RISING (@rising.melbourne)

Reminder 🚨 The artist EOI for the First People’s Melbourne Art Trams closes this Sunday 1 November, 11.59pm. All the details and tips via the link in bio.

Expressions of Interest for the 2027 First Peoples Melbourne Art Trams close in less than two weeks - 1 November 2026. Take inspiration from First Peoples Melbourne Art Trams artist Sonja Hodge (Lardil), who shares her process and ideas behind spirits, yaka & jirndi—a celebration of the all the…

Hear from First Peoples Melbourne Art Trams artist Natasha Carter (Dja Dja Wurrung, Yorta Yorta and Jaru) about Stories from the First Sunrise, which traverses time to connect people from the past, dancing in the night sky, to dawn-lit dancers of the future. Ancestors linked across millennia…

We caught up with First Peoples Melbourne Art Trams artist Mitch Mahoney (Boonwurrung and Barkindji) to hear about his work Pale Blue. It brings old stories of Sea Country to the tracks—imagining a space where Ancestral memory, ecological knowledge and the Blak imagination flow into one another…

Hear from First Peoples Melbourne Art Trams artist Jenna Mayilema Lee (Larrakia, KarraJarri, Wardaman) about her work burn before reading. It repurposes the still-in-print colonial text Aboriginal Words and Place Names and transforms the tram into a vivid, green ecosystem of words—imagining…

ARTIST CALL OUT: Expressions of interest for the 2027 First Peoples Melbourne Art Trams are now open for First Peoples artists with connections to Victoria. Find all the entry info and eligibility criteria via the link in bio. Curator Kate ten Buuren (Taungurung) gives insight on how Art Trams…

First Peoples artists, watch this space. Expression of interest for 2027 First Peoples Melbourne Art Trams are opening soon. This First Peoples Melbourne Art Tram features 'Happy Families – time when we all lived together' by Wadawurrung artist Marlene Gilson OAM, is the Legacy Artist for 2026…

RISING 2026 wrapped up and officially packed away 💙🫶 #risingmelbourne

"All my records are my friends bands." Local musician Isobel D’Cruz Barnes and Reverb Listening Room curator on why Naarm's music scene punches above its weight. @ACMI #vinyl #recordstore #melbournemusic

Reverb continues until 31 August—and so does the Listening Room after hours sessions with artists. On July 10, Isobel D’Cruz Barnes explores the connection between spiritual jazz and Hindustani music. It’s going to be cosmic 💫 #listeningroom #reverb #exhibition

Melbourne, you showed up and showed out for The Royal Family Dance Crew at the free Fed Square Pasifika block party, God Save The Queens. We’re sure Parris Goebel and the Biebs would be proud to see Sorry en masse. 🎥: Kate Mulqueen for @fed.square #RoyalFamilyDanceCrew #Sorry #Melbourne…

Beloved (and sometimes mischievous) Furbies are joined by companion creations from Yukai Engineering, set within a sculptural world created by the National Communication Museum (NCM) studioBOWL’s Ryohei Murakami. These new friends rest in a space suspended between nostalgia and technology…

@officialroyalfamilydancecrew perform today at @fed.square along with a stacked roster of Pasifika talent! #RoyalFamilyDanceCrew #Sorry #FreeThingsToDoInMelbourne #Melbourne #RISINGMelbourne

Enter a warehouse-sized contraption on the verge of collapse, operated by masked performer Narcissister and her doll-like companions—here to tickle and topple unseen forces. Narcissister’s Voyage Into Infinity opens tonight, with only two shows in Festival Hall. #PerformanceArt #Performance #Art…

It’s the last few days of RISING festival. If you need help finding the perfect thing in the program, head to the ahm Oracle at Arts Centre Melbourne in Southbank for a live reading and find out what future festival fun awaits. Thursday 4 June, 4-8pm Friday 5 June, 4-8pm Saturday 6 June…

Do you know another dad who can do a live set in the middle of their son's sold-out show?!! #SaintLevant #SaintLevantConcert #Melbourne #RISINGMelbourne

Melbourne, you brought the energy for N1 of Saint Levant! 🔥 One show down, one more to go. #SaintLevant #SaintLevantConcert #Melbourne #RISINGMelbourne

A free, all-ages Pasifika block party is coming to @fed.square this Saturday, 6 June. Kicking off at 5.30pm with Neo Sun and the Pasefika Victoria Choir #RoyalFamilyDanceCrewy #FreeThingsToDoInMelbourne #Melbourne #RISINGMelbourne

He’s the man we’ve been offered kidneys and firstborn namesake for, and now it’s less than 24hrs until Saint Levant’s debut Australian performance #SaintLevant #SaintLevantConcert #Melbourne #RISINGMelbourne

Melbourne doesn't sleep, but when it does, Hotel Indigo Melbourne Little Collins is RISING’s choice for rest. 🏨 RISING HOTEL PACKAGE Immerse yourself in RISING with a city stay at Hotel Indigo. Enjoy breakfast for two plus a RISING inspired cocktail on arrival and a 1pm late check out…

✨ The city's aglow under a blue moon. #RISINGMelbourne #Melbourne #Art #DrowningLove #Edit

The icon. Lil' Kim. Live at Festival Hall tomorrow. Sat 30 May. #LilKim #LilKimConcert #TramTakes #Melbourne #RISINGMelbourne @soju gang @DUTTY WORLDWIDE

RISING’s very own dance academy is open now in the historic Flinders Street Station Ballroom. More spots added to most classes! #DanceClass #BeginnerDance #MelbourneDanceClass #Melbourne #RISINGMelbourne

Think these takes are hot? Wait until you hear @soju gang and @DUTTY WORLDWIDE open for Lil’ Kim this Saturday at Festival Hall. #Melbourne #MelbourneFashion #TramTakes #RISINGMelbourne

RISING festival opens tonight! 🌕✨ 13 days. 2 weekends. 1 program of music, movement, art, and performance for the taking. See you under the station’s glow. #Melbourne #Festival #Art #RISINGMelbourne

Now open! Journey into sound with Reverb. An interactive exhibition documenting music's influence on art, film and culture. Featuring works by Virgil Abloh, Kahlil Josef, Jeremy Deller and more. Presented with @ACMI #ThingsToDoInMelbourne #VinylRecords #Exhibiton #Melbourne #RISINGMelbourne

@sydneydanceco rehearsing Melanie Lane’s ‘Love Lock’. No context. See it yourself in a double bill with ‘Forever & Ever’ at @Arts Centre Melbourne from 3-6 June. #SydneyDanceCompany #Dance #NoContext #ArtsCentreMelbourne #RISINGMelbourne

New exhibition at State Library Victoria celebrating true stories of romance with real love letters, intimate diaries, rare manuscripts and powerful new music commissions. 💌 #LoveLetters #Melbourne #MuseumDate #ThingsToDoInMelbourne #RISINGMelbourne

The southern hemisphere’s biggest vogue ball is coming to Melbourne Town Hall Sun 7 June. Trailblazing mother of Naarm’s Ballroom Scene, Mother Kianna, is summoning houses for Sissy Ball 8: The Doll House — are you ready to play? #SissyBall #Vogue #Ballroom #Melbourne #RISINGMelbourne

Follow Martin, the mastermind behind Frankie, for a day in the life. Opening in less than 3 weeks at Dancehouse, presented with RISING as part of the inaugural Australian Dance Biennale, Frankie is a powerful performance blending text and dance that explores themes of grief. #Dancer #DIMLVlog…