Performance Guide

Melbourne's favourite new live music night is back in autumn with a season of shows at The Toff In Town!

Communion Melbourne features a different lineup each month offering a creative platform for emerging, developing and established artists to perform in an environment that embraces collaboration and mutual support.

The Communion music night has it's roots in London, having operated there since 2006. Established by Ben Lovett (Mumford and Sons), Kevin Jones and producer Ian Grimble, in it's time it has nurtured the likes of Laura Marling, Mumford and Sons, Noah and the Whale, Marcus Foster, Matt Corby, Nathaniel Rateliff, Matthew and the Atlas, Boy & Bear, The Staves, Ben Howard and Michael Kiwanuka to name just a few. The night has now expanded to several cities throughout the UK as well as bases in New York and San Francisco. 

In 2012 the Melbourne stage was graced by some of Australia's best new artists, including;

Al Parkinson - Sam Lawrence - Liz Stringer - The Tiger and Me - Matt Corby - Elle Graham - Roller One - Castlecomer - Fraser A. Gorman - James Keogh (Vance Joy) - Hayden Calnin - Packwood - Ainslie Wills - Battleships - Jordan Leser - The Falls - Mike Noga - The Preatures - Howl at the Moon - Buffalo Tales - Sophia Brous - The Hello Morning - The Trouble With Templeton

Stay tuned for lineup announcements at http://facebook.com/CommunionMelbourne or http://twitter.com/CommunionMel. Visit http://www.communionmusic.co.uk for more information.  ( link: http://www.facebook.com/CommunionMelbourne )

Come and grab some Sunday afternoon delight in the Carriage room at The Toff with DJs AndyBlack and Haggis….

"The Sunday Set" features YOU plus musical meanderings, trainspotter tracks and unlikely samples for your pleasure. In addition: food, drinks, good looking people, gravy and occasional nonsense. Each week we’ll provide you with a musical ‘set’ – and we’d love your ‘variations on a theme’.

Join the set and add your musical perspective on Facebook - just search 'The Sunday Set' – or email  ( link: emailthesundayset@thetoffintown.com )

Los Angeles based soul singer songwriter David Ryan Harris has a resume that is as varied as any you are likely to ever find. He has been a part of John Mayer's touring band since '04 and has played with, written with and/or produced artists from Dave Matthews, Derek Trucks, Santana, Marc Broussard, India Arie, Natasha Bedingfield and Guy Sebastian.
 
This May, David will visit The Toff for an exclusive, intimate headline show, off the back of his tour as special guest on Guy Sebastian's "Get Along" Tour. Support will come from Sydney soul/pop singer/songwriter Amali Ward.
  ( link: http://www.facebook.com/DavidRyanHarris )

It's good to start the week off with a STIFF DRINK.

Join DJs Roman Wafers and Michael Ozone  in the Toff In Town carriages every Monday for your liquor of choice. 

Each week these resident Stiffs will emerge from their respective holes - Roman Wafers (aka Bell Towers), a powerhouse producer and founder of cult club night Bamboo Musik; Michael Ozone, the industrious muscle behind creative mecca Goodtime Studios and Home Loan Records.

Every Monday from 8.00pm. Free Entry.

Artist Proof is thrilled to announce the release of their latest recording, ‘Had it All, Change on the Wind’. The Double-A-Side was recorded with high profile producer Ricki Rae at Lighthouse Studios and is an extremely well polished, energetic release that captures the band’s grandeur and natural dynamics.

Artist Proof will be performing their highly original, evocative operatic rock set to a stunning backdrop of artwork from gun Melbourne artist, Rehgan De Mather, who created the cover artwork for the release. 

Artist Proof will be supported by the superbly talented Elephant Eyes, and the bluesy rock genius of Kashmere Club, who are fresh off the back of recording with The Living End’s, Chris Cheney.  With such a diverse display of local independent talent, this night offers something for everyone. 

The ‘Had It All, Change on the Wind’ Double-A-Side will be available to all attendees.
  ( link: www.artistproof.net )

*From The Ronettes to The Ramones and everything else in between … it’s The Rebelles!

