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Selected Mix It Up Concerts
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The Mix It Up! program continues in 2011 with Saturday Sessions, a weekly celebration of musical influences from around the globe. Staged in the Famous Spiegel Garden on Saturday afternoons, the program features artists from diverse cultures in ticketed and free performances. There's also art displays, workshops, dancing and more...more.
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Mix It Up
19 February - 2 April
2011
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Experience this unique series of live music and jam sessions with flavours from all corners of the globe. A fresh mix of local MCs, vocalists, bands, beatmakers and programmers fuse styles to create new Australian sounds in the heart of Melbourne...more.
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Visible
Mix It Up
November 26, 27
December 3, 4, 10, 11
2010
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Be part of a musical revolution on Sunday November 21st as contemporary and traditional African cultures come together in a massive showcase at Hamer Hall to launch the annual Visible CD...more.
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Visible
Emerge
Mix It Up
November 21
2010
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Feel the rhythm of the drum as Indian beat sensation The Dhol Foundation returns to Melbourne as part of Mix It Up!...more.
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Mix It Up
3 Oct
2010
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Recognised as one of the most important post-revolution Cuban bands, Los Van Van return to the Arts Centre after the highly successful 2006 show...more.
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Mix It Up
11 Aug
2010
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Master Indonesian flute player and composer Memet Chairul Slamet brings his acclaimed band Gangsadewa to Melbourne for the one performance only...more.
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Mix It Up
1 Aug
2010
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This stunning photographic exhibition captures the intimate connection between music, family and everyday life in African culture. Photographer Damian Vincenzi invites us into some of Melbourne’s newest African refugee communities to reveal an incredibly diverse wave of new musicians; musicians who have made Australia home, and continue to live their music in every moment...more.
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Emerge
27 July - 3 August
2010
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Directed and produced by independent film maker Thomas Baricevic in partnership with Multicultural Arts Victoria, Step By Step is a documentary that peers into the fascinating world of young Sudanese in Melbourne. Step inside the world of A-MCs, a group of Sudanese school age boys based in Dandenong who write and perform hip hop music, and Jungle City Massive, group of young Sudanese school age girls based in Melbourne’s west who learn and perform hip hop dance and music...more.
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Emerge
17 July
2010
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Multicultural Arts Victoria takes its exciting and innovative Emerge Cultural Hubs project to Dandenong for the first time, unearthing a wave of new cultures and talents who have made Dandenong their home in recent years. Bring your dancing shoes and a sense of adventure and get ready to enjoy an afternoon of music, song, drum, dance, food, crafts, culture and ceremony from local refugee and new arrival communities...more.
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Emerge
17 July
2010
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Come and experience traditional songs, dances and food from Burundi and be blown away by the sound of the ingoma – the powerful and distinctive traditional Burundian drums. This inaugural event will be a spectacular celebration of Burundian independence day as Melbourne's Burundian community put their talents and culture on show...more.
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Emerge
3 July
2010
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A unique opportunity for culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) and world music artists to learn more about the business of music, the Australian music industry and how to get heard!...more.
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Emerge
Every Saturday in July
2010
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Kutcha Edwards, Mutti Mutti man, National Indigenous Person and Aboriginal Male Artist of the Year 2001, Human Rights Award and VIPA theatre award recipient joins with musical friends Andrew McSweeney and Tonchi McIntosh in yuyukatha (to dream)...more.
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25 June - 23 July 2010
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Blak Roots releases its long awaited debut album with the support of amazing local act Vox Congo performing a unique mix of Congolese gospel, rumba, soukous, zouk, reggae, aguaya and pende folk rhythms...more.
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Emerge
27 June
2010
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Multicultural Arts Victoria, Melbourne Recital Centre and ABC Radio National's Music Deli combine forces to present Flamenco on Saturday June 26th.
Join us on a musical journey into the origins of Flamenco music, through the vibrant colours of India, the rich tapestries of the Middle East and the rolling hills of southern Spain...more.
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Music Deli
June 26
2010
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A forum on creating art that activates and serves a social function with reflection on the Talanoa; Walk the Talk VII experience. With Sudanese and Kiribati community leaders, Shigeyuki Kihara and guest speakers. Performances by Dambai Dance Group & Te roro n ririrake Kiribati Dance Group...more.
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22 June
2010
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Attracting capacity audiences in past years, Emerge Festival commemorates the United Nations World Refugee Day and celebrates Refugee Week in Australia. From Africa to the Far East, from the traditional to the contemporary, from the emerging to the established, music, dance, visual arts, exotic foods, ancient crafts and ceremonies...more.
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Emerge
20 June
2010
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From Africa to the Far East, from the traditional to the contemporary, from the emerging to the established, music, dance, visual arts, exotic foods, ancient crafts and ceremonies. Emerge Festival is a dynamic celebration of Victoria's many rich and undiscovered refugee and emerging cultures...more.
