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05/09/2026

Snap into Spring and join our FREE Darebin Photography Walks on 12 & 13 September!

Whether you have a beautiful camera or an ageing phone, lots of experience or very little, or anything in between – everyone is welcome! Come along and learn some new tricks, work with what you have, stretch your legs creatively and literally, and see your local neighbourhood through a new lens.

These on-the-move photography workshops are led by professional photographers and Darebin locals Maria Colaidis and Brett Scapin Photography. Join us at Edwardes Lake Park in Reservoir for landscapes, or on Northcote High Street for streetscapes.

➡️ All info and bookings via the Darebin Arts website: https://arts.darebin.vic.gov.au/Whats-on/Festivals/Fuse/Photography-Walks

📅 Saturday 12 & Sunday 13 September, 10am OR 12.30pm
📍 Northcote High Street & Edwardes Lake Park, Reservoir
💡 Presented by Darebin FUSE Festival
📹 Luke Ketchell

04/09/2026

There’s music for everyone as part of Darebin FUSE Festival’s Open Access program, which opens Sunday! We’re talking gigs, DJs, orchestral works, workshops – however you enjoy music, there’s a way to get involved!

Learn more: https://arts.darebin.vic.gov.au/Whats-on/Festivals/Fuse

01/09/2026

THIS WEEKEND! Darebin FUSE Festival’s Live Music Weekend highlights the innovation of local artists, presenters and venues in Darebin.

➡️ ➡️ ➡️ Click on each image for details of PART ONE: Saturday lineup!

🔗 All info via the Darebin Arts website: https://arts.darebin.vic.gov.au/Whats-on/Festivals/Fuse

📅 Saturday 5 September, various times
📍 Local venues across Darebin
💡 After the festival launches with Ganbu Gulin: Burndap, neto!, the ensuing Live Music Weekend events are presented by independent producers, venues and artists across Darebin, and have received FUSE Funded support via the Community Events Grant program
🎨 Hours After

26/08/2026

A very special Darebin FUSE Festival edition of PBS's #1 kid-friendly concert, Rock-A-Bye Baby, heads to Darebin Arts Centre in just a couple of weeks! This daytime concert will feature a live performance from Cool Out Sun, bringing the good beats and good vibes. We welcome noise, encourage crawling, and expect dancing!

Cool Out Sun is a cross-cultural, Melbourne-based music project led by N’fa Jones and Sensible J, with inspirations from traditional Afro folk and Taaso, to Afro-Beat and Hip Hop. Their music lets the spirit move you with cultural connection shared in song!

➡️ Learn more and book via the Darebin Arts website: https://arts.darebin.vic.gov.au/Whats-on/Festivals/Fuse/Rock-A-Bye-Baby-2026

📅 Friday 11 September, 11am
📍 Darebin Arts Centre, Grevillea Room
🎟️ Tickets from $5
💡 Presented by PBS106.7FM for Darebin FUSE Festival

25/08/2026

THE CUBE by Born in a Taxi at Preston Market will feature an exciting lineup of creative public programming. On Sunday 13 September from 11am – 3pm, art, science and sustainability converge in a series of hands-on creative workshops. Explore earth block making, natural dyeing, food workshops and deep listening practices with some of Naarm/Melbourne’s leading artists, architects, and sustainability practitioners.

Click on each image for all the details!

➡️ All info via the Darebin Arts website: https://arts.darebin.vic.gov.au/Whats-on/Festivals/Fuse/The-Cube
📅 Friday 11 – Sunday 13 September, various times
📍 Preston Market carpark, The Centreway, Preston
💡 Presented by Darebin FUSE Festival

21/08/2026

😇 😇 😇 On opening night of THE CUBE by Born in a Taxi at Preston Market, as night falls, light explodes from The CUBE. The audience are invited to journey into the celestial heavens, right here on Earth.

Three illuminated angels appear, drawing passers-by into their playful rituals that range from the poetic to the ridiculous. The audience can observe from afar, come for a blessing, or be chosen to cross over into the heavenly realm. Mesmerising, profound and mischievous, Enlighten is deeply moving shared experience from one of Melbourne’s most unique and respected independent theatre companies.
Don’t miss it!