The Rebelles are fifteen wondrous women servin' up a wall of girl group greatness.*

It shouldn’t be possible - to find fifteen fantastic singers, organise them into pitch perfect three part harmonies, rediscover the classic 1960’s girlgroup songs and blast them into the 21st century the way live music is meant to be played – always swingin', usually fast and definitely loud!

Julitha Ryan has previously performed with Melbourne luminaries Silver Ray, Hugo Race and Mick Harvey. Her 2012 debut solo album, ‘The Lucky Girl’, was recorded with The Rebelles’ own favourite engineer, Andrew ‘Idge’ Hehir, at the great Soundpark Studios.

Live, Julitha is currently performing with an incredible nine-piece band, featuring brass, strings, and backing vocalists, making this show one not to be missed!

Also featuring DJ sets from RRR’s Eliana “Hellzapoppin’” Schoulal*
  ( link: https://www.facebook.com/events/446135382136729 )

Almost 10 months after their initial release of a debut single 'Something Old Something New'  which received generous critical acclaim and national radio regard - and some heavy reconfiguration of the bands essence - Melbourne's Brave Face have teamed up and signed with First Love Records to release their sophomore single, the transcendental beauty 'Any Other Love'. Fans can rejoice at the fact that there will be no departures here (bar a background whiff of the 80's) a jogging synth-laced guitar-pop track which delivers as much playful joy as it does devastation. Brave Face stay true to their brand of breezy narcotic pop tunes, organic guitars and driving yet dreamy percussion - sure to leave an audience hearts fluttering, nothing bitter to ponder.

Support will be in the form of Australian Soul/Pop sensation Willow - who are riding high on the back of their recent single's national radio success - along with young songwriting prodigy Jackson Mclaren - fresh off a national tour with Counting Crows.
  ( link: www.bravefaceband.com )

Love Story, a night by 1928 - aka Adam Burnell, the man behind STROBE and Saturday nights at Eurotrash. Featuring 1928 with rotating guests Tranter, Rad Pitt (Beat TV), Megawuoti, Sleeves (Strobe) and many more, playing everything you love in club/electro/techno/indie/disco. The Toff in Town has been voted as one of the worlds Best Clubs in V Magazine (New York). The setting is literally wonderful and the venue has one of the best sound systems in Melbourne. Every Thursday from 11:30pm until 5am. Free entry every week. International and interstate guests monthly. You will love this night.  ( link: www.facebook.com/clublovestory )

DJs Prequel & Edd Fisher (Tomorrowland) provide a thought-provoking aural accompaniment to your inner city late night rendezvous at The Toff In Town Carriage.

Edd Fisher is a music collector, selector, DJ, producer & radio presenter. Not your average disc jockey, Edd is a graduate of Australia's premier music school WAAPA with a bachelor in Jazz Composition and presents a radio show (Tomorrowland) fortnightly on PBS106.7FM. Edd’s sets span a mixed bag of Rare-Groove, Funk, Soul, Future Beats, Disco, Hop Hop & Jazz. A fine selector across broad genres Edd's sound is a seamless blend of old and new creating a distinct and modern take on the dance floor.

DJ Prequel is the result of a record buying addiction, a fear of hairdressers and a secret love affair between Robert De Niro and Dustin Hoffman. From 45 Funk and Soul sets to Hip-Hop jams, you can find Prequel boppin’ along behind the Toff's DJ cage championing his unique blend of rare gems, original production and quality music, both past, present and future.  ( link: http://www.facebook.com/toffmidnightexpress )

PopRocks at The Toff every Friday from 9 playing no brainers, guilty pleasures, club classics and the best in Pop from Chuck Berry to Katy Perry and everything in between.
8 hours of hits from the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s and 10s, including (but not limited to) Disco, Boogie, Rock, R&B, KPop, House, Club, Funk, Soul, Motown, New Wave, No Wave, Afrobeat, Reggae, Hip Hop, Rocksteady, Ska, Dancehall, AOR, MOR, DOR, oddball covers, Latin, Salsa, Cumbia, Bounce, Psych, Country, Jump Up Jungle, Jump Blues, Doo Wop, Soca, Mento, proper Electro, Miami Bass, Girl Groups, foreign language tunes, ESLs, Freestyle, Gangsta Shit, Gospel, Italo, Hi NRG, Jazz, Surf, Swing, Vegas tunes, Yacht Rock and maybe even a show-tune and / or a Power Ballad. All mixed and blended into the musical gumbo from hell. The party starts at 9.00pm and entry is always free!

