The Famous Spiegeltent will deliver magic, music, thrills and spills to audiences inside its vintage opulent setting this September.
The Famous Spieglent is world-renowned as the ultimate performance salon built of wood, mirrors and leaded glass and detailed in velvet and brocade. It's the last of the remaining original Belgian spiegeltents built in 1920 and has travelled the world from Edinburgh to Melbourne and Paris to New York.
The Shuffle Club Opening Party
Their style is most easily described as a hot blend of jazz, swing, blues and boogie. But that hardly does justice to The Shuffle Club’s raw energy and enthusiasm – the kind that will bring you to your feet and on to the dance floor! (22 Sept @ 8pm til late)Melbounre Singers Of Gospel Choir Singalong
Melbourne Singers of Gospel is opening its song book. Bring your friends and join members from this transformative 100 voice choir. You choose the songs and together we all let it rip on your soul, gospel, blues and anthemic favourites! We provide the lyrics, gospel moves and hot jazz-blues accompaniment. (23 Sept @ 2pm & 5pm)Club Spiegel
Dry ice billowing around candy cane pillars, fairly lights piercing the darkness, stained glass windows that look like toffee shards and a beautiful young woman clutching a colourful drink and wearing shimmering ruby slippers. Somewhere over the rainbow? No, just another night at Club Spiegel, The Famous Spiegeltent’s after-hours party wonderland. (23 Sept – 13 Oct @ 10:30pm til late. Check booking info for date details)David Bridie
Across six studio albums with Not Drowning, Waving, and seven more with beloved, recently-retired group My Friend the Chocolate Cake, innumerable film and television soundtracks and five solo albums, David Bridie has staked a claim as one of Australia’s most prolific and respected songwriters. His forthcoming solo album The Wisdom Line is a multi-media meditation on country; Melbourne, asylum, home, borders, the transience of our relationships, and trying to make genuine connections in an interconnected world where everyone is talking on their phones. (28 September @ 8pm).Cirque Du Salsa
The Latin Party not to be missed! An evening of Melbourne’s best Latin music including international DJs, salsa dance lessons and the phenomenal Latin band, Tumbao Social – a robust and charismatic 11-piece salsa and jazz ensemble that will keep your toes tappin’ and your body groovin’ all night! (29 Sept @ 8pm)Hello Tut Tut
Join in on a high energy, stimulating musical safari shaped by the aesthetics of cultures from around the world through a unique blend of Gypsy, Klezmer, Balkan and Latin sounds.Be charmed and enchanted with tones and tunes that will get you up and dancing! (5 Oct @ 6pm)
