What’s on in Melbourne Victoria – August Events at Fed Square

Check out What’s on in Melbourne Victoria – August Events at Fed Square!

Tai Chi

Every Tuesday

Start each week feeling refreshed, rejuvenated and energized with Tai Chi, the Chinese martial art that promotes health and relaxation.

Tim Davies Big Band

Tuesday 23 August

This concert is your opportunity to hear the Jazz Chief Adjudicator Tim Davies, from the 2011 Melbourne Jazz Festival, take to the stage with special guests Blackburn High School Stage Band and Xavier College Stage Band.

Design: From Concept to Consumer

Wednesday 24 August

International design sensation Benjamin Hubert will be join the panel for this free public lecture hosted by Kate Rhodes (Curator of RMIT’s Design Hub) and joined by other panel members Anton Assaad, (Great Dane Furniture) and Caroline Clements (Broadsheet Melbourne Editor).

Late Night Thursdays

Thursday 25 August

Stay up late on Thursday nights and enjoy special programs at Fed Square, ACMI and The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia and then enjoy the many bars at restaurants at Fed Square. This Thursday cozy up in the cinema for Freakonomics, a big-screen spin on the bestselling book.

Daffodil Day

Friday 26 August

Help celebrate Daffodil Day’s 25th anniversary this August and provide hope for the one in two Australians diagnosed with cancer by age 85. Getting involved is easy. You can either register to receive a box of merchandise to sell, make a donation or purchase one of the Daffodil Day items available at Fed Square on 26 August.

Melbourne Writers’ Festival

Friday 26 August (until 4 Sept)

Fed Square’s Atrium will be home to the Melbourne Writers’ Festival Hub this year with free events and activities available each day including the Dymock’s Festival Bookshop and The Atrium Box Office for tickets and information.

Fed Square Children’s Book Market

Saturday 27 August

Love children’s books? Head to the Children’s book market with 15 new and secondhand children’s booksellers on-site and abundance of local independent authors and publishers on hand for advice and guidance. The day will also include children’s illustrators drawing live on the big screen.

Parkinson’s Unity Walk

Sunday 28 August

Participate in the Walk in the Park and help us raise $250,000 to help those living with Parkinson’s. Parkinson’s Unity Walk is the perfect day out with family and friends. The event’s focus is a 4km leisurely (non-competitive) stroll along the banks of Melbourne’s famous Yarra River.

Car Club Showcase – Cadillac de sel Club

Sunday 28 August

See your favorite cars up close and meet the proud owners at the Fed Square Car Club Showcase. On the last Sunday of every month car aficionados transform the Flinders Street frontage of Federation Square into the most glamorous car park in town. Classic cars one month, vintage the next and modern sports cars another.

Feel Young

Every Monday

Drawing from ancient Chinese traditions, Feel Young combines gentle exercise and dance in a program for all ages and levels of fitness. Led by expert instructors from the Federation of Chinese Associations, Feel Young is designed to invigorate the mind and the body, building fitness, balance and mobility.

The Magic Tent

Until 24 August

Swathed in 600 meters of glorious, hand-dyed silk, The Magic Tent will transform The Atrium into a buzzing design studio, with workshops hosted by some of Melbourne’s most talented young designers.

No Vacancy Exhibition – Dumb Dawgs in Darn

Until 29 August

Images of fifteen close friends from Albury NSW who decided to spend their 2011 uni holidays planting trees in the Northern Territory. This is their journey from boys to becoming men. The series has won acclaim at the Contemporary Centre of Photography in Melbourne in June 2011 winning the ‘Best use of Digital Media’ and ‘People’s Choice’.

Gulpa Island Birds

Until 2 September

Enveloping both the Main Square and The Atrium will be the sound of birds from all over the world, reveling in the relief of water, from sunrise to sunset. Gulpa Island Birds is a new sound and photographic work by Michael O’Dwyer, which will be showcased on The Atrium and Main Square’s big screens.

Diverse Interpretations of the Landscape

Until 4 September

Kirra Galleries exhibition showcasing new work by artists Maureen Williams and Ben Sewell. Reflecting landscape, encompassing the mood and sense of area and challenging notions of reality as imagery.

The Art of the Brick

Open daily

Nathan Sawaya is a New York-based artist who creates awe-inspiring works out of some of the most unlikely things. His museum tours feature large-scale sculptures using only toy building bricks – LEGO bricks to be exact. Sawaya’s art tour, titled The Art of the Brick, has been touring North America for several years, breaking attendance records at every stop.

Coming Soon…

Tape Melbourne

Sunday 4 September

Reminiscent of a giant spider weaving a web or a monumental silkworm at work, the tendons of a two-meter high web-like structure made entirely of packing tape will extend over Fed Square. Created by revolutionary Viennese/Croatian design mavens Numen/For Use, the public will be invited to witness the artists construct the tape creation, which may take up to a week to build. Once complete, visitors will be able to admire and potentially explore the interior of the walk-in installation in a series of supervised sessions.