Visit our playlist at www.facebook.com/ToffPopRocks and make a request.

FREE MUSIC!
It's free and contains lots of Friday night favs with everything from
Chuck Berry to Katy Perry.
Follow this link to our latest mix.
Enjoy!  ( link: http://www.mediafire.com/?y22egaka3zz8og2 )

Disco is a word that gets thrown around a lot these days. Its the overuse of the word that has leant people no glance at the glorious debauchery it once stood for. Luckily a small band of dancefloor dessi's are giving meaning back to the much overused & undermined term.... Step into The House de Frost: a weekly Saturday night at The Toff running into the wee hours of Sunday morning, a place where to dance is to live, the home of some of Melbourne's wildest parties and vogue balls, a place where you can indulge those curiosities you've always had but never acknowledged. With hourly shows from 2 of Melbourne's craziest club kids EMMAN TYRA & XANTHY, guest dancers, performers, Disney on ice stars, you never really know what you're gonna get... apart from the music that is! The only place you can truly appreciate disco music the was it was made to be heard. The Toff boasts the best sound-system in Melbourne and exclusively plays vinyl and is tuned on a weekly basis by one of Melbourne's most adroit selectors. They say that backwards is the best way forward, and this is about as backward as you're gonna get!  ( link: http://www.facebook.com/events/300161326742935/ )

R&B/SOUL SINGER-SONGWRITER DRU CHEN LAUNCHES 'INTENTIONS EP'. The East Coast Australian Tour kicks off on May 26 at The Toff in Town. Complete with raging guitar solos, sharp horns, soul-sangin' backgrounds, and a tight rhythm section, DRU CHEN bring his trademark pop-savvy funk show to Melbourne. 

This event comes hot on the heels off DRU's Singapore/Malaysia Tour and the release of the EP's lead single "You Bring Out The Best In Me", which swiftly got on radio internationally (Triple R, PBS, 4ZZZ, Northern, Southern FM Australia, 98.7fm Singapore, WKCR89.9 New York) and whose soul-train inspired music video garnered 15,000 views in 1 month.

Dru Chen - 'You Bring Out The Best In Me' (Official Video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGi6Q5WsvtM

"Intentions EP first strikes with Chen's technical mastery and songwriting ability, but leaves you with his genuine passion and sincere dedication to his influences, which is exactly what makes it a lovely, inspiring listen." 
- Music Weekly Asia

Don't miss this opportunity to catch DRU CHEN and band along with supports earthy roots/pop songstress AL PARKINSON, and partying folk/rockers THE BON SCOTTS at THE TOFF IN TOWN on May 26th!

Intentions EP is available at http://druchen.net
  ( link: https://www.facebook.com/events/120334861496838/ )

Dr. Sketchy’s will cure you of every boring art class you’ve ever been to.”
- The Sunday Age, Melbourne

Tired of bowls of fruit and lifeless life classes?
Fancy having a scribble but not sure where to start?
Need something fabulous for a Sunday afternoon?
Booze, Tunes, Performance, Sketching.

Part art, part cabaret, all fun.
 
Lux St Sin is the seductive siren that leaves you mesmerized with her heady cocktail of old time glamour and feline allure.  Lux brings to the stage a unique and contemporary take on traditional burlesque showcasing acts with sinful themes, smoldering seduction and coquettish playfulness.



Over the past three years, Lux, has graced stages around Australia, including the Australian Burlesque Festival, Adelaide Cabaret Festival, the National Gallery of Victoria, Harvest Festival and Black Cherry.


'Fire and Ice' is the taste of desire, red hot as the sun and wild like a tempest.




Dr. Sketchy’s is for everyone, no previous artistic ability required. The world’s premier alternative drawing movement. Dr Sketchy’s is has become a boon to the art scene since its inception, promoting creativity and community in every city that runs one. Providing a space for artists to draw the flourishing alternative scenes that include phenomenal performers and other unique muses that might otherwise be inaccessible to the lone artist. It brings together students, amateurs and professionals into one space to socialize and create together with the aid of tunes and booze!

Harxest Mag describes the event as “a room full of friendly people, an appreciation for art, beautiful models, unreal costumes and a truck load of fun times.”



