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Melbourne’s New Rooftop Cinema – Lido on the Roof!

By Charlie Ranger We don’t know what you did last summer, but we definitely know what you didn’t do, sat on the rooftop of The Lido Cinema and watched films....

Win a $100 Venue Voucher – Courtesy of HCS!

Have you seen this ad on your train?   If so, you could be in to win! All you have to do is take a photo of it this ad...

Melbourne Good Food Month 2015: Battle of the Pans!

You Eat. You Drink. You Decide. Ms. Collins hosts Good Food Month event, Battle of the Pans, with famous foodies: Dan Poyner and Daniel Wilson. This November 10th, watch as...

Thursday Night Sessions: South Melbourne Night Markets 2016!

The South Melbourne Night Markets return in 2016 with a super long season for ten weeks from 7 January – 10 March. Good times, come at us! Everyone in Melbourne...

JOEY SMALLS – A SMALL VENUE OF EPIC PROPORTIONS!

From the masterminds behind New Guernica, Chuckle Park, and Chuckle Deli, comes your new favourite Sydney Road hang… Joey Smalls! HCS got the chance to visit the venue, taste the...

Ben & Jerry’s Openair Cinemas Melbourne 2015

By Charlie Ranger Hey, you guys like movies? How good are movies right? What an awesome thing to do, especially in summer. Want them to be waaaay better? Easy. Ben...

Melbourne Salami Festa 2015

By Charlie Ranger We have a never ending list of things to do on this website; bars to hit up, restaurants to try and the best of Melbourne’s Nightlife. But...

Malaysia Street Festival at Queen Victoria Markets

By Charlie Ranger Make way for Queen Victoria Markets’ Malaysia Street Festival this 11th October. Because Melbourne needs another food festival! Queen Victoria Market is always playing host to some of...

Melbourne Good Food Month 2015

By Charlie Ranger The time has come, my little friends, to talk of other things… Such as Good Food Month coming to Melbourne this November! (Oysters included)     There...

HCS’ Top AFL Grand Final 2015 Bars!

The AFL Grand Final is here and whether you go for the Hawks, the Eagles, or are just another Kiwi who doesn’t care about footy, there’s no better day to...

Day of the Dead Celebrations Come to Melbourne

A long celebrated tradition in Mexico comes to Melbourne this October in a mysterious, debauchery filled event like no other! Calling all underground, Mexican, and bizarre festival fanatics! Day of the Dead...

Dogapalooza – Melbourne’s New Dog Friendly Festival!

Dog friendly music festival hitting Melbourne this September! As if Melbourne didn’t haven’t enough awesome festivals, we are now getting Dogapalooza! Started in Adelaide, this two year old festival is...

Melbourne’s *Subjectively* Best Burgers

Now that Burger King’s Peace Day burger is becoming a thing, we figured that it was time to write a tried and tested, and no doubt controversial, post about the...

Cadbury Takes Over Federation Square!

It's chocolate time in Melbourne’s iconic Federation Square! Cadbury is calling on the city's hard workers, busy parents and chocolate lovers alike to come and celebrate a brand new chocolate...

MELBOURNE UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL 2015

After a stunningly successful year in 2014, Melbourne Underground Film Festival is back with MUFF16 – their sweet 16th year supporting independent and guerrilla local and international cinema. MUFF, the...

THE BAR THAT JACK BUILT

September marks the birth of our favourite distiller, Jack Daniel. Celebrate in Sydney and Melbourne by helping to make the coolest pop up bar on the planet! As no-one is...

5 Things to NOT Do at Your Next Work Function

By Charlie Ranger Pash Your Boss: If you get to the point in the night where you’re sitting in a quiet corner with your boss, some low light, a bit...

4 ½ Things To Consider When Choosing Your Next Venue

1. Do You Dance? Maybe your friends are too cool to dance. Maybe they’re too cool not to dance. Or because they’re so not cool it’s cool for them to dance...

Queen Victoria Market – Winter Night Markets

Queen Victoria Market- Night Market Winter June 3 rd to August 26th 2015 2015 sees The Queen Victoria Winter Night Market return for its fourth year. This year will see an extended season,...

THE WISE

Chapel St is diverse. At one extreme is the high end shopping and dining, at the other sits everything hipster.  In between, bridging the gap, is The Wise, a freshly...

It’s time for MUFF

It’s the perfect time of year for MUFF. Before you draw your lead and pencil a repulsed letter to my editor regarding this coarse content, please, hear me out, or...

Melbourne Good Beer Week

Good Beer Week May 16th – 24th Good Beer Week is back. Starting this Friday 16th of May it’s one of the most anticipated and hyped beer festivals in the...

