RISING: Festival Program

Live at Rising

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SPIRITS OF THE LAND

WED 7 JUNE — SUN 9 JULY

Hamer Hall

Wed 76pm—12:30am

Thu 86pm—12:30am

Fri 96pm—12:30am

Sat 106pm—12:30am

Euphoria

By Julian Rosefeldt

FRI 2 — SUN 18 JUNE

Melbourne Town Hall

Fri 25pm—11pm

Sat 312pm—10pm

Sun 412pm—8pm

Mon 512pm—8pm

TANZ

Florentina Holzinger

THU 8 — SAT 10 JUNE

Arts Centre Melbourne

Thu 88pm—9:40pm

Fri 98pm—9:40pm

Sat 108pm—9:40pm

Ghetto Biennale

Atis Rezistans

WED 7 — SUN 18 JUNE

ALPHA60 Chapter House

Wed 76pm—11pm

Thu 86pm—11pm

Fri 96pm—11pm

Sat 106pm—11pm

The Dan Daw Show

Dan Daw Creative Projects

THU 15 — SUN 18 JUNE

Meat Market

Thu 158:30pm—10pm

Fri 168:30pm—10pm

Sat 178:30pm—10pm

Sun 186pm—7:30pm

Oil Pressure Vibrator

Geumhyung Jeong

THU 15 — SAT 17 JUNE

ACMI

Thu 159pm—10pm

Fri 169pm—10pm

Sat 179pm—10pm

Cornelius and Shintaro Sakamoto

Honey 2 Honey

FRI 16 JUNE

Forum Melbourne

Fri 168pm—12am

Tiny Infinite Deaths

Amber McCartney

SAT 17 – SUN 18 JUNE

NGV International – Federation Court

Sat 176:30pm—6:50pm

Sat 178pm—8:20pm

Sun 186:30pm—6:50pm

Sun 188pm—8:20pm

Oh Deer!

APHIDS

THU 15 JUNE — SAT 17 JUNE

The Capitol – RMIT

Thu 158pm—9:10pm

Fri 168pm—9:10pm

Sat 173:30pm—4:40pm

Sat 178pm—9:10pm

Anthem

Wu Tsang

WED 7 — SUN 18 JUNE

St Paul's Cathedral

Wed 76:30pm—10:30pm

Thu 86:30pm—10:30pm

Fri 96:30pm—10:30pm

Sat 106:30pm—10:30pm

Masterclass

Brokentalkers and Adrienne Truscott

THU 15 — SAT 17 JUNE

Malthouse Theatre

Thu 156:30pm—7:30pm

Fri 166:30pm—7:30pm

Sat 171:30pm—2:30pm

Sat 176:30pm—7:30pm

Real Lies

Pelada and DJ Millú

THU 15 JUNE

Max Watt's

Thu 158pm—11pm

Identity

The Australian Ballet

FRI 16 — SAT 24 JUNE

Arts Centre Melbourne

Fri 167:30pm—9:30pm

Sat 171:30pm—3:30pm

Sat 177:30pm—9:30pm

Mon 196:30pm—8:30pm

Buŋgul

Gurrumul's Mother’s Buŋgul, Gurrumul's Grandmother’s Buŋgul, Gurrumul's Manikay

WED 14 — THU 15 JUNE

Arts Centre Melbourne

Wed 148pm—9:30pm

Thu 1512:30pm—2pm

Thu 158pm—9:30pm

NTS Closing Party

Featuring EYE, Melati ESP, Mindy Meng Wang, Otologic, Sapphire Slows, Salamanda, re:ni b2b laksa, Yikes