Time: 4.00am-6.00pm (Doors 3.30pm)
Bookings: Tickets on sale from Moshtix – phone: 1300 GET TIX (438 849), on-line: buy here or Moshtix outlets including Polyester (Fitzroy& City).


Please bring your own sketchpad and art materials
  ( link: www.drsketchymelbourne.com )

Come and grab some Sunday afternoon delight in the Carriage room at The Toff with DJs AndyBlack and Haggis….

"The Sunday Set" features YOU plus musical meanderings, trainspotter tracks and unlikely samples for your pleasure. In addition: food, drinks, good looking people, gravy and occasional nonsense. Each week we’ll provide you with a musical ‘set’ – and we’d love your ‘variations on a theme’.

Join the set and add your musical perspective on Facebook - just search 'The Sunday Set' – or
  ( link: emailthesundayset@thetoffintown.com )

It is with the utmost excitement that the production team behind upcoming short film 'Dorothy' presents 'Somewhere Over The Rainbow', a musical tribute to The Wizard of Oz. Featuring a variety of artists across a diverse variety of genres of music, the night will be full of music from, inspired by or related to the classic children's tale and the Judy Garland film.

  ( link: http://www.facebook.com/events/448043371947878/ )

It's good to start the week off with a STIFF DRINK.

Join DJs Roman Wafers and Michael Ozone in the Toff In Town carriages every Monday for your liquor of choice.

Each week these resident Stiffs will emerge from their respective holes - Roman Wafers (aka Bell Towers), a powerhouse producer and founder of cult club night Bamboo Musik; Michael Ozone, the industrious muscle behind creative mecca Goodtime Studios and Home Loan Records.

Every Monday from 8.00pm. Free Entry.

Writers are rock stars, right? Of course we’d agree! Well, sometimes, rock stars are writers too. Bob Dylan’s a singer songwriter to some, a pure poet to many others.

In a night to remember, the Emerging Writers’ Festival will explore the differences and similarities between writing and music, how they are practiced and how they inform each other. Is there an inherent musicality to writing and what would great songwriting be without its literary qualities?

Turn The Words Up Loud is a dynamic panel discussion with live performance. Join us as the Emerging Writers’ Festival goes electric, goes live and goes loud!

Featuring poet and songwriter LUKE BEESLEY, the legendary DAVE GRANEY, former Frente! singer-songwriter and memoirist ANGIE HART, and novelist and musician ALICE MELIKE ÜLGEZER Hosted by ALICIA SOMETIMES.
Supported by RRR.

Australian troubadour, Gabriel Lynch, returns to Australia after his hugely successful tour of Asia to present songs from his new mini-album, Dependent State. After wooing audiences throughout an extended tour of Australiasia in 2012, Lynch will take to the stage at The Toff in Town with a brand new seven piece band. With a full rock ensemble behind him for the first time in three years, Lynch will once again demonstrate the vibrancy and energy that earned him the accolade of possessing "one of the best Aussie male voices you've never heard" (BMA Mag, Australia).

The independent musician has performed at festivals internationally alongside the likes of Elbow, The Whitlams, and Architecture in Helsinki and has often been found sharing the stage with long-time musical colleagues and rising indie stars, Charles Lim (Singapore) and Svavar Knutur (Iceland). At age 25, he has toured extensively throughout Australia, Asia and Europe, garnering the title of “Australia’s Damien Rice, minus the cheese” (Iceland National Radio).

Dependent State, which features the lead single "Another Apology”, is Lynch's most evocative and intricate release to date. His extraordinary lyrics document episodes of guilt, emancipation and, in the case of the tumbling centrepiece “What Friends Are For”, even murder. The record demonstrates Lynch’s prowess as a songwriter and storyteller and is carried by his unorthodox and delicate guitar work and distinctive baritone.

Watching Lynch in concert is like "being regaled by a solemn bard with a series of absorbing tales" (Rave Magazine, Australia). His music is "sweet, darling and emotionally charged" (The Grapevine) and he is just as likely to inspire a spontaneous sing-along as he to reduce his audience to complete silence.
  ( link: http://www.facebook.com/events/507711072620352/ )

Meechy Darko and Juice, Brooklyn bred youth with a penchant for gold grills, Charles Manson and dropping acid, make up the high energy trio alongside producer and lifelong friend Erick Arc Elliott.
 