THE CUBE by Born in a Taxi at Darebin FUSE Festival, in partnership with Preston Market
➡️ All info via the Darebin Arts Website: https://arts.darebin.vic.gov.au/Whats-on/Festivals/Fuse/The-Cube

📅 Friday 11 – Sunday 13 September, various times
📍 Preston Market carpark, The Centreway, Preston
💡 Presented by Darebin FUSE Festival
📹 Courtesy of Born in a Taxi

19/08/2026

Ganbu Gulin: Burndap, neto! will feature a vibrant offering of visual arts activities for everyone! Get your creative caps on and make jewellery, draw, paint, colour, and craft.

Wiradjuri multidisciplinary artist Elijah Money will lead a charm and bracelet-making workshop, and crowd favourite Aunty Brenda will return with arts and crafts for the whole family to enjoy.

The event is FREE to attend, and all are welcome. The day will also feature a Welcome to Country & Smoking Ceremony; a live performance lineup featuring MO’JU, Liv & The Dream, Kimmie Lovegrove and the Djirri Djirri Dancers; a barbecue; creative and educational market stalls; community and connection for all.

Ganbu Gulin: Burndap, neto! has been curated by Ethan Savage with cultural and curatorial advice from Stacie Nicholson-Piper.

➡️ Learn more via the Darebin Arts website: https://arts.darebin.vic.gov.au/Whats-on/Festivals/Fuse/Ganbu-Gulin-2026

📅 Saturday 5 September, 1pm - 4pm
📍 Darebin Arts Centre and Ray Bramham Gardens
🎟️FREE to attend and all are welcome!
💡 Co-presented by Darebin FUSE Festival in collaboration with the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation.
📷 Wild Hardt (1, 3-7) and Joshua Scott (2)

15/08/2026

Snap, stroll and discover Darebin! Grab your camera, phone, or favourite photo-taking device and join our FREE guided photography walks in Northcote and Reservoir as part of Darebin FUSE Festival.

Experience a new perspective on familiar streets and landscapes with Maria Colaidis and Brett Scapin Photography, both of whom are Darebin locals and professional photographers with unique practices.

These on-the-move photography workshops are FREE to attend, suitable for any level of experience, for ages 15+. We'll start each session with a draw to win a disposable camera. You’ll also have the chance to feature your photographs in an online exhibition via the Darebin Arts website.

➡️ All info and bookings via the Darebin Arts website: https://arts.darebin.vic.gov.au/Whats-on/Festivals/Fuse/Photography-Walks
📅 Saturday 12 & Sunday 13 September, 10am OR 12.30pm
📍 Northcote High Street & Edwardes Lake Park, Reservoir
💡 Presented by Darebin FUSE Festival
📸 1&2. Maria Colaidis 3. Brett Scapin

13/08/2026

THE CUBE by legendary Melbourne company Born in a Taxi is coming to Darebin FUSE Festival in September! This striking, free-standing arts space will transform part of the carpark at the beloved Preston Market into a vivid festival hub, with a weekend packed full of FREE-to-attend innovative arts and creative activities for all ages. We hope to see you there.

➡️ All info via the Darebin Arts website: https://arts.darebin.vic.gov.au/Whats-on/Festivals/Fuse/The-Cube
📅 Friday 11 – Sunday 13 September, various times
📍 Preston Market carpark, The Centreway, Preston
💡 Presented by Darebin FUSE Festival

You can expect:
- Welcome to Country
- Interactive theatre: the profound and playful ‘Enlighten’ by Born in a Taxi
- DJ sets from Walla C, Smoochie and Antagonize
- Dance battle takeover and workshops from L2R Dance
- Collaborative live performance from SKNOW and Jackie Sheppard
- Creative sustainability workshops with Playte, Simulaa_, Public Assembly and Slow Art Collective
- Celebration of Preston Market Stall Spruikers with Wales Street Primary School Rock Choir
- Bar by Tallboy and Moose
- Face painting, creative arts and craft activities for kids and families

📸 Emma-Jane Pirvel Collins, Justin Photoworks, Paul Dunn, Carla Gottgens

06/08/2026

The wonderful world of clay awaits! Darebin-based arts collective Artistry 24 will lead a day of creative activities for curious kids. Little artist explorers are invited to The Gleeson Centre at Darebin Parklands for a range of hands-on activities using clay in its various forms. Sculp, paint, create and play!

➡️ All info and bookings via the Darebin Arts website: https://bit.ly/3UePoSy

📅 Sunday 6 September, 9.30am OR 11am
📍 The Gleeson Centre at Darebin Parklands, Alphington
🎟️ Child ticket $10 | Mob Tix FREE
💡 Presented by Darebin FUSE Festival

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