SAT 17 JUNE

Max Watt's

Sat 178pm—4am

Shadow Spirit : Kimberley Moulton In Conversation with Julie Gough

FRI 7 JUL, 4—5PM

ACMI

Thu 86pm—7pm

Fri 94pm—5pm

Fri 96pm—7pm

Jacky

Declan Furber Gillick

MON 22 MAY — SAT 24 JUNE

Arts Centre Melbourne

Wed 72pm—3:40pm

Wed 77:30pm—9:10pm

Thu 87:30pm—9:10pm

Fri 97:30pm—9:10pm

Liv.e and Obongjayar

Elle Shimada

THU 15 JUNE

Forum Melbourne

Thu 158pm—12am

Night Trade

WED 7 — SUN 18 JUNE

St Paul's Cathedral Car Park

Wed 77pm—12am

Thu 86pm—12:30am

Fri 96pm—1:30am

Sat 106pm—1:30am

Consort of the Moon

Genevieve Lacey and Erkki Veltheim

SAT 10 — WED 14 JUNE

Fitzroy Gardens

Thu 85:30pm—6:30pm

Sat 105:30pm—6:30pm

Mon 125:30pm—6:30pm

Tue 135:30pm—6:30pm

RVG

Iceage and Batrider

WED 14 JUNE

Forum Melbourne

Wed 148pm—11pm

THIS

David Woods and Collaborators

FRI 9 — SUN 18 JUNE

Former Richmond Power Station

Fri 97pm—9:30pm

Sat 107pm—9:30pm

Sun 115:30pm—8pm

Tue 137pm—9:30pm

Liquid Architecture

Asep Nayak, Sote and Tarik Barri, Kelman Duran, Aarti Jadu

WED 14 JUNE

Max Watt's

Wed 148pm—11pm

The Rink

THU 1 JUNE — SAT 8 JULY

Birrarung Marr

Thu 14pm—10pm

Fri 25pm—10pm

Sat 312pm—12am

Sun 412pm—11pm

Dear Pluto Queer Speed Dating at The Rink

WED 5 JUL, 6—7PM

Birrarung Marr

Wed 56pm—7pm

Robyn Archer : an Australian Songbook

MON 12 — TUE 13 JUNE

Arts Centre Melbourne

Mon 128pm—10:20pm

Tue 138pm—10:20pm

Birdz & Fred Leone Present : Girra

WED 14 JUNE

Forum Upstairs

Wed 145:30pm—7:30pm

Loraine James and Arushi Jain

Fia Fiell

FRI 16 JUNE

Max Watt's

Fri 168pm—1am

SPARK

By Daan Roosegaarde

WED 7 — SAT 10 JUNE

Federation Square

Wed 76:30pm—10:30pm

Thu 86:30pm—10:30pm

Fri 96:30pm—10:30pm

Sat 106:30pm—10:30pm

Tracker

Australian Dance Theatre in association with ILBIJERRI Theatre Company

WED 7 — SUN 18 JUNE

Arts House

Wed 78pm—9pm

Thu 86:30pm—7:30pm

Fri 96:30pm—7:30pm

Sat 101:30pm—2:30pm

Under Maintenance

Geumhyung Jeong

WED 7 – SUN 18 JUNE

Arts House

Wed 710am—6:30pm

Thu 810am—6:30pm

Fri 910am—6:30pm

Sat 1010am—6:30pm

Hide The Dog

Nathan Maynard (pakana) and Jamie McCaskill (Māori)