The Zombies rose out of complete obscurity on the back of a synth heavy, weed laced banger entitled "Thug Waffle," an ode to marijuana and breakfast foods which immediately propelled them to the forefront of New York's fresh crop of talent. Their seamless recipe of can't-look-away visual appeal and deft lyricism had them opening for Slaughterhouse and Schoolboy Q within a month while peaking the interest of everyone from Lana Del Rey to VICE, and garnering them a show stealing guest spot on the first A$AP Rocky single, "Bath Salt."
  ( link: https://www.facebook.com/events/350796898365538/?fref=ts )

On June 2, Melbourne funksters The Putbacks will take a trip back in time to 1960’s Sudan, to revive a very unique, Sudanese vintage soul with Madup Chol. ReMastered Myths is a creative development program aimed at bringing together artists from different musical and cultural backgrounds to explore new sounds, instrumentation & rhythms. Collaborating artists work together over 5 development sessions to come up with new material or adapt existing works to incorporate these new & diverse musical styles.
  ( link: http://www.facebook.com/events/247841928695702/ )

The New Caledonia and Euclid along with Dane Certificate Magic and Your Ol' Lady are playing the Toff on Sunday June 2nd, Melbourne City, Land Of Oz.

The New Caledonia are extremely pleased to be able to play for you folks again, it's been a long time coming. First show in 6 YRS! First (proper) show in Australia, ever!

Fellow voyagers Euclid will be joining us for the occasion, showcasing their brand of instrumental space jams (note: does not feature Shaq).

Dane Certificate will be there to confuse and amuse you with a fine magic show.

And Your Ol' Lady will spin the decks and keep you moving when your brain starts to hurt.
  ( link: https://www.facebook.com/events/467414583330596/ )

Do fashion designers just make life more enjoyable, easier, colourful and attractive, and brands profitable? As the 'fast fashion' trend impacts, innovative fashion designers are reinvigorating the tradition of the artisan, using innovative design and business thinking, and working across a variety of creative disciplines. 



Join our Toff Talk panellists to discuss what it means to be a fashion designer in today’s contemporary fashion and textile industry, and the trends that point to future roles, opportunities and challenges for creative practitioners. 

Meet some of Melbourne’s practitioners activating the city as a leading location for the textile and fashion industry.



Mick Peel is a Senior Lecturer in Fashion Design at RMIT University and founder of Busyman Bicycles, makers of custom leather components for bicycles. http://busymanbicycles.blogspot.com.au/ 

Alasdair MacKinnon is a Designer Consultant, Orange Chairs, and has worked with a diverse range of clients spanning retail, manufacturing, primary production and design. http://www.orangechairs.com.au/ 

Grace McQuilten is an art historian and curator interested in contemporary art and design and community development, and founder of the Social Studio. http://www.thesocialstudio.org/
  ( link: https://www.facebook.com/events/497394403647495/ )

Ella Hooper & Texture Like Sun announce their double-headline residency every Tuesday in June at The Toff In Town. Having recently launched her second single, “Häxan” to a sold out audience at the Workers Club, Ella Hooper’s forthcoming album, ‘In Tongues’ is set to astound.  Texture Like Sun have been busy supporting Bettye Lavette, Local Natives & Allen Stone, and are currently writing & recording the next release due out later in 2013.
  ( link: https://www.facebook.com/events/304060749727493/?fref=ts )

Colourful songstress Saritah launches ‘Thru it All’, the second single off her new album DIG DEEP.

This will be her last Melbourne before she takes her musical mission to Glastonbury Festival in the UK, then onward for shows in Europe and West Coast USA.

The new album DIG DEEP debuted at #35 in the iTunes USA Reggae Charts, and the first single TEARS OF JOY spent 3 weeks in the AMRAP (Australian Music Radio Airplay Project) Great Southern Charts.

South Korean born, raised in Perth and based in Melbourne, SARITAH (sa-REE-ta) has a positive vision for the future which shines through every word she sings and every note she plays.

Inspiring, uplifting and playfully powerful, Saritah’s live shows are colourful celebrations of life. A dynamic performer, she delivers a potent combination of feminine spirit, conscious lyrics and heartful melodies whilst embodying a unique union of roots, reggae, soul, acoustic and dancehall.

