Profiles
- Adams Management
- Affirm Press
- Ainslie Wills
- Al Pitcher
- Aluka
- Ampilatwatja Walk Off & Anti-Intervention Collective
- Andy and Adrian
- Anthony Salame
- Artists Management Group
- Asylum Seeker Resource Centre
- Back 2 Basics Theatre
- Bang Productions
- Bella Union Events
- Beth King and the Hemingway Collective
- Bloomsday In Melbourne
- Burma Campaign Australia & New Hope Foundation
- Cabaret di Bella
- Cath Styles
- Catherine Deveny
- Celia Pacquola
- Circus Trick Tease
- Comrade Dubs and Jesse I
- CXP Music
- Damian Callinan
- Damian Clark
- Daniel Burt
- Dave Bushell & Xavier Michelides
- Dave O'Neil
- David Rovics
- Des Bishop
- Dirty Work Comedy
- DJ Hannah Fox
- DJ Tom Lowndes
- Eddie Ifft
- Emma Sachsse
- European Man
- Fiona Claire
- Geraldine Quinn
- Harvest Productions
- James Dowdeswell
- Jess Love
- Jones, Quinn & Zaid
- Kale Bogdanovs
- Kill Your Darlings
- La Mauvaise Reputation
- Laura Davis
- Lou Sanz and Claire Hooper
- Luke & Wyatt
- Marieke Hardy & Michaela McGuire
- Melbourne Jazz Fringe Festival
- Michael Chamberlin
- Miss Anna's Go-Go Academy
- Miss Anna's Go-Go Academy
- Missing Supergirl
- Mr McClelland - DJ Extraordinaire
- NAIDOC
- Nakedfella Productions
- Neil Sinclair & Doug Pickering
- Nev and The Blues
- New International Bookshop
- Nicholas Roy
- Philip Escoffey
- Political Asylum
- Pop! FM
- Puppy Fight Social Club
- Red Room Theatre
- Rocket Clock
- Rod Quantock
- Ross Daniels
- Ruby Hunter
- Runners / The Hazelman Brothers / Monte Morgan
- S>M>E>G: The Stick Monkey Enterprise Group
- Sammy J, David Quirk & Felicity Ward
- Short Fuse Productions
- Sleepers Publishing
- Sometimes She Sings
- Steve Hughes
- Sticks Stones Broken Bones
- Stop. Traffick
- Stuart
- TaDaa Productions
- The Anarchist Guild Social Committee
- The Ancients
- The Combs
- The Comedy Zone
- The Great River
- The Greens Melbourne
- The Half-Arsed Three
- The Hazelman Brothers
- The Hounds
- The Junes
- The Shambles
- Triumvirate Theatre
- Victorian Opera
- Vigilantelope
- Vocal Australia
- Winternationale
- Word of Mouth Reviewers
- Yeo - Charlie LIm - Matt Witney
Profiles
Adams Management
Affirm Press
Ainslie Wills
This songstress, who hails from country NSW, started her musical career at a young age learning the piano from her Aunt and was exposed to everything from Barbara Streisand to Mozart. However, after hearing Jeff Buckley’s 'Grace' while still in high school, Ainslie started composing her own songs and was inspired her to pursue her musical path.
Al Pitcher
Aluka
Ampilatwatja Walk Off & Anti-Intervention Collective
Andy and Adrian
Anthony Salame
Artists Management Group
Asylum Seeker Resource Centre
Back 2 Basics Theatre
Bang Productions
Bella Union Events
Bella Union runs all year round as both a performance space and a casual bar, hosting parties, fundraiser benefits, theatrical performances, live comedy, forums, book launches and just about everything else you can think of.
Beth King and the Hemingway Collective
Bloomsday In Melbourne
Bloomsday is the day readers around the world celebrate with Dubliners one of the great novels of the twentieth century, James Joyce's 'Ulysses', set in 1904, and published in 1922. The novel is witty, bizarre, surreal, learned and humane, and it gives us Dublin and its citizens in all their gritty reality, and their wry and romantic responsiveness to music.
Burma Campaign Australia & New Hope Foundation
Cabaret di Bella
Cath Styles
Catherine Deveny
Celia Pacquola
Celia Pacquola burst onto the Melbourne comedy scene in 2006. After only a handful of gigs, but a barrelful of laughs, she was crowned the Raw Recruit, winning the prize for Best First Time Entrant in the prestigious Raw Comedy open mic competition as part of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
Circus Trick Tease
Comrade Dubs and Jesse I
CXP Music
Damian Callinan
Damian Clark
Daniel Burt
Dave Bushell & Xavier Michelides
Dave O'Neil
Dave O'Neil's friendly, easy going manner has made him one of Australia's most popular and versatile comics.
David Rovics
David lives with his family in Portland, Oregon and tours regularly on four continents, playing for audiences large and small at cafes, pubs, universities, churches, union halls and protest rallies.
Des Bishop
Dirty Work Comedy
DJ Hannah Fox
One half of the former juke joint Sweet Jelly Roll, Hannah Fox has played all over the place including Golden Plains, Silent Disco (Big Day Out), Melbourne Fringe Club and many more!
DJ Tom Lowndes
DJ Tom Lowndes is a stalwart of the Sydney comedy scene. As a founding member of legendary impro crew Puppy Fight Social Club, he's played at comedy venues around Australia.
