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Melbourne Events and Attractions - Out

OUT is a guide to gigs, parties, studio sales and other events in Melbourne. It's what tourist brochures call nightlife but to us it is simply life and so we also include events that refuse to be categorised. We believe that good, clean fun is a contradiction, that a bottle of beer should never cost $10, and that a queue is our cue to leave, or at least lie about being on the doorlist.

Sunday 21st March

Hot Mess Bingo

What:
Hot Mess Bingo

Where:
The Grace Darling, 114 Smith St, Collingwood

When:
Sun Mar 21, 7pm

How much:
3 games for $8!

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Description:
The thought of the average cabbage-smelling bingo hall full of old women with turkey arms and the distant sound of the pokies trilling in the background is enough to send a shudder down your spine. But bingo can actually be worth leaving the house for! All it takes is cult drag queen Jonny Woo and his gaggle of Hot Mess trannies from London to be grabbing the balls, and then you've got a riot.

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Event: Pub Party

Stimulus: Gay Abandon

Kuwaii open studio!

What:
Kuwaii LMFF open studio!

Where:
37-39 Glenlyon Rd, Brunswick

When:
Sun Mar 21, noon-3pm (The Icypoles playing from 2pm)

How much:
Free! A list of other LMFF open studios here.

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Description:
Kristy Barber is opening her studio this Sunday for LMFF, letting us behind the scenes of the asymmetrical Kuwaii juggernaut! Her friend Isobel Knowles will be bringing her band, the Icypoles, and after that we'll go down to the servo and get one. - Us.

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Event: Fashion show

Stimulus: Be the next Princess Mary

Open House Festival

What:
St Ali Open House Festival

Where:
St Ali, 12–18 Yarra Pl, South Melbourne

When:
Sun Mar 21, 5–9pm

How much:
Free! Bookings with Matt 9645 5511.

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Description:
All you coffee buffs and home-baristas out there – start flexing your foam wand finger muscles and limber up those cup-toting wrists. St Ali are having mini coffee festival in their laneway, opening up their world to the public for one night only during the Melbourne Food and Wine Festival.

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Event: Laneway Party

Stimulus: coffee

Pinch and Spoon market stall

What:
Pinch and Spoon market stall

Where:
Rose St Artist Market, 60 Rose St, Fitzroy

When:
Sun Mar 21, 11am–5pm

How much:
Cheap treasure!

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Description:
Pinch and Spoon is a WA-based fashion label that creates one-off mini masterpieces out of vintage frocks and found things. We're not telling you to pinch pennies and buy a ticket to Perth anytime soon, but we are softly nudging you towards the (much more geographically agreeable) Rose St Artist Market this Sunday because Isobel is bringing the whole operation to Melbourne.

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Event: Markets

Stimulus: Be the next Princess Mary

Tuesday 23rd March

'The High Life' exhibition closing night rooftop crawl

What:
The High Life exhibition closing night rooftop crawl

Where:
Sarti, Rooftop Bar, The Order of Melbourne and Madame Brussels

When:
Tues Mar 23, meet at Sarti 5.30pm, Rooftop Bar 6.15pm, The Order of Melbourne 7pm or Madame Brussels 7.45pm

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Description:
Tuesday is the closing night for The High Life: a series of art projects curated by West Space on rooftops in Melbourne. Go for champagne at Sarti, the stairs at Rooftop and more stairs at The Order of Melbourne. You can then crawl more stairs at Madame Brussels. It is worth it.

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Event: Mobile Gallery

Stimulus: art

John Jameson Productions Short Film Night

What:
John Jameson Productions Short Film Night

Where:
Rooftop Cinema, 252 Swanston St, Melbourne

When:
Tues Mar 23, 8-11pm

How much:
Private event, free Jamesons!

Win:
We have 2 dbls to give away! To enter, email win@threethousand.com.au with the subject 'I think this one stars Polly Hot Patootie''

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Description:
Most people you ask hate short films. Why do you think that is? You'll say, "Hey! I got tickets to the short film night!" And they'll say, "Shoooooort film? Oh man." Anyway, what this means is there's never any filler at short film events. It's just the people who don't need to be soothed by the magical Hollywood lullaby just to sit still for 90 minutes.

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Event: Film

Stimulus: Cheap Date

Tourism Vic need qualified masseuses for their World Record Attempt!

What:
Tourism Vic need qualified masseuses for their World Record Attempt!

Where:
Lavandula Lavendar Farm, 350 Hepburn-Newstead Rd, Shepherds Flat (via Daylesford)

When:
Tues Mar 30, 9am

How much:
If you are a qualified masseuse, you get a $100 MYER gift card for volunteering! Rub goes both ways.

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Description:
In what some (we) are calling 'a stroke of genius', Tourism Victoria are planning a big circle jerk to promote Daylesford's amazing day spas! They're going to break the Guinness world record for a simultaneous massage on Tuesday. What they need, though, is masseuses. Are you qualified? Get in touch and volunteer - you get a $100 MYER voucher.

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Event: Day Trip

Stimulus: Barefeet

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