She is joined by mash-up darlings Rachel By The Stream and Melbourne’s leading lady selecta Sista Itations.
  ( link: https://www.facebook.com/events/467665459986028/ )

Tipped as a band to watch by Pitchfork, NME and The Guardian on the strength of their debut EP, HIGH HIGHS will be home in Australia to show off their wares. Melbourne and Sydney fans will be treated to the hypnotic live experience with two intimate shows at The Toff In Town and Oxford Art Factory.
The Sydney natives have now relocated to Brooklyn; but the chaos and cold have done little to diminish their dreamy, atmospheric sun kissed pop.
 
"Synth-laced acoustica with pop choruses; lullabies with bite." - The Guardian, New Band of the Day
 
"The EP is a breathtaking debut from the three-piece, providing stunning vocals and quietly confident instrumentation, with much promise for the future." - Tone Deaf, 8.5/10
 
Their shimmering, harmony-laden indie pop has drawn favourable comparisons to Neil Young across the blogosphere. But their marriage of electronic indie and classic acoustic rock has created a dynamic widescreen sound of their own reckoning. High Highs are a not-to-be-missed act.
  ( link: www.highhighs.com )

After launching their debut EP to a sold out Ding Dong Lounge late last
year, SINGLES have continued the run in 2013. This years shows have seen the
boys growing in both their sound and live presence alongside bands such as
Kingswood, APES and the Smith Street Band, but SINGLES will be taking a
brief hiatus while two of the band members swap instruments for backpacks
and wander the globe for a few months, hungry and drunk.

With a reputation building on a raw, fun and sweaty live show, this is the
one you won't wanna miss! Your last chance to hear the songs off the debut
self titled EP as well as an arsenal of new tracks set to be on the next
release, these Melbourne punks are gearing up to give it one final shake!

Joined on the night by the 'surly scally-wags of surf punk' Going Swimming,
and the super talented Skyways are Highways with their 'sunshine pop upon
thick bass lines', this is set to be one killer going away party.

Get down and get sweaty gems.
  ( link: www.facebook.com/singlestheband )

Kelly Dance will be journeying back home this June to launch her new album; 'Goodnight Berlin' – out on Broken Stone Records.  Recorded over ten days and nights in an East Berlin studio, the half-dreamt, half-imaginary landscapes of Dance's reflective songwriting are wrapped in instrumental textures and features collaborations with Toby Martin (Youth Group) and Aidan Roberts (The Maple Trail). The shows will be co-headlined with Melbourne's Kikuyu, an indie-pop project by Melbourne artist Sez Wilks. As Kikuyu, Wilks loops warm vocal harmonies with the fuzzy built-in beats and bright tones of electric organs, 80s mini keyboards and found percussion.
  ( link: http://kikuyumusic.com )

Ella Hooper & Texture Like Sun announce their double-headline residency every Tuesday in June at The Toff In Town. Having recently launched her second single, “Häxan” to a sold out audience at the Workers Club, Ella Hooper’s forthcoming album, ‘In Tongues’ is set to astound.  Texture Like Sun have been busy supporting Bettye Lavette, Local Natives & Allen Stone, and are currently writing & recording the next release due out later in 2013.
  ( link: https://www.facebook.com/events/304060749727493/?fref=ts )

After the release of  ‘Railyard Songs’ in 2011 – a series of songs recorded in an old train carriage in Melbourne’s Newport Railyards –The Winter Migration are proud to be launching their debut album, ‘Rebuild The Universe’, recorded by ARIA award-winner Monique Brumby, and Nick Larkins (from seminal Tassie folk / rock band Wild Pumpkins at Midnight). Fronted by singer-songwriter Marisa Brown (formerly of folkie-rock band Duckdive), The Winter Migration creates music that is dreamy, honest, and beautiful. Backed by delicate piano and guitar, violin, double bass and percussion, Marisa’s ethereal voice will take you on a journey through love, loss and excel spreadsheets. The album showcases Marisa’s matured songwriting skills, whilst still retaining her trademark intimate, earthy style. The Winter Migration will be appearing in 'mini-orchestra' mode, and supports are old friends The Steinbecks, and Emma Heeney (playing a special full-band show). 
  ( link: https://www.facebook.com/events/181147445372472/ )

