage.
Held over 17 days each October, Melbourne Festival is the pre-eminent destination festival in the nation, exclusively debuting and premiering some of the finest national and international artists and companies.
Where? Melbourne, Victoria When? 6 - 22 October, 2011
Who & What? 2011 - Its huge check official site
Festival Website? Melbourne Festival
Melbourne Festival on Social Media?
2011 Melbourne Festival Events & News
Tom Tom Crew's Acrobatic Hip Hop Set To Mesmerise Melbourne06-Oct-2011
PRESENTED BY MELBOURNE FESTIVAL AND STRUT & FRET PRODUCTION HOUSE TOM TOM CREW (Australia) ..
Indonesia? The Birth Place of Hip-Hop?05-Oct-2011
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE JECKO SIOMPO / JECKO’S DANCE WE CAME FROM THE EAST (Indone..
Black Rights Activist Foley Dissident Narrative Set to Challenge 21-Sep-2011
WORLD PREMIERE PRESENTED BY MELBOURNE FESTIVAL IN ASSOCIATION WITH SYDNEY FESTIVAL F..
Choreographer Perry's Double Think Examines Illusion of Opposition21-Sep-2011
WORLD PREMIERE ARTS HOUSE AND FORCE MAJEURE IN ASSOCIATION WITH MELBOURNE FESTI..
Floriade Nightfest -Lights- Flowers -Movies -Music- Action!21-Sep-2011
Floriade NightFest will serve up five fun-filled evenings of movies, food and wine, comedy,..
Free Audacious Light Show to Dazzle Melbourne21-Sep-2011
WORLD PREMIERE PRESENTED BY MELBOURNE FESTIVAL, THE ELECTRIC CANVAS AND RED ENERGY CACOP..
USA Brooklyn's Black Dice Noise Art Set to Overwhelm Melbourne Festival Goers20-Sep-2011
BLACK DICE (USA) - LUCKY DRAGONS (USA) Rightly renowned as one of the p..
JAMES RHODES The Man making Beethoven Sexy 19-Sep-2011
AUSTRALIAN PREMIERE - PRESENTED BY MELBOURNE FESTIVAL, ANDREW KAY, LIZA MCLEAN AND GLYNIS HENDER..
Candid Street Photography In Camera and In Public16-Sep-2011
PRESENTED BY MELBOURNE FESTIVAL AND CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY In came..
Mozart's The Magic Flute Gets South African Township Treatment16-Sep-2011
MELBOURNE FESTIVAL IN ASSOCIATION WITH ARTS PROJECTS AUSTRALIA, ANDREW KAY, LIZA MCLEAN AND DAVI..
Kronos Quartet (USA)To Premiere Three Australian Pieces at Melbourne Festival15-Sep-2011
The upcoming Melbourne Festival is offering a rare opportunity to witness one of the most fêt..
Past Festivals? London Philharmonic Orchestra With Principal Conductor Vladimir Jurowski Featuring soloists Jean-Yves Thibaudet & Vadim Repin , Australian String Quartet, Palestine's Ramallah Underground , Bishi, The Go Set, Goldie Lux, Cameron Carpenter, Black Arm Band, Brazil's Garotas Suecas, Paprika Balkanicus plus many more
John P commented on 15-Sep-2011 04:41 PM
The Melbourne Festival is always brilliant. We try to save a chunk of our entertainment budget to get there from NSW each year.