FRI 16 — SAT 17 JUNE

Arts Centre Melbourne

Fri 166pm—7:10pm

Sat 171pm—2:10pm

Black Mass

Featuring Bambii, dameeeela, SOVBLKPSSY, Crybaby and The Mind Searcher

SUN 11 JUNE

Max Watt's

Sun 118pm—4am

Waripa

SUN 11 JUNE

Forum Melbourne

Sun 114pm—10pm

The Damned and Witch

Vacuum

FRI 9 JUNE

Forum Melbourne

Fri 98pm—12am

Esa's Afro-Synth Band ft. Kamazu and Mim Suleiman

Ausecuma Beats

SAT 10 JUNE

Max Watt's

Sat 108pm—12am

Ethel Cain

FRI 9 & SAT 10 JUNE

Forum Upstairs

Fri 95:30pm—7:30pm

Sat 105:30pm—7:30pm

Thundercat

SAT 10 JUNE

Forum Melbourne

Sat 108pm—12am

Ichiko Aoba

WED 7 & THU 8 JUNE

Forum Upstairs

Wed 78pm—9:25pm

Thu 85:30pm—7:30pm

DRINKING

Paul Kelly

TUE 6 - WED 7 JUNE

Melbourne Recital Centre

Tue 67:30pm—9:30pm

Wed 77:30pm—9:30pm

Yazmin Lacey

FRI 9 JUNE

Max Watt's

Fri 98pm—12am

Ruth Radelet

FRI 16 JUNE

Forum Upstairs

Fri 165:30pm—7:30pm

Hand To Earth

WED 7 JUNE

Forum Upstairs

Wed 75:30pm—7:30pm

Hear My Eyes : GOOD TIME

Big Yawn and Teether

FRI 9 JUNE

Melbourne Recital Centre

Fri 96pm—8pm

Fri 99pm—11pm

Sonic Eclipse

Speak Percussion

THU 15 JUNE

Melbourne Recital Centre

Thu 158pm—9pm

A Call To Echo

Amrita Hepi

THU 8 JUNE—SUN 18 JUNE

ArtPlay

Thu 810am—4pm

Fri 910am—4pm

Sat 1010am—4pm

Sun 1110am—4pm

Desire Marea

DEBBY FRIDAY and Ayebatonye

THU 8 JUNE

Max Watt's

Thu 88pm—11pm

Goddess: Up Late

Melbourne Winter Masterpieces® 2023

THU 8 JUN — SAT 17 JUN

ACMI

Thu 85pm—10pm

Fri 95pm—10pm

Sat 105pm—10pm

Sun 115pm—10pm

Kerfew in-conversation with Arushi Jain

SAT 17 JUNE, 6PM—7PM

Torrens University Auditorium

Sat 176pm—7pm

Madlib

DJ Set / Wrap Party

SAT 17 JUNE

Forum Melbourne

Sat 178pm—12am

Making Euphoria : In Conversation

With Julian Rosefeldt, Gideon Obarzanek and Ruby Jones

SAT 3 JUNE

ACMI

Sat 34pm—5pm

Queer PowerPoint

Harriet Gillies, Xanthe Dobbie & Thom Smyth

WED 14 — FRI 16 JUNE

Torrens University Auditorium

Wed 146:30pm—8pm

Thu 156:30pm—8pm

Fri 166:30pm—8pm

Radical Access : In Conversation

With Dan Daw, Caroline Bowditch and Kath Duncan

SAT 10 JUNE, 6PM

Torrens University Auditorium

Sat 106pm—7pm

RISING : Dine at Dusk

Kisumé, Mabu Mabu, and Victoria by Farmer's Daughters

Sun 11 — Wed 14 June

Various Restaurants (CBD)

Wed 75pm—6pm

Thu 85pm—6pm

Fri 95pm—6pm

Sat 105pm—6pm

RISING : Moon Bites

Wed 07 — Sun 18 June

Various Restaurants (CBD)

Wed 75pm—6pm

Thu 85pm—6pm

Fri 95pm—6pm

Sat 105pm—6pm

Shadow Spirit Talk Series

Shadow Spirit Artists in Conversation

THU 8 — FRI 9 JUNE

ACMI

Thu 86pm—7pm

Fri 94pm—5pm

Fri 96pm—7pm

SPARK : In Conversation

With Daan Roosegarde, Katrina Sedgwick and Hannah Fox

THU 8 JUNE, 6.30PM

Federation Square

Thu 86:30pm—7:15pm

Weyes Blood

Lost Animal

WED 7—THU 8 JUNE

Forum Melbourne

Wed 78pm—11pm

Thu 88pm—11pm