Ella Hooper & Texture Like Sun announce their double-headline residency every Tuesday in June at The Toff In Town. Having recently launched her second single, “Häxan” to a sold out audience at the Workers Club, Ella Hooper’s forthcoming album, ‘In Tongues’ is set to astound.  Texture Like Sun have been busy supporting Bettye Lavette, Local Natives & Allen Stone, and are currently writing & recording the next release due out later in 2013.
  ( link: https://www.facebook.com/events/304060749727493/?fref=ts )

Ella Hooper & Texture Like Sun announce their double-headline residency every Tuesday in June at The Toff In Town. Having recently launched her second single, “Häxan” to a sold out audience at the Workers Club, Ella Hooper’s forthcoming album, ‘In Tongues’ is set to astound.  Texture Like Sun have been busy supporting Bettye Lavette, Local Natives & Allen Stone, and are currently writing & recording the next release due out later in 2013.
  ( link: https://www.facebook.com/events/304060749727493/?fref=ts )

Little Raven Publishing and Va Va Boombah Fat Burlesque are proud to present Saucy, an evening of burlesque and erotic spoken word that promises to stimulate your senses (or at least a few of them) and bring you the best of both worlds. Allow yourself to be teased and titillated with erotic stories and poetry from Iron Man Dosh Luckwell, erotic novelist Kathryn O’Halloran, kinkster of all trades Hunter Bruin, the funny-ha-ha and funny-hot Mardi O’Connor and Randall Stephens, the fastest tongue in Melbourne. Interspersed with the spoken word performances are burlesque acts by Va Va Boombah’s resident plus-sized vixens, the luscious and hypnotic Miss Charity Case, tassel-twirling funny lady Harlotte Brontë, leggy badass Bambi Lipschitz and the voluptuously sensual Cupcake Kitten. 

MCed by Melbourne International Comedy Festival and Melbourne Fringe Festival favourite, comedian Lisa-Skye (Ladyboner, Songs My Parents Taught Me)".

  ( link: http://www.facebook.com/events/475165895888563/ )

The comedy show you will never see on TV.
After consecutive sell out seasons during 2012 Australia’s best comedy show The Shelf returns for August 2013.  Hosts Justin Hamilton and Adam Richard present for your enjoyment your favourite frequent shelvers alongside some of the best comedians in the world.  Last year saw everyone from Australian legend Rove McManus sharing the stage with up and coming sensations Lessons with Luis.  Situated at the classy and cool The Toff in Town, the MICF season of The Shelf will continue to present the high quality comedy you have come to expect.  Line-ups will be revealed on the day of the show with the only guarantee being that it will be all class. Get in quick:  this season is sure to not only sell out but also be the best yet.
  ( link: shelvers.com.au/ )

The comedy show you will never see on TV.
After consecutive sell out seasons during 2012 Australia’s best comedy show The Shelf returns for August 2013.  Hosts Justin Hamilton and Adam Richard present for your enjoyment your favourite frequent shelvers alongside some of the best comedians in the world.  Last year saw everyone from Australian legend Rove McManus sharing the stage with up and coming sensations Lessons with Luis.  Situated at the classy and cool The Toff in Town, the MICF season of The Shelf will continue to present the high quality comedy you have come to expect.  Line-ups will be revealed on the day of the show with the only guarantee being that it will be all class. Get in quick:  this season is sure to not only sell out but also be the best yet.
  ( link: shelvers.com.au/ )

The comedy show you will never see on TV.
After consecutive sell out seasons during 2012 Australia’s best comedy show The Shelf returns for August 2013.  Hosts Justin Hamilton and Adam Richard present for your enjoyment your favourite frequent shelvers alongside some of the best comedians in the world.  Last year saw everyone from Australian legend Rove McManus sharing the stage with up and coming sensations Lessons with Luis.  Situated at the classy and cool The Toff in Town, the MICF season of The Shelf will continue to present the high quality comedy you have come to expect.  Line-ups will be revealed on the day of the show with the only guarantee being that it will be all class. Get in quick:  this season is sure to not only sell out but also be the best yet.
  ( link: shelvers.com.au/ )