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Emerge
20 June - 3 August
2010
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Multicultural Arts Victoria invites you to a special information session with program managers from the Arts and Culture branch of the City of Melbourne to learn more about the 2011 Arts Grants Program...more.
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17 June 2010
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Drawing on Nature is a selection of artworks which were created by over 130 children for an exhibition celebrating Cultural Diversity Week in March 2010. The connection between the East and the West and people's relationship to the environment are the major themes centred in this work...more.
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14 June - 23 July 2010
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Experience this exhibition of the work, entitled "Loving Threads", based on the Ring Cushion Project that has enabled women from diverse cultural backgrounds to share their experiences of love, and cultural traditions of marriage...more.
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7 Jun - 21 Jul
2010
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Presented by the Arts Centre in association with Multicultural Arts Victoria, the music of Mikelangelo & The Black Sea Gentlemen is darkly humorous and highly emotive, evoking lost worlds of melancholy and melodrama...more.
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Mix It Up
30 May
2010
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Toumani Diabaté's Symmetric Orchestra bring their high energy, super-charged celebration of Mali music to Melbourne for one night only...more.
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Mix It Up
Jan 10
2010
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Experience Djan Djan & Dya Singh in a crosscultural
fusion of contemporary Indian sounds. "Diabate, Lang & Singh meld mellifluously...this almost definitive world musical trio breathtakingly demonstrates what synergy really means" Australian Stage...more.
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Mix It Up
Nov 22
2009
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Come down to the Arts Centre's BlackBox and experience Blak Roots - some of the rarest vocal talent to hit our shores in recent times and an all original repertoire of soulful African Reggae tunes. They will be joining forces and voices with the new Congolese crew about town, French rappers the NG Boys and a'cappella group Kundalila...
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Mix It Up
Visible
Nov 15
2009
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The Arts Centre in partnership with MAV presents the hottest contemporary Latin electro-rock band from Colombia, mixing pop, funk and soul sounds to the vitality, excitement and energy of South American rhythms...more.
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Mix It Up
Oct 4
2009
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Come down to the Arts Centre's BlackBox and experience the combined talents of singer/song writer Jess Harlen with her soul, roots, urban tracks, the smooth, irresistible sounds of Brown Roots Collective and up and coming urban hip hop & r'n'b crew First Verse with their phat bass, melodic flows and sweet harmonies...more.
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Mix It Up
Visible
Sep 6
2009
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Experience this live Visible Session @ BlackBox on Sunday August 12 with Kutcha Edwards and Ajak Kwai Band - Black Harmonies...more.
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Mix It Up
Visible
Aug 12
2009
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Be part of a musical revolution on Sunday July 26th as contemporary and traditional African cultures come together in a massive showcase at Hamer Hall to launch the annual Visible CD.
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Visible
Emerge
Mix It Up
July 26
2009
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Experience the Fresh - Mix It Up Jam session @ the Art Centre's Black Box on Sund 12 July 5pm-8pm as part of MAV's Mix It Up series. Hip Hop, RnB and soulful vibes - upcoming MC's, Vocalists, and Beatmakers mash it up with the veteran MC Elf Tranzporter, and his multi-talented LO2's Fleet featuring DJ TakaCo, Bboy Lamaroc, Vida-Sunshyne, TWOONE...Keepin the dance floor vibes alive - DJ Kuya and Nomadic Funk will lend their skills to an afternoon of jammin', freestylin' and fresh sounds...more.
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Connect Youth
Mix It Up
Visible
Emerge
Jul 12
2009
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Experience the first of these unique sessions, featuring two unique acts jamming it out live on stage: The Black Jesus Experience, an exciting blend of traditional Ethiopian song with jazz, funk and hip-hop and Culture Connect - a refreshing, upbeat, progressive 7 piece live hip hop act featuring artists from some of the planet's most exotic locations...more.
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Mix It Up
Visible
Jun 28
2009
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Mix It Up: Cafe Rebetika @ the Arts Centre (Fairfax Studio)
Cafe Rebetika! An Epic story of the heart. Theatre, cabaret, music and dance unite in the exotic and gutsy sub-culture of Greek rebetika. The production is conceived and directed by Stephen Helper. Cafe Rebetika! features an award winning cast led by Tony Nikolakopoulos (Head On, The Wog Boy) and live music by Rebetiki...more.
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Mix It Up
Apr 22 - May 9
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Mix It Up: Tinariwen @ the Arts Centre (Hamer Hall)
Tinariwen are the kings and queens of 'Assouf' or guitar poetry from the Sahara Desert. Their rolling yearning grooves and uncompromising messages of simplicity and freedom, distilled over twenty years of struggle, rebellion and exile, have earned them two BBC World Music Award nominations, countless accolades. Performing for one night only in Melbourne, Tinariwen is not to be missed...more.