Eddie Ifft
Emma Sachsse
European Man
Fiona Claire
Geraldine Quinn
Possessor of an astonishing voice, a wicked sense of humour and a keen intelligence, this queen of hardcore cabaret is a force to be reckoned with.
Harvest Productions
James Dowdeswell
Jess Love
Jones, Quinn & Zaid
Kale Bogdanovs
Kill Your Darlings
La Mauvaise Reputation
Laura Davis
Lou Sanz and Claire Hooper
Luke & Wyatt
Marieke Hardy & Michaela McGuire
Co-curated by Age writers Marieke Hardy and Michaela McGuire
Melbourne Jazz Fringe Festival
Michael Chamberlin
Miss Anna's Go-Go Academy
Miss Anna's Go-Go Academy
Anna Achia is the glamorous mistress of Anna's Go-Go Academy. She is a firm believer in the cure-all powers of dance. Every week, she leads groups of up to 60 go-go dancing enthusiasts through a hit parade of retro favourites at a number inner-city bars where the King Kong, the Hitchhiker, Fancy Dance Kicks and the Going My Way are groovy dance moves, not cocktails.
Missing Supergirl
Mr McClelland - DJ Extraordinaire
NAIDOC
Nakedfella Productions
Neil Sinclair & Doug Pickering
Nev and The Blues
Nev & The Blues is an act that’s been performing intimate venues around Melbourne’s near east for about three years in various pubs, soirees and as a guest at CD launches of some of the highly talented singer-songwriters of the independent music scene.
New International Bookshop
The New International BookShop, in Melbourne’s historic Trades Hall building is one of Australia's very few progressive bookshops with a comprehensive range of new and second hand books on politics, alternative opinions and a progressive view on pressing world issues.
Nicholas Roy
As a piano player / singer-song writer, Nicholas Roy is somewhat unusual in the indie rock venues he frequently plays. Regularly slotted in amongst jangling guitar bands, his material often surprises audiences and has been very well received. Whilst living temporarily in Western Australia in 2006, Nicholas produced and recorded his debut EP titled “Cardboard Heart”, which sold well at gigs.
Philip Escoffey
Philip has spent ten years traveling the world, leaving the rich and royal intrigued (and occasionally embarrassingly clingy).
Political Asylum
Conceived by Mathew Kenneally and Courteney Hocking and featuring the best political comedy Australia has to offer.
Pop! FM
Puppy Fight Social Club
Red Room Theatre
Rocket Clock
Rocket Clock is a story slam competition. Ten people each have five minutes to tell a story around a particular theme. Judges in the audience rate each story on both content and performance. Everyone has a great time.
Rod Quantock
Rod Quantock has been working in comedy for over forty years. He has written, performed in, produced, directed and promoted hundreds of solo and ensemble comedy shows and events.
Ross Daniels
Ruby Hunter
“How do you listen to the birds or see the blessed dawn? What do you say when there are no words, when the reason for words is gone? Never say goodbye, till we meet again.”
Your loving husband, Archie Roach.
Runners / The Hazelman Brothers / Monte Morgan
S>M>E>G: The Stick Monkey Enterprise Group
The Stick Monkey Enterprise Group is committed in its five year plan to building trust, respect and uncanny, unsustainable, irreducible and uncouth next level theatre experiences.
Sammy J, David Quirk & Felicity Ward
2010 Barry Award Winner SAMMY J
2010 Golden Gibbo Award Winner DAVID QUIRK
2009 Melb Comedy Festival Best Newcomer Nominee FELICITY WARD
Short Fuse Productions
Sleepers Publishing
Sleepers run book-related events and publish books, including the annual critically-acclaimed Sleepers Almanac.
Sometimes She Sings
Steve Hughes
Sticks Stones Broken Bones
Stop. Traffick
Stuart
TaDaa Productions
The Anarchist Guild Social Committee
The Anarchist Guild Social Committee is a collection of some of Melbourne’s most talented and awarded comedians: Richard McKenzie, Celia Pacquola, Dave Bushell, Tegan Higginbotham, Andrew McClelland and Nick Caddaye.
The Ancients
The Combs
The Comedy Zone
The Great River
The Greens Melbourne
Adam Bandt - Greens candidate for Melbourne
The Half-Arsed Three
Ben Hendry (drums), Enio Pozzebon (keyboards) and Vincenzo Ruberto (bass) have worked on a startling array of projects, both together and individually.
The Hazelman Brothers
rom foreign correspondent to folk singer
The Hounds
The Junes
The Shambles
Triumvirate Theatre
Victorian Opera
Victorian Opera - your opera company
Led by Music Director Richard Gill, Victorian Opera approaches its fifth birthdaywith a distinct artistic program, championing the creation of new Australian opera whilst presenting less familiar repertoire to audiences in Melbourne and across regional Victoria.
Vigilantelope
Bringing together five of the best young unsigned comedians in Melbourne, comedy cartel Vigilantelope has burst onto the festival scene and is stealing hearts, minds and biscuits from the biscuit tin.
Vocal Australia
Vocal music, a cappella, or harmony singing… it’s sweeping the globe in popular media currently, and for good reason!
Winternationale
Word of Mouth Reviewers
Word of Mouth Reviews are a group of local Melbourne punters who enjoy seeing live comedy shows throughout the year and especially during the festival time.
Yeo - Charlie LIm - Matt Witney
