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‘Don’t bring your best clothes’: Melbourne’s Rising festival promises you will get your hands dirty – The Guardian
The city’s new 12-night arts festival will finally launch in May, taking over Melbourne’s rivers, parks and even Flinders St Station’s hidden ballroom
On 26 May, the same night a super full moon will be totally eclipsed, Melbourne will finally premiere the first season of Rising. The citys new 12-night cultural festival was cancelled last August during a dark year for the arts when Covid-19 forced performances and exhibitions to shutter.
The festival, which will feature more than 800 artists, including more than 750 from Victoria. A takeover of the hidden former ballroom upstairs of Flinders Street Station by surrealist sculptures, a two-month-long…
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