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Mix It Up
Apr 8
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Mix It Up: The South Seas @ the Arts Centre
Enjoy a musical & cultural journey along the currents that join our Island neighbours. You'll journey through the jungles of West Papua past Torres Strait & through the north of Australia, on to the sparkling islands of Melanesia & Polynesia & down to the land of the Long White Cloud...more.
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Mix It Up
Nov 23
2008
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OUR BACKYARD Free Concert @ the Arts Centre
Our Backyard is a non-stop hip hop show with funky fresh dancers, emcees and DJs. Get ready for an afternoon of thumping beats, raw rhymes, breakin', krumping and emcee freestyle battles from some of Melbourne's own!
The line up includes: Muph & Plutonic, Wickid Force Breakers, Breakin' Battles featuring funk band Cookin' On 3 Burners, Push Underground featuring the latest up and coming Melbourne live hip hop acts, Hip Hop dance crews, poppers and lockers, Emcee battle DJs and much more!
Get involved with the pre-show event from 11am and learn how to beat box, check out the sneaker display and witness the Emcee and Breakin’ pre-battles...more.
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Mix It Up
21 Sep
2008
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INDONESIA Pusaka with Punakawan Quartet @ The Arts Centre
Celebrated pianist Jaya Suprana will escort Melbourne audiences on a rich musical journey through the Indonesian archipelago.
Joined by guitarist Jubing Kristanto, percussionist Junaedi Musliman and bass player Heru Kusnadi, Punakawan Quartet specialises in the timeless sufi music of Indonesia, presented with a very contemporary style...more.
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Mix It Up
Aug 9
2008
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Visible Free Concert @ The Arts Centre (Hamer Hall)
Be part of a musical revolution on Sunday July 20th as contemporary and traditional African, Pacific, West Papuan and Indigenous cultures come together in a massive showcase concert at Hamer Hall to launch the annual Visible CD.
Arrive early at 2pm and enjoy an Ethiopian Coffee Ceremony, digital art and cultural displays from local African, Indigenous and Pacific communities and live performances by Hard Hustle, Afro Habesha Band, St.Bakhita’s Choir and much more...more.
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Visible
Emerge
Mix It Up
Jul 20
2008
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Mix It Up: The Anoushka Shankar Project @ The Arts Centre
Heralded around the world for her unique sound and style, experience award-winning sitar player Anoushka Shankar makde her Australian debut.
Often connected by the media with her father, the legendary sitar virtuoso and composer Ravi Shankar (who inspired The Beatles in the 1960’s) and her half-sister, pop star Norah Jones, Anoushka Shankar has shown herself to be a hugely successful artist in her own right.
From 2pm onwards enjoy a spice trail of Indian food plus live music and stalls throughout the foyer areas of Hamer Hall...more.
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Mix It Up
15 Jun 2008
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Mix It Up: ROOTS NATION 2008 @ The Arts Centre
From Kingston Jamaica to the bass driven music lovers of Melbourne comes Roots Nation 2008, taking audiences on an inspiring cultural and artistic journey experiencing the amazing food, sights, music and art forms that are part of the incredible genre of Reggae Music. Featuring International Reggae stars HORACE ANDY, LUCIANO & MIKEY GENERAL with FULL BAND....more.
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Mix It Up
25 May 2008
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Mix It Up: Omar Faruk Tekbilek & Ensemble @ The Arts Centre
Experience internationally acclaimed virtuosi Omar Faruk Tekbilek and Ensemble in their performance of traditional Sufi, folk and contemporary music from Turkey and the Middle East. Honoured as a peacemaker and virtuoso, Tekbilek's work transcends political boundaries while maintaining traditional sensibilities in a way few artists can manage. A multi-instrumentalist par excellence, he has collaborated with a number of leading musicians of international repute such as jazz trumpeter Don Cherry, keyboard player Karl Berger and ex-Cream rock drummer Ginger Baker...more.
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Mix It Up
16 Mar 2008
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OUR BACKYARD featuring Bliss and Eso - Free Concert @ the Arts Centre
Get set for a full-on day of thumping beats, raw rhymes, breakin' and emcee freestyle battles, and krumping from some of Melbourne’s own, brought to you by The Push. The line-up includes: Bliss N Eso;
Wickid Force Breakers;
The Tall-Man Sound System feat. MC Julz, Dragonfly, & Jason Anxious (USA), and DJs Affix & Sizzle;
Hip hop dance crews, Rewind, Beatphonik, Souljetz and Fusion;
Popping dance crew, Nomadic Funk; and
Emcees, Nu Scool Rulz Crew.