Comedy Festival Weekend Review

Melbourne International Comedy Festival – Weekend Review by Rachel Furolo MARK WATSON – "FLAWS" It takes a special kind of comedian to turn otherwise life shattering events into comedic gold. A master...

The Gangsters Palace Speakeasy

Spirit Station Pier THE GANGSTERS PALACE SPEAKEASY 18th APRIL 2015 The Gangster Palace Speakeasy is back! Let us take you on a face-paced, wild ride journey with our cast of...

Comedy Festival – Top 10 Shows

The Melbourne International Comedy Festival – Shows to see   By Charlie Ranger   So it’s that comedy month again. The Melbourne International Comedy Festival. But with 559 shows on,...

Comedy Festival Recommended Show

A SUNBURNT HISTORY – NOT GALLIPOLI!     It's those two guys (back again). It's dozens of new characters (again). It’s historically accurate comedy that is controversial and on the...

EASYGOING @ JIMMI JAMZ

Winter is setting in Escape with help from Jimmi By Rachel Furolo It's getting cold, we've been robbed of a true summer and now what do we do. We find...

THE WORLD OF WHISKY & ALEMENT

THE ONE, THE ONLY  WHISKY & ALEMENT By Charlie Ranger   I wasn’t brought up around whisky, I’ve never had many friends that drink it and I only learnt that Scotch means...

EUREKA WE’VE FOUND GOLD!

  THE EUREKA HOTEL  AN OLDIE, BUT A GOODIE The Eureka in Richmond is a bar that has plenty of history behind it. It has "changed owners and purposes dozens...

Laughter is always the Best Medicine

The Comics Lounge Australia's only 6 night a week live comedy venue. The Comic's Lounge in North Melbourne has become the unofficial home of the best comedy our city has...

ARTICLE: Devilish Fun @ Bohemia Cabaret

Corsets. Cocktails. Appetising cuisine… Do we have your attention? These are what you will find and more should you dare to visit the new Bohemia Cabaret Club in Melbourne city’s...

The Dreamer Examines His Pillow

by John Patrick Shanley Presented by Doppelganger Theatre Company     The writer of the cult classic "Moonstruck" and "Doubt". Set in the Bronx. A play about passion, betrayal and...

Top 10 NYE Events 2012! Let’s Party…

like it’s 1999… Or that we survived the apocalypse!      

The not so elusive… SASKWATCH

Many people claim Saskwatch doesn’t exist… Many people are wrong…

GOTYE Announces Oz Tour!

GOTYE ANNOUNCES AUSTRALIAN TOUR AFTER 8 WEEKS ATOP U.S. CHARTS After a mammoth 2012 Gotye will bring his world tour to a close with a handful of homecoming shows in...

Yunyu’s Twisted Tales

A multi-artform collaboration “Yunyu hasn’t just created music, a movie, or something else, she is creating an experience.” – Brice Fallon, Critical mass Yunyu [a former triple j unearthed winner]...

A [WEAR] Fashion Event

JUNE 6th   Put it in your diaries     Leave the labelling to the designers   Prahran Mission and Whitehouse Institute of Design are collaborating to host their annual...

MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL JAZZ FESTIVAL

June 1 to 10 2012   Immersed in Music! A diverse cross-section of jazz royalty and the stars of a rising generation converge on Melbourne from all points of the...

Our Top 5 Melbourne CBD Laneway Bars

Melbourne: a city that prides itself on laneway culture. Many a night we Melbournians have hit the pavement of Melbourne’s CBD looking for that hidden hot spot yet to yield...

10 Questions to ask when booking a Venue

So you’re having an event? You’ll need a venue in Melbourne to host it! The latter we can help with really quickly… 3 easy ways! 1). Check out our Unique...

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Big Plans To Throw The Ultimate Event? We’ve Got The Perfect Venue…

Whether or not you say it out loud, we all know that when you throw an event, you want it to be the one everyone keeps bringing up for the rest of their lives (until it gets vaguely irritating). So, how do you choose a function venue worthy of all that praise? Allow us to […]

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Our Outdoor Picks To Stretch Out And Soak In The Sun This Spring!

Happy Spring! (Yes, we know we’re early.) The weather is turning, the clouds are parting and we may just be catching our first glimpse of sunshine! We are so ready for the warmth, and to pair with our overenthusiasm we have the best outdoor venues in Melbourne, all in one spot, just for you! The [&h

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Melbourne’s Top 30 Venues For Hire

It’s that time of year again! Whether it’s a birthday, Christmas, wedding, engagement party, corporate dinner, networking event (dare we go on?)… Hidden City Secrets have you set with our guide to the 30 best event spaces in Melbourne! Go crazy! CBCo Brewing  Port Melbourne Located

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