This is an all ages and drug, alcohol and smoke-free event...more.
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Mix It Up
16 Sep 2007
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INDONESIA ROCKS with Kua Etnika @ the Arts Centre
Balinese, Javanese, Kalimantan, jazz, reggae and many other influences come together in a concert by Indonesia’s most popular gamelan (ensemble), Kua Etnika. Described as a "big band" sound, atmospheric Indonesian string, wind & percussion instruments & the pulsating bonang are infused with guitars, violins and keyboards. Features front man Djaduk Ferianto. Get to the show early for free activities from 3pm including cultural displays & showcase performances Book Now!...more.
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Mix It Up
12 Aug 2007
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Visible with Kutcha Edwards and Jali Buba Kuyateh & Diyaa Looloo: FREE CONCERT
Presented by the Arts Centre in association with Multicultural Arts Victoria presents as part of Mix It Up. Victoria hosts a wealth of undiscovered performers from all around the world telling their stories through music. This stunning concert celebrates and gives a voice to emerging and established African and Indigenous performers in a massive showcase featuring Kutcha Edwards, Jali Buba Kuyateh & Diyaa Looloo, Nadee and many more...more.
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Mix It Up &
Emerge
22 Jul 2007
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SO FRENCHY SO CHIC with Nouvelle Vague and Emilie Simon: Concert
Experience two of France’s most successful artists, Nouvelle Vague and Emilie Simon, as featured on the top selling unofficial soundtrack to the French Film Festival So Frenchy So Chic, come together for one alluring concert.
The Arts Centre in association with Multicultural Arts Victoria as part of
Mix It Up
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Mix It Up
6 Jul 2007
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3-A Yumi Umiumare, Tony Yap & Bambang Nurcahyadi
The Arts Centre in association with Multicultural Arts Victoria
presents 3-A Yumi Umiumare, Tony Yap & Bambang Nurcahyadi,
a creative development of visual poetry project inspired from Javanese Wayang story, " Amba, Ambika, and Ambalika " It is a collaboration betwe en visual artist Bambang Nurcahyadi (digital moving images), Yumi Umiumare and Tony Yap (physical movements)...more.
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Mix It Up
8 Dec 2006
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Our Backyard: FREE concert
See the next big thing in local music! Experience a slice of our diverse local music scene at the final MIX IT UP celebration for 2006. Kicking off at noon the Arts Centre will be pumping with DJs and breaking crews, dub and reggae, contemporary European-influenced cabaret and a colourful, bustling market place!
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Mix It Up
29 Oct 2006
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Meeting Place, Keeping Place, a FREE Exhibition
Meeting Place, Keeping Place celebrates Victoria’s cultural diversity, and the vitality that different cultures bring to the visual and performing arts. Meeting Place, Keeping Place showcases a fascinating cross-section of established and emerging visual artists whose practice reflects multicultural Victoria...more
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Mix It Up
7 Jul - 8 Oct 2006
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CARIBA! featuring The Mighty Sparrow
For the very first time in Australia, the undisputed "King of the Calypso World" THE MIGHTY SPARROW brings all the excitement, colour & sheer musical exhilaration of Carnival for the biggest soca party this city has ever seen! Supporting is one of Australia’s best talents MC Ru C. L with his Jamaican flavoured R&B hip-hop.
FREE Foyer activities commence 1pm...more
Read preview, The Age, 31 August 2006.
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Mix It Up
10 Sep 2006
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VISIBLE: FREE Huge Concert & CD Launch
Come face to face with some of the hottest new African talents in town and Melbourne’s best homegrown indigenous performers, as they come together on stage for one electrifying FREE show - VISIBLE, at the Arts Centre...more
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Visible &
Mix It Up
3 Sep 2006
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VIVE LA FIESTA! with Los Van Van
Direct from Havana, Cuba, for the first time in Australia, Latin Grammy winner Juan Formell and Los Van Van in a soul-stirring Latin concert supported by Melbourne's 'Latin Massive' Labjacd and Arte Kanela Flamenco. Get to the show early for FREE Foyer Entertainment and experience the carnival atmosphere of Vive La Fiesta!...more
Read Los Van Van
Preview, The Age, 21 August 2006
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Mix It Up
27 Aug 2006
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AFRICA! featuring DAARAJ & DIAFRIX
AFRICA! featuring international hip-hop masters DAARA J direct from Senegal for the first time in Melbourne, alongside local rising stars DIAFRIX at the Arts Centre, Hamer Hall...more
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Mix It Up
23 Apr 2006
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AFRICA! market-place
AFRICA! market-place FREE music, dance, story-telling and performances and food for purchase at the Arts Centre, Foyers of Hamer Hall
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Mix It Up
23 Apr 2006
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